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One of the most central, behind-the-scenes figures for many years of the original run of Power Rangers with Saban Entertainment, Tony Oliver, will be in attendance at this year’s Nan Desu Kan convention in Denver, Colorado.

Tony Oliver did many things for the Power Rangers, including but not limited to: development producer, writer, story editor, consultant for “Power Rangers: The Movie”, and more!

If you’re in or around the Denver, Colorado area this coming September 14th-16th, swing by Nan Desu Kan and meet the man behind so much of American Tokusatsu’s emergance in to mainstream North America’s pop-culture.

under Conventions, Other Conventions, Power Rangers

Attention northeast United States Tokusatsu fans!

The voice behind one of the creepiest villains of our childhoods, and probably the best villain created for a live-action kids show, Robert Axelrod, aka Lord Zedd of Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, will be in attendance at this year’s ICON 31 convention, held in Stony Brook, NY, March 30th – April 1st.

If you’re in the northeast United States, check out ICON 31 and take the chance to meet an icon of American Tokusatsu!

under Godzilla

Are you following IDW’s Godzilla King Of The Monsters comics? Tomorrow sees the release of Godzilla King Of The Monsters #11, and we’ve got the preview for you!

Godzilla King Of The Monsters #11
Jason Ciaramella (w) o Victor Santos (a) o David Messina (c)
The twins are back, and they are after the King of Monsters himself! Riding into America on the backs of Battra and Rodan, the evil twins head toward Godzilla in an attempt to enslave the gargantuan to their will. But they may be underestimating the true power of Godzilla… get ready for a battle of titans in Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters #11!

Read on to preview this issue!

under Kamen Rider

A scan(which turned up on 2chan) from the March issue of Hobby Japan shows us new images of SIC Kamen Rider Gills and SIC Kamen Rider Another Agito. Excited for these new Super Imaginative Chogokin releases? Take a look at the new SIC Kamen Rider goodness after the jump!

under General Tokusatsu News

Hot on the heels of the widely publicized Megaupload shut down last week by the United States Government, FileSonic has recently put on their website the following message:

All sharing functionality on FileSonic is now disabled. Our service can only be used to upload and retrieve files that you have uploaded personally.

As we are all aware, those of us who do not use Torrents rely on such services like Megaupload and FileSonic for our Fan Subs. The conspiracy theories are running rampant – literally a DAY after major websites like Wikipedia and Google displayed their public protest of the contraversial SOPA and PIPA] bills in the Congress and Senate of the United States, Megaupload was shut down, and now days later, FileSonic basically makes their website worthless.

This makes the future of Fan Subs a little darker. What do you think of what’s going on? Discuss it all here (yes it’s political but we’re looking past that rule on our forums because this discussion effects everyone).

under Super Sentai

There are only a few episodes left in the fan-adored series Pirate Sentai Gokaiger and the show looks to be going out with a bang! Confirmed via his own blog, Kazuoki Takahashi (Shou/ChangeGryphon) will be appearing in an upcoming episode of Gokaiger. Also, Kihachiro Uemura (Dai/Green Flash, pictured) supposedly confirmed at Teruaki Ogawa’s charity event that he will also be showing up in Gokaiger.

Also rumored to appear is Ryou Narushima (Remi/Five Yellow), all in Episode 49.

In the words of the Gokaiger … let’s make a show of it!

SOURCE: JEFusion

under Metal Heroes, Super Sentai

An old friend of mine by the name of Professor Smooth was able to attend the premiere (and sold out) first showing of the much-anticipated movie Gokaiger vs. Gavan: THE MOVIE. He shared his summary of the movie at a post on RangerBoard.

We’ve copied the summary to this story. Click our title and check out what happens in the movie. Spoilers ahead!

under Conventions, Other Conventions, Power Rangers

Hey Power Rangers fans! The voice of the original mentor, David Fielding a.k.a. Zordon in Mighty Morphin’ Power Rangers, is attending the upcoming Japanese pop-culture convention Tekkoshocon X[/url]! The convention is in Pittsburgh, PA on March 21st-25th.

Fans in the Northeast United States should take a moment and see if Zordon has any special words or advice for them this coming March!

SOURCE: David Fielding on RangerBoard

under Super Sentai

A second trailer for the 36th Super Sentai series, Tokumei Sentai Go-busters, is now available to watch on youtube. This trailer aired at the end of this week’s Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger episode in Japan.

Check it out below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QG8B_wq-00

Tokumei Sentai Go-busters begins airing on February 26th.

Source:JEFusion

Thanks to TokuNation.com user GibsonKAGE for the heads up

under Kamen Rider

The Cybergundam Blog has posted a scan from the newest issue of Figure King, showing the following:

  • SH Figuarts Kamen Rider V3 (May release, ¥3,000)
  • Project BM Kamen Rider Fourze Base States (June release, ¥19,000)
  • Medicom Premium Club Kamen Rider Fourze Driver And Fourze Modules
Check them out after the jump!