Definitions for "SENTAI"
The Japanese word for "battle team," Sentai has generally come to mean a genre of live-action television shows wherein a group of people use martial arts and giant robots to fight monsters. See SUPER SENTAI.
lit. task force: genre of live action and animated sci-fi shows consisting of a team of young adults with martial arts skills, who defeat a set of villains, usually by summoning a giant robot. ( Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers) (rel. tokusatsu lit. special effects: referring to live action sci-fi)
Japanese for “Task Force” or “Troop.” Refers mainly to the many series made by Toei that feature a group of colorful costumed heroes working together to battle evil. Many of these Sentai shows have been translated into the Power Rangers series in the U.S.