Tsuburbaya Co., Ltd.

Table of Contents·Company Creation

·Showa Series Ultraman Volume 1

·Showa Series Ultraman Man Volume 2

·Showa Series Ultraman Volume 3

·Heisei Series Early Overseas Edition Works

·Heisei Trilogy-Ultraman Return

·Ultraman of the Heisei New Century

·Tsubaraya becomes a TYO branch

·Tsubaraya’s award status

·"Ultraman" was introduced to China

·The lawsuit between Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. and Thailand Caiyao

·Other special shots of Tsuburaya

Company establishment< /p>

In 1963, Tsuburaya Production Co., Ltd. was established in Japan, with Eiji Tsuburaya serving as its first chairman.

Eiji Tsuburaya is a director known as a "god" in the Japanese tokusatsu community. The world-famous tokusatsu film "Godzilla" shot by Toho Tokusatsu Pictures Company is his masterpiece. After the establishment of Tsuburaya Company, Eiji Tsuburaya decided to invest in shooting the "Fantasy Tokusatsu Series". Thus, Tsuburaya Company's debut work - "Ultra Q" was born.

Ultraman Showa Series 1

The main theme of "Ultra Q" is that human beings rely on their own strength to solve various strange incidents and eliminate enemies that invade the earth. Therefore, There are no gigantic heroes in this game; humans play the leading role.

After "Ultra Q" was released, it achieved huge sensation and unprecedented success in Japan. Based on this, Tsuburaya Company decided to continue its efforts and shoot a second work.

During the planning, Eiji Tsuburaya decided to change the content of the story and add heroes from outside the earth that had never been seen in "Ultra Q". It is based on this idea that Tsuburaya Company devoted all its efforts to design a giant hero that is different from humans. After many studies, the name of the new hero was finally determined to be "Ultraman". Thus, the first generation of Ultraman we are familiar with was born.

Eiji Tsuburaya spent a lot of effort on this work, because after all, this is the first work in which a hero other than a human appears and plays the protagonist. Therefore, Eiji Tsuburaya personally supervised the work. In this way, the first work of the Ultraman series - "Ultraman the First" was born, and the first episode was broadcast on Japan's TBS TV station on July 17, 1966.

Since Tsuburaya Company was severely short of funds at the time, and the props used were all disposable, the director had no choice but to design the idea that Ultraman had to fuse with the Earthlings due to his injuries. Only in order to survive on earth, and can only fight for three minutes after transformation. And this classic plot has been used to this day.

After the release of "Ultraman the First Generation", it once again achieved a huge sensation, even surpassing the previous work "Ultra Q". Because the plot of "Ultraman VS Monsters" in this work is the favorite among children, the ratings have reached record highs again and again, with episode 37 even reaching 42.8%.

When filming "Ultraman the First Generation", Eiji Tsuburaya had no idea that this work would be the opening chapter of a classic movement that has resounded for decades and spanned two centuries. Since at that time, there was no consideration of the future concept of "Ultra Brothers", let alone treating Ultraman as a series, Eiji Tsuburaya was planning the second work "Ultraman Seven" ", adopted a completely different worldview from "The First Ultraman".

In 1967, after the broadcast of "Ultraman the First" ended, Eiji Tsuburaya decided to take advantage of this unprecedented climax to shoot a third work. In the original setting, Eiji Tsuburaya did not intend to classify this work into the Ultraman series, but to treat it as a new special series, and designed a plot in the film that the protagonist's mother is an Earthling. . But in the end, Eiji Tsuburaya decided to simplify the story and include it in the Ultraman series, so there was "Ultraman Seven", a classic work that spans two centuries.

In terms of the setting of the protagonist, the biggest difference between Ultraman Seven and the first generation Ultraman is that Ultraman Seven is not merged with the earthlings, but is based on a brave young man who is directly transformed from the original body. Transformed into a human form, and there is no limit to the fighting time after transformation, so there is no energy indicator light on Seven's chest.

The three-minute time limit was set in 1966. It could be said that there was no other way. It had to be done because of the serious lack of funds.

By 1967, when filming "Ultraman Seven", Tsuburaya had abundant funds, so when designing the image of Seven, the energy indicator light was abandoned. However, as the series continued to air, viewers continued to write letters, strongly requesting that the three-minute energy limit be added back, thinking that this would be exciting enough. But because 10 episodes had been aired at that time, Severn's image could no longer be changed. In desperation, the director had to change the light on Severn's head into an energy indicator light.

