Probably the most memorable Power Ranger-wannabe series from the early 90’s will be yours to own next year!
Mill Creek Entertainment the distributor for Cookie Jar properties has confirmed that Syber Squad will be released on DVD in 2013.
Time to kick some giga-butt! :D
According to a recent post on Facebook, Tsuyoshi Nonaka of PLEX will be in attendance at the Pacific Media Expo(PMX)! PMX will be held from November 9-11 at the Hilton Los Angeles Airport. In addition to being part of PLEX(which designs Super Sentai toys!), Nonaka is also an accomplished animator, having worked on such series as Shin Mazinger Z! Here is more info from PMX:
“His masterpieces are Toei “Metal Hero Series” and “Super Sentai Series”. (a.k.a Power Rangers) It is needless to say that Tsuyoshi is known as the original designer of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers (a.k.a Kyoryu Sentai Zyu-Ranger) in Japan as well as several Kamen Rider series. In addition, he has also created a successful toy series-brand for adults in Japan called “Chogokin-Damashii (a.k.a Soul of Chogokin) and recreated his childhood favorite character Mazinger Z (a.k.a Tranzor Z) as part of collectible die-cast Robot toy series towards the collector, high-end market which are still growing today.This year, he has shifted his creative base from Asia to North America where he has become the head of “PLEX International Design, US division” working on Power Rangers, Ben 10 and Thunder Cats toy designs for Bandai America Inc. (Cypress CA). The Classic Lion-O (Thunder Cats) figure distributed at San Diego Comic-Con 2011 was designed by him.”
This year marks the 2nd time that Nonaka will be in attendance at PMX. He will be taking part in an autograph session and focus panel. What could he be working on for the 20th anniversary of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers? ….
I wanted to take a moment and deviate from the normal schedule of things here to reflect on the horrific and tragic events that transpired early Friday morning in Aurora, Colorado. There is a point to be made at the end of all this, so please bear with me.
Only 20 minutes in to what some people would consider their most anticipated movie of all time, Batman The Dark Knight Rises, an individual (I choose not to use his name) exitted and re-entered the theater and began opening fire. 71 people would be injured and 12 of them would die, others still in critical condition. This event hits hard at home for me. For those who don’t know more about me than just my screen name here, I have lived in Colorado for 22 years now. I was a junior in high school when the tragic events of the Columbine shootings happened. The Century 16 movie theater is a mere 15 minutes from where I call home. I even saw a movie in at that theater, in theater number nine where the shootings happened, earlier this year.
A dear close friend of mine (one of the hosts on the popular Reel Nerds podcast, a weekly podcast all about movies) lost a friend yesterday. He was celebrating his birthday with a midnight showing of his most anticipated movie. His wedding anniversary was soon to follow (one year). His last tweet before he died was how excited he was for this movie, and that it was going to be the best birthday ever.
What I’m trying to say is … for those of you who don’t live in Colorado, I can understand how distant this tragedy seems. But think about this – who goes to midnight showings of comic book super hero movies? You do. I do. Some of our best friends do. Our loved ones do. This tragedy could have happened any where, and any of us could have lost a loved one.
So please, at some point today, take a moment to pause. Maybe look up the list of the victims who have passed away and read their stories. Find out who they were. And pause to remember them.
Thank you for allowing me my soapbox moment. We now continue with all things Toku.
The Saban library of American tokusatsu continues its slow but steady progression to DVD!
*VR Troopers Volume 1 is available on AMAZON for 13.95 and will be released October 2nd
*Big Bad Beetleborgs Volume 1 is also available for the same price, 13.95 and will be released October 16th
As reported by Cyber Gundam,various release dates for July have been announced:
7/12:
S.H.Figuarts Stronger
S.I.C Kiwami Damashi Kuuga Mighty Form
S.H.Figuarts Module Set 3
S.H.Monster Arts Fire Rodan
7/19:
S.H.Figuarts Scorpio Zodiarts
7/25:
Ultra Act UltraMan Renewal
7/26:
S.H.Figuarts Den-O Sword Form
S.H.Figuarts AkibaBlue
The live-action follow-up to the iconic “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” series is the next big release from Saban’s Shout Factory agreement.
Next Mutation will be released in September for $20.
Order yours today!
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0089BSOGO
Sensei Richard Rabago, known to American Tokusatsu fans as Tao Chong in VR Troopers as well as Master Lee in the episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers titled “Plague of the Mantis” has passed away at the age of 68 years old.
Sensei Rabago was a distinguished martial artist well deserving of the title of “Master”.
You can read all about Sensei Richard Rabago by following this link to The Worldwide Dojo.
Our condolences to the friends, family, and students of Sensei Richard Rabago.
CREDIT: Worldwidedojo.comHot on the heels of the widely publicized Megaupload shut down last week by the United States Government, FileSonic has recently put on their website the following message:
All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally.
As we are all aware, those of us who do not use Torrents rely on such services like Megaupload and FileSonic for our Fan Subs. The conspiracy theories are running rampant – literally a DAY after major websites like Wikipedia and Google displayed their public protest of the contraversial SOPA and PIPA] bills in the Congress and Senate of the United States, Megaupload was shut down, and now days later, FileSonic basically makes their website worthless.
This makes the future of Fan Subs a little darker. What do you think of what’s going on? Discuss it all here (yes it’s political but we’re looking past that rule on our forums because this discussion effects everyone).
Bandai and Tokusatsu/Super Sentai/Kamen Rider/Ultraman/whathaveyou, are pretty much inseparable, with Bandai Japan’s Collectors Division(Tamashii Nations) pumping out toy lines such as:
Just take photos of your favorite Tamashii products in action; the coolest entries will get a chance of winning some Tamashii products!
(Details of the prizes, will be announced later on)
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To Enter: Go to Flickr.com and sign up or sign in with google / facebook.
Then, upload your BEST 3 photos of Tamashii items to our Flickr group http://www.flickr.com/groups/1828129@N21/
Note: Please name your file with the following format “your name-ProductName”
We will then post all your photos on the Bluefin Facebook page for all to see!
Rules:
1) Show us your creativity! A cool pose? A hilarious situation? Let’s see it!
2) Contestants must be reside in U.S./Canada
3) ONLY Tamashii products may be entered
(please see: http://tamashii.jp/ , for the list of Tamashii products)
4) Contest starts from December 7 to December 31, 2011.
5) Winners will be announced on the Bluefin Tamashii Nations Facebook in early January.
6) 1 person can post a maximum of 3 photos ONLY; each photo can feature any number of Tamashii products
7) Entries that are LATER than December 31 will not be accepted.
Best of luck!