[Aoi Kurenai]

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Originally Posted by TheTakoTank

I don't remember that; which one are you talking about? The only ones I can think of would be Danki or Sabaki, and they both showed up early in the show. To me, it felt like the number of new Oni appearances lessened (if not outright stopped) after the production change.

Shouki. He appears in episode 32. He's one of the Oni Riders who lost the power to transform due to using the Armed Saber prematurely.

Sabaki appears in 36 and 39 while Danki also appears in 32. Sabaki only appeared three times before the staff change, so he's about on par. Danki appeared twice before the change and once after, again, not a lot but not far off from happened before. I think the biggest problem with Danki appearing more is that he's played out of suit by Hibiki's suit actor. Sabaki and Danki also share the same suit actor, so I'm sure that tied into the issue as well.

I'm more upset by the idea that Toei created what? Seven more suits or something like that just to use them for a half second shot in the second opening. I remember watching it as it aired and the tokusatsu community at the time thought we were in for this fantastic series end battle featuring this army of Oni Riders.