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Wonderfest 2014 has begun! This annual unveiling of upcoming Japanese merchandise always has a few surprises for tokusatsu fans, and this year things start off on a Dangerous note:

We now have our first look at SH Figuarts Armored Rider Bravo, complete with one of the best displays Bandai has ever put up! In addition, three Armored Rider Kurokage Figuarts are on display. These 3 appear to be of the MP Kurokage Trooper variety lacking faceplate details and having silver belts. We’re waiting for confirmation of how these figure will be released and how a standard Hasse Kurokage will be released relating to them.

Stay tuned to TokuNation this weekend as we keep you up to date on all the Wonfest reveals!

EDIT: More pictures added from Wonderfest courtesy of AmiAmi Blog

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After seeing a brief glimpse of this set in magazine scans earlier today, we have official images of the Arms Change AC09 Kamen/Armored Rider Kurokage & Tulip Hopper set!

This set includes Kamen Rider Kurokage Matsubokkuri (pine cone) arms and his transforming Lock Vehicle the Tulip Hopper. This set looks like it could be used to represent either Kurokage or the mass production Kurokage Troopers employed by Yggdrasil. The figure seems to strike a balance between the details of both types. Such as the more distinctly brown armor of Kurokage but the richer silver detailing of the Troopers.

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This weeks epiosde of Kamen Rider Gaim will see the reveal of his latest and greatest form, Jinba Lemon Arms. But we’ve been teased about a figure of it for quite a while. Seen  only in early solicits along side Shin Zangetsu as a blacked out image, finally the Arms Change figure Kamen Rider Gaim Jinba Lemon Arms has been revealed!

An additional image also reveals the first actual shots of Arms Change Kurokage & Tulip Hopper. Previous images were renders only, this is the first physical image of the set.

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How can a television show get any better than this? In one of the most revealing, shocking, and tear-jerking episodes in recent memory, Kamen Rider Gaim has once again out-done itself with an episode that, as even the writer Gen Urobuchi has stated, “changes everything”. Check your favorite subtitle groups as the episode is out in full force!

We can’t really talk about the episode on the front page without spoiling the entire thing. Just know that the image attached – Micchy hugging/clinging the wall, falling down in pure shock and disbelief – is the same reaction that just about everyone watching the show had in that very moment. Come and join the episode discussion and give your vote to it by clicking here.

We’ll see you next week with another episode poll and discussion. Though how an episode can top this one is beyond belief, but we have faith that sure enough, it will happen. To the stage!

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After what seemed like the longest hiatus in the history of television (it was a week, but a REALLY long week!), the next subtitled episode of Kamen Rider Gaim is available courtesy the folks of Aesir Subs. When we last left our heroes, they had discovered some horrible truths about themselves, their Sengoku Drivers, and about Yggdrasill.

In this episode, “The New Generation Riders Appear!”, we rejoin Kouta and Micchy after the events from the previous episode. We also get a look in to the past of Kaito and Mai – and learn an interesting connection that they share which you just know will become a focal point of the series later on! We also catch up with Hase, who continues to deal with the events that transpired to him from the previous episode. Jonouchi and Oren Pierre Alfonzo have some screen time, and of course, the debut of the first Energy Rider! And some previews for Episode 13 that will BLOW YOU AWAY!

What are you waiting for? Come join the discussion and VOTE on the episode! And if you haven’t seen every episode up until now, you can still catch up using our Ultimate Kamen Rider Gaim Resource Thread – it has episode summaries up till the latest episode! We’ll see you in discussion! HENSHIN!

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If you haven’t quite figured out by now that the staff here at TokuNation.com is absolutely in love with the current Kamen Rider Gaim series, this news will probably convince you as such. Being touted by Bandai of Japan as being on pace to be the most successful Kamen Rider series of all time in merchandise sales, and being touted by fans as possibly becoming one of the best Kamen Rider shows in the history of the franchise, we here at TokuNation.com decided to take it up on ourselves to create an ultimate resource thread for the television show!

Click here to check it out and to see episode summaries, character biographies, pictures, images, and more! Because the show is so deep and hidden with little nods and clues for future stories, we’ve done our best to bring up rumors and speculations, and even as we type this, we’re able to think of a couple more we haven’t discussed yet.

It’s a work in progress and will continue to be updated, modified, etc., based on what happens on the show. If you haven’t had a chance to catch up on the show, or you’re waiting for the right time to start it, now is the time! Check out the Ultimate Resource Thread and join the rest of us in the obsession that is Kamen Rider Gaim! Beware – the thread does contain spoilers as it recaps the first 11 episodes to date. Add some of your own information and speculation and we’ll include it in the thread!

