How exactly did it not work for Dragon Knight? I remember Sting/Raia having the same death and Onyx having Ryuga's scenes in the dream sequence, but those weren't really bad at all

Yeah, but those are the exception to the rule, aren't they? Ultimately, while it's cheaper to recycle, it sacrifices tonal continuity. That doesn't matter for Power Rangers because your average pre-teen doesn't care about production values - teens / young adults, who are generally angst ridden, do. Plus, recycling forces certain narratives which could hamper a writer.

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As someone who's doing business studies, I didn't know about this TV stuff

I love the idea of something like that, using Western actors and original story in the same setting, but logistically that would probably be a nightmare. Having to get the actors and writers and other talent to Japan, having to film the same scenes twice(meaning the locations they film are closed own more often/longer, and possibly charging more), the western actors being out of place in Japan.

I think the preferable way to make a Rider show is to have Toei to ship off the props/costumes to a western studio and they make all original footage and use none of the stuff from the original.

But if we are trying to get the reputation of Rider up, would it be a kids show on Nick or something? Or would it be on more mainstream channels/online platforms? If it's the latter, using my idea of reusing props wouldn't work, because modern Rider has such a flashy kid targeted design that not a lot of people would take it seriously.

How would you even get the reputation of KR up? It's still, at the end of the day, a kids show. You're gonna miss your target demo if you aim to air it on Fox or whatever...

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Not like 'kids show' stopped shows having fans outside the target demo before

In alk seriousness, if they make an adaptation of Kabuto, they need to bring his original actor back, as he speaks fluent English

That's an inverse of the situation. Mine is a kid's show with a periphery demographic that comes in. Taking a kid's show and tossing it on a network that doesn't commonly air kid's shows (Probably at best airing family comedies) in hopes of disassociating itself with Power Rangers and Nick wouldn't be the right way to go about it.

In that case, you're looking at it at the wrong perspective. The studio would have to look for something like CW I guess as 'teens/young adults' fit in their demograph due to Arrowverse

As it stands, it would have to be on Netflix / Hulu / Amazon. I'd argue that whether Kamen Rider is a kid's show or not depends on the season - I'd say Ryuki, Blade and Hibiki skew toward a YA audience, where Ghost and Fourze are genuine kid's shows. Most feel "All Ages" - like Dr. Who. I've brought Dr. Who up a few times recently, I really feel like KR is a lot like Dr. Who and could have a similar appeal. Perhaps that's how I should explain it to potential viewers.

It really is a great comparison, though. Not only does it work on the meta level of "long-running show that changes up its protagonist a bunch that went away for a while and came back in a slightly different and arguably more popular form", but the tones really are close a lot of the time.

Doctor Who is a show that can expect you to chuckle at something ridiculous one moment and then expect you to take it seriously the next. Sometimes it even expects both at the same time. It's a very unique sort of style and I think that's why it's occasionally hard for people to get into.

Kamen Rider is very much the same way. Moments like the penultimate episode of Gaim come to mind, where (this really isn't a spoiler but I think it'll be a fun surprise if you haven't seen the show) Kouta takes a big hit and recoils dramatically while CG "fruit energy" flies out of the wound. Or Necrom's finishing attack as Sanzou that first gets used during a really tense moment.