30 Sentai Encyclopedia
The 30 Sentai Encyclopedia (30戦隊大全集, Sanjū Sentai Dai Zenshū) is a series of featurettes that air at the end of each Task (episode) of GoGo Sentai Boukenger that pays homage to each of its predecessors in the long-running Japanese Super Sentai franchise, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary with Boukenger.
In Task 3, it was announced that starting with Task 4, this series will be playing a mini featurette for each of the previous Sentai teams. In each of these segments, one of the Boukengers starts everything by saying "Today's Super Sentai is..." usually followed by the whole team saying the name of the series and performing that previous team's henshin (transformation) pose. They then talk about that day's Sentai team, and at the end, at least one of the Boukengers does something related to that day's Super Sentai.
Each featurette is started by one of the Boukengers. From Goranger to Zyuranger, this sequence took place with the core five in the DaiBouken cockpit. Starting with the featurette for Dairanger, Eiji joins the others in the area of SGS Headquarters where Mr. Voice is usually seen, but they are in front of a wall of photos of the previous Sentai.
At the end of Task 33, Boukenger looked back on itself shortly, but then it was stated that the segments will shift focus from the different series to important points and firsts in the history of Super Sentai called the "30 Sentai Encyclopedia Special Files (30戦隊大全集 スペシャルファイル, Sanjū Sentai Dai Zenshū Supesharu Fairu)."
- Satoru started this segment.
- Natsuki eats a bowl of curry rice, Kiranger Daita Ooiwa's favorite dish. None of the Goranger vehicles are reffered to.
- Sakura started this segment.
- All of the Boukengers except for Sakura play a trump card game in which the Joker, which Satoru draws, is a bad card. None of the JAKQ mecha are mentioned.
- Masumi started this segment.
- The Boukengers wave the national flags of their respective Battle Fever Squad counterparts (Natsuki, however, waves the Russian flag since the Soviet Union, which Battle Cossack represented, no longer exists). They start the segment by imitating the team pose of the Battle Fever team.
- Souta started this segment.
- Souta, Masumi, and Natsuki eat some anpan, DenjiBlue's favorite snack.
- Natsuki started this segment.
- Satoru holds up a plush eagle, Souta holds up a shark hand puppet, and Natsuki holds up a plush panther (specifically, a jaguar), references to the three members of Sun Vulcan. They then begin to briefly play with the plush toys around Masumi (As is common with non-Sentai warriors, White Rose Mask, who aided the Sun Vulcans in Episode 29 of the series, is never mentioned). They also use the other meaning for san, the Japanese pronunciation for "Sun" and also the Japanese word for the number three (Sun Vulcan Robo is not mentioned by name). Sakura is in front of the controls at the end of this featurette.
- Natsuki: One plus…
- Souta: Two plus…
- Satoru: Three…
- All three: Vulcans!
- This is Satoru's second time starting a segment.
- The team mimics Goggle V's team pose at the start of the clip. From there, Satoru holds up a red rope, Masumi holds up a pair of black-tipped clubs, Souta holds up a blue hoop, Natsuki holds up a yellow ball, and Sakura holds up a pink ribbon; each item is one of the five apparatuses involved in rhythmic gymnastics and was a weapon for each of the Goggle V.
- This is Masumi's second time starting a segment.
- After the Boukengers shout out the Dynaman battle cry, dynamite goes off in the DaiBouken cockpit, referencing the immense amount of pyrotechnics involved in the said series. All of the Boukengers get covered with soot, and the male Boukengers pass out from shock (Satoru even takes the brunt of the explosion), leaving their female counterparts in charge of the closure. They start the segment by imitating the team pose of Dynaman.
- This is Souta's second time starting a segment.
- Natsuki and Sakura appear in a heart on stock footage of Yellow Four and Pink Five (separated by an imaginary line, of which the heart in right in the middle), referencing the fact that the Biomen were the first Sentai to have two female members. Natsuki then bear-hugs Sakura, who tries to break free. The male Boukengers are in front of the controls in this featurette. The segment begins with the five performing Bioman's transformation pose.
- This is Sakura's second time starting a segment.
