Ultraman creator Tsuburaya becomes Japan's 1st visual effects hall of famer

Filmmaker Eiji Tsuburaya (1901-1970), the founder of a production company that created the Ultraman superhero franchise, has been inducted into the U.S. Visual Effects Society's Hall of Fame, becoming the first Japanese to receive the honor, the company said.Tsuburaya Productions Co. said its president, Masayuki Nagatake, attended the award ceremony Friday in Los Angeles. Tsuburaya, known as the "father of tokusatsu (special effects)," joins other Hall of Fame inductees including Walt Disney and Stanley Kubrick.The society said in a press release that Tsuburaya, Glenn Campbell (1956-2024) a…READ FULL ARTICLE