Tokusatsu

Tokusatsu (??) (sometimes just called "Toku") is the Japanese term for special effects and often used to classify Japanese live-action sci-fi/fantasy/horror movie/TV productions.

Japanese Fan Films

As pop-culture fandom in Japan grew and grew in the 1980s, a fan-based group called Daicon Film, now called Gainax, was formed by Hideaki Anno, Yoshiyuki Sadamoto, Takami Akai, and Shinji Higuchi. Besides their celebrated anime sequences, they also produced a series of tokusatsu shorts, usually parodies of monster movies and superhero shows, which have gotten lots of favorable media coverage. These productions included Patriotic Task Force Dai-Nippon (1983), Swift Hero Noutenki (1982), Return of Ultraman (1983) and The Eight-Headed Giant Serpent Strikes Back (1985). (See Gainax for more.)

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Gainax - Hideaki Anno - Yoshiyuki Sadamoto - Takami Akai - Shinji Higuchi - Patriotic Task Force Dai-Nippon - Swift Hero Noutenki - Return of Ultraman - The Eight-Headed Giant Serpent Strikes Back

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In the turn of the new millennium, another tokusatsu fan, a comedian named Shinpei Hayashiya, produced a number of tokusatsu fan films. They include Godzilla Vs. Seadora and ' (2004). As of 2005, he has just completed his upcoming first original effort, Deep Sea Beast Reigo.

Related Topics:
Shinpei Hayashiya - Fan films - Godzilla Vs. Seadora - Deep Sea Beast Reigo

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