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VR Troopers Comic Book Coming Soon From BOOM Studios?

Posted on March 14, 2025 at 11:26 am by Chris under Metal Heroes, Power Rangers

From Rich Johnston and BleedingCool.com comes a rather unexpected news brief.  According to Rich out of London Book Fair, BOOM! Studios (publisher of Power Rangers Prime and license holder to Power Rangers comic books) is preparing to launch a brand new VR Troopers comic book series on June 25th, following a Power Rangers/VR Troopers Free Comic Book Day special releasing in May.

Mairghread Scott is tapped to write the series.  Previously, she wrote a one-shot special for BOOM! Studios and Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

VR Troopers is an adaptation of the Metal Heroes series, following the same vein as Power Rangers, where the footage is used but an original story is created.  The show lasted two seasons and 92 episodes worth of programming.  Famously, Jason David Frank was tapped to play the main hero “Ryan Steele”, before being brought back to Power Rangers and the role landing to Brad Hawkins, who would also go on to voice the Zeo Gold Ranger character Trey of Triforia.

EDITOR’S NOTE:  A previous version of this story credited Mairghread Scott as the writer for the “Beyond the Grid” story line in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.  The actual writer of that series is Margarette Bennett.  Our apologies to both Maighread Scott and Margarette Bennet for the mix-up.

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› Companies: Boom! Studios

Discotek Media Announces Mobile Cop Jiban Blu-Ray Release

Posted on April 22, 2024 at 6:52 pm by Paladin under Metal Heroes

Another Metal Hero series is receiving a North American home release thanks to Discotek Media!

This time, 1989’s Mobile Cob Jiban has been licensed- with a release tentatively scheduled for July 30 2024. Suggested price is a modest $49.95 before shipping and handling.

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› Companies: Discotek › Show: Mobile Cop Jiban › Toyline: DVD & Blu-Ray

Discotek Media Announces Space Sheriff Sharivan Blu-Ray Release

Posted on December 18, 2023 at 5:17 pm by Paladin under Metal Heroes

Another Metal Hero release is on the way from the good people at Discotek Media!

This time, 1983’s Space Sheriff Sharivan will be receiving a special Blu-Ray release featuring all 51 episodes of the series in high definition with official English subtitles.

Space Sheriff Sharivan is tentatively scheduled for release on February 27 2024 and price at $69.95 USD.

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› Companies: Discotek › Characters: Sharivan › Show: Space Sheriff Sharivan › Toyline: Blu-Ray

Shokugan Modeling Project Juuko B-Fighter Blue Beet Release Announced

Posted on September 19, 2023 at 7:22 pm by Paladin under Metal Heroes

The Shokugan Modeling Project Kit Make Pose offers a very special surprise for Metal Hero fans!

A new release based on Juuko B-Fighter– the Metal Hero series adapted for American audiences as Big Bad Beetleborgs will be coming to the SMP Line.

The leader of the B-Fighters, Blue Beet is perfectly recreated with full arsenal of weapons.

SMP Blue Beet is scheduled for release in January 2024 with a price of 4950 Yen!

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› Companies: Bandai Japan › Characters: Blue Beet › Show: Big Bad Beetleborgs, Juukou B-Fighter › Toyline: SMP

Space Sherrif Gavan Now Available to Pre-Order on Blu-Ray

Posted on August 5, 2022 at 4:42 pm by Chris under Metal Heroes

A fan-favorite and classic Metal Heroes tokusatsu property – Space Sheriff Gavan – is now available on Blu-Ray to pre-order thanks to Discotek Media.

Full release details below!

Space Sheriff Gavan Blu-ray contains episodes 1-44 of the live-action tv series directed by Yoshiaki Kobayashi.

SERVING SPACE JUSTICE ON EARTH!

Years ago, Space Sheriff Gavan’s father was betrayed to the interstellar crime syndicate Makuu. Now, Makuu has set its sights on Earth, the home- world of Gavan’s mother, and the planet where he spent his youth. With his transforming assistant Mimi, his powerful silver combat suit and his interdimensional battleship Dolgiran.

