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* AdaptationalBadass: Mephisto in the anime. In the manga, he was a [[NonActionBigBad Non-Action]] BigBadWannabe, [[spoiler: his plan to frame Ultraman by having Alien Zarab mimic him came off as sheer desperation after , and he was foiled embarassingly quickly by Edo.]] In the anime, [[spoiler: he came up with a much more sophisticated scheme that had everyone questioning Shinjiro's sanity, can fight limiter released Shinjiro on equal footing, and even with his death, accomplished what he was set out to do.]]
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* AdaptationalBadass: Mephisto in the anime. In the manga, he was a [[NonActionBigBad Non-Action]] BigBadWannabe, [[spoiler: his plan to frame Ultraman by having Alien Zarab mimic him came off as sheer desperation after , Valky egged him on, and he was foiled embarassingly quickly by Edo.]] In the anime, [[spoiler: he came up with a much more sophisticated scheme that had everyone questioning Shinjiro's sanity, can fight limiter released Shinjiro on equal footing, and even with his death, accomplished what he was set out to do.]]
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** [[spoiler: It's revealed in the final season that Anime!Rena inherited the Ultraman Factor when Hayata gave her pregnant mother a blood transfusion.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Mephisto in the anime. In the manga, he was a [[NonActionBigBad Non-Action]] BigBadWannabe, [[spoiler: his plan to frame Ultraman by having Alien Zarab mimic him came off as sheer desperation after , and he was foiled embarassingly quickly by Edo.]] In the anime, [[spoiler: he came up with a much more sophisticated scheme that had everyone questioning Shinjiro's sanity, can fight limiter released Shinjiro on equal footing, and even with his death, accomplished what he was set out to do.]]
* AdaptationalBadass: Mephisto in the anime. In the manga, he was a [[NonActionBigBad Non-Action]] BigBadWannabe, [[spoiler: his plan to frame Ultraman by having Alien Zarab mimic him came off as sheer desperation after , and he was foiled embarassingly quickly by Edo.]] In the anime, [[spoiler: he came up with a much more sophisticated scheme that had everyone questioning Shinjiro's sanity, can fight limiter released Shinjiro on equal footing, and even with his death, accomplished what he was set out to do.]]
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The group or entity known as [[spoiler:Zetton Core]] believes that Ultramen are a threat to the order of the universe. It was responsible for [[spoiler:destroying species that consider Ultramen to be heroes]] and formed the Star Cluster Council in order to present its will as the consensus of the whole universe, leading to the events of the entire series.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: The According to Mephisto, [[spoiler:the Star Cluster Council was behind every attempted alien invasion of Earth, making them this for the original series. This also paints the fact that the invasions immediately stopped when Earth joined the Council in a totally different light.]]
**The groupor entity known as [[spoiler:Zetton Core]] believes that Ultramen are a threat to the order of the universe. It was responsible for [[spoiler:destroying species that consider Ultramen to be heroes]] and formed the Star Cluster Council in order to present its will as the consensus of the whole universe, leading to the events of the entire series.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: As detailed below, the anime has Rena and her father resent Ultraman due to her mother dying in the crossfire of one of his battles. The problem is that the events of ''Ultraman'' happened decades before Rena would've been born and none of the other Ultraman series took place in this continuity, so this change makes absolutely no sense whatsoever unless Rena is ''way'' [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]]. That's not even getting into the fact the manga reveals that [[spoiler:she's actually an alien who was adopted and raised by Endo rather than being his biological daughter.]]
** In the manga, when Bemular fought Hayata, he never aimed for his weak points and almost exclusively targeted his protected torso instead of his unprotected head. In the anime, however, he not only hits Hayata in the head multiple times, but impales him through the stomach at one point. This makes the revelation that [[spoiler:he's actually the original Ultraman in disguise and never wanted to kill Hayata]] a lot more jarring.
