[GoldenXtreme]

I kind of get why people don't like the designs of the Emolgia, but my honest reaction to seeing the things was "thank goodness this show remembers it is a tokusatsu". Zeztz is also aimed internationally and I think that show has a lot of elements that feel like the show is trying too hard to be cool and wrapping right back around into making me roll my eyes. A bunch of batteries with silly looking faces somehow feels like a relief in comparison, even if they aren't the most alluring transformation trinkets to me.

I do feel like Gavan Infinity is already running into a lot of perception issues though and THAT makes me nervous about how the new series will be received. There are people who are hostile to the new show because they have a strong attachment to Sentai and the show is borrowing a lot from it, people who are annoyed that the show uses the Gavan name but so little from the Metal Hero series, people who are upset that the show isn't looking MORE different from prior tokusatsu shows. I'm worried that in an attempt to create a wide appeal for Gavan Infinity we will end up in a situation where no one is fully satisfied. I do genuinely hope the new series does well and is warmly received but it's going to be an uphill battle.