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Excited for the American tokusatsu movie Pacific Rim? There’s been some interesting news lately, and we’re here to fill you in! Nothing like seeing some footage so check out the Japanese trailer:

According to NintendoLife, Yuke’s is both developing and publishing the Pacific Rim video game. No word on which consoles but considering the source is a Nintendo site, it could be for the 3DS and/or WiiU.

Thanks to I Am Rogue, we can have a look at the huge banner made for Pacific Rim!

Just a few more months until Pacific Rim hits theaters!

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AmiAmi’s blog brings us a plethora of images of the recently released Eight wonder of the world: S.H.Monster Arts King Kong!

As a nice bonus, a round Tamashi Act Stage stand is included with this figure. Click here to see AmiAmi’s full gallery of this figure.

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The end credits of Super Hero Taisen Z would reveal some surprising news: Shotaro Ishinomori’s Kikaider will be making a come back with a new revival project in the works.

However, at the time of this posting it is currently unknown whether or not this project will be another anime adaption or live action. We’ll bring more news on this project as it becomes available.

SOURCE: Henshinjustice

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You may have heard of a little film called Pacific Rim by Guillermo del Toro which sees the return of the Daikaiju genre to the west! Exciting news indeed for kaiju and mecha fans far and wide. However, have you heard of the tentatively titled Atlantic Rim/From the Sea?

Well mockbuster production company The Asylum (infamous for such borderline knockoff films as Snakes on a train, The Day The Earth Stopped, Transmorphers, Titanic II, Mega Shark Versus Giant Octopus, and much more) is busy producing this latest entry. Shooting has begun for the film in the Pensacola, Florida area and walks the line of the plot for Pacific Rim. As told by the films Second Unit Director:

The storyline is that these monsters come from the sea. The sea floor opens up and these things come out. They terrorize the East Coast from Miami to Washington D.C., and the good guys send them back packing.

The Asylum is notorious for their almost exclusively straight to DVD films, their ongoing legal battles with major studios, and their tendency to walk the line of legality when making these mockbusters.

Credit: Dread Central

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Among many other updates on the Bandai Tamashii Site today comes a surprise! Only discovered yesterday in a Figure-Oh Scan, the Tamashii site has fully revealed Ultra-Act King Gridman!

This figure will be released in August as a Tamashii Web Exclusive for 6,300 yen. If you’re a fan of Denkou Choujin Gridman or Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad then King Gridman is a must own!

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Since Shout! Factory has completed the first season of “Big Bad Beetleborgs” DVD releases, Amazon.com has opened orders for “Season 2, Volume 1”- better known under the subtitle “Metallix.”

This new 3-disc volume will be released June 11th for a relatively affordable cost of 19.95

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Koichi Sakamoto, director of Zyuden Sentai Kyoruger and the fan favrioute film Kamen Rider W Forever A To Z: Gaia Memories of Fate returns with a completely original movie: The Travelers Dimension police, staring Nao Nagasawa/Hurricane Blue, and Ayumi Kinoshita/Deka Yellow!

The first trailer for this action packed film is out, check it out in the Youtube link below:

Thanks to Tokunation member DrillBit and Switchblade for the heads up!

Source: HJU

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Do you need a dose of new Toku in your life? Well here it is! In the 70’s Shotaro Ishinimori created a rough sketch and background for a new character called Tetsu Majin Shadoru for a TV series. Eventually this design morphed into what came to be Chojin Bashan from the Chojin Bibyun TV series.

In 2004 the Ishinimori Manga Museum created a full suit out of the original unused design to have on display and dubbed it Sea Jetter Kaito! The design was popular enough that a short manga was launched and Kaito became the local/regional hero of the Miyagi Prefecture! That popularity lead to the Ishinimori Museum creating this full live action film of the character titled Sea Jetter Kaito! It will be exclusively shown at the Inshinimori Manga Museum beginning March 23rd.

The film itself will star Yuki Satoh who fans may recognize as none other than Kamen Rider Gattack! The theme of the film, also called “Sea Jetter Kaito”, will be sung by Masaki Endou with insert themes “The Immortal Hero Sea Jetter Kaito” by Hironobu Kageyama and “Fight!! Sea Jetter Kaito” by Ichiro Mizuki!

Production Staff:

Director: Hidenori Ishida (Kamen Rider Kuuga, Kamen Rider Ryuki, Kamen Rider Kabuto: God Speed Love)
Script: Riku Sanjo (Kamen Rider W, Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger)
Producer: Jun Hikasa (Kamen Rider Blade, Engine Sentai Go-Onger, Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger) and Naomi Takebe (Kamen Rider Kiva, Kamen Rider OOO, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters)

Credit: HJU

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Total Film has posted an exclusive look at new Pacific Rim Concept Art. The images are from the newest issue of Total Film(#204), which is out now. We’ve mirrored the images here. The rest of the concept art(along with an interview) is in the magazine itself. Here’s more info about the images:


You can see two of those exclusive pieces by Doug Williams right here. The first puts the overwhelming scale of the Jaegers into perspective, as a Russian collosus stands guard, dominating the skyline. The second features a freaky Skull Temple that’s fused with its derelict urban surroundings.

Click on the headline to check out the concept art from Pacific Rim!