** In the manga, when Bemular fought Hayata, he never aimed for his weak points and almost exclusively targeted his protected torso instead of his unprotected head. In the anime, however, he not only hits Hayata in the head multiple times, but impales him through the stomach at one point. This makes the revelation that [[spoiler:he's actually the original Ultraman in disguise and never wanted to kill Hayata]] a lot more jarring.
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: As detailed below, the anime has Rena and her father resent Ultraman due to her mother dying in the crossfire of one of his battles. The problem is that the events of ''Ultraman'' happened decades before Rena would've been born and none of the other Ultraman series took place in this continuity, so this change makes absolutely no sense whatsoever unless Rena is ''way'' [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]]. That's not even getting into the fact the manga reveals that [[spoiler:she's actually an alien who was adopted and raised by Endo rather than being his biological daughter.]]
**In the manga, when Bemular fought Hayata, he never aimed for his weak points and almost exclusively targeted his protected torso instead of his unprotected head. In the anime, however, he not only hits Hayata in the head multiple times, but impales him through the stomach at one point. This makes the revelation that [[spoiler:he's actually the original Ultraman in disguise and never wanted to kill Hayata]] a lot more jarring.
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* TeleportGun: The Alien Wadoran in season 2 of the anime use this to kidnap humans. However, the technology is unreliable and sometimes causes the target to [[TeleporterAccident simply disintegrate]].
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* TeleportGun: The Alien Wadoran in season 2 of the anime use this to kidnap humans. However, the technology is unreliable needs time to prepare, and sometimes causes rushing the process can cause the target to [[TeleporterAccident simply disintegrate]].
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* TeleportGun: The Alien Wadoran in season 2 of the anime use this to kidnap humans. However, the technology is unreliable and sometimes causes the target to [[TeleporterAccident simply disintegrate]].
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** Shinjiro's upgraded Ultraman suit is named "B type", a reference to the second Ultraman costume used during the filming of the original series.
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** Shinjiro's upgraded Ultraman suit is named "B type", a reference to the second Ultraman costume used during the filming of the original series. [[spoiler: His second upgrade, the "C type", was named after the third and final Ultraman costume.]]
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** Also, Leo and Astra aren't Ultramen, but the sole survivors of Planet L77, referencing their backstory in ''Ultraman Leo''.
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: {{Series/Ultraman}} meets {{Comicbook/Iron Man}} meets MenInBlack.
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* JustForFun/XMeetsY: {{Series/Ultraman}} meets {{Comicbook/Iron Man}} meets MenInBlack.TheMenInBlack.
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** Moroboshi being LiteralMinded, especially about being referred to as a brother.
** Also concerning Moroboshi, his having to deal with the incompetence of his fellow Ultramen in keeping the SSSP's operations a secret. It eventually comes to a head when [[spoiler:Rena is eventually officially recruited]] and Moroboshi has to deal with the waking nightmare of even his superiors apparently not giving a damn about secrecy.
** Moroboshi being LiteralMinded, especially about being referred to as a brother.
** Also concerning Moroboshi, his having to deal with the incompetence of his fellow Ultramen in keeping the SSSP's operations a secret. It eventually comes to a head when [[spoiler:Rena is eventually officially recruited]] and Moroboshi has to deal with the waking nightmare of even his superiors apparently not giving a damn about secrecy.
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An anime adaptation has been produced, co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama (''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'') & Shinji Aramaki (''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'') and released worldwide by Creator/{{Netflix}} as an ''Original'' on April 1, 2019. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOG3pZfGOc here]]. [[https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1138494971110019072?s=20 On June 11, 2019, Netflix announced that it had renewed the show for a second season]], which was released on April 14, 2022. A third and final season was announced which will be released on 2023.
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An anime adaptation has been produced, co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama (''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'') & Shinji Aramaki (''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'') and released worldwide by Creator/{{Netflix}} as an ''Original'' on April 1, 2019. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOG3pZfGOc here]]. [[https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1138494971110019072?s=20 On June 11, 2019, Netflix announced that it had renewed the show for a second season]], which was released on April 14, 2022. A third and final season was announced which will be released on May 11, 2023.
