The Extraordinary Fan(boy)
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Hello there, HJUers.
Today I come to you in a mission of madness and/or enlightenment, depending on how many times you have watched Raiders of the lost Ark in the last 48 hours.
In any case, I will go out on a limb here and presume that most of you peeps around these places know what Tokusatsu is, and if you have been in the fandom long enough then you may have heard of this anime called ‘PreCure’ one or two or a hundred times, but have you ever wondered why that is? Why is it that this Magical Girl anime seems to overlap with long standing Toku Franchises like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Ultraman? And why should we all care?
Well, since apparently I had nothing better to do and access to a broadband internet connection, I have written a series of articles in which I intend to answer these questions and explore the exact nature between Tokusatsu, a live-action genre defined for its use of special effects and gigantic explosions, and PreCure, a magical girl anime defined by its use of friendship and gigantic explosions.
Since this is an unreasonably broad subject and because I am of the belief that if you are going to do something then you better not half-ass it, I have spread my thoughts about this fascinating/controversial/absurd topic into 6 parts because never in the history of humanity a hexalogy has turned out wrong. So you know, read and enjoy, unless you hate having fun or something.
Toku Special:
Part 1: Toku and You.
Part 2: The Max Heartening.
Part 3: The Dream Warriors.
Part 4: A Fresh Hope vol. 1
Part 4: A Fresh Hope vol. 2
Part 5: A Good Day to Smile Charge!
Part 6: The Curse of Aguri Madoka.
I will be publishing a new part every Friday from here until eternity or until I reach part six, whatever happens first, so look forward to that.
Disclaimer: these articles are ridiculously biased opinion pieces based on a work of fiction and were written by a self-proclaimed extraordinary Fanboy, so if you take them too seriously that´s your own damn fault.
PS: I wasn´t entirely sure where this belonged since technically it is about anime but it is also extensively about Toku, so in the mean time i put it on this sub-forum.
Today I come to you in a mission of madness and/or enlightenment, depending on how many times you have watched Raiders of the lost Ark in the last 48 hours.
In any case, I will go out on a limb here and presume that most of you peeps around these places know what Tokusatsu is, and if you have been in the fandom long enough then you may have heard of this anime called ‘PreCure’ one or two or a hundred times, but have you ever wondered why that is? Why is it that this Magical Girl anime seems to overlap with long standing Toku Franchises like Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Ultraman? And why should we all care?
Well, since apparently I had nothing better to do and access to a broadband internet connection, I have written a series of articles in which I intend to answer these questions and explore the exact nature between Tokusatsu, a live-action genre defined for its use of special effects and gigantic explosions, and PreCure, a magical girl anime defined by its use of friendship and gigantic explosions.
Since this is an unreasonably broad subject and because I am of the belief that if you are going to do something then you better not half-ass it, I have spread my thoughts about this fascinating/controversial/absurd topic into 6 parts because never in the history of humanity a hexalogy has turned out wrong. So you know, read and enjoy, unless you hate having fun or something.
Toku Special:
Part 1: Toku and You.
Part 2: The Max Heartening.
Part 3: The Dream Warriors.
Part 4: A Fresh Hope vol. 1
Part 4: A Fresh Hope vol. 2
Part 5: A Good Day to Smile Charge!
Part 6: The Curse of Aguri Madoka.
I will be publishing a new part every Friday from here until eternity or until I reach part six, whatever happens first, so look forward to that.
Disclaimer: these articles are ridiculously biased opinion pieces based on a work of fiction and were written by a self-proclaimed extraordinary Fanboy, so if you take them too seriously that´s your own damn fault.
PS: I wasn´t entirely sure where this belonged since technically it is about anime but it is also extensively about Toku, so in the mean time i put it on this sub-forum.
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