Go! Godman & Greenman - Ultra Gaiden

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Ultra Gaiden, the series where I take a look at shows and movies tangentially related to the Ultraman franchise, is back! In this episode I look at two entries from the "Go" trilogy, Godman and Greenman. What horrors await?
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:55 - The heroes
3:56 - Mysterious production details and influences
5:30 - Familiar, rotting faces
7:49 - Ike! Godman (1972)
11:41 - Ike! Greenman (1973)
16:05 - Ike! Godman (2008)
18:42 - Legacy
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Sources:
wikizilla.org/wiki/Planet_Fir...
wikizilla.org/wiki/Monster_Uncle
wikizilla.org/wiki/Go!_Godman
wikizilla.org/wiki/Greenman
wikizilla.org/wiki/Chibikko_S...
wikizilla.org/wiki/Assault!_H...!
• 突撃! ヒューマン!! フッテージ (Assault Human stage show footage)
• Megaloman VS Ultraman ... (Megaloman vs. Ultraman footage)
• 『ゴジラ・フェス2022』ゴジばん生公演「ヒ... (Godziban episode where Gigan cosplays as Godman)

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@ZaGorudan 16 күн бұрын

Check out the Ultra Retrospective playlist for 21 videos (and counting!) like this one. kzfaq.info/sun/PLiLVzRuysz88wWUAy5XObQ0iQaEHLVGCw

@daddyinthestreetsenpaiinth9250 14 күн бұрын

Thank you for your contribution to the starving for content Ultra community. See you in the next 20, 000 years Goldn ❤❤

@ethanreynolds3522 14 күн бұрын

Hey ZaGorudan, there are some episodes of Megaloman on a site called Tukoz. I hope that helps.

@khaymenbrock645 15 күн бұрын

greenman being an angelic machine made by god to fight satan is so hard

@redcometharry 18 күн бұрын

It's so tragic that following the end of his show, Greenman fell back into his addiction to huffing gasoline and glue...

@monolophosaurus 15 күн бұрын

mmmm yummy

@marcusaaronliaogo9158 15 күн бұрын

Truly tragic for such a robot

@jo_smough 14 күн бұрын

Then getting in a fight with the Philly Phanatic

@diegodankquixote-wry3242 14 күн бұрын

Legalize Glue!

@GribbleGob 14 күн бұрын

Yeah I heard you can find him near gas stations all dirty and smelly, offering to kick a monster's ass for gas money.

@Yonggary1999isamasterpiece 15 күн бұрын

I love that the villain in Go! Greenman is literally Satan

@RCT3Crashes100 14 күн бұрын

I'm glad that shows like Godman, Greenman, Redman, Ultra Fight and Ultra Super Fight exist; there's something genuinely charming about how they operated on some of the tiniest budgets in Tokusatsu (often barely above the budgets of some fan films!) and still gave it their best shot at creating something new. As a fun fact, and it's one that's honestly rather ironic considering the state a lot of the movie monster suits in _Greenman_ were, Greenman's suit in the 2008 special is the _exact same_ suit from the original series! Somehow, it had survived over three decades sitting in a warehouse somewhere and hadn't degraded to the point of being unusable, and only a few minor repairs had to be made to have it ready to go. Pretty cool stuff!

@ThatManConzilla 14 күн бұрын

Redman and Ultra fight are probably my favourite of these types of shows.

@unknownman5090 2 күн бұрын

@@ThatManConzilla Redman.

@EddiePerezIII1967 15 күн бұрын

Growing up in Japan during the early 70's must have been amazing.

@Jtplaysgames21 15 күн бұрын

Fun fact: tohl narita who worked on ultraman and ultra 7 also worked on the assault human, hence why some of the monsters look familiar.

@WhatDillionYT 15 күн бұрын

What I love is that there's actually a little following for Godman

@ThatManConzilla 14 күн бұрын

One that I may or may not be apart of

@cheepmovprod 14 күн бұрын

@@ThatManConzillamaybe…

@GoGodman 4 күн бұрын

i started the search for Godman episodes and then others joined the search

@ThatManConzilla 4 күн бұрын

@GoGodman I was searching for greenman episodes since 2018 but you made me join the Godman search.

@cheepmovprod 4 күн бұрын

@@GoGodman you’re sort of like the ambassador for these series. If someone wants to get into them, they’ll find you somehow.

@KyojinKaiju 15 күн бұрын

Your experience is completely relatable to my own; whew, Godman was rough. And while Greenman was certainly formulaic to kingdom come, it was a much needed oasis after Godman. There's definitely a fun microbudget charm to Greenman that is appealing and worthwhile.

@atrendlecalledreese443 14 күн бұрын

Can you imagine being the guy in the Gorosaurus suit? That thing looks like you'd have to peel it off. Also that Minilla suit is absolutely not the original. The original was designed specifically to fit Masao Fukazawa ("Little Man Machan"), but this one is almost as tall as Greenman. And the fact that it's new makes it look even worse.

