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under Kamen Rider, Ultraman

This title nearly fell off the radar, with Bandai Namco Games having released a sequel is coming down the pipe line. The first Lost Heroes game was released in 2012 and features characters from the Mobile Suit Gundam, Ultraman, and Kamen Rider franchises. Lost Heroes 2 also features new characters from the franchise in a battle system reminiscent to the Shin Megami Tensei franchise. Those new heroes are:

Gundam: 

Unicorn
F91
00 Raiser

Kamen Rider: 

Black
Fourze
Wizard

Ultraman:
Leo
Tiga
Ginga

Kamen RIder Black RX and the 00 Quanta are also in the game, interestingly enough those two will be treated as form changes according to the trailer. Lost Heroes 2 will be released on the Nintendo 3DS console in February 15th 2015, a premium version is also available for purchase.

under Kamen Rider

You’ve been waiting for it for weeks, even months. You’ve refreshed the various sub groups homepages hoping for an update. And now one of the bigger sub groups, TVNihon.com, is the first of the big two to throw up the Kamen Rider Gaim Summer Movie – Great Soccer Battle! Golden Fruit Cup! sub!

And because we were pretty huge fanboys for Kamen Rider Gaim, we thought we’d share our newly created poll and discussion thread for the movie. Trust us – if you’re a fan of Kamen Rider Gaim you will NOT be disappointed with the movie. Click here to vote on the poll and join the discussion!

What did you think? Was this movie worth the wait? Did you love all those Arms Change that you wanted to see in the show but never got until the movie? Sound off in the discussion!

under Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Our site sponsors BigBadToyStore.com have sent out a brief update on some exciting news that we at TokuNation.com broke to the world of Ranger Nation last week! They will be carrying the upcoming Legacy Megazord Re-Issue which is slated for May 2015! This is great news for those of you who want to finally create your Legacy Ultrazord without spending more than what you paid for on Titanus to complete the set.

As always – there’s even more at BigBadToyStore.com and we’re here to help you get to what you want to order now before pre-orders and new arrivals are out of stock! Check it below!

NEW PRE-ORDERS!

There aren’t really any new toku items in stock yet – but for those wanting S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Duke and S.H. Figuarts Vul Eagle, you can pre-order those and have them in stock within the next week or so if you’ve missed out on getting them through Japanese retailers.

Don’t forget to take advantage of BigBadToyStore.com’s special service known as Pile of Loot – it allows you to combine multiple items to save money on shipping so you get all your toys at once without paying multiple shipping fees! They are one of the only retailers that have this feature!

under General Tokusatsu News

Tsubaraya‘s Denkou Choujin Gridman (which was adapted into Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad in the West) is set to return in the form of a one-off anime short, as part of Japan Animator Expo – a project of weekly anime shorts spearheaded by Hideaki Anno’s Studio Khara and media company Dwango.

The short, entitled “Denkou Choujin Gridman: Boys invent Great Hero” was animated by popular studio Trigger (most notable for the recent Kill la Kill) and directed by Akira Amemiya – director of Trigger’s Inferno Cop and forthcoming Ninja Slayer series.

The project will see a total of 30 planned shorts air weekly, ranging from anime shorts to promotional and music videos. While these will be streamed for free via Niconico, there are currently no plans for any of them to receive a commercial release.

Niconico have already released a 13 second teaser of the short, however it doesn’t give away anything other than the title. Are you excited for the return of Gridman? Sound off after the jump!

under Power Rangers

If you remember from the middle of last year, Internet and YouTube sensation PelleK did a “metal” cover of the classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers theme song. It proved to be quite popular, and PelleK then did something that was pretty awesome – he sang all the theme songs for all the Power Rangers songs in one sitting. It was so well loved by Haim Saban that they signed PelleK and used his music in a lot of their promotional work on social media and released to purchase as Power Rangers Mega Mix.

Well, PelleK is back – this time covering the upcoming theme song for Power Rangers Dino Charge! And I will be honest and throw my personal opinion in this news story – it really rocks! Take a listen below!

How do you like this cover of the upcoming Power Rangers Dino Charge theme? Does it sound better or worse than the actual theme? Join in our on-going discussion!

under Kamen Rider

Our first trailer for the upcoming Super Hero Taisen GP movie is finally online!

While the trailer doesn’t reveal much in the way of story we do have our first glimpse at the Kamen Rider # 3 suit, he appears similar to Kamen Rider 1 in many ways except with a very Kamen Rider The First/The Next aesthetic.

Super Hero Taisen GP will be coming out March 21st 2015 in the mean time you can check out the trailer below:

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Ahead of it’s upcoming release date Shout! Factory has just received sample copies of their Zyuranger Complete Series DVD Sets! Sharing an image of one of these samples on their Instagram account it looks like they’re just as excited for this release as we are!

Have you pre-ordered your copy of this set yet? If not then head over to Shout! Factory’s website and pre-order it there, or perhaps grab your copy on Amazon. Super Sentai Zyuranger releases February 17th and retails for $49.97.

under Power Rangers

As part of Saban Brands Entertainment‘s super fan group for Power Rangers, the Power Force, we are at times given an exclusive first look at upcoming Power Rangers news and media. Today the members of Power Force were given a file promoting the upcoming iOS and Android mobile card game titled Power Rangers Unite.

This card game will require players to use strategy to defeat your foes and friends allowing you to collect over 250 different cards from all 22 seasons of Power Rangers! On top of that, there will be an all-new story tied to the game bringing together all 22 seasons to really bring about a Morphinominal gaming experience!

Power Rangers Unite is scheduled to release later this year. Do you plan on playing? What characters do you hope to see recognized in the game? Sound off in our discussion thread! Go Go Power Rangers!

under Power Rangers

According to a brand new Entertainment Earth[/URL] listing, the Legacy Megazord will indeed be receiving a reissue in May 2015! Now with a low low retail price of $59.99!

This is great news for collectors who’ve been having to pay upwards of $200 or more for a Legacy Megazord on the aftermarket to complete their Legacy Ultrazords recently. With the recent news that Toys R Us has cancelled any further orders of older Legacy product, what exactly could this new pre-order mean? Will this reissue be exclusive to Entertainment Earth? We’ll update you as more information becomes available.

under General Tokusatsu News

If you haven’t been following Marvel’s current run of Amazing Spider-Man then now may be the time. Though we wouldn’t typically cover this kind of thing today’s latest issue, Amazing Spider-Man #12 featured the return of 2 very familiar faces for the tokusatsu community. Making his first official appearance since his 1979 TV Series is Toei’s Spider-Man! And along for the ride is his faithful transforming mecha Marveler/Leopardon!

The currently ongoing Spider-verse storyline has seen the entire Marvel Multiverse assaulted by the Morlun family of killers. They’ve been hopping between dimensions plotting to and in some cases succeeding in murdering various Spider-heroes. Now a ragtag team of the remaining spiders with the Earth-616 Peter Parker at the lead are trying desperately to win the war. Just in time to lend a helping hand (and maybe a gigantic sword?!) Spider-man & Leopardon enter the fray! Though it’s only briefly seen Leopardon is soundly defeated with Spider-Man AKA Takuya Yamashiro (or Supaidaman) escaping with his brothers and sisters from other worlds.

A fun and interesting nod to the the beloved 1978-1979 series. Most likely a one-off instance, but personally I’d love to see more of this duo in official Marvel comics of this nature.