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under Power Rangers

Even when the news is bad, you can always find a silver lining. The Power Rangers Super Megaforce find their silver lining this coming Saturday with the episode “Silver Lining Part 1”. This episode features the premiere of the 6th Ranger, the Silver Ranger. Thanks to our good buddy Fury Diamond and his Samurai Cast Blog, you can check out this awesome preview clip below.

The Silver Ranger is played by Cameron Jebo. For those who have not seen the Super Sentai show Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (which is what Power Rangers Super Megaforce is based on), he has some pretty cool Power Rangers that he gets to use during his legendary morphs. Are you excited for his premiere? Sound off in discussion!

under Power Rangers

With all the drama the last week, this is a real feel good story for fans of Power Rangers. If you grew up watching Mighty Morphin Power Rangers then you should know who Austin St. John is – he played Jason, the Mighty Morphin Red Power Ranger. After leaving halfway through season 2, he returned in Power Rangers Zeo as the new 6th Ranger, the Gold Ranger. He hasn’t been public with the Power Rangers fan community for a number of years but his Official Facebook Page recently announced his return – and now he’s coming back to the Official Power Morphicon Convention this August. His message was put on YouTube and can be seen below.

We would like to welcome Austin St. John back to the Power Rangers community, especially at a time when the fan community needed it the most. Please take the time to ”Like” the Official Austin St. John Facebook Page as he will begin posting on the page himself in time. Please click the “Discussion” link to share your favorite memories of the character Jason Lee, the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger and Zeo Gold Ranger. And while you’re at it, head over to MorphinMadness.com and vote for those two characters. #VoteZeoGold #VoteMMPRRed

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

As you know by now, this weeks regular Super Hero Time programming is being replaced by a very special crossover. This hour long special is Kamen Rider Gaim VS Ressha Sentai ToQger! 

Serving as a prelude to the Heisei VS Showa Featuring Super Sentai film, this special will mark only the second time ever that a currently running Rider & Sentai will share a storyline. The first being Kamen Rider Decade & Samurai Sentai Shinkenger. This special is labelled as Episode SP for both series and chronologically should take place between Gaim episodes 26 & 27 and ToQger 6 & 7.

The episode itself airs shortly in Japan and subs will of course be up later in the week from our favorite groups. For now click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to our stickied discussion thread/poll for this special in the News and Rumors section.

under General Tokusatsu News

This is our first full-length trailer for the revival of iconic tokusatsu hero “Kikaider.” The trailer features our best look to date at the revised suit and combat tactics of this legendary hero, along with some new details about the supporting cast in this revival project.

Kikaider returns to theaters on May 24 2014!

under Power Rangers

Not to be outdone by the official reveal of the Super Megaforce Silver Ranger yesterday, Saban Brands has officially released it’s marketing teaser for the Power Rangers Super Megaforce Fall 2014 lineup. Much of this video showcases Saban Brands worldwide extent in toys & licensing, and focuses on Megaforce & Super Megaforce up to where we are now. But the tail end of this video features the first released footage of the Legendary War from the Super Megaforce finale later this year! As always these awesome ranger related images & info come from Fury Diamond and the Rangercrew Blog, as well as Silurian Ranger!

In this video we’re treated to the return of such Legendary Power Rangers as:

  • Jason Faunt (Wes/Time Force Red)
  • Reggie Rolle (Damon/Lost Galaxy Green)
  • Allison Macinnis (Dana/Lightspeed Pink)
  • Selwyn Ward (TJ/In Space Blue)
  • Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie/In Space Pink)
  • Danny Slavin (Leo/Lost Galaxy Red)
  • Melody Perkins (Karone/Lost Galaxy Pink)
  • Jason David Frank (Tommy/MMPR Green Ranger)

Get ready to Go Go Megaforce with the most powerful Ranges in history this fall on Nickelodeon!

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

Toei has opened an official page for the annual tokusatsu summer movie double bill!

Details are sparse at the moment but the Gaim/ToQGer Roadshow is scheduled for July 19 meaning films should be in theaters by the end of July. This is a step up from previous years (usually the Super Sentai & Kamen Rider films have been released in mid to late August).

Stay tuned to TokuNation for more details on these fresh and colorful summer antics!

under Power Rangers

You’ve been waiting patiently, and Saban took notice! It’s time to finaly tease the Super Megaforce Silver Ranger! The Silver Ranger will appear in the April 5th episode of Super Megaforce, “Silver Lining Part 1”! As always thanks to the very awesome Fury Diamond and the Rangercrew Blog for this tip.

