YMMV / Ultraman 80

• Awesome Music:
  • The score is remembered for being on of Toru Fuyuki's best works.
  • The OP of course: Ultraman 80, Ultraman 80, He Came to us from a Star....
• Complete Monster: Gamos ("Cruel Monster"), from "Shine into Eternity!! Space G-Men 85", is a Civilization Destroyer responsible for wiping out all life on multiple planets, rendering entire alien civilizations completely extinct and turning every world it has invaded into a Ghost Planet. Twenty years prior, Gamos invaded the home planet of the alien warrior Zuckal, destroying the entire city Zuckal resides in. When Zuckal tried defending his family, Gamos easily defeated Zuckal, and to "punish" Zuckal for showing resistance, the horrible creature then killed Zuckal's wife and son using its acid breath while deliberately sparing the now-defenseless Zuckal, resulting in Zuckal spending the next two decades trying to hunt down Gamos. Early in the episode, Gamos invades Earth, its next target, and rampages across Tokyo, using acid breath on several innocent civilians in a park and clearly enjoying every moment of its rampage.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Many of the monsters sit among fans as desperately needing to return, thanks to their stellar designs and the series' unpopularity — Gamos, Margodon, Fire-Draco, Gimyra, Mecha-Gillas, Cressent, Gorah, Zakira, Robo-Fo, Emperor Galtan, and Plazma and Minzma.
  • Yulian. She didn't make any major appearances until Ultra Galaxy Fight: The Absolute Conspiracy, with many fans greatly satisfied to see her back in the spotlight.
  • Gimyra eventually did return in Ultraman Taiga, 39 years after its debut.
• Fridge Brilliance: Hoe, the Minus Energy monster created by sadness, has the most reappearances in the Ultra Series after 80's show had ended. Because among all negative emotions like anger, hatred, jealousy and sadness, sadness is the most frequently reoccuring and generally hardest to get over.
• Harsher in Hindsight:
  • Episode 16 deals with UGM trying to save Emi from a monster's Demonic Possession without killing her and episode 26 had her fearing the thought of dying when entering Yomi (Japanese afterlife). By the time episode 43 rolls in, you can expect that her fears come true.
  • Episode 44 featured a ghostly copy of Ultraseven transformed from a Seven action figure via the grudges of an injured soccer boy's Minus Energy. UGM nearly mistook him for the real Seven before Yullian corrected it. In Ultraman Ginga, the real Seven was corrupted by having his Spark Doll utilized by a corrupted individual into an evil version, named Ultraseven Dark. For the better or for the worse, Ginga focuses on the main villain absorbing people's Minus Energy to revive himself.
• Retroactive Recognition: Sayoko Hagiwara (Yulian) was later Recast as a Regular in a Super Sentai series. Twice.
• The Scrappy: The head teacher of Sakuragaoka Middle School. Intended Audience Reaction more than likely.
• So Okay, It's Average: Generally considered to be a good show, but not one of the stand-outs from the Showa era.
• They Changed It, Now It Sucks!: The common consensus with this series was that its quality declined significantly after dropping the school angle, with many agreeing that the show lost a lot of its initial appeal and identity as a result of the switch. This seems to be reflected in the fact that ratings declined significantly as the show went on, with the producers themselves eventually coming to regret the choice to do away with it.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Some feel this way about the school stories featured in the first thirteen episodes, with the show having a more generic feel after they dropped it. Series producer Noboru Tsuburaya also voiced similar opinion.
• Visual Effects of Awesome: Many fans agree that one of Ultraman 80's highlights is the improvements in special effects and suit designs thanks to a Big Budget Beef-Up — much needed after three series worth of mediocrity.

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