Shout Factory tweeted about it. I'm not sure if that's an indication that Gavan Infinity will be streamed like Zeztz, but I think there's a better chance for it.
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My main point wasn't to say that Power Rangers was the only/main reason why Toei canceled Super Sentai. It's more of a potential opportunity. A business decision that is on the back burner.

Your point aligns well with what i was saying. Toei is likely trying to consolidate their Toku IPs and likely regret not having any creative control in Power Rangers within North American distribution. At the time they licensed out Super Sentai to Saban 1) it wasn't expected to do well and 2) the U.S. was the only superpower with the greatest amount of global soft power, and 3) The only way to distribute Japanese media to the Anglosphere is to allow American or Canadian companies to heavily edit and dub it to cater to late 20th century American sensibilities.

At that time IPs weren't as massive as the star power of a celebrity, and many corporations, even domestic ones, were licensing out their IPs to syndication or competitive networks. Now we are knee deep into the 21st century and China is a growing superpower, and Japan is a strong regional power with global soft power. The MCU has completely changed the perspective on IP consolidation (noting the messiness of spreading out IPs to competitors like Hulk to Universal Studios, and Spider-Man to Sony Pictures). The internet has completely changed how international distribution works. Streaming has also created a bubble of IP consolidation and leading to corporations merging to stay afloat.

Every other adaptation of a Toei toku property has failed, allowing Toei to consolidate their properties and have greater control over their IPs when trying to market them abroad. The only hold out in this consolidation is Super Sentai. Since Hasbro holds the licensing rights to Power Rangers and permits them to create rangers and teams without using Sentai footage, this puts Toei in a bind because 1) they cannot market Super Sentai to North America even if its a season not yet adapted, and 2) Toei loses necessary funding for their Super Sentai productions from the licensing fees charged to use Sentai footage to adapt it to Power Rangers. Thus not only do they lose a vital market to sell their IP to, they have a reduced budget for Sentai going forward. With Sentai on the decline and losing licensing sales Toei had no choice but to cancel Super Sentai for the time being. While Power Rangers is not the only reason why Super Sentai got put on ice for the time being, it is a factor that cannot be ignored.

You know, it occurred to me that this new project is probably bad news for new heroines. Sentai always had to inlcude at least one, but Kamen Rider is inconsistent with them and there's no guarantee we'll get any in whatever RED is.

Oh, I've already accepted that female representation in tokusatsu is only going to continue to get worse for years to come. I think Bandai would much rather herd girls over to Precure and Aikatsu instead.

That's a valid concern, and I don't want to get my (or anyone else's) hopes up too high. But on the other hand, Sentai and Rider both have histories of always making the red rangers and main riders male, enough that producers are probably wary of backlash if they made a season with a woman as the central protagonist. Project RED doesn't have that baggage, so it's possible this could open the door for more heroines not just in general but in the leading role!

The big rumour about this included some MagiMother looking heroine for what it's worth

Literally this years Rider cast:

https://news.tokunation.com/wp-conte...Zeztz-Cast.jpg

Also, every Rider show during Reiwa had at least one female Rider so far...?

Maybe aside from Gavv, I actually don’t know if Jiip counts. Probably not.

+ they litteraly made a specific "girls remix" series to celebrate the female cast of Kamen Rider.

Yeah I know it is just rumors so far, but it sounds likely that Gavan Infinity is going to have a male-female hero duo. So I'm not too worried about female hero representation getting worse due to Project R.E.D., especially given we haven't had two female Sentai team members since Kiramager.

I'm not holding my breath for the possibility of a woman as the protagonist anytime soon though, even if I think it would be nice. The lead role doesn't always get the most focus in these shows anyways, so I'm not sure it matters much beyond the optics of things.

I know it's early, but how many of them are actually Riders?

Jlip is canonically male, so Gavv had zero female Riders.

This is the root cause of my concern. Female representation in Sentai was inexplicably getting worse (which made the Imamori scandal sting a bit more).

I'm curious if they're still going to include Mecha fights.

Welcome back and belated tanjoubi omedetou.

Worth pointing out once more that Rinne is officially the co-protagonist of Gotchard rather than a typical heroine and Amelia is the first female Red Ranger to also be a protagonist, an example that Toei are slow to follow. If we take the example of Metal Heroes, the Battle Cop movie stands out for only having a heroine.

Out of the girls, zero. In total, one.

While I curse the empty yellow bubble as much as the next guy, I think a male crossdressing Rider who's not a token joke is also a pretty cool and rare thing to have.

On the other hand, at least the lone Reiwa Sentai heroines have been pretty prominent. Magine is the first girl to be half of a Gattai. Kitou is confirmed by Inoue to be the protagonist instead of Tarou. Hymeno is a literal bad*ss queen with a 1-hit KO power and has defeated a pre-nerf Sixth Ranger by herself! Mira is important to the final arc. Sumino.... Well, she used to be.

Do you doubt? It's the biggest selling point of Sentai and a common feature of past Metal Heroes.

We don't yet know exactly what Project Red is (and it will take at least two or three years to figure it out), but I wouldn't throw away the opportunity Red Poitrine to appear. After all, a new franchise is always time for experimentation. Plus, even if we don't get any heroines, the supporting cast and villains will definitely not leave viewers without memorable women.

