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We must be getting pretty close to the in show reveal of Kyoryugold because an image with a clear look at the costume has finally surfaced! Zyuden Sentai Kyoryuger’s 7th ranger so far has been rumored to be Torin himself but right now that rumor is unconfirmed. Oddly there appears to be an image of Magired blacked out behind Kyoryugold. Is that a clue that we may get another Magiranger alum in sentai ala Beet Buster? Possible.

Some new Super Hero Taisen Z images also tease us. One image in particular features Tokusou Sentau Dekaranger, Choushinsei Flashman, Kamen Riders Meteor & Fourze, Space Sheriff Gavan, and Kamen Rider Super-1. And of course what would a team up movie be without the plot device/hole that is Kamen Rider Decade? Who isn’t really space themed.

Credit: Alpha Hero Shock

under Kamen Rider

Thanks to HJU, The plot for the Kamen Rider Kiva and Blade novels have been revealed. While the Kiva novel is a retelling of the series with new elements, much like the Agito and Kabuto novels, the Blade novel is a continuation of the series and thus may contain spoilers for those that have yet to watch or finish Blade: 



Spoiler:
The novel is set 300 years after the TV show, during his travels an amnesic Kenzaki finds himself on a prison island. There he may encounter Kamen Rider Chalice, making him the only still living character from the TV Show due to his status as an Undead

SOURCE:
Henshin Justice

under Power Rangers

The Official Power Rangers CardBattle Website is open, revealing something familiar to Super Sentai Fans- that’s right, just like in Japan with the Dice-O Game Machines, soon Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore will be the Power Rangers CardBattle Series Machines!

The first set of Machines will appear this month, March 2013 according to the website, and a promotional card will be given by the shop staff (while supplies last.) With this game out, many more cards will be available!

Thanks to Tokunation Member AoBlue For The Heads Up!

under General Tokusatsu News, Metal Heroes

Since Shout! Factory has completed the first season of “Big Bad Beetleborgs” DVD releases, Amazon.com has opened orders for “Season 2, Volume 1”- better known under the subtitle “Metallix.”

This new 3-disc volume will be released June 11th for a relatively affordable cost of 19.95

under Kamen Rider

Bandai Namco games just released a new trailer for the four coming Kamen Rider Battleride War Video game, which finally gives us gameplay footage, playing along the game’s theme song: Go Get’em! by Kamen Rider Girls.

The trailers shows that not only will secondary Riders be included in the game, but so will W’s Skull and Eternal! Key moments from Kuuga all the way up to Wizard have been re-created in stunning CGI. The trailer may contain spoilers.

The game will be coming out on May 23rd for PS3 consoles. You can check out the new PV in the youtube link below:

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The upcoming crossover extravaganza known as “Superhero Taisen Z” has another new poster that confirms several more tokusatsu alumni joining this project!

*Hiroaki Iwanaga (formerly Kamen Rider Birth and the most recent VA for Space Sheriff Shaider) will be loaning his voice to the film

*Sota Fukushi is back once again as Kamen Rider Fourze

*Tetsu Inada will play the voice of Kamen Rider #1

*Tomokazu Seki (arguably best known as the “Mobirates” voice in Gokaiger) will be the new voice actor for Akaranger

Super Hero Taisen Z premieres April 27th so stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this exciting project!

under Power Rangers

Nick.com have provided fans with a preview of tomorrow’s Power Rangers Megaforce episode “Harmony and Dizchord“. A monster is rocking some brain splitting music all across the city and it’s up to the Power Rangers to turn off the screech!

For those outside the US and unable to view the clip on Nick, the guys over at the Rangercrew blog have uploaded the clip to Youtube. Check it out below!

And be sure to join us over in the Power Rangers Megaforce forum tomorrow for the weekly episode discussion!

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

Tokunation.com user Crown Athlete swung by with some great news this morning, the Toys R Us Exclusive DX Shinken-Oh has been sighted! Photographic proof is attached. This DX release retails for $79.99. For those of you who have not seen this before, unlike the Zord Builder Samurai Megazord by Bandai Of America, the DX Shinken-Oh‘s individual zords can morph into emblem modes as well as their animal modes.

This is a straight up re-release of the original Bandai Japan Shinken Oh from the Samurai Sentai Shinkenger toyline! The only differences between this release and the original BOJ one is a cardboard sleeve around the box denoting it as a Power Rangers 20 product, and a brand new set of english instructions!

Happy hunting!

under General Tokusatsu News

Koichi Sakamoto, director of Zyuden Sentai Kyoruger and the fan favrioute film Kamen Rider W Forever A To Z: Gaia Memories of Fate returns with a completely original movie: The Travelers Dimension police, staring Nao Nagasawa/Hurricane Blue, and Ayumi Kinoshita/Deka Yellow!

The first trailer for this action packed film is out, check it out in the Youtube link below:

Thanks to Tokunation member DrillBit and Switchblade for the heads up!

Source: HJU

under Super Sentai

It’s no secret that Tokumei Sentai Gobusters is one of the lowest rated Sentai shows in the franchise, but just how badly did it do as a whole? As reported by Rising Sun Tokusatsou, the rating reports from the last two episodes are out and they aren’t good: with the last two episodes of the series receiving a 4.9% and 4.4% in viewers. That puts Gobusters as a whole at a viewership of approximately 4.0%!

But the downward trend continues into Kyoruger, with the first three episodes only scoring a 4.3%, 4.0%, and 3.2%.

Of course, Rising Sun’s usual source for these rating reports come from a different source, with their original source stomped out in a crackdown by Toei

These numbers may not be accurate but they seem to indicate that Super Sentai is in a downward slump, though weather or not this trend will continue for Kyoruger remains to be seen.

SOURCE: Rising Sun Tokusatsou