Line #51 Series/SuperHeroTime


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4	Super Hero Time is a programming block on the Japanese television network Creator/TVAsahi, featuring new episodes of [[{{Toku}} tokusatsu]] television series from the ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/KamenRider'' series. Both series have decades of history and have been intertwined in the public imagination for some time, not least of all because the driving creative force behind both was mangaka Creator/ShotaroIshinomori and they were both produced by the same production company, Creator/ToeiCompany. However, they did not air together until 2000 with ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' and the last few episodes of ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'', though at the time they were not acknowledged together; even before 2000, the slot ''Kamen Rider'' ended up in featured the ''Series/MetalHeroes'' and ''Robocon'' going back to 1989, while ''Super Sentai'' had only moved to Sunday mornings part-way through ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger''.
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6	From 2007 to 2012, Super Hero Time was branded as part of a larger "Nichi Asa Kids Time"[[note]]Translates to "Sunday Morning Kids Time" or "Sunday TV Asahi Kids Time"[[/note]] programming block which was on from 7 am to 9 am JST, with all shows generally sponsored (and merchandised) by Creator/{{Bandai}}. Even before this branding, the general lineup of Sunday morning kids TV on TV Asahi was more or less formulaic, even sort of extending into 6:30 am starting in 2011:
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8	* 6:30 am: A {{Shounen}} anime: ''Anime/DigimonFusion'', ''Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega'', ''Manga/NotariMatsutarou'', and ''Manga/WorldTrigger''. From 2000 to 2003, reruns of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' aired in this slot to promote the ''Sailor Moon World'' toyline.
9	* 7 am: A {{Shounen}} anime from Nagoya Broadcasting Network (Mẽtele) and Creator/{{Sunrise}}: ''Anime/BombermanBDamanBakugaiden'', ''Anime/MightyCatMaskedNiyandar'', ''Anime/CrushGearTurbo'', ''Literature/KaiketsuZorori'', ''VideoGame/DinosaurKing'', the many ''TabletopGame/BattleSpirits'' anime series, ''Anime/TribeCoolCrew'', ''Anime/BraveBeats'', ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn RE:0096'', and ''[[Anime/{{Heybot}} Heybot!]]''
10	* 7:30 am: ''Franchise/SuperSentai''
11	* 8 am: ''Franchise/KamenRider''
12	* 8:30 am: An anime from Creator/ToeiAnimation, leaning towards {{Shoujo}}, which had been part of TV Asahi's schedule since 1984. By the time ''Kamen Rider Kuuga'' premiered TV Asahi had already gone through a whole series of ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'', and when "Super Hero Time" officially started the show that followed it in the schedule was ''Anime/AshitaNoNadja'' (which ended 4 months after the block's introduction). As of 2004, the latest ''Anime/PrettyCure'' series airs at this time.
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14	The "Nichi Asa Kids Time" branding was discontinued in 2012, but the line-up remained consistent for another 5 years until the entire schedule was changed in late 2017. A news program called ''Sunday Live!'' replaced all morning programming up until 8:30, when ''Pretty Cure'' begins. After ''Pretty Cure'' is now the Super Hero Time block... with ''Kamen Rider'' first at 9 am and ''Super Sentai'' at 9:30.
