Smile Operation No.1

Smile Operation No.1
Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga, episode 18
Information
Airdate	November 20, 2021
Directed by	Kiyotaka Taguchi
Written by	Toshizo Nemoto
Continuity
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Smile Operation No.1 is the eighteenth episode of Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga.

Synopsis

Captain Tatsumi is promoted to Lead Commander of GUTS-Select Asia! While Kengo and crew plan a surprise celebration, the other members all experience incredibly good luck as well?! What a perfect day... or so they think until the monster Golba appears. Can the team safely pull off their surprise celebration?

Galaxy Rescue Force Voice Drama

Homecoming

Ribut and Sora return to the Land of Light and report their experiences at the Galaxy Rescue Force to Ultraman Xenon. They reminisce over the time they rescued Ultraman Max from Maga-Orochi.

Cast

• Kengo Manaka : Raiga Terasaka
• Seiya Tatsumi : Katsuya Takagi
• Yuna Shizuma : Runa Toyoda
• Akito Hijiri : Shunya Kaneko
• Tesshin Sakuma : Tadashi Mizuno
• Himari Nanase : Meiku Harukawa
• Ignis : Kei Hosogai

Guest Actors

• Kyriel : Makoto Takahashi

Voice Actors

• Carmeara : Sumire Uesaka
• Darrgon : Shunichi Maki
• Hudram : Ryosuke Takahashi
• Alien Metron Marluru : Mao Ichimichi

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Trigger: Hideyoshi Iwata
• Alien Metron Marluru: Ayari Takeda
• Carmeara: Momoka Yasukawa
• Darrgon: Yoshiki Kuwabara
• Hudram: Yuto Nagachi
• Trigger Dark: Shinnosuke Ishikawa
• Golba II: Kenji Kajikawa
• Segmeger: Hiroyuki Arai

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Trigger
  • Multi Type
  • Glitter Trigger Eternity
• Carmeara
• Darrgon
• Hudram
• Trigger Dark

Kaiju

• Segmeger
• Golba II
• Kyrieloid (disguised)

Trivia

• The main title of this episode references the Ultraman episode 1 "Ultra Operation No.1."
• The story in this episode bears some similarities to Ultraman Tiga episode 45 "Eternal Life," particularly in involving the main characters becoming trapped in hallucinations.
• According to Toshizo Nemoto, the original plan was to have the Kyriel team up with Giants of Darkness to fight against Trigger. However, the design was later changed to portray the Kyriel as characters capable of manipulating the Giants of Darkness at will.
  • Initially, there was an idea to have the members of GUTS-SELECT also fall into a similar atmosphere of suspicion, but director Kiyotaka Taguchi suggested, "Why not make the first half of the episode more comedic?" As a result, the episode was presented with a humorous tone on the surface. Director Taguchi also proposed the idea of dividing these two episodes into a "Heavenly Arc" and "Hellish Arc."
• Kiyotaka Taguchi mentioned that he believes the greatest charm of Ultraman Tiga lies in the fact that each episode is a self-contained sci-fi short story. He particularly loves the two episodes directed by Akio Jissoji (episode 37, "Flower," and episode 40, "Dream"). For this episode, he tried to incorporate elements similar to those in Jissoji's works, especially parts that reflect the atmosphere of those two episodes.
• The apartment in Maruru's dream was inspired by the Alien Metron's apartment from Ultraseven episode 8 "The Marked Town," and when the apartment is destroyed, the sound of escaping cats is added for extra effect.

Errors

• Glitter Trigger Eternity's rise scene shows it having blue Color Timers instead of red, when in the scene before, Trigger Multi Type already has his Color Timer flashing red.