In 1963, while still head of the special effects department at Toho, he
established his own independent production company, Tsuburaya Special
Effects Productions. The company started off making science
fiction/fantasy productions, requiring many special effects, for
television. His sons became heavily involved with the company. Their
most successful creation, and one of their earliest, was "Urutoraman:
Kuso tokusatsu shirizu" (1966) which they were able to sell
internationally under the title "Ultraman." The series would have
various television and feature film incarnations going into the 21st
century. The company would later be renamed as simply Tsuburaya
Productions.
