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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

I was unaware the earthquake happened the same year.
Not a great year for Sentai? It wasn't a good year for Japan in general...

Absolutely. No objections there.

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Originally Posted by XW1n5t0nX

Still sold toys like hotcakes though. I wonder how well it would have done though if they kept with the original tone. I remember reading an old article that talked about how Sentai nearly "died" due to Ohranger (if anything nearly killed it it was Fiveman apparently). It ended up talking about how while children adored Zyuranger the adult fans didn't take well to it because they wanted more serious stuff that was akin to the 80s or Jetman. Dairanger ended up being the opposite; adults loved it and kids didn't like it as much.

I heard that the reason they planned to go for a serious route was because they wanted to commemorate Goranger's 20th anniversary, which probably explains the militaristic elements of the show(and Miyauchi).