The Tokusatsu Timeline
Every mainline Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Power Rangers, and Ultraman series, laid out by decade from the genre's origin through the present lineup.
How to Read This Tokusatsu Timeline
Each entry is listed by its Japanese (or, for Power Rangers, US) premiere year, the convention already used across the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Power Rangers, and Ultraman modules on this site. A color marker next to each title flags which franchise module it belongs to, and every title links back to that module's episode guide and cast-interview coverage.
This tokusatsu timeline covers 35 Kamen Rider series, 49 Super Sentai and Power Rangers seasons, and 26 Ultra Series entries, plus the genre's own 1958 origin point. It runs through each franchise's most recently confirmed mainline season at the time this archive was compiled; every franchise module's own page notes that its current era is ongoing.
1950s
1 ENTRIESWidely cited as the genre's origin point — the first masked tokusatsu hero series, predating Ultraman and Kamen Rider by nearly a decade.
1960s
3 ENTRIES1970s
13 ENTRIES1980s
14 ENTRIES1990s
14 ENTRIESThe English-language adaptation of Zyuranger, launching the Power Rangers franchise the same year.
2000s
25 ENTRIES2010s
27 ENTRIES2020s
14 ENTRIESFrequently Asked Questions
What year is used for each series on this tokusatsu timeline?
The premiere (start) year of its original broadcast run, matching the debut-year convention already used on the Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Power Rangers, and Ultraman module pages.
Does this timeline include every tokusatsu series ever made?
It covers the mainline Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, Power Rangers, and Ultraman series, plus Moonlight Mask as the genre's origin point. Spin-offs, V-Cinema specials, and movie-only entries are not separately listed.
Why does the timeline skip some years for each franchise?
Kamen Rider had no new mainline TV series between 1975 and 1979, or between 1981 and 1987; Ultraman had a long gap between 1980's Ultraman 80 and 1996's Ultraman Tiga. Those gaps are real production hiatuses, not missing data.
How does Power Rangers fit into the Super Sentai timeline?
Power Rangers is the English-language adaptation of Super Sentai, reusing Japanese action footage with a different cast; it's marked separately on this timeline starting with 1993's Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, adapted from that year's Zyuranger.
Why does the timeline stop where it does for each franchise?
Each franchise module's own page already frames its most recent era as ongoing; this timeline lists every mainline season confirmed at the time this archive was compiled rather than guess at unannounced future titles.
Can I jump from a timeline entry straight to that franchise's full coverage?
Yes — every Kamen Rider, Super Sentai and Power Rangers, or Ultraman entry links to that franchise's module page for its full episode guide and cast-interview index.