SENTAI 1975-1980

The word SENTAI is a Japanese word that means task force, action team, or battle squad. The first Sentai show to come out of Japan was the Himitsu Sentai GoRanger [Secret Task Force Five Ranger] in 1975. Most sentai shows ranges between 48-54 episodes per year. A new sentai show comes out every year. It starts from mid to late Februaury and ends sometime in February too.

The US first brought this show by the name of THE MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS. The show they used was Kyoryuu Sentai Zyuranger [Dinosaur Task Force Beast Ranger]. The Power Rangers first started to air in the USA in 1993 after Zyuranger was completed.

A COMPARISON BETWEEN THE ORIGINAL SENTAI, METAL HEROES, AND KAMEN RIDER TO SABAN ENTERTAINMENT.

KAMEN RIDER ZO (1993)-- MASKED RIDER pilot episode
KAMEN RIDER BLACK RX (1988) --- MASKED RIDER (1ST AND 2ND SEASON)

Dimension Soldier SPEILBAN (1986) and Super Cyborg METALDAR (1987) --- VR TROOPERS (1ST SEASON)
Dimension Soldier SPEILBAN (1986) and Space Sheriff SHAIDER (1984) --- VR TROOPERS (2ND SEASON)

Heavy Shell B-FIGHTER (1995) --- BIG BAD BEETLEBORGS (1ST SEASON)
B-FIGHTER KABUTO (1996) --- BEETLEBORGS METALLIX (2ND SEASON)

ZYURANGER (1992-93) --- MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS (1ST SEASON)
DAIRANGER (1993-94) --- MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS (2ND SEASON)
KAKURANGER (1994-95) --- MIGHTY MORPHIN' POWER RANGERS & MIGHTY MORPHIN' ALIEN RANGERS (3RD SEASON)
OHRANGER (1995-96) --- POWER RANGERS ZEO (4TH SEASON)
CARRANGER (1996-97) --- POWER RANGERS TURBO (5TH SEASON)
MEGARANGER (1997-98) --- POWER RANGERS IN SPACE (6TH SEASON)
GINGAMAN (1998-99) --- POWER RANGERS LOST GALAXY (7TH SEASON)
GOGOV (1999-2000) --- POWER RANGERS LIGHTSPEED RESCUE (8TH SEASON)
TIMERANGER (2000-2001) --- POWER RANGERS TIME FORCE (9TH SEASON)
GAORANGER (2001-2002) --- POWER RANGERS WILD FORCE (10TH SEASON)
HURRICANGER (2002-2003) --- POWER RANGERS NINJA STORM (11TH SEASON)
ABARANGER (2003-2004) --- POWER RANGERS DINO THUNDER (12TH SEASON)
DEKARANGER (2004-2005) --- POWER RANGERS SPD (SPECIAL POLICE DETECTIVE) (13TH SEASON)

ANOTHER COMPARISON FROM TSUBURAYA PRODUCTIONS TO DIC ENTERTAINMENT

Denko Chojin GRIDMAN (1993) --- SUPERHUMAN SAMURAI SYBER-SQUAD (ONE SEASON)

NOTE: Most of the pics were supplied by Anthony "Skull Corp" Leong.

Thank you for those pics.

Thank You for fixing my information on VR Troopers and Masked Rider.
Nathan "Daizyujin" Clark

Thank You on the VR Troopers information too.
Ronald "Ron7192" Elliot

Thank You for that Jettoman picture and getting me into the Super Sentai Web Ring.
Jill "JillJapan" Sylvan

Thank You for some of the sentai pictures.
Japan Hero

A LIST OF ALL THE SENTAI SHOWS FROM 1975-1980

1975-1977

001 - Himitsu Sentai GoRanger

[Secret Task Force Five Ranger]

(84 episodes + 2 movies)

The tokusatsu sentai; one of two created by the immortal Ishinomori Shoutarou; firmly establishes the genre.