Compared with the previous work "Ultraman Seven", the storyline of "Ultraman Seven" has undergone major changes. Its content is no longer the simple "Ultraman" in "Ultraman the First Generation". The plot of "Man VS Monster" more reflects the various conflicts between humans and invaders. In this work, although humans are sometimes violated by their enemies, at the same time, humans themselves cannot escape responsibility.

As a result, Severn will be in a dilemma. Of course, the fundamental clue of this work is, after all, the battle between good and evil between humans and invaders. Moreover, because "Ultraman Seven" adopts a world view that is completely different from that of "Ultraman the First Generation", in "Ultraman Seven", only Ultraman Seven appears as a hero from beginning to end. ——The original Ultraman never appeared once.

Eiji Tsuburaya spent much more effort on this work than the previous work "Ultraman the First", but Japanese audiences don't seem to appreciate it, and its ratings have been fluctuating around 20%. , at its lowest, it even dropped below 15%. Because for children, the plot of "Ultraman Seven" is much more profound than that of "Ultraman the First Generation". Young children simply do not know and cannot experience it in detail. In addition, "Ultraman Seven" Compared with "Ultraman the First Generation", the number of fighting scenes in "Ultraman" is almost non-existent. Under such circumstances, it is not surprising that the ratings of "Ultraman Seven" are so low.

Facing the irreversible failure of "Ultraman Seven", Eiji Tsuburaya was heartbroken and even pessimistically believed that this was the last Ultraman series. However, in the spirit of professionalism, Eiji Tsuburaya still wants to bring a successful conclusion to "Ultraman Seven". So he put down other work in his hands, devoted all his energy and enthusiasm, and wrote the script for the final chapter of "Ultraman Seven". To this day, the finale of "Ultraman Seven" is still the best in the minds of Ultraman-loving audiences in Europe, America, Southeast Asia, and even the world. The star of this work, Kotsuji Moriji, has since become popular in the Japanese special photography world. This is probably something Tsuburaya and Moriji themselves could not have imagined at the time.

After the broadcast of "Ultraman Seven" ended, Eiji Tsuburaya went to make other types of special effects films, and the Ultraman series remained idle for three years.

On January 25, 1970, Eiji Tsuburaya died of illness at the age of 69. A superstar in the Japanese tokusatsu world has fallen.

Showa Series Ultraman Volume 2

In 1971, to commemorate the first anniversary of Eiji Tsuburaya's death, Tsuburaya Company decided to release a new work as a commemoration. Because Eiji Tsuburaya's first Ultraman series was "Ultraman the First", the new work was named "Ultraman Returns". Even the protagonist of this work is based on the first Ultraman. Modeled after their original forms, the two heroes' images are almost identical.

On April 2, 1971, Japan's TBS TV station broadcast the first episode of "The Return of Ultraman".

The birth of this new work breaks the three-year silence of the Ultraman series and once again brings great joy to Japanese children! And from that day on, the Ultraman series has been broadcast continuously for four years, which can be said to be the longest continuous broadcast period.

Since the new work is named "The Return of Ultraman", it must be connected with "The Original Ultraman". Therefore, in the first half of the work, the same world view as "The First Ultraman" was adopted, and the setting of the new protagonist also became a new hero who returned to the earth many years after the original Ultraman left the earth. In episode 18, the setting of Seven's appearance was added, thus connecting the three works. The worldview of "Ultraman Seven" was completely independent from the beginning, and merged with that of "Ultraman the First Generation" In a world view related to "The Return of Ultraman". Later, in order to save the ratings, in episode 38, the first generation and Seven appeared again.

Severn's two appearances in this work fully illustrate that his world view is completely connected with "Ultraman the First" and "Ultraman Returns", and is no longer a completely independent setting. Since then, "Ultraman Seven" has become more and more famous, appearing in every subsequent work. In the final episode of "The Return of Ultraman", the terms Ultra Brothers are mentioned for the first time! It can be said that at the end of "The Return of Ultraman", the concept of Ultra Brothers has already taken shape! "The First Ultraman", "Ultraman Seven", and "Ultraman Returns" are also known as the "Showa Trilogy"!

