When was the first Super Sentai Series released?
Super Sentai
The series was created by Shotaro Ishinomori, then known for the 1971–1973 "Kamen Rider" TV series and the long-running manga "Cyborg 009". He developed the first two Super Sentai Series "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger", which ran from 1975 to 1977, and "J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai", released in 1977. Toei Company put the franchise on hiatus in 1978, collaborating with Marvel Comics to produce a live action "Spider-Man" series, which added giant robots to the concept of "tokusatsu" shows. The giant robot concept was carried over to Toei and Marvel's next show, "Battle Fever J", released in 1979, and was then used throughout the Super Sentai Series.
Superhero film
In 1957 Japan, Shintoho produced the first film serial featuring the "tokusatsu" superhero character Super Giant, signaling a shift in Japanese popular culture towards "tokusatsu" masked superheroes over "kaiju" giant monsters. Along with "Astro Boy", the "Super Giant" film serials had a profound effect on the Japanese "tokusatsu" superhero genre. Another early superhero film was "Ōgon Bat" (1966), a Japanese film starring Sonny Chiba based on the 1930 Kamishibai superhero Ōgon Bat.
Tyrannosaurus in popular culture
"Tyrannosaurus"-themed mecha have appeared in the Super Sentai series since "Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger" in Shogozyu Tyrannosaurus, V-Rex of "Mirai Sentai Timeranger", Bakuryu Tyranno of "Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger", Gozyu Rex of "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger", and recently Gabutyra of "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger". They also appear in their respective Power Rangers adaptations in Season One of "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers", "Power Rangers Time Force", "Power Rangers Dino Thunder", "Power Rangers Super Megaforce" and "Power Rangers Dino Charge".
List of Power Rangers episodes
This is a list of "Power Rangers" episodes. "Power Rangers" is adapted from the 40-year-long line of Japanese "tokusatsu" television series known as "Super Sentai". Over 800 episodes have aired since "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" premiered in 1993, with the 875th episode being the final episode of the 25th season, "Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel", which premiered on December 1, 2018.
Super Sentai
"Dengeki Sentai Changeman", "Flashman", "Maskman" and "Goggle V" were broadcast in Brazil. The first season to air was "Changeman" in 1988, on the TV Manchete channel (now RedeTV), and caused a tremendous impact in its time, considered a cult classic.
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger
In May 2016, Shout! Factory announced that they would release ""Choriki Sentai Ohranger": The Complete Series" on DVD in North America in November, 2016. "Ohranger" was released on DVD in North America on November 1, 2016. This is the fourth Super Sentai set to be released in North America. In addition on September 8, 2017, Shout! streamed the series on their website.
Super Sentai
Various Sentai series were broadcast in Malaysia starting with "Hikari Sentai Maskman" during the 1990s, dubbed in English and later in Malay. Almost all Super Sentai shows were broadcast in Thailand since the 1980s, a year following their Japanese debut. They were exclusively broadcast on Channel 9 from the late 1980s to early 1990s until "Power Rangers" replaced "Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger" in the mid-1990s. Since then, the series have appeared on various channels.
Denshi Sentai Denziman
The Denzimen are the first Super Sentai team to use a personal transformation device carried on their person (see below). Their costumes are the first to use helmets with translucent materials for visors (although some exterior footage shows their helmets with perforated visors as was the practice with previous Super Sentai series). Prior to battle, the team shouts "Behold, the Denshi Sentai, Denziman!"
Super Hero Time
The "Super Hero Time" block is part of the larger block, which begins at 8:30 JST with the airing of an ABC Television-produced shōjo anime animated by Toei Animation (currently the "Pretty Cure" series) and ends at 10:00 JST after the airing of the Super Sentai series. All of the shows are properties of Bandai, who also sponsors the block. While "Super Hero Time" began airing with such anime in its inception, the "Nichi Asa Kids Time" branding did not begin until March 4, 2007.
Power Rangers S.P.D.
Power Rangers S.P.D. is an American television series and the thirteenth season of the "Power Rangers" franchise, based on the Super Sentai series, "Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger". It debuted on February 5, 2005, on ABC Family. New episodes continued to debut on ABC Family until the episode "Messenger, Part 1". Starting with "Messenger, Part 2" episodes began to debut on Toon Disney. It is also the title for the Korean dub of "Dekaranger" in South Korea, whose logo is similar to the American series. S.P.D. stands for "Space Patrol Delta"; in "Dekaranger", it stood for "Special Police Dekaranger", and in the South Korean dub of "Dekaranger", it stood for "Special Police Delta". A Japanese dub of "S.P.D." started airing on Toei's digital television channel in Japan starting in August 2011, with two DVD volumes released on August 5. It features the original "Dekaranger" cast members dubbing over the voices of their American counterparts (with the exception of Mako Ishino, who is the series' narrator rather than voicing her character's counterpart).
Mobile Suit Gundam: Char's Counterattack
Bandai released a limited-edition DVD of the movie in 2001. The product was a maroon slipcase edition embossed with the gold Neo Zeon logo. The DVD was later reissued as part of the Anime Legends line in 2006. Due to the closure of Bandai Entertainment, the movie has been out of print for sometime. On October 11, 2014 at their 2014 New York Comic-Con panel, Sunrise announced they will be releasing all of the Gundam franchise, including "Gundam SEED: Special Edition" in North America though distribution from Right Stuf Inc., beginning in Spring 2015.
Section23 Films
Sentai Filmworks is an anime licensing studio. It was founded by Ledford in 2008 and partnered with ADV Films to distribute their anime onto the market including shows that were previously released and licensed by Geneon Entertainment USA, Urban Vision, Central Park Media, and Bandai Entertainment. After ADV Films sold its assets, the ADV Films name was dropped as a production entity and folded into Sentai Filmworks, with distribution being handled by Section23. Their first title was a re-release of Mahoromatic.
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II
Ayrton Senna's Super Monaco GP II is an arcade-style Formula One racing video game developed and manufactured by Sega, and the follow-up to Super Monaco GP. The game was released for the Sega Master System, Sega Mega Drive, and the Sega Game Gear, appearing in the United States on 16 July 1992, Japan on 17 July 1992, and sometime later in 1992 in Europe. Along with boasting the most "realistic physics", it was the best received console driving game at the time of release, the game was also endorsed by, and had technical input from, the then Formula One champion Ayrton Senna, who won the race more times than any other driver, with six victories, and five races consecutively between 1989 and 1993. The game's development was also assisted by Senna, who supplied his own advice about the tracks featured in the game.
Super Sentai
"Choushinsei Flashman" and "Choujuu Sentai Liveman" were broadcast in Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru in the early 1990s, and as reruns in the early 2000s. "Flashman" arrived with Spanish dubbing done in Brazil and "Liveman" in Venezuela.
