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Jonathan Tzachor is the second producer and director of the Power Rangers franchise and successor of Douglas Sloan, after his departure mid-season during Power Rangers: Turbo. His first full series would be Power Rangers: In Space. He would do Power Rangers up until Power Rangers: Wild Force when Disney acquired rights to the series from Saban.

The Tzachor Era: "Setting the Bar for a New Kind of Power Ranger"

It is during this era of Power Rangers, Tzachor would set the bar in terms of storywriting and character development for Power Rangers introducing complex villains, dark themes were used instead of the usual comedic tone, and actual casualties, which has been done in tokusatsu for years, but only now Power Rangers began following this formula; this era was deemed the best by much of the Power Rangers Fandom. It would also mark the first time that Power Rangers started fresh every season after Power Rangers: In Space (also known as the Zordon Era). Furthermore, under Tzachor, much of Power Rangers would draw more material from their Super Sentai counterpart.

Burning at Both Ends: "Criticism from Both Sides of the Spectrum"

Both the Power Ranger and Tokusatsu Fandoms would give Tzachor a lot of heat during this time. The Power Rangers fandom critized that Tzachor was depending too heavily on the Super Sentai material. Another was the introduction of the Red Battlizer, which to some felt although it allowed Power Rangers to stray away from sentai, it was somewhat seen as a bit excessive. A majority of the Tokusatsu Fandom felt the Tzachor Era bastardized the sentai stories even though Tzachor did his best at interpreting the Japanese storyline to fit with Western Audiences, while other felt that there were some elements in Super Sentai that could've been used in Power Rangers, but wasn't.

The End of the Tzachor Era

After Disney's acquisition of the franchise, Tzachor's final series, Power Rangers Wild Force would be a split season. The first half would air on Fox Kids and then the second half airing on ABC Kids. Interestingly, in some cases, Power Rangers would be shown on both FOX and ABC. After the completion of Wild Force, Tzachor would be succeeded by the person he succeed years before, Douglas Sloan. In addition, this marked the end for many things Power Rangers. This includes the departure of MMPR Production, the use of the Animaze voice actors such as Barbara Goodson, Lex Lang and Steven Jay Blum, and the last time Power Rangers would be filmed in Californa, as production moved to New Zealand.

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