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under Garo

The new Garo movie, entitled Garo: Dragon of the Blue Cry, has just had its first screening at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Among those attending the event were director Keita Amiyama and popular Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka, who plays the villain of the movie.

Following on from the end of Garo: Makai Senki, Dragon of the Blue Cry sees Makai knight Kouga Saejima travelling through the Promised Land to honour the contract he made to the Makai entity Gajari. Matsuzaka plays Judam, evil Queen of the Promised land. She is a brutally evil character, but with an innocence of a little girl. She said she had fun doing the action scenes and despite celebrating her sixtieth birthday this year, she still engaged with wirework for the first time and found it to be a challenge.

Garo: Dragon of the Blue Cry will be released publicly in Japan February 2013. In the meantime, check out the trailer below and discuss this news after the jump!

Source: Henshin Justice

under Metal Heroes

With the release of the brand new Space Sheriff Gavan movie just around the corner and a crossover into Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters behind him, the original Metal Hero is enjoying quite a revival. To add to these, Akita Publishing has just released the first episode of a brand new Gavan web manga, which can be viewed online (in Japanese of course).

Not only that, but two new Gavan novels have been announced – one featuring the original Gavan, and the second featuring the new Gavan Type-G. The first book, “Space Sheriff Gavan The Novel“, continues the adventures of Retsu Ichijouji and a mysterious character named Julia. According to the synopsis, a new criminal organization named Metos appears and hijacks the Dolgiran. With the spacecraft taken, how will Retsu change into Gavan?

The second book, “Space Sheriff Gavan Type-G The Beginning“, tells of Geki Jumonji and Sherry‘s first mission together to retrieve sensitive data from a crash-landed spaceship. The book will also reveal on how Geki became Gavan Type-G.

The two novels are priced 1,050 and 2,500 yen respectively, and to be released on October 19th and 20th respectively in line with the premier of the new movie.

In the meantime, be sure to check out the first episode of the web manga HERE and discuss after the jump!

Source: Firestarter’s Blog

under Kamen Rider

Bandai Namco games launched a new web site, featuring a Kamen Rider video game coming to Android and iOS: Kamen Rider Rider Bout!

The game is a Social RPG, registering for the game will unlock Kamen Rider Wizard Flame Style.

For iOS users, -iPhone 3GS, 4, 4S or 5 OOS 5 and up will be required to run this software. Those that use Android will require Android 2.3 and up.

under General Tokusatsu News

Crunchy Roll has reported that the Ishinori Manga Museum will reopen on November 17th! It was damaged during the March 2011 earthquake/tsunami and repairs are almost done. More:

In November 17th, the museum in his honor will be holding a reopening ceremony – with branding that draws the connection to Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex director Kenji Kamiyama’s new reminagined Cyborg 009 anime movie 009: Re Cyborg.

The Ishinomori Mangattan Museum is built by corporation of national government and Ishimaki City in 2001 and became a tourist destination, attracting 180,000 visitors annually. During the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami, many of the building around the museum were destroyed and its facilities were substantially damaged.

With the help of public fundraising efforts, repair efforts are now nearing completing.

A November 17th reopening ceremony is free and open to the public.

A special renewal exhibit opens March 23, 2013.

under Kamen Rider

During New York Comic Con 2012, Comixology sent out a press release regarding Kamen Rider creator Shotaro Ishinomori. Comixology has announced a digital distribution deal for Ishinomori’s entire manga catalog! Here’s the press release:

ISHIMORI PRODUCTION INC. & COMIXOLOGY ANNOUNCE DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION DEAL FOR THE CLASSIC MANGA LIBRARY OF LEGENDARY MANGA CREATOR SHOTARO ISHINOMORI AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME DIGITALLY Debuting three classic manga titles Cyborg 009, Kikaider, and Skull Man through Comixology.

October 12th, 2012 – New York, NY – Earlier today during this year’s New York Comic Con 2012, Ishimori Production Inc. and Comixology – the revolutionary digital comics platform – announced a digital distribution deal for legendary manga creator Shotaro Ishimori’s entire catalog. To celebrate, Ishimori and Comixology will be debuting the widely influential Cyborg 009 , Kikaider and Skull Man across Comixology’s entire platform – including iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web.

New and old fans alike, can experience Ishimori’s classic creations through Comixology’s patent pending Guided View reading technology. For owners of the new iPad, each series can be experienced in Comixology’s high definition CMX-HD format. The launch titles are:

  • Cyborg 009 Vol 1-2
  • Kikaider Vol 1-2
  • Skull Man

“We are honored to team up with Ishimori’s and bring a whole new generation of readers to such classic manga series as Cyborg 009 , Kikaider and Skull Man,” said co-founder and CEO David Steinberger. “Comixology has the best consumer experience anywhere and having the most diverse library available is part of that great experience. Adding these seminal works by Shotaro Ishinomori’s will certainly delight our customers and bring new readers to the platform.”

