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under Godzilla

TOHO Animation has released a teaser trailer for the previously-announced Godzilla anime project.

Officially titled Godzilla: Monster Planet, this new feature-length project tells the story of humanity returning to a world ruled by Kaiju after thousands of years.

Developed by Polygon Pictures and written by Urobuchi Gentaro (who most fans may recognize as the mind behind Kamen Rider Gaim), Monster Planet will be released in Japan on November 17, 2017. Polygon also plans to make the film available worldwide through Netflix at a later date.

under Conventions, General Tokusatsu News, Other Conventions

Tamashii Nations Shanghai is in full swing! You may recall that a couple months back we heard our first confirmation that Bandai/Tamashii Nations had finally acquired the license to produce toys for the Pacific Rim franchise. At the time the only offering previewed was a rough prototype of the Soul of Chogokin Gypsy Danger. But as of today we can get excited about one more upcoming product as well!

Shown off for the first time is the brand new Robot Damashii Gypsy Avenger from Pacific Rim 2! This successor to the original Gypsy Danger, piloted by the son of Stacker Pentecost, is so far the first product revealed for the highly anticipated sequel. But we’re sure it’s far form the last. For now this release doesn’t have any confirmed release details this far out from the films release on February 23rd, 2018, but we’ll certainly keep you updated as more details become available this year!

Now, let’s cancel the apocalypse!

under Ultraman

FUSION UP!

Tamashii Nations World Tour makes its next stop in Shanghai China,  and a plethora of new S.H.Figuarts releases from Ultraman Orb have been revealed at the event, with photos courtesy of users from Weibo.

Kicking us off, we have S.H.Figuarts Juggulus Juggler and Spacium Zeprion being the only two that have a confirmed price and release date: Juggulus Juggler will retail for 6500 yen slated to come out in January 2018, while Spacium Zeperion will come out in December for 5500 yen. It is unclear whether or not the pair will be mass retail release, or some exclusive to some site or storefront.

In addition, Ultraman Orb’s other forms: Burnmite, Hurricane Slash, and Thunder Breaster were also on display but with display only labels, so it is unclear if those three will ever see release to the public.

under Kamen Rider

LEVEL UP!

Bandai will finally be releasing the Kamen Rider Chronicle Gashat Player Version to collectors, as a P-Bandai online exclusive item.

As a nice little bonus, the Gashat will be placed in a box that mimics the ones delivered to Players from the actual show(CERO logo removed). The Pre-Orders for this Gashat will end in August and will see a release date sometime in November priced at a relatively inexpensive 1620 yen before middleman fees and shipping wherever applies.

under General Tokusatsu News

An unusual news item from this weekends’ Anime Expo:

The animation studio Studio Trigger has announced a new anime series based on the tokusatsu series Denko Chojin Gridman from Tsuburaya Productions!

Tentatively titled SSSS Gridman, this anime will feature a new story unrelated to the original Gridman series. Veteran anime director Akira Amemiya will be in charge of the project.

Some fans may remember Studio Trigger as the minds behind the short film Gridman: Boys Invent Great Hero back in 2015-

Sadly, no other information about this new Gridman project is available at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details!

under Kamen Rider

Following up on the reported return of fan-favorite series Kamen Rider W, we now have some additional details on this revival project!

A new manga series, titled Kamen Rider W: Futo Detectives has officially been announced! Series head writer Riku Sanjo will be in charge of the story, while designer Katsuya Terada will return once again to develop even more strange creatures for W to fight. Artwork will be provided by longtime anime veteran Masaki Sato.

The first issue of Futo Detectives is currently scheduled for release on August 7 2017! Be sure to join in our Ongoing Discussion Thread to share your thoughts and fears about this new manga!

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

Starting this October, Super Hero Time (the hour long block of programming that airs Super Sentai and Kamen Rider) is changing up their time slot on local Japanese television. The change is shown below, all times local Japanese time.

Uchu Sentai Kyuranger – from 7:30am to 9:30am
Kamen Rider Build – from 8:00am to 9:00am

Obviously, the biggest switch aside from the times is that the new Kamen Rider Build series will begin airing before Super Sentai. How big is the time change overall? Well, for starters, this is the first time slot change for Super Sentai since the 7th episode of Megaranger. If you’re keeping track, that’s 20 years. So that’s kind of big. Join in the discussion thread!

under Kamen Rider

AMAZON!

After it’s numerous showings at various toy shows and magazines, S.H.Figuarts Amazon New Omega is finally gearing up for release with Bandai having just released offical stock phorography and production info.

S.H.Figuarts Amazon New Omega is slated for November 2017  release with two variants having been confirmed: the one released at mass retail for 5,500 yen while the green effect parts shown in one of the images will be an Amazon Japan online exclusive for 7,020 yen.

It should be noted that Amazon Japan does offer international shipping for select items and collectibles. Though whether or not a middleman will be required for New Amazon Omega remains to be seen.

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai

New full-length teaser trailers for the upcoming Super Sentai and Kamen Rider summer movies have been posted online!

*First in Uchu Sentai KyuRanger The Movie: Ghess Indaver’s Counter-Attack an enemy fleet threatens the planet Earth, and the KyuRangers will need to discover the secret of the Cerberus Voyager!

*Next, in Kamen RIder Ex-Aid The Movie: True Ending the Game Riders face off against an evil ninja clan channeling the dangerous new power of Virtual Reality!

Both films will be released in theaters on August 5, 2017.

under Kamen Rider, TokuNation, TokuNation Site Updates, TokuNation Spotlights

“You truly are the best opponent I could have asked for!”

The first of the Promised Number arrives in the S.H. Figuarts line up! An extensive and elaborate repaint of the original Heart Roidmude, this figure represents the charismatic villains ultimate evolution. This is S.H. Figuarts Over Evolved Heart Roidmude!

As mentioned above this figure is nothing more than a repaint of the original Heart Roidmude. So that does mean that the physical & functional shortcomings of this mold will still persist as they always have. However the glorious golden paint scheme, the dark paint wash, and bright purple used on Over Evolved Heart bring out all of it’s best details & personality. This figure may still be limited, but Heart has never looked better than he does here. He does however still have a very limited selection of accessories, just the same 3 sets of hands that came with the first release. Here’s hoping that eventually the Brain Roidmude prototype that was shown off a while back will be able to join Heart one day.

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post, but you check out the full 50 image gallery after the jump by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post. Next time we’ll be back with a gallery from Kamen Rider W!