Super Sentai

Creation

The Super Sentai (スーパー戦隊) is the title given to the Sentai franchise, a series about different color-coded uniform teams that fight different kinds of villains, going from aliens, terrorist groups, or fantasy creatures. Each season has it's own team of rangers that follow a certain gimmick, whether it be science, animals, vehicles, dinosaurs, pirates, and even trains, but always fighting for the greater good, with the help of their own vehicles, weapons and robots.

It's considered to be Shotaro Ishinomori's most popular creation alongside Kamen Rider, which as a matter of fact, constantly does crossovers with Super Sentai, the most notable being the "Super Hero Time" block on TV Asashi, as they constantly do commercials including the current Kamen Rider and Super Sentai team.

The franchise is widely considered to be one of the "Founding Fathers" of Tokusatsu, alongside Godzilla, Ultraman, and the previously mentioned Kamen Rider.

And speaking of commercial stuff, one of the most popular things about the series is it's tons of toys that are available from them, like action figures, mechas, recreations of their different devices, T-Shirts, and many more.

And while many haven't heard about Super Sentai exactly, they most probably do know about it's American adaptation, Power Rangers, which has also received big sales and acclaim all around the world.

Concepts

Alongside each team following a certain gimmick, that is even applied to their weapons, vehicles and mechas, another important thing to consider is that they act on a similar basis of most superhero tropes, like fighting the "villain of the week" that sometimes comes back stronger, hanging out either on their headquarters or in normal places (either a house or around the city), and dealing with their normal lives, which all of these things have been also included in their American counterpart.

Another thing that they're known for is for having transformation devices, poses and sequences, something that was popularized thanks to Kamen Rider, and later known internationally thanks to Magical Girl shows like Sailor Moon.

Alongside this, ever since 2005 the finale of each series since Dekaranger includes an extra scene where the leader of that team meets up with the leader of the upcoming team, serving as a baton pass.

Last but not least, we can take notes that for the most part, the leader of the team has always been the Red Ranger (with the only exception of sorts being Kakuranger, as the series always took note that Ninja White was the true leader of the team), this is mostly due to the popularity of the color in both Japanese culture and in the Sentai fandom.

Show List

The Showa Era (1975-1989)

1- Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー): The first Sentai Series, the one which started it all. It ran from 1975 to 1977 with 84 episodes in total, making it the longest Sentai shows to this day, it had a gimmick based around spies. The series stars with the Black Cross Army launching attacks all around the world, one of them being around the different EAGLE headquarters in Japan, only leaving 5 survivors in total; these 5 remaining EAGLE agents are called to form a secret powerful team named Gorenger, the last bastion of hope against the Black Cross Army and their leader Black Cross Führer.

2- J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai (ジャッカー電撃隊): The second Sentai Series. It ran only in 1977 for 35 episodes, making it the shortest Sentai Series in history, it had a gimmick based around the poker cards, and featured the first leader ranger change, from Spade Ace to Big One. It starts with the introduction of a new villain under the name of Big Claw, who controls a global criminal empire known as "Crime", which seeks to conquer the world. To combat this menace, the INTERPOL creates a special taskforce to spearhead the efforts of bringing Crime to justice. Because of an alliance with Interpol and being a division of the SSIS (International Science Special Investigation Squad), the Japan branch approves the experiment proposal of the commander Kujirai "Joker" Daisuke. After being approved, Joker hires 4 young people: Goro Sakurai, an Olympic Gold medalist and overall multitalented athlete; Ryu Higashi, a disgraced boxed from Junior Walter Weight Champion; Karen Mizuki who was critically injured when investigating Crime; and clinically dead Bunta Daichi, an oceanographer who had been cryogenically frozen. After the experiment turns successful, this new team fights against the "Crime" organization under the name of J.AK.Q. Dengekitai; eventually, Sokichi Bana, a super cyborg and master of disguise, joins the team as Big One, the new leader.

3- Battle Fever J (バトルフィーバーJ): The third Sentai Series. It ran from 1979 to 1980 for 52 episodes, it had a gimmick of an international team, where each member represented a country, this series was also the first to have the Sentai team owning a giant mecha. This series was produced by Marvel Studios due to Marvel collaboring with Toei to create the Spider-Man tokusatsu series, this can be seen on some of the characters being similar to Captain America or Miss America. The series starts with General Kurama recruiting 4 young agents for a team, these young agents have previously been dispatched around the world to train. To this team joins FBI investigator Diane Martin, whose father was murdered by Egos; the 5 of them together become the Battle Fever team with the help of special powered suits, alongside a giant mecha.

4- Denshi Sentai Denziman (電子戦隊デンジマン): The fourth Sentai Series. It ran from 1980 to 1981 for 51 episodes, it had a gimmick based on electricity, this series was the first series to have a transforming giant robot and use a lens visor in the suits helmet, alongside being the first series to introduce a personal transformation device (this one being a ring). The series starts 3000 years ago, when the Vader clan (not related to Darth Vader) devastated the Denzi Star. However, an island named Denzi Land survive the attack, and landed on Earth. In present times, the Denzi Land computer awakes the Denzidog IC after it detected the Vader Clan approaching Earth. IC then finds 5 young people (who might be the descendants of the Denzi people) to become the Denzimen in order to defend Earth from the Vader Clan, as Earth is their next target, they do this by fighting the many monsters sent by the Vader Clan. During the series, the Denzimen start to realize that not only they might truly be descendants of the Denzi people, but they might as well not be the only ones.

5- Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan (太陽戦隊サンバルカン): The fifth Sentai Series. It ran from 1981 to 1982 for 50 episodes, had an air, land and sea gimmick; and serves as a direct sequel Denshi Sentai Denziman, alongside being the first series to have the first combining robot. The series starts with the threat of the Machine Empire Black Magma making the EPDS (Earth Peace Defense Squad) assemble 3 specialists to become the Sun Vulcan, which have the mission of defending the Earth and the Denzi descendant Nun Himiko from the Black Magma. This series has the particularity of being the only series to date to have only 3 members without new rangers joining.

6- Dai Sentai Goggle V (大戦隊ゴーグルファイブ): The sixth Sentai Series. It ran from 1982 to 1983 for 50 episodes, and had an ancient civilization gimmick. The series starts with Dr. Hideki Hongou (founder of the Future Science Laboratory) being kidnapped by Dark Science Empire Deathdark troops; however, Hongou gets saved by Ken'ichi Akama, a world class explorer. After the assault ends, Hongou drafts Ken'ichi to become the first member of Great Squadron Goggle V alongside the already-formed Computer Boys & Girls team, which become the other 4 members of the team. With this, their battle against the evil Deathdark starts.

7- Kagaku Sentai Dynaman (科学戦隊ダイナマン): The seventh Sentai Series. It ran from 1983 to 1984 for 51 episodes with a science gimmick. The series starts with the Jashinka Empire rising from the depths of Earth to conquer the world; to stop this, Dr. Kyuutarou Yumeno assembles a team of 5 inventors to become Dynamen. While each member has an objective of their own, they nonetheless unite to stop the Jashinka Empire. This series was dubbed as a parody in USA Network's "Night Flight" block.

8- Choudenshi Bioman ((超電子バイオマン): The eight Sentai Series. It ran from 1984 to 1985 for 51 episodes with a bioparticle gimmick. The series starts showing that many centuries ago, the android Peebo and the BioRobo arrived to Earth from the fallen Bio Star. After that, the BioRobo showered 5 people with the Bio Particles, something that has been passed to every new generation ever since. In the present day, Doctor Man and his Shin Teikoku (New Empire) Gear threaten the world. Because of this, Peebo reunites the 5 descendants of the original Bio Particle-showered 5 to form the Choudenshi Bioman, who have to protect Earth from the attacks of Doctor Man. A fun fact about this series is that Saban originally pitched this as the first Power Rangers series, however, the pilot wasn't picked.

9- Dengeki Sentai Changeman (電撃戦隊チェンジマン): The ninth Sentai Series. It ran from 1985 to 1986 for 55 episodes with a mythology gimmick. The series starts with the powerful Great Star League Gozma planning to attack Earth; in order to defend Earth, the military begins a special branch known as the Earth Defense Force, where Commander Yui Ibuki starts training soldiers to prepare for the attack. However, right after the EDF abandon the training due to Ibuki being way too cruel, the Gozma troops launch an attack on them. 5 surviving officers gather together, who despite being beaten and exhausted, refuse to give up; suddenly, the earth shakens and releases the "Earth Force", which reaches these 5 officers and gives them the powers of different mythological creatures. Now having this mythological power alongside the military technology, the 5 officers become the Changeman, who fight against Gozma.

10- Choushinsei Flashman (超新星フラッシュマン): The tenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1986 to 1987 for 50 episodes,and had alien abduction as it's gimmick. The series has the narrator saying "One day, five children from Earth disappeared to the edge of space. And twenty years later..." at the start. The story begins with 5 children being abducted in by an alien group called "Alien Hunters" for human investigation from Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess; however, the kids where then saved by the Flash alien race, with each kid being taken to different planets to train superpower abilities. 20 years later, they arrive at Earth to fight against the Reconstructive Experiment Empire Mess.

11- Hikari Sentai Maskman (光戦隊マスクマン): The eleventh Sentai Series. It ran from 1987 to 1988 for 51 episodes, had a gimmick based around qi and aura. The series starts with Commander Sanjuurou Sugata, who's an expert at both mental reinforcements and every martial art known to man, recruiting 5 young people, each an expertise in a certain martial art, to train and become the Maskmen, with the duty of fighting against the Royal Underground Empire Tube, who plan to destroy Earth and turn it into a cold and shady dystopia. This series has the remark of having the first "6th Ranger" to be in the team, such being X1 Mask, however, he was only for 1 episode.

12- Choujuu Sentai Liveman (超獣戦隊ライブマン): The twelfth Sentai Series. It ran from 1988 to 1989 for 49 episodes, and had a gimmick based around animals. This series is also the last Sentai Series from the Showa Era, as the era finished around the final weeks of airing of the series. The series starts with 3 students from the prestigious Academia Island dropping out and joining the evil Volt organization, these 3 students are Tsukigata, Senda, and Omura. However, when they try to leave, 5 of their former classmates, Yusuke Amamiya, Jou Ohara, Megumi Misaki, Takuji Yano, and Mari Aikawa ask them where are they going, Tsukigata draws a gun on the 5 of them and ends up killing Takuji and Mari. Before this incident, the group of 5 was working on some special space suits. 2 years after the incident, Yusuke, Jou and Megumi survive an attack on a space exploration shuttle launched by Academia, when they find out Tsukigata, Senda and Omura were involved in the attack, they decide to upgrade the space suit project and become the Livemen to fight against Volt. Later in the series, they are joined by Tetsuya Yano and Jun'ichi Aikawa, who are the siblings of the late Takuji and Mari, respectively. A fun fact about this series is that is one of the few Sentai Series to get a dub outside the Power Rangers franchise.

