Tokusatsu 101 Lesson 3, more Showa Riders

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Tokusatsu 101 Lesson 3

That last one didn’t go completely as planned… For those who were wondering who or what that is in the banner, it’s a mecha from Mahou Sentai MagiRanger, the origin of Power Rangers Mystic Force. But I’m going ahead of myself, Sentai and American Toku I’ll get to later. First, I’m continuing with the Showa riders.
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Tokusatsu 101 Lesson 2, Showa Kamen Riders

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Tokusatsu 101 Lesson 2, Showa Kamen Riders

Well, it’s been some time, but I’m back again. Going right on with what I promised I would, Kamen Rider. Still, once again I threw a word on you you might not know, Showa. No that’s not part of the title, or even officially associated with Kamen Rider, instead its a very persistent fan term.
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Tokusatsu 101 Lesson 1

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Tokusatsu 101 lesson 1

Right, so I dropped this scary word in my Kamen Rider post, Tokusatstu… Without even backing it up, I even linked to an explanation for an anime staple, the Tsundere.  But why not Tokusatsu, or Toku in short? Because Toku is a genre in it’s own right and very wide and varied.
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Two guys become one!

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Tokusatsu

And with that interesting statement I make my first appearance, even introducing a new category at the same time. No, this isn’t a witty remark referring to Yaoi, it’s about a popular Japanese Tokusatsu series. I’ll not go into further detail on that term here, but I probably will in another post.
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