TV Asahi's Super Sentai series to end broadcast
 

"TV Asahi's "Super Sentai Series" to End Broadcast
https://oricon.co.jp/article/3076616/

It has been learned through interviews with related parties that the TV Asahi-affiliated "Super Sentai Series" will conclude with the currently airing work. The popular series, which began with "Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" in 1975, will draw the curtain on its half-century history."

https://x.com/oricon/status/1983842865450209612

Stunning, but also not entirely surprising. Sentai has been rating poorly on TV Asahi for several years now. Apparently there are rumors this is just Toei planning a rebrand, which reeks of desperation to me if that turns out to be the case.

Either way, it's truly the end of an era.

inb4 they do a rebrand just as a way for them to easily air stuff internationally without Hasbro needing to get involved because of how Power Rangers and Super Sentai are connected via contract.

Definitely some sad news to wake up to. Super Sentai's always been a constant in my life; new year, new series. But hopefully they'll come back one day when the time is right.

I guess it also makes sense now that they used what many consider a technicality to end on the 50th Sentai as well as the 50th year; they probably knew Gozyuger would be the last, and wanted to go out with a celebration of the franchise.
And how fitting that the 50th Anniversary logo features the first and last Reds...

Very bittersweet at best, but I'd rather see a series I love take an extended hiatus rather than crash and burn completely.

I think everyone could see the writing on the wall for years at this point, but it's still sad to see happen. I sincerely hope that at the very least we get some kind of replacement tokusatsu series to round out the Super Hero Time block along with Rider, whether it is something new or a revival of an old Toei tokusatsu.

...I'm actually feeling more emotional about this than I expected. Maybe because I'm watching Kiramager right now and it's really resonated with me in some ways.

Based on further reading, it sounds like TV Asahi is completely pulling out of co-producing. I'm not entirely sure how Toei could be expected to continue producing Sentai without one of their main production partners.

Even if Sentai does continue under a new name, it will almost certainly not be on TV Asahi. And if it does continue, I can't imagine it being a full 50-episode series anymore.

I'll look forward to the first season of Chou Super Sentai airing in 2026. :thumb:

This is a punch to the gut.

On the one hand, I know that sales/ratings for Sentai haven't been great but it's hard to believe we might be living in a world where Sentai and Rider aren't together airing back-to-back or that we won't be getting more Sentai seasons...even if they might rebrand, it might not feel the same.

I just don't know how to feel about this.

there is a rebrand.

Unexpected but unsurprising.

Well, that's sad news. Super Sentai has always been a stable series, without reruns, unlike the older Rider and Ultraman. On the other hand, they're leaving on a good note: Gozyuger isn't the best, but it's still a great show. At least it didn't feel like the franchise was dying.As for the future, I'm almost certain that the TTFC specials and more will continue to appear. At the very least, Hurricaneger will definitely appear 30 years later. As for the rest, I have a few options:
1) Super Sentai will continue, but with a different address.
2) A rebranding will occur, removing unpopular elements of the franchise.
3) A completely new tokusatsu show.
4) The return of the Metal Heroes (most likely in a team version).
5) Nothing (but temporarily).
Also, if Toei is planning a break with TV Asahi, how will this affect the fate of the remaining Super Hero Time franchises? It's quite possible that the internationalization of the KR isn't a long-awaited development, but a necessary measure for survival. And it's quite possible that it will lead to a reduction in the number of episodes. Overall, I don't think this is the last big news. In the meantime, I'll continue to enjoy watching the latest shows showcasing their pioneering work.
P.S. Now I'll definitely have time to watch Goranger.

Obviously, once I finally caved and watched a Sentai series last year, they knew that the Super Sentai project had achieved its final and most difficult goal, so there was no reason to continue making shows. I apologize to the longtime Sentai fans for inadvertently destroying your franchise!

don't you see there is a rebrand for sentai.

Personally, I'll only be confident in this once the name (or, better yet, the date and location) of the new show is revealed. Without it, options may vary.

Whoa. *scratches head*

This has not been confirmed yet.

