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Following the avalanche of overnight announcements we’ve got just a few more. It appears that June will bring Kamen Rider Den-O fans a double whammy. Both Kamen Rider Zeronos Zero Form and his bike the Zero Horn will be released, for 3780 & 4530 yen respectively.

And for Ryuki completitionists (myself included) S.H. Figuarts Alternative will be out in May for 3780 yen. This release might be easily confused with the already released Alternative Zero. In fact these are two separate characters, Zero simply had much more screen time than Alternative. But they have identical costumes save for some paint detailing differences.

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Tamashii Nations teased the Kamen Rider Gaim fan base last week by including possible prototypes of Kamen Rider Ryugen and Kamen Rider Zangetsu in their official announcement of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Baron. Now, thanks to some magazine scans, we have our first look at S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ryugen and S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Zangetsu!

Enjoy how beautiful these figures are and the sad realization that the show will be half over by the time we get our hands on them. As soon as more information comes through we’ll throw it in this news post! Enjoy the temptation on your wallets!

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Bandai’s plastic model kits for Kamen Rider makes a rather unexpected return with the recent announcement of the Figure-Rise 6 Kamen Rider Kabuto and Kamen Rider Faiz.

Figure-Rise 6 line is a scaled down version of the larger model kits making them somewhere between the size of an S.H.Figuarts. But what makes Faiz and Kabuto different from their Figuarts cousins is that the image suggests that they’ll not only include effect parts but armor pieces to convert them from either Axel Form or Masked Form.

No further information was given on these kits.

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After letting the community throw out some choices for our next segment, it looks like it’s finally time to vote on the 10  we’ve narrowed it down to! The candidates for the next Let’s Watch Wednesdays are:

Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Madan Senki Ryukendo
Kamen Rider Faiz
Garo (Season 1)
Kamen Rider Kuuga
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live action)
Kamen Rider Agito
Power Rangers In Space
VR Troopers (season 1)
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger 

To cast your vote for the next Let’s Watch Wednesdays, click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” to head on over to our poll thread. This thread will remain open for voting until Tuesday January 21st at 12 Midnight EST. At that point if we have a clear winner then that’s the show we’ll be tuning in to for our next Let’s Watch Wednesdays!

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Toei finally released the first trailer for the Heisei VS Showa Kamen Rider, the latest all Rider cross over epic film.

Along with showcasing the return of Hiroshi Fujioka as Kamen Rider 1, the trailer also reveals a few more familiar faces that will be returning to the big screen.

First, Masahiro Inoue will once again be reprising his role as Kamen Rider Decade and Shunya Shiraishi will be coming back as the ring bearing Kamen Rider Wizard! You can see the trailer in the box below:

 

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This sad bit of news comes by way of our sister site TFW2005. Seizo Kato, who is best known to Transformers fans as G1 Megatron & Galvatron, and to Tokusatsu fans as General Jark from Kamen Rider Black RX, has passed away at 86. Mr. Kato died of bladder cancer at a hospital in Itabashi, Tokyo. Kato had a long history of voice work in Japan but Toku fans will remember him best for his various live action roles:

  • Alien Mephilas – Ultraman Episode 33 & Reprising the role in Ultraman Mebius.
  • Star King Bazoo – Dengeki Sentai Changeman
  • Emperor Zeba – Hikari Sentai Maskman
  • QQ Kyuutan – Gekisou Sentai Carranger
  • General Jark – Kamen Rider Black RX & reprising the role in Kamen Rider Decade: All Riders vs. Dai Shocker
  • Great Satan – Kyoryū Sentai Zyuranger
  • Sol Dozer – Tokkyuu Shirei Solbrain
  • It in Ninpuu Sentai Hurricaneger

The entire staff of Tokunation as well as TFW2005 are deeply saddened to hear of his passing and would like to wish his friends and family nothing but the best.

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The good people at The Tokusatsu Network have come across some very interesting news in the latest issue of Japan’s “CinemaToday” magazine.

Hiroshi Fujioka, the very first Kamen Rider (who performed a multitude of stuntwork AND sang his own theme song in addition to his regular workload) will be joining the cast of “Hesei VS Showa: Movie War.”

Though Fujioka has performed voice work for tokusatsu previously (the most recent example being 2011’s “Let’s Go Kamen Rider”), this will be the first time in 38 Years that his character, Takeshi Hongo, has appeared & transformed on screen.

Truly this is a sign of good things to come! “Hesei VS Showa” premieres March 29, 2014 so stay tuned until then for further details!

UPDATED: New images of Rider 1 have been captured from a TV broadcast in Japan. These come via Heroshock, their source currently unknown. The new images show Fujioka in yet another Henshin pose AND riding New Cyclone!

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Continuing the releases from Kamen Rider OOO, the samples of Love Combo, Tamashi Combo, and Super TaToBa appeared at the Tamashi Nation show room in akibabara.

In addition…two more Greeds in this aesthetic were revealed: Mezool whom appears as a statue, and one for fan favrioute Anhk.

Sadly, there is still no word if these designs will ever be released to the public in someway.

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Hesei Vs Showa Enemy Formation

 

A few overhead shots of filming from the “Hesei VS Showa” Project have surfaced online!

The main image confirms that ALL main Rider suits are in use for this film. To date only a few Riders are confirmed to appear out of suit but we hope there may be more old favorites showing up to surprise everyone.

In addition, a number of classic Rider villains are also on-set, including the Crisis Empire from Kamen Rider Black & the Badan from Kamen Rider ZX.

Be sure to join our discussion thread to share your thoughts & fears for this new project! “Hesei VS Showa” comes to theaters March 29, 2014!