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We have even more details and some new images to share with you on the upcoming Power Rangers Megaforce! Before we continue, a huge special thanks to Fury Diamond of Samurai Cast Blog and RangerCrew for all the information and pictures he’s taken. Without his effort there’d still be a lot of questions waiting to be answered.

Click the title of the story to check out some more new images of Power Rangers Megaforce!

Now on to the good stuff!!

  • Power Rangers Megaforce will span two seasons, 20 episodes and 2 holiday specials each, for a grand total of 44 episodes
  • Power Rangers Megaforce will run through 2014
  • The MMPR White Ranger in the 20th Anniversary Poster is there simply for marketing purposes, nothing more
  • Goseiger adapted because Saban is “unable” to skip a season
  • ”Gokaiger fans will be very pleased when the time is right” – Fury Diamond upon his off-the-record conversation with Saban Brands
  • Power Rangers Megaforce to have an original story compared to Tensou Sentai Goseiger … for starters, the heroes are five teenage high school students. The show will still use Sentai footage, but the story will be “completely new and original”. Megaforce will surprise fans.
  • Placeholder name for Gosei Knight is currently Robo Knight
  • Robo Knight will appear earlier in Megaforce than Goseiger
  • “Megaforce Season 2 will be crazy.” – Saban Brands
  • Megaforce will be featured this year in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

There’s a lot of information there to digest. The important thing to take away is the incorrect information from yesterday – Goseiger was NOT selected because Gokaiger is too boy-focused and features unattractive themes like plundering/looting. Regarding some of the quotations from Saban Brands regarding Megaforce and Goseiger…

…need I remind everyone at the start of Power Rangers Samurai, the cast was on record stating “we are different characters than the Japanese series, it’s a different show entirely.” It turns out, Power Rangers Samurai is a direct episode-by-episode, line-by-line translation of Shinkenger.

Time will tell what we have in store for us. If the only change to the story is five high school teenagers compared to five angels, it’s going to be a long two years. Unless of course you thoroughly enjoyed Goseiger, in which case, you must be pretty excited! (we’re talking about you Sentai).

Enjoy!

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It’s been a busy couple of days at the Licensing Expo in Las Vegas. Yesterday we learned that Power Rangers Megaforce would be an adaption of Super Sentai Goseiger, which has sparked quite a bit of contraversy around the Power Rangers fan community – speculation and expectation had a majority of people thinking that the 35th Anniversary Super Sentai Gokaiger would be adapted for the 20th Anniversary of Power Rangers. The latter series involved a form of spandex heroes who had the ability to morph in to previous Rangers to battle an evil empire intent on taking over the Earth.

The folks at RangerCrew are in attendance at the Licensing Expo and had a chance to sit down and talk with Saban Brands about a number of things. We’ve summarized them below. Check out the RangerCrew link for their write-up.


[*]Power Rangers Megaforce to span 22 episodes including holiday specials
[*]Saban and Bandai to be in attendance at Power Morphicon, including the cast of Power Rangers Super Samurai
[*]Saban planning big 20th Anniversary celebration at San Diego Comic Con, including the teaser trailer for Power Rangers Megaforce
[*]Power Rangers to begin airing 1-2 episodes every Saturday this fall on 4Kids TV, which is in the process of being purchased by Saban Brands
[*]Saban plans to interact directly with longtime Internet forum fans of Power Rangers with a number of events to be announced later
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There are more updates to come, including more information on Power Rangers Megaforce! Stay tuned!

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Saban Brands, the parent company that is behind Power Rangers, has worked out a deal (pending court approval) to purchase the 4Kids! Saturday Morning TV Block. This would mark Saban’s return to running a block of children’s programming not seen since Saban left that market back with Fox Kids in 2001.

Keep in mind that Saban Brands has already been working hard to acquire the license to Yu-Gi-Oh!, one of 4Kids! TV’s hottest shows.

What does this mean for the future of Power Rangers, if anything? Could this be the beginning of the return of cult-classic-favorite Digimon? Stay tuned for details.

SOURCE: @IraMayerEPM via Twitter

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While no images have surfaced yet from the Licensing Expo currently being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, we do have commentary from famed and credible Power Rangers fan Fury Diamond. You can find the original post at the Ranger Crew Blog, but we’ve also summarized it here for you.

It would appear that in 2013 there will be two mainstay Power Rangers events – Power Rangers Megaforce and Power Rangers 20. There was a poster for each.

The Power Rangers Megaforce Poster showcased the Goseiger suits, the Goseiger mech, and the new logo. Sorry Gokaiger fans, doesn’t appear to be any type of “merging” going on for the seasons.

