List of Ultraman Tiga characters

Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガ Urutoraman Tiga) is a Japanese tokusatsu TV show and is the 11th show in the Ultra Series. Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraman Tiga was aired at 6:00pm and aired between September 7, 1996 to August 30, 1997. Following Tiga's conclusion, the series was succeeded by Ultraman Dyna (ウルトラマンダイナ Urutoraman Daina) from 7 September 1997 until 30 August 1998.

Protagonists

Daigo Madoka

Shin Asuka

Shin Asuka in episode 3 of Ultraman Dyna.

Shin Asuka (アスカ・シン Asuka Shin)[1] is the main protagonist of Ultraman Dyna and is Ultraman Dyna's human host. Aged 22 years old in the series, he is light-hearted overall, and is one of the rare Ultra human hosts who also serves as the comic relief of the main cast. Asuka often whines and pouts immaturely, and sometimes pretends to be killed in combat just to see his teammates freak out. Despite his immature outlook, he can also be headstrong and overly courageous, fending off aliens far stronger than normal humans with only his hand-to-hand combat skills. His well-known motto is "Never give up", stemming from his character development as his series progresses. Using the Reflasher (リーフラッシャー Rīfurasshā), he transforms into Ultraman Dyna by raising the object in mid-air.[2]

During his childhood, Asuka's dad disappeared years ago when his space ship disappeared into a mysterious light. He spent his teenage years in high school as a baseball player and later on worked as a TPC maintenance crew in The Final Odyssey, saluting Daigo, who in fact his own predecessor. After enlisting himself as a ZERO Training student, he was accepted into the Super GUTS for being able to score high marks during their entry examination and saving Ryo from the Sphias by sacrificing his own GUTS Wing. During that time, he came in contact with Dyna's light and while fighting Darambia on Mars, this introduced Dyna for the first time. Although hesitating to use it again, he was able to overcome it quickly, embracing his duty as an Ultra Warrior like Daigo and fight against multiple monster and alien threats. In the three-part final episode, his identity as Ultraman Dyna was leaked and kidnapped by the Black Buster Squad to awaken the artificial Ultraman Terranoid, which eventually went rogue from Sphia's takeover. His kidnapper Gondo redeemed himself by sacrificing his life to replenish Dyna's energy and defeated Zelganoid but Asuka collapsed from his injuries and was taken care by his predecessor, Daigo before Ryo picked him again. When Super GUTS unleashed a full campaign against Gransphia, he saved Ryo as Dyna from being held hostage by Neo Gaigareid but during this point that his identity made known to his teammates. Despite Gransphia defeated by Super GUTS and Dyna's combined tactics, the battle came at a high price, forcefully dragging both Asuka and Dyna into a wormhole. While presumed dead, he was actually reunited with his long lost father and the two fly towards the space-time continuum.

Eleven years after Ultraman Dyna ended, which took place in the setting of Mega Monster Battle: Ultra Galaxy, the wormhole that Asuka went in ended up transported to the Nebula M78 Space from the Showa era. Finding himself in the middle of conflict against Belial's forces, Asuka first rescued the ZAP Spacy crew before he went to the Monster Graveyard and helped fought against Belial and his armies. He soon assist Ultraman Zero by helping out distracting Beryudora while Zero delivered the finishing blow to Ultraman Belial.[3] In Ultraman Saga, his popularity as Ultraman Dyna was made public, so much that his stories and identity was published in the textbook. TPC Mars base were celebrating his 15 years of his sacrifice and during that same time he was transported into another world where Alien Bat kidnapped the Earth's citizens to empower his Hyper Zetton as part of his invasion.[4] Asuka/Dyna sided with Team U, humanity's final line of defense but sacrificed himself by petrifying both him and Dyna to halt Cocoon Hyper Zetton's development. His ejected Reflasher was picked by an orphan Takeru, who used it to revive Dyna to assist Ultraman Cosmos and Zero against Zetton. When Hyper Zetton evolved into Imago, Asuka combined his light with Musashi and Taiga to form Ultraman Saga, putting an end to Alien Bat and his Hyper Zetton, therefore returning the kidnapped humans back to Earth. As he departed, he made his last stop on his teammates and assured them that Taiga is safe before leaving again, knowing that his teammates would catch up to him in one of his travels.

