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under Kamen Rider

2021 marks the 50th anniversary of the legendary Kamen Rider franchise, and a big anniversary calls for a big celebration!

Toei has officially announced that they will be uploading episodes of Kamen Rider to the Toei Tokusatsu World channel on YouTube with official English subtitles. The current plan is to release 1-2 episodes a week, encompassing EVERY Kamen Rider series!

This is a monumental opportunity for Kamen Rider fans to view the franchise in full official detail.

Kamen Rider will be added to Toei Tokusatsu World beginning January 16, 2021!

under Contests and Giveaways, Network News and Updates, Power Rangers, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights

“Alpha, Rita’s escaped! Recruit a team of teenagers with attitude!”

10,000 years ago the evil witch Rita Repulsa waged a war against the forces of good, but standing in her way was the mighty Zordon of Eltar! A wise wizard of the light, Zordon and his allies rallied the forces of good for as long as they could, until Rita banished him to a trans-dimensional time warp. Likewise Zordon managed to seal the witch and her henchman away for eternity, almost. Knowing she may escape one day Zordon prepared for her return, taking up watch on Earth from his Command Center with his friend and caretaker Alpha 5. With the original 5 Power Coins in his possession, Zordon would be ready when the time came, to create the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers!

Finally the mentor of the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers and his ally arrive. It’s been 10 years since the last attempt to make Alpha 5 & Zordon in a retail toyline. This go around they come in the collector oriented Power Rangers Lightning Collection in 6″ scale and feature stellar articulation on Alpha and electronic lights for Zordon. Surprisingly Alpha is an incredibly dynamic figure while Zordon is the static piece you’d most likely have expected. The only accessory included in the set is a really wonderful call back to the very first episode of hte series, Alpha’s teddy bear which he holds tightly when finding out Rita has escaped. Overall this 2-pack does everything it sets out to do and gives us a really version of both characters in this line.

You can check out the full gallery & review of the Power Rangers Lightning Collection Alpha 5 & Zordon Set in the thread linked below by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. And remember, commenting in this gallery thread will qualify you for one (1) additional entry in our annual TOKU TOY BOX giveaway! Offical rules HERE.

under Super Sentai

Bandai Japan has released some official images for the first pieces of merchandise from the 45th Super Sentai series, Kikai Sentai Zenkager!

This is the DX GearTLinger, the main weapon and henshin device used by the Zenkaigers. The GearTLinger is powered by Sentai Gear– containing the energies of the previous Super Sentais.

The DX GearTLinger comes with two Sentai Gear- #45 Zenkaiger and #16 Zyuranger. Currently this DX item is scheduled for release on March 6 2021 with a price of 4950 Yen.

A Gear Holder will also be released, featuring three more Sentai Gear- #25 Gaoranger, #29 Magiranger & #30 Boukenger. This release is priced at 2750 Yen.

OR, a special release consisting of the GearTLinger, Holder & five Sentai Gear will be released for 7700 Yen.

under Garo

You now have zero excuses not to watch Garo.

To commemorate the 15th anniversary of the original broadcast of Garo, the Tohokushina Film Corporation has released the remastered version of the series with English subtitles on YouTube with no restrictions – meaning anyone in the world can watch Garo!  On top of that there is now an English, Thai, and Chinese language version of the Garo-Project website.

Currently only the first two episodes are available but we imagine the rest will be released over the course of the next month.

Click here for Episode 01 and click here for Episode 02.

More and more tokusatsu continues to become accessible to the rest of the world.  What series or franchise will be next?

under Power Rangers

LET’S ROCKET!  

 

New solicitations have been released from our friends at BOOM! Studios, among them, is an all-new comic one-shot focusing on the Princess of Darkness, Astronema herself!

Titled Power Rangers: Unlimited Heir to Darkness, the book will cover Astronema’s untold origins, the events from this book will tie directly into Mighty Morphin and Power Rangers books themselves.

Power Rangers Unlimited: Heir To The Darkness will be available on March 31st, 2021.

under Kamen Rider

A new challenger has appeared in the world of Kamen Rider Saber and our latest round of Magazine scans showcases a brand new Rider that will be entering the fray: say hello to Saikou, the Swordsman of Light!

The main gimmick with Kamen Rider Saikou is that the sword itself is sentient. The suit is just a shadow, conjured up for the purposes of wielding the sword itself while in battle but can be wielded by other Riders as demonstrated by Saber in the magazine scans. Further details pending, but we’ll be sure to notify you once any more updates become available.

under Super Sentai

Details for the latest Super Sentai series: Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger are beginning to trickle in and after several leaks, we finally have our first set of magazine scans making the rounds online. These latest scans give us another look at the Kikanoid suits in more detail; each Kikanoid will have his/her own personal sidearm inspired by the mecha that they are based on.