- The segment begins with the five performing Changeman's transformation pose. The Boukengers set off a confetti-firing bazooka, referencing that the Changemen were the first to use an actual shell-firing bazooka in battle (Change Robo is not seen in the clips).
- This is Natsuki's second time starting a segment.
- Masumi and Natsuki are seen pulling sleeping masks over their eyes while saying, "Shut Goggle", referencing the Flashman catchphrase to close their visors after transformation. Then, they try to trick Satoru by pretending to lose consciousness (Natsuki has more success than Masumi), in a possible reference to the effects of "Anti-Flash Phenomenon", which the Flashmen begin to suffer from in the latter portion of the series; a warning of which is even in the title of Episode 46 ("Only 20 Days To Live!"). The segment begins with the team crossing their arms in the first motion of the Flashman transformation pose. (Surprisingly, Flash Titan, the first secondary robot in Sentai history, is never mentioned, and neither is Flash King). Souta and Sakura are in front of the controls at the end.
- This is Satoru's third time starting a segment.
- The segment is started with the five doing Takeru/Red Mask's meditation hand gesture and ends with Satoru wearing a karate gi and breaking boards, referencing Takeru's martial art of choice (Galaxy Robo is never mentioned).
- This is Natsuki's third time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger all make the arm movements for the Liveman transformation pose. After the clips of the show, the Boukengers hold up puppets of the Livemen's animal motifs (Satoru = the same eagle puppet that he used in the Sun Vulcan featurette (Red Falcon); Masumi = Cow and Bison (Black Bison); Souta = Rhinoceros (Green Sai [Rhino]); Natsuki = Lion (Yellow Lion); Sakura = Dolphin (Blue Dolphin)), shouting a lyric from the refrain of the Liveman theme song. (Oddly, Live Robo, Live Boxer, and their combined form of Super Live Robo, the first combination of two different robos in Super Sentai, are neither mentioned nor shown).
- Souta and Sakura: Seishun (youth)…
- Masumi and Natsuki: Bakuhatsu (explosion)…
- Satoru: FIRE!
- This is Masumi's third time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger mimic the Turborangers' transformation sequence. After the clips of the show, the Boukenger all wear the same school uniform as the Turborangers do. (The Turbo Machines are mentioned, but none of the other mecha or their combinations.) Natsuki and Sakura are in front of the controls at the end.
- This is Souta's third time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger mimic the Fiveman henshin pose. Satoru is then shown standing in front of a chalkboard "teaching" multiplication (the sevens) to the others (specifically Natsuki), in reference to how the Fivemen were teachers themselves. None of the Fiveman mecha are mentioned.
- This is Sakura's third time starting a segment.
- The Boukengers mimic the Jetman henshin pose. Souta and Masumi then take turns lying flat and flapping their arms on a desk that the other rolls, referencing the bird theme of the Jetman; Masumi pushes Souta faster than the other way around. None of the Jetman mecha are mentioned.
- This is Satoru's fourth time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger perform the Zyuranger henshin pose. Just as they are about to finish the segment, Eiji appears to their left and footage of Burai (Dragon Ranger) appears to their right, squeezing them close, to echo the fact that the Zyurangers had the first regular sixth member. None of the Guardian Beasts are mentioned, however, the Howling Cannon, one of Super Sentai's first weapons made from five individual weapons, is mentioned, instead.
- This is Eiji's first time starting a segment.
- This is the first segment to take place in SGS Headquarters rather than the DaiBouken cockpit. The team of six starts by holding their arms to the air like at the end of the Dairanger roll call. The segment ends with Satoru, Souta, Masumi and Eiji practicing martial arts in black keikogi with a belt in their color in the back, and Sakura and Natsuki sitting down, wearing mandarin dresses and holding fans in front of them, referencing the prominent Chinese theme of Dairanger's story, costumes, and combat styles. No Dairanger mecha are mentioned, however the Super Kiryoku Bazooka is mentioned, instead.
- This is Masumi's fourth time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger begin the sequence by performing a hand seal, and at the end are all dressed like ninja. They all perform a hand seal, again, and disappear in a flash of smoke. The Giant Beast Generals, Beast General Fighters, Muteki Shogun, and Kakure Dai Shogun are all seen during the featurette along with NinjaMan and his SamuraiMan form.
