Technically, you'd say that Fury's recruiting a Sentai team, as Super Sentai teams have giant robots. Maybe the Helicarrier has a transformation sequence we just haven't seen yet?
Call me biased or what, but I grew up watching these Super Sentai shows in the original Japanese show / format, we all have different tastes, views and opinions, but the Saban adaptations starting from MMPR from 1993 up to their current series cannot be up to par to their original version and a plus factor from the Japanese series is that great majority of their opening themes are really catchy and gets stuck in your head.
you know what, i was thinking u were gonna miss a few things but to my shock no, u got everything right and didn't mess up one thing, BIG thumbs up from me :)
To add on about the Series Theme segment, one theme occurs every decade (at least with Kyoryuger & Ninninger) & every 3rd series with that theme, the other ones will come back (seen in Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters & Episode 4 of Ninninger)
I always considered that there were at least two make up of a sentai team: 1. red 2. blue 3. green 4. yellow 5. pink/white or 1. red 2. black 3. blue 4. yellow 5. pink/white
I am a lover of Tokusatsu therefore this video made me extremely happy - and thank you for explaining Super Sentai in detail, not a lot of people get how different it is to Power Rangers!
I love Super Sentai! I've already finished Dekaranger, Gekiranger, Magiranger, Gokaiger, Go-Busters, and Boukenger. Currently watching Kyoryuger. Can't wait for Ressha Sentai Tokkyuger.
I read your description and seriously expected you two to pull out some sort of transformation pose while yelling "GEEK CRASH CHANGE!". On second thought, that's almost a good transformation call!
I actually saw some Super Sentai in 1980 and 1981, but I didn't know what it was for many years afterwards! I was in the Navy from 1976 to 1984 and I was in Japan many, many times. Since I wasn't a drinker and there were limited other things to do I watched a lot of Japanese TV that I couldn't understand! But there was some fun stuff. I was an early fan of Anime and Manga. I still have maybe 50 Comics I can't read. Unfortunately, the VHS tapes I brought back have long since had to be thrown away. I remember some of Dynaman, Sun Vulcan, and Monkey. I loved Monkey. He was not only using martial arts, but magic as well. I currently have 9 of the 12 available Super Sentai seasons, Zyuranger to Timeranger. Next will probably be Jetman or Hurricanranger!
I got into Super Sentai (and Kamen Rider) because power rangers was a HUGE part of my childhood. I do prefer Sentai over PR now, but I will always have that nostalgic softspot for PR.
Not all Sentai teams wore spandex. Goranger & JAKQ had cloth uniforms. In addition, until Denjiman, the helmets had no transparent visors to see through. Just a series of holes.
Dynaman. USA dubbed it as a parody in 1984. Funnily enough, Saban started developing "Phantoms," the show that would become Power Rangers just a few years later. I read somewhere that they shot something with Maskman or Jetman footage years before they adapted Zyuranger into Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but haven't been able to find definitive proof of it anywhere.
The channel that airs Sentai in Japan keeps a clock on the upper left of screen at all times. It's absent from DVD releases and the raw footage they use to make Power Rangers, but if you follow fansubbers weekly, you're stuck with that clock in the corner.
speaking of your mighty morphing fun fact at the end, theres some footage from one of the rolecalls where "Trini's" junk is clearly visable. i'll just let that sink in now
Gosei literally means "protecting stars", not angels. "Hoshi" means star, but can also be used for planet, hence their team phrase "Hoshi wo mamoru wa tenshi no shimei", in which "Hoshi" means Earth. "Tenshi" is the word for angels. Also, the word "-ger", means a certain person or group. For example, "Gokaiger" means a heroic person or heroic people.
Yes and no. Tonally, Kyoryuger's vaguely similar. The team has a similarly oddball cast of characters. It'a kid-friendly, but occasional has dark stuff too. The robots in Kyoryuger don't talk, though it's implied that they have personalities. I would say that a major difference is the execution of fights (human-scale and mecha). Better choreography for both. Same issue of overly feeling like a toy commercial sometimes though. The "Engine Cells" and "Beast Batteries" do operate similarly.
Happy to help! As for Kyoryuger, I'm way more of a fan than I expected to be. Seems like a relatively unpopular edition, which I don't really understand. Feels like, lately, a chunk of modern toku fandom hates fun, which is sad. -Michael
My first full episodes were Boukenger. I'd been aware that Power Rangers originated back in Japan since Megaranger, but I found TV-Nihon around the time that Boukenger was going on and dove in.