After a strong 50 year run childhood for Japanese Gen X is officially over.

Jokes aside, this is heartbreaking. I got into Super Sentai about a decade ago when I started watching unofficial dubs of Jetman, Liveman, and Sun Vulcan on Facebook. Power Rangers is a cornerstone of my childhood and by extension Zyuranger. Super Sentai and Power Rangers have been attached at the hip since the debut of MMPR in late 1993. My suspicions that Sentai would wane when Power Rangers started to become inconsistent and deviate from their source material in the 2010s. The nail in the coffin being Hasbro announcing its divorce from Super Sentai licensing and ultimately putting Power Rangers on ice. Though Sentai has been having its own issues with ratings and I myself haven't been happy with the direction Sentai has been going over the past 5 years or so.

A rebranding might help, possibly a soft reboot. But there are nearly 50 individual Sentai teams Toei can exploit. While I do not want to see Japan become like the U.S. in terms of defaulting to the most popular/recognizable team (a la MMPR), I think Toei could benefit from reviving some older Sentai IPs as spin off sequel series. Perhaps adapting the Jetman sequel manga or revisiting Liveman or Gingaman. I do hope that the future is bright for Super Sentai despite this disappointing news.

I feel so indifferent about this.

“Is Sentai good? Yeah. Can I live without it? Yeah.”

That’s pretty much it. Although I very much fancy the idea of this being a planned stunt for either global freedom or to appear “fresh” with “new ideas” and “experimental visions” (Spoilers: It’s still five people in color-coded spandex with a giant robot, such creativity, much wow) until they can just return to the franchise with a big revival show.

If that’s not happening then well, time to start from the beginning. If I go with the first season and watch a single one every year there’s enough Sentai to carry me into the grave.

is rebooting the franchise?

is rebooting sentai ?

so we have to wait?

Until Toei and/or Bandai makes an official announcement regarding the future of the series, yes. Until then, all we're hearing from Rangerboard are uncorroborated rumors.

People are speculating that Toei might be rebranding away from Super Sentai to get around the whole Hasbro deal. Probably able to sell Sentai as its own show without being link to Power Rangers.

Rangerboard might be half-legitimate in this case since they might be sourcing from Kyodo News, Oricon News, and the Anime News Network. I tend not to focus on Rangerboard for the most part, so I can't say with any certainty.

https://tokusatsunetwork.com/2025/10...with-gozyuger/

As for Toei, yeah, they're still painfully silent on this.

https://bsky.app/profile/joshuamoore.../3m4gkc55t7225

This Bluesky thread explains why any attempts to rebrand would likely still have to go through Hasbro.

Well, it just means that the reason for the cancellation isn't the relationship with Hasbro and the desire to conquer the international market independently. It's clear that Hasbro can adapt any Toei show into a PR or something else, but the question is, do they need it? That is, the entire topic of canceling the PR is dedicated to the fact that Hasbro only needs a franchise to sell Zyurangers figures, so it's unlikely they'll even notice the closing/rebranding of Super Sentai.

I didn't think a day would come where Super Sentai would announce that it's done. I cut my teeth in the genre that is tokusatsu with Super Sentai, and it took me by surprise the moment I saw the words. Honestly, it still feels like a belated April Fool's joke, and I will surely miss everything about it and hope that this is truly not the end.
I want to thank Toei's Super Sentai department for taking on the daunting task of pumping out shows of a group of heroes year after year. I hope the swan song that is Gozyuger ends on a high note.
And to those who haven't seen one of the shows yet, you now have 49 shows (excluding oneshots and spinoffs) to choose from and 50 teams to call your fav. I hope whichever show you decide to watch is an enjoyable one and leads to exploring other shows including those not part of this series.

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https://i.imgur.com/Msrpd22.jpg

Now, I'm not going to jump to conclusions, since don't we normally get leaks for the next show around next month? But I'll wait for official confirmation before first.

If this does end up true, I'll certainly miss Super Sentai. Especially since I've honestly been enjoying it tremendously week-to-week even over Rider and at times Ultraman.

That's my brief thoughts. Now for some other uninteresting thoughts.

