Celebrating 50th anniversary in 2025"Super Sentai"series. A countdown PV and logo commemorating the 50th anniversary have been released.
In the 50th anniversary countdown PV,
"Secret Sentai Goranger"A CRT television reminiscent of 1975, when the show was broadcast, is shown, and the countdown to 50 begins. Successive Reds were displayed one after another, and when the count reached 1, a mysterious hero was shown with a narration saying, ``For 50 years, the No. 1 squadron.''The identity of the last hero shown and the meaning of ``the No. 1 squadron in 50 years'' will be revealed in a follow-up report on December 25, 2024.
The release is quoted below.
2025 Super Sentai 50th anniversary year begins! The Super Sentai 50th Anniversary Countdown PV has finally been released!! Additionally, comments have arrived from Shinichiro Shirakura, who is in charge of the Character Strategy Department!
The Super Sentai series, which began airing in 1975 with Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, will finally celebrate its 50th anniversary in 2025.
The first installment of the Super Sentai series, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger, began broadcasting on Saturday, April 5, 1975, as a 30-minute TV program from 7:30pm to 8:00pm. Up until now, transformation heroes have often appeared alone, but five heroes with different personalities wear suits of different colors: red, blue, yellow, peach, and green. The setting, in which the characters fight as a team of colors against a huge evil organization, has become a hot topic and is very popular among children. The highest viewership rating was 22%, and the number of episodes aired was 84, making it an unusually long broadcast lasting about two years.
Since then, the series has enjoyed this popularity, and with the second and third works, it has been recognized as ``a national team hero for children who face difficulties together with their friends'', and before you know it, it has become popular as ``Sentai Mono'' and ``Sentai Hero.'' '', which is now synonymous with team heroes that everyone can imagine, has continued to evolve until the latest work, ``Bakujo Sentai Bunbunja'', which is currently being aired.
The series has been supported by many fans and has been loved for half a century from the Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa eras, but in every era, different "colors = individualities" come together, sometimes having fun, sometimes clashing, but recognizing each other. In stories where people come together, gather courage, and face great hardships together, the story depicts ``people moving forward together with others''. Along with cool action scenes, robots and machines, and hero songs that cheer children on, they are constantly delivering new dreams and courage to the children living in that era and the adults who watch them together. Masu.To commemorate the 50th anniversary, the Super Sentai 50th anniversary countdown PV and Super Sentai 50th anniversary logo have been released!
Super Sentai 50th Anniversary Countdown PV
In the released PV,"Secret Sentai Goranger"A CRT television reminiscent of 1975, when the show began broadcasting, is shown, and the countdown starts from "50". The heroes of Super Sentai are shown one after another, and you can feel the change of times from cathode ray tubes to high definition. And when the countdown finally reaches 1, a silhouette of the hero hits "1" from the back of the monitor... Along with the narration, "The No. 1 Sentai in 50 years," the hero's visuals are revealed...! At the end, with the afterglow of the eyes, a new logo created to commemorate the 50th anniversary appears, making it a video that allows you to look back on the trajectory of the Super Sentai series.
Super Sentai 50th anniversary logo
The theme of this logo is "explosion". ``Super Sentai'' is 50 years old, and in order to express the great series that has lasted half a century in one mark, we thought that it would not work unless there was a strong motif, and we came up with ``Explosion''. As if to say, "Super Sentai is an explosion!!", in the background is the silhouette of Goranger and another hero, carrying the five-colored gun smoke that is synonymous with Sentai. Commonly known as the "explosion logo," it became a logo that symbolized the brightness and momentum of the Super Sentai series. In the memorable year of the 50th anniversary, it will not only ignite, but explode! It has a meaning.
Who on earth is Red in the video?
What's interesting here is the silhouette of the hero at the end of the video and to the right of the 50th anniversary logo. Who on earth is this hero?
Shinichiro Shirakura, in charge of the Character Strategy Department, who has served as a producer for many Super Sentai series, said, ``All Super Sentai lived hard.It was not to inherit the series or pass the baton to the next person, but to do their best.'' To become the number one. 50 years of accumulation. Still, in 50 years, we will declare the number one squadron." A comment hinting at the release of information about the future of Super Sentai has arrived.
Who on earth is the hero who appeared at the end of the PV?
What does it mean to be the No. 1 squadron in 50 years?
Christmas on December 25th! Witness the “manifesto” of the 50th anniversary of the Super Sentai series, which has always been with the children of the era!
Comment from Shinichiro Shirakura (Character Strategy Department)
``Fifty years of human life~'' Nobunaga said.
Life is short. Live each moment to the fullest.
All the Super Sentai lived hard. Not to inherit the series or pass the baton to the next person, but to become number one myself. 50 years of accumulation.
Still, in its 50th year, it declares itself the number one squadron.
Give guidance to all squadrons.
It is a sign of respect as a monument, but at the same time it is a farewell to a tombstone.Don't miss the "festival" starting on Wednesday, December 25th!!
Episodes 1-2 of previous “Super Sentai Series” works will be distributed.
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of Super Sentai, episodes 1 and 2 of successive Super Sentai series works will be distributed sequentially from December 15th on Toei Special Effects YouTube Official and Bunbunja Channel.
If you watch it, you're sure to find a hero you'll want to support! Find your favorite Super Sentai.