@4Taros Not quite. Goseijaa means planet protect. Go means five and sei means star, so "Gosei" = "Five Star." Gosei Sentai Dairanger incorporated this into their role call, "Shining in the Heavens are five stars! Gosei Sentai, DAIRANGER!"
Actually in addition to missing the theme to Zyuranger (an easy mistake to make, but Pteradactls, Mammoths. and Sabertooth Tigers are not dinosaurs, thus only Red and Blue even have dinosaurs), but Megaranger is actually themed around electronic devices, hence "Denji Sentai" Megaranger. At least as far as motifs go. But strictly speaking if Zyuranger did feature actual dinosaurs with non-dinosaurs, then it still is not a dinosaur theme as much as it is an ancient beast theme. "Zyu" is tricky...
When you said that whole thing on Tiger Ranger that just made me remember something. Fun Fact: Most female ranger's were played by suit actor Yuichi Hachisuka. Beside female rangers or monsters he has been the suit actor to monsters in the Metal Hero series.
I found a fun fact that, in case you're not aware, Masayuki Deai who played Bouken Silver also played as a role of battle corp. army in the 2003 movie The Last Samurai.
THAT'S WHAT SOUNDED SO FAMILIAR IN MEGARANGER! That makes me haappy =]. I wish they somehow made the sonic screwdriver a weapon for Mega Silver (wishful thinking).
Super Sentai and Power Rangers are two different shows. People need to get that straight and quit comparing the two. Of course PR is based off SS. But I'm so sick of the, “Power Rangers sucks because it's not the Japanese one." I fell in love with the franchise as Power Rangers. Not some Japanese storyline with subtitles.
Deal with it bro.PR will never own up to the original.Sentai always has more than enough promise to outbeat,outclass,and outqualify shit rangers anyday.
dragonmasterknight7 You don't get it. Power Rangers isn't suppose to "live up" to Super Sentai. I watch both. But if you want to shit on PR because everyone else does then so be it. It's just funny how people argue with it "sucks". Do you think Saban has full creative control? Nope. Toei has full control on how the shows are edited, casted and directions. Be mad at them but they won't care. They made over 1 billion dollars off PR merch and TV last year. It's just a show that sucks, right?
Actually I'm fan of actual toku.Not retarded delusion lies produced by a company run by an egotistical,self-centered homophobe that just sees people as dollar signs.
You can't get the entire franchise from start to finish unless you know Japanese and can pay a lot of money for DVDs. In terms of fansubs, there are a LOT of subbers and series out there. A quick Google of "Sentai subbed" will get you some solid start points.
Happy to help. Can't remember a time-reference, but I know it's when one of the bad guy ships shows up. Part of the "twisting space" sound, at least in that example.
That's why I don't think there is a distinct pattern. Sometimes Pink has been known to be a leader or even aggressive while Yellow was more of the softer one in term of females playing as pink and yellow. Sometimes blue and black switch personalities and I remember in Goseiger, red was soft.
We've got an episode coming this month in which Michael gushes hard for Shotaro Ishinomori. Michael is very, very aware of the glorious man-sized idea factory responsible for Rider, Sentai, and a boatload of other amazing heroes/concepts.
I'd be reluctant to recommend Go-Busters simply because, as I understand it, the series has plenty of detractors. For a first outing, I would start with something more popular.
Indeed! The Japanese Spider-Man series (complete with the amazing Leopardon) came before Battle Fever J (the third Super Sentai) had their giant robot. BFJ was a part of the same deal between Marvel and Toei (which I'm in the early stages of researching an article about). That said, Kamen Rider was developed about seven years before the Japanese Spider-Man show, so "original Kamen Rider"'s a bit of a misnomer.
Gokaiger, and any appearance of dekaranger after dekranger's own story has a few nods to power rangers. In akibaranger, they even mention the japanese dub of power rangers spd.
We'll cover the Americanization process if/when we do a Power Rangers episode. Next year's the 20th anniversary celebration, so that's relatively likely.
Sorry to butt in. Well, not really... I've actually been thinking for a while that Go-Onger and Kyoryuger are reasonably similar. Both are a strange mixture of goofy and deathly serious. This even comes through with the villains, how they're often used comically, but can still pose a major threat. They're both fun action-adventure romps, though I'd say Go-Onger leans to the adventure side (at least, comparatively), while Kyoryuger is definitely on the action side.
