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under Kamen Rider

The very first batch of magazine scans for the 19th Heisei Era Rider Series- Kamen Rider Build has been posted online!

We now have some excellent detailed shots of Build using his Build Driver and Full Bottles to fight-along with his signature weapon the DrillCrusher and motorcycle, the Machine Builder.

When FullBottles are activated in the Driver, the resulting form is dubbed BEST MATCH signifying that Bottles have combined properly.

*Build’s first form, RabbitTank– also referred to as The Moonsault of Steel will be his default form, capable of a powerful Rider Kick attack named Vortech Finish!

*Build’s second form, GorillaMond -the Sparkling Destroyer– is also shown in detail.

Finally, we have confirmation that Kamen Rider Build will fight alongside Kamen Rider Ex-Aid in the TRUE ENDING special movie, AND Build will make a special cameo appearance in the final episode of Ex-Aid.

Kamen Rider Build will officially begin on September 3 2017! Stay tuned to TokuNation between now & then as we keep you up to date on this exciting new Rider Series!

under Super Sentai

The latest round of magazine scans has been posted online, showing us some details about the further adventures of the Uchu Sentai KyuRanger!

*A new challenge approaches in the form of the Vice Shoguns, the strongest warriors the KyuRangers have yet faced. They wield a powerful Dark KyuTama that can be used to turn Rangers evil!

*The first victim of their plan is Naga, who takes on a new form as Hebitsukai Metal!

*To fight back against these Shoguns, HoOh Soldier fuses his personal Voyagers with the other KyuRangers- creating the almighty combination KyuTamaJin! This is the strongest Mecha in the KyuRangers’ arsenal to date!

Definitely some exciting times ahead for the KyuRanger team. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Super Sentai news!

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The crew in charge of the 19th Heisei-Era Kamen Rider series Kamen Rider Build has finally been revealed!

*The head writer of Kamen Rider Build is Shogo Muto, whose resume includes several successful drama series.

*The main director of build is Ryuta Tazaki a veteran of multiple tokusatsu projects including Kamen Rider OOO, Seiju Sentai Gingaman and Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon.

Some brief story elements are also revealed-

*An item known as the Pandoras Box is found on an expedition to Mars. Once on Earth, the Box unleashes the “Sky Wall” around Japan- separating the nation into 3 parts. Monsters known as the SMASH emerge after the Wall rises & attack humanity.
*Build himself is said to be a genius physicist who views fighting as an experiment- mixing various battle styles with his arsenal of Full Bottles.

Kamen Rider Build will officially begin on September 3, 2017! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting new series!

under Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

I had the extreme pleasure of attending San Diego Comic Con 2017. This was my fourth year attending and covering the event for our network and every year by the time you go home you’re left dizzy from everything you’ve just experienced. As the sole representative of TokuNation.com my primary focus is to cover all things tokusatsu related, or in the case of American entertainment, that means Power Rangers.

San Diego Comic Con is the largest pop culture convention in the entire world. The number of attendees ranges upwards of 100,000 guests and anyone who has attended the convention will tell you that is no “generous number” … it’s a reality. And this year whispers are it was the largest convention ever. Literally every major entertainment company, regardless of whether or not they have their own convention earlier or later, brings their A game because this is the one time a year that the entire world is watching in anticipation for what you have to show.

This year the Power Rangers brand failed to not only to capture any of the magic or attention they might have acquired from their major motion picture release earlier this year, they failed to show up at all. Please click “Read More” for our in-depth analysis of why this wasn’t just one of the worst years for Power Rangers at San Diego Comic Con but why it may be the worst ever.

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Did you miss anything we’ve covered from San Diego Comic-Con 2017? We have you covered. Below you can find every SDCC 2017 story we’ve posted from our entire network. Over the course of the show, we’ve shared over 4,600 photos with our readers across all of our sites. Here is our round up of every news story during San Diego Comic-con 2017. Check out the stories below and enjoy!

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under Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

One of the biggest reveals from San Diego Comic Con 2017 was the upcoming Legacy Golden Power Staff due out in stores sometime in Fall of 2018. The Golden Power Staff was the weapon for the sixth Power Ranger from Power Rangers Zeo, the Gold Ranger. The details of the item are below:

  • Has diecast metal
  • Features lights and sound
  • Interactive like in the show (the blade portion moves up and down, the staff opens up when the button is pressed)
  • Due in retail Fall 2018

Check out 13 high resolution images of the Legacy Golden Power Staff by clicking the title of the story.

under Kamen Rider

After years of being confined to the pages of S.I.C Hero Saga, it seems that Bandai may actually be getting ready to release S.I.C Boss in some capacity.

S.I.C Boss was once again featured in the pages of a magazine, but this time the magazine mentioned a possible release date of March 2018 nothing has been 100% confirmed at the time of this posting, for all we know the date could be something else entirely so please take this with a grain of salt. If this turns out to be real, this would only be the second time an S.I.C Hero Saga design got released since Kamen Rider Garren King Form and Leangle Jack Form!

For those that are new and might not be familiar with the character: Boss was created for the Kamen Rider OOO portion of S.I.C Hero Saga: Kamen Rider OOZ which is meant to be a sequel to the OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let’s Go movie. He’s a Rider that utilizes six Core Medals to following Greeds to transform: Shocker Greed, Gel-Shocker Greed, Destron Greed, G.O.D. Greed, the Garanda Greed, and finally the Delza Greed, he was transformed by the Great Leader.

The original source can be found here.

under Super Sentai

Ginga Tensei!

Announced at SDCC with coverage via Powerrangersnow, we just have confirmation that our friends over at Shout! Factory will be releasing Seijuu Sentai Gingaman on DVD with English subtitles. 

Gingaman began airing in 1998 and would later become the basis for Power Rangers Lost Galaxy. Price and the exact release date wasn’t disclosed, but we can expect this to hit shelves early 2018.

under Kamen Rider

Everyone’s favorite boat-faced Kamen Rider: S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Snipe Simulation Gamer Level 50 was announced as the next entry of Bandai’s Kamen Rider Ex-Aid S.H.Figuarts releases, the pre orders began for this piece during the news bombshell that was SDCC and with that, we have pricing and release date.

S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Snipe Simulation Gamer Level 50 is a P-Bandai online shop exclusive slated for release in December with a price tag of 6,480 yen before shipping and middleman fees. 

under Ultraman

FUSION UP!

Joining along side Kamen Rider 1 and Takeshi Hongo for our December Tamashii Pick-Up, we have S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Orb Spacium Zeprion, first shown at Tamashii Nation Shanghai sometime ago.

Price for this piece is currently unknown, but the image gallery does show he’ll at least include one effect part.