I feel like I've asked this before, but I didn't see anything recent in a quick search of the thread, so here goes (again?):

Has Sentai stabilized in terms of ratings and toy sales or is it still declining? I remember this being a big topic back when Go-Busters was out and for several years after that it seemed like the show was consistently doing worse numbers year to year. Is that still happening or has it leveled off or improved?

In terms of toy sales, it seemed to have recovered with Donbrothers which made 5.6 billion yen, which is still lower than Ryusoulger and LuPat which both made 6 billion individually. King-Ohger made slightly less with 5.4 billion. Still have a long way to go to get back to Kyoryuger numbers, that's for sure. But I suppose they are keeping their expectations low these days, they expect Boonboomger to make 5 billion.

In re-watching Ohranger VS. Kakuranger, the same old thought comes to mind: This crossover makes no sense in terms of continuity!

Granted, many Sentai Movies and Crossovers have a nascent tendency to disavow continuity, but this was the first such crossover since JAKQ VS. Gorenger and there really wasn't a great big need to be so flagrantly opposed to the two shows it was supposed to tie into.

On the Kakuranger side, the team uses their Doron Changers to transform even though they sacrificed them to seal Daimaou. This is minor all things considering, as we never see Ninjaman or the Sanshinshou, so one could argue that they temporarily allowed the Kakuranger to reclaim their Doron Changers while they held the Seal Door in check. One could also argue that this takes place BEFORE the team actually seals Daimaou, but that's a humongous stretch! And another hypothesis would suggest that the Doron Changers merely provided some sense of visual finality when the actual intent behind the Seal Door is to hide one's own capacity for evil behind their heart, and that the Kakurangers have learned to contain their capacity for the evil that Daimaou represented and can reclaim their Doron Changers at any moment. Of course, Tsuruhime criticizing Sasuke for his blatantly pervy behavior might negate that assumption!

On the Ohranger side, the obvious issue is Bacchusfundo's appearance in a Crossover which also includes OhBlocker and Tackle Boy! Technically, he was still alive after his defeat by OhBlocker, but the brunt of Baranoia didn't know that for some time. This only makes sense if the script for this Crossover was devised before the series decided to end Bacchusfundo's reign and simultaneously introduce Bomber the Great in the series, so that by the time it was set to film they had already taken Bacchusfundo out of the show but neglected to adjust the Crossover script to match and left it as is. Of course, as I and many others have mentioned before, Ohranger is notoriously inconsistent!

So I probably asked this a while back but which ranger suit do you think as of 2024 could also work in another color and if so, which color would you like it to be? Myself, I think Bun Orange would also work well as a green ranger, but in the lime green shade they used for ToQ4, Chameleon Green, Zyuoh Elephant, and Midoninger.

I'm a little confused. A lot of ranger suits are designed to look well in multiple colors, hence why, helmet aside, many suits don't have too many physical differences.

I guess I meant to say more in the line of do you have a ranger suit you would've liked to see in another color in their respective shows. My bad. :lolol

Staying in line with the "Ohranger is notoriously inconsistent" mindset, another thought comes to mind: Why were Riki and Dorin temporarily excised during the middle?

KingRanger appears in Ep. 31, but is absent till around Ep. 36. In fact, the defeat of his archenemies Bacchusfundo happens entirely without him at all! Sure, keeping him around reminds the audience of King Pyramider and could underscore the debut of the Blocker Robos and OhBlocker, but even Power Rangers found a way around that by leaving Pyramidas at the bottom of Aquitar and unusable for some time. Couldn't the Ohranger writers have found a way to include Riki and not King Pyramider, or was there an entirely different reason why he and Dorin weren't seen or mentioned for several episodes, even though those episodes had situations where they were certainly needed!?

Speaking of Kingranger, it's funny how both Ohranger and Zeo had Takumi Hashimoto (Boi/Tigerranger in Zyuranger and Jiro in Megaranger) and Brad Hawkins (Ryan Steele in VR Troopers)voice Kingranger and Gold Ranger respectively for the first appearance episodes.

