Nobody talks about this one. Sukiyaki Force commits to the bit so hard, a sentai parody where the actual joke is Gunma prefecture's ingredient superiority and the heroes literally fight with regional food pride, that it transcends novelty and becomes absurdist comedy that lands because it refuses to wink at you. The show knows exactly how ridiculous it is and never breaks character long enough to let you off the hook. If you want something that treats a prefecture's self-sufficiency in sukiyaki ingredients with the gravitas of an actual existential threat, this is the only place on earth that delivers it.

Gunma prefecture's local sukiyaki ingredients take on hero form in this surreal short comedy. Professor Warishita creates the Sukiyaki Force, a sentai team made up of foods the prefecture produces itself, to battle Kiraida, a hostile force that has arrived in Gunma and threatens to destroy the world. Between fights against evil and efforts to keep the peace, the team also showcases the prefecture's local specialties, turning regional pride in its hot pot ingredients into a hero show.