The future of Power Rangers has been in limbo for a while now. Ever since the conclusion of Cosmic Fury—with no new shows on the horizon (up until very recently), scrapped reboot plans that could’ve severed the series’ historic link with the world of Super Sentai, and the company auctioning off the franchise’s history—just what Hasbro wants to do with its inheritance of the superhero franchise has been in doubt. Turns out, for now at least, the answer is the same as it ever was: what if we just found a way to do Mighty Morphin’ nostalgia all over again?
Such is the case with today’s announcement that Hasbro has launched Power Rangers: Re-Ignition on YouTube, which might almost sound like it’s new material until you see that it is simply just the first season of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers uploaded in Youtube’s 4K resolution. Two to three “all-new” episodes will release weekly on Hasbro’s YouTube channels until October. Although no mention is made in the official press release that accompanied the release of the series on YouTube, Re-Ignition had previously been described as using generative AI to provide its “enhanced” visuals at New York Toy Fair earlier this year.
Hasbro actually soft-launched Re-Ignition a few weeks ago via the Mighty Morphin’ Minute, truncated recap-style releases of episodes broken down into short-form video for release on platforms like YouTube Shorts, Instagram Reels, and Tiktok. At least that cleaned-up footage is now getting released in its original form, but still, it’s not exactly as “all-new” as the company describes.
But is it enough to get Power Rangers fans to bide their time for any news about the series’ future? We’ve got until October at the least to see.
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