I wasn't a part of it, I just saw parts of the argument :lol

Animated stuff can not be toku. That's just the way it is.

isnt Precure considered Toku by alot of people?

There was a Sailor Moon live-action series. That certainly qualifies as toku, but the anime not so much.

Not that it has anything to do with this thread per se, but that definition is a rather limited one as tokusatsu really encompasses so much more than just super hero programs. In fact I'd say that super heroes make up quite a small part of what is considered tokusatsu.

Being live action is a prerequisite for something to be Tokusatsu. So while the live action Sailor Moon is indeed tokusatsu, any animated incarnation is not.

I think it was over Pre-Cure, actually...

All the same though, Precure is animated and has no live action incarnation, thus it is not Tokusatsu.

The live-action part is kind of important to something being toku. Literally, anyway.

Brave Command Dagwon desperately wanted to be an anime tokusatsu. They even made some ads with real life costumes.

Precure isn't toku, it just has nice fight sequences someitimes that people liken to sentai or Rider.

Anyway no, anime isn't toku.

Japan considers Star Trek Toku though; because, SFX.

The new "Aquabats" thing is definitely very tokusatsu inspired from what I've seen of it, but yeah.