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A new article in CinemaToday has revealed a very interesting special appearance for the upcoming Kamen Rider Chaser V-Cinema project! –

The Special Investigations Unit will receive help from a veteran detective: Ryu Terui, better known as Kamen Rider Accel! The veteran officer from Futo has come out of retirement for one more case!
Terui is again played by Minehiro Kinomoto, reprising his iconic role from Kamen Rider W for the first time since his reappearance in the Gaim/Wizard crossover movie.

Drive Saga: Kamen Rider Chaser will be released on April 20, 2016!

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For those eager to grab hold of the Kamen Rider Ghost opening theme, Bandai will be throwing in a nice incentive for those that buy the psychical version single by J-Rock band Kishidan.

And that is a special version of the DX Ghost Ore Damashii Eyecon, which will have a different sticker and outer shell. Also included are two Ghost Ore Damashii Ganbarizing cards. The single will see release in December, retailing for 1900 yen.

under Conventions, Kamen Rider

Bandai has finally opened the show floor to the general public at Tamashii Nations 2015 and in doing so has released a series of their own hi-res images of their displays. First up is the entire S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ghost display! We’d seen a rumored list of figuarts on show yesterday and luckily it looks like all the Ghost items are actually there with only one figure (Specter) having been blurred out for now.

S.H. Figuarts:
Ghost Ore Damashii
Ghost Musashi Damashii
Ghost Edison Damashii
Ghost Newton Damashii
Ghost Robin Damashii
Yurusen
Specter (blurred for now)
Machine Ghostriker

Stay tuned as we continue to bring you more images and updates from Tamashii Nations 2015!

under Power Rangers, Power Rangers Movie

This is a developing story so please hang on for more clarification as it becomes available. According to the official @PowerRangers twitter account, the names for the characters in the Power Rangers 2017 Movie are confirmed to be the original names. That’s right – Jason, Zack, Billy, Kimberly, and Trini are officially the names of your big screen spandex heroes.

This pretty much puts to rest all the news that the Entertainment website Collider had been releasing (the movie being set in-continuity and entirely new names created) as being false.

Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available!

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Eyes Open!

There’s no time like the present! And before the full high resolution reveal of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ghost takes place at this weekends’  Tamashii Nations event, we figured it would be the perfect time to share our gallery of the Ghost Change GC-01 Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii!

Kamen Rider Ghost is about a month into it’s run and several of the initial gimmick figures have already made there way out to retail. As a starter GC-01 Ghost does an admirable job of recreating the series gimmick, the transforming “Damashiis”.  Ghost includes his default Ore Damashii as well as a non-transforming version of his Gan Gun Saber. And while it’s not too bad for gimmick line toy, it does leave much to be desired. GC-01 Ghost Ore Damashii seems to be channeling a little bit of Arms Change in it’s design but doesn’t quite nail it. I’ll give them credit though, I just wish it could have been a little bit better overall. Check out the full review for more details.

And be sure to check out a video review of Ghost Change Kamen Rider Ghost by my good friend and frequent collaborator Baltmatrix!

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but read on after the jump for a full review and 45 image gallery of Ghost Change GC-01 Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii!

under Power Rangers, Power Rangers Movie

And dropping the final piece of casting news for Saban and Lionsgates 2017 Power Rangers Movie has just been revealed! Becky Gomez has been cast as the Yellow Ranger!

As with the other members of the team, Becky Gomez has a relatively short list of credits to her acting resume. But is well known as a singer & songwriter on social media. What do you think of this piece of casting news? And how do you feel about the complete team of all 5 Power Rangers for the 2017 theatrical move? Sound off in the comments below! And be sure to check out the previous 2017 Power Rangers Movie casting news:

Pink Ranger – Naomi Scott
Red Ranger – Dacre Montgomery
Black Ranger – Ludi Lin
Blue Ranger- RJ Cycler
Yellow Ranger – Becky Gomez

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Another special reveal comes in the forms of S.I.C. Heart Roidmude! Joining the likes of the recently revealed S.I.C. Drive and the core 4 Gaim Riders, Heart is an incredible looking figure. And a unique one too! The man behind the monsters of Drive, the designer of the Roidmudes was Takeyuki Takeya, whom if you haven’t realized it by now has been the man behind the entire S.I.C. toyline for well over a decade!

A renowned sculptor Mr. Takeya has crafted some truly gorgeous and detailed figures over the years. His Roidmude designs have begged to be done up as S.I.C.s since their first on screen appearance and now he’s gotten his chace with S.I.C. Heart! This figure takes the design form the show and pushes it a step further, or rather a step backward, more in line with the original line-art but with some new flares to the design improvised by Takeya.

We don’t have release details for S.I.C. Heart Roidmude yet, like many figures at this years’ Tamashii Nations show. But this one is a bit of special case we felt needed to be spotlighted. Well done Mr. Takeya, well done.

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And another round of new figures is about to be officially revealed at Tamashii Nations 2015! For now we have the usual set of shaky images floating around twitter. But these images give us our first look yet at the various S.H. Figuarts releases lined up for Kamen Rider Ghost! On display (on a giant pike of Eyecons no less) are:

  • Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Edison Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Robin Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Newton Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Musashi Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Spectre
  • Machine Ghostriker

As more reveals (and better images!) work their way in we’ll be sure to update you on the all the news out of Tamashii Nations 2015!

under Conventions, Kamen Rider

On top of the incredible looking S.I.C. Kamen Rider Gaim Orange Arms revealed earlier today we have new images showcasing 3 more S.I.C. Gaim Riders! No other information is available currently but we have initial images of:

S.I.C. Kamen Rider Baron Banana Arms

S.I.C. Kamen Rider Zangetsu Melon Arms

S.I.C. Kamen Rider Ryugen Budou arms

These 3 are already looking just as impressive as Gaim himself. Time will tell if these figures, or even Gaim, see an actual release. But for now enjoy these images as our coverage of Tamashii Nations 2015 continues!

under Conventions, General Tokusatsu News, Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes, Ultraman

The first day of the show has wound down but Tamashii Nations 2015 will go on through this weekend. We’ve had a ton of reveals up to this point but a LOT more are apparently on the way as more sections of the show are made available to the general public. A portion of the rumored figures list comes from The Ghouly News, but still take it with a bit of salt as we can’t confirm some of these figures yet. Thanks to some teaser images released by Bandai we have at least a few confirmed things to look forward to:

S.H. Figuarts
Ultra Seven
Ultraman Zoffy
Ultraman Ace
Ultraman jack
Ultraman Taro
Ultraman Leo
Darkraider
Shinkochu Seiho N Daguva Zeba
Shinkochu Seiho Kuuga Ultimate
Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Edison Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Robin Hood Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Newton Damashii
Kamen Rider Spectre
Machine Ghostriker
Yurusen

There are still yet more releases coming and this is only a partial list of what’s been seen and what’s been hinted at. Rest assured that Tamashii Nations 2015 is not over and we will continue to pour over the internet until we have more concrete information to share.