The first buyout was done in October of 2007 by the Japanese media company, TYO.
This first buyout was merely the first of what was going to be a series of buyouts and corporate restructuring that would define Tsupro in the late 2000s. The anniversary year that coasided with the first buyout of Tsuburaya Productions. It was simply a tribute to Ultraseven for its anniversary year. While Ultraseven X had begun to air, it was a late-night show not really intended to be a big hit success. Changes had to be made or else the company would’ve most likely crumbled. The idea of Tsuburaya Productions continuing as it was, was intensely impossible. Even after the success of Mebius the idea of further producing high budget products was a faraway dream. Their poor business endeavors and corporate management resulted in the company taking major hit after hit. When we last left off Tsuburaya Productions in 2007 the company had entered a state of recession. Though before we can talk about Ultraman Ginga, we have to talk about how Tsupro became the company that would make this show. Under this completely new structure, a new show would be produced that ushered in a new era in Ultra. They had practically become a new company. The Tsuburaya Productions of the past was gone by 2013. By the time that the Ultra series returned to TV in 2013, the very corporate makeup of the company had immensely changed. However, in the case of Mebius things were much different than ever before.
Whenever the Ultra series leaves TV, that is when the most behind the scenes chaos begins.