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under Power Rangers

For twenty-nine years, the Power Rangers have graced television (or streaming services) across the world as ordinary teenagers/young-adults with attitude have taken up arms to fight evil forces.  And now – quite possibly for the last time – the Power Rangers once again harness unimaginable powers to face their greatest and oldest foe in Power Rangers Cosmic Fury, premiering worldwide on September 29th exclusively on Netflix.  We were provided with a screener copy of the 30th season of Power Rangers to review and share with Power Rangers fans.  This is our non-spoiler review.  On September 29th, we will share a full spoiler-filled review with more detailed and concrete thoughts.  There are specific story beats and moments that have been requested to be left off any reviews until the series premieres, and we are complying with that request in this review.

Power Rangers Cosmic Fury takes place immediately following the events of the finale in the second season of Power Rangers Dino Fury.  Zayto and the others have chased Lord Zedd across the galaxy to the planet Zordnia.  Almost immediately, the Power Rangers Dino Fury find themselves in an unfavorable situation that shakes the very makeup of their team to the core.  What follows is a heart-warming story of family, friendship, and focusing on hope.  Here are the basic bits.

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under Kamen Rider

It’s been a very long time since Bandai Japan first spoke on a potential CSM Genesis Driver, the belt used by a number of characters in the Kamen Rider Gaim series.  And after a couple of years, Bandai Japan is finally ready to showcase and open pre-orders.  Today, they did a Kamen Rider Gaim CSM Genesis Driver announcement, revealing three different item releases.

  • CSM Genesis Driver
  • CSM Genesis Driver Buckle Edition
  • CSM Energy Lock Seed Set

More details will be released on October 6th (October 5th in the US).  The previous CSM Kamen Rider Gaim items were released in the United States but we don’t have any information from Team Kamen Rider on whether or not this item will also see release in the United States.

Stay tuned for more info!

under Conventions, Power Rangers

Hasbro Pulsecon is happening right now and the Power Rangers brand panel just wrapped!  Coverage focused on the Omega Rangers and Master Morpher exclusives, plus the upcoming season of the show.

Read on to check out our screen caps of the event, we’ll add pics and text details over time. Stay tuned later today for official pics and pre-orders!

Shown today were the Omega Rangers 4 pack for the Power Rangers Lightning Collection, as well as the Lightning Collection Master Morpher!  Neither one of these items were surprising, seeing as they’ve already been released around the world, but it was nice to see them officially revealed and know that they’re available starting at 4pm ET today for Pulse Premium members at HasbroPulse.com. [Read more…]

under General Tokusatsu News, Power Rangers

We have a new sponsor update for you from BigBadToyStore.com!  The big news for toku fans this week – brand new Super7 Ultimates pre-orders!  Bulk, Skull, a glow in the dark Mighty Morphin Green Ranger, and Black and Gold Dino Megazord!  Check it, and everything else, by clicking the picture below!

under General Tokusatsu News

Arguably the most anticipated game of the year is Sony’s Spider-Man 2, coming exclusively to the PlayStation 5 on October 20th, 2023.  A continuing element from the previous Spider-Man game is the fact that you can collect special suits for both the Peter Parker Spider-Man as well as the Miles Morales Spider-Man.  One such suit is a tokusatsu-inspired suit designed by Julia Blattman for the Miles Morales Spider-Man.

To acquire the this tokusatsu inspired suit, simply pre-order the digital deluxe edition.  You can do so directly from the PlayStation store by clicking here.

Spider-Man 2 releases exclusively for the Sony PlayStation 5 on October 20th, 2023.

under Metal Heroes

The Shokugan Modeling Project Kit Make Pose offers a very special surprise for Metal Hero fans!

A new release based on Juuko B-Fighter– the Metal Hero series adapted for American audiences as Big Bad Beetleborgs will be coming to the SMP Line.

The leader of the B-Fighters, Blue Beet is perfectly recreated with full arsenal of weapons.

SMP Blue Beet is scheduled for release in January 2024 with a price of 4950 Yen!

under Super Sentai

The next Super Sentai team in the Shodo SUPER lineup is 1991’s Chojin Sentai Jetman!

All five members of the Jetman team are recreated in superb detail, with their full arsenal- including the Jet Striker vehicle that becomes the team weapon Fire Bazooka.

This Shodo Super release is tentatively scheduled for March 2024 with a price of 9350 Yen before shipping and handling.

under Kamen Rider

Toei has celebrated KAIXA DAY with a special reveal!

Tickets for the Kamen Rider 555 20th Anniversary movie- Kamen Rider Faiz: Paradise Regained are now on sale, with a limited theatrical run scheduled for February 2 2024 & a home media release to follow.

As a teaser, a new form has been revealed for Kamen Rider Kaixa– known as Kamen Rider Next Kaixa!

under Radiant Black

There’s been a lot of discourse over the last couple days regarding “mainstream popularity” and “tokusatsu”, with the implication being inferred that in order to achieve mainstream popularity a property needs to drop the elements of tokusatsu.  We’re happy to report that is not the case and the best example of that is the Massive-verse, a series of creator owned comic books inspired by tokusatsu from Image Comics and written by some of your favorite Power Rangers creators (Kyle Higgins, Ryan Parrott, Melissa Flores, and Mat Groom).

One of those properties – Inferno Girl Red – currently has a live Kickstarter to fund it’s second graphic novel!  Of all the comic books in the Massive-verse, Inferno Girl Red is easily the most tokusatsu-inspired of them all, from the look of the character to how the character activates their powers.

You only have 8 days left to back this project – and it still needs a rally to happen!

Click here to back Inferno Girl Red Book 2!

Inferno Girl Red Book 2 is brought to you by Mat Groom (writer) and Erica D’Urso (artist), with Igor Monti (colors), Becca Carey (letters), Kyle Higgins (editor), and Michael Busutill (magic comic book genie).  Fans who missed the first book can add the first book as an add-on, as well as a number of fantastic art prints, a pin, and so much more!

Click here to check it all out!

under Super Sentai

The next Super Sentai series title has been revealed thanks to @Trademark_bot!  The official title is Bakuage Sentai BoonBoomger.  Obviously, fans are speculating but there is no official information available and won’t be for months to come.  However, known leakers are already scrambling to verify information that has been whispered for weeks.

If anything concrete comes out we will be sure to share it with you.

UPDATE: Word is we are looking at the return of a vehicle-based Sentai, with rumored “crashing” combining gimmicks utilizing magnets. All of this is strictly rumors and should only be looked at as rumor/speculation for the time being. We’ve updated the wording in our story to reflect this.