The Ultra Star is the forty-ninth episode of Ultraman Tiga. This episode also features the first appearance of an alternate version of the original Ultraman.
Plot[]
Daigo finds a strange man who wants to buy a monster. The man was told to see Director Eiji Tsuburaya about anything concerning monsters.
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
Guest Actors[]
- Eiji Tsuburaya : Yusuke Takita
- Tetsuo Kinjo : Hiroyuki Okita
- Hajime Tsuburaya : Hiroshi Tsuburaya
- Kazuho Mitsuta : Daisuke Nagakura
- Ken Kumagai : Koshiro Asami
- Shozo Uehara : Hirofumi Kawada
- Staff of Ultra Q
- Tsuburaya Pro Reception : Yu Akagi
- Ultra Q Cast : Kazuo Tamaru
- Tsuburaya Pro Executive : Kiyoto Harada
- Charija : Masanori Machida
Voice Actors[]
Suit Actors[]
- Ultraman Tiga (Multi Type): Koji Nakamura
- Ultraman: Shunsuke Gondo
- Yanakargie: Toshio Miyake
Appearances[]
Ultras[]
- Ultraman Tiga
- Multi Type
- Ultraman
Kaiju[]
- Charija
- Yanakargie
- Garamon (seen being transported by two staff members)
- Namegon (concept art seen on wall)
- Kanegon (concept art seen on wall)
- Godzilla (mentioned)
- Mothra (mentioned)
Home Media[]
- Ultraman Tiga Volume 13 features episodes 49-52.
Trivia[]
- The background for this episode’s creation was influenced by the unmade film Island Song of Nebula M78: 37-Year-Old Kaneshiro—At That Time . This film was initially proposed in 1995, conceived by director Tetsuya Senga and producer Yuko Uemoto from Nippon Television, who approached Shozo Uehara to discuss a biographical film centered on Tetsuo Kinjo. The film was to focus on Kinjo's return to Okinawa after leaving Tsuburaya Productions. Shiro Sano, who played Kinjo in My Beloved Ultraseven, was set to star as Kinjo, and the script preparations were completed.[1][2]
- Initially, Uehara refused Masato Oida’s request to return as a scriptwriter for Ultraman Tiga, arguing that "future Ultraman stories should be written by younger writers." However, Kida proposed that since Ultraman Tiga was the 30th anniversary program of Ultraman, it should be an opportunity to write a story reflecting on the past and remembering previous Ultraman creators, with Kinjo making an appearance to promote Island Song of the Nebula M78. Eventually, Uehara was moved by Kida’s enthusiasm and decided to set the story in the 1960s, depicting the joint creation of Ultraman by Eiji Tsuburaya, Tetsuo Kinjo, and Shozo Uehara.
- In January 1997, Tetsuo Kinjo’s father, Tadao, was hospitalized with lung cancer and passed away in September of the same year at the age of 85. After his death, the film adaptation of Island Song of the M78 Nebula was canceled and never realized. The script was later adapted into a novel titled "Tetsuo Kinjo: Ultraman Island Song" published by Tsukuma Shobo in 1999, and the script was published in the "Shozo Uehara Script Collection" in 2009.[3][4]
- The Ryugamori Lake, the setting for this episode, is the same lake where Bemular hides from Ultraman in episode 1 of Ultraman, titled "Ultra Operation No.1."
- According to Supervisor Sawai's dialogue, the Neo Frontier Space includes in-universe adaptations of the Godzilla and Mothra series and their spin-offs.
- The ending theme features a special version that highlights scenes from Ultraman. Specifically, it includes episodes directed by Kazuho Mitsuta and Toshitsugu Suzuki.
- The episode that Daigo becomes the unwitting clapboard holder for is the Ultra Q episode Peguila is Here!.
- Zumbolar, Jirahs, Alien Mefilas, Zaragas, Gango and Geronimon appear in a stock footage montage during the closing credits.
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