“Ishimori’s is very excited that readers everywhere will be able to experience Shotaro Ishinomori’s work via Comixology, Shotaro Ishinomori would be very happy if he saw this new digital technology making his manga available to the world.” said Masayasu Takigawa, EVP, Ishimori Production Inc. “Comixology’s shopping and reading experience has no peer in the digital comics marketplace. We look forward to expanding Ishinomori’s library with Comixology for years to come.”

Ishimori Production Inc. and Comixology worked closely together to acquire the highest resolution source material possible to present Ishimori’s classic manga creations in Comixology’s stunning high-definition comic format – CMX HD – for Comixology fans on the new iPad. With Guided View and CMX-HD, Comixology adds new excitement to these influential classic manga.

Ishimori Production Inc. maintain and develop intellectual property originally created by manga legend Shotaro Ishinomori whose works include Cyborg 009, Kamen Rider, Inazuman, Ganbare!! Robocon, Gorangers, Kikaider, Skull Man and more! Ishinomori’s works date back to 1954, and in 1964 he created Cyborg 009, Japan’s first super powered hero team.

Recently Ishimori Production Inc. partnered with Archaia to create a modern adaptation of the classic Cyborg 009 manga series. Written by F.J. DeSanto and Bradley Cramp and illustrated by Marcus To, Archaia is set to release the graphic novel based on Ishinomori’s original creation early in 2013 and will also be available digitally through Comixology.

About Comixology
Founded in 2007 with the mission of bringing comics to people everywhere, Comixology revolutionized the comic book and graphic novel world. With the development of the Comixology digital comics platform – with buy-once, read-anywhere availablility across iPhone, iPad, Android, Kindle Fire, Windows 8 and the Web – Comixology provides the easiest way worldwide for people to enjoy comics anywhere they happen to be! Regularly ranking as the top grossing iPad app in the entire iTunes App Store, Comixology is one of the leading drivers of the iPad economy. Providing the most digital comics on the most devices, Comixology will not stop until everyone on the face of the planet has been turned into a comic book fan.

under Kamen Rider, Super Sentai, TokuNation Spotlights

Welcome back for another round of Let’s Watch Wednesdays At Tokunation.com! We hope you enjoyed our New York Comic Con 2012 Tokusatsu Coverage! This week we discuss:

Click the above links to join the respective discussions!

under Power Rangers

Thanks to our friends at Samurai Cast Blog, as well as Twitter user thegeekpdt, we have some new information on the upcoming Power Rangers Megaforce, which is the 20th Anniversary of all things Power Rangers.

There are a ton of pictures to look at, so please click here to check out the pictures that thegeekpdt uploaded.

The most interesting piece of information comes from a conversation with a Saban Brands representative – that past Power Rangers would return to Power Rangers Megaforce! Not to play Devil’s Advocate here, but does that mean past actors (such as Jason David Frank or Johnny Yong Bosch) or just the past physical costumed Power Rangers, which is the main ability of the theme of the second half of Megaforce which is based off Gokaiger (who transform in to past Power Rangers)?

Only time will tell! Stay tuned!

CREDIT: Samurai Cast, thegeekpdt, and raz from our own forums!

under Power Rangers

Game company Namco Bandai has released a number of images for the upcoming Power Rangers Super Samurai video game for the X-Box 360 Kinect.

The game, scheduled to release November 20th, 2012 allows the player to use the Kinect device to control the Power Rangers Samurai as well as the Samurai Megazord. The player will also practice and train with the Samurai Rangers in order to stay fit and healthy. There’s also going to be some lessons on friendship.

Check out all the images after the jump!

CREDIT: Silicon Era

under Kamen Rider

A surprising new entry has surfaced on Tamashii’s Web Shop- a DX Electronic Kivala from “Kamen Rider Decade!” This release is said to feature show-accurate lights & sounds.

Kivala will be released in March 2013 for 5800 Yen

Full listing HERE

under Godzilla

Another issue of IDW‘s Godzilla Half Century War is due out tomorrow and we’ve got the preview!

Godzilla Half Century War #3
Welcome to Ghana, 1975. The criminal underworld has found a way to summon monsters and they’ve chosen the African country as a trial run for the first ever monster mash-up! A horde of kaiju are on the way and different military teams, each specifically trained to thwart each monster’s capabilities, enter the fray. During the chaos, Lieutenant Ota stumbles upon the source of the chaos!

Read on to preview this issue!