Ultraman Tiga (ウルトラマンティガ, Urutoraman Tiga) is a fictional superhero from the 1996 Ultra Series, Ultraman Tiga, which ended a 15 year long hiatus of the serial television Ultra Series, with the last one being Ultraman 80, whose final episode was in 1981. In the series, the titular character's body bonded with Daigo Madoka, a man who was a descendant of Super Ancient Civilization to fight against monstrous threats during the series' course. Tiga's case is regarded as a "human Ultraman" (人間ウルトラマン, Ningen Urutoraman), due to his host Daigo controlling his body instead of Tiga being in control of himself. Following the destruction of the dark ruler Gatanothor, Daigo lost his ability to transform into Tiga, signifying that the ancient warrior's role on Earth was over. His own movie The Final Ody