#ultraman darkness heels

[astoundingbeyondbelief]

Kaiju Week in Review (November 26-December 2, 2023)

I wasn't over the moon when Toho announced that Takashi Yamazaki's Blockbuster Monster Movie was in fact the next Godzilla film. I had seen a few of his works—none bad, but none spectacular either. Well, I've set my sights on watching the rest in the new year, because Godzilla Minus One is an unqualified masterpiece. A tagline from the original Godzilla, King of the Monsters! comes to mind (as it often does when you're me): "Mightiest melodrama of them all!" A lot of the post-Showa films suffer from an abundance of characters who just spout exposition and look at monitors; here, almost everyone in the small cast gets at least one close encounter with Godzilla, and the monster's backstory is conveyed with extreme efficiency. This tale of a war veteran trying to rebuild his life in the ruins of Tokyo, stumbling into a family, finding fulfillment in blowing up leftover mines, and haunted by what he perceives as his cowardice in combat, would have been plenty compelling without Godzilla.

Since it does have Godzilla, it's high on my list of the best movies of the year, and I only need one viewing to call it one of the best installments in the almost-70-year-old series. Yamazaki patiently waited some 15 years after Always: Sunset on Third Street 2 for his shot at a Godzilla feature. You certainly get the sense, watching one of the most brutal, pissed-off incarnations of the monster ever to grace the screen, that he spent every day of it in preparation. Watch it often while it's still in theaters, and watch it big.

Godzilla Minus One will gross about $10 million in its U.S. opening "weekend", a third-place finish that beat expectations. For context, Godzilla 2000, the last Toho Godzilla film to receive a wide release here, made about $10 million during its entire theatrical run here. Ticket prices were cheaper then, of course, and Minus One was helped along further by almost half of attendees going to premium-format screenings. Conversely, it had to overcome Americans' subtitle phobia, and the first weekend of December is usually a slow one. I was pessimistic at the outset, but now I expect larger theaters to carry the film into the new year, especially with near-universal raves from critics and audiences.

Yes, a third section for Godzilla Minus One; it's well-deserved, I promise. MyKaiju is risking life and limb by hosting an English translation of the film's novelization, written by Takashi Yamazaki himself. It appears to be at least partially machine-translated, but the Japanese text is included for comparison. Haven't read it yet, as I want to see the film a second time first, but quite a breakthrough given how mysterious this sort of thing usually is.

Monarch: Legacy of Monsters could never hope to compare with the opening of a stellar new Godzilla film; unfortunately, I also thought this week's episode was the weakest so far. It's bookended by Frost-Vark action, but the rest just drags. All's forgiven if the teacher and the hacker smooch though.

Toho and Legendary used to let each other's live-action Godzilla movies breathe; now the U.S. opening weekend of one is coinciding with the opening marketing push of the other. IGN released a trio of pics from Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, showing Kong with his axe; Dr. Andrews, Jia, and Trapper (Dan Stevens's character) in uniform; and Godzilla "evolving into a powerful new form." The same article included an interview with director Adam Wingard. Naturally, he didn't give away much... besides the return of Doug.

Earlier in the week, Legendary put out a trio of posters featuring Godzilla, Kong, and the film's antagonist, now christened Skar King. The taglines ("Unite" for our heroes, "Bow to Your King" for SK) sound like kaiju campaign slogans. Makes me wonder if, like Godzilla vs. Megalon before it, the movie will improbably capitalize on the presidential election next year. To steal a joke from Titanollante: Godzilla/Kong unity ticket? They'd have my vote.

Godzilla's new form, meanwhile, has already been spoiled by a T-shirt on Legendary's own site and some dire-looking Playmates figures. It makes sense that Wingard would want to have his own spin on the character after keeping the design from Godzilla: King of the Monsters for Godzilla vs. Kong. Hard to cast judgment without seeing the real design in full, but there's one particular detail I really like.

The film also has a booth at CCXP in Brazil, with a panel later today, so I think a trailer is incoming (the main reason I hammered out this whole post so quickly).

I missed this one last week: Tsuburaya announced an anime project called Ultraman: DARKNESS HEELS. The DARKNESS HEELS branding has been around for a while, spotlighting prominent evil Ultras—and, of course, Jugglus Juggler. No details on the anime yet, but if the Juggleman's there, so am I.

The big toy reveal this weekend was Super7's ULTIMATES! MaiGoji figure. Previous Godzilla figures from this line haven't lived up to the official photos, but hope springs eternal. It's $85 (much less than the MonsterArts); preorders started Friday. Other highlights: a Super7 ReAction figure of the original Godzilla's skeleton, which comes with a little Oxygen Destroyer, and a plush Mothra from Surreal Entertainment that can flip to imago form to a neck pillow-shaped larva.

[zombieweek-g]

DARKNESS HEELS ANIME AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[animemakeblog]

“Ultraman: Darkness Heels” The Anime Project Announced

At its Tsuburaya Convention 2023 event, Tsuburaya Productions revealed a teaser image for the anime adaptation of the Ultraman franchise's Darkness Heels project (see above).

[mukkuruingly]

I saw people reblogging my old Ultra Signs post which is… completely outdated by now given that its last signature was Ultraman X's. So here's my updated 2022 version starting from Ultraman to Ultraman Decker, including the Darkness Heels gang and the rest of Tsupro's Heroes!

I'm still waiting for Regulos' and Blazar's, so whenever Tsupro reveals their signatures, I'll be sure to update it again.

[ultramantr1gger]

goodnight

[himitsusentaiblog]

An ad for the new Darkness Heels Halloween event featuring Ultra Villains!