Shin Asuka is portrayed by Takeshi Tsuruno (つるの 剛士 Tsuruno Takeshi) and Shunji Matsuzaki (松崎 駿司 Matsuzaki Shunji) in his childhood. Tsuruno is a fan of Ultraman 80, watching the series in his childhood and was once mistaken that said Ultraman would appear in Superior Ultraman 8 Brothers before Hiroshi Nagano corrected him. The original concept behind Shin Asuka is to have him as a baseball player but this was less focused due to Tsuruno having intermediate experience as a baseball player. His acting as Asuka left a huge impression to his eldest son, who has a habit of saying that his father's job is an Ultraman whenever people asked about it.[5] While acting as Asuka, Tsuruno was reminded to portray himself as a teenager growing up. The props used to portray Asuka, such as his Super GUTS uniform and Reflasher was nicely preserved under Tsuruno's own request, having expected to reprise his character in later years. Since Ultraman Dyna is a show that focuses on space, this left an inspiration to Tsuruno for his interest for astronomy.[6]

Tsubasa Madoka

Amui

Ai Asama

Nozomu Taiga

GUTS

Special Investigation Team GUTS (特捜チームGUTS Tokusō Chīmu Gattsu, stands for "Global Unlimited Task Squad") is the main attack team in Ultraman Tiga . Originally specializes in search and rescue, the team was changed into a monster attack team after frequent appearances of monster attacks, starting from Golza and Melba.[7] The team eventually disbanded sometime after the events of The Final Odyssey and later on succeeded by Super GUTS in Ultraman Dyna.

Members
Mechas and Vehicles

Before the rising age of monster attacks, most of GUTS Ride Mechas (ライドメカ Raido Meka) are meant to be rescue vehicles.[8]

Super GUTS

Special Investigation Team Super GUTS (特捜チームスーパーGUTS Tokusō Chīmu Sūpā Gatsu, stands for Super Global Unlimited Task Squad)[1] or shortened as "S-GUTS" is the main attack team of Ultraman Dyna and the direct successor of GUTS, formed in the Neo Frontier Era (2017). Their main catchphrase is the English word "Roger!" (ラジャー! Rajā!) when receiving orders, followed by the thumbs up gesture. Like GUTS, this group also had its branches from around the world in conjunction to the TPC. In Ultraman Tiga The Final Odyssey, most of Super GUTS members made their cameo appearances as Zero Training Squad, helping out the Artdessei crew in R'lyeh, while Nakajima worked in TPC Science division and Mai at that time still a middle school student. 15 after Asuka's sacrifice (2032) in Ultraman Saga, the Japanese branch of Super GUTS were transferred to the Mars division, with many of its members promoted to higher ranks.[11] In Ultraman Tiga Gaiden (2038), the group is once more succeeded by Neo Super GUTS.

Members
Ride Mechas and Vehicles[16]

Earth Peace Union TPC

Earth Peace Union TPC (地球平和連合TPC Chikyū Heiwa Rengō Tī Pī Shī, Stands for Terrestrial Peaceable Consortium) is an organization that founded by Sawai during his time as the secretary general of the United Nations back in the 20th century (2005). The organization specializes in technology development and innovation, which continued to the terraformation of Mars during the Neo Frontier era (2017).[19]

Far East Headquarters (Japan)

Ultraman Tiga Era[20]

Both the TPC headquarters and the GUTS command centre were situated at the Dive Hangar (ダイブハンガー Daibu Hangā) in Bōsō Peninsula, Chiba Prefecture, Japan. The Dive Hangar had been constructed since 2001 as a defense force base and was given to TPC after the old defense team disbanded. As it name suggest, the base is capable of sinking itself into the surface and submerged when needed. Its huge size houses about 3,000 workers including GUTS members and TPC executives and is large enough to store an entire possession of GUTS' Ride Mechas. Underneath the F4 docking bay, basement No. 133 houses the Maxima Overdrive-powered battleship Artdessei that was secretly built by Dr. Yao Naban. The base was intruded by various antagonist of the series such as Bizaamo, Menjula and among others. It suffered a great deal of damage when Gatanothor's darkness spreads through the base but was repaired as of The Final Odyssey. Despite no longer being TPC Japan branch's base of operations, the base still served its purpose in Ultraman Dyna, evidenced in episode 42.[21]

Ultraman Dyna Era[22]

Although the Dive Hangar was rebuilt after its damage by Gatanothor's darkness, hard lessons were learned from that day, leading to the construction of Grandome (グランドーム Gurandōmu) within the mountains of Japan. This base serve as the new building for Japanese branch of TPC and just like the Dive Hangar, it also has an underground base. The Grandome can simply be elongated into a tower, mainly for launching the Super GUTS mechas. Its foothills possess energy reservation base with tight security turrets. Aside from just housing Super GUTS' main mechas, it also contains GUTS' old Ride Mechas, as revealed in episode 32 when TPC's possessed-exploratory robot Lovemos assimilated with every of their Ride Mechas into Satan Lovemos.