Gavan will fight back against their Makuu’s greedy ambitions tooth and nail. Will he find his father in the process?! Kenji Ohba heads up an all-star production that would kick off the Metal Hero franchise and change the medium of tokusatsu forever! This complete collection includes all 44 episodes in 1080 high definition, with the original Japanese language and English subtitles!

Details

  • Publisher: TOKU TIME
  • Media: Blu-ray
  • Spoken Language: Japanese
  • Subtitle Language: English
  • Genre: Action
  • Themes: Space
  • Age Rating: 13+
  • Run Time: 1000
  • Year Created: 1982
  • Release Date: 10/25/2022
  • Dimensional Weight: 1
  • Region Code: A

Click here to pre-order your copy now!  Space Sheriff Gavan storms in to your Blu-Ray player on October 25th, 2022!

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› Companies: Discotek › Characters: Gavan › Show: Space Sheriff Gavan › Toyline: Blu-Ray

Space Sheriff Gavan Releasing on Blu-Ray from Discotek Media

Posted on July 30, 2022 at 9:36 pm by Chris under General Tokusatsu News, Metal Heroes

This evening, Discotek Media announced that they will be releasing the popular Metal Hero series “Space Sheriff Gavan” on Blu-Ray with English subtitles.  The series will contain:

  • All Episodes in High Definition
  • English Subtitles
  • Reunion Discussion with Kenji Ohba and Osamu Kaneda
  • Photo Gallery
  • Historical Essay by Mike Dent

More toku on Blu-Ray with English subtitles is very welcome news!  Celebrate!

UPDATE:  The Blu-Ray release of the Space Sheriff Gavan series will be in October.

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› Companies: Discotek › Characters: Gavan › Show: Space Sheriff Gavan › Toyline: Blu-Ray

Juukou B-Fighter B-Commander Complete Edition Release Teased

Posted on January 23, 2022 at 6:56 pm by Paladin under Metal Heroes

Bandai Japan has a special surprise on the horizon for Metal Hero fans!

A Complete Edition of the B-Commander device used by the Juukou B-Fighther team (known to Western audiences as the Big Bad Beetleborgs) has been announced! Pricing & release dates are not confirmed at time of writing.

Orders will officially open on February 3 2022.

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› Companies: Bandai Japan › Show: Big Bad Beetleborgs, Juukou B-Fighter › Toyline: DX Roleplay

Tamashii Nations 2020 – Metal Hero Soul of Chogokins Revealed

Posted on November 6, 2020 at 10:01 am by Den-O under Conventions, Metal Heroes, Other Conventions

Following up on our reporting from Tamashii Nations 2020 on the display of previously revealed and newly unveiled Ultraman S.H. Figuarts, Bandai has also dropped a couple massive reveals. While these items are currently listed as “Display Only”, we have our very first looks at two new possible additions to the long running Soul of Chogokin line from two Metal Hero series!

First up is the one which began it all, hailing from 1982’s Space Sheriff Gavan is the Electronic Star Beast Dol Dragon and the Giran Saucer! While the prototypes on display do not currently give us a look at the combined Dol Giran mode, we can probably infer the transformation gimmick in such a comprehensive release as an SOC. As is, What we see on display is a magnificent set and gives us a great sense of  scale, hewing very close to the size of the original toys based on the Tamashii Stages they’re displayed on.

And the second surprise reveal is the massive (and transforming!) planetary battleship Daileon from 1985’s Megabeast Investigator Juspion! Continuing the short lived tradition of the transforming Metal hero robo, Daileon changes from battleship to massive mecha. though we have less of a sense of scale for this release, we can see it does appear to included a small scale Juspion figure, as well as a tiny to-scale version of Juspion’s Garvin Tank!

As mentioned neither of these releases has even been confirmed for release yet, so there are no pricing or full accessory breakdowns to be known at this time. These could very well join the long list of prototypes locked away in Bandai’s vault. But for now, we hope to see much more of these two exciting reveals. Keep it tuned to TokuNation for more updates from Tamashii Naitons 2020!