- This is Sakura's fourth time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger begin the segment by mimicking the pose that the Ohranger made at the end of their henshin, based off of each of their fighting styles. KingRanger is seen in the sequence, as is the Giant Roller. At the end, Satoru is seen in a white gi with a red star on the back (the same one that he wore in the Maskman featurette), trying to break several bricks, paying homage to the fact that Gorou/OHRed was a karate master (specifically a judo master). He fails to break through the bricks, and instead injures himself. None of the Ohranger mecha are mentioned.
- This is Souta's fourth time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger begin the segment by mimicking the CarRanger's final roll call pose (the thumbs up) and shouting "Gekisou Sentai Ca-a-a-a-arRanger!", mimicking the CarRanger's habit of doing that. The video clips then show the Ranger Vehicles, the Speeder Machines, the Pegasus Thunder, the Dragon Cruiser, the VicTrailer, and the Victory Ranger Vehicles. The segment ends with Masumi holding up a small traffic light, Sakura holding up a sign that has a crayon drawing of the Boukengers' helmets and Eiji holding a small yellow flag. Instead of saying "Look forward to the next one" (which is written on Sakura's sign), the Boukenger finish by saying "Don't cross the street until the traffic light turns green!" This represents the CarRanger's traffic safety message, which was also mentioned at the end of each episode. SignalMan, his family, the Sirender, Radiata Fanbelt (White Racer), her Radiacar Robo, VRV Master, RV Robo, and VRV Robo were all omitted.
- This is Natsuki's fourth time starting a segment.
- The Boukenger begin the segment by mimicking the Megaranger henshin pose. The core Megarangers are shown on their Cyber Sliders, and then MegaSilver is shown in his Auto Slider (Eiji also mentions that MegaSilver is the first Silver Sentai member). The segment ends with Eiji frustrated at not knowing how to use a computer (a laptop is used) and all of the Boukenger wearing school uniforms, and Satoru has his shirt open showing a t-shirt underneath. This pays homage to the fact that Megaranger was based on computer games and technology, and that the Megarangers were all high school students, Kenta/MegaRed being the most lax of the group. None of the Megaranger mecha are mentioned.
- This is Satoru's fifth time starting a segment.
- The team starts off the segment by performing the pose the Gingaman did when annoucing their names. At the end of the segment, Satoru and Eiji unintentionally perform a fire attack ("Horse Mane of Flame"), burning Masumi and Souta and referencing Ryouma and Hyuuga. Natsuki can be seen holding a small doll of Bokku. BullBlack and the core five Seijuu are seen in the clips, but any of their combinations, GingaRhinos, GingaPhoenix, GingaBitus and BullTaurus are not shown.
- This is Masumi's fifth time starting a segment.
- The team starts off by performing the GoGo-V salute pose from the end of GoGo-V's henshin sequence. At the end of the sequence, Masumi and Souta are dressed in safety orange hazard suits, and they prepare to say, "Look forward to the next one," but then Eiji, in a silver firefighter coat and carrying a fire extinguisher, and Satoru, dressed in a black and white classic firefighter suit and carrying around a matoi (an object used in the Edo period that was placed on the roof of a building to notify firefighters of a fire inside/nearby; Matoi is also the given name of GoRed), interrupt them. Then Natsuki and Sakura, dressed as police officers, say, "If you don't watch the next one, we'll arrest you!". All of these relate to the rescue-theme of GoGo-V. The only mecha mentioned are Red Ladder and Blue Thrower, GoRed and GoBlue's two fire engine-like vehicles similar to GoGo Fire.
- This is Sakura's fifth time starting a segment.
- The team begins the segment by peforming the Timeranger henshin pose. At the end of the segment, their Boukenger jackets are thrown into the air, and Satoru is the only member of the team dressed in the Timeranger henshin outfit (everyone else is wearing normal clothing), a grey spandex singlet with red accents. He, embarrased that he is the only one dressed as such, backs away while Sakura and Natsuki address the audience. TimeFire is shown in the clips, but none of the Timeranger mecha are.
- This is Eiji's second time starting a segment.
