The Disappearance of ULTRAMAN TIGA | Vintage Henshin EXTRA 

Johnny's pls release Daigo from your basement

Man, this was a rollercoaster of emotions I grew up with Tiga, and hearing all this makes me sad

5:51 "And the Cosmos Scandal in 2000" Me who's favorite is Cosmos : The *WHAT*

The actor of Tiga makes appearance in new Tiga action figure adv, I think no one can resist Bandai.

If there’s just one single positive to Johnny’s and their interaction with Tsuburaya, it’s their immediate shootdown of the idea of Daigo being GUTS’s song and dance man. That would’ve been an immersion breaker for sure. Also, that Tatsuya Maeda cover of TAKE ME HIGHER is a disappointment, given that nearly all of his Ultraman songs are rock solid in my book.

Just got into the genre in general. It's interesting to know these things and it still seems strange that Tokusatsu is especially marred by these types of issues, from rights disputes, to release problems, or hell even just archival efforts. Never really understood why it effects Tokusatsu so heavily.

Therapist: Ultraman Tiga with Gaia opening isn't real, it can't hurt you Ultraman Tiga with Gaia opening: 14:27

Screw "The Disappearance of Hatsune Miku" _me and the bois with "The Disappearance of Ultraman Tiga"_

Geez, I didnt know the controversy surrounding Tiga could be so.....numerous. :( And he was the 1st ultraman series that I ever watch and my favorite ultraman to boot. I had so many memories of watching his show, I am pretty sure that Nagano was sad somewhere in his heart that he couldnt appear alongside future ultraman show as a cameo of sort. I wish that something could happen to Ultraman Tiga so we could see Hiroshi Nagano on stage with Dyna and Gaia actor transform together on stage.

A local TV station (I'm Malaysian) used to broadcast Tiga, dubbed in Bahasa Malaysia, back in the early 2000's and I'm just gonna assume our government or the station paid a hell of a lot just to get the rights.

That's why Hiroshi Nagano appearance for the new Tiga SH figure is big deal for toku fans

Tiga was a beloved ultraman series, of course johnny and associate controls it.

Damn. I'm an old GenX Ultra fan and Tiga was my way back in to the franchise. Had no idea about all this. Bet my DVD's that include the dub and sub versions are worth ten times what I paid for them.

EDIT (9/7/2021): Yes, we're aware of what's happening with ULTRAMAN TRIGGER, the edits that happened to ULTRAMAN DYNA, the death of Mary Kitagawa over at J&A, and the release of ULTRAMAN TIGA on Tsuburaya Imagination. A LOT happened after this episode came out. An update may be on the horizon.

The song Take Me Higher was composed by Gian Carlo Pasquini(known publicly as Dave Rodgers, the Eurobeat Superstar).

Because of the late episodes airing in Malaysia, Us can still watch the show twice a month. It is a very rare thing to see Ultraman Tiga because Mebius and Geed always airing first. I was like " Wait, Tiga is here? it's been 3 years"

Dude you killed it! You’re talking about stuff that any other channel talk about and only a few people outside of Japan knows. One of the best videos about tokusatsu out there!

Dang, this video didn’t show up in my subscription feed, thank god I happened to recheck the channel

There's a new development that's interesting. Nagano's idol groupd, V6, has been announced to be disbanded (forgot the exact time of when). Considering that the article mentioned that Johnny's has been on a steady decline even before Johnny Kitagawa's death, there's a hope that Nagano could return as Daigo for Trigger

Well if the confirmed v6's disbanding news and Hiroshi Nagano's appearance in a recent Ultraman Tiga commercial is to go for, I for have my hopes up in a prosperous future for tiga...

Man, Ultraman Tiga was the start of my Ultraman love and I was hoping to see what others have to offer. I thought Tiga was just a creative form but now know we are their inspiration. Heck even the story was awesome. Dyna and Gaia wasn't as appealing afterwards and the newer generations of Ultra League seems very convoluted or complicated. It was broadcasted in Malaysia twice and both have Take Me Higher. I was wondering why anniversary events never led to him showing up. Japanese entertainment is basically fucking up their own broadcasting that was a fan favourite even years later. I wonder how Kamen Rider didn't get the boot of it similarly to Ultraman. Bless you, Ultraman Tiga. You were the best Ultraman series I have ever watched.

So knowing that Johnny's controls TOKIO is incredibly enlightening, given the nonexistence of Godzilla Final Wars' online advertising campaign back in the day. We'd heard that star Matsuoka's contract involved a ban on online advertising for some reason but this really contextualized it in a way I'd never realized. Late capitalism's a hell of a drug.