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** Also, Leo and Astra aren't Ultramen, but the sole survivors of Planet L77, referencing their backstory in ''Ultraman Leo''.
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** Jack performs a [[Anime/KinnikuMan Kinniku Buster]] on the alien wrestler Delar in the final episode of the anime's second season, ''Kinnukuman'' having started as a parody of Ultraman before its GenreShift to a wrestling-themed action-comedy.
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An anime adaptation has been produced, co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama (''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'') & Shinji Aramaki (''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'') and released worldwide by Creator/{{Netflix}} as an ''Original'' on April 1, 2019. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOG3pZfGOc here]]. [[https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1138494971110019072?s=20 On June 11, 2019, Netflix announced that it had renewed the show for a second season]], which was released on April 14, 2022.
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* WorkingTheSameCase: The premise of season 2 - the SSSP has been investigating the mass disappearance incidents, along with [[spoiler:Jack and Yapool, with Seiji and Bemular forming a third side.]] Taro's also been doing the same [[spoiler:and throws in his lot with Jack.]]
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An anime adaptation has been produced, co-directed by Kenji Kamiyama (''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'') & Shinji Aramaki (''Manga/{{Appleseed}}'') and released worldwide by Creator/{{Netflix}} as an ''Original'' on April 1, 2019. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXOG3pZfGOc here]]. [[https://twitter.com/NXOnNetflix/status/1138494971110019072?s=20 On June 11, 2019, Netflix announced that it had renewed the show for a second season]].
season]], which was released on April 14, 2022.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Several characters had their haircolors altered for the Anime, making them slightly more realistic. For example Dan went from a reddish-brown to black, and Rena's bright red was changed to brown.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Several characters had their haircolors altered for the Anime, making them slightly more realistic. For example Dan went from a reddish-brown to black, and Rena's bright red was changed to brown.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Bemular claims helping Seiji 'wouldn't be the first time he helped a human.' This startles Shin [[spoiler:and segues into his reveal as the Original Ultraman.]]
** Also on a meta-level:[[spoiler:Those who know about Ultraman's concept stages as a bird monster named Bemlar will find TheReveal that Bemular actually being Ultraman makes a lot of sense in hindsight.]]
** Also on a meta-level:[[spoiler:Those who know about Ultraman's concept stages as a bird monster named Bemlar will find TheReveal that Bemular actually being Ultraman makes a lot of sense in hindsight.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Bemular claims helping Seiji 'wouldn't be the first time he helped a human.' This startles Shin [[spoiler:and segues into his reveal as the Original Ultraman.]] Also on a meta-level:[[spoiler:Those who know about Ultraman's concept stages as a bird monster named Bemlar will find TheReveal that Bemular actually being Ultraman makes a lot of sense in hindsight.]]
**Also on a meta-level:[[spoiler:Those who know about Ultraman's concept stages as a bird monster named Bemlar will find [[spoiler:Rena's real name being Marie would eventually culminate in TheReveal that Bemular she's actually being Ultraman makes a lot this universe's version of sense in hindsight.Ultrawoman Marie, aka Mother of Ultra.]]
** Bemular claims helping Seiji 'wouldn't be the first time he helped a human.' This startles Shin [[spoiler:and segues into his reveal as the Original Ultraman.]] Also on a meta-level:[[spoiler:Those who know about Ultraman's concept stages as a bird monster named Bemlar will find TheReveal that Bemular actually being Ultraman makes a lot of sense in hindsight.]]
