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Rejoice! A new age of Kamen Riders is upon us and the much anticipated Kamen Rider Zero-One’s finally made his debut today. The first episode can now be streamed on YouTube via TV Asahi’s YouTube channel surprisingly enough the episode wasn’t region-locked.

Of course, the episode isn’t subtitled and as of this article, it isn’t clear if the rest of the series will follow suit. Those eager to watch the episode can do so by making the jump here. And don’t forget to let us know what you thought about it in the disscussion thread afterward!

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RISING HOPPER!

Kamen Rider Zero-One’s making his grand debut today ushering at the beginning of the Reiwa-Era Kamen Riders. To tie in with such a momentous occasion, a brand new batch of images for the latest roleplay toys coming out in Early October/Late September have just been released. Those products are as follows:

  • DX Hiden Rise Phone out sometime early October for 3200 yen.
  • DX Attach Shotgun out 2019/09/28 for 3800 yen
  • DX Punching Kong Progrise Key released 2019/09/21 for 1500 yen
  • DX Biting Shark Progrise Key Releasing 2019/9/14 for 1500 yen.
  • SG Progrise Key 01 containing Rising Hopper, Rushing Cheetah, and Shooting Wolf keys. These keys will play double duty: working in both the Driver and Ganbarising machines!

Looking forward to these toys releases? What did you think of the first episode? Let us know what you thought by hitting the jump!

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Rejoice! A new era in Kamen Rider begins today!

Toei has officially released the theme song for the first Rider of the Reiwa Era– Kamen Rider Zero-One!

This new song, titled REALxEYES is performed by Takanori Nishikawa and Luna Sea’s J.

Be sure to join in our Zero-One Episode One Discussion Thread to share your thoughts and fears on this Rider premiere!

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IWAE!

The Heisei era of Kamen Rider has come to a close, and site contributor My Shiny Toy Robots returns with a review of the time-travelling epic that sent it off – Kamen Rider Zi-O! From Kuuga to Build, the Heisei Riders have protected smiles and defended the world from evil. When high schooler Sougo Tokiwa is told that in the year 2068 he’ll be the ruthless overlord of time Ohma Zi-O, he starts on a journey through the history of the Riders and to prove his future isn’t predetermined.

Did you think Kamen Rider Zi-O was a fitting finale to the Heisei era? Could it have been better? Or were you just happy to see Kamen Rider Decade again? Let us know your thoughts about the series in the discussion thread linked!

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“We’re the Hokuto Three Crows!
And we’re not just gonna tell you who we are.”

In the 3-sided war for Pandora’s Box that took shape early in Kamen Rider Build, it was the surprise appearance of this trio of Hard Smashes that turned everything upside down. Accompanying the powerful new rider, Kamen Rider Grease, the Hokuto Three Crows presented an uphill battle for Build & Cross-Z. Initially these heroes of Hokuto clashed with the main cast, but it wasn’t long before the real motives of the war and their perpetrator were revealed and these beloved allies of Kazumi Sawatari gave their all for their friend.

Castle, Stag, and Owl Hard Smash echo the trifecta of classic sentai colors, and ultimately they proved themselves heroes very much worthy of that influence. These figures of the trio are Figuarts Zero’s, basically statues, but snazzy shelf display pieces none the less. With some minimal articulation worked in, each is sculpted and painted wonderfully, and scaled perfectly to match any of your Kamen Rider Build family Figuarts. Regardless of any shortcomings, of which there are some, having the Hokuto Three ready to stand shoulder to shoulder with Grease is incredibly satisfying.

We’ve attached a full 80 image gallery to this post, but you can also read through our comprehensive review of the set by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time we’re getting back to action with some more Power Rangers Lightning Collection galleries!

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Ultraman fans rejoice! A brand new suit joins the SSSP’s arsenal with lineart having been released this past weekend of the Manga’s take on the popular Ultraman Tiga design.

