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Originally Posted by Kurona

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

Well, that one I don't dispute. But that doesn't mean it's no excuse for tokusatsu fans to debate about how to make tokusatsu more mainstream given the evidence that more American and native English-speaking audiences are watching more foreign-language TV dramas on streaming sites.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

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.

It still doesn't excuse the lack of debate in toku fans about how to make toku genre more mainstream or popular in the US.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

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.

Actually, Kurona. There are foreign language children TV show on Netflix, and other streaming sites. On Disney+, two Spanish-language children show, Soy Luna, and Bia are on Disney+ with English subtitles (no English dub track was made, I know because I watched preview both show myself), and was really surprised that Disney+ was able to put both show on without the lack of English dub for both of them. Also, I did some research 2 years ago and found out that subtitles can really help kids with their reading skills/levels, I wrote/created a topic on TokuNation about that in 2019.

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Originally Posted by Kurona

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.

Regarding the part I bold and underline, are you talking about Shout Factory TV? Because that site doesn't attract the same number of people that Netflix, nor Amazon Prime Video attract. That's why I would've liked Garo to appear on Netflix because Netflix can help Garo gain a big chunk of adult demographic that watched fantasy/sci-fi K-drama, and wuxia C-dramas. I've seen obscure K-dramas (and lesser well-known C-dramas) being picked up by Netflix.

As I said, I would've loved it if Netflix can pick up the simulcast streaming right for Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger for worldwide audiences, or Netflix was given the worldwide streaming right to stream Ultraman Z. I mean come on we have evidence that people in the US can handle sci-fi/fantasy TV dramas not in English.