I remember I had a friend from high school and he was a huge Godzilla fan. He told me are you a fan of Godzilla and I was like yeah I used to when I was young but then I lost interest in it. He show me Tokusatsu series like Kamen rider, super sentai ultraman and GARO and for some reason I was hooked and that’s how I got into Tokusatsu.
I saw build when i was at elementary and i thought it was cool but in middle school i lost interest. At the start of high school i met some friend and they dragged me back to tokusatsu and im still watching it today
It isn't just Waybig that is a reference to Ultraman. It's the whole concept of Ben10. Turning into an alien for a limited amount of time, with a gadget beeping and flashing red when the time is running out.
Hideki Kamiya, creator of Devil May Cry, Okami and Bayonetta is a huge tokusatsu nerd. In his playthrough of the first game, he explains how deep the influence goes even down to the music. He also directed Wonderful 101, which is a huge homage to tokusatsu.
Ultraman is like Japan's equivalent of Star Wars in terms of its sheer impact/influence on their pop culture and media. The highest grossing media franchise of all time (Pokémon) was inspired by Ultraman. It is almost unrivaled in that aspect.
Speaking about Star Wars, I don't know if this is true, but I've heard that George Lucas wanted Tsurubaya Productions to handle the special effects for Episode IV, before he and his team decided to found Industrial Light & Magic
Aaand George Lucas' Star Wars was heavily inspired from Akira Kurosawa movies like "The Hidden Fortress" and by a stretch, it also a Tokusatsu movie because of the old school special effects
@@Dezsr well, tokustatsu means, "special photography", I think in Japan they refer to any movie or TV show that involves heavy use of special effects tokusatsu. I think some old british shows like The Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett and the Mysterions, UFO, Space 1999 were very popular in Japan, and some people there consider them tokusatsu, even if some of them were puppet shows (so that would mean that the old Thomas the Tank Engine shows would be considered toku)
Since you mentioned Cutie Honey, it's important to note that Honey herself is a hybrid of Tezuka's Astro Boy and Ishinomori's Kamen Rider She's a super heroine with cybernetic body and civilian identity that transforms into her superhero form to fight against a secret terrorist organization, just like Takeshi Hongo
You definitely see the influence of shows like Ultraman, Gridman and Super Sentai in iconic anime series like Attack on Titan, Sailor Moon and Digimon and Gurren Lagann
Interestingly in the Live Action Sailor Moon series from the early 00s, they recycled the grunt suits from Zyuranger. Yes, the Sailor Senshi actually fight Putties from Power Rangers.
Gurren Lagann is more so a love letter for mech genre anime like other said though funny thing is some of the people on Gurren Lagann work on Fourze which show from his Rocket Drill Kick
Sailor Moon has always been my go to method to explain Henshin Heroes to non-toku fans. Aside from being animated, it's just a Henshin Hero show. The tropes are all there. The villains in the first season, in particular, are just analogous to the Crisis Empire or Vyram.
There were also plenty of tokusatsu and super robot references in Genndy's Dexter's Laboratory Another contemporary Cartoon Network show that featured tons of tokusatsu references was The Powerpuff Girls, especially how the girls usually fight against giant monsters who come from a monster island, there was an episode where they fight against a monster which was clearly inspired by Hedorah
I really love Dragon Ball referenced each of it Chi-Chi's Outfit and TheHeadpiece-UltraSeven Gohan's Great Saiyaman-Kamen Rider The Ginyu Force-Super Sentai
One Toku work (and anime) that didn't get mentioned here is Zeiram, which (outside of Power Rangers) was my introduction to tokusatsu. I got into anime in the mid-90s and Iria: Zeiram the Animation was one of the anime I saw early in my fandom. I found out about Melbourne Anime Society, and at one of their screenings they showed the live-action Zeiram movies.
More people need to know how Tokusatsu, Animation, Shows, Comic-Manga, (Light) Novel/Books/etc, Games, and more are intertwined and important to each other alongside how they influence each other greatly
Japan's anime and video games have a much more complex history of exportation to the West. In contrast, most Westerners either only know Tokusatsu from Power Rangers or they think of the old Japanese Godzilla films with guys in giant rubber suits. Either one tends to be a pretty immediate turnoff for them most of the time.
It’s a shame that Gamera Rebirth didn’t receive much attention. Even though the animation doesn't look great, it’s still charming, heartfelt, and epic. So I think it deserves more recognition.
The Great Saiyaman 1 and 2 plus the Gammas from Dragon Ball are the most obvious Kamen Rider inspirations I've seen. Gohan even steals Kamen Rider Stronger's catchphrase.
I fking love Gridman Universe! I hope they continue (although how is a different problem). The series shows exactly how great 3d and 2d can mix together, it just wonderful!
I've been following your channel for three years now and I wanted to thank you, since your content helped me to go back to my childhood love for Tokusatsu. Keep doing great content. Excellent video by the way.
The lack of Great Saiyaman here is sad (You did mention Ginyu Force after all), but you had me worried when you saved Gridman and Kamen Rider W to nearly the end lol. Appreciate the work you clearly put in.
You have to Read and Watch "Dandadan" It's the series that Ltierary it's own Version of Ultra Q with extra Supernatural Element in the Mix. We have Alien like Rei, Gomora Mecha Armor, and an Evil Ultraman. There's even a Ton of Original Ultra Alien Design based on Sketches!
Fantastic video jam packed with amazing information and great to see more work from you! I absolutely love random old anime ovas and instantly looked up that Kotobuki Goro Show ova to look at those kaiju references again. The Prefectural Earth Defense Force 1986 ova randomly has Varan in it which is awesome. I'm also so glad you included my favorite manga artist Go Nagai and one of my most favorite character's of his Cutie Honey which was inspired by the toku show Rainbow-Man. In Re Cutie Honey it was neat to see how many shots and plot points Anno designed that were similar to Shin Godzilla too. Keep up the great work
The two industries have really been pretty closely linked from day one - Kenzo Masaoka, one of anime’s great pioneers, made optical animation for Princess Kaguya, which along with Great Buddha Arrival was among the first tokusatsu films. Tomio Sagisu also dabbled in both industries and knew both Tsuburaya and Tezuka intimately. It also goes both ways and what was popular in anime inspired tokusatsu trends too like Devilman influencing the Occult Boom, Mazinger Z influencing the creation of Jet Jaguar and Mechagodzilla and The War in Space being a live action Yamato movie in all but name.
You put a lot of work into getting the references right. I remember Nostalgia Critic cracking jokes in his Sailor Moon video which were factually inaccurate.