Megami Tensei
Japanese website 4Gamer.net referred to the series as one of Japan's biggest role-playing franchises. UGO Networks writer K. Thor Jensen cited the first "Megami Tensei" game as the first successful use of cyberpunk aesthetics in video games, saying that the series' mix of science fiction elements and the occult "create a truly unique fictional cyberpunk world". "Nintendo Power" has noted that Atlus always mixes "familiar gameplay" with surprising settings when creating games for the series, citing "Persona", with its "modern-day horror stories" and "teams of Japanese high-school kids", as the perfect example. The editor also added that "Strange Journey" followed a similar system, calling it a "science-fiction makeover" of the series. In an article about the interaction of Japanese and Western gaming culture, 1UP.com mentioned the "Shin Megami Tensei" subseries alongside Nippon Ichi Software's "Disgaea" series. Kurt Kalata wrote: "[They] may not be big sellers, but they've garnered underground success and attracted thousands of obsessed fans." GameSpot writer Andrew Vestal referred to the series as the third biggest RPG series in Japan after "Final Fantasy" and "Dragon Quest". "IGN" Matt Coleman mentioned "Nocturne" in the article "A History of Console RPGs", referring to its content as "challenging stuff for a genre that used to be all about princess saving and evil cleansing".
Gekisou Sentai Carranger
On January 6, 2017, Amazon set to pre-order ""Gekisou Sentai Carranger": The Complete Series" on Region 1 DVD by Shout! Factory and it was released in North America on April 25, 2017. This is the fifth Super Sentai series to be released in North America. In June 2018, Shout! streamed the series on their website.
Power Rangers Samurai
Power Rangers Samurai is the eighteenth season of the American children's television series "Power Rangers". With Saban Brands buying back the franchise, the show was produced by SCG Power Rangers and began airing on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons on February 7, 2011, making it the first to use the Saban name since the first half of "Power Rangers: Wild Force". As with all "Power Rangers" programs, "Power Rangers Samurai" is based on one of the entries of the "Super Sentai" Series; in the case of "Samurai", the source series is "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger". Saban Brands have said the show will have a "brighter tone and gets an infusion of fun and comedy that wasn't present in seasons 16 and 17."
List of Power Rangers Samurai episodes
Power Rangers Samurai is an American television series created by Haim Saban and Toei Company and the eighteenth season of the Power Rangers franchise, began airing on February 7, 2011 on Nickelodeon. "Power Rangers Samurai" comprises 20 episodes and concluded its initial airing on December 10, 2011. "Samurai" uses footage and elements from the Super Sentai series "Samurai Sentai Shinkenger". Regular cast members during "Samurai" include Alex Heartman, Erika Fong, Hector David Jr., Najee De-Tiege, Brittany Anne Pirtle, Steven Skyler, Rene Naufahu, Felix Ryan, Paul Schrier and Rick Medina.
Shaman King
Thirteen video games based on the "Shaman King" series have been released. The first one, "Shaman King Chō Senji Ryakketu Funbari Hen", was released on December 21, 2001. Although the games developed in Japan have not been released outside of that region, Konami and 4Kids Entertainment developed a series of games that were only released in North America and Europe. Characters of the "Shaman King" series have also made appearances in the games "Jump Super Stars" and "Jump Ultimate Stars".
Chōjin Sentai Jetman
In 2018, Shout! Factory announced that it will release the series on DVD on September 25, 2018, in Japanese with English subtitles, marking it the 10th Super Sentai installment given an official DVD release in North America. It is the first pre-Mighty Morphin Sentai to be released in North America on DVD.
Power Rangers
Power Rangers is an American entertainment and merchandising franchise built around a live-action superhero television series, based on the Japanese tokusatsu franchise "Super Sentai". Produced first by Saban Entertainment, second by BVS Entertainment, later by SCG Power Rangers and today by Hasbro, the "Power Rangers" television series takes much of its footage from the "Super Sentai" television series, produced by Toei Company. The first "Power Rangers" entry, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", debuted on August 28, 1993, and helped launch the Fox Kids programming block of the 1990s, during which it catapulted into popular culture along with a line of action figures and other toys by Bandai. By 2001, the media franchise had generated over $6 billion in toy sales.
Super Giant
Whereas Takeo Nagamatsu's 1930 kamishibai "The Golden Bat (Ōgon Batto)" was Japan's first modern superhero (and had many manga, anime and tokusatsu adaptations), Shintoho's Super Giant was the first celluloid superhero (theatrically released in 1957), and the role model for many Japanese superheroes to come, especially Ultraman and Kamen Rider.
Named "Super Giants" (plural), although the main character was only one person and obviously human-sized, the series' title was no doubt inspired by the American "Adventures of Superman" (which was then being broadcast in Japan) and the famous Japanese baseball team, the Yomiuri Giants (who were extremely popular at the time).
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad (SSSS) is an American television series. It was produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultracom Inc. and DIC Productions L.P., with distribution by All American Television, and ran for one season from September 12, 1994 to April 11, 1995 in syndication, as well as on ABC. It was an adaptation of the Japanese tokusatsu series "Denkou Choujin Gridman," or "Gridman the Hyper Agent," which was produced by Tsuburaya Productions. The series was originally going to be named "PowerBoy," but it was renamed "Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad" during production. Saban Entertainment claimed this was done to avoid confusion with Saban's other series, "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers."
Super Sentai
Although the Super Sentai Series originated in Japan, various Sentai series have been imported and dubbed in other languages for broadcast in several other countries.
Astro Fighter Sunred
Astro Fighter Sunred is a parody of the Sentai superhero genre, most notably of the Super Sentai Series.
Megami Tensei
The "Megami Tensei" series began life as a media expansion of the "Digital Devil Story" series, a set of science-fantasy novels written by Aya Nishitani during the 1980s. The series' creators were Kouji Okada (credited as Cozy Okada in English), Ginichiro Suzuki, and Ginichiro's son Kazunari. The first book in the "Digital Devil Story" series, , provided the title for the original game, while the game's story was based on both the first book and the third book . The game was developed at Atlus and published by Bandai Namco (then Namco). Although they wanted to incorporate as much of the original story as possible, the limited capabilities of the Famicom made this goal nearly impossible. The game proved popular in Japan, and effectively launched the "Megami Tensei" franchise, with its more ambitious direct sequel following in 1990. During the development of "Shin Megami Tensei", which was driven by the concept of a Super Famicom game with the company's brand on it, the team slowly decided that they wanted to break the then-current gaming status quo using its aesthetic and content. Despite this attitude, the staff considered "Shin Megami Tensei" to be a remake of "Megami Tensei II". In many of these earlier games, staff members at Atlus had cameos.
Shin Megami Tensei
"Shin Megami Tensei" was first released on the Super Famicom on October 30, 1992 in Japan; it remained exclusive to that region for 22 years. It was the first "Megami Tensei" title not to be published by Namco. Instead, it was published by Atlus, which caused some complaints as to why Namco was not publishing the game. A fan translation of the Super Famicom version has been developed. Subsequent ports were released on the PC Engine (December 25, 1993), Mega-CD (February 25, 1994), the PlayStation (May 31, 2001), and Game Boy Advance (March 28, 2003). Atlus was responsible for the PlayStation port, and the staff were divided on whether to make it a complete port or something new. Those who wanted a direct port won through. The PC Engine port included added story scenes. SIMS Co., Ltd. was in charge of the Mega CD port, which included additional demons. The Game Boy Advance version, which was the first time "Shin Megami Tensei" appeared on a portable platform, included the ability to exchange demons and items using the platform's data exchange capacities. It also featured remastered music and alterations to ease the playing experience. The game was released in February 2012 for iOS and November of that year for Android. These mobile ports were based on the Game Boy Advance version, including all the port's features. The iOS port was localized and released in North America and Europe in March 18, 2014.
