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{{short description|Japanese television programming block}}
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{{Infobox programming block
|name        = Super Hero Time
|image       = Super Hero Time.jpg
|image_size  = 250px
|country     = [[Japan]]
|parent      = [[TV Asahi]]<br/>[[Toei Company]]
|premiered   = {{start date and age|2003|9|28}}
|runtime     = Sunday mornings<br> 7:30 to 8:30 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] (2003-2017)<br>9:00 to 10:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]] (2017-present)
|website     = 
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Super Hero Time'''|スーパーヒーロータイム|Sūpā Hīrō Taimu}} is a [[Television program|programming]] block on the Japanese [[television network]] [[TV Asahi]] featuring new episodes of [[tokusatsu]] television series from [[Super Sentai]] and [[Kamen Rider]]. Both series have decades of history and have been intertwined in the public imagination for some time, not least of all because the driving creative force behind both was [[Mangaka|manga artist]] [[Shotaro Ishinomori]] and both were produced by the same production company, [[Toei Company]]; however, they did not air together until [[2000 in television|2000]] with ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' and ''[[Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive]]'' (which was quickly replaced by ''[[Mirai Sentai Timeranger]]'' 2 weeks later), though at the time they were not acknowledged together. Super Hero Time airs every Sunday morning, from 9:00 to 10:00 [[Japan Standard Time|JST]]. The block is shown all over Japan via the [[All-Nippon News Network]]. Though, in other prefectures, one or both shows can be seen on other stations which are not affiliated with ANN.

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==History==
Starting in the late 1960s, the hour was originally meant for educational children's programs. Over the years the hour began including ''henshin'' (transforming) hero programs, one of the first being {{Nihongo|''[[Warrior of Love Rainbowman|Warrior of Love, Rainbowman]]''|愛の戦士レインボーマン|Ai no Senshi Reinbōman}}.

On October 4, 1987, Toei's ''[[Choujinki Metalder]]'' was moved from a Monday evening 19:00 JST time slot to a Sunday morning 9:00 JST time slot, followed by a move of ''[[Kidou Keiji Jiban]]'' to 8:00 JST Sunday morning on April 2, 1989. Similarly, on April 6, 1997, ''[[Denji Sentai Megaranger]]'' was moved from a Friday evening 17:00 JST time slot to the Sunday morning 7:30 JST time slot, pairing it up with ''[[B-Robo Kabutack]]''. The ''Super Sentai'' Series programs would continue to air at 7:30 JST after the ''Metal Hero'' Series ended and ''[[Moero!! Robocon]]'' aired in its slot on January 31, 1999, and was followed by the premiere of ''[[Kamen Rider Kuuga]]'' on January 30, 2000, joining ''[[Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGoFive]]'' and later, ''[[Mirai Sentai Timeranger]]''.

Although the ''Super Sentai'' and ''Kamen Rider'' shows aired side-by-side since 2000, the Super Hero Time branding did not begin until the Autumn 2003 broadcast season (known as {{Nihongo|SUPER Hero Time|SUPERヒーロータイム}} until the 2005 broadcast season). As part of the block, actors from the programs often interact with each other to promote each other's shows, films, and perform skits. [[Search Guard Successor Foundation#Satoru Akashi|Satoru Akashi]] ([[Mitsuomi Takahashi]]) and [[Kamen Rider Kabuto (character)|Souji Tendou]] ([[Hiro Mizushima]]) talked about each other's universes, and [[Geki Jūken Beast Arts#Master Xia Fu|Master Xia Fu]] (voiced by [[Ichirō Nagai]]) often showed up on the [[Kamen Rider Den-O (character)#DenLiner|Den-Liner]] to talk with the [[Imagin#Den-O's Imagin|Imagin]] and [[Kamen Rider Den-O (character)|Ryotaro Nogami]] ([[Takeru Satoh]]) in cartoonish caricatures. The 2008 broadcast introduced new changes to the block, including scenes from the show's episode.

