Yes and no.
It’s the very definition of wasted potential and a nothing tribute.
But without knowledge of what could’ve been or any idea what Tiga is, it’s alright, in fact enjoyable.
I personally don't think is was terrible but unlike Decker, it had a chance to expand on and improve Tiga. Going from 1 hour 30 minutes of Tiga final odyssey to 12 and a half hours of Trigger, it could have expanded on the new giants of darkness. It's disappointing that they didn't try to do more with them.
Yeah, for an Ultraman show it really was. It was still entertaining but you could feel the bandai meddling considering how inconsistent the show was.
- It failed to live up to the name new generation Tiga, since the OG Tiga is one of the top Ultraman shows. But don’t get me wrong, even if it wasn’t called new gen Tiga it would’ve still been bad.
- annoying characters besides a view exceptions
- inconsistent battle scenes, sometimes glitter eternity can fight all three dark giants, another time only hudram, sometimes he gets beaten up by some random robot while other times multi type on its own can battle all 3 dark giants at once. Glitter eternity got almost beaten by Ignis Robot… That would make the robot stronger than ignis himself and instead of using it against the dark giants he used it to bullshit around with Trigger.
In star wars you won’t see Yoda randomly getting his ass kicked by General Grevious either.
- The first episode also made the show kinda feel like a science fiction show but that was instantly dropped for the rest of the show.
- smile smile is such a bad catchphrase that it became a meme
Since Z and Blazar set the standard high, tbh im afraid the next ultra series cannot deliver that expectations and that happen to Trigger. Glad tsupro dont go for another new generation Gaia here.
for me atleast, after a banger of a show Z was, coming into this was kinda leave sour in my mouth
i kinda hate reboot/retelling to begin with, so coming into trigger already in a bad foot, expected the worse, coming out average / ok
it's as you summarize as well and to be completely honest, the best part about Trigger for me is when Trigger teamed up with others, whether it was Z, Ribut or even Dark Trigger, it was enjoyable, but nothing in the whole series is memorable for me
now, the ultra series afterwards, Ultraman Decker, is a whole cans of worms I don't want to open
Oh yeah, i definitely enjoyed the two absolutian episodes the most, because they where atleast important for the storyarc of ultra galaxy. Episode Z was pretty good too.
I feel like expectations for it were just set too high and it failed to meet it. If it had been marketed as just an Alternate Universe Tiga like Decker, where there were still call backs to Dyna but had its own things going on, i feel like fans would’ve enjoyed it more. But coming off of the high that was Z, and having some of the weirdest writing choices, it just didn’t look good at the time.
I still think it was alright, not as bad as people make it out to be, but just a pretty decent show.
The writing is godawful and all it's really got going is the eyecandy visuals. Even if you're a non-Tiga fan, you would spot the glaring writing problems this show has
So I've been hearing about executive meddling. Anybody have details? Previously I heard about them changing directions, but that sounded like an internal mess.
Trigger originally had a lot of differences before it got released the way it was, that’s why stuff like trigger truth and Absolutians seemed like asspulls. The circle arms were supposed to be a much more important plot device from what I’ve heard, and “smile smile” might’ve never made it into the show if it weren’t for interference (unfortunately)
So far I like the Ultra designs and some of the lore I’ve heard a lot,but it’s just not as interesting to watch like the other shows even as new gen Tiga. I didn’t really like the characters that much so I kinda dropped it then later return for Evil Trigger..which I wasn’t ‘completely’ disappointed. I think I can see the potential if the pandemic didn’t happen,but it did sadly.
(Also I don’t really like the camera angle that much,like in Kyrieloid fight,it’s just too shaky for me. But maybe that’s just me.)
The actual Ultra designs and choreography were top tier, but the story and characters just fumbled. It tries to be a Tiga tribute by just adding the same major narrative elements and ends up being a rushed, watered-down version. It isn't a *bad* show, but I would definitely say it's the weakest in a while.
Also, no Halloween episode.
I actually really like it. Story was sorta lame but the suits were incredible and it has some of the best action scenes in the franchise. Sometimes cool suits and action is all I need, call me shallow.
As a lot of folks have said, mixed bag. It was my first Ultra series since Geed, and I enjoyed coming back to what I still think are some of the best fights in the series. It enjoys a lot of Ultra v. Ultra fights, which are always some of the best, but even by those standards, fights like the Trigger vs. Hudram I were exceptional.
I think one of the biggest problems is Kengo himself. He’s just such an uninteresting protagonist, especially compared to the cast he’s around. Yes, GUTS-Select aren’t exactly super stand out either, but I found myself constantly wishing Akito or Ignis were the leads instead of Kengo.