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› Companies: Tamashii Nations, Bandai Japan › Characters: Gavan, Space Sheriff Gavan, Juspion › Show: Space Sheriff Gavan, Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion, Space Wolf Juspion › Toyline: Soul of Chogokin, SOC

Ganbareiwa!! Robocon 2020 Film, Trademark Information

Posted on May 18, 2020 at 1:47 pm by Den-O under General Tokusatsu News, Metal Heroes

Back on April 1st, the tokusatsu world was pretty stunned by the announcement that Toei was reviving a character that hadn’t been seen in nearly 20 years. Robocon! The star of two previous TV series Ganabare!! Robocon & Moero!! Robocon, is returning for a brand new film adventure titled Ganbareiwa!! Robocon.

Met with some healthy skepticism that the project could actually be real, it was confirmed fully only a few days later. But today, further information of what to expect from this project has come courtesy of an official trademark from April 21st for the film (via @Trademark_bot), which includes its use in branding for a variety of merchandise including toys, dolls, & games etc.

There’s absolutely no question that this film be released on July 31st, and now we know it’s bringing along with it a resurgence of Robocon merchandise. Let the speculation of just what this odd entry in the Robocon franchise could be about, begin! Could this be another generational meeting of the various Robocon? Or a true reboot entirely? Time will tell, and we’ll be sure to tell you as more information surfaces.

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› Companies: Toei › Characters: Robocon › Show: Moero Robocon, Ganbare Robocon, Ganbareiwa Robocon

Toei Tokusatsu World Official NOW LIVE!

Posted on April 5, 2020 at 12:14 pm by Kiryu under General Tokusatsu News, Kamen Rider, Metal Heroes

For those of us that are just tuning in, Toei announced a new global streaming platform on YouTube titled Toei Tokusatsu World Official, a streaming service that would feature a treasure trove of classic Toku shows that will launch globally on April 6th, 2020, complete with English subtitles!

As of this writing, the channel is now live. The catch is that while Toei does plan on releasing more episodes, these episodes will only be in Japanese and Toei will be leaving it to fans to translate these episodes in their native language. None of the less, the long list of shows now available is as follows:  

  • Space Cop Gavan
    Juspion
    Space Cop Sharivan
    Captain Ultra
    Dear! Robottie (Robocon)
    Message From Space
    Poitrine
    Chanzerion
    Daltanious
    Daimos
    National Kid
    Voltes V
    Suki! Suki!! Majo Sensei
    Robot 8-chan
    Hard Gumi
    Magical Chinese Girl Pai Pai!
    Winspector
    Combattler V
    Space Ironman Kyodain
    Laserion
    Jiraiya
    Go! Robottie (Robocon)
    Robot Detective
    Ninja Captor
    Henshin Ninja Arashi
    Kamitaman
    Kabutack
    Hard Gumi
    Janperson
    Jiban
    Bicrosser
    Robot 110-Ban
    Solbrain
    Guruguru Medaman
    Akumaizer 3
    Inazuman
    Inazuman F
    Exceedraft
    Magical Girl Chukanpaipai
    Gambare! Red Vickies
    Yojutso Bugeicho
    Nemulin
    Kaiketsu Zubat
    Machineman
    The Kagestar
    Kikaider
    Kikaider 01
    Albegas
    Kamen Rider Shin
    Robotack
    Chojin Bibyun
    Pettonton
    Thutmose
    Magical Girl Chukana Ipanema
    Blue Swat
    Guy Slugger
    Marin Gumi
    Batten Robomaru
    Utau! Dairyugujou
    God Sigma
    5 Nen 3 Kumi Mahougumi
    Daitetsujin 17

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› Companies: Toei, YouTuibe › Show: Space Sheriff Gavan, Tokkei Winspector, Akumaizer 3, Space Ironmen Kyodain, Tetsuwan Tantei Robotack...

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