Toei Did Have A History With Hasbro After All

Did Saban selling the Power Rangers brand to Hasbro have something to do with Toei's long history? Remember that Toei shouldn't just be associated with being the actual owner of Power Rangers. It has served as an outsourced animation studio for American companies too. Transformers may have started off as a product of Takara Toy Company though it was later co-produced with Hasbro. Then there was the Transformers cartoon and the G.I. Joe cartoon. A history of Toei Animation would also tell us that while both cartoon were under Sunbow Productions and Marvel Productions - Toei Animation Studio was outsourced for the animation. In short, Toei had a history with Hasbro in that regard because they were outsourced for properties based on Hasbro.

The history of the declining Transformers G1 series didn't stop with Transformers Season 3 and its failed attempt at a fourth season. Rebirth was later disregarded with a hanging finale (which was a disappointment) and then came the rather questionable Transformers: Headmasters series. I may like Super Sentai over Power Rangers (and my dislike is now more obvious) but it doesn't mean I won't point out some of Toei's mistakes past and present. The Transformers: Headmasters series is even worse than Season 3. There was Transformers: Masterforce which for me is the WORST of the Japanese Transformers series. They did have Headmasters. But we should never forget the history that Transformers has with both Hasbro and Takara! Strangely, Toei Animation also attempted to kick off a new series but didn't learn anything from Rebirth. Transformers Zone OVA just deserved to be sacked and discontinued. Did the same thing happen to why Kamen Rider ZX never became a TV series?

What would be interesting is that if you watched the Japanese Transformers under Toei Animation are the namings. They called the Autobots as Cybertrons and the Decepticons as Destrons. Kamen Rider V3's villain group was also known as Destrons and the Kamen Rider franchise is under Toei too. I guess it's only normal for Toei to call the Decepticons as Destrons. Destron was probably a pun on the word destroy itself. Not to mention, Toei did have some Transformers references in Super Sentai too much like the vehicles or animals that transformed into humanoid form for a good amount of the franchise.

I guess that's why Toei approved of Hasbro acquiring the Power Rangers franchise rights from Saban due to its history with Hasbro.