TPC Bases and other Organizations

Ultraman Tiga Era
Ultraman Dyna Era

Ride Mechas, Vehicles and Other Weapons

Ultraman Tiga Era[26]
Ultraman Dyna Era[27]

Other TPC-related organizations

ZERO

Training School ZERO (養成機関ZERO Yōsei Kikan Zero) is a military training school for future cadets that will become members of TPC officers or Super GUTS members. The team made their appearance in Ultraman Dyna and chronologically first appeared in The Final Odyssey.

Instructors
Students
Ride Mechas and Vehicles

Black Buster Squad

Black Buster Squad (ブラックバスター隊 Burakku Basutā Tāi) is a stealth unit in Ultraman Dyna that was founded by TPC staff Gondo under the TPC Military Police Branch. They were known for their navy blue uniforms and usage of GUTS Shadow, a modified GUTS Wing used for stealth missions. While appeared to be a dependable group, they were secretly corrupted and obeyed Gondo Kihachi's orders. Stationing themselves in TPC's Military Police Base Mars Lab (警務局火星研究所 Keimu-kyoku Kasei Kenkyūjo), they kidnapped Asuka and used him to create Terranoid, but when the artificial Ultraman was quickly hijacked, the group went defunct during his rampage before Dyna killed him.[31]

Members
Mechas

Neo Super GUTS

Neo Super GUTS (ネオスーパーGUTS Neo Sūpā Gatsu) is a successor to Super GUTS which appeared in Ultraman Tiga Gaiden. So far, much of its members remain unknown, as the only identified officer is Tsubasa Madoka, Daigo's son and their known mecha is GUTS Eagle Alpha Superior.

Ultra Warriors

Super Ancient Civilization

Unlike Showa Era Ultras, who were mostly from Nebula M78, Tiga's series mainly focuses on Ultra Warriors whose origin is from the Super Ancient Civilization (超古代文明 Chō Kodai Bunmei) of 30 million years prior.

A long time ago, this civilization was known for being a utopia, until the arrival of dark forces, which came in the form of rampaging monsters appeared and spreads fear towards its civilians. Then the light appeared to the cities' people, bestowed its power to selected warriors to fight against the darkness and restoring peace. However, as more warriors were turned into giants of light, a power struggle arose which split them into two factions. Soon, a civil war started between these two factions and as a result, several combatants corrupted after embracing the darkness, therefore destroying the very same civilization they lived on. One after another, the ancient civilization started to fall.

One of the strongest Dark Giants was Tiga Dark, but he switched sides after falling in love with Yuzare and sealed himself and his own companions within R'lyeh. In aftermath of the battle, leftover giants who survived the civil war were left to protect the Earth but when humanity fell under the influence of Gijera, the giants were unable to do anything and left due to their inability to interfere with humanity's decision. This gave the great darkness to appear and strike the ancient civilization. The ancient giants left behind their Ultra DNA and powers (stone statues) for future generations to use in hope of the same incident that befall their civilization would not happen again in the future.[33]

In The Final Odyssey, the remains of fallen combatants in R'lyeh donated their light to resurrect the defeated Ultraman Tiga as Glitter Tiga, therefore placing an end to both Demonzour and the dark influences from their civilization.

The Land of Tiga Pyramid

Statues of the pyramid, with Tiga on the back.

The Land of Tiga Pyramid (ティガの地のピラミッド Tiga no Ji no Piramido)[34] was an ancient golden pyramid which serves as a final resting place for Ultraman Tiga and his two other companions before they left behind their stone bodies and left the Earth. As revealed in Ultraman Tiga Gaiden, this pyramid was situated near the Sakimori Village (which was later renamed as "the Land of Tiga" (ティガの地 Tiga no Ji)), allowing Tiga's power to be utilized by Tsubasa and later Amui via a bronze Spark Lence when the ancient sorcerer threaten the peace of their village. Said pyramid at that time was heavily disguised as a mountain while Jomonoid tried to destroy it. In the present day, (which took place in the first episode of Ultraman Tiga) Golza and Melba were awakened and contemplated to destroy the pyramid with the giants it houses. Guided by Yuzare's hologram in her capsule, GUTS located the pyramid but wasn't able to save it as both monsters destroyed it. When Daigo tried to defend the last statue from being destroyed, it was during that time he assimilated with it, bringing forth Ultraman Tiga to the modern era. The remains of destroyed statues were examined by Professor Yuji Tango, who in turn conspired with Keigo Masaki to search for another giant Ultraman statue in Kumamoto, leading to the birth of Evil Tiga.

