[Matrixbeast]

Japan is always willing to make some releases that cater exclusively towards collectors. It wouldn't be too shocking if they released them complete with the normal Korean box and a sleeve over them to describe them.

[Switchblade]

Bit recent, but I'm lagging a bit behind on Kingohger. As someone who aggressively disliked Kyoryuger, is there anything lost by just completely skipping the crossover episodes?

[Kiwami]

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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Bit recent, but I'm lagging a bit behind on Kingohger. As someone who aggressively disliked Kyoryuger, is there anything lost by just completely skipping the crossover episodes?

Skip them; they're the worst episodes of the show, mindless fanservice.

The King Ohger crew will take a certain "item" with them and use it after the crossover for more toy advertisements but all you need to know about that, or don't since it's obvious, is that it comes from that crossover. It's not even shown in the crossover itself, it just pops up the episode after.

The only story element worth knowing about can be summed up in one sentence, but I doubt it will ever be relevant again:

The humans of Terra (King Ohger planet) are originally not native to that planet; they come from the same planet Earth as the Kyoryugers, they migrated into space a long time ago and found their new home there.

[TokuKnight89]

I didn't get this expensive thing, but I don't think I ever knew there was a fanzine about Sentai years ago!

I asked the dealer and apparently they had six issues.

What's the background behind it? How did they gain access back then? Who were they catering to?

[Mesnick]

I'm also very interested. If anyone knows the details, write.
As a theory, I can assume that due to the popularity of Power Rangers, someone decided to draw the attention of fans to the origins. Perhaps there was an idea to dub at least the old shows and tested the waters before that. Or maybe this is just an amateur initiative.

[Guyver Spawn]

Does anyone know what was Shotaro Ishinomori's thoughts on Battle Fever J and the Sentai shows that came afterwards?

[GoldenXtreme]

I've only seen 90s and 2000s Sentai shows so far, so I was thinking of trying out a show from each decade I haven't sampled yet. Anyone have some suggestions? My tier list is in my signature if you want to consult it. So far I was thinking of the following:

70s: Goranger, for its historical importance.
80s: Liveman, the basic premise of this conflict between scientific peers seems really interesting, but I haven't heard much about it so I don't know if it is actually good.
2010s: Torn between Go-Busters (The spy theme and Buddyroids seems fun, but I'm feeling a little salty towards Kobayashi right now since I'm watching Shinkenger and am not impressed by it) or Zyuohger (I've heard it is extremely solid, but very traditional).
2020s: Donbrothers, because I will never stop burning myself by trying things Inoue wrote.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

I've only seen 90s and 2000s Sentai shows so far, so I was thinking of trying out a show from each decade I haven't sampled yet. Anyone have some suggestions? My tier list is in my signature if you want to consult it. So far I was thinking of the following:

70s: Goranger, for its historical importance.
80s: Liveman, the basic premise of this conflict between scientific peers seems really interesting, but I haven't heard much about it so I don't know if it is actually good.
2010s: Torn between Go-Busters (The spy theme and Buddyroids seems fun, but I'm feeling a little salty towards Kobayashi right now since I'm watching Shinkenger and am not impressed by it) or Zyuohger (I've heard it is extremely solid, but very traditional).
2020s: Donbrothers, because I will never stop burning myself by trying things Inoue wrote.

I highly recommend Liveman. Having the heroes and villains be former friends who know each other well creates a completely unique relationship and makes the conflict feel really fresh. The characters are likable and you quickly become attached to them. Also, the show somehow miraculously manages to feel very optimistic, despite the huge number of deaths and funerals. And the fight scenes can still impress even now. And there are also Megumi and Colon! So I recommend it.
P.S. And I should definitely take the time to write about the genius of Professor Bias's design someday.
About others:
Goranger - such long old shows scare me, but I've only seen good reviews about it.
Go-Busters/Zyohger - I would recommend the Zyohger, but basically the show is about the same level;
Donbrothers - at least you know what to expect. Not Inoue's worst, but not his best work either.

[Sunred]

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Originally Posted by GoldenXtreme

I've only seen 90s and 2000s Sentai shows so far, so I was thinking of trying out a show from each decade I haven't sampled yet. Anyone have some suggestions? My tier list is in my signature if you want to consult it. So far I was thinking of the following:

70s: Goranger, for its historical importance.
80s: Liveman, the basic premise of this conflict between scientific peers seems really interesting, but I haven't heard much about it so I don't know if it is actually good.
2010s: Torn between Go-Busters (The spy theme and Buddyroids seems fun, but I'm feeling a little salty towards Kobayashi right now since I'm watching Shinkenger and am not impressed by it) or Zyuohger (I've heard it is extremely solid, but very traditional).
2020s: Donbrothers, because I will never stop burning myself by trying things Inoue wrote.

80s, Bioman, Flashman, Liveman. *updated*
Bioman was the first team to have two female members and there's a recycled Hakaider who still to this day is one of my favorite third faction/villains of all time in Super Sentai.
Flashman's got a cool premise, first show to have two robots, and the ending is bittersweet.
Liveman, pretty much what Mesnick said. Plus, Hurricanger borrowed the premise of the show while Go-onger borrowed its color palette, aka the Olympics palette.

2010s, Gokaiger, Go-Busters, Kyoryuger, ToQger, Zyuohger, Kyuranger, Lupinranger VS Patrenger.
Gokaiger is still to this day a nice template of how you do an anniversary show and play with legacy powers.
Go-Busters was a nice experimental show for the series, Magi Yellow's actor returns, and has Gojo from Jujutsu Kaisen as a non-human ranger with an occasional hangover after refueling too much.
Kyoryuger has samba dancing, dinosaurs, a blue ranger who does dad jokes, Pilaf from Dragon Ball is the narrator and briefly a ranger, has a ranger who is not of Japanese heritage, and Sepiroth from FFVII as the commander.
ToQger was overall fun, don't let the costumes fool you.
Zyuohger has one of the most likeable red rangers ever.
Kyuranger is a super sentai space opera.
Lupinranger VS Patrenger had some issues balancing two teams but the props were fun because they would repurpose past sentai items as treasures they must retrieve and their names are nice wordplay on pop song titles.

2020s, all of them.
Kiramager started Japan's new era with something familiar then the real fun began when Zenkai, DonBro, and Kingohger collectively became a hat trick of curveballs trying different things.

[TokuKnight89]

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80s, Bioman, Flashman, Liveman.
Bioman was the first team to wear spandex, have two female members, and there's a recycled Hakaider who still to this day is one of my favorite third faction/villains of all time in Super Sentai.

Sorry, but the honor of "First Spandex Sentai" goes to Dynaman!

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Kyoryuger has samba dancing, dinosaurs, a blue ranger who does dad jokes, Pilaf from Dragon Ball is the narrator and briefly a ranger

Isn't the Kyoryuger guy also the voice of Buggy in One Piece?