So, people are speculating this is some rebranding in conjunction with power Rangers, but I have some doubts. If I recall right, Disney is planning to relaunch Power Rangers, but then I found out they made a new show called "Armorsaurs" which is basically Power Rangers, leading me to wonder if that rumor was false. I don't doubt there's a chance Power Rangers could get rebooted (everything's getting rebooted these days) but I wonder how much of that has to do with Super Sentai in particular aside from using the same suits and designs.

Second, if anyone here follows Yu-Gi-Oh! There is currently no weekly Anime anymore (besides the monthly Card Chronicles) after Go Rush! concluded earlier this year, so if Sentai does end, that's the closest comparison I'd have.

Third, I know people talk about sales and ratings, and we've seen how Kamen Rider is basically becoming more Sentai, what with multiple colorful heroes, mecha, and that Sentai started out as a Rider show before becoming its own thing, this probably means Kamen Rider will become THE Toei Superhero Show. And Super Sentai may have some specials (like the X Years Later Movies) or little cameos and crossovers with Rider, but it seems likely Rider with just become the sole flagship moving forward if that's the case.

Finally, I kind of doubt they'd resurrect any of their older heroes, as cool as that would be, or as much as some people have speculated that Metal Heroes and Space Sheriffs could return. It's more likely that there will be some new Superhero Show that's very different from Rider and Sentai could appear or as stated previously, Rider will just take over.

Heck, look at all the Sentai Parodies in Manga/Anime like Love After World Domination, Sentai Daishikaku, Red Ranger becomes an Adventurer in Another World, and Sentai Taboo (which I don't doubt will get adapted at some point) or other Tokusatsu shows like Dogengers. Even if Super Sentai stops airing, they've left an indelible mark on the world and media in general.

Either way, Toei focusing its budget and resources on one show wouldn't be a bad decision, but I'll still miss Sentai in that event.

Yeah, as much as it hurts me to see it go away, I won't be mad at Toei for doing so. Reason being they have likely legit reasons to pull the plug, indirect external factors such as toy sales probably being one of many. Reason I say indirect is because toy sales are probably more of a problem for Bandai.

The end of an Era.

Man... I- didn't think this would actually be a thing.

Assuming Toei really doesn't have any successor series/followup plans in the works, I'll just say my quick thoughts on it.

Sentai's always been a bit of a comfort show to me. Regardless of whatever drama was happening in the Rider threads, Sentai managed to always be some level of "Fun" no matter what was airing.

While I have no doubt life will just continue to chug along for me, and Gozyuger itself has been pretty entertaining despite this reveal that it's actually gonna be the swan song of the franchise. Seeing it go (if this really is it) does still sting quite a bit.

OFF-TOP: I just learned about Armosaurus, but I was watching the translation of Korean Armored Saurus. I remember suggesting that to change the comparisons with Sentai, we should try adapting something from Chinese or Korean tokusatsu, which is less well-known in the West. Apparently, someone at Disney thinks the same, but decided not to tie their hands to the PR brand.

Something about this rings fishy to me, like perhaps it is one of a few different things (in no particular order):

1. A purposeful fake leak to generate interest. I've wondered for a long time if TOEI ever does this and I've wondered more and more in the past 2-3 years.

2. A misunderstood/misconstrued rumor. Maybe true but not the whole story?

3. Classic Rumour, just people freaking out over numbers.

My reasoning for option 2, which leads me to as larger subject is:

We JUST learned before Zeztz released that they were planning a new initiative to DOUBLE DOWN on toku... Including but not limited to introducing a THIRD SHOW! So we can presume if they were willing to announce it in the works, they had active early production happening on a new sentai, a new rider, and a new 3rd toku, all for eventual international release.

So lets take this forward another step, after that Zeztz releases. Admittedly I do not know how Zeztz is doing, but do we really think that after 8 weeks of Zeztz they are suddenly so terrified about how well Zeztz is doing to that they go through with shooting a Sentai that has to have been nearly ready to shoot, when Sentai has a built in fandom, and a 3rd Toku would not? I just dont see this as rational.