As revealed in episode 49 of Ultraman Dyna, the remains of destroyed statues in the Tiga Pyramid was used by Gondo Kihachi to create his artificial Ultraman Terranoid.

In reality, Ultraman Tiga's first archetypal design was made in a form of a clay statue by Marbling Fine Arts company. Two other prototypes were also submitted by said company, and in the end one of them was chosen as Tiga's default design. The other two statues were however incorporated to the storyline as aforementioned stone bodies of Tiga's past allies that alongside him to protect the ancient civilization.[35] Also, the original setting for the pyramid was instead supposedly to house five instead of three Ultras, with two statues being destroyed and the other two merging with Tiga to bestow him his Type Change abilities.[36]

Ultraman Tiga

Evil Tiga

Evil Tiga clashing his Evil Kick with Ultraman Tiga's Ultra Brain Chop.

Evil Tiga (イーヴィルティガ Īviru Tiga) is a white-colored ancient Ultraman that appeared in episode 44 of Ultraman Tiga. Originally a giant of light whose statue buried under the Psytech Building in Kumamoto, he was discovered and had his powers utilized by Keigo Masaki, who like Daigo, a descendant from the ancient giants of light, but desired to use the ancient warrior's power to lead the human race with his own hands, having dreamt of humanity's destruction as well. Daigo disproved his method, not only had he tried to exploit the Ultra Warrior's power with an impure heart, but Masaki's actions were only to fuel his own ego. He assimilated with Evil Tiga's statue via Daigo's Spark Lence and his converter, which turn him into light particles.[37]

But instead of leading humanity, Masaki's forced assimilation caused him to lose control over the giant, leaving Evil Tiga to wreak havoc within Kumamoto and attacked the Ancient Ultra's original companion Guarde until Ultraman Tiga appeared. While both giants fought to a standstill, Tiga performed the Brain Chop attack, which was enough to cripple the corrupted giant for the hero to defeat it.[38] Evil Tiga was destroyed afterwards but unfortunately as revealed in Ultraman Dyna, that Ultra's remains was used for the creation of TPC's plan F: Terranoid. Prior to Terranoid's appearance, Evil Tiga appeared in episode 46 as one of the past enemies whose image was used by Moravia while using its powers to project its target's fears.

Being an ancient Ultra Warrior, Evil Tiga bears similar body features to the titular hero despite being differently designed, such as the forehead gem Evil Crystal (イーヴィルクリスタル Īviru Kurisutaru) and Evil Protector (イーヴィルプロテクター Īviru Purotekutā) chest armor. His attacks are Evil Beam (イーヴィルビーム Īviru Bīmu) energy blast, flying kick attack Evil Kick (イーヴィルキック Īviru Kikku) and defensive shield Evil Barrier (イーヴィルバリアー Īviru Bariā). His main finisher is Evil Shot (イーヴィルショット Īviru Shotto), which is done in a reversal way to Ultraman Tiga's Zeperion Ray.

Evil Tiga is voiced by Takashi Kora in the series, who is also the actor for Keigo Masaki. He is a playable character in the video game Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3, where he is voiced by Yūji Machi (真地 勇志 Machi Yūji), Ultraman Tiga's voice actor and the narrator of Ultraman Dyna. In an original concept, Evil Tiga was meant to appear in the 2016 movie, Ultraman X: Here It Comes! Our Ultraman under suggestion of writer Takao Nakano but was turned down by Kiyotaka Taguchi after finding the plot too similar to the original Evil Tiga.[39]

Evil Tiga's design was improvised from a rejected design of Ultraman Tiga[40] and was never referred to his real name during his appearance, ironically being called by Rena as a Tiga Impostor (ティガの偽者 Tiga no Nisemono) despite his status as a genuine Ultraman. Evil Tiga's original proposal was meant to be a black-colored Ultraman, which was already made in conception by Hiroshi Maruyama since the first airing of Ultraman Neos (1995).[41]

Ultraman

Main article: Ultraman (character)

Ultraman Dyna

Ultraman Dyna and his Type Change forms (top to bottom): Flash Type, Miracle Type and Strong Type.