 

In addition, the magazine scan gives us a look at the GearTlinger, the personal sidearm of Zenkaiser, and how the Gears will interact with it. Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger is scheduled to air on March 7th, 2021, there’s still much we don’t know about this exciting addition to the Super Sentai family so be sure to check back with us at TokuNation, and we’ll be sure to update you with more info becomes available.

under Contests and Giveaways, Kamen Rider, Network News and Updates, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights

“All that’s left is your obsession with Amazons!”
“That was there from the very beginning!”

Continually hunted by 4C, Haruka Mizusawa stumbles onto the darkest secret yet in the history of the Amazon Cells. In a quiet mountain village children are cared for until they can find new homes. At least, that’s the cover story. In reality this is a farm for growing meat. Young Amazons are grown and sold to wealthy humans as livestock, eaten as a delicacy. Darker still, these children are bred from the blood of Jin Takayama, miraculously still alive. This horrific new iteration of the Sigma Project brings Amazon Alpha & Amazon Omega together for their final climactic battle. The Final Judgement is here.

It’s been a long time coming for me to review this set. Having collected every other release from Kamen Rider Amazons, I simply couldn’t pass up on this one any longer. Based on the Amazons film The Last Judgement, this set recreates Kamen Rider’s Amazon Alpha & Amazon Omega in their final blood splattered appearances. Remolded and repainted with copious battle damage, these two look live they’ve been through hell, and they really have. While they may seem like superfluous releases to many, they’re absolutely necessary to me. Check out our comprehensive list of Amazons related gallery below to catch up with everything we’ve reviewed for this series:

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Alpha (2nd Season Version)
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Omega
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon New Omega
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazons Alpha & Omega The Last Judgement Set
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Sigma
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Neo
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazon Neo Alpha
S.H. Figuarts Mole Amazon
S.H. Figuarts Crow Amazon
S.H. Figuarts Jungraider Gallery
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Amazon

You can check out the full gallery & review of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Amazons Alpha & Omega The Last Judgement Set in the thread linked below by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. And remember, commenting in this gallery thread will qualify you for one (1) additional entry in our annual TOKU TOY BOX giveaway! Offical rules HERE.

under Power Rangers

New listings have surfaced online for the next wave of Power Rangers Lightning Collection Monsters!

If these are correct, a pair of iconic Mighty Morphin era creatures will be coming to the Lightning Collection:

*Pirantishead

&

*EyeGuy

Based on the listing, both figures have a tentative release window of April 2021.

Feel free to join in our Ongoing Lightning Collection Discussion Thread to share your thoughts & fears on these new entries!

under Super Sentai

We are growing ever closer to the official reveal of the 45th Super Sentai series Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger and a plethora of new information about this new series has just been released online!

Thanks to LinkedToku on social media we have learned the following details-

Zenkaigers’ story begins with a pair of scientists that discovered parallel worlds & could concentrate the powers of these worlds into small devices called Gears. In the process they discovered a world of mechanical lifeforms known as Kikanoids– normally a peaceful people but now their world has been conquered by the Evil Dynasty Tojitendo that seeks to eliminate all other worlds.

The scientists’ son, a young man named Kaito (described as an adventurous friendly man with no sense of personal space) takes up the power of the Gears with another device- the GearTlinger to transform into a new Super Sentai hero- ZenKaiser!

Four of the Kikanoids are able to join Kaito-

*Zyuran– the senior member of the team, who thinks he is calm and relaxed but is in practice a stubborn old man. With the power of the Gears he takes on the combat form ZenkaiZyuran!
*Gaon– a peaceful airhead with a love of cooking, who becomes ZenkaiGaon for fights.
*Vroom– the educated team member with a love for schooling; his battle form is ZenkaiVroom.
*Magine– a shy otaku obsessed with the occult who can transform into ZenkaiMagine when needed.

The Zenkaigers will be aided in their missions by Secchan– a strange talking mechanical bird created by Kaito’s parents.

In addition to changing between humanoid-robo and Zenkaiger forms, the Kikanoids are also able to transform into Mechas! The artwork gives us some ideas of the combinations- a type of SYMMETRICAL DOCKING where one Zenkai Robo forms half the combination.

Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger is currently scheduled for release March 7 2021! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this remarkable new chapter in Super Sentai history!