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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Lucha

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...

The target demographic becoming so small that they're forced to make something aimed at all ages? It's terrifying to think that might not be an over exaggeration. I heard that there are more pets in Japan then children.

Side note: If I recall correctly, Gokaiger's toy sales were really good.