No mention of Gekiranger on that list, it was defined by its awesome main baddies and its tight core team and its "gunk-fu" theme. Can you guys do a Buffy the Vampire Slayer crash course?
you guys are awesome, i've been watching super sentai since High school my first series to finish was Magiranger been trying to watch all of the sentai from 1975 til now but its hard to find.
I (Michael) was a HUGE fan of Akibaranger. Really hoping they get a second season. I'm going to try to get at least a Space Sheriff video on the calendar before the Gavan movie is subbed and out, especially now that we know all three Sheriffs are in it, but our next few months are kind of tight with themes (Hallo-Weeks and NYCC for October, possibly the return of Retro Month in December, etc)
it's BEYOND fucking dark of all the Sentai teams of late, I'm not kidding .... FUCK is it dark. BUT damn is it awesome as fuck and one of my favorite seasons
Yup. While I would be the first person to get a season pass for Sentai in iTunes if they offered it, the fan-subbing community is really the only channel for subtitled tokusatsu.
Gosei means Five Star.
So Basically, When Nick Fury Assemble The Avenger as a Task Force (sentai) Based on Superheroes, He Assemble a Super Sentai?
Technically, you'd say that Fury's recruiting a Sentai team, as Super Sentai teams have giant robots. Maybe the Helicarrier has a transformation sequence we just haven't seen yet?
Geek Crash Course Ok, we need a fan-art of this!
I'm such a geek... I cried tears of joy when I found out this episode existed...
everyone who watches this is a geek, like me! just look at my icon!
Awsome guy Hopefully, not everyone who watches this is a geek. It's designed to be a resource for geeks and non-geeks alike!
Geek Crash Course thank god you made this video i was about to kill someone for him not knowing about super sentai
Liberator Ray Don't kill anyone for not knowing something. That's just bad form. We much prefer calm talking.
i was just joking XD
Actually the Super Sentai series, Gorenger to Goggle V did not use spandex suits. Dynaman was the first Super Sentai to feature spandex
Call me biased or what, but I grew up watching these Super Sentai shows in the original Japanese show / format, we all have different tastes, views and opinions, but the Saban adaptations starting from MMPR from 1993 up to their current series cannot be up to par to their original version and a plus factor from the Japanese series is that great majority of their opening themes are really catchy and gets stuck in your head.
awesome, great job!
That is a really good summary of what Super Sentai is about.
you know what, i was thinking u were gonna miss a few things but to my shock no, u got everything right and didn't mess up one thing, BIG thumbs up from me :)
I wasn't so sure there'd be anything for me to learn, but I was unaware about the BBC bit. I'm all the more interested in seeing Timeranger now...
To add on about the Series Theme segment, one theme occurs every decade (at least with Kyoryuger & Ninninger) & every 3rd series with that theme, the other ones will come back (seen in Kyoryuger vs Go-Busters & Episode 4 of Ninninger)
12 Super Sentai DVD box sets out now from Shout Factory, from Jetman to Hurricanger. Get them while you can.
I always considered that there were at least two make up of a sentai team:
1. red
2. blue
3. green
4. yellow
5. pink/white
or
1. red
2. black
3. blue
4. yellow
5. pink/white
Cesar Soto no go onger abaranger gobuster kyoryuger sun vulcan jackq
I actually learned alot from this video , thanks alot and i'll subscribe for more :)
Glad we could help and thanks so much for subscribing!
Shinkenger was my first Sentai, Magiranger and Dekaranger are both my favorites. And I am just in LOVE with Dairanger.
I am a lover of Tokusatsu therefore this video made me extremely happy - and thank you for explaining Super Sentai in detail, not a lot of people get how different it is to Power Rangers!
I understand completely. Thanks Michael and Diana again for the info, always a pleasure. Keep up the fantastic work!
I feel lots of enthusiasm in this video. LET'S MAKE IT SHOWY!
Replacing ignorance with happiness is the whole purpose of the show! Glad to help.
I love Super Sentai! I've already finished Dekaranger, Gekiranger, Magiranger, Gokaiger, Go-Busters, and Boukenger. Currently watching Kyoryuger. Can't wait for Ressha Sentai Tokkyuger.
Gosei means 5 Star.... Angel is Tenshi....
