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Originally Posted by BlueBuster116

Okay, going back to earth-based or tech Sentais. is really magic, nature or supernatural the only things kids in Japan find appealing these days?. i am skeptic as this reason falls in a very subjective aspect, unless there is empirical data to support these claims (but it cant as taste and empathy are unstable depending of human conscience and they cannot be modeled even using the most complex differential equations or Runge-kutta). So to put things in a straight and layman terms, if something is done right there should be no problem with its adaptation.

Look at, arguably, the most popular show in Japan right, Yokai Watch, it is fantasy based. The toy sales are killing it and the ratings are high. I believe since the education standards have gotten so strict in Japan, kids enjoy something that is a far escape from reality. That is why we watch tv and movies; to escape. Everyone needs it. The focused shifted from human-based technology and military themes to fantasy based themes because society shifted. Look at Ohranger, the show changed in early episodes because what they were portraying on the screen was too close to what was happening in real life. Toei knew then that their show was meant to provide an escape for their audience, not emphasize in a different way what they could see on the news. Magic, trains driven by imagination, samba fueled dinosaurs, space pirates, card using angels, these are all things that are far from the reality that we are faced with. The start of Ninninger was delayed due to a harsh bit of reality, how do you think it would go if the first episode of the current season featured an assassination rather than a bright colored, quirky, ninja family?

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Originally Posted by BlueBuster116

Sentais always had an identity, but I disagree that it was a good move to depart from that definition. But only time will say.

If the current trend is maintained, probably something so mainstream and over goofy that even hardcore fans of today will find it hard to digest. Neither to imagine how would the kids of tomorrow be like.

Suzu is right, sentai has always been goofy. Even as early as Sun Vulcan, they would add in a dance at the end to give the kids something to copy at home. Doing and saying silly things, slap-stick humor, and just plain goofy episodes have been common with sentai since it started. No reason to think it is ridiculous now, when it was present in Liveman, Jetman, Maskman, Bioman, and every other season. Kids will always love bright colored super heroes saving the day in areas they walk past all the time (think if you grew up in Tokyo and passed the common shooting places everyday on your way to school...you would be pretty excited; I know I would) and the hardcore fans should realize that Toei appreciates us, but the show, with its current time slot, is made for little kids and produces it as such.

If it went back to an evening time slot, I can guarantee we would see a marked change in how the show is made.