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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

While I do love when Sentai takes itself seriously, I can enjoy the funny, simplistic ones (Hell, Kakuranger is probably 2nd or 3rd for me).
The problem with Kyoryu is that, outside of Ian's brief background snippet in his episode, every story that has been brought up was resolved in the same episode. Unless the writer has something big planned, I'm afraid they're just going too quickly.

(Also, why don't posts in this subforum appear in the "New posts" box?)

Trying to address that problem currently.

I for one have enjoyed the absolute hell out of the series. The ranges are fun and energetic, they really come alive on screen as civilians. And in costume their voices match perfectly to the suit actor mannerisms. The suit designs are top notch as well, I always love the semi armored look so it's nice to see that carry over from Beet and Stag Buster a bit. Also nice to see the dynamic camera angles for mecha battles carry over from Go-Busters.

The villains, unlike for most people, really work for me. In preliminary scans I thought I'd hate them based on appearance but I actually really really like them. Aigaron is the most interesting with his tie to Ians' backstory. Candelera and Luckyuro are fun as well, I like that even though their emotion is looked down upon by other Debos they're the ones responsible for growing large monsters. My parents used to say when I was young that if they sprinkled water on me I'd grow like a little tree. So seeing a water make monsters grow strikes and odd familiar chord with me. And after the recent revelation via magazine scans that Dogold is actually a brainwashed Kyoryu Gold I think I'm gonna dig what little more we'll see of him.

I don't know if anyone else has pointed this out yet or noticed but you do realize that the Debos generals are based on the Wizard of Oz right? Aigaron is tin man, Dogold is Lion, Luckyuro is scarecrow, and Candelera is Dorothy. The Wizard is in there somewhere but I don't know exactly who it is.

The mecha battles and designs are superb, the rangers are great, I find the villains interesting, and I love the overall pacing. Considering I don't as care much for Riku Sanjo's previous work as much as other fans I have been pleasantly surprised at how much I love this show!