ACCESS FLASH!
Finally, after months and months of teasing our friends at Max Factory’s gearing up to release the much anticipated Figma SSSS.Gridman action figure.
Figma SSSS.Gridman will see a release in August 2019, retailing for 6,800 yen. Accessories include the giant Gridman Calibur weapon, in addition to an array of optional hands and Figma’s signature clear display base.
You can pre-order Figma SSSS.Gridman via AmiAmi as of this writing
Tokusatsu GaGaGa is an upcoming J-Drama series adapted from the comedy manga of the same name. In it, actress Fuka Koshiba stars as Kano Nakamura, an office worker who tries to hide her obsession with all things Tokusatsu from her friends and co-workers. The J-Drama series will be adapted into seven episodes which will begin broadcasting on NHK network on January 18th 2019 and the first trailer for this J-Drama series was just released online.
No Youtube link at the moment, but we do have a trailer via Twitter thanks to Twitter user @kotoshitoshi, hit the jump here to check it out.
LET’S MORPHIN!
Thanks to our friends over at The Power Scoop, new set photos were spotted online from the filming of the much anticipated Power Rangers Beast Morphers, the filming took place at Spark Arena New Zealand around December 12th 2018.
The photos show what looks to be Beast Morphers Red Ranger wearing a rather peculiar set of armor. For fans of the Super Sentai counterpart: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, you may know that the team acquires an upgrade called Powered Custom but the armor Red is using doesn’t appear to be Powered Custom at all but something else entirely. In addition, Beast Morpher Silver was also spotted on set.
Unfortunately, not much else is known about this cool new upgrade but it is certainly exciting to see Power Rangers own original take on the Go-Busters power sets, something that the series hasn’t really done outside of Megazord cockpits in quite awhile.
Our friends over at Good Smile is finally gearing up to release Nendorid Akane Shinjo. A few days ago, GSC Blog gave us a preview of the figure along with her hefty accessory count which also appears to include a clear display stand too.
Additional photos of this figure have now been released, and with that, we now have a release window for this adorable little figure. Nendoroid Akane Shinjo will run at a suggested MSRB of 4,630 yen.
Goodsmile’s online shop will begin accepting pre-orders on February 13, 2019.
2019 will see the debut of the much anticipated Kishiryu Sentai Ryuusouger. While many of us are still anticipating a cast reveal, fans will be disappointed to learn that we won’t have news regarding that this year. This is most likely due to the fact that Kishuryu Sentai Ryuusouger will have a late start on March 17th, 2019 at 9:30 AM, this is confirmed via a newspaper article that was posted earlier today.
We do, however, have new details regarding the show. We do know that the show’s head writer will be Junpei Yamaoko, his previous works include various J-Dramas and this will be his first Tokusatsu project.
Lastly, the show’s tagline will be “Five Swords to serve justice” and while Black And Green’s mecha are called Needlesaurus and Tigersarus respectively.
UPDATE:
Toei just launched the official website for 2019 confirming that the official spelling is Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger
A few days ago, a slew of scans dropped giving us a glimpse at what Kamen Rider Zi-O had in store for us in the new year. The centerpiece of the scans were the three Kamen Riders of the future: Kamen Rider Woz, Kamen Rider Quiz, and Kamen Rider Shinobi. It came as a bit of surprise to learn that Quiz and Shinobi will not only be getting full-on stunt suits but story arcs of their own including their own Another Rider versions!
In another update, we now know that Kamen Rider Shinobi will be portrayed by Super Sentai alumni Hideya Takada better known in our little circle for having portrayed Kinji Takigawa/StarNinjger from Shuriken Sentai Nininger.
Kamen Rider Shinobi’s human identity will be known as Rentaro Kamikura, though much of his character and backstory remain a mystery. With this recent announcement, it stands to reason that Kamen Rider Quiz will most likely be getting his own civilian form as well though nothing has been announced at the time of this writing. Stay tuned though, and we’ll be sure to keep you updated as more info becomes available.
Yesterday, Bandai managed to acquire the license to release products from the successful SSSS.Gridman anime with a prototype of Minipla SSSS Gridman himself is the first of those products revealed.
In an unusual and bizarre turn of events, two of the shows most popular female characters: Akane Shinjo and Takarada Rikka will be getting Minipla model kits of their own. This will be a first for the Minipla line as it’s mostly done mecha or support vehicles until now.
For now, no other information exists on these two kits aside from the fact that they’ll be released in two sets and they’ll stand at 120mm tall, more information regarding the two will be revealed at the end of January 2019.
Bandai’s Zi-O Watcher candy toy blog was recently updated with an in-depth look at the upcoming SODO Zi-O RIDE5 set. Specifically, the Gaim and Decade armors were both featured heavily and in great detail. At the end of the post, an image was posted teasing what appears to be the big bad himself: Oma Zi-O.
It doesn’t seem likely that Oma-Zi-O will be included with SODO Ride 5 as we already know the set will contain the Gaim, Decade and Wizard Armor Times in addition to blank Zi-O and Geiz bodies to use with them.
Oma Zi-O is likely going to be included in whatever next set comes out. Either way, we’ll know more about this figure at the next update at the end of the month.
RIDER TIME!
With RAH Kamen Rider Build Tank Rabbit Form releasing later this month, the time seems perfect to follow up with the new Rider on the block. 1/6th scale collectors rejoice! For our Lord, Kamen Rider Zi-O has come to Medicom’s Real Action Heroes line of high-end toys.
RAH Kamen Rider Zi-O recreates the stunt suit with exquisite detail, everything right down the belt and even the Ride Watch is painted. Kamen Rider Zi-O’s signature weapon the Jikan Grade is included in both sword and gun modes, along with a watch-themed display base and a nifty light-up feature in the eyes.
For now, there’s no price or release date as all photos came data mined courtesy of Tokullector via Twitter. We’ll be sure to update you as that info becomes available.
UPDATE:
Thanks to an update from Figsoku.net, we now know that RAH Kamen Rider Zi-O will be coming out October 2019, retailing for 35,640 yen.
RIDER TIME!
Another figure was recently added to the Kamen Rider Zi-O line up of S.H.Figuarts figures. That figure is, of course, the trusty motorcycle for our time traveling duos: The S.H.Figuarts Ride Striker!
S.H.Figuarts Ride Striker will be released in June as 6480 yen as a P-Bandai online item. The bike does include the Zikan Zax and Zikan Grade weapons for Figuarts Geiz and Zi-O respectively, so now buying the Ride Striker seems to be the only way to acquire weapons for them.