History Trivia / UltramanTiga

** According to writer Mike Pecoriello, the second half of the show was dubbed in full, however it only aired on POGO TV in India. Only a few clips of it have surfaced online.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In Western territories, the series was released subbed in DVD in the United States, but due to Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's closure and Creator/FUNimation moving on to other projects, the [=DVDs=] are no longer made, with Volume 3 in particular being almost impossible to find. The same can be said of the Latin American Dub which has seen no home media release, but luckily the whole series can be found online dubbed. In 2021, the show would be rereleases by Mill Creek Entertainment but omitted the original opening theme "Take Me Higher", so the older releases are still the only way to experience the show with the original opening.

* ThrowItIn: Episode 44 initially didn't have Tiga hugging Guardie in the script, but suit actor Shunsuke Gondo ad-libbed after having watched the episodes of ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' starring Jirahs and Jamila, and inspired by the moments of sympathy shown for the monsters by the original Ultraman thought it would be fitting to give a sympathetic moment between Tiga and the benevolent kaiju. The director of the episode, Hirochika Muraishi, was forgiving to the ad-libbing thanks to Gondo getting it right on the first try and thus allowed it to remain in the final product.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Due to legal issues surrounding "Take Me Higher" and the notoriously draconian constraints of Johnny's, the 2021 DVD by Mill Creek replaced the song with a different theme. Bizarrely, episodes 3 and 4 on the first disc on Mill Creek's set ''did'' retain the original opening despite the other episodes replacing it. Even more bizzarely, they could've just used the Tatsuya Maeda cover of the song, which was recorded because Johnny's vetoed the export of the V6 cover and some dubbing houses (specifically, the Malaysian and Indonesian dubbing houses) insisted on having the song as part of the package deal instead of writing their own.

* OutOfOrder: Most of the 4Kids dub was shown this way.
* PromotedFanboy: Hiroshi Nagano, the actor of Daigo Madoka mentioned that his favorite Ultraman is Series/UltramanAce. He also watched ''Series/UltramanEighty'' in his childhood, which the succeeding series' actor Takeshi Tsuruno ([[Series/UltramanDyna Shin Asuka]]) is a fan of.

** Some details of the GUTS members were changed into production and conceptualization:Captain Megumi Iruma was meant at first to be a stern and very strict captain towards the GUTS members, Mukanata would have been a divorced father who had a daughter. Shinjoh's original name was going to be Kuwada (in fact, Shinjoh's name is a tribute to writer Tetsuo Kinjo) and Rena would've been the daughter of a deceased TPC staff member named Manase.

* BannedInChina: In September 2021 [[https://www.gamerbraves.com/china-bans-ultraman-tiga-anime-might-be-next/Tiga along with a bunch of anime were taken down from all Chinese video platforms]] without explanation. A CCP representative states, "[[MoralGuardians TV channels must 'adamantly resist using bad plots,' and should only air 'moral cartoons with healthy content and promote truth, goodness and beauty.]]" However, Tiga is the most popular Ultra show in China with the younger generations, even ''[[FailedASpotCheck teaching the same morals]]'' that the representative said the banned content did not contain. This banning was just one of aslew of draconian laws that the CCP placed upon entertainment in 2021, with [[https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/27/media/china-cartoon-ban-ultraman-tiga-intl-hnk/index.html CNN making it clear in their coverage]] that the government wants Chinese viewers to consume native entertainment that promotes CCP patriotism. Though this may perhaps have nothing to do with it, the ''Series/UltramanDyna'' leading actor is outspoken on pro-democracy support for Hong Kong, something that the CCP will ''harshly'' rid an entire franchise in their domains over. Averted when [[https://radiichina.com/ultraman-tiga-has-returned/ significant public backlash]] led to Tiga’s return, likely CCP officials realizing that Tiga is more or less a cultural icon by this point, regardless of “[[SarcasmMode using bad plots]]”.

* RealSongThemeTune: ''Take Me Higher'', the theme song of the series, was originally written by Dave Rodgers[[note]]an Eurobeat songwriter and performer whose name would be very familiar to Manga/InitialD fans[[/note]] indipendent of the series, but had his input in being adopted to the theme song of the series and translated into Japanese. The song would eventually also appear in English in the anime ''Initial D Battle Stage 3''.

** Surprisingly in 2022 Shout Factory, under its TokuSHOUTsu label was able to show the series with Daigo intact with only the opening being changed. Funny enough, the ad that was shown on YouTube does not include Daigo even though Dyna and Gaia host were shown indicating Shout Factory were walking a tightrope on what they're allowed to show.

