While its predecessor was the first series to have episodes air together with a Kamen Rider series, Timeranger was the first to air alongside 2 Rider series - Kuuga and Agito - episode 49, the episode where Naoto dies, was the first episode to air alongside Agito. Coincidentally enough, the same situationspoilerAn episode with a death of a Sixth Ranger airing alongside the first episode of a Kamen Rider series would be repeated with episode 48 of Abaranger and episode 1 of Kamen Rider Blade.
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Acclaimed Flop: Timeranger was beloved by older fans and to this day is considered a classic. Unfortunately, this was not the case for its target audience of young children, who disliked everything from the high-concept plot to the theme song being difficult to sing along to. As a result, Timeranger bombed hard: it had the worst toy sales in Super Sentai history by a large margin, and held that record for eighteen years (until Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger)note Timeranger had sales of 4 billion, to be exact; the average from 2000-2010 was 10.4 billion yen; while both Juken Sentai Gekiranger and Tensou Sentai Goseiger also had below average toy sales, they still outsold Timeranger - ratings wise, the series didn't do too bad (in fact, it actually did better than Kyu Kyu Sentai Go Go V, it's direct predecessor), but not enough to make up for the toy salesnote while Choujin Sentai Jetman didn't improve ratings by that much in comparison to Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman, with only a 1 point difference, the former did very well in the toy department - enough to make Toei decide against ending the franchise, which after Fiveman flopped, they were considering doing. In sharp contrast, the following series (Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger) was so ridiculously popular that it practically served as the template for the next ten years of Super Sentai.
Acting for Two: Tatsuya and Captain Ryūya are both played by Masaru Nagai.
Creator Backlash: After Timeranger ended, Masaru Nagai regretted his involvement in the series; he has since said his professional debut was a drama he appeared in long after Timeranger. He once appeared on a variety show with fellow Red Ranger actor Tori Matsuzaka (Takeru Shiba in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger), who reportedly made thinly-veiled comments about actors trying to deny that they starred in tokusatsu. He refused to return for Gokaiger, letting Yellow Ranger Shuhei Izumi do it instead. Interestingly enough, Nagai would eventually return to Sentai, portraying Master Black in Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger.
Dye Hard: Masahiro Kuranuki dyed his own hair green to portray Sion. Funnily enough, the character himself has hair dyeing as a hobby.
Wag the Director: According to Shinji Kasahara when he appeared on Yasuhisa Furuhara’s YouTube channel, Naoto’s ultimate fate was his idea that the production crew opposed, and he repeatedly begged Yasuko Kobayashi to consider it whenever they went drinking together. He ultimately had to persuade a producer to do some Executive Meddling to make it happen.
