American Toku: What Would You Do?

[Chronotia Archzenom]

@Ryuuseipro: I agree. The genre 'tokusatsu' refers to live action movies and TV shows that incorporates special effects. Now if it's animated... It won't stay the same.

Now, as a fan of toku, I can recommend an outerspace toku say, a Star Trek or Star Wars meets Metal Heroes and Super Robot Wars. Then have a set of giant one-man henshin heroes robots with awesome designs.

What about that? Budget-wise, needs a lot of savings for that type of project for the prdxn staff, the acting crew and the CGI experts as well as the advertisment crew.

 

[Kenori]

Tokusatsu has totally transcended its original meaning. I dont see why you couldnt do an animated tokusatsu with all the elements of a live action one: The transformation, the fights, the sparks, the kaijin. Why couldnt you do that animated and still call it a tokusatsu?

 

[KickHopper]

That wouldn't be called tokusatsu, though. That would just be transforming superhero. In which case

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cG_yOU6fd0[/ame]

 

[Kenori]

It what's so wrong with doing a show like that?

 

[HyperGuyver]

Tokusatsu has totally transcended its original meaning. I dont see why you couldnt do an animated tokusatsu with all the elements of a live action one: The transformation, the fights, the sparks, the kaijin. Why couldnt you do that animated and still call it a tokusatsu?

Because Tokusatsu basically means 'Special Effects'. If you do it animated then it's a cartoon/anime.

Now if you use CG video mixed with live action scenes then it can be considered tokusatsu.

Original Ameritoku. A fan can only dream...

Can we say 'Mystic Knights of Tir na Nog'?

 

[ryuuseipro]

Because Tokusatsu basically means 'Special Effects'. If you do it animated then it's a cartoon/anime.

Now if you use CG video mixed with live action scenes then it can be considered tokusatsu.

Right again! Even anime like 8-Man, Gatchaman, Devilman, Casshern, etc., go in the general "Japanese superhero" category (or, as some might call it, J-Hero).

Tokusatsu is a Japanese special effects art form, or medium. It's not a genre; superheroes are a genre. And of course, tokusatsu is not limited to superhero shows.

 

[Kenori]

Ok, fine, whatever.

I'm just saying, an animated series done in a toku-like style would be cheaper to do than a live-action toku.

 

[Sage Shinigami]

Tokusatsu has totally transcended its original meaning. I dont see why you couldnt do an animated tokusatsu with all the elements of a live action one: The transformation, the fights, the sparks, the kaijin. Why couldnt you do that animated and still call it a tokusatsu?

No it hasn't. This ain't the English language, you can't just use a term improperly long enough and then the definition is expanded/changed.

It would be different were you talking about Japanese toku. For instance, if Toei one year aired its regular Super Sentai, but ALONG WITH THAT, an animated version to run a year (I'd love this). Now its still Tokusatsu because its just an animation of an established franchise.

But we don't have established franchises. If you create a series modeled after Toku, it'll be marked as a cartoon. There are already anime with kaijuu and transformations--no one calls them Tokusatsu.

 

[Quark]

Loony Tunes is my favorite anime.

 

[ryuuseipro]

Loony Tunes is my favorite anime.

That's exactly what you'd say if you were a Japanese fan.