I used to watch Doug's videos a long time ago, but even back then I found his Sailor Moon review frustrating. I know that Doug wasn't a big anime fan, except for Cowboy Bebop and Ghibli, (because for some reason those always seem to be the only anime that people in the U.S. who aren't anime fans seem to enjoy), but he could have done a bit more research and maybe not using the original English dub asa base, considering how many changes it made to the series, unlike other international dubs which were more closer to the original
I have mixed feelings on whether I want Toku to become mainstream or not. When Fuuto Tantei (Fuuto PI), the anime sequel to Kamen Rider W was airing, I mentioned how the anime is actually a sequel to Kamen Rider W. When Western anime fans couldn't find Kamen Rider W on the site they used to watch anime and asked me where to find it, the MOMENT I mentioned that the prequel to the anime was a Toku, they were immediately turned off by it and started bashing it for being a Lame Live action "Power Rangers" show. Even after trying to convince them that Toku is NOTHING like Power Rangers (not even Super Sentai since Sentai is consistently better), my words unfortunately fell on deaf ears and they continually showed their disdain and hatred for the medium even though they don't know anything about it outside of Power Rangers. People in the West are so closed minded when it comes to entertainment. It wasn't that long ago that anime was bashed because "cartoons are for kids" and then they later ONLY jumped on the bandwagon when it became mainstream. These tourists from the West are so very toxic and have no genuine interest in the medium. They will ONLY watch it if it becomes mainstream like a bunch of sheep and even then, they will want to alter it to suit their tastes if it doesn't align with their Western sensibilities. Newer animes are already negatively influenced at the production level so that they wouldn't trigger or offend a "global" or "modern" audience which are just code words for Western audiences. IF Toku ever becomes mainstream, I will only support it if it is imported in good faith. The West already has Western Super Heroes, so Westernizing Toku Heroes like Kamen Rider would be pointless and would be a disservice to the source material.
I do not want it to, i hate what’s become of anime and the fandom due to it being so mainstream and the true love and passion being gone and it all saturating with cash grabs and clout chasing plus the industry its self putting out so much stuff that in reality isn’t that good. Now sadly Godzilla is becoming more mainstream compared to how it used to be in the west and it’s also gaining so many cash grabs and so many not truly understanding the history of Godzilla, I mostly blame the Monsterverse which is complete garbage now.
@@Silver-Kaitou Definitely is that, i’ve tried getting anime fans into toku but many have gave the same comments as regular movie goers to them in the past, it wasn’t until the last two years i’ve seen more anime fans sort of getting into toku, more so Godzilla. but yup, as a fan of both, i’ve seen it from both sides.
Great video! Long overdue is correct, toku needs more acknowledgement for its impact on Japanese media. Like that one tweet said, ignoring toku is like ignoring Looney Tunes (or my personal live action TV example, Star Trek). As a kid who grew up loving the Great Saiyaman and Cyborg 009, getting into Kamen Rider last year was the biggest eye-opener for me. I don't think it's an understatement when I say that Toei limiting access to toku is a hindrance for anime fan's wider appreciation of Japanese pop culture. Glad Tsuburaya's trying their hardest to get Ultraman an even wider exposure.
@@BlueLion2011-q1xHonestly there's a whole slew of complicated reasons for why Rider and Sentai are not very well known in most Western countries. What you mentioned with TV Asahi, Toei being Toei, cultural differences, Power Rangers irreparably damaging the perception of the Tokusatsu genre among contemporary Western audiences, the two attempted KR adaptations that both bombed, etc.
@@allgoodnamestaken6002 I don't even think PR irreparably damaged the perception of toku, there were/are people who were excited for the 2017 movie (before it came out), the comics and the upcoming game. Power Rangers just needs a bigger budget for CGI (since that's what the American audience wants to see) and good material (which the 2017 movie almost had). The DC CW shows ran for 11 years and Doctor Who's still going strong, those are toku. They're just as cheesy and merchandise-focused as any henshin hero show. But yeah, the rights are probably a huge factor. Hell, Sentai on Toei Tokusatsu World doesn't even have the two episode samplers that every Showa-Heisei KR has. At least they're on Shout Factory/Tubi, but those aren't available everywhere.
@@daun5view Maybe not the ENTIRETY of Tokusatsu (Godzilla is a household name and Ultraman is more well known internationally than either Rider or Sentai) but specifically the "henshin hero" subgenre of Tokusatsu. You can show them Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, even Garo. It doesn't matter. General American audiences will more than likely think "Power Rangers???" because PR is their only experience with Toku. That alone isn't a bad thing, but the association with PR will very often lead them to believe those shows are exactly the same as PR, which in turn may be an immediate turnoff for them. Most of the type of people you mentioned are already fans and they are still a niche audience. If you're above lower-level grade school and say you're a Power Rangers fan in public with a straight face, people will probably look at you funny. Compare that with saying you like any other mainstream IP, like Marvel/DC, Star Wars, Transformers, etc. It's kind of night and day. I am mainly talking about GENERAL audiences. While it is true that people were excited for the movie, comics, and upcoming game, those people are likely already fans. The movie wasn't something like the MCU where most of its audience didn't care about superheroes before it, and frankly it doesn't need to be.
Now that you mention it, Blue Exorcist has various toku inspirations (if not outright influences). The movie opens with the gang attacking a demon called The Phantom Train, an interdimensional train, something that is also seen in Ultra Q's final episode; along with another scene where Rin buys Usamaro a bunny mask and you can see Rider and Sentai-esque masks in the frame. In the series proper: there are three times where a rider kick is delivered, first in chapter 4 (Bon to Rin), then chapter 50 (Rin to Bon) and chapter 68 (Rin to Shima, which in the anime says "Satan Kick!" as he does it); the Impure King arc plays out like an extended episode of the Ultra series, with a giant monster that overwhelms the defense force proxy, in this case the True Cross Order, before the titular hero appears when the situation gets too tough to handle. Arguably the biggest inspiration is found on chapter 8 with Kuro, who like Obiko from Tiga, is a yokai that refuses to accept that something he loved is gone (In Obiko's case is his town, in Kuro's case is his previous owner Shiro), along with other specifics that I coverd on the video in my channel. I don't know if that indicates that Kato, the mangaka behind Blue Exorcist, is an avid tokusatsu fan or if some of it was grandfathered in Eva influence, which it also boasts.
I cannot express how many screaming matches I’ve gotten into over how much western anime fans do NOT want their precious cartoons sullied by any sort of tokusatsu connection. So many anime fans HATE tokusatsu for some really weird and upsetting reasons. Thankfully it’s gotten a bit better.
@@phantomknightpercival120 Na. He's talking about the people who want to pretend they're mature for watching Japanese cartoons and thus cast Tokusatsu aside
I know EXACTLY what you mean. When Fuuto Tantei (Fuuto PI), the anime sequel to Kamen Rider W was airing, I mentioned how the anime is actually a sequel to Kamen Rider W. When Western anime fans couldn't find Kamen Rider W on the site they used to watch anime, the MOMENT I mentioned that the prequel to the anime was a Toku, they were immediately turned off by it and started bashing it for being a Lame Live action "Power Rangers" show. People in the West are so closed minded when it comes to entertainment. It wasn't that long ago that anime was bashed because "cartoons are for kids" and then they later ONLY jumped on the bandwagon when it became mainstream. These tourists from the West have no genuine interest in the medium and they will end up ruining it for everyone else if given the opportunity just like with anime if it doesn't align with their cultural or political beliefs.
ive been trying to tell people that the widely accepted concept for a magical girl show (a group of colorcoded characters transforming to fight weekly monsters with interpersonal stuff and overarching plots thrown in) is literally The Same as the super sentai and other tokusatsu series for forever now 😭 not to mention that pretty cure and toei tokusatsu just share staff a lot of the time in terms of directors and writers
19:36 There's some extra voice actor meta with this gag. (Toya) Seki Tomokazu has dubbed for various Rider stand-ins, and eventually even succeeded the late Naya Goro as the voice of the Great Leader of SHOCKER.
