Appreciating the Insanity of Ultraman Ace

Ultraman Ace takes the Ultra Series in a wild, new direction! Tune in to see how.
#Ultraman

[@amanofnoreputation2164]

While I could always understand where people who criticize CG were coming from, I never really felt like I was missing anything by the phasing out of practical effects. Now that I've started watching Ultraman, and it's somehow retroactively become part of my childhood, I'm amazed at how much more invested I can get in the performance of a suit actor despite seeing how blatantly "less real" it is from a technical standpoint. I felt giddy watching Ultraseven summon his capsule monsters in Ultra Galaxy Legend like I was revisiting my youth despite having watch some of the original Ultraseven series only a matter of weeks prior.

[@daisukegori2112]

Anemoia. It's like nostalgia for a time you have never experienced.

[@tf2godz]

Ah the showa era of tokusatsu, where you could strap a flamethrower to someone's head and no one questioned its.

[@phionex3727]

ah yes

[@xcidgaf]

peak kino

[@Smartalic10]

Where you can have a giant turtle use another monster’s back as a xylophone by using a rock (or is it boulder since Gamera’s huge?)

[@budgiecat9039]

Where a violin gets possessed and uses music to absorb people's souls and transforms to a giant monster because its owner didnt wanna be forced to learn the violin per his mom. And thats even tame on the craziness side of things between Ace and Taro

[@Asertix357]

There were a lot of drugs involved in the Showa era.

[@battleupsaber462]

Everybody gangsta until Ace vertically bisects a choju

[@ethanreynolds3522]

Fun Facts: The first concept for what turned into Ultraman Ace was alternately known as Ultra Touch and Ultra V during pre-production. One of the story pitches had an earth scientist who hates humanity creating a machine that controlled monsters. Other pitch had an army of space monsters coming from the Andromeda Nebula. Another pitch had an alien being called Satan Star a recurring villain

[@budgiecat9039]

all of those sound more interesting than what we got lol

[@KrappyKaiju1784]

Ultraman Ace is the first Ultraman show I saw. It was how discovered Ultraman! And man it's gory as heck!

[@misterjersey5460]

Forget mortal kombat, this is on a whole other level.

[@KrappyKaiju1784]

@@misterjersey5460 yeah decapitation level

[@spacenai4461]

Doragory ripping Muruchi apart will haunt my mind forever lmao

[@rambungagung744]

😁 same with me

[@chadgorosaurus4898]

You should have seen the way the og Ultraman kicked the original red king's ass

[@timothyng3226]

I like how most of the monsters in the series are choju. Previously there were at least some or very few monsters like Woo you could sympathize for. Ace was different. Each choju created by Yapool were emotionless and cold killing machines meant to do business

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

Aside from the one that was made from a bird

[@Kakimech89]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but another Woo showed up in Ace, right?

[@Kepin151]

@@Kakimech89 yes

[@kamenridergay8467]

What about Kojiro, some kid’s bird.

[@KKAkuoku]

Ace took the abrupt pacing of the final third of Return, paired it with some absurd storylines and batshit crazy monster designs and made, IMO, one of the most fun Ultraman series of the Showa era.

[@budgiecat9039]

eh

[@jesseowenvillamor6348]

It's the worst Showa Ultraman series.

[@gavinlucas9761]

I grew up with this seires as a Kid, and the fights that Ace has are some of the most entertaining battles I have ever witness.

[@transformersrevenge9]

Things are gonna get more silly and kid friendly, before they get darker and more kill-em-all Tomino, than ever before.

[@toku-punk]

1:24 Ultraman is a 70s family show

[@_aqua04_]

monster: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[@barraki6706]

A *family* picture!

[@Sand-Walker13]

@@barraki6706 lol

[@Zero-hopper]

Punkkkkkkk

[@toku-punk]

@@Zero-hopperdamn now your going way back lol

[@evagunpla7944]

I've been binge watching Evangelion and Ultra Q as well as Ultraman in 1966 & I must say after watching these films and being new to the series I saw a lot of things that Anno was inspired by in Ultraman. I'm really looking forward to watching Shin Ultraman and hope to see these old 60s kaju monsters in high detailed effects in todays cinema.

[@Hybrid12ful]

I’m looking foward Shin Ultraman

[@HariSeldon913]

Nobody ever had to tell Hayata that he mustn't run away! 😺

[@ShinGoji1987Official]

Lol Ace totally went Kenshiro on that one kaiju! Seems like this installment could have inspired a few of the retro animes from the 80s, very cool! Keep up the great work!