For the 2009 television season, ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]'' only aired for 31 episodes, allowing for the broadcast of ''[[Kamen Rider W]]'' for a full 49-episode run. This has introduced an offset of five months between the series premieres of the yearly ''Super Sentai'' Series (which premieres in mid-February) and ''Kamen Rider'' Series (which premiered in early September since then), instead of an approximate month-long offset that had existed before (''Kamen Rider'' Series premiered in mid-January). This offset was shortened to four months after the finale of the 53 episode-long ''[[Kamen Rider Wizard]]'', delaying the premiere of subsequent ''Kamen Rider'' Series to early October until the debut of ''[[Kamen Rider Build]]'' in early September, resulting in the increase of the offset to seven months. In 2019, this offset was reduced to six months with the premiere of ''[[Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger]]'' in March after its time slot was occupied by the four-week-long miniseries ''[[Super Sentai Strongest Battle]]''.

The Super Hero Time block is part of the larger {{Nihongo|Nichi Asa Kids Time|ニチアサキッズタイム|Nichi Asa Kizzu Taimu|"Sunday Morning Kids Time"}} block, which begins at 8:30 JST with the airing of an [[Asahi Broadcasting Corporation|ABC Television]]-produced [[shōjo anime]] animated by [[Toei Animation]] (currently the ''[[Pretty Cure]]'' series) and ends at 10:00 JST after the airing of the ''Super Sentai'' series. All of the shows are properties of [[Bandai]], who also sponsors the block. While Super Hero Time began airing with such anime in its inception, the "Nichi Asa Kids Time" branding did not begin until March 4, 2007.

On Sunday, October 1, 2017, the block moved to 9:00 JST, with the ''Kamen Rider'' series airing before the ''Super Sentai'' series. In 2020, production of new episodes for both ''[[Kamen Rider Zero-One]]'' and ''[[Mashin Sentai Kiramager]]'' was temporarily halted due to the impact of [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan]], including one of ''Kiramager''s cast members being infected, with special episodes containing old, unreleased footage being aired in the block until June, when production resumed, following a series of health and safety compliances.

==Line-ups==
===Japan===
<!-- No other programs are part of this block. While ''Kuuga'', ''Agito'', and ''Ryuki'', and ''GoGoFive'', ''Timeranger'', ''Gaoranger'', and ''Hurricaneger'' aired at 7:30 and 8:00 am on Sundays in Japan, this block was officially named during the ''555'' and ''Abaranger'' broadcasts. Also, this chart is for Super Hero Time only. Do not add any program from the Nichi Asa Kids Time block, which ended in around 2010. -->
====September 2003 - September 2017====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2"| Premiere date !! rowspan="2" | 7:30 JST<br>[[Super Sentai]] !! rowspan="2" |8:00 JST<br>[[Kamen Rider]]
|-
! Year !! Month
|-
| 2003 || September || rowspan="2" | ''[[Bakuryū Sentai Abaranger]]'' || ''[[Kamen Rider 555]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2004 || January || rowspan="2"| ''[[Kamen Rider Blade]]''
|-
| February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005|| January || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Hibiki]]''
|-
| February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Mahō Sentai Magiranger]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || January || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Kabuto]]''
|-
| February || rowspan="2" | ''[[GoGo Sentai Boukenger]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007 || January || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Den-O]]''
|-
| February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Juken Sentai Gekiranger]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2008 || January || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Kiva]]''
|-
| February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Engine Sentai Go-onger]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2009 || January || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Decade]]''
|-
| February || rowspan="2"| ''[[Samurai Sentai Shinkenger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="2"| ''[[Kamen Rider W]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Tensou Sentai Goseiger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider OOO]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Fourze]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Wizard]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2013 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger]]''
|-
| October || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Gaim]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2014 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Ressha Sentai ToQger]]''
|-
| October || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Drive]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Shuriken Sentai Ninninger]]''
|-
| October || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Ghost]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Doubutsu Sentai Zyuohger]]''
|-
| October || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Ex-Aid]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Uchu Sentai Kyuranger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="1" | ''[[Kamen Rider Build]]''
|}

