Good news for Ultra fans!
The streaming service Crunchyroll has picked up the rights to Tsuburaya’s latest series- Ultraman X!
This new Ultra series will be simulcast weekly beginning July 14, 2015 and have official English subtitles. This marks the first-ever simulcast release of a tokusatsu program!
New episodes of Ultraman X will be available every Tuesday once the series begins!
As is the tradition with Premium Bandai Gaim releases, a special video promotion was just released online. And as is tradition, actors Yuki Kubota(Takatora) and Tsunenori Aoki(Ryoma) returns in character to promote this item, the video also reveals for the first time Lemon Arm’s unique transformation tune.
Like the Baron/Zangetsu V Cinema set, the Lemon Lock Seed and Faceplate will be bundled together with the Movie’s DVD Release for 7560 yen.
Rounding out our coverage of San Diego Comic Con 2015 we have a couple gems to share with you. Our own Kickback just sat down with Bandai of America for an interview on current & upcoming products and a few other goodies fans have been clamoring for with Power Rangers Legacy & Dino Charge.
Starting things off we discussed Power Rangers Legacy items. These releases were apparently never meant to be chronological like collectors had assumed, it happened to just turn out that way. Bandai knows that the Ninja & Shogun Megazords as well as the Falconzord are all very obvious choices for the future. Power Rangers Zeo is also internally very popular. They also think a Legacy Gold Zeo Ranger Staff is a interesting idea ;) Legacy Tor was mentioned as well but as a whole they don’t want to destroy collectors’ wallets.
The Thunder Megazord shown at SDCC should be able to assumed the Assault Team sled mode, but they’ll get with their designers and give us an answer post-con. The Legacy Blade Blaster displayed was entirely a mock-up as the retail version wasn’t ready yet. They would like to do a role play item and a mech/figure item together if possible kinda like Saba and Tigerzord. Again they don’t want to break the bank. Fans have also asked recently about a Black & Gold Dragonzord, so we posed that question to Bandai. There response is “would fans buy it?”
For Dino Charge Bandai still asserts that if a Ranger appears in show, of which there’s likely to be 11 between DC & Supercharge, then there’s a very good chance to see it in toy form. When asked about any possible gender swaps or sash swaps in the show, they referred back to the first answer. Bandai is also taking this position with Megazords, if it appears in the show footage it’s very likely to receive a toy. Villain figures are a key point of interest to Bandai as well since this is the first time since MMPR that waves are predominantly villains. Poisandra however is still cloudy. While Bandai is looking into it, it depends entirely on the characters trajectory in the show. They simply don’t know currently. The same can be said for why no Supercharge items were displayed – if it hasn’t been revealed in the show then they can’t necessarily show it in toy form without approval from Saban Brands.
Fans of Ranger Keys from Super Megaforce will also be sobered a bit. Currently no plans for more Ranger Keys as the play pattern is no longer current. Speaking of exclusives Bandai confirmed that they are upping their game for New York Comic Con to match the cons size. They will have an exclusive of some kind for this years show.
Bandai of America takes the fan opinion very seriously. They also want to cater to collectors and use the Legacy line as well as conventions to try and do that. They encourage fans to let them know what they think at conventions and such.
We’d like to thank Bandai of America for their time over the weekend for answering our questions and being awesome in general. The team is super excited for the future and can’t wait to show you what’s in store next. They hope you’ll come see them at this year’s NYCC.
Bandai Premium has opened two pages for special new LockSeeds- made in honor of the upcoming second Kamen Rider Gaim: Gaiden video special!
The first set will feature DX LockSeed #99– the Lemon LockSeed! This new addition is used by Kamen Rider Duke in his Armored Rider form, and includes a special faceplate for the Sengoku Driver based on Duke’s new design. This set is bundled with the Gaiden DVD release and will cost 7560 Yen.
The second set contains Energy Lock Seed #06– the Chestnut Energy LockSeed! This updated Energy Lock will be used by Kamen Rider Knuckle and comes with a Genesis Core attachment that will allow the Energy Seed to be used with the Sengoku Driver. This set is priced at a mere 2700 Yen.
Both sets are scheduled for release alongside Gaim Gaiden 2 in November 2015!
The first of several Super Sentai Aritsan items for Shuriken Sentai Ninninger has been released, and reviews are now being posted!
Youtube channel toyhappy offers fans and up-close look at this diecast Otomo-Nin and demonstrates its combination with the DX ShurikenJin set.
Artisan ShinobiMaru retails for 5378 Yen at your preferred Super Sentai specialty sellers!