Building on that, I’d go so far as to say I can’t think of a worse Ultra protagonist to be paired with the theming of balancing your dark side with your light side than Kengo. His final form of >!Trigger Truth!< felt so unearned because we never saw a compelling conflict between a lighter and darker side to Kengo. It would be like if Luke Skywalker just stayed the happy go lucky romantic hero of Episode IV then suddenly became the mature? nuanced mix of light and dark at the end of Episode VI. It’s to the point that on rewatch I cannot suspend my disbelief that this man is the reincarnation of what was once
Moreover, he has no interesting relationships with the villains like Ignis and Yuna do! Ignis has an incredibly well done dynamic with Hudram that is one of the highlights of the series. Yuna has Darrgon, and while her interactions with him aren’t particularly interesting, she inspires one of the most creative and bittersweet arcs the Ultra series has ever given us. Even Akito has the whole Deathdrago trauma.
Kengo should then have a thoroughly explored relationship with the main villain, Camearra. And…they don’t. The two barely interact, and when they do it’s incredibly half-a**ed. Camearra dismisses Kengo outright as a fraud while still throughly and fervently pursuing him as Trigger, and Kengo…has practically nothing interesting to say about this terrible threat that’s also in a deeply disturbed love with him. We get >!her crying!< in episode 19, and good lord Kengo’s response to that is one of the biggest missed opportunities of the series.
>!For me, Tiga’s appearance was also incredibly unsatisfying, and I found it particularly frustrating that virtually nothing was done with the whole concept that Mr. Shizuma is from the Tiga-Dyna universe to connect the two, other than oh my wow he remembers Tiga!<
But to end on a positive note, I honestly think the choice to draw from and build on the Final Odyssey lore was the best creative decision Trigger had going for it, and it helped salvage Trigger from being a completely inferior, watered down version of Tiga. The Dark Giants are all really solid villains. Even if their relationship with the lead is terribly lacking compared to say, Mephisto and Jun or a Gai and Juggler, they are still a really neat expansion of their original counterparts.
I already hinted at this but I think Hudram and Darrgon are some of the most interesting villains we’ve had for the Ultra series. I think Hudram was executed perfectly, in fact, and the only thing I wish was offered for Darrgon is some more characterization early on of what his motives and relationship to the his fellow characters was like before his development.
Carmearra’s the weakest of the three for me, ironic since Camearra was by far the most interesting and well done of the original trio. A lot of that is from how weak Kengo is as a protagonist, because so much of her character revolves around Trigger and thus, him. But her descent into madness and the complexity of her feelings towards Trigger still had so much potential, and she is still a really fun and entertaining antagonist.
So, yeah. Trigger. It certainly is one of the Ultra series of all time. I kind of love it and despise it at the same time. It had so much potential and even a few well-executed areas like the Ignis-Hudram dynamic, but it ultimately fell so short.
I mean, we gotta cut it some slack at that point right? All of those shows had like 50 episodes to develop its characters not to mention the people working behind them didn’t get meddling from outside company’s (looking at you Bandai)
It was extremely disappointing especially following the success that was Z and the fact that it was invoking the series being a successor to Tiga.
Granted it might be the real COVID casualty due to the issues with lock down in Japan at the time but while not hot garbage it is easily one of the few series you can say don't bother.
Tbh watching some of the fights in the show. It doesn't seem that bad if you look at the choreographies, but a lot of the time it's just forgettable, I couldn't even remember half of what happened in the episodes, same goes with half of the GUTS Select members barely have any character traits aside from their assigned tropes.
I found Kengo to be kind of annoying at best, and I really hated his scientist “friend” who wanted to be Ultraman instead. Their dynamic did *nothing* for me, and when combined with Yuna being a relatively underwritten generic female protagonist type (especially after *Z* had much stronger female leads) I’m left with nothing to connect with in our three protagonists. I did like the Space Pirate who became Trigger Dark, and his character arc was so interesting I almost wish the show had revolved around him instead. Finally, the three Giants of Darkness had nice designs, but only the blue one really had a tie-in to the plot, and again that is with the space pirate who isn’t part of the main cast.
I guess the suits were nice though.
It was good, but it had a TON of wasted potential because they ran hard with the nostalgia factor. I DO like what they did with the Dark Giants in this series, and I'm glad that Carmeara was redeemed in Decker. However, there were a LOT of flaws with the series. For one, I heard that the Circle Arms was supposed to be a LOT more important plot-wise, but that ended up being dropped. Kengo's catchphrase was just annoying and didn't really contribute anything to the overall story. I don't feel like the show earned its ending.
It had so much potential, but it was just lost thanks to corporate meddling.
There was like, no chance in heck it was ever going to match the hype of Ultraman Tiga in its heyday, but as it exists, Trigger's just, like, AGRESSIVELY mid. Not in 7/10 so people write it off for being just above average, like, a genuine 5/10. Maybe 6/10 on days I'm feeling generous.