@Saitamaz94 12 күн бұрын

To me Redman: Angry, unhinged big brother with bad attitude Godman: stoic, straight-face middle brother who takes everything seriously Greenman: funny, chaotic and goofy little brother

@ZaGorudan 12 күн бұрын

That's just Malcolm in the Middle

@alephalon7849 14 күн бұрын

The 2008 Godman movie was surprisingly good! It goes to show what can be done with such a concept with budget and effort.

@Enshohma 15 күн бұрын

Not too surprisingly, this might be the only worthwhile video on these two 'Godly Goofballs' across all of American KZfaq. Congratulations(?).

@Strike-hopper 14 күн бұрын

7:13 omg that picture looks beautiful looks like one if those paintings with deep meanings nah i want fan art of this now damn that would also look beautiful as an album cover

@christopherwall2121 14 күн бұрын

I've joked with my friends that it looks like Gorosaurus is getting a big solo or an "I Want" Song

@Strike-hopper 14 күн бұрын

@@christopherwall2121 now I'm just imagining a monster island buddies episode where gorosaurus tries to sing his solo but gets interrupted by someone and the hole show ruined and then he says look what happened

@Strike-hopper 14 күн бұрын

Red man vs green man new dawn of empire civil war could have gone so hard

@thinkoffbeat 15 күн бұрын

Alternate title: Charming yet crusty twin superheroes

@mutamirmukhzani1240 10 күн бұрын

Ultraman with a mullet. That's badass

@theycallmejojo6090 15 күн бұрын

I think more Ultra-like heroes should have 70s-80s metal hair.

@BreakinMIk 15 күн бұрын

The DHMIM references this episode made me chuckle 🤣

@GoGodman 14 күн бұрын

finally a popular youtuber that has made a video about these 2 shows,

@Cdr2002 14 күн бұрын

17:05 just hit me that Gaira actually keeps his origin in this movie, just spawning from Tsunozilla instead of Frankenstein

@KeenEyeStudios 15 күн бұрын

7:13 Why does this image go hard as heck?

@robotrannicthesurprisingly9085 15 күн бұрын

Gorosaurus communes with god - Joseph anderllah 54-24

@ZaGorudan 14 күн бұрын

The funniest thing about it is that it's one of the few surviving images from a Godzilla vs. Gamera stage show. One of the few glimpses we get of it and it's Gorosaurus looking like he's about to get abducted by aliens.

@dirtpeanut1820 14 күн бұрын

A fellow Hylics enjoyer, I see.

@kylecollier7569 15 күн бұрын

Having seen some episodes of Megaloman on Internet Archive, it's actually pretty interesting. Heck the military in one episode actually saves Megaloman as he struggles to beat a monster that prevented him from using his fists by firing a beam from its eyes that I guess nullified the power of the Megalon Bracelets.

@ZaGorudan 14 күн бұрын

Since the video was rendered, I've actually been going through the series RAW and I'm really enjoying it. Already halfway through. Someone needs to raise the funds to sub it already.

@mlgodzilla4206 15 күн бұрын

Wow the shows made with 2 cents

@JBOboe720 14 күн бұрын

Megaloman doesn't even have a DVD release, it's nuts

@rickytoddbotelho9555 15 күн бұрын

Excellent job. These to I've only seen pictures of. Now I'm caught up. Never saw these shows when I was a kid ❤😂

@Strike-hopper 14 күн бұрын

Bible man got nothing on these guys lol

@ShinGoji1987Official 15 күн бұрын

Great reviews and deep dives into their history. I've never watched these but have seen some clips of the fights with the Toho kaiju. I like how the main villains from Green-man look like some of the Devilman demons. Gabara being able to keep children imprisoned in his stomach reminds me of decompose one of the main villains from that 80s cartoon inhumanoids. Lol at the skeleton-man from Red-Man exploding into a smaller one. The 2008 meetup special does look enjoyable too

@rexevans5477 15 күн бұрын

would ultragalaxy and ultrafight be apart of ultra retrospective or ultra gaiden, great work AnActualDimetrodon.

@Tonbot74 14 күн бұрын

That PokeRogue joke aged surprisingly poorly so quickly considering the Google Doc that dropped just recently.

@jesusramirezromo2037 14 күн бұрын

Wdym?

@ZaGorudan 14 күн бұрын

Never making a topical reference to a fan-driven thing with a Discord server ever again. This always seems to happen with those. My bad.

@jesusramirezromo2037 14 күн бұрын

Wait, wtf happened??

@ZaGorudan 14 күн бұрын

@@jesusramirezromo2037 transphobia.

