- Jonathan Tzachor
Jonathan Tzachor is a producer and director best known for his work on "
Power Rangers ". He became the executive producer midway thoughPower Rangers Turbo . His first full series was ' in 1998. He worked on the show until 2002's '.Tzachor's Tenure
Tzachor's time spent as executive producer brought many firsts to the world of Power Rangers in terms of storywriting and character development for Power Rangers, dark themes were used instead of the usual comedic tone, and actual casualties of good characters, which has been done in
tokusatsu for years, but only nowPower 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 "" (also known as theZordon Era). Furthermore, under Tzachor, much of Power Rangers would draw more material from theirSuper Sentai counterpart.Criticisms
Both the Power Ranger and Tokusatsu Fandoms would give Tzachor a lot of heat during this time. The Power Rangers fandom criticized that Tzachor was depending too heavily on the
Super Sentai material, and that these restrictions ulitmatley forcedJudd Lynn to leave. A majority of theTokusatsu 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 others felt that there were some elements inSuper Sentai that could have been used in Power Rangers, but wasn't.Also his refusal to include thePhantom Ranger in Lost Galaxy, or reveal his identity was met with criticism by fans of the mysterious character.Disney Era/Departure
After Disney's acquisition of the franchise, Tzachor's final series, "" would be a split season. Because of Disney's recently-completed acquisition of Fox Family Worldwide (and therefore Saban), the first half aired on
Fox Kids , while then the second half aired onABC Kids . Ironically, Tzachor was succeeded as Producer by the person from whom he took the reins in 1997,Douglas Sloan . MMPR Productions was shut down and production of the show was transferred to Village Roadshow KP Productions inAuckland ,New Zealand .The Wild Force finale, "The End of the Power Rangers", which was Tzachor's final episode with the franchise, was directed by Tzachor.
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