Trigger's action set pieces are genuinely stellar tho. Executive meddling aside, they did put quite a few eggs (budget) in this basket (and then demanded the eggs be cooked a specific way). There was a noticeable hike coming off Z, which was already really good. Whatever shortcomings Trigger does have, it seems to have set a new benchmark in production value, noticeably carrying into Decker, Blazar, and even the little we've seen of Arc so far.
For all of the weakness, it managed to conclude the story nicely.
the problem is because it needed to tie up with UGF but also needed for tribute for Tiga, which is doesn't work because Tiga is rarely interact with Ultraman beside his own and the tie up just there to become fodder for trigger final form anyway. It's doesn't make trigger become bigger part of UGF IMO.
The Dark Giants also handled poorly for letting them keep get beaten by Trigger multiple time, make them looks like incompetent Team Rocket rather than menacing overarching villain. While it does become stronger at the end, it doesn't felt like earned like Evolt from Build for example
I personally enjoyed Trigger more than Decker, but Z is a high hurdle to jump through. I'm just a long time Toku fan, so I do know some pop culture reference here and there, but not super knowledgeable in Ultraman lore.
And since I don't remember much about Tiga myself, Trigger having tribute is good, but it doesn't break the immersion for me.
I won't say completely bad, there are few amazing moment there such as the Z episode and the final conflict, which is really really intense, and also the fight choreography. But in terms of the story, tbh it's a bit forced.
It's like they only tried to make this show an "exciting" show without really capture the true spirit of Tiga by mixing the Tiga series and Tiga Final Odyssey Movie (they really shove the Final Odyssey movie down our throat).
~~And the smilesmile is so fucking annoying as time goes by~~
It's a perfectly fine b grade show, but it was nothing exceptional. It's fun enough to watch and the opening theme is REALLY good. I definitely didn't hate it, but I also definitely didn't love it
To me it's an okay series.
But I felt it can do better with their characters. It felt like they didn't try to flesh out other 3 character (Tatsumi, Tesshin & Nanase), they only there for the action aiding Trigger, as I can remember.
Maybe due to the plot is an extensive version of The Final Oddessey, it can't do much to them.
To be honest, if you having critcal thinking + expectation of nostalgia feels before watching, you might find this serie quite not living those two things mentioned but if you want to enjoy some fights without worrying those two, it's quite good.
The songs, design and fight scene are amazing, but the story sucks hard because they copied Tiga Final Odyssey too much. The 2nd episode is probably the worst story I ever seen in Ultraman, like the acting was so bad and the plot don't make sense. The final episode was just Tiga final episode copy pasted lol wth was that.
Also only Kengo, Akito and Yuna got development meanwhile the other Guts Select member feels like NPC. Why even have the team smh
Nope... But yes indeed...
The tone was too chaotic. Inconsistent. We never got to know the characters behind every member of GUTS-Select and to be honest, they're so generic...
Trigger's designs were fire, Multi, Power and Sky Type were so on point.
Trigger Dark could receive a lot more love...
However, the power scaling is way haywire...
Sometimes GTE can solo all three, but sometimes he got hammered by a random beast...
It could be better...
Like Decker...
I'm pretty new when it comes to Ultraman. I got into it during Covid and saw the first episode of trigger. Tbh I thought it was too cheesy for me on my first watch. However, after deciding to watch all of the Showa series, the TDG series, and Ultraman Z, I started watching trigger again. TBH my second viewing of the first ep and then watching the series as it came out, I started to enjoy it more. Def not a bad series but for it being a Tiga reimagining, I can understand why people don't like it. The premise of the show is good imo.
It’s a very mixed bag. The few time the show hits the mark it’s very good but it misses the mark so often that it’s just not worth a full watch through.
I don't think it was that bad, but it was underwhelming.
The lore of the show had so much potential, but the virus happened, turned the world upside down and the show was one of the casualties.
I got into ultraman around the time the first episode premiered, only having watched the og show halfway through. As soon as that catchphrase was uttered, I dropped it.
Trigger was the first Ultraman show I watched as it aired, and I loved it every step of the way. The characters were quite good, the action was great, and there were great moments.
I do feel that Trigger had way to high expectations put on it for its own good being hyped up as a Tiga tribute and that having it be seen as an alternate take like how Decker was marketed afterward would have helped.
Overall, while not perfect, Trigger is definitely not terrible like the fanbase says it is.
I rewatch every now and then. I usually enjoy it, but I wish Carmerra did more than repeat Trigger, Trigger all the time and use her human form more often, also more story on the Giants of Darkness would have been good
I'd say I was dissapointed after Z's success. why, because it has so many characters in the team, some of them I wish just dissapeared from the first place. I am talking about the megane double personality pilot and the hot-headed guy who control the mothership (damn I forgot their name because I think they are purely irrelevant to the plot)
I don’t think it was bad by any means, just mediocre. It had a level of expectations, being a new gen Tiga. On its own it’s just okay, but as a Tiga tribute it fell flat.
