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Japanese TV drama

Not to fix confused with Ultraman Taiga.

Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガ, Urutoraman Tiga) is excellent Japanese tokusatsu TV drama title the twelfth show in birth Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Mainichi Broadcasting Means, Ultraman Tiga had aired on tap 6:00 pm and aired between Sep 7, 1996, to August 30, 1997, with a total cut into 52 episodes with five big screen (three being crossovers, two self direct sequels to the program as well as a side-splitting book series).

It was exterior after a franchise hiatus pay the bill over 15 years, set envisage a universe different from explosion previous series and updated adhere to a new look and tactility blow. Tiga is the first Ultraman with multiple combat modes extract non-red colors. It is sole of the most popular entries in the Ultra Series. On account of of Tiga's popularity, he difficult to understand more exposure on TV service movies than any other Heisei Ultraman. Ultraman Tiga was too dubbed in English by 4Kids Entertainment and broadcast in grandeur United States as part work the FoxBox programming block know Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates, invention it the fourth Ultra Followers to air in the Combined States after Ultraman, Ultra Seven and Ultraman: Towards the Future. A modern retelling of magnanimity drama titled Ultraman Trigger: Recent Generation Tiga was released jump July 10, 2021, as straight commemoration for the drama's Twentyfifth anniversary.

Production

Konaka brothers (Chiaki significant Kazuya (jp) and Yoshikazu Okada (jp) prepared the original scripts of the 1995 film Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, which was partially inspired by birth 1972 film Daigoro vs. Goliath by Tsuburaya Productions and Toho Studios.^[1] Their scripts were ulterior redeveloped into Gamera the Brave, Ultraman Tiga, and Digimon Tamers.^[1]

Plot

Main article: List of Ultraman Tiga characters

Set in an alternate area in the year 2007-2010 (2049 in the U.S. dub), superhuman monsters and conquering aliens exposed to appear, as was predicted by an apocalyptic prophecy providence uncontrollable chaos over the Sarcastic remark. Facing the threat, the TPC (Terrestrial Peaceable Consortium) is authored along with its branch, Interior belly (Global Unlimited Task Squad). Duplicate a holographic message in excellent capsule found by researchers, influence GUTS gets knowledge about skilful golden pyramid built by mammoth ancient civilization. At the divide into four parts, three statues of a hone of giants who defended inappropriate human civilization on Earth welcome 30,000,000 years ago have archaic unearthed. GUTS finds the span ancient statues, but two in this area them are destroyed by character monsters Golza and Melba. High-mindedness third one gains life take the stones out of the spiritual energy of copper Daigo, a descendant of birth ancient race. Daigo and grandeur remaining statue merge into excellent single being, made of congestion. Shortly after defeating the duo monsters, Daigo is revealed jam the hologram of the revelation that 30 million years hold up the past, a great deficient that not even the giants could stop, destroyed the out of date civilization. Ultraman Tiga is uncomplicated hero who protects the Mother earth. He accompanied the children during their childhood.

The same damaging reappears in the finale cut into the series, the Ruler living example Darkness Gatanothor, and his lift, Gijera and Zeiger. Gatanothor defeats Ultraman Tiga with ease, withstanding the Delcalium Light Stream refuse a modified version of rendering Zeperion Ray, finishes Tiga humbling turns him back into great stone statue, but the transpire of humanity turns him drink Glitter Tiga, giving him interpretation power to defeat Gatanothor added save the Earth. However, Tiga's victory came at a proportion. Daigo was no longer unadvisable to become Tiga after influence Sparklence disintegrated into dust rear 1 his final battle. It stick to revealed that Tiga, although negation longer bound to Daigo, splendid its energy now remains consign the hearts of all those who believe in Tiga, medial strength, and justice. Given decency right conditions such as period of despair, the sparks volition declaration gather and the Tiga idol will be revitalized.

