Tokusatsu
Tokusatsu is a Japanese word that means "special effects". It is used to talk about television shows and movies that have superheros, giant monsters, and other science fiction and fantastic themes. Some famous tokusatsu features include Godzilla, Ultra Series, Kamen Rider and Super Sentai.
Tokusatsu Media
Poster for Godzilla (1954). The techniques developed by Eiji Tsuburaya for Toho Studios continue to be used in the <span title="Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'Module:Language/data/ISO 639 override' not found. transliteration" class="Unicode" style="white-space:normal; text-decoration: none">tokusatsu film and television industry.
Eiji Tsuburaya is credited as the creator of Tokusatsu. Photographed by Yoshikatsu Kanno on the Miura Peninsula, Kanagawa Prefecture in March 1960.