Negative Syndicate
As part of the Super Sentai Series' 30th anniversary, each primary antagonist and each individual monster of the week was visually designed as an homage to the various robots and other mecha piloted by the protagonists of 24 of the 29 previous Super Sentai Series (the exceptions are "J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai", "Dai Sentai Goggle-V", "Choudenshi Bioman", "Dengeki Sentai Changeman" & "Kousoku Sentai Turboranger").
Megami Tensei
Megami Tensei, marketed internationally as Shin Megami Tensei (formerly "Revelations"), is a Japanese media franchise created by Kouji Okada (credited as Cozy Okada in English), Ginichiro Suzuki, and Kazunari Suzuki. Primarily developed by Atlus and currently owned by Sega, the franchise consists of multiple subseries and covers multiple role-playing genres including tactical role-playing, action role-playing, and massively multiplayer online role-playing. The first two titles in the series were published by Bandai Namco (then Namco), but have been almost always published by Atlus in Japan and North America since the release of "Shin Megami Tensei". For Europe, Atlus publishes the games through third-party companies.
List of Sega Saturn games
Development of the Saturn began in 1992, the same year Sega's groundbreaking 3D Model 1 arcade hardware debuted. Designed around a new CPU from Japanese electronics company Hitachi, another video display processor was incorporated into the system's design in early 1994 to better compete with Sony's forthcoming PlayStation. The Saturn was initially successful in Japan, but failed to sell in large numbers in the United States after its surprise May 1995 launch, four months before its scheduled release date. After the debut of the Nintendo 64 in late 1996, the Saturn rapidly lost market share in the U.S., where it was discontinued in 1998. Having sold 9.26 million units worldwide, the Saturn is considered a commercial failure. The failure of Sega's development teams to release a game in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" series, known in development as "Sonic X-treme", has been considered a factor in the console's poor performance.
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
Before the very first story arc premiered in the second episode the following week, the first episode acted as a television special was aired to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Super Sentai since "Battle Fever J" at that time. On October 6, 1989 (The day that episode 32 aired) the show began to be broadcast later on Fridays instead of Saturdays. A movie was released at the Toei Manga Festival on March 18, 1989 which was the same day episode 4 aired.
Castlevania
The franchise's first 16-bit home console game, "Super Castlevania IV", was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) in 1992. A "Castlevania" title for the Sharp X68000 home computer was exclusively released in Japan in 1993 and would not be available in English until "Castlevania Chronicles" (2001) for the PlayStation. During the same year, "" was released for the PC Engine and was also not localized in English until it was included with "" (2007) for the PlayStation Portable. The first "Castlevania" produced for a CD-ROM, "Rondo of Blood" featured Red Book Audio and fully voiced dialogue. The game's content would be reused in "", a new game for the SNES in 1995. "" (1994) was the first "Castlevania" entry produced for a Sega console, the Genesis, and has since not been re-released on any other platform.
Power Rangers Wild Force
Power Rangers Wild Force is an American television series and the tenth season and anniversary of the "Power Rangers" franchise, based on the Super Sentai series "Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger", which itself was the 25th anniversary of Super Sentai.
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
is a film that was released in Japan on April 27, 2013 which featured the first crossover between characters of Toei's three main Tokusatsu franchises, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, and the Space Sheriff Series, including other heroes from the Metal Hero Series as well. The protagonists of "", "Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters", and "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger" are featured, but the casts of "Kamen Rider Wizard", "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger", and "Kamen Rider Fourze" also participate in the film. Arisa Komiya reprises her role in the main cast as Yoko Usami, while the rest of the cast have a minor role in the film.
Toei Fushigi Comedy Series
The is a series of Japanese tokusatsu programs produced by Toei Company that features various superheroes similar to the "Kamen Rider Series", "Super Sentai", and "Metal Hero Series". However these shows mainly focus on cute robots similar to Robocon, cute and unusual creatures, masked individuals who get tracked down by school children, and magical girls. Each one is supposed to invoke mysterious humor hence the name is fushigi which means "mystery" in Japanese. This series of programs was shown throughout the 1980s and ended in the early 1990s. All these programs were created by Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of "Kamen Rider", "Super Sentai", and "Robocon" series of manga and tokusatsu, as well as many other Toei Superheroes.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Following the release of "Megami Tensei II", Atlus acquired the rights to both develop and publish further "Megami Tensei" titles. Wanting to develop a new "Megami Tensei" with the company's brand on it, Atlus created the next entry for the Super Famicom, partially remaking the story of "Megami Tensei II" while greatly expanding its story and gameplay systems. The game, titled "Shin Megami Tensei", was released in 1992. The game was a critical and commercial success, establishing the "Megami Tensei" brand and spawning multiple sequels and spin-off series.
Power Rangers
On October 1, 2009, Bandai released a press release that Disney would re-broadcast "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" starting in January 2010 on ABC Kids in lieu of a new series using footage from the 2009 "Super Sentai" television series. A new toy line accompanied the series and appeared in stores in the later part of 2009. ABC's over-the air telecasts ended on August 28, 2010, and turned the hour back to affiliates.
Superman
After World War 2, American superhero fiction entered Japanese culture. Astro Boy, first published in 1952, was inspired by Mighty Mouse, which itself was a parody of Superman. The "Superman" animated shorts from the 1940s were first broadcast on Japanese television in 1955, and they were followed in 1956 by the TV show "Adventures of Superman" starring George Reeves. These shows were very popular with the Japanese and inspired Japan's own prolific genre of superheroes. The first Japanese superhero movie, "Super Giant", was released in 1957. The first Japanese superhero TV show was "Moonlight Mask" in 1958. Other notable characters from this genre include Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Sailor Moon.
Chouseishin Series
The is a tokusatsu superhero TV franchise which debuted in Japan from 2003 through 2006. The "Chouseishin Series" was produced by Toho Company, Ltd., in association with Konami, to emulate and rival the success of Toei's Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series.
Tokusatsu
Toei Company has several series that fall under their "Toei Superheroes" category of programming, starting in 1961 with the single series, "Moonlight Mask". Then, they produced several other long running series, starting with Shotaro Ishinomori's "Kamen Rider Series" in 1971, the "Super Sentai" series in 1975, the "Metal Hero Series" in 1982, and the "Toei Fushigi Comedy Series" in 1981. Toei also produced several other television series based on Ishinomori's works, including "Android Kikaider" and "Kikaider 01", "Robot Detective", "Inazuman" and "Inazuman Flash", and "Kaiketsu Zubat". Toei was also involved in the "Spider-Man" television series, which influenced their subsequent Super Sentai series. In 2003, TV Asahi began broadcasting the "Super Sentai" and "Kamen Rider" series in a weekly one-hour block known as "Super Hero Time". Toho, the creators of Godzilla, also had their hands in creating the "Chouseishin Series" of programs from 2003 to 2006.
