Land Shark

Land Shark (地の鮫, Chi no Same) 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 (マドカ・ダイゴ, Madoka Daigo): Hiroshi Nagano (V6) (長野 博（Ｖ６）, Nagano Hiroshi (Bui Shikkusu))
• Rena Yanase (ヤナセ・レナ, Yanase Rena): Takami Yoshimoto (吉本 多香美, Yoshimoto Takami)
• Megumi Iruma (イルマ・メグミ, Iruma Megumi): Mio Takaki (高樹 澪, Takaki Mio)
• Seiichi Munakata (ムナカタ・セイイチ, Munakata Seiichi): Akitoshi Otaki (大滝 明利, Ōtaki Akitoshi)
• Masami Horii (ホリイ・マサミ, Horii Masami): Yukio Masuda (増田 由紀夫, Masuda Yukio)
• Tetsuo Shinjoh (シンジョウ・テツオ, Shinjō Tetsuo): Shigeki Kagemaru (影丸 茂樹, Kagemaru Shigeki)
• Jun Yazumi (ヤズミ・ジュン, Yazumi Jun): Yoichi Furuya (古屋 暢一, Furuya Yōichi)
• Souichiro Sawai (サワイ・ソウイチロウ, Sawai Sōichirō): Tamio Kawachi (川地 民夫, Kawachi Tamio)

Guest Actors

• Keigo Masaki (マサキ・ケイゴ, Masaki Keigo): Takashi Kora (高良 隆志, Kōra Takashi)
• Yuuji Tango (タンゴ・ユウジ, Tango Yūji): Yoichi Okamura (岡村 洋一, Okamura Yōichi)
• Ferris Wheel Visitors (観覧車の客, Kanransha no Kyaku):
  • Tetsuya Takamiya (高宮 哲也, Takamiya Tetsuya)
  • Misa Hayano (早野 実紗, Hayano Misa)
• Mitsui Greenland Employee (三井グリーンランド従業員, Mitsui Gurīnrandō Jūgyōin): Hiroyuki Fujise (藤瀬 裕幸, Fujise Hiroyuki)
• Dog (子犬, Koinu): Arumi (アルミ)

Voice Actors

• Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガ, Urutoraman Tiga): Yuji Machi (真地 勇志, Machi Yūji)

Suit Actors

• Ultraman Tiga:
  • Multi Type: Shunsuke Gondo (権藤 俊輔, Gondō Shunsuke)
  • Power Type: Koji Nakamura (中村 浩二, Nakamura Kōji)
• Geozark:
  • Toshio Miyake (三宅 敏夫, Miyake Toshio)
  • Hisataka Kitaoka (北岡 久貴, Kitaoka Hisataka)

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.^[1]
  • 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.

References

1. ↑ TV Magazine Special Issue: Ultraman Tiga, pg 91