Well, at least Hiroshi got to see the new SH figurearts Tiga this year

I remembered as a kid we used to sing the "Tiga Air Kosong" song from Ultraman Tiga because we didn't know the actual lyrics. Haha. I'm from Malaysia btw

Unrelated but with the recent revival of my interest in Ultraman Tiga, I discovered this video and hence this channel. And wow, what a gem. Keep up the good work man!

DADDY NAMCO PULLED ANOTHER MIRACLE, WE SEE DAIGO AGAIN IN THE NEW VIDEO RELEASE ON THE OFFICIAL ULTRAMAN CHANNEL!

I mean Tsuburaya is basically owned by Bandai since 2010 and we all know about Bandai's influence in Japan. So even them couldn't do anything about Jonny's annoying bans and contracts?

I had heard of people mentioning Tiga had issues but I never knew what. This was a very well crafted video. I first got into Ultraman last year during Z and have been trying to learn more about it. Subscription earned from me 👍

That Tiga figure ad has half a million views now. Come on daddy namco pull another miracle.

One thing that I'm still confused is the exclusion of the actor who played Asuka Shin/Ultraman Dyna. He's also missing in the Ultra Chronicles Z show. But it's not like he's always been barred from the channel. Last year during Ultraman Z boost program and the Ultraman Foundation specials, where they posted random Ultra shows episodes, there's Dyna in it. And so is Asuka. Why is it during Chronicles Z that they don't show him? I heard there's something to do with him being part of some celeb cult or something, but it could be wrong

Nagano will be back for sure now that V6 disbanded and they just released a new CM for Tiga’s action figure for the 25th anniv he will be back. And Johnny’s doesn’t have a ban on social media now. Johnny’s was super strict before and V6 was at their prime during those time. Nagano and Tiga will be back he did say that playing Tiga was one of the best things he did and one of the roles he will cherish

This whole story is an indictment of the celebrity industry, especially in Japan and especially involving Johnny.

Thanks for your great explanation of how Johnny's and other Japanese talent agencies work, especially the part starting from about the 6:00 mark. It's unusual to find something with this amount of detailed background knowledge about Japan, which has also been put together and narrated by a native English speaker. While I'm not myself much of an Ultraman fan, this video is really, really well done.

Amazingly made documentary as always! I love the consistently well researched and edited videos from this channel, it’s one of the few where I’m consistently excited for each new upload.

Johnny's Jimusho should evolve their way of thinking and doing things if it is to survive. Thanks to this clip, I now know how much trouble doing business with Johnny's can do. It's seriously not worth the hassle if they cannot even loosen up a bit as a talent agency. I guess that explains the increasing dry spell of dramas featuring (or even headlined by) Johnny's talents these past few years.

And now Johnny's is doing the same bullshit they pulled with Ultraman Tiga to the Judgement game series. Fuck this company....

Well researched and edited as always, Mach! Loved it!

Thanks Vintage Henshin for another great video! It's been a while. Always looking forward to your contents! 😊

Solid work as always, my friend. Thank you!

This is a phenomenal video, really excited to see you keep up the fantastically produced content! (But also Kuuga really got left in the mud with that early Kamen Rider analogy, if anything Zoffy's the Rider 2)

That's profoundly depressing, but everything makes so much more sense now

Well at least we get to see him come back for an Advertisement for the S.H figure for Ultraman Tiga

Hearing this, I’m shocked Tiga was adopted in America for the Fox Box.

“Tiga,dyna,Gaia” (Gamma future) 2021...ultraman trigger

Rewatching this again after the recent rumors that the game series Judgement might be getting thrown out due to some disagreements between Sega and Johnny's due to there being a PC version of the sequel, Lost Judgement. That and this video really show how out of touch and overly controlling Johnny's can be.

I heard that theyy banned Asuka from, Ultraman Dyna because of his support to Hong Kong, which upsets China....

More Johnny's bullshit Killing the sega franchise JUDGEMENT/JUDGE EYES at its second game because they absolutely REFUSE to let a game featuring one of their actors be released on the PC.

Doing some great work

Thank you for your video. It really shed some light into the whole issue with tiga disapearance in chronicle. Looking forward for future video regarding chaiyo and cosmos scandal.

At least Yakuza/Lost Judgment fans and ultraman fans have something in common

The video here is also explain the same reason why Jdrama and Jpop is not popular globally like Kdrama and Kpop as well. It's the agency copyright.