Ultraman Dyna (ウルトラマンダイナ Urutoraman Daina) is the main titular Ultra Warrior of his own series, whose origin in the story remains unknown to this day. Dyna first appeared in the series as a mysterious light that bonded with Asuka after his GUTS Wing was destroyed, which left the man floating in space. When Super GUTS faced against Darambia on Mars, Asuka turned into a mysterious light and the Ultra Warrior made his debut on Mars, and killed Neo Darambia with relative ease. During that time, he was mistaken by a few people to be the long lost Ultraman, Tiga and was given an official name by Super GUTS' communication officer Mai (which revolves around the English word "dynamic") after other proposed names were rejected.[42]

From that point on, Dyna continued to fight against monster and alien threats when they could not be handled by Super GUTS or other military factions alone. Because of his appearance, he is regarded by many (both in-series and fans alike) as the spiritual successor to Ultraman Tiga, having met the latter once while the Earth was in the brink of invasion by Alien Monera. During his brief meeting with Tiga, he also inherited Tiga's light, further cementing his title as Earth's next protector. During the series finale, when the Sphires' invasion reached its climax, his host Asuka was kidnapped and Dyna's power was forcefully used to bring forth TPC's artificial Ultraman Terranoid. When a weakened Dyna faced his mockeryof a doppelganger, it was then when his host's kidnapper Gondo reformed by sacrificing himself to give Dyna the energy needed to fight back. His relation to Asuka was first exposed to Gondo, Ryo and the Black Buster Squad before the rest of Super GUTS discovered it as well when he tried to save Ryo from Neo-Gaigareid. With the help of Super GUTS, Dyna was able to save the Earth from Gransphire but unfortunately both him and Asuka were sucked into the black hole created from said monster's explosion. Although seemingly killed, Dyna and Asuka in fact survived and the two continued to travel in-between universes, first meeting with Asuka's long lost father, Kazuma.

True to being Tiga's spiritual successor, Dyna possess the Dyna Crystal (ダイナクリスタル Daina Kurisutaru) that allows him to Type Change (タイプチェンジ Taipu Chenji), switching body colors and fighting prowess to his own preferences.[43] Unlike Tiga, Dyna's version is limited, as in each transformation he can only switch to one Type before switching back to the regular Flash Type (default form). However, his advantages is that he is capable of accessing his alternate forms right during his transformation, as he did so when fighting against Deathfacer and against Graikis. His three forms include:

Ultraman Dyna is voiced by Takeshi Tsuruno, the actor of his human host, Shin Asuka. In Ultraman Boy no Urukoro, he is voiced by Hiroshi Okamoto (岡本 寛志 Okamoto Hiroshi).[46] In the Ultra Series' 45th anniversary, Dyna was placed 17th in the popularity poll and ranked 13th in 2013 with a total of 2301 voters.[47][48]

Terranoid

Terranoid

Artificial Ultraman Terranoid (人造ウルトラマン テラノイド Jinzō Urutoraman Teranoido) is a man-made Ultra Warrior that appeared in episode 49 of Ultraman Dyna.[31][49]

Created by TPC in secret as part of the plan F, Terranoid used the remains of Evil Tiga and the two destroyed statues that laid to rest with Tiga and was built with the likeness of Ultraman Dyna. Requiring an Ultra Warrior's energy to activate it, Gondo ordered the kidnapping of Asuka and used Dyna's energy as it went into the action by fending off Mars Base against an army of Sphires. However, Terranoid's energy quickly ran out due to his inability to conserve energy and was assimilated/hijacked by the Sphires into a horrid monster called Super Morphed Beastman Zelganoid (超合成獣人 ゼルガノイド Chao Hekai Ju-Jin Zeruganoido). Now a monster, Zelgaoid rebelled against his own creators, forcing Asuka/Dyna to fight in a depleted energy until Gondo sacrificed his own life to replenish Dyna, allowing the giant of light to kill the monster with ease.

Terranoid's appearance is in fact based on Ultraman Dyna (particularly that of Strong-Type) with golden armor accessories. His main attacks are Solgent Ray (Fake) (ソルジェント光線（フェイク） Sorujento Kōsen Feiku) and Beam Slicer (Fake) (ビームスライサー（フェイク） Bīmu Suraisā Feiku). As Zelganoid, he retained his original attacks and is capable of utilizing energy shields and Flash Cycler (Fake) (フラッシュサイクラー（フェイク） Furasshu Saikurā Feiku), the former which is also demonstrated in most Sphire-related synthetic beasts.

Terranoid/Zelganoid's grunts were recycled from Dyna's original grunts, who in turn was voiced by Takeshi Tsuruno, Shin Asuka's actor.

