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TheSuper Sentai Series(スーパー戦隊シリーズ,Sūpā Sentai Shirīzu)is a Japanese superhero team metaseries of TV series 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 thetokusatsugenre, featuring live action characters and colorful special effects, and are aimed at children.Super Sentaiairs alongside theKamen Riderseries in theSuper Hero Timeprogramming block on Sunday mornings. In North America, the Super Sentai Series is best known as the source material for thePower Rangersfranchise.

In everySuper SentaiSeries, 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 villains that threaten to take over the Earth. In a typical episode, the heroes thwart the enemies' plans and defeat an army of enemy soldiers and the monster of the week before an enlarged version of the monster confronts them, only to be defeated again when the heroes fight it with their mecha. Each Super Sentai Series is set in its own fictional universe; various TV, video and film specials feature a team-up between one or more teams.