Mobile Suit Gundam 00
Licensing for a North American release of "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" was announced by Bandai Entertainment at New York Comic Con 2008 on April 18, 2008. "Mobile Suit Gundam 00" is the first Gundam series to air on national television in the United States since "Mobile Suit Gundam SEED" and began airing twice weekly on November 24, 2008 on SCI FI (now known as SyFy). The first season concluded its first run on Sci-Fi on February 9, 2009. The second season also aired on the same network and time slot on June 29, 2009 and concluded its run on September 21, 2009. Due to the closure of Bandai Entertainment, the series and movie have been out of print. On October 11, 2014 at their 2014 New York Comic-Con panel, Sunrise announced they will be releasing all of the Gundam franchise, including "Gundam 00" in North America though distribution from Right Stuf Inc., beginning in Spring 2015. This will also include the previously unreleased "Mobile Suit Gundam 00 Special Edition".
Tensou Sentai Goseiger
is the film commemorating the 35th anniversary of the "Super Sentai" Series. The film will primarily feature the casts of "Goseiger" and "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger", among the 199 total heroes from the Super Sentai series to appear. The film was originally scheduled for release on May 21, 2011. However, due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, filming was affected and the film's release was postponed to June 11.
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
On May 14th, 2018, it was announced that Shout! Factory had licensed "Gaoranger" for release in North America and it was released on December 18, 2018. This is 11th Super Sentai to be released in North America DVD Region 1 as "Jetman" was released before "Gaoranger".
1990s in video gaming
In Japan on Super Famicom, "Tales of Phantasia" was released in Japan in 1995, featuring real-time side-scrolling combat mode and an exploration mode similar to classic console RPGs. In 1996, Star Ocean was released that also has real-time combat and classic exploration but features bird's eye view. Namco and Enix did not publish these two revolutionary titles in America, even though sequels in the two series would become wildly popular on future generations of consoles in the US. Fifth generation era saw several popular action RPGs, such as "Tales of Eternia", "Brave Fencer Musashi" and "Legend of Oasis". In 1996 Nintendo released Super Mario RPG, for the SNES . Super Mario RPG was the first role playing game in the series and it launched to critical acclaim.
It spawned two spiritual successors, Paper Mario and Mario & Luigi
Shotaro Ishinomori
"Cyborg 009", created in 1963, became the first superpowered hero team created in Japan, featuring nine cybernetic warriors. That same year, Kazumasa Hirai and Jiro Kuwata created Japan's first android superhero, "8 Man" (which predated Ishinomori's "Kikaider" by nine years). The success of the tokusatsu superhero TV series "Kamen Rider", produced by Toei Company Ltd. in 1971, led to the birth of the "Transforming" ("henshin") superhero (human-sized superheroes who transform by doing a pose, and use martial arts to fight henchmen and the weekly monster), and resulted in many sequel shows to this day. Ishinomori then created many similar superhero dramas, which were once again all produced by Toei or in Sarutobi Ecchan's case Toei Animation, including "Android Kikaider", "Henshin Ninja Arashi", "Inazuman", "Robotto Keiji", "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" (the first Super Sentai series), "Kaiketsu Zubat", "Akumaizer 3", "Sarutobi Ecchan", the "Toei Fushigi Comedy Series", and countless others. He even created popular children's shows such as "Hoshi no Ko Chobin" ("Chobin, Child of the Stars", 1974, a co-production with Studio Zero which was a major success on Italian television), and "Ganbare!! Robokon". In 1963, he also founded the anime company Studio Zero. From 1967 to 1970, the manga "009-1" was serialized in the Futabasha publication Weekly Manga Action. It was written and illustrated by Ishinomori. There was a television drama of it in 1969 and eventually an anime in 2006.
Mega Man X
Mega Man X (after "X4" stylized as Megaman X), known in Japan as , is a "Mega Man" series of action platform video games released by Capcom. It was initially released on December 17, 1993 in Japan (January 1994 in North America) on the Super NES/Super Famicom and spawned sequels on several systems, most of which were later ported to the PC platform. The plot is a continuation of the preceding series, "Mega Man". The game play introduced new elements to the "Mega Man" franchise including the ability to dash and climb walls. The first six games in the series were compiled in the anthology "Mega Man X Collection."
Power Rangers
Several years later, another idea to adapt Super Sentai began in the 80s when Haim Saban made a business trip to Japan, in which, during his stay at the hotel, the only thing that was being transmitted on his television was the Japanese series "Super Sentai". At that time, Saban was fascinated by the concept of 5 people masked in spandex suits fighting monsters, so in 1985, he produced the pilot episode of Bio-Man, an American adaptation of "Choudenshi Bioman", which was rejected by several of the largest American television stations.
Playtronic
The announcement of the fusion attained great attention on the media, considering that Playtronic was the first company in the world to produce Nintendo products outside Japan. Shortly thereafter, the Super Nintendo Entertainment System was the first console to be announced and then produced already in August 24, 1993, adapted to the Brazilian's PAL-M analog TV system and bundled as Control Set (with one controller) and Super Set (with two controllers and the Super Mario World game cartridge) versions. The initial distribution included the Super Scope light gun and 12 games shipped and later sold separately. Even with the late release, the success of its sales snapped up 60% from the 16-bit video game consoles local segment in April, 1995.
Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
Sun Vulcan is the name of the Guardians of World Peace's Taiyo Sentai, they are the first and only Super Sentai core team to be all-male. Each of the Sun Vulcan members identifies himself before the group says . Ryusuke, Kinya & Asao's last names include the Japanese names of their totem animals. is an organization based at the Iron Claw Castle at the North Pole that worships the Black Solar God. Intending to have its Mechahumans rule the world, Black Magma's technology is advanced enough to cause natural disasters and cause global incidents. However, Black Magma targets Japan in order to obtain the cache of geothermal energy there needed to power their arsenal.
A Sun Vulcan movie was released on July 18, 1981 at the Toei Manga Festival (on the same day episode 24 aired). It takes place some time after episode 23.
Megami Tensei
Two entries have been released for the Famicom: "Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei" in 1987, and "" in 1990. The two titles are unrelated to each other in terms of story, and each introduced the basic gameplay and story mechanics that would come to define the series. Two entries were released for the Super Famicom: "Shin Megami Tensei" in 1992, and "Shin Megami Tensei II" in 1994.
Chōjin Sentai Jetman
As of 2015, the series has become one of the most popular and darkest entries in the Super Sentai Series. It officially gained a much wider audience and got a rating of 7.1% average, beating Fiveman's 6.5%. Despite the series also receiving criticism for adding "romance drama to a children's show", Gai Yuki became an instant hit with Japanese mothers, who sent clemency pleas to TV Asahi so that they did not kill him off. It is still today considered to Sentai fans a masterpiece and topped the number 1 popular vote in both Bandai's B-CLUB magazine and Toei's "Super Sentai Request Tournament".
