Did Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger Cast A Huge Shadow That's Stretched For TWO YEARS?

The recent termination of Maya Imamori is something I consider ALL TOO EXTREME. I pointed out the problem that No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger may have been a result of a premature celebration. If we look into the cycle, Gozyuger is actually Super Sentai entry NO. 49 NOT ENTRY NO. 50! The celebration feels very PREMATURE. If we need to take a look back, we had anniversaries ALWAYS by entry number and NOT by Himitsu Sentai Goranger's birthday. Some Super Sentai series will and DO get overshadowed. In this case, Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger didn't just cause a two-year time skip. King-Ohger also created the scenario where it actually created a TWO-YEAR SHADOW.

Looking at the festival vs. fasting entries

I thought about the number of times that a festival got followed by the badly-needed "diet plan", which I'd include the Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers' anniversary celebration:

• Hyajakuu Sentai Gaoranger was a huge festival. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger followed up with fewer Zords to balance it up. The Hurricaneger mecha seemed to "return to standard" and somewhat followed Chojuu Sentai Liveman.
• Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger introduced the dinosaur multi-gattai, but it was a very orderly show. 
• Gougou Sentai Boukenger, a huge festival, was soon followed by the more "palate cleansing" Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger. Gekiranger was so focused more on martial arts, while it had some cool toys -- but not as cool as Boukenger.
• Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger became the biggest anniversary ever. It was followed up by the "palate cleanser" with Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. It was a nice steady pace to have fewer toys, more plot written. 
• Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger is what I call a watchable mess. I was able to understand the context of the Mighty Morphin' anniversary. The show was festive with all its energy plus WELL-UTILIZED STUNTMEN. It was later followed up by Ressha Sentai ToQGer, Shuriken Sentai Ninninger, and Doubotsu Sentai Zyuohger -- all three entries were "conservative designs" presumably to slowly rebuild creative juices. Take note that Zyuohger was an anniversary season!
• Strange enough, Ucchu Sentai Kyuranger was the 41st entry and NOT an anniversary. Was this ill-timed or not? The following year was marked by lower toy sales during the run time of Kaito Sentai Lupinranger vs. Keisatsu Sentai Patranger. I blame the SURPLUS.
• The big blunder, IMHO, was to have a dinosaur Super Sentai too soon with Kishinryu Sentai Ryusoulger. YAWN! Why did I even bother to finish it?
• Thankfully, Kikou Sentai Zenkaiger, followed up by Avatar Sentai Donbrothers, didn't have a Zord overload!
  
• King-Ohger actually premiered with a huge budget and the use of CGI and on-site sets -- it was a really big budget! Sure, it didn't fly off to Ireland or use real castle sets (to avoid spending too much), BUT it was still a costly set. The aesthetics in the show make me want to be a child again, while the story didn't.
• Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger was really meant to focus on "simpler designs". Sure, I was bored but it was the badly-needed diet after King-Ohger's royal feast.
• My feeling with Gozyuger is that it didn't wait for the right time to feast -- it TRIED to return to the festival ASAP!

I confess that I have the King-Ohger hype. Back then, there was the Gokaiger hype. I have a feeling that King-Ohger was that "oh so highly innovative system" that has overshadowed any innovative thinking that came after it. Sure, I enjoy how the Boonboomgers have an assistant robot that helps form their Megazord -- something new for the series. However, Boonboomger was me "adjusting to slower paces". The simpler aesthetics felt like I needed to eat vegetarian food almost every day. I eat my vegetables and love eating them. However, I would crave MEAT too. However, I thought of Boonboomger's "back to basics" type of designs, like in ToQGer -- were needed to avoid overburning the innovative senses of the mind! I was too harsh on the designs back then. I realized that innovative thinking needs to slow down at times -- like going to the bare minimum when need be, then introducing something new at the same time.

People were probably NOT too ready for the festival that's Gozyuger, which was a result of THE GREEED

What should be TRULY bothersome IMHO was how this scene became HARSHER IN HINDSIGHT. I felt like King-Ohger was a huge banquet. It was like attending a party EVERY WEEK except for times when Super Hero Time isn't airing! The audience wasn't ready yet for another festival. I was simply waiting for another oh-so-regular Super Sentai season. Instead, Super Sentai decided to hit what I'd call a premature celebration. IMHO, Bandai could've thought that low toy sales this year may be because of last year's hype. Boonboomger gave that dietary season that fans all needed!

However, the same couldn't be said about Gozyuger. The whole show went for a super-expensive approach, trying to mimic Kamen Rider Geats. The whole show had the Battle Royale thing going on. The questions that management needed to ask were both costing and TIMING. Why am I talking about timing again? It's because it's still the 49th entry for CRYING OUT LOUD! That means the anniversary was PREEMPTIVELY EXECUTED! What may have happened was the HUGE PRESSURE that may have hit the cast -- MAYU INCLUDED!

I heard toy sales weren't enough to cover things up. This might be best interpreted as producing too many toys that nobody wants. If people aren't in the mood to buy that many toys -- WHY IN THE WORLD IS BANDAI PRODUCING THAT MANY TOYS?! That may be the harsh reality that Bandai failed to account for when Gozyuger came. King-Ohger's shadow was a far bigger stretch. The safest move IMHO, was to just go for a regular season and CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY IN 2026. Instead, it seemed that this year's careless move may either call for Super Sentai's inevitable cancellation or rebranding. IMHO, it seems Universe Heroes might be a new franchise to replace Super Sentai -- which I'm pretty fine with, actually, if it forces Toei and Bandai to another challenge!