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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

I'm only in the Showa era of Rider (i'm trying to watch as much as I can in order) but Wizard is one of my favorite suit designs, and because of that has been one of the ones i'm more looking forward to watching. Is it really as bad as everybody says?

I would say it depends. I tried to very open about it even though I heard stuff before and I found it okay. It is at least somewhat interesting when you watch it the first time. The problem with Wizard is that it's extremely long, but the pacing is rather bad. Like in, they spill the beans about most of the important plotpoints within the first three episodes without having enough lore to make up for it. So for a long time, most episodes are pretty random.
As far as the characters go... it's a mixed bag and which tendency it has depends on what you can tolerate. For example, Shunpei. I talked to Convoy about him a lot and he hates him. Personally, I could care less. I roll my eyes sometimes, but that's about it.
Wizard is pretty flawed, but I think you can enjoy it to some degree nonetheless. It has some pretty neat moments. So if you feel like watching it, go for it




Anyway, TOPIC.
As for me, I had some conact with Tokusatsu before I started watching on a regular basis (Mystic Knights, Sailor Moon toku, Power Rangers Mystic Force, Magiranger), but the term itself was something I learned when I joined the fandom, which was about 2 and a half years ago with Shinkenger.

What I enjoy about toku is of course the overall storytelling and the Super Hero aspect (needless to say, I'm more the Henshin hero type rather than the Kaiju and Mecha type). I think what draws me into toku rather than anime (because the storytelling sure is similar there) is that it's live action. I completely migrated to live action these days because I admire the work behind it (the stunts, the suits, the acting...), especially what can be done with practical effects. I also like that due to all that, it feels pretty realistic overall, compared to crazy proportioned, always flawless-looking animated characters- not that this doesn't have it's own charm, but live action charms me more