[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Kurona

This makes me curious -- which subs did you use? The official SHOUT ones?

I started with the Over-Time subs, then transitioned to the Shout Factory ones. The video quality was poor in both.

The reason for this is... all Sentai from Gorenger through the very beginning of Carranger was shot and mastered on film.

Then, from the rest of Carranger through Timeranger, the show was still shot on film, but it was mastered on analog SD tape. These seasons, frankly, look like garbage, which is a huge bummer. It’s strange to watch episodes of JAKQ that look great... and then to watch Timeranger, a show made over 20 years later, and have it look like crap.

Starting with Gaoranger, the shows started being mastered on digital SD tape. These shows look fine, but the quality isn’t as good as the earlier series that were mastered on film.

Starting with Boukenger, they continued shooting on film, but they mastered on HD video. These, IMO, are the best looking shows, just because of the character of the film and the clarity of the HD video. The show moved to shooting in HD video and mastering to HD video with Shinkenger, and has been doing that ever since. Obviously these shows look great, but as a fan of film, there’s just not as much richness and character to the picture.