Note: Because Tsuburaya Company did not give "Ultraman the First Generation" a name, and "Ultraman Returns" is a commemorative work of "Ultraman the First Generation", so in "The Return of Ultraman" For more than 20 years after the broadcast of "Ultraman", the protagonist Ultraman of this work did not have an official name. During this long period of time, he was affectionately called "New Ultraman" by the audience. It wasn't until more than 20 years later, in the late 1980s, that Tsuburaya Company officially named Ultraman, the protagonist of "The Return of Ultraman", and named it "Ultraman Jack".

In 1972, after the broadcast of "The Return of Ultraman" ended, Tsuburaya Company never expected that the response from audiences across the country would become stronger and stronger, and the calls for a sequel would become louder and louder. . So Tsuburaya Company decided to continue filming new works using the concept of "Ultra Brothers" that had already taken shape in "The Return of Ultraman". In this way, the first film after the concept of "Ultra Brothers" was officially launched This work, "Ultraman Ace" was born!

The birth of "Ultraman Ace" is of great significance. In this work, the "Ultra Brothers" were officially launched. The concept completely connects this work with the previous three works, and the world view of "Ultra Brothers" has been formed. Starting from this work, the Ultra Brothers began to appear many times, and in the previous three works, the protagonist has always been alone. The fighting style is in sharp contrast. Moreover, in this work, the first new character appeared for the first time - the father of Ultra.

In 1973, it coincided with Tsuburaya. It was the tenth anniversary of the founding of the company. Therefore, Tsuburaya Company decided to shoot a work with new commemorative significance, and thus the masterpiece of the Showa Ultraman series - "Ultraman Taro" was born. p>

The protagonist of "Ultraman Taro", Taro, is the first protagonist in history to have biological parents. The previous Ultraman, Ultraman Seven, and the Returned Ultraman. The four protagonists of Ultraman Ace are all orphans whose parents are unknown. Therefore, "Ultraman Taro", which has biological parents, has a relaxed and humorous style, and of course there are some cruel plots, such as Chapter 17 and "Ultraman". The volcano monster bird - Barton, who appeared in Chapters 18 and 19, is a typical example. The plot of the Ultra Brothers appearing many times reached its peak in this work, and gave birth to the second film after Ultra's father. A new character who appeared once - Ultra Mother

In 1974, after the broadcast of "Ultraman Taro", the movie "The Sinking of Japan" was broadcast across Japan. The storyline in "Ultraman Seven" can be described as extremely desolate and tragic. Under the influence of this general atmosphere, Tsuburaya Company's second Ultraman series has great innovation after "Ultraman Seven". ——"Ultraman Leo" was born

Contrary to the relaxed and humorous style of the previous work "Ultraman Taro", the style of "Ultraman Leo" is very tragic and desolate. , all of this was influenced by "The Sinking of Japan". The plots of Episodes 1 and 2 are a true portrayal of the protagonist of "The Sinking of Japan". The appearance of his biological parents is different. The protagonist Leo's biological parents in "Ultraman Leo" were killed at the beginning, and his hometown was destroyed by the Magma people, causing Leo to become an orphan. This is a sharp contrast. In order to heighten Leo's tragedy, his birthplace was changed from the Ultra Star in the M78 Nebula to the L77 Nebula in Leo that no longer exists. Moreover, the protagonist of "Ultraman Seven" was also changed. In this work, his right leg was maimed by a monster, and he also lost his ability to transform. He could only fight as the protagonist of "Ultraman Seven" - Morohoshidan, the fighting team in this film - MAC Universe. The reconnaissance team is the only combat team with its headquarters outside the atmosphere. And unlike previous combat teams, the MAC team is the only one in the world, and it does not have a headquarters in Paris/New York.

Different from the Ultra Brothers appearing many times in "Ultraman Ace" and "Ultraman Tyro", there is almost no appearance of the Ultra Brothers in "Ultraman Leo". , in Chapters 38 and 39.

