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Japan's premiere superhero TV series, which birthed the 'Power Rangers' phenomenon in the west, may be on the way out—but could something take its place? Reading time 3 minutes Japanese newspaper The ...

The iconic Japanese superhero television series Super Sentai is reportedly ending after a monumental 50-year run. First launched in 1975, the franchise has produced a new incarnation nearly every year ...

30 years ago, Super Sentai was in dire straights. A period of decline in the 1980s, even as potential outside interest from Western parties to adapt the superhero franchise beyond Japanese shores, ...

While Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was the debut of the Power Rangers franchise, the series is based on the Super Sentai franchise, with Mighty Morphin being based specifically on Kyoryu Sentai ...

A Japanese superhero series that inspired the hugely popular Power Rangers TV and movie franchise from the 1990s is ending after 50 years, local media report. Super Sentai will go off air as sales ...

Earlier this month, chatter began circulating on social media that Japan’s long-running Super Sentai franchise, the source material for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, would be wrapping up after its ...