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*[[Fight! Mighty Jack]] (July 1968 - December 1968)
 
*[[Fight! Mighty Jack]] (July 1968 - December 1968)
 
*[[Operation: Mystery]] (September 1968 - March 1969)
 
*[[Operation: Mystery]] (September 1968 - March 1969)
*[[Chibira-Kun]] (March 1970 - September 1971)
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*[[Chibira-kun]] (March 1970 - September 1971)
 
*[[Mirrorman (series)|Mirrorman]] (December 1971 - November 1972)
 
*[[Mirrorman (series)|Mirrorman]] (December 1971 - November 1972)
 
*[[Redman (series)|Redman]] (April 1972 - October 1972)
 
*[[Redman (series)|Redman]] (April 1972 - October 1972)
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*[[Denkou Choujin Gridman]] (April 1993 - January 1994)
 
*[[Denkou Choujin Gridman]] (April 1993 - January 1994)
 
*[[Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad]] (September 1994 – April 1995) (co-production with DiC Entertainment)
 
*[[Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad]] (September 1994 – April 1995) (co-production with DiC Entertainment)
*[[Booska! Booska!]] (October 1999 - June 2000)
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*[[Booska! Booska!!]] (October 1999 - June 2000)
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*[[Otasuke Girl]] (June 2003 - August 2003)
 
*[[Mirrorman REFLEX (film)|Mirrorman REFLEX]] (January 28, 2006) (Direct-to-DVD)
 
*[[Mirrorman REFLEX (film)|Mirrorman REFLEX]] (January 28, 2006) (Direct-to-DVD)
 
*[[Bio Planet WoO]] (April 2006 - August 2006)
 
*[[Bio Planet WoO]] (April 2006 - August 2006)
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*[[Denkou Choujin Gridman: boys invent great hero]] (January 2015)
 
*[[Denkou Choujin Gridman: boys invent great hero]] (January 2015)
 
*[[SSSS.GRIDMAN]] (October 2018 - December 2018)
 
*[[SSSS.GRIDMAN]] (October 2018 - December 2018)
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==Collabs==
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*[[Daigoro vs Goliath]] (December 1972) with [[Toho]]
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*[[The Last Dinosaur]] (Feburary 1977) with Ranken Bass
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*[[The Bermuda Depths]] (Janurary 1978) with Ranken Bass
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*[[Ultraman: The Adventure Begins]] (October 1987) with [[Hanna-Barbera]]
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*[[Ultraman: Towards the Future]] (Janurary - March 1990) with South Australian Film Corporation 
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*[[Ultraman vs. Kamen Rider]] (July 1993) with [[Toei Company]]
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*[[Ultraman: The Ultimate Hero]] (April - July 1995) with Stepping Stone Entertainment
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==Comissioned Works/ Provided Effects==
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Matango_(film) Matango]'' (1963)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Atragon_(film) Atragon]'' (1963)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Dogora_(film) Dogora]'' (1964)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Mothra_vs._Godzilla Mothra vs Godzilla]'' (1964)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Ghidorah,_the_Three-Headed_Monster Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster]'' (1964)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Frankenstein_vs._Baragon Frankenstein vs, Baragon]'' (1965)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Invasion_of_Astro-Monster Invasion of Astro-Monster]'' (1965)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Ebirah,_Horror_of_the_Deep Ebirah, Horror of the Deep]'' (1966)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/The_War_of_the_Gargantuas The War of the Gargantuas] ''(1966)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/King_Kong_Escapes King Kong Escapes]'' (1967) with [[Toho]] and Ranken Bass
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Destroy_All_Monsters Destroy All Monsters] ''(1968)
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*''[https://wikizilla.org/wiki/Latitude_Zero Latitude Zero] ''(1969)
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While [[Eiji Tsuburaya]] himself helped provide special effects for the Toho films since 1954, Tsuburaya Productions was founded in 1963. At the time, they worked in the Toho Studio lot.
   
 
==Corporate Buyout==
 
==Corporate Buyout==

Revision as of 21:35, 17 August 2020

Tsuburaya Productions (円谷プロダクション, Tsuburaya Purodakushon) is a Japanese special effects studio founded in 1963 by special effects wizard Eiji Tsuburaya and was run by his family, until October 2007, when the family sold the company to advertising agency TYO Inc. The studio is best known for producing the original Ultraman TV series, as well as the Ultraman Series. Since 2007, the Head Office has been located in Hachimanyama, Setagaya Tokyo, however, sometime after that, it has been relocated to Shibuya, Tokyo.

