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Originally Posted by Bionichute

I would argue that the prevalence of the sixth ranger archetype exists almost entirely because of Power Rangers. The Green Ranger was immensely popular, and Dragon Ranger was the FIRST sixth ranger, at least the first to actually stick around for more than one episode.

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I think Power Rangers has had a marked impact on Sentai from a production level, if not a story one. Power Rangers being made is the exact point where Sentai stopped being able to make things like Jetman, where it shifted to more generally family friendly material. Some people probably don't consider that a good thing, but its definitely something that has worked out business-wise.

This is pretty much exactly what I came here to say.

I think specific story influences are difficult to find, but Power Rangers' success absolutely played a huge part in the development of Sentai from a production and business perspective.

This might be controversial to suggest, but I'm not sure Sentai would still be around today if it weren't for Power Rangers. And I say this as someone who loves Sentai but hasn't cared about Power Rangers in literal decades.