[Blade Raider]

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Originally Posted by MomoPink

Japan considers Star Trek Toku though; because, SFX.

You said the magic word. SFX, as in special effects, is exactly what makes tokusatsu tokusatsu.

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Originally Posted by ljacone

By the same token, Doctor Who is considered tokusatsu for the same reason as Star Trek!

Yes, and so does Roger Rabbit, MacGyver, and pretty much all superhero films. Heck, even Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends can count.

However, much like the use of the word anime in English, tokusatsu here refers to only Japanese made SFX media, not all of them. And like anime, the lines are blured when we have an American Toku section. That's part of the confusion and getting off topic.

Bottom line, anything that has no live-action can ever be consider Toku.

PS While I do not know what exact genre Sailor Moon, GoLion/Voltron, Gatchman, and Super Sentai (and Precure, I guess. I refuse to watch it) would all fall under, I know it's something team based. However, they all fall under different genres first and only one of them is Toku.