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This year marks Tsuburaya Productions’ 50th Anniversary. At a special event next month (April 12th to 14th) the company is expected to reveal a new Ultraman and possibly start off another new franchise.

The TV Magazine scan included here is the first real look we have at the rumored new character. What abilities it may have are yet to be revealed. Stay tuned for more details!

Source: Rising Sun Tokusatsu

UPDATE: Tsuburaya has apparently registered the trademark for Ultraman Ginga, which appears to be the name of this new hero.

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It’s been several years since the Ultraman franchise’s card-based video game Daikaiju Battle has had a presence in Japan, while its successors Ganbaride and Dice-Oh have kept the Japanese kids and kids-at-heart preoccupied, but thanks to our friends at Rising Sun Tokusatsu, we know that’s about to change!

Daikaiju Battle Rush: Ultra Frontier is the latest card series for the game franchise, started in 2007, and should be launching in Japan shortly! Details on Daikaiju Battle Rush’s game system are unavailable, but the new eye-catching format with the giant monitor play area looks neat! I know I’d love to pull out my favorite Ultra monsters in card form to play it in person! How about you? Join TokuNation.com‘s discussion and let us know!

SOURCES: Rising Sun Tokusatsu, Daikaiju Battle Official Site

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Apparently this little piece of info was overlooked in last weeks scramble over upcoming releases like SIC SHaUTa, Ultra-Act King Gridman, SHF Classic Rider 1, and more.

It appears that this July we’ll see the release of Ultra-Act Ultraman Nexus Junis Blue. Price is yet to be determined for this release but Junis Blue will be a mass market release!

Credit: Import Monsters Blog

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It’s exclusive time once again! Thanks to a Figure-Oh magazine scan, and Tokunation user Kamen Blitz, we can confirm the list of August Tamashii Web Exclusives!


S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Beast Hyper
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Wizard Land Dragon
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Wizard Hurricane Dragon
S.H. Figuarts Boukenger Bouken Black & Bouken Blue 2-pack
ULTRA-ACT King Gridman (5775 yen)

The quartet of upgraded Dragon Styles for Wizard are rounded out, Beast’s upgrade makes its debut, 2 more Boukengers can be marked off the list with a 2-pack (Win!), and Gridman gets his third release in the Ultra-Act line with King Gridman! We can only see the King Gridman price currently but the others should be revealed shortly!

This issue also confirms the Showa Shocker Solider Grunt for a mass retail release. Troop build to your hearts content!

SOURCE: Naughty Guy on Facebook

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With Ultra Act Ultraman Nexus due out next week, Tamashii has posted a brief preview of this new figure! The eyes and core are molded in clear plastic, with the latter coming in blue and red. The shadows shown on the eyes aren’t from paint, the effect actually comes from how the eyes are sculpted!

Thanks to Gojira Prime for the heads up. Ultra Act Ultraman Nexus costs 3,360 yen, and is scheduled for release on February 27th. In the meantime, check out some preview images by clicking the headline.

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And you all thought the Garo Pachinko Game was gonna be the game to play! Well on top of recent info about Ultra-Act Ultraman Taro it looks like Taros’ recently released pachinko game is about to receive a face lift with a new story line!

Ultraman Taro: Revenge of The Dark continues a plot from the final episodes of Ultraman Mebius, Armored Darkness. This game will feature Dark Killer version of five Ultramen including Dark Killer Ace, Dark Killer Seven, and Dark Killer First. The game will also introduce a central villain known as Ultra Dark Killer.

Credit: Rising Sun Tokusatsu

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Thanks to user Gojira Prime for pointing us to some new images of the upcoming Ultra-Act Ultraman Taro! Images are courtesy of the Import Monsters Blog. And thanks to the Tamashii Nations twitter account we’ve also got some info regarding Taros’ upcoming release which will be this June. Taro is priced at 3500 yen.

Ultraman Taro was the 6th entry in the Ultra franchise and ran from 1973-1974. Once Taro is out he’ll be joining his soon to be released father, Ultra-Act Ultra Father! And of course just like Father, Taro will include his trademark Storium Ray effect part, Taro bracelet/lance, and a Brothers Mantle along with the usual supply of alternate hands!

Credit: Import Monsters

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And now a sad bit of news folks. After 17 years of business, Tokyo’s famed Ultraman Land is closing its doors. The park was opened for operation in 1996 in Tokyo’s Sunshine City Complex. Ever since its creation the park has featured tons of activities for fans of all ages. Stage shows, live events, interviews and public appearances by cast and crew, and so much more. There are even replicas on display of nearly every Ultraman prop or costume that you could think of from the entire franchise!

Tsuburaya (Ultraman’s parent company) has stated that the parks closure coincides with the 50th Anniversary of the franchise. They’re gearing up for the anniversary itself but are closing the most memorable place for fans to enjoy Ultraman which seems odd. The park will close this September 2013 so if you’re a Japanese based fan or will be traveling there soon then be sure to drop in to see Ultraman Land for the last time.

Credit: RisingSunTokusatu

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Have you ever wanted to build your own monster? Maybe you’re jonesing for more modular toylines like Mugenbine, or you really want to try the HoneHone Saurs toys but the good ones sell out too fast? Or maybe you want a unique new Ultraman toyline to collect?

Never fear, Ultra Bone is here! Ultra Bone is a Bandai minifigure line, sold as boxed candy toys and capsule Gashapon releases, of famous Ultra monsters as skeletons, using a modular ball-and-socket design to mix-and-match pieces or build your own crazy creature. As an added incentive to “catch ’em all” each Ultra Bone figure has a chase black-skeleton variant on top of the standard bone-colored (naturally!) release.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=firXJE1jPZc

Series 1 of the candy toys have already been released, and the first Gashapon series is expected later this month. Check out images of the first sets of figures, Bandai Japan’s TV spots from YouTube, video review courtesy of bonorenosan and maybe show off your own creations by checking our discussion thread!

Sources: Ultra Bone website, BandaiJP on YouTube, bonorenosan on YouTube

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Courtesy of Gamu-Toys we bring you an extensive pictorial review of the recently released Ultra Act Thunder Gridman figure, also known as Synchro from Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad!

This review includes images of the figure using both the previously released Ultra Act Gridman figure, and the unpainted dummy body included with this release. In order to accommodate Ultra Act Gridman’s head under the armour, a larger helmet is also included.

Check out a selection of full-sized images from the review after the jump!