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[[File:Produced by Toho Eizo Co., Ltd..png|right|thumb|250px|"Produced by Toho Eizo Co., Ltd." logo used during the 1970s]]
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'''Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd.''' {{Nihongo|株式会社東宝映像美術|Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhō Eizō Bijutsu|lit. ''Toho Visual Art Co., Ltd.''}}, formerly '''Toho Eizo Co., Ltd.''' {{Nihongo|東宝映像株式会社|Tōhō Eizō Kabushiki Gaisha|lit. ''Toho Visual Co., Ltd''}}, is a [[Japan]]ese art company and former film studio, officially established in 1970 as a subsidiary of [[Toho|Toho Co., Ltd.]] Toho Studios' art department became independent as '''Toho Bijutsu''' ("Toho Art") in 1970, and its visual department as Toho Eizo the following year. Toho Eizo was absorbed by Toho Bijutsu on June 1, 1988, forming Toho Eizo Bijutsu. As Toho Eizo, the company produced several of Toho's [[tokusatsu]] films, most notably the final three entries of the [[Showa era|Showa series]] of ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' [[:Category:Godzilla Films|films]]. Another of Toho's subsidiaries and a frequent collaborator of Toho Eizo, [[Toho Pictures]], took over executive production of the ''Godzilla'' series beginning with ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' in 1984, with Toho Eizo Bijutsu continuing to provide art direction.
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'''Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd.''' {{Nihongo|株式会社東宝映像美術|Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhō Eizō Bijutsu|lit. "Toho Visual Art Co., Ltd."}} is a [[Japan]]ese art company and former film studio owned by [[Toho|Toho Co., Ltd.]]
 
Amidst major restructuring of Toho in [[1970]], the company's Art Department, which had been established the same year as a replacement for the Art Division of their Production Department, was incorporated as its own company, '''Toho Bijutsu Co., Ltd.''' {{Nihongo|東宝美術株式会社|Tōhō Bijutsu Kabushiki Gaisha|lit. "Toho Art Co., Ltd."}}, presided over by Kazuo Nishino. A year later, another short-lived department, the Visual Operations Department, was also separately incorporated as '''Toho Eizo Co., Ltd.''' {{Nihongo|東宝映像株式会社|Tōhō Eizō Kabushiki Gaisha|lit. "Toho Visual Co., Ltd."}} and presided over by [[Tomoyuki Tanaka]]. Toho Eizo, which was partially composed of personnel from Toho's defunct Special Technology Division, was placed in charge of producing [[tokusatsu|special effects]] films for its parent company, while yet another subsidiary, [[TOHO Studios|Toho Pictures]], would handle all other films. ''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'', which finished shooting about a month before Toho Eizo's formation, was the final tokusatsu film for which Toho produced the effects themselves. Toho and Toho Eizo collaborated on the next ''[[Godzilla (franchise)|Godzilla]]'' film, ''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'', with the latter shooting the effects. By ''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'', Toho Eizo completely took over production of the series.
 
In [[1975]], Tomoyuki Tanaka became the president of Toho Pictures, and by [[1978]], Toho Bijutsu president Kazuo Nishino had taken up Toho Eizo from him. Toho Eizo continued to produce special effects films into the early 80s, but management of them soon followed Tanaka to Toho Pictures. [[1984]]'s ''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' and ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' and [[1987]]'s ''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' were funded and co-produced by Toho Pictures, with Toho Eizo returning to special effects production. On June 1, [[1988]], Toho Eizo merged with Toho Bijutsu to form Toho Eizo Bijutsu. This incarnation of the company continued to produce the special effects for Toho Pictures into the 1990s, including on the remainder of the Heisei ''Godzilla'' series, ''[[Gunhed]]'', ''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'', and the three ''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' films. Toho Pictures completely took over shooting of the ''Godzilla'' series with ''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'', though Toho Eizo Bijutsu still provided sets and props for the [[Millennium era|Millennium series]]. The company continue to work on films and other projects in various capacities, including art production on ''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' and ''[[Shin Godzilla]]'', and production of the short film ''[[Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa]]''.
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==Selected productions==
==Selected filmography==
===Associate producer / art producer===
===1970s===
====1970s====
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970) - Art producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971) - Art producer
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973)
*''[[Lake of Dracula]]'' (1971) - Presenter / producer
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taro (series)|Ultraman Taro]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 6-7 only]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972) - Special effects producer
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973) - Special effects producer
====1980s====
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973) - Presenter / producer
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman 80 (series)|Ultraman 80]]'' (TV 1980-1981)
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) Presenter [with Man-Nen-Sha] / producer
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taro (series)|Ultraman Taro]]'' (TV 1973-1974) - Art producer [episodes 6-7]
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) - Presenter [with Toho Pictures] / special effects producer
*''[[Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection]]'' (1986)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974) - Presenter / producer
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) - Presenter [with Toho Pictures] / special effects producer
*''[[Tokyo Blackout]]'' (1987)
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975) - Presenter [with TBS] / producer
*''[[Gunhed]]'' (1989)
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974) - Presenter / producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975) - Presenter / producer
====1990s====
*''Conflagration'' (1975) - Presenter [with Toho Pictures] / special effects producer
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) - Presenter [with Toho Pictures] / special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
===1980s===
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1]]'' (1980) - Presenter [with Yomiuri TV] / producer
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman 80 (series)|Ultraman 80]]'' (TV 1980-1981) - Art producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994)
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984) - Special effects producer
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
*''[[Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection]]'' (1986) - Associate producer
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997)
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987) - Special effects producer
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998)
*''[[Tokyo Blackout]]'' (1987) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
*''[[Gunhed]]'' (1989) - Special effects producer
====2000s-2020s====
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
===1990s===
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991) - Art producer
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah (short film)|Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (2021)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994) - Special effects producer
===Executive producer===
*''[[Godzilla vs. SpaceGodzilla]]'' (1994) - Special effects producer
*''[[Lake of Dracula]]'' (1971)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995) - Special effects producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996) - Special effects producer
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) [with Man-Nen-Sha]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997) - Special effects producer
*''[[wikipedia:Horror of the Wolf|Horror of the Wolf]]'' (1973) [with [[Toho Pictures]]]
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998) - Special effects producer
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) [with Toho Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999) - Art producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
===2000s===
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) [with Toho Pictures]
*''[[Pyrokinesis]]'' (2000) - Art producer
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [with TBS]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000) - Art producer
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974)
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001) - Art producer
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002) - Art producer
*''Conflagration'' (1975) [with Toho Pictures]
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003) - Art producer
*''[[wikipedia:House (1977 film)|House]]'' (1977)
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004) - Art producer
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) [with Toho Pictures]
===Post-2000s===
*''[[Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1]]'' (1980) [with Yomiuri TV]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015) - Art producer
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016) - Art producer
*''[[Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa]]'' (2019) - Producer
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah (short film)|Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (2021) - Associate producer
==Gallery==
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
Produced by Toho Eizo Co., Ltd..png|"Produced by Toho Eizo Co., Ltd." card used during the 1970s
Toho Pictures Toho Eizo co-production (Horror of the Wolf).png|"A Toho Pictures, Inc. and Toho Eizo Co., Ltd. co-production" card from ''[[wikipedia:Horror of the Wolf|Horror of the Wolf]]''
</gallery>
==See also==
==See also==
*[[Toho]]
*[[Toho]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[TOHO Studios]]
*[[TOHO Studios]]
==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.toho-eb.co.jp/ Official Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd. website]
*[https://www.toho-eb.co.jp/ Official Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd. website]