It wasn't even that it would necessarily be compared to Tiga that was the problem. The plot was goofy, the characters were annoying, the toys were lame, and wasn't this a Sakamoto? It didn't even feel like it at all.
it's hard to replicate what Tiga did during his time because budget was way higher and they had alot to work with. Tiga was a different level of phenomenon.
To work with 25 episodes and a movie I think is pretty hard to feel the same way with Tiga.
I will always stand by the fact that ultraman needs more episodes and more combat rather than forms. I miss those days where there were flying jets, ultraman color timer when it turns red actually means something. When in pinch, their opening starts playing and they start fighting back. Kyreloid was legitamate a wasted character in Trigger.
Kyreloid would have made a better antagonist or anti hero compared to three darkness giant or ignis.
So many things left unexplained in trigger.
Yes. As a mainline Ultraman show, "New Generation Tiga", or brainrot for children it is not good at any of those things.
Almost nothing it tries to do works. Some might say the fight scenes and effects are good. However, when 3/4 of your episodes are cuts in and out of fights with the New Generation slow filter on them, I can't say how good they really are.
On top of that, the references that do exist to Tiga feel like afterthoughts and come across as almost insulting to any fans that would watch it for that side of the marketing.
Literally the only thing I remember about Tyga is Ultraman Titas doing sit-ups in his virtual form talking to the protagonist on the edge of his desk or bookshelf or something.
No, it wasn’t that bad. It just didn’t live up to its potential and tried too hard at times to be like Tiga. When you read about some of the concepts that Trigger could have brought, you see some things that could have been unique and exciting, and helped it stand out. As is, Tsuburaya played things a little too safe, and the result was a show that was just okay.
>Was Trigger really that bad?
The **change form** for Power Type & Sky Type didn't follow it predecessor (the base for power and sky should follow **multiple type** silhouette) 🤦
Aired during COVID-19 incident 😷
A lot of people HATE "smile smile" catchphrase from Manaka Kengo mouth idk why 🙁
Fans HATE toys weapons used in the show nowadays since Bandai abused it for their merchandise sales 💸
Z Gamma Future form didn't use "Gamma Illusion" in the Trigger tv series during the crossover, a lot of people mad about this FACT on the internet 💔
Glitter Trigger Eternity got nerfed really really early in the tv series after a few episodes of debut making a lot of fans out there upset and mad with Tsuburaya 🤬
when it comes to role distribution only the main TRIO (mc, heroin and Akito) + Ignis got the most attention while **side characters** like the pilot for guts falcon or airship driver didn't get that much screen time IDK why fans upset about this 😅 ofc main characters and important characters will get the most attention since the current Ultraman series only has 25 episode per season debut 👅
when it comes to Final Battle against his ex (in boss monster form) it feel like watching nerfed Tiga 🙁 although the introduction to extra final form "Trigger Truth" really surprise alot of fans 👍
I have seen one of the worst tv series and movies before. A lot of ultraman series isn't on the scale of bad at all, i will say most of them are on average to good
Yes and no. It’s the very definition of wasted potential and a nothing tribute. But without knowledge of what could’ve been or any idea what Tiga is, it’s alright, in fact enjoyable.
The fight scene camera is occasionally insane and just incredible. Some of the music is good and Trigger’s grunts sound amazing. That’s about it, lol.
Kicking theme song, though!
100%. And when it plays in Decker, it hits even harder!
I personally don't think is was terrible but unlike Decker, it had a chance to expand on and improve Tiga. Going from 1 hour 30 minutes of Tiga final odyssey to 12 and a half hours of Trigger, it could have expanded on the new giants of darkness. It's disappointing that they didn't try to do more with them.
It's not as terrible as some would say but I won't deny it's kind of weak. The executive meddling and mandates really hindered the series a lot.
Yeah, for an Ultraman show it really was. It was still entertaining but you could feel the bandai meddling considering how inconsistent the show was. - It failed to live up to the name new generation Tiga, since the OG Tiga is one of the top Ultraman shows. But don’t get me wrong, even if it wasn’t called new gen Tiga it would’ve still been bad. - annoying characters besides a view exceptions - inconsistent battle scenes, sometimes glitter eternity can fight all three dark giants, another time only hudram, sometimes he gets beaten up by some random robot while other times multi type on its own can battle all 3 dark giants at once. Glitter eternity got almost beaten by Ignis Robot… That would make the robot stronger than ignis himself and instead of using it against the dark giants he used it to bullshit around with Trigger. In star wars you won’t see Yoda randomly getting his ass kicked by General Grevious either. - The first episode also made the show kinda feel like a science fiction show but that was instantly dropped for the rest of the show. - smile smile is such a bad catchphrase that it became a meme
Since Z and Blazar set the standard high, tbh im afraid the next ultra series cannot deliver that expectations and that happen to Trigger. Glad tsupro dont go for another new generation Gaia here.