Note: The main purpose of "Ultraman Leo" is that through Leo's continuous efforts to improve himself, he can gradually improve his combat effectiveness and eventually grow into a powerful Ultra warrior. Therefore, this work has a plot where the protagonist undergoes special training that has not been seen in previous works. Therefore, it was important to choose a good captain for this film. In this regard, Tsuburaya specially invited Moritsugu Koitsugu, who stars in the protagonist Morohoshidan in "Ultraman Seven", to play this role. Although Mr. Moriji agreed, he also made a request, which was to change the name of the original MAC captain "Tetsutarou Kawagami" to "Morohoshidan". That was because the Morohoshidan played by Mr. Moriji had already It is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and has a high status in the minds of the audience. In the early years, Mr. Moriji vowed that in the Ultraman series, he would only play the role of Morohoshidan, and other roles would not be considered. Tsuburaya agreed to Mr. Moriji's request without hesitation, because with Mr. Moriji, "Ultraman Leo" has added a big highlight. In this way, the name of the MAC captain changed from Tetsutarou Kawakami to Morohoshidan, who once served in the Ultra Guard. In this way, Ultraman Seven, who once joined the Ultra Guard and made outstanding contributions to protecting the earth, once again took on the important task of protecting the earth, lived on the earth for the second time, and was promoted to captain of MAC! But because the protagonist is Leo, Severn is destined to have a difficult fate of being unable to transform in this film.

Not only that, the beginning of this film is also unique:

The long-sword tyrant Magma led the Twin Monsters to destroy the L77 Nebula in Leo. Leo's family was unfortunately killed, and the entire L77 Nebula Only Leo was able to escape. In order to escape the Magma people's pursuit, Leo came to Earth and became a young man named Fengyuan and lived in seclusion in Japan. However, in order to eradicate the evil, the extremely vicious Magma people actually led the Twin Monsters to chase the Earth, and directed the Twin Monsters to wreak havoc in Tokyo Bay in an attempt to sink the Japanese archipelago to the bottom of the sea. In order to save the earth from the crisis, Morohoshidan, who had been promoted to the captain of MAC, immediately transformed and went into battle. However, he was defeated miserably at an absolute disadvantage of 1 vs. 3. His right leg was also broken and he was unable to continue fighting. At the critical moment, Leo sensed the changes in Tokyo Bay, turned into a red ball of light and arrived in time, saving Severn who was in dire straits, and temporarily drove away the Magma and the Twin Monsters. Leo transformed into Fengyuan and rescued Morohoshidan, who was unconscious due to a serious injury to his right leg. Fengyuan told Duan about his life experience, and Duan immediately asked Fengyuan to join the MAC team. Fengyuan was puzzled and thought that Severn's power was enough. Captain Duan told Fengyuan that Saiwen no longer existed. It turns out that Severn lost his ability to transform because of a serious injury to his right leg. Fengyuan saw Duan's dilemma and finally agreed to join the MAC team. In this way, the story of "Ultraman Leo" begins...

And Leo is very different from the previous Ultraman. He rarely uses light skills in battle, almost every time. Use fists and kicks to defeat enemies. As a result, the ratings dropped significantly, because compared with the previous works, the transformation of "Ultraman Leo" was too large and too sudden, which made many viewers unable to accept it in the short term. In order to save the declining ratings, Tsuburaya Company racked their brains. They first created two new characters-Leo's biological brother Astra, and the legendary hero-the Ultra King, and then arranged Susumu Kurobe, who plays the protagonist in "Ultraman the First Generation", Hiroko Sakurai, who plays Akiko Fuji, Yuriko Hishimi, who plays Yuriano in "Ultraman Seven", and In "Ultraman Returns", Danjiro who played the protagonist, Mika Katsura who played Yuriko Qiu, and others made friendly guest appearances, and then in Chapters 38 and 39, they wrote the thrilling "Ultra Brothers vs. Thunder" "Ou Brothers" plot to save ratings. But it turns out that all of this is in vain!

The "Disk Creature" series that started from Chapter 40 has failed to the extreme! In episode 40, the whole MAC headquarters was destroyed, and the life and death of the star clusters were unknown, which was a huge failure. Because this is the only time in the Showa version of the work.

Facing the extreme failure of "Ultraman Leo", Tsuburaya Company had no choice but to make the decision to reject this work.

However, things have changed and things have changed. Today, "Ultraman Leo" has finally been vindicated and has been recognized by Tsuburaya Company again.

In 1975, after the broadcast of "Ultraman Leo" ended, the Ultraman series entered a period of silence again. During this period, Japan's tokusatsu market was dominated by Toei's Masked Sentai and Monopolized by the Masked Superman.

