/r/Tokusatsu

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A place to discuss Tokusatsu, Japanese special effects. Popular franchises include Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Ultraman, GARO, Godzilla, etc. Please join us in discussing this fantastic genre!

Tokusatsu (特撮) is a Japanese term that applies to any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects (tokusatsu literally translates as "special effects").

Everything from Super Sentai to Godzilla!


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/r/Tokusatsu Rules:

  1. Be friendly and polite. No bigotry, hate speech, abuse, trolling, or harassment of any kind. Please be considerate of your fellow members when participating in discussions.
  2. Mark spoilers. Please mark all spoilers. In this context, spoilers are defined as: anything from an episode or movie that is less than one month old; major plot points in series that have already concluded; images/scans of upcoming forms/characters. The only exception to this is the weekly episode discussion megathreads.
  3. Flair your posts. Please flair your posts with the appropriate link flair.
  4. No advertising Discord servers. Please do not advertise your Discord server here. We have our own subreddit Discord server which you can find here. You may advertise your Discord server on ours by following the pinned instructions in the #affiliates channel.
  5. Limit self-promotional post to 1 per week. We obviously want to encourage YouTubers and podcasters in the Tokusphere, but please limit your promotional posts to one per week, to avoid cluttering the subreddit.
  6. No buying/selling threads. We don't want to deal with transactions gone bad. Please keep your buying/selling off of the subreddit.
  7. No NSFW/NSFL content. Take it to /r/TokuFap (warning: NSFW) if that's your kind of thing.
  8. No promotion of unofficial merchandise. Unfortunately, due to excessive spam by t-shirt bots, we won't allow any posts promoting or exhibiting unlicensed clothing or items.

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What Y'all Think Of A Kamen Rider/ Super Sentai Hybrid Show Named Sentai Rider

6 Comments
2025/02/01
04:22 UTC

2

Ultimate Kuuga Vs N Daguva Zeba

0 Comments
2025/02/01
03:34 UTC

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Super Hero Time Jan 26 in a Nutshell be like.

3 Comments
2025/02/01
03:32 UTC

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Went to a club this week and this show was playing as a visualizer, need help IDing

Key details: Hero had rocket boots, main villain was a witch queen that could transform into a dragon, had two henchmen with spring arms and spiked balls for heads. There was a secondary unmasked hero, with a silver suit with blue accents.

19 Comments
2025/02/01
02:10 UTC

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Even I can come up with something better than Swapticons!

OK, so Swapticons are a pair of cube shaped robots who combine head first into either a vehicle or an animal. And how much thought did they put into that scrap?

Anyway, I have a better idea. How about a Transformers toy line where everyone can transform from vehicle to robot, then combine into a bigger robot where one only forms the upper half and the other only forms the bottom half; finally, the combined form can also transform into his or her own vehicle mode. I can it.......... Transformers: Powerlink Combiners.

THE BOT/CONS

We would have five teams of two Autobots and seven teams of Decepticons, the first one of each two pack will always form the interchangeable upper torso, the 2nd in said pack will always form the interchangeable lower torso and their combined form has it's own name.

THE AUTOBOTS:

  1. Optimus Prime + Ultra Magnus = Ultra Prime,
  2. Hot Rod + Bumblebee = Rodimus,
  3. Arcee + Windblade = Chromea,
  4. Jetfire + Skyfire = Safeguard and
  5. Grand Slam + Raindance = Slamdance.

DECEPTICONS:

  1. Megatron + Starscream = Galvatron,
  2. Shockwave + Skywarp = Cyclonus,
  3. Soundwave + Thundercracker = Scourge,
  4. Nightbird + Slipstream = Flame War,
  5. Tankor + Jetstorm = Tankstorm,
  6. Giga + Mega = Overlord and
  7. Nemesis Prime + Bugbite = Anti Prime.

NOTE: Overlord and Anti Prime would be their own separate team(s) as they hate the other Decepticons as much as the Autobots.

THE STORY:

In their fight over The Enigma of Combination, one blast from both Optimus and Megatron caused it to unleash some of its energy, resulting in turning all the Autobots and Decepticons present at the time into Powerlink Combiners. Now and after the Enigma somehow landed on Earth, so will their War.

