Sentai (Five Man) Series History and Toy Robots.

Starting in 1975, Japan saw multicolored five man teams battling rubber monsters- Sentai Series shows. Often the heroes thwarted evil empires invading the Earth. Later, sentai shows to include super robots, and then additional machines to power up.

1975 marked the production company Toei's first Sentai show. While some earlier programs used a lot of sentai concepts, Himitsu Sentai Goranger(1975) is considered the first sentai show. JAKQ Dengekitai(1977) followed and then there was a one year stop in production. Then in 1979 Toei created the show Battle Fever J which started the Super Sentai series and began the current theme of including robots.

The following list is a timeline of Sentai Robot T.V. shows and their airing date:

1. Himitsu Sentai Goranger (1975) 84 Episodes
2. JAKQ Dengekitai (1977) 35 Episodes
3. Battle Fever J (1979) 52 Episodes
4. Denji Sentai Denziman (1980) 51 Episodes
5. Taiyo Sentai Sunvulcan (1981) 50 Episodes
6. Dai Sentai Goggle V (1982) 50 Episodes
7. Karaku Sentai Dynaman (1983) 51 Episodes
8. Chodenshi Bioman (1984) 52 Episodes
9. Dengeki Sentai Changeman (1985) 55 Episodes
10. Choushinsei Flashman (1986) 50 Episodes
11. Hikari Sentai Maskman (1987) 51 Episodes
12. Chou Zyu Sentai Liveman (1988) 49 Episodes
13. Kosoku Sentai Turboranger (1989) 51 Episodes
14. Chikyu Sentai Fiveman (1990) 48 Episodes
15. Chojin Sentai Jetman (1991) 51 Episodes

From here down these shows in Japan begin to appear as "Power Rangers" in the United States.

16. Kyouruu Sentai Zyuranger (1992) 50 Episodes
17. GoSei Sentai Dairanger (1993) 50 Episodes
18. Ninja Sentai Kakuranger (1994) 53 Episodes
19. ChoRiki Sentai Ohranger (1995) 48 Episodes
20. Gekisou Sentai Carranger (1996) 48 Episodes
21. Denji Sentai Megaranger (1997) 51 Episodes
22. Seiju Sentai Gingaman (1998) 50 Episodes
23. See the Power Rangers section

Goranger Vehicles that appeared as toys

JAKQ Jet from the 5 man ( Sentai )team

Battle Fever J

Denziman Robot

Sunvulcan Sentai team robot

Goggle V Robot

Dynaman Robot

Bioman Robot Toy

Changeman Robot illustration

Flashman live action robot

 Maskman DX Sentai Robot This is a pre-Power Ranger toy. This Sentai Series (5 human team) robot represents a superb design from 1987.

Liveman DX Robot

Turboranger DX sentai robot

Fiveman DX Robot

Jetman Sentai Robot