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04-05-2020, 10:28 PM | #11 |
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OK, thanks to Toei's new YT channel for Toku worldwide/global fans. It looks beside Metal Heroes, and the usual Toei's "hero/superhero" toku show. They do have some children toku shows that may appeal to your 7-9 years old demographic, and if they don't mind the old school look (1 of them from the 70's, and another one from the 80's, another one from what I assume from early to mid 90's).
If you're one of those parents (or know any parents) that are not comfortable with the violence found in Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes, or you just want a different toku show for the kids, I think these will work as a good alternative. I'll list the children toku shows from Toei's global Toku YT channel: KAMITAMAN: This show seem like it was made for little kids. No foul language, no scary monsters, little kids are the main characters, no violence, goofy slapstick humor Guruguru Medaman: This is an older toku show so make sure your kids are OK with watching something older. Again, main character is kid, no foul language, "ghost" are not too scary, child-friendly slapstick humor: Robotack: this I assume is from the early to mid 90's (this thing used a very early primitive CGI in one scene). The human character are children, robot characters designed are childish in nature, and I assume there's no use of foul language, and violence is well rather childish and no it's not on the level of Super Sentai. So this show is definitely designed for child audiences: There are plenty more child toku shows on their YT channel. I need to watch them to see if they're child friendly. I hope these help for any parents that want kids to watch toku and at the same time find something different beside Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, or Metal Heroes. |
04-06-2020, 12:18 AM | #12 |
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A "bridge" between a common tokusatsu predicated on action and an atypical tokusatsu with less action would be the "Rescue Heroes" subset to Metal Heroes.
Produced during a time when tokusatsu apparently got a bad rap, it was more focused on rescue and arrest operations. Winspector, Solbrain, Exceedraft are part of the "trilogy". That's not to say that danger doesn't occur, as some scenes might be too much, but battles aren't as common. |
04-06-2020, 10:49 AM | #13 |
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A "bridge" between a common tokusatsu predicated on action and an atypical tokusatsu with less action would be the "Rescue Heroes" subset to Metal Heroes.
Produced during a time when tokusatsu apparently got a bad rap, it was more focused on rescue and arrest operations. Winspector, Solbrain, Exceedraft are part of the "trilogy". That's not to say that danger doesn't occur, as some scenes might be too much, but battles aren't as common. Also, I found couple of other children friendly toku shows from Toei's new YT channel: Pettonton: obviously inspired by Spielberg's E.T, and one YT user compared the monster character to Sesame Street. Yes, children are the main human character, humor seem childish. Robocon: Opening song sound childish, robot characters design definitely made for children, main human characters are children. I also got chance to watch Robot 8-chan and that's also made for children. So yeah, those shows from Toei's YT channel I mentioned above are made for children. So if your kids have a good reading level, go ahead and give this to them. |
04-06-2020, 11:14 AM | #14 |
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If I had to guess about tokusatsu getting a bad rap, it was probably good old moral guardians in action. Parents and pther adults concerned that they're children are being shown improper things on television. Just a guess
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04-06-2020, 02:45 PM | #15 |
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The main reason I added "bad rap" is because of what was said in a completely different thread: http://www.tokunation.com/showthread...spector&page=5
User Sunred posted this in 2017: "Here is one that is from the metal heroes: - It is most likely the reason Winspector did not follow the typical good guy defeats bad guy formula and was set as a special rescue team is because there was a serial killing in Saitama at the time and anime and toku were the subject of criticism regarding fictional violence." A year later in 2018, I asked the followiing: "- If there was criticism, why wasn't Sentai as affected? Winspector would've been around '89 roughly, which was about the same time as Turboranger. - Rescue Heroes would only last about three shows. Did the criticism start to waver a bit for them to return to the older format? Did the decline in Rescue Heroes factor into that decision? - Given that the rescue theme was an answer to real-life events, was Toei marginally shocked at the popular response to Winspector?" User Sunred responded: "Purely speculation but my guess with sentai is that for Turboranger they probably had no choice but to follow the schedule and wrap up production ASAP and just plow through the remainder of the filming without trying to further provoking the media and people in general. Which kinda makes me wonder maybe that is the reason they setup Fiveman as a team of superheroes who are school teachers and also were a family to give a more positive image of super sentai teams as guardians and that they value family and all that positivity. Again, this is just purely speculation. As for the rescue police wavering last I checked it seems it was just the decline of interest at the time Exceedraft aired. I guess people were tired of the same old. Solbrain probably gets a pass because it is in a way somewhat of a sequel to Winspector narrative-wise whereas Exceedraft had less of a connection with the first two shows. As for Winspector being popular, probably because they seemingly were more popular than Fiveman that year. Giga streamer roleplay toy was also a popular item that year too from what I gathered. There is also that the metal hero department had less to work with since they blew most of their budget on Jiban the previous year so them managing to make what they did was quite the feat." |
