6.9 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
After escaping from the raid of giant monster Skull Gomora, Riku Asakura and his partner Pega stumbled upon a secret base lied 500 m underground. Given the Geed Riser and Ultra Capsules by operating system Rem, he transforms into Ultraman Geed and becomes a hero that his childhood inspired.
Foreign | 100% |
Sci-Fi | 61% |
Action | 54% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Japanese: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0
English
Blu-ray Disc
Six-disc set (6 BDs)
Digital copy
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 4.0 | |
Video | 4.0 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 0.0 | |
Overall | 3.0 |
Mill Creek has released 2017's 'Ultraman Geed' to Blu-ray. It's one of the newest programs in the 50-plus-year history of the 'Ultraman' franchise, yet the studio has chosen to bring it to the physical high definition format as one of the first releases as part of a long-term 'Ultraman' marketing strategy. The featureless release houses all 25 TV episodes on five discs and a sixth disc is home to the 'Geed' feature film. Technical specifications include native Japanese two-channel audio and English subtitles.
Ultraman Geed's 1080p, 1.78:1-framed transfer is a delight. Much like the Orb presentation it's clear, clean, and thrives on the resolution its HD video source provides. Viewers will note fine material and construction definition on Ultraman suits and various Kaiju. Miniatures are obvious but impressively detailed and integrated within the larger world while real world locales boast complex essentials and reveal intricate details on various busy interiors and thriving city exteriors. Human facial features reveal complex skin and hair details with efficiency and ease while clothes are appropriately tangible down to fine fabric textures. Colors are bold and invigorating, particularly the intense light shows that the show regularly puts on during the battles throughout the final act. Costumes and clothes enjoy robust tonal intensity, stability, and accuracy. Environments are likewise efficient in color reproduction. Skin tones are fine and black levels rarely stray from true. There are minor compression issues with fleeting spikes in intensity (see the 15:12 mark of episode one, and in the sky during the battle towards episode's end for a couple of examples) but these are fairly rare occurrences overall and never all that distracting. The movie offers no obvious stray in presentation quality or essential visual construction; the TV show review applies to it equally. Screenshots 1-25 are from the TV show; 26-30 are sourced from the movie.
Ultraman Geed's Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack fares much the same as the Orb audio presentation. It's impressively wide and filling, presenting with stage command and a feel for good immersion despite the channel limitations and, of course, the complete absence of surround and subwoofer utilization. Music and effects both enjoy extreme front end width and terrific detail. The track is not timid about engaging as fully as it can, all the while mustering more than adequate definition to the many varied sound effects scattered throughout the season, particularly during the various battles but also in general environmental details and various sounds of destruction as calamities wreak havoc around the city. It's very impressive what the track does with the limited channel allotment afforded to it; more tracks could stand to pay attention to what Mill Creek is doing with these. Add impressively clear and imaged dialogue and there's very little here to warrant any audible disappointment. Better, the movie's soundtrack maintains these same qualities. Whereas the Orb soundtrack offered a lesser feel for expansion and engagement, the movie's Japanese DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 lossless soundtrack essentially recreates the same presentation parameters as found with the TV show. Good stuff all around.
Mill Creek's Blu-ray release of Ultraman Geed contains no supplemental content across any of the six discs, five for the TV series and one for the movie. The main menu screen on the TV show offers only the options to choose episodes individually or to play all as well as to toggle subtitles on and off. The movie disc, disc six in the set, offers only options to play the movie and to toggle subtitles on and off. This release does ship with a booklet, which is not quite of the same quality or thoroughness as those found with the Ultra Q or Ultraman releases, but it does include hero character profiles, a Kaiju character guide, episode summaries, and an outline for the movie. No DVD discs are included, but Mill Creek has bundled in a MovieSpree digital copy voucher. Unlike the afore-referenced Ultra Q and Ultraman releases, there is disappointingly no corresponding SteelBook. Finally, this release ships with a non-embossed slipcover.
Ultraman continues to thrive after all these years. While Geed is aesthetically all but identical to Orb, it's of high quality dramatic construction and engaging character advancement, even if the core plot elements are fairly routine and border on stagnant at times. On the whole it's certainly up to par for the series, blending simple charm with some crude but effective modern appeal. It's not quite as completely newcomer friendly as Orb but most should enjoy what the show has to offer, Ultraman veteran or relative newbie alike. Mill Creek's six-disc set, which includes 25 TV episodes and a movie, is unfortunately but unsurprisingly featureless. Video and audio presentations are strong. Recommended.
Series + Movie / ウルトラマンオーブ & 劇場版 ウルトラマンオーブ 絆の力、おかりします!
2016-2017
2015
includes Ultra Fight Orb
2016-2017
2016
2018
Ultraman Ginga ウルトラマンギンガ, Urutoraman Ginga / Ultraman Ginga S ウルトラマンギンガS, Urutoraman Ginga Esu / Ultraman Ginga S The Movie: Showdown! The 10 Ultra Warriors! 劇場版 ウルトラマンギンガS 決戦! ウルトラ10勇士!!, Gekijōban Urutoraman Ginga Esu Kessen! Urutora Jū Yūshi!! / Ultra Fight Victory ウルトラファイトビクトリー, Urutora Faito Bikutorī
2013-2015
ウルトラQ
1966
2019
2010
Urutoraman sâga
2012
Ultra Galaxy Legend Gaiden: Ultraman Zero vs. Darklops Zero
2010
ウルトラマン
1966-1967
ウルトラマンタロウ
1973-1974
Daikaijű Batoru: Urutora Ginga Densetsu
2009
ウルトラセブン
1967-1968
Ultraman Zero Gaiden: Killer the Beatstar
2011
2008-2009
帰ってきたウルトラマン / Kaettekita Urutoraman
1971-1972
ウルトラマンA(エース) / Urutoraman Ēsu
1972-1973
1974-1975