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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 female Ranger.
- 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 season where mouths were sculpted into the suit's helmets
- 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.
- First season to feature a transparent visor.
- 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 (Ryusuke Owashi -> 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
.
- First Sentai to be adapted as a parody.
Chodenshi Bioman[]
- First team with numerical designations.
- First team with two females.
- Though this is the first season to feature a yellow female ranger.
- Final season to not have "Sentai" in the title.
- Final main-team replacement to occur during the season.
- Only villain team with regular "monsters" as opposed to monsters-of-the week.
- First humanoid robot mentor.
- First prototype Sixth Ranger character.
- First Sentai to be adapted as a series, but was not aired nor picked up as a full series.
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.
Choshinsei Flashman[]
- First team with a second Giant Robo.
- First team without a mentor.
- 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.
Choju 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 neither a Pink Ranger, nor a Yellow 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 Sentai to be the youngest team, at an average age of 18 years.
- 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.
Chikyu Sentai Fiveman[]
- First official Power protector.
- First Sentai family team.
- First season to temporarily kill its Red Ranger.
- Last series with Hirohisa Soda as the head writer.
- Oldest Sentai to appear in a Power Rangers comic.
Chojin 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.
- Elements were later adapted to the 1st season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- First Sentai yellow warrior to be adapted as a female.
- 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[]
- First child Sentai Ranger.
- First 0.5 Robo.
- Elements were later adapted to the 2nd season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.
- First Sixth Sentai hero to be adapted sans the core 5.
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.
- First Sentai series to get a 30 years after in the form of a special.
- Elements were later adapted to the 3rd season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and mini-series Mighty Morphin Alien Rangers.
Choriki Sentai Ohranger[]
- Celebrates the 20th anniversary of Gorenger and Super Sentai, retroactively putting Gorenger and JAKQ back as installments of the franchise.
- First team with only one ranger morphed in the first episode.
- First Sentai Robo with a special system per pilot.
- First modern cross-over film with the previous team.
- Elements were later adapted to the 4th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Zeo.
- First female Sentai Yellow Ranger to be directly adapted into her female counterpart.
- First Sentai Green Ranger on a core team to be directly adapted.
Gekiso 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!!.
- Elements were later adapted to the 5th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Turbo.
- The only Sentai Ranger being adapted stays the same with two different teammates.
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.
- Elements were later adapted to the 6th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers In Space.
Seiju 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".
- Elements were later adapted to the 7th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy.
Kyukyu Sentai GoGoFive[]
- First Sentai team created after the death of Shotaro Ishinomori.
- First Sentai season since Turboranger to air alongside a Kamen Rider show.
- Elements were later adapted to the 8th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue.
Mirai Sentai Timeranger[]
- Celebrating the 25th anniversary of Super Sentai Series since Gorenger.
- First Super Sentai Series to debut a logo.
- 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.
- Last Sentai series to air in the 20th Century.
- Elements were later adapted to the 9th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Time Force.
- Coincidentally, it is the first Power Rangers season to air in the 21st Century.
Hyakuju 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.
- First Sentai series to air in the 21st Century.
- Elements were later adapted to the 10th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Wild Force.
Ninpu Sentai Hurricaneger[]
- First season to have two opposing teams work at each other.
- First Sentai season to get a 10 and 20 years after movies.
- First Sentai season to air as part of Super Hero Time.
- Elements were later adapted to the 11th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Ninja Storm.
Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger[]
- First mentor Ranger.
- First Sentai season since Jetman to feature five rangers.
- Elements were later adapted to the 12th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Dino Thunder.
- First to cross over with an anime.
Tokuso Sentai Dekaranger[]
- First Gold Ranger.
- First Team with 10 Rangers.
- First Hand-Off to the next series after the final episode, commemorating the 30th anniversary of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.
- 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.
- Elements were later adapted to the 13th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers S.P.D.
- Therefore, it is also the first Sentai series to adapt a powered-up form from its American counterpart and the second time since Timeranger to have a term from Power Rangers to be used in Super Sentai. In this instance, Battlizers.
