[MarsHottentot]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

Anyway, Toku has its DBZ. It's called Power Rangers.

I just wanna point out:

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

So non-PRangers tokusatsu just needs it's DBZ.

Buuut

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

Personally I think it's too late to not have Kamen Rider associated with Power Rangers to westerners simply because PR has been a part of mainstream pop culture in America for over 20 years.

The best chance for Rider to have been adapted as a more "mature" alternative to PR would have been mid-late 90s/early 2000s in my opinion.

You're both probably right on the Power Rangers point. It's been around for going on a quarter century, multiple generations were weened on it - there's no getting around it - the franchise IS the definition of henshin heroes / tokusatsu in America.

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Originally Posted by Yellow Ranger

Debatably it's already had it's DBZ: Godzilla

I should have used the term "henshin heroes" - they're not interchangeable, though we often treat them as so.