This article is about a series of milestones in the Super Sentai series. |
As a franchise, Super Sentai is constantly evolving and changing, with new ideas and concepts emerging with each series. This is a real-world documentation of the evolution and the milestones in the franchise, showing the changes, advancements and quirks which emerge with each new series since originally starting in 1975.
Main series[]
Himitsu Sentai Gorenger[]
- First Season.
- First series to air during the Shōwa era.
- First series to feature Red, Blue, Yellow, Green, and Pink Rangers.
- First replacement Ranger.
- First Sentai Ranger death.
- First team upgrade.
- Longest Sentai series (84 episodes from 1975-1977).
- First season to air alongside Kamen Rider and only Sentai to air at the same time as one of the "Seven Legendary Kamen Rider" series (Kamen Rider Stronger).
- Highest rated Sentai series, averaging at 16.1% of Japanese viewership and Episode 41 having 22.3% of the Japanese viewing audience.
J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai[]
- Final series associated with franchise creator Shotaro Ishinomori.
- First transformation device.
- First series with four Rangers on the core team.
- First mid-season team addition.
- Though this is the first season to feature a white ranger.
- First actor with multiple Sentai Ranger roles.
- First leader replacement.
- First team not to have a yellow ranger.
- First Sentai team-up movie; only one released in theaters for 32 years.
- Shortest official Sentai series (35 episodes).
- 100th episode of the Super Sentai series: Ep. 16: Black Baseball!! The Attacking Miracle Ball.
Battle Fever J[]
- First season to be marketed under the Super Sentai name.
- First Orange Ranger.
- First Black Ranger.
- First female ranger replacement (Diane Martin -> Maria Nagisa).
- First Sentai Giant Robo.
- First usage of giants by villains in the form of robotic doppelgangers.
- First major Sentai villainess.
- First of three Sentai series associated with Toei's partnership with Marvel Comics.
- First common team sidearm (Command Bat).
Denshi Sentai Denziman[]
- First portable transformation device.
- First transforming Sentai mecha/Giant Robo (0.5 Robo).
- First female villain commander.
- First season the main monster itself is grown.
- First non-human/robot mentor.
- 200th episode of the Super Sentai series: Ep. 29: The ESPer Detective's Raid.
Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan[]
- First three-man Sentai team.
- First team with animal motifs.
- Only Sentai team where all Rangers are male.
- First team with no Pink Ranger.
- First two-piece combining Giant Robo.
- First transformation brace.
- First Red replacement (Ryuusuke Oowashi -> Takayuki Hiba).
- First continuation of the previous series.
- First ranger to possess his own individual mecha (Cosmo Vulcan).
- First Evil Mecha (King Magmar).
- Final season influenced by Toei/Marvel partnership.
Dai Sentai Goggle V[]
- First three-piece Giant Robo.
- First of nine consecutive seasons lead by head-writer Hirohisa Soda.
- First season to air at the same time as a Metal Heroes series (Uchuu Keiji Gavan).
Kagaku Sentai Dynaman[]
- First team to use spandex costumes.
- Prototype of battle protector utilized by DynaBlack.
- First series to air at reduced 25-minute time length from 30-minutes starting with Ep. 10: The Intruder From Outer Space.
- First transforming sidearm
- First Super Sentai to co-air alongside both Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes. From December 24, 1983 to January 6, 1984, a Kamen Rider TV special Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together!! aired on January 3, 1984 alongside Kagaku Sentai Dynaman and Uchuu Keiji Sharivan.
Choudenshi Bioman[]
- First team with numerical designations.
- First team with two females.
- Though this is the first season to feature a yellow female ranger.
- Final main-team replacement to occur during the season.
- Only villain team with regular "monsters" as opposed to monsters-of-the week.
- First non-human mentor.
- First prototype Sixth Ranger character.
Dengeki Sentai Changeman[]
- First team with a mythological creature motif.
- First season to feature a white female ranger.
- Final team with only one Giant Robo for the entire season.
Choushinsei Flashman[]
- First team with a second Giant Robo.
- First team without a mentor.
- Final season to not have "Sentai" in the title.
- First season in which any of the main team members do not have known surnames.
- First combining Giant Robo to have a unified cockpit.
- 500th episode of the Super Sentai series: Ep. 21: Sorrowful Sara.
Hikari Sentai Maskman[]
- First five-piece Giant Robo.
- First season where all members have their own individual mecha.
