[Guyver Spawn]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

See, I don't necessarily agree with this. The question wasn't "what is the first toku?", it was "Most important toku?". While the things you list certainly predate the likes of Godzilla and Ultraman, they aren't things that people remember the medium for.

To put it into a different context:
- Which is the most important character Walt Disney created and in animation in general? Oswald the Lucky Rabbit or Mickey Mouse?

I know this is a old post, but I do feel like the first of it's kind should be label as being important. You could say the same for anime & manga by saying Tetsujin 28 (Gigantor) is not important to Anime & Manga history seeing how other Mecha series like Magaziner Z, Getter Robo and Gundam made it into the medium that it is today. Despite the fact that Tetsujin 28 help inspired those series in the first place (There would be no Mazinger Z and Getter Robo if Tetsujin 28 never existed because Go Nagai grew up with Tetsujin 28 as a young boy).

I do think older toku like Gekko Kamen and Golden Bat do have important history to them on how Toku is today. They should get respect and not be forgotten.