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ACCESS FLASH!

As you may recall, Bandai teased the release of a pair of Minipla: Dyna Dragon and Gridman Sigma way back at Summer Wonder Festival in July. It’s been some time since that event and seems like Super Minipla King Gridman & Gridman Sigma are both finally ready for production. Pre-order-links have gone up, and with that, we have a plethora of new images of what the colored product will look like.

Two options will be available: to pre-ordering Dyna Dragon on his own will run you 4,860 yen while the bundle with Gridman Sigma will cost 6,480 yen. Either way, both will be shipped out sometime in February 2019.

For those new to the fandom: Gridman Sigma is the proposed sequel series to Gridman and proposed ally of Gridman. Gridman Sigma would’ve been the alter ego of Takeshi Todo, a former villain in the previous series. The hero wouldn’t make his debut proper until the 2015 animated short: Gridman: Boys Invent Great Hero.

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“Reddo Fight!”

In 1972, Tsuburaya Productions commissioned a new spin-off from their popular Ultra Series. Curious, quirky, and quite violent, Redman joined the Nippon TV Ohayo! Kodomo variety show.  Serialized in 138 5-minute episodes, Redman faced off against countless Kaiju from across the various Ultra series which had aired by this time. Mercilessly, Redman would dispatch these Kaiju with little to no context outside of what magazine text stories and interviews could provide.

Flash forward to 2018, the superstar creative team of Matt Frank & Goncalo Lopes have resurrected this red warrior for a brand new series of Graphic Novels. The first of which, Redman: The Kaiju Hunter Volume 1, was recently released in July. Taking this obscure but classic character and helping to re-imagine his backstory as so much more than it was previously, Frank & Lopes have crafted a modern classic.

Here at TokuNation we were fortunate enough to be provided a promotional copy of Volume 1 for review.  Click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post and you can read our full review of Redman: The Kaiju Hunter! Let us know what you think of the series if you’ve had a chance to read it as well!

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Remember last Wonder Fest and the slew of awesome merch that was revealed for Studio Trigger’s upcoming SSSS.Gridman Anime? One of those products shown was the small-scale Actibuilder SSSS Gridman, and he’s finally ready for production with a plethora of images having come out via Figsoku.

MegaHouse’s Actibuilder SSSS Gridman will see a release in March 2019. Collectors will be able to choose from two options: either the figure stand-alone or in a set with the auxiliary vehicles.

To get the complete set, you’ll need 16,800 yen while the stand-alone figure will run you 5250 yen. Keep in mind that this figure stands at about 10cms tall, so it will be a tad small if you collect the S.H.Figuarts line.

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Tsuburaya Productions has released a new trailer for the Studio Trigger upcoming anime project SSSS Gridman– an updated version of the 1993 cult classic tokusatsu series Denkou Chojin Gridman (or to Western audiences- Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad).

In addition to showing off more of the cast for Gridman’s anime adventure, this trailer confirms the series’ release date. SSSS Gridman will begin on October 6 2018! As previously revealed, SSSS Gridman will be released via FunimationNOW streaming service. An English dub is currently planned but no other details regarding voices or schedule has been revealed at time of writing.

Stay tuned to TokuNation for any new Gridman reveals!

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“Where there is light, Shadows lurk and fear reigns.”
“Yet by the blade of knights, mankind was given hope.”

It’s been a grueling 7 year wait, but it’s finally over. Tamashii Nations has at last delivered on a promise to revitalize the Garo line of S.H. Figuarts. Kicking things off with a brand new take on the iconic Golden Knight, the greatest Makai Knight is reborn as S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Garo!

Garo has been lavishly recreated to the most minute detail for the first time in the franchise’s 13 year history. The Golden Knight is recreated in near perfect 1/12 scale form, replete with chrome golden armor, armed with the mighty Garoken and it’s scabbard, this figure is the perfect starting point for a new Garo collection. With this figure out now, and his ally the Fanged Knight Zero due in November, could this finally be the Renaissance of Garo for S.H. Figuarts? I certainly hope so!

We’ve attached the full 90 image gallery to this post, but you can also read up on our extensive review of the figure by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. This figure has been a long time in the making, and we took this opportunity to document as many of it’s details as possible. We hope you enjoy this extensive gallery, we’ll be back soon with more from Kamen Rider Build & Kamen Rider W!

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Another special announcement for fans of obscure & old-school tokusatsu shows!

Discotek Media has officially announced a release for the 1978-79 series Message From Space: Galactic Wars. This series was a spin-off from the 1978 film Message From Space written by legendary tokusatsu godfather Shotaro Ishinomori himself!

Unfortunately, price & release details for this set are unavailable at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this rare endeavor!

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If you’ve been among those that have been itching to watch more classic Tokusatsu series in North America, we have great news for you. Discotek media during their Otakon panel announced that they’ll be releasing the Space Wolf Juspion Complete Series Blu Ray set complete with English subtitles.

Currently, there’s no word on when this set will see a release. For now, all we know is that Discotek media plans to release this set sometime Q1 2019. Stay tuned, and we’ll keep you updated once pricing and release dates have been announced!

Space Wolf Juspion first aired in Japan March 15, 1985, and ran until March 24th, 1986. While reading the Galaxy Bible, Ejin learns of a shocking prophecy: When the dark god Satan Gorth awakens, the universe will be ravaged by giant monsters filled with rage. After Satan Gorth appears and the prophecy is set in motion, Ejin orders Juspion, who Ejin has been tutoring, to stop him and combat the corrupted Megabeasts. He travels with his friends in the Daileon. 

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Super Minipla is showing no signs of slowing down! As you might recall, Super Minipla Gridman and God Zenon were both confirmed to be on the way just a few days ago. To top it all off, Bandai’s given us our first look at Super Minipla Dyna Dragon at Sumer Wonder Festival. 

The model is still in its early stages of development so it’s difficult to really say when this kit will come out or for how much. We can only assume that this bad boy will be able to combine with Gridman proper to create King Gridman.

As always, stay tuned to Tokunation and we’ll bring you more updates on this exciting new figure as it becomes available,

UPDATE:

Upon further investigating, the Gridman shown next to Dyna Dragon appears to be Gridman Sigma, the lead protagonist from a Gridman show that never aired or made it into production until the 2015 short: Gridman Dawn of a new hero.

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It’s a double whammy of SSSS Gridman merch today. We’ve seen Goodsmile take on Studio Trigger’s SSSS Gridman but now Megahouse will be throwing their hat into the ring as well with the ActiBuilder SSSS Gridman line up.

Unlike the big boy Goodsmile is working on, Megahouse’s Actibuilder SSSS Gridman appears to be going in the opposite direction by releasing these designs in a much smaller scale. We can only assume that from the name, Gridman can combine with his auxiliary machines but unfortunately there isn’t much to go on aside from the impressive display MegaHouse has for this action figure line at Wonder Festival, at this time we aren’t exactly sure what this toy line will end up being. 

Stay tuned though, and we’ll provide you more up to date info as it becomes available.

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With the release of Studio Trigger’s SSSS Gridman Anime drawing near, we’ve seen a slew of Gridman related merch coming out of the woodwork. It’s Summer Wonder Festival right now, and Goodsmile just revealed their take on a DX SSSS Gridman based on the new hero’s design.

We can only assume that this means Goodsmile plans on releasing this Gridman figure together with his auxiliary vehicles but for now, there doesn’t seem to be much info to go so we can’t be sure if this is part of a preexisting Goodsmile line or it’s own thing entirely. For now, enjoy this picture  of a finished sample piece taken at the convention and we’ll be sure to bring you more up to date info as it becomes available.