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17	!!Series that aired in this kids' block:
18	* Franchise/SuperSentai
19	** Pre-Super Hero Time
20	*** ''Series/DenjiSentaiMegaranger'' (April 1997 - February 1998)[[note]]Megaranger began in February 1997, but until April the series aired on Friday nights, rather than Sunday mornings.[[/note]]
21	*** ''Series/SeijuuSentaiGingaman'' (February 1998 - February 1999)
22	*** ''Series/KyukyuSentaiGoGoV'' (February 1999 - February 2000)
23	*** ''Series/MiraiSentaiTimeranger'' (February 2000 - February 2001)
24	*** ''Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger'' (February 2001 - February 2002)
25	*** ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' (February 2002 - February 2003)
26	** ''Series/BakuryuuSentaiAbaranger'' (February 2003 - February 2004)
27	** ''Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger'' (February 2004 - February 2005)
28	** ''Series/MahouSentaiMagiranger'' (February 2005 - February 2006)
29	** ''Series/GoGoSentaiBoukenger'' (February 2006 - February 2007)
30	** ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' (February 2007 - February 2008)
31	** ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' (February 2008 - February 2009)
32	** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' (February 2009 - February 2010)
33	** ''Series/TensouSentaiGoseiger'' (February 2010 - February 2011)
34	** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' (February 2011 - February 2012)
35	** ''Series/TokumeiSentaiGobusters'' (February 2012 - February 2013)
36	** ''Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger'' (February 2013 - February 2014)
37	** ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' (February 2014 - February 2015)
38	** ''Series/ShurikenSentaiNinninger'' (February 2015 - February 2016)
39	** ''Series/DoubutsuSentaiZyuohger'' (February 2016 - February 2017)
40	** ''Series/UchuSentaiKyuranger'' (February 2017 - February 2018)
41	** ''Series/KaitouSentaiLupinrangerVsKeisatsuSentaiPatranger'' (February 2018 - February 2019)
42	** ''Series/FourWeekContinuousSuperSentaiStrongestBattle'' (February 2019 - March 2019)
43	** ''Series/KishiryuSentaiRyusoulger'' (March 2019 - February 2020)
44	** ''Series/MashinSentaiKiramager'' (March 2020 - February 2021)
45	** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' (March 2021 - February 2022)
46	** ''Series/AvataroSentaiDonbrothers'' (March 2022 - February 2023)
47	** ''Series/OhsamaSentaiKingOhger'' (March 2023 - February 2024)
48	** ''Series/BakuageSentaiBoonboomger'' (March 2024 - Present)
49	* Franchise/KamenRider
50	** Pre-Super Hero Time
51	*** ''Series/MetalHeroes'' from ''Series/KidouKeijiJiban'' to ''Series/TetsuwanTanteiRobotack'' (April 1989 - January 1999)[[note]]Not ''Kamen Rider'' but another Toei toku production. ''Metal Hero'' filled ''Kamen Rider'''s place while the latter show was on hiatus.[[/note]]
52	*** ''Moero!! Robocon'' (January 1999 - January 2000)[[note]]Still not ''Kamen Rider'', but another Ishinomori toku creation. Like ''Metal Heroes'', it filled ''Kamen Rider'''s place while the show was on hiatus, a year before it stopped.[[/note]]
53	*** ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' (January 2000 - January 2001)
54	*** ''Series/KamenRiderAgito'' (January 2001 - January 2002)
55	*** ''Series/KamenRiderRyuki'' (February 2002 - January 2003)
56	** ''Series/KamenRider555'' (January 2003 - January 2004)
57	** ''Series/KamenRiderBlade'' (January 2004 - January 2005)
58	** ''Series/KamenRiderHibiki'' (January 2005 - January 2006)
59	** ''Series/KamenRiderKabuto'' (January 2006 - January 2007)
60	** ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' (January 2007 - January 2008)
61	** ''Series/KamenRiderKiva'' (January 2008 - January 2009)
62	** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' (January 2009 - August 2009)
63	** ''Series/KamenRiderDouble'' (September 2009 - August 2010)
64	** ''Series/KamenRiderOOO'' (September 2010 - August 2011)
65	** ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' (September 2011 - August 2012)
66	** ''Series/KamenRiderWizard'' (September 2012 - September 2013)
67	** ''Series/KamenRiderGaim'' (October 2013 - September 2014)
68	** ''Series/KamenRiderDrive'' (October 2014 - October 2015)
69	** ''Series/KamenRiderGhost'' (October 2015 - September 2016)
70	** ''Series/KamenRiderExAid'' (October 2016 - August 2017)
71	** ''Series/KamenRiderBuild'' (September 2017 - August 2018)
72	** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'' (September 2018 - August 2019)
73	** ''Series/KamenRiderZeroOne'' (September 2019 - August 2020)
74	** ''Series/KamenRiderSaber'' (September 2020 - August 2021)
75	** ''Series/KamenRiderRevice'' (September 2021 - August 2022)
76	** ''Series/KamenRiderGeats'' (September 2022 - August 2023)
77	** ''Series/KamenRiderGotchard'' (September 2023 - Present)
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80	!!The two Super Hero Time series share the following tropes:
81	* BeastMan: Accounts for a great many villains and a bunch of heroes as well.
