What if Power Rangers didn't use a Sentai?
 

I have no idea if this has been brought up before, so sorry if I'm retreading old ground, but what if Power Rangers, endeavouring to try something entirely new, used footage not from a Sentai?

It'll never happen, either because of whatever contract exists with Bandai, or Saban/BOA's fear of doing something too different, but if you could choose a Toku to use PR's name recognition as a vehicle to be "adapted" what would you choose? A Rider series? Metal Hero? Hell, Garo? Hell, some Sentai series are making the teams less an less relevant with Red Ranger worship, they might as well be focused on one character like other Toku.

BTW this is just musing, seeing what creative ideas we could come up with. I'm not saying PR shouldn't be adapting Sentai or anything, just a what-if. :3

I think Kabuto would be a neat choice.
It's larger number of riders would ease people in, and it would be an interesting dynamic to see the heroes at odds against each other, powers shifting multiple times (Well...TheBee/Yellow), and etc.

I don't think bringing it's story overseas would be a good idea, but I think Kabuto could provide prime footage.

I actually agree with Matrix. But another good one might be Gaim or Wizard. And aside from KR I think maybe any of the Metal Heroes would do nicely. Aside from the Beet J series, or whichever ones were used to Big Bad Beetleborgs.

Then it wouldn't be Power Rangers.

Weird that Gaim hadn't crossed my mind, since that's the one I'm watching as we speak. :lol Hell, you could have an oversized team with that show.

Says who?

I think gaim or kiva would make a good power rangers heck even ooo would.

A Garo adaptation in the same vein as MMPR would be....interesting to say the least.

It's Makai time!

Me, for it to be Power Rangers to me it has to have some tangible line to Sentai*even if it's just the basic concepts* which is why I'd never accept a Rider or Garo show as such.

Tomica Rescue Heroes or a team based Metal Hero show*like Winspector* I might be able to accept given they at least follow Sentai's basic concept but the lack of a megazord would be a huge hurdle to overcome.

I can't see them adapting any other Japanese show as Power Rangers if it wasn't Sentai, but I'll admit my creativity is not so potent.

I think it would be cool if Power Rangers did its own thing entirely, without using Sentai footage, themes, suits and mecha.

But at this point in time, I feel like Power Rangers IS Super Sentai, in a sense. Bandai pretty much treats them as interchangeable in their annual reports, and uses the Power Rangers name to refer even to the Sentai series like Gokaiger.

And who are you, exactly?

Hence why I said "It'll never happen."

I would also really like this.

Oh, I'm not talking about the possibility per se. I'm saying I actually don't have the creativity to imagine what such a series might look like. :lol

Just a guy on the internet with an opinion same as you.

And my opinion is Garo and Kamen Rider would never work as Power Rangers adaptions because they are Power Rangers' complete antithesis in terms of their core themes

Also personally I'd have no respect for a Rider or Garo adaptation that tried to piggyback off Power Rangers' name.

What about some Toho franchises i.e. The Chouseishin Series? Or maybe Ryukendo and the Tomica Heroes brands?

Under the assumption that we take it all the way back to 1993 maybe Exceedraft?
Because it still has hints of a super hero team/sentai team and if I recall from scans and whatever I could find about it had decent amount of toys/merch.
Then a few years later after a few more seasons, around 1996 maybe transition to Blue Swat, then B-Fighter and B-Fighter Kabuto, etc.
http://i.imgur.com/1e4CDaL.jpg

Picture them writing this show like it was Mission Impossible for kids but with specialists transforming and whatnot.

Then there wouldn't be a show. Unless they try their own suits and zords for once, that'd be awesome.

:lol At least you're honest about it.

Yeah except I'm not shutting down your idea before even taking the time to read that it's just a hypothetical.

Don't worry, Power Rangers will always be Sentai adapted (for the worst given how Sentai's going) you're comfort zone isn't going away. If you're not gonna bother playing along why even post but to disrupt?

But you do have respect for cheap American programming (not even filmed in America) piggybacking on the ideas and assets of another show, itself piggybacking off the concept for Spider-man of all things?

Nothing's original anymore, it can only be more original than other things when it comes to taking ideas from them.


I was thinking going forward, so we'd have more options, but that would've been cool.

Again, says who?

You guys have no sense of... anything outside the typical, don't you? Why is that? Aversion to change? The idea that the cheap, commercial runoff that is Power Rangers somehow has an unshakable standard?

