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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

I feel like also the answer is, the people bringing Tokusatsu shows to America already have platforms their using that isn't Netflix.

Also Garo is streaming somewhere, it's Streaming on HIDIVE. It's only the Kraken Releases but it is streaming somewhere.

Heck, Juspion got licensed by Discotek and is on Crunchyroll as we speak. So there's definitely people interested in picking certain things up.

That being said Ultraman's probably the biggest example, with the Blu-Ray Sets, Movie Spree, and Tokushoutsu deals it has going on. Rider while not heavy, is still slowly but surely putting out series on streaming. Really the only one not really moving forward is Sentai but for well, a lot of complex reasons given well, Power Rangers and Hasbro.

The streaming platform you mentioned doesn't have the same mainstream reach like Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, or HBO Max has. That's why K-dramas, wuxia C-dramas, and non-English European TV dramas are gaining more audiences then tokusatsu.

Hell, I've seen Netflix picking up obscure random K-dramas (and old Taiwanese dramas from early 2000's), and those dramas can get more audiences then any of the tokusatsu shows you mention.

The only way obscure tokusatsu can get more audiences like K-dramas, wuxia C-dramas are getting is to put them on streaming sites that a lot of people watched and Netflix is one of them.

I guarantee if Netflix has GARO on their streaming catalog, GARO would get a lot of English-speaking audiences from people that watch fantasy/sci-fi K-dramas and Wuxia C-dramas.