Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger

Samurai Sentai Shinkenger is the title of Toei Company’s thirty-third entry in its long-running Super Sentai metaseries of Japanese tokusatsu television series. It premiered on February 15, 2009, the week following the finale of Engine Sentai Go-onger, and ended on February 7, 2010.

It joined Kamen Rider Decade as a program featured in TV Asahi’s Super Hero Time programming block, and following Decade’s finale, it aired alongside Kamen Rider W.

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It incorporates elements from the Jidaigeki drama genre and Japanese themes and aesthetics. The catchphrase for the series is “Authorized by divine providence!!” (天下御免!!, Tenkagomen!!)

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Its footage and storyline was used for the American series Power Rangers Samurai and its follow up season, Super Samurai.

For eighteen generations, samurai of the Shiba House (志葉家, Shiba Ke) have suppressed the evil intentions of the Gedoushu, malevolent spirits that enter the world of the living from gaps between buildings and other structures.

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Now, Takeru Shiba, the youngest head of the Shiba Clan must gather his four vassals (家臣, kashin) in order to battle the Gedoushu under the revived Doukoku Chimatsuri as the Shinkengers.

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However, as they are joined by his childhood friend Genta, the vassals slowly learn that there’s a reason for Takeru’s behavior that sets him apart from his predecessors.