Super Sentai
The Super Sentai Series has been parodied and emulated in various ways throughout the world. The term "Sentai" is also occasionally used to describe shows with premises like the Super Sentai Series.
Super Taboo
One of the most cited hentai titles about incest, "Super Taboo" is the name given by the English translation of the manga "Super Family Complex". "Super Family Complex", whose abbreviation is a pun on "Super Famicom", the original name of the Super Nintendo, was originally published in Japan into two "tankōbon" volumes by Fujimi Publishing between 1993 and 1994. An English translation was released in twelve issues published between 1995 and 1996 by Fantagraphics Books through its Eros Comix imprint. The series was republished into two collected editions by Fantagraphics between 1998 and 1999.
Superhero
In 1975 Shotaro Ishinomori's "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" debuted on what is now TV Asahi, it brought the concepts of multi-colored teams and supporting vehicles that debuted in Gatchaman into live-action, and began the "Super Sentai" franchise (later adapted into the American "Power Rangers" series in the 1990s). In 1978, Toei adapted Spider-Man into a live-action Japanese television series. In this continuity, Spider-Man had a vehicle called Marveller that could transform into a giant and powerful robot called Leopardon, this idea would be carried over to Toei's Battle Fever J and now multi-colored teams not only had support vehicles but giant robots to fight giant monsters with.
Super Sentai
In the late 1970s, "J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai" was the first Sentai series to be shown in the Philippines. "Choudenshi Bioman" (the last "tokusatsu" dubbed in English on Philippine television) and "Hikari Sentai Maskman" (the first Super Sentai Series dubbed in Filipino on IBC) were broadcast in the Philippines in the 1980s. "Choudenshi Bioman" was so popular that many people from that generation came to associate all the Super Sentai Series as continuations of it, and "Hikari Sentai Maskman" was marketed as "Bioman 2 Maskman" on local TV. During the early 1990s, some other series were shown, such as "Kousoku Sentai Turboranger", "Chikyu Sentai Fiveman" and "Chōjin Sentai Jetman" which became the last Sentai series to broadcast on ABC5 in 1994. "Dai Sentai Goggle-V" was also aired on RPN 9 in 1998 every Sunday morning. From 1995 to 1999 and 2004 to 2015, ABS-CBN aired the American-produced "Power Rangers".
List of Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger characters
was a narrator for several Super Sentai Series, including the first one, "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" which he narrated for the first 14 episodes. Other series in the franchise narrated by him include "Dengeki Sentai Changeman", "Kousoku Sentai Turboranger" and "Chouriki Sentai Ohranger". While the Akibarangers are on the losing end of a battle with Yuru-Chara Jigen, Tanaka is hired by Hiroyo to broadcast a motivational narration with "Changeman's" main theme as a background music through Akiba Red's MMZ-01 unit to help him defeat the monster.
Super Mario Bros.
"Super Mario Bros." was first released in Japan on September 13, 1985, for the Family Computer. It was released later that year in North America for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES). Its concrete North American release date is unknown and is frequently debated; despite generally being cited as having been released alongside the NES in October 1985 as a launch title, several other sources conflict with this statement, suggesting that the game may have released in other varying time frames ranging from November 1985 to early 1986. The game was released in Europe two years later on May 15, 1987 for the NES.
In 1988, the game was re-released along with the shooting range game "Duck Hunt" as part of a single ROM cartridge, which came packaged with the NES as a pack-in title, as part of the console's "Action Set". This version of the game is extremely common in North America, with millions of copies of it having been manufactured and sold in the United States. In 1990, another cartridge, touting the two games as well as "World Class Track Meet", was also released in North America as part of the NES "Power Set". It was released on May 15, 1987 in Europe, and during that year in Australia as well. In 1988, the game was re-released in Europe in a cartridge containing the game plus "Tetris" and "Nintendo World Cup". The compilation was sold alone or bundled with the revised version of the NES.
Sente Technologies
Sente's last project was the Sente Super System, also known as SAC-III. Based around a Commodore Amiga 500 computer the system was intended to provide a powerful and cheap way for operators to upgrade existing arcades to more modern hardware but was also planned to be sold as stand alone units. Moonquake was the premier title for the system but for unknown reasons the Sente Super System was canceled and it never went into full production. Bally Sente folded up soon after and all assets were transferred to Bally's Midway division in 1988, Bally Sente filed for bankruptcy. Sente was known for producing a rather odd assortment of games over its tenure as well as using some unique control schemes. In addition some of the company's games featured "missing children" ads in their attract modes, an uncommon feature in arcade games.
Superman (Atari 2600)
Superman is an action adventure game for the Atari 2600 designed by John Dunn and published by Atari, Inc. in 1979. It was one of the first single-player games for the system and one of the earliest licensed video games. "Superman" was built using the prototype code for Warren Robinett's "Adventure", and ended up being published before "Adventure" was finished. "Retro Gamer" credits it among action-adventure games as the "first to utilize multiple screens as playing area".
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei is a post-apocalyptic role-playing video game developed and published by Atlus. Originally released for the Super Famicom in 1992 in Japan, it has been ported to multiple systems and eventually released in the West for iOS in 2014. It is the third game in the "Megami Tensei" series and the first in the central "Shin Megami Tensei" series. The gameplay uses first-person navigation of dungeons and turn-based battles against demons. The player can recruit demons as allies by talking to them rather than fighting them, and two to three demons can be fused to create new demons.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
The series' ending theme "Super Sentai Hero Getter" lists off all of the Super Sentai series, making reference to their songs and motifs, with each of the three verses of the song being played in rotation. The first verse covers "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" through "Choujuu Sentai Liveman", which all aired in the Shōwa period; the second covers "Kousoku Sentai Turboranger" through "Mirai Sentai Timeranger", which all aired through the remainder of the 20th century; and the last one covers "Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger" through "Tensou Sentai Goseiger", which were all broadcast in the 21st century.
Super Sentai
The is a Japanese superhero team metaseries of TV series produced by Toei Company, Toei Agency and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The shows are of the "tokusatsu" genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. "Super Sentai" airs alongside the "Kamen Rider" series in the "Super Hero Time" programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the Super Sentai Series is best known as the source material for the "Power Rangers" franchise.
In every Super Sentai Series, the protagonists are a team of people who – using wrist-worn or hand-held devices – transform into superheroes and gain superpowers – color-coded uniforms, signature weapons, sidearms, and fighting skills – to battle a group of evil beings that threaten to take over the Earth. In a typical episode, the heroes thwart the enemies' plans and defeat an army of enemy soldiers and the monster of the week before an enlarged version of the monster confronts them, only to be defeated again when the heroes fight it with their mecha. Each Super Sentai Series is set in its own fictional universe; various TV, video and film specials feature a team-up between one or more teams.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
is the film commemorating the 35th anniversary of the "Super Sentai" Series. The film primarily featured the casts of "Gokaiger" and "Tensou Sentai Goseiger", among the 199 total heroes from the Super Sentai series to appear. The film was originally scheduled for release on May 21, 2011. However, due to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, filming was affected and the film's release was postponed until June 11. The addition of Gokai Silver is revealed at the end of the movie and he goes on to appear in his TV debut in the episode "The Awesome Silver Man" released the following day. The event of the movie takes place between episode 16 and 17.
