The Gridman Universe goes on!
During the last episode broadcast of SSSS Dynazenon a quick teaser image was released for an upcoming project: a crossover between Dynazenon and Gridman!
Sadly, no other information on this new chapter in the Gridman Universe is available at time of writing. Stay tuned to Tokunation for further details!
Fans of the Ultra franchise have been enjoying the Blu-Ray releases from Mill Creek– and now a new entry has been confirmed for this lineup!
A new Complete Series release for the 1993 tokusatsu series Denko Chojin Gridman has been confirmed, containing all 39 episodes of the iconic digital hero.
Gridman: The Hyper Agent is currently scheduled for release on August 17 2021! The price is a modest $40.99.
GoodSmile Company has officially revealed a collaboration with SENTINEL to create a new transforming Gridman figure based on the original series!
The Gattai Thunder Gridman is an expert recreation of the triple-mecha combo with Thunder Jet, Twin Driller & God Tank featuring all accessories for the vehicles and Gridman himself.
The GoodSmile Thunder Gridman will be released in two versions-
*Standard Edition costing 29,091 Yen
*Tokusatsu Edition (with special paint details & panel lining) costing 40,909 Yen.
Both versions of Thunder Gridman are currently scheduled for release in August 2021.
Winter Wonderfest 2020 has just happened in Japan, and while the event usually strays towards the anime figure side of things there are usually a few tokusatsu-related surprises as well. Among Good Smile Company’s reveals this year is the announcement of HAGANE WORKS Thunder Gridman, based on the combined from of Gridman and the three Assist Machines from the original 1993 series.
The HAGANE WORKS line is still relatively new, and with only this combined form prototype image at the moment it’s uncomfirmed whether this figure will be able to split into its individual components or whether the Assist Machines will also be able to combine into God Zenon. However based on descriptions for previous entries in the line, it’s safe to assume that the figure will at least feature some die cast content.
Stay tuned to Tokunation for more news on the figure as it comes!
Good Smile Company have announced a new version of their DX Full Power Gridman figure set at the currently ongoing Tsuburaya Convention 2019. This new version of their fully combinable set will feature the titular Hyper Agent in the “Initial Fighter” colours that appeared in the show’s first episode, along with his four Assist Weapons in new uniform black, blue and silver colourschemes.
As before this set will be able to transform between all modes that appeared in the show, including Max Gridman, Buster Gridman, Sky Gridman, Powered Zenon and of course Full Power Gridman.
More information about this set is to be revealed soon, but in the meantime please check out the full range of images after the jump as well as Tokunation’s own gallery of the original DX Full Power Gridman set.
The anime producers at Studio Trigger have at last announced a follow-up to their Gridman anime series!
Titled SSSS Dynazenon this new project apparently features some familiar faces- and the appearance of at least one Gridman design missing from the first series.
A brief teaser trailer was also released with this announcement:
Sadly, no other details about this upcoming series have been confirmed at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting new project!
“Hyperlink combine!”
SSSS.Gridman took two communities by storm in the last year. The anime & tokusatsu fandoms were united by the amazing animation studio Trigger’s love letter to the original Denkou Choujin Gridman and it’s near countless references to other tokusatsu of year’s past. The series was short but it’s impact was immense, leading to a near endless stream of related multimedia and products since. Ever since the series ended, fans have been patiently waiting for the promised toys to come of it.
DX Full Power Gridman is the first major attempt to recreate the 5 components of Gridman’s true form. Gridman, Gridman Calibur, Battle Tracto Max, Buster Borr, & Sky Vitter. Each component on it’s own may not do much, but combining Gridman with 1 of each, or assembling them all together can create Full Power Gridman! Or if you so choose to leave Gridman out of the equation entirely, then you can create God Zenon! While there’s a wealth of options with this set in hand, does it actually live up to the hype? We have a very very lengthy written review and photo gallery breaking down how expectations, have met reality.
See the full 130 image gallery and 5300+ word review of the Max Combine DX Full Power Gridman by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Share with us what your thoughts are on this set by joining the discussion thread.
The highly anticipated DX SSSS Full Power Gridman set has finally been making it’s way into the hands of collectors in the last week. Months after the SSSS.Gridman series finale, can this massive collector’s set live up to the hype? We’re working on a full gallery of these big bots ourselves. But for the time being, the first video review of these figure’s has been posted by the one and only Wotakufighter!
This is a pretty hefty breakdown and video review so it’s actually split into two parts, and clocks in at a combined hour of video. Check em out below!
We’ll have our own gallery of DX Full Power Gridman set in about a week!
Over the weekend, Evolution Toy held a product exhibition showcasing many upcoming previously announced figure’s as well as new figure’s debuted at the event. Thankfully for us, AmiAmi’s Hobby New attended the event and has provided images and some information about several upcoming releases. Notably, several new HAF (Hero Action Figure) prototypes were on display.
First up is the titular hero of 1973’2 Inazuman series. Inazuman is one of the classic Ishinomori heroes who’ve yet to have a modern figure produced by Bandai. In their stead, it seems that Evolution has obtained a license to add him to the their HAF line. Inazuman is scheduled for release this year for 8800 yen. Also, the heroic duo from Space Ironmen Kyodyne, the brothers Grounzel & Skyzel, were announced for release this year in August and September respectively. Each retails for 8800 yen. The previously announced HAF Gridman was also on display, but surprisingly Evolution also announced an HAF Gridman Sigma! This will mark the first time that a modern poseable figure of Sigma (outside of the Super Minipla release) will be released. Specific release info was not announced for Sigma.
Rounding things out, the combined hero Triple Fighter was also seen on display again. Set for July release, Triple Fighter retails for, you guessed it, 8800 yen. Given their license to produce Redman figure’s as well, Evolution revealed a Kanegon in colors exclusive to the Redman comic from Matt Frank. No price or specific release month have been announced as of now. This figure will be the inaugural release in a new linen from Evolution, KAF (Kaiju Action Figure.) A reissue of HAF Redman was also confirmed for 2019.
So that’s quite a lot on the way from Evolution. Given their past though, we should expect some degree of delay for those figures without specific release info at this point. As more information becomes available for any of these figure’s we’ll be sure to update you.
ACCESS FLASH!
It’s hard to believe that Max Factory is now coming out with five Figmas from Studio Trigger’s SSSS.Gridman anime. The latest one is to join the list is the Initial Fighter recolor of the upcoming Figma SSSS.Gridman.
A Twitter post from the official SSSS.Gridman Twitter account reveals that this figure will come exclusively bundled with the DVD/Blu-Ray release of the anime so while a price point and release date have yet to be announced, we’re not expecting this to be cheap.