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Hot on the heels of news of Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger figuarts, issue #169 of toy magazine Figure Oh has revealed news and images of the cast for the show.

The Akibarangers is made of: Nobuo Akagi/AkibaRed (played by Masato Wada), Mizuki Aoyagi/AkibaBlue (Kyoko Hinami), and Moegi Yumeria/AkibaYellow (Karin Ogino). Professor Hiroyo will be played by Maya Uchida, and villain Marushina be played by Honoka.

The Akibarangers transformation item is a doll, and each them are also equipped with a gun named the MMZ-01 “Moe Moe Zukyuun”. Their main mode of transportation is the Machine Itassha, a customized car covered in anime decals.

Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger premieres April 6th on BS Asahi at 1:30am. If this alone didn’t suggest the series is aimed at an adult audience, it’s tagline is “Good kids, stay away from this show. Got it?”

Check out the images after the jump!

Image source: ca3 blog

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Bandai’s Tamashii Nations website has revealed the heroes from the forthcoming Hikōnin Sentai Akibaranger (Unofficial Sentai Akibaranger)!

The series is set to premier in April and follows three people who live in Akihabara’s Electric Town among other otaku. When they learn that a malevolent entity plans to annihilate their neighborhood, they become warriors to wipe out evil — with the help of super gear created by a beautiful and brilliant genius.

How do you feel about these unorthodox suit designs? Give us your thoughts after the jump!

Thanks to TokuNation.com member ComicGuy89 for the heads up!

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Along with the 36th Super Sentai Series, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters, Toei plans to launch a second live action Sentai series this year titled: Hikōnin Sentai Akibaranger. The story will follow three protagonists who live in Akihabara’s Electric Town “among other otaku”. The trio learn of plans to destroy their neighborhood by an evil entity, so they become warriors to defend their town.

People working on this show include Kamen Rider’s (Director) Ryuta Tazaki, Tiger and Bunny’s (director/character designer) Keiichi Satou, Spice and Wolf’s (writer) Naruhisa Arakawa and Ghost in the Shell’s (composer) Kenji Kawai. You can check out the official site by clicking here.