Other primary aspects of Japanese science fiction TV are the superhero tokusatsu ( a term literally meaning special effects ) series, pioneered by programs such as Moonlight Mask and Planet Prince.

* Super Robot Red Baron, a tokusatsu series

* Red Baron ( anime ), an anime series based on the tokusatsu series

* Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love, a tokusatsu movie based on the Kamen Rider Kabuto TV series

He also appeared in and was the stunt coordinator for the Japanese tokusatsu television series Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya as the titular hero's mentor and father figure, Tetsuzan Yamaji.

Produced first by Saban Entertainment, later by BVS Entertainment, and currently by SCG Power Rangers LLC, the television series takes much of its footage from the Japanese tokusatsu Super Sentai, produced by Toei Company.

DAICON FILM of Japan ( now Gainax ) produced a series of well-known tokusatsu films in the 1980s using Single-8 film, some now available on DVD.

* Rio, the main villain from Juken Sentai Gekiranger, a 2007 Japanese tokusatsu television series

* In the Japanese tokusatsu series Kamen Rider W, detective Sokichi Narumi renames Raito who has no memory of his old life as " Phillip " during the events of Begins Night, saying it was the name of a man he admired and due to his fondness of detective novels, it's highly likely he was referring to Marlowe himself.

, is a manga and tokusatsu series created by Mitsuteru Yokoyama.

The original tokusatsu TV series, produced by Toei Company Ltd., aired on NET ( later renamed TV Asahi ) from October 11, 1967 to April 1, 1968, with a total of 26 episodes.

The series was astonishingly violent by American standards of children's programming in the 1960s ; in its home country of Japan, though, it was no more violent than any other tokusatsu airing at the time.

His only notable tokusatsu role following Giant Robo was as the villainous Black Shogun in the 1971 TV series Kamen Rider.

* Giant Robo, a tokusatsu, anime and manga series

* Ultraman Gaia, a character in the 1999 tokusatsu series of the same name

In 2003, Konami teamed up with the Japanese film production company Toho Company, Ltd. in creating their own genre of tokusatsu TV series, known as the Chouseishin Series, in attempt to emulate and rival the success of Toei's Super Sentai genre.

* In 1960, National launched a tokusatsu series, co produced by Toei, called National Kid, in a clear merchandising effort.

* Kamen Rider Blade, a Japanese tokusatsu superhero television series

It debuted as a tokusatsu television series on April 3, 1971 and ran until February 10, 1973, airing on the Mainichi Broadcasting System and NET TV ( now TV Asahi ).

He is portrayed by actor Hiroshi Fujioka, who, until that point, was best known for playing the hero Takeshi Hongo in the influential tokusatsu superhero series Kamen Rider.

Gatchaman helped establish the convention of the five member hero team that has been emulated in later series, most notably the successful tokusatsu Super Sentai franchise ( a genre exemplified by the English series adaptation of the Power Rangers franchise many years later ); in fact, the Sentai series Chōjin Sentai Jetman was in many ways an homage to Gatchaman.

In tokusatsu series Denshi Sentai Denjiman, character Daigorou Oume / Denji Bue is lover of anpan.

Out of all of Saban's tokusatsu adaptations, VR Troopers uses the oldest source-footage of any series.

Modern tokusatsu, however, did not begin to take shape until the early 1950s, with the conceptual and creative birth of Godzilla, one of the most famous monsters ( kaiju ) of all time.

As with all Power Rangers series, the show is adapted from a series in the long-running Japanese tokusatsu franchise, Super Sentai.

The is a franchise of Japanese tokusatsu television dramas that uses the word sentai to describe a group of three or more costumed superheroes ( whose core team generally consists of five members ) who often pilot mecha.

Captain Ultra is among the more memorable tokusatsu series from the 1960s, and was one of the three cornerstones of Toei's programs of 1967, including Red Shadow, The Masked Ninja and Giant Robo ( better known in the US as Johnny Sokko and His Flying Robot.

Protagonists of the popular tokusatsu franchises of the late 1970s ( from back to front, left to right ): The Ultraman ( Ultra Series ), Battle Fever J ( Super Sentai ), Kamen Rider Stronger and Kamen Rider V3 ( Kamen Rider Series ), and Spider-Man ( tokusatsu ) | Spider-Man.