[@OnDavidsBrain]

1:25 "King Arthur: JESUS CHRIST!"

[@dugonman8360]

The first half of Ace is absolutely bonkers and amazing in its executuon of being just a wacky trippy 70s show. Second half isn't terrible but its just kind of going through the motions. I can kinda get when people throw shade at the Ultra series after Return for being bland. I dont agree with it but I understand the thought process.

[@dzubmariner]

Yeah it the Middle was...weird.i think the show started and ended well

[@budgiecat9039]

First half was def better than the second. Stupid Dan lol

[@zombiejade898]

I was just commenting elsewhere that the Barabas rain fight doesn't get enough love. It's really one of the most intense and atmospheric Ultra fights, lots of great moves, and even emotional high stakes. The popularity of the Ace Killer fight and character (it's one of my favorites too) shows the strength of the premise, characters (I vividly remember Ace refusing to leave his brothers even as a child), visuals and atmosphere IMO. There's a reason it struck so many viewers and keeps getting revisited, even though the actual fight is more impressive from memory 🤣 It'll never happen but just imagining how this 2-parter would play out in today's writing/graphics, it'd be amazing. Ace is my favorite Ultra so thanks for the great review!

[@someguywithatomahawk8058]

Ace has one of my favorite designs for an Ultra

[@budgiecat9039]

That was the one Ultraman toy I had as a kid. I remember getting it in 4th grade. We went on a school class trip into the city and went into some nice novelty store that had all kinds of weird items; Most people were buying exploding chewing gum, fake poop, whoopie cushions, horror themed gloves, masks, etc. I got Ultraman Ace. I had no idea what it was I just knew that it looked cool. Everyone made fun of me getting it though once we were all outside the store but our teacher defended my purchase as he knew what it was and said it was very cool and then people were kinda jealous they didnt get one lol

[@zerogrey3798]

Used to love shows like this as a kid. Specterman, Ultraman, Inframan, probably a few others I just can't remember. Specterman was my favorite.

[@Fugutron]

Ah, my very first ultraman I watched and my all time favourite. Ace was definitely competing with Kamen rider in the ratings and this showed in how they had innocent bystanders dying horribly in almost each episode, to drive home how evil Yapool and Shocker was. Excellent examples was Aribunta melting and consuming entire subway trains full of innocent passengers, A Yapool Possesed kid massacring an entire village and his grandparents in graphic detail in the Vakshim episode , etc. I think Tsuburaya was forced to tone down the violence as you noticed in the middle the series the Yapool threat was mostly shelved and it took a more Taro-like child friendlier tone.

[@MaskedRiderChris]

Tsuburaya intended Ultraman to be kid friendly in the first place, if my memory serves me correctly, so this series diverging from that tone is pretty drastic. I mean, that one monster being torn apart in (by early 70's standards) spectacularly bloody fashion is pretty awful by Ultraman standards. I wonder how many Japanese kids were scarred for life from that one scene?

[@totenkray]

Ace has the best dynamic camera work in fights, but Leo has the best model distraction.

[@archiegarbanza2305]

Little batch of rants 1. Yoko: Why did she just fuck off to the moon? There's a reason why both of their names are said in the theme. Her and Houkuto should have been the main characters through the whole show. 2. Ace Killer: He has such an interesting concept behind him. A being built for only one purpose, killing Ace. He should have been a recurring villain, and in my opinion, Ace Killer should have been the final villain. 3. Ace's brutality: I know it sounds nitpicky, but there should be an in universe reason why Ace is so violent and merciless in the show. 4. Leaving Earth: There is no excuse for Ace to literally abduct Houkuto in the final episode and fly off back to M78. He probably has his own life to worry about and family that probably thinks he's dead because he has not been seen since the 1970's. At least Jack had the decency to frame Hideki as deceased to his comrades so they wouldn't just think he deserted. And even that is stretching it, because the Ultra's shouldn't be taking these human hosts as going away presents.

[@archiegarbanza2305]

Edit: me being dumb, I didn't realize that Hokuto is spelled with one u sry

[@MochachiiinoWorks]

its so fucking wacky and awesome how the monster just goes "Oh sumo? Ok Sumo"

[@alcyon7536]

Wait I have seen this before, in zone fighter not only are the kaiju referred to as Terror-Beasts, a lot of the monsters use some sort of flame/fire/smoke as a weapon. Could it be that Ace was also inspired by Zone fighter or they share production teams?

