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'''Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd.''' {{Nihongo|株式会社東宝映像美術|Kabushikigaisha 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 Kabushikigaisha|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 and video production company 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 Video 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 creating [[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 took over all manner of production on 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 the films soon followed Tanaka to Toho Pictures. [[1984]]'s ''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' and ''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' and [[1987]]'s ''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' were 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 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 contributed production design for the [[Millennium era|Millennium series]]. The company continues to work on films and other projects in various capacities, including art production on [[Shinji Higuchi]]'s ''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1|Attack on Titan]]'' [[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2|films]] 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===
===Production company===
====1970s====
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{{col-3}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) [with Man-Nen-Sha]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
{{col-3}}
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [with TBS]
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
{{col-3}}
*''[[Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1]]'' (1980)
*''[[GODZILLA (1998 film)|GODZILLA]]'' (1998) [Japanese home video dub; with Tohokushinsha]
*''[[Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa]]'' (2019)
{{col-end}}
====Special effects only====
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Gigan]]'' (1972)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Ace (series)|Ultraman Ace]]'' (TV 1972-1973)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taro (series)|Ultraman Taro]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 6-7 only]
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974)
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977)
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980)
*''[[Megaloman (series)|Megaloman]]'' (TV 1979-1980)
====1980s====
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman 80 (series)|Ultraman 80]]'' (TV 1980-1981)
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
*''[[Bye-Bye Jupiter]]'' (1984)
{{col-3}}
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[The Return of Godzilla]]'' (1984)
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
*''[[Princess from the Moon]]'' (1987)
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*''[[Gunhed]]'' (1989)
*''[[Gunhed]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Biollante]]'' (1989)
====1990s====
*''[[Reiko, the Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. King Ghidorah]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mothra]]'' (1992)
{{col-3}}
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla II]]'' (1993)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
*''[[Orochi, the Eight-Headed Dragon]]'' (1994)
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*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Destoroyah]]'' (1995)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra]]'' (1996)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra II]]'' (1997)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 2]]'' (1997)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra III]]'' (1998)
*''[[Rebirth of Mothra 3]]'' (1998)
{{col-end}}
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===Art producer===
{{col-begin}}
{{col-3}}
*''[[Space Amoeba]]'' (1970)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (1971)
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman Taro (series)|Ultraman Taro]]'' (TV 1973-1974) [episodes 6-7]
*''[[wikia:w:c:ultra:Ultraman 80 (series)|Ultraman 80]]'' (TV 1980-1981)
*''[[Reiko, Psyche Resurrected]]'' (1991)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
*''[[Godzilla 2000: Millennium]]'' (1999)
====2000s====
{{col-3}}
*''[[Pyrokinesis]]'' (2000)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megaguirus]]'' (2000)
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)
*''[[Godzilla, Mothra and King Ghidorah: Giant Monsters All-Out Attack]]'' (2001)
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
*''[[Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla]]'' (2002)
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo S.O.S.]]'' (2003)
*''[[Godzilla: Tokyo SOS]]'' (2003)
*''[[Godzilla: Final Wars]]'' (2004)
*''[[Godzilla Final Wars]]'' (2004)
===Executive producer===
{{col-3}}
*''[[Lake of Dracula]]'' (1971)
*''[[Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean]]'' (2005)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Megalon]]'' (1973)
*''[[Sinking of Japan]]'' (2006)
*''[[Zone Fighter (series)|Zone Fighter]]'' (TV 1973) [with Man-Nen-Sha]
*''[[wikipedia:Always: Sunset on Third Street 2|Always: Sunset on Third Street 2]]'' (2007)
*''[[Horror of the Wolf]]'' (1973) [with [[Toho Pictures]]]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 1]]'' (2015)
*''[[Submersion of Japan]]'' (1973) [with Toho Pictures]
*''[[Attack on Titan the Movie: Part 2]]'' (2015)
*''[[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla]]'' (1974)
*''[[Shin Godzilla]]'' (2016)
*''[[Prophecies of Nostradamus]]'' (1974) [with Toho Pictures]
{{col-end}}<!--
*''[[Submersion of Japan: Television Series]]'' (TV 1974-1975) [with TBS]
*''[[Godzilla vs. Hedorah (short film)|Godzilla vs. Hedorah]]'' (2021)
*''[[ESPY]]'' (1974)
*''[[Toho Unused Special Effects Complete Collection]]'' (1986)
*''[[Terror of Mechagodzilla]]'' (1975)
*''[[Shin Ultraman]]'' (2022)-->
*''[[Conflagration]]'' (1975) [with Toho Pictures]
==Gallery==
*''[[House]]'' (1977)
<gallery widths="120" position="center" captionalign="center" spacing="small">
*''[[The War in Space]]'' (1977) [with Toho Pictures]
Produced by Toho Eizo Co., Ltd..png|"Produced by Toho Eizo Co., Ltd." card used during the 1970s
*''[[Tokyo Earthquake Magnitude 8.1]]'' (1980) [with Yomiuri TV]
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 Pictures]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[Toho Planning]]
*[[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]
*[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/東宝映像美術 Toho Eizo Bijutsu on Japanese Wikipedia]
*[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/東宝映像美術 Toho Eizo Bijutsu on Japanese Wikipedia]
==Notes==
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==References==
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Revision as of 21:53, 18 February 2024

Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd.
Toho Eizo Bijutsu

Type Art and video production company
Status Active
Led by Masayuki Toshima
Founded April 1, 1970[note 1]
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 E.B. (abbreviation)
Parent company Toho Co., Ltd.
Preceded by
  • Toho Bijutsu (1970-1988)
  • Toho Eizo (1971-1988)
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 and video production company 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 Video 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 creating 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 took over all manner of production on 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 the films soon followed Tanaka to Toho Pictures. 1984's Bye-Bye Jupiter and The Return of Godzilla and 1987's Princess from the Moon were 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 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 contributed production design for the Millennium series. The company continues to work on films and other projects in various capacities, including art production on Shinji Higuchi's Attack on Titan films and Shin Godzilla, and production of the short film Dream Challenge: Godzilla Appears in Sukagawa.

Selected filmography

Production company

Special effects only


Art producer

Gallery

See also

External links

Notes

  1. Toho Eizo Bijutsu's official date of establishment is actually that of its predecessor Toho Bijutsu. Another company, Toho Eizo, was founded in April of 1971 and the two merged on June 1, 1988.

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