OVER VIEW SUPER SENTAI BATTLE SQUAD

OVER VIEW SUPER SENTAI BATTLE SQUAD

Sentai or super sentai is born from Japan. Super sentai series is making and build for children and kids for the first objective. But when time is running out and going to year 2000 above, not just kids and child but also adults and teens like to watch it too. What is sentai or super sentai is? The sentai concept is of 5, 7 or 8 warriors who through one way or another can transform into a multi-colored battle squad born to fight an empire or devil that attack the Earth. In 1975 Toei made their first sentai show called Himitsu Sentai Goranger was created by the late Shotaro Ishinomori who creates Kamen Rider and Cyborg 009 in 1975 too.

SUPER SENTAI SERIES

From 1975 until now (2009), there are 33 Super sentai groups. Like in the first, Himitsu Sentai Goranger is the first Super sentai squad battle group and the new Super sentai is Samurai Sentai Shinkenger release in March 2009 after Engine Sentai Go-onger. Each Super sentai squad battle groups have their own unique values, motifs, themes and numeral persons (members) in one group. They also have different way in their story line. But at the same times, they have a same objective is to protect human and earth from others unknowns creatures and villains who wants to take over the earth and to make sure human in this earth can live with peace. Let’s check out the list of Super sentai squad battle groups born from Japan, the country of sunrise:

1) Himitsu Sentai Goranger,

2) J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai

3) Battle Fever J

4) Denshi Sentai Denziman

5) Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan

6) Dai Sentai Goggle V

7) Kagaku Sentai Dynaman

8) Choudenshi Bioman

9) Dengeki Sentai Changeman

10) Choushinsei Flashman

11) Hikari Sentai Maskman

12) Choujuu Sentai Liveman

13) Kousoku Sentai Turboranger

14)Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman

15) Choujin Sentai Jetman

16) Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger

17) Gosei Sentai Dairanger

18) Ninja Sentai Kakuranger

19) Chouriki Sentai Ohranger

20) Gekisou Sentai Carranger

21) Denji Sentai Megaranger

22) Seijuu Sentai Gingaman

23) Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V

24) Mirai Sentai Timeranger

25) Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

26) Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

27) Bakuryuu Sentai Abaranger

28) Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

29) Mahou Sentai Magiranger

30) GoGo Sentai Boukenger

31) Juken Sentai Gekiranger

32) Engine Sentai Go-onger

33) Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

SUPER SENTAI FEVER

Super sentai fever have enter whole over the world in all country example like at France, Italy, Philippine, Brazil, United States and also Malaysia about 90s. In 1993, Haim Saban have produce Power Ranger by dubbing from one of super sentai series Kyōryū Sentai Zyurange. They used Americans actors and actress to act in the series in US versions. This trend continued until now. But like everyone’s knows, all sentai fans still prefer original super sentai from Japan too.

SUPER SENTAI COLOURS AND SPIRITS

Member of super sentai squad battle have multi-colored same in all series from first sentai until now like red (the head of group), pink, yellow, blue, green, black, gold, silver and there’s one of super sentai used others like color violet. It is Juken Sentai Gekirenger.

All super sentai have they own spirits themes. They (super sentai) built and born with many types spirits match with the villains who will they battle and destroy it. Most of their spirits is ground from many elements like:

a) Nature (ex: water, wind, ground etc.)

b) Animal (ex: fish, birds, wildlife etc.)

c) Beast (ex: lion, bear, shark etc.)

d) Symbol (ex: Chinese symbols, geometric symbols etc.)

e) Career or occupation (ex: police, medical, fireman etc.)

f) Martial arts (ex: ninja, samurai etc.)

g) Transport (ex: automobile, jet etc.)

h) Technology (ex: computer, cell phone, watch etc.)

i) Others (ex: magic, time, aura, dinosaurs etc.)

MECHA, VEHICLES AND WEAPONS

The main theme that makes a super sentai series is the various mecha that the teams use. What originally denoted a sentai from is super sentai use a giant robot. They will combine or gattai (in Japanese) into big giant robot. Sometimes, they can combine 2 or 3 or 4 robots in one time to be a single hyper giant robot like others super sentai today. All their robots have their own unique weapons and skills to battle with the villains and devils. They used their own powers base their super sentai theme spirits.

The super sentai also had vehicles, which is what designated them originally as sentai.

AFFILIATES AND VALLAINS

Behind heroes must be something’s that make the hero’s willing to work hard and not easy to retreat. Either’s affiliates (friends who support heroes) or villains (who battle with heroes), these two things are important in hero’s story life time. Because, sometimes the affiliates can be villains to heroes and sometimes villains can be friends to heroes.

REFERENCES

http://www.crunchyroll.com

http://www.wikipedia.com

supersentai capsule database