The Heisei Era (1989-2020)

13- Kousoku Sentai Turboranger (高速戦隊ターボレンジャー): The thirteenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1989 to 1990 for 51 episodes, and had a car gimmick. This series is the first Sentai Series from the Heisei Era. The series starts 200000 years after the Fairy and Human races won a battle against the evil Boma Tribes, this could be done thanks to both the Fairy power and by sealing away the Boma. However, in the current times, the Fairy power has weakened due to pollution, thus allowing the seal to be broken and let the Tribes escape and cause havoc. Because of this, Seelon, the last surviving Fairy teams up with Dr. Dazai and summon 5 high school seniors, who've previously been showered with the "flames of the spirit" of the fallen fairies and can now hear Seelon's voice. These 5 students thus become the Turboranger, who fight against the Boma Tribes with the help of Seelon's magic and Dazai's science & technology, all while having to deal with their own daily lives.

14- Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman (地球戦隊ファイブマン): The fourteenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1990 to 1991 for 48 episodes, and had the team composed entirely of teachers. The series starts when 5 kids being separated from their parents during an invasion from the Zone Empire; however, the kids were saved and arrive to Earth, where they were raised by Arthur G6. 20 years later, the 5 Hoshikawa siblings became teachers at the same school, and when the Zone Empire begins attacking Earth, the Hoshikawa siblings use the technology they've been developing in order to stop the plans from the Zone Empire, thus becoming the Fivemen.

15- Choujin Sentai Jetman (鳥人戦隊ジェットマン): The fifteenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1991 to 1992 for 51 episodes, and had a bird gimmick. This series is also the last Sentai series to not be adapted into Power Rangers until ToQger, alongside being inspired by Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman. The series starts when Director Aya Odagiri, from the Sky Force starts a "Birdonic Waves" experiment in order to make 5 elite Sky Force officials into the "Jetmen". However, right after Ryu Tendo (one of the 5 officials) is succesfully exposed to the Birdonic Waves and becomes the first Jetman (Red Hawk), the evil organization known as Vyram attacks the Earth Ship (where the experiment is taking place) and ends up destroying the ship and scattering the remaining 4 Birdonic Waves, which end up hitting 4 random civilians. After succesfully escaping the attack, Odagiri and Ryu (who seemingly lost his lover and fellow official candidate Rie in the attack), begin searching for the remaining 4 Jetmen, in order to train them and fight against Vyram. An interesting fact about the series, is that it technically beated it's american counterpart (Power Rangers, obviously) in adding a new member exclusively to a comic/manga format.

16- Kyouryuu Sentai Zyuranger (恐竜戦隊ジュウレンジャー): The sixteenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1992 to 1993 for 50 episodes, and had a prehistoric beast gimmick. It was also the first Sentai to be adapted into Power Rangers, under the name of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. The series starts when 170 million years ago, the evil Witch Bandora started a war on the dinosaurs due to the death of her son Kai; she was however, stopped and sealed away (alongside her minions) in the Nemesis planet by the 5 Guardian Beasts, not before she destroyed the dinosaurs and the 5 tribes protected by the Guardian Beasts. In order to prepare for any future attacks after this, the 5 Guardian Beasts went into an hibernation, all while being secured underground. However, in the current era (1992), a group of astronauts discover the Nemesis planet and accidentally release Bandora and her minions. Because of this, the Mysterious Sage Barza retreats to the underground lair and awakens the 5 Holy Warriors of Justice, which he has been guarding ever since their hibernation started. Thus, the 5 reawakened Warriors become the Zyuranger, who with the help of Barza and their respective Guardian Beasts, fight against Bandora and her minions. This series was also the first Sentai team to add a permanent 6th Ranger later in the series, as the previous 6th Ranger (from Maskman) was only for 1 episode.

17- Gosei Sentai Dairanger (五星戦隊ダイレンジャー): The seveteenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1993 to 1994 for 50 episodes, and had a mythological beast gimmick. While not having a Power Rangers adaptation as of itself, many of it's aspects were adapted into the 2nd Season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie, like Tommy Oliver's White Ranger suit. The series starts 8000 years ago, when 3 tribes of the Daos Empire (Dai, Shura, and Gorma) lived in peace. However, a war between the Gorma and Dai tribes started after the Gorma tried to take over the kingdom. The battle lasted for 5000 years, until the Mythical Qi Beasts appeared to fight against the Gorma; these beasts were able to be controlled by 5 Dai Warriors thanks to their Qi powers. The war ended after the disappearance of both the Dai and Gorma tribes, only surviving the Shura, who then became the ancestors to humanity. However, in 1993 (present time), the Gorma tribe returns in order to take over the world; to counter this, Master Kaku assembles a team of 5 youngsters with high levels of Qi, in order to become the Dairangers of present time and fight against the Gorma.

18- Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (忍者戦隊カクレンジャー): The eighteenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1994 to 1995 for 53 episodes, and had a ninja gimmick. It was adapted into the 3rd Season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers. The series starts 400 years ago, when the ninjas and the Yokai had a big scale war. The war ended when a group of 5 ninjas sealed away the Yokai Commander Nurahiyon alongside his Yokai energies. However, in the current era (1994) the descendants of two of the 5 ninjas accidentally release the sealed Yokai after being tricked by the last remaining Yokai. To fight them, the 2 descendants who released the Yokai join forces with the descendants of the other 3 ninjas, thus becoming the Kakuranger.

