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“It’s time. Finally, I will become the god amongst all gods!”

In a bid to create the ultimate game Zombie Chronicle, and restore the data of all those lost to the Bugster Virus, Kuroto Dan has obtained the power of god. Using the God Maximum Mighty X Gashat, Kuroto ascends to become Kamen Rider GenM God Maximum Gamer, Level Billion! And this unique S.H. Figuart has quite a a history to it.

GenM Level Billion is an all new mold, and honestly a surprising release. It’s been a couple years since Ex-Aid aired, and despite this we’ve still yet to see a number of Ex-Aid’s forms in S.H. FIguarts. But Kuroto Dan’s massive popularity continues to drive new releases for him, including this one. A repaint of an Ex-Aid figure that actually has still yet to release! Level Billion is a big beefy, and surprisingly well articulated figure that shine’s with GenM’s personality. The included extra hands and Gashacon Key Slasher also compliment the figure nicely.

We’ve attached the full gallery to this article. but you can also read our full review with this figure’s interesting background by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Following up from what will for now be the last GenM gallery, next time we tackle his father, S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Cronus! 

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Today brings some excellent news for fans of the Kaiju VS Jaeger action franchise Pacific Rim!

Netflix has announced they will be releasing a new animated series set in the Pacific Rim universe, one of several brand-new animation titles for the streaming platform.

A brief story outline has also been released:


The story will “follow two siblings – an idealistic teenage boy and his naïve younger sister – who are forced to pilot an abandoned Jaeger across a hostile landscape in a desperate attempt to find their missing parents.”

The series will be produced by Legendary Entertainment. Two showrunners have been announced- Craig Kyle (writer of Thor: Ragnarok) and Greg Johnson (whose resume includes a number of animated shows such as X-Men Evolution, Beast Wars & Transformers Rescue Bots).

Sadly, no release schedule has been announced at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting new project!

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The controversial Kamen Rider Hibiki will be the next Kamen Rider series to make the leap to high definition!

Released in 2005, Hibiki quickly became famous for sidestepping some of the more “traditional” Kamen Rider elements AND a sudden crew change roughly halfway through the series resulting in a somewhat drastic tonal shift.

Kamen Rider Hibiki will be released in three separate box sets-

*Set 1 will be released on January 9 2019 and contain the first fourteen episodes.

*Set 2 is scheduled for release on March 6 2019 and contain episodes 15-29.

*Set 3 rounds out the series with episodes 30-48 & will be available on May 8 2019.

In addition the various volumes will contain interviews and retrospectives from a number of Hibiki cast members.

Each Blu-Ray set of Kamen Rider Hibiki will cost a steep 17800 Yen before shipping and handling.

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Looks like it’s ARMOR TIME for SH Figuarts!

After being shown off at a trade show last month, official release details have just been announced for Kamen Rider Zi-O Build Armor! This was the first alternate form obtained by the King of Time on his adventures across the Heisei Era, based on his highly-successful predecessor Kamen Rider Build.

Figuarts Zi-O Build Armor is a Premium Bandai exclusive, currently the scheduled for release in May 2019! The price is a very modest 5940 Yen before shipping and handling.

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Redman Dark revealed!

Volume 2 of Redman, titled Dark Channel, is about to see it’s initial release at the upcoming Tokyo Comic Con on November 30th. And in a special collaboration between Phase 6, Tsuburaya, and Evolution Toy, there will also be a special limited edition Tokyocon release of volume 2.

Limited to 300 pieces. This release features an exclusive cover as well as postcards featuring Matthew Frank’s fantastic artwork. This exclusive cover also features the very first appearance and reveal of Redman Dark! Exactly who, and what this new character is, especially in relation to Redman himself, is yet to be seen unless you’re been lucky enough to grab one of these special early release volume 2’s. However, the biggest surprise of this bundle comes by way of Evolution’s involvement, as it will include an HAF (Hero Action Figure) of Redman Dark!

Though there are no pictures yet of this figure, Evolution Toy promises to reveal a sample soon. Redman 2: Dark Channel Dark Limited Edition will retail for 12,500 yen at Tokyo Comic Con.

