PlatinumGames’ The Wonderful 101 follows a group of colorful superheroes deemed the Wonderful Ones that work together to defend Earth against the Geathjerk Federation. In the game, the player controls a superhero group and combat consists of tactics such as the ability to unite to form powerful "Unite Morphs."

Wonderful 101's is based on the Japanese sub-genre of superheroes named sentai, which roughly translates to "fighting squadron" or "task force." The genre gets its name from the Japanese live-action television shows that feature heavy use of special effects, dubbed tokusatsu, and features teams of heroes in color-coded uniforms who defend their planet against villains and transform. While one of the most famous examples of sentai is Super Sentai -- which Power Rangers adapted -- many anime series both popular and niche have incorporated the genre.

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Below are six anime also influenced by tokusatsu and sentai.

Voltron Series

The year is 1999 and Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war. Five men returning to Earth encounter the alien empire Galra and their tyrannical emperor Daibazaal, who has ravaged the entire Great Dark Nebula. After escaping servitude from Galra's empire these men land on the planet of Altea where they learn of a prophecy. Many years ago a giant space robot was punished for challenging the goddess of the universe and as punishment, the robot was separated into five lion robot parts. These parts can be formed together to create the super mecha known as GoLion, or for Western viewers, Voltron. Heroes Kogane, Shirogane, Kurogane, Seidou and Suzuishi are thus tasked by the princess of Altea to combine the lion robot parts together, form Voltron, and defeat the evil Galra empire.

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The Voltron series has many iterations, with Beast King GoLion being the original. Each version features similar components though such as color-coded character designs and combining into a larger robot. The western version, Voltron: Defender of the Universe, heavily edits footage from both the GoLion series and the Armored Fleet Dairugger XV series, which instead of a lion robot features a vehicle combination robot. Currently, the reboot Voltron: Legendary Defender on Netflix is the most accessible to viewers interested in getting into this adventurous action-filled franchise.

Gatchaman Crowds

In Gatchaman Crowds protagonist Hajime Ichinose has been selected to become a Gatchaman, a superhero granted the power to protect Tachikawa city. Joining the G-crew as a new member, she and her teammates are tasked with protecting mankind and fighting against a mysterious alien life form known as MESS and the alien Berg Katze. Partly based on the original Gatchaman series from the '70s, one nostalgic aspect that carries over in this newer series lies in the transformations, with Hajime's chant "Bird GO" calling back to the original series chant. With a colorful cast of characters filled with LGBTQ representation, the series has a lot to offer in terms of social commentary and hyper fun fight sequences.

In the series sequel, Gatchaman Crowds Insight, the show goes in-depth commenting on social media, political campaign strategies, and identity. Chaos occurs in Tachikawa city as numerous events happen at once; a peaceful alien landing, a new recruit joining the Gatchaman crew, and the evolution of the CROWDS technology into manifesting users emotions into physical form, endorsed by the Prime Minister Sugayama no less. During all this hecticness an enigmatic group called VAPE is using red CROWDS to influence public opinion against the technology, and thus it is up to the Gatchaman to prevent VAPE from further controlling the public.

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Samurai Flamenco

Taking on a more comedic approach, Samurai Flamenco features male model Masayoshi Hazama, a rather boyish man influenced by sentai series and superhero cartoons he watched as a kid to become a hero of justice. He befriends police officer Hidenori Gotou as they both work together to ward off evil in their own ways and slowly discover what it means to be a hero. Samurai Flamenco mixes parody with its tokusatsu and sentai inspiration, and with each episode increases the scale of the enemies Masayoshi Hazama faces. At first, he works alone fighting street thugs with weaponized office supplies, but soon enough, he starts his Super Sentai journey with a team of other heroes dubbed the Flamengers. On their journey, Masayoshi and Hidenori share a tight bond together and encounter other heroes such as idol-turned-superhero Mari Maya and her team, the Flamenco Girls. With many twists and turns, Samurai Flamenco serves as both a parody of the superhero genre and also an in-depth character study on heroes, with each hero holding their own sense of justice.

SSSS.Gridman

SSSS. Gridman is a soft adaptation of the tokusatsu series Gridman the Hyper Agent. Thus, it comes to no surprise that the series features many aspects of sentai. Gridman follows the amnesiac main character Yuta Hibiki who hears of his calling to fight by the Hyper Agent Gridman. Once viewing a kaiju only he can see on his way to school; he realizes the meaning of Gridman's message to him. During the series, he meets other transforming characters who help combine with Gridman to defeat the kaiju ravaging his town. Director Akira Amemiya lends a unique tone to this story, including many creative storyboards that impart a foreboding atmosphere. In terms of design, the color-coding in this series is unusual in that it pays homage to series such as Transformers with Yuta's design inspired by the Transformers Classics version of Cliffjumper and villain Akane's on the Shattered Glass incarnation of Optimus Prime.

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Sailor Moon Series

Though most may consider Sailor Moon exclusively a magical girl series, it also incorporates many tropes of tokusatsu and sentai shows. In Sailor Moon, Usagi Tsukino teams up with other Sailor Guardians who all work together to help defeat a new enemy each week. To transform into her superpowered self, she uses her compact gifted to her by the mysterious talking cat Luna. Even though Sailor Moon was not the first series to incorporate color-coded uniforms, it popularized the concept and paved the way for other magical series to borrow this aspect of sentai.

PreCure Series

Starting as a magical girl duo series and later evolving into the team driven magical girl show it is known as today, the PreCure franchise has followed the footsteps of its predecessor Sailor Moon in cultivating a magical girl legacy. Every year the series changes up its overall theme, so far it has involved desserts, the future, magic, witches, nature, and now healing with its newest iteration Healin' Good PreCure. The series incorporates color-coded girls, usually with pink designating the main character, joining up with other teammates to fight enemies that plan to poison the Earth. Changing up the core theme of the show each year makes the series a blast to watch as, despite its monster of the week formula and sentai tropes, it never feels repetitive.

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