Toku Tuesday

Each Tuesday, I try to highlight something wonderful in the land of tokusatsu. What’s “tokusatsu” you ask?

This is tokusatsu:

Super Sentai, Kamen Rider, Ultraman, Metal Heroes, kaiju, and oh so much more!

From Wikipedia -

Tokusatsu (特撮^?) is a Japanese term that describes any live-action film or television drama that usually features superheroes and makes considerable use of special effects (tokusatsu literally translates as “special effects”).

Tokusatsu entertainment often deals with science fiction, fantasy, or horror, but movies and television shows in other genres can sometimes be classified as tokusatsu as well. The most popular types of tokusatsu are kaiju monster movies (the Godzilla and Gamera film series), superhero TV serials (the Kamen Rider and Metal Hero Series), and mecha dramas (Giant Robo). Some tokusatsu television programs combine several of these subgenres (the Ultraman and Super Sentai series). Tokusatsu is one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment, but most tokusatsu movies and television programs are not widely known outside Asia.

Join me each week as I highlight, comment, review, and muse over one of my personal passions.

Previously on TT @ AT4YT…

Volume I (2009)

The first go-round of my little tokusatsu weekly feature. Highlights include: Big Bad Beetleborgs, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight, and Tensou Sentai Goseiger rumors. [20 installments: Issues 1-16, Specials 1-4]

Volume II (2010)

Issue 1 – Toku Tuesday #17 – Go Say You Saw Some Goseiger

Issue 2 – Toku Tuesday #18 – The Hunt for American Toku

Issue 3 – Toku Tuesday #19 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part II

Issue 4 – Toku Tuesday #20 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part III

Issue 5 – Toku Tuesday #21 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part IV

Special 1 – Toku Tuesday Special #4 – Go, Green Ranger

Issue 6 – Toku Tuesday #22 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part V

Special 2 – Toku Review #2 – Tensou Sentai Goseiger, Epic 01

Issue 7 – Toku Tuesday #23 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part VI

Issue 8 – Toku Tuesday #24 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part VII

Issue 9 – Toku Tuesday #25 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part VIII

Issue 10 – Toku Tuesday #26 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part IX

Issue 11 – Toku Tuesday # 27 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part X (Final)

Special 3 – Toku Review #3: Clash of the Titans

Special 4 – Toku Review #4 – Kick-Ass

Issue 12 – Toku Tuesday #28 – R.I.P

Issue 13 – Toku Tuesday #29 – 5 Marvel movies that need to happen

Special 5 – Toku Review #5 – Iron Man 2

Issue 14 -Toku Tuesday #30 – G

Issue 15 – Toku Tuesday/rand()thoughts: Fantasy Roster, Part 1 (Part 2)

Issue 16 – Toku Tuesday #32 – Kamen Rider Rumor Mill

Toku Tuesday #21 – The Hunt for American Toku, Part IV