While not officially Sentai, some fans of the genre have accepted it as such. In 2003, Sailor Moon was retold in a fashion somewhat similar to Sentai shows in the form of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon. The term Sentai is also occasionally used to describe shows with similar premises, such as Voltron, or even the magical girl team in Sailor Moon, as Naoko Takeuchi deliberately used Sentai ideas. The following production of Denshi Sentai Denziman was the first production solely by Toei and written by "Saburo Yatsude". This concept was used in Toei and Marvel's project Battle Fever J (1979) and was deemed the first Super Sentai Series. These two series were originally both just called Sentai and were not a part of the Super Sentai series until 1994 when Toei decided to include them with the series that followed.įollowing J.A.K.Q., Toei chose to work with Marvel Comics to produce the live action adaptation of Spider-Man (1978), which included the first giant robot in a Toei Superhero show. He did not create any further Sentai series after his second, J.A.K.Q. The first Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, in April 1975, was created by the late Shotaro Ishinomori, creator of Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009 in 1975. This series is one of the most prominent tokusatsu productions in Japan, alongside the Ultra Series, the Kamen Rider Series, and the Metal Hero Series.
("Super" refers to their use of mecha, and " sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or, literally, "fighting squadron" and was also a term used for Japanese squadrons in World War II.) The shows are of the '" tokusatsu" genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed mainly at families.
The Super Sentai Series ( スーパー戦隊シリーズ, Sūpā Sentai Shirīzu ?) is the name given to the long running Japanese "superhero team" genre of shows produced by Toei and Bandai and aired by TV Asahi, that is used as the basis for Power Rangers. "We are the Super Sentai!" ―roll call in unison
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