Though Mighty Morphin Power Rangers has always been a show aimed at children, the same cannot be said for the original source material. Sure, the Super Sentai series (the franchise of shows whose footage was used to make Power Rangers), is targeted at a younger audience but thanks to cultural differences some of the content wasn’t suitable for American audiences and certain scenes of infamy were never shown. This is a list of some of the adult moments in the original Super Sentai series which never made over to America.
1The Dino Thunder Sex Scene
Yes, you did read it right. There was a sex scene in the original series, Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger. It’s not blatant but in a flashback before the black Dino Ranger went into battle, he and his recently married wife gave each other a proper farewell. Her hand on his naked back and his dangling necklace next to hers as she lays on her back is all which is shown. Though not graphic, when was the last time you had implications of sex happening on a kids show?
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