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The Tamashii Shanghai event just wrapped this weekend, but not without first giving us a couple of more brand new reveals for Ultraman collectors!

When Ultraman Zero was at the first height of his popularity several years ago, he seemed to receive new forms left and right. During the run of the Ultra Zero Fight TV series, Zero would go on to receive two new forms based on combinations of previous Ultras. Strong Corona, a fusion of Dyna’s Strong form & Cosmos’ Corona form, and Luna Miracle, a union of Cosmos Luna & Dyna Miracle. At the time Ultra-Act figure of these forms were made, and now, we finally have the official reveal of S.H. Figuarts for both Strong Coron & Luna Miracle!

Though Tamashii Nations has not yet announced release information for either of these figure’s, we can assume with Zero’s enduring popularity and the speed with which the Ultra S.H. Figuarts line is growing, that we could receive this information fairly soon. We’ll update you when that information becomes available.

under Conventions, General Tokusatsu News, Other Conventions

Over the weekend, Evolution Toy held a product exhibition showcasing many upcoming previously announced figure’s as well as new figure’s debuted at the event. Thankfully for us, AmiAmi’s Hobby New attended the event and has provided images and some information about several upcoming releases. Notably, several new HAF (Hero Action Figure) prototypes were on display.

First up is the titular hero of 1973’2 Inazuman series. Inazuman is one of the classic Ishinomori heroes who’ve yet to have a modern figure produced by Bandai. In their stead, it seems that Evolution has obtained a license to add him to the their HAF line. Inazuman is scheduled for release this year for 8800 yen. Also, the heroic duo from Space Ironmen Kyodyne, the brothers Grounzel & Skyzel, were announced for release this year in August and September respectively. Each retails for 8800 yen. The previously announced HAF Gridman was also on display, but surprisingly Evolution also announced an HAF Gridman Sigma! This will mark the first time that a modern poseable figure of Sigma (outside of the Super Minipla release) will be released. Specific release info was not announced for Sigma.

Rounding things out, the combined hero Triple Fighter was also seen on display again. Set for July release, Triple Fighter retails for, you guessed it, 8800 yen. Given their license to produce Redman figure’s as well, Evolution revealed a Kanegon in colors exclusive to the Redman comic from  Matt Frank. No price or specific release month have been announced as of now. This figure will be the inaugural release in a new linen from Evolution, KAF (Kaiju Action Figure.) A reissue of HAF Redman was also confirmed for 2019.

So that’s quite a lot on the way from Evolution. Given their past though, we should expect some degree of delay for those figures without specific release info at this point. As more information becomes available for any of these figure’s we’ll be sure to update you.

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ADVENT!

Along with the Kamen Rider Shinobi special, Toei announced a second special: Rider Time Ryuki which would see the return of the Rider Battle Royale along with a few familiar faces in addition to a very surprising one: Kamen Rider Abyss himself will be added to the main timeline. Just like with Shinobi, a series of photos were recently posted online

For those that might be unfamiliar with Kamen Rider Abyss; Abyss wasn’t part of the main series, but rather he was present in an alternate reality Tsukasa traveled too during Kamen Rider Decade’s run.

It is currently unknown what role he’ll play in the special itself, in the meantime be sure to check out the trailer by clicking the link here.

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SHINOBI, KENZAN!

Earlier at the beginning of the year, we reported that Toei will be releasing a series of Kamen Rider Zi-O spinoffs, and one of them would feature the Ninja-themed Rider of 2022: Kamen RIder Shinobi. Since the initial announcement, a slew of new photographs along with a trailer for the special were both released .

The images reveal a secondary Kamen Rider from the timeline addition to some supporting characters and villains. Although not much has been translated as of this writing, we do know that the orange fellow is called Kamen Rider Hattari and he’ll serve as a rival for Shinobi.

 

The YouTube trailer for this is, unfortunately, region locked but you can bypass this by viewing it on the official Zi-O Twitter account, make the jump here.

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Bandai Japan has offered fans a quick image of the next Kamen Rider Zi-O entry in the SH Figuarts action figure series!

The time has come for Zi-O’s upgrade form, Kamen Rider Zi-O II to receive a proper figure. The basic suit details are shown in Figuart style, with a cryptic NEXT message on the Zikan Driver.

Sadly, no price or release details have been confirmed for Zi-O II at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further SH Figuarts news!

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Yet another veteran Kamen Rider actor has returned for the celebration that is Kamen Rider Zi-O!

Kimito Totani will once again reprise the iconic role of Daiki Kaito, Kamen Rider DiEnd!

In addition, DiEnd appears to be using a new version of his signature weapon & henshin device, the DiEnd Driver. It seems likely that DiEnd’s power of summoning Kamen Riders to fight now extends to AnotherRiders.

Feel free to join in our Ongoing Zi-O Discussion Thread to share your thoughts & fears about this exciting series!

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DON’T SAY NO! JUST LIVE MORE!

The Kamen Rider Zangetsu Stage Play opened up in Japan last week on March 9th, and if you aren’t able to fly to Japan between then and March 31st 2019 to go see it then we have some very good news for you; as you may have already guessed from the title, the Zangetsu Stage Play will, in fact, be getting a home theater release in the near future.

Both the Blu-Ray release and DVD are currently up for pre-order on Amazon Japan as of the time of this writing. The DVD will retail for 6,261 yen while the Blu-Ray will retail for 8,669 yen and will also include the DX Kamen Rider Zangetsu Kachidoki Arms Ride Watch.

Either way, both will see release on October 10th 2019.

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After several delays, we at last have received some new information about the further adventures of the Golden Knight, GARO!

The next film in this dark action series will be known as Moonbow Traveler! The film follows up on the story from 2014’s series Makai No Hana.

The core cast members from Makai No Hana have been confirmed as returning for this film-

*Masei Nakayama reprises his role as Raiga, inheritor of the Golden Knight.

*Natsumi Ishibashi returns as Priestess Mayuri.

*Atomu Mizuishi takes up the mantle of Makai Knight Crow.

*And last but certainly not least, fan-favorite Yukijiro Hotaru will once again portray the loyal servant Gonza.

Garo: Moonbow Traveler is currently scheduled for release in Autumn 2019!

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

In a rather surprising turn of events, we’ve just recently learned that the next Super Sentai dub to air in South Korea will not be last year’s Kaitou Sentai Lupinranger VS Keisatsu Sentai PatRanger, but rather the 43rd Super Sentai series: Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger which is set to debut later this weekend.

It’s no secret that Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger was a big hit over there, which saw release in South Korea under the “Power Rangers Dino Force” title. It was such a success that an entirely new sequel series titled Dino Force Brave was put into production. South Korea chose to skip Lupin VS Pat, for now, is likely a reaction to the numerous similarities Ryusoulger has to Kyoryuger, and how well that series did over there.

it is currently unknown if Ryusoulger will see a simultaneous air time in Korea as it does in Japan, or if there’ll be a delay between episodes but we’ll be sure to bring you an update on the situation as more info becomes clear.

 

UPDATE: We now know that the Ryusoulger dub will begin airing in August 2019.

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Another, exciting new clip for Power Rangers Beast Morphers was just recently released online. the episode is titled “End of the Road”, and the synopsis can be found below:

“Zoey tries to convince the citizens of Coral Harbor to use Morph-X powered bikes instead of cars, but Blaze uses this opportunity to execute an evil plan.”

You can check out the preview in the box below, and be sure to check back with us once the episode airs this Saturday, March 16th 2019 and join our discussion thread.