Dark Giants

The Dark Giants (闇の巨人 Yami no Kyojin) are Ultra Warriors from the ancient civilization that rose to prominence after a civil war between their own kind torn their civilization apart, causing several participants to fall into the dark side. Around that time, there were four dark giants: Camearra, Darramb, Hudra and their strongest warrior/leader, Tiga Dark. Unfortunately for them, Tiga switched sides to the light side after falling for Yuzare and sealed his own companions, thereby ending the civil war. In the present day, two years after Tiga's final battle with Gatanothor, TPC discovered their stone statue and thought of using Keigo Masaki's own idea to manipulate the Ultra Warriors' powers for military strength but accidentally lifted their seal by mistake and eventually led them to their revival. Unable to escape because of Yuzare's light barrier, all three of them invaded Daigo in his dreams and forced him to join the darkness by giving him Tiga Dark's powers. Although he transformed into Tiga Dark and destroyed Yuzare's barrier, Daigo refused to join them and like the original Tiga, stole their powers and defeated them. Following their defeat, the dark influence disappeared and R'lyeh Island (which was the place they first sealed) sank. The dark giants are based on characters of Cthulhu Mythos by H. P. Lovecraft.

Ultraman Zero

Main article: Ultraman Zero

Antagonists

Super Ancient Monsters

The Super Ancient Monsters (超古代怪獣 Chō Kodai Kaijū) were the main monsters of Ultraman Tiga. As their title implies, their origin dated back to the era of ancient civilizations, having attacked same location before being driven away by the ancient giants of light. Their shared feature are porous skin on their neck, which in reality were used to disguise the peepholes for the suit actors.[41]

Kyrie People

Flame Demon Kyrie People (炎魔人 キリエル人 En Majin Kirieru-bito, 3, 20, 25, 52 (Tiga)) were one of the villains of Ultraman Tiga and were the titular Ultra's first major adversary. A race of ancient demon from the past whose existence predated the ancient giants of light, they tried to rule humanity in the present day and saw Tiga as an obstacle. Their original plan was targeting Iruma of GUTS due to her acknowledging Tiga as humanity's savior and decided to kill any humans deemed not worthy to live. In their second appearance, they soon resort to brainwash an entire population into distrusting Tiga until Iruma broke them free from the Kyrie People's influences. Eventually in the final episode, their race decided to leave for another dimension when Tiga was defeated by Gatanothor.

The Kyrie People appeared as phantom states and is capable of utilizing ESP. They are also capable of possessing or disguise as a human. Two assumed human identities are Mitsuo Itahashi (イタハシ・ミツオ Itahashi Mitsuo) and Keiko Ōnuma (オオヌマ・ケイコ Ōnuma Keiko), both were actual individuals that passed away sometime prior to the series.

Mitsuo Itahashi and Keiko Ōnuma are portrayed by Hiroyuki Takano (高野浩幸 Takano Hiroyuki) and Chihiro Haruna (春菜千広 Haruna Chihiro) respectively. The Kyrieloids were voiced by Masaharu Satō (佐藤正治 Satō Masaharu) and the first Ultra Monster to be designed in the series before Golza and Melba (both monsters in episode 1) would appear. Their main design motive is the devil.[41]

Gatanothor

Gatanothor vs Ultraman Tiga

Evil God Gatanothor (邪神 ガタノゾーア Jashi Gatanozōa, 51-52)[56] is the original antagonist of Ultraman Tiga. Called by Yuzare as "the great darkness" (大いなる闇 Ōinaru Yami), Gatanothor was responsible for the destruction of ancient civilization and had covered the Earth with great darkness before the monster and its followers went hibernated. In the present day, Gatanothor awakened several days after Gijera's destruction, bringing forth the sunken island R'lyeh to surface and unleashing its vanguard Zoigers. When Gatanothor's darkness began to spread all across the world, Tiga fought it but was quickly defeated due to its sturdy armor and gigantic body.[57] Tiga was later turned into a stone statue before sinking into the depths of the sea. Eventually with everyone's lights around the world, Tiga was momentarily revived as Glitter Tiga and turn the tables to defeat Gatanothor, therefore restoring peace to Earth. Two years later in The Final Odyssey, Camearra used Gatanothor's own grudge to turn herself into a gigantic monster named Demonthor.

Gatanothor's main ability is to launch Shadow Mist (シャドウミスト Shadō Misuto) to either spread darkness around the world or as hazardous gas used in attack. Aside from that, the monster bear tentacles and pincers hidden beneath the sea it inhabited. Its strongest attack is Petrifaction Ray (石化光線 Sekka Kōsen),[lower-alpha 6] used to petrify Tiga back into a stone statue.

