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While Kamen Rider Gaim does not air this week (the programming block is on hiatus for the New Year holiday) TOEI has released an early preview of the new Energy Rider characters joining the show in 2014!

This is our first official look at the Energy Riders- before today we have only seen brief behind-the-scenes snapshots & magazine preview images. But now we can really see what kind of power the Genesis Driver can bring out!

Stay tuned next year for the introduction of Energy Riders Marika, Shin Zangetsu, Duke and Sigurd!

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We’re just about to finish the holiday season for the year 2013 and your friends at Talkin Toku at the Nation are bringing you some end-of-the-year Holiday cheer! Please join Kickback, Den-O, and Sentai Tamashii in the last episode of 2013! Taking the show away from where we’ve been, this show primarily focuses on TOYS. Find out what the guys think the Best Toy of 2013 is, what the Worst Toy of 2013 is, the most anticipated toys of 2014, and what our, as well as your favorite toku companies, New Year’s Resolutions are and should be.

And of course, the mystery of why this episode is featuring an image of White Castle. Please take a listen and participate – post in the discussion thread, or send us an email at podcast@tokunation.com to ask us questions and we’ll read them live on the air!

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Please take part in the discussion thread. Look for Episode 004 to release in January, 2014! Thank you for your support and we’ll see you soon!

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Some new flavors are on the way for Kamen Rider Gaim!

This is our first official preview image of Shin Zangetsu, the upgraded white Armored Rider and the (apparent) first Energy Rider in the series.

Even though the Energy Rider transformation process seems different from the normal Armored suit, the Arms Change figures will apparently maintain its current basic armor design- meaning the Shin armor should be cross-compatible with regular Zangetsu release and other Energy Rider armors should work with previous releases.  This is, of course, to be confirmed.

Arms Change Shin Zangetsu will be released in late January 2014!

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The ever helpful greever4889 has informed us that youtube reviewer wotakufighter has just gotten his hand on the Kamen Rider Gaim DX Genesis Driver and Melon Energy Lock Seed! The driver has just started shipping this week and should be hitting general retail anytime. For now check out this 3-part video review to see how the Genesis Driver functions and to see how it can interact with the Sengoku Driver!

DX Genesis Driver Review Part 1

DX Genesis Driver Review Part 2

DX Genesis Driver Review Part 3

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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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The Armored Riders are about to face all-new challenges!

Recently-released magazine scans give us our first real look at the new breed of “Energy Riders” that will be appearing in Kamen Rider Gaim relatively soon. These new Riders use the Genesis Driver to transform and extract more power from the LockSeeds. Each Energy Rider also uses a weapon known as the Sonic Arrow.

The Energy Riders’ apparent leader is Shin Zangetsu after trading his Sengoku Driver for a Genesis model.

Kamen Rider Duke is actually

Spoiler:
Ryoma Sengoku, inventor of the Drivers
who uses the Lemon LockSeed to transform

Kamen Rider Marika is the first FEMALE RIDER in this Rider War, using the Peach LockSeed to fight! Her real name is

Spoiler:
Youko Minato

Kamen Rider Sigurd is the only Energy Rider whose face is unknown. But he will use the Cherry LockSeed in combat!

Lastly, the scans also reveal a very interesting team-up between Gaim & Baron that fans are guaranteed to enjoy! Definitely a fresh spin on things coming down the road!

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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!

 

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Breifly alluded to in episode 9 of Kamen Rider Gaim, it looks like the energy riders will be appearing sooner than we’d thought. And, it appears we already know at least one  of them.

Of course we already knew that Shin Zangetsu would be Zangetsu’s upgraded form so no secret identity there.  However, Kamen Rider Duke is in fact

Spoiler:
Ryoma Sengoku, the creator of the Sengoku drivers!

And Kamen Rider Marika will be a young woman named

Spoiler:
Yoko Minato.

The identity of the Cherry Energy Rider, Kamen Rider Sigurd, is still a mystery. But if you’d like to see the image confirming the identities of Marika & Duke then click this story for the spoilery goodness.

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Earlier this week, we brought you the first in-hand images of the Rider Arms Change figures recently released in Japan.

Now, Youtube user k2eizo has given us an excellent in-hand demonstration of these innovative new Movie forms! The Rider Arms seem like yet another excellent entry in the fan-favorite Arms Change series!

The set of four Rider Arms Change figures will cost you a mere 3780 Yen so be sure to visit your preferred online retailer & pick up a set soon!