[Frontier]

I'm curious if they're still going to include Mecha fights.

[Sh Ranger]

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Originally Posted by Dbenavidez

i'm back yesturday was my birthday.

Welcome back and belated tanjoubi omedetou.

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Originally Posted by FairyKing

That's a valid concern, and I don't want to get my (or anyone else's) hopes up too high. But on the other hand, Sentai and Rider both have histories of always making the red rangers and main riders male, enough that producers are probably wary of backlash if they made a season with a woman as the central protagonist. Project RED doesn't have that baggage, so it's possible this could open the door for more heroines not just in general but in the leading role!

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

I'm not holding my breath for the possibility of a woman as the protagonist anytime soon though, even if I think it would be nice. The lead role doesn't always get the most focus in these shows anyways, so I'm not sure it matters much beyond the optics of things.

Worth pointing out once more that Rinne is officially the co-protagonist of Gotchard rather than a typical heroine and Amelia is the first female Red Ranger to also be a protagonist, an example that Toei are slow to follow. If we take the example of Metal Heroes, the Battle Cop movie stands out for only having a heroine.

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Originally Posted by DaikaijuSokogeki01

I know it's early, but how many of them are actually Riders?

Out of the girls, zero. In total, one.

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Originally Posted by DaikaijuSokogeki01

Jlip is canonically male, so Gavv had zero female Riders.

While I curse the empty yellow bubble as much as the next guy, I think a male crossdressing Rider who's not a token joke is also a pretty cool and rare thing to have.

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Originally Posted by DaikaijuSokogeki01

This is the root cause of my concern. Female representation in Sentai was inexplicably getting worse (which made the Imamori scandal sting a bit more).

On the other hand, at least the lone Reiwa Sentai heroines have been pretty prominent. Magine is the first girl to be half of a Gattai. Kitou is confirmed by Inoue to be the protagonist instead of Tarou. Hymeno is a literal bad*ss queen with a 1-hit KO power and has defeated a pre-nerf Sixth Ranger by herself! Mira is important to the final arc. Sumino.... Well, she used to be.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I'm curious if they're still going to include Mecha fights.

Do you doubt? It's the biggest selling point of Sentai and a common feature of past Metal Heroes.

[Mesnick]

We don't yet know exactly what Project Red is (and it will take at least two or three years to figure it out), but I wouldn't throw away the opportunity Red Poitrine to appear. After all, a new franchise is always time for experimentation. Plus, even if we don't get any heroines, the supporting cast and villains will definitely not leave viewers without memorable women.

[Sunred]

Welp, as long as we're not getting a red Kikaider, all's well with the world. I mean, by that point, it wouldn't be a hero show, but more of an AI disaster/horror story.

[FairyKing]

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Originally Posted by Sunred

Welp, as long as we're not getting a red Kikaider, all's well with the world. I mean, by that point, it wouldn't be a hero show, but more of an AI disaster/horror story.

I know this isn't the point you were making, but this makes me think it could be interesting if Project RED took more influence from genres besides superhero action, like by increasing how scary the monsters are (horror), having more developed love subplots (romance), exploring settings besides the real world (fantasy/scifi), etc. While still having plenty of awesome suit fights, of course!

[Dbenavidez]

you know red is my favorite color.