Power Rangers brings to mind a very specific image for most people: a group of teenagers with attitude in rainbow spandex fighting villains in rubber suits week-to-week while learning a lesson about why cheating is bad. However silly this set-up seems, it owes its existence to the Japanese film tradition of Tokusatsu (Toku for shot). Literally translating to “special effects,” Tokusatsu is a film tradition that has been central to Japanese sci-fi film and TV show for decades.