I read your description and seriously expected you two to pull out some sort of transformation pose while yelling "GEEK CRASH CHANGE!".
On second thought, that's almost a good transformation call!
Great video by the way. If I ever need to explain what Super Sentai is to anybody I'll just pull up this video.
I actually saw some Super Sentai in 1980 and 1981, but I didn't know what it was for many years afterwards! I was in the Navy from 1976 to 1984 and I was in Japan many, many times. Since I wasn't a drinker and there were limited other things to do I watched a lot of Japanese TV that I couldn't understand! But there was some fun stuff. I was an early fan of Anime and Manga. I still have maybe 50 Comics I can't read. Unfortunately, the VHS tapes I brought back have long since had to be thrown away. I remember some of Dynaman, Sun Vulcan, and Monkey. I loved Monkey. He was not only using martial arts, but magic as well. I currently have 9 of the 12 available Super Sentai seasons, Zyuranger to Timeranger. Next will probably be Jetman or Hurricanranger!
I got into Super Sentai (and Kamen Rider) because power rangers was a HUGE part of my childhood. I do prefer Sentai over PR now, but I will always have that nostalgic softspot for PR.
Technically, Big One was a fifth ranger. He's generally not even considered an additional hero in team-ups, he's just the leader of JAKQ.
I love Super Sentai and Power Rangers!❤
Not all Sentai teams wore spandex. Goranger & JAKQ had cloth uniforms. In addition, until Denjiman, the helmets had no transparent visors to see through. Just a series of holes.
Dynaman. USA dubbed it as a parody in 1984.
Funnily enough, Saban started developing "Phantoms," the show that would become Power Rangers just a few years later. I read somewhere that they shot something with Maskman or Jetman footage years before they adapted Zyuranger into Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, but haven't been able to find definitive proof of it anywhere.
@StevenUlyssesPerhero Welp, there's our mistake for this episode of Toku Month, haha. The use of "Go" was really the relevant example. Sorry!
GREAT video! I am just getting into Super Sentai and found this very helpful!
追加戦士の説明でちゃんとX1マスクが原点ですと説明があって感動した
The channel that airs Sentai in Japan keeps a clock on the upper left of screen at all times. It's absent from DVD releases and the raw footage they use to make Power Rangers, but if you follow fansubbers weekly, you're stuck with that clock in the corner.
The BBC sound was Megaranger, not Timeranger, so you know. Conveniently, it's in the first episode too!
My only nitpick is often Biohunter from Bioman is considered the first sixth hero and is the reason Gokai silver is in fact silver and not green
That's a huge honor. Thanks!
speaking of your mighty morphing fun fact at the end, theres some footage from one of the rolecalls where "Trini's" junk is clearly visable. i'll just let that sink in now
1:10 i have the sane spidey poster
Gosei literally means "protecting stars", not angels. "Hoshi" means star, but can also be used for planet, hence their team phrase "Hoshi wo mamoru wa tenshi no shimei", in which "Hoshi" means Earth. "Tenshi" is the word for angels. Also, the word "-ger", means a certain person or group. For example, "Gokaiger" means a heroic person or heroic people.
Themes tend to be in the names.
Ninja Sentai Kakuranger,
Samurai Sentai Shinkenger,
etc.
Yes and no. Tonally, Kyoryuger's vaguely similar. The team has a similarly oddball cast of characters. It'a kid-friendly, but occasional has dark stuff too. The robots in Kyoryuger don't talk, though it's implied that they have personalities.
I would say that a major difference is the execution of fights (human-scale and mecha). Better choreography for both. Same issue of overly feeling like a toy commercial sometimes though. The "Engine Cells" and "Beast Batteries" do operate similarly.
I'm seeing it now. You've replaced my ignorance with happiness. Many thanks.
Happy to help!
As for Kyoryuger, I'm way more of a fan than I expected to be. Seems like a relatively unpopular edition, which I don't really understand. Feels like, lately, a chunk of modern toku fandom hates fun, which is sad. -Michael
My first full episodes were Boukenger. I'd been aware that Power Rangers originated back in Japan since Megaranger, but I found TV-Nihon around the time that Boukenger was going on and dove in.
