Super Sentai Series

 

What is Super Sentai? 

 In Simple words, Super Sentai is a Japanese Franchaise dedicated to produced series in which young adults or teens have a double life as super heroes that fight against evil forces, this style of series has a name in Japan known as Tokusatsu.  The First series of the franchaise was Himitsu Sentai Goranger aired in 1975. The American version of Super Sentai is Power Rangers, which started to adapt the season 16 of Super Sentai Series, the known Mighty Morphin Power Rangers which aired in 1993. 

Eras

The series can be divided by Eras, Until today Super Sentai has produced 46 seasons, the Eras are the periods of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of an Emperor. There are 3 Eras:

1. Showa Era

In the Showa Era, The series from Himitsu Sentai Goranger until Chojuu Sentai Liveman are featured

2. Heisei Era

In the Heisei Era, The series from Kosoku Sentai Turboranger until Kirshiyu Sentai Ryusoulger are featured (Even Though, when this last one were on air, the next Era came)

3. Reiwa Era

In the Reiwa Era, The series from Mashin Sentai Kiramager until Ohsama Sentai Kingohger

are featured

Seasons

1. Himitsu Sentai Goranger

Aired from 1975–1977, the Gorengers are a super-technology spy team that fight against a secret terrorist monster force: the Black Cross Army, Gorenger is the longest-running Super Sentai show in the franchise. 

2. JAKQ Dengekitai

Aired in 1977. It featured a team of cyborgs based on a playing card motif — Jack, Ace, King and Queen — later joined by another member who takes over the leadership roles. Due to low ratings, the series was canceled after 35 episodes, making it the shortest-running Super Sentai series. J.A.K.Q.

3. Battle Fever J

Aired in 1979 and featured an international group of characters. This series was the first to be produced by Marvel Comics after Toei and Marvel worked together on Spider-Man and featured characters resembling Captain America and Miss America.

4. Denshi Sentai Denjiman

Aired in 1980 and was the first series to have a transforming giant robot and utilize a lens visor in the suits' helmet. The series was also the first to introduce a personal transformation device.

5. Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan

Aired in 1981 and served as a direct sequel to Denziman, The series used an air, land, and sea motif and featured the first combining robot to be used, a trend that continues throughout the Super Sentai Series. Sun Vulcan was the only official series to have a three-member team throughout the show, and the only one to have an all-male team.

6. Dai Sentai Google V

Aired in 1982 and featured motifs based on ancient civilizations. Each member represented a civilization, Atlantis, Asia, Egypt, Lemuria, Maya and Inca (this last one representing 2 civilizations

7. Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

Aired in 1983. Dynaman was the first series to use spandex costumes for the heroes and was the first series to remove scarves from the costumes

8. Choudenshi Sentai Bioman

Aired in 1984. Bioman was the first series to feature two heroines on the team, in previous seasons the pink heroine was the only female on a team.

9. Dengeki Sentai Changeman

Aired in 1985 and featured a motif based on legendary creatures and focused on a trained military battalion fighting an alien invasion threat.

10. Choushinsei Sentai Flashman

Aired in 1986. This was the first series to add a second giant robot for the team to fight with.

11. Hikari Sentai Maskman

Aired in 1987 and featured a motif based on martial arts. It introduced the first five-piece combining robot, with an individual mecha piloted by each member of the team.

12. Choujuu Sentai Liveman

 

Aired in 1988 and featured an animal-based motif. The series featured the first addition of two new team members to a three-person team as well as the first combination of two individual robots into a single powerful robot.

13. Kosoku Sentai Turboranger

Aired in 1989 and featured a vehicles motif. It’s the first series where all the main characters are high school students.

14. Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman

Aired in 1990 and featured a school motif. both an antagonistic team of villainous counterpart and a team power upgrade armor. The motif of the series is a mix of martial arts and education, as each member poses as a school teacher. The series is also the first to have the entire team consist of family siblings.