The 3rd Showa Series Ultraman

In 1980, five years after the broadcast of "Ultraman Leo" ended, Tsuburaya Company finally released the final The ace is also the last TV version of the Showa era - "Ultraman Eddie". Influenced by the teacher-themed film and television works at that time, the protagonist of "Ultraman Eddie" was set to be a middle school teacher, and also quoted many plots in life. Moreover, the number of teenagers appearing in "Ultraman Eddie" is the largest ever, and they are all students of the protagonist. But starting from episode 13, these teenagers have disappeared, and the middle school where the protagonist lives has also disappeared from the audience's sight. Because it was already in the 1980s, the special effects of "Ultraman Eddie" were greatly improved compared to the previous films. In the later chapters of this work, the second female Ultraman after Ultra's mother appeared - Princess Julian of Ultra Star. She transforms into a human and fights with the protagonist until the end. In the final episode, Eddie and Julian left the earth peacefully under the watch of their comrades.

On March 25, 1981, the final episode of "Ultraman Eddie" was broadcast. After that, the Ultraman series entered a period of silence for the third time, and this time it lasted longer, from three years for the first time, to five years for the second time, and even fifteen years for the third time. The TV version of the Showa era of the Ultraman series has thus come to a successful conclusion.

Here let us remember the late Eiji Tsuburaya, the father of Ultraman,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

Early overseas version of the Heisei series

After the launch of "Ultraman Leo", the new president was Tsuburaya Kazuo's younger brother, Tsuburaya Gao. This president is the best "seller" president in Tsuburaya's history. "Ultraman" was sold many times when he was in charge of Tsuburaya. China also saw "Ultraman" in 1993. In other countries, "Ultraman" is also extremely popular. As a result, Japan has reached the Heisei era, and "Ultraman" has begun to sprout again. Tsuburaya Gao authorized foreign companies to produce legal overseas versions of Ultraman. These are also the works that FANS respond well to. In 1990, Australia produced "ULTRAMAN GREAT", and in 1995, the United States produced a new film. The protagonist once again came from the M78 Nebula, but the world view was still different from the Showa series. This work is "ULTRAMAN POWERD".

Heisei Trilogy-Ultraman Returns

Tsubaraya rarely shoots Ultraman anymore. Instead, he has introduced the "Ultraman" series to foreign countries many times. We in China are I saw Ultraman in 1993, and established Shanghai Tsuburaya Production Company in 1995.

In 1996, it was the 30th anniversary of the birth of the Ultraman series. After filming the movie "Ultraman Zaas", Tsuburaya tried to film a new Ultraman TV series, but it was almost finished. No TV station is willing to broadcast Ultraman, but Mr. Kazuo Tsuburaya has always persevered and sent a new project "Ultraman Tiga" to MBS. So, Ultraman returns to the public eye again! MBS TV station also broadcast 5 "Ultraman" series in a row.

The return after 16 years is extremely touching for fans. Compared with "Ultraman Showa", the picture production is almost perfect, and the newly set world background also allows people to regain the touch brought by the first generation of Ultraman. In Japan, many fans compare Tiga to a great work that surpasses the original Ultraman and Severn, which is enough to show his status in the entire series. The appearance of Takami Yoshimoto, the daughter of Susumu Kurobe, the original Ultraman star, in the drama also became a topic for a while.

In 1997, the broadcast of "Ultraman Tiga" ended, and the new Ultraman, Dai Na, appeared in front of fans!

The story of Dyna takes place 10 years after Tiga. Asuka Shin, a member of "Super GUTS", encounters a monster in the universe. Just when he fights bravely but falls into a desperate situation due to lack of strength, a miracle happens. , he transformed into Ultraman Dyna in a burst of light!

Dyna can be regarded as a sequel to Tiga. Due to the advancement of technology, Dynali's stage is grander than Tiga. The theater version of "Ultraman Tiga & Dyna" was later released. "Terman - Warriors of the Star of Light" even connects the two works together. An ACT game called "Ultraman Tiga & Ultraman Dyna - Two New Lights" was also released on the PS console, which is a relatively rare treatment for Ultraman in recent years.

In 1998, Tsuburaya released the finale of the Heisei Trilogy, "Ultraman Gaia"!

