If you could change one thing about the current Sentai/Rider formats what would it be

[bleachjoj]

The two-episode structure has been there since Kuuga.
The diffrence is what those arcs focus on. Today we are getting too many "characters of the day", which takes away a lot of focus from the main plot.

I think Double and Fourze did it very well, but that is because those characters were part of the main plot, and we actually got to see them again.
But in a show like Wizard, they should have handled the gate-thing diffrently, because there is already so much going on with the main cast and the villains that it should have been enough to build the show on.
If anything, they could have let the police play a bigger role

I thought Fourze handled it pretty badly. It was always Gentaro makes a new friend. The characters of the day took over most of the show. At least in Wizard the gates are always in someway connected to a character.

 

[Scissors]

But the characters of the day were pretty much the villains.
Every story was about how the person became a Zodiart and how they could be saved.
I would say though that Double did a better job with this idea.

 

[Bigdog]

That's what we have GARO for these days. It would be nice to see the monsters a bit more threatening. But that hallucination from Wizard w/ Phoenix in the hospital was pretty freaky if you ask Glamador...

I don't exactly watch that, but I wish one Rider series would have that appeal like it did in the Showa period mixed with some Shin and Black.

Haven't seen Wizard yet, so I can't judge on that, but OOO's villains weren't that threatening since the buildup of getting all the coins early on wrecked the show's dynamic. I wish the group of the four Greeds was expanded or spread out throughout the series to become a viable threat and thus making Eiji a worthwhile hero.

I only seen the first 18 episodes , but I'm not sure if I want to continue it or touch Fourze if there's not much to really see or worth the while. I'm starting to wonder why they don't just shorten them if the threats are like that?

I did like the first three episodes of Fourze though as they were pretty awesome and blew my low expectations.

 

[Loghorn]

And for gender balance stuff, maybe alternate. Have one female main rider/red ranger one year and a male rider/red ranger the next, with the secondaries/sixth rangers being women.

While that would be good, I don't think that it'll happen, due to toys & their sales.

 

[lazycoconut]

While that would be good, I don't think that it'll happen, due to toys & their sales.

Most of our ideas probably aren't viable in the real world, they wouldn't sell. A lot of stuff English-speaking fans like such as "darker" tone (Go-Busters) or heavy villain focus (Gekiranger) spells poor performance in Japan ...

 

[Bigdog]

Most of our ideas probably aren't viable in the real world, they wouldn't sell. A lot of stuff English-speaking fans like such as "darker" tone (Go-Busters) or heavy villain focus (Gekiranger) spells poor performance in Japan ...

The "darker tone" was an excuse that Bandai used to cover their failure to create a compelling spy themed toy line that has many nice roleplaying possibilities. And the latter, I got to agree somewhat.

 

[lazycoconut]

The "darker tone" was an excuse that Bandai used to cover their failure to create a compelling spy themed toy line that has many nice roleplaying possibilities. And the latter, I got to agree somewhat.

It is, but a lot of Go-Busters' fans enjoy it because they think it is more serious and mature than other recent Sentai. I've seen a lot of reaction on various sites over the last week about "OMG HOW CAN THIS BE FOR KIDS?!" because

[HIDE]Hiromu contemplated suicide in the last episode - even though it's not exactly new to Sentai. Even Goseiger did it! Anyone remember the penultimate episode where they volunteer to sacrifice themselves by giving Alata their Gosei Powers?[/HIDE]

 

[NAND NOR]

For Kamen Rider:

-revive the horror aspects of the series and give a much darker tone to the story. Go back to the Ishinomori roots, but you know.....modernized and with thriller/gothic horror influences as well.

I agree with this wholeheartedly.

In addition, I'd really like it if Rider went back having longer, more organic story arcs and maybe even multiple groups of villains. W did this a little bit with Foundation X. Blade was really good about it too, making it easy to break the series up into distinct story arcs instead of the bland two part "help the victim of the week" plots that shows like OOO and Fourze have.

 

[Sentaifan'07 Xman]

The only things that I should change about the current Sentais and Riders are these:

Sentai:
-Non-human characters
-Less gimmicks for the Henshin devices
-More Henshin braces
-Add more motorcycle actions for the other Sentai heroes besides Red.
-Less Auxillary Mechas
-Need more Evil Sentais until the later episodes.

Rider:
-Lose the dynamic between the "Happy-Go-Lucky/Jolly Old" primary Rider and the "asshole" secondary Rider.
-Needs to go back to the classic Ichi-gou to Agito henshin belts.
-Need more evil corporations planning to recreate humanities in their own images.
-OOO, needs to reveal Kougami as the main villain, instead of Dr. Maki.
-Have the villains create their own Rider to kill the primary rider, alas Kamen Rider: The First.
-Needs more female Riders in the TV shows instead of in the films.
-Less Form changes for the primary Riders.

 

[Diend Decade]

Rider:
-change the episodes to arc instead of two parts
-female main rider
- switch roles of secondary and main rider more often. Instead of the main rider gets the glory all the time, while the secondary rider gets nothing.
-more unorthodox roles instead policemen and other enforcers
-more unorthodox henshin devices instead of belts and braces, unless the gimmick is so ridiculous good that means otherwise.
-more variety of evil organizations: more gangs, rogue enemies, giant organization rather than giving them one bull-eye for the riders they can practically defeat while they are slouching around.
-more mind-games instead of head-on battle for rivalries