19- Chouriki Sentai Ohranger (超力戦隊オーレンジャー): The nineteenth Sentai Series. It ran from 1995 to 1996 for 48 episodes, and had a gimmick of ancient civilizations with some Journey to the West references. It was adapted into Power Rangers Zeo. The series starts 600 millions years ago, when a robot named Bacchus Wrath turns against his creators from Pangaea; however, he was stopped and banished from Earth by KingRanger. In the year 1999 however, Bacchus returns to Earth now being known as the ruler of the Machine Empire Baranoia, and plans to wipeout all humanity and make the machines rulers. Because of this, Chief Counsellor Naoyuki Miura revives Super Energies from Pangaea in order to create weapons against Bacchus. He then builds a pyramid to generate more power in order to allow 5 U.A.O.H. (United Airforce Overtech Hardware) offices to become the Ohrangers and fight against the Machine Empire Baranoia.

20- Gekisou Sentai Carranger (激走戦隊カーレンジャー): The twentieth Sentai Series. It ran from 1996 to 1997 for 48 episodes, and had a gimmick of cars, as it serves as "meta-parody" of Turboranger. It was adapted into Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie and Power Rangers Turbo. The series starts when Dappu, an alien arrives to Earth. Dappu is an alien from Hazard, a planet destroyed by the Universal Reckless Driving Tribe Bowzock, a gang of evil space wild thugs, who now plan to destroy Earth. Because of this, Dappu looks for the power of "Carmagic", which is connected to five constellations and five different beings related to them; coincidentally, the 5 beings turn out to be mechanics at a service shop named Pegasus Garage, albeit they're forced by Dappu to become the Carrangers and fight the Bowzock, whether or not they want to. Throughout the series, they meet with different kinds of villains and allies, ranging from a space police officer who serves as an ally but always puts road safety laws above all else, a monster chef who wants to turn the Carrangers into a pizza, and even a villainness who falls in love with the Red Ranger!

21- Denji Sentai Megaranger (電磁戦隊メガレンジャー): The twenty-first Sentai Series. It ran from 1997 to 1998 for 51 episodes, and had a cyberspace with digital technology gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers in Space. The series starts with Kenta Date, a young highschooler who has the best score in a videogame known as "Megaranger" and is invited into a tour to the I.N.E.T. (the company who created the game) headquarters. When he arrives to the headquarters, he meets with Kouichirou Endou, Shun Namiki, Chisato Jougasaki, and Miku Imamura; who are his friends of the Digital Research Club at their highschool (Moroboshi High School) and who arrived here to investigate about the researching done at the I.N.E.T. headquarters. However, some time after the tour starts, the headquarters are attacked by the evil Nezirejia, who are commanded by Dr. Hinelar under Electro-King Javious I, who plans to control and rule the reality as it's known. Because of this, Professor Eikichi Kubota reveals to the group of 5 that in reality, Megaranger was actually a combat simulator done to find recruits who can become a super fighting team against the Nezirejia; Kubota then gives the 5 kids special devices known as Digitizers, which by entering a key-code (335) alongside shouting "Install, Megaranger!" turns the 5 kids into the Denji Sentai Megaranger team, who shall fight against Nezirejia.

22- Seijuu Sentai Gingaman (星獣戦隊ギンガマン): The twenty-second Sentai Series. It ran from 1998 to 1999 for 50 episodes, and had a gimmick based around stars, horsemen, and legendary elements. It was adapted into Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. The series starts 3000 years ago, when the Balban space pirates invaded Earth. They were however imprisoned with the mystical power known as "Earth", which was used by the Starbeasts and the first Gingamen, their imprisoners; since then, the Ginga people decided to cloak the forest within boundaries and have passed this duty through countless generations of Ginga warriors. In the current era (1998), the 133rd generation of the warriors of the Starbeast Swords is about to assume the power, this generation is consisted of 5 young warriors, Hyuuga, Hayate, Gouki, Hikaru and Saya. However, right after the Elder Orogi starts the inaguration ceremony, an earthquake takes place which breaks the Balban Seal. Orogi then order the new generation of warriors to get their respective GingaBraces found in Roaring Mountain, these plans get interrupted by a Balban surprise attack. During this attack, the Balban Captain Zahab creates a giant crack in the ground which swallows Hyuuga. Because of this, Ryouma, who is Hyuuga's younger brother, gets enraged and activates his "Earth" power, which consequently awakens the GingaBraces. Thus him and the remaining 4 warriors become the Gingamen, who fight against the Balban with the help of the Starbeasts. Later in the series, Hyuuga returns and joins the Gingamen as the Black Knight.

23- Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V (救急戦隊ゴーゴーファイブ): The twenty-third Sentai Series. It ran from 1999 to 2000 for 50 episodes, and had an emergency team gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue. The series stars when Gradiene, who has been waiting for the day of resurrection, where the planets align with the the Grand Cross. That day, her children descend to Earth in order to make it a realm of darkness for her. However, before all of this happened, Professor Mondo Tatsumi has been developing and constructing the Rescue System to fight against Gradiene, despite his colleagues called him a madman for doing this. In the current era (1999) he returns home to give the means to save the world to his 5 children, who then become the GoGo-V.