@4Taros Not quite. Goseijaa means planet protect. Go means five and sei means star, so "Gosei" = "Five Star." Gosei Sentai Dairanger incorporated this into their role call, "Shining in the Heavens are five stars! Gosei Sentai, DAIRANGER!"
actually since hunter often went after GEAR as well as the Bioman team he was closer to an anti hero then a villain
Actually in addition to missing the theme to Zyuranger (an easy mistake to make, but Pteradactls, Mammoths. and Sabertooth Tigers are not dinosaurs, thus only Red and Blue even have dinosaurs), but Megaranger is actually themed around electronic devices, hence "Denji Sentai" Megaranger. At least as far as motifs go. But strictly speaking if Zyuranger did feature actual dinosaurs with non-dinosaurs, then it still is not a dinosaur theme as much as it is an ancient beast theme. "Zyu" is tricky...
When you said that whole thing on Tiger Ranger that just made me remember something.
Fun Fact: Most female ranger's were played by suit actor Yuichi Hachisuka. Beside female rangers or monsters he has been the suit actor to monsters in the Metal Hero series.
I found a fun fact that, in case you're not aware, Masayuki Deai who played Bouken Silver also played as a role of battle corp. army in the 2003 movie The Last Samurai.
there is another "parody" that appeared on the USA network from a show named Nightflight that actual used the sentai footage way before saban.
I heard the Tardis effect in Abraranger as well.
It should also be mentioned that the female rangers are often gravure idols, having their own swimsuit photobooks and/or gravure DVDs. ;-)
THAT'S WHAT SOUNDED SO FAMILIAR IN MEGARANGER! That makes me haappy =]. I wish they somehow made the sonic screwdriver a weapon for Mega Silver (wishful thinking).
This episode was posted about week after Gobuster aired in Japan.
Hurricanger was actually a pun on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone.
Akibaranger was just a glint in a Toei producer's eye when we shot this show, so we didn't cover it. But I LOVE IT.
I like Super Sentai more.It's the best!
Super Sentai and Power Rangers are two different shows. People need to get that straight and quit comparing the two. Of course PR is based off SS. But I'm so sick of the, “Power Rangers sucks because it's not the Japanese one." I fell in love with the franchise as Power Rangers. Not some Japanese storyline with subtitles.
Deal with it bro.PR will never own up to the original.Sentai always has more than enough promise to outbeat,outclass,and outqualify shit rangers anyday.
dragonmasterknight7 You don't get it. Power Rangers isn't suppose to "live up" to Super Sentai. I watch both. But if you want to shit on PR because everyone else does then so be it. It's just funny how people argue with it "sucks". Do you think Saban has full creative control? Nope. Toei has full control on how the shows are edited, casted and directions. Be mad at them but they won't care. They made over 1 billion dollars off PR merch and TV last year. It's just a show that sucks, right?
dragonmasterknight7 Although judging by your comments you're just another forum board warrior. I guess I wasted my comment on a brick wall.
Actually I'm fan of actual toku.Not retarded delusion lies produced by a company run by an egotistical,self-centered homophobe that just sees people as dollar signs.
dragonmasterknight7 You can say what you want to. Again, go bitch at Toei.
You can't get the entire franchise from start to finish unless you know Japanese and can pay a lot of money for DVDs. In terms of fansubs, there are a LOT of subbers and series out there. A quick Google of "Sentai subbed" will get you some solid start points.
I agree that Blue is usually the sub leader... unless Black is there. If not then it's Blue.
Happy to help. Can't remember a time-reference, but I know it's when one of the bad guy ships shows up. Part of the "twisting space" sound, at least in that example.
My favorite shows are Bioman, Timeranger, and Lupinranger vs Patoranger.
I don't know what video you watched, but we did exactly that. In the intro and then again in the main video.
@japanstuff9797 Yup, that was our mess-up this episode. Sorry about that and thanks for the correction!
Can somebody please tell me where to find Case 17-51 of Timerangers? Can't find them anywhere.
not subbed yet
Thanks I managed to find them, bad quality though.
I think kissasian has them
Thank You for doing this!!!
That's why I don't think there is a distinct pattern. Sometimes Pink has been known to be a leader or even aggressive while Yellow was more of the softer one in term of females playing as pink and yellow.
Sometimes blue and black switch personalities and I remember in Goseiger, red was soft.
You guys do realise that we have other versions of the super sentai shows right?
You guys realize no one cares about "other versions" besides stuff like emo rangers maybe and france five.
