In 1966 alone, this company aired the first 'Ultra' series for television, Ultra Q beginning in January, followed it with the highly popular Ultraman in July, and premiered a comedy-monster series, Booska, the Friendly Beast in November.
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He became quite successful in the research and development department of the Utsumi toy company, but a chance meeting at a company party in 1919, set the course for his destiny—he was offered a job by director Yoshiro Edamasa, a job that would train him to be a motion picture cameraman.
Tsuburaya Productions | Eiji Oue | Eiji Takigawa | Eiji Aonuma | Eiji Yoshikawa | Eiji Tsuburaya | Eiji Mitsuoka | Eiji Mitooka | Eiji Kawashima | ''The Legend of Zelda'' director Eiji Aonuma | Eiji Wentz | Eiji Sawamura | Eiji Osawa | Eiji Moriyama | Eiji (Lord of Okinawa) | Eiji Kikuchi | Eiji |
There are special effects by Eiji Tsuburaya who would later co-create the widely popular Godzilla franchise and fully create the also widely popular Ultraman series.
Reportedly, Eiji Tsuburaya considered this series his masterwork because the focus was on the people rather than on the vehicles and special effects (the show never had any monsters or aliens, as his more famous shows Ultra Q, Ultraman and Ultra Seven did.) This focus on the people was similar to the works of Gerry Anderson, of which Eiji was a big fan.
Tsuburaya Productions, Japanese special effects studio by Eiji Tsuburaya