04-06-2020, 03:30 PM | #16 |
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The main reason I added "bad rap" is because of what was said in a completely different thread: http://www.tokunation.com/showthread...spector&page=5
User Sunred posted this in 2017: "Here is one that is from the metal heroes: - It is most likely the reason Winspector did not follow the typical good guy defeats bad guy formula and was set as a special rescue team is because there was a serial killing in Saitama at the time and anime and toku were the subject of criticism regarding fictional violence." A year later in 2018, I asked the followiing: "- If there was criticism, why wasn't Sentai as affected? Winspector would've been around '89 roughly, which was about the same time as Turboranger. - Rescue Heroes would only last about three shows. Did the criticism start to waver a bit for them to return to the older format? Did the decline in Rescue Heroes factor into that decision? - Given that the rescue theme was an answer to real-life events, was Toei marginally shocked at the popular response to Winspector?" User Sunred responded: "Purely speculation but my guess with sentai is that for Turboranger they probably had no choice but to follow the schedule and wrap up production ASAP and just plow through the remainder of the filming without trying to further provoking the media and people in general. Which kinda makes me wonder maybe that is the reason they setup Fiveman as a team of superheroes who are school teachers and also were a family to give a more positive image of super sentai teams as guardians and that they value family and all that positivity. Again, this is just purely speculation. As for the rescue police wavering last I checked it seems it was just the decline of interest at the time Exceedraft aired. I guess people were tired of the same old. Solbrain probably gets a pass because it is in a way somewhat of a sequel to Winspector narrative-wise whereas Exceedraft had less of a connection with the first two shows. As for Winspector being popular, probably because they seemingly were more popular than Fiveman that year. Giga streamer roleplay toy was also a popular item that year too from what I gathered. There is also that the metal hero department had less to work with since they blew most of their budget on Jiban the previous year so them managing to make what they did was quite the feat." Last edited by mdo7; 04-06-2020 at 03:33 PM.. Reason: added additional clarification. |
12-22-2020, 08:47 PM | #17 |
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So I found more evidence that your kids can benefit from watching subtitled tokusatsu shows (or any foreign language kids shows) with English subtitles. I just amended my opening post to include this addition. So here is the addition I added and mended.
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EDIT/ADDITION (as of 12/22/2020): There are more evidences of having a foreign language TV programs with English subtitles (or any localized subtitles depend on what language you speak and read and the region you lived in) can help your children not only practice their reading, but also enhance their intercultural awareness. I'll cite these evidences here:
Voicebox UK: Why switching the subtitle on is a sure-fire way to improve child literacy The Conversation: Why children should be watching TV with the subtitles on And I'll quote the article from The Conversation about the effect of foreign-language shows with English subtitles on children: Quote:
Learning other languages
Watching foreign language films and television programmes with subtitles in their first language is a motivating way to support children as they begin learning other languages. Research shows that children can learn vocabulary and improve their proficiency in other languages incidentally, just by watching subtitled foreign language films and television programmes. Subtitles can also help them learn another language intentionally, as part of a course of study. Watching subtitled foreign language films, television programmes and videos also has the key potential to improve children’s intercultural awareness. Internationally sourced programmes on British television for children are largely drawn from the US and research shows that children’s viewing is dominated by American content. As a result, children in the UK do not have much access to content produced in non-anglophone countries, at least not on their television screens. Giving children greater access to high-quality, educational media content in other languages would give them opportunities to learn about the lives of children in other cultures and to identify with children who speak languages other than theirs. Boosting children’s exposure to subtitled foreign language films and television programmes would be a simple, inexpensive way to promote their learning of other languages. Encouraging children to learn other languages is of crucial importance in the UK at the moment, given the decline in language learning over the past 20 years. |
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