Tsuburaya Productions

















Tsuburaya Productions
Type
Subsidiary
Industry
Special Effects TV and Film Productions
Founded1963
HeadquartersHachimanyama, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan
Key people

Eiji Tsuburaya, Founder
Tsuneyuki Morishima, President
Shinichi Ôka, Vice President
Junya Okabe, Vice President
Parent
Fields Corporation (51%)
Bandai (49%)
WebsiteTsuburaya Productions

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 Ultra Series. Since 2007, the Head Office has been located in Hachimanyama, Setagaya, Tokyo.[1]




Contents





  • 1 History


  • 2 Corporate Buyout


  • 3 References


  • 4 See also


  • 5 External links




History





Setagaya, Tokyo The Kinuta Office, which used by Tsuburaya Productions as the Head Office from 1964 to 2005. Tsuburaya closed the office on February 6, 2008 and sold it.[2][3]


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.[1]


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. Tohl Narita will leave the company the same year.[4]


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 its name to the simpler "Tsuburaya Productions," not only because its executives thought Eiji was acting as though only he could have done special effects, but also because they 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.


Tsuburaya's more recent work includes the "Ultra N-Project" (Ultraman the Next and Ultraman Nexus) based loosely on an unused concept which was planned before the production of Ultra Q, but never actually filmed.[5][6]



Corporate Buyout


In October 2007, due to rising production costs, the Tsuburaya family sold the company to Japanese advertising agency TYO Inc., which now has an 80% stake in the company.[7]Bandai, the main licensor of merchandise for the Ultra Series, acquired a 33.4% stake in 2007[8] with TYO transferring another 15.6% in 2009[8] giving Bandai a total of 49.9%.[8] 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.[9]


In 2010, the slot-machine company Fields Corporation bought out TYO's 51% stake in Tsuburaya Productions, with Bandai retaining the remaining 49%. [10]



References



  1. ^ ab The Official Tsuburaya Productions English Webpage company profile


  2. ^ If only 'Ultraman' was here to stop the wrecking ballAsahi Shimbun February 7, 2008 (English website)　


  3. ^ 円谷プロの“聖地”にお別れ Archived 2008-02-09 at the Wayback Machine MSNSankei news February 6, 2008 (Japanese website)


  4. ^ http://tohlnarita.com/profile


  5. ^ Japanese book: The Man Called the "God of Special Effects"　特撮の神様と呼ばれた男 .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
    ISBN 4-901006-21-5


  6. ^ Japanese book: Eiji Tsuburaya: The Inheritance Left in the Japanese Film World　円谷英二 日本映画界に残した遺産
    ISBN 4-09-681421-0


  7. ^ "TYO to Acquire Ultraman Production Group". JCN Newswire - Japan Corporate News Network. Retrieved January 2, 2014.


  8. ^ abc "TYO Transfers More Ownership of Tsuburaya to Bandai". Anime News Network. Retrieved January 2, 2014.


  9. ^ Sci-Fi Japan: Tsuburaya Productions Sold


  10. ^ Schilling, Mark. "Fields takes over Ultraman producer". Variety. Variety. Retrieved 26 April 2017.



See also



  • The Official Tsuburaya Productions Webpage (English)

  • Toho

  • Daiei Film

  • Nikkatsu

  • Toei Company

  • Shochiku

  • Shintoho

  • Kadokawa Pictures


External links



  • The Official Tsuburaya Productions Webpage (English)


  • The Official Tsuburaya Productions Webpage (Japanese)

  • Eiji Tsuburaya Official Site









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