[Librarian]

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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Goseiger.
Kiva.

Which is rather ironic, but I digress.
I'd argue that both had their fair share of split audiences though. Many enjoy Kiva and Gosei, and many are indifferent on it. Like the Kiva designs do actually stand out to westerners more, while Gosei has mixed responses but typically Gosei Knight stands out, as does his mecha.

The themes of Kiva also typically stand out to western audiences more as the search for understanding parents one has never met is something that's stronger there, but Wataru's personality clashes to western views a lot as the culture shock can be jarring, but also much needed as his more reserved personality speaks more someone not as spoiled by privilege and seeks a simpler old style life. Whereas Otoya's personality does clash to many western views, but he's also supposed to be a flawed individual of the 80s that's more complicated than the surface actions may suggest. Kiva's extremely complicated in that regard. Which for audiences looking for clear cut and dry black and white, won't work for.

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Originally Posted by vin13ish

Out of Sentai show, which show that got massive negative reception by Western audience? The show that is absolutely HATED by Americans?

Bonus Question

Which Kamen Rider show that is hated by Western audience?

It's hard to really say which is "hated by westerners" the most, as audiences vary. There is no solid consensus on that.

Take for example Kiva, many western areas get confused by the constant time shifts, and can't deal with the two era story telling. During some eras of audiences, they need to be spoonfed everything and can't grasp simple cues. Which isn't a new thing, as there are many areas of the western audiences that get confused by things like the matrix and its two world approach.

Same as Gosei and the focus on angels and the like gets many of the atheist crowd up in arms from their anti-religion stances. But fiction and mythology is fiction and mythology no matter where the lore drawn on comes from.

There is no one solid metric for measuring what'll do well with audiences worldwide or in different areas of the world. Sometimes it's as simple as certain personas other times it's as complicated as tone and subject material. Sometimes it's as simple as designs being the right mix. Eras vary from show to show from simplified designs to complicated whether it's in the suit or the mecha. Sometimes something as kitschy as cubes can be a hit, sometimes something more complicated like Go-Buster can be a hit.

It can vary.
It varies about as much as Sentai itself and how the various eras feed to different concerns and themes of the time or mentalities. How wildly things can vary even between similar themes like Bouken's adventure and drama compared to Go-Ongers comedic presence and slapstick nature that had animated dancing mecha in the outro.

There is no such thing as one size fits all on distaste or recipe for success, and it's all dependent on the audience and what in particular speaks to them, which can vary as much as people do. Sometimes some topics are universal, sometimes it takes time for aspects of themes to find their audience. Some are ahead of their time, some are after their time. The time it takes for a show to go from conception to execution and airing can create mild hiccups as such too.

So there really is no "universally beloved" and "universally loathed."