Twilight Syndrome
The series was launched by Human Entertainment in 1996. At the time, the company was working with 3D sound technology on arcade machines. The sound effects were received well by players, and the sound team thought it would be interesting to develop a game based on school ghost stories using this technology. Development began but soon it was not progressing well. The game's director had scheduling conflicts, so Goichi Suda was put in charge as director after finishing work on "Super Fire Pro Wrestling Special" (1994). Only three of the planned ten scenarios had been developed with only three months left of development time. In order to manage timelines, Suda divided the scenarios between two releases. Most of the game was already planned so he did not have much creative input. The first five scenarios were released as "Twilight Syndrome:" "Tansaku-hen" on 1 March 1996, and the final five scenarios following the same storyline were released four months later on 19 July as "Kyūmei-hen".
Megami Tensei
"Nocturne" was the first release in the "Shin Megami Tensei" series to be released overseas. After the release of "Nocturne", Atlus' overseas branches decided to add the "Shin Megami Tensei" moniker to future releases within the "Megami Tensei" franchise to help market the games. Despite many of the original games not bearing the moniker, it ultimately worked in Atlus' favor as, regardless of title differences, the games chosen for localization were all part of the larger "Megami Tensei" franchise, and using the core "Shin Megami Tensei" moniker kept all the titles under a single banner. Before this decision was made, the series was given the localized title "Revelations", used for the first "Persona" and the first "Last Bible". Later, changes to titles were made to make them less unwieldy, such as with "Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army". Called "Raidō Kuzunoha vs. The Super-Powered Army" in Japan, the title was altered as it sounded "goofy" in English. By the time "Strange Journey" was in development, the franchise had a strong presence overseas, so the team created "Strange Journey" with localization in mind: the two aspects actively linked with this were the game's setting in Antarctica as opposed to modern-day Japan, and the fact that it was not given a numeral. Starting with "Shin Megami Tensei IV", the company decided to actively promote the franchise overseas to North America, Europe and mainland Asia. After 2016, due to Atlus USA's merger with Sega of America, Sega took over North American publishing duties, although the Atlus brand remained intact.
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger
During its initial run, "Turboranger" was the 11th Super Sentai and billed as the 10th anniversary title of the Super Sentai series (as "Battle Fever J" was originally designated as the first Super Sentai series). However, in 1995, "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" and "J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai" officially became the first two Super Sentai series; thus making "Turboranger" the 13th in the franchise.
List of Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger episodes
"Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger" is a 2018 Japanese television series, and is the 42nd entry of the long-running "Super Sentai" series produced by Toei Company and TV Asahi. The series features two teams of heroes: The Lupinrangers, a band of gentleman thieves, and the Patrangers, a police task force. Each with their own reasons, the two groups compete against each other to retrieve the Lupin Collection, a set of mysterious and powerful artifacts which were stolen by the Interdimensional Crime Group Gangler.
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger
The Kakuranger team was the main focus in the 1994 3D featurette "Super Sentai World", which features them teaming up with the four previous Super Sentai teams (Fiveman, Jetman, Zyuranger, and Dairanger).
Ninjas in popular culture
Ninja-themed Super Sentai and Power Rangers shows include "Ninja Sentai Kakuranger", "Ninpū Sentai Hurricaneger" and "Shuriken Sentai Ninninger"; footage from "Kakuranger" was used in season three of "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers", "Hurricaneger" was adapted into "Power Rangers Ninja Storm", and "Ninninger" was adapted to "Power Rangers Ninja Steel" and "Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel". Ninja villains appear in other Super Sentai series, such as "GoGo Sentai Boukenger" (Negative Syndicate's Dark Shadow clan: Gekkou, Yaiba and Shizuka), "" (Miratrix and other Kamdor henchmen), "Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger" (Ninja Org Duke Dorodoro; Onikage in ""), "Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger" (Dora Ninja; Dark Warrior in "Mighty Morphin Power Rangers" season one), and "Mahou Sentai Magiranger" (Kirikage).
Megami Tensei
"Persona" is the largest and most popular spin-off from the "Megami Tensei" series. The first entry in the series, "Megami Ibunroku Persona" (originally released overseas as ""), was released in 1996 in Japan and North America. The first "Persona 2" title, "", was released in 1999 in Japan. The second game, "", was released in 2000 in Japan and North America. "Persona 3" was released in 2006 in Japan, 2007 in North America, and 2008 in Europe. Its sequel, "Persona 4", was released in 2008 in Japan and North America, and in 2009 in Europe. A sixth entry in the series, "Persona 5", was released in Japan on September 15, 2016, and was released in North America and Europe on April 4, 2017, to critical acclaims. In addition to the main "Persona" games are spin-offs, so far focused on "Persona 3" and "4": the canon spin-off "", two fighting games "Persona 4 Arena" and its sequel "Arena Ultimax" as well as the crossover fighting game "", and rhythm game "". While "Persona 3" and "4" used the "Shin Megami Tensei" moniker, it was dropped for the "Persona 4 Arena" duology and "Persona 4 Golden" as it would have made the titles too long to be practical.
Xeno (series)
Xeno is a Japanese science fiction video game series created by Tetsuya Takahashi. The first entry was developed by SquareSoft, and subsequent entries have been developed by Monolith Soft, a company founded by Takahashi after he left Square in 1999. While the various games have no direct story connections, they have common thematic links and all sport the ""Xeno"" prefix, which Takahashi has variously described as a means of identifying his games and a symbolic representation of the series. All the games in the "Xeno" series take place within a science fiction setting with some fantasy elements, with its stories frequently featuring psychological and religious themes.
Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue
"Lightspeed Rescue" also had, for the first time, a Power Ranger with no "Super Sentai" counterpart in the Titanium Ranger, as there was no regular sixth Ranger in "GoGo V". It is the last Saban Entertainment-produced "Power Rangers" series to feature the main villain from its "Super Sentai" counterpart, until the premiere of "Power Rangers Samurai". The next series to feature the main villain from its "Super Sentai" counterpart would be the Disney-produced "Power Rangers Mystic Force", which premiered six years later.
Superhero
In 1957 Japan, Shintoho produced the first film serial featuring the superhero character Super Giant, signaling a shift in Japanese popular culture towards "tokusatsu" masked superheroes over "kaiju" giant monsters. Along with "Astro Boy", the "Super Giant" serials had a profound effect on Japanese television. 1958 saw the debut of superhero "Moonlight Mask" on Japanese television. It was the first of numerous televised superhero dramas that would make up the "tokusatsu" superhero genre. Created by Kōhan Kawauchi, he followed-up its success with the tokusatsu superhero shows "Seven Color Mask" (1959) and "Messenger of Allah" (1960), both starring a young Sonny Chiba.
Super Sentai
In Vietnam, most of the Super Sentai Series were fansubed into Vietnamese and posted on public Internet sites. Phuong Nam Film licensed Vietnamese distribution of Super Sentai Series, starting with "Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger" in 2003, which was the best-selling series in the country at that time. Phuong Nam Film continue to release the series a year or two after their Japanese premieres.
