[TokuKnight89]

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Originally Posted by mdo7

Tokuknight89,

It's an interesting perspective, your first paragraph I mean. But I hate to burst your bubble, but I have evidence that might not be the case.

Now many of you know that Netflix has the streaming right for Neon Genesis Evangelion TV series, including the 2 Evangelion films: End of Evangelion and Death & Rebirth since 2018. But this is where it get interesting, the final Evangelion film, Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time is not picked up by Netflix, but is now given to Amazon Prime Video.

I mean have a look:

Evangelion (TV series, and the 2 films) streaming on Netflix:

Evangelion: 3.0+1.01: Thrice Upon A Time streaming exclusively on Amazon Prime Video:

So what does this have to do with my idea of putting recent Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Super Sentai (along with GARO) on Netflix?

It's true you can have Shout Factory streaming past toku shows, and some recent one. But that doesn't mean Toei and Tsuburaya can negotiate with Netflix to stream some of the most recent toku shows from the last 2 years. So it's possible that Toei and Tsuburaya can get these series I mentioned in my previous post to be stream on Netflix:

• Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger
  
• Mashin Sentai Kiramager
  
• Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger
  
• Kamen Rider Zero-One
  
• Kamen Rider Saber
  
• Kamen Rider Revice
  
• Ultraman Taiga
  
• Ultraman Chronicle Zero & Geed
  
• Ultraman Z
  
• Ultraman Chronicle Z: Heroes' Odyssey
  
• Ultraman Trigger: New Generation Tiga

Shout Factory TV may have streaming right and Mill Creek have physical release right for some of the series, but that doesn't mean Netflix can still get streaming right for some of the recent one I've listed and it's possible. Neon Genesis Evangelion proves that not all Evangelion stuff will be exclusively on Netflix. So maybe it's still possible for GARO TV series (the live-action one) to make an appearance on Netflix.

I've also seen one Disney Channel original movie, Zapped appearing not only on Disney+, but also on Netflix, and TubiTV:







Don't ask me how a Disney Channel original movie like Zapped appeared on Netflix and TubiTV at the same time it's on Disney+. But it's for real.

So you see it's not crazy for Netflix to acquire streaming right for some of the recent toku shows from the last 2 years.

As I said, Shout Factory TV doesn't have the same mainstream reach that Netflix (nor Amazon Prime Video) has. But it's the only way for people that watch foreign TV shows including K-dramas, and C-dramas to branch out to tokusatsu shows. I guarantee if you put GARO, Ultraman Trigger, Kamen Rider Zero-One on Netflix for US and worldwide audiences, the toku fandom can grow exponentially.

You might want to scratch Zero-One from that hypothetical list as SHOUT! has the rights to it and Ryuki and will even release it to disk when it's all ready!

Z is still for available for free and Trigger hasn't gotten far enough yet.

Recent Sentai might be the most practical shot, especially if Hasbro and Netflix are on good terms (with the Nickelodeon deal apparently not being renewed). The rumor is that Hasbro is nearing the stage when they will do more original content, but I don't see that as a clean break from Toei. The rights holder to P.R. is the rights holder to Sentai distribution in the West. They could just upload it all to same resource and call it a day.

I don't see Team Rider trying to get any Rider on Netflix USA for the foreseeable future. It's mostly just a feeling.