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Some new information has surfaced online & given us more insight about the enemies of Kamen Rider Drive X Kamen Rider Gaim Movie War FULL THROTTLE!

The first villain was seen earlier this week- Kamen Rider Lupin! He is described as a world-class thief out to steal the name Kamen Rider.

A second enemy creature was revealed through recent scans- an artificial lifeform known as Megahex. This monster is seen fighting off Gaim in Kiwami Arms. The accompanying text confirms this monster will attack the alien planet last seen in Kamen Rider Gaim & force Kouta to return to Earth. Megahex is also the source of our third and final “new” villain. Most surprising (and the largest spoiler to date; which we will keep hidden out of respect for other fans who wish to go in cold)

Spoiler:

Professor Ryoma Sengoku has returned! Armed with a repaired Driver and the new E.L.S. HEX Energy LockSeed, he transforms into Kamen Rider Duke- DragonFruit Arms!

Movie War FULL THROTTLE premieres in theaters December 13 2014! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Movie news!

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The end of Kamen Rider Gaim has come – and at TokuNation.com we’ve chosen to celebrate this very popular series with a send off spanning nine total days looking at every single Rider from the show and movie! Stay tuned because at any time we can announce a contest on our twitter account (@TokuNation)!

He goes by many names. Kureshima. Takatora. White Armored Rider. Magnificent Melon. Nissan. TakaTrolla. But he will always be known as Kamen Rider Zangetsu and later as Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin. And today, with our sixth day of celebrating our favorite Kamen Rider Gaim characters, we now dive deep in to the final group who many often referred to as the main cast of the show. So won’t you sit with us a spell as we discuss the Mighty Melon warrior?

Click “Read More” and take a moment to remember Kamen Rider Zangetsu and Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin. But as always be warned that this article contains MAJOR SPOILERS. If you haven’t watched Kamen Rider Gaim but you plan to then we advise you to NOT read further. We hope you enjoy!

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Our 9 day celebration of Kamen Rider Gaim continues with the release of Talkin Toku Podcast Episode 017 – Gaim Finale Part 1!

Kamen Rider Gaim has come to an end but there’s still plenty to talk about! Join your hosts Kickback/Chris, Den-O/Jordan, Sentai Tamashii/Tom and our special guest host for this episode, Shukuen Shinobi/Brian from ShukuenShinobi.com as they dive in to the world of Kamen Rider Gaim for an epic discussion of the finale and everything about the series!

How did your hosts react to the finale of the series? Do they think the series should have ended an episode prior? Is there any possible way for Kamen Rider Drive to succeed with the enormous success that was Kamen Rider Gaim? Who was everyone’s favorite Rider? Villain? Moment from the series? And the most important question – how does Kamen Rider Gaim rank in terms of best Kamen Rider series of all time?

All this and more will be answered! Check out this part 1 send off to one of our favorite Kamen Rider series!

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LOCK.ON!

Even after the end of Kamen Rider Gaim, Premium Bandai continues to pump out a fresh batch of everyone’s favrioute fruity Lock Seeds!

Just announced is the  SG Armored Rider Lock Seed set exclusive to Premium Bandai. The set contains four Rider Lock Seeds representing the main characters from the show: Gaim, Ryugen, Baron, and last but not least: Zangetsu.

Each Lock Seed features a unique design both inside and out. Pre orders beginning October 2nd 2014 and shipping out in March 2015. The Armored Rider Lock Seed set retails for 3,240 yen before middleman fees and shipping.

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This weekend one of the most popular toku series of all time will come to an end – Kamen Rider Gaim is coming to an end with the airing of its final episode, “Transform! And to the Future!”, the 47th and final installment of this beloved series. It’s popularity has spawned one of the most successful merchandise toy lines (in both the Arms Change figures as well as the DX Lock Seeds and Sengoku & Genesis Drivers) in Kamen Rider history, and helped gain a slew of fans to the franchise that are either new or had stopped watching Kamen Rider thanks to the love it/hate it series of Kamen Rider W and Kamen Rider Fourze.

Kamen Rider Gaim has been an incredibly popular series here at TokuNation.com, as our discussion threads of each episode have grown larger and larger each week as fans have registered to share their thoughts on each episode. And this weekend they will do it one last time (until the summer movie is released!). While our wallets cry as we continue to buy up all the Kamen Rider Gaim merchandise (who has got their S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Kachidoki Arms yet?!?) we figured it was only fitting to give this series a proper send off here with Nine Days of Juicy, the Kamen Rider Gaim Celebration!

Over the course of the next nine days, starting on Thursday, September 25th, we will be posting an in-depth retrospective of all the Beat Riders, Armored Riders, and Energy Riders. Our celebration will end on Friday, October 3rd, right before the premiere of Kamen Rider Drive, the next installment of the Kamen Rider franchise. But what good is a celebration if the party has no party favors?

As we get close to the end of the celebration, followers of the TokuNation twitter account (@TokuNation on Twitter) will have a chance to win two S.H. Figuarts of characters from Kamen Rider Gaim! If you haven’t followed us on Twitter then you’d better hurry – our give away requires you to be a follower of our twitter account and to also re-tweet the give away tweet! Watch for it!

We hope you’ve enjoyed Kamen Rider Gaim as much as we have. So let’s give it one heck of a send-off by celebrating everything about the show – the good, the bad, and the simply confusing stuff! HENSHIN!!!!!

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Melon!

