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UPDATE 8:45 PM EST – Toys are not being reissued as a part of the show coming back to South Korea.

In a pretty odd turn of events, South Korea is set to see it’s third out with Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger in 2020! This news comes straight from Yong San Power Rangers event, which you can see a video of HERE from youtube channel [림호]Tokusatsu. Gaoranger, like many sentai, has a bit of an odd history in South Korea. Super Sentai had been imported to the country since 1989 with Flashman. However in 1994, the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was imported and dubbed in Korean as “Invincible Power Rangers”.

The trend of Power Rangers being imported and dubbed continued until 2003 when Power Rangers Wild Force was brought in as “Power Force Rangers”. After this point Super Sentai was directly imported and dubbed again. Jump to 2010 and Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger was at last imported in it’s original form and dubbed over as “Power Rangers Jungle Force”, in lieu of airing Shinkenger, which at the time was seen as too Japanese for the Korean market. Now, it looks as though South Korea will once again be seeing Gaoranger next year in it’s Jungle Force dub, set to stream on the Korean Power Rangers youtube channel!

 

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As we edge ever closer to the release of Power Rangers Dino Force Brave in South Korea the first Youtube review of its unique mecha has surfaced! 쿠라 KOORA brings us a look at the DX Brave Tyranno King toy (which will be renamed Kyoryuzin Brave in Japan). The mecha is a remould of the previously released DX Kyoryuzin, sporting a new colourscheme alongside new weapons for all three components. The video review also features a look at the toy’s electronics, which may be changed for the Japanese release.

Power Rangers Dino Force Brave will be released in South Korea on 1st April, with the Japanese equivalent Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave following on 14th April!

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If you’ve been keeping up with our Power Rangers Dino Force Brave coverage, and have been clamouring for some of the toys that have been announced then we got good news for you.

It looks like P-Bandai will be picking up a few of these toys for the Japanese market with a teaser picture of that new sweet  Kyoryujin whom we now know is called Kyoryujin Brave, and the DX toy of this mecha appears to be the first to be imported over for this new toy line.

At the moment, we don’t have a whole lot of information to go on P-Bandai has yet to announce a price, release date, or if Kyoryujin Brave is the only toy that they’ll be bringing over. Though it seems that we’ll be getting more info on this release March 22nd 2017, so stay tuned and we’ll bring more info as it becomes avalaible.

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In case you missed it, a sequel series to Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger will be made for the Korean market as Power Rangers Dino Force Brave(Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger Brave in Japan), a whole press conference event was held last week and since then toy catalogue scans for Korea’s first original Power Rangers adaptation have been released online.

Thanks to Rangerboard, we now have a list of new Zyudenchi that will be avalaible as part of the toy line, and those names are as follows:

  • 1. Cannontyra
  • 2. Stegotoup
  • 3. Forkkera
  • 4. Parasizer
  • 5. Raptorax
  • 6. Pteravolt
  • 10. Raptraz
  • 24. Spirus
  • 25. Traskeos
  • 26. Buunakto
  • 27. Dolrex
  • 28. Kochutator
  • 29. Taekwondontos
  • 1. Eagle
  • 2. Shark
  • 3. Tiger
  • 4. Elephant
  • 5. Lion

The latter five seems to all but confirm that Korea will be getting a dub of Zyuohger at some point in time but we’ll have more on that once more info becomes readily avalaible.  Power Rangers Dino Force Brave is set to air this April.

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BRAVE IN!

A little while ago, we learned that Korea will be producing it’s own adaptation of Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger under the Power Rangers Dino Force Brave name.

Since the announcement, a plethora of photos from a recently held  press conference have been released online, where we get to see most of the Korean actors for the show in costume.

Along with that, we also get photos of the toy line. While most appear to be just straight repaints of their respective Kyoryuger toys with a few modified pieces, though a new DX Kyoryujin set was shown along with two new Zyudenryu.

Power Rangers Dino Force Brave is set to air beginning of April and will run for 12 episodes.

UPDATE:

Footage of the show’s been posted online via Twitter thanks to some video recordings from the press conference, you can view that video by making the jump here

In addition, an article by tokusatsunetwork.com reveals the cast will be comprised of various K-Pop singers  along with  Koichi Sakamoto himself will be involved with the project, each episode will have a run time of 12-15 minutes.

