Kamen Rider or Super Sentai not your thing for heroes? Then good news everyone! It has just been announced that a new alternative tokusatsu will be produced by Bushiroad, the company responsible for the popular Cardfight Vanguard anime/CCG. The new show will be titled Fire Leon! Currently it looks like the show will begin airing this April and star pro-wrestler Kazuchika Okada.
However this show will not exclusively feature its’ titular character, Fire Leon. This show is meant to be a dream team-up of sorts for the various Local Heroes of Japan! All across Japan small towns and areas have their own locally produced toku heroes, characters who promote the area and bear appearances that honor their towns. Some even make it to local television and film! Fire Leon will feature cameos and guest appearances by Local Heroes from all across Japan!!
Much like Cardfight Vanguard, Fire Leon will have it’s own collectible card game also produced by Bushiroad. The CCG will also feature Japans’ various local heroes!
Credit: C-Net Japan,RisingSunToku
Den-O says
Kamen Rider or Super Sentai not your thing for heroes? Then good news everyone! It has just been announced that a new alternative tokusatsu will be produced by Bushiroad, the company responsible for the popular Cardfight Vanguard anime/CCG. The new show will be titled Fire Leon! Currently it looks like the show will begin airing this April and star pro-wrestler Kazuchika Okada.
However this show will not exclusively feature its' titular character, Fire Leon. This show is meant to be a dream team-up of sorts for the various Local Heroes of Japan! All across Japan small towns and areas have their own locally produced toku heroes, characters who promote the area and bear appearances that honor their towns. Some even make it to local television and film! Fire Leon will feature cameos and guest appearances by Local Heroes from all across Japan!!
Much like Cardfight Vanguard, Fire Leon will have it's own collectible card game also produced by Bushiroad. The CCG will also feature Japans' various local heroes!
Credit: C-Net Japan,RisingSunToku
Matrixbeast says
This is pretty neat. I'm curious to see how this goes.
It would be pretty bitchin to be one of those towns that has it's own Toku hero to be featured on the show, though.
Kiryu says
Okay maybe it's the colours, but the first thing that came to my head when I saw that design was Optimus Prime
XW1n5t0nX says
The fact that it's starring Okada has me wanting to watch it.
SideswipePrime says
Hm...it's interesting to say the least.
badlander86 says
Cool concept. Bushiroad is definitely a company to watch. That it learned from Konami's Upper Deck debacle and imported the game to the West on its own dime was a smart move.
Den-O says
Vanguard sells like crack in the states. They definitely know how to market themselves. If they can pull off this whole local here thing then this will be HUGE
xSkullheartx says
Sounds like Akibaranger for Kamen Rider,which is not a bad thing.I'm just interested to see how it goes.
SharpO says
Green's helmet looks so sad
xSkullheartx says
Ok,am I crazy or in the first photo,the group one,the one hero to the bottom right wearing the white armor.....is a tiger human?
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