/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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Where can I watch Armor Hero Lava the full series

This looks so dope. I really want to watch a full dubbed or subbed series but I can’t find this anywhere

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2024/10/31
17:42 UTC

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SPACEGODZILLA (artwork by Dope Pope on ArtStation)

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2024/10/31
16:32 UTC

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The Official 2025 Sentai Trademark Has Been Filed: Welcome, No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger

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2024/10/31
15:40 UTC

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Fusion Ride! Name this Kamen Rider Fusion Form + Finisher Idea! #8

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2024/10/31
15:07 UTC

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The Sentai With The Best Mecha? Round #15

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2024/10/31
14:38 UTC

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2024/10/31
05:55 UTC

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I need help

I’m trying to come up with another Kamen Rider OC. Kamen Rider Sins, but I don’t know what to do for the gimmick and a driver name

2 Comments
2024/10/31
05:25 UTC

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The Worst Sentai Team Suits? Round #3 (Rank Best To Worst)

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2024/10/31
03:34 UTC

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Are there any other Kalju that can function on land, sea, and air like Gigantron? (Meaning fly AND swim)

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2024/10/30
22:15 UTC

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Which fusion rides did you all enjoy so far?

From the fusion rides I’ve done, which did you all enjoy so far?

You all enjoyed the fusion of Kabuto, Drive & (Next) Faiz. But what of the others?

Do you all want me to do more?

(+ Fusion 7: Amazon + Kiva + Gavv)

View Poll

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2024/10/30
21:24 UTC

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Original Episode

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2024/10/30
20:29 UTC

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In honor of spooky Season, What are some Halloween themed monsters from Kamen Rider and Sentai?

Bonus points if images are included,

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2024/10/30
17:09 UTC

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The Best Ultra Hero Design? Round #15

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2024/10/30
16:14 UTC

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ドラマチューズ!「ウイングマン」ノンクレジットオープニング映像 | BLUE ENCOUNT「chang[e]」

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2024/10/30
14:50 UTC

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The Best Secondary Rider Design? Round #14

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2024/10/30
05:20 UTC

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A tokusatsu about a support group of heroes

I kinda have a idea where it be like a support group for tokusatsu heroes and there can be two routes it can go a comedy/realistic way one where the heroes talk about how stressful them being toku heroes are and how it effected their lives it could have a guy experiencing what parents feels from birth to their kid and them going away in one day, or how a joke but powerful monster give them a new fear.

But for a serious route it can be like heroes going through survivor guilty and others things like that like an sentai like ranger that the last one to survive the final battle, a one half of a Kamen rider duo who gets abused by his other half, an evil turn ally trying to redeem himself, a hero who got mind control trying to cope what he did and so on

Though it can be also like an average tokusatsu show where it follows a group of heroes trying to overcome their past trauma to stop a new threat that need them to stop

It can goes from one point of view to another for each episode with it being a day or few after the last group meeting and be told, if it goes in the serious one, but if it went the comedy route, it would probably have each episode have three or four heroes talking about their problems

3 Comments
2024/10/30
05:06 UTC

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Toku Victim(s) fight back against Kaijin.

So, question throughout the whole Tokusatsu genre of the franchises of Super Sentai, Kamen rider, Ultraman etc. We've seen the average civilians be preyed upon by Man size monsters that be Kaijin, Seijin from the franchises mentioned... Usually because the Kaijin got the jump on them.

So it comes into question how would things go if the victims decide to go swinging on their own terms not the Kaijin. And possibly taking the Kaijin by surprise of the victim actually choosing to fight back.

Based off of the movie Dog Soldiers of a soldier throwing hands with a Werewolf.

Link: https://youtu.be/0FmBfE7zeMI?si=-VZzJfSAacU3XEEl

So yeah, Just a curiosity that came into mind and curious of any thoughts of such a question. But please do be civil.

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2024/10/30
03:53 UTC

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Unpopular Opinion: I really love this movie

009-1 the end of the beginning is great movie with great action, edgy and uncomfortable sex scenes, and the plot twist is horrible, aside from that this movie is action packed

31 Comments
2024/10/30
02:02 UTC

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Keisuke Souma will never be an Ultraman

The former Tokusatsu Actor Keisuke Souma, who played Genta Umemori/ShinkenGold in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (2009-2010) & Master Logos/Kamen Rider Solomon (2020-2021) in Kamen Rider Saber, was retired from the Japanese Entertainment Industry next to Yume Shinjo. However, there is only one missing piece he did not fulfill: His supposedly portrayal as an Ultraman & he was so close in having his Tokusatsu Trifecta/Triple Crown Title. I hoped none of that will happen to other Tokusatsu Actors & Actresses! Oh, and Happy 38th Birthday to you, Souma-niisan!!!

6 Comments
2024/10/30
00:14 UTC

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Which Tokusatsu should I start with?

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2024/10/29
22:39 UTC

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Fusion Ride! Name this Kamen Rider Fusion Form + Finisher Idea! #7

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2024/10/29
21:34 UTC

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Tokusatsu Heroes History (1926 - 2023)

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2024/10/29
21:20 UTC

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Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind | Release Date Trailer

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2024/10/29
18:11 UTC

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Ultraman NEO·ULTIMATE HERO by yoshikotokusatsu

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2024/10/29
16:17 UTC

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Trailer for the 2nd season of Masahiro Inoue's indie PINK Tokusatsu project "Sentika F8ABA6 Jisariz"

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2024/10/29
15:51 UTC

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The Sentai With The Best Mecha? Round #14

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2024/10/29
15:25 UTC

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The Worst Sentai Team Suits? Round #2 (Rank Best To Worst)

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2024/10/29
03:46 UTC

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Will Gento Hiruma's position as the Captain of SKaRD be in danger of a permanent dismissal if he tells Yuuma Hize, the rest of SKIP & the rest of SKaRD that he is Ultraman Blazar in the November 2024 Team-up between him & Ultraman Arc?

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2024/10/29
02:05 UTC

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