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This year is certainly shaping up to be the year of Gridman.

In case you missed it, an awesome new candy toy set of Gridman & God Zenon was announced by Bandai just a few hours ago. Thanks to a new pre-order link that just went up on P-Bandai we can now confirm that this set does indeed belong to the Super Minipla line here’s the latest on Super Minipla Gridman and God Zenon Set!

Pre-Orders for the Super Minipla Gridman & God Zenon set will open up July 26, 2018 and will ship sometime in November 2018 the whole package will cost 6,480 yen before shipping and middleman fees apply.

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A new article at CinemaToday has revealed some important details about the upcoming 20th and FINAL Heisei Kamen Rider project- Kamen Rider Zi-O!

First up, a brief story synopsis has been revealed under the tagline Rejoice-for the birth of a new King!


It is the fall of year 2018, when a time machine appears before the protagonist born in 2000.

A mysterious girl emerges from the time machine, telling this protagonist “I come from the year 2068- a future where a demonic king reigns and makes his people suffer, creating a hopeless world.”

The girl who came to 2018 is desperate to change the future, stating- “it is YOU who will become the demon that destroys the world- The King Of Time, Zi-O!”

Just what is the fate of the future?!

This is the story of the Kamen Rider who will fight to save the past, present AND future- fighting across time while encountering the past Heisei Riders across the course of history.

In addition, several members of the production crew have been announced:

*The head writer for this series is Kento Shimoyama who previously wrote for several Super Sentai series including Tensou Sentai Goseiger and Shuriken Sentai Ninninger.
*Zi-O’s director is Ryuta Tasaki a veteran of multiple Kamen Rider projects including Kamen Rider W, Kamen Rider Den-O, & Kamen Rider Drive.
*Producer duties will be shared between Shinichiro Shirakura and Naomi Takebe, both long-time TV-Asahi tokusatsu veterans.

The full cast & crew for Kamen Rider Zi-O will be revealed during a press conference on August 7 2018! Stay tuned to TokuNation between now & then as we keep you up to date on this remarkable new Rider!

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ACCESS CODE: GRIDMAN!

The lead up to the release of the SSSS Gridman anime series is sure to result in a surge of new original Gridman merchandise, and that wave has already kicked off with the reveal of new Gridman & God Zenon candy toy figures! Though the watermark shows that the figures will be released under Bandai’s Shokugan label, it is currently unconfirmed whether these figures are SHODO, Super Minipla or an entirely new line of toys.

The articulated Gridman figure features a selection of alternate hands and his Plasma Blade, while God Zenon can be separated into its Thunder Jet, Twin Driller and God Tank components (the Twin Driller also includes Gridman’s Barrier Shield). Of course, these vehicles can also combine together with Gridman to form the mighty Thunder Gridman!

We’ll bring you more information on these exciting new toys as its released. But in the meantime, check out the full selection of images after the jump!

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As we approach the premiere of Kamen Rider Zi-O in September, we’re continuing to see more and more images of the toyline for the upcoming show. Today brings us a look at this year’s main “gimmick” line with the first wave of RKF (Rider Kicks Figures). 

RKF looks to be a general action figure line rather than one truly driven by a gimmick as in years past. The line is composed of characters from across the Heisei Era and will also be featuring power up armors for Kamen Rider’s Zi-O & Gates. The first wave of releases is dominated by Kamen RIder Build characters including; Build (Rabbit/Tank), Cross-Z, Grease, Evol (Cobra), and the Be The One film exclusive form Cross-Z Build (Rabbit/Dragon).

Cross-Z is listed with a 2160 yen price point and October release date, while Evol & Cross-Z Build each bare a 2700 yen price point with November release dates. The first wave of 6 RKF figures are all up for pre-order at HLJ currently. These pre-orders include Ex-Aid Level 2 who isn’t shown in these initial scans. We’ll be sure to keep you informed as more information about this toyline becomes available.

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Appropriately given the same acronym as the show itself, SSSS Gridman has had it’s first merchandise revealed with the Strong Style Sofvi Series of vinyls. Produced in conjunction with Fine Clover, a company known for it’s frequent collaboration with Good Smile Company, the line looks to be off to a very strong, and well, stylish start.

So far we have our first looks at the modern Gridman of the SSSS series as well as the original Denkou Choujin Gridman. More are sure to follow, hopefully with some Kaiju as well like the original toyline. For now, these look to be pretty impressive vinyls and the first Gridman vinyls to have been produced since the original series wrapped in the mid 90’s.

When full release details become available we’ll be sure to update you with that information.

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Today the production team behind the Denkou Choujin Gridman revival project, SSSS Gridman, held a live event called Gridman Special Night to promote the October premiere of the series.

The event featured interviews with the cast and crew, hi-res looks at character & kaiju designs, and a surprising look at a physical live action suit for SSSS Gridman! This suit was surely produced for promotional purposes rather than any real use in a live action production, but it’s unquestionable just how good it looks standing next to the original Gridman. Hopefully this isn’t the last we’ve seen of it.

SSSS Gridman officially premieres this October! 

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In case you missed it: Kamen Rider Zi-O will be Toei’s new Kamen Rider show that will be replacing Kamen Rider Build in the coming months. We’ve seen plenty of the titular rider’s suit design thanks to promotional images that have been coming out, but Toei’s finally released photos of what the actual in-show physical of this design will look like in addition to some more promotional material and the show’s logo.

Kamen Rider Zi-O is premiering in September, in the meantime be sure to stay tuned to Tokunation and we’ll provide you with all the exciting news as it becomes available.

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Released just last week at San Diego Comic Con, the GX-76B Soul of Chogokin Black Megazord will no longer be exclusive to SDCC. According to the latest issue of Figure Oh, we have confirmed the release of this set in Japan.

Release date has not been announced at this time, but the GX-76B Soul of Chogokin Black Daizyujin will officially be available as a Tamashii Web Exclusive. Retail price is 32,400 yen. This release will likely feature some slightly altered packaging though we don’t know what it looks like at this time.

We’ll be sure to keep you updated as this story develops.

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In case you missed it, S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Cross-Z Magma was revealed just a few days ago, thanks to a series of heavily watermarked Figureoh magazine scans. Clearer images are beginning to come out and we can finally make out the release details for this hot new figure.

S.H.Figuarts Cross Z Magma will be released as a Tamashii Webshop exclusive, priced at 6480 yen. You can look forward to adding this piece into your Kamen Rider Build collection in January 2019. In the meantime, stay tuned to Tokunation and we’ll update you as soon as this figure is made available for pre-order!

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While a heavily watermarked scan from Figure Oh appeared yesterday confirming that this release was on the way, we now have a great selection of in hand images as well. The next release from Kamen Rider Build will be S.H. Figuarts Hell Bros!

The combined form of Engine Bros & Remocon Bros, Hell Bros is the first of the Kaiser family of characters to be released in the line. The official S.H. Figuarts Blog has shared this selection of in hand prototype images giving us a great idea of what to expect from the final release. Based on the excellent Night Rogue/Blood Stalk mold, Hell Bros looks like he’ll fit in just perfectly with your Build Collection.

While release month & price are not included in the blog post, we do know that pre-orders will begin through the Tamashii Web Shop on July 27th. We’ll let you know when final official images, and release info are available.