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Rangers together, Samurai forever!

Hey fans of Power Rangers Super Samurai! The final episodes of this series begin airing Saturday, October 13th on Nick! And after what feels like a decade of nothing but reruns, the first trailer for the beginning of the new season aired today!

Special thanks to our friends at the SamuraiCast Blog for uploading this trailer.

Go Go Samurai!

Don’t forget to keep it tuned here at TokuNation.com as we bring you news, pictures, and more from this year’s New York Comic Con which begins TOMORROW!

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This just feels like a great week to be a Power Rangers fan doesn’t it? Ron Wasserman, the original composer for all the music heard in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, has uploaded the “finalized” versions of all of the “redux” tracks – the completely redone versions of your favorite songs from 1993!

The track-list is as follows:

  • Go Go Power Rangers
  • 5-4-1
  • We Need a Hero
  • Combat
  • Cross My Line
  • Fight
  • Go Green Ranger
  • Hope For the World
  • Lord Zedd
  • Unite
  • I Will Win

The mixes are final (unless Ron wants to tweak it) and should be sent off for mastering sometime next week, with a tentative release date for Power Rangers Redux on various outlets (BandCamp.com, iTunes) not long after that.

Click here to check out a preview of Power Rangers Redux!

Don’t forget to stay tuned in here at TokuNation.com for our coverage of this year’s New York Comic Con which starts TOMORROW!

It’s morphin’ time!

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A magazine scan shows two new Riders have been added to the Super Climax Heroes roster. Joining the fight is The Bee from Kamen Rider Kabuto, and Eternal from the Kamen Rider W A to Z movie!

In addition, a new preview trailer of this game was uploaded to Bandai’s official youtube channel Check it out in the link below:

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ICv2 recently published an interview with Bandai marketing manager Danny Satyapan, who revealed the company’s plans for a Power Rangers Trading Card Game to coincide with the release of Power Rangers Megaforce.

When asked about the game, which is due for release in February, Mr Satyapan had this to say:

The theme of Power Rangers in 2013 is called Megaforce and it’s the first time in the history of the Power Rangers franchise that the theme is about cards. Basically the Power Rangers use all of their cards, insert them into their morphers and through magic and other sorts of things, it makes them morph into different things, activates their Mega Zords and vehicles, all sorts of things.

We’re going to be creating a Power Rangers Trading Card Game that plays off of that. It’s probably the most support we’ve offered behind a CCG ever for Bandai, because it’s basically our flagship brand for the company.

Fans of Megaforce’s Super Sentai equivalent Tensou Sentai Goseiger will know that it also had a similar tie in game – the arcade/collectible card game Super Sentai Battle: Dice-O.

You can see images of the card game after the jump. Stay tuned to TokuNation.com for more Power Rangers Megaforce news in the run up to the franchise’s 20th anniversary celebration!

Image source: Samuraicast

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The first week of filming for Power Rangers Megaforce has just finished and Samuraicast have kindly collated all the news that has come from it. As well as cast images, it includes some info about what we can possibly expect from the latest Power Rangers series!

First up comes the news of a high-school setting being the primary location for Megaforce. Mr Yellow of RangerCrew tweeted an image of the school set to be used, which is Mount Albert Grammar School in New Zealand.

Secondly, Ciara Hanna (Yellow Megaforce ranger) tweeted that she met a special guest on set. Could veteran rangers be appearing early in the series before the switch to Super Megaforce?

Finally, Namihei Koshige, a veteran Power Rangers stunt actor, had this to say about one of the scripts for Megaforce:

In the previous season, “Samurai”, the story was pretty much the same as it was in the Japanese version, so they used a lot of places that looked like Japan. Even a few of the action scenes were taken from them. Regardless though, I went to First Unit today. Went to the Kanji consultant and the action director to go over what we had to do. I didn’t really get a chance to perform at all. “I wonder if today’ll be more of the same”… is what I thought.

But then I peeked at the script. Although it had a picture of “Goseiger”, it was mostly a fairly original story with lots to do!! So it’s been non-stop action everyday…

What else will Power Rangers Megaforce have in store? Stay tuned to Tokunation.com to find out!

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The Bluefin Tamashii Nations USA Facebook page has just revealed a figure that’s been in demand for quite some time now, the S.H. Figuarts Power Rangers Red Ranger! Or, S.H. Figuarts Tyranno Ranger from Zyuranger. This figure will be fully revealed at New York Comic Con 2012. Oh speaking of which…

..Tokunation.com will be at New York Comic Con 2012! Stay tuned for our coverage which starts in just a few days! We won’t be waiting too much longer to see the 1st S.H. Figuarts figure from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in its full glory. In the meantime, check out the teaser image!
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Just wanted to give everyone an update – TokuNation.com will be in full force at this year’s New York Comic Con, the equivalent of the yearly San Diego Comic Con, but on the east coast! This year’s show runs from Thursday, October 11th through Sunday, October 14th.

In attendance this year will be none other than Jason David Frank, who you may recognize now as a UFC fighter, but in the world of tokusatsu, played Tommy Oliver the Green Ranger and White Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers; Zeo Ranger V in Power Rangers Zeo; Red Turbo Ranger in Power Rangers Turbo; and the Black Dino Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Thunder as Dr. Tommy Oliver.

Also be sure to keep your browsers tuned in here at TokuNation.com as we bring you the first images of the upcoming SH Figuarts Zyuranger, or basically the first SH Figuarts of a Mighty Morphin Power Ranger. We don’t know for sure which color it will be, but rumor is circulating heavily that it’ll be the Red Ranger. Could a Green Ranger be far behind?

Should be a fun and exciting week for all things tokusatsu!

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Online Japanese retailer Rakuten has started taking preorders for a Super Best DX K-Touch from Kamen Rider Decade, the item the rider uses to transform into his complete form.

With the Super Best Decadriver and Double Driver being released around the same time as Super Hero Taisen, some fans are already speculating that this is a sign that a new Decade movie is on the cards. While there is absolutely no confirmation of this, we’ll keep you up to date should any more news come to light.

The Super Best K-Touch will be released in February 2013, priced at 3990 yen.

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Did the Ultraman Saga trailer have you itching to see more? Do you live in Hawaii or plan to be there this week? If so, you can catch the 1st screening of Ultraman Saga in the US at the Hawaii International Film Festival! The Festival runs from October 11-21. The screener is on Saturday October 13 at 11:30AM. Here’s a brief summary of the movie:

Taiga soon finds himself in the apocalyptic version of Tokyo, as Ultraman Zero battles a huge fleet of alien spaceships. As Taiga notices a crashing ship heading straight towards a young boy, he pilots his ship directly into its path in an act of self-sacrifice. Witnessing his brave actions, Ultraman Zero rescues Taiga and joins with him.

Taiga soon encounters Ultraman Cosmos and his human host Musashi, along with Team U and the children. It is now up to Taiga and Musashi to protect the survivors. However, Taiga is not so happy to be joined with Ultraman Zero, and has no intention of fighting…

For those of you who have seen Ultraman Saga, do you think it should be localized? Discuss!

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Shishioh brings us an extensive in hand gallery of the Web Exclusive S.I.C.Kiwami Tamashi Horse Orphenoch Gallop Mode from Kamen Rider Faiz/555!

KT Horse Orphenoch Gallop mode includes a set of swapable hands, and comes armed with a sword and shield, effect parts used in his gallery are not included.

See Shishioh’s full gallery by clicking here