List of Shuriken Sentai Ninninger episodes
"Shuriken Sentai Ninninger" is a 2015 Japanese television series, and is the 39th entry of the long-running "Super Sentai" series produced by Toei Company. Three generations had passed since Yoshitaka Igasaki, a man known as the Last Ninja, sealed the evil Yokai feudal lord Gengetsu Kibaoni. However, Yoshitaka's disgraced ex-disciple, Izayoi Kyuuemon, freed Gengetsu Kibaoni's spirit and revived his retainers. As only those of the Igasaki bloodline can stop the Kibiaoni Army, Tsumuji Igasaki has his children Takaharu and Fuka recruit their cousins Yakumo Kato, Nagi Matsuo, and Kasumi Momochi so the five grandchildren can be trained to use Shuriken Ninja Arts and fight the Yokai as Ninningers.
France Five
, originally titled and later known as , is a French Mini series directed by Alex Pilot and produced by Buki X-4 Productions in the 2000s (decade). It is an homage to Toei's popular Super Sentai series (better known elsewhere in the west as the adaptation "Power Rangers".), which was extremely popular in France in the 1980s and the 1990s. As a nod to Super Sentai titles having certain motifs, "France Five" has each member themed after certain aspects of French culture.
Shin Megami Tensei If...
"Shin Megami Tensei If..." was first released on the Super Famicom on October 28, 1994. It was re-released on December 26, 2002 for the PlayStation. The PlayStation port contains additional elements such as an easy mode, along with retouched graphics and updated character art. This port was released on the PlayStation Network on September 8, 2010. It was also ported to Microsoft Windows for the i-Revo PC system in 2006. The Super Famicom version has been ported to Nintendo's Virtual Console for Wii and Wii U. A port of the game for iOS smartphones was released on March 22, 2013, marking the game's first appearance on a portable platform. This version is no longer available for download as of May 31st, 2017. A port was also announced for Android, however it does not appear to have ever been released.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
A new version titled "Super Sentai Hero Getter 2016" was released in episodes 28 and 29 of "Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger" during the celebrations of the 2000th episode of the franchise, with two verses, including the first 40 Super Sentai Series. The first verse covers the 20 earlier series from "Gorenger" to "Gekisou Sentai Carranger" and the second one covers the 20 late entries, from "Denji Sentai Megaranger" to "Zyuohger".
Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway's Flash
Hathaway's Flash first appeared in the SD Gundam G Generation series of games by Bandai starting with "SD Gundam G Generation F". The series later made its first ever "Super Robot Wars" debut starting with "Super Robot Wars V" in 2017.
Super Metroid
Super Metroid is an action-adventure game developed and published by Nintendo for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1994. It is the third installment in the "Metroid" series, following the events of the Game Boy game "" (1991). Players control bounty hunter Samus Aran, who travels to planet Zebes to retrieve an infant Metroid creature stolen by the Space Pirate leader Ridley. It was released through Nintendo's Virtual Console in 2007 and as part of the Super NES Classic Edition microconsole in 2017.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner
"Devil Summoner" was the first "Megami Tensei" title to be released on a 32-bit fifth-generation home video game console, and the first "Megami Tensei" game to feature 3D graphics. The latter presented a new challenge for the development team: while they found adjusting to the new specifications a challenge, they also greatly enjoyed working with the Sega Saturn, the which was unlike anything previously experienced by the team. Among the design staff were Katsura Hashino, who focused on combat, and Shogo Isogai, who focused on coordination between gameplay events. The demon conversation system was conceived by Okada based on experiences with the multiple accents encountered in the Kansai region of Japan. Using this as a base, he created the response system to give demon negotiation a more realistic feeling than previous "Megami Tensei" games. It was also a means of equalizing the relationship between demons and the player party, which had previously been more akin to master and servant than equal partners. The Zoma demons, which could be freely tailored into different demon types, was created while the team was balancing out the game's difficulty. The gameplay difficulty, which by later standards would be considered quite high, was toned down from the difficulty of earlier "Megami Tensei" titles to appeal to a wider audience. This necessitated balancing a more forgiving difficulty with keeping traditional "Megami Tensei" gameplay elements.
Super Hero Time
On October 4, 1987, Toei's "Choujinki Metalder" was moved from a Monday evening 19:00 JST time slot to a Sunday morning 9:00 JST time slot, followed by a move of "Kidou Keiji Jiban" to 8:00 JST Sunday morning on April 2, 1989. Similarly, on April 6, 1997, "Denji Sentai Megaranger" was moved from a Friday evening 17:00 JST time slot to the Sunday morning 7:30 JST time slot, pairing it up with "B-Robo Kabutack". The "Super Sentai" Series programs would continue to air at 7:30 JST after the "Metal Hero" Series ended and "Moero!! Robocon" aired in its slot on January 31, 1999 and was followed by the premiere of "Kamen Rider Kuuga" on January 30, 2000.
Super Sentai
"Bioman", "Flashman", "Maskman", "Liveman", "Turboranger", "Fiveman", and "Jetman" were broadcast in France in the 1980s and early 1990s, with "Maskman" and "Liveman" marketed as "Bioman 2" and "Bioman 3", respectively. Additionally, "Liveman", "Turboranger", and "Jetman" were broadcast in Spain and Portugal. "Denziman", "Goggle-V", "Sun Vulcan" and "Battle Fever J" were broadcast in Italy. In addition, some episodes of "Bioman" and "Turboranger" were released on VHS in Greece. By the early 1990s, the Sentai broadcasts were replaced by "Power Rangers".
Denshi Sentai Denziman
Denshi Sentai Denziman was the first Super Sentai series being broadcast in Thailand. The series was aired on Channel 7 and proved to be very popular amongst viewers which led to more broadcasts of Super Sentai series later in the country.
Denziman was also broadcast dubbed in Italy, in some regional channels.
WonderSwan
Founded in 1950 by Naoharu Yamashina, Bandai was originally a manufacturer of toy cars and plastic models, but became a major player in the toy industry through the licensing of popular anime characters beginning with "Tetsuwan Atomu" in 1963. In the 1970s, Bandai manufactured both LCD games based on television programs and dedicated consoles. In 1982, the company released the Intellivision in Japan, and in 1985 it became one of the first third-party licensees on the Family Computer. The company's greatest success in electronic games, however, was the Tamagotchi virtual pet first released in 1996. Despite plans for Bandai to merge with Sega to form Sega Bandai Ltd. in 1997, the merger was called off suddenly. Bandai's board of directors decided to oppose the merger less than a week after approving it, and Sega in turn decided to accept Bandai's actions at an emergency board meeting later that day. Bandai president Makoto Yamashina took responsibility for failing to gain the support of his company for the merger. As a result, Bandai entered the market without outside support.
Denji Sentai Megaranger
Shout! Factory released ""Denji Sentai Megaranger": The Complete Series" on DVD on October 31, 2017. This is the 6th Super Sentai series to be released in North America on Region 1 DVD. In January 2018, Shout! streamed the series on their website.
