Well from what I read a while back, Kaku was made to have 53 episodes so that Ohranger could air in March for the anniversary.

Interesting. I guess it could also show how popular Kaku was?

I definitely agree. I'm guessing the worst 90s series in your estimation is Fiveman?

Unless Toei decides to claim my video, here is my review for Shout! Factory's recent release of Ninja Sentai Kakuranger.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI0uap8r7ZA

No, I don't count Fiveman as a 90s series, but as an 80s one. I count decades as 1-10 not 0-9. Plus, Fiveman was Soda's final series, so it is more fitting to be part of the 80s. As such, for me, the 90s is Jetman-Timeranger.

My rankings of that era go:

Dai
Kaku
Zyu
Car
GoGoV
Jet
Time
Ginga
Mega
Oh

I watched the Mega vs Car movie and it was pretty mediocre. Not the worst of the VS movies, thankfully, but not very good either. The two series just don't mesh well. Also, the outcome was kind of stupid and predictable.

I've spent more time on Kamen Rider than Sentai this week, but I finished Carranger and knocked out some Zyuranger. A few episodes past the Dora-Satan-Franke mini arc. Also working on a Jetman review for my blog.

I'm just curious, why did you think so? I think it's one of the better if not best VS movie, and I felt that the two series meshed very well in it.

Just finished the first thirteen episodes of Dynaman. Pardon the expression, but I had a blast.

I'm hoping the show gets better once it loses that 5 minutes of show because I'm just kind of zoning out by the time the rangers start to form their mecha. The mecha in Dynaman is terribly bland and boring.

I have to agree with you on that, even if I really do like the rest of the show. As far as I can tell, what the cut in run time has done to the mecha battles is that they start around fifteen minutes in and end in around two minutes.

I can't really say if ending a little faster has really helped them that much yet, but I do appreciate having a few more gimmicky monsters. Episode 13 was particularly fun in that regard.

Speaking of the monsters, it seems that they have done away with the primordial soup exposition scenes. I'm more than okay with this as it means more time for Megiddo and Chimera.