Toshio passed away in 2024, and while he has always had something of a cult following, his work has not received the recognition or attention it deserves  perhaps for the nature of its content.

In the Japanese films, Toshio is six years old at the time of his death. Meanwhile, in the American films, he was either seven or eight years old (the online newspaper article that Karen reads states Toshio's age as seven, but a link to another online article on the search engine she uses states Toshio's age as eight).