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A new trailer for the second series of the Garo anime has come online!

In addition, we have also learned some details about the character roster for this new show-

*The current Golden Knight is Raikou, a young man trained from birth to protect the city of Heiankyo. Raikou will be voiced by Masei Nakayama, best known for his role as Raiga in Garo: Makai No Hana.

*Raikou will be aided by the Makai Priestess Seimei, a woman with tremendous magical abilities. Seimei will be portrayed by legendary voice actress Romi Park (who some fans may recognize as Dayu in Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.

*Raikou is followed by a servant named Kintoki, who is voiced by Akiko Yajima whose resume includes Shin-Chan and The Big O.

*The main villain in this series is Ashiya Doumon– a hateful Makai Priest. Doumon will be played by Tomokazu Seki (the voice of the Mobirates in Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.)

Garo: The Crimson Moon rises on October 9 2015!

under General Tokusatsu News

Bad news if you’re a fan of the quasi-toku franchise Pacific Rim. It was revealed today through a story in the Hollywood Reporter that an on-going battle between Legendary Pictures (the company that made the first Pacific Rim movie) and Universal (the company that distributed the movie) has put the sequel to the fan-favorite movie in to an indefinite halt in terms of production, with whispers that the movie may not get made period.

To recap – Pacific Rim finished its domestic earnings at $101.8 million dollars. However, the overseas market (and especially China) helped the movie earn worldwide a total of over $409 million dollars. Legendary Pictures has a lot of investment in the Chinese market and desperately wants a sequel to this movie made (because of the apparent cash cow it will become in the Chinese market). Universal, on the other hand, could care less about the overseas market and is more concerned about money, or the lack thereof, being brought in by recent releases from Legendary Pictures.

In short – it’s all about the money. Universal is unhappy with recent releases from Legendary Pictures, while Legendary Pictures wants more money chipped in (while cashing in on the Chinese market once the movie is released). A special thanks to ScreenCrush.com for their interpretation of the original article.

Are your hopes crushed? Or could you care less? Sound off in discussion!

under Power Rangers

Tis time to vanquish thy foes and to help you do so is none other than the Power Rangers Dino Charge Gold Ranger himself, Sir Ivan! In celebration of the premiere of the Gold Ranger this past weekend, we’ve uploaded our gallery (and review) of this awesome 5″ figure straight out of the main line of Power Rangers Dino Charge!

Check out over 30 images of this figure by clicking here! What do you think? Is this a must-buy for you? Join in the gallery discussion and share your thoughts! Go Go Power Rangers!

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Thanks (if you can call it that) to the French airings of Power Rangers Dino Charge, we’re now able to list who plays the Purple Ranger in Power Rangers Dino Charge! We consider this a spoiler (as there are story elements tied in to it). So we will use the “spoiler” tag on our front page as well as in our discussion forum. Click the button for the spoilers!

Spoiler:
The Power Rangers meet an older man named Albert in New Zealand who has possession of the Purple Energem. He is played by Arthur Ranford. He is unable to fight because he is scared – and he doesn’t know why the Purple Energem chose him. Keeper is able to break the bond between human and Energem. Sledge comes in to possession of the Purple Energem and also manages to capture Keeper aboard his ship. Going in alone to save him, Kendall finds the Purple Energem in the ship and becomes the Purple Ranger in the season finale.

A special thanks to nightmere10 from The Power Scoop Blog as well as YellowAccel on the RangerCrew forums for all the information regarding the actor and the story!

under Kamen Rider

It’s time to get Wild!

Yet another recent release joins the Kamen Rider Drive line up of S.H. Figuarts. And this time it’s Drive’s first upgrade form, obtained with a fired up desire for justice, S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Wild!

Drive Type Wild is bulky and boxy beast of a form for Kamen Rider Drive. This slick police themed form is one of my personal favorites from this series and in figure form it does not fail to impress either. Drive Type Wild comes with a smorgasbord of accessories, much like Kamen Rider mach; The Rumble Dump Tire & Shift Cars with Driver readout as well as the Rumble Smasher weapon, and several sets of hands including one pair for Drive Type speed to use with the also included Handle Ken! Not only is Drive Type Wild another gorgeous addition to the line, but it comes with everything you need to get your money’s worth out of it AND make Drive Type Speed just a little bit sweeter!

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Drive Type Wild is another winner in my book, but don’t just take my word for it, take a look in the full thread to make your own mind up. We’ve attached a selection of images to this post but feel free to browse the complete 70+ image gallery with review by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” at the bottom of this post.

under Power Rangers

Time for TIME FORCE!

Shout! Factory has put up a new page announcing a complete DVD boxset for Power Rangers Time Force!

This 5-disc set containing all 40 uncut episodes will be released on December 15, 2015 for the relatively affordable price of 19.97 USD.

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A new preview for the 12th episode of Power Rangers Dino Charge has been uploaded online!

The Rangers encounter Sledge’s newest monster, Bones- whose attacks leave them out of action!

Knight After Knights officially airs on September 14, 2015 on Nickelodeon!

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A surprising albeit hoped for reveal has just been announced on the Premium Bandai website. A special premium release of Gold Drive’s DX Banno Driver!

The DX Banno Driver, much like it’s in show counterpart, is a dark repaint of the DX Drive Driver. And while details on it’s functionality are a bit scarce at the moment, more information will be revealed on September 30th. For now however we have a few official images of the Driver & Brace and the ordering window which will be open from September 30th through December 18th with a release in February.

The DX Banno Driver will retail for 6480 yen. Be sure to get in contact with your preferred middleman service for ordering this item.

under Kamen Rider

A brief commercial for the upcoming 17th Hesei Rider aired during todays’ SuperHeroTime programming block.

This gives us a quick look at Kamen Rider Ghost in action!

Kamen Rider Ghost premieres on October 4 2015! Stay tuned to Tokunation between now and then as we keep you up to date on all ghostly details!

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The first trailer for the newest installment in the Kamen Rider: Battride War video game series has been posted online!

This gives us a good look at the graphics and action found within the game:

Battride War: Genesis will be released in 2016 (exact date unknown at time of writing). Stay tuned to Tokunation for further details!