It was first announced a year ago that  Cameron Jebo would play the silver ranger but this is the first real time we’ve gotten to see the new ranger in action! No full out of suit shots yet but we do get to see the Silver Ranger thrash some X-Borgs ahead of his first appearance!

under Power Rangers, TokuNation, TokuNation Spotlights

History’s greatest Power Rangers continue to fight it out in round 3 of Morphin Madness![/URL] The ultimate tournament to decide which 5 Legendary Rangers will be made into a limited edition Ranger Key set by Bandai of America! But the message of Morphin Madness, what it’s really all about, appears to have been lost thanks to some unfortunate poking from two sides of the fandom.

At the end of the day this competition is for fun. It’s ultimate goal however is still the production of 5 Ranger Keys. As we know BOA will only be producing about 70 keys out of 100+ rangers they have to work with. This competition will allow fans to pick 5 rangers to be made into a special limited edition Ranger Key set. Keys that simply wouldn’t exist without fan support in an event like this. The competition has been fierce and heated, but fans have stuck with it to vote for their favorite rangers and the ones they find most in need of the Ranger Key treatment. Today TokuNation would like to take a moment to honor 5 of Round 3’s rangers in a little segment we’re calling Power Playback!

Power Playback is a community viewing event that consists of 1 episode each, from 5 different classic Power Rangers seasons! Designed to give people a chance to experience some of these rangers for the first time or relive them all over again, Power Playback also gets your foot in the door on 5 classic Power Rangers series; Zeo, Mystic Force, Turbo, Lightspeed Rescue, & In Space! Each of these episodes is the 1st appearance of a Legendary Power Ranger featured in the current round of Morphin Madness!

Power Rangers Zeo “The Power Of Gold” – The first appearance of the Gold Ranger!

Power Rangers Turbo “Phantom Phenomenon” – The first appearance of the Phantom Ranger!

Power Rangers In Space “From Out Of Nowhere Part 1” – The first appearance of the In Space Red Ranger!

Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue “From Deep In The Shadows” – The first appearance of the Titanium Ranger!

Power Rangers Mystic Force “Broken Spell” – The first appearance of the Mystic Force White Ranger!

Check out these episodes, which are currently available on such streaming sites as Netflix,[/URL] and give us your thoughts in this thread. Simply click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post to be taken to a full rundown of each episode, along with the further exploits of each of these 5 rangers. Spoilers abound on the next page so read on with care. And be sure to head over to our massive ongoing Morphin Madness Thread[/URL] to share your thoughts on the brackets and how things are playing out!

under Power Rangers

Oh the madness that is Morphin Madness continues! In what started as fun and has slowly turned in to a disaster, the hosts of the Talkin Toku Podcast joined forces with a number of other Power Rangers fandom alumni to create a special, fun promotional podcast episode in hopes of steering the sinking ship back to shallow waters.

Joining your regular hosts Kickback (@rankal), Den-O (@DenO_Tokunation), and Sentai Tamashii (@SoulInkChu) of the @TalkinToku Podcast are:

Listen to all 9 hosts share a quick fact or reason why they’re voting for the Power Ranger they’ve selected.  As a special treat, the end of the episode features the music montage that plays during that sequence without the voice overs.

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Another big special thanks to all of our guest hosts.  Please be sure to follow @RangerCrew on Twitter, as well as visit RangerCrew.com, MegaforceCast.com, and subscribe to the PRSamuraiCast Channel on YouTube.  Be sure to listen to every episode of the Ranger Command Power Hour Podcast and follow their official Twitter account @RangerCommandPH, as well as their excellent hosting crew (@trekkieb47, @TheCinemaSlob, @secretrangerfan).  Check out MorphinLegacy.com and follow them on Twitter @MorphinLegacy as well as listen to their The Grid Podcast.  And finally, check out the excellent blog The Monkie Grid by @MonkieRanger.

Be sure to head over to MorphinMadness.com every single day to vote on the remaining Power Rangers! Who will survive to the final round? Who do you want to win this contest? Remember – this whole thing is about fun! Don’t cheat, don’t belittle your fellow fans, simply vote and cross your fingers like the rest of us! GO GO POWER RANGERS!

under Super Sentai

While Gaim undoubtedly takes center stage in this round of magazine scans, ToQGer does have one impressive reveal-

This is our first glimpse at their second Mecha, DiseslOh! Formed through a combination of Car Carrier, Tank & Diesel Resshas, the DieselOh is widely believed to be the personal Mecha of ToQ6. Only time will tell for sure; the Diesel Ressha should be introduced in the series shortly before its DX toy release at the end of April.

Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all train arrivals & departures!