[mdo7]

I like to ask how many of you got chance to watch Squid Game on Netflix? Squid Game is a Netflix original Korean/K-drama, and it's getting a lot of mainstream attention, and the series is going viral. For those of you that don't keep up with what's going on, here's the trailer:

And this is how much of a big deal it's getting in the US:

And according to Netflix's co-CEO, Squid Game may become their biggest show ever and it may surpassed Bridgerton. And I have evidence to confirmed this:

CNET article: Squid Game may become Netflix's most watched show yet, co-CEO says

2nd sources: CNN Business, TVLine

So this proves my point: Netflix can make a foreign TV dramas mainstream in the US, and Squid Game proves it.

If you want tokusatsu to go mainstream in the US, you have to put them on Netflix (or any mainstream streaming service like Prime Video, Disney+, HBO Max or streaming that specialize in East Asian entertainment like Viki, KOCOWA).

I guarantee if you put Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, or any of Heisei/Reiwa-era Ultraman series on Netflix and labeled them as "Netflix originals", then there is a chance a tokusatsu show could get the same reception like Squid Game has already gotten.

Here's another problem: How do you get people that watch Squid Game and now K-drama to branch out to tokusatsu? Since Squid Game are getting people that never watch K-drama to discover K-drama, how do you get those people to branch out to tokusatsu. I've discussed in past post that toku fans and K-drama fans don't help each other out.