15. Choujin Sentai Jetman

Aired in 1991 and featured a bird motif, an homage to the anime and manga Science Ninja Team Gatchaman. The series was the first to feature a marriage of two members of the team and the last to feature the death of a main team member for over 20 years.

16. Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger

Aired in 1992 and used prehistoric creatures (dinosaurs and extinct Pleistocene megafauna) as a motif. The series introduced both the first regular sixth team member and the first seven mecha combination.

17. Gosei Sentai Dairanger

 Aired in 1993 using kung fu and traditional Chinese mythological creatures as a motif, as well as a unique storytelling style giving a sub-plot to each of the team members. The mecha action scenes, plus footage of their sixth member.

18. Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

Aired in 1994 and had a ninja motif and one loosely based on the classic Journey to the West. The series featured the first five-piece secondary robot.

19. Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

Aired in 1995 using motifs of the advance technology of ancient civilizations and psychic card shapes. This series was considered an anniversary season for the 20th anniversary of Gorenger.

20. Gekisou Sentai Carranger

Aired in 1996, and used automobiles vehicles as a motif, serving as a parody of Turboranger and the Super Sentai Series as a whole. The series also was the first to utilize more work-based vehicles (such as police cars, fire trucks and construction equipment) as mechs and to have a mech with interchangeable parts.

21. Denji Sentai Megaranger

Aired in 1997 using electronics, dental message, video gaming and space travel as a motif, with several elements of the series paying homage to Bioman. Megaranger featured the first silver-colored hero and the evil Jaden Sentai Neziranger team who serve as villains for an entire story arc. Mega Silver's Keitaizer marked the debut of the cell phone-based transformation device, which would be standard in many later Super Sentai titles.

22. Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

Aired in 1998 featured a classical elements motif as well as two additional combining robots in addition to the primary robot used by the Gingamen

23. Kyukyu Sentai Go Go V

Aired in 1999 using an emergency service motif. GoGoFive is the first series since Jetman to only feature five heroes. Additional heroes appear in one of its V-Cinema productions. Much like Fiveman, the series' protagonists were all siblings.

24. Mirai Sentai Timeranger

Aired in 2000 and featured a time travel motif (four of the five main heroes are police officers from the year 3000). The series features the first additional hero whose costume is the same color as one of the original heroes.

25. Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

Aired in 2001 using an animal motif, and was the first series to utilize multiple possible mecha combinations from a planned total of one-hundred mecha. This series also served as the 25^th Anniversary series.

26. Ninpuu Sentai Hurricanger

Aired in 2002 and used a ninjutsu motif with elemental powers, taking elements from Kakuranger as well as Liveman. Hurricaneger features the rival Gouraiger team with insect-themed powers, the free agent Shurikenger, and a series of smaller mecha that serve as weapons for the teams' robots

27. Barkuyuu Sentai Abaranger

Aired in 2003 and used a motif of extinct animals (as with Zyuranger) but the first completely made of dinosaurs. It is the first series to present an alternate transformation for one of its members (AbaRed into AbareMax), and a sole evil warrior (AbareKiller).

28. Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

Aired in 2004 and uses a police/detective motif taking elements from Denziman, Bioman and Carranger with its heroes fighting extraterrestrial criminals. The series features the first semi-regular seventh hero (Deka Master) and three additional heroines who appear once each throughout the series. This series started the tradition of a "passing the torch" segment after the ending credits of the series finale: the red warrior of the series that has just ended interacts with the red warrior of the upcoming series.

28.  Mahou Sentai Magiranger

Aired in 2005 uses a magic motif with mecha that are the heroes transformed. As with Fiveman and GoGoFive, Magiranger features an entire family of heroes: the core team are all brothers and sisters (as in Fiveman and GoGo-V), the sixth hero (the very first Gold hero) marries one of the core team members, and the rarely-used seventh and eighth heroes are the parents to the core team.

