Stone of Legends

Stone of Legends (石の神話) was the second episode of the series Ultraman Tiga.

Synopsis
At Hisayoshi Island, while two miners was seen running in a cave, suddenly a monster emitted a blue flash and turns them into stones. While the TPC workers tell the miners to calm down, but their boss protest as he didn't believe that a monster named Gakuma exist and thinking it as the workers' excuse to skipping their jobs but it was proven true when three of four TPC investigators turned into stones as one survived and managed to escape. Meanwhile at the Dive Hangar, when Iruma and a TPC staff discuss the matter about the Tiga Pyramid, they were interrupted by Chief Sawai whom now converts GUTS (Global Unlimited Task Squad) from a rescuing team into an attack team in response to the appearance of various monsters threatening humanity.

At the mining site, General Sawai asks what Gakuma looks like. One said that it has one horn (alpha) and another said it has two horns (beta). At the Dive Hangar, Yazumi and Daigo made a scan on Ultraman Tiga and signifies that the giant's time limit is three minutes, judging it when witnessing him letting Golza escape. Back at the mining site, Gakuma arises and the TPC begins kill it with nearby detonator but fails. At the Dive Hangar, Yazumi was still trying to replay Yuzare's missing tracks only for it to reach Daigo without Yazumi noticed. Yazumi decides to leaves and gets a lunch while Yuzare's hologram appeared to Daigo whom reveals the mystery titan's name is Ultraman Tiga. The hologram is also revealed to be an A.I. too due to only can be seen speaking to Daigo. She reveals that Daigo is the successor of the Ultras and that he must become Ultraman Tiga to save humanity. As she leaves, Sawai launches the GUTS into combat as Rena and Munakata ride a GUTS Wing #1 to combat Gakuma.

While Gakuma turns all construction vehicles to stones and eating them, GUTS Wing #1 appears and attacks but later crashed. As Gakuma tried to chase Munakata and Rena, GUTS Wing #2 appears and fires DEXUS beam, blowing the monster to pieces. Everyone cheers for their victory but, another Gakuma (beta) appeared and rampages. Daigo finally transforms into Tiga but Gakuma proven a challenge for him. He transforms into Power Type and finally defeats it.

At the base, while everyone tries to suggest a name for the titan, Daigo decides to name it Ultraman Tiga as everyone accepts it.

Main Cast

 * Daigo Madoka (マドカ・ダイゴ): Hiroshi Nagano (V6) (長野 博（Ｖ６）)
 * Rena Yanase (ヤナセ・レナ): Takami Yoshimoto (吉本 多香美)
 * Megumi Iruma (イルマ・メグミ): Mio Takaki (高樹 澪)
 * Seiichi Munakata (ムナカタ・セイイチ): Akitoshi Ohtaki (大滝 明利)
 * Masami Horii (ホリイ・マサミ): Yukio Masuda (増田 由紀夫)
 * Tetsuo Shinjoh (シンジョウ・テツオ): Shigeki Kagemaru (影丸 茂樹)
 * Jun Yazumi (ヤズミ・ジュン): Yoichi Furuya (古屋 暢一)
 * Souichiro Sawai (サワイ・ソウイチロウ): Tamio Kawachi (川地 民夫)
 * Masayuki Nahara (ナハラ・マサユキ): Take Uketa (タケ・ウケタ)
 * Tetsuji Yoshioka (ヨシオカ・テツジ): Ken Okabe (岡部 健)
 * Mayumi Shinjoh (シンジョウ・マユミ): Kei Ishibashi (石橋 けい)
 * Reiko Kashimura (カシムラ・レイコ): Takako Kitagawa (北川 たか子)
 * Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガの声): Yuji Machi (真地 勇志) (voice)
 * Yuzare (ユザレ): Minako Osanai (長内美那子)

Guest Actors

 * TPC Development Authority clerk: Katsuhiko Narita