* One of the theories about why Creator/FourKidsEntertainment went for a GagDub is that they weren't that interested in the show itself, but there was a ShoutOut to the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'' in ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' that viewers wouldn't get unless they had seen one of the shows before. That's right; 4Kids may have acquired ''Ultraman Tiga'' for the sole purpose of explaining a joke in another series.

* BannedInChina: In September 2021 [[https://www.gamerbraves.com/china-bans-ultraman-tiga-anime-might-be-next/Tiga along with a bunch of anime were taken down from all Chinese video platforms]] without explanation. A CCP representative states, "[[MoralGuardians TV channels must 'adamantly resist using bad plots,' and should only air 'moral cartoons with healthy content and promote truth, goodness and beauty.]]" However, Tiga is the most popular Ultra show in China with the younger generations, even ''[[FailedASpotCheck teaching the same morals]]'' that the representative said the banned content did not contain. This banning was just one of aslew of draconian laws that the CCP placed upon entertainment in 2021, with [[https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/27/media/china-cartoon-ban-ultraman-tiga-intl-hnk/index.html CNN making it clear in their coverage]] that the government wants Chinese viewers to consume native entertainment that promotes CCP patriotism. Though this may perhaps have nothing to do with it, the ''Series/UltramanDyna'' leading actor is pro-democracy for Hong Kong, something that the CCP will ''harshly'' rid an entire franchise in their domains over. Averted when [[https://radiichina.com/ultraman-tiga-has-returned/ significant public backlash]] led to Tiga’s return, likely CCP officials realizing that Tiga is more or less a cultural icon by this point, regardless of “[[SarcasmMode using bad plots]]”.

* BannedInChina: In September 2021 [[https://www.gamerbraves.com/china-bans-ultraman-tiga-anime-might-be-next/Tiga along with a bunch of anime were taken down from all Chinese video platforms]] without explanation. A CCP representative states, "[[MoralGuardians TV channels must 'adamantly resist using bad plots,' and should only air 'moral cartoons with healthy content and promote truth, goodness and beauty.]]" However, Tiga is the most popular Ultra show in China with the younger generations, even ''[[FailedASpotCheck teaching the same morals]]'' that the representative said the banned content did not contain. This banning was just one of aslew of draconian laws that the CCP placed upon entertainment in 2021, with [[https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/27/media/china-cartoon-ban-ultraman-tiga-intl-hnk/index.html CNN making it clear in their coverage]] that the government wants Chinese viewers to consume native entertainment that promotes CCP patriotism. Though this may perhaps have nothing to do with it, the ''Series/UltramanDyna'' leading actor is pro-democracy for Hong Kong, something that the CCP will ''harshly'' rid an entire franchise in their domains over. Averted when [[https://radiichina.com/ultraman-tiga-has-returned/ significant public backlash]] led to Tiga’s return, likely CCP officials realizing that Tiga is more or less a cultural icon by this point, regardless of “using bad plots”.

* LateExportForYou: it took the show 3 years to finally make it to Malaysia, where it was only finally shown on [=NTV7=] in 1999. A large part of the delay is due to the Malaysian dubbing houae not wanting to record their own theme song and insisted on the Japanese theme song as part of the package, but Johnny's is blocking the export of the song because of their xenophobic mindset, and Tsuburaya had to consider their legal options before finally locating a loophole and getting a CoveredUp version of the song for export.

* LateExportForYou: it took the show 3 years to finally make it to Malaysia, where it was only finally shown on [=NTV7=] in 1999.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Due to legal issues surrounding "Take Me Higher" and the notoriously draconian constraints of Johnny's, the 2021 DVD by Mill Creek replaced the song with a different theme. Bizarrely, episodes 3 and 4 on the first disc on Mill Creek's set ''did'' retain the original opening despite the other episodes replacing it. Also bizzarely, they could've just used the Tatsuya Maeda cover of the song, which was recorded because Johnny's vetoed the export of the V6 cover and some dubbing houses (specifically, the more Malaysian and Indonesian dubbing houses) wanted the song as part of the package instead of writing their own.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Due to legal issues surrounding "Take Me Higher" and the notoriously draconian constraints of Johnny's, the 2021 DVD by Mill Creek replaced the song with a different theme. Bizarrely, episodes 3 and 4 on the first disc on Mill Creek's set ''did'' retain the original opening despite the other episodes replacing it. Bizarrely, they could've just used the Tatsuya Maeda cover of the song, which was recorded solely because Johnny's vetoed the export of the V6 cover.