The third release of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Gaim line from Tamashii Nations is none other than the original melon warrior – Kamen Rider Zangetsu! A general release item, this figure retailed between 4,000 and 5,000 yen depending on where you ordered it from and at the time of this gallery and review is still readily available online as well as your favorite import shops (though prices will vary).

Kamen Rider Zangetsu, for those who do not follow the show Kamen Rider Gaim (you NEED to go watch it RIGHT NOW), is the prototype suit for Takatora, one of the heads of the Yggdrasill corporation. It is the first Armored Right suit to be made and was the test suit for all the others. The suit was only used in the show for the first 12 episodes or so of Kamen Rider Gaim before Takatora took up the Energy Rider suit known as Kamen Rider Zangetsu Shin (which has it’s S.H. Figuart release later this month!). The suit does appear again in the latter part of the 30’s in the show, but you’ll have to watch it for yourself as we do not believe in spoiling major story elements in our reviews!

Check out 55 images by clicking ”Discuss on TokuNation forums!” as well as to read the full review! You can also click “Read More” to simply read the rest of the review and check out the highlight images of the gallery.

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Toei’s YouTube Channel has released a trailer for a Special Talk Party segment featuring nine cast members from Kamen Rider Gaim and Ressha Sentai ToQger.

This one hour special will be included on the upcoming Ressha Sentai ToQger Vs. Kamen Rider Gaim Vacation Combination Special DVD and Blu-ray releases.

The DVD and Blu-ray will go on sale August 8th.

Thanks to The Tokusatsu Network for reporting this news! Read the original story here.

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It’s time to talk some toku with the latest release from the Talkin Toku Podcast – Episode 013 “Why Not Zoidberg?”. Join Kickback, Den-O, special guest hosts baltmatrix and MonkieRanger, as well as two more “surprise” guests as they attempt to talk Kamen Rider Gaim, Power Rangers Dino Charge, and San Diego Comic Con 2014 news and rumors (which have all been debunked as of this morning, hooray!).

Find out what’s going on with all the Zoidberg talk as the gang discusses how to make Power Rangers Dino Charge the best series of all time. There’s an Arms Change missing from Kamen Rider Gaim – and the crew thinks Bill Cosby can fill that void. The gang spends a lot of time discussing the details of the plot of Kamen Rider Gaim leading up to and including Episode 35.

But with a grand total of six hosts on the show at once? You know it’s just going to fall apart. And fall apart it does – but in a way that guarantees you’ll be laughing. Be on the look out for a special video commemorating this episode to be released VERY soon! Take a listen! Stick around till the end for bloopers and things that we cut from the show but decided to include at the end.

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Comments? Questions? Criticisms? You can contact us directly at podcast@tokunation.com, discuss your thoughts in the discussion forum, or hit us up on social media! Thanks for listening! We will have one last episode before SDCC 2014!

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Magazine scan time has come around once again for Kamen Riders this month! And it looks like this months’ main focus is the Kamen Rider Gaim movie, The Great Soccer Match! The Golden Fruit Cup! 

This newest set of scans from the film reveals some in action shots of new comer fighters Kamen Rider’s Mars & Kamuro. Also shown is Gaim’s Dark Jinba Arms in action, a selection of some of the new Arms Changes Gaim will be trying out in the film, and a team-up or two you may not ever have expected to see.

Overshadowing this though is one bombshell scan from from an upcoming episode of  Kamen Rider Gaim. MAJOR SPOILERS below so read on at your own risk:

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These scans show us the return of Takatora with his original Sengoku Driver, utilizing the Original Kamen Rider Zangetsu suit! He goes toe to toe in these scans with his brother Micchy still posing as Shin Zangetsu. Upcoming episode rumors say the outcome of this battle will see the elder Kureshima brother on top.

We’ll see how the battle plays out in a few short weeks! Until then click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” to head to our Gaim Rumors/Speculations thread to discuss these spoiler heavy implications!

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And you thought Bandai had spoiled all the good surprises with the DX/Chogokin ToQoh reveal. Fear not because the imaginary trains of justice, fruit warriors of Helheim, and new Ultras are on full display this weekend. Right now some great first had looks can be had of:

  • DX Build Resshas/Build Dai Oh, as well the combined formed of Build, ToQ, & Diesel Oh; Cho Cho ToQ Dai Oh
  • DX Safari Ga Oh/Galaxy Line Resshas
  • DX/Chogokin ToQ Oh (with new elbow joint adapters as well). Also seen are a couple of amazing scaled display environments including a rail way station with the DX Resshas interacting.
  • S.H. Figuarts Gaim, Baron, Zangetsu, Jinba Gaim, & Kachidoki Gaim
  • Gaim Arms Change Kiwami Arms, Knuckle, Sigurd & marika, Kamuro & Mar. As well as a GORGEOUS custom made for the show environment featuring various AC riders fighting in a Yggdrasil facility as well as in the forest of Helheim.
  • Also an entire line up of the already released toylines for both Gaim & ToQger are on display. Including all the various DX Resshas and DX Lock Seeds ever released!
  • And last but not least is the reveal of the ENTIRE Ultraman Ginga S toyline! Famously this line will feature a new gimmick very similar to Arms Change, only in a very literal sense. The new character Ultraman Victory will be able to scan Kaiju Spark Dolls to use their arms in battle!

Be sure to check out over 50 images of the various displays Bandai has at the show, and stay tuned to TokuNation for further updates!