Ultraseven: Sci-Fi Synthesis | Explode When Defeated

On this month's Explode When Defeated, we're talking about Ultraseven, one of the landmark works of the tokusatsu genre, and one of the most famous works in modern Japanese pop culture. In short, this thing's a classic, and it's classic for a reason. We're going to discuss the way it mashes together what came before to create a powerful show with some potent commentary that stands up to this day.
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[@kennethwilson9970]

Can't wait for the Ultraman Ace video.

[@hyenaguy2602]

You know, as much I respect Kamen Rider and Super Sentai, Ultraman just felt larger than life. Keep up the good work!

[@KKAkuoku]

After mulling through the Blu-Ray sets, I can confidently say that Ultraseven is the program that codifies the Ultra Series’ best creative elements, more so than Ultraman itself. On top of the slightly more mature storylines - not heavily kiddie friendly but not ploddingly dark - there’s also the quality of filmmaking that helped it stand out over most tokusatsu during the Showa era, even TsuPro’s own programs during much of the 70s and 80s.

[@CutMan567]

Damn, this may be the best episode yet. All of your Ultra episodes are just the most interesting one imo. Cant wait for the eventual next one! (Shout out to the Discuss All Monsters reference, you bringing up previous Kaiju movies just end with tanks firing at a monster for 900 hours)

[@explodewhendefeated3996]

It's good stuff! The ultra episodes are kind of the easiest to write because I get so much to go off of, haha.

[@rafifthesecond9023]

Holy hell I found a gem of a channel. I've watched couple of your videos already, it got me to watching kuuga and agito again. And now i want to watch Ultra Seven. Goddamn your videos are great! Keep it up man!

[@dennysantoso578]

keep it up man

[@antoniothomas2663]

what are the banned episodes?

[@Kepin151]

The supposed episode 12 or 13, banned due to the alien's design who looked like atomic bomb victim in hiroshima & nagasaki