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The official press conference reveal for the 17th Hesei-era Kamen Rider took place today in Japan, and we have learned several new facts about Kamen Rider Ghost! We now have a full introductory cast with character profiles to match!

*Kamen Rider Ghost (aka Takeru Tenkuji) will be played by Shun Nishime. His character is described as a carefree and cheerful young man.

*Actress Hikaru Osawa will join the cast as Takeru’s childhood friend, Akari. She is a university student with a strong interest in science who aids Takeru in ghost hunting.

*Takanuki Yanagi will portray another friend of Takeru- head priest Onari of the Tenku Temple.

*The cast also includes a mysterious hermit played by Naoto Takenaka. He offers guidance to Takeru and teaches him about the Eyecons.

*Kamen Rider Specter (design sadly still unrevealed at time of writing) is also known as Makoto Fukami and will be played by Ryosuke Yamamoto. In contrast to Ghost, Specter is described as a cold & serious person.

*The main villain for this series, with the ability to summon the Ganma creatures is referred to only as The Mysterious Man and will be played by Yoshiyuki Morishita. Another villain known only as Alan will be played by Hayato Isomura. They are among the few who know the TRUE secret of the Eyecons…

*Last but certainly not least, the theme song for this new series will be performed by the band Kishidan!

Kamen Rider Ghost premieres on October 4 2015! Be sure to join in our Ongoing Discussion Thread to share your thoughts and fears about this exciting new series!

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TV listings for Power Rangers Dino Charge episodes scheduled to air in France have given us some previously-unknown summaries for episodes 14 through 16.

While episode titles remain unconfirmed, the summaries provide some potentially interesting details about a new member of the Dino Charge team-

Episode 14:
Chase mocks Shelby for a pop band she wants to see in New Zealand. But they are thrown into action when a monster attack leaves three Rangers buried underground.

Episode 15:
Discovering the Graphite Energem, Prince Philip decides to be generous towards the poor to show that he is worthy. But he will have to show other qualities to prove he deserves to be a Power Ranger.

Episode 16
Sledge sends Shearfear, a monster capable of cutting the Rangers’ ties of friendship, but struggles to cut the bond of Koda’s ingenuity.

Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Dino Charge details!

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Great news for fans of Power Rangers Dino Charge – the 9th episode, “When Logic Fails”, serving as the second half of season one’s premiere, is now available to watch in its entirety on Nick.com!

When Fury decides to charge up the Ptera Dino Charger, the Power Rangers Dino Charge rush to stop him and attempt to take back the Dino Charger! But when the Puzzler sets up a maze trap within an abandoned building, it’s up to Riley the Dino Charge Green Ranger to use logic in order to find a way to beat Puzzler! BONUS! Koda, the Dino Charge Blue Ranger, struggles to get a cookie throughout the entire episode. Watch the episode to find out if he succeeds!

To watch the full episode, click here to watch it in HD at Nick.com! And when you’ve finished watching, click here to vote on the episode and discuss it! Are you ready for the return of Power Rangers Dino Charge? Because it’s here – a week early! (in the United States, at least)

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Unleash the power! Dinosaur might, ready to fight! We’ve just unleashed the power of the Graphite Ranger from Power Rangers Dino Charge 5″ toy line and tossed up the gallery of this Pachy-Power menace to Sledge and his team! Check out 26 high-resolution images of this hard-to-find and highly-in-demand figure by clicking here or by clicking “Discuss on TokuNation forums” link at the bottom of the post!

What do YOU think of the Graphite Ranger? Have you picked up yours yet? Have you even found one? Sound off in the discussion thread!

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Bessatu Shonen Champion magazine has revealed it will begin publishing a new manga series based on Shotaro Ishinomori’s Robot Detective series from September 12th. What makes this more exciting is that it will be helmed by Eiichi Shimizu and Tomohiro Shimaguchi – the writer/artist duo also behind the popular ongoing Ultraman manga series.

The Robot Detective manga had been previously announced at the beginning of 2014, alongside this promotional video from Toei.

The original television series ran in 1973 for a total of 26 episodes and starred the sharply dressed titular Robot Detective “K”. We’ll bring you more news on the new manga adaptation as it comes!

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In a surprising turn of events (not really) Bandai has found at least one more way to milk a little money out of Kamen Rider Blade fans. Revealed thanks to Shishioh we have confirmation of an upcoming Toei Hero Net Exclusive figuart!

S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Garren Broken Head Ver. is set for release in January 2016 for 6156 yen. Though there are no images of this release currently, we can expect to see them very soon. It obviously follows on from the Blade Broken Head release so it will likely feature a slightly altered color scheme in addition to the new head.

Be on the lookout for your preferred middleman to throw up orders for Garren Broken Head Ver. soon!

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Some new listings at Cd Japan have confirmed a Blu-Ray release for the very first Kamen Rider show!

Kamen Rider 1 will be released in four special boxsets-

*Set 1 will be released on December 9, 2015 and cost 32000 Yen
*Set 2 will be released on February 10, 2016 and cost 32000 Yen
*Set 3 will be released on April 13, 2016 and also cost 32000 Yen
*Set 4 will be released on June 8, 2016 and is priced at 25000 Yen.

Definitely a fantastic prize for old-school Rider fans!

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Pairing perfectly with the DX Yokai Hammer, Premium Bandai just opened up pre orders for the DX Gashadokuro Yo Shuriken.

This Shuriken is of course the one that Kyuemon uses in the show to summon giant Yokai as such, the Shuriken will share functionality with the DX Yokai Hammer itself. Interestingly, the photos indicate that it can be used with the DX Ichibantou as well.

The DX Gashadokuro Yo Shuriken will be released in December 2015 with a relatively affordable  price tag of just 2,700 yen before shipping and other fees from your preferred middleman.

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A few months ago when Artisan Rodeomaru went up for order via Premium Bandai, we were also given a tease of an Artisan release for Chouzetsu Akaninger. Not only do we now know this figure is a pack-in bonus with Artisan Rodeomaru, but we also have official images!

Artisan Chouzetsu Akaninger stands 65mm tall (about 2.5 inches) compared to Rodeo & Shinobimarus’ roughly 125 mm. So he’s quite tiny. But this fully articulated mini-figure serves as a high end replacement for your DX Akaninger included with Lion Ha Oh. The figure includes just 3 accessories as well. The Ninja Ichibantou, and what appear to be a couple of panels that currently serve an unknown purpose. Perhaps they facilitate his combination with Lion Ha Oh? We’ll keep you updated as more information on this diminutive new figure comes out!

The set of Rodeomaru & Chouzetsu Akaninger retails for 5994 yen and is currently set for a December release!

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As you may or may not be aware, new episodes of Power Rangers Dino Charge are currently airing in Latin America, meaning by the time new episodes begin airing here in the United States, Latin America will be three episodes ahead of us. Unfortunately, that means they will have some big reveals before they are seen here in the United States, and that means that social media will destroy your hopes of NOT knowing about it (if that is your goal).

So we here at TokuNation.com are doing our best NOT to spoil it for you – but we are also a news organization that makes a living on reporting news, and casting information is a pretty big deal in this fan community. So we’re going to go ahead and post the identity of the actor who is playing the Dino Charge Gold Ranger, but not in the story brief – you’ll have to click “READ MORE” to get the full reveal. Keep in mind – clicking the title of this story will take you to the spoilers.

So to find out who is playing Ivan the Power Rangers Dino Charge Gold Ranger, simply click “READ MORE”. When you’ve done that, click here to discuss the revelation of the actor playing the Gold Ranger.

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