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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.〔(The Official Tsuburaya Productions English Webpage ) company profile〕 == History == 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 . 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 the Next'' 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.〔Japanese book: ''The Man Called the "God of Special Effects"'' ''特撮の神様と呼ばれた男'' ISBN 4-901006-21-5〕〔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〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tsuburaya Productions」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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