Members of the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club will be eating good later this year as fan-favorite Kamen Rider Shinobi (from Kamen Rider Zi-O) returns to team up with Kamen Rider Tycoon (from Kamen Rider Geats). At the time of this posting there is no official announcement (aside from a brief commercial) from Toei. As soon as we get updates (when it comes out, etc.) we’ll update the story.
SHINOBI, KENZAN!
Earlier at the beginning of the year, we reported that Toei will be releasing a series of Kamen Rider Zi-O spinoffs, and one of them would feature the Ninja-themed Rider of 2022: Kamen RIder Shinobi. Since the initial announcement, a slew of new photographs along with a trailer for the special were both released .
The images reveal a secondary Kamen Rider from the timeline addition to some supporting characters and villains. Although not much has been translated as of this writing, we do know that the orange fellow is called Kamen Rider Hattari and he’ll serve as a rival for Shinobi.
The YouTube trailer for this is, unfortunately, region locked but you can bypass this by viewing it on the official Zi-O Twitter account, make the jump here.
KAMEN RIDE…DECADE!
As you might recall, Bandai teased us with the prospects of a SO-DO Kamen Rider Shinobi in the last Zi-O Watcher update. Since that last update some weeks ago, a fresh batch for the latest wave of SO-DO: SO-DO Ride Plus is here.
SO-DO Ride Plus does indeed come with the aforementioned Kamen Rider Shinobi, along with the two other Future Riders: Kamen Rider Kikai and Kamen Rider Quiz. To fill out this box, we have the Destroyer of worlds himself: Kamen Rider Decade!
A separate accessory box will include some new goodies: like the Neo DecaDriver for starters in addition to the older belt, the Violent Emotion head, a hand holding a Kamen Rider Build form change card, along with two weapons: The Ride Booker in both sword and gun mode, and G4’s Gigan Missle Launcher.
SO-DO Ride-Plus will be released in June 2019 at 5,400 yen for a complete box.
After tonight’s episode of Kamen Rider Zi-O a new Premium Bandai release was just announced. The DX Mirai Driver set comes with one DX Mirai Driver (a remold of the DX Ziku Driver) and each of the future Kamen Rider’s necessary transformation trinkets:
Shinobi’s Shuriken Starter
Quiz’s Quiz Topper in both Question Mode & Symbolic Mode
Kikai’s Spannerder & Screwder
The DX Mirari Driver Set retails for 9720 yen, pre-orders begin today and run through April 8th , and the set releases in July 2019. Be sure to get in touch with your proffered middleman service or site to secure a pre-order for the set during the order window.
SO-DO is bringing the Climax with the next set of SO-DO Chronicle: following the recent Kamen Rider W set, the next Rider series to join the list will, of course, be SO-DO Chronicle Kamen Rider Den-O
In addition to that, the trio of future Riders from Kamen Rider Zi-O will be joining the line as well. Kamen Rider Shinobi, Kikai, and Quiz will all be released together in their own set in June with a sample of Shinobi himself having been shown.
We don’t know when SO-DO Chronicle Den-O will be released but be sure to check back with us and we’ll be sure to let you know the next time Bandai’s candy toy blog gets updated with this info.
Toei has announced a special spinoff film for Kamen Rider Zi-O!
The special- titled Rider Time Shinobi features the unique Future Rider Kamen Rider Shinobi recently introduced and explore his origins. Actor Hideya Tawada will again play the titular role.
Rider Time Shinobi will be released via the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club service in March 2019!
In addition, a SECOND Rider Time spinoff is teased- with more information promised for the Kamen Rider X Super Sentai Live Event- currently scheduled for January 23 2019. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on these exciting new projects!
A few days ago, a slew of scans dropped giving us a glimpse at what Kamen Rider Zi-O had in store for us in the new year. The centerpiece of the scans were the three Kamen Riders of the future: Kamen Rider Woz, Kamen Rider Quiz, and Kamen Rider Shinobi. It came as a bit of surprise to learn that Quiz and Shinobi will not only be getting full-on stunt suits but story arcs of their own including their own Another Rider versions!
In another update, we now know that Kamen Rider Shinobi will be portrayed by Super Sentai alumni Hideya Takada better known in our little circle for having portrayed Kinji Takigawa/StarNinjger from Shuriken Sentai Nininger.
Kamen Rider Shinobi’s human identity will be known as Rentaro Kamikura, though much of his character and backstory remain a mystery. With this recent announcement, it stands to reason that Kamen Rider Quiz will most likely be getting his own civilian form as well though nothing has been announced at the time of this writing. Stay tuned though, and we’ll be sure to keep you updated as more info becomes available.
The latest round of magazine scans has been posted online, giving fans some much-needed new details on the further adventures of Kamen Rider Zi-O!
*Centerpiece of this month’s spread is Kamen Rider Woz! Using a new model Driver known as the BeyonDriver, Woz has his own unique brand of RideWatches called MiraiWatches that power his distinctive abilities. Kamen Rider Woz’s signature weapon- the Zikan DeSpear is also displayed in full.
To assist in his quest, Kamen Rider Woz summons two BRAND-NEW Kamen Riders!
*Kamen Rider Quiz is a blue & red Rider from the year 2040 with skills linked to intelligence.
*Kamen Rider Shinobi is a purple Rider from the year 2022 with the power to control elements and perplex enemies with swift movements.
Both Riders appear to fight alongside Kamen Rider Zi-O & Kamen Rider Gates against their respective AnotherRider counterparts.
*Finally, Zi-O gains another upgrade to his powers- combining the Kamen Rider OOO RideWatch with the Kamen Rider Decade RideArmor to unlock Kamen Rider Zi-O Decade OOO Form– based on Kamen Rider OOO’s signature TaJaDoru Combo.
Definitely some exciting times ahead for this adventurous Rider series! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Kamen Rider reveals.
As seen over on Hero Shock, we have our first full length look at Kamen Rider Woz! While we’ve known for a couple of months that Woz would be getting his own set of Rider powers, we still don’t know what episode of Kamen Rider Zi-O that Woz will display his abilities in for the first time.
Using the Beyondriver, Kamen Rider Woz will use a special type of Ride Watch called MiRide Watches to access the powers of riders from the future. The future Kamen Riders, Shinobi, Quiz & Kikai that Woz draws his powers from have also yet to appear in the show, if they will at all. We should have our next batch of episode summaries coming up in the near future, so confirmation on Woz’s first transformation should come in the near future.
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