Join your host Garhdo in their 75th episode for a special looking at the entire Power Rangers franchise for its 30th Anniversary. From the franchise’s origins in Japan and links to Marvel Comics that helped to bring it to the West, through the original Mighty Morphin Mania, into the franchise’s early revivals, its time under the Disney corporation, through to its modern anniversaries, coming under the ownership of Hasbro, right through to the conclusion of its current run with Cosmic Fury. It is one of Garhdo’s favourite franchises, and they have pulled out all the stops to create one of the most comprehensive discussions of the entire franchise that they can, from in front of and behind the camera. Its Morphin Time!!

• 0:00 Intro
• 0:47 Strike Delay
• 2:48 Tokusatsu, Marvel’s Spider-Man, Ishinomori and Saban
• 31:39 Its Morphin Time!
• 1:01:02 Stronger Than Before
• 1:30:51 Heading into Space
• 1:59:11 Countdown to Destruction
• 2:11:18 Post-Zordon Era
• 2:41:12 Rebooting a Legacy
• 3:07:37 Disney’s Power Rangers
• 3:37:29 The End of Everything
• 3:58:22 A Super Mega Win?
• 4:27:50 Back to Basics
• 4:50:47 The 25th Anniversary
• 4:57:38 Crafting a Mythos
• 5:27:33 Concluding a Franchise
• 5:49:21 Outro
• 5:55:32 Sign-Off

Season 5, Episode 07

February 2nd 2024

So I made it to my 75th Episode, and I decided to deep dive into three decades of a franchise that has been a part of my life since childhood. What resulted is my longest episode ever, as I spend over five and a half hours gushing about this franchise, and analysing every entry. It might only have been something that a minority of people will probably be interested in, but for me it was something I wanted to do, to have my love and adoration of this franchise out there in the wild.

And while there is no current series or film of Power Rangers in development, and even the Super Sentai inspiration has taken a hiatus, this would not be the last time I would discuss this franchise, with Watch Orders, a Fandom Primer, and quite possibly more coming in the future.