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After we first got word of the possible next Power Rangers series just 2 days ago you’d think it would be a while before any more solid information would come out. Well Saban Brands has officially confirmed the existence of Power Rangers Dino Charge and released the initial marketing poster for the series! Main image comes from Toy News International, back cover via Rangercrew.

The thought was that this series may be  a combination of footage from Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters & Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger. Using much the same formula as Megaforce & Super Megaforce. Instead it looks like it may be solely an adaptation of Kyoryuger. Time will tell if any of the footage from Go-Busters may still be adapted but at this point there’s strong evidence that it may not be.

Get ready to see the Power Rangers Dino Charge chase down the 12 Paragon Prisms in February 2015!

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After seeing a preview of it at the Nuremberg Toy Fair, our friends over at Rangercrew have posted a toy catalogue that showcases the Q-Rex Megazord/Dino Megazord! 

Also known in Japan as GoJyuJin, the Q-Rex/Dino Megazord is the Megazord for the Silver Super Megaforce Ranger. When it will appear in show is unknown, but now knowing we are getting a toy of it is exciting! Also, it appears that is still retains the triple-changing feature GoJyuJin had! Curiously, the picture depicting the Q-Rex/Dino Megazord in its humanoid Megazord mode has something on its back. Could it be one of the American counterpart of Furaimaru’s shurikens? Or perhaps the wings of a Mega Winger megazord? Only time will tell! Until then, enjoy the images!

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Bandai Namco games has announced that a sequel to last year’s Dynasty Warriors-esque video game: Kamen Rider Battle Ride War will be coming out in June.

According to an article by Silconera, the game will feature characters and forms from various Kamen Riders movies at least up to Kamen Rider Wizard In Magic Land. Mitsuru Matsuoka is returning to voice Kamen Rider Eternal.

new scans have confirmed that Kamen Rider Gaim made the cut, as did Baron! Baron has Mango arms and Gaim seems to have everything up to Jimba Lemon.

In addition, the movie Power Ups for the past riders will be playable: Fourze will have Nadeshiko Meteor Fusion, OOO will have Super TaToBa, and Wizard will have Infinity All Dragon.

Like last year’s release, a premium sound version will be available in addition to a standard retail release. Battle Ride war 2 will be available for the Playstation 3.

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The opening for the next GARO series has been put online! This music definitely sets a nice tone for this promising new show:

“Garo: Makai No Hana” will begin in April 2014! Be sure to join our discussion & share your thoughts on the return of the Golden Knight!

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Our good buddy Fury Diamond of Rangercrew has just thrown up the Power Rangers Super Megaforce complete opening theme! Get ready to Go Go Megaforce today February 9th as well as Nick.com airs the first episode of the series, titled “Super Megaforce”, a week ahead of it’s television debut!

The episode is officially live RIGHT NOW! Follow this link!

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Wonderfest 2014 has begun! This annual unveiling of upcoming Japanese merchandise always has a few surprises for tokusatsu fans, and this year things start off on a Dangerous note:

We now have our first look at SH Figuarts Armored Rider Bravo, complete with one of the best displays Bandai has ever put up! In addition, three Armored Rider Kurokage Figuarts are on display. These 3 appear to be of the MP Kurokage Trooper variety lacking faceplate details and having silver belts. We’re waiting for confirmation of how these figure will be released and how a standard Hasse Kurokage will be released relating to them.

Stay tuned to TokuNation this weekend as we keep you up to date on all the Wonfest reveals!

EDIT: More pictures added from Wonderfest courtesy of AmiAmi Blog

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Are you ready to get Wild!? A quick 15 second trailer for the upcoming Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger: !00 Years After trailer just went live!

This V Cinema focuses on a new team of active Kyoryugers a century after the series has ended, the trailer gives us a glimpse of these new characters whom are played by the original actors! Check it out below:

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With the introduction of Gaim Jinba Lemon Arms last week, many fans speculated that the new Jinba Arms would be able to transform into multiple forms. It would appear they were correct!

As speculated previously, it appears that the armor does simply rotate based on the Energy Lock Seed used in conjunction with the standard Orange Lock! Looking closely at the suit and toy images the Jinba Arms is exactly the same on all 4 sides, each one has a set of folding flaps which reveal the Energy Lock in use. Lemon, and Peach have now been seen, Melon & Cherry are assuredly under there too!

The short of it? Kamen Rider Gaim will likely be receiving at least 2 more Jinba forms (Melon & Cherry) after this, before Kachidoki Arms, and the rumored final form!

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A VERY interesting new rumor has just hit the Web!

An article in USA Today noticed by the good people at RangerCrew describes the 22nd Season of Power Rangers to begin in 2015 as “Power Rangers Dino Charge.” The story-

In Dino Charge, the Paragon Prisms were given to a dozen dinosaurs for safe keeping by an alien, but they were lost when asteroids hit the Earth and wiped out the dinos. Now in the present day, an intergalactic bounty hunter starts sniffing around Earth looking for the Prisms in order to harness their power and annihilate the world, so a team of Power Rangers forms to find the Prisms first and fight the bounty hunter and other threats with dino-powered swords, blasters, Zords (in Power Rangers lingo, large fighting machines) and Megazords

If this is indeed true it means Saban has skipped Go-Busters source footage and is moving right to Kyoryuger- which we previously heard was not allowed based on their current licensing agreement with Toei. Curiouser and curiouser…

Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this unfolding story & be sure to join in our Discussion Thread to share your thoughts!

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The 5th Armored Rider of Kamen Rider Gaim joins the fray in the ever popular Arms Change toyline! 

Like his fellow riders released before him Kamen Rider Gridon comes packed with his trademark Donguri (Acorn) Arms, his arms weapon the Donkachi, as well as a personal Lock Vehicle, the Dandeliner! Though the Dandeliner has only been seen to be used up to this point by the Kurokage troopers, this release would imply that Gridon will use it soon enough. Though if you try to troop build these vehicles for your Kurokage army, you’ll have a rather large excess of Gridons.

Gridon succeeds in being yet another fun an intuitive addition to an ever growing line, and his vehicle takes a crack at some of the shortcomings of the previously released Lock Vehicle bikes. On the whole this one is another clear winner for Bandai of Japan. As seems to be the case with almost any Arms Change figure, this one is also a very welcome addition to the line! To see a full 50+ image gallery of this set click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.