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Yellow Ranger · 09-21-2016, 09:05 PM

Personally I think it's too late to not have Kamen Rider associated with Power Rangers to westerners simply because PR has been a part of mainstream pop culture in America for over 20 years.

The best chance for Rider to have been adapted as a more "mature" alternative to PR would have been mid-late 90s/early 2000s in my opinion.

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Originally Posted by MarsHottentot

Okay, I'm 45, a life long nerd and can tell you that your use of the word "always" is so fast and loose it just about skidded off your post and crashed into the "MORE NEW POSTS" box! Anime and manga were a popular thing among hardcore nerds until the late 80's when shows like Voltron, Tranzor Z, Thundercats and Silverhawks (American funded, Japanese designed) made the American style of action cartoon quaint and, soon enough, extinct.

But it still wasn't until fairly recently (late 90's / 2000's) that genuine anime and, to a lesser extent, manga became mainstream. Granted, not knowing your age, that very well may be the entirety of your "always" but, in truth, that wasn't always the case. I remember kids complaining that manga and anime looked "cartoony" and that "everyone looks like a girl" right up until Fist of the North Star, AKIRA, DBZ and hentai (Urotsukodoji, mostly) made people get over that stuff.

So non-PRangers tokusatsu just needs it's DBZ.

Debatably it's already had it's DBZ: Godzilla

09-21-2016, 09:05 PM	#3471
Yellow Ranger I FOW our new Hasbro OLs Join Date: Nov 2013 Location: TN Posts: 2,672	Personally I think it's too late to not have Kamen Rider associated with Power Rangers to westerners simply because PR has been a part of mainstream pop culture in America for over 20 years. The best chance for Rider to have been adapted as a more "mature" alternative to PR would have been mid-late 90s/early 2000s in my opinion. Quote: Originally Posted by MarsHottentot Okay, I'm 45, a life long nerd and can tell you that your use of the word "always" is so fast and loose it just about skidded off your post and crashed into the "MORE NEW POSTS" box! Anime and manga were a popular thing among hardcore nerds until the late 80's when shows like Voltron, Tranzor Z, Thundercats and Silverhawks (American funded, Japanese designed) made the American style of action cartoon quaint and, soon enough, extinct. But it still wasn't until fairly recently (late 90's / 2000's) that genuine anime and, to a lesser extent, manga became mainstream. Granted, not knowing your age, that very well may be the entirety of your "always" but, in truth, that wasn't always the case. I remember kids complaining that manga and anime looked "cartoony" and that "everyone looks like a girl" right up until Fist of the North Star, AKIRA, DBZ and hentai (Urotsukodoji, mostly) made people get over that stuff. So non-PRangers tokusatsu just needs it's DBZ. Debatably it's already had it's DBZ: Godzilla Last edited by Yellow Ranger; 09-21-2016 at 09:21 PM..