1970s: The Golden Era of Tokusatsu

Why do I consider the 1970s the Golden Era of Tokusatsu, as opposed to all the other periods in the history of toku?

1. The amount of programs being put out by different companies is STAGGERING. We have Toei, putting out gems such as the Kamen Rider franchise and Kikaider, Tsuburaya, putting out the excellent Mirrorman and Ultra series of the 70s, we have P Productions, coming up with Spectreman and the various animal based heroes as well as Denjin Zaborga. And there's also Toho, who put out Rainbowman, Zone Fighter, Godman and Red Tiger.

2. The ratings during the 70s were much higher for your average episode of Goranger or Ultraman Taro than most Heisei shows(for instance)...

3. The amount of concepts introduced during this period were numerous. Things that many modern series take for granted, such as muli-form heroes were pioneered with toku such as Rainbowman. Giant Mecha were introduced with Spiderman in 1978.

No other decade in toku had quite the dynamics and events that occured here...