Are you excited from yesterday’s news of the anime sequel to the popular Kamen Rider W show? What better way to begin counting up your sins than to catch the first episode of the series – for free legally – on the Toei Tokusatsu World Official YouTube Channel!
Check out the first episode of the series below!
Rider Week kicks off with a very big announcement for Kamen Rider W fans!
The manga series Futo Detectives will be receiving an anime adaptation, with series producer Hideaki Tsukada returning to helm the project.
Kamen Rider W: Futo Detectives will be released in 2022. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this exciting new chapter in Kamen Rider history!
Bandai Namco has released a trailer for a new Kamen Rider video game!
Titled Kamen Rider: Memory of Heroez this new game is a third-person action-adventure featuring Kamen Rider W, Kamen Rider OOO and Kamen Rider Zero-One. Gameplay is described as Hero Chain Action and will involve form changes for each Rider depending on combat necessities.
Kamen Rider: Memory Of Heroez will be released on October 29 2020 for the PlayStation 4 and Nintendo Switch consoles. The game is priced at 7600 Yen for the standard edition or 11800 for the premium sound version.
With the upcoming United States and Canada premiere of the Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER movie there is a slew of official Kamen Rider merchandise being made available for fans in the United States! First announced via our friend Ranger Liz and her YouTube Channel, the Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER movie shirts – only available via Premium Bandai in Japan – are available RIGHT NOW on Amazon.com for fans in the United States.
These shirts are shipping from the United States and manufactured in United States sizing. That’s right – if you wear an XL shirt in the United States – buy an XL shirt. Unlike their Premium Bandai Japan release you can order them in a variety of colors. We’ve listed out the main page for each one.
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Kamen Rider 20th Series Names & Logos Shirt
Kamen Rider 20th Catchphrase Shirt
Kamen Rider Kicks Shirt
Kamen Rider Logo Shirt
Kamen Rider Kuuga
Kamen Rider Agito
Kamen Rider Ryuki
Kamen Rider Faiz
Kamen Rider Blade
Kamen Rider Hibiki
Kamen Rider Kabuto
Kamen Rider Den-O
Kamen Rider Kiva
Kamen Rider Decade
Kamen Rider W
Kamen Rider OOO
Kamen Rider Fourze
Kamen Rider Wizard
Kamen Rider Gaim
Kamen Rider Drive
Kamen Rider Ghost
Kamen Rider Ex-Aid
Kamen Rider Build
Kamen Rider Zi-O
The Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER movie premieres on Saturday, July 11th on the Nerdist YouTube channel and the Geek & Sundry Twitch channel. Time TBD. Available in the United States and Canada. Be sure to catch Team Kamen Rider, Shout! Factory, TokuNation, and Tokusatsu Network on a panel hosted by Nerdist via Nerdist House 2020 immediately prior to the movie premiere.
Rejoice!
Familiar faces will be making an appearance in Kamen Rider Zero-One’s Progrise Key line with various Kamen Riders of the Heisei Era having just been revealed and are expecting to come out in early 2020:
The following Keys will be released as DXs:
Hey Kamen Rider fans! We had a chance to talk with David Clarke, the Brand Manager for Team Rider/Kamen Rider of Bluefin Brands at this year’s Anime NYC! We asked him some of the hot questions stemming from their recent Kamen Rider product release announcements – including pricing, what’s next, and the future of releases tied to Premium Bandai!
Check out the full interview below!
Special thanks to David Clarke of Bluefin Brands for taking the time to chat with us. Join in the discussion and ask your own questions – we might ask them in a future interview! Click the discussion link for more.
Premium Bandai has announced the next entry in the Complete Selection Modification line for Kamen Rider Fans!
The W Driver from Kamen Rider W is receiving a new release- officially labeled Version 1.5. This version of the W Driver can actually be REMOVED from the belt, fully copying the in-series design. All 6 of Kamen Rider W’s signature Gaia Memories are included with the release.
A special lottery event at THE HENSHIN promotional show in Japan will offer fans their first chance to own the CSM W Driver Version 1.5. Preorders will officially open at a later date- with an estimated release window of February 2020. The price is a modest 16500 Yen before shipping and handling.
“WAKE UP!”
Shy, anxious, fearful, Wataru Kurenai would rather craft violins like his father Otoya. But as the son of the Fangire Queen as well, he was destined to become Kamen Rider Kiva, the Fangire King! And like the King’s before him Wataru has one trusted partner, a member of the Kivat family, Kivat Bat III. With Kivat in tow, Wataru sets out to fight Fangires and protect humanity, just as his father did (occasionally) 20 years prior. Now it’s time to break the chains on a review we’ve waited years for with S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Kiva!
As the Heisei Era ends, Tamashii Nations has at long last delivered on the promise of completing the 20 Heisei Riders! With Kamen Rider Kiva, the entire lineup of main riders is complete, and let me say, it’s incredibly satisfying. Kiva brings to a close an era of incredible heroes and does so in gorgeous fashion. With the trademark accuracy and engineering of the Seihou line, Kiva looks as though he walked right off the set. Including his 6 Fuestles, the Hell’s Gate leg for his Rider Kick, a Ridewatch Tamashii Stage, and the ever present Kivat Bat III, Kiva is a tremendously welcome sight to any Kamen Rider collection.
You can check out our full 100 image gallery below by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums at the bottom of this post. It features not only the 20 Heisei Riders, but also as many Kiva cameos as I could make happen including TV riders Ixa, Rising Ixa, Emperor Kiva, & Dark Kiva, movie villains Kamen Riders Rey and Arc, & even Decade’s own Kiva-La! Please join in the discussion and let us know what you think of this release which finally closes out the Heisei Era. Next time, it’s Armor Time with a brand new gallery from Kamen Rider Zi-O!
Attention Kamen Rider fans! We have a couple of polls up on our forums that we need your assistance in getting some data on! We need to know two things:
– Your MOST Favorite Neo Heisei Era Kamen Rider Gimmick
– ALL your favorite Neo Heisei Era Kamen Rider Gimmicks
Why are we asking? Let’s just say we’re asking for a friend :) You do NOT need to be a member on the forum in order to vote, and we really appreciate if you would share these polls around.
– Your MOST Favorite Neo Heisei Era Kamen Rider Gimmick
– ALL your favorite Neo Heisei Era Kamen Rider Gimmicks
Thank you for voting and for sharing it with other Kamen Rider fans!
“Heat! Metal”!
The two-tone detectives of Fuuto, Shotaro & Phillip, are best known for their traditional Cyclone/Joker combo as Kamen Rider W! But when the situation changes, W adapt’s. A ferocious fight? Fang/Joker rampages! Need a special trick shot? Luna/Trigger has you in the cross-hairs! And on their very first case, against the T-Rex Dopant, another mix did the trick. Kamen Rider W Heat/Metal brings the heat and the force to wield it!
Shinkocchou Seihou Heat/Metal really does bring the heat. As the now 7th outing of the Seihou W mold, it’s still keeping things interesting. Exquisite paint apps and finely sculpted features can go a long way to keeping something from feeling stale. The inclusion of a wide variety of hands and a few versions of W’s Metal Shaft really go a long way to making this figure impressively expressive too. A few choice flame effect parts would have made this release perfect, thankfully I had quite a few spares to use for my review!
Check out our full 60 image gallery after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time, things heat up even more in our explosive gallery of Kamen Rider Cross-Z Magma!