Been into tokusatsu for 3 days, help me

Ryukendo is definitely worth a watch. It's a very light hearted show though so you have to understand that going in. It's meant to be more humorous than it is serious. But it has it's moments.

Also the Gransazer, Justiriser, and Sazer-X shows are nice and good Tokus. They drag their feet in certain areas though but their mecha battles are top notch.
 
Well, well, well.... always a pleasure to witness the birth of a new fan.

How'd you find your way here?

As for must see stuff

Power Rangers:
Power Rangers in Space
Power Rangers Lost Galaxy
Power Rangers Time Force

Kamen Rider:
Kamen Rider Blade

Ultraman:
Ultraman Mebius

Tokusatsu:
GARO (my all time favorite)
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon

www.veoh.com is one of the best places to go to watch this stuff.

Happy hunting!
 
Also the Gransazer, Justiriser, and Sazer-X shows are nice and good Tokus. They drag their feet in certain areas though but their mecha battles are top notch.

They also have the advantage of being a joint production with Toho. And if you likes you some Godzilla, then you're already VERY familiar with their work.

The Kaiju in the Chou Sei Shin series are very well done, as are their mecha battles. While i personally feel Gransazer drags alittle too much in the middle. Justirisers and Sazer X are fairly solid all the way through.
 
Ok heres some recommendations

Since your a Godzilla fan you'd probably like some Ultraman, probably some old school Ultraman.

Ultraman
Ultraseven, a truely awesome series, Ultraseven is one of the most bad ass Ultra's this side of the Land of Light.
Ultraman Taro, My all time favorite Ultra series, good mix of Ultra Comedy and Ultra Action :thumbs:
Ultraman Tiga, A MUST SEE Ultra series, the 4Kids dub is ok, but watch the entire series, as well as the movies
Ultraman Gaia, Better than Tiga in my opinion, the movies are great, the characters are awesome, and its the first appearance of the "Rival" Blue Ultra, Agul. Also the actor that plays the human form of Agul is also Kamen Rider Raia and Kamen Rider Nigou in the First.
Ultraman THE NEXT (2004 Movie), Ok this is a awesome movie but a completely new take on Ultraman, its sorta of like how the US Version of Godzilla was for the Godzilla series.
Ultraman Max, this theme has been absent for a very long time in the Ultra series, a traditional Showa style Ultra, no form changing, just your Science Patrol (Team DASH in Max) and a Ultraman kicking some CLASSIC Kaiju ass, yes you see older Ultra Kaiju like Eleking and ZTon in Max. Also you get your "Yullian or Astra" style side kick Ultra, Ultraman Xenon.
Ultraman Mebius, 40th Anniversary series and damn its good, start with the Movie fansubbed by Fushigi subs, you don't need to watch the series to see how good this Movie is. Then watch the series after the movie, hell the movie is a great way to get anyone into Ultraman

Kamen Rider
Okay if you want fansubbed Kamen Rider, your options are very limited, but if you don't care about subs then heres a list
Kamen Rider, the original series that started it all, MUCH MUCH Different from the First
Kamen Rider V3, a personal favorite, one of the greatest Kamen Rider series of all time I'd say, MUCH Different from The Next, first appearance of Rider vs Rider conflicts, Only Kamen Rider series to be released in the US and aired in the US.
Kamen Rider Black RX, Black is awesome, since your watching Black you might want to check out Black RX, a very good series, not as great as Black but still pretty damn good.
Kamen Rider ZO, one of the 90's Kamen Rider movies, a pretty good Kamen Rider movie, good way to start out watching Kamen Rider
Kamen Rider Kuuga, My all time favorite Kamen Rider series, amazingly good, probably the last Kamen Rider series thats stays close to some of the original themes of Kamen Rider.
Kamen Rider Agito, another favorite, very good, great music, good cast of characters, this is when Kamen Rider's "theme" starts changing into what we have today
Kamen Rider 555, again pretty good, your typical new generation Kamen Rider series, Orphenoch designs are pretty good
Kamen Rider Blade, I haven't watched this series but I have seen the movie and DAMN its good
Kamen Rider Kabuto Ore wa Strongest, nuff said

Super Sentai
Chouju Sentai Liveman my all time favorite Sentai series, TokuPlex is starting to fansub this series
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, I barely watched the series myself but its pretty much the Power Rangers before Power Rangers existed, with the whole high school students becoming 5 colored warriors thing.
Choujin Sentai Jetman, Another good one, one of the best Sentai series before Power Rangers
Gosei Sentai Dairanger, Very good, stays very close to its Ancient Mythical Chinese Martial Arts theme
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger, Awesome Music, awesome characters, good story, one of my favorite 90's Sentai's
Gekisou Sentai Carranger, Good if you like "silly" sentai's
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, One of the best Sentai's there is, very good for a 25th Anniversary, GaoYellow is one of the best Yellow Senshi there is :thumbs:
Ninpu Sentai Hurricanger, A favorite of mine, Shurikenger is awesome :thumbs:

Other Tokusatsu
Uchuu Keiji Shaider
Jinzou Ningen Kikaider
Garo
 
Thanks for all you guy's replies, (3 pages worth! damn) Its great to see all the different views and opinions. I definitely got a lo of stuff to track down now!

And to Keith Justice: I found this site first through Google, then I stumbled upon R5 Central through iTunes yesterday, and the constant screaming of "HEEEENNSHHIN...JUUUUUUSSSSTTTTIICCCE!!" at the beginning of every episode made me come back xD
 
In addition to all the great Kamen Rider, sentai and ultraman shows. Don't forget to watch Madan Senki Ryukendo and Garo. I consider them some of the top toku shows out there.
 
Ok, just as a quick update (if anyone even cares xD):

I'm currently watching Ultraman Nexus, and damn it is good. I've only seen the first 2 episodes so far, but it seems good so far (I can't believe that chick SHOT Ultraman)

Also, I've seen the first 2 of Mebius, and I'm likin that too. Not as much as Nexus (so far), but still good. I DO have to say this about Mebius though:

GUYS? ...c'mon...

Anyways, other then Ultra stuff, I'm working on getting Dekaranger, which I watched the first episode of, pretty good. Still to early to make a judement though. Something I can say just based on the bits and pieces of Sentai I've seen is that I'm not a big fan of the monster designs, but thats not too critical in my book.

Lol, with all of these bits and pieces of series, 25 episodes of Kamen Rider Black, and almost the complete KR Kabuto, my 40 GB notebook drive is screaming...

Stuff I plan on trying to track down:

Rest of Mebius and Mebius movie
Rest of Nexus
Ultraman MAX
KR 555
KR Hibiki
Rest of Dekaranger
Hurricanger

I'm goin g to eventually take a look at everything, thats just whats first on the list
 

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