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Shout factory, the awesome company responsible for bringing classics like Power Rangers, Ultra Q, VR Troopers, Ultra Seven, Beetleborgs, and even the Japanese Transformers Trilogy to DVD needs our help! Right now they’re one volume away from finishing off all of our Big Bad Beetleborgs collections!

Season 1 volume 1 & 2 as well as Metallix Volume 1 have been released already. However the release of Metallix Part 2 is in jeopardy! Mr. Yellow has let us know that sales numbers need to climb for the previously released Beetleborgs sets before the final installment can actually happen. So Shout Factory is asking the collective tokusatsu community to help this final volume see the light of day!

If you haven’t picked up the previous releases yet, then head on over to the Shout website and get a dose of pure 90’s!
Big Bad Beetleborgs Season 1 Volume 1 on DVD
Big Bad Beetleborgs Season 1 Volume 2 on DVD
Beetleborgs Metallix: Season 2 Volume 1 on DVD

Let’s make that last volume happen!

under Power Rangers


Thanks to Rangercrew.com, box art cover for Shoutfactory’s Power Rangers Season 8-12 DVD Mega Set has now been revealed!

The set will be released in November 2013 and features seasons from Light Speed Rescue to Dino Thunder. The 26 disc set will contain over 241 episodes!

You can now pre order this set from dvdempire.com

Thanks to Tokunation Member Starscream Gaga for noticing!

under Power Rangers

Continuing the reverse-adaptation of Saban properties, Toei’s main page has confirmed that starting August 18th Japan will be experiencing a dubbed adaptation of Power Rangers Samurai.

Strangely, this would appear to break the existing season rotation and suggests that Power Rangers Operation Overdrive will not undergo the dubbing process at this time.

UPDATE! The OrendsRange Blog has a preliminary dubbing cast for this new project:


Koji Yusa as Jaden
Sachiko Kojima as Mia
Wataru Hatano as Mike
Tsuguo Mogami as Kevin
Ayaka Shinoyamada as Emily
Yoji Ueda as Mentor Ji

under Power Rangers

Online retailer DVD Empire has put up a listing for “Power Rangers: Seasons 8-12” in a special boxset, which has been confirmed as an official release by Shout! Factory representatives!

The set- containing Lightspeed Rescue, Time Force, Wild Force, Ninja Storm and Dino Thunder- will apparently retail for 179.99 and is currently listed for release on November 12th but dates and prices are of course subject to change.

Thanks to member WhiteRanger for the heads-up!

under Power Rangers

Jason David Frank has posted a picture on his official Facebook fan page which revealed the cover of the script to the last episode of Super Megaforce signed by the cast. The title of the last episode is “Legendary Battle”, it takes scenes from original source of Gokaiger episodes 50/51 and episode 01.

source: JDF Official fan page

under Conventions, Power Rangers, San Diego Comic Con

Thanks to our good friend Fury Diamond over at Rangercrew.com and Samuraicast we have a look at the Power Rangers Super Megaforce trailer that was screened at this year’s San Diego Comic Con!

This trailer features plenty of footage from the adapted Super Sentai series Gokaiger, but also shots of the Megaforce rangers and their transformation from the Megaforce to Super Megaforce costumes.

Check out the trailer below!

Thanks to Tokunation.com member TimeFire302 for sharing

under San Diego Comic Con

Greetings from San Diego Comic Con 2013! We’ve had a busy couple of days and now we have TONS of images to share with you!

First up, a chance walk by the Bandai booth had a photo op that we couldn’t pass up – Jason Smith who played Casey the Red Ranger on Power Rangers Jungle Fury. He also wrote some episodes of the upcoming season of Power Rangers Super Megaforce.

With him is rumored love interest Ciara Hanna, who plays Gia the Yellow Ranger on Power Rangers Super Megaforce,

Check out the images in the news story!

Special thanks to both Jason Smith and Ciara Hanna for being courteous and super pleasant to speak with, and for the picture.

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Since the suit footage from Gosei Sentai Dairanger wasn’t used at all in Power Rangers, people speculated that Saban wouldn’t be using the footage from Gokaiger where the Dairanger suits were used, but now it doesn’t look to be the case.

New footage shown during SDCC reveals that Saban will be keeping the Gokaiger suit footage. The new clip showed the Megaforce Rangers preparing to change into their Super Megaforce forms, and from there changing into the Dairangers.

It appears Saban will be keeping the footage, but how they’ll explain the appearance of a team that hasn’t appeared anywhere else in Power Rangers is still a mystery.

Credit: Henshin Justice

under Power Rangers

The distributors at Shout! Factory have confirmed their top-tier entry at San Diego Comic-Con this year: A massive boxset of Power Rangers DVD’s featuring the entire series from Mighty Morphin to Megaforce!

Packaged in a stylish Red Ranger helmet, this massive 98 DVD set (six of which contain bonus materials) will be available from Shout! online beginning December 3rd!

Witness the full unboxing of this amazing set by Power Force’s Black Nerd Andre!