Which Toku series that got you hyped....... only for it to be killed off?
 

Nothing will ever be as disappointing and killed all my hype as much as Kyuranger did to me. Back when it was first announced and promoted, I was hyped as hell. At the time my interest towards Sentai is waning signifiantly so Kyuranger was seen a breath of fresh air. The suits are amazing, 9 members from the start with half of them being voice acted which could potentially make them the Sentai equivalent of Imagin/Ultraman Zero. Everything was hype about it!!!!.........

.........And then episode 1 hits.

I swear if Kyuranger hadn't been too Red-focused and you know, actually did what Sentai is supposed to do and balanced the characters, it could be a great Sentai. A shame, because it had so much potential, even the cast is amazing, Lucky included when he's not screaming.

To be honest it wasn't that bad as the series got better but the damage has already been done.

When it comes to other Toku shows.......... I guess the closest one is Wizard? So what's your Toku shows that got you hyped and then got disappointed by it?

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. I'd heard alot of good things about it, with many calling it an "underrated classic" amongst other things. And at the time the only other Rider show I'd seen was Saban's Masked Rider, so I went for it.

And holy crap was I majorly let down. In the entirety of that show, there were only 5 episodes I actually out and out liked; Sting's' character arc, which in turn lead to him being the only character I liked from that mess.

Yeah, alot of the US-original stunts were well done, but that can only carry you so far. I actually put off watching Ryuki for a couple years because I didn't want to be reminded of how friggen bored I was watching Dragon Knight.

Kiva, Kabuto and Faiz are all series that I'd heard bad things about going in, decided "alright, I'm gonna try and see the positives here; I'm hyped for these and wanna prove those people wrong!"... and then ended up disliking them more than any other Toku I've seen. Even Ninninger.

Though, I mean, I don't hate Kabuto or Faiz. They're definitely series where you either completely vibe with the tone or you just don't. And for me it didn't work.

Kuuga.
A show with unrelenting praise ended up just being your bog standard KR mystery. I honestly feel I wouldn't have been as let down by Kuuga if anyone was willing to speak ill of it, but as it stood, I felt it was just an average show that had a hard time holding my interest.
Hell, to this day, I still don't understand why people talk so highly of N-Daguva-Zeba when Go-Gadoru-Ba existed.

If this was a year or two back, I probably would've said Kabuto. A show with such gorgeous designs wasted on such a horrible story with annoying characters. However, upon my rewatch, something clicked with me. I think a combination of knowing it's biggest faults along with me seeing that Tendou was supposed to be a flat character for Kagami to grow really helped me "Get" Kabuto, so to speak. It's far from a good series, but I've come to appreciate it.

Ex-Aid
Some of the silliest dialog I've ever heard in a Toku show, not to mention a plot that tries so hard for you to take it seriously but end up being tone-deaf and goofy

Drive. Coming off of Gaim and reuniting the W creators? I was all in for this. Ultimately, it did pay off, but the first half of the series is really rough. The padded out episodes, time wasting Chaser fights, and a cast made up of 90% comic relief characters really strained my patience.

Been ages since I've watched that show, but I remembered not liking that Adam replaced Kit as Dragon Knight and Kit eventually took a step back as protagonist because Adam is Dragon Knight. He should've been Onyx.

Funny thing is that I watched Faiz with the knowledge that it's one of the worst shows, and it didn't disappoint me...... except the finale. For some reason though Kiva was a chore to watch, even if there's Otoya.

I think the thing about Kuuga is that it's a product that came during its time and people thought it was mind-blowing. It's like The Avengers, when it came out it was the first of its kind, and why I still love it, years pass by and it's a pretty standard superhero movie.

Otoya is pretty much the main reason I can't stand the show. He's the worst character I've ever had to suffer

W.

The roman noir-flair, the awesome suits, the interesting gimmick - I was really looking forward to watching this when I started getting into Kamen Rider.

It didn't work for me. I didn’t like a single character, Akiko is the worst sidekick in Rider right after Onari, and the heavy use of the two-part formula wore me out very quickly. I also remember being bored that the story was so barebones and at the same time went absolutely nowhere.

That's pretty much it because these days I don’t really get hyped for new shows anymore. I look forward to them, I'm happy when they turn out to be good, but that's it.

Decade and post-switch Hibiki were frustrating experience, but at least with those I already knew beforehand and had lowered my expectation accordingly (though I still ended up being disappointed somehow :lol)

The one that I hadn't expected was Build, I suppose. Really liked the beginning, and the ending's not bad, but almost the entire middle was ruined by increasingly stale drama/comedy (ymmv) and one of the most tiresome villains I've ever seen.

If it counts: Garo Crimson Moon (the second anime series). I was hyped for its setting and because of the really enjoyable previous season... this one seriously sucked, though. Terrible plot, character development, and production value all around.

