Ultraman Tiga


Ultraman Tiga is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 12th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Tiga had aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes with 5 movies.
It was broadcast after a franchise hiatus of over 15 years, set in a universe different from all previous series and updated with a new look and feel. Tiga is the first Ultraman with multiple combat modes and non-red colors. It is one of the most popular entries in the Ultra Series. Because of Tiga's popularity, he had more exposure on TV and movies than any other Heisei Ultraman. Ultraman Tiga was also dubbed in English by 4Kids Entertainment and broadcast in the United States as part of the FoxBox programming block on Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates, making it the fourth Ultra Series to air in the United States after Ultraman, Ultra Seven and .

Plot

Set in an alternate universe in the year 2007-2010, giant monsters and conquering aliens start to appear, as was foretold by an apocalyptic prophecy about an uncontrollable chaos over the Earth. Facing the threat, the TPC is created along with its branch, GUTS. Through a holographic message in a capsule found by researchers, the GUTS gets knowledge about a golden pyramid built by an ancient civilization. At the site, three statues of a race of giants who defended early human civilization on Earth about 30,000,000 years ago have been unearthed. GUTS finds the three ancient statues, but two of them are destroyed by the monsters Golza and Melba. The third one gains life from the spiritual energy of officer Daigo, descendant of the ancient race. Daigo and the remaining statue merge into a single being, made of light. Shortly after defeating the two monsters, Daigo is revealed by the hologram of the prophecy that 30 million years in the past, a great evil that not even the giants could stop, destroyed the ancient civilization.
The same evil reappears in the finale of the series, the Ruler of Darkness Gatanothor, and his servants, Gijera and Zoiger. Gatanothor defeats Ultraman Tiga with ease, withstanding the Delcalium Light Stream and a modified version of the Zeperion Ray, both Tiga's finishes, and turns him back into a stone statue, but the light of humanity is able to turn him into Glitter Tiga, giving him the power to defeat Gatanothor and save the Earth. However, Tiga's victory came at a cost. Daigo was no longer able to become Tiga after the Spark Lens disintegrated into dust after his final battle. It is revealed that Tiga, although no longer bound to Daigo, and its energy now remain in the hearts of all those who believe in Tiga, inner-strength and justice. Given the right conditions such as times of despair, the sparks will gather and the Tiga statue will be revitalized.

Episodes

  1. The One Who Inherits the Light
  2. Stone of Legends
  3. The Devil's Prophecy
  4. Sa-yo-na-ra Earth
  5. The Day the Monster Came Out
  6. Second Contact
  7. The Man Who Came Down to Earth
  8. On Halloween Night
  9. The Girl Who Waits for a Monster
  10. The Closed Amusement Park
  11. Requiem to the Darkness
  12. S.O.S from the Deep Sea
  13. Human Collecting
  14. The Released Target
  15. The Phantom Dash
  16. Resurrected Friend
  17. Red and Blue's Battle
  18. Golza's Counterattack
  19. GUTS to the Sky
  20. GUTS to the Sky
  21. Deban's Turn
  22. A Fog's Coming
  23. Dinosaurs' Star
  24. Go! Monster Expedition Team
  25. The Devil's Judgement
  26. Evil Monster Realm of the Rainbow
  27. I Saw Obico!
  28. One Vanishing Moment
  29. Blue Night's Memory
  30. Monster Zoo
  31. The Attacked GUTS Base
  32. Zelda Point's Defenses
  33. Vampire City
  34. To The Southern Limit
  35. The Sleeping Maiden
  36. The Time-Transcending Smile
  37. Flower
  38. The Mirage Monster
  39. Dear Mr. Ultraman
  40. Dream
  41. Friend from Space
  42. Town Where the Girl Disappeared
  43. Land Shark
  44. The One Who Inherits the Shadows
  45. Eternal Life
  46. Let's Go to Kamakura!
  47. Goodbye to Darkness
  48. Fugitive from The Moon
  49. The Ultra Star
  50. Take Me Higher!
  51. Master of Darkness
  52. To The Shining Ones

    Films

Cast

Ryūki Kitaoka
Daisuke Kanemitsu
Koji Nakamura
Toshio Miyake
Motoko Nagino

English dub

An English dub of the series was produced by 4Kids Entertainment and recorded by their in-house dubbing studio, 4Kids Productions. The dub aired on the Fox Box, which was formerly the Fox Kids Children's block on Fox in the United States. The first episode premiered on September 14, 2002.
4Kids made some significant changes, such as producing a new theme song and soundtrack that replaced the originals. Storylines were altered to comply with Fox's Standards and Practices division and accommodate commercial breaks and broadcasting scheduling. Each episode was one or two minutes shorter than its Japanese counterpart. The dub included tongue-in-cheek dialogue, which changed the personalities for some characters such as Captain Iruma, who was changed from a smart, level-headed individual to an airhead. Additionally, Captain Iruma was referred to as a "sir" instead of a "ma'am".
Some monsters were given new sound effects, and the transformation sequence was altered altogether, showcasing all of Tiga's forms and emphasizing the change from Daigo to Tiga. Tiga's "Multi, Power, and Sky Types" are changed into "Omni, Power, and Speed Modes," respectively. The Spark Lens was renamed the "Torch of Tiga", although the Region 1 DVD Release refers to it as the "Spark Lance" for the first DVD but afterwards, the translation becomes "Spark Lens. His light techniques were called "Luminizers", and the Color Timer is referred to as the "Biotic Sensor."
Ultraman Tiga was removed from the FoxBox lineup on March 15, 2003, due to low ratings, with only 25 episodes of the 52-episode series having aired. 4Kids initially planned to relaunch the show in September, but decided to release the Japanese episodes on DVD instead. As a result, their dub is only viewable through recordings of the original broadcasts. Erica Schroeder claimed that part of the reason for Ultraman Tiga's limited success in the U.S. was due to 4Kids' indecision whether to satirize the show or make it serious.

English voice cast

;Opening theme
;Ending Theme
;Insert song
published a manga-style series based on Ultraman Tiga in 2003–2004.