In a similar fashion to last years Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger news, the fine people at Shout! Factory have just dropped another bombshell on the tokusatsu fandom. When asked by a fan in the audience at tonight’s San Diego Comic Con 2015 panel, “Will we get a new tokusatsu title?” they were able to reply yes. And that title is Gosei Sentai Dairanger!
Fans in the west will undoubtedly recognize the footage from this show as it was utilized for Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2 as well as the character Kiba Ranger who was adapted as the Mighty Morphin White Ranger. Still yet people may recall the “new powers” of Power Rangers Super Megaforce where the Dairanger suits were shown on American TV for the first time.
For now it’s safe to assume that this DVD set will follow the same formula as Shouts Zyuranger DVDs at a similar price point for the entire series in one set.
Following up from the 2nd Premium Bandai release for Shuriken Sentai Ninninger we’ve been teased for at least one more! Revealed via Artisan Rodeomaru’s order page are teaser images of Super Sentai Artisan Chouzetsu Akaninger!
Artisan Chouzetsu Akaninger will be a high end replacement for the small DX figure included with DX Lion Ha Oh as it’s pilot. The new Artisan figure will be fully posable and includes Takaharu’s Ichibantou as well. True to being in proper scale this figure stands at a diminutive 65mm when compared to the 125mm of Shinobi & Rodemarus. So although this is a high end chogokin release this figure will be far too small to scale well with S.H. Figuarts or any other 1/12 scale collection of figures.
Pricing has yet to be announced at this time, however as soon as more information becomes available we’ll update you!
Check out The Loyal Subjects Power Rangers figures on display at San Diego Comic-Con 2015. It’s always good to see the finalized version of the figures.Included were:
For the rest of the Loyal Subject booth, check out the pics over at Loyal Subject SDCC 2015 Photos at Toyark.
Not to be outdone by the treasure trove of San Diego Comic Con 2015 coverage, a pair of new reveals has just come our way courtesy of the @gaim_gaiden twitter account!
From the upcoming 2nd Gaim Gaiden V-Cinema we have 2 new rider forms! The first is a new form for Team Baron’s Kamen Rider Knuckle. Through the use of the Marron Energy Lockseed Zach can access Knuckle Jinba Marron (Chestnut) Arms! This powerful new form is of course similar to Gaim’s Jinba Lemon and replaces Knuckle Kurumi Bombers with the appropriately size and nasty looking Marron Bombers!
And everyone’s favorite evil professor has also returned with a bit of a downgrade. Flashing back to his development of the Kamen Rider Drivers we’ll see Ryoma don his very own Sengoku Driver with a standard Lemon Lockseed to become Kamen Rider Duke Lemon Arms! Taking on even more of a knight motiff than his Energy Rider form, Duke Lemon Arms sports new symmetrical armor as well as a rapier-like weapon.
Gaim Gaiden Kamen Rider Duke/Kamen Rider Knuckle will be released on DVD & Blu-Ray this November!
More coverage is rolling in from San Diego Comic Con 2015! Just now our own Kickback and the SDCC network crew attended Saban Brand’s Entertainment’s Power Rangers Dino Charge panel! Presented below is a round up of the information from that panel as well as pictures from it!
The core cast of 5 rangers & Claire entered the panel each with their own unique spin on things, like Yoshi doing a flip & Camille punching the air. The panel began with some basic info about the actors like how this SDCC was Camille, Michael, James & Claires first ever, and how all were very excited. Everyone discussed their favorite seasons of the franchise. We got some insight into how Yoshi came from fan/stunt actor to full blown Power Ranger. Some great fun stories about each of the actors as well, like James being a terrible tour guide in his native New Zealand. The crowd and fans everywhere agree, this cast is fantastic and fun in person.
Chip Lynn along with Saban Brands Entertainment EP Brian Castatinni then took stage to assure fans that in future episodes we would see more rangers and that the joke was on us, things we thought they missed? They didn’t. According to him there are “no bad episodes this season”. Chip restated in no uncertain terms that “When this season is done, you’re going to say they were some of the best episodes of Power Rangers EVER.” The crowd was pleased and ready for more. After dashing hopes about past Dino Rangers ever returning we were treated to 2 videos. One a fall Dino Charge episodes trailer, which at last revealed it’s August 29th return date! And another which was a 2016 trailer for Dino Supercharge, the footage was actually reused from the Licensing Expo Marketing Teaser.
While we didn’t get to see the people behind the suits these video treated us to Gold, Purple, & Graphite Ranger footage! And after this 5 suit actors arrived wearing the brand new Dino Drive power up suits from Dino Supercharge!
The above article contains a round up of the pertinent information from the panel. Please click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this page to check out the full breakdown of the panel in tweet form.