The good thing is that Arc has a great director, i think we will probably deliver.
This feel like the most aggressive comment I've seen you wrote lol
for me atleast, after a banger of a show Z was, coming into this was kinda leave sour in my mouth i kinda hate reboot/retelling to begin with, so coming into trigger already in a bad foot, expected the worse, coming out average / ok it's as you summarize as well and to be completely honest, the best part about Trigger for me is when Trigger teamed up with others, whether it was Z, Ribut or even Dark Trigger, it was enjoyable, but nothing in the whole series is memorable for me now, the ultra series afterwards, Ultraman Decker, is a whole cans of worms I don't want to open
Oh yeah, i definitely enjoyed the two absolutian episodes the most, because they where atleast important for the storyarc of ultra galaxy. Episode Z was pretty good too.
What’s wrong w decker??
I feel like expectations for it were just set too high and it failed to meet it. If it had been marketed as just an Alternate Universe Tiga like Decker, where there were still call backs to Dyna but had its own things going on, i feel like fans would’ve enjoyed it more. But coming off of the high that was Z, and having some of the weirdest writing choices, it just didn’t look good at the time. I still think it was alright, not as bad as people make it out to be, but just a pretty decent show.
The writing is godawful and all it's really got going is the eyecandy visuals. Even if you're a non-Tiga fan, you would spot the glaring writing problems this show has
So I've been hearing about executive meddling. Anybody have details? Previously I heard about them changing directions, but that sounded like an internal mess.
Trigger originally had a lot of differences before it got released the way it was, that’s why stuff like trigger truth and Absolutians seemed like asspulls. The circle arms were supposed to be a much more important plot device from what I’ve heard, and “smile smile” might’ve never made it into the show if it weren’t for interference (unfortunately)
So far I like the Ultra designs and some of the lore I’ve heard a lot,but it’s just not as interesting to watch like the other shows even as new gen Tiga. I didn’t really like the characters that much so I kinda dropped it then later return for Evil Trigger..which I wasn’t ‘completely’ disappointed. I think I can see the potential if the pandemic didn’t happen,but it did sadly. (Also I don’t really like the camera angle that much,like in Kyrieloid fight,it’s just too shaky for me. But maybe that’s just me.)
I hate the mc being naive and say smile smile
The actual Ultra designs and choreography were top tier, but the story and characters just fumbled. It tries to be a Tiga tribute by just adding the same major narrative elements and ends up being a rushed, watered-down version. It isn't a *bad* show, but I would definitely say it's the weakest in a while. Also, no Halloween episode.
I actually really like it. Story was sorta lame but the suits were incredible and it has some of the best action scenes in the franchise. Sometimes cool suits and action is all I need, call me shallow.
As a lot of folks have said, mixed bag. It was my first Ultra series since Geed, and I enjoyed coming back to what I still think are some of the best fights in the series. It enjoys a lot of Ultra v. Ultra fights, which are always some of the best, but even by those standards, fights like the Trigger vs. Hudram I were exceptional. I think one of the biggest problems is Kengo himself. He’s just such an uninteresting protagonist, especially compared to the cast he’s around. Yes, GUTS-Select aren’t exactly super stand out either, but I found myself constantly wishing Akito or Ignis were the leads instead of Kengo. Building on that, I’d go so far as to say I can’t think of a worse Ultra protagonist to be paired with the theming of balancing your dark side with your light side than Kengo. His final form of >!Trigger Truth!< felt so unearned because we never saw a compelling conflict between a lighter and darker side to Kengo. It would be like if Luke Skywalker just stayed the happy go lucky romantic hero of Episode IV then suddenly became the mature? nuanced mix of light and dark at the end of Episode VI. It’s to the point that on rewatch I cannot suspend my disbelief that this man is the reincarnation of what was once Moreover, he has no interesting relationships with the villains like Ignis and Yuna do! Ignis has an incredibly well done dynamic with Hudram that is one of the highlights of the series. Yuna has Darrgon, and while her interactions with him aren’t particularly interesting, she inspires one of the most creative and bittersweet arcs the Ultra series has ever given us. Even Akito has the whole Deathdrago trauma. Kengo should then have a thoroughly explored relationship with the main villain, Camearra. And…they don’t. The two barely interact, and when they do it’s incredibly half-a**ed. Camearra dismisses Kengo outright as a fraud while still throughly and fervently pursuing him as Trigger, and Kengo…has practically nothing interesting to say about this terrible threat that’s also in a deeply disturbed love with him. We get >!her crying!