‘Super Sentai’ as We Know It May Come to an End After 50 Years

Japanese newspaper The Sankei Shimbun and the Kyodo news agency are reporting that Super Sentai—the long-running tokusatsu franchise that paved the way for the ’90s Power Rangers boom in the west—may come to an end after 50 years.

Both reports (via Anime News Network) suggest that series owner Toei will end the series with the climax of the currently airing No. 1 Sentai Gozyuger, which began broadcast earlier this year, citing budgetary concerns, with profits from Super Sentai…