As the finale, the biggest change in "Ultraman Gaia" is the appearance of "Gaia and Agur", two hostile "Ultraman Humans" who were both born on Earth. . Of course, the fight scenes between them are also unprecedented. At the same time, the two people's opposing views are throughout the play. Therefore, the work is set as a series rather than each episode being an independent chapter. This is also a big improvement for the series. Gaia and Aguru were incompatible with each other, but later they worked together to defend the earth and mankind, and resist the incoming body of destruction. This is the best work of the Heisei trilogy for the author.

Thanks to the Heisei Trilogy, which brought new vitality to "Ultraman"!

Ultraman in the Heisei New Century

During this period, Tsuburaya Co., Ltd.'s financial operations failed and fell into a very big dilemma, so Ultraman seemed to have reached the end... …

First of all, we will introduce "Ultraman Gauss".

The latest work in the Ultraman series - "Ultraman Goss", which follows two years apart between the three parts.

Ultraman Goss not only appeared on the 35th anniversary of the birth of Ultraman In 2001, the broadcast date was chosen to be the same day as the 100th anniversary of the birth of director Eiji Tsutsuya - July 7th! Goss's theatrical version 1 - "The First Contact" was released two weeks after the TV version! ***Chapter 62, there are 3 movies.

As mentioned above, the TV version of Ultraman Goss has 62 episodes, but to be precise, the TV version only aired 60 episodes, and 2 of them were two special collections. But in fact, the TV version was originally scheduled to have 65 episodes....

Ultraman Goss was temporarily broadcast for a period of time after episode 49 was aired (the broadcast date of episode 49 was June 8, At that time, there were still 16 episodes left to air). Afterwards, two special episodes were aired and were not aired again until July 20. Some adjustments have also been made when it is broadcast again: the remaining 16 episodes in the previously announced playlist will be shortened to 11 episodes, of which 5 episodes will not be played. This is the reason why the TV version only broadcasts 60 episodes. My personal guess is that Ultraman Gauss was cut out of 5 episodes because the broadcast cycle was too long. However, when Gauss was broadcast in Hong Kong, even the 5 episodes that were CHT were aired.

After Gauss’s 49th episode, because of The reason for Shan Pu's arrest was that Goss stopped broadcasting after episode 49, and a few weeks after the suspension, a "special collection" was released that deleted Shan Pu's scenes. The main reason for launching the "Special Collection" is not only to appease the dissatisfaction of the audience, but also for other purposes...

1. Once Sugipo is prosecuted, these two episodes can be The overall episode can be viewed as the ending of the TV version.

2. Since it is titled as a "Special Collection", once the TV version is replayed, the story can continue to be broadcast with episode 49.

But luckily In the end, Shanpu was not prosecuted, so the TV version was broadcast again...

During the time when "Ultraman Gauss" was suspended, the company decided to shoot a new Ultraman , the 2000 OVA "Ultraman Neos" was broadcast like this. But after only 2 episodes, Sugura bailed out and Goss played it again. So I filmed 12 episodes and treated it as an OVA. But what I still want to say is that Neos is the first M78 Nebula heroic warrior in the original Ultraman in the Heisei series.

(OVA refers to the direct release of discs without broadcasting on TV stations) During this period, Tsuburaya Co., Ltd.'s funds were also very stable. However, after the rebroadcast of "Ultraman Goss", financial conflicts continued to intensify.

The broadcast of the TV version of "Ultraman Nexus" in 2004 intensified the crisis of Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. This is Tsuburaya's first cooperation with CBC television. Although many people "justified" this work and praised it as an excellent work, Japanese children did not buy it. Because the plot of this work is dark and adult, children cannot understand it. The work that was originally planned to have 50 chapters was cut in half to 37 chapters. In fact, before the ending, Tsuburaya decided to scale back the plan, and had already started filming the new work "Ultraman Max", and released a trailer for the final chapters of NEXUS. In the end, Nexus shrunk, and many fans watched the final chapter of the work with regret, and the ratings of the ending were not satisfactory.

Just one week after "Ultraman Nexus" ended, Tsuburaya aired "Ultraman Max" on CBC. Because this work is adapted for children and adopts the Showa-style retro route, the ratings are finally satisfactory. So episode 39 ended and there was a special episode "Ultra's Future".

