Hobby Search has just uploaded in package photos of the highly anticipated Super Robot Chogokin Daizyujin, AKA The Megazord from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, indicating that the long awaited releases is finally in warehouses, getting ready to ship.
New listings at CD Japan have confirmed the home video release for this summers’ blockbuster adventure “Protect The Tokyo Enetower!”
The movie will be released on DVD & BluRay December 7th with subtitled releases sure to follow soon after. :)
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
The AmiAmi Blog has put up a gallery featuring the most anticipated Super Robot Chogokin release. :D
DaiZyuJin comes out in two weeks for Japanese sellers and probably six weeks for Bluefins’ distribution. And it looks INCREDIBLE.
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!
The initial rumor of Jyuden Sentai Kyoryuger first broke and was reported by other sites a couple of weeks ago. We here at TokuNation.com wanted to wait before jumping the gun – other sites have fallen prey to posting up early information that was the result of pranks and we chose to sit and wait to see if this information ended up being discreditted.
Well, a few weeks have gone by and nothing of the sort has happened. So let’s talk about Jyuden Sentai Kyoryuger.
The early translations show the series will feature electric ancient beasts, which spawned a LOT of conversation that this will be another Super Sentai to feature dinosaurs, like Zyuranger (pictured) and AbaRanger, a thought many felt was happening due to the overwhelming flop that Go-Busters, a high-tech/spy-like series, has been since the start of the year.
The first detailed rumors of the show have been posted over at our friends with JEFusion. We cannot confirm the validity behind any of these rumors, but they’re still fun to look at none-the-less. If they are accurate, let’s just say those hoping for dinosaurs may be disappointed…
In case these end up being accurate, we don’t want to spoil it for you. You can find the rumors by clicking the news story title. Feel free to discuss away!
CREDIT: Jefusion
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
Bluefin Tamashii just announced on their facebook that their release of S.H. Figuarts Red Hawk, from the Super Sentai series, Chojin Sentai Jetman, will be coming is a brand new English Packaging and include brand new English Instructions!
This change was made to facilitate the removal of the Akibaranger Inordinate Power, The Jet Winger, given the fact that Bluefin Tamashii is currently not allowed to sell S.H. Figuarts DekaRed, BoukenRed, or any of the Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger items due to liscensing.
Stay tuned to Tokunation for more news on this item and many more!
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Welcome to another round(which is admittedly late, sorry!) of Let’s Watch Wednesdays at Tokunation.com! Since 5 episodes may be a bit much(taking work, real life stuff and what not that take up your time), we have decided to go with a 3 episode format. However as with most Tokusatsu series it does not take long to long into an interesting story arc!
Does the Jetman team have what it takes to destroy Vyram?
Discuss Chojin Sentai Jetman episodes 4-6 here!
During episode 3 of the double person/1 detective series Kamen Rider W, Shotaro and Philip came across the Million Colloseo. Towards the end, Philip freezes up and has flashbacks with Shotaro becoming an inadvertent witness!
With 1/2 of the Cyclone Joker trio “frozen”, things aren’t getting any easier as the Sonozaki family gains a new member who intends to make them proud! Which gaia memories and Dopants will Shotaro and Philip run into next?
Discuss Kamen Rider W episodes 4-6 here!
To go along with Tokunation’s Lets Watch Wednesdays of Choujin Sentai Jetman, here’s a photo gallery of the recently released S.H.Figuarts Red Hawk, courtesy of Shishioh! See his full gallery of the figure here
Accessories with Red Hawk include: A set of optional display hands, a separate piece to display his wings deployed, the Bird Blaster, Jet Head Cannon, the Bringer Sword, and the Inordinate Power of the Akibarangers: The Jet Winger!