[Locke]

I'm not complaining or anything but I find the transition really jarring.

I'm a big fan of cartoons but I remember the day when a trickle of blood down the chin was high gore, now you're lucky if a ripped shirt connotes damage. And nowadays you're lucky to even get a sword in a cartoon, let alone it being used for anything other than to cut food or something.

And although Power Rangers is by no means gory and it is all fantasy violence, the villains die at the end of every episode, whether they're being 'destroyed' by name. Both the heroes and villains express pain and fear of death. And a lot of Power Rangers or even shows like Dragon Knight have characters and whole stories around tragic backstories, which includes death. Not to mention that they are always armed with bladed weapons or guns and have full contact all the time.

I'm just interested how they are able to get away with it, when you see things like that Spider-Man cartoon where he wasn't even allowed to punch people because of censors.