It would never work; none of the shows have enough suit footage per episode to really be workable for PR-style adaptation.

Except if you actually took the time to read my posts instead of acting arrogant you'd see I've explained in both my posts why a non-Sentai or non-sentai like show wouldn't work as Power Rangers.

But I'll put it bluntly so hopefully you'll understand:

Power Rangers at it's core like Sentai is a show focused on teamwork.

Kamen Rider is not.

Garo is not.

So it's ridiculous in my mind to even consider them.

Doubly so for Garo since the amount of editing that show would have to go through to meet American tv's standards for children's programming would make 4kids editing look conservative.

As for PR piggybacking off of Sentai's name...that's so laughable it hurts given that the American populace at large didn't and still doesn't have a fucking clue that Sentai exists.

PR for better or worse has had to prove it's worth for over 20 years mostly on it's own merits.
*the only case you could make is MMPR cashing in on the dinosaur craze created by Jurassic Park but even that was by large a fortunate accident*

As for shows with a Sentai like theme like Tomica Rescue Heroes or Winspector outside of the footage being dated the biggest hurdle those shows would have is the lack of a giant robo.

I read your posts, and like most of your posts, I was unimpressed.

If you had read my post instead getting flustered over the terrifying idea of change, you would've read:

As in not what it is now.

Whoa, tough guy over here. Does it make you feel better? Insulting someone on a Power Rangers forum?

But my entire point was what if they did something DIFFERENT.

If you don't agree, that's fine, just don't bother posting here at all. Super simple. You came into this thread with the sole purpose of causing shit, and I'm apparently the bad guy? I even said in my first post it'll never happen, this was really just to see if we could come up with something unique and creative, and all you've tried to do is squelch that. Why, I don't know. Totally harmless hypothetical, wouldn't change a thing, and the first words out of your figurative mouth are "Then it wouldn't be Power Rangers." Not even a half-hearted attempt at humouring the subject. Again, why'd you even bother posting in this thread?

It's called having a different opinion last I checked there's no rule stating I have to agree with a topic to give my thoughts on it.

I don't want to get into this fight. But, if they were to have decided to use a different Toku series to be called Power Ranger from the beginning instead of Sentai, I would have rather had it he Kamen Rider. And I say this because I think it would have been interesting to see how they would translate everything over plot-wise. And it would have kept a wider audience interest instead of just little kids.

That's not what he's asking though:
He's asking what if Saban chose now or sometime in the future to adapt Rider or Garo as Power Rangers instead of Sentai.

Also Masked Rider bruh.:p

Opening post states:

He isn't saying they are, nor is he saying they will or could they. He is just saying what if you know, for fun. Just a humorous idea of something that we know won't happen.

Personally I would love it, heck when using the Drago Timer Haruto is a one man Sentai complete with shiny colors.

I'm surprise no one brought up Ultraman.

Thank you.

Then I misunderstood the first post. Because I thought He meant if they had used something other than Sentai from the start. Oh well. *shrugs*

I still belive that if done right kamen rider could as big in the states at arrow or flash or breaking bad.

If not then its ok ill enjoy the japanse show but I would be killer to see the show shown justice by talented indviduals here in ths states.

Also neat idea split. way to think outside the box.

also, we don't talk about Masked rider.....

Kamen Rider can be popular in the US too if they do a good job on marketing the show and the show itself was good. Dragon Knight had terrible marketing and the show was hit or miss with people.

If we ever get a season of PR that doesn't use Sentai footage, I would honestly want it to be all original footage. Using a non-Sentai series would make it not Power Rangers in my eyes. The other shows, like Kamen Rider, are just too diferent from the Sentai formula for me to take them seriously as a possible source for PR footage.

I would much rather see such shows adapted into their own thing. Like a new Masked Rider series. Maybe even tie them into PR like MR was, but not as Power Rangers itself.

It's an interesting idea. Just not one I would be a fan of.

Like Kamen Rider Dragon Knight ? The show premises was original and different from the japanese.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwGfi7Shbhg

I agree that the other toku shows aren't really suited for PR but if I were to choose Gaim, or Drago Timer Haruto all the way...hell kamen riders are basically one man sentais themselves anyway

I feel the closest we will ever get is with RPM. Totally unique story. All original footage except for megazords, I believe. Was truly an awesome season, and is about as far away from sentai as possible, other than that one go-onger direct reference.