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The first teaser for Pacific Rim: Uprising has been posted online!

This brief video gives fans a history of the iconic Jaeger Program that saved humanity during the Kaiju War of Pacific Rim and features new lead actor John Boyega encouraging fans to join the Program & save the world once again!

But that’s not all for Pacific Rim today- a new viral marketing campaign has been launched, via GoJaeger.com that will provide fans with new information about the film and its universe as we move close to its release.

Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Pacific Rim news!

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Here’s something a bit different, and more akin to the third party offerings many Transformers fans have access to these days. 1000 Toys is a company largely known for their excellent 1/12 Scale TOA Heavy Industries Synthetic Humans, which you can order from our site sponsor BBTS using that link. Now they’re taking a stab in a different direction with some figures heavily inspired by Super Sentai & Kamen Rider!

These new Synthetic Human sublines, “Nextman Synth” & “Knight of Synth” share the same basic engineering as the Heavy Industries figures, with a little toku sensibility mixed in. The seemingly rider themed Nextman figures are named Cyclone, Fusion, & Future. Each retailing for $80 USD. Their pizza themed sentai-inspired heroes are also on display. These guys appear to be based on figures originally created by Youtube pairing Toy Pizza. You may also be familiar with the Mecha Zone Pizzanuats figures based on these designs. The green knight is Lime, red is Brick, blue is Teal, and the black one is Death Knight. Each of these is also $80 USD.

Stay tuned to TokuNation here and on twitter (@Tokunation) as we continue our LIVE coverage from the SDCC 2017 show floor!

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Don’t let the SDCC news & reveals be the only thing to whet your Toku appetite! Surprisingly, Amazon has just released some official images and release information for three upcoming releases from Pacific Rim Uprising! Joining the Robot Damashii line are the Gypsy Avenger, Bracer Phoenix & Titan Redeemer Jaegers!

These inaugural releases form Bandai’s freshly gotten Pacific Rim license are looking very sharp indeed. Thanks to their info dump we also having pricing and release details! According to the Amazon US listings, Gypsy Avenger will be released on February 23rd, 2018 for the very modest price of $23.99 and free shipping for Prime members. Bracer Phoenix will release on the same day for a bit more at $32.99 and free shipping for Prime members. And Titan Redeemer will also release that day, priced the same as Phoenix at $32.99

This early batch of pre-orders has actually beaten the Tamashii Nations website to the punch, they aren’t even listed there yer. So there are sure to be more official images coming. For now check out what we can see, and maybe take up that early pre-order.

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Tamashii Nations Shanghai is in full swing! You may recall that a couple months back we heard our first confirmation that Bandai/Tamashii Nations had finally acquired the license to produce toys for the Pacific Rim franchise. At the time the only offering previewed was a rough prototype of the Soul of Chogokin Gypsy Danger. But as of today we can get excited about one more upcoming product as well!

Shown off for the first time is the brand new Robot Damashii Gypsy Avenger from Pacific Rim 2! This successor to the original Gypsy Danger, piloted by the son of Stacker Pentecost, is so far the first product revealed for the highly anticipated sequel. But we’re sure it’s far form the last. For now this release doesn’t have any confirmed release details this far out from the films release on February 23rd, 2018, but we’ll certainly keep you updated as more details become available this year!

Now, let’s cancel the apocalypse!

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An unusual news item from this weekends’ Anime Expo:

The animation studio Studio Trigger has announced a new anime series based on the tokusatsu series Denko Chojin Gridman from Tsuburaya Productions!

Tentatively titled SSSS Gridman, this anime will feature a new story unrelated to the original Gridman series. Veteran anime director Akira Amemiya will be in charge of the project.

Some fans may remember Studio Trigger as the minds behind the short film Gridman: Boys Invent Great Hero back in 2015-

Sadly, no other information about this new Gridman project is available at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!

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Kaiju Club is a new drama series that was just recently announced, the show is set in the 1970s and is about Ryota(Played by Kenta Hongo) and his club members as they discuss the very shows they are dedicated and passionate about, the show is inspired by an actual club that existed around that time frame.

The show will also star several Tokusatsu alumni, including Ryusei Yokohama as Katsuo(Whom portrayed Hikari/ToQ4 from Ressha Sentai ToQGer), Shogo Yamaguchi as Nishi(Whom played Kenji Narukami/Ryukendo from Madan Senki Ryukendo), and Fumika Baba as Yuriko(whom Kamen Rider Drive fans will recognize as Medic) in addition to Tokio Emoto as Joe and Muga Tsukani as Cap.

The drama will begin airing in June on Japanese Networks MBS and TBS, the show will run for four episodes. A teaser for the show can be seen on the official website, make the jump here to check it out! 

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Out of left field earlier today came the reveal of the Soul of Chogokin Gipsy Danger Jaeger figure from the Pacific Rim movie. It was on display at the Tamashii Nations Event in New York City, of which we had a couple of staffers attend. Our team dug through the high definition pictures and found three great images that give us a feel of what this figure is going to bring.

Check them out after the jump! Will you be purchasing this figure, especially with a Pacific Rim sequel coming out? Sound off in our discussion thread!

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Some time ago, it was reported that Bandai Tamashii had obtained the rights to Pacific Rim and would be producing new toys based on the fan-favorite film.

Well, at last we see the first release under this license: a new version of the Jaeger Gipsy Danger as part of Bandai’s iconic Soul of Chogokin collector series! The massive fighting robot is recreated in brilliant diecast glory!

Sadly, no other information about this figure (including price & release date) is available at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting release!

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Protect the brands! While this may mean nothing at all it is still worth reporting. As of 04/19/2017 Saban Brands has registered trademarks for “Beetleborgs” and “VR Troopers“, specifically in the realm of live action television series, pre-recorded DVDs, and random clothing apparel items.

For those waiting for Dak and the adventures of Masked Rider to return in some way, shape, or form … you may have to keep waiting. Stay tuned for more news on all this as it develops!