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under Power Rangers

The team at BOOM! Studios have announced a brand new Power Rangers Kickstarter for the 30th Anniversary of the worldwide iconic franchise.  As a sequel Kickstarter to their original, previous Kickstarter, this campaign features a real once in a lifetime opportunity to complete your Power Rangers comic book collections.

The main offerings are:

  • Mighty Morphin Power Rangers #1 with special gateway foldable cover featuring classic Goñi Montes helmet covers of the original six Power Rangers
  • Power Rangers 30th Anniversary comic with a gateway foldable cover featuring every single Power Rangers ever by artist Dan Mora
  • Deluxe Hardcover Archive Book 01 – collecting classic Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comics from both Marvel Comics and Hamilton Comics
  • Deluxe Hardcover Archive Book 02 – collecting classic Mighty Morphin, Zeo, Turbo, Super Samrai, and Megaforce teams from Image Comics, Acclaim/Valiant Comics, and Papercutz
  • Deluxe Hardcover Archive Book 03 – collecting all Power Rangers graphic novels published by BOOM! Studios as well as the Power Rangers Artist Tribute book

A ton of stretch goals that accentuate your selection have already been unlocked with more undoubtedly on the way as well as special add-ons that any tier can choose to include.  As of the time of this post, the backings have passed $425,00 vs a goal of $25,000.

Click here to check out the Kickstarter and to choose your tier.

under Kamen Rider

Bandai Japan has announced another item in to the lineup from the Complete Style Gigantic (CSG) line – and Kamen Rider Kuuga fans rejoice!  The Pegasus Bowgun will see a CSG release with more details (and orders) coming soon.  This item will be available via Premium Bandai Japan.  We do not have any details or information on whether or not this will see a USA release.

Stay tuned for more updates.

under Super Sentai

This past weekend saw the conclusion to the Super Sentai series Avataro Sentai DonBrothers.  While we bid farewell to our heroes from the last year, Bandai has continued the new tradition of offering an adult-targeted collectibles in their Memorial Edition toy line.

Available for pre-order now is the Memorial DonBlaster – an adult-sized version of the DX DonBlaster.  The size is roughly 125% larger than the original release, features background music from the show and dialogue from the characters.  It will come with the core 5 Avataro Gears as well as Momo’s Robotaro Gear.  For early pre-orders, a KingOhger Gear is included.

The Memorial Edition DonBlaster will release this November for 16,500 yen via Premium Bandai Japan.  You can go through your favorite middleman later today, or you can use our site sponsor Tokullectibles right now!  Click here to pre-order the Memorial Edition DonBlaster!

under Super Sentai

We have our first look at the first auxiliary mecha for the upcoming Ohsama Sentai KingOhger series.

DX Snail Gatling is a snail that becomes a galling gun while DX Rolling Hammer is a wrecking ball made from a pillbug.

Look for these items to release later this spring/early summer. No official release has been shared yet.

under Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai, TokuNation Spotlights

As the tokusatsu community continues to grow and evolve, we want to celebrate the fans who make up that community.  Specifically, we want to highlight and celebrate a number of Black content creators in the tokusatsu community.

Brokusatsu is a content creator on both YouTube as well as social media with impressive a full catalogue of high-quality photos of our favorite tokusatsu characters from Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, and Power Rangers.  On YouTube, Brokusatsu does “Brokucast”, a podcast-styled series where he shares his thoughts on the news in the tokusatsu communities, as well as product reviews.

We’ve uploaded a few photos from Brokusatsu‘s gallery that he selected here in this story.  But you have to see the full gallery because there are some really amazing shots.

Click here to check out Brokusatsu’s photo gallery and overall portfolio website.

Check out the Brokusatsu YouTube Channel by clicking here.

Here is his review of the Power Rangers Lightning Colletion Beast Morphers Yellow Ranger figure from Hasbro!

You can also follow Brokusatsu on Twitter at @Brokusats15.

