Super Sentai is a
children's show produced in Japan (BY Toi. ) . It centers around a team
of five heros who fight evil aliens, monster's demons ect... Each year
the story, characters, and villians change. Super Sentai fottage is
used to create the Power Rangers TV Show in the US.
Super Sentai began in
1975 with GoRanger and continued the following year with JAKQ/ At this
time the show was known just as Sentai. After the first two years
Sentai was canceled.
A year later the show was
brouhht back as Super Sentai, in the series called Battle J Fever. This
series was a success and Super Sentai would continue to produce yearly
series till today.
Super Sentai should not be
confused with the genre of Sentai. The Genre of Sentai usually
involvesd a team or a single hero whp fights evil forces. Super
Sentai is only a show in that genre. Shows like Kamen Rider, Gransazar,
Ptetty Gaudian Sailor Moon and Ultraman. are also in the Sentai genre.
They have nothing to do with Super Sentai besides maybe being prioduced
by the same produvtion company.
Haim Saban purchased Super
Sentai footage to be produced into a US version of the show. After many
years his show was picked up and became the Might Morphyng Power
Rangers. Sentai remained an indpendent enity but Saban had rights to
use the action footage in America. Much later Disney bought Power
Rangers and has the rights to the deal, under one of its subsideray's.
Super Sentai was allowd to show
more vionlet and adult situations. Since the Japesnse cultire didn't
hide those things as much form their children. They think kids shows
should teach their kids apropiate behavior in those matters.
Super Sentai celebrated its
20th annivesry with Mira Sentai TimeRanger. This featured a special
that looked back at all the Super Sentai series up to that point.
Currently MagiRanger is airing. The producers of Power Rangers have had
a key hand in producing MagiRanger. It is a landmark that
for the fitst time the producers of PR and Sentai are working together
so closely.