Metal Heroes

Metal Heroes is a classic tokusatsu series that aired, along with Super Sentai, on TV Asahi. It lasted from 1982 to 1999.

Super Sentai
Kenji Ohba, the star of the original series, Space Sheriff Gavan, previously had two main roles in Super Sentai, Shirou Akebono (Battle Kenya) in Battle Fever J and Daigorou Oume (DenziRed) in Denshi Sentai Denziman.

As part of the 30th anniversary of Metal Heroes, the 35th Super Sentai, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, will have a crossover movie with the original Metal Hero series, Space Sheriff Gavan, in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger vs. Gavan. It is rumoured that this could led to the revival of the Metal Heroes series.

Metal Heroes with Super Sentai

 * This is a list of Metal Heroes series along with the Super Sentai series it aired alongside.

Adaptation
In the 1990s, Saban adapted some of the Metal Hero Series shows for American audiences in the United States, just as he adapted Super Sentai into Power Rangers. Stock footage from Metalder, Spielvan and Shaider was used in VR Troopers (1994–1996). Later, footage from both B-Fighter series was used in Big Bad Beetleborgs. Both shows ran for two seasons and ended when all the stock footage from those series were used up. Some costumes from these shows would later be used in Power Rangers most notably when costumes for the Beetleborgs were used as the Machine Empire Generals in Forever Red.