Sentai is only canon with every Sentai when Toei says so, and Toei changes that answer every millisecond!

That being said, if one treats Sentai as an overarching continuity, then the answer can get a little weird.

The Engines of Go-Onger were shown to be alive in Gokaiger and that likely extends to all of the series "Mecha".

When Ninjaman appeared in Gokaiger, he was surprised that he hadn't been released on time, but Gai said the Legend War was the reason. When Ninjaman left them, he decided to visit his Masters, suggesting that they might be alive albeit de-powered, but that's speculation.

The 199, Go-Busters VS. Gokaiger, and Kyoryuger VS. Go-Busters suggest the existence of duplicates and Gokai Changes.

Space Squad suggests that DekaWing Robo is still available for combat, and since that follows Dekaranger 10 Years Ago, Dekaranger Robo and DekaBike Robo are also available for combat.

It's known that there is some behind-the-scenes material which suggests that most Sentai Mecha were destroyed, but exactly which Mecha is unclear. As far as the Gaoranger Power Animals are concerned, they all died once in their own series, so I don't know if a possible demise by Zangyack is permanent.

Magiranger become their "Mecha", so if the team lives, so does MagiKing and MagiLegend.

Gekiranger "Mecha" are extensions of sorts of the team, so GekiTouja and GekiFire are probably fine.

The Gosei Headders were the 'Ultimate Power' of Goseiger and can recreate Gosei Great when used by the their team.

Dairanger and Gingaman have gaps as to whether their 'Living Mecha' are still around or have to be recreated!

Best I got at the moment.

Most likely revived. They kinda unexplained it.

No offense, but i still wait for a butterfly and a rabbit mechas.

Why is it offensive to begin with? And we already got a rabbit mecha in the form of RH-03 from Go-Busters.

And while not exactly a butterfly, MagiFairy is technically one.

Actually, i was expecting this kind of mechas in some japanese culture-themed sentai.

I recently came across a comment (not on any Tokunation Thread) which suggests an interesting rumor (with no supporting evidence): Adjutant Booba of Changeman served as inspiration for...Predator!?

The OG Predator was a lizard-like suit which was replaced by the version that fought Arnold's character in the finished version.

There are some design similarities between Booba and Predator, and since Changeman was released in 1985, that would also lend some degree of chronological credence since Predator was released in '87.

Is there any genuine validity to this? Did someone involved in the Predator design (or re-design) crew visit Japan and see Changeman?

Toei should take a break with excessive members.

It could be very possible. This is from the time period where Space Sheriff Gavan actually influenced Robocop's design.

I'd like to see a humanoid mecha based on Hercules and Auriga constellations.

Whoa, seriously!?

Did EVERY writer/producer/concept artist who worked on classic '80s Sci-Fi visit Japan!?

If even heard (but never confirmed) that George Lucas based Darth Vader off of Hakaider from Kikaider!

Darth Vader's design was inspired by the samurai armor used in Hidden Fortress from Akira Kurosawa. George Lucas is a fan of Toho's toku movies like Battle from Outer Space though. I'm not sure if he has seen anything from Toei.

Robocop being inspired by Gavan was recently proven false. This blogger got in contact with some of the people who work on the movie and they mention that they never heard of Gavan when working on the movie. Read the full story here http://sidelongglancesofapigeonkicke...t-so-fast.html

Which are your favorite group of Sentai grunts?

I swear this isn't name bias, but I love the Kuros.

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/...20180130210609

Stylish, beautiful; a much more complete design than clearly-just-spandex-with-bits-stuck-on yet just as wonderfully comedic as ever.

I got a few. Pordermen from LuPat for starters, Rinshis from Gekiranger, and Mechaclones from Bioman. Porderman I love the hat, tie, and bullet hole aesthetics they got going on, Rinshis are great because I think they nailed the jiangshi look, and Mechaclones look simple yet sleek and I always love it when their masks sometimes split apart due to battle and display the insides.

My favorite Super Sentai Grunts/Foot Soldiers would be Golems from ZyuRanger. Let's see if they'll reappear again for the 45th Super Sentai Annviersary next year (2021) once this COVID-19 Pandemic is over.

After re-watching Shinkenger VS. Go-Onger, a thought arose: Why does Go-On Red drive on the side of the car which is Western proper, but not Japanese proper?

This isn't the first instance in Sentai of this. When the Space Cars arrived in Carranger, Red Racer used his partner car the same way.

Sadly I'm guessing they were thinking of the US footage. The UK is also one of the rare left-driving countries!

The discrepancy there is that Shinkenger was made around the tail-end of the Disney Era and Disney made no effort to use the crossover movies (which are apparently a separate deal altogether outside of the individual Sentai Season(s) the crossover relates to). Granted, that crossover was adapted by Saban and is the last crossover movie to have any relevant number of scenes used for Power Rangers! Elements of succeeding crossovers were used in other Neo-Saban Seasons, but sparingly at best.

If Kyuranger was created by Bandai america input, should Hasbro do the same ?

Are the lyrics for songs accurate on the Wiki/Fandom?

Both the romanized lyrics and the English language translation?

If some are of a questionable or semi-accurate translation, is there a better resource?

If we split the Heisei era Super Sentai like Kamen Rider by having a "Heisei" and "Neo-Heisei", how would you do it?