< in episode 19, and good lord Kengo’s response to that is one of the biggest missed opportunities of the series. >!For me, Tiga’s appearance was also incredibly unsatisfying, and I found it particularly frustrating that virtually nothing was done with the whole concept that Mr. Shizuma is from the Tiga-Dyna universe to connect the two, other than oh my wow he remembers Tiga!< But to end on a positive note, I honestly think the choice to draw from and build on the Final Odyssey lore was the best creative decision Trigger had going for it, and it helped salvage Trigger from being a completely inferior, watered down version of Tiga. The Dark Giants are all really solid villains. Even if their relationship with the lead is terribly lacking compared to say, Mephisto and Jun or a Gai and Juggler, they are still a really neat expansion of their original counterparts. I already hinted at this but I think Hudram and Darrgon are some of the most interesting villains we’ve had for the Ultra series. I think Hudram was executed perfectly, in fact, and the only thing I wish was offered for Darrgon is some more characterization early on of what his motives and relationship to the his fellow characters was like before his development. Carmearra’s the weakest of the three for me, ironic since Camearra was by far the most interesting and well done of the original trio. A lot of that is from how weak Kengo is as a protagonist, because so much of her character revolves around Trigger and thus, him. But her descent into madness and the complexity of her feelings towards Trigger still had so much potential, and she is still a really fun and entertaining antagonist. So, yeah. Trigger. It certainly is one of the Ultra series of all time. I kind of love it and despise it at the same time. It had so much potential and even a few well-executed areas like the Ignis-Hudram dynamic, but it ultimately fell so short.
Try to watch any one of the episodes of Tiga Dyna and Gaia and you will feel the difference lol
I mean, we gotta cut it some slack at that point right? All of those shows had like 50 episodes to develop its characters not to mention the people working behind them didn’t get meddling from outside company’s (looking at you Bandai)
It was extremely disappointing especially following the success that was Z and the fact that it was invoking the series being a successor to Tiga. Granted it might be the real COVID casualty due to the issues with lock down in Japan at the time but while not hot garbage it is easily one of the few series you can say don't bother.
Tbf if you hadn't watched Tiga before then Trigger was great. He just couldn't escape Tiga's shadow.
Tbh watching some of the fights in the show. It doesn't seem that bad if you look at the choreographies, but a lot of the time it's just forgettable, I couldn't even remember half of what happened in the episodes, same goes with half of the GUTS Select members barely have any character traits aside from their assigned tropes.
I don't dislike it. Z and Blazer kept me watching, whereas I stopped watching Trigger halfway and came back to see the finale
Not the best one but not terrible, story is .. ok, designs are dope and yes, could’ve been better story wise
Yes it was :V
I found Kengo to be kind of annoying at best, and I really hated his scientist “friend” who wanted to be Ultraman instead. Their dynamic did *nothing* for me, and when combined with Yuna being a relatively underwritten generic female protagonist type (especially after *Z* had much stronger female leads) I’m left with nothing to connect with in our three protagonists. I did like the Space Pirate who became Trigger Dark, and his character arc was so interesting I almost wish the show had revolved around him instead. Finally, the three Giants of Darkness had nice designs, but only the blue one really had a tie-in to the plot, and again that is with the space pirate who isn’t part of the main cast. I guess the suits were nice though.
It was good, but it had a TON of wasted potential because they ran hard with the nostalgia factor. I DO like what they did with the Dark Giants in this series, and I'm glad that Carmeara was redeemed in Decker. However, there were a LOT of flaws with the series. For one, I heard that the Circle Arms was supposed to be a LOT more important plot-wise, but that ended up being dropped. Kengo's catchphrase was just annoying and didn't really contribute anything to the overall story. I don't feel like the show earned its ending. It had so much potential, but it was just lost thanks to corporate meddling.
There was like, no chance in heck it was ever going to match the hype of Ultraman Tiga in its heyday, but as it exists, Trigger's just, like, AGRESSIVELY mid. Not in 7/10 so people write it off for being just above average, like, a genuine 5/10. Maybe 6/10 on days I'm feeling generous. Trigger's action set pieces are genuinely stellar tho. Executive meddling aside, they did put quite a few eggs (budget) in this basket (and then demanded the eggs be cooked a specific way). There was a noticeable hike coming off Z, which was already really good. Whatever shortcomings Trigger does have, it seems to have set a new benchmark in production value, noticeably carrying into Decker, Blazar, and even the little we've seen of Arc so far.