So lets assume the rumour is based in real talk around the office, but is somehow misconstrued, That could be a few different things as well, here a few ideas:

1. Zeztz is actually doing great and they are wondering if they can make more money WITHOUT ASAHI in the future. Numbers-wise, when you think of how the entertainment industry works, people are not loyal to networks, they go where the shows they like are. So maybe they aren't going with Asahi and because of that they are planning to take a short break to put in extra work or to further re-orient the way they work (something they already did, episodes shoot i think 3-4 weeks further ahead of air now, among other changes)

2. The Sentai they had ready just didnt feel right and they postponed filming. This could also figure into the above in various ways, or it could jsut mean they are waiting a few months to release. Its happened with Rider a few times.

Theres plenty of other possibilities but I'll leave it at that. Ultimately, to wrap up, I feel its silly to imagine a company as large as TOEI with a property as rock-solid as Sentai, culturally, will toss it out like trash. At most we go a year or 2 without, and i highly doubt that. Maybe seasons get shorter, Maybe all Toku becomes streaming, but you don't go from a Huge company with 2 of the longest running series of this type and a 3rd baby on the way, to having only 1 Toku series.

Has anyone heard of mass firings at TOEI? 2 series gone (Tell me they cancelled sentai and started a new Toku at the same time and watch me laugh, they'd toss both.) would mean at bare minimum they fired 2 concept artists, 2 lead writers, 2 producers, and everyone under them, along with all the early work on 2 series, and based on the timing, almost certainly toy designs and early props for the next sentai.

Lets just think of all this stuff before we jump to conclusions, does it really make ANY sense?

EDIT: Wanted to add i hadn't read the full thread and I noticed most people are talking about this in terms of Power Rangers and i just think thats a bit short sighted. Power Rangers as a brand doesn't have half the juice that Hasbro thought it did 8-10 years ago, and thats why PR looks the way it does RN, a bunch of fading rumours, new ones fade in as old ones fade out. A few shoddy recent series, a single movie that was supposed to be a franchise, and a bunch of pretty cool comics that nerds love.

TLDR: I don't get the impression anymore that everything TOEI does internationally is as much in the shadow of Power Rangers as it used to be, and i somewhat doubt they think as much about it as people suspect.

IN FACT, Its worth considering that A modern PR show running alongside an internationally released SS might actually INCREASE interest in the Sentai... Since i think most of us here watched at least one PR show before we ever watched Sentai... In the streaming era, you aren't battling for blocks of demographic-rich airtime the way you used to, you are battling for what people do with their limited free time, no matter when that time occurs. If someone likes Sentai, they put on one after another.

they did?

Nope, it's very real from the looks of it. Google "スーパー戦隊 放送終了" and you'll see a good number of Japanese media outlets reporting about this as of the time of this post.
A major reason appears to be due to the income from events, merch, movies, etc. being inadequate to cover the production budget.
Which doesn't surprise me, because Bandai's annual fiscal reports have indicated how toy sales for Super Sentai was diminishing post-Kyoryuger (which did really well domestically among the recent Super Sentai shows toy sales-wise back in 2013) regardless of how well shows may be received by viewers and fans, such as LuPat (which won a Galaxy Monthly Award, not the annual one but still a great feat nonetheless), Donbrothers, and King-Ohger.

As far as I understand, the reason is that toy buyers are currently less interested in robots and vehicles. So a possible rebranding could actually be a return to the company's roots, without the mech battles.

The wiki states that the first episode aired on October 13.

There is some truth to this, I feel, especially in the anime side of things.

This is...certainly unexpected but not exactly suprising. Toy sales have been going down over the years (they really should have made KingOhger's articulation a standard feature among DX toys after seeing how sold out the robots were while the show was airing) and Kamen Rider is definitely the more 'popular' of the two.

If this really is a rebranding, then it would make sense. But if this really is the end of Super Sentai (barring a possible revival in the future ala Kuuga), well, at least we got the masterpiece that was Mirai Sentai Timeranger.

have you all lost your minds!