Magiranger is one of my favourites.

Um...I found it dull...
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As did I.

I wouldn't call Magiranger dull.

Grating, inconsequential, immature, unfunny, superficial, and annoying... those descriptors are more my speed.

**braces for the inevitable barrage of rotten fruit.**

Well, Magiranger is, like many other early 2000 Sentai shows, not very "brave" (no Kyoryu pun intended), it doesn't takes many risks. While it does use magic as a new theme, it doesn't do something outstanding with it. It has solid writing, nice designs and some great acting (Hiroya Matsumoto did an amazing job as Tsubasa, for example), but it isn't as special as it could have been.

Tsubasa is awesome, I'll give you that. The mechs are cool. Their broom-cycles are incredibly ridiculous, and therefore, incredibly awesome.

But you're right -- the show doesn't forge much new ground for the franchise (unless you count all of Mandora Boy's awkward musical numbers for babies, which I prefer not to think about). I feel like I've seen everything it attempts done much better in other series.

The designs of Magi are definitely nice. Hell Wolozard is one of my favorites ever. But that plot is just, yeah. It's kinda sad that they couldn't do a whole lot with the magic theme, as it has the potential to lead to some really spectacular stuff.

Personally, I always enjoyed the musical numbers in Magi and found them rather charming. (just saying- "for babies" makes you sound like a teenager in the middle of puberty ;) ) It was one of the reasons why I enjoyed Magi so much as a teen, actually and I even listened to the songs when I wasn't actively watching Sentai anymore.

I think this is more a matter of taste, but as a person who grew up with musicals of pretty much any possible kind, the music in Magi was very enjoyable to me. Yes, the lyrics where "childish"- but Sentai is still a children's TV show, after all.

I will admit that they did fall flat plot wise with Magi. But I always imagined them being a team able to jump into any situation (cough cough Legend War) and still be able to fight. Either way in the end its all Opinion based right?

That was part of the joke. lol

I love musicals too, but Mandora Boy felt like something ported over from Dora The Explorer. I know sentai is "for kids," but you can't deny that he feels a little Pre-K.