14:28 what a nightmare to hear this version 😂

Superb production quality! And he added cc! AUTO SUBS!

Great video

Hey he showed up in the Sh fighters Ultraman Tiga commercial so he’s not all gone

Freakin. Johnny's. Of course.

Ultraman Tiga was the first Ultraman season I watched, a wonderful series, it is really sad how they limited the character of Daigo, greetings from Venezuela and thanks for sharing this information.

Great video. I'd definitely be interested in watching videos on the various topics you briefly mentioned here.

Welp western fans like Ultraman Trigger the anniversary season for Tiga. But eastern fans dislike it to the point they’re sending death threats to the main actor of Trigger. I’m more proud of the western community for not acting like children unlike some people.

I had no idea that Ultraman Tiga when through such roasting in the 90’s. I always wondered what happened to Ultraman Tiga, especially in human form, and why he never reappeared and teamed up with the other Ultras. It now makes since why Ultraman Dyna (Ashoka) and Ultraman Gaia (Gamu) we’re the only ones who came out of retirement back in 2016. Ultraman Tiga is my first and favorite Ultraman that I watched when I was in the 5th or 6th grade as I scrolled through RU-vid in it’s early years. In my point of view, I always thought that Tiga was the greatest. Sure that the special effects back then weren’t as great as they are now, but I still enjoy watching the giant hero save the day and the world from giant monsters. Ultraman Trigger pays real good homage to his predecessor in his unique way. Still, I hope to see Ultraman Tiga appear again before the series is finished this, and not just as cameo. Also right now, I just hope that Tiga gets to appear in his human form to give us and the new Ultraman a hopeful inspiration. That is if Johnny’s curse is lifted first.

Tiga is just so big in some regions especially in South East Asia where he basically is the face of the Ultra-Series here that it just scaled the whole Johnny debacle that much higher

I just realized that Kengo is essentially what Daigo was planned to be. Not a serious character but a guy who just wanna have a fun time

Awesome video

Daigo and Tiga are back!

Wait, so you're telling me his name is actually referencing Tiga as in 3 in bahasa melayu. Holy cow I feel proud now. I like Tiga but now I have a stronger sense of love for him

Since this is a relatively new video racking up views, I'm gonna drop this here. Neo Frontier Ultras CAN travel through universes and worlds. Some people might know that Dyna can travel through universes as shown multiple times, but nothing's ever explicitly shown for Tiga. Well here's the catch. If you guys ever watched X's movies, there's a Tiga stone statue keeping movie's main monster sealed, and this seemingly random dumbass kid that gets turned into Tiga. X himself said in the movie that he's one of the Ultra from other universe travelled to save X's world. Meaning what? Tiga travelled from Neo Frontier to X's universe. Regarding his stone statue in X's world, Tiga used a fraction of his power to create the statue, so that if the time ever comes, anyone can take the Spark Lens and become Tiga temporarily. So the "Madoka only" lineage for Tiga doesn't apply to that kid. I'd also like to point out that the kid didn't remember what happened during his time as Tiga, so this fraction of Tiga in X's world is sentient and was just using the kid as a host.

"And the Cosmos Scandal of 2000" *I'm sorry what?* I have no idea that Cosmos had a *SCANDAL* way back then

Damn it’s like Johnny’s owns Tiga even more than Tsuburaya. Reminds me of how Disney, Fox, and Sony were split between rights to the Marvel characters for almost 20 years until Disney bought Fox and made a deal with Sony. There are only two ways I see this ending is A. Eventually Johnny’s new bosses will actually make compromise and allow Daigo to return in uncut form and in the future because I doubt Hiroshi will ever upright leave the agency or B. Hiroshi retires and even though we may never see Daigo again, at least the war will be over. Either way this has to end someday sooner rather than later because it’s ridiculous, I’m sure Hiroshi wants to return as Daigo but this licensing war is making that even more impossible by the day and Hiroshi isn’t getting any younger, the man will be 50 this year.

This was an outstanding video essay. I'm one of those people that remains hopeful that Tsuburaya has something planned for Nagano to return. His appearance in the S.H. Figuarts commercial plus the news of V6's disbanding sounds too fortuitous, in an anniversary year no less. Seeing as it's becoming highly unlikely we'll ever see Susumu Kurobe again, I think they need to pull out a big gun for a guest appearance this year. Unfortunately, I feel Ultraman Chronicle Z is just a circumstance of bad timing.

Bruh at my kindergarten teachers bought a dvd of ultra man tiga so every time to go watch the tv in the kindergarten we would always watch ultra man tiga. So in short, You could not spend a day there without talking to your friends about ultra man tiga.