- The Boukengers begin the segment by performing the "Gao Access" henshin pose. At the end of the segment, they are all wearing the Gaoranger jackets, and after they say "Look forward to the next one!" they all perform the Gaorangers' claw pose, complete with "GAO" zooming out of the screen. The Haja Hyakujūken and the several Power Animals are shown. These Power Animals are GaoLion, GaoEagle, GaoShark, GaoBison, and GaoTiger (the core Gaorangers' totem Power Animals that formed the main combination of GaoKing); GaoWolf, GaoLigator, and GaoHammerhead (GaoSilver's personal Power Animals that formed GaoHunter); and GaoFalcon, GaoGiraffe, GaoDias, GaoMadillo, and GaoRhino (these five formed GaoIcarus). GaoGorilla, GaoBear, GaoPolar (that formed GaoMuscle), GaoElephant, GaoLeon, GaoCondor, GaoSawshark, GaoBuffalo, and GaoJaguar (the components of GaoGod), and the many other combinations that the Power Animals formed, including GaoKing, GaoHunter, and GaoIcarus, are not shown.
- This is Souta's fifth time starting a segment.
- The team performs the Hurricanger's "Ninpuu Shinobi Change!" henshin pose to start the segment. The Hurricangers, Gouraigers, Shurikenger, and the Ninjamisen are seen in the clips, but none of the Shinobi Machines or Karakuri Balls. At the end of the segment, the Boukenger are dressed in the jackets of the Hurricanger. Satoru is wearing Yousuke's (Hurricane Red), Souta is wearing Kouta's (Hurricane Yellow), both Sakura and Natsuki are in Nanami's (Hurricane Blue), Eiji is in Ikkou's (Kabuto Raiger), and Masumi in Isshu's (Kuwaga Raiger). When the Boukengers are ready to say, "Look forward the next one!" Kaze no Shizuka suddenly appears on Mr. Voice's viewscreens, interrupting the Boukengers. She tells them "Zero Points, Boukenger! You fail!", referencing Furabijou's scorekeeping of the Jakanja, and says "Look forward to the next one!" instead. Everyone turns around to the camera and Masumi advances toward the screens with his sword out. This is because Kaze no Shizuka and the Hurricangers were all ninja.
- This is Natsuki's fifth time starting a segment.
- The segment begins with the team holding their hands to their chests from the "Abare Dino Guts!" part of the Abaranger roll call. After the clips, the setting has changed to the DaiBouken cockpit, where seats 1, 2, and 3 have been pushed close together, resembling the Abarenoh cockpit. Satoru, Souta and Natsuki stand in the Abaranger's positions, wearing the jacket of their same-colored Abaranger. They call out "Bakuryuu Dengeki Drill Spin!" and cut to footage of DaiBouken Drill's Maximum Penetration, which is similar to Abarenoh's finishing attack. Masumi and Eiji leap into the cockpit. Masumi begins chanting "Dino Guts" as Sakura finishes off the segment. AbarePink and AbareMax aren't seen in any of the clips, nor are any Blastasaurs except for Tyranno, Tricera and Ptera.
- This is Eiji's third time starting a segment.
- Eiji starts off by saluting, and then the whole group does the pointing pose from the end of the Dekaranger's henshin sequence. After the clips, each Boukenger is dressed up in the S.P.D. uniform of their Dekaranger counterparts (Masumi in Sen-chan's and Eiji in Tetsu's), and once Satoru is done saying, "Don't miss the next one," the team performs the S.P.D. salute, complete with "Roger!" followed by Murphy (the Dekaranger's robotic dog) pops up in the foreground and barks. The five main Dekarangers, DekaBreak, DekaMaster, and DekaSwan are seen in the clips, but DekaBright, DekaGold, and all of the Dekaranger Robo are omitted. However, S.W.A.T. Mode, Murphy as the D-Bazooka, and Machines Doberman, Husky, and Bull are seen.
- This is Sakura's sixth time starting a segment.
- The team performs the Magiranger's hand pose where the thumb, index, and pinky fingers are extended. At the end of the clips, Satoru starts off by saying, "See you next time," and then the entire team in the Ozu Family's jackets (Masumi in Tsubasa's, Souta in Makito's, Natsuki in Urara's, and Eiji in Hikaru's). The core Boukengers use their Accelulars as the Magirangers used their MagiPhones to perform the Magiranger's henshin spell, "Maagi Magi Magiiro!" Eiji does the same with his GoGo Changer and a MagiTicket to perform MagiShine's henshin pose and spell, "Goolu Golu Goludiiro!" MagiMother and Wolzard Fire are seen in the clips, but the Magirangers' Majin and Majuu forms, and Travelion, are not seen.