Gatanothor's main design is a nautilus and ammonite. Its head in an upside down position is a reference to Gatanothor's habit of looking down towards humanity.[41]

Sphia

Cosmic Sphere Sphia (宇宙球体 スフィア Uchū Kyūtai Sufia, 1, 2, 35, 44, 49-51)[lower-alpha 7] were the main antagonist of Ultraman Dyna. Their first appearance was during the Super GUTS training enrolment, attacking ZERO cadets and Asuka sacrificing his GUTS Wing to save Ryo. During its attack on TPC Mars base, it was then where Dyna made his debut and destroy several Sphias before fighting against Neo Darambia. While having fewer appearances in the series, they were soon given an active involvement in the three parter finale episodes, combining with each other to form Dark Planet Gransphia (暗黒惑星 グランスフィア Ankoku Wakusei Guransufia) and contemplated to consume the whole Solar System. Having consumed Pluto and the artificial sun, Gransphire set its target on Earth, using a black hole as its shield until Super GUTS in Kraakov fires the Neo Maxima Cannon for Dyna to finish it. But Gransphire's death came at a high price, as Dyna/Asuka was absorbed into the black hole. In Ultraman Saga, it was revealed that several Sphias survived and tried to attack the TPC Mars base once more before being countered by Nozomu Taiga and being captured by Alien Bat to feed his Hyper Zetton.

Named by Saeko Shiina, Sphias are spherical alien life-forms with the ability to self-reproduction and assimilating with any life forms or organic substances. Upon combining into Gransphia, it was able to consume planets and shield itself with a large black hole. For attack purpose, the Gransphia can unleash mirages of past enemies which Dyna easily countered.

The Sphias are voiced by Hisako Itaruyo (達依久子 Itaruyo Hisako).

Sphia Synthetic Beasts

Sphire Synthetic Beasts (スフィア合成獣 Sufia Gōsei-jū) were monsters in Ultraman Dyna, created by assimilating organic substances or other life forms. Their common ability revolves around energy beam and subspace barrier. Several of them can evolve into Super Synthetic Beasts (超合成獣 Chō Gōsei-jū), gaining enhanced powers and abilities.

Alien Mijir

Tactical Alien Alien Mijir (知略宇宙人 ミジー星人 Chiryaku Uchūjin Mijī Seijin, 13, 30, Dyna Gaiden) are the recurring alien antagonist in Ultraman Dyna. Their original plan was to conquer Earth with their machine Garaon. Their actions were spotted by Takeshi, a neighbouring kid but was able to cover things quickly before Super GUTS would arrive and investigate. Eventually, their plans were exposed when Asuka and Takeshi infiltrated their factory, forcing them to launch Garaon's head into the battle. Although seemingly banished in their Garaon by Ultraman Dyna's Revolium Wave, it was revealed that they managed to get out safely but soon adapted into the human society and later tricked a writer from their neighbouring apartment to write a script of Ultraman Dyna's destruction. The script's story materializes into an actual real life situation and likewise failed once more as their Garaon defeated by Dyna. In Ultraman Dyna Gaiden, the Alien Mijir was captured by Super GUTS, which simultaneously took place in Dyna's defeat by Wanzetto. To escape death penalty, they offered their alliance and used Pochi Garaon to do so by having Hanejiro deliver it to Wanzetto and freed Dyna, as well as killing Casa Madara, the android that manipulate the monster. But once discovering that Wanzetto is in their control, they used it to fight Dyna until Dolchenko broke the controllers, rendering it immobile for Dyna to dispose it via Revolium Wave. Due to this, they soon ran away again from the authorities.

The Alien Mijir's standard ability is to disguise themselves as humans. Unfortunately, the disguise can simply wear off with simple sneezes.

Garaon

Three-faced Robo Head Beast Garaon (三面ロボ頭獣 ガラオン Sanmen Robo Atama-jū Garaon, 13, 30) is the Alien Mijir's invasion robot in Ultraman Dyna. Originally meant to be a giant robot whose height exceeded even the Tokyo Tower, Garaon's creation only went by its head after the Mijir's plan were quickly exposed. The giant robot fought both Super GUTS and Dyna, managed to stun the giant hero with its laughing gas until the effect wears off and Dyna banished it via Revolium Wave. A second Garaon appeared via hologram made by the Mijir's neighbouring writer when his script materializes into real life. This copy was nonetheless destroyed by Dyna via Solgent Ray.

Garaon's main feature is its three faces on the body, due to originally being the head of an actual robot. Each faces of different expression bears distinction attacks; the angry face bears its arm and the smile face launches laughing gas. In either faces, all of them can launch destructive energy means from their eyes.

