Filipino ignorance about Tokusatsu

It was always repeated to the minds of Filipinos nowadays about Tokusatsu, it was always Bioman,Shaider,Maskman,Masked Rider Black,Bioman,Shaider,Maskman,Masked Rider Black,Bioman,Shaider,Maskman,Masked Rider Black,Bioman,Shaider,Maskman,Masked Rider Black,Bioman,Shaider,Maskman,Masked Rider Black,Bioman,Shaider,Maskman,Masked Rider Black,Bioman,Shaider,Maskman,Masked Rider Black,POWER RANGERS???if you want to include Zaido.

This picture as you've seen below is all about some dumbass comments by some freaks or fanboys of a popular cosplayer Alodia attacking the popular cosplayer Denggoy Isidoro who wear the Sharivan cosplay on the picture without any knowledge about the picture,some who post comments to protect him where my Tokufan allies and some cosplayers.I don't want to involve about cosplayers because I'm not a cosplayer,I'm a simple fan, but this comments really irritating me about the ignorance and sticking with classics because Philippine TV were corrupt and evil.

Just look this comments about the ignorance happening to our country today.If you're otaku you should appreciate all genres related like Anime,Tokusatsu,Jdorama and Jpop just because they are interconnected with each other and never questioned about people's hobbies and interests because it is related with each other.



F.Y.I Denngoy is a popular and pioneer Tokusatsu cosplayer here in our country wearing a Sharivan costume as you know the series Shaider before this series came first before Shaider also a successor of well known Sky Ranger(Gavan) and if your an otaku you should know the original and a fake series , well that's the influence of watching TV too limited.



Size doesn't matter if you express and execute well about the character than others only to get attention and attractive for those predators (during my experience in conventions some people want to take a picture with a cosplayer not because of the character ,it's just because they are sexy to fantasize),sorry if I'm say this but it was the truth. He's fat and heavy??so what!!!! at least he symbolizes Tokusatsu is alive in our hearts and in our country and inspires many people being a fan.



They are some fellow cosplayers and fans is defending my comrade against pesky fanboys because they are totally ignorant.



It's just really confusing what are they belong???adding a friend or a popular person, because some of them were not an Otaku fan just only stalking and looking for the pictures just like a commoner maniac!!!



We can't do anything about commoners because they're only watching some porn on the net or sometimes Fantaseryes worse than a remake Power Rangers.His fellow men defend and calm him because some guys where totally stupid and ignorant about the picture.



Not all Tokusatsu Fans in our country were knowledgeable in all Toku genres because majority of them are stick with only classics particularly Shaider,Bioman,Maskman and Masked Rider Black repeated how many times . Why don't you try all series and you'll appreciate some works?



This was the first impression by some commoners,Bioman?Power Ranger?this is the minds of people since the Toku series here were shrinked to pieces by those stupid station do nothing but to expand senseless drama out there. Questioning about his costume because he will be eaten by a monster,Common are you nuts!!!!???



Commoners were totally stupid telling they are nerds and known only cosplay,but they are creative and a good hobby than to participate using drugs,gangster riot,underground rock concert slammin and flirting on actors fans day because it contribute crime in our country.



They are just adding a friend not because of cosplay,it's just because they want to fantasize women in every picture she upload and discriminate different people.



The stupid one who comment they are nerds are only talking BIG but without any experience about their hardships to create a costume for an event.I think he's only a maniac stalking and fantasize a friend.



Sharivan's comrade calm him because of that stupid freak just only to insult and questioned him.



Why I post this picture and comments ??They are some people doesn't know anything and it is the effect of airing some limited shows and dumbass shows who contributes any deviance to the behavior of people. All I can say is ,TV stations nowadays is a totally stereotype including youtube limiting our knowledge and exploration being a fan.

Comments

Gaymer Totoy said…
Zaido faggots are faggots
ryuuseisword,

first of all, i am NOT an otaku (call me a non-aligned fellow), yet i stand in solidarity with you otakus on this matter.

i fully agree with your article/commentary regarding the ignorance of most commoners on the subject of Tokushu Satsuei (diminuitively, Tokusatsu). ignorance truly breeds a lot of phonies, then out comes the pretense. phony commoners pretending to "know it all" when all the "information" they have are simply spoon-fed by the Media "Giants" in our country (which are, by the way nothing more than rubbish/mental clutter) - on a serious note, good thing I decided to SWITCH OFF my television in 2007.

(for toku matters, i educate myself using the net - FAQs included - a good primer would be the ones from the great Japanologist, Mr. Marc Hideo Miyake - i suppose you know him, too)

okay, so back to the topic. that's the sad story of our Pinoy pop culture among the "masa" bracket (i'm not belittling the masa in general, btw - it's just that the bulk of our populace are the ones vulnerable to such programming by big media moguls - whether the latter knows this or not). they do not even make an simple google search (or at least use their brains and go further) and simply rely on whatever the moguls hadda give (it's a Nanny state when such things run that way). And the trouble is this, most of the commoners don't even want to break free from such ignorance!!