But...Riki doesn't resemble Takumi to my eyes! I could be wrong, but my old understanding was that Riki was played by the same kid who portrayed Kou in Dairanger, but I admit I had my doubts as to the validity of that claim. Also, you implied that Takumi voiced Riki/KingRanger, but didn't say that he portrayed him onscreen. The reasonable conclusion would be that the actor was overdubbed, but if that was the case then there had to be a reason for it.

Correct, Takumi Hashimoto didn't portray him onscreen, he did just the voices according to what I searched in Japanese, specifically episodes 26 and 27 apparently. If I'm wrong so be it, but given the fact that we had Brad Hawkins do the voiceover before the big reveal I'm convinced.
As for who played Riki in 1995 it was Shoji Yamaguchi. Kou was played by Hisashi Sakai who was young Burai in Zyuranger the year before Dairanger. Fun fact, Yamaguchi and Sakai were all in the same acting management company/organization as Hidenori Tokuyama aka Hiroto/Go-On Gold aka Yaguruma/Kickhopper at the time.

*Update: I can't spot it in episode 26 but I am convinced Riki's voice when he goes all Bruce Lee on the Baranoia during his debut battle in episode 27 after he transformed was what Hashimoto must've recorded. I wonder if it was a last minute request thing and Hashimoto wasn't credited because of it.

Can't remember if this question has been answered before, so I'm gonna ask it again: What the hell is with that giant high heel Ako stands next to in the Jetman Ending Theme!? It doesn't appear in an actual episode per my memory.

Probably just some random sculpture in the city or town they found I suppose. Off topic, the artsy cutout scenes in the ending clip (like the one where Ryu has wings and Raita has a tux on) are supposedly the show highlighting historic moments in aircraft history:

Ryu: Ornithopter
Kaori: Possibly a nod to Vincenzo Lunardi and the hot air balloon
Raita: Possibly a nod to in-flight meals and flying being a luxurious thing to do
Ako: Possibly female pilots, such as Amelia Earhart
Gai: Possibly Top Gun and fighter jets

Say what you will about the Heritage Auction controversy, it did reveal something interesting to me.

Given the number of pieces and artifacts they are pushing, they decided to be somewhat detailed by including a movie/episode screenshot or an official photo from years past with each one in addition to the pictures of the items they likely took themselves.

One of the Wild Force Red Ranger suits had the following image attached to it, and the logo is curious to say the least. It's definitely a GaoRanger promotional photo to be sure.

Is there an online resource that exists which uses that specific logo?

I have never seen that logo before, but it feels like something one would come across in a toku fansite or community during the early 2000s.

Was the Gekiranger movie actually filmed in Hong Kong? Or do they do anything to make it look like Hong Kong? I can't imagine they actually went to HK but deep down I hope they did, so I'm trying to set my expectations a bit :lol

There's no chance they went to Hong Kong for Gekiranger of all series.

From what I could search, it seems like they actually did film some of the footage in Hong Kong, but they were probably all the B-roll footage stuff. I do remember that one scene where Ran/Geki Yellow points out that they're in Hong Kong was obviously green screened.

I heard some people say the Ohranger or Power Ranger Zeo helmet visors symbols are based on symbols on the zener cards. Is it official or just people's assumption?

A book called 25 Super Sentai Series Complete Material Book that was published in 2001 stated briefly that the helmet design has a Zenar card motif. Takeyuki Suzuki, who was one of the producers, however, said in another publication that it has more to do with just representing numbers 5 through 1, and there are no correlations. That said, I personally am convinced that maybe the design department took inspiration from them despite the main motif being ancient civilizations and decided to run with it.

Thank you for answering my question.

When I was still a child, I was quite confused about connections between Ohranger's geometric designs with their ancient civilization motifs. But, at that time, I was still enjoying Ohranger.

What are the "Zenar Cards"?

My mistake. It's supposed to be Zener. :lolol
But to get back to your question, they're supposed to be cards created with the purpose of testing whether or not a person has psychic powers and stuff.

