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under San Diego Comic Con

After posting a teaser picture on their Facebook page last week, Bluefin Tamashii Nations have finally revealed their mystery Power Rangers SDCC SH Figuarts exclusive – a 5 pack of the Samurai Power Rangers (Super Red, Blue, Yellow, Pink and Green) in a special metallic finish.

Fans will know that as of yet none of these figures have been released in the US, with the blue, pink, green and yellow rangers previously being web exclusive releases in Japan.

This set will be exclusively available at San Diego Comic Con for the price of $200. In the meantime, check out the full-sized image and discuss after the jump!

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

alright, something VERY interesting has popped up. the folks at Rangercrew have posted preview images for the next set of cards in the Power Rangers Action Cardgame and normally this would be it, but the last 3 cards reveal something INTERESTING

3 of the cards feature Megaforce Red, Black, and Blue also feature characters from Sun Vulcan and Goranger.

what does this mean? is pre-zyuranger sentai being added to Power Rangers canon? stay tuned to Tokunation to find out

under General Tokusatsu News

Recently, it was announced that Ken Ochiai’s classic anime and manga: Tiger Mask will be adapted into a live action movie. Actor Eiji Wentz will be playing the lead role as Tiger Mask and the movie also stars Show Aikwa as Mister X, and Natsuna as the heroine Rukino.

The original manga told the story of Naoto Date’s alter ego: Tiger Mask, whom is a feared wrestler in America and extremely vicious in the ring. But after returning to Japan, Tiger Mask meets a young boy that idolized him as a villain, the boy lived in the same orphanage that he grew up in. Tiger Mask is inspired to be a more heroic wrestler.

The movie adaption however, is an origin story that pits Tiger Mask against an evil Wrestling organization. Tiger Mask’s costume receives a modern update, making him look closer to an American comic book super hero.

The film is set to premiere in Japanese Theaters this November, and a brief launch trailer has been released:

under TokuNation Spotlights

The end is hear for this installment of Let’s Watch Wednesdays! Last week we caught the final four episodes of Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger and with them we saw the defeat of a terrible immortal evil, and the death of 2 heroes. Now we turn to the epilogue of the series, Engine Sentai Go-onger vs. Gekiranger The Movie!

Jan has returned from his trip around the world, Dokokugan still safe around his neck, to find Nunchuck Banki! What goals do the Gaiarc ministers have? The Dokokugan is the key to their plan. But they don’t just face the Go-Ongers this time. Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger is here and they’ll bring the teachings of Jyuken to the Go-Ongers to create the unstoppable combo, Engine Ken! You can never keep a good hero, or in this case 2, down. And a terrible evil will rear it’s head once more.

Remember that this is your LAST CHANCE to join in on our weekly discussion thread posted HERE and be entered into our DVD giveaway. Prizes include Power Rangers, VR Troopers, Beetleborgs, Red Baron, and Superhuman Samurai Cyber-Squad DVD’s! That’s 5 prizes for 5 winners!

Also please be sure to sound off in our thread to decide the next LWW segment! We’ll be posting a pole with the top 10 results this weekend to pick our next segment!

under Super Sentai

Online retailer CD Japan has started to take preorders for a Blu-ray and DVD entitled Zyuden Sentai Kyoruger: BRAVE PRELUDE. This special director’s cut release is of the first 4 episodes of the 37th Super Sentai series, adding a total of 15 minutes of new, unseen footage into the mix.

Special Features also include the ending dance video, creditless ending, a solo version of ending and an audio commentary. It will be released on the 13th September, priced 7800 yen (Blu-ray) and 6800 yen (DVD).

under Conventions, Other Conventions, Power Rangers

In case you missed it, we’ve recently wrapped up the Licensing Expo in Nevada, where our first official images of Power Rangers Super Megaforce were shown. We got the press-release (which didn’t detail hardly anything we didn’t already know) but as for information regarding merchandise and toys … we only know that we’re getting them. There’s hope that we’ll see some of the first stuff around San Diego Comic Con next month, and TokuNation.com will be there to give you all your first look at whatever Bandai of America brings!

