“Grand Time!”
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the Kamen Rider franchise, and we kick off the festivities with the birth of a King with P-Bandai finally preparing for the release of S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Grand Zi-O.
Pre-Orders for S.H.Figuats Kamen Rider Grand Zi-O will begin April 2nd, 2021 with a final shipping date sometime in September, and a suggested retail price of 8,580 yen before middleman fees wherever applicable. You can follow the link here to order him.
A new Kamen Rider Zero-One V-Cinema project has been revealed!
The new special is titled Kamen Rider Zero-One Others: Kamen Rider Vulcan & Kamen Rider Valkyrie– a reunion of the A.I.M.S. Riders. Sadly, no story details have been confirmed at time of writing.
Zero-One Others: Vulcan & Valkyrie will be released November 10 2021!
Toei has announced a special streaming project for the 45th Super Sentai series, Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger!
Titled Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: Zenkai Red Great Introduction this miniseries features a new member of the Zenkaiger team- played by musician Daiki Ise.
Zenkai Reds’ great introduction will be released on the Japanese streaming service TELASA from March 21-28 2021!
Toei has announced a new Super Sentai crossover movie- featuring the return of the Kishiryu Sentai RyuSoulger joining up with Mashin Sentai Kiramager!
Longtime tokusatsu veteran Koichi Sakamoto will direct this exciting new Super Sentai project.
A brief teaser trailer has already been released online-
Mashin Sentai Kiramager VS Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger is currently scheduled for release April 29 2021!
The villains for the 45th Super Sentai series Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger have finally been revealed!
This is the Evil Dynasty Tojitendo– whose goal is to eliminate all other realities from existence. The Dynasty has already conquered the land of Kikatopia– home to four of the Zenkaigers- and rules the once peaceful land with absolute cruelty.
The great leader of the Tojitendo is BOCCOWAUS– a silver entity fused with a wall. His orders are law and he shows no mercy. Boccowaus will be voiced by tokusatsu veteran Jouji Nakata.
Boccowaus’ closest subordinate is his bird, GEGE– who hates all non-Tojitendo life. Gege is portrayed by singer & actor Tatsuhisa Suzuki.
The field commander for the Tojitendo is BARASITARA– a brutal warrior thrilled at the chance to invade new worlds. Barasitara is voiced by Kenji Nomura– another tokusatsu veteran.
Rounding out the Tojitendo is IZILDE– the scientist, who steals technology from every world the Dynasty conquers. Izilde is voiced by Masanori Takeda.
Finally, a new ally for the Zenkaigers has also been revealed! This robot bird is named SecChan– once a toy belonging to ZenKaiser, SecChan possesses tremendous knowledge on the history of Super Sentai. Actress Misato Fukuen will voice SecChan in the series.
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger begins March 7 2021! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this new chapter in Super Sentai history!
We are drawing ever closer to the 45th Super Sentai series, Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger and a plethora of new images from this upcoming series have now been published online!
This gives us our best look yet at the abilities of the Zenkaiger team- specifically the unique Sentai Gears that power the Zenkaigers.
These Gears contain the powers of past Super Sentai and can be activated in combat for new skills- for example, ZenKaiser is seen using the Dobutsu Sentai Zyuohger Sentai Gear to gain the wings of ZyuohEagle.
In addition, the new scans offer our first proper look at the villain group for this series- the Evil Dynasty Tojitendo, a sinister group out to eliminate all other realities from existence.
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger begins on March 7 20201! Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this exciting new chapter in Super Sentai history!
Toei has released the first trailer for the upcoming cinematic endeavor, Super Sentai Movie Ranger 2021!
This project will be a TRIPLE BILL featuring 3 Super Sentai movies:
*Kishiryu Sentai RyuSoulger: The Movie takes place one year after the series’ ending and features the reunion of the RyuSoulgers.
*Mashin Sentai Kiramager: The Movie: Bee-Bop Dream! features the Kiramagers facing off against a new opponent with the ability to manipulate dreams.
*Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger: The Movie will introduce the world to the 45h Super Sentai team!
Super Sentai Movie Ranger 2021 is currently scheduled for release February 20 2021.
Toei continues its 50th anniversary celebration for Kamen Rider by adding another series to the Tokusatsu World YouTube channel!
This week, 2002’s Kamen Rider Ryuki joins the lineup- available for streaming worldwide with official English subtitles!
The release of Kamen Rider Ryuki confirms the Kamen Rider shows will NOT be added to Toei Tokusatsu World chronologically, as some had feared.
Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Kamen Rider reveals!
The second episode of the original Kamen Rider series is now available on Toei’s Tokusatsu World YouTube Channel. This continues the worldwide launch of various episodes of Kamen Rider for the 50th Anniversary of Kamen Rider.
You can watch the full episode below.
“Let me say this to start; I am mighty strong!”
The crew of the Den-Liner is starting to come together, with the latest addition to join the Shinkocchou Seihou line up from Kamen Rider Den-O: S.H.Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider Zeronos Altair Form!
We first caught wind of this figure at the last Tamaashii Nations event and after that showcasing, Bandai is finally gearing up to release this bad boy with a plethora of photos having been uploaded on the Tamashii Nations Blog just now. The figure will include signature items such as the Zeronos Card and ZeroGasher weapons, the ZeroGasher can be converted into both sword and crossbow modes!
No price or release date was given at the time of this update, but we do know that pre-orders for this figure will begin January 22nd so be sure to check back with us then for further updates.