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The massive “Power Rangers Legacy: The First 20 Years” DVD boxset at last has a price tag and release window!!

This wonderful 98-disc Shout! Factory release will be available starting Tuesday, September 10th with orders opening at 1pm Eastern Standard Time. The price is a steep $650 USD but free shipping is available to continental US buyers (sadly the set will NOT be available for those outside the United States).

The set is limited to only 2000 units, so any interested buyers should set their calendars for next Tuesday and check Shout! Factory’s main site when the time comes!

Thanks to member FuryDiamond for the heads-up!

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It’s been a while since we’ve seen one of these!

That’s right, Power Rangers Megaforce finally returns to television screens this Saturday, and to fuel the hype Nick.com have put up a clip of this weekend’s episode – titled “Man and Machine”. The clip itself isn’t visible to those outside of the US, so as usual our friends over at Rangercrew/Samuraicast blog have uploaded the clip to Youtube, which you can view below.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6CtTo9VUBU

The summary for the episode is:
“When a shadow-stealing monster attacks, the Rangers must teach Robo Knight the power of teamwork in order to defeat him.”

Are you looking forward to the return of Power Rangers Megaforce? Let us know after the jump!

under Contests and Giveaways, TokuNation Spotlights, Ultraman

It’s same bat-time same bat-channel yet again here at Tokunation! It’s time for another Let’s Watch Wednesdays! But this week we have a twist! Ultraman Nexus features a couple of special episodes in it’s run and this week we have one of them! Not only will we be watching episodes 28-30 but we’ll also be seeing the Director’s Cut of episode 29, which well shed much needed light on a foggy mountain…

Senjyu Ren, the Prometheus Project, Illustrator, Ultraman. These things are all connected and apparently to the Illustrators’ surprise. Ren appears to be the target of more than one group as he struggles with his bond to the light. A new Dark Field controlled by an Unknown Hand appears to take shape around the Night Raiders and Ultraman. But without Mephisto/Mizorogi around anymore, whose game are they playing?

Like every other Wednesday of the month, we’re gonna remind you of your chance to win free stuff! Every single post you make in our LWW Discussion Thread, every post, will count towards your chances of winning our giveaway. The ultimate prize this go around? The complete series of Ultra Q on DVD! Be sure to post away to your hearts content this week to increase your chances!

So Let’s Watch Ultraman Nexus 28-30+DC!

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Rangercrew just disclosed some release info regarding the next set of the Power Rangers Action Card Game.

ACG Series 4 Legends Unite will be the largest set in the game containing over 120 cards. The set introduces new teams: The Alien Rangers, Power Rangers Turbo,and Operation Overdrive.

In addition, the set will feature seven fan favrioute rangers as Ultra Rare cards in addition to Team Cards.

Legends Unite will be will be released November 2013.

under Kamen Rider

The Rising Sun Tokusatsu Blog has posted an early preview of Hyper Hobby Magazine’s interview with Gen Urobuchi, the lead writer in charge of Kamen Rider Gaim.

Several tidbits about this upcoming Kamen Rider project were revealed in discussion, including:


*Gaim will abandon the two-episode story format used by every Kamen Rider series since Den-O.
*Production of the series was delayed in order to put together a short anniversary tribute to the Hesei Era.
*Urobuchi intends to maintain a more dramatic portrayal of Kamen Rider; comparing Gaim to early Hesei Riders like Kuuga or Faiz.

Were Urubuchi’s efforts successful? Tune in October 6th to find out!

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Hot on the heels of the Lost Driver comes W’s seventh memory- FANG!

This rare Gaia Memory gadget allows W to transform into FangJoker when used with the previously released W Driver (sold separately of course).

Complete Selection Fang Memory will be released in December for 6300 Yen. Orders open at the end of the month!

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The Lost Driver as worn most notably by Kamen Rider Skull and Eternal will be getting the Complete Selection treatment.

Pre orders for the Complete Selection Lost Driver will be opening September 24th Japan standard time and it’s currently slated to be shipped out in December.

Retailing for 9,480 yen this piece will include the Eternal and Skull Gaia memories.

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Kamen Rider Gaim is the fresh and juicy new Rider on the block. We’re getting close to the premiere of his show and the launch of his toy line. Bandai finally released official images of some of these toys.

New photos were released of:

The DX Sengoku Driver, both the regular and Special sets containing the Lock Seed Holder and the Pineapple Arms Lock Seed

Armed Change Series Kamen Rider Gaimu(3000 yen)

Rider Hero Series Gaim Orange Arms and Baron Banana Arms(800 yen)

The above toys mentioned will be released October 5th.

Finally, the DX Musou Saber with the Melon Lock Seed for 5200 yen and the DX DaiDaimaru retailing for 2800 yen the two swords will be coming out October 31st.

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In 2010, Saban Brands purchased back the rights of the Power Rangers franchise from Disney, signaling a rebirth of the franchise right as it began to approach it’s 20th anniversary. The returning executive producer of many seasons of the franchise, Jonathan Tzachor, reached out to former Power Rangers scribe Amit Bhaumik (writer of the fan-favorite “Forever Red” anniversary episode of Power Rangers Wild Force) to help adapt the Japanese series Samurai Sentai Shinkenger to Power Rangers Samurai.

Working for free and as a favor, Amit wrote character biographies and a base storyline for the series and how it could be adapted. Citing “creative differences” and a “different plan or lack thereof”, we got the Power Rangers Samurai series that we know today – one that kids loved and older fans seemed to dislike.

We see a return to Power Rangers lore with the action happening in Stone Canyon, the rival city and school to Angel Grove, where the original Power Rangers hailed from.

There are some similarities though – Bulk is listed as a character, though instead of being totally inept and dim, he not only knows of Power Rangers but works FOR the Power Rangers – and “Spike” appeared as “Junior”, the son of Bulk, not Skull. And on top of that, “Junior” would create the Gold Samurai Ranger powers and be the traditional “shows up to save the day” 6th Ranger until his identity is revealed.

It’s an interesting read and we invite you to take a look at Amit’s blog.

Click here to read Amit Bhaumik’s original proposal for “Power Rangers Samurai”!

Many cite that the downfall of Power Rangers could eventually happen because of Jonathan Tzachor – it has been whispered among various circles that the marketing department had to step in for Power Rangers Super Megaforce to have an anniversary episode, as Tzachor had no plans for one, hence the “last minute” invites and the fact that it shoves 10 previous Rangers in to one 22 minute episode.

What do you think of this proposal? As an older fan would you have enjoyed this more, or is this just “fanfiction” in your eyes, and wouldn’t make for a good show? Chime in and give us your thoughts!!