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Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla
Behind-the-scenes hero to anyone who's thrilled by giant monsters duking it out over Tokyo, Eiji Tsuburaya was the visual effects mastermind behind Godzilla, Ultraman, and numerous Japanese science fiction movies and TV showsbeloved around the world. The first book on this legendary film figure in English, this highly visual biography details his fascinating life and caree...more
Hardcover, 208 pages
Published
November 1st 2007
by Chronicle Books
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Very cool tribute to Japan's version of Ray Harryhausen. Eiji Tsuburaya is friend to children everywhere. Eiji Tsuburaya is really neat, he is full of turtle meat, we all love you, Tsuburaya!!!
Not insanely in-depth; subscribe to G-Fan if you want the down-low nasty nasty behind the scenes stuff - but lovingly designed and full of a ton of handsome photos and materials about THE man behind the monsters.
One of the most wonderful books I own...I would've killed somebody to own this book when I was 7. Of course, it didn't exist then, but you understand
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As a huge fan of monster movies this was a definite treat.
Basically a magazine article about the special effects master, Eiji Tsuburaya. The book outlines the major films and tv shows as means of tracing Eiji's distinguished career. Not much detail is given to the process or method. I would have loved to know how the models were built, exploded and such. The behind the scenes photos almost make up for the lack of nerdy detail.
As a kid I grew up on a healthy diet of Godzilla movies, the Ultraman t.v. series as well as other Kaiju Eiga(giant monster) flicks. This book is a dream come true. It details the life of Godzilla/Ultraman creator Eiji Tsuburaya and is filled with behind the scenes photos and info on the creation of these classic characters.
A must read.
A must read.
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