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Originally Posted by Drakkhen

I've been watching toku since before there really was a toku fandom online. I've watched it raw for years. I also watch it subbed now. I only bother to watch a series subbed if it's one I really loved. Most sentai i've seen before, so unless it's a sentai I really love I just pass. Some of the ones I am damn glad to see subbed are Dairanger, Sun Vulcan, and Changeman. I hear changeman is getting a better sub.

If you meant more in general. I watch toku on a tv.

Well, I can relate. I watched a lot of tokusatsu raw for many years before subs became more common. If you searched hard enough online you could find raw stuff, but it would require watching along with a guide (like the old Jill's Super Sentai Site or the like) in order to make sense of a lot of it.

This was exponentially worse with daikaiju movies, since Toho's theatrical efforts tend to have a lot more plot than an episode of Ultraman, Kamen Rider, or the Super Sentai, heh.

In the end it always comes down to personal preference. I'd prefer to watch a tokusatsu movie or tv show with a quality set of subtitles, but if I can't get that I am willing to go with a HK sub (for years my copy of Godzilla vs King Ghidorah was a HK sub) or raw. (Dubbing is a whole other issue which I won't get into now.) I generally like the subbing jobs I have seen from T-N but I am not married to them; I'll try other outfits to see how I like their work. But at the end of the day we're all tokusatsu fans, however we consume it. And that's the important part -- the entree, not the utensils.