I talk a lot about action and camp and superhero soap opera fun in relation to my love of tokusatsu but the real thing that brings it together for me is the sheer craft and effort poured into seemingly every part of it. They’re made by people who love what they’re doing and have been for decades.
@darylsurat.bsky.socialAsian action genres like tokusatsu, kaiju, martial arts are seen as "cheap" "low budget" genres (they are)! But even a multibillion company falters at "doing it themselves" because what enables these productions isn't a quantifiable resource you can put on an Excel spreadsheet, but "skill" & "craft"