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Following up from some of their other mostly store exclusive cereals (like the Golden Girls one) Funko has now announced a new specialty line of “Saturday Morning” cereals for Designercon. This line-up of exclusives includes FunkO’s Red Ranger Cereal!

From the Funko Daily Blog: 

Funko is debuting Saturday Morning, an experiential booth that focuses on FunkO’s cereal, classic cartoons, and, most importantly, fun!

DesignerCon exclusive FunkO’s cereal will be available at the booth! The lineup includes Freddy Funko, Marvin the Martian, Skeletor, the Red Power Ranger, Rugrats, Hong Kong Phooey, the Amazing Carlos, and a very special collaboration with Be@rbrick! All DesignerCon exclusive FunkO’s cereal boxes are limited to 1000 pcs each except the Be@rbrick, which is limited to 3000 pcs.
Collecting never tasted so good!

This cereal will be limited to 1000 pieces sold exclusively at Designercon, and each box will include a new Pocket Pop of the MMPR Red Ranger.

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“Access Flash!”

As is often the case for popular shows, a new Volume 1 Blu-ray has been announced for the SSSS.Gridman. There is a standard edition on the way as well, but the newly announced limited edition will include some special bonuses:

– SSSS.Gridman Volume 1 Blu-Ray
– SSSS.Gridman OP Single Union
– Slipcase to store all 4 volumes of the series
– Initial Fighter Gridman (purple form) vinyl from Fine Clover

So far this new offering from Fine Clover is the first piece of physical merchandise for Gridman’s original purple form, known as Initial Fighter. A standard release vinyl of Gridman’s optimized red form (Primal Fighter) is also on the way from Fine Clover, as well as classic live action Gridman.

This set was just announced on the official SSSS.Gridman twitter account.

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“Grade Zero.”

The mighty Kuroto Dan has returned! Evil CEO turned Dangerous Zombie, now the one true Game Master has returned as Bugster! Revived thanks to Poppy the new Kuroto has 99 lives and all the time in the world to seek revenge on Kamen Rider Para-DX as well as his father Masamune. Back from the dead, this is our gallery & review of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider GenM Action Gamer Level 0!

GenM has made a couple outings in this line as Level 2, Level X, and even Level Billion at this point, but Level 0 is the first one to truly cash in on Kuroto’s massive popularity. A very minor repaint of Level 2, Level 0 includes a ton of new accessories like the Bug Visor Zwei, a God Kuroto Dan effect sheet, Life Point Counters, and even a Gashacon Breaker Blade. Even as similar as they are, this release does a fantastic job of setting itself apart. But is it really worth those Tamashii Web Exclusive dollars? Check out our gallery & review to find out!

The entire gallery is attached to this story, but you can also read our full review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNaiton Forums” at the bottom of this post. Later this week we’re bringing Kuroto back one more time with a gallery of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider GenM God Maximum Gamer Level Billion!

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During Power Morphicon fans of the Power Rangers were treated to the Kickstarter campaign of Power Rangers Heroes of the Grid, an incredibly in depth and customizable board game created by Renegade Game Studios under license from Hasbro. The game was incredibly successful on Kickstarter raising over $700,000 when all was said and done. Fans who have backed the Kickstarter will get their packages sometime in July of 2019.

Thanks to @TokuReviews on Twitter, we can now share that video game and collectibles store Game Stop has a street date in their system for the base game – August 31st, 2019! If you didn’t or couldn’t support Heroes of the Grid via the Kickstarter you now have a timeframe of when you might be able to expect the game in stores.

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RIDER TIME!

For those of us that have been watching Kamen Rider Zi-O and clamoring for merch based on the Another Riders, we got you covered; P-Bandai just announced a DX Another Rider Ride Watch set.

The set will retail for 3,240 yen with pre-orders beginning November 1st, 2018. This set will contain ride watches for Another Build, Another Ex-Aid, Another Fourze, Another Faiz, and finally Another Wizard.

There is, however, a catch: all of the sounds will be contained in one Ride Watch block, the actual faceplates don’t appear to unlock any new sounds and are only there for cosmetic purposes only, while the block itself is programmed to cycle through all the sounds.  

UPDATE:

The pre order link is now up! The Another Ride Watch set will be coming out sometime March 2019.