Ultraman Tiga Side Story: Revival of the Ancient Giant

Credit By Tsuburaya Ultraman Tiga Side Story: Revival of the Ancient Giant (ウルトラマンティガ外伝 古代に蘇る巨人, Urutoraman Tiga Gaiden Kodai Ni Yomigaeru Kyojin) is a direct-to-video special set many years after the end of the original Ultraman Tiga series. This direct-to-video special, released in 2001, is the first entry in the TDG series spin-off. The project was first proposed in 1997, shortly after Ultraman Tiga ended. Producer Nobuyuki Koyama developed the idea with Bandai Visual's Satoshi Kawano and director Hirochika Muraishi. However, the project faced repeated delays due to ongoing TV productions. It only resumed in early 2000, after Koyama wrapped up Booska! Booska!! and adjusted his schedule. In a distant, distant past... there existed a village where the legend of the Giant of Light was passed down. In the year 2038... Tsubasa, the son of Daigo Madoka who once was Ultraman Tiga, suddenly slips through time along with the mysterious monster Jomonoid while on a training flight with Neo Super GUTS. Sensing the revival of the Giant of Light with the appearance of Jomonoid, the dark psychic Doguramaguma plotted to destroy the village known for the legend of the Giant of Light, "Tiga's Village."