30. GoGo Sentai Boukenger

Aired in 2006 using an adventure and treasure hunting motif. It is the first series to be filmed in 720p (High Definition). As the 30th Anniversary series, it included the 30 Sentai Encyclopedia featurettes at the end of each episode and the GoGo Sentai Boukenger vs. Super Sentai V-Cinema release. The Boukenger vs. Super Sentai film also introduced AkaRed, the spirit of the Super Sentai red warriors. Unlike previous series, Boukenger featured multiple groups of loosely allied antagonists instead of the usual one overarching antagonist group.

31. Juken Sentai Gekiranger

Aired in 2007 and used a Chinese martial arts (eventually incorporating Muay Thai and karate in its additional warriors) theme with a wild animal motif. Instead of robots, the mecha of Gekiranger are manifestations of the heroes' qi. Gekiranger is also unique in that the story also focused on the show's two primary antagonists turned anti-heroes and introduced the first new colored hero (violet) in ten years.

32. Engine Sentai Goonger

Aired in 2008, featuring an automobile vehicles motif mixed with an ecological theme: the antagonists are seeking to pollute the Earth. It also features the first female additional hero who joins with a male additional hero, bringing the team size to seven regular members, and it features the debut of four (human-like) robot combination.

33. Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Aired in 2009, combining a samurai motif with other aspects of Japanese culture. Like Go-Onger before it, its theme song single also ranked highly on the Oricon, reaching #4 on the Daily Ranking Charts on its day of release, and peaked at #6 on the weekly charts for its first week of release. Shinkenger featured the first crossover with the Kamen Rider series it aired alongside, Kamen Rider Decade. It also features the first female red warrior, introduced towards the end of the series. 

34. Tensou Sentai Goseiger

Aired in 2010, combining an angel motif with collectible card games. The series is directly tied-in with the Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O arcade game; the protagonists use variations on the cards featured in the game to perform actions such as transforming, summoning weapons and mecha, and enacting various elemental powers. Various groups of antagonists appeared in the series, one after another, but all featured one common character.

35. Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger

Aired in 2011, with a pirate motif. As the 35th anniversary series, the protagonists have access to the powers of the previous 34 Super Sentai teams. Gokaiger is also unique in that representatives from all previous teams appear (even furthering storylines of characters in a couple of cases), as well as many cameos and connections to previous Sentai villains.

36. Tokumei Sentai Gobuster

Aired in 2012, the theme combined spywork with computer technology and virus-busting with the main heroes possessing sentient partner machines. It is the first series since Jetman to feature the death of a main team member as well as an enemy becoming an evil Ranger clone towards the end.

37. Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger

Aired in 2013, The name is a reverse of "Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger" (notice the pun, Zyuden-Ranger), and fittingly so, because, following both Zyuranger and Abaranger, it is the third series with a dinosaur motif. Kyoryuger is also the first Sentai to be filmed in 1080p (Full High Definition). It is the first series since Changeman to not feature a yellow Ranger, and the first season since Gaoranger to have four male Rangers and one female Ranger part of the core team. Mostly like Zyuranger, Gingaman, and Gaoranger, they have sentient mechas.

38. Ressha Sentai ToQger

Aired in 2014, with a train imagination motif, similar to the Gokai Changes, the team can swap out their Ressha with that of another teammate's, called a Transfer Change. The sixth Ranger is special in both being the first monster Ranger and the first Orange Ranger since Battle Fever J

39. Shuriken Sentai Ninninger

Aired in 2015, following Kakuranger and Hurricanger, it is the third series with a ninja motif. It is also the first team since Gaoranger to have Red, Blue and Yellow as males and a female White Ranger to take the place of a Green or Black Ranger in a team. It is also the first series in 10 years to have a male Yellow Ranger. It also introduces a cowboy motif Ranger as the Sixth Ranger.

40. Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger

Aired in 2016, It’s an Anniversary season following Gaoranger, Liveman, and other similarly themed Sentai series, has an animal motif, albeit with a cube gimmick. It is also the first Sentai lineup with the color lineup of Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, and White. This is also the first Sentai to introduce a Sixth Ranger with 3 different colors and animal motifs (Zyuoh The World).

