The Official Site of the new Gatchaman project is now streaming a new promo for the film!
Gatchaman will be out in theaters August 24th
Thanks to member xSkullheartx for the heads-up!Atlantic Rim – Your Low Budget Daikaiju Alternative
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 CentralUltra-Act King Gridman Revealed
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!
Beetleborgs Metallix Heading to DVD
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
Travelers Dimension Police: Starring Hurricane Blue and Deka Yellow!
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!
Live Action Sea Jetter Kaito Movie
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)
Pacific Rim Concept Art
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!
NECA Pacific Rim Toys Revealed
Thanks to our sister site The Toyark for the heads up that the Pacific Rim Movie Facebook page has posted the 1st images of the NECA Pacific Rim Toyline! These highly detailed figures will be on display at Toy Fair 2013, so stay tuned for our images and info!
In the meantime, check out the Pacific Rim Toys by clicking the headline.
Fire Leon – New Local Hero Tokusatsu!
Kamen Rider or Super Sentai not your thing for heroes? Then good news everyone! It has just been announced that a new alternative tokusatsu will be produced by Bushiroad, the company responsible for the popular Cardfight Vanguard anime/CCG. The new show will be titled Fire Leon! Currently it looks like the show will begin airing this April and star pro-wrestler Kazuchika Okada.
However this show will not exclusively feature its’ titular character, Fire Leon. This show is meant to be a dream team-up of sorts for the various Local Heroes of Japan! All across Japan small towns and areas have their own locally produced toku heroes, characters who promote the area and bear appearances that honor their towns. Some even make it to local television and film! Fire Leon will feature cameos and guest appearances by Local Heroes from all across Japan!!
Much like Cardfight Vanguard, Fire Leon will have it’s own collectible card game also produced by Bushiroad. The CCG will also feature Japans’ various local heroes!
Credit: C-Net Japan,RisingSunTokuGun Great Nations: The Bandai Super Robot!
Say hello to Gun Great Nations, he’s an original mech sporting the Tamashi Nations logo, set to appear in the up coming Battle Robot Damashi PSP game.
Battle Robot Damashi is a crossover video game meant to promote the Robot Damashi line, as such characters that had past toy releases will be featured in the game, and the list of series is as follows:
[LEFT] Macross Frontier
Eureka Seven and Eureka Seven good night, sleep tight, young lovers
Code Geass Seasons 1 and 2, as well as Agito the Exiled
Star Drivers
Zegapain
Fafner Dead Aggressor: Heaven and Earth
Heroman
Lagrange-The Flower of Rine-ne
Full Metal Panic The Second Raid and Fumouffu
Heavy Metal L-Gaim
Aura Battle Dunbine
Densestu Kyojin Ideon
Armored Core V [/LEFT]
Gun Great Nations himself will be getting a Robot Damashi figure, reported to be bundled with copies of the video game. The figure it self can be broken down and used as weapons for other RD figures, a magazine scan shows the Arbalest from Full Metal Panic holding what looks to be a gun that shares many of his design cues.
Battle Robot Spirits will be releasing February 14th. You can see a teaser for the game in the youtube link below:
SOURCE: Tendou Toys News Blog