The Power Rangers 20 poster is much more interesting. The poster is a close-up of the Mighty Morphin Red Ranger’s helmet, and in the visor you can see what would be a reflection of numerous other Rangers – most notably, all previous Red Rangers (including the Quantum Ranger) and in the middle of all of them, The Mighty Morphin White Tiger Ranger.

Stay tuned to TokuNation.com as we will bring you any updates and images as they pop up across the web!

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation Spotlights

Hey Power Rangers fans! As you know, next season (2013) will be the 20th Anniversary of our favorite colored spandex heroes! It was recently revealed that the title to next year’s show will be Power Rangers Megaforce! But the question remains – which Super Sentai series is being adapted for Power Rangers Megaforce?

What better way then to ask the fans of Power Rangers!

CLICK HERE TO VOTE!!!

We know that casting for the next series of Power Rangers was put on a sudden hold to re-evaluate plans to celebrate the 20th Anniversary. We know that TOEI re-shot scenes of the Legendary War to feature only Super Sentai teams that were adapted by Saban and Disney. Casting has started again and from casting scripts, there’s talk of Legendary Rangers and Megaforce … but also talks of a Silver Ranger. Is that GoseiKnight or GokaiSilver?

We want you to vote! Do you want to see Goseiger, Gokaiger, or a combination of both series adapted for the 20th Anniversary?

CLICK HERE TO VOTE FOR YOUR PREFERENCE!

There’s a licensing expo coming up on Tuesday … we may have more information on Power Rangers Megaforce at that time! Stay tuned for details!

under Kamen Rider, TokuNation Spotlights

We here at Tokunation are pleased to start a new weekly discussion thread entitled “Let’s Watch Wednesdays”, where every Wednesday we’ll discuss up to and including 5 episodes of various Tokusatsu series! Our staff debated and voted, and we hope you will choose one of (if not all of) the three options below for Power Rangers, Super Sentai, and Kamen Rider!

Let’s Watch Power Rangers Lightspeed Rescue!
Mariner Bay is the home of this incarnation of Power Rangers who fight against demons led by the evil Diabalico! It’s also the first adaption of Power Rangers to include a Western-only Tokusatsu hero which was not part of the original Japanese Sentai series!

Let’s Watch Gosei Sentai Dairanger!
The Gorma tribe has returned and is taking over the world! Master Kaku has assembled a team of five youths with a large amount of Qi to stop them! You will recognize a lot of the monster and all the zord footage from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers Season 2 as the zords, the monsters, and the White Ranger were adapted from DaiRanger to Power Rangers!

Let’s Watch Kamen Rider Ryuki
The Rider War is here! There can only be one Kamen Rider! Each has the Advent Deck which has bonded them to a monster from the mirror world. Sound familiar? You may have seen this on the KidsWB network as Kamen Rider Dragon Knight. Now see the story as it was originally told as we watch one of the most popular Kamen Rider series!

Every week we’ll move on to the next batch of episodes! Happy discussions!

Don’t know where to find these episodes? For direct downloads, head over to our friends at KRDL. Be sure to show your support of the only direct download site available for Tokusatsu by donating, registering, and telling your friends! If you have a torrent, your options also include OverTime Subs as well as #TV-Nihon. For Power Rangers, simply load up Netflix streaming as every season of Power Rangers is available to watch!

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

While all is slow here on the western front of all things Tokusatsu, what with Power Rangers Super Samurai on hiatus until this fall, there’s still plenty of new stuff on the eastern front, as new episodes continue to air for Kamen Rider Fourze, Go-Busters, and the self-parody Akibaranger!

Go-Busters Mission 15[/u]
The Beet and Stag Busters make themselves known! It’s the debut of a (two) new Go-Buster(s)! What did you think of the episode? Share your thoughts here!

Akibaranger Episode 09[/u]
What’s in store this time for our awkward heroes? Join in the discussion!

Kamen Rider Fourze Episode 38[/u]
We’re nearing the end of Kamen Rider Fourze! What happens when the pretty awesome chick Elleen is also the Aquarius Horoscope? Did Yuuki really cheat to pass to the next round of the astronaught test? Plus the identity of the Taurus Horoscope is revealed! Join in the discussion here!

Stay tuned for a special update tomorrow as the staff of Tokunation brings some classic Tokusatsu shows back as current conversation!

under General Tokusatsu News, Power Rangers

Sensei Richard Rabago, known to American Tokusatsu fans as Tao Chong in VR Troopers as well as Master Lee in the episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers titled “Plague of the Mantis” has passed away at the age of 68 years old.

Sensei Rabago was a distinguished martial artist well deserving of the title of “Master”.

You can read all about Sensei Richard Rabago by following this link to The Worldwide Dojo.

Our condolences to the friends, family, and students of Sensei Richard Rabago.

CREDIT: Worldwidedojo.com