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Originally Posted by Duerer

Does anybody know why Toei decided to exclude Goranger and JAKQ from the Super Sentai series prior to Ohranger and why they decided to re-include them retroactively?

Based on what I picked up on Wikipedia Japan, the easiest explanation is that TOEI never really gave it much of a thought at first but as it started to grow they realized they have to organize it(the term Super Sentai was nonexistent until Sun Vulcan). Another thing to point out is that Gorenger and JAKQ are TOEI's work in collaboration with Ishinomori. Battle Fever J was in collaboration with Marvel, and the popular consensus during the 1980s in Japan was that Battle Fever is Super Sentai no.1. But I guess(and this is clearly speculation from me) Toei decided they should retcon and acknowledge Gorenger and JAKQ as they were the originators of the concept pretty much even if they do not have Giant Robots which is why they ignored Liveman being the 10th super sentai and gave Ohranger a 20th anniversary stamp circa 1995.