If Redman sets his sights on you, it's the end.

• 01 Jan, 2026
• Paisley P. Peinforte
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What if Ultraman was a homicidal monster-killing maniac? That's what I think the premise of the Tsuburaya series Redman is. The Japanese community apparently agrees, given their response to this promotional video for Ultraman Omega that featured, confusingly, Redman.

The video itself is here (you'll have to forgive interstitial adverts for Ultraman Omega in between segments), and I've copied some of the translated comments because they amuse me greatly. 

These reactions are golden: 

"Don't suddenly upload a splatter video."

"[His attacks are:] 

Red Arrow (stabbing)

Red Fall (corpse abandonment)

Red Check (death confirmation)"

"I laughed so hard when I heard people say that they are justifying justice by naming numerous atrocities as 'Red XX'".

"I love how when the monsters are in the lead the background music is heroic, but when Redman makes a comeback it becomes ominous."

"I take my hat off to the idea of naming a move Red Fall, even though it's just a move that involves dropping someone off a cliff."

"I guess people think I'm a cruel person because of the malicious clippings people make on the internet (before watching)" → "(after watching) Why is it exactly like the clippings...? In fact, it's even more cruel than the clippings."

"The hero begins to destroy nature before the monsters do."

"Is sticking a red knife through your mouth and swiping it around really something a hero would do?"

"Making this available for free to celebrate the Omega broadcast is a new form of harassment."

"The camera angle is from the perspective of someone who witnessed an assault that had escalated into an irreversible situation."

"A deadly killer arrives on a planet where monsters live in peace. He cuts down trees and sets fire to the fields. The monsters fight back against the terrifying invader, but..."

"In this work, even when the monsters are defeated, they don't explode, and instead the bodies remain, giving you a real sense that the life has truly died out, which really highlights [Redman's] brutality."

"A short drama about the endless hell of monsters and aliens who died fighting Ultraman."

"Combined with the ominous background music during the battles, it's just a splatter horror film when viewed from the monster's point of view..."

"I thought this was human-sized, but it's about the same size as Ultraman or something. A creature that size would be harmful just walking on the ground, so even if you don't do anything, it's inevitable that you'll be hunted down by the red street thug. It can't be helped."

"Redman is likely covered in far more red blood than Red King."

"The sense of a real fight for life is so intense that even now, watching it, it still has a uniquely grim feel to it."

"I like Redman's style of being technically inept but gaining dominance solely through his violent impulses."

"I would like to take this opportunity to ask Tsuburaya once again, is he really a hero?"

"If Redman sets his sights on you, it's the end."

"The Red Devil causing reputational damage to the Red Senshi [the Ultras]."

"His existence won't be erased, but he won't be chosen as a helper like in the Ultimate Force Zero-style successor or the Hakuhinkan Zoffy arc, which makes me laugh because it makes me feel like he's in the position of a celebrity who messed up."

For more information on Redman you can see the wiki entry here, and a playlist of his... adventures? Crime Spree? is here.  

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