IN CONCLUSION:

I know there is no chance in the inferno of this idea ever happening, just like I know a lot of people have a better idea than this, I just wanted to share what my this ridiculous thought and hear from everyone on how good or terribly worst this idea is. Goodnight everybody.

8 Comments
2025/02/01
00:01 UTC

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The Best Ultraman Series? Round #1

12 Comments
2025/01/31
20:27 UTC

33

Best Two Riders as Fusion Materials for Gavv? Round 2!

5 Comments
2025/01/31
18:07 UTC

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The Least Best Metal Hero Series : Robotack

2 Comments
2025/01/31
17:55 UTC

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Biollante (art by KaijuSamurai on DeviantArt)

0 Comments
2025/01/31
17:24 UTC

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The Best Metal Hero Series : Metalder

2 Comments
2025/01/31
14:41 UTC

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I dunno if anyone knows this but Seoultron's Custom Gekitouja along with a custom dark version of it mixed with the Black Lion makes this all the more impressive.

0 Comments
2025/01/31
13:32 UTC

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Which of the big 3 is the most “flexible”?

By flexible I mean which of the big three Toku shows allow for more flexibility and experimentation with format, tone, genre or suit design etc

15 Comments
2025/01/31
12:12 UTC

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There's a new toku-inspired indie game, called Kijutsu Rider - coming out in 2026

1 Comment
2025/01/31
10:12 UTC

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Kamen rider Gavv Blizzard Sorbet 🍦🍦🍦

7 Comments
2025/01/31
03:31 UTC

19

The Least Best Metal Hero Series? Final Round

6 Comments
2025/01/31
03:19 UTC

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Can anyone recommend me the best mature Tokusatsu seasons?

Seasons and/or movies I guess.

Mature/Dark/adult/Teen/Older Teen whatever you want to call it. Something that seems less like it is aimed at kids.

Thanks in advance y'all!

26 Comments
2025/01/31
00:45 UTC

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"Sora ni Canvas (Canvas In The Sky)" by Mako Ishino

Since Mako Ishino (Swan "Swan-san" Shiratori/DekaSwan of Tokusou Sentai DekaRanger) is turning 64 years old today, I wanna share this song of hers that made me wish it's a Super Sentai Colors Tribute song for the Super Sentai 50th Golden Anniversary.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QlNCb5KyzqY

0 Comments
2025/01/30
22:52 UTC

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What's your favorite indie/super low budget toku? Mine is SFX Giant Legend Line the Barbarian

2 Comments
2025/01/30
22:29 UTC

2

Kamen Rider Blade 20th Anniversary STAGE&TALK subbed by GeoSubs.

0 Comments
2025/01/30
21:24 UTC

1

Mooks and Villains with Upgrades

I'm a PR fan first but I've really been enjoying the differences between it and Sentai and getting into Metal Heroes and other tokusatsu

I wanna know if y'all can show me more villains with upgrades.

I like how the Golem Soldiers/Putties have a hardened version for Zyuranger and a vested upgrade for the Lord Zedd arc in PR I really also like the Renshi from Gekiranger/ Jungle Fury and I think they have the best upgrade gimmick I've seen for Mooks to Generals

Show me your favorite upgraded villains please!

0 Comments
2025/01/30
20:15 UTC

106

The Best Metal Hero Series? Final Round

33 Comments
2025/01/30
16:30 UTC

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Looking old tokusatsu that remember watching from DVD

I used to have this DVD of this one tokusatsu show remember it but I think I can recognize the design and opening, but I can't get to remember what the name of the show..

The first scene it likes 4-5, men and women in their tokusatsu fighting again some kind of alien space ship during night time.. the men share same black suit, and women red+white.. the only different is their weaponry.. maybe one of the guy wearing shoulder Cannon, and it seems they at utter defeats maybe some of them die afterward.. the main character isn't there in first scene I assume , he also have same suit as other guy but the only different is he wear some sort of raggy cape

4 Comments
2025/01/30
15:59 UTC

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Best two fusion materials for Gavv? Round 1!

4 Comments
2025/01/30
15:53 UTC

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