Power Rangers vs Super Sentai - the differences

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For many years online, fans have debated the differences between the mighty Power Rangers and their Japanese counterparts, Super Sentai. Sure, they both fight giant monsters and yell epic catchphrases, but there's more to the story than meets the eye. Power Rangers and Super Sentai, two iconic franchises deeply rooted in the realm of superhero teams and tokusatsu action, have captivated audiences worldwide for decades. While both series share common themes of teamwork, heroism, and battling evil, they originate from different cultures with distinct storytelling approaches and visual styles. Understanding their similarities and differences could help the fans, we’re always in a battle of who is better, when we should really be showing appreciation of these beloved series but also shed some light on how each has evolved and resonated across diverse audiences globally. So get your morphers, wether it’s a phone, watch, or a burger, because we're about to morph into a detailed explanation of what makes each team unique!

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0:00 - Opening
1:04 - Origin
2:37 - Storylines
4:15 - Continuity
7:05 - Filming
9:59 - Broadcast
11:51 - Censorship
13:46 - Music
16:56 - Toys
20:41 - Uniqueness
23:00 - Legacy
25:16 - Closing

This video was made for teenagers and adult fans. Not for kids.

[DeadAir]

The main difference between the 2 is Sentai isn’t artistically straddled with a concept so it can be whatever it wants to be. It can be about Pirates coming to earth, based in a video game, based within a child’s imagination, in a medieval world, it can be whatever it wants to be.

Power Rangers, while characters and costumes change every year is essentially the same thing every year, a group of teens or young adults coming together to save the world. And if a concept doesn’t translate to the west they either skip it or ignore it.

[BMassey]

I love both, but Super Sentai is an objectively better show.

[RocketChickArt]

One bad thing is that some of us in the American audience could never move away from mighty morphin when it came to ancillary media for power Rangers

[lanzo]

A big difference is that Super Sentai shows blood while Power Rangers doesn't.

[afroshark]

I remember watching the Gokaiger fight between Marvelous & Basco and Marvelous steps on Basco's foot and stabs his sword through both their feet so Basco can't move. I remember saying "ooooh this will never make it to Power Rangers..." 😆

[BRUNOTHEECHIDNA]

That is why I don't bother with people who claim that one series is better than the other. Both have good points, and you can be a fan of both, without comparing them. I do wish Super Sentai was as popular around the globe as Power Rangers is, and distributed to more countries; I also wish Power Rangers could give more room to teams other than Mighty Morphin, as Super Sentai does.

[Gilbert]

One of my biggest pet peeves about PR is how it treats its actors

[csbattlebot]

Blood, swearing, death, sexual and even religious themes, Super Sentai isn’t afraid to treat its audience like adults.

[etherealdragon]

If they bring back PR they need to stop splitting seasons across 2 years, write for a broader audience while not making things from Super Sentai childish, lean into each season them, and make each season its own thing instead of trying to channel MMPR in anyway.

[KyouSpectre]

I always see Super Sentai not as a kids show, but as an anime/manga live action show. Cuz if you're familiar with anime & manga, most of the times Super Sentai feels like anime/manga, especially Shounen anime/manga. Which makes sense, since its creator, Shotaro Ishinomori is mangaka himself. That's why you can see several shounen anime/manga influence here and there, especially the red ranger which almost similar with most shounen anime protagonist.

[spencermanning]

Japan got Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, which had good character development, plenty of nods to previous seasons, and TONS of returning actors. Meanwhile, we Westerners Anyways....

[Haruune]

Power rangers

Good thing: Inspired and captivated generations of kids and stayed with them to adulthood

Bad thing: how it always seems to piss on it's own legacy and even sentai counter part in some cases (looking at you megaforce/super megaforce)

[KhanhNguyen-mhec]

Power ranger:

Good thing: A pretty interesting world building
Bad thing: WASTED POTENTIAL

[RyogaHabiki]

I’ve been teaching TaeKwonDo for a couple decades (I got into it in 1985, so before Power Rangers) and one of the things I’ve noticed is when a new season debuted a bunch of kids/adults would sign up, because “How hard can it be, they do it on Power Rangers”, and they don’t last a month…

[devinjohnson]

the one season about literal samurai and they couldn't even get an asian actor for the red ranger lmao. "Jayden Shib" to this day is crazy to me

[iap]

0:12 No, I’m pretty sure that’s Transformers.

[MiXVoy]

Super Sentai: After 35 years, they made seasonal reunions, TTFC (TOEI Tokusatsu Fan Club) exclusives, and the Super Hero Taisen Movies. On their 40th anniversary, they picked a goodwill ambassador, Hiroya Matsumoto(Tsubasa Ozu/MagiYellow and Masoto Jin/Beet Buster).

Power Rangers: Never being an union-made IP for 30 years, a live tour that only lasted 94-95, a drastic drop of production in New Zealand for 20 years, ongoing burning of bridges due to low paychecks, decreasing seasonal crossovers, franchise fatigue because of shoving MMPR as their crown jewel, and no veterans ever stepped in to be the IP's representative cuz that might damage their reputation in Hollywood.

[tokublwhovian]

At least with Sentai, it doesn’t rely on Gorenger or try to recapture the once “lightning in a bottle” thing that Rangers has been doing since 2011 with no success.

[danielawesome]

Bad thing in Power rangers over Super sentai The Writing

[aotako]

the biggest difference is that Power ranger recently filled with corporate money hungry people thus making their legacy and decision lackluster for the fans while sentai producer still love their products so much despite similarly money hungry