History

TsuburayaLogo

First established in 1963, it was responsible for the creation of such classic shows as Ultraman (and its many sequels), Kaiju Booska and many other spectacular Tokusatsu family/children's shows.

The company's current logo was originally the arrow-like logo from their 1968 TV series, Mighty Jack, designed by that show's art director, Tohru "Tohl" Narita.

The company, when first formed in 1963, was called Tsuburaya Special Effects Productions (円谷特技プロダクション, Tsuburaya Tokugi Purodakushon). In 1968, Toho Company Ltd. forced the company to change the name to just "Tsuburaya Productions," not only because they thought Eiji acted as though only he can do special effects, but they also felt that his own TV shows were becoming a strong competition to the movies he was doing for them. Although Eiji had strong political power at Toho, he and the company were at odds with each other until his death in 1970.

Their more recent work includes the "Ultra N Project" (ULTRAMAN and Ultraman Nexus) and Bio Planet WoO, based loosely on an unused concept which was planned before the production of Ultra Q, but never filmed.

World Record

In 2001 Tsuburaya's Ultraman Series was awarded by the Guinness Book of World Records for the most amount of television spin offs. In 2013, the record has continued to be upheld for a total of 12 years. In the 2014 edition of the book, the Ultraman Series was still listed as having the world record for the most spin-offs. The certification counts the 27 spin off series which were made at that time. This excludes remakes like Heisei Ultraseven, one off specials (movies), summaries and home releases. Although technically many of the shows were not originally meant to be sequels, they were retconned to be in a single multiverse.

Spinoff Series Listed in the Record

  1. Ultraseven (1967)
  2. Ultra Fight (1970)
  3. Return of Ultraman (1971)
  4. Ultraman Ace (1972)
  5. Redman (1972)
  6. Ultraman Taro (1973)
  7. Ultraman Leo (1974)
  8. The☆Ultraman (1979)
  9. Ultraman 80 (1980)
  10. Andro Melos (1983)
  11. Ultraman Kids proverb story (1986)
  12. Ultraman Kids mother asked the 30 million light years (1991)
  13. Ultraman Tiga (1996)
  14. Ultraman Dyna (1997)
  15. Ultraman Gaia (1998)
  16. Ultraman Cosmos (2001)
  17. Ultraman Boy's Ultra Coliseum (2003)
  18. Ultraman Nexus (2004)
  19. Ultraman Max (2005)
  20. Ultraman Mebius (2006)
  21. Ultraseven X (2007)
  22. Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle (2007)
  23. Kanegon KANEGON (2008)
  24. Ultra Galaxy Mega Monster Battle: Never Ending Odyssey (2008)
  25. Ultraman Retsuden (2011)
  26. Ultra Zone (2011)
  27. Ultraman Ginga (2013)
  28. Ultraman Orb (2016)
  29. Ultraman Geed (2017)
  30. Ultraman R/B (2018)
  31. Ultraman Taiga (2019)
  32. Ultraman Z (2020)

Non-Ultraman Series

These are all of the series Tsuburaya has produced that isn't the Ultraman Series and is a form of tokusatsu.

Collabs

Comissioned Works/ Provided Effects

While Eiji Tsuburaya himself helped provide special effects for the Toho films since 1954, Tsuburaya Productions was founded in 1963. At the time, they worked in the Toho Studio lot.

Corporate Buyout

Due to rising production costs and crippling loans, the Tsuburaya family sold the company to Japanese advertising agency TYO Inc. in September 2007, which bought out 80% of its outstanding shares worth ¥80 million.[1] Bandai, the main licencor of merchandise for the Ultraman Series, acquired a 33.4% stake in 2008[2] with TYO transferring another 15.6% in 2009 giving Bandai a total of 49.9%. As a result, the old Kinuta Office used by Tsuburaya as its Head Office was razed, and the company moved to newer facilities. Kazuo Tsuburaya, Eiji's grandson, stayed with the company on its board of directors.

Fields Corporation, a pachinko machine producer, bought out TYO's 51% stake in Tsuburaya Productions in 2010, with Bandai retaining the remaining 49%.[3]

Gallery

Photos

Videos

"Last_Christmas"_Tsuburaya_Productions_Christmas_Commercial

"Last Christmas" Tsuburaya Productions Christmas Commercial

Tsuburaya_Productions_Commercial_1995-0

Tsuburaya Productions Commercial 1995-0

Ultraman_Winter_Memories

Ultraman Winter Memories

External links

References