A Power Rangers writer has expressed regret over the racially insensitive casting of TV show Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Launched in 1993 on Fox Kids, the superhero drama was the first entry of the Power Rangers franchise before becoming a pop culture phenomenon.

The unfortunate situation didn’t last long in terms of the show’s ongoing legacy; after the show’s second season, both Jones and Trang departed the show, and the Black Ranger was thereafter played by Johnny Yong Bosch (who is Asian) and the Yellow Ranger was Karan Ashley (who is Black).

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, the first installment of the now beloved Power Rangers franchise, aired on Fox Kids. Though the superhero show, which followed a group of teenagers chosen to protect the fictitious Californian city Angel Grove,