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Originally Posted by MKDremare

It really isn't important, though. There really doesn't need to be a concerted effort to reach out to people that wouldn't be interested in the first place. People like what they like. That's why there isn't a concerted effort from toku fans to reach out to people in other fandoms, and why other fandoms don't reach out to toku fans.

Like it's alright that you're not happy that there isn't an overlap of people who like K-dramas/C-dramas and toku, but that's just the truth of things. Sometimes fandoms just don't connect even if you feel like they should. And that's fine. There's nothing wrong with that. But that doesn't mean that there should be an effort to try and make people who wouldn't be interested in it in the first place to watch it.

The problem there are toku fans that aren't happy that K-drama/C-drama are getting all that attention in the mainstream while tokusatsu are being ignored, and the fandom aren't being taken seriously like their K-drama counterpart.

It's leading to unfair prejudice against tokusatsu almost on the same level as people disregarding J-pop as inferior when K-pop is the more popular East Asian pop music trending today. This has led to J-pop fans hating on K-pop, and being openly racist towards Koreans.

I mean wouldn't you want tokusatsu to be given the same treatment Squid Game and other K-dramas are getting?

For me, I want it so tokusatsu genre can be given the same love that K-dramas and C-dramas are getting. The more people that give tokusatsu the same love that K-dramas are receiving, the more chances that Toei and Tsurburaya will be more open to license and simulcast toku shows on Netflix (in the same manner, K-dramas are getting simulcast stream on Netflix).

As I said, if fantasy/sci-fi K-dramas, and wuxia C-drama are able to get a wider audiences thanks to mainstream streaming provider like Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, etc.... Then why shouldn't tokusatsu be given the same benefit that K-drama are getting.

Wouldn't you want tokusatsu to make an appearance on Netflix. I mean I would love Kamen Rider, and Super Sentai to appear on Netflix with the "Netflix originals series" label on there so it can help get K-drama and C-drama fans to branch out to tokusatsu genre. That's why I want tokusatsu to appear on Netflix and other mainstream streaming sites rather then something like Shout Factory TV.

As I said, we have anime fans reaching out to K-drama fans (that include anime fans that may be toku fans too), then why don't toku fans don't do the same to get K-drama (& C-dramas) fans to branch out to tokusatsu.

If there are K-dramas fans that are watching fantasy/sci-fi K-dramas (those K-dramas have toku-like special effect in them), why aren't toku fans helping those K-drama fans to branch out to tokusatsu.

That's why it doesn't make sense to me.