Lmao Im so glad you included this shot at 5:32 from Patlabor Early Days. I remember laughing out loud when seeing this. Great stuff as always Blunova. Your videos are incredibly well researched and I have no problems watching them from start to finish. Yamato Takeru at 25:47 looks like a really interesting watch. I'm always up for 90s Toho kaiju movies so thanks for bringing this to my attention.
The West needs to get to know more About Tokusatsu! I believe Too many just think "Looks like Power Ranger" -> "Bad Effects" -> "Show for Kids" -> "Not Worth It" But is actually So Much Fun! I used to Watch Power Ranger as a kid, and I knew Power Ranger were inspired by some Japanes show, but never knew exactly what or how until last year when I watched 'Fuuto Pi' Anime, was confuse, got to know it was some Sequel to a Live Action show called 'Kamen Rider W', watched it and then... Well, Here I am with 20 KR shows watched and watching current Gavv ✨ I only have watched Kamen Rider shows, and from Super Sentai only Gokaiger and Don Brothers. I was thinking if to Rewatch Power Ranger Samurai, or watch the Super Sentai original version. Any sugestions?
@@sofialu226 You won't believe how many people I've seen mock and dismiss the genre because it's for kids and in the same breath they're Marvel/DC/Star Wars/MLP/insert-any-other-series-aimed-at-kids fans. Western superhero fans especially, I notice that a lot of them seem to act like because DC or whatever gets a few dark and gritty movies means the inherent camp and ridiculousness of superheroes is suddenly erased.
I feel like it's always going to be "is this a power rangers?" for other people. Saban Studio has made Super Sentai and the entire Toku industry dirty for sake of easy money.
@@satellizard346 if by westerners you only mean people from the United States you might be correct, but in other countries many Tokusatsu shows were dubbed and managed to reach a huge audience, in France they dubbed some Super Sentai shows like Jetman, and Brazil got tons of toku shows like Juspion, Jiraiya, Kamen Rider Black, Liveman and some others, but once Saban acquired the rights to Power Rangers and other Toei series the international dubs for those shows stopped and they just dubbed Power Rangers and other series like Masked Rider Heck, I'm from Spanish-speaking Latin American and in 2021 a company managed to dub the first four Heisei-era Kamen Rider shows
I'm a toku fan and a Ultraman big fan thanks to them many of the most famous anime became impactful to this day thanks to them my childhood and teenagehood became very amazing Aot,evangelion,SsssGridman, Gundam ect 🔥
Yes, tokusatst and anime are intertwined, but not that I think about it, what about Japanese video games? I say this because a year ago I rewatched Gainax's classic OVA, Otaku no Video, and I noticed that despite the fact that the OVA makes several references to anime, manga, tokusastu, science fiction and fantasy, there aren't any references to video games, except for a Space Invaders machine in the background of one episode, and a reference to a Eroge (though I don't count it as a video game). I mean, it could be justified by the fact that most of the OVA takes place in the early '80s when video games where simper, but in the mid '80s some video games like Super Mario Bros. and Dragon Quest became mainstream in Japanese culture and I guess there were already video game otaku
This video is awesome and i’ve covered all of this in parts on my instagram page tho many of the post have been archived due to having a small following at the time so ill have to do update posts for sure soon.
In the Champions 4ed RPG book Allies, there is the Zen Team, The five member team pays tribute to the Ranger series and Gatchaman, and Zen Scorpion is the six member of the Zen Team and acts just as much like Char from Find an...technally a villain but has a plan of his own which occasionally finds him an allie of the Zen Team. Sure, it is an American rpg tribute, a few years before Power Rangers, but I do want to mention it.
Well, one that was forgotten, was Gakuen Tokusou Hikaruon,An OVA IIRC that was part of a Toei anthology in 85 and it's basically a Space Sheriff in anime form, with all the tropes (hot sidekick chick, laser sword, evil empire) and EVEN AKIRA KUSHIDA singing the theme. The OVA was re-released in Blu-ray by Toei a couple of years ago
Did you know Xenoblade series has ultra and kaiju series influences. Ourobous forms resembles Ultraman and Moebius resembles kaiju and ultraman villains.
My favorite toku inspired game thing, is Dark Eater Midir from Dark Souls 3. His beam attack is straight up the "who will know" scene from Shin, and it can kill you in one hit if you're not careful.
@@Wibu-Ohger Gen Urobuchi was a fan as a child and a teenager of classic Kamen Rider (1971-RX) it's set up mostly that of Black and Black RX tragedies with Happy endings (or at least bittersweet endings) for Gaim at least.
Considering it reignited my love for Tokusatsu that died in my late preteens. Persona 5, 4 3 and Strikers. Those 3 games have so many love letters to Kamen Rider and Super Sentai that really makes me enjoy them everytime they show up. Starting from 2 Persona made their own parody of Jetman called "Featherman" with even giving it it's own in universe sequels, opening and game. In 4 Kamen Rider is given a series of nods such as Yosuke mentioning he likes the "Rider series" and Naoto's Dungeon the secret laboratory is a direct homage to early Showa era villain bases at the time. Including red doors with Shocker logos on them. Izanagi's design also does form a resemblance to 2004's Ultraman Manga. finally 5. You have Mona doing Takeshi Hongo's henshin pose and Makoto Niijma straight up being a Kamen Rider. Since "Kamen" translates to "mask" and Makoto having her persona be a Transforming bike (Bit like the Auto Vajin) makes her quite literally a "Masked rider" complete with Scarf and martial arts. Though she does lack a Rider kick only performing one in her "Showtime" with Ryuji. Also Ryuji's codename "Skull" also being the Name of Kamen Rider Skull from W and Den-O. (yes there are two Kamen Rider Skulls) and Joker is also shared with Kamen Rider Joker as well. Even the third semester's greatest question of "Do you sacrifice your own freedom to live in an ideal world" sounds straight out of Kamen Rider.
I wish America would take more influence from Toku and prove that Japan culture is about more than just Samurais, Ninjas, and anime, and giving how we've had Koth, Last Airbender and Rwby all of which are state side made animes then let's do the same with practical effects and relieve people of CGI. Plus, it's just nice to have rubber monsters on TV.
You forgot to mention about the Metal Heroes.. There was a anime OVA from 1987 that pay tribute to the classic Space Sheriff series, it the anime OVA tribute tokusatsu, it's Campus Special Investigator Hikaruo! You forgot to talk about Metal Heroes?? Metal Heroes is a underrated series by Toei IPs that nobody doesnt talk about !
Tokusatsu losing popularity, maybe for good, is perhaps the saddest thing I've heard anyone say in a long time. Live action Tokusatsu has a charm and a natural campiness that anime simply can't match.
I think you’d need to revisit the Garo anime series (and movies). Those are among the best written stories in the franchise, and was produced by studio MAPPA before they became the shonen action hype studio.
