On this page you'll find 9 example sentences with Tokusatsu. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Tokusatsu in a sentence
Tokusatsu meaning
A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.
Using Tokusatsu
- The main meaning on this page is: A Japanese genre of film and television drama featuring superheroes and special effects.
- In the example corpus, tokusatsu often appears in combinations such as: of tokusatsu.
Context around Tokusatsu
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tokusatsu
- In this selection, "tokusatsu" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, bizarre, americanized, huge, fan, series and productions stand out and add context to how "tokusatsu" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a huge tokusatsu fan so and delightfully bizarre tokusatsu. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tokusatsu" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tokusatsu
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
I am a huge tokusatsu fan, so that would have been amazed. (12 words)
The Americanized tokusatsu was hugely successive, with incredible staying power nearly three decades later, and the envy of many television executives. (21 words)
The word has been translated and defined in English as "monster" and is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment. (22 words)
In the year before his death, Toei Animation had launched production of an anime adaptation of his Captain Future novels and Tsuburaya Productions adapted Star Wolf into a tokusatsu series; both series were aired on Japanese television in 1978. (39 words)
The exceptions are tokusatsu and daikaiju films, which are dubbed when imported into the U.S. However, the poor quality of the dubbing of these films has become the subject of mockery. (32 words)
In addition, several dramas utilize science fiction elements as framing devices, but are not labeled as "tokusatsu" as they do not utilize actors in full body suits and other special effects. (31 words)
Example sentences (9)
By now we've seen about a billion variations of Spidey, from animated series to multi-dimensional crossovers, to the delightfully bizarre tokusatsu.
The Americanized tokusatsu was hugely successive, with incredible staying power nearly three decades later, and the envy of many television executives.
I am a huge tokusatsu fan, so that would have been amazed.
In addition, several dramas utilize science fiction elements as framing devices, but are not labeled as "tokusatsu" as they do not utilize actors in full body suits and other special effects.
In the year before his death, Toei Animation had launched production of an anime adaptation of his Captain Future novels and Tsuburaya Productions adapted Star Wolf into a tokusatsu series; both series were aired on Japanese television in 1978.
The exceptions are tokusatsu and daikaiju films, which are dubbed when imported into the U.S. However, the poor quality of the dubbing of these films has become the subject of mockery.
The setpieces are reminiscent of tokusatsu productions of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly Toho 's kaiju movies, and the score is an eclectic mix of styles and musical homages.
The word has been translated and defined in English as "monster" and is used to refer to a genre of tokusatsu entertainment.
They released it again in 2005 as part of the Godzilla Final Box DVD set, and again in 2010 as part of the Toho Tokusatsu DVD Collection.
Common combinations with tokusatsu
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of tokusatsu 2×