jmdict 1454910 Active (id#2322072)
特撮 [news2,nf25]
とくさつ [news2,nf25]
  1. [n] [abbr]
    • special effects
    • SFX
    Cross references:
    • ⇒ see: 1455000 特殊撮影 1. special effects; SFX
  2. [n]
    • tokusatsu
    • [expl] genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects
    Cross references:
    • ⇐ see: 2846246 ヒーローショー 1. stage show featuring superhero characters from tokusatsu films and TV series
    • ⇐ see: 2846267 特撮ヒーロー【とくさつヒーロー】 1. superhero in a tokusatsu TV show (e.g. Ultraman, Kamen Rider)
    • ⇐ see: 2859794 戦隊モノ【せんたいもの】 1. Sentai-like show (sub-genre of tokusatsu featuring teams of superheroes, e.g. Power Rangers)
History:
    • A 2024-11-15 01:19:18 Marcus Richert (id#2322072)
    • Diff
      @@ -23 +23,2 @@
      -<gloss>tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects)</gloss>
      +<gloss>tokusatsu</gloss>
      +<gloss g_type="expl">genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects</gloss>
    • A 2024-09-19 22:00:20 Jim Breen (id#2313618)
    • A* 2024-09-19 21:40:35 Robin Scott (id#2313603)
    • Comments
      Only chujiten has this as [vs].
      I don't think we need to give an example for sense 2.
    • Refs
      特撮	1,295,049		
      特撮し	425		
      特撮する	79
    • Diff
      @@ -16 +15,0 @@
      -<pos>&vs;</pos>
      @@ -24 +23 @@
      -<gloss>tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)</gloss>
      +<gloss>tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television that makes heavy use of practical special effects)</gloss>
    • A 2020-08-25 01:31:57 Jim Breen
    • Comments
      Register, register, ... Brings back memories of editing graduate students' draft papers and theses.
    • A* 2020-08-25 01:28:07 Robin Scott
    • Comments
      I think "a lot of" sounds a little too informal for a dictionary entry. Wikipedia's wording looks fine to me.
    • Diff
      @@ -24 +24 @@
      -<gloss>tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama using a lot of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)</gloss>
      +<gloss>tokusatsu (genre of live-action film or television drama that makes heavy use of special effects, e.g. Godzilla)</gloss>
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