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Originally Posted by EpsilonX

Of course people just want to see a good show, but i'd rather recommend somebody something that's more indicative of what the series is about than something completely out of left field. I wouldn't recommend somebody to start with Gaim just like I wouldn't recommend somebody starts with Go-Busters, and if somebody was interested in the Halloween films I wouldn't tell them to start with Halloween 3. Personally, when I got into Sentai I started with Zyuranger, but I wasn't sure what was a Sentai trope and what was unique to Zyuranger. When I started Dairanger afterwards, I was thrown off by the fact that a lot of what made me love Zyuranger wasn't present in Dairanger. If I showed somebody Gaim to start, they might go on to another series and be disappointed that it doesn't focus on Rider vs Rider action, and is mostly a MotW-styled show, something like that. I'd hate to ruin their experience with the series by giving them the wrong expectations going in

Unlike Asian fans that grew up watching dubbed Japanese Toku, I think most western fans are familiar with the common motw style toku from watching power rangers, so Gaim would be a unique breath of fresh air to them. Most of them probably found out about the existence of sentai and riders through zyuranger clips.