[@battleupsaber462]

Zone Fighter came out after Ace, but they did share several members of the production team

[@alcyon7536]

@@battleupsaber462 that explains it

[@UltraGalaxyify]

Zone Fighter even has some of the same grunts as Ace

[@chlorophyll6154]

This is so good, man just straight up samurai'ed the kaiju Kimetsu No Yaiba way

[@agyarhardjasudjana7804]

love the Ultra Guillotine and I agree that the word "insane" really fits the series. The story might not be as strong as predecessors but the fights are just... something else.

[@Hmmmmmm929]

I remember when I was like 3-4 years old and watching ace as my first ultra man show

[@alzara3425]

I didn't know ace is pretty graphic. I love it

[@Markkzilla]

Love it, yet another great video. Also yes more stuff on the Ultra franchise over all for sure.

[@denyaladin3078]

Thank you for this very well made video of my favorite Ultraman as a kid, when it was shown in the Philippines. New subscriber here! 👍

[@HordikaNate3821]

After watching Ultraman Z episode 19, I had to check this show out. I only watched a few episodes but so far even with the weird stuff that would've probably traumatized me as a kid it's a fun ride, and Ace is my personal favorite showa Ultraman

[@Irrelevant402]

Wait either Revenge of Verokron or the pyscho artist from episode 3 are my favorite episodes.

[@Spirit_Chaser]

I know almost nothing about Ultraman, so this is amusing. Growing up in the 90s in America, I used to play the Super Famicom Ultraman game. I think there was a 90s Ultraman show America attempted that I used to watch but I have no idea what it was called. I just remember the white boy killing his sister at some point because she was annoying, haha.

[@budgiecat9039]

You played Ultraman Towards the Future, the 1991 SNES game that was based on the 1990 Australian made Ultraman Towards the Future TY series which lasted for 13 episodes and also was known as Ultraman Great in Japan. All 13 episodes can be seen on KZbin btw. As far as an American made Ultraman show there were two: an animated cartoon made in the 80s and the 1994 live action Ultraman Powered show staring Kane Kosugi as Ultraman Powered. He is the son of 80's ninja movie legend Sho Kosugi, and he would also go on to play as Jiraiaya aka Ninja Black in 1994's Hidden Squadrion Kakuranger, as well as costarring in Godzilla Final Wars and playing as Ryu Hayabusa in the live action adaptation of the fighting video game Dead or Alive. This Ultraman Powered show also got a video game made for the Panasonic 3DO, and both Ultraman Powered and Ultraman Great would later show up in the web series Ultra Galaxy Fight which can be seen on KZbin.

[@sentinelamuro212]

Haven't been here fast enough until now, perfect timing right before bed. Thank you!

[@jhtzlx]

Name a more fucked up kaiju death than Muruchi. Damn. RIP MURUCHI

[@misterjersey5460]

Prince of Guillotine, baby.

[@rameybutler6555]

ace wasnt screwing around. "i mean look at that he punched a hole in his chest. is that even possible, i mean with the organs and stuff?"... btw i love the kung pow movie, lol

[@felipevega830]

Always love the ultra videos you put out

[@SolidBedunga]

I wasn't expecting to witness an Ultraman character perform the riki oh special today

[@PhantomRenegades94]

I recently finished this show. Its one of my least favorites but the first half and the last few episodes are alright. I'd love to see you discuss the rest of the Ultra series! In particular I'd like to see Taro, Leo, and Nexus.

[@Vatenkeist]

The Prince of Guillotine, Ace

[@rabble_rousdower]

3:35 Kung Pow Enter The Fist lol

[@barmutah]

Weirdly enough the one ultra that i afraid to watch when i was a little is ultra seven and i didn't know why just looking at the vhs cover is enough to make me hide behind my mom's back

[@BobaFutt]

I'd watch Ultraman Jack when I was a kid. Whenever I was bullied, I'd imagined myself as Ultraman Jack. Many times I wanted to decapitate the bully's head.

[@233j]

1:26 I didn't know there was blood squirting, this makes it even worse

[@TravisSub19]

I don't expecting this but I like it

[@dealpha3698]

1:24 I didn't remember that when I was kid ...

[@Charlizzie]

Fact for Philippine TV nerds: This series took 20 years after it aired to dub in Filipino due to Martial Law and the financial crisis that follow and the prohibition of Philippine TV executives to go out of the country to purchase rights of this show.

[@Xbalanque84]

Holy shit! This show was like a GWAR concert!

[@1001johny]

It just occurred to me, did this video used to have a Klenda V art piece as the thumbnail like the other Ultra Series videos?

[@sumo_slammer10]

I subbed because of this video and I would love to watch more

[@timothyduffy8538]

Burning through your Ultraman Playlist and really enjoying it. I was wondering if you were going to continue with some of the more recent series like Ginga.