I would kinda like to note of this BUT, I can’t help but think Yoko Littner’s Interdoctuion, swinging on in on a rope shooting at the giant mecha kinda reminds me of a scene from King Kong 2005, the scene where Jack swings in shooting at the giant bugs, might be mistaken in or makeing shit up but just thought I would piont it out.
a very minor fact i want to point out is that for the second series of armor hero, Armor Hero XT, the director of the series was a fan of Naruto to the point where the intro directly referenced multiple openings for naruto with a majority of the scenes being recreated, one example i can remember is a showcase of the characters with a swirling transition throughout. while this is moreso anime inspiring tokusatsu, i thought it would be interesting to share.
Would you be interested in creating a similar video but for the mecha genre? I loved the way you made what could be described as a mini-documental and would like to see what you could do with said genre. If you do, could you at least touch upon the influences that mecha had in the west? As for my favorite reference to Tokusatsu? Sadly, I haven't had a good one that I can remember, the closest would be the Femon Rangers from Disgaea, but that's about it.
man, japanese entertainment culture history is very fascinating, inspiring and inspired, one of very few country with soft power that grow naturally, its very beautiful
and this is all after America killed Japans economy in the 80s too. imagine that the soft power would translate to actual power if the bubble didnt burst
When I first heard about attack on titan I thought the titans were more like kaijus that was the biggest reason as to why I ended watching (and mostly reading) the series and was not disappointed didn't realize that it was inspired by Tokusatsu
Well, Viewtiful Joe was Hideki Kamiya's take on Kamen Rider, as Wondeful 101 was his take on Super Sentai. He was producing a game inspired by Ultraman, but since he left Platinum, I don't know the project's status.
Its great the Gamera final has an anime series. But even though "Gamera Rebirth" isn't perfect, it's better than both "Godzilla Singular Point" and the Godzilla Polygon Trilogy because of its story, characters, and kaiju.
I did not forget about Gatchaman! Gatchaman (1972) predates Super Sentai (1975) by 3 years and Kamen Rider is credited as the basis for Super Sentai (a team of riders). I had trouble finding convincing sources linking the original Gatchaman and Gorengers. The best sourced connection I found was Chojin Sentai Jetman (1991) paying tribute to Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
Also I would like to mention is that the final battle scene in Avengers endgame was literally done over eight years ago before it came out with gokaiger vs goseiger
Don't forget with Toriyama, the Ginyu Force is actually called in Japanese "Ginyu Toku Sentai". They all have their own color and gimmick, they do a syncronized pose for every occasion that they have to practice a lot to get down just right, and all in all they're basically just a hilarious parody of tokusatsu sentai heroes. Edit: Oop I shoulda watched longer haha
The way I was introduced to tokusatsu was different Yeah I did watch power rangers growing up (like most people) One day when I was bored and I was obsessed with power rangers I found some morphing sequence from something I thought it was power rangers but it wasn’t That’s when I was introduced to Kamen rider, soon I start to watch more videos about it and got obsessed with it (Btw the Henshin I saw was Kamen rider revice)
a lot of people still believe that evangelion deconstructed the "anime industry" when it was just a bunch of references to Gundam and ultraman with masking tape holding it together, most western fans won't ever know the true extent of that inspiration
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Amazing analysis brother! God bless ya and Jesus loves ya!
I remember I had a friend from high school and he was a huge Godzilla fan. He told me are you a fan of Godzilla and I was like yeah I used to when I was young but then I lost interest in it. He show me Tokusatsu series like Kamen rider, super sentai ultraman and GARO and for some reason I was hooked and that’s how I got into Tokusatsu.
I saw build when i was at elementary and i thought it was cool but in middle school i lost interest. At the start of high school i met some friend and they dragged me back to tokusatsu and im still watching it today
It isn't just Waybig that is a reference to Ultraman. It's the whole concept of Ben10. Turning into an alien for a limited amount of time, with a gadget beeping and flashing red when the time is running out.
They are 3 kinds og Tokusatsu to me:
1. the Special Effect Realistic Story,
2. the Giant Kaiju and Kaijin Stories,
3. the Transforming Hero Story.
And the fourth, Mascot (Robocon, Kabutack and Robotack)
@@KajiRider1997 I forgot they exist. I legit though they were just my made up character from was I a kid lol.
Hideki Kamiya, creator of Devil May Cry, Okami and Bayonetta is a huge tokusatsu nerd. In his playthrough of the first game, he explains how deep the influence goes even down to the music.
He also directed Wonderful 101, which is a huge homage to tokusatsu.
Also Viewtiful Joe is a blatant Toku homage.
Ultraman is like Japan's equivalent of Star Wars in terms of its sheer impact/influence on their pop culture and media. The highest grossing media franchise of all time (Pokémon) was inspired by Ultraman. It is almost unrivaled in that aspect.
Speaking about Star Wars, I don't know if this is true, but I've heard that George Lucas wanted Tsurubaya Productions to handle the special effects for Episode IV, before he and his team decided to found Industrial Light & Magic
Aaand George Lucas' Star Wars was heavily inspired from Akira Kurosawa movies like "The Hidden Fortress" and by a stretch, it also a Tokusatsu movie because of the old school special effects
@@Dezsr well, tokustatsu means, "special photography", I think in Japan they refer to any movie or TV show that involves heavy use of special effects tokusatsu. I think some old british shows like The Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett and the Mysterions, UFO, Space 1999 were very popular in Japan, and some people there consider them tokusatsu, even if some of them were puppet shows (so that would mean that the old Thomas the Tank Engine shows would be considered toku)
Since you mentioned Cutie Honey, it's important to note that Honey herself is a hybrid of Tezuka's Astro Boy and Ishinomori's Kamen Rider
She's a super heroine with cybernetic body and civilian identity that transforms into her superhero form to fight against a secret terrorist organization, just like Takeshi Hongo
Also the Japanese super hero Rainbow-Man with all his different transformations
true! (adachi face jumpscare)
You definitely see the influence of shows like Ultraman, Gridman and Super Sentai in iconic anime series like Attack on Titan, Sailor Moon and Digimon and Gurren Lagann
Gurren lagann and even Gunbuster are like 80% Getter robo with fanservice on top
Idk, Gurren Lagann is more so a love letter to super robot, most mecha history comes from Anime
Interestingly in the Live Action Sailor Moon series from the early 00s, they recycled the grunt suits from Zyuranger.
Yes, the Sailor Senshi actually fight Putties from Power Rangers.
Gurren Lagann is more so a love letter for mech genre anime like other said though funny thing is some of the people on Gurren Lagann work on Fourze which show from his Rocket Drill Kick
My favourite Toku references in anime has got to be the Rider Kick. Cause unless you know Toku than it just seems like a normal kick.
fun thing is
eva fans think that those kicks are eva reference😂
@@denorangeblackandwhite2213 I know Kamen Rider isn't the most well known Japanese series to Westerners, but that's still pretty dissapointing.
