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This week Tokunation takes another look at the ratings for Kamen Rider Wizard and Tokumei Sentai Gobsuters! Gobusters has limped it’s way along up until recently when it’s last several episodes received a decent ratings boost, most likely because of the shift in plot and thanks to the premiere of Kamen Rider Wizard.

Now it seems that after a decent showing the past 2 weeks that Gobusters has dropped once again to 4.6%. That’s significantly down from last weeks 5.2% ratings. With Mission 30 having tied up the majority of loose plot threads (aside from a certain sleeping beauty ;) ) and a crossover with Gavan Type G coming up, it’s anyone’s guess as to how things could change. Kamen Rider Wizard on the other hand scored a 6.4% rating which is also down from it’s previous 2 episodes. But this series is still quite early in so we can expect a bit more fluctuation from it.

As Gobusters’ story and pacing improves along with it’s catchy new theme song and Wizard begins to take its’ place in the pantheon of riders we can expect to see these numbers change quite a bit. Will Tokumei Sentai Gobuster become the worst rated sentai in history? Will Kamen Rider Wizard push forward and keep above the low ratings suffered by Fourze? Stay tuned to Tokunation.com to find out!

Credit: Rising Sun tokusatsu

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Courtesy of Jefusion we’ve got a new look at Avex’s special DVD release Music Video Rider. This DVD (& Blu-ray) is a compilation of various Kamen Rider music videos spanning such shows as Kamen Rider Decade, W, OOO, Fourze and more! Featuring the talents of Gackt, Queen & Elizabeth, Tetra Fang, and many others the release will come in 3 editions; Geki, Takumi, and Kiwami. Don’t forget that Music Video Rider releases September 26th 2012 at 4980 yen for the DVD release and 5980 for the Blu-Ray!

under Conventions, Kamen Rider, Other Conventions

Early prototypes of some recently revealed Tamashi Web exclusives are now on display at the Tamashi Nations Show Room in Akihabara

The following S.H.Figuarts figures are now on display: Meteor Fusion States,(4200 yen February release) Skydaine (4200 yen, March Release) Groundain (4410 yen March release) Genocider’s three separate forms(December release, 10,500 yen) and Basco and Sally.

Thanks to Cybergundam for the coverage!

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, TokuNation Spotlights

Welcome to another round of Let’s Watch Wednesdays at Tokunation.com! This week we discuss episodes 7-9 of the following series:

Will Philip and Shotaro resort to….breakdance fighting in an effort to unravel the mystery behind the “heaven’s tornado”? Also..hey where did their gaia memories go? Click on the above links to join the respective discussions!

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In this day and age, what’s a Tokusatsu series without some friends to help you out? Following in tradition of Kamen Rider Fourze as well as Super Sentai Go-Busters, Kamen Rider Wizard has his own helpers in the battle against the Phantoms – and friend of TokuNation.com Peaugh recently reviewed the first of the set – the cute little red bird known as Garuda!

Check out the review below!

CREDIT: Peaugh on YouTube!

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A friend to TokuNation.com and one of the popular online video reviewers of this day and age, Peaugh recently reviewed the Wizardriver from Kamen Rider Wizard. It’s a fun and informative review for those of you considering whether or not to bite the bullet on this super hot toy (or henshin device collectable if you prefer).

Check it out!

CREDIT: Peaugh on YouTube[/size]

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

A fun topic that seems to spark a lot of conversation on the TokuNation.com Forums is the ratings of both Kamen Rider Wizard as well as Go-Busters. As we’ve previously mentioned, Go-Busters is on pace right now to be the lowest rated Super Sentai series of all time, doing even worse than OhRanger, which was the previous all time record holder for worst television ratings ever.

And don’t forget that Kamen Rider Fourze was abysmal in the ratings department, but the show managed to save face if only because of outstanding merchandise sales for the Fourze Driver and the various switches.

So how did the shows do this week?

Kamen Rider Wizard posted a 7.8% rating, up from it’s premiere of 7.1%. This single episode of Kamen Rider is the highest rated episode since Episode 12 of Kamen Rider OOO. That’s November 2010 for those of you keeping track.

Go-Busters pulled in a 5.2%, tying the series high set back on Mission 08. This can be creditted both to the fact that more people are watching Kamen Rider Wizard and, just maybe, the fact that Go-Busters is doing a unique “shake-up” … a new intro, a new theme song, and apparently a new main villain. And to quote some of our users here that are still watching, “What is this!? There’s an actual STORY in Go-Busters?!”

It’ll be interesting to see how this coming weekend’s numbers look. Will Kamen Rider Wizard continue to move up, breaking the 8.0% mark? Will Go-Busters reclaim some respect and adoration, or is it destined to be the worst rated Super Sentai of all time?

Stay tuned!

CREDIT: Rising Sun Tokusatsu

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The North American distributor Bluefin has put up a new list on their Facebook page for select Tamashii items that they will bring over to the US at the beginning of next year.

Items of particular interest include:

*SH Figuarts Ryuki Survive for 44.99
*SIC TaJaDor for 79.99
*SIC KT Rising Ultimate Kuuga for 18.99

This is a great opportunity for collectors who have missed pre-order spots and still want to pick up these new releases! :)

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The second episode of Kamen Rider Wizard is now available subtitled at your favorite torrent locations. But just for kicks, we’re going to link the Over-Time subtitle here on the frontpage for those of you who don’t do torrents!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frgX0BVEgpU

Is magic real? Do you not have to have the Wizardriver to be able to use magic? And how about those fight scenes?

Shabadoobie touch this link to discuss with TokuNation.com users!

Shabadoobie!