[@mr.mariooctopus13ofoctober55]

I love ultraman ace

[@digipeeper]

The Monster Violence started with Ultraseven’s eye slugger. The rest of the 70s glorified the violence and Leo took it to a next level!!!!

[@valerierosario491]

Ace is truly entertaining!

[@kevinalford]

Man you're good at this.

[@user-od5dq9lt2h]

My fever time is when ultraman slapped ultra ace 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ericthemadscientist8357]

I remember having a DVD of this series don't know where I keep it now

[@iamhungey12345]

Hard to forget a kaiju that melts people with foam where you could see their skeleton.

[@joaomotta7791]

Dayum bro, banger after banger!

[@rabbani3094]

Best battle is the 3 v1 battle with Doragoris, Muruchi and Metron.

[@frosticemax8907]

1:25 everyone and my friends say ultraman is for kids

[@unfunnyvalentine4328]

Bro wait till he heard Leo

[@BubbaOtter]

While Ultraman Ace is still a good show, I feel like Yuko's removal was a bit forced.

[@timothyng3226]

Was there an actual reason like behind the scenes management saying so or did the producer actually felt like it was necessary

[@harsyakiarraathallah2222]

I like one Ace kill Barabas with Stabbing it with its own Head Sword, Punching him so Hard till its Eyes come Out, and Using its own Axe Hand the decapited it, its so Mortal Kombat Cool

[@ezmaze42]

Gosh that Muruchi death was insane

[@Ultraseven_guy]

3:34 uh a little extreme huh Ultraman ace

[@stuartjohnson5686]

Actually they ower thatr spinning around in the air to Kikaida which had 3 different stuntmen for the title character including a trampoline expert

[@adrianovieiramiranda6528]

What did you think about Ace's return in Ultraman Zett?

[@donhillsmanii5906]

ACE WAS NUTZ….Best chouju bois Barabas and Insane Moth Monster Doragoris

[@TonyBMW]

Damn! They used to fux shi up back in the day

[@bacchus9579]

I love yoy vids blunova keep uo gud work

[@TheAzrry]

Ultraman Ace. The Guillotine Prince.

[@Myuutantobasuta]

I’m at taro now and I really wish I could go back

[@morbiddawg]

I hope you will review Ultraman 80

[@christopherwall2121]

I've personally favored "Terror Beasts" as a translation for "Choju", but then, i don't work for TsuPro.

[@ride-playerbb2818]

I really wish they bring back the double host in the future

[@metrotopmanay]

the popular show Kamen Rider was Kamen Rider Old 2 (and New 1).... Old 1 was really unpopular

[@user-zr6ro1jf7g]

超獣サイゴン出現は偽郷秀樹が出てくるのか

[@user-re5tr1oz4z]

『50th anniversary』

[@williamhowe1]

Wait till you get to taro. That show was batshit crazy.

[@MansMan42069]

5:46 "Brady Brunch" Yummy

[@ゼロシン]

Ultraman aces death in Ultraman ace predicated Portugal ace death in marineford

[@warzardtheboredtimelord2865]

I haven't seen Ace on Pluto TV yet.

[@jenbgracia]

Ace killer

[@NerdXZ-pn4nt]

We need more violent ultraman. Kinda like redman.

[@nuruddinshah684]

Hmm i wonder what will it be for you to watch Tiga

[@Bigspank2002]

YESSSSS

[@ashchisalleh1454]

Ultra Ace about respect in many way, like that one silly moment play ball with ultraman ACE, the monster probably know it bad stuff and end in childish way.. And Ace accept it and kill the kaiju without humiliation..

[@Dx_Hearted]

ULTRA GUILONTE

[@ZZtheDark]

1:26,wTF? 0.o How...was that...not....painful for that monster?!

[@tj.henderson]

Showa era is the best

[@elijahzilla619]

Wait I thought it was the 4

[@horushyperion76]

I watch the goriest Ultraman Ace complication and 1:28 top all of those moments.

[@arnelanat3578]

ultraman ace hasttwo host but it ended up being one

[@JoeyMarleyShow]

This shit is much more gore then I thought. Also FIRST.

[@IAMDISTRONGONE]

The death of the chujji from episode 9 is epic also ace killer fight is trash

[@jenbgracia]

Hello

[@GitaraDad]

Who's the woman at 1:52?

[@mropinionated2849]

😲

[@thepaulmorse]

First!

[@firmanhendriansyah3708]

HOKUTO ❤️ MINAMI