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'''Jonathan Tzachor''' is an American producer and director best known for his work on ''[[Power Rangers]]''. Tzachor worked on the show until 2002's ''[[Power Rangers: Wild Force]]''. He is currently an executive producer for the 19th ''Power Rangers'' series ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]''.
  
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'''Jonathan Tzachor''' is an American producer and director best known for his work on ''[[Power Rangers]]''. Tzachor worked on the show until 2002's ''[[Power Rangers: Wild Force]]''. He was most recently an executive producer for the ''Power Rangers'' series ''[[Power Rangers Super Megaforce]]''.
   
 
==Tzachor's tenure==
  
==Tzachor's tenure==
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Jonathan Tzachor was a producer for Power Rangers for the first 10 years.
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Tzachor's time spent as producer brought many firsts to the world of Power Rangers in terms of storywriting and character development for Power Rangers. Edgy themes were used (particularly in ''[[Power Rangers in Space]]'' and ''[[Power Rangers: Time Force]]'') instead of the usual comedic tone, and actual casualties of good characters, which had been occurring in [[tokusatsu]] for years, began to be implemented. It would also mark the first time that Power Rangers started fresh every season after ''[[Power Rangers: In Space]]''. Furthermore, under Tzachor, much of Power Rangers tended to draw more material from their [[Super Sentai]] counterpart with seasons such as Time Force and Wild Force being similar to their sentai counterparts and very little of the plots are changed.
  
   
 
==Disney era/departure==
  
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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 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 (now known as Ranger Productions).
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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 Entertainment|Saban]]), the first half aired on [[Fox Kids]], while the second half aired on ABC Kids. MMPR productions shut down, and production of the show was transferred to Village Roadshow KP Productions in Auckland, New Zealand (now known as Ranger Productions).
   
 
The Wild Force finale, ''[[The End of the Power Rangers]]'', which was Tzachor's final episode with the franchise until ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'', was directed by him.
  
The Wild Force finale, ''[[The End of the Power Rangers]]'', which was Tzachor's final episode with the franchise until ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]'', was directed by him.
   
 
==[[Saban Brands]] era==
  
==[[Saban Brands]] era==
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After Disney sold the Power Rangers Brand to Saban in the form of Saban Brands, Jonathan Tzachor was hired to produce the eighteenth season of Power Rangers in New Zealand, known as ''[[Power Rangers: Samurai]]''.
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After Disney sold the Power Rangers brand to Saban in the form of Saban Brands, Jonathan Tzachor was hired as Executive Producer on the eighteenth season of Power Rangers, ''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]''. He remained in the role until the end of ''[[Super Megaforce]] ''where he was succeeded by [[Judd Lynn]]
   
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==Views on Canon==
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==Directing credits==
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*''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''
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Jonathan Tzachor has expressed views concerning the canon of ''[[Power Rangers]]'' that have caused controversy in fandom. He apparently regards the [[Disney]]-era seasons ([[Ninja Storm]] - [[RPM]]) as non-canon, and, similar to ''[[Super Sentai]]'' in that all of their series take place in their own universe, apart from [[Sentai Teamups|teamups]], all seasons of ''Power Rangers'' are also in their own canon. However, the crossover with Samurai and [[RPM]], ''[[The Clash of the Red Rangers]]'', shows that this isn't the official canon policy of the franchise.
  
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**''[[White Light]]''
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**''[[The Power Transfer]]''
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**''[[Changing of the Zords]]''
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*''[[Power Rangers in Space]]''
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**''[[From Out of Nowhere]]''
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**''[[Flashes of Darkonda]]''
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**''[[The Rangers' Leap of Faith]]''
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**''[[Countdown to Destruction]]''
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*''[[Power Rangers Lost Galaxy]]''
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**''[[Quasar Quest]]''
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**''[[Heir to the Throne]]''
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**''[[Protect the Quasar Saber]]''
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**''[[Enter the Lost Galaxy]]''
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*''[[Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue]]''
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**''[[From Deep in the Shadows]]''
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**''[[Truth Discovered]]''
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**''[[Ocean Blue]]''
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**''[[Neptune's Daughter]]''
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*''[[Power Rangers Time Force]]''
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**''[[Reflections Of Evil]]''
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*''[[Power Rangers Wild Force]]''
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**''[[The End of the Power Rangers]]''
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*''[[Power Rangers Samurai]]/[[Power Rangers Super Samurai]]''
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**''[[Clash of the Red Rangers - The Movie]]''
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**''[[Trickster Treat]]''
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*''[[Power Rangers Megaforce]]/[[Power Rangers Super Megaforce]]''
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**''[[Mega Mission]]''
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**''[[He Blasted Me With Science]]''
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**''[[Who's Crying Now?]]''
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**''[[Robo Knight]]''
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**''[[Prince Takes Knight]]''
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**''[[The Perfect Storm]]''
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==External Links==
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*[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0879245/ Jonathan Tzachor] on IMDb.
 
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Jonathan Tzachor is an American producer and director best known for his work on Power Rangers. Tzachor worked on the show until 2002's Power Rangers: Wild Force. He was most recently an executive producer for the Power Rangers series Power Rangers Super Megaforce.

Tzachor's tenure

Jonathan Tzachor was a producer for Power Rangers for the first 10 years.

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 the second half aired on ABC Kids. MMPR productions shut down, and production of the show was transferred to Village Roadshow KP Productions in Auckland, New Zealand (now known as Ranger Productions).

The Wild Force finale, The End of the Power Rangers, which was Tzachor's final episode with the franchise until Power Rangers Samurai, was directed by him.

Saban Brands era

After Disney sold the Power Rangers brand to Saban in the form of Saban Brands, Jonathan Tzachor was hired as Executive Producer on the eighteenth season of Power Rangers, Power Rangers Samurai. He remained in the role until the end of Super Megaforce where he was succeeded by Judd Lynn

Directing credits

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