Ultraman Monsters (image-heavy post)

[Ridureyu]

You know, Ultraman has, in some form or another, been on the air almost continously for nearly forty years. Each episode has its own giant rubber-suited monster, and when you think about it that's pretty impressive. Sure, sometimes they took shortcuts (one monster was obviously a godzilla costume spray-painted gold with a frill around its neck), but my hat is off to anybody who can design, fund, and build.

With that in mind, I have to wonder. What does each monster say about the people who designed them? What can be gleaned from their varied appearances? To this end, I have selected a few monsters and tried to state what their design says about them. I used toy pictures, because I can't be bothered to remember all their names (and they're not easy to remember. Gan-Q? Gatanozoa? Astromons? Pedoreon?). Also, please do not tell me about how "disrespectful" this is to a "grand cultural tradition." It's okay to joke about things.

Also, anybody who hung around me at SDCC 2007 probably recognizes these guys: