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Originally Posted by SengalBoy

Idk, I just want Toku to be loved and respected. But we are slowly getting it. Ultraman going global proves it. And Kamen Rider even is starting to do it too. Maybe it won't be mainstream uet, but maybe on a decade, there will be bigger results.

That's what happen to K-pop and K-dramas 15-20 years ago (well a lot of East Asian TV dramas were like that). They were niche and there was no way it would get the mainstream audiences. Now thanks to streaming (Youtube), the popularity of anime/manga (several well-known manga had gotten live-action TV dramas adaptation from South Korea and Taiwan), and mainstream streaming provider like Netflix. That was the reason K-pop and K-drama explode in popularity in the US.

I believe if you put toku shows on Netflix (and specialized streaming with large subscribers like Viki, which specialized in streaming K-dramas, and other East Asian TV dramas), I believe the same audiences that watched sci-fi/fantasy K-dramas and wuxia C-dramas could branch out to tokusatsu. I've already stated time and time again. Shout Factory TV and Youtube aren't going to attract the same people that watch K-dramas, C-dramas on there. They need to put it on Netflix, Viki, or even AsianCrush (another specialized website for East Asian entertainment including TV dramas) if you want the same audiences watching K-dramas (meaning the people watching sci-fi/fantasy genre) and C-dramas (that include the audiences watching wuxia drama) to watch toku, you need to target those audiences.

Asiancrush's YT channel has 3 million subscribers and all it has to do is put up clips from K-dramas and other TV dramas and that usually get a lot of views like for example these video:

Asiancrush was also clever of putting anime clip on their channel too to attract K-drama, and drama fans that never watch anime to branch out:

See Asiancrush knows how to target both anime fans and TV dramas fans. So maybe if Toei and Tsuburaya license some of their toku titles to Digital Media Rights (the owner of AsianCrush, and Retrocrush), and Asiancrush put up some clips of toku shows on their YT channel. I guarantee that can help get drama fans branching out to tokusatsu shows.

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Originally Posted by TokuKnight89

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!

Wait Shout! license Kamen Rider Zero-One? When? Because I didn't hear any report... Oh wait, I found it. I wasn't aware that they got the license until just now.

But still in my opinion, I still believe having some recent toku shows on Netflix, Amazon Prime Video and specialize streaming sites for Asian dramas like Viki, and AsianCrush could help toku a lot. Shout Factory TV doesn't have that same mainstream reach that Netflix, Prime Video has.

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

So what? I've seen Netflix simulcast a K-drama hours or a day after it's Korean broadcasting. It shouldn't be that hard for Tsurbaraya to have Ultraman simulcast on Netflix.

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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.

I can't ruled out that possibility. Remember we're living in a time where foreign-language films and TV dramas are being more accepted in the US thanks to streaming and mainstream streaming providers like Netflix, etc... So if Toei is smart, I would take advantage of this and have some of their recent Kamen Rider & Super Sentai series on Netflix and make sure to target the audiences that watch wuxia dramas, and sci-fi/fantasy K-dramas with those Kamen Rider & Super Sentai series that Netflix could potentially get.

I wouldn't mind (or should I say I would love it) if Netflix ever get Kamen Rider Saber (or Kamen Rider Zi-O), and probably Ryusoulger (and Kiramager if there was a chance). Netflix should put a "Netflix original" label on there to increase viewership. It seems like if any show or movie has a "Netflix original" or "Netflix presents" label on there, more people on Netflix would likely watch it. So not only fans of K-dramas and C-dramas watch it, but a casual fan that doesn't know a thing about Kamen Rider & Super Sentai can watch it because it has a "Netflix originals/Netflix presents" label on there.