82	* CallingYourAttacks
83	* CombiningMecha: ''Super Sentai'' in general, though recent iterations of ''Kamen Rider'' have had their vehicles fuse with other beings to make mecha.
84	* {{Crossover}}: Commonly among their own series and sometimes with each other. For nearly 20 years ''Super Sentai'' has had the Vs. movies, teaming up the current ''Super Sentai'' series with the previous one, they were originally direct-to-video (then DVD) but changed to theatrical releases for the 15th anniversary of the Vs. series. More recently, Kamen Rider has the Movie War series. The crossover only happens at the start and the end of the block.
85	** ''Roleplay/SuperHeroTaisen'' was a {{Crossover}} between the two franchises that are used in ''Super Hero Time''. This later became a yearly tradition for a while; from 2011 to 2017, there was one film per year (except for 2016's ''Film/KamenRider1'', which didn't feature ''Super Sentai'' at all). After ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiChouSuperHeroTaisen'', Toei [[http://tokusatsunetwork.com/2017/12/shinichiro-shirakura-announces-discontinuation-super-hero-taisen-films/ announced that they won't make any more]].
86	** Additionally, there are often crossover bumpers done for the Super Hero Time that will feature the characters interacting with one another (like Den-O fighting alongside the Gekirangers, or Gaim doing the [=ToQger=] team pose), but some feature more direct crossovers (the ''Kabuto''/''Boukenger'' era had some, like Tendou making a meal for Akashi).
87	** Starting with ''Gaim'' and ''[=ToQger=]'', the current ''Kamen Rider'' and ''Super Sentai'' series will do a crossover, either in an hourlong special or having the titular Kamen Rider appear in an episode of the ''Super Sentai'' series and one of the ''Super Sentai'' members (so far it's only been the red) appearing in the ''Kamen Rider'' series.[[note]]The first official crossover was between ''Decade'' and ''Shinkenger''; however, starting with ''[=ToQger=] vs Gaim'', it became a yearly event.[[/note]]
88	** The final crossover between the two would be ''Film/KamenRiderSaberPlusKikaiSentaiZenkaigerSuperHeroSenki.''
89	* CrossoverPunchline: ''Super Hero Time'' idents of recent years have Rider and Sentai casts meeting and interacting in their respective hang-outs and HilarityEnsues.
90	* DramaticHourLong: Super Hero Time itself, ''Kamen Rider'' and ''Super Sentai'' on their own last just under 25 minutes.
91	* ElementalPowers: Several Kamen Riders and Super Sentai teams use the power of the elements.
92	* EvilTwin: There have been many instances where the Kamen Rider faces a evil copy of himself, as do the Super Sentai teams face an evil Sentai. The nature of these evil duplicates vary.
93	* FakeCrossover: Most ''Super Hero Time'' idents have the contemporary Riders and Sentai posing side-by-side, while recent years have the casts interacting in their respective hide-outs, giving the impression that they are all good friends. Of course, this has no canonical bearing on their proper crossovers, if they have them.
94	* FinishingMove
95	** Kamen Rider is famous for the Rider Kick, others include Rider Punch, Chop, and Slash.
96	** Super Sentai has the [[{{BFG}} Team Bazooka]]. Alternatively, they just set their weapons to finish.
97	* HenshinHero: All of the shows in the block have heroes the power to transform into stronger hero forms.
98	* LongRunner: The year 2020 marks 49 years of ''Kamen Rider'' (''Series/KamenRider'' premiered in 1971) and 45 years of ''Super Sentai'' (''Series/HimitsuSentaiGoranger'' premiered in 1975[[note]]The 45th anniversary was celebrated in 2021, as that was the year of the 45th show's premiere[[/note]]). A ''Super Sentai'' show has consistently been on Japanese television for the past 41 years (1978 saw [[Series/SpiderManJapan Spider-Man and his giant robot Leopardon]] instead), while ''Kamen Rider'' has had several more, and much longer, gaps in its broadcast history (1976-1979, 1981-1987 if you ignore the TV special ''Film/BirthOfTheTenthGatherAllKamenRiders'' featuring Kamen Rider ZX in 1984, and 1989-2000 when instead the films ''Film/ShinKamenRiderPrologue'', ''Film/KamenRiderZO'', and ''Film/KamenRiderJ'' were released in this timeframe). It wasn't until the year 2000 with the premiere of ''Series/KamenRiderKuuga'' that both shows have been consistently on Japanese TV with new heroes annually.
