Editing Power Rangers (section)

===Adapting the ''Super Sentai'' series===
The idea of adapting Sentai series for America emerged in the late 1970s after the agreement between [[Toei Company]] and [[Marvel Comics]] to exchange concepts to adapt them to their respective audiences. Toei, with [[Marvel Productions]], created the Japanese ''[[Spider-Man (Toei TV series)|Spider-Man]]'' television series, and produced three Super Sentai series, which had great success in Japan. Marvel and [[Stan Lee]] tried to sell the ''[[Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan|Sun Vulcan]]'' series to American television stations including [[HBO]], but found no buyers and the agreement ended.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lostmediawiki.com/Taiyo_Sentai_Sun_Vulcan_(lost_Marvel_pilot;_1980s)|title=Taiyo Sentai Sun Vulcan (lost Marvel pilot; 1980s) – The Lost Media Wiki|website=lostmediawiki.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/secret-origins-of-the-japanese-superhero-show-that-beca-1722551968|title=Secret Origins Of The Japanese Superhero Show That Became Power Rangers|first=James|last=Whitbrook|website=io9|date=August 6, 2015 }}</ref>

Several years later, another idea to adapt ''Super Sentai'' began in the 1980s when [[Haim Saban]] made a business trip to Japan, in which, during his stay at the hotel, the only thing that was being transmitted on his television was the Japanese series ''[[Choudenshi Bioman]]''. At the time, Saban was fascinated by the concept of five people masked in spandex suits fighting monsters, so in 1985, he produced the pilot episode of ''Bio-Man'', an American adaptation of ''Choudenshi Bioman'', which was rejected by several of the largest American television stations.<ref>{{cite news|title=A Crop of New Shows Sprouts From Saban Firm's TV Success|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-08-12-fi-18776-story.html|access-date=May 29, 2010|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=August 12, 1986|first=James|last=Bates}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Haim Saban, producer, in Hollywood, Washington, Israel|url=https://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/05/10/100510fa_fact_bruck?currentPage=4|access-date=May 29, 2010|newspaper=[[The New Yorker]]|date=May 10, 2010|page=4}}</ref> His idea only took off in 1992, as Saban came to [[Fox Kids]], whose president [[Margaret Loesch]] had previously helmed Marvel Productions and thus was familiar with ''Super Sentai''.<ref name="toys">{{Cite episode|title=Mighty Morphin Power Rangers|series=[[The Toys That Made Us]]|season=3|number=2| network =Netflix|date=November 15, 2019}}</ref>

Production of ''Power Rangers'' episodes involves extensive localization of and revision of original ''Super Sentai'' source material to incorporate American culture and conform to American television standards. Rather than making an English [[Dubbing (filmmaking)|dub]] or translation of the Japanese footage, ''Power Rangers'' programs consist of scenes featuring English-speaking actors spliced with scenes featuring either Japanese actors dubbed into English or the action scenes from the Super Sentai Series featuring the Rangers fighting [[Kaiju|monsters]] or the [[mecha|giant robot]] (Zord and Megazord) battles with English dubbing. In some series, original fight scenes are filmed to incorporate characters or items unique to the ''Power Rangers'' production.<ref>{{cite news|last=Heffley|first=Lynne|title=Low-Tech Equals High Ratings : Fox's Offbeat 'Mighty Morphin Power Rangers' Flexes Its Kidvid Muscle|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1993-11-25-ca-60885-story.html|access-date=August 28, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=November 25, 1993}}</ref>

Like many of [[Saban Entertainment]] previous ventures in [[Language localisation|localizing]] Japanese television for a [[Western culture|Western]] audience, the plot, character names, and other names usually differ greatly from the source footage, though a few seasons have stayed close to the story of the original Super Sentai season. The American arm of [[Bandai]], who co-produced the Sentai shows and manufactured its toys, worked with the adaptation of the Japanese names.

A brainstorming among executives led to "Power Rangers", and for the specific show that would be made, ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'', evoking the transformation sequences. The meeting also brought up the term "Zord" for the giant robots, to invoke both the [[sword]] that the Megazord carried, and the dinosaurs that were the team's theme.<ref name="toys" />

Along with adapting the villains from the Super Sentai counterparts, most ''Power Rangers'' series also feature villains with no Sentai counterpart. Generally, the primary antagonist of a ''Power Rangers'' series (for example, Lord Zedd, Divatox, etc.) are not adapted from the Sentai. Exceptions to this includes ''Zeo'', ''Lightspeed Rescue'' and a few others which only use villains adapted from the Japanese shows.

The [[Media franchise|franchise]] began with ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' (an American adaptation of the 1992 Japanese [[Super Sentai]] Series, ''[[Kyōryū Sentai Zyuranger]]''), which began broadcasting as part of the [[Fox Broadcasting Company]]'s [[Fox Kids]] programming block.<ref name="MMPR2010">{{cite news|url=http://www.kungfucinema.com/the-original-power-rangers-return-in-2010-11072|archive-url=https://archive.today/20100408032401/http://www.kungfucinema.com/the-original-power-rangers-return-in-2010-11072|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 8, 2010|title=The original 'Power Rangers' return in 2010|work=Kung Fu Cinema|access-date=October 11, 2009}}
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In honour of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]''{{'}} broadcast premiere, [[Hasbro]] announced "National ''Power Rangers'' Day" to be celebrated annually on August 28, 2018.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://screenrant.com/national-power-rangers-day-date/|title=National Power Rangers Day Set By Hasbro|date=August 15, 2018|work=ScreenRant|access-date=September 12, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-power-rangers-day-august-28/|title=NATIONAL POWER RANGERS DAY – August 28 – National Day Calendar|work=[[National Day Calendar]]|access-date=September 12, 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>