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02-18-2021, 02:35 PM | #21 |
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Nah, Zyuranger was a runaway success at the time. It's easy to see the american use of the footage as important because obviously that is the one that sees most worldwide success, but ultimately it's not seen as much more than the overseas version in Japan and these are figures aimed at Japanese collectors with no direct overseas release. Super Minipla is targeted pretty specifically at Japanese Super Sentai fans, and Zyuranger is a very beloved season no matter if Saban's use of the footage proved popular in America or not.
When talking about ratings you also have to consider the -fan- aspect -- something that may not have been popular at the time could have become a big cult favourite among the fandom later. In particular Super Minipla bases most of its release choices on surveys it hands out to fans; and sure enough, Gaoranger has been very high on recent surveys. Similarly, GoLion was seen as just another super robot anime in an endless sea of super robot anime when it came out, but Voltron popularized it and now it has a SMP release as well. Anyways, do you know where Dairanger falls on these fan lists? Or what other seasons tend to rank towards the top?
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02-18-2021, 02:41 PM | #22 |
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Well you seem to know more about this than I do. I just find it hard to believe that the first Sentai Minipla released being the most internationally recognized one is coincidence.
Similarly, GoLion was seen as just another super robot anime in an endless sea of super robot anime when it came out, but Voltron popularized it and now it has a SMP release as well. Do you know where Dairanger falls on these fan list? Or what other seasons tend to rank towards the top? GoLion's situation I'm not overly familiar with, but did that have an international release? I'm always doubtful on the international aspect of these as candy toys as a thing just don't really exist in the west and of course wouldn't really be as popular.
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02-18-2021, 02:52 PM | #23 |
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I don't recall seeing Dairanger on the surveys, but I do know the last couple (Bioman and GoGoV) were both highly popular requests on them; GoGoV in particular being at number 1 -- which probably speaks to just how important it is to consider what is and isn't a cult favourite later on, as I sure don't hear about GoGoV's mass appeal outside of Super Minipla! I'd need to try and find them again -- the problem is trying to find translations, as I'm not fluent in Japanese and google translate won't work on images!
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GoLion's situation I'm not overly familiar with, but did that have an international release? I'm always doubtful on the international aspect of these as candy toys as a thing just don't really exist in the west and of course wouldn't really be as popular.
VS They say Dreamworks on both, so maybe Dreamworks "ordered" it to promote Legendary Defender? Similar to how Toonami helped fund GITS: SAC and the FLCL sequels.
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02-18-2021, 03:02 PM | #24 |
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Wouldn't be too surprised, and that's the big difference right there -- it's a piece of merchandise being sold internationally through Dreamworks, while Super Minipla Sentai mechs don't get anything of the like and are just available in Japan, with everything beyond the main mech even being Premium Bandai. Maybe Hasbro's worried it'll make their current legacy mecha offerings look bad or something.
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02-18-2021, 03:14 PM | #25 |
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Wouldn't be too surprised, and that's the big difference right there -- it's a piece of merchandise being sold internationally through Dreamworks, while Super Minipla Sentai mechs don't get anything of the like and are just available in Japan, with everything beyond the main mech even being Premium Bandai. Maybe Hasbro's worried it'll make their current legacy mecha offerings look bad or something.
US release: VS Japanese release: (sorry, couldn't find a larger image) But anyways, I don't think we'll actually find the answers through speculation. I just sincerely hope we get some Dairanger minipla some day... That, and Ohranger. Those two seasons have my favorite mech designs.
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02-18-2021, 03:31 PM | #26 |
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Yeah, and in those cases I could easily see the overseas adaption's popularity playing into the decision there -- but the lack of it now is why it wouldn't matter in regards to Dairanger.
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02-18-2021, 03:48 PM | #27 |
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02-18-2021, 03:59 PM | #28 |
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Well, that's the thing -- Hasbro and Bandai don't really seem willing to do anything with each other...
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02-18-2021, 04:19 PM | #29 |
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It might be worth noting that Dairanger got a notably healthy set of releases in the Sentai Artisan line, which is a pretty exclusive club. I'm probably even less informed about these things than most people, but for what it's worth, I have to imagine a Minipla DairenOh has a pretty solid chance of getting made... it just might take a bit for them to get around to it.
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02-18-2021, 04:30 PM | #30 |
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I do hope this release includes a good chunk of the power animals. Gaoking and GaoHunter are standard, but maybe a GaoIcarus or GaoKong + Elephant as well?
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