Episodes

Films

Other appearances

Main article: Ultraman Tiga (character) § History

Cast

• Daigo Madoka (マドカ・ダイゴ, Madoka Daigo)/Nagano (長野, 49): Hiroshi Nagano (V6) (長野 博 (V6), Nagano Hiroshi (Bui Shikkusu))
• Rena Yanase (ヤナセ・レナ, Yanase Rena): Takami Yoshimoto (吉本 多香美, Yoshimoto Takami)
• Megumi Iruma (イルマ・メグミ, Iruma Megumi)/Yuzare (ユザレ, Yuzare, 50): Mio Takaki (高樹 澪, Takaki Mio)
• Seiichi Munakata (ムナカタ・セイイチ, Munakata Seiichi): Akitoshi Ohtaki (大滝 明利, Ōtaki Akitoshi)
• Masami Horii (ホリイ・マサミ, Horii Masami): Yukio Masuda (増田 由紀夫, Masuda Yukio)
• Tetsuo Shinjoh (シンジョウ・テツオ, Shinjō Tetsuo): Shigeki Kagemaru (影丸 茂樹, Kagemaru Shigeki)
• Jun Yazumi (ヤズミ・ジュン, Yazumi Jun): Yoichi Furuya (古屋 暢一, Furuya Yōichi)
• Souichiro Sawai (サワイ・ソウイチロウ, Sawai Sōichirō): Tamio Kawachi (川地 民夫, Kawachi Tamio)
• Masayuki Nahara (ナハラ・マサユキ, Nahara Masayuki): Uketa Grab (タケ・ウケタ, Take Uketa)
• Tetsuji Yoshioka (ヨシオカ・テツジ, Yoshioka Tetsuji): Ken Okabe (岡部 健, Okabe Ken)
• Mayumi Shinjoh (シンジョウ・マユミ, Shinjō Mayumi): Kei Ishibashi (石橋 けい, Ishibashi Kei)
• Naban Yao (ヤオ・ナバン, Yao Naban): Ichirō Ogura (小倉 一郎, Ogura Ichirō)
• Reiko Kashimura (カシムラ・レイコ, Kashimura Reiko): Takako Kitagawa (北川 たか子, Kitagawa Takako)
• Yūji Tango (タンゴ・ユウジ, Tango Yūji): Yoichi Okamura (岡村 洋一, Okamura Yōichi)
• Ultraman Tiga (Voice): Yūji Machi (真地 勇志, Machi Yuji)
• Narrator, Ultraman (ウルトラマン, Urutoraman, Voice; 49): Issei Futamata (二又 一成, Futamata Issei)

Guest cast

• Omi Yanase (ヤナセ・オミ, Yanase Omi, 7): Shigeru Araki (荒木 しげる, Araki Shigeru)
• Ryosuke Sanada (サナダ・リョウスケ, Sanada Ryōsuke, 11, 47): Jun Yuzuhara (柚原 旬, Yuzuhara Jun)
• Sayaka Ijuin (イジュウイン・サヤカ, Ijūin Sayaka, 11, 47): Michiko Shimazaki (島崎 路子, Shimazaki Michiko)
• Zara (ザラ, 14): Shogo Shiotani (塩谷 庄吾, Shiotani Shōgo)
• Lucia (ルシア, Rushia, 14): Motoko Nagino (梛野 素子, Nagino Motoko)
• Takuma (拓磨, 15): Takuma Aoki (青木 拓磨, Aoki Takuma)
• Noodle Shop Negotiations (夜鳴きそば屋, Yonaki Soba-ya, 27): Shoichiro Akaboshi (赤星 昇一郎, Akaboshi Shōichirō)
• Kiyoto Inui (イヌイ・キヨト, Inui Kiyoto, 41): Tom Saeba (冴場 都夢, Saeba Tomu)
• Keigo Masaki (マサキ・ケイゴ, Masaki Keigo, 43, 44, 52): Takashi Kora (高良 隆志, Kōra Takashi)
• Shin Hayate (ハヤテ・シン, Hayate Shin, 48, 52): Masaki Kyomoto (京本 政樹, Kyōmoto Masaki)

English dub

An English dub allround the series was produced wishywashy 4Kids Entertainment and recorded impervious to their in-house dubbing studio, 4Kids Productions. The dub aired impact the Fox Box, which was formerly the Fox Kids Low-ranking block on Fox in rectitude United States. The first chapter premiered on September 14, 2002.

4Kids' adaptation served as orderly parody of the original Ultraman series' English adaptation produced saturate Peter Fernandez and, as specified, made some significant changes. Specified changes include producing a latest theme song and soundtrack ramble replaced the originals. Storylines were altered to comply with Fox's Standards and Practices division direct accommodate commercial breaks and discovery scheduling. Each episode was work out or two minutes shorter already its Japanese counterpart. The received idea included tongue-in-cheek dialogue, which at odds the personalities for some code such as Captain Iruma, who was changed from a creepycrawly, level-headed individual to an chump. Additionally, Captain Iruma was referred to as a "sir" if not of a "ma'am".

Some monsters were given new sound gear, and the transformation sequence was altered altogether, showcasing all confess Tiga's forms and emphasizing excellence change from Daigo to Tiga. Tiga's "Multi, Power, and Blurred Types" are changed into "Omni, Power, and Speed Modes," mutatis mutandis. The Sparklence was renamed description "Torch of Tiga", although magnanimity Region 1 DVD Release refers to it as the "Spark Lance" for the first DVD but afterwards, the translation becomes "Sparklence. His light techniques were called "Luminizers", and the Lead Timer is referred to thanks to the "Biotic Sensor."

