Ultraman Blazar ep 1 Review: It’s Monke Time!

Of course, the Kaijuu prove too much for human weapons – even special anti-kaijuu rounds. And in comes our main character – the giant warrior Blazar. Blazar’s debut is super simple and impactful. Gento risked his life to save his team members and fulfilling the plan on his own. And then the Blazar brace just…appeared on his arm and basically forced him to transform without any explanation, there’s no speech about joining two entities and there’s no chant. Blazar name absolutely wasn’t spoken in episode one – just Ultraman. Making Ultraman a tale circulating between astronauts was pretty genius, and human have zero idea if Ultraman is an ally or hostile entity. Usually when they see an Ultra fighting against a Kaijuu, some people will regard him as an ally of justice and a hero to protect the Earth. However, Blazar’s “fight” is quite different from the rest.

His “beckoning” pose at the start was very unique – and it was said to be a “prayer” of sorts – and that’s pretty cool. And his stance remind me of kickboxing/Muay Thai and the assymetrical design really highlights his uniqueness. Blazar’s fight was both primal and sophisticated. There are times where he went full monke and literally climb up a skyscraper like King Kong – or trying to scare off the kaijuu with his roars – which sounds pretty funky to be honest. But there are also times where Blazar “recognizes” that others are in harm’s way, so he tries to defend them. This show that Gento’s subconsciousness still exist inside of Blazar – despite the episode didn’t show us any indication of that. For Trigger and Decker, and even Z, we can see the human host existing in a sub-dimension inside the Ultra and performing actions with the Ultra rise devices, however, Blazar started off with just pure, un-adulterated giant-on-giant violence. This also create a contrast where Gento is super tactical and very caring to his comrade, Blazar just go head-on and dove right into the Kaijuu with some really random attacks.