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Funnily enough I do think recently the various crew from the show did mention Tokusatsu being an actual inspiration, though I can't remember if they specified a show or not. That being said I wouldn't doubt Nier Automata being inspiration as well, you hit the similarities pretty well.

As far as the dub (re)watch goes, I've definitely noticed they decided to punch up Naomi's dialogue when compared to what I saw subbed. She is the more quirky of the bunch though so it does work out a bit. The other performances are all pretty good here too from what I could tell.

Overall it's a fun episode that lets us get to know our main duo a bit more with a hefty amount of world-building. Also a really fun chase sequence at the end. There's something amusing about Rouge being able to run fast enough to keep up not only with the Cylinder Heads but also the transport in order to help protect it. Like I know she's a super-powered toku hero, but it's still just fun to see her run like hell and keep up.