Glad to be of help. :rock:
That said, I do wonder if it's a case of internal miscommunication at the time when they were in pre-production. Off topic, Shishido who played Goro/Oh Red said in an interview that the working title he was given when he auditioned was Nazoranger, which roughly translates to Riddle Ranger. :lolol

I remember King Ranger's visor design is based on 王 (king) in Japanese Kanji, so his visor represents number 6 because it has six sides.

So, why do some Sentai like to make a certain arm gesture when announcing their attacks (usually while in cockpits)?

Granted, it's more a compliment to a dramatic announcement given that stunt actors can't visually emote using facial expressions while their faces are covered, but it still comes across as... questionable.

This is most obvious in Zyuranger and Dairanger, and by default, the early days of Mighty Morphin'.

https://sirstack.db-destiny.net/morphylogeny/127.htm

It could be because the gesture doesn't have the same amount of cultural/sociopolitical significance in Japanese society, but even that feels off cause the Shocker grunts of Kamen Rider would do a variation of the same gesture given Shocker's origins/affiliations.

Personally, I think it's just part of the continuity that makes the show more recognizable and, at the same time, allows you to save money by using the same footage in repeat episodes. With the change in media, such elements gradually died out/changed. Plus, the gesture is not identical, so it's essentially just a salute. Scouts and even Vulcans from Star Trek have this, because the inspiration is not identical. And in general, people should cling not to gestures and symbols, but to the meaning that is put into them. As Churchill/Cilone/Long/whoever said: "The fascists of the future will call themselves anti-fascists."

How would you envision Gozyuger adapted into PR?

i would like bandai can have power rangers toy license again.

It's a kid's show and doubt toho would ever entertain that idea. There hasn't been a lead red female ranger either (which I believe would happen before having a gay Sentai ranger member) and I'm not going counting the few episodes that Kaoru Shiba in Shinkenger took over as the leader of the clan as it was just a plot device.

If you want a gay ranger then the closest you will get are BL dramas with former toku actors starring in them.

It hurts my soul when I'm looking for dramas to watch and see former Kamen Rider and Super Sentai actors in those BL drama shows, but you probably might like them so that's my suggestion

Thank you digging up a 10 year old topic with some dicey replies only to be more homophobic than everyone else, I hope you enjoyed the non-binary characters in Donbrothers and KingOhger and the lesbian relationship in Revice.

Does anyone know if the sound effect the Cross Changer makes when the Jetman team transforms was pigeon noises that were sampled and modulated? :lolol

They should make a Power Rangers game that's a Megaman clone, rather than the usual beat-em-up.

So, why was Zenkaiser's upgrade based on Dragon Caesar, anyway?

Maybe to celebrate the first sixth ranger? Or probably Toei just picked the mecha they thought would sell best, like they did with the other Zenkaigers

Because this is a popular robot, which means most of the audience will not be disappointed. Plus, another reason to touch Godzilla without having the right to do so.

Does anyone know why the episodes of the first few Super Sentai shows were about 24 minutes long, then dropped to 19, and then went back up to 24? It's clear from the shows themselves that time was cut by the mecha fights, which by the mid-80s had turned into extended finishers in most cases (not always!), and by the early 2000s computer technology had allowed them to be diversified again. But this is more of a consequence than a cause, and it is most likely a matter of broadcasting peculiarities. So why did TV Asahi need to take away 5 minutes from Super Sentai in the 80s and return them in the 2000s?

It was a matter of the broadcasting slots changing.

Thank you. Yes, that's what I thought.

I hear about the Ohranger anniversary event.

It seems to have decreased recently, but for older teams, why are pink rangers' mecha so often white with pink details even when the rest of the team's mecha are solidly their ranger's actual colors? For example Shinkenger, Goseiger and Gokaiger did it three times in a row

Considering the time, perhaps they wanted to avoid association with the then popular emo subculture, which was not particularly suitable for the cheerful pink rangers? Or they were playing it safe in case they decided to change the pink ranger to a white one.