99	* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: A few intra-franchise and a few inter-franchise:
100	** ''Series/KamenRiderDecade'' was celebrated as the 10th Heisei ''Kamen Rider'' show, and he travelled through dimensions visiting alternate realities featuring his 9 precedessors (or rather alternate versions of said predecessors), and then later expanding to the Showa era Riders (actual and alternate) before having him come in contact with the real deals in the season finale and the GrandFinale film ''Kamen Rider × Kamen Rider W & Decade: Movie War 2010''.
101	** ''Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger'' was celebrated as the 35th ''Super Sentai'' show and the heroes gained and used the powers of ''every one'' of their 34 predecessor teams, including characters who ''weren't even Rangers'' but were heroic and iconic enough to be represented.
102	** ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiSuperHeroTaisen'' took this to the ultimate extreme, as a crossover between every Kamen Rider and Super Sentai team up until that point in early 2012. A year later they did it again with ''Film/KamenRiderXSuperSentaiXSpaceSheriffSuperHeroTaisenZ'', this time bringing in the rebooted Space Sheriffs from ''Film/SpaceSheriffGavanTheMovie''. A year after that came ''Film/HeiseiRiderVsShowaRiderKamenRiderWarsFeaturingSuperSentai'', which was more of a battle of the generations between the two eras of ''Kamen Rider'', with the cast of ''Series/ResshaSentaiToQger'' and one of the [[Series/ZyudenSentaiKyoryuger Kyoryugers]] showing up as well.
103	** ''Series/KamenRiderZiO'' serves as the Heisei ''Kamen Rider'' era's 20th anniversary, with the hero and his allies travelling through time to visit his predecessors (the real ones when cameos allow it) and use their powers to stop the villains from messing up the timeline by stealing the same powers. Kamen Rider Decade shows up again as one of the villains (or is he?).
104	** ''Series/KikaiSentaiZenkaiger'' serves as the 45th ''Super Sentai'' season with the plot involving the worlds of every previous team being trapped by multiversal conquerors. The designs of all Rangers are based around previous mecha in the series, and they can use Sentai Gears to summon the powers of their predecessors.
105	** Several of Creator/ShotaroIshinomori's creations show up in some of the later Heisei ''Kamen Rider'' shows, particularly their already big crossover films:
106	*** ''Series/SpaceIronmenKyodain'' in ''Film/KamenRiderFourzeTheMovieEveryoneSpaceIsHere''
107	*** ''Series/Akumaizer3'', ''Series/{{Inazuman}}'', and ''Series/BishoujoKamenPoitrine'' in ''Film/KamenRiderXKamenRiderWizardAndFourzeMovieWarUltimatum''
108	*** ''Series/{{Kikaider}}'' in an episode arc of ''Series/KamenRiderGaim''
109	* MerchandiseDriven: To the point that Bandai is the block's main sponsor. Individual shows of both franchises are made to be broadcast across a year, financially divided into quarters of about 12 episodes, each accompanied by a new wave of toys.
110	* MonsterOfTheWeek: The standard in both Sentai and Rider, though in the latter its more "Monster of the Fortnight" thanks to two-week mini-arcs.
111	* PassingTheTorch: There's a tradition of the current Sentai's Red Ranger passing the time slot over to his successor [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XX9DHEL5e5M as seen in this video.]]
112	* RedIsHeroic: In Sentai, the Red hero is almost always the leader, and even when he isn't, he is still the central protagonist. As well as that, the majority of leading Kamen Riders have some element of red on their suits, no matter how minor it is.
113	* SixthRanger: Super Sentai has Sixth Rangers, Kamen Rider has Second Riders.
114	* VillainsActHeroesReact: Generally, the villains send forth the MOTW with an EvilPlan OnceAnEpisode, with our heroes then arriving on the scene to stop them.

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