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ONORE IBC-13: The Toku/Anime 90s Scheduling Betrayal REVISITED

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Super Sentai may be on hiatus. However, it doesn't mean that history can be forgotten. We don't cling ot the past, but we don't forget it either. I'd like to let off some steam with this rant post. Some Filipinos may remember IBC-13.  There was the catchy theme song, "Pinoy Ang Dating" (The Filipino Feel). It was played on loop on that network. It could serve as a good memory for 90s children. Was that memory really a good memory or a good memory based on a LIE? Read and find out! Remember the "good old 1990s" and how it may have also stung in the present The 1990s may have some fond memories. Some people born in the late 1980s or early 1990s could remember the "good old days" before harsher reality kicked in. The Philippines had underwent a transition from the Marcos Empire  to a rather flawed democracy under the "best constitution" in the world . There might be what I'd call an information black hole coupled with some fond m...

Gokaiger's Shadow On Post-Gokaiger Anniversary Seasons

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It feels kinda sad, really, to think that it's 2026 and it could've been the 50th entry for Super Sentai . Instead, we have Gavan Infinity ,  which may ultimately replace Super Sentai as the franchise had ran for too long. Super Sentai had its FIVE-YEAR CEREMONIAL FINALE , which started in 2021 with Kikou Sentai Zenkaiger and finally wrapped up with No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger .  I had a feeling that there's an "anniversary curse" That didn't happen with Hyajakuu Sentai Gaoranger (which felt more like a REBOOT ) for the 25th season. Neither did it happen with 30th season is Gougou Sentai Boukenger . Gaoranger had the Gaoranger vs. Super Sentai non-canon film but the main series was still self-contained. Boukenger vs. Super Sentai was obviously another what-if movie. The Super Sentai Encyclopedia in Boukenger was never meant to be part of the show canon. Boukenger carried over designs that mimicked past Zords in Super Sentai with various Monsters-of-the-Week (MOTWs) ...