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Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger
is a Japanese Tokusatsu drama and the 40th entry of Toei's long-running Super Sentai metaseries, following ''Shuriken Sentai Ninninger''. ''Zyuohger'' premiered February 14, 2016, joining ''Kamen Rider Ghost'', and later, ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'' in the ''Super Hero Time'' line-up on TV Asahi affiliate stations, until its conclusion on February 5, 2017. Released as part of Super Sentai's 40th anniversary and Toei's "Super Hero Year", ''Zyuohger'' is the sixth series in the franchise whose central theme is animals, after ''Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan'', ''Choujyu Sentai Liveman'', ''Chōjin Sentai Jetman'', ''Seijuu Sentai Gingaman'', and ''Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger''. The series also has a Minecraft-inspired and Rubik's cube motif. The lead screenwriter for the series is Junko Kōmura. The cast and characters were revealed at an event at Tokyo Dome City on January 23 and 24, 2016, while the characters had their official debut in the film '' Shuriken Sentai Ninninger vs. ToQger the Mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tokusatsu
is a Japanese term for live action film or television drama that makes heavy use of practical special effects. ''Tokusatsu'' entertainment mainly refers to science fiction, War film, war, fantasy, or Horror film, horror media featuring such technology but is sometimes dubbed a genre itself. The most popular subgenres of include ''kaiju'' such as the ''Godzilla (film series), Godzilla'' and ''Gamera'' series; superhero such as the ''Kamen Rider Series, Kamen Rider'' and ''Metal Hero Series, Metal Hero'' series; and mecha like ''Giant Robo (tokusatsu), Giant Robo'' and ''Super Robot Red Baron''. Some television programs combine several of these subgenres, for example the ''Ultra Series, Ultraman'' and ''Super Sentai'' series. is one of the most popular forms of Japanese entertainment, but only a small proportion of films and television programs are widely known outside of Japan. Nevertheless, certain properties have attained popularity outside of Japan; ''Godzilla'' is featu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hideaki Takatori
Hideaki (ひであき) is a masculine Japanese given name. Possible writings Hideaki can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *秀秋, "excellent", "autumn" *英秋, "outstanding", "autumn" *秀明, "excellent", "bright" *英明, "outstanding", "bright" *秀朗, "excellent", "clear" *秀昭, "excellent", "shining" *英昭, "outstanding", "shining" *秀章, "excellent", "composition" *秀聡, "excellent", "wise" *秀彰, "excellent", "clear" A popular kanji is 明 (the combination of two different characters 日 = sun and 月 = moon) which means "the light coming from the sun", "sunlight and moonlight", "bright", "intelligent", "wisdom" or "truth". The name can also be written in hiragana. People with the name *, Japanese rower * Hideaki Akaiwa (born 1968), Japanese hero of the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami *, Japanese animator and film director *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese ''daimyō'' *, Japanese ''swordsman'' *, Japanese footballer *, Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seijuu Sentai Gingaman
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series. It is Toei's 22nd entry of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries. The series aired from February 22, 1998, to February 14, 1999. Its footage was used in ''Power Rangers Lost Galaxy''. The lead screenwriter for the series is Yasuko Kobayashi. At the 2017 San Diego Comic-Con, Shout! Factory announced that they would be releasing ''Seijuu Sentai Gingaman'' in Japanese with English subtitles on DVD. It was released on January 30, 2018. This is the seventh Super Sentai series released on Region 1 DVD in North America. In July 2018, Shout! made the series available on-demand on their website. Plot Three thousand years ago, the Space Pirates Balban invaded Earth. The Starbeasts and the first Gingamen, warriors of the Ginga Forest, fought them with a mystical power known as Earth and eventually imprisoned them. The Ginga people later cloaked their forest within marked boundaries and passed on the duty of the Ginga warriors through generations. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chōjin Sentai Jetman
is a Japanese tokusatsu television series produced by Toei Company and Bandai. It is the fifteenth entry of the ''Super Sentai'' metaseries, following the previous series ''Chikyu Sentai Fiveman''. The series aired on TV Asahi on February 15, 1991, to February 14, 1992, with a total of 51 episodes. It was the last Sentai series until '' Ressha Sentai ToQger'' to not get adapted into a ''Power Rangers'' series. It was also the first series to have a third robot, Tetraboy. The international English title is listed by Toei as simply ''Jetman''. Shout! Factory released this series in North America on September 25, 2018. This is the 10th incarnation of ''Super Sentai'' to be released in North America and was the first series released that did not have a ''Power Rangers'' counterpart. Plot This series takes place in 199X. On the Earth Ship, the command center of a defense agency called Sky Force, the guardians of peace on Earth, scientists have developed "Birdonic Waves", a newly de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Choujyu Sentai Liveman
is the twelfth entry of Toei Company's Super Sentai metaseries. The last Super Sentai title of the Shōwa Era, it aired on TV Asahi from February 27, 1988 to February 18, 1989, replacing ''Hikari Sentai Maskman'' and was replaced by ''Kousoku Sentai Turboranger''. Its international English title as listed by Toei is simply ''Liveman''. It was the first Super Sentai series to have a female Blue Ranger as well as the first Super Sentai series that introduced animal-based mecha. It was also the first Super Sentai series that introduced a super-combined robot (that is 2 or more robots put together); the first Super Sentai series to have three members from the start, with two additional members joining later on; it was the last Super Sentai series that had its mechas transported to the battle through a flying fortress on a regular basis, which would not occur again until ''Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger''; and it was the first Super Sentai series to have both a Green Ranger and a Black Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan
is the fifth series in Toei Company's ''Super Sentai'' tokusatsu metaseries. It was broadcast from February 7, 1981, to January 30, 1982, replacing ''Denshi Sentai Denjiman'' and was replaced by ''Dai Sentai Goggle-V''. The program first ''Super Sentai'' series to serve as a direct sequel to its previous series (''Denshi Sentai Denjiman''). It is also the first and only series in the franchise to have an all-male ''Super Sentai'' team and the first to have fewer than five members in the core team. Its international English title as listed by Toei Company is ''Sunvulcan''. This is last entry in the Super Sentai tokusatsu metaseries to be co-produced by Marvel Comics and possess a Marvel copyright, despite no Marvel influence. Plot The threat of the Machine Empire Black Magma causes the United Nations to establish the Solar Sentai at a summit. From the UN's Guardians of World Peace's (GWP) air force, navy, and rangers, Commander Arashiyama assembles three specialists to become Su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Hero Time
is a programming block on the Japanese television network TV Asahi featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from the Super Sentai, Kamen Rider and Metal Heroes. Both series have decades of history and have been intertwined in the public imagination for some time, not least of all because the driving creative force behind both was manga artist Shotaro Ishinomori and both were produced by the same production company, Toei Company; however, they did not air together until 2000 with ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'' and ''Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive'' (which was quickly replaced by ''Mirai Sentai Timeranger'' 2 weeks later), though at the time they were not acknowledged together. Super Hero Time airs every Sunday morning, from 9:00 to 10:00 JST. The block is shown all over Japan via the All-Nippon News Network. Though, in other prefectures, one or both shows can be seen on other stations which are not affiliated with ANN. History Starting in the late 1960s, the hour was originall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama in Toei Company's Kamen Rider Series. It is the eighteenth series in the Heisei period run and the twenty-seventh series overall. Toei registered the Kamen Rider Ex-Aid trademark on June 13, 2016. The show premiered on October 2, 2016, one week after the finale of ''Kamen Rider Ghost'', joining ''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' and later, ''Uchu Sentai Kyuranger'' in the Super Hero Time line-up. Story Emu Hojo is an intern in the Pediatrics Department at Seito University Hospital and a genius video gamer who goes by the alias "M". Emu was inspired to practice medicine after a doctor, the future minister of health Kyotaro Hinata saved his life from an illness when he was a child. Kyotaro also gave him a WonderSwan handheld video game console as a reward that ignited Emu's interest in video games. Recently, a video game company known as the Genm Corporation, or Genm Corp. for short has become aware of the existence of the Bugsters, a form of computer virus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamen Rider Ghost
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama serving as the 17th Heisei Kamen Rider Series, and 26th series overall. Takuro Fukuda serves as ''Ghost''s lead screenwriter, with Satoshi Morota as director. It premiered on TV Asahi and affiliate stations throughout Japan on October 4, 2015, the week following the finale of its predecessor series ''Kamen Rider Drive'', joining ''Shuriken Sentai Ninninger'', and later, ''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger'' in the Super Hero Time programming block. Story Takeru Tenkūji, whose father was a ghost hunter who died 10 years earlier, dies at the hands of an evil monster known as a while trying to protect his childhood friend Akari Tsukimura from an attack. A mysterious hermit brings Takeru back to life and bestows upon him the Ghost Driver transformation belt and a , an orb-shaped device which can see ghostly creatures like spirits of dead creatures, Gamma, and other Riders. The hermit tells Takeru that he has 99 days to gather 15 additional heroic Eyecons to be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metaseries
A media franchise, also known as a multimedia franchise, is a collection of related media in which several derivative works have been produced from an original creative work of fiction, such as a film, a work of literature, a television program or a video game. Bob Iger, chief executive of the Walt Disney Company, defined the word ''franchise'' as “something that creates value across multiple businesses and across multiple territories over a long period of time.” Transmedia franchise A media franchise often consists of cross-marketing across more than one medium. For the owners, the goal of increasing profit through diversity can extend the commercial profitability of the franchise and create strong feelings of identity and ownership in its consumers. Those large groups of dedicated consumers create the franchise's fandom, which is the community of fans that indulge in many of its mediums and are committed to interacting with and keeping up with other consumers. Large franchis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Super Sentai
is a Japanese superhero team metaseries and media franchise consisting of television series and films produced by Toei Company, and Bandai, and aired by TV Asahi ("Sentai" is the Japanese word for "task force" or "fighting squadron"). The shows are of the ''tokusatsu'' genre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children. ''Super Sentai'' airs alongside the '' Kamen Rider'' series in the ''Super Hero Time'' programming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the ''Super Sentai'' series is best known as the source material for the ''Power Rangers'' series. Series overview In every ''Super Sentai'' series, the protagonists are a team of people who – using wrist-worn or hand-held devices – transform into superheroes and gain superpowers – color-coded uniforms, signature weapons, sidearms, and fighting skills – to battle a group of otherworldly supervillains that threaten to take over the Earth. In a typical episode, the her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uchu Sentai Kyuranger
is a Japanese tokusatsu drama and the 41st entry of Toei's long-running ''Super Sentai'' metaseries, following ''Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger''. The show premiered on February 12, 2017, joining ''Kamen Rider Ex-Aid'' and later ''Kamen Rider Build'' in the ''Super Hero Time'' line-up on TV Asahi affiliate stations before concluding on February 4, 2018. ''Kyuranger'' is considered the fifth space-themed series whose primary motifs are constellations and Greco-Roman mythology, and it is also the first ''Super Sentai'' series to introduce nine regular members in the beginning instead of five or fewer like previous installments. The team later gains three additional members, increasing the number to twelve and becoming the largest team of the franchise so far. ''Kyuranger'' began airing in South Korea as ''Power Rangers Galaxy Force''. It also began airing in Indonesia in April 2019 as ''Kyuuranger''. Footage from ''Kyuranger'' was later reused for the third season of ''Power Rangers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