24- Mirai Sentai Timeranger (未来戦隊タイムレンジャー): The twenty-fourth Sentai Series, also the first Sentai Series of the 21st Century. It ran from 2000 to 2001 for 50 episodes (51 counting the special epilogue episode where they travel back in time and take look over the previous Sentai teams), and had a time travel gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Time Force. The series starts in the 30th Century, where time travel has become illegal after a time paradox crisis; to take control of the situation, the Time Protection Department is formed. One day, 4 new TPD enslitee cadets (Yuri, Ayase, Domon and Sion) are tricked by Don Dolnero and his evil gang into letting them time-travel back to the 20th Century and do varios crimes. To protect history and avoid any possible paradoxes, the 4 cadets go back in time to pursue them. However, they find out that the Timeranger program requires five members for the first operation, so they coerce a present-day martial artist named Tatsuya Asami to join them, thus becoming the Timeranger.

25- Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger (百獣戦隊ガオレンジャー): The twenty-fifth Sentai Series. It ran from 2001 to 2002 for 51 episodes, and had an animal gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Wild Force. The series starts when 1000 years ago, when the humans and the demonic Org race were in a raging war, at the end, the humans were victorius with the help of the Power Animals and the ancient Gao Warrios, defeating the orc leader Hyakkimaru and sealing away the Orgs. However, in the current era (2001), the Orgs are starting to revive; because of this, 5 warriors chosen by the Power Animals will have to abandon their current lives and become the new generation of Gaorangers in order to protect life on Earth.

26- Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger (忍風戦隊ハリケンジャー): The twenty-sixth Sentai Series. It ran from 2002 to 2003 for 51 episodes, and had a ninja gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Ninja Storm. The series starts with 3 pupils of the Hayate's Way Ninja Academy, who while don't exactly fit in with the rest of the pupils, they regularly do rigurous training from their Sensei, as he believes them to have potential. One day, when the rest of the pupils are having their graduation ceremony, an evil space ninja group known as Jakanja infiltrate the school and kill most of the students. Because of this, Mugensai, the school's sensei turns into a hamster to evade the pursuers, and takes his trio of students to a secret base, where they become the Hurricaneger in order to fight against the Jakanja.

27- Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger (爆竜戦隊アバレンジャー): The twenty-seventh Sentai Series. It ran from 2003 to 2004 for 50 episodes, and had a dinosaur gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Dino Thunder. The series begins when 65000000 years ago, the meteorite that people suppose killed the dinosaurs, divided Earth into 2 parallel universes instead, named Another Earth (the Earth we know) and Dino Earth (where dinosaurs are still the superior species). During all this time, the Ryujin (dinosaur people) and Bakuryū (mechanical dinosaur) shared the Earth, all while fighting against the Evolians, evil aliens that came from the meteorite. One day, Asuka, a Ryujin from Dino Earth arrives to Another Earth through a transdimensional portal, he's however followed by the Evolians in their Anamolicarus spaceship and 3 Bakuryūs under their control. When the Bakuryūs (Tyrannosaurus, Pteranodon and Triceratops) start attacking Tokyo, a call is sent out to those who possess a power known as "DinoGuts", that can give the power of controlling the Bakuryūs. The 3 people that are first recognized by the Bakuryū then become the Abarangers, who shall fight alongside the Bakuryū against the Evolians.

28- Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger (特捜戦隊デカレンジャー): The twenty-eight Sentai Series. It ran from 2004 to 2005 for 50 episodes, and had a police gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers S.P.D. (which stands for Space Patrol Delta). The series starts in an alternate universe (as unlike it's american counterpart, this series takes place in 2004) where aliens from many different species now coincide in peace. When Banban Akaza gets transferred to the Earth branch of the S.P.D. (Special Police Dekaranger) in Megapolis by his commander, a group of alien criminals known as "Alienizers", who have started a major outbreak of crimes around the universe, now focus to attack Earth. Because of this, Akaza joins the Dekaranger, who shall stop the Alienizers and bring them to justice.

29- Mahou Sentai Magiranger (魔法戦隊マジレンジャー): The twenty-ninth Sentai Series. It ran from 2005 to 2006 for 49 episodes, and had a magic gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Mystic Force. The series starts with an Infershia and Magitopia war unkown to humanity. While the Magitopia were able to seal the evil Infershia away, the Infershia bowed to return for their revenge; and 15 years after the war (2005), they return to get revenge from their imprisionment. During the attack from the Infershia, the 5 Ozu siblings witness their mother change, and she hands them magical phones which allow them 5 to turn into the Magirangers; who with their newlyfound magical powers, shall fight against the Infershia, and live up to their family's legacy. Throughout the series, they discover more and more secrets about their family.

30- GouGou Sentai Boukenger (轟轟戦隊ボウケンジャー): The thirtieth Sentai Series. It ran from 2006 to 2007 for 49 episodes, and had an adventure & treasure searching gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Operation Overdrive. The series starts when powerful relics known as "Precious" start to appear all around the world; and when the evil Negative Syndicates threatens to take them and use them for evil means, the SGS (Search Guard Successor Foundation) launches their own special operations team, the Boukenger, who shall fight against the Negative Syndicates and collect and secure the Precious.