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: As detailed below, the anime has Rena and her father resent Ultraman due to her mother dying in the crossfire of one of his battles. The problem is that the events of ''Ultraman'' happened decades before Rena would've been born and none of the other Ultraman series took place in this continuity, so this change makes absolutely no sense whatsoever unless Rena is [[OlderThanTheyLook ''way'' older than she looks]]. That's not even getting into the fact the manga reveals that [[spoiler:she's actually an alien who was adopted and raised by Endo rather than being his biological daughter.]]
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: As detailed below, the anime has Rena and her father resent Ultraman due to her mother dying in the crossfire of one of his battles. The problem is that the events of ''Ultraman'' happened decades before Rena would've been born and none of the other Ultraman series took place in this continuity, so this change makes absolutely no sense whatsoever unless Rena is [[OlderThanTheyLook ''way'' [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]]. That's not even getting into the fact the manga reveals that [[spoiler:she's actually an alien who was adopted and raised by Endo rather than being his biological daughter.]]
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** This is particularly true in the Netflix adaptation, as the Ultras tend to get the crap kicked out of them far more often than in the manga. Take the battle at Rena's concert for example: In the manga, Adad fights Moroboshi one on one, with the two being evenly matched. Meanwhile, the anime has Adad [[CurbstompBattle curbstomps]] both Moroboshi ''and'' Shinjiro at the same time.
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** This is particularly true in the Netflix adaptation, as the Ultras tend to get the crap kicked out of them far more often than in the manga. Take the battle at Rena's concert for example: In the manga, Adad fights Moroboshi one on one, with the two being evenly matched. Meanwhile, the anime has Adad [[CurbstompBattle curbstomps]] curbstomp]] both Moroboshi ''and'' Shinjiro at the same time.
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** This is particularly true in the Netflix adaptation, as the Ultras tend to get the crap kicked out of them far more often than in the manga. Take the battle at Rena's concert for example: In the manga, Adad fights Moroboshi one on one, with the two being evenly matched. Meanwhile, the anime has Adad [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] both Moroboshi ''and'' Shinjiro at the same time.
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** This is particularly true in the Netflix adaptation, as the Ultras tend to get the crap kicked out of them far more often than in the manga. Take the battle at Rena's concert for example: In the manga, Adad fights Moroboshi one on one, with the two being evenly matched. Meanwhile, the anime has Adad [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] curbstomps]] both Moroboshi ''and'' Shinjiro at the same time.
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Helmed by ''Manga/LinebarrelsOfIron'' creators Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimoguchi, the manga is an ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' AlternateUniverse, ignoring everything that succeeded the original TV series in favor of a timeline where the appearance of extraterrestrials on Earth had much more ramifications and the original Ultraman is the only Ultra to have ever visited Earth. Expectedly, the series also takes a DarkerAndEdgier approach considering the themes it deals in. It is currently serialized in ''Monthly Comic Magazine Hero's''.
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Hero's'' before moving to ''Comiplex''.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Ambassador Mephisto kidnaps Shinjiro, Shina and Moroboshi so that he can launch a fake Ultraman attack in Japan and have the pubilc [[HeroWithBadPublicity blame them as the bad guys]]. Edo, however, stops him from doing so.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Ambassador Mephisto kidnaps Shinjiro, Shina and Moroboshi so that he can launch a fake Ultraman attack in Japan and have the pubilc public [[HeroWithBadPublicity blame them as the bad guys]]. Edo, however, stops him from doing so.
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* FalseFlagOperation: Ambassador Mephisto kidnaps Shinjiro, Shina nd Moroboshi so that he can launch a fake Ultraman attack in Japan and have the pubilc [[HeroWithBadPublicity blame them as the bad guys]]. Edo, however, stops him from doing so.
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* ClarkKenting: Rena, a famous pop-idol, apparently goes around in public wearing a pair of glasses to avoid attention.
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* ShownTheirWork: The mangakas actually went to Hong Kong to do research for the street fighting scenes.
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** This becomes harsher in retrospect when it's revealed that [[spoiler:Dan had a brother, who was kidnapped by aliens while he was forced to helplessly watch.]]
