The show lasted two seasons (1994–'95 and '95–'96) with nearly 100 episodes. Although the show generated ratings almost comparable to the Power Rangers franchise, by 1996 all of the fight footage had been used up. All three of the Metal Hero shows used in the series had a lot of "human vs. human" battles. However, because the fights featured close-ups of Japanese actors, it was deemed unusable. Distance shots of Japanese actors from "Shaider" were usable in some of the fights, and battles with the monster footage were also kind of limited (splicing up to 2–3 episodes), but otherwise such footage was limited. In addition, because many episodes of fight footage from "Metalder"/"Shaider" and "Spielban" were being used in a single episode, the footage ran out faster. As a result, it was cancelled, without a resolution to the series storyline, in favor of "Big Bad Beetleborgs", which continued to use footage from the Metal Hero Series "Juukou B-Fighter" and "B-Fighter Kabuto".