- Most of the actors were later voiced their counterparts dubbed in Japanese.
Mahou Sentai Magiranger[]
- Celebrating the 30th anniversary of Super Sentai Series since Gorenger.
- First series to feature voiced equipment.
- Elements were later adapted to the 14th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Mystic Force.
GoGo Sentai Boukenger[]
- Celebrating the 30th series since Gorenger.
- First appearance of AkaRed, the embodied spirit of Sentai.
- First series to be transitioned to high-definition television.
- Elements were later adapted to the 15th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Operation Overdrive.
Juken Sentai Gekiranger[]
- First Violet/Purple Ranger.
- Final Sentai Team to not have a sixth ranger.
- Elements were later adapted to the 16th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Jungle Fury.
Engine Sentai Go-Onger[]
- First twelve-piece Giant Robo.
- First female Sixth Ranger.
- First cross-over movie with a theatrical release in 31 years.
- Elements were later adapted to the 17th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers RPM.
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.
- Elements were later adapted to the 18th and 19th Power Rangers seasons, Power Rangers Samurai and Power Rangers Super Samurai.
- Therefore, it is also the first Sentai series to be used for two completely seasons for Power Rangers.
- The comeback film of Shinkenger would later be used for an episode for Super Samurai, making it the first V-Cinema film to be adapt into a Power Rangers episode.
- Therefore, it is also the first Sentai series to be used for two completely seasons for Power Rangers.
- First Sentai series to receive a Blu-Ray release.
Tensou Sentai Goseiger[]
- First Ranger that was originally a mecha.
- First Sentai team to cameo in a crossover movie between two preceding Sentai teams.
- Elements were later adapted to the 20th Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Megaforce.
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 Super Sentai series to have three films during its run.
- First
crossover with the Metal Heroes franchise.
- Elements were later adapted to the 21st Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Super Megaforce.
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.
- Elements were later adapted to the 26th and 27th Power Rangers seasons, the two-seasoned Power Rangers Beast Morphers.
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.
- First series to have multiple actors that are former rangers returning as relatives or friends to the current rangers.
- Elements were later adapted to the 22nd and 23rd Power Rangers seasons, Power Rangers Dino Charge and Power Rangers Dino Super Charge.
- First Sentai series to receive a sequel series.
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.
- Elements were later adapted to the 24th and 25th Power Rangers seasons, Power Rangers Ninja Steel and Power Rangers Super Ninja Steel.
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.
- First 6th ranger created by a villain.
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger[]
- First Sentai Team to start with more than five members.
- First space-themed Sentai.
- First Green female Ranger to be part of a core team.
- 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.
- First Super Sentai series to have a V-Cinext film.
- Some elements were later adapted to the 30th and final Power Rangers season, Power Rangers Cosmic Fury.
- First Orange Ranger to be adapted.
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.
- First V-Cinext crossover film with its predecessor team.
Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger[]
- Last Super Sentai series to air in the Heisei Era.
- First season to have an onscreen crossover with the Pretty Cure franchise in a movie.
- Elements were later adapted to the 28th and 29th Power Rangers seasons, the two-seasoned Power Rangers Dino Fury.
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 Sentai season since Sun Vulcan to have continuation of the previous series.
- 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.
- 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 not to feature an Eyecatch.
- First Sentai to Feature a permanent long time skip, with the first and second half of the series having an in-story gap period of two years between them.
- First twenty-piece Giant Robo.
Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger[]
- First Reiwa Sentai to have an Orange Ranger.
- First series to have a group of staff members and an actress that were connected to another franchise, in this case, Pokémon.
- First season to feature a Violet Sixth Ranger.
No.1 Sentai Gozyuger[]
- Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Super Sentai Series since Gorenger.
- Also, the first Sentai series since Ohranger to celebrate an anniversary by the years instead by the series.
- First mainstay female Sentai Black, as well as first to be part of the core team.
- First Sentai team to have the red ranger be canine-themed and first sentai team to have a wolf-themed ranger in the core team.
Unofficial Series[]
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.
The High School Heroes[]
- First production to feature a transgender ranger.
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