This is our first clear look at the Ultraman Tiga suit, thanks to line art that was released. This particular design is created by Eiichi Shimizu himself though plans to integrate it into the current story are currently unknown.

We do know that Bandai plans to release this into their Figure-Rise Standard model kit line though release info and sample photos for that piece have yet to be released at the time of this writing. We’ll be sure to update you once more info becomes available.

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We are mere days away from the first Kamen Rider of the Reiwa Era and a plethora of new images have just been released showing fans even more details about the upcoming new hero- Kamen Rider Zero-One!

Zero-One lives in a world where androids known as HumaGears live alongside humanity. But when terrorists of the MetsubouJinrai.net use their technical skills to hijack HumaGear, Kamen Rider Zero-One must protect humanity from the dangerous attacks!

The powers of Zero-One come from Progrise Keys, devices encoded with animal DNA charged by the Hiden Zero-One Driver. Kamen Rider Zero-One’s default form, Rising Hopper is shown in full detail documenting its various capabilities.

Three more forms for Kamen Rider Zero-One are detailed in these new scans-

*Biting Shark for underwater enemies
*Flying Falcon for airborne attacks
*Flaming Tiger with fire-based abilities.

When HumaGear run amok, agents of the Artificial Intelligence Military Service (generally known as A.I.M.S) will step in to take them down. The most advanced A.I.M.S. agents are the Rider Duo- Kamen Rider Vulcan & Kamen Rider Valkyrie! Vulcan’s signature Progrise Key is Shooting Wolf while Valkyrie uses Rushing Cheetah. Vulcan is also shown demonstrating the Punching Kong Key in these new scans.

Kamen Rider Zero-One begins on September 1 2019! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this remarkable new series!

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RIDER TIME

This past weekend marked the final episode of Kamen Rider Zi-O but Toei isn’t done with the King of Time quite yet! Announced earlier last week ahead of the last episode was a V-Cinema movie titled Kamen Rider Zi-O: Next Time Geiz Majesty which appears to take place following the end of the series.

A trailer for the V-Cinema’s since been released, and the trailer revealed that Geiz will be acquiring a new Ride Watch. At the moment, we don’t know how Bandai intends to release the DX Geiz Majesty Ride Watch but we can assume that it will no doubt be a P-Bandai release.

Do note that the trailer does contain spoilers for the final episode of Kamen Rider Zi-O. So if you aren’t caught up yet, hit the link at your own risk! 

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A new set of magazine scans has been released online, offering fans a few insights into the upcoming adventures of Kishiryu Sentai RyuSoulger!

This months’ highlights include:

*The reveal of the strongest known Kishiryu to date- the Pachycephalosaurus based fighter, Pachygaroo! This new Kishiryu will work in tandem with a miniaturized counterpart, nicknamed Chibigaroo.

*When Pachygaroo combines with KishiRyuOh they become KishiRyuOh Pachygaroo and defeat their enemies with powerful seismic fist attacks.

*By mastering Pachygaroo’s unique RyuSoul– the Dosshin Soul– the RyuSoulgers can activate new RyuSoul armor that includes heavy boxing gloves for close-range combat.

In order to meet this new Kishiryu, the RyuSoulgers will encounter a previously unknown survivor from the RyuSoul tribe- a veteran warrior named Nada who has a secret history with Master Red.

Definitely some interesting times ahead for RyuSoulger fans! Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Super Sentai reveals!

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Hot on the heels of the release of the Ultraman Suit, Tamashii Nations has just revealed (via the Ultraman Manga/Anime Twitter) their next entry in the Ultraman anime line of S.H. Figuarts. Once again, it’s a bit of a do-over, but one that should please collectors.

Bemular (The Animation) takes the original Manga Bemular S.H. Figuarts X Ultra-Act release, and re-works it into a newly improved design more in line with the Netflix anime’s design style. A side by side comparison of the two figures attached here shows just how different the new animation release really is.

Tamashii has confirmed that Bemular will be released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive, though at this time release date and price have yet to be announced. We’ll update this story when that information becomes available.