How would you create your own Toku in Canada/America?
 

We've seen Tokusatsu adapted in America - in the forms of Power Rangers, Beetleborgs & VR Troopers.

But how would we create our own Tokusatsu in Canada or America?

After the popularity of shows like Supergirl, Arrow, and Flash, I'd assume an honest to goodness cross between a toku hero and a general superhero drama would be the way to go.

If only there was a way to create something "Power Rangers-like" & "Kamen Rider-like".

What? It's easy to make something "Kamen Rider-like."
Hell, take Ghost Rider.
Receives his powers from his very enemy, stories tend to focus on the character's struggles rather than his heroics (But not sidelining said heroics), and he...Rides a bike.

It's not 100% perfect (No suit, is magical in a series that is about 90% technological, etc), but I'm just saying that it's not impossible to create a series similar to Kamen Rider.

Or you have Veiwtiful Joe, he shouts "Henshin a Go Go, Baby!" and becomes a superhero to save a world of Film with Film-based abilities.

I didn't wanna use someone like Joe as an example since he was developed by a Japanese company, where parodies like Joe are a lot more common and more people would get them.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fk5B-bCrY4U

Well there's always Ant-Man.

That'll do :lol

It's "That'll do, Pig. That'll do." Ya Philistine. :lol
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rjQtzV9IZ0Q

We already do. Comic book movies/series, Sci-fi and fantasy. It's all toku by definition.

Too bad comic book heroes don't have a "henshin device" on'em.

Not all toku is henshin hero, bro.

I wish there was a "henshin" vibe.

Anyway, what kind of "toku" would you create in Canada/America?

Like say... magician-like ninjas?

In addition to what Matrixbeast said, some kinda do anyway. The way Iron Man's armour has evolved over the movies makes it practically akin to a henshin device and (although it isn't a regular thing in the show yet), the Flash keeps his costume inside a ring. That's about as "henshin device" as you can get.

Flash and Iron Man are pretty much already this.

I mean, Iron Man's Extremis armor is basically stored inside of his bones and it materializes on him. That's pretty henshin.

I do wish there was a "henshin" styled show. Hopefully I'll work in film someday (that's my ultimate goal) and I want to make a toku-styled show or movie.

Wonder Woman spins into her suit and the Flash stores his suit inside a Watch

That MK V suitcase *drools*

I'd most likely want to make in the vein of the usual way of how america sees Japan. It would start off in Japan and then somehow work its way stateside. Hell, I might even actually make it if my job in NY becomes a thing.

Hell, he even pose when summoning the Mark 42 armor.

Even though it's pretty obscure, Marvel's Captain Marvel had a time when he 'henshined' via the Nega-Bands from one character - former Hulk sidekick, Rick Jones - into Genis-Vell / Captain Marvel (who was mentally unstable, but that's another story). Sure, it was a riff / mocking of DC's better known original Billy Batson / Captain Marvel, but closer to what we're talking about here.

The most Toku character that I can think of is ROM, Space Knight. He's an alien in a cyborg body with crazy weaponry, fighting gross monsters known as 'Dire Wraiths' who hide among the human population. It was made to sell a the ROM toy (very Toku), but the series far outlived the sole action figure it was made to promote and has, in fact, been revived just recently by IDW comics. Marvel, despite losing the ROM license, tried to horn in on the Power Rangers craze with a failed Space Knights miniseries in the late 90's.

DC's last iteration of Blue Beetle was very Metal Hero.

Hasbro seem to be trying to create a cinematic universe ala Marvel, so expect a ROM movie at some point.

I wouldn't really call ROM a toku styled character, myself. But that's just me.

Jaime could certainly be one, though.

Well, no martial arts, but close enough for me!

Yeah, The Beetle armor Jaime wears even looks toku.

I'd have to move there first

I haven't seen it yet, but Fujiyama Ichiban is made in L.A. by stunt man / suit actor / director / coordinator Michi Yamato (Bioman, Robot-8, American segments of all Beetleborg shows and Masked Rider, etc.). The main character's helmet sure looks like Gaim's - though it predates it by a few years!

http://www.fujiyamaichiban.com/index.html