2006 was the 40th anniversary of the birth of Ultraman. Despite a serious shortage of funds, the company gritted its teeth and filmed the commemorative work "Ultraman Mambius". The work returns to the Showa worldview, and has frequent appearances of the Ultraman brothers and monsters from the Showa period, thoroughly implementing Max's retro route. However, Tsuburaya did not expect that the ratings of this work fell into a low ebb. Later, the ratings began to rebound, and Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. insisted on filming 50 episodes before letting go. People speculated that Ultraman might not be broadcast again, but Tsuburaya did not.

2007 is the 40th anniversary of the birth of Ultraman Seven. "Ultraman Seven X" began to air, and 7 episodes have been aired so far. Tsuburaya found its original partner TBS TV station to broadcast it. In addition, "Super Galaxy Monster Brawl" and the new movie "Fighting!" There is also news about "Super Ultra 8 Brothers".

Tsubaraya became a branch of TYO

Due to serious financial problems, the company was finally acquired by the animation consortium TYO for 80 million yen. Tsuburaya became a branch of TYO. I believe TYO was able to help Tsuburaya film Ultraman.

Tburaya's award status

In 2006, Tsuburaya won the "Japan 2006 Film Academy Award", known as the Japanese Oscar Award, for his Ultraman series. Award Ceremony" award and received a bonus of 100,000 yen.

"Ultraman Hikari Side Story" won the Digital Content Award.

Interestingly, the Hugo Awards, the famous science fiction achievement award, was held in Yokohama, Japan in 2007. The trophy was made for Ultraman, and Ultraman was also active on the stage.

"Ultraman" was introduced to China

In 1993, mainland China introduced "The First Generation of Ultraman" from Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. Since then, "Ultraman" in mainland China has "It became the most popular fashion brand in the children's world. Later, it was introduced to "Ultraman Eddie". However, "Ultraman Seven" was not introduced at that time, and Shanghai Tsuburaya has not introduced it until now.

In 2004, Shanghai Huachuang finally introduced "Ultraman Tiga" after a lot of hard work. Finally, the Ultraman series in mainland China has become a "Tiga fever". Because of the perfect picture and wonderful story of this work, it deeply attracted children and Chinese Ultraman fans in the 1990s. Ultraman is getting more and more popular. Huachuang has now bought out the Heisei Trilogy!

The introduction of "Ultraman Dyna" has been completed and is probably being produced now. In China, there are more and more Ultraman Dyna exhibitions, reality shows, and meet-and-greets. We can look forward to the glory of "Ultraman Seven X" and "Ultraman Dyna"!

The lawsuit between Tsuburaya Co., Ltd. and Thailand Chaiyo

Thailand CHAIYO Company is said to be a company authorized by Ultraman Showa, and its boss Simbote was once director Eiji Tsuburaya A close friend, he produced three Ultraman series in Thailand and also started filming "Project Ultraman" in China. Tsuburaya protested because they believed Caiyao was not authorized and the lawsuit went to China. This was also an incident that was widely reported in the special photography community some time ago.

In the end, the court found that Mr. Tsuburaya Gao's signature was forged, and Thailand's homemade "Ultraman" was found to be illegal, but CHAIYO still enjoyed the copyright of the Six Ultra Brothers.

Tsubaraya’s other tokusatsu works

Not all of them are tokusatsu, but the author was really surprised that Tsuburaya was able to produce so many works while making "Ultraman" !

Almighty Jack/Big Monster Brawl/Youju Martial Arts/Judo Straight Line/チビラくん/Ultraman Battle Theater/Mirror Superman/Red Superman/Triple Warrior/Emergency Order 10-4·10- 10/Fireman/Unbalanced Horror Theater/Mirror Warrior/SF TV series Ape's Army/Dinosaur Expedition/Horra Star Star アステカイザー/Dinosaur War/Planet Wolf/Dinosaur Express (I don't think I need to tell you this) )/Our Baseball Detective Team/Andulu Warriors (It is said that this is also an Ultraman series, and there is indeed an appearance of Ultraman Zoffie, etc., but whether it is still controversial. Some Chinese websites of Ultraman have already admitted it It)/Electric Superman/Three Gunslingers of the Millennium Kingdom/Deyi Kuai Beast Boy