>>23614527
The bullshit contract tying up sentai's international distribution rights were from Saban. Toei got tired of it, hence why they're going to sidestep its terms by ending Super Sentai as a franchise and possibly retooling it as something else.
>>23614895
Harmony Gold. They squatted on the trademark for Macross and threatened people to pay them up to allow Macross imports or sent cease and desist letters to dealers.
Though Saban's douchery over Chroma Squad, Square Enix's Final Fantasy outfits, and selling PR to Hasbro is up there.
>>23614922
Please. Fred Ladd brought over Speed Racer. Ted Turner aired dubbed Ultraman. Saban made America look bad by chop-shopping sentai while other countries never had a problem watching Japanese.
>>23614934
And then for whatever reason Power Rangers got released in other countries, even Japan. I'm pretty sure they even got the Dekaranger actors to voice their Power Rangers counterparts. Though, I think Korea eventually just dubbed the Sentai but still called it Power Rangers in order to skip Ninja Storm because Ninja are Japanese. IIRC, Shinkenger was skipped for the same reason.
>>23614952
I suddenly remembered that weird ass Speed Racer sequel series that focused on his sons and aired on Nicktoons. I only ever saw two episodes.
>>23614965
That was made under Speed Racer Enterprises whom Tatsunoko later sued because they overstepped the contract limitations of the license to Mach Go Go.
Shit like this is what causes Japanese studios to bypass US distributor.
