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Toei has announced that the recently revealed Toei Japan Channel, which aims to bring streaming footage of their Japanese station over to the states, amonst other content, will be requiring users to pay $20 a month for the use of the service.

If things go over well, we’ll likely be seeing English subtitles, official subtitles, for some of our favorite shows.

Personally, I’d love to support this but I cannot afford another $20 a month on top of my other expenses, especially not to watch programming I have no way of understanding. Definitely want to see this succeed though, even moreso if it means we can get officially subbed releases on dvd/bluray.

Source: http://www.jefusion.com/2013/09/subscribe-to-toei-japan-channel-for-20-dollars-a-month.html

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When the current series of Garo finishes a new independent tokusatsu will be taking it’s place in the same time slot, ShouGeki GouRaiGan! We reported about this series previously and thanks to today’s press conference we can finally confirm some more details of what’s being billed as a romantic comedy tokusatsu! And if you were a fan of such off beat shows as Kamen Rider Hibiki, Daimajin Kanon, or Garo then this is absolutely the show for you!

  • Series premieres October 4th and 1 AM (Garo’s old time slot)
  • In the Chosinkai world the Hikaribito, exist. The criminal sect of these beings is called the Kagebito
  • Existing both on Earth and Chosinkai are the evil Magi creatures
  • The main hero, Gou finds himself stranded on Earth with the spiritually powerful girl, Kai Hitomi. after capturing several Kagebito, and being attacked by the Magi
  • Together they have 100 days to gather up the Kagebito Gou has lost on Earth from his crash, while fighting the Magi, before the Hikaribito come to Earth and wage all out war.
  • The names of the 5 heroes make up the series title; Shou, Geki, Gou, Rai, Gan

Some toku alums joining the series are Shinkawa Yua (Pink Buster) as Hitomi, Yamamoto Shouma (Kamen Rider Saga/Dan the White Knight) as Gan, and Toshihide Wakamatsu AKA Black Condor from Jetman! Read the full Rising Sun article to get the complete rundown on the series!

Credit: RisingSunTokusatsu

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DIC Entertainment’s infamous Power Ranger-wannabe series “Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills” is finally headed to DVD!

The entire 40 episode series will be available on 4 discs for the very reasonable price of 12.98 USD.

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The latest news story on TVAshi features an interesting new venture buy Toei- a pay channel on US networks that will air several types of tokusatsu and anime programs.

While initial broadcasts will air raw programs, Toei will consider adding English sups to their programs after the first year if the channel proves successful.

This could be a fantastic new opportunity for toku fans to actually watch streaming shows with the first-ever licensed subtitles in the history of Toei Entertainment.

Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!

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Thanks to our sister site The Toyark for the heads up on the latest Pacific Rim merchandise images:
NECA Pacific Rim 7″ Figures Series 2

  • Striker Eureka
  • Battle Damaged Gipsy Danger
  • Leatherback[/B]
These NECA figures are due out in October

Sideshow Striker Eureka Statue
Info from Sideshow:

Price: $399.99
Limited Edition: TBD
Expected to ship August 2014

Striker Eureka, the strongest and fastest mech on the planet, is the world’s only MARK V Jaeger. Piloted by father and son team Herc and Chuck Hansen, the Skyscraping Soldier is equipped with deadly Sting-Blades capable of cutting through bone and buildings with ease. Australia’s pride and joy is constructed of expertly crafted armor and finished with a detailed paint deco and brilliant red and blue light-up features. Developed in partnership with award-winning filmmaker Guillermo Del Toro, the Sideshow Collectibles Striker Eureka statue brings this brutal brawler from the big screen to your collection.

Read on to check out the images.

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The good people at RangerCrew have noticed the removal of Shout! Factory’s “Season 2, Volume 2” VR Troopers product listing from Amazon.com and expects cancellation emails to be sent out in the near future.

Coupled with previous reports from Shout! Factory about unsatisfactory sales figures for VR Troopers and Big Bad Beetleborgs means that home releases of both final sets is unlikely at this point. :(

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Courtesy of sister site ToyArk we’ve just received brand new images of Sideshows’ third statue in their Pacific Rim series, The Mark V Jaeger Striker Eureka!

This statue will be priced at $399.99, pre-orders begin this Thursday. Now get goin’ and cancel the apocalypse!

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Masak-Online has posted new images of the NECA 18″ Knifehead prototype! One of the images is a digital color-mockup. Now your 18″ Gipsy Danger has a huge Kaiju to fight! More info:

The MOST Massive Pacific Rim figure you can imagine
Epic scale does not even do this justice ? Enormous in size, weight and detail!

Over 18″ tall! Over 2 feet wide!

Massive in every way, over 25 points of articulation including opening jaw and articulated fingers!!
This massive Kaiju can battle your 18″ Gipsy Danger and be the centerpiece of your figure collection
Knifehead also features LED lights to illuminate and glow!

Read on to check out the new images of this huge Kaiju figure!

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Thanks to our sister site The Toyark for the heads up on NECA‘s latest reveal, Battle Damaged Gipsy Danger from their 7″ Pacific Rim line! Remember that part in the movie when Mako decided to pull out a chain sword to avenger her family? This figure comes with 2 swords!

Also shown is a preview for Sideshow Collectibles‘ Slattern statue:

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A new pre-order at BigBadToyStore has revealed a new Pacific Rim 2 Pack, Gipsy Danger VS Knifehead! After the movie premiered, some of you have mentioned difficulty in finding the figures at Toys R Us. Both figures were in wave 1, so if you missed out, this set can aid in catching up. We aren’t sure if these will be repainted or come with additional accessories, so stay tuned!

Price is $35.99 and this set is scheduled for release in October.