Ultraman, Vol. 1: Volume 1

I just finished the original Ultraman TV Series and wanted to check out this Manga before watching the Netflix Anime adaptation which covers volumes 1-8. This is a great sequel to the original series but you don't have to have seen the Original TV Show although it does help for returning characters and franchise mythology the book explains enough to get you started. This first volume is fast paced and doesn't mess about. It gave me vibes of Guyver and Iron Man too. I enjoyed it, onto volume 2.

Mecha is one of my favourite genres, but I don't seem to read it very much. Not sure if Ultraman is relly mecha as we have some aliens involved rather than robots, but they *look* like robots. This was a quick rush of a read for me. Tons of action, with some great art but still plenty of story and character to get us interested and get the plot started. Quite impressive for a first volume where action/plot often overrides character. Shinjiro starts out as a toddler then we skip ahead to the present where he is a young man. The ending is quite a shocker and left me feeling a bit creepy. Most certainly will be reading volume 2!

Very happy with item

I've been aware of Ultraman for a while but never seen any of its various incarnations. It's a Power Ranger type of affair, where a man grows to giant size to fight monsters. This story takes place a number of years on and had an Ultraman who doesn't remember who he is and his son discovering their powers. It feels like a modern super hero story in this and towards the end of this volume starts to bring in an air of mystery that might build into something interesting. I'm not a huge fan of the art. There's nothing wrong with it as such, but it is a bit bland. The storyline and characters are a bit bland too. I'm not sure if I'll give another volume a go.

This is a very great 👍 book and it has great character designs

Clean drawing techniques. Black and white manga. Refreshing!

My son loved to read it

This was a Christmas present to my brother who watched the original Japanese series on Radio-Canada when he was young. It's not the exact Ultraman of the '60s. It's still a fun read.

The book arrived in perfect condition. As for the story, The book continues after the TV Show ended and it introduces a new Ultraman (Son of the previous hero), I first thought it was going to be a light hearted read and this book proved me wrong, it certainly is not for kids and is aimed towards an older teen audience. This takes a dark approach to the older Ultraman stories. The only problem I have with this book is that it finished too quickly and after I finished it I was left wanting more, I will be buying the next volume when it comes out and I sincerely hope the next volume lives up to the quality and standard of the first book. And I cannot recommend this enough to anyone.