List of Super Nintendo Entertainment System games
Of the console's official releases, 721 were released in North America, 517 in Europe, 1,447 in Japan, 231 on Satellaview, and 13 on Sufami Turbo. 295 releases are common to all regions, 151 were released in Japan and the US only, 163 in Europe and the US, and 26 in Japan and Europe. There are 976 Japanese exclusives, 112 US exclusives, and 34 European exclusives. The Super NES was released in North America on August 23, 1991 with its launch titles being "Super Mario World", "F-Zero", "Pilotwings", "SimCity", and "Gradius III". The last game to be officially published for the system was "Star Fox 2", which was released in an emulated format on the Super NES Classic Edition plug and play system in 2017, while the last game to be officially published on a physical cartridge was "" on January 21, 2000 - with the last game officially made and Nintendo-published during the system's lifespan being "Metal Slader Glory: Director's Cut" on November 29, 2000 via the Nintendo Power downloadable cartridge system. The best-selling game is "Super Mario World" with over 20.6 million units sold. Despite the console's relatively late start, and the fierce competition it faced in North America and Europe from Sega's Genesis/Mega Drive console, it was the best-selling console of its era.
Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
Following the success of the game, Atlus decided to create a sequel, but instead of continuing to adapt Nishitani's work, they created an original story with an expanded narrative and refined gameplay. Titled "", the game was released for the Famicom in 1990. "Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei" was the first game in the "Megami Tensei" series, with Atlus eventually buying the rights to the franchise and turning the series into their most famous intellectual property. "Megami Tensei" has been called the third most popular RPG series in Japan after "Dragon Quest" and "Final Fantasy", and gone on to include multiple subseries and expansions into other media.
List of Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger episodes
This is a list of episodes of the Super Sentai parody series "Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger". All episode titles in Season 1 use variations of the kanji generally read as "ita", usually translated as "pain", and is related to the "otaku" phenomenon of the "itasha". Several episode titles reference past Super Sentai titles. Examples include episode 2, with the word "Full Blast" referencing "Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger", and episode 3, with the word "" referencing "GoGo Sentai Boukenger". The episode titles in "Season Tsuu" have the word . The first season aired from April 6 to June 29, 2012 and the second season aired from April 5, 2013 to June 28, 2013.
Super Sentai
The following is a list of the Super Sentai Series and their years of broadcast:
Mobile Fighter G Gundam
Bandai has published three Japan-exclusive fighting video games based solely on "Mobile Fighter G Gundam". The first game, developed by Pandora Box for the Super Famicom, was released on December 27, 1994. The second game, also developed by Natsume, was released for the PlayStation on October 10, 2002 as the 12th volume of the Simple Characters 2000 series. The third game was released for mobile phones supported by Japan's i-mode and FOMA services on November 6, 2006. In addition, characters and mecha from "G Gundam" have appeared in various "Gundam" crossover games such as "", the "SD Gundam G Generation" series, the "" series, and Banpresto's "Super Robot Wars" franchise, among others.
Chōjin Sentai Jetman
Shout! Factory released "Jetman" in North America on September 25, 2018. This is the 10th "Super Sentai" to be released in North America and the first one that is non-Power Rangers adapted.
Super Sentai
is a Toei-produced parody series that premiered in April 2012 on BS Asahi and Tokyo MX. "Akibaranger" is made for adult fans who were fans of the Super Sentai Series as children. The story features three otaku who live in the Akihabara district of Tokyo who receive technology from a scientist to fight an evil threat that at first only exists in their delusions, but eventually starts materializing itself in the real world. Like "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger", "Akibaranger" features guest appearances by veteran Super Sentai actors (as themselves rather than their characters), and voice actors and musicians who have worked in anime and "tokusatsu". A second season aired in April 2013.
Super Mahjong Taikai
Super Mahjong Taikai (スーパー麻雀大会 / Super Mahjong Tournament) is a Japanese mahjong video game that was released in Japan by Koei, now Koei Tecmo, in September 1992.
Super Sentai
"Power Rangers Dino Force Brave" is a 2017 South Korean tokusatsu television show produced by Daewon Media, the same company which distributes the Super Sentai Series in South Korea under the "Power Rangers" label. It serves as a sequel to the 2013 Super Sentai series "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger".
Super Sonico
An anime television series titled was announced at the Nitro Super Sonic 2013 event held at the Tokyo International Forum. Produced by White Fox, the 12-episode series aired in Japan between January 6, 2014 and March 24, 2014 and was simulcast by Crunchyroll. A DVD and Blu-ray release of the TV series in Japan was announced for March 19, 2014. Sentai Filmworks have licensed the series in North America and will release it on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on May 26, 2015. The Anime Network began streaming the series February 6, 2014. MVM Films have licensed the series in the United Kingdom. In Australia and New Zealand, Hanabee licensed the series within the region.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger
was released on April 27, 2013. It features the first crossover between characters of Toei's three main Tokusatsu franchises, Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, and the Metal Hero Series represented mainly by the Space Sheriff Series. The protagonists of "", "Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters", and "Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger" are featured, but the casts of "Kamen Rider Wizard", "Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger", and "Kamen Rider Fourze" also participate in the film. Junya Ikeda reprises his role as Gai Ikari, while Ryota Ozawa returns only to voice Gokai Red.
Power Rangers Beast Morphers
Power Rangers Beast Morphers is the upcoming twenty-sixth season of the children's television program "Power Rangers", and the first in the series to be produced by Hasbro Studios through its label Allspark Pictures. The season will be produced primarily using footage, costumes, and props from the 2012 Japanese Super Sentai series "Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters"; making it the first time "Power Rangers" has gone backwards to adapt a Super Sentai series that was previously skipped over. The show is set to premiere on Nickelodeon in February 2019. It will be the first "Power Rangers" series to have toys manufactured and distributed by Hasbro and will also be the first season adapted under the re-branded "Power Rangers" logo introduced in 2018. The show was originally expected to be produced by Saban Brands, but this is no longer the case following Hasbro's acquisition of the "Power Rangers" franchise and the former company’s closure in early July 2018.
Sola (manga)
Bandai Visual licensed the "Sola" anime in early 2008 for release in North America, but it was delayed. After Bandai Visual USA folded into Bandai Entertainment, the "Sola" anime was planned to be released in a fifteen-episode subtitle-only box set, which was released on September 29, 2009. In May 2010, Section23 Films, distributor for Sentai Filmworks, announced that they would be re-releasing "Sola", but this turned out to be a clerical error and the title was soon removed from Sentai's catalog.
Super Sentai
Gainax produced a Japanese fan film called in 1982 as a homage to the Super Sentai franchise.
Power Rangers Collectible Card Game
The Power Rangers Collectible Card Game is an out-of-print American trading card game created by Bandai based upon Saban's Power Rangers Series television franchise. It was released in October 2008. The artwork featured on the cards originates from the Japanese Rangers Strike trading card game created in commemoration of the Super Sentai Series's 30th anniversary. Toei's Super Sentai Series television franchise is the primary source of Japanese footage for "Power Rangers".