Why has Japan s Super Sentai series endured?

Super Sentai is one of Japan's three major TV special effects; Super Sentai Series ( 戦巚 is a TV tokusatsu series that was produced by Japan's TV Asahi in 1975, and the current production team is the same as the Kamen Rider series, which is a famous Japanese Toei production company. In the 40-year history of the Super Sentai series, a total of 39 teams with different styles have been born. As a very large tokusatsu series, the Super Sentai series, along with the Ultraman series with a 50-year production history and the Kamen Rider series with a 45-year production history, are the most popular tokusatsu programs in Japan, and together they form the Japanese tokusatsu iron triangle, and we call them "Japan's three major TV tokusatsu series".

It is now broadcast every Sunday from 7:30 a.m. to 8 a.m. local time in Japan. 6:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Beijing time.

After the second team in history, "JAKQ Dengeshu", the Super Sentai series was continued by the production group "Hatezaburo", and the tokusatsu battle scenes of the series were relatively formulaic: "First, the team members team up to defeat the monster enemy of the size of the body, and then the monster becomes huge after being defeated, and the team members summon the merge robot, and engage in hand-to-hand combat with the giant monster, and finally the merge robot uses the ultimate ** to slash the enemy." Toei has been working with this philosophy in mind, and after more than 30 years of development and accumulation, it has finally become the Super Sentai series to this day.

As one of the masterpieces of Japanese TV tokusatsu dramas, the Super Sentai series is a proposal proposed by Toei's producer Hiroshi Hirayama. It is said that Hirayama, who was also the producer of the original "Kamen Rider" at the time, came up with the idea of "Sendai" after seeing that the series in which Kamen Rider No. 1 and No. 2 performed together was gaining more popularity than other plots. So he began to come up with the idea of simply having many heroes appear together from episode 1 onwards.

But both Ultraman and Kamen Rider at that time were screenwritten based on the image of a major hero. Hirayama's idea was undoubtedly innovative at the time, because it got rid of the shackles of the conventional "heroes fighting alone".

For more than 40 years, the team has basically tried a variety of different combinations. From the beginning of science fiction, to mythology, dinosaurs, Chinese style, Japanese style, school dramas, family dramas, martial arts, etc., this is the reason why the series can remain vibrant. So if you want to evaluate the team series, as long as one of the two themes + modes can be done well, it won't be ugly.

In other words, the difference between the series is actually not that big, which is what sets the other two sets are different. Both Ultraman and Kamen Rider have had a drastic change in style, but both have had a long hiatus. On the contrary, the super team, which has not undergone major changes, has been smooth sailing until now.

So much so that the Kamen Rider series after 09 years also began to follow the line of the clan, and if you are an audience who has been chasing you, you will understand this sentence, and Toei is obviously seeking stability.

There are children in Japan, children like to watch fights, they like to watch handsome robots fit, they can let adults buy toys for themselves, they can communicate with their classmates, that's why. And the ** time of the team series is generally placed on Sunday morning, the children get up and have breakfast, dance with the handsome robots on TV, and go to school the next day to talk to their friends, how awesome.

In the 14 years from 1966 to 1980, a complete and massive M78 nebula worldview was successfully created. After that, it was supplemented by Mebius and Sero.,It's the most complete of the worldview of the three special effects.。 In this world, Ultraman exists as an alien.

The relationship between humans and monsters has always been the focus. Therefore, the story told is also relatively atmospheric, in addition to the general blood and dreams, it will add the environment, war, human rights and other content. Although the setting of the other worldviews has changed, the basic themes are all the above, and the Heisei era began to incorporate interpersonal relationships, which became closer to reality.

Generally speaking, the Ultraman series is based on the "big truth", not only that, but other series of Yuangu also like to see the big from the small, which is Yuangu's consistent thinking. The Ultraman series, in general, tells the story of man and the environment, man and the universe.

Unity is strength, even cartoons have similar settings, like Khambatra, Porutes, and God of War King Kong (Five Lions) is actually a combination of a 5-person team + 5 machines, especially God of War King Kong has added the element of team replacement (the second-in-command Yingui died early, and the princess was replaced).

The original Sentai was created by the late Shotaro Ishimori, the founder of Kamen Rider. But he didn't shoot the Sentai series further, so he didn't initially belong to the Super Sentai series. But in 1994, Toei listed his work as a Super Sentai series.

Because the Japanese want to save the world.

The Super Sentai series is a TV special effects series that started in 1975 by TV Asahi, Japan, and the production company is the famous Toei Co., Ltd. in Japan, just like the Kamen Rider series, and they are also two of the oldest series in Toei Gosan.

In the 46-year history of the Super Team franchise since 1975, 46 teams have been born with very different styles.

Plot summary

Both Ultraman and Kamen Rider are screenwritten based on the image of a major hero. Hirayama's idea was undoubtedly innovative at the time, because it got rid of the shackles of the conventional "heroes fighting alone". Later, with the help of Kamen Rider's father, Mr. Shotaro Ishimori, he finally realized this idea.

Produced by Hirayama and based on Ishimori's original work, the five-member Sentai Tokusatsu Hero Program Secret Sentai Goren began airing in April 1975 and aired for a total of 84 episodes over a period of two years. This was the beginning of the Super Sentai series. The Secret Sentai Five Links broke the convention of previous special effects programs, and for the first time launched 5 protagonists in a special effects TV film.

At that time, most of the tokusatsu works were mainly works of single-player heroes, but the Super Sentai series emphasized the spirit of teamwork even more. As soon as the film was released, it was highly praised by the majority of Japanese tokusatsu fans, and became a popular tokusatsu program with a rating of more than 20% at that time.

Super Sentai is one of Japan's most famous tokusatsu dramas, which tells the story of a group of fighters in colorful uniforms who travel around the world to fight. Although the show is popular all over the world, it has not been popular in Japan for two main reasons:

1.Competition is fierce.

Super Sentai has a lot of competitors in Japan, including other special effects shows, anime, and TV series. These shows tend to have higher ratings and a wider audience, and their creativity and reputation are better than Super Sentai teams.

2.Limited age groups.

Another reason is that the audience targeted by Super Sentai is relatively fixed, mainly elementary and junior high school students. Comparatively, other local Japanese film and television series and variety shows have a larger audience and greater market appeal.

It should be noted that Super Sentai has made many movies and translated and promoted them in some regions, such as the United States, France, Germany, Italy, etc. Although it may not be satisfactory in Japan, its influence in the international community is still very large.