Choujuu Sentai Liveman[]
- Tenth "Super Sentai" anniversary.
- First season to feature a blue female ranger.
- Therefore, this is the first season that a female ranger is not a Pink Ranger.
- First to have both a Green Ranger and a Black Ranger in the core team as opposed to interchanging with one another.
- First animal mecha.
- First Super Giant Robo combination.
- Last series to air during the Shōwa era.
Kousoku Sentai Turboranger[]
- Tenth anniversary of Super Sentai.
- First Sentai team based around vehicles.
- First command base mecha.
- First series to move from Saturday to a Friday-night time, starting from Ep. 32: The Big Demonic Mystery Bird!.
- First series to air during the Heisei era.
Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman[]
- First official Power protector.
- First Sentai family team.
- Last series with Hirohisa Soda as the head writer.
- Oldest Sentai to appear in a Power Rangers comic.
Choujin Sentai Jetman[]
- First team that has not fully formed by the end of the first episode.
- First Sentai team to have a Third Robo, Tetraboy.
- First female mentor character.
- Last series to have a member of core team died.
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger[]
- First official Sixth Ranger.
- First dinosaur-themed sentai.
- First Sentai season to be adapted into a Power Rangers season.
- First special video/DVD in association with Terebi-kun and Shogakukan.
- First Super Sentai series to have an English-language DVD release.
Gosei Sentai Dairanger[]
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger[]
- Celebrates 15 years of Super Sentai.
- First ninja-based Sentai team.
- First series that have five core members receiving an additional set of mecha to utilize as a team.
- First series to have an auxiliary mecha.
- First female leader.
- The Flowery Kunoichi Team is the first and only all-female Sentai team.
- Also the first team to not have a Red Ranger.
Chouriki Sentai Ohranger[]
- Celebrates the 20th anniversary of Gorenger and Super Sentai, retroactively putting Gorenger and JAKQ back as installments of the franchise.
- First team that the only ranger morphed before the end of the first episode.
- First modern cross-over film with the previous team.
Gekisou Sentai Carranger[]
- Prototype of multi-combining Sentai mecha.
- First series to use an alternate version of the opening theme.
- 1,000th episode of the Super Sentai series: Ep. 20: Test Drive the Ultimate Famous Cars!!.
Denji Sentai Megaranger[]
- Final two-piece main Giant Robo.
- Prototype of giant grunts.
- First Sentai team to have a Fourth Robo, Mega Winger
- First series to move from Friday to Sunday mornings, regaining the 30-minute airing time lost during Dynaman, starting from Ep. 8: Will We Lose!? Reverse Teamwork.
- First Silver Ranger.
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman[]
- First Super Rangers.
- First Sentai series lead by head-writer Yasuko Kobayashi.
- Last Sentai season to air alongside a Metal Hero season, being Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack from March 8, 1998 to January 24, 1999.
- Final season to air without Kamen Rider.
- Last Sentai with the team suffix "-man".
Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive[]
- First Sentai team created after the death of Shotaro Ishinomori.
Mirai Sentai Timeranger[]
- First series to utilize CGI effects.
- First alien Ranger.
- First time a term from Power Rangers (Zord) is used.
- First season to have a (second) red Sentai Ranger to be part of sixth Ranger.
Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger[]
- Celebrating the 25th series since Gorenger.
- First anniversary season to celebrate by series instead of by years.
- First series to have a Super Sentai anniversary movie.
- First official multi-combination Giant Robo.
- First collectible.
- First Sixth Ranger to have their own place in the opening credits.
- First annual theatrical movie.
- First movie-exclusive mecha and robo formation.
Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger[]
- First season to have two opposing teams work at each other.
- First Sentai season to get a 10 years after movie.
- First Sentai season to air as part of Super Hero Time.
Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger[]
- First mentor Ranger.
Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger[]
- First Gold Ranger.
- First Team with 10 Rangers.
- First Hand-Off to the next series after the final episode.
- First season to have no evil organization but a recurring villain who only supports the monsters of the week.
- First season to have a crossover with the Pretty Cure franchise, via audio drama, and the first to air alongside a season of the franchise.
Mahou Sentai Magiranger[]
- First series to feature voiced equipment.
GoGo Sentai Boukenger[]
- Celebrating the 30th series since Gorenger.
- First appearance of AkaRed, the embodied spirit of Sentai.
Juken Sentai Gekiranger[]
- First Violet/Purple Ranger.
- Final Sentai Team to not have a sixth ranger.