@@allgoodnamestaken6002especially when Anno doesn’t even try to hide his tokusatsu addiction
Seeing some animes putting in Showa or Heisei Ultraman and Kamen rider references always gets me hyped up
Sailor Moon has always been my go to method to explain Henshin Heroes to non-toku fans. Aside from being animated, it's just a Henshin Hero show. The tropes are all there. The villains in the first season, in particular, are just analogous to the Crisis Empire or Vyram.
Anime and Tokusatu properties compliment each other so well when done right. Major example: SSSS Gridman!
one reference to tokusatsu you can find in the west is gendy tartakovsky's sym bionic titan
There were also plenty of tokusatsu and super robot references in Genndy's Dexter's Laboratory
Another contemporary Cartoon Network show that featured tons of tokusatsu references was The Powerpuff Girls, especially how the girls usually fight against giant monsters who come from a monster island, there was an episode where they fight against a monster which was clearly inspired by Hedorah
By west, you mean 'America?'.
@@minicle426 is america not in the west?
@chidaluokoro9104 Isn't everything if you go in that direction?
@@minicle426 that's not how that works
I really love Dragon Ball referenced each of it
Chi-Chi's Outfit and TheHeadpiece-UltraSeven
Gohan's Great Saiyaman-Kamen Rider
The Ginyu Force-Super Sentai
Don't forget the Gamma Robots from Super Hero being based on Ultraseven and Ultraman Zero
Edit: and Goku black being like Kamen rider Black
@@HordikaNate3821 One of them even voiced by Zero's Jap VA it's so cool
17 and 18 are also enhanced cyborgs who were kidnapped and forcefully converted, much like early Riders.
dr. slump has a lot of godzilla and ultraman references
手から気（光線）を出すのもウルトラマンから
One Toku work (and anime) that didn't get mentioned here is Zeiram, which (outside of Power Rangers) was my introduction to tokusatsu. I got into anime in the mid-90s and Iria: Zeiram the Animation was one of the anime I saw early in my fandom. I found out about Melbourne Anime Society, and at one of their screenings they showed the live-action Zeiram movies.
More people need to know how Tokusatsu, Animation, Shows, Comic-Manga, (Light) Novel/Books/etc, Games, and more are intertwined and important to each other alongside how they influence each other greatly
Japan's anime and video games have a much more complex history of exportation to the West.
In contrast, most Westerners either only know Tokusatsu from Power Rangers or they think of the old Japanese Godzilla films with guys in giant rubber suits. Either one tends to be a pretty immediate turnoff for them most of the time.
It’s a shame that Gamera Rebirth didn’t receive much attention. Even though the animation doesn't look great, it’s still charming, heartfelt, and epic. So I think it deserves more recognition.
I do love the King Kong to Pokemon Pipeline.
0:18 that's the cleanest rider kick.
The Great Saiyaman 1 and 2 plus the Gammas from Dragon Ball are the most obvious Kamen Rider inspirations I've seen. Gohan even steals Kamen Rider Stronger's catchphrase.
Super Sentai's inspiration to all types of different media is lowkey underrated imo
I fking love Gridman Universe! I hope they continue (although how is a different problem). The series shows exactly how great 3d and 2d can mix together, it just wonderful!
I've been following your channel for three years now and I wanted to thank you, since your content helped me to go back to my childhood love for Tokusatsu. Keep doing great content. Excellent video by the way.
I loved ssss gridman the characters are reference to transformers shattered glass and the bayformers dinobots
Never cared for Shattered Glass myself.
The lack of Great Saiyaman here is sad (You did mention Ginyu Force after all), but you had me worried when you saved Gridman and Kamen Rider W to nearly the end lol. Appreciate the work you clearly put in.
You have to Read and Watch "Dandadan" It's the series that Ltierary it's own Version of Ultra Q with extra Supernatural Element in the Mix. We have Alien like Rei, Gomora Mecha Armor, and an Evil Ultraman. There's even a Ton of Original Ultra Alien Design based on Sketches!
2:17 - 2:20 Hearing Conan O’Brien mention Ultraman just does my heart good
Fantastic video jam packed with amazing information and great to see more work from you! I absolutely love random old anime ovas and instantly looked up that Kotobuki Goro Show ova to look at those kaiju references again. The Prefectural Earth Defense Force 1986 ova randomly has Varan in it which is awesome. I'm also so glad you included my favorite manga artist Go Nagai and one of my most favorite character's of his Cutie Honey which was inspired by the toku show Rainbow-Man. In Re Cutie Honey it was neat to see how many shots and plot points Anno designed that were similar to Shin Godzilla too. Keep up the great work
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The two industries have really been pretty closely linked from day one - Kenzo Masaoka, one of anime’s great pioneers, made optical animation for Princess Kaguya, which along with Great Buddha Arrival was among the first tokusatsu films. Tomio Sagisu also dabbled in both industries and knew both Tsuburaya and Tezuka intimately.
It also goes both ways and what was popular in anime inspired tokusatsu trends too like Devilman influencing the Occult Boom, Mazinger Z influencing the creation of Jet Jaguar and Mechagodzilla and The War in Space being a live action Yamato movie in all but name.
You put a lot of work into getting the references right. I remember Nostalgia Critic cracking jokes in his Sailor Moon video which were factually inaccurate.
I used to watch Doug's videos a long time ago, but even back then I found his Sailor Moon review frustrating. I know that Doug wasn't a big anime fan, except for Cowboy Bebop and Ghibli, (because for some reason those always seem to be the only anime that people in the U.S. who aren't anime fans seem to enjoy), but he could have done a bit more research and maybe not using the original English dub asa base, considering how many changes it made to the series, unlike other international dubs which were more closer to the original
All I remember was him being a weird pervert and inaccurately stating SM created the monster of the week formula
Always found him an overated talentless moron anyway.
I have mixed feelings on whether I want Toku to become mainstream or not.
When Fuuto Tantei (Fuuto PI), the anime sequel to Kamen Rider W was airing, I mentioned how the anime is actually a sequel to Kamen Rider W.
When Western anime fans couldn't find Kamen Rider W on the site they used to watch anime and asked me where to find it, the MOMENT I mentioned that the prequel to the anime was a Toku, they were immediately turned off by it and started bashing it for being a Lame Live action "Power Rangers" show.
Even after trying to convince them that Toku is NOTHING like Power Rangers (not even Super Sentai since Sentai is consistently better), my words unfortunately fell on deaf ears and they continually showed their disdain and hatred for the medium even though they don't know anything about it outside of Power Rangers.
People in the West are so closed minded when it comes to entertainment. It wasn't that long ago that anime was bashed because "cartoons are for kids" and then they later ONLY jumped on the bandwagon when it became mainstream.
These tourists from the West are so very toxic and have no genuine interest in the medium. They will ONLY watch it if it becomes mainstream like a bunch of sheep and even then, they will want to alter it to suit their tastes if it doesn't align with their Western sensibilities.
Newer animes are already negatively influenced at the production level so that they wouldn't trigger or offend a "global" or "modern" audience which are just code words for Western audiences.
IF Toku ever becomes mainstream, I will only support it if it is imported in good faith. The West already has Western Super Heroes, so Westernizing Toku Heroes like Kamen Rider would be pointless and would be a disservice to the source material.
