[Taro3]

I freakin' love this one. Honestly, so far it's on track to be my favorite Sentai/Power Rangers series yet.

The characters are lovable, hilarious, and badass all at the same time, without being too much of any one in particular. It's fast moving, but I'm liking that so far. It's a stark contrast to the current Power Rangers season where they spend a whole episode on a single character and we learn next to nothing about them. It's a high energy show, and I think it would risk that quality if they slowed it down for parts.

I'm really liking the Kyoryuzin as far as mechs go. The Gabutyra + two others combo seems like a great idea, since it means they'll have several options for specialized purposes, as opposed to just continually adding every new zord they get to the pile. That got a little out of control in Samurai/Shinkenger. In this case, I think it was a smart move to keep it simpler, at least for early on.

The villains are alright too. A couple of them seem awfully benevolent for being antagonists of the series. It's hard to see a fun-filled spy and a joyful knight as being particularly evil. I laugh every time Luckyuro brings out that watering can though. The others are fairly typical for sentai villains. It's nice that they're tying in some actual history, making debo monsters responsible for the plague, the ice age, extinction of the dinosaurs, etc.

Best of all, it's just a blast to watch. I'm sure it's not hard to find flaws with the plot or the characters or the pace, but every episode is just such fun to watch. I can't ask for much more than that.