Ultraman Tiga

Ultraman Tiga
Ultraman Tiga Original Japanese title card
Genre	superhero, tokusatsu, sci-fi
Created by	Tsuburaya Productions
Starring	Hiroshi Nagano Takami Yoshimoto Akitoshi Ohtaki Shigeki Kagemaru Yukio Masuda Yoichi Furuya Mio Takagi
Narrated by	Issei Futamata
Opening theme	Take Me Higher by V6
Ending theme	Brave Love, Tiga by 地球防衛団 (the Earth Defense Force)
Composer(s)	Tatsumi Yano
Country of origin	Japan
No. of episodes	52
Production
Running time	half hour (per episode)
Release
Original network	TBS, MBS (JPN) GMA Network (PH) 4KidsTV (US)
Original release	September 7, 1996 – August 30, 1997
Chronology
Preceded by	Ultraman Zearth
Followed by	Ultraman Dyna

Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガ, Urutoraman Tiga^?) is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 11th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Tiga was aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997, with a total of 52 episodes with 5 movies (3 being crossovers, 2 being direct sequel to the series as well as a comic book series's) 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 Fox Box programming block on Fox Broadcasting Company affiliates, making it the fourth Ultra Series to air in the United States after Ultraman, Ultra Seven and Ultraman: Towards the Future.

Set in an alternate universe in the year 2007-2010 (2049 in the U.S. dub), 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 (Terrestrial Peaceable Consortium) is created along with its branch, GUTS (Global Unlimited Task Squad). 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. 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.