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The Shōwa period (昭和時代), or Shōwa era, is the period of Japanese history corresponding to the reign of the Shōwa Emperor, Hirohito, from December 25, 1926 through January 7, 1989.

The Super Sentai Series started in the Shōwa period, the Heisei period started near the end of Choujuu Sentai Liveman. Episode 44] of Liveman was delayed by one week following Emperor Shōwa's death.

Super Sentai during the Showa period can be defined by three particular sub-periods due to it's development:
 * The first, from 1975-1978, is the period where the franchise began with the direct involvement of creator Shotaro Ishimori and involved early developments including the five man team as well as unexpected developments which would become standard to the franchise later, including replacement members, extra members and the death of teammates. This period of the series only lasted for the original two Sentai: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger and J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai.
 * The second, after a suspension of the franchise after J.A.K.Q.'s cancellation, is known as the period where Toei brought back the franchise with assistance of Marvel Comics after the success of the 1978 Spider-Man tokusatsu; it also is known as the Shouzou Uehara era due to the greater influence of the main writer. The period is most notable for the introduction of the giant robot into the franchise, a carryover from Spider-Man which is used at the climax of every episode. After the initial success of Battle Fever J, Uehara utilized greater control while introducing more fanciful concepts of science fiction in two directly connected series, Denshi Sentai Denziman and Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan. The era ends after Sun Vulcan, with Uehara moving on to create his own franchise from scratch: the Space Sheriff trilogy.
 * The third and final period of the Showa era is the Hirohisa Soda era, named after the main writer after Uehara's departure. After an initial period where the franchise began to go through growing pains and strange directions, including a reduction in time, Soda began to bring in greater characterization and a focus on harder concepts of science fiction, most notably in a trilogy of space oriented series, followed by the first team to utilize internal energy and with concepts of the Hollow Earth, and a team forced to fight an invasion lead by traitorous friends who had committed the ultimate sin in the past. Though Sentai solidified in many of it's concepts, new innovations came about in this period, including teams with two females and a team where three became a traditional Sentai team of five. This sequence also saw the first multi-mech usage and multi-mech combination. Soda was main writer in this period notably between 1982's Dai Sentai Goggle V through 1988's Choujuu Sentai Liveman; he would write two further series that are sometimes placed within this era, 1989's Kousoku Sentai Turboranger' and 1990's Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman''.