Rank the Ultraman Series!

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Come up with a list of your favorite shows from the Ultra series! I finished the first show recently and thought it was quite good and I'm out for more, but I think this will be an interesting topic for discussion as well.

May as well add my own:

Ultraman - I was really amazed at how good it is. Towards the back half of middle it tailed off a bit but finished strong.
Ultraseven - Honestly guys, I had to stop watching this one. It was not near as interesting to me as the original series. I’ll come back to it someday; I’ll give Return a shot in the meantime.

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My experience is limited so far, but:

Return of Ultraman (I'm about a third of the way in)
Ultraseven
Ultraman

I dunno... there are pros and cons to all of them. They're all pretty close.
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I've only completely watched some of the new gen shows, so here's my ranking of the ones I've seen:

1: Ultraman Geed
2: Ultraman Z
3: Ultraman X
4: Ultraman Ginga S
5: Ultraman Orb (The 'Something Search Police' made it hard to watch)
6: Ultraman R/B (Aizen/Cereza and Horoboros saved this one from being last)
7: Ultraman Ginga (The sequel series Ginga S was done a whole lot better in my opinion)
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1. Return of Ultraman
2. Ultra Q
3. Ultraman
4. Ultraman Powered
5. Ultraman Ace
6. Ultraseven
7. Ultraman Great
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Watched Trigger, except for Episode Z, but that's the movie, not the series. time to edit this list.

1: Ultraman Geed (Very good story, very well done)
2: Ultraman Z (Also very well done, just even with Juggler, not as good as Geed)
3: Ultraman X: (Same situation with Z, not as good as that damn masterpiece known as Geed)
4: Ultraman Ginga S: (A very big upgrade from the terrible Ginga, Chibull was a decent villain, but Dark lugiel being a boring villain killed the ending)
5: Ultraman Orb (The 'Something Search Police' made it hard to watch)
6: Ultraman Trigger (Inconsistent, Carmeara went from despising Trigger and wanting revenge to all of a sudden just wanting him back, but Dargon and Hudram were great)
7: Ultraman R/B (Aizen/Cereza and Horoboros saved this one from being last)
8: Ultraman Ginga (The sequel series Ginga S was done a whole lot better in my opinion)
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Oh damn, this is impossible for me. For me a big appeal of the Ultraman is how the majority of series can function as their "own franchise" if that makes since. Yes most of them all have crossovers, but you can get really sucked into these different worlds and characters. I'll try to rank them in groups:

S-Tier: Z, Tiga, Dyna, Gaia, Return, The Next, Ultraseven, and original Ultraman
A-Tier: Ace, Taro, Absolute Conspiracy, and Destined Crossroad
B-Tier: Decker, Netflix, Orb Origin (plus Orb Fight), Trigger
C-Tier: Great and Powered
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I'm working on a spreadsheet for this to catalogue a tierlist eventually. The word "Ultra" doesn't look real to me anymore :lol:

It seems like Return of Ultraman ranks high consistently, and so far I can see why. I'm about 10 episodes in and it's pretty damn solid. Tentatively my #1 ahead of Ultraman and Seven.
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Here's my tier list of new gen shows that I've seen so far:

S Tier:
Ultraman Geed
Ultraman Z

A Tier:
Ultraman X
Ultraman Ginga S

B Tier:
Ultraman Orb

C Tier:
Ultraman Trigger

D Tier:
None

Trash Tier:
Ultraman R/B
Ultraman GInga
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The Best
Ultraman
Return of Ultraman
Ultraman Ace
Ultraman 80
Ultraman Tiga
Ultraman Gaia
Ultraman Nexus
Ultraman Max
Ultraman Mebius
Ultra Galaxy
Ultraman Orb
Ultraman Geed
Ultraman Z

The Good
Ultraman Great
Ultraman Powered
Ultraman Dyna
Ultraman Neos
Ultraman X
Ultraman Taiga
Ultraman Decker

The Okay
Ultra Q
Ultraseven
The Ultraman
Ultraman Cosmos
Heisei Ultraseven
Ultraman Zero
Ultraseven X
Ultraman Orb: The Origin Saga
Ultra Galaxy Fight Miniseries-es
Ultraman Ginga S

The Bad
Ultraman Taro
Ultraman Leo
Ultraman Zearth
Ultraman Ginga
Ultraman R/B
Ultraman Trigger

Not sure if I missed anything or not. I know my stances on Great, Powered, Seven and Leo are usually in the minority.


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Here's my list of Showa Shows in order from best to worst:

Ultraman 80
Return of Ultraman
Ultraman
Ultraman Taro
Ultraman Ace
Ultra Q
Ultraman Leo
Ultraseven

Ultraman 80 takes the slight lead over Return of Ultraman for me and Ultraman or Taro could be interchangeable honestly. As for as Ultraseven, I just couldn't get into that show like I did the others.

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Ultraman Nexus
Ultraman Cosmos
Neo Ultra Q
Ultraman Gaia
Return of Ultraman
Ultra Q
Ultraman Neos
Ultraseven
Taro
Ace
Leo
Ultraman

That's all the ones I've seen so far. All the Showa series after Return all end up feeling a little samey. At least Ace had the dual host gimmick going for it but it was abandoned too soon. Though the extreme contrivances to get both hosts alone to merge got a little ridiculous coupled with the unwieldy merging sequence I can understand partially why it was dropped (not to mention the backlash). Still it was at least something to make it stand out.
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Via the preference revealer:

Ultraman
Return of Ultraman
UltraSeven
Ultraman Tiga
Ultraman Leo
Ultraman Max
Ultraman Gaia
Ultraman Taiga
Ultraman Dyna
Ultraman Mebius
Ultraman Taro
Ultra Q
Ultraman Z
Ultraman Orb
Ultraman Ace
Ultraman: Towards the Future
The ☆ Ultraman
Neo Ultra Q
Ultraman X
Ultraman 80
Ultraman Nexus
Ultraman Cosmos
Ultra Q: Dark Fantasy
Ultraman Decker
Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero
UltraSeven (Heisei)
Ultraman Geed
UltraSeven X
Ultraman R/B
Ultra Galaxy Neo Ending Odyssey
Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle
Ultraman Ginga S
Ultraman Neos
Ultraman Orb Origin Saga
Ultraman Ginga
Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga

It's been a long time since I've watched Gaia , Nexus and Seven X, so those placings are sort of based on my old memories. Ultimate Hero/Powered is probably a bit too high, but I can't help but be fascinated by the show.
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Thought I might share my own thoughts on which series I've seen is the best, separated by era.

Showa Era:
Ultraseven
Return of Ultraman (only 10 episodes in)
Ultraman

Heisei Era:
Gaia
Max
Mebius
Tiga
Dyna
Nexus
Mega Monster Battle Never Ending Odyssey
Zearth
Mega Monster Battle
Ultraseven X (trash tier imo)

NOTE: From Max to Tiga all are interchangeable with one another. Yep. Mainline Heisei Ultra shows are just that good and consistent imo. Dyna isn't because it's my least favourite of the bunch but no lower in quality.

New Generation Era (Ginga - Decker):
Z
Orb
X
Geed
Decker
Taiga
R/B
Ginga S
Trigger
Ginga
Orb Origin Saga (Also trash tier imo)
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