Kamen Rider Gaim returns THIS WEEKEND with the first episode in the new story line. We’ll be watching and updating with information from Episode 12, “New Generation of Rider Appears!”. See you then!

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The final episode of Kamen Rider Gaim for the year 2013 has aired and the subtitles are now available (click here to check out Aesir’s subtitles). The episode “The Truth Behind the Christmas Game” is now available to watch subtitled. With that, it’s time to invite you to our episode poll and discussion thread!

Click here to vote on the episode and to discuss it!

 

All the Armored Riders have gathered in Helheim Forest for the Christmas Battle – whomever leaves the forest with the most Lock Seeds wins the game! But when you’re an Armored Rider your priority isn’t to collect Lock Seeds – it’s to fight! And in this episode, we get plenty of fighting!

Kamen Rider Gridon vs. Kamen Rider Zangetsu! Kamen Rider Baron vs. Kamen Rider Kurokage! Kamen Rider Baron vs. Kamen Rider Bravo complete with the rematch everyone has been waiting for – Mango Arms against Kamen Rider Bravo! And that’s all in the first 10 minutes of this episode! All that, more fights between other characters, and Kamen Rider Gaim finally gets some answers on where the Sengoku Drivers came from and an idea of what their purpose serves.

This episode stands as a turning point for the series – Kamen Rider Gaim narrates the end of the episode giving you the feeling that nothing will ever be the same going forward. If you could break a series in to seasons, this would be considered a season finale. What are you waiting for? Click here and join what is sure to be a highly discussed episode! Don’t forget to vote!

Kamen Rider Gaim returns January 5th, 2014 with what already feels like a “season premiere”. What did you think of the episode? Give it a rating. Join the discussion.

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This one may throw some people for a loop. Speculation has run rampant about which Armored Riders in Kamen Rider Gaim will survive the longest.But it would appear that Armored/Kamen Rider Kurokage has just tripled his chances of survival.

This image has begun circulating on 2chan and shows what appears to be 3 identical Armored Rider Kurokage’s! Only time will tell what this image means. If there can be an army of Watermelon Arms users in the glimpse of the future from episode 1, why not a batalion of Kurokage’s as well?

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Merry Christmas!

 

Our heroes Kamen Rider Gaim and Kamen Rider Ryugen need to find out just what exactly is happening at the Yggdrasill tower and what part exactly they play in the Inves monsters and the mysterious Hellheim Forest. The only way to do so is to draw the attention of Kamen Rider Zangetsu away so that our heroes can investigate. That can only mean one thing – a new game to gain points for all the other Beat Riders!

The first episode to feature every single Armored Rider in the series thus far – Kamen Rider Gaim, Kamen Rider Baron, Kamen Rider Ryugen, Kamen Rider Zangetsu, Kamen Rider Kurokage, Kamen Rider Gridon, and Kamen Rider Bravo – sets up the stage for an epic battle where (hopefully) many answers will finally be revealed!

But can they pull it off? Click the ”Discuss on the Tokunation forums” link at the bottom right of this news post to vote in our episode poll and join the discussion! If you haven’t had a chance to watch the episode yet – good news! Aesir has the subtitles out! You can find all that information by clicking here.

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The boys of Talkin Toku at the Nation are at it again in episode 002.  Join site administrators Kickback, Den-O, and Sentai Tamashii as they talk about the Godzilla 2014 trailer, Tokkyuger pre-orders, Kyoryuger, Power Rangers Megaforce and Super Megaforce, and continue to fangasm about Kamen Rider Gaim.  Listen as Sentai Tamashii has his mind blown after realizing what exactly happened in episode 09 of Kamen Rider Gaim, Kickback continues to struggle to pronounce Japanese words, and Den-O‘s “oh God stop, I can’t do this!” moment.

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If you have a question that you’d like to ask the crew on their next podcast, please send an email to podcast(@)tokunation(dot)com.  The question we have for our listeners is this – Does the “Arms Change” line for Kamen Rider Gaim, with their incredible posability and “arms change” features, cause you any hesitation on purchasing the upcoming S.H. Figuarts Gaim & Baron figures scheduled for May 2014?  Send us an E-mail or post in our discussion thread and we’ll use the best comments in our next show!

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you one more time before Christmas!