Welp, as long as we're not getting a red Kikaider, all's well with the world. I mean, by that point, it wouldn't be a hero show, but more of an AI disaster/horror story. :lolol

I know this isn't the point you were making, but this makes me think it could be interesting if Project RED took more influence from genres besides superhero action, like by increasing how scary the monsters are (horror), having more developed love subplots (romance), exploring settings besides the real world (fantasy/scifi), etc. While still having plenty of awesome suit fights, of course!

you know red is my favorite color.

I already imagine people will be shipping Gavan with the rumored White Mage character.

It seems that they promised to focus on detective stories, because detective shows are popular on Asahi TV.

Wait, the white-colored heroine is a mage? That would be cool, I'd love to see an armored hero fighting while another character provides magical support, like the non-rider alchemists in Gotchard or that teaser for the cancelled SFX Fantasy Rayforce

I can't remember if it was said here or in the other thread, but yeah supposedly the true reason the marketing for Gavan Infinity explicitly uses language like "completely new 'Gavan'" and "nothing like the other space sheriff series" is cuz Gavan Infinity will actually revolve around Elemental Magic:

Gavan is now red cuz he'll utilize Fire, and will allegedly co-lead alongside a MagiMother designed heroine that is apparently Project R.E.D's version of Poitrine and will use Light.

Then characters centered around Water (Blue), Earth (Green), and Darkness (Black) will show up later.

So basically Sentai, Metal Heroes, Live action Magical Girls, and probably many other Toku staples all now rolled up into one big Project RED. (At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if the movie/1st episode throws in an ending scene of Gavan and Poitrine(?) nodding at each other before aggressively striking a pose, leaping into the air, and kicking the MotW in the face.

I guess this really is Toei's equivalent of the Avengers if all the characters end up being references/revamps of their existing IP's.

It's very reminiscent of the Chinese Armor Heroes for me, but with the addition of Toei lore. I'd also venture to guess that if Red is Gavan, and White is Poitrine, then Black is Kagestar, Blue is Inazuman or Kikaider, and Green is Kamen No Rider or something similar (I don't know how much they'll risk playing with the current show)

First Teaser's up: https://x.com/ProjectRED_Toei/status...34404712669466

The suit looks pretty cool in the teaser, I like how they captured the iconic reflective look of the heroes of the Space Sheriff trilogy in a more modern form. Also, judging by all the elemental attacks in the teaser the elemental themed heroes rumor is definitely holding water.

Damn, this some good techno. :rock:
Someone loop the music from this, please. :lolol

I'm glad Gavan's helmet design is still intact.

The helmet and the rest of the suit is indeed slightly different from Gavan and Gavan Type G.

I suppose the design decisions, like the red paint job, wouldn't have been much of a discussion topic had Sharivan and Shaider been named to something to the effect of "Gavan [insert cool-sounding word here]" much like Kamen Rider V3 or Black. I guess, given how simple the original Gavan's silhouette is, that the design elements such as the helmet design and color scheme are what make Gavan, well, "Gavan" for lack of better words. Probably why Gavan Bootleg wasn't discussed to this degree, at least as far as I can remember, for retaining as much of the iconography that resembles Gavan while doing its own thing.
Anyhoos, looking forward to the full suit design.

Well, it should be stated that this teaser being streamed on the Toei Tokusatsu World YouTube page definitely confirms Toei's plan to simulcast it. Question now is who will pick it up for distribution.

I wouldn't be surprised if it was Tokushoutsu.

They did retweet the Toei_PR tweet of the Project Red announcement.

It makes too much sense since they're streaming Zeztz too.

https://www.asahi.com/sp/articles/AS...XUCVL00TM.html

Some highlights from more of Shirakura's interview with Asahi Shimbun:

- Gavan Infinity is a hard reboot and will not be connected to the original Gavan at all, but will carry over the metallic suit design and battles in hyperspace.

- Giant robot battles will return, in a similar style to Sentai mecha fights.

- Will be a part of a new shared continuity (something else carried over from the Space Sheriff trilogy, though Shirakura doesn't mention this).

- Next year's season, which hasn't been ironed out yet, will drift even further from Sentai conventions.

- It will be aimed at a similar audience to Kamen Rider.

It definitely sounds like Gavan Infinity was designed with the intention of easing Sentai fans into a new series by keeping some similarities. I wonder if the giant mech battles are something they plan to keep around, of it it is one of those Sentai traits they intend to "drift even further from" in the subsequent shows. Also interesting they are aiming for a similar audience to Kamen Rider, so I guess it's aimed a bit older. As long as the two series are different enough it should be fine, but I can't help but worry one will cannabalize the audience of the other if they are too close in style.

Well, I think it makes sense then to present weekly episodes of both shows as a single video file on the Youtube or any other platforms, aka an online analogue of Super Hero Time. And for those who prefer one particular title, make a note so it's convenient to watch. Although this might make it difficult for Toei to evaluate the new project.

One reason that the shift from Super Sentai to Metal Heroes works for me is that giant robots have been a part of some of the shows like Shaider and B-Fighter Kabuto. That said, I hope they bring back the giant ship turns to a huge friggin' cannon fired by a huge friggin' hologram of the hero. If it doesn't make it into Gavan Infinity, then a future show.

Well, because Gavan Infinity is using some Super Sentai concepts, like the red protagonist hero, giant mecha and possible other hero members, I feel Super Sentai souls are alive inside the Gavan Infinity series.

Red Protagonist + Mage Heroine = live-action Red Ranger from Another World?

I just hope it's not too toy drive. Sometimes the toy gimmicks being thrown in your face can be so annoying.

I think it'll be pretty close to modern Rider.