Fantastic work as always, glad I experienced Tiga with the original song when it aired in Indonesia around 1999 or 2000. Maybe this video can have a sequel; "The Disappearance of Ultraman Dyna," lol

I was already aware of the horrible way idols are treated, but I had no idea similar practices for other types of performers were so prevalent!

Man foreign copyright laws are weird aren't they, watching Chronicle Z I initially thought the footage was cut down for the purpose of the runtime when I heard about it, I didn't know about the actual convoluted reason so this was incredibly interesting. Funny how both Tiga's and Kuuga's main actors are probably never coming back for cameos (for different reasons of course)

Well, Tsuburaya just announced Tiga's getting a DVD release, it seems that Johnny's new management has made a deal regarding that

This channel is underrated, also the Chinese version of the OP is a banger

Great Video. I am so glad I have the complete series that Funimation released on dvd in the early 2000s. Supposedly Mill Creeks deal with TPC for Ultraman Blu Ray in North America includes Tiga, I just hope there are no issues.

This was recommended after ultraman trigger: Tiga Next generation

I noticed during the montage of every Ultra series protagonist that another person was missing - Ren Senjyu played by Masato Uchiyama.

HE'S BACK BOOOOOOOYS

Ultraman Tiga is the best show ever....it saddens me that the current generation of ultraman watchers can enjoy this as how the old generation did.

Interesting video. I remember watching the English dub for Tiga as a kid. Really shocking about Ultraman Dyna also. Hard to believe such a good show had to go through so much trouble.

Breaks my heart when Daigo said "It's been a while" to tiga.

Another fantastic episode. Really sheds a lot of light on stuff I had no idea went on in the Japanese world of media. Also explains why Tiga's host isn't in the Ultraman X movie, which really confused me when I watched it.

And now Nagano is appear on TV again and calling himself Daigo to his fan. The world is healing......❤

Daigo is back!!!!!!!

ngl episode 1 was just wow the camera angles to the lighting and kaijus was amazing and just everything in it

Deep.... Thx for the history on Ultraman tiga

You better make another video about Takeshi Tsuruno’s Asuka also missing from Chronicle Z.... Btw, loved the video, gonna check the others now heh.

damn I need more from this channel so bad

After watching this video, it's a miracle that Mill Creek was able to release Tiga on DVD and Superior 8 Ultra Brothers on Blu-Ray with Daigo intact. Granted the Tiga DVD set didn't have Take Me Higher save for two episodes and The Final Odyssey wasn't included at all, but I'll take what I can get.

Well i just watched Ride On Time Documentary on amazon prime. There's episode documentary about V6 and in the 2nd episode which focused on 20th century, Hiroshi Nagano did said that he lack activity compared to other V6 members despite he wanted to do more acting or other activity. So he make up the lot of free time learning cooking and making many dish. So yeah, it's true Johnny's really did put Nagano on the basement and that kinda sad.

Well, it's not only Hiroshi Nagano but also Takeshi Tsuruno that disappear from the chronicle show. Takeshi also tweet out that he didn't know what happen why he doesn't appear in the show.

Another superb video. Man i had no idea about any of that. That's a nightmare. Ultraman Tiga did get a complete series Bluray set release in Japan in 2014, and Ultraman Dyna in 2015 on bluray as well. Hopefully they will get released on Bluray in the US. But with the tangled mess for licensing it probably wont be happening any time soon.

I grew up with Tiga in Hong Kong and this explained so much! I didn't know Take Me Higher was the op song until a few years ago because I just assumed the Cantonese song they used was just a cover of the original Japanese OP, just like what TV usually did back then with any imported kids show. I've been trying to look for Tiga to stream as well! I want to watch it with English subtitle.

Happy Ultraman day everyone!

Well, this explains why Tiga never talks in Compati Heroes games.

Tiga will always be my fav Ultraman, and one of the strongest Ultraman in the Ultra universe. Damn this made me sad 😢

Tiga, one of my best childhood Ultraman series. Now i want to rewatch them, can't find them

That's a damn shame! Tiga was my first Ultraman growing up. Granted it was the 4Kids dub, but I still enjoyed it because I was a fan of Godzilla. I've been wanting to rewatch the original Japanese version of Tiga, but I couldn't find any. I'm only watching Gaia to at least give me a fix for it. It's just sad that I can't watch Tiga due to some contract/business shit

And Johnny’s just now kept us from getting Kamen Rider G in the states.