Our sister-site PwrRngr.com has put up an exclusive interview with John Warden, the Global Design Lead of Power Rangers Toys at Hasbro. In this interview he shares his knowledge of the Power Rangers franchise and how his past work with Transformers, BeyBlade, G.I. Joe and more translate to working with Power Rangers now.
Click here to check out the whole interview!
Be sure to check out a brand new Fan First Friday for Power Rangers tomorrow and for our coverage of the event.
Great news for fans of Kamen Rider Decade! The brand new DX Neo Decade Driver and K-Touch 21, as seen in Rider Time Zi-O vs Decade, is coming! And thanks to Team Kamen Rider and Bluefin Brands you can order the set (or just the K-Touch 21) in North America, from your favorite stores where Bluefin Brands products are sold, for significantly cheaper than importing the item from Japan!
Both releases will contain all the same items and feature no change from each other.
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This year continues to be a strong year for Kamen Rider Gaim merchandise – especially merchandise slated for release in North America! The SODO Chronicle series of Kamen Rider figures recently revealed upcoming Premium Bandai releases of the following figures:
Today, Team Rider announced these items would be available on Premium Bandai US. They are set for a release in Japan in June 2021 with a United States release shortly thereafter.
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The first trailer for the newest season of Power Rangers: Dino Fury has been released online!
This trailer gives us our best look yet at the original footage used for the Dino Fury team.
Power Rangers: Dino Fury begins February 20 2021!
Netflix has released the first teaser trailer for the upcoming Polygon Pictures anime project set in the monster robot world of Pacific Rim!
Titled Pacific Rim: The Black, this series features two siblings discovering an abandoned Jaeger Robot and fighting across the Kaiju-infected continent of Australia.
Pacific Rim: The Black premieres on Netflix March 4 2021.
We have a premiere date for the next season of Power Rangers!
New cable listings have confirmed the first episode of Power Rangers Dino Fury will air Saturday, February 20 2021 at 8 AM on Nickelodeon!
A brief plot outline has been released for the Dino Fury premiere, titled “Destination Dinohenge”–
Go-getting reporter Amelia accompanies Ollie and his mom, Dr. Akana, to investigate the mysterious Dinohenge statues. The run into an evil warrior named Void Knight and a threat that puts the entire world in danger.
In addition, a listing for the SECOND episode of Dino Fury- titled “Sporix Unleashed” has also been published:
Ollie carries out a plan to catch Sporix without his teammates’ knowledge. When monsters take advantage of his idea, Ollie realizes the benefit of working as a team.
This episode will air Saturday, February 27 2021.
Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this new chapter in Power Rangers history!
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Toku is heating up this week with a campaign DX Sentai mecha, a new entry in the Gaim CSM Series and Kamen Rider Fashion and display stands!
== Sentai
Prepare to display an all-red Kiramaizin Land Mage as Shovelow joins the red “repaint” crew!
* Red Shovelow
* Zenkaiser Vinyl
* Zenkaiger Mecha
== Gaim
Kamen Rider Gaim‘s CSM streak continued this week with the premiere of the CSM Team Baron Lock Seed set. We also got a new SODO and Logo display!
* CSM Team Baron Lockseed Set
* Gaim Logo Display
* SODO Chronicle Gaim 03
Click “Read More” for even more new items available now and for pre-order!!
Hasbro has updated their official site with a treasure trove of new information about the upcoming series, Power Rangers Dino Fury!
Chief among the updates are character bios for the new team of Power Rangers:
*Red Ranger: “Zayto is an alien from the planet Rafkon. He has been on Earth since the time of the dinosaurs, frozen in stasis. After he is revived, he leads the Dino Fury Power Rangers in the hopes of stopping the evil forces that destroyed his planet from destroying Earth. Zayto commands the T-Rex Champion Zord.”
*Pink Ranger: “Amelia Jones is a go-getting journalist with a passion for the paranormal, Amelia works at the internet media agency, BuzzBlast. She’s well known in the city of Pine Ridge as the person you come to if anything ‘weird’ happens. Her enthusiasm seeps into everything she does, much to the amusement of her friends and co-workers. Amelia commands the Ankylo Hammer Zord.”
*Blue Ranger: “Ollie Akana is a confident, logical skeptic who’s never afraid to share his opinion and always needs to prove he’s right. Growing up, he traveled the globe with his archaeologist mother, Dr. Akana. Ollie doesn’t believe that there’s anything that can’t be proven or explained by science. Ollie commands the Tricera Blade Zord.”
*Green Ranger: “Izzy Garcia is a highly competitive and ambitious athlete. She pushes herself to the limits and never gives up, even when the stress is overwhelming. She’s close with her step-brother, Javi. Izzy commands the Tiger Claw Zord.”
*Black Ranger: “Javi Garcia is a free-spirited musician who can be quiet at times, focusing his energy on his creative process and artistic endeavors. Though he loves music, he can’t settle on any one style or instrument. His step-sister, Izzy, is his biggest supporter and the most important person in his life. Javi commands the Stego Spike Zord.”
Not to be outdone, some information on the series’ villains is included-
*Void Knight: “An armored alien warlord who crashed on Earth many years ago. He is intent on using the power of the super-charged Sporix for his own personal benefit.”
*BoomTower: “Void Knights’ monster general, a brutal fighter.”
Finally, a number of production images for the series have also been published online, detailing the team’s headquarters and training grounds.
Most surprising of all, these new images confirm the return of Power Rangers mainstay Kelson Henderson– apparently reprising his role as Mick Kanic from Power Rangers Ninja Steel! Could this be a sign of future Ranger crossovers? Only time will tell!
Power Rangers Dino Fury is expected to begin in early 2021! Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this exciting new chapter in Power Rangers history!
Bandai Japan has released the first official images of the newest Ultraman– the title character of Hideaki Anno’s upcoming cinematic project, Shin Ultraman!
The Shin Ultraman design pays homage to the classic Tsuburaya design with a few tweaks for the modern era.
SH Figuarts Shin Ultraman is scheduled for release in June 2021. The price is a modest 5000 Yen before shipping and handling.
The villains for the 45th Super Sentai series Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger have finally been revealed!
This is the Evil Dynasty Tojitendo– whose goal is to eliminate all other realities from existence. The Dynasty has already conquered the land of Kikatopia– home to four of the Zenkaigers- and rules the once peaceful land with absolute cruelty.
The great leader of the Tojitendo is BOCCOWAUS– a silver entity fused with a wall. His orders are law and he shows no mercy. Boccowaus will be voiced by tokusatsu veteran Jouji Nakata.
Boccowaus’ closest subordinate is his bird, GEGE– who hates all non-Tojitendo life. Gege is portrayed by singer & actor Tatsuhisa Suzuki.
The field commander for the Tojitendo is BARASITARA– a brutal warrior thrilled at the chance to invade new worlds. Barasitara is voiced by Kenji Nomura– another tokusatsu veteran.
Rounding out the Tojitendo is IZILDE– the scientist, who steals technology from every world the Dynasty conquers. Izilde is voiced by Masanori Takeda.
Finally, a new ally for the Zenkaigers has also been revealed! This robot bird is named SecChan– once a toy belonging to ZenKaiser, SecChan possesses tremendous knowledge on the history of Super Sentai. Actress Misato Fukuen will voice SecChan in the series.
Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger begins March 7 2021! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this new chapter in Super Sentai history!