I don't know, I suppose all I can think of off the top of my head would be either starting with Goseiger because it was the start of the 2010s or maybe splitting Shinkenger some point when it got less episodic.

I would much more dub them Phases. Phase 1 would be from Turboranger to Timeranger. Phase 2 Gaoranger to Gokaiger. Phase 3 Go-Busters to Ryusoulger.
Phase 1 is the beginning, they started trying things they have not done during the 70s and most of the 80s dabbling with newer concepts such as narrative style in Jetman, motifs such as dinosaurs, ninjas, electronics, rescue, and time, etc. new team dynamics such as a team of high schoolers, fantasy teams, and siblings, and also established the tsuika senshi and bangai senshi.
Phase 2 is where technology evolved production-wise such as the use of HD and more CGI. They also tried out more new motifs such as police, magicians, treasure hunters, samurais, angels, and pirates. And heavy use of auxiliary combinations were made as well starting with Gaoranger, as well as big cluttered combinations such as Engine-Oh G12.
Phase 3 is where more new attempts were made such as more new ranger colors and sometimes bigger rosters, even more new motifs such as spec-ops/spys, trains, constellations, cops vs robbers, knights. Other new attempts I can think of are more non-human rangers such As Beet J Stag or some of the Kyuranger members, Lupin X and the show he appeared in Lupinranger VS Patranger.
I probably have missed a few details here and there but right off the top of my head this is why I would divide them into phases.

Are there any good movies or specials involving Zyuranger? I'm feeling a bit nostalgic for the series, but I kind of want something I haven't seen yet. For example...if the same thing happened with DBZ, I could just pick one of the movies or OVAs I haven't seen yet. Any suggestions? (I've already seen the Kyoryuger/Go-Busters movie)

Zyu didn't have a Movie and was before the standard crossover. However, there is the 10 minute special, Super Sentai World, which is a short from the time of Kakuranger and features 5 Sentai. Actor who played Burai is one of two random civilians.

There is also a weird Dino Video which acts almost like a "Break The 4th Wall" bookend involving a talking puppet! I only bothered to see it once.

TyrannoRanger Geki has a significant guest role in Kyoryuger VS. Go-Busters, which was the high mark of an All-Dino Sentai crossover and made before Ryusoulger. The other Zyuranger have voice-over cameos only. Burai is not mentioned.

The actor who played Geki also has a starring role in Kamen Rider J as the protagonist. J was one of the few Rider entries of the '90s and is basically just a movie. No Zyuranger references other than same actor, but still.

I suppose there's also always Akibaranger's 'Powerful Rangers'

I mean, you could grab a Famicom emulator and play the Zyuranger game :lol

I sympathise because I always find it a downer how sometimes once you finish a show that's basically it, especially for those 2000s Kamen Rider shows where you get virtually no indication of what happened after :(

Well, since I've already seen Kyoryuger vs. Go-Busters, I guess all that's left is Dino Video. Any idea where I can watch that? My usual source only has what appears to be a vietnamese sub. Do I really need to understand what's going on?

I don't recall who subbed that video. I can try to find out. Keep asking in case someone has an answer as it might be awhile until I can check.

Sorry, I just happened to notice this!

That sounds...interesting. :rolleyes I kind of want to look that up now lol

I'm most familiar with the Jetman - Timeranger era of Sentai, followed by Gokaiger - current...but what about the stuff in the middle? What's good?

Gekiranger appears to be the fan favorite, and I've heard it's influenced by Hong Kong action films, so I'm definitely interested in that. I've heard good things about Dekaranger and Abaranger as well. What about the rest? Boukenger and Go-Onger both look intriguing.


Cool, thanks.

Gekiranger is good. Other than that I would say Hurricanger, Dekaranger, and Shinkenger.

Oh...to be honest I always forget that Shinkenger is as old as it is hahaha. Yeah, I've heard good things about that too.

Well I am of course the ultimate Boukenger fan and it was my favourite sentai for a very long time, although I would of course also put Geki/Shinken very high in terms of that period. Dekaranger is also good but it is what it is really, has some very good moments if you can tolerate Ban.

Shinkenger was great. They finally ditched film cameras for full digital, notably utilizing the Red One camera, the casting was PERFECT, art direction was nice, fight choreo was dope, and it was penned by Kobayashi.

Maybe that's why. The digital camera makes it look more modern.

So here's another question, which series does the Chinese theme better, Gekiranger or Dairanger?

Gekiranger if I had to choose only one from the two I guess. Dairanger is still great with the motifs and the martial arts choreo, but was a bit generic overall I think compared to Gekiranger which went full-on with the kung-fu stuff. It pays tribute in a lot of ways to the Kung Fu film genre such as the suits taking notes from Bruce Lee's Game of Death, the Five Venoms, and the voices of the 7 Gekijyuken masters being the same voice actors as their kung fu film actor counterpart, meaning they are the same voice actors in Japan who are commonly or notably known to be hired to dub Kung Fu actors such as Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, etc. And stuff like the Rinjyuken grunts being Jiangshis were nice touches I thought.

That first and last points sound like marks AGAINST it in my book

Hmm. *places clip and nonchalantly walks away*
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gy0QWNP9y7Q