We have sadly been informed of the death of legendary Toei producer Tohru Hirayama. He was 84 years old.
Hirayama was a major influence in the production of early tokusatsu shows, maintaining a direct involvement in Kamen Rider and Goranger, culminating in the creation of Kamen Rider Stronger in 1975.
He will be deeply missed. :(
Bandai has released additional info for the New Gaia Memory Complete selection set that was previewed sometime ago.
At the time, only memories from Kamen Rider W’s novel were known to be included, but now the set will now contain over 99 Gaia Memories which were featured in W’s various films!
Memories from Kamen Rider W Returns, W & Decade Movie War, and the Gaia Memories of Fate will be featured in the set. in addition, six Gaia memories will remain a secret.
Additionally, the set will once again be releasing W’s main six Gaia memories. But what makes these memories different is that they will include LEDs and the buttons will be painted silver to make them more show accurate. In addition, the Heat and Trigger memories will be able to make the Twin Maximum sound effect.
Price and Release date for this set are currently TBA
Finally to round off this batch of November releases we have the S.H. Figuarts Blue Spader, the bike used by Kamen Rider Blade (whose Figuart is due out in September).
Retailing for a price of 4410 yen, the bike will also come packaged with replacement throttles and and a clear stand.
Check out the images after the jump!
Next up in Tamashii Nation’s November offerings is the psuedo-Rider from Kamen Rider Ryuki – S.H. Figuarts Alternative Zero!
Retailing for a price of 3675 yen, Alternative Zero will come packaged with a Slash Visor, 5 Advent Cards, his lance and the usual array of alternate hands. There is currently no news of when his contract monster, Psycorogue will see release.
Check out the gallery after the jump!
Bandai’s Tamashii Nations website has uploaded official image galleries for it’s forthcoming November releases and the first among them is none other than S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider ZX!
The star of the 10th anniversary TV special “Birth of the 10th! Kamen Riders All Together” comes packaged with the Cross Shuriken, Focus Bomb and Micro Chain as well as the usual array of alternate hands. He will retail for 3780 yen.
Check out the gallery after the jump!
In addition to the S.H.Figuarts Black Renewal , Bluefin has also announced that they will be carrying the S.H.Figuarts Shadow Moon reissue!
Shadow Moon will be released in November 2013 for 32.99 USD.
Don’t miss this second chance at getting this sought after figure!
The recently announced S.H.Figuarts Black Renewal will be hitting North American shores courtesy of Bluefin Distribution!!
He will be released in November for $35.00 US, alongside his bike Battle Hopper who will be $45.99.
Chōīne! FINISH STRIKE. Saikō!!!
A while back, we reported that Wizard will get a new Ring in his summer film, “Kamen Rider Wizard in Magic Land” called the Finish Strike Ring. Recent pictures of magazine articles have revealed that this ring will allow Kamen Rider Wizard in his Infinity Style to become Infinity Dragon! The scans show him fighting against Kamen Rider Sorcerer, using Dragon’s head in a new Kick Strike attack. More info will be added as we get it!
Thanks to the HeroTaku Blog we have a close look at the first round of toys for our fresh new Kamen Rider Gaimu!
This includes an extensive look at the Sengoku Driver, the Musou Saber weapon, the various Arms armor styles and multiple LockSeeds with a variety of other powers.
Gaimu hits shelves and airwaves this October!
It seems that Bandai will be announcing a new Showa RIder in the coming months.
A new web page was just launched which showcases various characters from Kamen Rider’s Showa Era that have had releases thus far, and right next to Super 1 we have “Coming Soon!”
Only three Riders from the Showa Era remain that have yet to receive S.H.Figuarts and those Riders are: Shin, ZO, and J but as this just a teaser announcement, there isn’t a whole lot of information to go on.
What do you think the new S.H.Figuarts will be? Make the jump and speculate in the thread!