I don't understand.

I think that Sentai is now set to experiments and will try new approaches until 50th birthday.

Would you have the sixth ranger of King Ohger come from Terra or our world?

I'm glad Sentai is making more experimental choices. Honestly, regardless of all the doomsaying about the series on the verge of cancellation (Which I'm glad has stopped lately), when you're approaching your 50th anniversary, I'm more surprised they haven't taken more risks.

Unless they were just too mortified to change things up and crash like Metal Heroes :lol

What happened to Metal Heroes?

They reinvented themselves as a goofier franchise in the last two years, a lot of people were turned off by the results and the franchise faded (Toei cancelling it to make way for Ishinomori reboots helped the two series gain a franchise killer reputation, which Toei was until recently all too happy to support)

Still, I think that the last two series are more consequences than the cause of the collapse of the franchise. I mean, Toei wouldn't be changing the tone for Kabutack if the B-fighters who were doing well. And I certainly would not have launched Robotack if Kabutak had turned out to be a complete failure. Plus, let's not forget that before this, the franchise was trying to become more mature with Blue SWAT, and the fans didn't appreciate it either. Well, finally, the revival of the riders was prepared for a long time, which means it was necessary to clear the schedule.
If any show is considered the killer of the franchise, then this is Garo: Versus Road. To destroy such a promising and popular topic so quickly, you really need to be a genius in your own way.

It's still a radical shift, though. The KR reboot was in the cards for years, but I guess it could be argued that, at that point, they already knew MH was going to be the franchise axed for Kuuga, so they might as well do something weird for their last installments.

Also, don't make it beetle themed :lol

Wait really?

I only follow Garo very casually, I thought Versus Road was supposed to be the first to take the brand wherever, since they just wrapped up the Saejima family's involvement in the franchise in Moonbow Traveler about a month before Versus came out.

If so, jeez. To have a franchise end on its very first step in a new direction, right after giving the mainline series a heartfelt sendoff too, that's... something.

We could have a homage to the Showa seasons in the 50th anniversary ?