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Inferno Girl Red – the brand new graphic novel co-created by Mat Groom and Erica D’Urso – is 161% funded at the time of this article with the first stretch goal (ribbon bookmark) already achieved and the second stretch goal (20 extra pages) within striking distance.  The success and popularity of this project has allowed a special reward tier to be created for the biggest Inferno Girl Red fans.

Partnering with Starlight Studios – makers of those impressive Omega Rangers helmets from the Power Rangers comic books – is creating an extremely limited set of 10 Inferno Girl Red helmets.  As we contemplate how to scratch up the extra cash to get in on this (seriously there are only 8 left at the time of writing) you should definitely get in on Inferno Girl Red now before it’s too late.

Click here and support the hottest graphic novel (and hopefully one day on-going series) of 2022!

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Inferno Girl Red – a brand new tokusatsu-inspired graphic novel by writer Mat Groom and artist Erica D’Urso – is fully funded on Kickstarter and is guaranteed to be in your hands in 2022.  We now enter the stretch goal phase of the campaign and with that we’re on board with showing just how amazing the artwork and story are.

Check out the following character studies by Erica D’Urso.

Don’t forget to make your pledge to Inferno Girl Red on Kickstarter.  The first stretch goal unlocks a bookmark for the hardcover copy at no extra charge to you.

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The hottest tokusatsu-inspired hero is one step closer to reality thanks to a successful Day One Kickstarter campaign.  Inferno Girl Red – a graphic novel written by Mat Groom and drawn by Erica D’Urso with colors by Igor Monti – is well over the 50% threshold on day one and will very likely see a successful campaign.

We’re thrilled to share with you a five page preview of the upcoming graphic novel.

The story is as follows:

We all need something to believe in.  Especially Cássia Costa.

An ancient cult and their army of demons have stolen Cássia’s home, Apex City.  When a magical dragon bracelet rockets into her life and affixes itself to her arm, Cássia’s the only person equipped to stop the cult from offering the entire city to their dark lord.

There’s just one catch…

The magical bracelet is powered by belief, and Cássia — an intensely pragmatic, rational girl – doesn’t have much to spare. She’ll have to find something to kindle her faith, though, and fast —because she has a secret legacy to live up to. Because her mother’s life is on the line. And because Apex City needs Inferno Girl Red.

There’s still time for you to back this Kickstarter and land some awesome pledge rewards.  Click here to check out and support the Kickstarter.

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The first time we met Cássia Costa was in the back pages of the first issue of Radiant Black.  Since then, we have seen various images and teases about an upcoming Kickstarter project.  Today, that project is now live!

Inferno Girl Red is a tokusatsu and superhero inspired comic book written by Mat Groom (SELF/MADE, ULTRAMAN), drawn by Erica D’Urso (JAMES BOND, XENA: WARRIOR PRINCESS, THE LIFE OF CAPTAIN MARVEL), colored by Igor Monti (MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, MEGA MAN: FULLY CHARGED), lettered by Becca Carey (WONDER WOMAN, BATGIRL, HARLEY QUINN, RADIANT BLACK), and edited by toku-famed writer Kyle Higgins (MIGHTY MORPHIN POWER RANGERS, RADIANT BLACK, NIGHTWING, THE WINTER SOLDIER, ULTRAMAN).

The story follows Cássia Costa is as follows:

An ancient cult and their army of demons have stolen Cássia’s home, Apex City.  When a magical dragon bracelet rockets into her life and affixes itself to her arm, Cássia’s the only person equipped to stop the cult from offering the entire city to their dark lord.

There’s just one catch…

The magical bracelet is powered by belief, and Cássia — an intensely pragmatic, rational girl – doesn’t have much to spare. She’ll have to find something to kindle her faith, though, and fast —because she has a secret legacy to live up to. Because her mother’s life is on the line. And because Apex City needs Inferno Girl Red.

There are a number of reward tiers giving you everything from a digital copy of the graphic novel, to appearing in the graphic novel itself, to receiving an actual piece of original artwork from artist Nicola Scott.

CLICK HERE AND BACK THIS KICKSTARTER PROJECT TODAY!

Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity to support yet another tokusatsu-inspired comic book creation from a big tokusatsu fan in Mat Groom (host of the Ranger Danger Podcast).  Included in our story are some of the art prints or covers from backing this project.  We encourage everyone to pledge their support and fund this project!

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The new anime series Pacific Rim: The Black is now available streaming on Netflix and the first official piece of merchandise for this new series has been confirmed!

Bandai Japan will bring the new Jaeger Mecha from this series- codenamed Atlas Destroyer– to the Robot Damashii series. This release includes an impressive range of articulation along with a very unique weapon assortment.

Robot Damashii Atlas Destroyer will be released in September 2021. The price is a very modest 3850 Yen before shipping and handling.

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GoodSmile Company has officially revealed a collaboration with SENTINEL to create a new transforming Gridman figure based on the original series!

The Gattai Thunder Gridman is an expert recreation of the triple-mecha combo with Thunder Jet, Twin Driller & God Tank featuring all accessories for the vehicles and Gridman himself.

The GoodSmile Thunder Gridman will be released in two versions-

*Standard Edition costing 29,091 Yen

*Tokusatsu Edition (with special paint details & panel lining) costing 40,909 Yen.

Both versions of Thunder Gridman are currently scheduled for release in August 2021.

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Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Polygon Pictures anime project set in the monster robot world of Pacific Rim!

Titled Pacific Rim: The Black, this series features two siblings discovering an abandoned Jaeger Robot and fighting across the Kaiju-infected continent of Australia.

Pacific Rim: The Black premieres on Netflix March 4 2021.

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At last we have the first images of official merchandise from the next entry in the Gridman Universe!

GoodSmile Company has posted the first images of the DX DynaZenon from the upcoming anime project, SSSS Dynazenon.

The DX Dynazenon is a fully-articulated figure capable of multiple configurations and possesses a wide range of articulation.

This DX set is currently scheduled for release on April 30 2021. The price is a steep 22000 Yen before shipping and handling!

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Studio TRIGGER has released a new full trailer for their upcoming anime project SSSS Dynazenon. This will be the second entry in the newly-labeled Gridman Universe, following in the footsteps of critically-acclaimed SSSS Gridman.

A new poster was also released giving us our first proper look at the titular Dynazenon hero. Tsuburaya Productions has created a full physical suit of Dynazenon to promote this new project!

SSSS Dynazenon will begin airing in April 2021.