Revision as of 09:09, 28 November 2022

Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd.
Toho Eizo Bijutsu

Type Art production company
Status Active
Led by Masayuki Toshima
Founded April 1, 1970
De facto head-
quarters
1-4-1 Seijo, Setagaya
Tokyo, Japan 157-0066
De jure head-
quarters
1-2-2 Yuraku, Chiyoda
Tokyo, Japan 100-0006
Also known as
  • Toho Bijutsu (1970-1988)
  • Toho Eizo (1971-1988)
  • Toho E.B. (abbreviation)
Parent company Toho Co., Ltd.
Website https://www.toho-eb.co.jp/
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Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd. (株式会社東宝映像美術,   Kabushiki Gaisha Tōhō Eizō Bijutsu, lit. "Toho Visual Art Co., Ltd.") is a Japanese art company and former film studio owned by Toho Co., Ltd.

Amidst major restructuring of Toho in 1970, the company's Art Department, which had been established the same year as a replacement for the Art Division of their Production Department, was incorporated as its own company, Toho Bijutsu Co., Ltd. (東宝美術株式会社,   Tōhō Bijutsu Kabushiki Gaisha, lit. "Toho Art Co., Ltd."), presided over by Kazuo Nishino. A year later, another short-lived department, the Visual Operations Department, was also separately incorporated as Toho Eizo Co., Ltd. (東宝映像株式会社,   Tōhō Eizō Kabushiki Gaisha, lit. "Toho Visual Co., Ltd.") and presided over by Tomoyuki Tanaka. Toho Eizo, which was partially composed of personnel from Toho's defunct Special Technology Division, was placed in charge of producing special effects films for its parent company, while yet another subsidiary, Toho Pictures, would handle all other films. Godzilla vs. Hedorah, which finished shooting about a month before Toho Eizo's formation, was the final tokusatsu film for which Toho produced the effects themselves. Toho and Toho Eizo collaborated on the next Godzilla film, Godzilla vs. Gigan, with the latter shooting the effects. By Godzilla vs. Megalon, Toho Eizo completely took over production of the series.

In 1975, Tomoyuki Tanaka became the president of Toho Pictures, and by 1978, Toho Bijutsu president Kazuo Nishino had taken up Toho Eizo from him. Toho Eizo continued to produce special effects films into the early 80s, but management of them soon followed Tanaka to Toho Pictures. 1984's Bye-Bye Jupiter and The Return of Godzilla and 1987's Princess from the Moon were funded and co-produced by Toho Pictures, with Toho Eizo returning to special effects production. On June 1, 1988, Toho Eizo merged with Toho Bijutsu to form Toho Eizo Bijutsu. This incarnation of the company continued to produce the special effects for Toho Pictures into the 1990s, including on the remainder of the Heisei Godzilla series, Gunhed, Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon, and the three Rebirth of Mothra films. Toho Pictures completely took over shooting of the Godzilla series with Godzilla 2000: Millennium, though Toho Eizo Bijutsu still provided sets and props for the Millennium series. The company continue to work on films and other projects in various capacities, including art production on Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1 and Shin Godzilla, and production of the short film Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa.

Selected filmography

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

Post-2000s

Gallery

See also

External links

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