>probably because they wanted to push more toys.
I wish there were the case. I had all the toys and the episodes that featured characters from the toyline were something to look forward to. But most episodes focused more on generic gangsters or evil game show hosts or April's lame co-workers and other shit like that.
Nah, it was more of a 5-episode miniseries. They had continuity but they were definitely still self-contained stories.
I liked Lotus. A shame she has only two episodes and the second one is kinda shit.
The "Big" trilogy was fine too.
Because Toei Animation used their A team, which the usually used for just the openings when they did American shows. Then they used their B team of animators for the next couple seasons.
That explains the animation quality but why is the tone, pacing, and quality of storytelling so much worse after the initial 5?
The tone and pacing changed because they focused on comedy over action, and the series' plots settled into a formula, which most episodes followed. The ones people remember most are the ones that stepped away from the formula, in a good way or a bad way.
ironic considering the first five are generally funnier than most of the later ones, even if they don't try nearly as hard to be funnier. the humor came off far more naturally through the dialogue in the first couple where the later ones were just corny.
What about the CGI movie?
Toei only did the first five episodes as far as I know. The rest went to cheaper Korean/Chinese/Japanese/Taiwanese/Filipino/Ireland studios.
I completely disagree but okay.