Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-36051722-20180702001257

This is going to be very controversial, but should we separate all the New Gen Heroes Era from the Hesei Era? The reason I ask this is because I've notice some very distanct differences the New Gen Era has from the Heisei Era. Much of the media they appear in further prioritize the sales of toys and gimmicks, as well as their series being shortened to less than 30 episodes, and were aired as part of Ultraman Retsuden|New Ultraman Retsuden until Ultraman Orb. The gimmicks they use rely on using the assets of Ultras and Monsters. Furthermore, their series are followed up by a movie in the year after their series ends. Also to note is that some of these Ultras have an Ultra Fight miniseries after their movie airs. New series are no longer aired back-to-back.

I believe that the Ultra Series has the same era pattern as the Godzilla franchise. The Godzilla and Ultra series has both the Showa and Heisei eras, but the Ultra series has the New Gen Era in the same sense and sequence as the Millennium Series for Godzilla. Both the Godzilla and Ultraman franchises all have a identical sequence: Godzilla (Showa, Heisei, Millennium), Ultraman (Showa, Heisei, New Gen). Yes, the Heisei Era (Tiga-Mebius, 1996-2007) does rely on the gimmick of form changing in combat, but they all had more than 30 episodes and yes they did had a movie tied in with the exception of ''Ultraman Max. ''

Point of the matter is, I think we should separate the New Gen Ultras and Media from the Heisei Ultras and Media. The New Gen era is radically different from the Heisei Era I think it deserves its own separate era.

What do you all think?  