This is why I was hesitant to put Digimon as a spot on the list. While it is obviously mon-based it has pretty much the same layout of your standard toku: group of characters get powers (Digimon), characters activate powers during fight in climax of episode (Basic Digivolution), main character is most likely to unlock new mode during story (High-level Digivolution) while other characters get neglected, all with explosions happening in the background. Being a Bandai-Toei production also gives more credit to this thought. But how do you all feel about it?

Am I that old that I am the only one remembering Bubblegum Crisis?? Nobody mentioned it so far, yet the Knight Sabers are 100% Metal-Heroines!!

There is also a comedy/parody called Dokkoider ( Sumeba Miyako no Cosmos-sou Suttoko Taisen Dokkoida), the TIME BOKAN series from Tatsunoko, & another Tatsunoko comedy "Tondemo Senshi Muteking".

I haven't seen any of it, but I think it would be safe to say that The Ultraman has a pretty strong tokusatsu flavor to it.

Also, Garo: Seal of Flames.

I think what the thread really wants is henshin heroes or something akin to that.
Or else we can list every bloody action-adventure anime here, because "Toku" is one of the vaguest terms to use.

Golion, is a TOKU-ANIME, more than Samurai Flamenco.

Not even.

Have you even watched Samurai Flamenco? It has DIRECT elements from tokusatsu incorporated. The shows arcs mirror various sub-genres of toku as well. Local Hero, Kamen Rider, Sentai, Ultraman. It runs the full spectrum of henshin heroes all in one show. It is literally the definition of what a toku styled anime is. TO say otherwise is frankly just wrong.

It's a shame that I find Samurai Flamenco to be absolutely terrible.

I enjoyed it more when it was playing it straight with a toku styled hero in a real society but then it just became a huge joke that just parodied one toku after another with no real additions to the plot. Sure it went back to the core of the story with the two characters near the end but having to slog through all that senseless parody was such a pain, especially as the animation budget had also dropped by a huge amount.

So if anything it does count as a tokuanime in that it's just a clusterfuck of tropes. If you wanted something a bit more serious that are more akin to an actual toku series go for stuff like Guyver, Zetman, Skullman, Garo etc

Oh I agree the show completely falls apart at the end, after the Prime Minister arc the show devolved into pointlessness. But I enjoyed 2/3 of it immensely. The trope jumping from each type of toku really did for me for a while I simply mean it's the definition of a toku anime in that it's specifically meant to be that, not that it exemplifies the quality if the genre itself.

Den-O, you mentioned so far only Samurai Flamenco. No other anime that looks TOKU for your? Only Flamenco?

When I think toku I think, people that transforms (Henshin) into a hero or becomes one like Gatchaman or Tiger & Bunny.