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MFrontier
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I still remember growing up and experiencing the transition to ABC Kids and the Disney era Power Rangers show.
Shinzo mention! Shuki Levy sounds like a real piece of work. I think I've seen some people online talk about actually first experiencing Precure through Glitter Force. I think the movie had its heart in the right place but lost sight of what it was adapting to a degree. The didn't need to so dramatically redesign the suits and Megazarod, CG Putty's weren't great, and we barely got to see the team in their suits before the Zords showed up. |
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ReNellGlover
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Disney would continue to make seasons of Power Rangers, moving production from Los Angeles to New Zealand for the next series Power Rangers Ninja Storm and continued producing seasons of the series until 2010. They would also continue to produce dubs of the next two Digimon series Frontier and Fusion,
Technically, Disney stopped producing new seasons of PR in 2009; they also actually did Data Squad, not Fusion. Saban Brands would also create a new programming block, Vortexx, to replace the previous The CW programming block after the bankruptcy of 4Kids Entertainment. This programming block would mostly feature reruns of animated programs and anime series picked up from 4Kids, like Yu-Gi-Oh!, Dragon Ball Z Kai, and Sonic X. Saban would return to dubbing anime by bringing over Digimon Xros Wars in 2014 under the title Digimon Fusion. Technically, Nicktoons aired DBZ Kai before the CW did, and Digimon Fusion premiered on Nickelodeon in 2013 before moving to Nicktoons later that year before briefly airing on the CW. |
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FinalVentCard
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Every time I read about what Shuki Levi did or the Saban's wheelings and dealings with Power Rangers, it turns my stomach. Also, his ownership of Univision was just plain weird; I feel like this was something I heard of when I was younger, but I can't remember. One shudders to think of the history behind Don Francisco...
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YagamiBlackstone255
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As much as I utterly despise Glitter Force, it was VERY popular with kids, many are the comments that Glitter Force was their childhood, their first anime or the first time they drew any cartoon characters. The problem with Glitter Force is that it simply monetized through streaming and cancelled the insane amounts of merch needed to make the show viable, and it was never going to be a hit on streaming with the amount of insulting edits and changes done to the show. Streaming offers uncut Sailor Moon and other uncut anime, why not watch those?
This is why I hope the relaunch Toei is planning takes off and is fully uncut, without a divided fanbase, the show has a way bigger chance of actually succeeding. |
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Custom Apex
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As for this this era: I do remember the whole FOX Family become ABC Family during my middle school years. I do enjoyed the Disney Era of Power Rangers like SPD and RPM, I only saw a few episodes of Digimon Data Squad on Jetix along with Jungle Fury.
Once PR was back after Saban got it in 2010 as the first show of the Neo Saban Era, Samurai came out the next year, I didn't bother with it, in fact, I skipped the entirely of the Neo Saban Era of PR and came back with Beast Morphers on Netflix. As much as I hate to admit, the whole Glitter Force duology got me into PreCure or at least make me aware of the franchise's existence. I did saw the Power Rangers (2017) movie and it was OK, just wish it could have done better at the box office. This era of Saban during the 2010s is one of the most average eras I have seen on television. Decent stuff but nothing stood out to me. |
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Aresef
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Like Carl Macek and Peter Fernandez, he played a critical role in bringing Japanese material to the states and making it palatable and marketable. He one-red-paperclipped his way to billions and on some level you kind of have to respect the hustle, even if the person himself is an absolute monster.
Thank you for including Sarah Brown's story. She used to have a website that included all kinds of documentation, depositions etc. She says people should boycott PR and I get it but it's not like Shuki Levy gets a dime of it now. |
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NJ_
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It was released in 2015 but there was news about this going back to 2013. https://fandompost.vbulletin.net/forum/anime-manga-discussions/us-blu-ray-dvd-and-simulcast-industry-news/21618-saban-brands-has-glitter-force-smile-pretty-cure#post21618 Originally was going to be known as Gangnam Girls, this was believed to have been part of a package deal when they got Digimon back in 2012 so they got Smile when it was still new. |
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