And to test it... they dance? I'd say that's an odd way to test the Robo but it's Super Sentai and I know how bizarre it gets.

I've also speculated that this was to lighten the tone of Ohranger given the themes and the unfortunate circumstances in Japan at the time.

P.S.: What is that song in that scene, anyway? I knew years ago but I forgot!

Yeah, adding to what TokuKnight89 said, 1995 was not a great year for anything extreme in Japan due to some cult causing a severe domestic threat in Tokyo. And Ohranger at first was heading for something tad more "dark" until said incident occured forcing the production to go with a lighter tone for its show resulting in bits like this probably to get people's minds off that unfortunate event.

As a friend of mine put it about the show "We go from episodes that are all goofy and about teaching the robots to dance to really dark ones about serial killer robots!"

He still loved the show though.

Yep, despite the unfortunate setbacks due to current events at the time, it still is a decent sentai show. I love the designs overall, Goro is one of my favorite red rangers, and King Ranger is one of the best tsuika senshis around. :rock:

So, how will Lupinranger and Patoranger be treated in the grand scheme of things in Sentai?
I know they love their anniversary series, so will they treat them as 2 different Sentai that happened in the same year, or just as 1 joint Sentai with sub-teams a la the Hurricangers and Gouraigers?

The former. It is the concept this year and they should rightfully embrace it I think should they have one of those Gokaiger/Super Hero Taisen occasions. I guess we will have to wait and see until next February but for now counting them as two teams under one year seems more appropriate.

I've always seen the Gouraigers as just an extension of the Hurricangers. The series is named after Hurricanger, and the Gouraigers have similar suits. But this is different. There are two Sentai in the name of the show, and they have very different suits. From the looks of things, they're both going to get an extra hero as well. They're really reinforcing the idea that these are two separate teams.
However, it's still only one show, so it'll likely be viewed as the series that had two teams in one.

I have never watched Ohranger simply because of the fact they changed the script and never gave us the show they intended.

I would have perfered if they just dropped Ohranger on the backburner and just went to next years sentai.

Not to mention that every time they try an anniversary season, something happens and they are forced to change it.

One rule I always follow as a writer is DO NOT CHANGE THE SCRIPT, it doesn't matter if the freaking theater is burning down around you, the cast has food poisioning and the apocalypse has started, the script will NEVER be changed.

I think it would make sense for Lupin and Pato to be treated as 2 separate teams, but I just never understand Toei's decisions :lol

As for Ohranger, that was really out of their hands. They're not making high art, they're making a kids show.