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The fact that the American Comic Industry has never tried to capitalize on toku.

MalkavianMalkavian
edited 2011-12-21 12:57:42 in General
MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!
I mean there's not even a Power Rangers comic on the stands. Considering all the eighties/nineties nostalgia going on I'm surprised no one's tried to do their BOLD NEW TAKE on the franchise.

And I mean I know Kamen Rider had the Dragon Knight adaptation of Ryuki which according to TV Tropes won a Technical Emmy. 

With the internet their fanbase is just getting bigger and bigger.

And I want a Kamen Rider/Ghost Rider crossover already!

Comments

  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    edited 2011-12-21 13:20:35
    Dark Horse released a comic based on Ultraman Tiga several years ago. Some info on their site. It's not much, (especially considering that it was really just a translation of a Chinese spin-off comic) but it's something. So yeah, it's not exactly that they've never tried to do something with toku properties, just that, they didn't do very much.
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    This is your chance then Malk :D
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    I would have wanted them to translate Guyver.
  • captainbrasscaptainbrass
    Has the American comics industry ever tried to capitalise on tofu?
  • DYREDYRE

    ^^ Er... Guyver has been translated by Viz Media.

    Unless you mean you want Dark Horse to have done it, or something.

  • TravisBickleTravisBickle
    ...Why would the AMERICAN comic industry try to capitalize on a heavily Japanese genre that's like 10 years out of date as far as mainstream-ness goes? Might as well ask "Why has the anime industry never capitalized on spaghetti westerns?" or some other uniquely American/European-centric concept.
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.

    Speaking of which, if I could see a Japanese dub of the dollars trilogy, would be the nerdiest day of my life.

  • TravisBickleTravisBickle
    Fun fact: They actually call them Macaroni Westerns there because the word for spaghetti noodles in Japanese is the same as like, ramen noodles.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.

     eighties/nineties nostalgia


  • ClockworkUniverseClockworkUniverse
    OOOooooOoOoOOoo, I'm a ghoOooOooOOOost!
    ^^That second bit isn't true. They just say "supagetti."
  • TravisBickleTravisBickle
    Nostalgia really only gets people pumped up if it's wrapped up in a specific show or actors, not a general idea. The Michael Bay Transformers films probably wouldn't have half the audience that they do if it was just some random movie about robots.
  • TravisBickleTravisBickle
    I might have the reasoning wrong, but they definitely call them Macaroni Westerns there. http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/detailview.html?KEY=BP-186
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    Power Rangers. Still massively popular especially among nerds and superhero fans. It's pretty clear that if someone decided to make a modern comic of it, it would sell.

  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2012-01-11 10:53:46
    You can change. You can.

    The Michael Bay Transformers films probably wouldn't have half the audience that they do if it was just some random movie about robots.



    sure they would. Nobody gave a shit about Labeouf and Fox before them. And with the exception of maybe John Turturro and Voight, they hardly qualify as actors who sell tickets on their own. Unless Duhamel is suddenly top tier shit and I missed a memo.

  • TravisBickleTravisBickle
    There'd be a massive rights struggle with Power Rangers as a comic I'd think, since it was made up from like four different toku shows and stuff. Although since Saban finally got it back, they might do something with it but it probably doesn't have enough mainstream appeal to really bring the cash for anything but a miniseries.
  • TheConductorTheConductor

    I'd love DC or Marvel to do a Toku comic, just to show how different superheroes operate in different countries.

  • TravisBickleTravisBickle
    sure they would. - My point was that people are significantly more motivated to see "Hey, remember that show you loved as a child? Here it is on the big screen with state-of-the-art CGI?" as opposed to "Hey, there's a movie starring a bunch of nobodies and punching robots. I'll check it out, eventually. I guess."
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    >it probably doesn't have enough mainstream appeal to really bring the cash for anything but a miniseries.


    Yeah, you're factually wrong on this one. 


    Also there'd be no rights struggle as all of Power Rangers comes from a single franchise: Super Sentai. It'd just be between the American license holders and the comic distributors and that happens all the time.

  • TravisBickleTravisBickle
    Factually wrong is the best kind though. Maybe I'm just underestimating how little money it takes to make a comic book series?
  • MalkavianMalkavian
    MORONS! I'VE GOT MORONS ON MY PAYROLL!

    For reference, there's a rather successful Chip & Dale: Rescue Rangers comic out right now. Rescue Rangers and Power Rangers aired at approximately the same time and Power Rangers was waaaay more successful and popular. 

  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    edited 2012-01-11 20:09:53

    There'd be a massive rights struggle with Power Rangers as a comic I'd think, since it was made up from like four different toku shows and stuff. Although since Saban finally got it back, they might do something with it but it probably doesn't have enough mainstream appeal to really bring the cash for anything but a miniseries.


     



    Wait, what? Power Rangers is based on Super Sentai. Where did this "rights struggle due to being made form four different shows' come from? All the Sentai shows are by Toei. And Saban now has the rights to every season of Power Rangers, even the ones Disney made,I think. Why the hell would there be rights struggles?

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