31- Juuken Sentai Gekiranger (獣拳戦隊ゲキレンジャー): The thirty-first Sentai Series. It ran from 2007 to 2008 for 49 episodes, and had an animal & martial arts gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Jungle Fury. The series starts when 4000 years ago, a special form of kenpo martial arts is created under the name Beast-Fist style. However, 3 of their creators disagreed with the martial art's philosophy of spiritual peace, as they believed they should use the suffering and hatred harnessed within humans to increase their power, so they become the "Fist Demons". Because of this, the other 7 creators had no choice but to fight against their former friends, sealing the Fist Demons's powers away at the cost of losing their human forms, becoming the Fist Sages. Since then, the followers of the Fist Sages continued their legacy with the Fierce Beast-Fist Beast Arts school, while the followers of the Fist Demons continued their legacy with the Confrontation Beast-Fist Akugata. In the current era (2007), a fallen Fierce Beast-Fist apprentice named Rio leads the Confrontation Beast Fist-style, and rebuilds the Confrontation Beast Halls, with plans of dominating the world alongside trying to resurrect the Three Fist Demons. Because of this, the Fist Sage Sha-Fu reunites Jan Kandou, a feral boy raised by tigers with his two apprentices, Ran Uzaki and Retsu Fukami. The 3 of them become the Gekiranger, who shall fight to save the world from Rio's ambitions.

32- Engine Sentai Go-Onger (炎神戦隊ゴーオンジャー): The thirty-second Sentai Series. It ran from 2008 to 2009 for 50 episodes, and had an animal/vehicle gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers RPM. The series starts with a war between the Engines against the evil Gaiark in the Machine World (one of the 11 Braneworlds, one of them being Human World, which is our own world), the Gaiark want to pollute the Machine World; however, when they start losing, the 3 Pollution Ministers of Gaiark escape to Earth, seeing that it is an easier place to create their paradise; because of this, the 6 Engines (giant vehicular beings) pursue them to our world, and when they succefully arrive, they select 5 humans to become their partners, these 5 humans then become the Go-Ongers, who fight against the Gaiark and villains from the other Braneworlds. Later in the series, they receive the aid of the Go-On Wings and their Wing Engines, alongside the Ancient Engines.

33- Samurai Sentai Shinkenger (侍戦隊シンケンジャー): The thirty-third Sentai Series. It ran from 2009 to 2010 for 49 episodes, and had a feudal Japan gimmick based on samurais. It was adapted into Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Super Samurai. The series starts when 300 years ago, the Emperor of Japan ordained 5 different clans to fight against the evil Gedoshu threat, forming the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. For 17 generations, the Gedoshu and Shinkenger have been in a constant fight, with some reprieve given because of the former leader's massive sacrifice to temporarily stop Dokoku Chimatsuri, the Gedoshu leader. However, in the current era, the Gedoshu start attacking again, with their leader Dokoku planning to flood the world with water from the underworld Sanzu River. To stop this, Takeru Shiba, the 18th Shiba leader, gathers his retainers again to fight back against this treat, thus making them the 18th Shinkenger generation, who shall protect the world.

33- Tensou Sentai Goseiger (天装戦隊ゴセイジャー): The thirty-fourth Sentai Series. It ran from 2010 to 2011 for 50 episodes, and had a celestial angel gimmick. It was adapated into Power Rangers Megaforce and Power Rangers Super Megaforce (which also serves as an adaptation of the following series, Gokaiger). The series starts in the Gosei World, a dimension invisible to the human eyes, here live the Gosei Angels, who protect Earth and mankind from dangerous elements with their Gosei Power, they travel to the surface to help mankind through a passage called the Tower of Heaven. However, an evil group known as Warstar invades the Earth and destroy the Tower of Heaven, so the Gosei Angels are unable to reach Earth, which is left vunerable to destruction by the Warstar. However, 5 young and immature Gosei Angels were in Earth under disguises during the attacks; so now, they shall rise up against the demons to protect Earth as the Goseiger.

34- Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (海賊戦隊ゴーカイジャー): The thirty-fifth Sentai Series. It ran from 2011 to 2012 for 51 episodes, and had a pirate gimmick with past Super Sentai powers. This series serves as the 35th Super Sentai Anniversary Series, including appearances from past Super Sentai team members. It was adapted into Power Rangers Megaforce (which also adapted the previous series, Goseiger) and Power Rangers Super Megaforce. The series starts with the Gokaigers, a space pirate team that use the "lost" powers of the 34 previous Super Sentai teams to fight against the evil Universal Empire Zangyack, who after being defeated by the older Super Sentai teams, now come back stronger to invade Earth. Throughout their journey, they run into Basco, who is Captain Marvelous' (Gokai Red) previous crewmate, and who wants to find the Greatest Treasure in the Universe and keep it all for himself, he fights against the Gokaigers with his own set of Ranger Keys and Giant Battle Pseudo-Lifeforms. Later in the series, Gai Ikari, an earthling, joins the Gokaigers, and with his knowledge of the past Super Sentai teams, he aids the rest of the Gokaigers in their fight against the Zangyack Empire and Basco. An interesting fact about this series is that originally, they only intended to include up to 8 previous teams in the series to help the Gokaigers in a cameo; however, due to the Tohoku Earthquake of March 11, 2011, many actors of the previous 34 teams decided to help and make an appearance in the series, in order to help people cope and inspire hope after the earthquake. The earthquake also affected the script of the Kamen Rider series of that years, which can be read about in the Kamen Rider page.

36- Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters (特命戦隊ゴーバスターズ): The thirty-sixth Sentai Series. It ran from 2012 to 2013 for 50 episodes, and had a virtual beast & spy gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Beast Morphers, albeit it was originally skipped in favor of adapting the following series Kyoryuger. The series starts in a city whose functions are run by a major power source known as Enetron. However, when an evil organization known as Vaglass, who come from a different dimension, plan to threaten the city by stealing the Enetron from it, the Energy Managent Center choose 3 warriors for them to become a group of elite heroes known as Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters. Together with their partners known as Buddy Roids, they are tasked to stop Vaglasss from obtaining the Enetron from the city.

37- Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger (獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャー): The thirty-seventh Sentai Series. It ran from 2013 to 2014 for 48 episodes, and had a dinosaur & rechargable battery gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge. The series stars when many years ago, the Wise God Torin and the Zyudenryuu stop and defeat the Deboth army from destroying the whole world. However, in the current era, the Deboth army returns and plan to defrost their leader. It's up to 5 brave individuals chosen by the Wise God Torin to fight against the Deboth army as the Kyoryuger.

38- Ressha Sentai ToQger (烈車戦隊トッキュウジャー): The thirty-eighth Sentai Series. It ran from 2014 to 2015 for 47 episodes, and had a trains & dreams gimmick. This series was skipped by Saban and Nickelodeon in favor of adapting the following series Ninninger. The series starts with 5 young people who can't remember anything beyond their childhoods and travel in the Ressha trains in the Rainbow Line, they fight against the evil Shadow Line as the ToQgers, arriving at different stations which are already taken by the Shadow Line; it's up to them to save the different towns from the evil Shadow Line, who use the fear and sadness of the residents to establish their own railway, they shall save these towns by recovering their memories from the Shadow Line.

39- Shuriken Sentai Ninninger (手裏剣戦隊ニンニンジャー): The thirty-ninth Sentai Series. It ran from 2015 to 2016 for 47 episodes, and had a ninja & shurikens gimmick. It was adapted into Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel. The series start when the Kibaoni Army, who were sealed away by Yoshitaka Igasaki during the times of the Last Ninja rise again, with their two generals, Kyuemon Izayoi and Raizo Gabi planning to bring back their evil warlord leader, Gengetsu Kibaoni, who 444 years ago, was defeated by the Igasaki Clan. To fight them, Tsumuji Igasaki, who's the son of the Last Ninja, gathers the 5 predicted cousin ninjas and hands them the Ichibantou swords to fight against the Kibaoni Army as the Ninninger.

40- Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger (動物戦隊ジュウオウジャー): The fortieth Sentai Series. It ran from 2016 to 2017 for 48 episodes, and had an animals & cubes gimmick. This series serves as the 40th Super Sentai Anniversary Series. It doesn't have a Power Rangers adaptation as of 2023. The series starts when Yamato Kazakiri, a novice zoologist winds up lost on "Zyuland", a secret world located on Earth, where there are many creatures unknown to mankind. Here he meets 4 "Zyumans", who are anthropomorphic sapient animals and reside in Zyuland. Meanwhile, Earth begins to be attacked by the evil space outlaw group known as "Deathgalien" who are leadered by the evil Ginis, the creator of a vicious blood game, and who travel in their spaceship known as Sagittari Ark. When the Deathgalien start sending monsters to attack Earth, Yamato and Zyumans simply cannot forgive these attacks, so the 5 of them awaken their insticts and become the Zyuohger, who with their "King Credentials" in hand, shall fight against the Deathgalien and save Earth and Zyuland from them.

41- Uchu Sentai Kyuranger (宇宙戦隊キュウレンジャー): The forty-first Sentai Series. It ran from 2017 to 2018 for 48 episodes, and had a space & constellations gimmick. This series has the particularity of being the Sentai with most members at once, having 12 members by the end of the series. This series was also partially adapted into Power Rangers Cosmic Fury, albeit it only adapts the mecha and not the team members. The series starts in a universe where Earth and many other planets have been conquered by the evil Jark Matter, leadered by the mysterios Don Armage. However, not all hope is lost, because there's an insurgent force known as "Rebellion", which with the tears of people all around the universe gathers 9 different alien warriors chosen by the magical stones known as Kyutama, these 9 individuals become the Kyuranger, who shall fight against Jark Matter and save the universe.

42- Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger (快盗戦隊ルパンレンジャー VS 警察戦隊パトレンジャー): The forty-second Sentai Series. It ran from 2018 to 2019 for 51 episodes, and had a Cops VS Robbers gimmick. This series has the particularity of being the first Sentai with 2 teams at once, alongside being the first Sentai with a character who's member of more than 1 team (Noel Takao, who's both Lupin X and Patren X). As of 2023, the series still hasn't been adapted into Power Rangers. The series starts when the Lupin Collection, a vast collection of dangerous items gathered by the gentleman thief Arsène Lupin is stolen by the evil interspace invaders known as the Ganglers. However, there are 2 teams who want to get the collection back from the Ganglers; on one side, we have the Lupinrangers, phantom thieves who desire both to live up to the name of Lupin and to bring back their disappeared loved ones by stealing the collection back from the Ganglers; on the other side, we have the Patrangers, a special police squadron who aim to retrieve the collection back from the Ganglers to put the collection in custody, bring peace to the world and uphold justice. With 2 Sentai teams who apart from having a common enemy, also fight against each other, there are 2 questions remaining; which side will come out victorious, and which side are YOU on!?

43- Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger (騎士竜戦隊リュウソウジャー): The forty-third Sentai Series. It ran from 2019 to 2020 for 48 episodes, and had a prehistoric beast & knights gimmick. This series is also the last Sentai Series from the Heisei Era, as the era ended some months after the series started. It was adapted into Power Rangers Dino Fury. The series starts 65 000 000 years ago, when the imposing and powerful Warfare Tribe Druidon, who reigned over Earth back then, abandoned the planet when a gigantic meteor approached, swearing to one day return to Earth and become their rulers again. During these millions of years, the Ryusoul Tribe, who fough against them, has stood the test of time, and placed their Kishiryu companions into the RyuSouls and sealed them through temples around the world, as a way to prepare for the return of the Druidon. When the Druidon return to Earth, now stronger than ever, the Ryusoul Tribe chooses new knights, the Ryusoulgers, who have been revived to fight against the Druidon and protect Earth.

