[GreenPsychoRanger]

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Originally Posted by Byg42

Since the state of the franchise is once again put into question, I want to pose this question: Do we need Power Rangers?

Personally, while I do acknowledge the franchise playing a part in introducing me to toku, I have zero reason to ever go back to it now that I am watching Sentai and I suspect I'm not the only one.

More over as the years have gone by, the origins of the franchise being an adaptation of Sentai has to proven to be the big elephant in the room about its creation. Not only is it something that you just can't do in this day and age, but it also makes it an anomaly of a property to handle in comparison to other american media franchises, which is why all the companies that had the PR license have no idea what to do with it.

I don't want to say I'm happy about the current state of PR, but I can't help but see its current trajectory going the Robotech route of "Why do we need this when we could just get Sentai instead"

I want to answer this as simply as I can. Yes. Yes we still do. PR is the gateway for new generations to get into Toku. Even if parents aren't as strict about internet access these days. Power Rangers is usually the first thing most kids come into contact with when it comes to Tokusatsu. And I feel like without it, future generations may not get into Tokusatsu as much. Unless, that is, TOEI decides to take a more active role in spreading SS and KR into the west.