Ik this is old but thank you for the information it’s very helpful to me!💕
A pity the BBC didn't learn much from Toei about adding bigger budgets to their shows, DAMN YOU UK TV LICENSE! :D
We've got an episode coming this month in which Michael gushes hard for Shotaro Ishinomori. Michael is very, very aware of the glorious man-sized idea factory responsible for Rider, Sentai, and a boatload of other amazing heroes/concepts.
I'd be reluctant to recommend Go-Busters simply because, as I understand it, the series has plenty of detractors. For a first outing, I would start with something more popular.
jetman and ohranger are still my favorite sentai's but gokaiger was just freaking awesome every episode
Megaranger was the first sentai I watched, but my favourites are Shinkenger and Gokaiger.
I forgot to ask something. Michael said Boukenger was the first Sentai he finished. So, what was his first Sentai ever?
Indeed! The Japanese Spider-Man series (complete with the amazing Leopardon) came before Battle Fever J (the third Super Sentai) had their giant robot. BFJ was a part of the same deal between Marvel and Toei (which I'm in the early stages of researching an article about).
That said, Kamen Rider was developed about seven years before the Japanese Spider-Man show, so "original Kamen Rider"'s a bit of a misnomer.
I'd give it a 7, maybe an 8. I liked it quite a bit more than I initially expected.
Definitely. Our color/type bit is a bit loose, especially with modern, more self-aware series.
Shinkenger and Jetman has a lot of fanbase in Sentai history
Gokaiger, and any appearance of dekaranger after dekranger's own story has a few nods to power rangers.
In akibaranger, they even mention the japanese dub of power rangers spd.
And Diana very clearly said "Megaranger," with a picture to boot. Oy.
We'll cover the Americanization process if/when we do a Power Rangers episode. Next year's the 20th anniversary celebration, so that's relatively likely.
your wish is granted. season 2 is coming soon.
Sorry to butt in. Well, not really...
I've actually been thinking for a while that Go-Onger and Kyoryuger are reasonably similar. Both are a strange mixture of goofy and deathly serious. This even comes through with the villains, how they're often used comically, but can still pose a major threat. They're both fun action-adventure romps, though I'd say Go-Onger leans to the adventure side (at least, comparatively), while Kyoryuger is definitely on the action side.
i like the voltron reference ahah
No mention of Gekiranger on that list, it was defined by its awesome main baddies and its tight core team and its "gunk-fu" theme. Can you guys do a Buffy the Vampire Slayer crash course?
you guys are awesome, i've been watching super sentai since High school my first series to finish was Magiranger been trying to watch all of the sentai from 1975 til now but its hard to find.
Being in the UK, we've never had Dino Charge. I just wanted to make sure you guys didn't think I was having a go at you.
No one's had Dino Charge yet, as it's still in production. No worries, I just wanted to clarify for you.
Geek Crash Course Ahh ok, the last thing we got was Super Mega Force and even then I had to search for it.
I loved it! Definitely hoping we get a season 2. -Michael
i finally get the gokiger name pun
Go-5
Gokai-heroic
so basicly their name is 5 heroic rangers!
:D its good being a geek.
Gosei means defense of the star (planet), star (planet) protection. Angel is tenshi in Japanese.
I (Michael) was a HUGE fan of Akibaranger. Really hoping they get a second season.
I'm going to try to get at least a Space Sheriff video on the calendar before the Gavan movie is subbed and out, especially now that we know all three Sheriffs are in it, but our next few months are kind of tight with themes (Hallo-Weeks and NYCC for October, possibly the return of Retro Month in December, etc)
TimeRanger/Time Force is another example, those shows are pretty much one and the same
Also about sixth rangers they are sometimes villains before they join up with the heroes
I've also heard Liveman is great as well. What are your thoughts Michael and Diana??
it's BEYOND fucking dark of all the Sentai teams of late, I'm not kidding .... FUCK is it dark. BUT damn is it awesome as fuck and one of my favorite seasons
Yup. While I would be the first person to get a season pass for Sentai in iTunes if they offered it, the fan-subbing community is really the only channel for subtitled tokusatsu.
Some one told me that gokai also apparently means 5 seas.
Generally, Akaranger takes on that role nowadays, though Big One was in Gao vs. Super Sentai.
I was under the impression "gosei" meant either "wisdom" or "five star" in the case of Dairanger.
kai in gokaiger can also mean sea in some way
sea, pirates, you get it ?