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Tsuburaya with his mother Sei, c. 1902.Sei died of illness shortly after giving birth to her second son. Eiji Tsuburaya was born Eiichi Tsumuraya (圓谷 英一, Tsumuraya Eiichi) [a] on July 7, 1901, [b] at a merchant house called Ōtsukaya in Sukagawa, Iwase, Fukushima Prefecture, where his family ran a malted rice business.
Kaiju Girls (Japanese: 怪獣娘 (かいじゅうがーるず), Hepburn: Kaijū Gārūzu) is a Japanese series of web anime shorts that first aired September 27, 2016, provided by the Docomo Anime Store service.
This film also helped Tsuburaya's employer Toho establish itself as the most successful effects company in the world. [5] Godzilla kickstarted the kaiju genre in Japan, creating the "Monster Boom", which remained extremely popular for several decades, with characters such as the aforementioned Godzilla, Gamera and King Ghidorah leading the ...
Toho has produced a variety of kaiju films over the years (many of which feature Godzilla, Rodan, and Mothra), but other Japanese studios contributed to the genre by producing films and shows of their own: Daiei Film (Kadokawa Pictures), Tsuburaya Productions, and Shochiku and Nikkatsu Studios.
Tsuburaya on his shooting crane in 1934. Eiji Tsuburaya (1901–1970) was a Japanese special effects director and filmmaker who worked on roughly 250 films throughout his five-decade career. [1] Having pioneered and popularized the special effects sector of the Japanese film industry, he is popularly known as the "Father of Tokusatsu".
Ultra Q (ウルトラQ, Urutora Kyū) is a 1966 Japanese tokusatsu kaiju television series created by Eiji Tsuburaya.Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, it is the first entry in the long-running Ultraman franchise (despite not featuring Ultraman) and was broadcast on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) from January 2 to July 3, 1966 (the final episode was preempted until December 14, 1967), with a ...
Three Giant Monsters: Earth's Greatest Battle) is a 1964 Japanese kaiju film directed by Ishirō Honda, with special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya. Produced and distributed by Toho Co., Ltd., it is the fifth film in the Godzilla franchise, and was the second Godzilla film produced that year, after Mothra vs. Godzilla.
Ultraman (Japanese: ウルトラマン, Hepburn: Urutoraman) [a] is a Japanese tokusatsu science fiction television series created by Eiji Tsuburaya.Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, it is a follow-up to Ultra Q, though not technically a sequel or spin-off.