* Mitsuo Ando ( Doktor Over / Doctor Botanus ) also died in 1997, according to one unverified source, after a long acting career playing villainous characters in yakuza movies and tokusatsu programs, most notably as Professor Gill in Android Kikaider.

Various fictional characters inspired by or nicknamed after Goemon appear in the film Abare Goemon: Rise Against the Sword ( played by Toshirô Mifune ), the manga Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms and the tokusatsu series Kamen Rider X, and the method of poison delivery sometimes attributed to Goemon's supposed attempt to kill Nobunaga inspired Aki's death scene in the film You Only Live Twice.

* In the tokusatsu superhero series Sekai Ninja Sen Jiraiya, the protagonists ’ s hero identity is named after Jiraiya.

The plot of a typical episode is some humorous variation of standard superhero and tokusatsu fare, with the girls using their powers to defend their town from villains and giant monsters.

P Productions began their foray into tokusatsu in 1966 with the series Ambassador Magma.

Though suitmation typifies tokusatsu, some productions may use stop-motion to animate their monsters instead, for example Majin Hunter Mitsurugi in 1973.

A major influx of tokusatsu adaptations came to American television in the 1990s, starting in 1993 with Saban Entertainment's purchase of footage from Toei's sixteenth installment of their long-running Super Sentai series, Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger to become Mighty Morphin ' Power Rangers and start the popular Power Rangers franchise.

Although the roots of announcing the weapons can also be traced back to Toei's 1968 tokusatsu series, Giant Robo, whose US title was Johnny Sokko And His Flying Robot, or even the way the heroes of chambara eiga and television used to announce their sword techniques before cutting down their opponents.

A highly talented artist, he worked on many of their early anime and tokusatsu productions, doing storyboarding as well as special effects.

This was Toei's first involvement in the tokusatsu superhero genre ( although their first original superhero production was the TV series 7-Color Mask in 1959 ).

Heavily influenced by the tokusatsu superhero TV shows of the time, the film had Godzilla essentially acting as a costar to a huge robotic superhero character called Jet Jaguar.

In, a live-action tokusatsu film directed by Hiroyuki Nasu was theatrically released in Japan.

He is also well known by much of the tokusatsu fandom in his starring role as Yusuke Godai from Kamen Rider Kuuga.

is a Japanese tokusatsu television series based on the media franchise of the same name created by Naoko Takeuchi.

Dark Kingdom | Queen Beryl as seen in the tokusatsu series, portrayed by Aya Sugimoto.

Much like it, this was an Americanization of a Japanese tokusatsu children's program by Toei Company LTD.

The original Android Kikaider series was one of the first tokusatsu superhero TV shows that added safety bumpers ( seen at the end of each episode ) which warned kids not to imitate the dangerous and impossible stunts performed by the title superhero.

Just as in France and Brazil, Choudenshi Bioman ( first aired in ABS-CBN and the last tokusatsu dubbed in English in the country ) and Hikari Sentai Maskman ( the first Super Sentai series dubbed in Filipino by the IBC-13 network ) were broadcasted in the Philippines in the 1980s, as well as Kousoku Sentai Turboranger, Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman, Choujin Sentai Jetman and Dai Sentai Goggle V in the early 1990s.

Like Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, Akibaranger also features guest appearances by veteran Super Sentai actors, as well as voice actors and musicians who have worked in both anime and tokusatsu.

The techniques developed by Eiji Tsuburaya for Toho Studios continue in use in the tokusatsu film and television industry.

The success of the tokusatsu superhero TV series Kamen Rider, produced by Toei Company Ltd. in 1971, led to the birth of the " Transforming " ( henshin ) superhero ( human-sized superheroes who transform by doing a pose, and use martial arts to fight henchmen and the weekly monster ), and resulted in many sequel shows to this day.

A large insert within the magazine usually contains a television schedule for anime and tokusatsu programs set to run on various Japanese networks throughout the coming month, accompanied by synopses for each aired episode and network ratings for each show from the previous month.