I mean Build's confirmed to be at episode 14 or something at the point Zi-O pops in. My point is that you're trashing Saban for something Toei themselves often do, just seems hypocritical

So far Woz is the most interesting character to me. He looks like he's Oma Zi-O's loyal servant and trying to make sure everything goes according to history, but in the opening we see him burning his book and the pages are blank. Maybe he's actually trying to rewrite history, either for saving the world or for his own agenda

A little disappointed they didn't show 2018 Sento & Banjou. I really want to see how are they doing in the new world

Didn't her actress got sick that's why she left the show?

That BGM sounded more Indian than Egyptian.

This episode was ok, but rushed on a level that would make Sentai premieres blush. I'm glad the belts are simple and aren't as yappy as in previous years (I'm getting really sick of the unintelligible noise from the Ex-Aid belts now that I'm getting through that show). The opening theme isn't as good as Be The One, but it's still better than the last decade of themes.

I've ID'd the problem with most of Phase 2 Heisei: they have plenty of great ideas, but do a bad job executing them. Sougo's scenes about him wanting to be a king come off really cartoony, as though ripped straight from an anime. To be fair though, so far it's not nearly as bad as in Ex-Aid, where almost every character comes off as an anime stereotype.

That's very similar to be honest yeah. But with Woz even mentioning egypt in Episode 1.5, I expect that to be an influence throughout the show.
Future will tell I guess.

The only nitpick I have is Geitz's henshin pose is far better.

In a Ziku Driver hack video I saw, the word "Ancient" came out. So yeah, the show may get some Egyptian elements

Yeah and speaking about Woz, I can't help but picturing him as something from the past. Or being an older being than he seems to be.
I wonder if he is related to that "Ancient" in the Driver.
His name is also phonetically the same as "Was" in english

And most of Zi-O cast have obvious punny names. Time Jackers for example :
Uhr (clock/watch in german), Ora (Time in Italian) and Schwartz (don't know if the pun is only "black" in german or "Black Quartz" maybe).

Woz definitely will have a bigger role. I suspect he'll play the role of DJ Sagara as someone who guides the MC at the beginning of the show. What will he do after that? Time will tell

I’ve heard a few stories, but it usually comes back to either she got sick and/or overworked.