The Average HJU Poster

[Rainboy]

Where has it ever been said that tokusatsu is reserved for Japanese productions? Like, can you give me a source that says it's only attached to Japanese productions?

Of course I can't give you a source that says it's only attached to Japanese productions, just as you can't give me a source that says PR is strictly considered Toku.

There are no connotations to that in the word itself. Tokusatsu in general isn't well known in America, but that doesn't make the application of the term any less valid.

Actually that makes it completely invalid in this argument. When you're using the term in reference to a show that's made (primarily) for an American audience, you would expect the average American PR fan to know it. Walk up to anyone who has knowledge of Power Rangers existence and say "oh, it's tokusatsu", and they will have no clue what you're talking about. Outside of Western culture, how many people actually associate PR with Toku? If it's a Japanese term that originated in Japan to describe Japanese shows, and Power Rangers has been around for 18 years and has yet to adopt the term by it's primary audience, can you really consider it Tokusatsu? I personally don't think so.

The most important thing here is that you're ignoring the fact that Power Rangers is ultimately an adaptation, not a translation, of Super Sentai.

 

[HaiTien78]

Also I find it strange that "Virginity" is required, yet marital status isn't :/ Like what if someone from here is in a lasting relationship but doesn't want to have sex before marriage as opposed to the "nerdy virgin can't get any girls" stereotype?

Virgins sometimes would be too embarrassed to mark yes so its a requirement.
On the subject of marital status there aren't enough swingers, as expected.

Also.. there's no university ._. Only college.. lol..

Same ****

 

[Inui Takumi]

You do realize your argument stemmed from the usage of the term in a survey directed at members of a board that specifically classify it as Tokusatsu and not the average everyday person that has a passing notion of Power rangers?

 

[HaiTien78]

Also how'd you do this poll? I'd love to do it for another forum I frequent ;3 It's really cool!

Google Docs, then click create, then choose form

Edit: Also I'm being nitpicky but "Have you ever taken any non-prescribed drugs before?" should've probably been rephrased as "Do you take any non-prescribed drugs for recreation?"
All these people said "No" and I'm like "What? You've never had to have cough medicine? ._."

Yeah I was referring to smokin weed err day. I think a lot of people misunderstood.

 

[Undrave]

Of course I can't give you a source that says it's only attached to Japanese productions, just as you can't give me a source that says PR is strictly considered Toku.



Actually that makes it completely invalid in this argument. When you're using the term in reference to a show that's made (primarily) for an American audience, you would expect the average American PR fan to know it. Walk up to anyone who has knowledge of Power Rangers existence and say "oh, it's tokusatsu", and they will have no clue what you're talking about. Outside of Western culture, how many people actually associate PR with Toku? If it's a Japanese term that originated in Japan to describe Japanese shows, and Power Rangers has been around for 18 years and has yet to adopt the term by it's primary audience, can you really consider it Tokusatsu? I personally don't think so.

The most important thing here is that you're ignoring the fact that Power Rangers is ultimately an adaptation, not a translation, of Super Sentai.

You seem sad and frustrated.

Here, have some Pony to cheer you up! :thumbs:
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:anime:

 

[Aoi Kurenai]

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Yeah, I'm...not really sure I can carry on this conversation much further when you keep ignoring my points. The fact that tokusatsu isn't a well known term doesn't mean it doesn't apply to Power Rangers, and to think so is rather short sighted. Heck, it's basic linguistics, just because I may not know an applicable term for something doesn't mean it's still not that. Tokusatsu literally comes from the words tokushu satsuei and there is nothing about that that says it can only apply to Japanese productions, that's purely something fans have attached to it. Power Rangers is a tokusatsu by definition, the fact that Power Rangers is an adaptation does nothing to prove it isn't a tokusatsu because it is a word that encompasses a wide variety of shows. As I said, even the Japanese consider shows like Power Rangers and other science fiction stuff like Torchwood, the various Stargate shows, heck, even Thomas the Tank Engine can be considered tokusatsu. To say you don't think Power Rangers is a tokusatsu is one thing, to claim that it can't be because it isn't Japanese is another.

 

[HaiTien78]

>More people have seen MLP than Breaking Bad

Well **** you faggots too.

 

[White-Knight]

Done. Now I have nothing to do lol

 

[Undrave]

>More people have seen MLP than Breaking Bad

Well **** you faggots too.

We love you too HaiTien. :laugh:

 

[Rainboy]

Yeah, I'm...not really sure I can carry on this conversation much further when you keep ignoring my points. The fact that tokusatsu isn't a well known term doesn't mean it doesn't apply to Power Rangers, and to think so is rather short sighted. Heck, it's basic linguistics, just because I may not know an applicable term for something doesn't mean it's still not that. Tokusatsu literally comes from the words tokushu satsuei and there is nothing about that that says it can only apply to Japanese productions, that's purely something fans have attached to it. Power Rangers is a tokusatsu by definition, the fact that Power Rangers is an adaptation does nothing to prove it isn't a tokusatsu because it is a word that encompasses a wide variety of shows. As I said, even the Japanese consider shows like Power Rangers and other science fiction stuff like Torchwood, the various Stargate shows, heck, even Thomas the Tank Engine can be considered tokusatsu. To say you don't think Power Rangers is a tokusatsu is one thing, to claim that it can't be because it isn't Japanese is another.

I'm not "ignoring your posts" anymore than you are mine, buddy. You keep bringing up things that Japanese people associate with the word Tokusatsu, but fail to bring up anything that American's refer to as Toku. This is an american show which 99.9% of Americans don't refer to as Toku, because Tokusatsu is an Japanese term which Americans generally don't use. I can accept that some people want to use the phrase in reference to PR, but it's culturally irrelevant to call it that when we already call it "live action" in the States.