We’re celebrating Black tokusatsu content creators not just during Black History Month, but all year long.  TokuNation receives no click-thru revenue for any of our stories – we simply want to elevate and promote.  If you’re a person of color who creates tokusatsu content and would like to be featured – please reach out to us via tokunationbiz (at) gmail (dot) com or simply send us a direct message on Twitter via @TokuNation.

 

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under Kamen Rider, Power Rangers, Super Sentai

If there is one thing that tokusatsu and Power Rangers have shown all of us over 30+ years it is the importance of inclusivity and diversity.  As we celebrate Black History Month we wanted to recognize some of the Black toku content creators that help make this fan community as amazing as it is.

Today we wanted to celebrate Dr. Zeo, a YouTuber who focuses on Power Rangers and tokusatsu content on his channel.  You will find video essays on Power Rangers, unboxings of your favorite tokusatsu media (such as Shout! Factory’s DVDs of Super Sentai and Kamen Rider), and episode reviews on Power Rangers.

Click here to check out Dr. Zeo’s YouTube channel.

Below is just one of the many videos available on his channel.  Check it out and enjoy!

TokuNation receives zero click-thru ad revenue on the website so there is no revenue generated from these stories.  We want to use our platform to elevate Black and other PoC toku content creators throughout 2023.  If you’re interested in having yourself highlighted by us, please reach out via tokunationbiz (at) gmail (dot) com or via our Twitter @TokuNation.

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under Power Rangers

Fans of the Power Rangers rejoice – arguably the biggest “Why haven’t they made this yet?” role-play toy is finally getting made and joining the product lineup for this year’s 30th anniversary of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

Originally reported by The Illuminerdi and backed up by a never-before-released exert of an interview with the late Jason David Frank, Hasbro will be releasing the Master Morpher – which made its debut in the 25th anniversary episode of the franchise “Dimensions in Danger” during Power Rangers Ninja Steel – sometime this year.  While there are no official details available (the item hasn’t been officially announced), it is expected to be a GameStop exclusive and available this Fall.  In the show, the item allows Tommy Oliver to change between all five of his previous Power Rangers incarnations.

Toy leaker @LightningFigPR on Twitter has teased that the Master Morpher will come with six total coins – Dragon, Tiger, Falcon, Zeo, Turbo, and Dino Thunder.  The Master Morpher should also come with newly recorded dialogue for each morph as seen in the show.

Stay tuned for more details as they release.

under General Tokusatsu News, Kamen Rider

We are excited to premiere a short, independent fan-film from our friend Gem at Prawnhorn Heroes based on Kamen Rider Geats!  For those who don’t follow Kamen Rider Geats, the show is essentially about a group of individuals competing in a “Squid Games” type game titled the “Desire Grand Prix”.  The winner will have their wish granted.  The losers either have their memories erased or, if they fall in battle during the DGP, they are “eliminated”.  Going in to any more detail than that risks potential spoilers.

Here is the official description of “The Lost Na-Go” along with film credits.

The Lost Na-Go is an independent tokusatsu short fan film about a guy named Ben that has been chosen to enter the Desire Grand Prix. Having the desire to change his future, he sets on the journey to find his buckle to continue participating in the Grand Prix.

After being inspired by projects like Power Rangers Unworthy, Jammingers, & Bloodline of the Grid to name a few, I always wondered what an American indie Kamen Rider project would look like. With that, The Lost Na-Go amongst other unnamed projects were born. While I heavily take influence from the shows proper, I also hope to create original stories that feel more like adaptations. My goal is to keep bringing more stories inspired by my favorite tokusatsu shows for fans who love them just as much as I do. Why not start with some Kamen Rider?

Music by SeventhVampire
VFX by Daniel – HurricaneGold
Art by Ghially
Additional Voiceover Work by Hedge – SpaceKitaaRiSE
Starring as Ben, Written & Directed by Gem of Prawnhorn Heroes 

Check out short film below!