Super Hero Time

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Super Hero Time (スーパーヒーロータイム, Sūpā Hīrō Taimu^?) is a programming block on the Japanese television network tv asahi, featuring new episodes of tokusatsu television series from the Super Sentai and Kamen Rider series. Both series have multiple 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 Shotaro Ishinomori and they were both produced by the same production company, Toei Company; however, they did not air together until 2000. Super Hero Time airs every Sunday morning, from 7:30 to 8:30.

Starting in the late 1960s, the hour was originally meant for educational children's programs. Over the years the hour began including henshin hero programs, one of the first being Warrior of Love, Rainbowman (愛の戦士レインボーマン, Ai no Senshi Reinbōman^?). At the end of each Kamen Rider episode, a special segment shows characters from both the current Sentai and Kamen Rider interacting in an often humorous manner. The beginning in 2005, the show's tagline became "Super Herrrrrro Time...Starts Now!"

In 2008, Super Hero Time features Kamen Rider Kiva and Engine Sentai Go-onger.