Super Sentai Exhibition Launches With a Tribute from AkaRanger

Fifty years ago on April 5, 1975, the world was introduced to the very first Superhero team in Tokusatsu, Himetsu Sentai Gorenger, thanks to the King of Manga, Shotaro Ishinomori. Fifty years later, Super Sentai is still going strong with the latest installment series, No.1 Sentai Gozyuger. In a new announcement, a large-scale exhibition has been planned to take place this August.

The original cast made their triumphant return in a special event to celebrate Himetsu Sentai Gorenger’s first appearance on television on April 5, 1975. During the event, they went into detail about the upcoming exhibition which will cover the full history of Super Sentai, from Gorenger to Gozyuger. It will be divided into three eras, Showa, Heisei, and Reiwa, and the exhibition will provide a comprehensive look back at the franchise’s evolution. Approximately 500 rare items will be on display, including props, costumes, robots, and miniatures used in filming, many of which have never been shown to the public before. The exhibition titled Zen Super Sentai Ten (All Super Sentai Exhibition) will debut this August at Tokyo Dome City’s Prism Hall before embarking on a nationwide tour. More details about the exhibition, including regional tour stops and ticketing, will be revealed soon. The original Red Ranger, AkaRanger (Tsuyoshi Kaijo), voiced by actor Naoya Makoto in a newly recorded line, expresses gratitude to fans. Makoto, who originally played AkaRanger, personally recorded this new message to convey what he describes as “50 years’ worth of gratitude.”

In a related announcement, Toei will be releasing a five-volume Blu-ray boxset of the Himetsu Sentai Gorenger television series that aired on NET (now TV Asahi) from April 1975 to March 1977. This new Boxset will include not only every episode (84 total) of the television series but will also include cast interviews, five Gorenger films consisting of Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Movie, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Blue Fortress, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Red Death Match, Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: Fire Mountain’s Final Explosion, and  Himitsu Sentai Gorenger: The Bomb Hurricane. The Boxset consists of 15 discs (Each Volume includes three discs each) and will be released on Wednesday, June 11th on Toei’s Video Shop. Each Volume will cost 13,200 yen (90.70 USD, plus tax), while the collected box set is priced at 66,000 yen (453.50 USD, plus tax).

Aside from the television series, it was adapted into a manga that was written and illustrated by its series creator, Shotaro Ishinomori, which made its serialized debut in Shogakukan’s Weekly Shōnen Sunday Magazine from May 4, 1975, to August 17, 1975. It would be forty-five years later when Seven Seas Entertainment licensed the manga outside Japan for North American territories.

A powerful terrorist organization known as the Black Cross Army threatens to destroy the Earth, with only the defense organization EAGLE (EArth Guard LEague) able to oppose them. In retaliation, the Black Cross Army destroys multiple EAGLE headquarters across Japan, killing all but five people. Now, these five remaining EAGLE members are called to form a secret, powerful team known as Gorenger, the only force left that has a chance to stop the Black Cross Army and their evil leader, the Black Cross Führer.

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Source: Super Sentai 50th Anniversary Official Website, Toei Video Shop

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