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Gizmodo
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Hasbro Found Another Way to Show You the Original ‘Power Rangers' Again
The future of Power Rangers has been in limbo for a while now. Ever since the conclusion of Cosmic Fury—with no new shows on the horizon (up until very recently), scrapped reboot plans that could've severed the series' historic link with the world of Super Sentai, and the company auctioning off the franchise's history—just what Hasbro wants to do with its inheritance of the superhero franchise has been in doubt. Turns out, for now at least, the answer is the same as it ever was: what if we just found a way to do Mighty Morphin' nostalgia all over again? Such is the case with today's announcement that Hasbro has launched Power Rangers: Re-Ignition on YouTube, which might almost sound like it's new material until you see that it is simply just the first season of Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers uploaded in Youtube's 4K resolution. Two to three 'all-new' episodes will release weekly on Hasbro's YouTube channels until October. Although no mention is made in the official press release that accompanied the release of the series on YouTube, Re-Ignition had previously been described as using generative AI to provide its 'enhanced' visuals at New York Toy Fair earlier this year. Hasbro actually soft-launched Re-Ignition a few weeks ago via the Mighty Morphin' Minute, truncated recap-style releases of episodes broken down into short-form video for release on platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and Tiktok. At least that cleaned-up footage is now getting released in its original form, but still, it's not exactly as 'all-new' as the company describes. But is it enough to get Power Rangers fans to bide their time for any news about the series' future? We've got until October at the least to see.
Gizmodo
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Gizmodo
Power Rangers' Trini Takes Center Stage In a New Book
The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers continue to get spinoff projects, and now it's Trini's turn. The Mighty Morhpin era of the Power Rangers casts a long shadow over the whole franchise, and its casting in particular. Controversial and infamous as it's been to have the Black and Yellow Rangers played respectively by Black actor Walter Jones III and the late Asian actor Thuy Trang, their roles as Zack and Trini proved foundational for a lot of viewers. Trini officially died prior to the 2023 special Once and Always, but the character is returning again as the lead in an upcoming novel. Written by Diana Ma (Heiress Apparently), Power Rangers: Force of Chaos explores Trini's POV during the Mighty Morphin team's early days. As the team works through their initial feelings about one another, including Trini's own 'complicated history' with Zack, the book will delve into her Chinese heritage and being a martial artist superhero. Ma, in a statement to Polygon (which also has an excerpt), teased the book would 'bring Chinese mythology' and let her show her love for the character she grew up watching. 'Trini was important to me because she was one of the first Asian-American superheroes I saw on TV,' said Ma. 'As a Chinese American superhero-loving fangirl, it was powerful for me to see this representation in a kids' TV show. Knowing that Power Ranger fans were watching and connecting to Trini as she kicked Putty butt as part of a superhero team committed to protecting the universe made me feel seen.' Power Rangers: Force of Chaos releases this Tuesday, May 13.