(just a suggestion: can we instigate a toku educational drive or info-drive - at least online - so that we can at least help inform the people about it - in the spirit of information freedom, btw)

good thing comrade Sharivan knows to keep his calm (and thanks to other toku-fellows who stand by him at that moment). i've seen all screenshots in your article. and i see that the haters' criticisms are all shallow/unfounded. thus showing their lack of knowledge in the Uchuu Keiji subgenre of Metal Heroes.

Now, let's go to the subject of stalkers and perverts. >> yes, i've noticed that too during my visits in anime/cosplay conventions between late 2008 and sometime 2010. true, some even resort to using the power of zoom-lenses to take stolen shots of female cosplayers for the sake of gratifying their (stalkers') own perversions. Good thing i saw a group (convening online) doing their best to combat bullies, cyber-bullies and perverts/stalkers in cosplay events.

again, i salute you for opening up this matter and posting this article. kudos to you and to TCP.

= V. Gerasimov
[just a non-aligned tokusatsu partisan here]

P.S. excuse the digressions, if any.
TCP said…
@Gaymer Totoy

I can't blame those fans,It's really fault of Pinoy TV who declined Tokusatsu during late 90's and replaced by some remakes.

@Vyacheslav Gerasimov
I can't blame other cosplayers,fans or any whores in our country because Pinoy TV gives ignorance instead of enriching knowledge about anything especially toku,anime or any otaku related genres.Pinoy TV nowadays were doing nothing for the sake of money not for enriching values in our country but to increase gossipers and delusioners of getting a prince charming.

Some of the comments about Sharivan was very irritating by those bastards because they are only obsessed by a lady who is popular in cosplay and not about the fandom.

about perverts I was always observed what is the purpose of attending cosplay by other people,my purpose is to have freedom and met some people with the same taste being an otaku.I'm a Japanese entertainment fan of different categories just like anime,tokusatsu,jdorama,jpop,jrock and other related ones but i hate most is stereotypes and posers just to harsh anybody.

Thanks for visiting my blog,it's just okay because I spread my ideas and reactions about Tokusatsu community in our country also those who against us and those evil ones who want to discriminate our fandom.
Anonymous said…
Sadly, ignorance and internet tough guy mentality are the trends nowadays. (I was one of the commenters on that page.)

The haters always have the guts to attack people via the net but it's ironic that they can't even lay a finger on people IRL. Maybe it's their form of projection - they're jealous and bitter of people who achieve kaya ayaw nilang may umaangat. Gusto nila, lahat nasa baba. Nagmamagaling sa tokusatsu samantalang Masked Rider Black lang ang napanood.

Heck, even I wasn't exempt - I was called "Power Ranger" when clearly my cosplay was from Kamen Rider Kabuto. How low can they get?!?!
TCP said…
@monch hopper

There are many tokufans but more on classics on what they watched before if you say sentai they remind themselves Bioman and Maskman,if Kamen Rider,Black is there first impression and considered to be the first Kamen Rider was the copycat one RX rip off.Nowadays there are more favor of Rip-offs from states than original one because of the filipino mentality was more on feeling blond philosphy of life.
Sean Akizuki said…
"Nowadays there are more favor of Rip-offs from states than original one because of the filipino mentality was more on feeling blond philosophy of life."

-How true. The American superiority mentality is crazy and childish. Also, I would like to say I agree with you. Besides here's a comment from Youtube I found rather disgusting:
you dont know shit about power ranger was the bomb, it pissed sentai 2000 times.If sentai were so great then it would be just as or more popular, you ask any kid senati thell give you a "what you talkkin about willis" look.The U.S. invented the idea about electronics and maufactured the first home comp.Japen made it better but you dont hear me pissing on there parade bitching like you!We just did the same thing and did it better so climb out of your ass and accept Power Rangers rules.
MrCYCLOPSXMEN12330 7 months ago

Notice how much typographical error this guy makes!
TCP said…
@ sean

He's a dumbass and belongs to the blind group of tokusatsu fans.I'm just concerned about the unawareness of original tokusatsu in the philippines and the question mark to the minds of the filipinos,what happen to sentai?.

I really don't like rip-offs especially the japan spiderman,I don't like also they must made their own toku just like tattooed teenage alien fighters from beverly hills it's original even adapted to ultraman concept.you can't see any rip-off.
Anonymous said…
as for Kamen Rider matters.. Stupid guys always say that Black is the VERY FIRST Kamen Rider EVER... I almost said BOBO on the guy sitting next to my PC cubicle while watching KR OOO that time... saying that KR's are getting too colorful.. to justify that the Pinoys are "stuck up" with the matter, I stopped my watching and played a trailer of Kamen Rider 1 in which 1971 was emphasized in the title.. another guy said.. "hey, NEW RIDER"... I glared at him and emphasized at the 1971 and 1985 are different...
TCP said…
@ anon April 14, 2011 6:07 AM

They not much familiar on the Heisei era that's why they easily define Kamen Rider in the Showa era.Kamen Rider Black is aired in 1987 it is different for the old series.They are just sucks not knowing about other riders,just because they stuck-up on free tv sickos including cable channels.