[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by ZeoRangerV

And Toei couldn't care less. You aren't the target audience, get over it.

While it's impossible to disagree with you on this, I honestly wonder how long Toei can afford to ignore older audiences. It's not hard to make an argument based on recent series' ratings and toy sales data that these extremely child-centric series perform increasingly poorly every year.

The only show that I think has been a ratings success over the last 6 years is Gokaiger, a show largely geared toward the nostalgia of older fans.

Between the low sales of ToQ/Ninnin/Zyuoh, the plunging ratings of every series since Go-Busters, and the declining birthrate in Japan, Toei will probably be forced to at least try a series aimed at an all-ages demographic, closer in spirit to the Sentai of yore (or Kamen Rider of present), within the next few years.

It's either that or allow the series to become gradually less profitable until they're forced to cancel...

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Originally Posted by macblo

I just finished Ohranger. While I thought the season was, at best, just OK, there were some things that I really liked about it. Specifically Hysteria, the machine queen.

I agree! Hysteria does become a surprisingly well-rounded character toward the end of the series, and she's certainly the only member of the Baranoia Empire that demonstrates any real depth.