[Kamen Rider Lucha]

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Originally Posted by Grupletruge

I think overall you are very much right, it doesn't make sense that a company that now publically acknowledges its future has to be international would be looking at local income over a short window, not to mention during during a period where they are enacting major change, before they have seen the effects of such change.

This company has been around decades y'all, they DO NOT pivot in a matter of 3 months from "We are moving to producing our 2 decades-long running shows at unprecedented scale to catch international audiences ALONG WITH A 3RD NBEW SHOW"

to

"We are cancelling our most internationally, generationally, known series, because niche local live shows aren't generating enough income and toy sales are... as expected last year and the year before... down, we just didn't realize this all 3 months ago."

BUT!!!

I DO believe there is a kernel of truth there. Theres a good chance that new numbers prove to them that they need to force new initiatives. They may move away from local lives to doing more streamed specials, because the audience, as they MUST have realize, is ALL ONLINE. You are not talking to someone in person about toku rihgt now. I do not know what continent you are from. This has been major talk in the Toku community for longer than the "Toku Decline/Cancellation Debate", we all know that many many potential revenue streams have been being ignored as old revenue streams dry up. The Toku merch available in the west has never been adequate, live streaming with subs took way too long, etc.

TOEI finally, 3 months ago acknowleged a whole series of problems that when fixed could lead to serious hikes in revenue AND projected revenue. New markets create HUGE income potential for companies like this with established infrastructure.

Basically, to sum it up, i suspect if ANYTHING negative happens, its going to be a short break and a return with one of the most decked-out glossy sentai you've ever seen (Maybe with a naming convention change but I'm highly skeptical about that.)

I agree with all of this! It’s rare to find someone with a level head, media literacy, and critical thinking skills on the internet in this day and age.

One point of contention, though. I do expect next year’s sentai to be called something along the lines of, “Robo Universe Something-ger/man/etc.” There are some pretty strong indicators that there is a legitimate rebranding of the franchise in the works.