tokusatsu

[toh-kuh-saht-soo]

noun

1. a genre of Japanese live-action film or television featuring action themes and practical effects.

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Tsuburaya Productions’ founder, the late tokusatsu special effects pioneer Eiji Tsuburaya, did effects work for movies in both the Godzilla and Ultraman series.

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Anime and tokusatsu — live-action TV shows such as “Jaspion” and “Jiraiya” — were what every Brazilian kid ran home to watch after school in the 1980s and ’90s.

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It came when I discovered a hidden high-level quest called Shodai Urutoraman on the planet Tokusatsu.

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The three of us met outside the quest gate on Tokusatsu and entered it together.

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I had a weakness for vintage kaiju and tokusatsu, shows like Spectreman, The Space Giants, and Supaidaman.

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