Is the Super Sentai universe in one continuity?

[Liquid Chris Sentai]

Do you all of Super Sentai is in one universe? That's what I hear. They're usually seperate universe. With the exception of Denziman and Sun Vulcan.

Speaking of which. We know Sun Vulcan is connected to Denziman because Sun Vulcan has a villain who was the main villain of the previous Sentai. That and Denziman was mentioned like once. We've also seen blue prints of Battle Fever J at one point.

Gokaiger on the other hand is like the Kingdom-of-Hearts of the Sentai franchise. Like the movies, it's treated more of a what if they were in the same unierse.

So are they all really in one universe? Are they're mulitple universes?

 

[Nnnkingston]

It's an individual case with nearly every series.

Denziman and Sun Vulcan are obviously connected due to sharing of characters.
Super Sentai World might imply a shared continuity, but it might just be a "what if" kinda deal.
The crossovers are also iffy, for some of them are contradictory while others flat out say this is a dream pairing, like in Gekiranger vs. Boukenger.
Gokaiger is a totally different case where it just ignores all continuity issues and just places everyone in the same universe to easily have team ups.

So in short, rarely.

 

[Savior Den-o]

Gokaiger is a totally different case where it just ignores all continuity issues and just places everyone in the same universe to easily have team ups.

Wasn't Gokaiger placed in the Versus universe? You know, the universe where the team-ups take place?

 

[Loghorn]

**** the continuity issues. IMO, Super Sentai should all be in one universe just like Power Rangers should all be in one universe.

Wasn't Gokaiger placed in the Versus universe? You know, the universe where the team-ups take place?

If it were placed in the Versus universe, then Gokaiger wouldn't be the 35th sentai team & would be like the Akibarangers.

 

[Khaiden]

The general consensus is that the ''versus universe'' is the one where all the series are in.

 

[Aoi Kurenai]

**** the continuity issues. IMO, Super Sentai should all be in one universe just like Power Rangers should all be in one universe.

That can't logically work though since different teams have origins that would conflict with each other. I don't see why they need to take place in one world, it's not as if there has ever been some grand years spanning storyline to tie them together.

 

[SamuraiEchidna]

Super Sentai having one united universe? Yes and no.

It depends how you look at it.

If it is one united universe, then it's an IMPLIED united universe. Each team of heroes has their moment in the spotlight, then they (un)officially retire, letting the next line of heroes take their place for the next kind of evil that will show itself, rinse and repeat. Any team ups are either for fun or so that each generation can learn something from the one before it. Any massive team ups are usually to battle a threat too big for just 2 or 3 teams alone, not to mention it's just awesome seeing an entire roster of new and veteran heroes all joined together.

If it's not a united universe, then we have to employ the multiverse principle. Basically, each show itself, and maybe the theatrical movies for the show, are different realities or universes containing different kinds of heroes. They only get together because there is a team up universe that allows these different heroes to momentarily co-exist with each other, regardless of how wide scale the team up is.

I prefer to believe it is an IMPLIED united universe. Kamen Rider is pretty much under the same influence. Decade has blurred the lines and made it harder to tell if it's a united universe or not, but I prefer to believe that all the Riders share an implied united universe.

At the very least, it makes for some of the most entertaining and heated discussions among fans. :anime: But the TV shows themselves are stand alone for a reason. You don't need the crossovers or specials to enjoy them. You barely need the movies half the time. And it's better that way. It's much easier to enjoy 1 TV show rather than having years of TV shows before it to catch up on. An adult might be able to put up with it, but there wouldn't be any easy accessibility for the kids, the target audience.

**** the continuity issues. IMO, Super Sentai should all be in one universe just like Power Rangers should all be in one universe.

Power Rangers tried to force their adaptions into one continuity that flowed into each other, but it just didn't work. The continuity issues became even worse. Super Sentai has a formula that works, and that is why Power Rangers has decided to become more about a series of mostly stand alone TV shows. Don't fix something that isn't broken.

 

[MattComix]

It's a very loose and unofficial continuity. In other words it's not something anyone should be playing Continuity Cop about. A team-up is there for the pure fun and awesomeness of a team-up not as a building block of a shared universe. Their main connection is in spirit and tradition.


At the end of the the day the continuity that counts is that which is most important to the structural integrity of each individual series. Sentai is really not something that needs to made a slave to the shared universe concept. That way lies madness. Because then you start trying to rationalize things that don't need to be rationalized. Why does a new evil force attack the Earth once a year? Who cares because we already know why: to keep the show going.

 

[NeonZ]

I think Go-Busters pretty clearly broke the idea that the Sentai tv series are all one universe in any official way. It features a world with a different calendar from our own (and the previous Sentai seasons) and yet Go-Busters still randomly appears in crossover movies alongside the other Sentai, completely ignoring the whole issue. And it's not even a "retcon", considering how these crossovers have taken place before and during Go-Busters' own airing, not only afterwards.

It was basically the same thing for the previous shows, they just didn't have their own calendar names.

 

[Kamen Rider IXA]

There is no such thing as "VS Universe". If you look at Hurri vs Gao, you will see place, where TsuTsue died. And If then you look at Boukenger vs Super Sentai - Chronos(or whatever his name was), who revived killed villains in the places where they had died, revived TsuTsue in the place where she had "died" in Gaoranger finale(It's obvious - she hadn't died there since she appeared in Hurri vs Gao later and "died" in another place)

So I guess all Sentai exist in one universe. And VS movies, that just don't make sense are something like AR Worlds in Decade.

But honestly - Toei just don't give a thing about canon. These guys just tell us - Gokaiger and all Super Sentai and Gavan(and likely other Metal Heroes) are all in one Universe. So let's just believe them.