Engine Sentai Go-Onger[]
- First twelve-piece Giant Robo.
- First female Sixth Ranger.
- First cross-over movie with a theatrical release in 31 years.
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger[]
- First female Red Ranger.
- First Super Sentai series that features a team-up with Kamen Rider.
- First V-Cinema set after the series ended.
Tensou Sentai Goseiger[]
- First Ranger that was originally a mecha.
- First Sentai team to cameo in a crossover movie between two preceding Sentai teams.
Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger[]
- Celebrating 35 seasons of Super Sentai.
- Established the umbrella term "Ranger".
- First Sentai alien team (core five only).
- First series to have cameos of previous Sentai Rangers in the TV series.
- First crossover with the Metal Heroes franchise.
Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters[]
- Only team to have outfits made of "pleather"- a plastic leather-like material.
- First use of the term Megazord for Robos in-series, then later established the term for Robos in general through Ranger Keys.
- First series to completely replace the opening theme.
Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger[]
- Only Sentai to date to have all its episodes written by one writer
- First Cyan Ranger.
- Therefore, this is the first non-Japanese ranger.
- First Gray Ranger.
Ressha Sentai ToQger[]
- First team with designations being only numerical.
- First Heisei Sentai to have an Orange Ranger.
- Only team with Rangers who can swap their powers and colors amongst each other.
Shuriken Sentai Ninninger[]
- The 40th anniversary of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger (April 5, 1975 - April 5, 2015). Shinobi 6: Tengu's Spiriting Away aired in this exact date.
- Originally it was meant to be Shinobi 7: Spring Ninja Festival! before Ninninger's premiere was delayed a week.
- First female Green Ranger.
- First six-piece robo that is not related to a combination of two robos or an alternative combination.
Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger[]
- Continues to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Super Sentai despite it being the 41st year when it aired.
- 2,000th episode of the Super Sentai series: Ep. 29: The Monarch of the Monarchs.
- First Ranger to completely change motifs when assuming a stronger form.
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger[]
- First Sentai Team to start with more than five members.
- First space-themed Sentai.
- First ever series to be directly produced by TV Asahi, with a network producer acting as the series producer.
- First ever series to have creative input from Bandai of America.
Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger[]
- First Sentai series to have two separate teams working independently and against each other at times. Both teams are also the simultaneous main focus of the series.
- The Patrangers are the first team to not have a blue ranger.
- Both teams' main robo are the first to have a non-piloted mecha as a component.
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger[]
- Last Super Sentai series to air in the Heisei Era.
- First season to temporarily kill its Red Ranger.
- First season to have an onscreen crossover with the Pretty Cure franchise in a movie.
Mashin Sentai Kiramager[]
- First series to air in full during the Reiwa era.
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger[]
- Celebrating the 45th anniversary of Super Sentai series, since Gorenger
- First season to have rangers based on mecha.
- First season to have a non-red Sentai ranger as a protagonist.
- First Kamen Rider-Ranger fusion power up form.
- First team to represent most of the common motif themes of Super Sentai.
Avataro Sentai Donbrothers[]
- First season to have CGI rangers.
- First season to feature a male Pink Ranger.
- First season to directly incorporate a mecha from the previous season.
- First season to have the female member of the team as the main narrator as well as having multiple cast members doing narration.
- First season to use the mecha battles sparingly instead of every episode.
- Longest duration of time until the primary team robo debuts with 12 episodes, beating Gingaman's record of 7 episodes.
- First team to have human size mecha forms that grow to giant size and the first main robo to occasionally battle at human size.
- First season to have a genderless villain.
Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger[]
- First insect-themed Sentai season.
- First season to feature a Violet Ranger in the core team.
- Also, this Ranger seems to be the first genderless Ranger.
- First season to feature a female Black Ranger.
- First season to credit the Ranger by only their names instead of including the Ranger names in the opening credits.
- First main robo to have more than one non-piloted mecha as components.
- First Sentai series to feature a permanent time skip during the current continuity of the series
Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger[]
- First Reiwa Sentai to have an Orange Ranger.
- The series will conclude at some point before the 50th anniversary of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, which will take place on April 5, 2025.
- First series to have a group of staff members and an actress that were connected to another franchise, in this case, Pokemon.
Spin-offs[]
Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger[]
- First team to have more female Rangers than male Rangers.
- First parody team aimed at a mature audience.
- First series to receive a second season.
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