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This is a developing story so please hang on for more clarification as it becomes available. According to the official @PowerRangers twitter account, the names for the characters in the Power Rangers 2017 Movie are confirmed to be the original names. That’s right – Jason, Zack, Billy, Kimberly, and Trini are officially the names of your big screen spandex heroes.

This pretty much puts to rest all the news that the Entertainment website Collider had been releasing (the movie being set in-continuity and entirely new names created) as being false.

Stay tuned for more information as it becomes available!

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Eyes Open!

There’s no time like the present! And before the full high resolution reveal of S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ghost takes place at this weekends’  Tamashii Nations event, we figured it would be the perfect time to share our gallery of the Ghost Change GC-01 Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii!

Kamen Rider Ghost is about a month into it’s run and several of the initial gimmick figures have already made there way out to retail. As a starter GC-01 Ghost does an admirable job of recreating the series gimmick, the transforming “Damashiis”.  Ghost includes his default Ore Damashii as well as a non-transforming version of his Gan Gun Saber. And while it’s not too bad for gimmick line toy, it does leave much to be desired. GC-01 Ghost Ore Damashii seems to be channeling a little bit of Arms Change in it’s design but doesn’t quite nail it. I’ll give them credit though, I just wish it could have been a little bit better overall. Check out the full review for more details.

And be sure to check out a video review of Ghost Change Kamen Rider Ghost by my good friend and frequent collaborator Baltmatrix!

We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but read on after the jump for a full review and 45 image gallery of Ghost Change GC-01 Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii!

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And dropping the final piece of casting news for Saban and Lionsgates 2017 Power Rangers Movie has just been revealed! Becky Gomez has been cast as the Yellow Ranger!

As with the other members of the team, Becky Gomez has a relatively short list of credits to her acting resume. But is well known as a singer & songwriter on social media. What do you think of this piece of casting news? And how do you feel about the complete team of all 5 Power Rangers for the 2017 theatrical move? Sound off in the comments below! And be sure to check out the previous 2017 Power Rangers Movie casting news:

Pink Ranger – Naomi Scott
Red Ranger – Dacre Montgomery
Black Ranger – Ludi Lin
Blue Ranger- RJ Cycler
Yellow Ranger – Becky Gomez

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Another special reveal comes in the forms of S.I.C. Heart Roidmude! Joining the likes of the recently revealed S.I.C. Drive and the core 4 Gaim Riders, Heart is an incredible looking figure. And a unique one too! The man behind the monsters of Drive, the designer of the Roidmudes was Takeyuki Takeya, whom if you haven’t realized it by now has been the man behind the entire S.I.C. toyline for well over a decade!

A renowned sculptor Mr. Takeya has crafted some truly gorgeous and detailed figures over the years. His Roidmude designs have begged to be done up as S.I.C.s since their first on screen appearance and now he’s gotten his chace with S.I.C. Heart! This figure takes the design form the show and pushes it a step further, or rather a step backward, more in line with the original line-art but with some new flares to the design improvised by Takeya.

We don’t have release details for S.I.C. Heart Roidmude yet, like many figures at this years’ Tamashii Nations show. But this one is a bit of special case we felt needed to be spotlighted. Well done Mr. Takeya, well done.

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And another round of new figures is about to be officially revealed at Tamashii Nations 2015! For now we have the usual set of shaky images floating around twitter. But these images give us our first look yet at the various S.H. Figuarts releases lined up for Kamen Rider Ghost! On display (on a giant pike of Eyecons no less) are:

  • Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Edison Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Robin Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Newton Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Ghost Musashi Damashii
  • Kamen Rider Spectre
  • Machine Ghostriker

As more reveals (and better images!) work their way in we’ll be sure to update you on the all the news out of Tamashii Nations 2015!

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On top of the incredible looking S.I.C. Kamen Rider Gaim Orange Arms revealed earlier today we have new images showcasing 3 more S.I.C. Gaim Riders! No other information is available currently but we have initial images of:

S.I.C. Kamen Rider Baron Banana Arms

S.I.C. Kamen Rider Zangetsu Melon Arms

S.I.C. Kamen Rider Ryugen Budou arms

These 3 are already looking just as impressive as Gaim himself. Time will tell if these figures, or even Gaim, see an actual release. But for now enjoy these images as our coverage of Tamashii Nations 2015 continues!

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The first day of the show has wound down but Tamashii Nations 2015 will go on through this weekend. We’ve had a ton of reveals up to this point but a LOT more are apparently on the way as more sections of the show are made available to the general public. A portion of the rumored figures list comes from The Ghouly News, but still take it with a bit of salt as we can’t confirm some of these figures yet. Thanks to some teaser images released by Bandai we have at least a few confirmed things to look forward to:

S.H. Figuarts
Ultra Seven
Ultraman Zoffy
Ultraman Ace
Ultraman jack
Ultraman Taro
Ultraman Leo
Darkraider
Shinkochu Seiho N Daguva Zeba
Shinkochu Seiho Kuuga Ultimate
Kamen Rider Ghost Ore Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Edison Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Robin Hood Damashii
Kamen Rider Ghost Newton Damashii
Kamen Rider Spectre
Machine Ghostriker
Yurusen

There are still yet more releases coming and this is only a partial list of what’s been seen and what’s been hinted at. Rest assured that Tamashii Nations 2015 is not over and we will continue to pour over the internet until we have more concrete information to share.

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A new 4 minute trailer for the upcoming Kamen Rider Battle Ride War Genesis game was just released online, and in this new trailer the first episode stages are shown off along with a handful of new playable characters!

The trailer confirms that the following Riders will be playable:

Black

Mach

V3

G3X

Knight

Kaixa

Ichigo


In addition to showcasing Ghost and Drive in action.

Battle Ride War Genesis will be released Febuary 25th 2016 for PS3, PS4(7000 yen each) and PS Vita (6100 yen) consoles. Like previous games, a TV Sound Edition will be avalaible for 10,200 yen.

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Tamashii Nations Fall 2015 event is well under way and of of today we’ve already gotten our first round of reveals! There are some surprises, some no brainers, and some WAY out of left field surprises in here. Sentai fans need not get their hopes up though, as no figures have been shown at all. For now though:

S.H. Figuarts
Kamen Rider Drive
Drive Type Tridoron
Gold Drive
Chaser Mach
Brain Roidmude
Proto-Drive
Kamen Rider Gaim
Gaim Yami Dark Jinba Arms
Baron Ringo Arms
Lord Baron
Duke Dragon Energy
Kamen Rider Decade
Shinkochu Seiho Decade
Shinkochu Seiho Diend
Kamen Rider Kabuto
Shinkochu Seiho Gattack
Kabuto Extender
Gattack Extender
Tokkei Winspector
Fire
Bikel
Walter
Ultraman
Ultraman

S.I.C.
Kamen Rider Gaim Orange Arms
Kamen RIder Drive Type Speed

We’ll keep you up to date with each day of Tamashii Nations 2015 as it continues through the weekend!

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A new full-length trailer for the upcoming film Kamen Rider Ghost & Kamen Rider Drive: Movie War Genesis has been posted online!

This gives us some excellent shots of both Riders fighting against new enemies, including the Leonardo Ganma. In addition, we have our first look at Shinnosuke’s latest form- known as Kamen Rider Zero Drive.

Movie War Genesis premieres in theaters on December 12, 2015!