I'd love it to become more mainstream. Mostly because it would likely result in easier access to exclusive merch, and easier access to episodes/movies.

because no one fucking cares. is it that baffling to you? it baffles me that you can whine about your insecurity for so long.

you can enjoy toku and have absolutely nothing to do with nor partake in k-drama or anything of the sort. you are trying unbelievably hard to reach for something that isn't there. there is no other reason that you can't find someone else who agrees with you.

just to dumb it down for you, I can enjoy an unpopular anime/manga without ever having any association with someone who hates it, loves it, or has never heard of it. it's literally that simple. it has absolutely zero effect on my enjoyment and perception of the material. you like what you like. others like what they like. there are fandoms that share more things in common that don't interact at all and I have no idea where the fuck you dreamt up this idea that every fandom has to.

toku being mainstream wouldn't even address your problems - you're just begging for a reason to stop feeling embarassed for liking a kids' show. why don't you whine about how toku isn't as popular as the marvel cinematic universe? those two things have more in common than the connections that you're reaching so desperately for.

just because toku doesn't fit your fucking warped perception of "mainstream" doesn't mean you should feel this embarrassed about yourself. you sound like a kid desperately trying to get his divorced parents back together. if toku becomes mainstream it won't be because your einstein brain witnessed toku-like vfx in a mainstream show/series/movie and connected the dots.

because regular, socially apt people don't do this or give a shit? I love kamen rider to death but if you can't see any issue with what you're suggesting then you are beyond socially inept. I've shared and extended my joys to a lot of people over the years but the fact of the matter is that if someone isn't interested in something, then that something becoming mainstream means jack fucking shit. considering how bad you are at speaking for others, I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that there isn't actually a herd of anime fans protesting for k-drama fans to check out their favorite anime.

How old are you? Why are you so insecure about liking toku? Your posts reek of "please validate my interests so I can stop being embarrassed".

Just like it. It going mainstream doesn't matter at all. Just like what you like and stop worrying about what other people think about it.

You're also out of your mind if you think it would ever get the same recognition as Squid Game. To the average person who is unfamiliar with toku as a genre it's always just going to seem like a cheap foreign Power Rangers ripoff. Wide mainstream success is never, ever happening for Rider or Sentai, and it shouldn't matter.

Aaaaannnnnnnddddddddd, getting back on topic here, or at the very least trying to, it would certainly be nice for more Toku getting more official releases through DVDs/Blu-Rays and/or streaming like most if not all of the pre-Jetman and post-Hurricaneger seasons of Super Sentai as well as more seasons of Kamen Rider.

What are we calling mainstream ?
Making it available worldwide?
If it’s that I would want it.

If it’s like Dragon Ball with Japan catering to the american needs then the answer is no. I wouldn’t want an americanized Kamen Rider and the english in Zero-One was one step from being too much ( with the american Zaia president, hated that character.)

??? It's bad for characters to speak Japan's second language????

How does Japan cater to America with Dragon Ball exactly?

Yeah, I really don't get it.

I'm gonna assume it's something to do with the fact that Dragon Ball, starting with Z, started to be more about the fights and 'sci-fi' instead of the fantasy adventure it started out as. Which I don't think even was an attempt to attract an American audience, I'm pretty sure that was just something that kinda happened.

I’m talking about Super. That product is purely made with the western audience in mind. It answers to almost all the fantasies and dreams the american fandom had, (having a canon Broly as an example).
Dragon Ball isn’t about mindless battles and pointless conflicts. Dragon Ball Super (not currently though) is kind of devoid of everything people wanted because they thought this product purely for the western audience. At the very least, that’s my take on how Dragon Ball Super succeeds in being way worse than GT at times. ( and hu….I still like Super….oddly enough -_-)

Anyway, real question was : what do you mean by «*mainstream*»?

English is my second language and is more commonly the second language in France. Would you like to hear characters speaking english in a french environnement?
I just hated the character that’s all ( but I welcomed the fact that you could hear german, french or other languages)

It’s like I wouldn’t want any kind of french culture to mix too much in an american show. It’s a difficult idea to explain.