1. A subsidary of
Disney named Buena
Vista Entertainiment managed the Power Rangers property after disney
took over. Doug Sloan ( former story editor of mmpr- turbo season 1)
and Ann Austen ( another past production team member)
returned to Power Rangers for the first time in years. This time
they were Executive Producers and were made the head of the
show. A few past writers were brought back into the fold. Jackie
Mericand returned to be the story editor. Kiecho Socomonto
( the leader of Alpha Stunts team and producer) remained on the
show. A lot of
new faces were brought in however, resulting in a almost compeltely new
production
staff. Ninja Storm was shot in New Zealand and was non union. It
aired on ABC Kids and ABC Family.
2. Ninja Storm took
footage from Huricanranger. It used more American
storylines than Time Force and Wild Force. Many New Zealand actors were
brought into play different roles. Along with some Americans.
3. Before Ninja
Storm began to air a big untrue rumors had already
surfaced. They said that Sloan wanted revenge for what happaned during
his
departure in Turbo. According to the rumors he was the one that
convinced the company to get rid of mmpr productions and put him in
charge. The rumor turned out to be completely untrue. Doug and Ann were
brought in after the fact. MMPR Productions was merely dispersed for
money reasons. It was cheaper to move the show to New Zealand and go
non
union. Sloan and Ann had no part in the decision at all. Sloan even
came
out later to say that he respected his past co workers and was still
friends with many of them.
4. Doug Sloan
would go on to visit the PR Fandom
, particuarly Rangerboard. He would interact with the fans like no
producer had before him. Actors Sally Martina and Jason Chan would also
visit Rangerboard few times.
5. An early
episode in Ninja Storms run was cut by the censors. It was later
reedited and shown out of production order. Orginally it dealt
with a peace conference to aviod a war. This was changed to an
enviornmental conference. The episode was, "Snip It, Snip It Good."
6. The Ninja Storm
finalie features James Napier in a guest starring role. Naiper had
already been cast to play a main character in the
following years Power Rangers, as Conner Macnight. Later his character
from Ninja Storm ( Eric) was said to be Conner's brother.