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Originally Posted by FairyKing

Maybe instead of asking "is this toku or not?" the real question is "how much is this toku?"

So would you consider this as toku:

What about this one:

Or what about Zu Warriors from the Magic Mountain, does this count as toku:

I mean the special effect from a 1983 film looks just like something I see in Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai. Or what about this sci-fi K-drama:

And here's another K-drama, Sweet Home, which used a lot of special effect and CG where it borderline to tokusatsu territory:

Here's the behind the scene video that explained how Sweet Home's special effect was done:

Wow South Korea is totally outdoing special effect compared to what I've seen in Japanese tokusatsu shows. So yes, that's what I mean by several K-dramas are borderlining to tokusatsu. It makes me baffle why these sci-fi/fantasy K-dramas and wuxia C-dramas are never brought up in discussion in tokusatsu fandom community circle when it comes to what define tokusatsu.

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Originally Posted by FairyKing

Also, I just think this is funny, I did the reverse of you two and branched out from toku into wuxia. Kamen Rider fed my interest in practical effects, and that led me to Thunderbolt Fantasy!

Congrats on watching Thunderbolt Fantasy, are you planning to watch Pili Fantasy: War of Dragons on Netflix anytime soon Fairyking? The Taiwanese company that did Thunderbolt Fantasy also did Pili Fantasy.

Interestingly, on Netflix under Pili Fantasy, here are the list of recommended C-dramas (wuxia mostly) if a person was watching Pili Fantasy:





Would be interesting to see how many toku fans that watched Thunderbolt Fantasy, and Pili Fantasy end up watching something like Ice Fantasy, The Devil Punisher, Word of Honor, and Once upon a time in Lingjian Mountain.

So would be very interesting if my unpopular opinion about wuxia C-drama and sci-fi/fantasy K-drama should be given tokusatsu classification would turned up in the near future.