Tsuburaya Productions
| Subsidiary of TYO Productions, Inc. | |
| Industry | Special Effects TV and Film Productions |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Headquarters | Hachimanyama, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan |
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Key people
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Eiji Tsuburaya, Founder Tsuneyuki Morishima, President Shinichi Ôka, Vice President Junya Okabe, Vice President |
| Website | Tsuburaya 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 original Ultraman TV series, as well as the Ultra Series. Since 2007, the Head Office has been located in Hachimanyama, Setagaya, Tokyo.
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.
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