[thekaijudude]

HMMM YES THIS IS THE CONTENT I SIGNED UP FOR

This is promoting volume 2 btw (which will start on 27 July) and apparently itll focus more on JJ and Dark Zagi

Ngl I still haven't even read past chapter 2 of Volume 1 whoops

[cultfaction]

Ultraman: Darkness Heels announced

The official Tsuburaya Productions Twitter account has announced that Darkness Heels will get an anime adaption. Darkness Heels is a project that unites the “dark heroes” that appeared in the Ultraman franchise. Members of this group are: Ultraman Belial, Dark Zagi, Evil Tiga, Camearra, and Jugglus Juggler. ◢◤ DARKNESS HEELS ◢◤ ウルトラマンシリーズに登場するダークヒーローたちを主役としたプロジェクト『DARKNESS…

[blairelythere]

Hiiiii, I’m curious about your Ultraman collection. Care to give me an info dump about all your cool stuff?

I'd love to! Here's a very brief overview of the collection thus far.

This is the henshin/transformation device shelf. Starting from the top left and working across, there's the Dark Z Riser (from Ultraman Z), Saki's Gyro (Ultraman R/B), D-Flasher (Ultraman Decker), the Sparklence (Ultraman Tiga), and the Reiflasher (Ultraman Dyna). Those last two are tv-prop quality.

The next shelf down is entirely Ultraman Trigger stuff, including the Ancient, Dark, and GUTS Spark Lenses, and a bunch of Hyper Keys.

Below that is the Orb Ring and the Orb Calibur (From Ultraman Orb), and then the Geed Rizer, Ultra Capsules, King Sword, and the Neo Zero Eye (from Ultraman Geed).

This is the old Ultra Monster Series shelf for figures 2012 and back. I have some vintage figures from the 70s mixed in there, all with the tags.

This is the new Ultra Monster Series shelf, holding all of the smaller, less detailed figures from the new UMS line starting in 2013.

Here is a big shot of the SH Figuarts shelves + the new and old Ultra Hero Series lines. The very top has New Gen DX-scale figures. The lower shelves have all the new Blazar stuff as well as some rarer boxed UHS figures.

This one is kinda messy, I have to work on reorganizing them soon!

Left to right: Techtor Gear Zero, Ultrawoman Grigio, Ultraman Orb Thunder Breaster, Ultraman Geed (Royal Mega Master. Galaxy Rising, and Magnificent), Ultraman Regulos, Ultraman Ribut, Zetton, Gomora, Twin Tail, Ultraman Dyna and Ultraman Decker (With Baltan hiding behind them).

The Ultraman Z Shelf!!!

Left to right, back then front: Sevenger, Windom, King Joe Storage Custom, then Ultraman Z Delta Rize Claw, Z Alpha Edge, Z Gamma Future, and Z Beta Smash.

Darkness Heels, a team of villains and anti-heroes.

Jugglas Juggler, Camearra, Evil Trigger, Belial Atrocious, and Absolute Tartarus in the back.

New Gen base form lineup!

Left to right:

Ginga, Victory, X, Orb, Geed, Zero, Taiga, Fuma, Z, and Trigger. (Missing Rosso, Blu, and Titas ;_; )

The Ultra Brothers shelf ✨️

Ultraman, Zoffy, Seven, Jack, Taro, and then Astra, Leo, and Mebius in the back. (WHY DID I MISS ACE'S RELEASE GODDAMNIT)

Bonus Hanejiro!!

That's just a lil slice of it all. Thanks for asking! 💛

[kn96artworks]

✨happy wedding✨

(+) setting stuffs:

- team storage attends as jugs family lol

- it is officiated by ultraman king

- noa(!!) came to give his blessing. no one knows how did that even happen

- darkness heels team are there too. fukuide kei is lamenting the fact that it 'could've been him and belial-sama'.

- "zero-san." "yea?" "can you hit my head really hard? "...why?" "i need to unhear something."

- decor and flower arrangement courtesy of trigger and grigio

- haruki and zett ugly crying in happiness for togetoge seijin and senior disciple orb in sync

- 1 year supply of shiipin 929 courtesy of gourman hakase as wedding gift. it was noted to give mebius a mild war flashback

[streamingfanatic1963]

ULTRAMAN NEW GENERATION STARS Episode 13 "Darkness Heels" -Official- Pre...

[zombieweek-g]

Ultraman Darkness Heels -Lili- Volume 2 Details Revealed!

From Tsunashima’s twitter, Darkness Heels Lili Volume 2 will be released on July 27, and will include a brand new chapter!

You can buy volume one on Amazon.

You can read the original Japanese version on Comic Walker, though it currently only has chapter 1.

And you can read an English translated version on Mangadex!

[gonagaiworld]

Il progetto Darkness Heels del franchise Ultraman avrà un anime Il progetto è incentrato sugli eroi oscuri del franchise come Ultraman Belial, Dark Zagi e Evil Tiga. Info:--> https://www.gonagaiworld.com/il-progetto-darkness-heels-del-franchise-ultraman-avra-un-anime/?feed_id=412857&_unique_id=6561f482de7a7 #DarknessHeels #TsuburayaConvention2023 #Ultraman #ツブコン2023

[thouser-intellion]

Darkness Heels

[ultramantr1gger]

my wish is to post darkness heels manga screenshots and somebody doesnt recognize its from ultraman

[ask-cloverfield]

Ah the most traditional of team ups

The Wandering Samurai and LITERAL CLONE OF GOD