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Message: [QUOTE="Ikagura, post: 20284, member: 6930"] You're right about it but honestly it's possible to both be for a younger audience to sell them toys while also being good on its own. I noticed how early Heisei (especially Kuuga and Agito) were much more drama-like with a tokusatsu coat of paint than a plain toku like the Super Sentais were... Perhaps because of the hiatus and the fact that KR has always been for a slightly older audience from the other. I mean when you look at 70's tokus you also can see some stuff that today are seen as dark or just something you can never show today (even Ultraman wasn't shy of showing dismemberment from getting cut). I think that the mindset of "it's for kids therefore quality shouldn't be a priority" is also not a good one because even children are aware of obvious inconsistencies or tropes being used. They aren't stupid (well, as far as I'm aware). I noticed that for each seasons that were more serious they were often followed by one with a more popular theme (like Jetman getting followed by Zyuranger, a dinosaur themed season and Timeranger followed by Gaoranger, an animal/beast themed one to sell toys as apparently the previous ones didn't sell a lot). I'd be fine with that, making one "serious" season and one more light-hearted with more toys to sell but maybe it's better to make only toy selling seasons and use other ways to show more mature series like Amazons and Black Sun. I also believe new laws were applied for youth shows seeing how things got less explicit compared to the 90's (even video games are less prone to explicitly bloody violence in Japan). PS: I still enjoy the silly moments even in these show to make a balance and not get too gritty [MEDIA=youtube]XtPl99Xi7G8[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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