====October 2017 - Present====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2"| Premiere date !! rowspan="2" |9:00 JST<br>[[Kamen Rider]] !! rowspan="2" |9:30 JST<br>[[Super Sentai]]
|-
! Year !! Month
|-
| 2017 || October|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Build]]'' || ''[[Uchu Sentai Kyuranger]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" |2018 || February || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai Patranger|Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS<br>Keisatsu Sentai Patranger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="3" | ''[[Kamen Rider Zi-O]]''
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2019 || February|| rowspan="1" | ''[[Super Sentai Strongest Battle]]''
|-
| rowspan="1"| March|| rowspan="2" |''[[Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger]]''
|-
| September ||rowspan="2" |  ''[[Kamen Rider Zero-One]]''
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020 || March|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Mashin Sentai Kiramager]]''
|-
| September ||rowspan="2" |  ''[[Kamen Rider Saber]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2021 || March|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger]]''
|-
| September ||rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Revice]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2022 || March|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Avataro Sentai Donbrothers]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Geats]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2023 || March|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Ohsama Sentai King-Ohger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="2" | ''[[Kamen Rider Gotchard]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2024|| March|| rowspan="2" | ''[[Bakuage Sentai Boonboomger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="2" |''[[Kamen Rider Gavv]]''
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2025|| February|| rowspan="2" |  ''[[No.1 Sentai Gozyuger]]''
|-
| September || rowspan="1" | ''[[Kamen Rider Zeztz]]''
|}

==Coverage area==
This block has been shown on TV Asahi (Tokyo), Mētele (Nagoya), ABC (Osaka) and all other stations of the All-Nippon News Network (Nationwide) via satellite. In other parts of the country, some stations not affiliated with ANN are showing either one or both shows.

;[[Yamanashi Prefecture|Yamanashi]]
*[[Yamanashi Broadcasting System|Yamanashi Broadcasting System (YBS)]] (affiliated with the [[Nippon News Network]], owned by [[Nippon TV]]) - Super Sentai
*[[UHF Television Yamanashi|UHF Television Yamanashi (UTY)]] (affiliated with the [[Japan News Network]], owned by [[Tokyo Broadcasting System|TBS]]) - Kamen Rider
;[[Toyama Prefecture|Toyama]]
*[[Kitanihon Broadcasting|Kitanihon Broadcasting (KNB)]] (affiliated with the Nippon News Network, owned by Nippon TV) - Super Sentai and Kamen Rider (formerly)
*[[Tulip Television|Tulip Television (TUT)]] (affiliated with the Japan News Network, owned by TBS) - Kamen Rider (until Blade)
;[[Fukui Prefecture|Fukui]]
*[[Fukui Broadcasting|Fukui Broadcasting Corporation (FBC)]] (affiliated with both NNN and ANN) - Kamen Rider
*[[Fukui Television Broadcasting|Fukui Television Broadcasting (FTB)]] (affiliated with the [[Fuji News Network]], owned by [[Fuji Television]]) - Super Sentai
;[[Shimane Prefecture|Shimane]]/[[Tottori Prefecture|Tottori]]
*[[Broadcasting System of San-in|Broadcasting System of San-in (BSS)]] (affiliated with the Japan News Network, owned by TBS) - Kamen Rider
*[[San-in Chūō Television Broadcasting|San-in Chūō Television Broadcasting (TSK)]] (affiliated with the Fuji News Network, owned by Fuji Television) - Super Sentai
;[[Tokushima Prefecture|Tokushima]]
*[[Shikoku Broadcasting]] (JRT) (affiliated with the Nippon News Network, owned by Nippon TV) - Super Sentai and Kamen Rider
;[[Kōchi Prefecture|Kōchi]]
*[[TV Kochi]] (KUTV) (affiliated with the Japan News Network, owned by TBS) - Super Sentai and Kamen Rider (formerly)
;[[Miyazaki Prefecture|Miyazaki]]
*[[Miyazaki Broadcasting]] (MRT) (affiliated with the Japan News Network, owned by TBS) - Super Sentai and Kamen Rider

==External links==
* [https://web.facebook.com/BandaiSuperHeroHK/ Official Bandai Hong Kong Super Hero Time Facebook Website]

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