Is there any western hero with toku influences?

>>84213406
It's fuzzy, but I feel like Warren Ellis or somebody did a mini in that vein around the mid-aughts. Nothing long-term, though

>>84213406
Definitely. I think how Eastern culture's heroes percieve morality is far different from western culture's.

For example:

We have Superman, who never kills, believes in the system and it's laws, and delivers "fair" justice no matter how evil someone is--like Darkseid.

Ultraman (from toku)
Same origin in that a mighty being from another civilization with advance powers adapts to human life and saves the day from giant monsters and sentient aliens who try to invade the earth. Except he won't hesistate to SLAUGHTER them, because he knows that if he let's them live, worse shit is gonna go down somewhere else from them too.

I'm not saying one way is better for the other, I'm just pointing out the differences.

This was fun. More people should poston this thread.

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>>84213406
Things are getting so homogenized, it's only a matter of time.

>>84214130
Ultronman.

>>84213517
But to be honest, Ultraman and Kamen Rider don't kill humans, they kill monsters only.

>>84214223

#kaijulivesmatter

#kaijinlivesmatter

>>84214223
Ultraman killed Jamilla. Jamilla was human.

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>>84213406
There are a few, yes.

>>84213406
The Batman of Japan has a Toku style costume, complete with scarf.

>>84213517
Ultraman's more the toku equivalent of Green Lantern, though. Human is bequeathed object of immense power (which has a time limit before it screws him over) by a dying alien policeman, and hides his secret identity from his colleagues.

t. Still going through the Ultraman box set

>>84214377
Adding to this, Blue Beetle has certain henshin elements...

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>>84214520
(forgot pic)

>>84214429
Plus there's the GLC comparison with the whole planet full of Ultras who watch over the universe.

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>>84214520
...and so does Tech Jacket.

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>>84214559
And of course, how could we forget the granddaddy of the genre.

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>>84214429
>>84214536

>>84214130
Have you read the manga for this? It's bretty good.

>>84214518
This is actually fucking great.
I want more.

>>84214569
Billy is more of a magical girl archetype.

>>84213406
Robocop.

>>84214396
tbf Burnham's more familiar with manga/anime than toku. Even Kamen Rider he knows from the manga

>>84214223
Most of the monsters in Kamen Rider are former humans.

>>84214717
That's just fucking Sun Vulcan

>>84215078
>Billy is more of a magical girl archetype.

Magical Girls are tokusatsu. Plenty of Sentai and Masked Riders are magic based themselves.

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>>84216912
The outfits, but otherwise it's all OC.

>>84217442

Magical Girl shows are usually animated though, toku is live-action

>>84214518

I loved that one!

>Make a Roku hero
>Crap, how do we train him?
>Make him watch kaiju movies!

>>84217442
Magical Girl is its own subgenre. You get magical girls in the medium of anime usually, but sometimes in live action shows. Kamen Rider creator Shotaro Ishinomori produced a whole spate of them during the twenty years or so Rider was a dead franchise.

>>84218741

>twenty years

Ten, actually. Black RX ended in 1989., Kuuga began airing in 1999.

>>84217442
Magical Girls is basically Bewitched for children.
Tokusatsu is a mix between King Kong, kabuki and WWII.

>>84214351
He was
He ain't human no more
It was mercy killing

Where is that webm of Starfire doing Sailor Moon henshin

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>>84213517
>>84214223

To be fair cape comics have an element of this tas well, its just rarer. But Superman and Batman have no problem killing vampires and zombies and stuff if it seems they don't have much of a choice. Its just rarer while in japan most villains are monsters and crazy fucks. Although they sometimes do save and try spare human villains.

>>84214130
>TACTICOOLMAN

>>84221012
Dumbest storyline ever. 90% of the people doomsday wiped the floor with could have won in less than a minute. I know they wanted to show he wasva badass, "kill" superman, but what a joke.

>>84214223
most Kamen Rider monsters are just former humans.

I wish I had that webm of Kuuga throwing a monster out a window and then punching it to death, filled with blood and gore.

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>>84222202
He totally deserved it though.

>>84222282
The absolute madman.

>>84213406
nah

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I was just thinking about this the other day. JR Blue Beetle is the only character that comes to mind. And maybe Parker Industries Spider-Man with his shiny new toys. And Dial H is toku-ish if you imagine them yelling HENSHIN before using the dials.