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Originally Posted by mdo7

Netflix has been picking up K-dramas, and foreign language TV dramas for the last few years. After the last post in 2018, I've noticed and saw Netflix (and other streaming providers) picking up more and more foreign language dramas. You don't see Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+, or HBO Max picking up tokusatsu (not counting Netflix's Ultraman CG anime series, nor the Kamen Rider Amazon re-imagining on Prime Video). I'm talking about Netflix not picking up any obscure or lesser well-known tokusatsu shows. I don't see Netflix or Amazon Prime Video picking up any simulcast toku shows, yet I'm seeing Netflix since 2017/2018 simulcast Korean TV dramas, but not tokusatsu or anime, doesn't it bother you or anyone in toku fandom?

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Do you understand, or get it? Doesn't it bother you that fantasy/sci-fi K-dramas, wuxia C-dramas, and other sci-fi or fantasy non-English language TV dramas are getting more fans and general audience then Kamen Rider,

Personally I think the answer here is pretty simple: Tokusatsu is for children.

The dramas you're talking about are generally aimed at adult or young adult audiences and are a prime target for larger streaming platforms to latch onto as something to broaden said platforms for potential audiences to find interest in. And that's simply harder to do with shows that are made for children, most with the primary interest of selling toys. It just wouldn't even cross the mind of anyone in the business of this to look at shows marketed at the ~7 year old audience over actual material for their older audiences.

There's exceptions to this of course, there's Tokusatsu that is indeed made for an adult audience... and those actually have come to said streaming platforms! Garo's the exception, but I'd be willing to bet it doesn't have the same money behind it that giants like Kamen Rider and Ultraman do. I think this very clearly shows the obvious reason and divide here; an adult-aimed show like Amazons is not just instantly thrown on worldwide platforms but is even partly made with that in mind, while the likes of Ex-Aid and Zyuohger... just wouldn't be considered at all.

For executives to think there is any money at all at bringing these kids' shows worldwide, they're going to need a lot of convincing; and that's where recent efforts like Tokushoutsu and Mill Creek have come in. It really is just as simple as that, there's not much more to it.