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Another month has come & gone! And now we have galleries and in depth reviews by our Photo & Content staff to round-up once again! April was a lighter month for us, Admin/Site Owner & fellow photo fiend Kickback welcomed an addition to his family (you can check out that ongoing gallery all over his twitter!), so that capped our entries for the month to the short but sweet list you see below! Kamen Riders, some very special DX Sentai releases, and a fond farewell to a series of 2.0 galleries made up the content for this month!

As always you’ll find below links to this months gallery/reviews. We look forward to bringing you even more content this month!

Kamen Rider Drive
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Super Dead Heat Drive Gallery

Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger
DX Black Daizyujin Gallery

Kamen Rider Decade
S.H. Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Decade Gallery

Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger
DX Silver Chrome Gao Gorilla Gallery

Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters
S.H. Figuarts Yellow Buster & Usada Lettuce Gallery 2.0

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Hyakujuu Gattai!

On occasion TokuNation has the opportunity to share galleries of rare items that aren’t often seen in the toku collecting communities of the world, and today is no different. For your viewing pleasure we’ve assembled a gallery of a rarity from Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, the gorgeous DX Silver Chrome Gao Gorilla!

Silver Gao Gorilla was a promotional release from 2003, 2 years after Gaoranger ran in Japan, & distributed exclusively by Bandai Asia/Hong Kong. It wasn’t an item regularly available for retail sale. Numerous sentai release in varying chrome colors have made their way to market in this nature over the last 2 decades. This rare piece pops up for sale on occasion but is still notoriously hard to find. The 4th of 5 versions of the Gao Gorilla Power Animal mold, Silver Gao Gorilla will add some serious bling to your collection, and especially to your Gao Muscle or Gao Knight display!

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but you can check out over 30 which await you in the full gallery/review thread. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation forums” at the bottom of this post to see them all.

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RESSHA GATTAI!

Ressha Sentai ToQger’s begun airing in Korea under the Power Rangers Train Force name, and a it seems that a rather peculiar item’s been spotted with a gold colored DX ToQoh having seen in the wilds.

At the same time, the same product’s been spotted in Hong Kong where they’re also airing dubbed ToQger as a Toys R Us exclusive item. For those of us overseas, the DX Gold ToQoh’s occasionally been spotted on Ebay for varying prices. Hopefully, with this item being released in Hong Kong it will become more widlely avalaible.

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The wild ride is over, Power Rangers Wild Force/Hyakuju Sentai Gaoranger month has come to an end with this final Gallery! And today we’re taking a look at a very special release, DX Gao Hutner Silver Chrome edition! This promo set was only available in mainland Asia as a part of a special giveaway. It swaps nearly all plastic colors for silver chrome aside from some key points which feature flat grey plastic instead. These releases were not packaged in a complete boxed set like normal Gao Hunter but were instead released only in individual boxes.

It should be noted that while released in mainland Asia in Gaoranger packaging this set is actually based on the Korean release of the figure. And Korean Gaoranger DX’s are actually made from an entirely separate 2nd production run made specifically for release in that region. As a result diecast parts were removed in most cases and the plastics were of a significantly lower quality. However this set still features diecast shoulders. And it also has nylon strands under Gaolligator’s front legs that are present in the US release which secure them if they come off their hinges. Making this set is a bit of a frankenstein’s monster. As may be evident in the photos, reflective chrome is hard to photograph properly :p

So thanks so much for sticking with us throughout this long month of tributes and photos! Next month we close the year with Power Rangers Megaforce & Super Megaforce! To celebrate we’re going to be bringing you complete galleries of the entire DX line from Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger!

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We reported just a few days ago that South Korea would be getting Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters as Power Rangers Go-Bursters. Now thanks to TokuNation.com member shikishima we have some more details to share along with the fact that Kamen Rider Fourze will also be airing alongside Power Rangers Go-Bursters in South Korea!

Daewon Media, a South Korean company that specializes in cultural content, is responsible for bringing over Power Rangers Go-Bursters and Kamen Rider Fourze to that country. Along with the shows will be imported toys, action figures, and accessories for both shows to the South Korean market.

If you missed your chance at getting some of the swag from these series when they were airing in Japan, this is now your chance!

A big special thanks to TokuNation.com member shikishama for this news!