Land Shark

Land Shark
Ultraman Tiga, episode 43
Information
Airdate	June 28, 1997
Directed by	Hirochika Muraishi
Written by	Chiaki J. Konaka
Special Effects Directed by	Hirochika Muraishi
Viewer Ratings	5.4%
Continuity
Previous	Town Where the Girl Disappeared
Next	Inheritance of Shadows

Land Shark is the forty-third episode of Ultraman Tiga.

Plot

Daigo notices the Sparklence reacting strangely. A mysterious man speaks inside Daigo’s mind, saying he has been waiting.

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
• Souichiro Sawai : Tamio Kawachi

Guest Actors

• Keigo Masaki : Takashi Kora
• Yuuji Tango : Yoichi Okamura
• Ferris Wheel Visitors :
  • Tetsuya Takamiya
  • Misa Hayano
• Mitsui Greenland Employee : Hiroyuki Fujise
• Dog : Arumi

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Tiga : Yuji Machi
• Narrator : Issei Futamata

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Tiga:
  • Multi Type: Shunsuke Gondo
  • Power Type: Koji Nakamura
• Geozark:
  • Toshio Miyake
  • Hisataka Kitaoka

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Tiga
  • Multi Type
  • Power Type
• Evil Tiga (statue)

Kaiju

• Geozark
• Guardie (statue)

Home Media

• Ultraman Tiga Volume 11 features episodes 41-44.

Trivia

• This marked the Ultraman Series' return to Kyushu for location shooting since Ultraman Taro.
  • The amusement park filming location for this episode is Greenland Resort, located in Arao City, Kumamoto Prefecture (formerly known as Mitsui Greenland). This site is also home to Ultraman Land.
  • Additionally, the ruins featuring the "other giant" and Guardie statue were filmed at the Tonkararin Tunnel Structure in Tamana District, Kumamoto Prefecture.
• Due to the need to travel to Kyushu for the shoot, extensive preparations were made, and the filming process took nearly a month. Coordination for the Kyushu shoot began as early as the New Year of 1997.
  • Initially, the storyline for Inheritance of Shadows was conceived as a standalone episode, with the script submitted early on. However, given that the Kyushu filming was to be divided into two parts, the shooting schedule became somewhat rushed.
• Originally, the setting for the Tiga's Pyramid story was planned to be in the Tohoku region. Chiaki J. Konaka, along with director Hirochika Muraishi, producers Masato Oida and Nobuyuki Koyama, brought the initial two-episode drafts to Kyushu to begin conceptualizing the script. They also made a point of learning about the filming locations. After familiarizing themselves with the local environment, they made several adjustments and rewrote parts of the script.
• In this episode, the crowd scenes at the amusement park were played by staff members from Ultraman Land. According to Konaka, after seeing the efforts of the local employees at Ultraman Land, he wanted them to be involved in the production. As a result, he requested that scenes featuring the amusement park staff and a couple be included in the storyline.