- This is Satoru's sixth time starting the segment.
- The team performs their own post-henshin pose, and then a short clip of them in their suits is shown. Once the clip is over, Souta tells the audience that the next segment will be more powerful (both Souta and Masumi say "Power up!"). Then Sakura speaks to the audience about how the next segments will tell of the firsts of Super Sentai, Natsuki beside her. Eiji then exclaims "We call it...!" followed by Satoru saying that next is the "...the 30 Sentai Encyclopedia Special Files!" Then the whole group surrounds Satoru and they wave and say "Don't miss it!"
Special Files
The Special Files discuss the firsts of Super Sentai. These sequences are started with, "This time…" (instead of, "Today's Super Sentai is…") after which the opening Boukenger states the topic of the Special File, and then the entire team performs their own Henshin sequence with a call of, "Start Up!"
Super Sentai
- This is Natsuki's sixth time starting the segment.
- The team looks back at Himitsu Sentai Goranger, the first Super Sentai and they mention the Goranger Hurricane, Goranger's football-based team finishing move. The video clips also feature the Red, Green, and Blue Machines, the Gorangers' motorcycles. At the end, the Boukengers say farewell using the same sign from the CarRanger retrospective, while Natsuki is eating curry, as she did in Goranger's original retrospective.
Giant Robo
- This is Masumi's sixth time starting the segment.
- The Boukenger look back at the first giant Robo of Super Sentai, Battle Fever J's Battle Fever Robo. They mention Goranger's Variblune and Varidreen, as well as J.A.K.Q.'s Sky Ace, the various flying fortresses of the early Sentai teams. However, Battle Fever Robo was the first Robo, and they mention its Cross Fever attack. In the end, the team is in DaiBouken's cockpit waving the same flags from the Battle Fever J retrospective, after which the camera zooms out to show both Battle Fever Robo and DaiBouken using Chinese Bamboo Slash and Adventure Drive, side-by-side.
Henkei and Gattai Robos
- This is Souta's sixth time starting the segment.
- The team looks back at the first Henkei (変形, Transforming) Robo, Denshi Sentai Denjiman's DaiDenjin, as well as the first Gattai (合体, Combining) Robo, Taiyou Sentai Sun Vulcan's Sun Vulcan Robo. Clips are shown DaiDenjin performing the Full Moon Cut and Sun Vulcan Robo performing the Aurora Plasma Return finishers. At the end of the segment, Mr. Voice says that he'll send Satoru to NASA at which Satoru, Sakura, Souta eating anpan, and Natsuki eating curry are stunned. Then, Eiji and Masumi come in wearing Satoru's jacket, saying that they will lead the team. In the end, Mr. Voice says it was all a lie. This is a reference to Sun Vulcan, in which the there was the first and only replacement of a red Sentai member, as the original VulEagle went to the US to study space shuttles with NASA. The anpan is once, again, a reference to Denjiman.
Secondary Robo
- This is Sakura's seventh time starating the segment.
- The team looks back on Sentai's first secondary Giant Robo, ''Choushinsei Flashman'''s Great Titan, which was first used when Flash King was destroyed. They then show short clips of Super Sentai's other second Robos: Hikari Sentai Maskman's Galaxy Robo, Kousuke Sentai Turboranger's Turbo Rugger, Earth Squadron Fiveman's StarFive, Super Power Squadron Ohranger's Red Puncher, CarRanger's VRV Robo, Megaranger's Delta Mega, Gaoranger's GaoHunter, and Dekaranger's DekaBike Robo. At the end of the clip, we see GoGo Trailer, and the tractor part made from GoGo Gyro and Formula separates from the rest, and Masumi in his cockpit tries to form Titan Boy (Great Titan was formed by a tractor-trailer like GoGo Trailer called Flash Titan, the tractor portion became Titan Boy, and the combination of Titan Boy with the trailer formed Great Titan), but he is halted by Satoru.