I do not want it to, i hate what’s become of anime and the fandom due to it being so mainstream and the true love and passion being gone and it all saturating with cash grabs and clout chasing plus the industry its self putting out so much stuff that in reality isn’t that good.
Now sadly Godzilla is becoming more mainstream compared to how it used to be in the west and it’s also gaining so many cash grabs and so many not truly understanding the history of Godzilla, I mostly blame the Monsterverse which is complete garbage now.
@@Markkzillathe monsterverse may be bad, but at least it’s not 1998 levels of shit
There seems to be this weird disconnect between anime fans and toku fans. I've only been in the Toku fanbase for three years, yet I've noticed it.
@@Silver-Kaitou Definitely is that, i’ve tried getting anime fans into toku but many have gave the same comments as regular movie goers to them in the past, it wasn’t until the last two years i’ve seen more anime fans sort of getting into toku, more so Godzilla. but yup, as a fan of both, i’ve seen it from both sides.
@@Markkzilla I've only seen it from anime fans, but I can totally believe that.
Great video! Long overdue is correct, toku needs more acknowledgement for its impact on Japanese media. Like that one tweet said, ignoring toku is like ignoring Looney Tunes (or my personal live action TV example, Star Trek).
As a kid who grew up loving the Great Saiyaman and Cyborg 009, getting into Kamen Rider last year was the biggest eye-opener for me. I don't think it's an understatement when I say that Toei limiting access to toku is a hindrance for anime fan's wider appreciation of Japanese pop culture. Glad Tsuburaya's trying their hardest to get Ultraman an even wider exposure.
Blame TV Asahi for not wanting Rider to be in the states.
@@BlueLion2011-q1xHonestly there's a whole slew of complicated reasons for why Rider and Sentai are not very well known in most Western countries. What you mentioned with TV Asahi, Toei being Toei, cultural differences, Power Rangers irreparably damaging the perception of the Tokusatsu genre among contemporary Western audiences, the two attempted KR adaptations that both bombed, etc.
@@allgoodnamestaken6002 I don't even think PR irreparably damaged the perception of toku, there were/are people who were excited for the 2017 movie (before it came out), the comics and the upcoming game.
Power Rangers just needs a bigger budget for CGI (since that's what the American audience wants to see) and good material (which the 2017 movie almost had). The DC CW shows ran for 11 years and Doctor Who's still going strong, those are toku. They're just as cheesy and merchandise-focused as any henshin hero show.
But yeah, the rights are probably a huge factor. Hell, Sentai on Toei Tokusatsu World doesn't even have the two episode samplers that every Showa-Heisei KR has. At least they're on Shout Factory/Tubi, but those aren't available everywhere.
@@daun5view Maybe not the ENTIRETY of Tokusatsu (Godzilla is a household name and Ultraman is more well known internationally than either Rider or Sentai) but specifically the "henshin hero" subgenre of Tokusatsu. You can show them Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, even Garo. It doesn't matter. General American audiences will more than likely think "Power Rangers???" because PR is their only experience with Toku. That alone isn't a bad thing, but the association with PR will very often lead them to believe those shows are exactly the same as PR, which in turn may be an immediate turnoff for them.
Most of the type of people you mentioned are already fans and they are still a niche audience. If you're above lower-level grade school and say you're a Power Rangers fan in public with a straight face, people will probably look at you funny. Compare that with saying you like any other mainstream IP, like Marvel/DC, Star Wars, Transformers, etc. It's kind of night and day.
I am mainly talking about GENERAL audiences. While it is true that people were excited for the movie, comics, and upcoming game, those people are likely already fans.
The movie wasn't something like the MCU where most of its audience didn't care about superheroes before it, and frankly it doesn't need to be.
Now that you mention it, Blue Exorcist has various toku inspirations (if not outright influences). The movie opens with the gang attacking a demon called The Phantom Train, an interdimensional train, something that is also seen in Ultra Q's final episode; along with another scene where Rin buys Usamaro a bunny mask and you can see Rider and Sentai-esque masks in the frame.
In the series proper: there are three times where a rider kick is delivered, first in chapter 4 (Bon to Rin), then chapter 50 (Rin to Bon) and chapter 68 (Rin to Shima, which in the anime says "Satan Kick!" as he does it); the Impure King arc plays out like an extended episode of the Ultra series, with a giant monster that overwhelms the defense force proxy, in this case the True Cross Order, before the titular hero appears when the situation gets too tough to handle.
Arguably the biggest inspiration is found on chapter 8 with Kuro, who like Obiko from Tiga, is a yokai that refuses to accept that something he loved is gone (In Obiko's case is his town, in Kuro's case is his previous owner Shiro), along with other specifics that I coverd on the video in my channel. I don't know if that indicates that Kato, the mangaka behind Blue Exorcist, is an avid tokusatsu fan or if some of it was grandfathered in Eva influence, which it also boasts.
You cooking with this theory ngl
Kojima’s gravelly deep shuwatch is so funny to me every time
Both Toku and Anime also owe a lot to the late Gerry Anderson.
I cannot express how many screaming matches I’ve gotten into over how much western anime fans do NOT want their precious cartoons sullied by any sort of tokusatsu connection.
So many anime fans HATE tokusatsu for some really weird and upsetting reasons. Thankfully it’s gotten a bit better.
What? Are you talking about the tweet about how Toku anime failed success?
@@phantomknightpercival120 Na. He's talking about the people who want to pretend they're mature for watching Japanese cartoons and thus cast Tokusatsu aside
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I know EXACTLY what you mean. When Fuuto Tantei (Fuuto PI), the anime sequel to Kamen Rider W was airing, I mentioned how the anime is actually a sequel to Kamen Rider W.
When Western anime fans couldn't find Kamen Rider W on the site they used to watch anime, the MOMENT I mentioned that the prequel to the anime was a Toku, they were immediately turned off by it and started bashing it for being a Lame Live action "Power Rangers" show.
People in the West are so closed minded when it comes to entertainment. It wasn't that long ago that anime was bashed because "cartoons are for kids" and then they later ONLY jumped on the bandwagon when it became mainstream.
These tourists from the West have no genuine interest in the medium and they will end up ruining it for everyone else if given the opportunity just like with anime if it doesn't align with their cultural or political beliefs.
@@darkglass3011god this is so true, it hurts 😔
ive been trying to tell people that the widely accepted concept for a magical girl show (a group of colorcoded characters transforming to fight weekly monsters with interpersonal stuff and overarching plots thrown in) is literally The Same as the super sentai and other tokusatsu series for forever now 😭 not to mention that pretty cure and toei tokusatsu just share staff a lot of the time in terms of directors and writers
19:36 There's some extra voice actor meta with this gag. (Toya) Seki Tomokazu has dubbed for various Rider stand-ins, and eventually even succeeded the late Naya Goro as the voice of the Great Leader of SHOCKER.
Lmao Im so glad you included this shot at 5:32 from Patlabor Early Days. I remember laughing out loud when seeing this.
Great stuff as always Blunova. Your videos are incredibly well researched and I have no problems watching them from start to finish. Yamato Takeru at 25:47 looks like a really interesting watch. I'm always up for 90s Toho kaiju movies so thanks for bringing this to my attention.
