WELL. DAMN.
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So just recently found out that Shout!Studio does not have the license to Super Sentai anymore. And I find that very suspicious and disheartening. I was planning on watching Hurricanger this week for 4th of July weekend to see that it's gone, along with other Super Sentai shows that were adapted in the Mighty Morphin era and post Zordon era.
As of right now the only Tokushotsu shows that are available on Tubi are Kamen Rider and Ultraman. Now the reason why I find this suspicious might have something to do with Super Sentai taking a very long hiatus along with the many factors of losing viewership over the years and toy sales being a mixed bag (Power Rangers also going through this same situation) so that is a factor, but the suspicious part is because Hasbro owns the licensing to Power Rangers meaning they would have some some sort of distribution agreement that would have them still keep the Super Sentai brand to stream.
So whatever is going on behind the scenes I'm starting to feel like things aren't working out between Toei and Hasbro but that's just a theory don't take it seriously, this isn't the first time Toei had issues with another company regarding distribution rights, licensing distribution, toy sales AND streaming.
But what I find disheartening about this is because it is not easy finding free streaming services to watch older Super Sentai shows especially the newer seasons (I wanted to watch Lupin Vs. Pataranger, Goseiger and Gokaiger AND Go-Buster). While Hurricanger was my first Sentai I didn't finish it, and went to watch Timeranger and Goaanger. Both Sentai were really good and caught my attention because they were the shows that was adapted to Time Force and Wild Force (favorite seasons btw). And it's because I finished those two seasons I had a great interest on coming back to watch Hurricanger.
BUT I GUESS THAT WONT HAPPEN ANY TIME SOON🙃.
Now the only way you can stream older Super Sentai seasons that were adapted to Power Rangers is the Toku Shout twitch. YouTube isn't streaming it anymore. Well damn.. 😐.
I hope that we are able to have some sort of app in the future where we can watch all the older and current seasons of Super Sentai along with Kamen Rider and Ultraman, but knowing this modern day of streaming we would have to pay some sort of monthly fee just to even watch these shows and I am praying on my knees and begging to Gosei that it wouldn't be the status quo. I'm tired boss