The Reiwa Era (2020-????)

44- Mashin Sentai Kiramager (魔進戦隊キラメイジャー): The forty-fourth Sentai Series. It ran from 2020 to 2021 for 45 episodes, and had a vehicles & gems gimmick. This series is the first Sentai Series from the current Reiwa Era. As of 2023, the series still hasn't been picked for a Power Rangers adaptation. The series starts when a princess from a land of jewelry and Kiramai Stones arrives to Earth to find people with Kiramental, a shining spirit, she looks for them to make them into warriors who shall defend Earth from an evil army. The 5 people chosen by the Kiramai Stones then become the Kiramagers, who with the help of the Kiramai Stones, who have turned into sentient vehicles companions known as Mashin, fight against the evil army bent on robbing people of their hope and radiance.

Other teams

EX 1- Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (非公認戦隊アキバレンジャー): A rather interesting case regarding a Sentai team, as they aren't counted in the official Super Sentai numbering, as they're an official series by Toei done as a parody/tribute to Super Sentai. Their first season ran in 2012 for 13 episodes, while their second season ran in 2013 for 13 episodes.This team has a otaku/ecchi gimmick, and for OBVIOUS reasons, it hasn't been adapted into Power Rangers. The series focuses on 3 people who are part of an otaku club and live in the new "Electric-Town" of Akibahara. However, when a mysterious malevolent entity appears with plans of conquer earth, these 3 people will have to fight against them with cool gadgets created by a brilliant genius as the Akibarangers. In the end, their final goal is to become an "official" Sentai team. Their adventure continues in Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger Season Tsuu (非公認戦隊アキバレンジャーシーズン痛 -ツー-), where they fight against a villain who's a major Super Sentai fan, and has modeled himself after classic villains. Funnily enough, while not being in the official Sentai numbering, the series was recognized in Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger, albeit following the humorous style of the series by being an "unofficial" gear.

Disclaimer: The reason why the following series is the Super Sentai page, and not the Power Rangers page, is due to Toei's involvement in the series, going so far as to give them the title of their "predecessor" when dubbing it to Japan.

EX 2- Power Rangers Dino Force Brave (파워레인저 다이노포스 브레이브): Another interesting case, this series is also known in Japan under the name of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave (獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャーブレイブ). The series serves as the sequel to Power Rangers Dino Force, the Korean dub of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. It ran in 2017 for 12 episodes, and as it's predecessor, it has a dinosaur gimmick. The series starts after the Kyoryugers destroyed the Deboth Army, thus bringing peace to Earth again. However, this peace doesn't last for long, as a huge spaceship arrives to Earth, unveiling the Neo Deboth Army, who plan to get revenger against the Zyudenryu. To stop this, Torin's spirit, alongside Luckyuro and Candelilla, wander to find the new "People of the Strong Dragons", so that they become the Brave Dino Force Rangers and fight against the Neo Deboth Army.

Trivia

• Until 1995, Gorenger and JAKQ weren't considered Super Sentai series, this can be seen with series like Liveman and Dairanger, who were marketed as anniversary series despite their seasons not being multiples of 5. It wasn't until Ohranger that Gorenger and JAKQ were acknowledged as Super Sentai Series.
• Haim Saban (the creator of Power Rangers) discovered Super Sentai back when he was on a business trip to Japan, and watched some Super Sentai on his hotel room. As a matter of fact, he originally pitched Bioman to be the first localized series in the US, which failed.
• At the peak of the original Power Rangers series popularity, Saban wanted more scenes with the original costumes; but after seeing they ran out of Zyuranger footage, Saban contacted Toei Corporation and Rainbow Productions to produce more scenes with the Zyuranger suits. To Saban's luck, they agreed, and made 25 more "episodes" of in-suit battle and mecha fighting scenes in Japan, these footage was later used for the later Mighty Morphin Power Rangers seasons, this footage is know by the fans as "Zyu2".
• While South Korea uses the Power Rangers name, they have their own adaptation.
• Apart from doing crossovers between their own series (through different teams) and Kamen Rider, other series they did crossovers with are Metal Hero, Kikaider, Ultraman, and even PreCure or Tsuribaka Nisshi.
• Since 2015, Shout! Studios has released every original Sentai (since Fiveman) in USA.
• To avoid any possible continuity errors in the multiverse, Toei changed the year where Ohranger takes place, as 1999 was later used by GoGo-V. Because of this, Ohranger currently takes place in 1995.
• Ever since Dekaranger, every Sentai Series includes a "Hand-Off" extra scene at the final episode, where the current series Sentai leader meets up with the next series Sentai leader (Dekaranger to Magiranger, Magiranger to Boukenger, Boukenger to Gekiranger, and so on), this is done as a way to prepare the viewers for the next series.
• The main reason why in almost every Sentai the Red Ranger serves as the leader (with some exceptions of sorts, the most notable being the latter half of JAKQ, or the entirety of Kakuranger, Timeranger or Zenkaiger) is because the Red Ranger is normally the most popular between the female fans of Super Sentai, thus making it the only Ranger color to be in every Sentai series alongside Blue.

Team Members

Himitsu Sentai Gorenger

J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai

Battle Fever J

Denshi Sentai Denziman

Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan

Dai Sentai Goggle V

Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

Choudenshi Bioman