TokuNation.com member and RangerCrew.com founder Fury Diamond was in attendance at this year’s Licensing Expo and took a ton of images as well as video – did you know that the Power Rangers Super Megaforce actually showed up at the expo? The suits, not the actors.

Click here to check out Power Rangers Super Megaforce at Licensing Expo!

You’ll also find another Saban Brands property, Digimon Fusion, at the link above.

Thanks to Fury Diamond for all of this – great job buddy!!

NOTE: Image not from licensing expo.

under Power Rangers

Last week was the Electronic Entertainment Expo, or more commonly known as E3, and there was some Power Rangers Megaforce goodness to be found if you headed towards the Nintendo area of the floor!

TokuNation.com member and RangerCrew.com[/url] founder Fury Diamond was in attendance and got a chance to play the game first-hand. The game is a side-scrolling adventure similar to the Power Rangers Samurai game that was released last year. Please do yourself a favor and check out the write-up that Fury Diamond spent so much time writing for more information.

Click here to read Fury Diamond’s write-up on Power Rangers Megaforce for Nintendo 3DS!

The game is scheduled to release “Fall of 2013” though online retailers have it slated for November 30th.

Go Go Megaforce!

under Kamen Rider

Those itching for a Complete Selection ZX Belt, Toeihero.net has announced the next best thing is coming.

An adult scale prop replica ZX Belt will be released this November. Pre orders will be going up in July 1st and a custom display pedestal will be included

The catch? This prop replica ZX Belt will command a whopping price tag of 65,000 yen!(That’s 681 USD!!!!)

under Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation Spotlights

Alright, every so often you see something that just makes your jaw drop, something so magnificent that you just to share it with the world. This is one of these moments.

Tokunation member shikishima recently shared with us in the Let’s see your Collection!! thread and it was so amazing I had to share it with the rest of you.

So take the time to check out the TON of photos of this jaw-droppingly beautiful collection, and special thanks to Shikishima for letting us feature this impressive display

please check out his website, http://www.supersentai.co.kr/ as well!

under Power Rangers

With the Licensing International Expo just about to get under way, Saban Brands have officially unveiled the 2014 Power Rangers series, entitled Power Rangers Super Megaforce, via a press release and an official teaser poster. Power Rangers Super Megaforce will follow on as the second half of Power Rangers Megaforce, with footage adapted from the 35th Super Sentai series Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

The press release is as follows:

Saban Brands announced today that it will launch Saban’s Power Rangers Super Megaforce, the newest season of Power Rangers, in 2014 on Nickelodeon. Power Rangers, one of the top rated and longest running boys live-action series in television history, offers SUPER MEGA action, excitement, humor and entertainment, while maintaining core themes of friendship, teamwork, fitness and helping others.

“As Saban Brands and Power Rangers celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the iconic franchise this year, it is more apparent than ever that the show has a strong connection to fans of all ages and backgrounds,” said Elie Dekel, President of Saban Brands. “We are happy to continue our partnership with Nickelodeon and we look forward to entertaining our fans with more action-packed, SUPER MEGA adventures in 2014 with Power Rangers Super Megaforce.”

The upcoming season of Power Rangers Super Megaforce focuses on the Rangers’ mission to defeat a massive alien army Armada that was sent to conquer Earth. To face this threat, Gosei, a supernatural guardian who has protected Earth for centuries, gives the Rangers special morphers and keys, which allow them to morph into Super Megaforce Rangers. The Rangers also have an added special ability to morph into any team of Power Rangers from the past. These super-sized adventures can only mean one thing: the all-new Power Rangers Super Megaforce has arrived!

Thanks to our friends over at Rangercrew (who are attending the Licensing Expo), we also have a hi-res version of the first promotional poster for the show. Interestingly there are two versions of this poster – one featuring only the core five rangers and another including the silver ranger.

Check out the full-sized images after the jump!