[Aoi Kurenai]

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Originally Posted by Librarian

If this bombs, which it won't cause it's dinosaurs, then they'll still do another series or 2, and work towards the 30th for Zyu and rest after it maybe if that doesn't bank like it should. All that stuff is set for generating profits without an issue.

Toei's doing fine, and Bandai Japan is fine as well. No one is "suffering" yet.

I would say Sentai is "suffering". It hasn't hit sales projections for four years in a row. LuPat will almost definitely be the least successful Sentai toy line ever. I don't know why people ignore these things and say everything is fine.

These reveals are pretty much all in line with what that leaker claimed, so I think it's foolhardy to simply ignore it. Not saying go and believe everything you see, but the person provided some proof that they're at least somewhat in the know by giving release dates, showing screenshots early, and revealing LuPat vs Kyu before it happened, with story summary and brand new pictures as well.

The Kamen Rider leaks they provided were supoer mild - Zi-O will have an extra movie, Odagiri won't be in Zi-O, Masahiro Inoue would appear in Zi-O. It doesn't really make sense to leak pictures, release dates, and summaries, post fairly generic Kamen Rider information, and then specifically troll Sentai fans.

I think there is something to them claiming Ryuusouger could be the last Sentai for now if it doesn't succeed. You can't deny that Sentai has not met sales projections for the last 4 years. Even though ToQger did well, Bandai had to adjust it down and we all know how bad LuPat is ending up to be. Ultraman of all things has beat Sentai a couple of quarters over the last few years.

Ryuusouger is a strong indictment of the state of Sentai at the moment. It's harping on age old stables that have always done well, but it such a design by committee manner that trumps other Sentai, very little room is left for creativity. From the suits being dinosaur Dekarangers with Kyouryuger colors, to the solo red mecha format (which worked well for Dairanger and was the best selling aspect of Go-Busters), it all feels safe. As a toy line, there isn't a ton of room for creativity here and I think the strength of the series will be the series itself, if done well.

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If this bombs, what happens? Total erasure of the franchise? Toei breaks with Bandai and goes to Takara for designs and ideas?

Bandai has ownership stakes in Toei and the Sentai brand, so Toei literally can't use any other manufacturer less they buy out Bandai's shares, which probably won't happen.