Today I finish this look into the Tokusatsu genre that I started on Monday. Yesterday I spoke about Kamen Rider, my favourite tokusatsu series, aimed primarily at children though it doesn’t shy away from dark subject matter and some interesting plots. Today though, I’ll talk about a tokusatsu series designed for adults: Garo. Continue reading Kaiju and Transformations – The Tokusatsu Genre – Garo
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Kaiju and Tranformations – The Tokusatsu Genre – Kamen Rider
On Monday I gave you a primer on what the Tokusatsu genre was, its origins and tropes, and mentioned some of the most famous TV series in the genre and in fact opened the article with my favourite, the one I’ll talk about today: Kamen Rider. Continue reading Kaiju and Tranformations – The Tokusatsu Genre – Kamen Rider
Kaiju and Tranformations – The Tokusatsu Genre – Introduction
I love Kamen Rider. I used to call the series my guilty pleasure, until I decided that “guilty pleasures” is one of the dumbest things in the planet—there is no guilt, associated to it, only the perception that people will ridicule you for liking certain things, to which I say do your worst, bub! Continue reading Kaiju and Tranformations – The Tokusatsu Genre – Introduction