Toei dips into the archives for the latest Kamen Rider Blu-Ray sets, making Kamen Rider 555 the oldest Hesei-era Rider to get a high-definition home video release!
A press release confirms that the first volume will come out January 14th, 2014 and include a round-table retrospective with the cast members!
Price details have not yet been confirmed.
Celebrate the 15th anniversary of the Super Imaginative Chogokin line with a brand new version of Kamen Rider-1!
Due for release in January 2014 at a price of 5250 yen, New Kamen Rider-1 comes packaged with Rider Punch/Rider Kick effect parts and a unique IkaDevil Stand.
Check out the full gallery, including comparison images with the original SIC Rider-1, after the jump!
The Tamashii Nations website has updated with official images of the forthcoming January 2014 releases, and among them is the previously revealed Kamen Rider Garren & Red Rhombus 2-pack from Kamen Rider Blade.
Costing 8400 yen, this marks the first time and a rider and his bike have been sold together. It will also come packed with the Garren Rouzer (complete with deployment parts) and a Tamashii Stand.
With the 15th Hesei Rider premiere still a week away, the first preview for the annual teamup movie has come online!
“Kamen Rider Gaim X Wizard Decisive! Sengoku Great Battle Movie” comes to theaters December 14th!
Bandai of America has released news about their exclusive for this year’s New York Comic Con 2013 – and it is none other than an exclusive foil card for the Power Rangers Action Card Game that so many fans have been collecting.
Is that the only exclusive that they’re releasing for NYCC 2013? We’ll keep you updated.
It should come as no surprise – TokuNation.com will be in attendance at this year’s NYCC 2013! We’ll fill you in on the details closer to the convention.
Special thanks to Fury Diamond and all his hard work that he does over at SamuraiCast.com.
The 12th episode of Power Rangers Megaforce airs THIS Saturday, September 28th at 1pm EST on Nickelodeon.
Click here to discuss Power Rangers Megaforce Episode 12 “Dream Snatcher” on TokuNation.com forums!The episode, “Dream Snatcher”, has a monster that steals dreams. While people have their dreams, goals, and ambitions sapped away, Emma, the Pink Ranger, is hit by the monster, losing her dreams! Can the Power Rangers, with the help of Robo Knight, stop the monster and save Emma before it’s too late?
Check out the preview below, courtesy our friends at SamuraiCast.com!
Be sure to take part in our official discussion of this episode! Rate and discuss it with your fellow fans!
GABURICHO! More details about the newest member of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger has been revealed: The Flashing Brave, Kyoryusilver! His identity still remains a mystery but there’ll be slight spoilers none the less:
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Thanks to an interview at HeroShock we have a title for the newest project in the Garo universe!
“Zero: Black Blood” starring the Silver Fanged Knight (and with Ray Fujita reprising the role once again) begins filming soon. An airdate is not yet confirmed but stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!
Examiner recently had an interview with Chris Mowry, who writes Godzilla Rulers Of Earth(check out a preview for issue Godzilla Rulers Of Earth #4 here!) for IDW. The interview goes beyond Godzilla though, as Pacific Rim and Gamera are asked about too! Don’t get your hopes up, but at least we get confirmation that those 2 properties are off limits. Sad face! Now for the Godzilla-relevant parts:
MG: First Godzilla film you ever watched?CM: I’ve been asked this a lot lately and I think it has to be “Godzilla vs. Gigan” (Godzilla on Monster Island). I was so young then, so it’s hard to remember, but I do remember imitating Gigan a lot. So it could have been “vs Megalon” for all I know!
MG: What was your favorite story arc for IDW’s Godzilla? Is there more than one?
CM: I love James Stokoe’s “Godzilla: The Half-Century War” a lot. I like how he was able to incorporate so many different eras of Godzilla into one fun story of someone’s interactions with the big guy. John Layman’s “Godzilla: Gangsters & Goliaths” is up there, too. I think both of those would make great movies!
MG: Favorite movie version of Godzilla and why?
CM: As far as the look goes, I really do like the way he appeared in “vs. Destoroyah” and “Tokyo S.O.S.” because of the drastic changes in his appearance. But for what I think Godzilla SHOULD look like? I would have to go with the GMK Godzilla suit. All-white eyes, huge feet, it has it all. Plus, he was just ruthless in that film.
MG: What in your view makes Godzilla more popular than any other monster out there?
CM: Besides having so many different films, I think it’s the fact that people love seeing monsters doing their monster stuff and Godzilla just does it bigger and better than anything else. He’s not like Jason or any slasher like that, but there really is a sense of terror that comes from thinking “what if something like that DOES exist?” I wouldn’t want to be in that city, I could tell you that.
MG: Now for some Godzilla: Rulers Of Earth questions:
For Godzilla Rulers of Earth you stated that you have access to all of Toho’s characters. What are you allowed to talk about as to what is to be expected in the first story arc (6 issues I presume)?CM: The series has gone under some drastic changes since it started. There have been times where it was supposed to be five issues (all finding out after Issue #3 was written) and then maybe to eight, and now it’s at a solid eight issues. Who knows if it will continue, but that’s really up to the fans and people buying the book. I’d love to keep going, but if sales aren’t there, I understand the need to end things. With that being said, the first arc really just turned into more of a “let’s have this happen and start winding things up” situation. When the book was originally planned out, it was 12 issues. So as you can see, that jumping around has made it pretty confusing. I’m just hoping to deliver some kind of story that people can get into with lots of monsters and a reason for things happening. But some stories we didn’t want to cut and you’ll see one of those in Issue #5.
MG: Godzilla: Gangsters and Goliaths was in a separate universe from all other IDW Godzilla stories. Rulers is a direct sequel to Kingdom of Monsters correct? Will anything from the Legends storyline’s come into play in this new series?
CM: Rulers is what we look at as being the third and final act in the “IDW Godzilla Universe.” That universe started with Kingdom of Monsters, continued with Godzilla, and now is with Rulers of Earth. Nothing from Legends will be carried over as those are all separate stories on their own. Although I think Matt did make the CKR uniforms pretty close to what he did in Legends #1.
MG: Can IDW buy the rights to Pacific Rim and do a crossover?
CM: No. Pacific Rim is with another publisher (Legendary) and our licensing agreement with Toho prohibits us from doing any crossover stories with any other license. Sorry, but it will never happen.
MG: Is there a chance you can acquire the rights to Gamera and do a major crossover we kaiju fans have been dying for since 1965?
CM: Again, we can’t. We could possibly get the Gamera rights, but the two will (unfortunately) never face one another. Same goes for Ultraman, too.
MG: How much freedom do you have with the Godzilla license? Do you have to get permission from Toho if you want to kill a monster and are you limited by Kaiju appearances in each story?
Mowry also thinks that the Godzilla 2014 movie crew is setting out to make a Godzilla movie that is nothing like the 1998 film. The interview in its entirety can be seen here.
The Asahi Shimbun has reported that the Toei Hero World: Namco Action Museum will open in Chiba, Japan later this year on December 20th. The museum will have costumes, props and other items used in various Tokusatsu shows on display. It will also have food, drinks and interactive attractions.
Toei’s website for the museum can be seen here.