Lupinranger VS Patranger, hands down. Two opposing teams is such an interesting idea, but due to the plot favoring the Lupins, the Pats can't win, which can be worked around but eh. Then came Noel's smarmy ass and finally, the toy sales gave the staff the wrong lessons, the Pats were more interesting too, Pat1 had character development (The fact I'm praising a character for this is a red flag) and was honest to god the best character in the show, Pat3 was pretty cool and likeable, with her episodes standing out the most to me in a good way and Hilltop was a cool mentor character with all of the 8 minutes of screentime he was allowed to have but the Lupins just took literally all of their screentime and did nothing with it, you know, what people say about Daigo but for 4 bland ass characters and not exaggerated. There's more I could go on about such as the borderline braindead plottwist involving Noel and possibly the worst Sentai episode I've ever seen. I was really looking forward to it too

You know, I keep realizing I literally can't participate in threads like this, and I don't know whether to be sad about the profound loneliness I feel, or happy about the fact that I've still never seen a tokusatsu series I actively dislike.

Be glad. Celebrate that you can find joy in things others can't. It's an honest gift to have.

Yeah but that slipper slap though. :lolol

I'm sorry, but Gaim was a massive disappointment to me. Although that might be less because the show itself was bad and more because it was overhyped to me. I went in having heard that Gaim was this brilliant masterpiece that everyone loved, but what I saw was just decent. I mean I didn't hate it or anything, it had its share of bad points but plenty of good to make up for them. But to this day, I still don't understand what all the fuss was about. They made Kouta suffer and have to sacrifice? I guess that's cool, but it's not that remarkable. Honestly I'm so tired of writers who think "wait, but what if being a superhero sucked?" as if that was some big new idea when it hasn't actually been new for decades, but that's a rant for another time.

I will say Ghost is the one I really disappointed the most

When they announce the rider who is dead by episode 1 will be traveling around the world in order to collect 15 eyecons, I thought it sound like a fun idea for a Rider show and have them doing creepy ghost stuffs.

But then I watch the show all the way and..... WHAT THE HELL?

The hero didn't actually travel around the world and he collect 15 Eyecons in JAPAN!!!! What a waste of opportunity to explore different countries!

The show is a mess and it was a very frustrating experience as it give me more fatigue as shows go on.

Say what you want with Drive but at least the writer know the story of Drive, Ghost on other hands, the writer completely didn't know the story of Ghost and throw every pointless plot elements to stretch the show including that Makoto's doppelganger storyline.... (Was that necessary?)

I keep watching the show so I could hope they give us an interesting story but nope! The show keep on back and forward on the show being a supernatural show to a scientifically-explain show. (PICK ONE!)

Ghost and Wizard are the reason why I'm so hesitant of potential next rider being supernatural shows and I blame their head writers for not planning the storyline for the show early on.

If they bring back Takuro Fukuda (Head Writer of Ghost) for a potential next rider show, I refuse to watch it cause I don't want to go through same experience as Ghost did to me.

I hating when a writer don't plan a storyline early on and throw pointless stuff at us.

Pretty much everything after agito that inoue has touched; he should be shamed and humiliated for his terrible writing, blacklisted from the industry and forced to live in poverty for the crimes he has commited. The idiot who made the base kiva suit should also be subjected to said punishment because they ruined a perfectly good suit by making it too heavy. Pretty much everything about kiva makes me angry. I wanted to like it SO MUCH, but just like with faiz and kabuto; the only good thing was the suits.

Most of the times I'm disappointed in Sentai is because the MOTW-type episodes don't keep my interest. Zyuohger was one that I fell off of hard.

See it like this, you're able to find enjoyment out of stuff other can't, in today's world where negativity thrives, the fact there's someone who just looks at anything's strengths instead of focusing on flaws means that they are truly strong and refusing to give in to negativity

Honestly LuPat might be my second most disappointed series. I wasn't hyped for it as much as Kyuranger because I've learned the mistake, and was also skeptical because my thought was "What's the point of having two teams if the Red's gonna get focus?" but the show failed on its premise so hard that whenever I see Lupinrangers I feel hatred lol.

Toei wondered why Kyuranger and LuPat didn't live up to expectations, they tried to take a risk and do something new and different, but didn't follow that and stick to the same stuff. I know that drastically changing the franchise is risky, considering that Ryuki technically changed the whole 'karate bugmen' aspect of Kamen Rider, but in the long run, Kamen Rider is the leading toku franchise, even if we missed the karate bugmen aspect.

I'm not bugged by the Lupinrangers.
But when I see Noel's smug grin, god, I'm seeing so much red Toei would be proud.

The show is pretty divisive with fans because you have people that hate it and others like it. I personally don't like Dragon Knight at all and I give up on it after 5 episodes because of the acting and dialogue. I know it's a kid show, but that is not always a good excuse for bad quality. It's not even the fun type of bad dialogue and acting that you can make fun at.

Kids show or not, probably my biggest issue with it was that it took itself way too seriously for the type of show that it actually ended up being. Like, maybe it was just me, but I could almost hear the writers of Dragon Knight constantly going "This isn't your dumb dumb Power Rangers guys! This is a REAL TOKU SHOW." Bleh.

Dragon Knight is a very bad show, with some really nice action that I like far more than I should because the last decade of Power Rangers has lowered the bar so much for adaptations.

But it is WAY too serious for it's own good.