Judging from the entire Ultraman series, Gaia's popularity is not low. Just in the "Ultraman Voting" event held by Tsubaki in July this year, Gaia also entered the top 20 popularity rankings, but there is still a big gap compared to Ultraman Heisei's big brother Tiga.

From the entire Ultraman series, Gaia is not low in popularity. Just in the "Ultraman Voting" event held by Tutuya in July this year, Gaia also entered the top 20 popularity rankings, but there is still a big gap compared to Ultraman Heisei's big brother Tiga .

Tiga is almost the first in all popularity lists, and it is the kind of terrible popularity that is far behind the second place. Even when the popularity is at its lowest, it will not fall out of the top three.

At this time, someone couldn't help but ask, why is Tiga so popular? They are the three Heisei masters, why is Gaia so much less popular?

I think in the hearts of many Gai fans, they must think that Gai's plot is not inferior to Tiga, and some people are even more indignant about the phenomenon that Tiga is more popular than Gai.

It is true that I also think that Gaia's plot is also very excellent, and it is one of the works with the most complete plot and the least pit in the Ultraman series. Many innovative elements are also added to the play, such as the dual main and Olympic settings, semi-serial drama style and physics elements, which are indeed better than Tiga and Dena in creating a sense of science fiction.

But the problem is that the style of Gaia's entire drama is too serious, and the serious style is destined to be popular with the audience without warmth and funny style. If Tiga is the first generation of Heisei and Dena is the first generation of Heisei, then Gaia is the Saifumi Heisei.

Gaia's style does have some shadows of Seven, and there are many serious discussions on real issues such as the contradiction between humans and the environment. If Tiga's style is gentle and romantic, then Gaia's style is rational and serious.

These two styles cannot be said to be good and bad, as there is no distinction between good and bad style. But if the audience is considered, then it is obvious that Tiga's style is easier to understand and accept by children. The humanistic care and romantic expression revealed in Tiga are undoubtedly easier to touch people's hearts.

Gaia's entire play is filled with a lot of serious criticism and thinking, which will inevitably block some children from the door. The experience and mind make them unable to understand these plots, but occasionally they feel an indescribable depression in their hearts.

For many people, watching TV series is just an entertainment activity, and they don’t want to spend too much time thinking about the so-called depth of the plot, nor do they want to see content that makes people feel depressed. After all, people just want to relax, not to mention that Ultraman’s main audience is a group of children who are ignorant of the world.

What children want to see more is the kind of passionate and romantic plot. As for the depth and connotation of the plot, sorry, they don’t care if they don’t have this consciousness yet. Therefore, Tiga's plot is more friendly to underage children, and the children naturally have a deeper impression of Tiga.

However, the audience who watched Ultraman back then has grown up and now has the right to speak on the Internet. Therefore, in recent years, Gaia's reputation has become higher and higher, and his TV has received high praise from Tiga on Douban.

But I still want to say that Gaia is excellent, but it is still a little weaker than Tiga. Why? First of all, Tiga is an epoch-making Ultraman, with great groundbreaking nature. Its TV is a milestone work that can be compared with the first generation and Seven.

Tiga has the most luxurious creative lineup in the Heisei series, and many of the setting elements directly influenced almost all Ultraman's works in the future. For example, the setting of switching forms was first created by Tiga. Ultraman is called " Giant of Light " also came from Tiga. The first time to subconsciously remove Ultraman's divinity and show the brilliance of human nature also began with Tiga.

Then there is the influence at the reality level. In that era in which Tiga lived, many problems arose in Japanese society. The emergence of Tiga was like a beacon illuminating many people. It inspired many young people who lost confidence in reality and caused a huge sensation in Japanese society. This is also one of the main reasons why it can get the Nebula Award .

Although Gaia is also discussing real issues, the issue of people and the environment cannot be said to be very timely, because this issue has been discussed as early as the Ultraman Showa period.

In addition, each supporting character image in Tiga TV is very distinctive. I believe that most of the Apocalypse fans can name each member of the defense team. The only work is Tiga's Victory Team.

Gaia TV's portrayal of supporting roles is weaker than Tiga. The supporting roles that everyone has more impression of are probably Captain Weiwei, Shishi Commander, Dunzi and that female reporter.

and also have the strength in appearance. Tiga is known as the most handsome Ultraman. It is the only Ultraman who writes appearance into settings. Its styling is very exquisite, and it balances beauty and simplicity to the extreme.

Gaia's appearance is also very good-looking, but compared to Tiga, she still loses slightly. I believe Hiro Maruyama himself should never design Ultraman with a simple and beautiful look than Tiga in his life. Who doesn’t love such an American and American man in Austria?

To sum up, Gaia's popularity is not as popular as Tiga, which is the result of the joint influence of many factors such as plot, style, pioneering, realistic influence, character creation, appearance, etc.

But I don't say this to belittle Gaia. Gaia is excellent in all aspects and is a leader in the entire Ultraman series. Its popularity is not low, but it really doesn't need to compare with Tiga, because Tiga is an insurmountable mountain in Ultraman series.