Blue Night's Memory is the twenty-ninth episode of Ultraman Tiga.
Plot[]
Shinjoh has changed since his accident during a test flight, becoming strangely obsessed with the popular pop star Maya Cruz.
Cast[]
- Daigo Madoka : Hiroshi Nagano (V6)
- Rena Yanase : Takami Yoshimoto
- Megumi Iruma : Mio Takaki
- Seiichi Munakata : Akitoshi Otaki
- Masami Horii : Yukio Masuda
- Tetsuo Shinjoh : Shigeki Kagemaru
- Jun Yazumi : Yoichi Furuya
- Mayumi Shinjoh : Kei Ishibashi
Guest Actors[]
- Maya Cruz : Noriko Tanaka
- Manager : Shingo Tajima
- Manager's Subordinate : Shojiro Hatano
- Camper : Shu Takami
- Maya Cruz (Girlhood) : Chihina Oda
Voice Actors[]
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraman Tiga (Multi Type): Shunsuke Gondo
- Alien Natarn : Toshio Miyake
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
Kaiju[]
Home Media[]
- Ultraman Tiga Volume 8 features episodes 29-32.
Trivia[]
- The draft title for this episode was "Memory of a Distant Night," which was later changed to the current title.
- The insert songs in this episode are performed by Hitomi Sudo. Among them, "Blue Night's Memory" is an adaptation of the song "A Whiter Shade of Pale" by Procol Harum from 1967, and the opening performance song is a cover of The Ronettes' 1963 song "Be My Baby."
- The music hall where Maya performs in this episode was filmed at a jazz venue called "KENTOS" located in Roppongi. This venue was a place Masaki Harada became acquainted with while serving as the assistant director for the youth film Heartbeat directed by Seiji Izumi.
- Initially, it was considered to end the episode with Maya's song. However, since the ending theme was already decided to be the usual "Brave Love, TIGA," Harada suggested swapping the order of the two songs to ensure that both tracks could be fully played.
- In the draft script, Shinjoh appears at the concert venue dressed as a clown. The clown, who distributes balloons among the audience, communicates with Maya telepathically.
- In a segment of this episode, the scene where Maya, standing by the window and facing the starry sky, gradually merges her face with Shinjoh's was a storyboard request from Harada to Kenji Hashizume. The decision to suddenly combine their faces using the indoor lighting as a cue was made by the production team during this phase.
- The draft also included a scene where Mayumi talks to Runa about her lost lover, Takuma, saying, "When Takuma passed away, I completely understood that my brother has always been protecting me." This scene was later deleted due to the length of the episode.