Hunh... I only beat you by a minute.
Kamen Rider and General Tokusatsu
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Hunh... I only beat you by a minute.
Rumor has it that the next series name is Chou Gakuen Magininger. I assume "Chou" is the new sentai word that will be in every title from now on
Maybe. "Chou" basically means "Super," so they're basically just ditching English for Japanese there. But gakuen means an academy or university campus, so that would be "Super Academy Magininger." It could be that "Academy" is a one-season thing, or maybe "Super Academy" will be the series title from now on.
"Magininger" sounds like a hybrid of Magiranger and Ninninger. An academy of magic ninjas? Ninjas in Japanese fiction are basically sorcerers already, so that seems redundant.
If this rebranding is a way to sidestep Hasbro blocking Japan from expanding it's reach to the west then how can previous sentai series be put on dvd? Isn't that the possible point of not calling it super sentai anymore?
If Toei and Shout factory wanted to release "Magiranger" on dvd it would still be a super sentai season with the tagline "Before Power Rangers........."
It would still be branded Super sentai right? That takes them back to square one.
They would only be able to expand going forward with the new branding
For example. Everything under "Chou" can now be marketed to the west without Hasbro making a stink "Hey that interferes with Power Rangers which we own!"
DVD's
Comic-Con's
If Toei and Shout factory wanted to release "Magiranger" on dvd it would still be a super sentai season with the tagline "Before Power Rangers........."
It would still be branded Super sentai right? That takes them back to square one.
They would only be able to expand going forward with the new branding
For example. Everything under "Chou" can now be marketed to the west without Hasbro making a stink "Hey that interferes with Power Rangers which we own!"
DVD's
Comic-Con's
I was thinking about future series being simulcast like Zeztz. It doesn't solve the problem with the older series, unfortunately.
Sentai version of Yelena
"So who is the real sentai?"
New Red hero- How about this? "Super SentaiZ" Huh?
"So who is the real sentai?"
New Red hero- How about this? "Super SentaiZ" Huh?
It would be ironic if, going forward, the only Japanese show with "Sentai" in the title were the parody anime Sentai Reddo Isekai de Bōkensha ni Naru (i.e. The Red Ranger Becomes an Adventurer in Another World). Although its "parody" of a Sentai series actually feels quite authentic.