The Rider Kick has become as trascendent as Mazinger's Rocket Punch
The West needs to get to know more About Tokusatsu!
I believe Too many just think "Looks like Power Ranger" -> "Bad Effects" -> "Show for Kids" -> "Not Worth It"
But is actually So Much Fun! I used to Watch Power Ranger as a kid, and I knew Power Ranger were inspired by some Japanes show, but never knew exactly what or how until last year when I watched 'Fuuto Pi' Anime, was confuse, got to know it was some Sequel to a Live Action show called 'Kamen Rider W', watched it and then... Well, Here I am with 20 KR shows watched and watching current Gavv ✨
I only have watched Kamen Rider shows, and from Super Sentai only Gokaiger and Don Brothers. I was thinking if to Rewatch Power Ranger Samurai, or watch the Super Sentai original version. Any sugestions?
@@sofialu226 You won't believe how many people I've seen mock and dismiss the genre because it's for kids and in the same breath they're Marvel/DC/Star Wars/MLP/insert-any-other-series-aimed-at-kids fans.
Western superhero fans especially, I notice that a lot of them seem to act like because DC or whatever gets a few dark and gritty movies means the inherent camp and ridiculousness of superheroes is suddenly erased.
I suggest to watch the sentai version of dino charge (Kyoryuger) and also dekaranger because its like the old tokusatsu like space sheriff and robocop
Tokusatsu is such a special genre to me. It helped me find my favorite franchises and it is my personal favorite genre in fiction.
I feel like it's always going to be "is this a power rangers?" for other people.
Saban Studio has made Super Sentai and the entire Toku industry dirty for sake of easy money.
As a Yu-Gi-Oh! fan, this hits home and it hurts since 4kids did the same, dirtying the legacy for years to come…
@@Theoneandonly508 I'm also had some misconceptions about Yu-Gi-Oh because of this. Until adulthood.
@@mcspctr7726damn
I wouldn't say they did them dirty. Most westeren toku fans wouldn't be toku fans if power rangers didn't exist.
@@satellizard346 if by westerners you only mean people from the United States you might be correct, but in other countries many Tokusatsu shows were dubbed and managed to reach a huge audience, in France they dubbed some Super Sentai shows like Jetman, and Brazil got tons of toku shows like Juspion, Jiraiya, Kamen Rider Black, Liveman and some others, but once Saban acquired the rights to Power Rangers and other Toei series the international dubs for those shows stopped and they just dubbed Power Rangers and other series like Masked Rider
Heck, I'm from Spanish-speaking Latin American and in 2021 a company managed to dub the first four Heisei-era Kamen Rider shows
I'm a toku fan and a Ultraman big fan thanks to them many of the most famous anime became impactful to this day thanks to them my childhood and teenagehood became very amazing
Aot,evangelion,SsssGridman,
Gundam ect 🔥
Toku and anime they are all intertwined
Yes, tokusatst and anime are intertwined, but not that I think about it, what about Japanese video games?
I say this because a year ago I rewatched Gainax's classic OVA, Otaku no Video, and I noticed that despite the fact that the OVA makes several references to anime, manga, tokusastu, science fiction and fantasy, there aren't any references to video games, except for a Space Invaders machine in the background of one episode, and a reference to a Eroge (though I don't count it as a video game). I mean, it could be justified by the fact that most of the OVA takes place in the early '80s when video games where simper, but in the mid '80s some video games like Super Mario Bros. and Dragon Quest became mainstream in Japanese culture and I guess there were already video game otaku
@@pablocasas5906 I guess so, games too .
My favourite kamen rider reference was from the underrated show hero inside where a locust man is doing a rider kick
awesome! this is such a great video to send to people who might not know much about toku. really great work :-)
This video is awesome and i’ve covered all of this in parts on my instagram page tho many of the post have been archived due to having a small following at the time so ill have to do update posts for sure soon.
In the Champions 4ed RPG book Allies, there is the Zen Team, The five member team pays tribute to the Ranger series and Gatchaman, and Zen Scorpion is the six member of the Zen Team and acts just as much like Char from Find an...technally a villain but has a plan of his own which occasionally finds him an allie of the Zen Team.
Sure, it is an American rpg tribute, a few years before Power Rangers, but I do want to mention it.
We're back boys
Well, one that was forgotten, was Gakuen Tokusou Hikaruon,An OVA IIRC that was part of a Toei anthology in 85 and it's basically a Space Sheriff in anime form, with all the tropes (hot sidekick chick, laser sword, evil empire) and EVEN AKIRA KUSHIDA singing the theme.
The OVA was re-released in Blu-ray by Toei a couple of years ago
Did you know Xenoblade series has ultra and kaiju series influences. Ourobous forms resembles Ultraman and Moebius resembles kaiju and ultraman villains.
I like knowing even more connections between anime, TV, and the tokusatsu, literally this genre change my life and i didnt know it
hooo, i discovered Born Free in Japan by seeing the DVDs in a shop X) really fun show, weird mix of anime and practical effects for the dinosaurs
My favorite toku inspired game thing, is Dark Eater Midir from Dark Souls 3. His beam attack is straight up the "who will know" scene from Shin, and it can kill you in one hit if you're not careful.
Madoka Magica is inspired by Kamen Rider Black and Ryuki too, right? Should have mentioned it 😮
The guy who created it would go on to make his own Rider Series Gaim
@@Wibu-Ohger Gen Urobuchi was a fan as a child and a teenager of classic Kamen Rider (1971-RX) it's set up mostly that of Black and Black RX tragedies with Happy endings (or at least bittersweet endings) for Gaim at least.
@@DecadeNeo18Bascially, he keeps on recycling the same formula.
@@minicle426 I mean it works
@@minicle426"naive girl gets mindbroken after her worldview collapses"
IT AINT GONE
Another banger as always
Considering it reignited my love for Tokusatsu that died in my late preteens. Persona 5, 4 3 and Strikers. Those 3 games have so many love letters to Kamen Rider and Super Sentai that really makes me enjoy them everytime they show up. Starting from 2 Persona made their own parody of Jetman called "Featherman" with even giving it it's own in universe sequels, opening and game. In 4 Kamen Rider is given a series of nods such as Yosuke mentioning he likes the "Rider series" and Naoto's Dungeon the secret laboratory is a direct homage to early Showa era villain bases at the time. Including red doors with Shocker logos on them. Izanagi's design also does form a resemblance to 2004's Ultraman Manga. finally 5. You have Mona doing Takeshi Hongo's henshin pose and Makoto Niijma straight up being a Kamen Rider. Since "Kamen" translates to "mask" and Makoto having her persona be a Transforming bike (Bit like the Auto Vajin) makes her quite literally a "Masked rider" complete with Scarf and martial arts. Though she does lack a Rider kick only performing one in her "Showtime" with Ryuji. Also Ryuji's codename "Skull" also being the Name of Kamen Rider Skull from W and Den-O. (yes there are two Kamen Rider Skulls) and Joker is also shared with Kamen Rider Joker as well. Even the third semester's greatest question of "Do you sacrifice your own freedom to live in an ideal world" sounds straight out of Kamen Rider.