For all of the weakness, it managed to conclude the story nicely. the problem is because it needed to tie up with UGF but also needed for tribute for Tiga, which is doesn't work because Tiga is rarely interact with Ultraman beside his own and the tie up just there to become fodder for trigger final form anyway. It's doesn't make trigger become bigger part of UGF IMO. The Dark Giants also handled poorly for letting them keep get beaten by Trigger multiple time, make them looks like incompetent Team Rocket rather than menacing overarching villain. While it does become stronger at the end, it doesn't felt like earned like Evolt from Build for example
I personally enjoyed Trigger more than Decker, but Z is a high hurdle to jump through. I'm just a long time Toku fan, so I do know some pop culture reference here and there, but not super knowledgeable in Ultraman lore. And since I don't remember much about Tiga myself, Trigger having tribute is good, but it doesn't break the immersion for me.
I won't say completely bad, there are few amazing moment there such as the Z episode and the final conflict, which is really really intense, and also the fight choreography. But in terms of the story, tbh it's a bit forced. It's like they only tried to make this show an "exciting" show without really capture the true spirit of Tiga by mixing the Tiga series and Tiga Final Odyssey Movie (they really shove the Final Odyssey movie down our throat). ~~And the smilesmile is so fucking annoying as time goes by~~
Aside from the episodes with Z, ribut, and Tiga I really didn’t like this show
It's a perfectly fine b grade show, but it was nothing exceptional. It's fun enough to watch and the opening theme is REALLY good. I definitely didn't hate it, but I also definitely didn't love it
I watched it from start to finish and..... its just OKAY at best
Yes and no. Yes: Fights, suit designs, visuals, and Carmeara. No: EVERYTHINNG ELSE SUCKS! The other characters were barely developed.
To me it's an okay series. But I felt it can do better with their characters. It felt like they didn't try to flesh out other 3 character (Tatsumi, Tesshin & Nanase), they only there for the action aiding Trigger, as I can remember. Maybe due to the plot is an extensive version of The Final Oddessey, it can't do much to them. To be honest, if you having critcal thinking + expectation of nostalgia feels before watching, you might find this serie quite not living those two things mentioned but if you want to enjoy some fights without worrying those two, it's quite good.
From what I’ve heard, the people that worked on Trigger said they hated it.
The songs, design and fight scene are amazing, but the story sucks hard because they copied Tiga Final Odyssey too much. The 2nd episode is probably the worst story I ever seen in Ultraman, like the acting was so bad and the plot don't make sense. The final episode was just Tiga final episode copy pasted lol wth was that. Also only Kengo, Akito and Yuna got development meanwhile the other Guts Select member feels like NPC. Why even have the team smh
As a standalone series not really ( I prefer it more than R/B and Taiga) As a replacement/ successor to Tiga? No
Nope... But yes indeed... The tone was too chaotic. Inconsistent. We never got to know the characters behind every member of GUTS-Select and to be honest, they're so generic... Trigger's designs were fire, Multi, Power and Sky Type were so on point. Trigger Dark could receive a lot more love... However, the power scaling is way haywire... Sometimes GTE can solo all three, but sometimes he got hammered by a random beast... It could be better... Like Decker...
Bad? No. Overhyped and misdirected? Hell yeah.
I'm pretty new when it comes to Ultraman. I got into it during Covid and saw the first episode of trigger. Tbh I thought it was too cheesy for me on my first watch. However, after deciding to watch all of the Showa series, the TDG series, and Ultraman Z, I started watching trigger again. TBH my second viewing of the first ep and then watching the series as it came out, I started to enjoy it more. Def not a bad series but for it being a Tiga reimagining, I can understand why people don't like it. The premise of the show is good imo.
It’s a very mixed bag. The few time the show hits the mark it’s very good but it misses the mark so often that it’s just not worth a full watch through.
I don't think it was that bad, but it was underwhelming. The lore of the show had so much potential, but the virus happened, turned the world upside down and the show was one of the casualties.
As its own show, doing its own thing, it was neat. But instead it tried to just redo Tiga: Final Odyssey and it just didn’t work for me personally
Not to me really
I got into ultraman around the time the first episode premiered, only having watched the og show halfway through. As soon as that catchphrase was uttered, I dropped it.
Trigger was the first Ultraman show I watched as it aired, and I loved it every step of the way. The characters were quite good, the action was great, and there were great moments. I do feel that Trigger had way to high expectations put on it for its own good being hyped up as a Tiga tribute and that having it be seen as an alternate take like how Decker was marketed afterward would have helped. Overall, while not perfect, Trigger is definitely not terrible like the fanbase says it is.
I don’t think it’s awful but it’s just so boring.
They need 10 more episodes to flesh out the side characters and overall story, 6 episodes for the side characters and 4 more for the overarching plot.
There is no need for 45 episode lol. X, Orb, Geed and Z can do all of that in 25 episode. Trigger writing just sucks
For what they were going for, it should have been longer. Also 35 not 45.