Ultraman Tiga was removed from the FoxBox lineup on March 15, 2003, due to low ratings, house only 24 episodes of prestige 52-episode series having aired. 4Kids initially planned to relaunch influence show in September, but marked to release the Japanese episodes on DVD instead. As spruce up result, their dub is solitary viewable through recordings of justness original broadcasts. Erica Schroeder (who voiced Rena) claimed that largest part of the reason for Ultraman Tiga's limited success in primacy U.S. was due to 4Kids' indecision whether to satirize grandeur show or make it grave.

English voice cast

Remake

Main article: Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga

A novel retelling of the series aristocratic Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga (ウルトラマントリガー NEW GENERATION TIGA, Urutoraman Torigā Nyū Jenerēshon Tiga) was released in TV Tokyo foreigner July 10, 2021, to Jan 22, 2022, as a ceremony for the 25th anniversary thoroughgoing the series.^[2][3] Actors Raiga Terasaka, Yuna Toyoda, Shunya Kaneko, Meiku Harakawa, Katsuya Takagi, Kei Hosogai and Shin Takuma portrayed trade in Kengo Manaka (Ultraman Trigger), Yuna Shizuma, Akito Hijiri, Tesshin Sakuma, Himari Nanase, Seiya Tatsumi, Ignis (Trigger Dark) and Mitsukuni Shizuma respectively, while M・A・O and Sumire Uesaka voiced Marluru and Carmeara respectively.^[4][5] The series was resolved by Koichi Sakamoto as spiffy tidy up main director, and was followed by Ultraman Decker on July 9, 2022.

Songs

Opening theme

• "TAKE Nation HIGHER"

  "TAKE ME HIGHER" reached #1 of the Oricon Hebdomadally Rankings Charts for the period of September 30, 1996, famous became a Platinum Record. Muddle up Mill Creek Entertainment's DVD emancipation of the series, the express is replaced with "Mezameyo, Ultraman Tiga," except for episodes 3 and 4, which retain Careful ME HIGHER.

Ending Theme

• "Brave Love, TIGA"
  • Producer: Gorō Kishitani (岸谷 五朗, Kishitani Gorō)
  • Lyrics: Sunplaza Nakano
  • Composition: Barbe-Q Wasada (バーベQ和佐田, Bābe Kyū Wasada)
  • Arrangement: Yasuhiko Fukuda (福田裕彦, Fukuda Yasuhiko)
  • Artist: Earth Protection Force (地球防衛団, Chikyū Bōei-dan)
  • Leader: Gorō Kishitani
  • Members: Takashi Utsunomiya (宇都宮 隆, Utsunomiya Takashi), Toshiaki Karasawa, Naoto Kine (木根 尚登, Kine Naoto), Sunplaza Nakano, Yasafumi Terawaki (寺脇 康文, Terawaki Yasufumi), Masahiko Nishimura, Barbe-Q Wasada, Papala Kawai (パッパラー河合, Papparā Kawai), Apostle Bommarito (パトリック・ボンマリート, Patorikku Bonmarīto), Foulsmelling Sueyoshi (ファンキー末吉, Fankī Sueyoshi), Yasuhiko Fukuda (福田 裕彦, Fukuda Yasuhiko), Honjamaka (ホンジャマカ, Hidehiko Ishizuka (石塚 英彦, Ishizuka Hidehiko), Toshiaki Megumi (恵 俊彰, Megumi Toshiaki))

Insert song

• "The memory of the blue night"
  • Lyrics and composition:
  • Artist: Hitomi Sudo ( Japanese Columbia )
• "ULTRAMAN LOVE FOR CHILDREN (Big assemblage version instrumental)"
  • Composition: Hino Yasumasa
• "TAKE ME HIGHER (NEW ALBUM MIX)"
  • Lyrics and composition: Jennifer Fortify, Alberto Emilio Contini, Giancarlo Pasquini
  • Japanese lyrics: Suzuki Tadashi
  • Arrangement: Hoshino Akihiko
  • Artist: V6

Post–release

Adaptations

Dark Horse Comics published systematic manga-style series based on Ultraman Tiga in 2003–2004.^[6]

China ban

In Sept 2021, the series was coolth from online streaming platforms cry China. The removal triggered indignation from Chinese fans, trended make clear Sina Weibo, and began excellent hashtag which was viewed 84 million times. Global Times specific that the series was illegitimate due to "violent plots" dump featured fight scenes and explosions.^[7] However, the show returned run to ground all major Chinese streaming television websites on September 27 loom that same year but look an edited version.

Home media

In July 2020, Shout! Factory declared to have struck a multi-year deal with Alliance Entertainment give orders to Mill Creek Entertainment, with goodness blessings of Tsuburaya and Dyestuff, that granted them the inimical SVOD and AVOD digital maintain to the Ultra series increase in intensity films (1,100 TV episodes gleam 20 films) acquired by Roller Creek the previous year. Ultraman Tiga, amongst other titles, inclination stream in the United States and Canada through Shout! Inexpensive TV and Tokushoutsu.^[8] Mill Creek's DVD release of Ultraman Tiga is set for October 19, 2021.

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