41. Uchu Sentai Kyuranger

Aired in 2017, the first Super Sentai to be space themed,this is also the first team to have 9 rangers in the main team, and the first series since Magiranger to feature two Red Rangers (Shishi Red and Houou Soldier). This is also the first team since Ohranger to feature a child ranger (the ToQgers are an entire team of children that were aged to become adults). This is also the first Super Sentai team confirmed to be from an alternate universe. This Sentai team is the biggest by far, with a member count of 12, followed by Kyoryuger with 11 and Dekaranger with 10 (although not all members were active at the same time)

42. Kaito Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger

Aired in 2018. Lupinranger has a phantom thief/treasure collecting motif where as Patranger has a police motif. This is the first Super Sentai series to feature two Sentai teams at the same time, competing with each other and the Gangler for posession of the Lupin Collection, with a settled rivalry reignited in the finale after numerous teamups in the past. This is the last series to have all its episodes broadcasted during the Heisei Period. This is the first Season to introduce a Ranger to be a different color in multiple main Sentai teams (Lupin X and Patren X are the same person with a silver and gold color respectively).

43. Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger

Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger is the 2019 series with a prehistoric extinct creature (dinosaur and Pleistocene megafauna; much like Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger) and knight motif, featuring 5 knights from the time of the dinosaurs returning to protect the world from the Druidon Tribe, who have taken to the stars to survive the extinction of the dinosaurs and have returned to reclaim the planet. It is the first Super Sentai entry in the Reiwa period, the first series to have a set of monsters created from humans (the Minosaurs), and the first to introduce a brown-colored Sentai Hero. 

44. Mashin Sentai Kiramager

Aired in 2020. Much like Turboranger, Carranger and Go-Onger, it has a vehicle theme, though mixed with gemstones (akin to Flashman and Denziman), with a magic theme shared with Magiranger. The show is also unified and distinct via the prescence of many eastern cultural references. Much like Go-Onger, the mecha are sentient and are capable of speech. It is the first entry to be fully broadcasted in the Reiwa period and the first to have a prequel film. This Series also had an impact with the Covid-19 Pandemic.

45. Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger

Aired in 2021, Celebrating the 45th anniversary of Super Sentai, Zenkaiger is unusual in that it features a mecha theme, with many of the Zenkaigers themselves being themed after past Giant Robos. It is the first Reiwa Era series not to have a Red Ranger as team leader, and the first series since Magiranger to have some of the core rangers become the mecha. Much like Zyuohger, only one of the core Zenkaigers is a human being, the rest being robotic lifeforms. The series is notable in that on a regular basis, much of the team members themselves can enlarge to combat giant monsters.

46. Avataro Sentai Donbrothers

Airing in 2022. Themed after the Momotaro legend, Donbrothers is notable for being the first Sentai series since Sun Vulcan to be marketed as a sequel, the equipment sharing many similarities to the preceding Zenkaiger It is touted as the first Sentai series with rangers portrayed solely through CG, which has had limited applications for Sentai Rangers proper in the past. Donbrothers is also the first series since GogoFive not to have a title ending in the -ger or -man suffixes, and unlike all Sentai series before it, has an explicitly male pink ranger. As a sequel to an anniversary series, the Donbrothers share the Gokaigers' ability to transform into past Sentai heroes, something the Zenkaigers were unable to do.

47. Ohsama Sentai Kingohger

The series is themed after royalty and is the first series to have every member of the team themed after arthropods. In addition to the first Purple Ranger on the core team, King-Ohger has the first Sentai Rangers themed after a dragonfly, honeybee, mantis and butterfly, with the unique distinction of it's primary giant robo requiring Auxiliary Mecha in addition to the core Rangers'.

48. Bakuge Sentai Boonboomger

is the 2024 series. It is themed after vehicles, customization, and racing. And it is the first season to introduce a Purple Sixth Ranger.