I wish America would take more influence from Toku and prove that Japan culture is about more than just Samurais, Ninjas, and anime, and giving how we've had Koth, Last Airbender and Rwby all of which are state side made animes then let's do the same with practical effects and relieve people of CGI. Plus, it's just nice to have rubber monsters on TV.
Go back to making Thomas the Tank Engine with models for one thing.
@minicle426 Yes, well, if you want that, just go watch Toqger.
@@kennethwilson9970
Dude! You were supposed counterattack him with Ressha Sentai Toqger.
@minicle426 Yes, also to quote the Omni Viewer, "Marvel movies are 90 percent CGI to where even the most generic locations are green screen."
@whathell6t It's called counteract, not attack.
You forgot to mention about the Metal Heroes..
There was a anime OVA from 1987 that pay tribute to the classic Space Sheriff series, it the anime OVA tribute tokusatsu, it's Campus Special Investigator Hikaruo! You forgot to talk about Metal Heroes??
Metal Heroes is a underrated series by Toei IPs that nobody doesnt talk about !
ssss. gridman is the reason why i came back to tokusatsu
Video rocks, dude! 🤩
Tokusatsu losing popularity, maybe for good, is perhaps the saddest thing I've heard anyone say in a long time. Live action Tokusatsu has a charm and a natural campiness that anime simply can't match.
S.A.M nah wrong you m0r0n tokusatsu is just anime but live acktion.
I think you’d need to revisit the Garo anime series (and movies). Those are among the best written stories in the franchise, and was produced by studio MAPPA before they became the shonen action hype studio.
I literally been wanting to make a video on this.
I would kinda like to note of this BUT,
I can’t help but think Yoko Littner’s Interdoctuion, swinging on in on a rope shooting at the giant mecha kinda reminds me of a scene from King Kong 2005, the scene where Jack swings in shooting at the giant bugs, might be mistaken in or makeing shit up but just thought I would piont it out.
8:13 why Frieza is blushing? 🤨
a very minor fact i want to point out is that for the second series of armor hero, Armor Hero XT, the director of the series was a fan of Naruto to the point where the intro directly referenced multiple openings for naruto with a majority of the scenes being recreated, one example i can remember is a showcase of the characters with a swirling transition throughout. while this is moreso anime inspiring tokusatsu, i thought it would be interesting to share.
There’s always about a Giant Superhero and Giant Robot against Giant Monsters.
Here's one Kamen Rider Ryuki and almost everything Gen Urobuchi created especially Madoka Magicka
Other time Ultraman had influence to pokemon is when your pokemon gets their HP low there's a beeping sound similar to the color timer.
Wow 😮 great analysis of tokusatsu
Would you be interested in creating a similar video but for the mecha genre? I loved the way you made what could be described as a mini-documental and would like to see what you could do with said genre. If you do, could you at least touch upon the influences that mecha had in the west?
As for my favorite reference to Tokusatsu? Sadly, I haven't had a good one that I can remember, the closest would be the Femon Rangers from Disgaea, but that's about it.
I'd love to see a horror themed retelling of Kamen Rider Ex-Aid with nods to COVID-19 and cyberbullying.
Precure share many Kamen Rider , and Super Sentai Writers , with references to both from time to time
I love in media we get rider kick and henshin pose
man, japanese entertainment culture history is very fascinating, inspiring and inspired, one of very few country with soft power that grow naturally, its very beautiful
I quote Joseph Takagi on this.
"Pearl Harbor didn't work out so we got you with the tape decks."
and this is all after America killed Japans economy in the 80s too. imagine that the soft power would translate to actual power if the bubble didnt burst
When I first heard about attack on titan I thought the titans were more like kaijus that was the biggest reason as to why I ended watching (and mostly reading) the series and was not disappointed didn't realize that it was inspired by Tokusatsu
Wouldn't Ultraman also count as a transforming hero and Sentai/PR as also Kaiju?
Do you do a video talking about toku influenced cartoons and maybe some Muppets anime cartoon
What is the song that plays during the Ultraman Kids part at 24:09?
Cosmos Adventure. The opening song of Ultraman Kids: 30 Million Light-Years in Search of Mother.
Thanks, Blu!
The Fate/Stay Night visual novel & Fate/Zero novel was inspired by Kamen Rider Ryuki too. And then they made anime out of the IP.
Tokusatsu should BE people's favorite "Anime"
I remember first getting into Kamen Rider and then suddenly seeing it everywhere in the japanese media I engaged with.
I really liked Viewtiful Joe on the side of games inspired by Tokusatsu
Well, Viewtiful Joe was Hideki Kamiya's take on Kamen Rider, as Wondeful 101 was his take on Super Sentai. He was producing a game inspired by Ultraman, but since he left Platinum, I don't know the project's status.
@@GeovaneSanciniSR Yeah idk if Project GG is still gonna be a thing with him gone now
Masakazu Katsura also had various tokusatsu inspired one shots in his career.
Its great the Gamera final has an anime series. But even though "Gamera Rebirth" isn't perfect, it's better than both "Godzilla Singular Point" and the Godzilla Polygon Trilogy because of its story, characters, and kaiju.
Gamera Rebirth was amazing
Growing up from Ultraman,it is one of my favorite franchise out there.
Why does everyone forget the series that was literally based on Sentai- The Science Ninja Team Gatchaman?
I did not forget about Gatchaman! Gatchaman (1972) predates Super Sentai (1975) by 3 years and Kamen Rider is credited as the basis for Super Sentai (a team of riders). I had trouble finding convincing sources linking the original Gatchaman and Gorengers. The best sourced connection I found was Chojin Sentai Jetman (1991) paying tribute to Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.
Also I would like to mention is that the final battle scene in Avengers endgame was literally done over eight years ago before it came out with gokaiger vs goseiger
Don't forget with Toriyama, the Ginyu Force is actually called in Japanese "Ginyu Toku Sentai". They all have their own color and gimmick, they do a syncronized pose for every occasion that they have to practice a lot to get down just right, and all in all they're basically just a hilarious parody of tokusatsu sentai heroes.
Edit: Oop I shoulda watched longer haha
The way I was introduced to tokusatsu was different
Yeah I did watch power rangers growing up (like most people)
One day when I was bored and I was obsessed with power rangers I found some morphing sequence from something I thought it was power rangers but it wasn’t
That’s when I was introduced to Kamen rider, soon I start to watch more videos about it and got obsessed with it
(Btw the Henshin I saw was Kamen rider revice)
I love when Nyaruko from Haiyou Nyaruko-san doing the kamen rider pose
Thats last scene of this video is from mato seihei no slavery episode 2
Jet alone was a combination of the original and final name, red alone and jet jaguar
Who would think Japanese media inspires other Japanese media?
Yeah, it's obvious. After all, it's part of their culture and history.
a lot of people still believe that evangelion deconstructed the "anime industry" when it was just a bunch of references to Gundam and ultraman with masking tape holding it together,
most western fans won't ever know the true extent of that inspiration
@@troloinkto It also owes a lot to UFO.
Anyone else initially read it as
Tonkotsu and got shocked by the info that a pork cutlet would inspire?
I LOVEEE ULTRAMAN