[Tokumonkey]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It may be just as wrong as anyone else's reading of the situation, but that's my theory at the moment -- Sentai is over, but only because that's necessary to set up the reveal that Sentai was never over at all.

Seems entirely plausible. All those observations make sense.

I don't think there's ever in history been so many things tugging at kids' attention, and Sentai is no longer exportable as Power Rangers. How's merch supposed to find an audience beyond Japan's borders?

What little merch for Sentai has actually sold well has almost exclusively been for that year's red hero. Presumably, somebody finally asked the question of why they're doing a multi-hued team if only red consistently sells. The name Project Red strikes me as sort of a giveaway.

Also - hot-take, I know - Sentai's giant-mecha battles have gotten (with a few exceptions) progressively stupider over time. A brand change removes the expectation that we're going back to that well.