The way forward for Energy Rangers has been in limbo for some time now. Ever for the reason that conclusion of Cosmic Fury—with no new reveals on the horizon (up until very recently), scrapped reboot plans that would’ve severed the collection’ historic hyperlink with the world of Tremendous Sentai, and the company auctioning off the franchise’s historical past—simply what Hasbro needs to do with its inheritance of the superhero franchise has been unsure. Seems, for now a minimum of, the reply is similar because it ever was: what if we simply discovered a method to do Mighty Morphin’ nostalgia over again?
Such is the case with at present’s announcement that Hasbro has launched Energy Rangers: Re-Ignition on YouTube, which could virtually sound prefer it’s new materials till you see that it’s merely simply the primary season of Mighty Morphin’ Energy Rangers uploaded in Youtube’s 4K decision. Two to a few “all-new” episodes will launch weekly on Hasbro’s YouTube channels till October. Though no point out is made within the official press launch that accompanied the discharge of the collection on YouTube, Re-Ignition had beforehand been described as using generative AI to supply its “enhanced” visuals at New York Toy Honest earlier this 12 months.
Hasbro truly soft-launched Re-Ignition a number of weeks in the past by way of the Mighty Morphin’ Minute, truncated recap-style releases of episodes damaged down into short-form video for launch on platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and Tiktok. Not less than that cleaned-up footage is now getting launched in its unique type, however nonetheless, it’s not precisely as “all-new” as the corporate describes.
However is it sufficient to get Energy Rangers followers to bide their time for any information in regards to the collection’ future? We’ve bought till October as a minimum to see.
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