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In case you missed it, Kamen Rider W: Fuuto Pi is an upcoming animated sequel to the highly popular Kamen Rider W television series, ahead of its August 1st broadcast date, a new trailer, featuring the show’s opening theme song was just released:
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Monster Rancher franchise, Koei Techmo will be collaborating with Bandai Namco games in order to produce Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher for Nintendo Switch consoles.
Ultra Kaiju Monster Rancher will be a monster-raising simulator, in which you can take your Kaiju into weekly activities such as training, feeding, studying, and adventuring. There will be a tournament, and battle mode similar to other Monster Rancher titles, and the game will combine the base features of the first Monster Rancher and Monster Rancher 2, in addition, there’ll be a Monster Fusion system where players can take two Kaiju and combine them into something new and unique.
A psychical version of the game will be available in South-East Asia regions and translated into English, though, for those not keen on importing, the game will also be available digitally in the Nintendo eShop in North America. The game was slated for a release window of 2022, though no exact date was given at the time of this writing.
In the meantime, be sure to check out the trailer in the box below to view some of the game’s features in more depth down below:
Some new entries have surfaced for the Avataro Sentai DonBrothers toyline!
These are the DX Mecha based on the RoboTaro forms belonging to the Donbrothers’ sixth member Don Dragoku. The new warrior has two signature forms even in RoboTaro scale:
*Don RoboGoku– the golden dragon!
*Don RoboBolt– the purple tiger!
Together the Don Dragoku RoboTaro combine to create the mighty Mecha ToraDora GonJin! This Mecha features RoboBolt wearing RoboGoku as a suit of power armor.
Any further configurations or combinations with the existing DX Don Onitaijin are not yet confirmed.
The ToraDora GonJin set is currently scheduled for release in August 2022 & priced at 9680 Yen! Stay tuned to TokuNation for further reveals in this exciting Super Sentai series.
Bandai Japan has at least one more surprise for Metal Hero fans!
A special release of the Input Magnum– the sidearm of Juuko B-Fighter (better known to Western audiences as Big Bad Beetleborgs)- has been announced. This new version is an update from the original release, designed with a closer appearance to the television show.
This new Input Magnum features four unique configurations:
*REPRINT MODE copies all sounds from the original toy release
*SERIES MODE features effects closer to the TV show
*BLUE BEET MODE unlocks new voice clips from series lead Daisuke Tsuchiya
*MISSION MODE is a matching game based on Blue Beet’s instructions.
The Input Magnum Complete Edition is scheduled for release in November 2022. Price is a modest 13200 Yen before shipping & handling.
Toei has finally put up a teaser trailer for the upcoming Kamen Rider reboot project Kamen Rider Black Sun!
This project is a retelling of the 1987 series Kamen Rider Black but with a new modernized style.
Kamen Rider Black Sun will be released via Amazon Prime Video in Autumn 2022!
Premium Bandai has published the first official images of the next Shodo SUPER release featuring the 1988 Super Sentai team Choujuu Sentai Liveman!
All five members of this Sentai- Red Falcon, Yellow Lion, Blue Dolphin, Black Bison & Green Sai have been recreated at the Shodo scale in superb detail. This release also includes the team weapons- the Triple Bazooka and the massive Biomotion Buster.
Shodo SUPER’s Liveman release is currently scheduled for December 2022. The price is a modest 8800 Yen before shipping & handling.
CHOU HENSHIN!!
In case you missed it, Bandai announced a new complementary line to tie into the premium Complete Selection Modification line of roleplay toys, and they’ve just revealed the first product of this line with the Complete Style Gigantic Titan Sword wielded by Kamen Rider Kuuga in his Titan Form.
No other release info was given at the time of this posting, though pre-orders will be live June 28th 2022 so we’ll be sure to provide you with more info as it becomes available.
The Power Rangers comics from BOOM! Studios are about to get a facelift. On Thursday, Ryan Parrott (writer on “Power Rangers“) announced that he would be leaving the brand at the onset of Issue 100 of the Power Rangers comic. This morning, Mat Groom – whom just took over writing duties of the “Mighty Morphin” comic from Ryan Parrott – announced that he, too, was leaving the Power Rangers comics with Issue 22 of Mighty Morphin.
The future of the Power Rangers comics going forward is currently uncertain but sources tell us all is well at BOOM! Studios with the Power Rangers comics and that the future creative team will be announced at a later date.
Stay tuned for more updates on the Power Rangers comics at BOOM! Studios.
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A new spin-off brand of the Complete Selection Modification (CSM) toy line has been soft-announced. Introducing Complete Style Gigantic (CSG). There is no information beyond the graphic teaser at this time but the graphic itself states more details to come in Japan on June 16th (or June 15th in North and South America).
There is a lot of speculation on what could come out with this line but it will likely include iconic items and/or weapons of your favorite Kamen Riders but in a close to 1:1 scale versus the smaller sized DX items released in the main toy lines.
We’ll follow up with more information as it is available.