The Closed Amusement Park

The Closed Amusement Park
Ultraman Tiga, episode 10
Information
Airdate	November 9, 1996
Directed by	Shingo Matsubara
Written by	Hideyuki Kawakami
Special Effects Directed by	Tsugumi Kitaura
Viewer Ratings	9.2%
Continuity
Previous	The Girl Who Waits for a Monster
Next	Requiem to the Darkness

The Closed Amusement Park is the tenth episode of Ultraman Tiga.

Plot

Haruki and his sister are being bullied. Shinjo speaks about courage and bravery. Suddenly, a monster attacks the amusement park and Haruki risks his life.

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

• Haruki : Kyohei Tanaka
• Akko : Yuri Yamamoto
• Mamoru : Yu Yanagiwara
• Junya : Shinya Hirano

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Tiga : Yuji Machi
• Narrator : Issei Futamata

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Tiga:
  • Multi Type: Shunsuke Gondo
  • Power Type: Koji Nakamura
• Gagi: Hisataka Kitaoka

Appearances

Ultras

• Ultraman Tiga

Kaiju

• Gagi

Home Media

• Ultraman Tiga Volume 3 features episodes 9-12.

Trivia

The final draft script of "Confined Area"

• While being drafted, the script was initially called "Confined Area" before the final title was chosen.
• Filming took place at Yomiuriland, located in Inagi, Tokyo, and Tama Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
• This episode presents Mayumi's boyfriend, Takuma Aoki.

• In the original script, Gagi was meant to trap Tiga inside a barrier that would cause him great pain. Tiga was also planned to appear in his Sky Type form, but these ideas were dropped from the final version.
• Screenwriter Hideyuki Kawakami said he had sent about ten different ideas of possible stories before filming began. His usual process began with defining the monster's traits, then building the story around them. Shingo Matsubara and the director talked about how ideas like childhood bullying and the strong relationship between Shinjoh and Mayumi could be connected to create the episode's message.
• Director Matsubara saw Ultraman as a show that focuses on being simple and easy to understand. He tried to make this episode easy to understand and fun to watch, using a setting that felt comfortable and looked interesting. He also asked for a full-scale model for some scenes. The outdoor photo shoot at Yomiuriland was originally planned to take two days, but it ended up taking four days.
• In the 4Kids English dub, this episode and episode 24 were both heavily edited and combined into one episode, resulting in over 13 minutes of footage being removed from the dub. Furthermore, this was also the last episode to be aired on American television, with Tiga having been removed from the FoxBox block the following week due to low ratings.