@Cdr2002 14 күн бұрын

I choose to believe the Greenman Minilla (and other returning monsters can be explained this way to) as an evil duplicate created by Moah and not the boi himself

@jesusramirezromo2037 14 күн бұрын

How come Godman got an anniversary short film, But Zone isn't even awknowledged?, He's the big budget hero

@cheepmovprod 14 күн бұрын

At least the Zone family has some new merch every once in a while, Megaloman hasn’t gotten anything since 1979!

@DrZet1966 15 күн бұрын

A random thing I always wondered if any of the original kaiju were ever properly copyrighted. Since they were very small shows, I assume they didn't, which means they have a higher chance of appearing in something like the Monsterverse compared to someone like Anguirus and Gigan 💀

@ZaGorudan 14 күн бұрын

Considering these shows were being marketed to small children, I'd imagine they would've needed to be advertised in magazines or given toys which suggests that someone at Toho would have thought to file the paperwork for each character and have ownership. Can't imagine the rights would be very expensive, so Legendary has the opportunity to make the funniest deep cut right now by having Kong fight Shilarji in the next movie.

@christopherwall2121 14 күн бұрын

I love how many of the monsters in these shows look like bootleg Wild Things. Like, I'm pretty sure I saw one that looks like he leapt right out of Maurice Sendak's illustrations. Also, you didn't mention it in the review, but I am pretty sure the original Owlbear is in this show.

@cheepmovprod 4 күн бұрын

Wait, Totsaurus looks exactly like Owlbear.

@christopherwall2121 4 күн бұрын

@@cheepmovprod And that's no accident. Totsaurus was one of the monsters in that very same set of bootleg monster toys that also gave us the bulette and the rust eater

@cheepmovprod 4 күн бұрын

@@christopherwall2121 it’s not based on him, these shows were never released outside of Japan.

@christopherwall2121 4 күн бұрын

@@cheepmovprod But bootleg toys of these and other TV Kaiju did

@cheepmovprod 4 күн бұрын

@@christopherwall2121 yes, but those were all from China.

@Strike-hopper 14 күн бұрын

Because as we all know satans greatest enemy is green god could have atleast called our boy angelman but nah

@HordikaNate3821 14 күн бұрын

I really REALLY love these shows, they have a budget of $3 but they make for good popcorn tv, or just something you put on the back Also Tonchiki(the side villain in Greenman is a real one) he shouldn't be in hell

@ThatManConzilla 15 күн бұрын

I did watch the Godman series around march since I have all 4 dvds and yeah I will admit back then I hated it because of the episodes that drag on for SOOOO LOOOOOONG but like I said it does start to get better before it peaks with the 2008 movie.

@Cdr2002 14 күн бұрын

So what you’re saying is, Go Greenman means they FINALLY made Bible 2?

@micshork 14 күн бұрын

I consider these part of the Godzilla Universe due to the Kaiju appearances. I would like to think Megaloman does as well and that we could see all the Toho heroes team up.

@tykamen5588 15 күн бұрын

15:01 I did not need to know that Gabara had vore fetish

@godzilla5599 14 күн бұрын

All I can say is Greenman looks like Buddha....

@Strike-hopper 14 күн бұрын

Green man to red man Green man:why did you made me do this you are killing innocent kaiju left and right most of who had had children and you destoryed the trust everyone had for you think red man think think what will you have when you killed every kaiju Red man:peace i would have died in peace that i avenged my family Green man:cries flys away

@GoGodman 4 күн бұрын

if Greenman cant deal with Redman then Godman will

@rfhextra 14 күн бұрын

It's a Best Video

@EmonWBKstudios 14 күн бұрын

Sad Go! Greenman is so funny.

@Manowar458 14 күн бұрын

Cool

@sonofhades57 15 күн бұрын

If Godman is Tokusatsu Purgatory, then what do you consider Tokusatsu Heaven?

@ZaGorudan 15 күн бұрын

Anything where the average shot doesn't last 15 seconds.

@Crembaw 15 күн бұрын

WHEN IS THE REDMAN REVIEW

@ZaGorudan 14 күн бұрын

Planning on making an "Ultra Fight" video where I talk about every series made in that format.

@Crembaw 6 күн бұрын

THANK YOU KING.

@GribbleGob 14 күн бұрын

What do you mean by machine translated? what happened?

@ZaGorudan 14 күн бұрын

Some fansubbers don't speak the language and rely on DeepL/Google translations of existing Japanese subtitles. I'm okay with it to some degree if the show is so simple that it doesn't require the best knowledge of Japanese to get a gist of the words being spoken, but I've seen some pretty iffy ones so it can definitely be done poorly. Just makes me wish a real person went in and subtitled it instead, especially if there's a language-specific joke or pun that gets lost in translation that a real human being can figure out the English equivalent for.

@GribbleGob 14 күн бұрын

@@ZaGorudan Wow that is insane. had no clue it was going on.