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HattoriHanzoIII

07-02-2018 01:50 AM

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Originally Posted by MangaArtist18 (Post 720430)

Strangest response I've got.... was from a guy I tried showing Ex-Aid and Gaim to. He gave up 3 episodes into Gaim and 6 episodes into Ex-Aid.

"It's not anime."

And he then proceeded to show me Kamen Teacher and one of those really dumb magic school war shows, along with the 4kids dub of YuGiOh, citing that they (particularly the dumb magic school war one and Kamen Teacher) were better than Toku because they didn't have gimmicks or suits.
Just because they were animated, had a higher budget, could show fantastic worlds better than a low-budget live-action weekly show, and had powers they didn't augment from plastic, they were "better".

And also that they got into the plot faster than 12 episodes (even though two episodes of Kamen Teacher is two episodes of KR, and KT is based on a comic), because he's an impatient person- he said so himself.

He also said that, from the plot synopsis, Build sounded better compared to what he saw. Little did he know, it started out similarly (and I still don't think he'd like it, especially with the bland villain and forced comedy it's pushing).

He and I aren't exactly close friends anymore, due to a lack of common interests. As well as his bullheadedness for not being willing to withstand about 6 hours of viewing to get into a good and riveting plot.
To him, animation and Kamen Teacher are better because they, quote, "don't waste time", unquote.

Gaim was hard for me to watch until they stopped the dance battles. I'm 15 episodes into Ex-Aid and I'm not into it yet. Build was great for the first 39 or so episodes, but has fallen a bit recently.

I grew up watching toku in Hawaii and only recently got back into it as there's not too much else to watch on tv and I found sites with subs. The last full series I watched was ryuki without subs years ago and found that I had forgotten most of my Japanese so I didn't think I'd ever watch toku again. It was Amazons on Amazon that I saw browsing Amazon videos that made me watch season 1 and then made me look for season 2 with subs which got me back on watching other seasons that I missed out on.

mdo7	07-02-2018 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Bionichute (Post 720496)

why would you want less campiness

If you want toku shows to reach to a more broader audiences, and to the same audiences that watch Korean TV dramas. You have to reduce the campiness.

Sevenlima

07-02-2018 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by mdo7 (Post 720508)

If you want toku shows to reach to a more broader audiences, and to the same audiences that watch Korean TV dramas. You have to reduce the campiness.

Something less childish ?

mdo7	07-02-2018 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Sevenlima (Post 720513)

Something less childish ?

Yes, and make try to make toku that can appeal to K-drama audiences.

Bionichute

07-02-2018 12:55 PM

i don't like k-dramas tho, i like tokusatsu

GreenPsychoRanger

07-02-2018 02:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Bionichute (Post 720517)

i don't like k-dramas tho, i like tokusatsu

But Tokusatsu is a branch of J-Drama. Lol. Theres a Korean Tokusatsu, a K-Drama, called Legend Hero. Go look it up.

mdo7	07-02-2018 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger (Post 720522)

But Tokusatsu is a branch of J-Drama. Lol. Theres a Korean Tokusatsu, a K-Drama, called Legend Hero. Go look it up.

Like GreenPsychoRanger said, if you want a Asian TV drama that feels like Toku, go watch Ice Fantasy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdRcmVXqg8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OUaLxZC5Z8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNYuY_Qqkuw

This I would considered as Toku.

Kiwami

07-02-2018 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenPsychoRanger (Post 720522)

But Tokusatsu is a branch of J-Drama. Lol. Theres a Korean Tokusatsu, a K-Drama, called Legend Hero. Go look it up.

Oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits. Doesn't mean anyone who loves oranges likes to eat lemons too.

GreenPsychoRanger

07-02-2018 02:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwami (Post 720525)

Oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits. Doesn't mean anyone who loves oranges likes to eat lemons too.

True. But I was just pointing that Tokusatsu is actually part of something else. Lol.

mdo7	07-02-2018 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Kiwami (Post 720525)

Oranges and lemons are both citrus fruits. Doesn't mean anyone who loves oranges likes to eat lemons too.

Although this is true. Here's the problem: a lot of fans of K-drama do branch out to other Asian TV dramas like Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese dramas, but when it comes to toku shows, they won't branch out.

I learned this when I saw Legend Hero got little to no English comments when the Korean production uploaded all 50 episodes on their official Youtube channel.

Now I'm a K-drama and toku fans. And it really baffle me that K-drama fans can branch out to Chinese and Taiwanese dramas, but not K-toku like in the case of Legend Hero.

I mean I agree that I want toku to be more mainstream, I want toku shows including K-toku to be put on the same recognition and on the same level as Korean dramas. Meaning I want Legend Hero and Super Sentai to be given the same type of treatment and review on the same level as Descendants of the Sun, Ice Fantasy, and My love from the star.

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