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ACCESS FLASH!

Finally, after months of teasing our friends at Max Factory is gearing up to release Figma Grid Knight from Studio Trigger’s hit SSSS.Gridman anime with a slew of new stock images released in addition to production info. Figma GridKnight will release in September of 2019, retailing for 6,800 yen.

To keep up with the theme, Goodsmile revealed a teaser image for the next Soft Vinyl after Ghoulgilas; and it’ll be none other than Anti’s Kaiju form!

At the moment, there’s no word on when Goodsmile plans on releasing Kaiju Anti, but we’ll be sure to update you once that info becomes available.

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The Netflix CG Anime adaptation of the Ultraman manga releases in well over a month, in preparation for the April 1st, 2019 launch a new trailer for said Anime was recently released online.

This new trailer features plenty of new action sequences, with clips of Ultraman Suit A and Suit Ver.7.5 and a snazzy suit-up sequence. 

In the meantime, you can check out the trailer below and be sure to join us in the discussion afterward:

 

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ULTRA LIVE!

Earlier at the beginning of last month, we reported that an Ultra Heroes Tamashii Event will be taking place in Shanghai, China. That aforementioned event is currently in full swing, and we now have our first batch of reveals from the exhibition, starting with our first full look at the long-awaited S.H.Figuarts Ultraman Ginga!

We’ve also been getting reports of other new S.H.Figuarts Ultramen releases being spotted or hinted at the event, of note Ultraman Orb’s Burnmite, and Hurricane Slash forms, in addition to an Eleking Armor option set for Ultraman X though, at the moment, only Ginga himself was shown at the event.

The Ultra Heroes Tamashii event is actually a month-long event, so we’re bound to be getting more exciting new Ultraman reveals in the near future. So be sure to check back with us when the time comes.

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ACCESS FLASH!

If your among those clamoring for more of Studio Trigger’s hit SSSS.Gridman anime, we have good news for you. This comes straight from the SSSS.Gridman account, who teased that a 2nd season might’ve already entered production.

At the moment, not much else is known about this potential 2nd showing other a date that was given along with the image of May 26th, 2019. This could be a possible start date, which would put SSSS.Gridman Season 2 in the running for the summer. 

Either way, be sure to tune back into Tokunation as the date draws near, and we’ll bring you the updates as it becomes available.

 

UPDATE:

New information has just recently come to our attention since publishing this article: the tweet and image in question is actually the date for a follow-up to a talk show. Of course, it is still possible we might see SSSS.Gridman season 2 get announced during that show. But if anything noteworthy comes up, we’ll be sure to let you know!

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Netflix is currently expanding it’s library of anime, and among those titles announced was an anime adaptation based on the currently on-going Ultraman Manga written by Eiichi Shimizu, and our first trailer for this 3DCGI production was released just today

In the initial announcement, the Netflix Ultraman Anime was announced for a worldwide simultaneous release scheduled for April 1st 2019, though whether or not this will include subtitles for internationals remains to be seen.

The Ultraman Manga acts as a sequel to the original Ultraman taking place several years after the fact. In it, Shin Hayate’s son Shinjiro battles monsters as the new Ultraman.

In the meantime, you can watch the trailer in the box below and be sure to hit the jump and let us know what you think about this exciting new outing for Ultraman!

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While Super Sentai fans celebrate VRV’s addition of Zyuranger to its services, we have some unfortunate news for fans of Ultraman; Crunchyroll has announced that several Ultraman shows will be leaving its library citing licensing issues as the main problem.

The four shows are as follows: Ultraman Leo, Ultraman 80, Ultraman Max, and Ultraman Mebius. Ultraman X will remain while nothing has been said about Orb or Geed getting taken down as of this writing.

Fans of these shows will have until October 14th, 2019 at 8 AM PST to finish watching before they get removed from Crunchyroll’s streaming service.

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Rejoice Ultra fans!

Today is a landmark day in tokusatsu history as Tsuburaya Productions Co. Ltd announced their victory in US courts against UM Corporation (aka Chaiyo) for the international rights to the first six instalments in the Ultra Series. That’s right everyone, it’s been a long battle but Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultra Seven, Return of Ultraman, Ultraman Ace and Ultraman Taro are finally home.

For those unaware the international rights for these six series have been in question for several years, after Chaiyo Productions founder Sompote Saengduenchai claimed that in 1976 Eiji Tsuburaya‘s son Noboru (who died in 1995) had provided him with a contract giving him rights to everything related to Ultraman outside Japanese territories, in exchange for a monetary loan. The legitimacy of the document was extremely questionable, however Japanese and Thai courts accepted this contract as real and binding due to supposed appearance of Noboru Tsuburaya’s hanko (signature stamp) in the document.

Headway was finally made November last year when a Californian jury deemed the document to be a fake and ruled in favour of Tsuburaya, but it isn’t until today that we have confirmation that the company’s long ordeal is finally over.

So what does this mean for the series in question? Will they be joining the rest of the Ultraman backcatalogue on Crunchyroll? New home releases with better quality masters? Who knows, but with Tsuburaya continuously looking to promote Ultraman on a worldwide scale we’ll find out soon enough.

 

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A new challenger has arrived!

Tsuburaya Productions’ begun to tease the next Ultraman series following Ultraman Geed, and while our new hero currently remains nameless we have our first silhouetted look at this new hero thanks to a magazine that have been making the rounds online.

No name for this Ultraman has been confirmed as of yet, but three names have been trademarked: Ultraman Lube, Ultraman Rosso, and Ultraman Bull.  Ultraman Bright has also been thrown around, it’s also possible that Tsuburaya could be going with three main Ultramen for the next show, but nothing has been 100% confirmed as of this writing.


Stay tuned, and we’ll bring you more info as it breaks.

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In case you missed it, Studio Trigger in collaboration Tsuburaya Productions announced some time ago that Gridman will be making a comeback in the form of the SSSS.Gridman anime, some new info on this project was announced thanks to coverage from the Tokyo Comic Con event coming courtesy of animenewsnetwork

SSSS.Gridman will be airing sometime Fall 2018, voice actor Hikaru Midorikawa is confirmed to be playing the lead role.

In addition, Aklira Amemiya whom directed the Gridman Boy Invent Great Hero short is back in the director’s chair for this one. He’ll be joined by Keiichi Hasegawa as the scriptwriter, and Masayuki Gotou as Gridman’s designer. A Gridman event will be held December 8th, so hopefully, we’ll hear more news then. In the meantime, enjoy this short preview teaser that was released:

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FUSION UP!

Ultraman Orb is returning for another go-around next year, with a new series: Ultraman Orb: The Chronicle having just been announced via @tsuburayaprod via Twitter.

At the moment, no other info exists on this exciting new series other than the fact that it will begin airing in January. Stay tuned, and we’ll provide more info as it becomes available