Alien Monera

Space Plant Beastman Alien Monera (宇宙植物獣人 モネラ星人 Uchū Shokubutsu Jū-jin Monera Seijin) were the main antagonist of Ultraman Tiga and Ultraman Dyna. A race of space plants that gained sentience upon evolution, they desired to conquer Earth for their advanced technology. Through mind-controlling Dr. Rui Kisaragi of TPC with their ESP, they orchestrated the creation of Prometheus and quickly hijack the battleship upon its second deployment. When Deathfacer was destroyed by Dyna, the aliens soon captured the Ultraman and combine with their spaceship to form Queen Monera.

Monsters

Dark Espers

The Dark Espers (暗黒超能力者 Ankoku Chō Nōryoku-sha)[65] were main antagonists of Ultraman Tiga Gaiden. In the Jōmon period of Japan, they threatened the peace of Sakimori Village with his stone statue Degouf until Ultraman Tiga destroyed it. To obtain a monster, they kidnapped Jomonoid from the present day to the Jōmon period, all while accidentally taken Tsubasa along for the ride. Their main target was to destroy the Tiga Pyramid in hopes of ensuring that Tiga or his companions would not rebel against his campaign. All members and their monsters were killed by the villagers of Tiga Village with the help of time-displaced Tsubasa.

Members
Monsters

Casa Madara

Evil Android Casa Madara (凶悪アンドロイド カーサ・マダラー Kyōaku Andoroido Kāsa Madarā)[67][lower-alpha 9] is the primary antagonist of Ultraman Dyna Gaiden. Armed with the ability to manipulate time flows and superhuman capabilities, Casa was sent by her masters, Alien Dehadoh as vanguard to invade the Earth by first eliminating Ultraman Dyna. She is referred as the main component of the Alien Dehadoh's ultimate weapon, Wanzetto. Having witnessed the Ultraman's capabilities, she challenged Asuka/Dyna again, controlling Wanzetto and managed to petrify him into a stone but was killed when Alien Mijir sent their Pochi Garaon to ram within Wanzetto's main body, therefore rescuing Dyna.

She is portrayed by Asami Sawaki (沢木 麻美 Sawaki Asami).

Arwon

Absorption Monster Arwon (吸収怪獣 アーウォン Kyūshū kaijū Āuon) is Alien Dehadoh's monster weapon under control by Casa Madara. Summoned through her own switch, Arwon first appeared in the city and fought both Super GUTS and Dyna, demonstrating the ability to absorb incoming attacks before leaving. It was summoned again with the Power Rock (パワーロック Pawā Rokku) stone from Planet Dehadoh, with Casa combined herself, Arwon and the Power Rock into the Combined Invasion Weapon-beast Wanzeto (合体侵略兵器獣 ワンゼット Gattai shinryaku heiki-jū Wanzetto). In this form, Wanzetto was able to defeat Ultraman Dyna and had him imprisoned within a stone. While Super GUTS managed to save Dyna with the help of Alien Mijir's Garaon, they soon manipulate Wanzetto into attacking Dyna after finding themselves in control of it, due to Casa's destruction. But because of a quick lost in control, Dyna banished it via Revolium Wave, leaving the Mijir on a loose again and therefore foiling the Dehadoh's invasion on Earth.

Arwon's regular ability is to absorb incoming attacks. As Wanzetto, the monster possess enormous strength and agility, as well as capable of shielding itself from Dyna Miracle Type's Revolium Wave. Its main attack is an finisher beam, which can only be triggered if Casa was in charge of Wanzetto. However, Wanzetto's true nature is nothing more than a living homunculus and can only be moved when any smaller beings controlled its actions from within its head.

Alien Bat

Hyper Zetton

Minor characters

Minor characters in Ultraman Tiga

Minor characters in Ultraman Dyna


Notes

  1. ↑ Credited under name Eri Okamura (岡村 英梨 Okamura Eri)
  2. ↑ Gaiden was filmed three years after Ultraman Dyna had finished being broadcast.
  3. ↑ Comes from the word "Hane" (羽根, Insect wings).
  4. ↑ A pun of "Sword" (ソード Sōdo) and "Aizō" (愛憎, Love and Hatred).
  5. ↑ The name "Shibito" is a Heiban for "shinin" (死人, dead person).
  6. ↑ Called in the Ultraman Fighting Evolution 3 as Penetration Laser (貫通レーザー Kantsū Rēzā).
  7. ↑ Official romanization is revealed in Ultraman Saga.
  8. ↑ Credited as Dark Demon (闇の魔神 Yami no Majin)
  9. ↑ Only credited as Alien Dehadoh's Android (デハドー星人のアンドロイド Dehadō Seijin no Andoroido), her real name was shown in "Tsuburaya All Monsters Photobook".

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