Earlier this year we learned that Mill Creek would be distributing the Americanized tokusatsu “Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad” on DVD.
Thanks to TV Shows On DVD we now have some official details for this release!
Syber-Squad will be available in 3 Volumes, with the first release containing 28 episodes.
Volume One will be released on February 19, 2013 for the very reasonable price tag of 12.98 USD
One last series of reveals from Bandai!
Among the various Ultra-ACT Ultraman figures on display was the much-rumored “Xenon” robot from Gridman! Yet another reason to kick some giga-butt!
Tamashii Nation event remains ongoing so stay tuned to TokuNation for further updates!
EDIT: Updated with new images courtesy of AmiAmi!
Tamashii’s main page has put up a brief preview gallery of recently-announced Ultra-Act figure “Thunder Gridman,” recognizable to American audiences as “Samurai Synchro” form.
This photo gallery appears to confirm that Thunder will function as armor add-on parts for the recently released Gridman figure instead of as a stand-alone Ultra-Act.
Stay tuned to this page for further details!
Beware, digital evildoers! The Syber Superhero has been released and will protect your shelves from evil with his arsenal of Plasma Blade and Barrier Shield and mighty Spark Beam effect!
Full selection of photos located HERE
The Cybergundam Blog has posted a new scan from Figure Oh revealing Ultra ACT Thunder Gridman from Gridman! Scheduled for a January 2013 release for 5,500 yen. Click on the thumbnail for a closer look!
Probably the most memorable Power Ranger-wannabe series from the early 90’s will be yours to own next year!
Mill Creek Entertainment the distributor for Cookie Jar properties has confirmed that Syber Squad will be released on DVD in 2013.
Time to kick some giga-butt! :D
Last but by no means least, there were a number of Godzilla and Ultra Man figures, from the SH Monsterarts and Ultra Act lines respectively, on display at Bandai’s Tamashii Nations Vol 4 event.
Included in Amiami’s image gallery of the event are SH Monster Arts Burning Godzilla, Godzilla Junior and King Ghidorah. Meanwhile from Ultra Act we saw Ultraman, Zoffy, Ultraman Ace and Gridman, perhaps better known in the US as Servo from Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad!
Check out the images after the jump!
Williamhychan of Toysdaily has posted several new images from Tamashii Features Volume 4, going on now in Hong Kong. We’ve mirrored some of the tokusatsu related images. A good number of upcoming items from various Tamashii Nations lines were shown including the previously revealed Tamashii Perfect Model Series and:
Check out all of the images after the jump!
Fresh from the Tamashii Nations booth at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con are images of the Gridman installment to the Ultra-Act line.
“Gridman” also known as “Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad” amongst fans who watched the US broadcast series in 1994-95 joins the Ultra-Act lineup! The main character, known in the U.S. as Servo was one of the most requested characters at a recent Tamashii Nations Event fan survey.
Tamashii has put up a preview gallery for Ultra Act GRIDMAN, Tsubuyara’s digital hero better known to Western audiences as “Servo” from the underrated Superhuman Samurai Syber-Squad
Gridman will be available in September for 3360 Yen
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