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Top 5 Coolest Things NOT Adapted from Sentai to Power Rangers
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06-16-2014, 11:50 AM
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Dormamu
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As someone who came late in the game to the Sentai series, I feel like the biggest misses come in every series.
I actually literally feel offended at the attempts to white wash each Sentai series into what is dribbled in the US. I think it dumbs down the creativity, it insults the intelligence of the very demographic that it is trying to sell to (I'm not talking adults I'm talking the boys aged 8-12 that this is for. An eight year old would completely be able to not only understand, but maybe get more out of a Sentai series than they would a Power Rangers one), and it teaches stereotypes and nationalism in the worst way. I showed my nephew some of the Sentai series since he was a Power Rangers fan. He's 11, and he LOVED it. LOVED IT. With subtitles and all.
I get it to an extent. US rules and compliance, parents with guns in their hands too uptight about their kids seeing people on tv with guns in their hands but not too uptight to let them watch a violent movie, etc. It's hard to NOT be on a soapbox about everything wrong sometimes. I am a parent and I would argue though that not only are the Sentais more mature for kids, but they're classier.
Story wise, all of the misses of the shows listed are correct. Dairanger was dismissed, and while I understand why they wouldn't adapt Gobusters, it is a damn shame, and a slap to the intelligence of those who get it.
Haim Saban gets a lot of !@#@ for having to do what he does to even get a Japanese series adapted so that kids can watch something historic, and yes, the Sentai and Kamen Rider series can actually be identified as historical references both culturally and in media. But I wish that we didn't have to resort to this nonsense to see a kids show that other countries aren't as uptight about.
tl;dr: Parents, teach your kids that Power Rangers originated from Super Sentai and make them watch that instead. Maybe they'll learn Japanese, maybe they'll read better with subtitles, maybe they'll realize there's more to the world than the Walmart down the road and the McDonalds across from their school.
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