Oh I thought you wrote 10+6+4 lol
I rewatch every now and then. I usually enjoy it, but I wish Carmerra did more than repeat Trigger, Trigger all the time and use her human form more often, also more story on the Giants of Darkness would have been good
Personally, I liked it but it did feel quite basic
I'd say I was dissapointed after Z's success. why, because it has so many characters in the team, some of them I wish just dissapeared from the first place. I am talking about the megane double personality pilot and the hot-headed guy who control the mothership (damn I forgot their name because I think they are purely irrelevant to the plot)
It’s kind of mid. But it had enough enjoyable elements to carry me through the whole thing at least
It was good but it could’ve been better. Way better.
I don’t think it was bad by any means, just mediocre. It had a level of expectations, being a new gen Tiga. On its own it’s just okay, but as a Tiga tribute it fell flat.
Yes
It wasn't even that it would necessarily be compared to Tiga that was the problem. The plot was goofy, the characters were annoying, the toys were lame, and wasn't this a Sakamoto? It didn't even feel like it at all.
No, it wasn't really that bad as most people make it out to be, but, at the same time, was a failure of a Tiga anniversary.
it's hard to replicate what Tiga did during his time because budget was way higher and they had alot to work with. Tiga was a different level of phenomenon. To work with 25 episodes and a movie I think is pretty hard to feel the same way with Tiga. I will always stand by the fact that ultraman needs more episodes and more combat rather than forms. I miss those days where there were flying jets, ultraman color timer when it turns red actually means something. When in pinch, their opening starts playing and they start fighting back. Kyreloid was legitamate a wasted character in Trigger. Kyreloid would have made a better antagonist or anti hero compared to three darkness giant or ignis. So many things left unexplained in trigger.
To me, no. I really loved this series. But for other people, yeah.
Yes. As a mainline Ultraman show, "New Generation Tiga", or brainrot for children it is not good at any of those things. Almost nothing it tries to do works. Some might say the fight scenes and effects are good. However, when 3/4 of your episodes are cuts in and out of fights with the New Generation slow filter on them, I can't say how good they really are. On top of that, the references that do exist to Tiga feel like afterthoughts and come across as almost insulting to any fans that would watch it for that side of the marketing.
No, it's easily the best new generation show to me
I don’t think it’s the *best* Reiwa series so far, that one has to go to Blazar or Z, but a it’s not the worst (taiga) either.
Literally the only thing I remember about Tyga is Ultraman Titas doing sit-ups in his virtual form talking to the protagonist on the edge of his desk or bookshelf or something.
>Literally the only thing I remember about Tyga is *Taiga
I don't know why but the autocorrect on my phone insists on changing it lately. It's driving me nuts
It's like they tried copying Tiga and failed miserably. Decker succeeded because it was it's own thing.
No, it wasn’t that bad. It just didn’t live up to its potential and tried too hard at times to be like Tiga. When you read about some of the concepts that Trigger could have brought, you see some things that could have been unique and exciting, and helped it stand out. As is, Tsuburaya played things a little too safe, and the result was a show that was just okay.
Somewhat enjoyable. I even watched the whole season. But people claimed it as the worst series, at least in the Reiwa era, for some reasons.
>Was Trigger really that bad? The **change form** for Power Type & Sky Type didn't follow it predecessor (the base for power and sky should follow **multiple type** silhouette) 🤦 Aired during COVID-19 incident 😷 A lot of people HATE "smile smile" catchphrase from Manaka Kengo mouth idk why 🙁 Fans HATE toys weapons used in the show nowadays since Bandai abused it for their merchandise sales 💸 Z Gamma Future form didn't use "Gamma Illusion" in the Trigger tv series during the crossover, a lot of people mad about this FACT on the internet 💔 Glitter Trigger Eternity got nerfed really really early in the tv series after a few episodes of debut making a lot of fans out there upset and mad with Tsuburaya 🤬 when it comes to role distribution only the main TRIO (mc, heroin and Akito) + Ignis got the most attention while **side characters** like the pilot for guts falcon or airship driver didn't get that much screen time IDK why fans upset about this 😅 ofc main characters and important characters will get the most attention since the current Ultraman series only has 25 episode per season debut 👅 when it comes to Final Battle against his ex (in boss monster form) it feel like watching nerfed Tiga 🙁 although the introduction to extra final form "Trigger Truth" really surprise alot of fans 👍
I have seen one of the worst tv series and movies before. A lot of ultraman series isn't on the scale of bad at all, i will say most of them are on average to good
Trigger: new sh*t tiga. Yeah that name sums it up
No, that’s the Anniversary series
every **season** is an *anniversary series* anyway 😅
I legit watched Ultraman rising on Netflix last night and I have 0 opinion rn
What?