Jonathan Tzachor
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Jonathan Tzachor is a producer and director best known for his work on Power Rangers. He became the executive producer midway though Power Rangers Turbo. His first full series was Power Rangers: In Space in 1998. He worked on the show until 2002's Power Rangers: Wild Force.
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[edit] 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 now Power 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 Power Rangers: In Space (also known as the Zordon Era). Furthermore, under Tzachor, much of Power Rangers would draw more material from their Super Sentai counterpart.
[edit] 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 forced Judd Lynn to leave. A majority of the Tokusatsu 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 in Super Sentai that could have been used in Power Rangers, but wasn't. Also his refusal to include the Phantom Ranger in Lost Galaxy, or reveal his identity was met with criticism by fans of the mysterious character.
[edit] Disney Era/Departure
After Disney's acquisition of the franchise, Tzachor's final series, Power Rangers: Wild Force 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 on ABC 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 in Auckland, 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.
