Due to the new ownership and its lighthearted story, the series brought new interest to the franchise as ratings and toy sales went up.ĭoug Sloan would interact heavily with fans at this point, posting on Rangerboard and the Newsgroup. Due to union and cost issues, Ninja Storm was the first season to not feature a team-up with the previous year's team since the trend began in Lost Galaxy. Nevertheless, Ninja Storm aired on ABC and ABC Family like Wild Force before it. This was met with mixed reception from fans. Ninja Storm brought a lot of light-heartedness to Power Rangers. Koichi Sakamoto (the leader of Alpha Stunts team and producer) remained on the show. Jackie Marchand returned to be the story editor. A few past writers were also brought back into the fold. Doug Sloan, the production manager from the show's inception until the midway mark of Turbo, and Ann Austen (another past production team member) returned to Power Rangers for the first time in years as the head of the show for Disney. A subsidiary of Disney named Buena Vista Entertainment managed the Power Rangers property after Disney took over, and MMPR Productions was dissolved. Ninja Storm was based on the Super Sentai series Ninpū Sentai Hurricanger. As well as this, Disney chose to make the show non-union, which resulted in much of the crew (including long-time producer Jonathan Tzachor) being let go.
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