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In commemoration of the 20th anniversary of Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger, Bandai’s Candy Toy Blog has released an official teaser image of the long awaited Gao King Super Minipla! For the time being all we have is this silhouette of Gao King as well as the silhouettes of the 6 Shodo Super Gaorangers in the background.

However, this teaser also promises more information to come next month, on March 5th & 6th. Today, February 18th in Japan, officially marked the 20th anniversary of Gaoranger in Japan, and in honor of that Toei will be livestreaming an event via youtube with the official reveals of both the Shodo Super Gaorangers & Super Minipla Gao King. Tune in then for more release info!

under Super Sentai

Bandai Japan has released a teaser for the next entry in the Shodo SUPER toyline.

The next Super Sentai to be released in this new series will be 2001’s Hyakuju Sentai GaoRanger (which Western fans will recognize as the source material for Power Rangers Wild Force).

Based on previous release patterns, this likely means a Super Minipla release for the Gaoranger mecha in the near future as well!

Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this new Shodo SUPER entry.

under General Tokusatsu News

We have sadly been informed of the death of a tokusatsu voice veteran.

Voice actor Hiroshi Masuoka passed away on March 21 2020 due to rectal cancer. Masuoka performed a number of villain roles in tokusatsu but may be best known as the narrator for Hyakuju Sentai GaoRanger (where he also performed the supporting role of GaoGod).

Outside of toku, Masuoka was a prominent voice in the anime world- he may be most recognizable as the second voice of Master Roshi in DragonBall related projects.

Our thoughts are with Hiroshi Masuokas’ family & friends in this difficult time.

under Power Rangers, Super Sentai

UPDATE 8:45 PM EST – Toys are not being reissued as a part of the show coming back to South Korea.

In a pretty odd turn of events, South Korea is set to see it’s third out with Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger in 2020! This news comes straight from Yong San Power Rangers event, which you can see a video of HERE from youtube channel [림호]Tokusatsu. Gaoranger, like many sentai, has a bit of an odd history in South Korea. Super Sentai had been imported to the country since 1989 with Flashman. However in 1994, the first season of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers was imported and dubbed in Korean as “Invincible Power Rangers”.

The trend of Power Rangers being imported and dubbed continued until 2003 when Power Rangers Wild Force was brought in as “Power Force Rangers”. After this point Super Sentai was directly imported and dubbed again. Jump to 2010 and Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger was at last imported in it’s original form and dubbed over as “Power Rangers Jungle Force”, in lieu of airing Shinkenger, which at the time was seen as too Japanese for the Korean market. Now, it looks as though South Korea will once again be seeing Gaoranger next year in it’s Jungle Force dub, set to stream on the Korean Power Rangers youtube channel!

 

under Super Sentai

“Summon, spirit of the Earth!”

Shout! Factory announced two more Super Sentai DVD sets coming up for release back in May, and finally the later of the two sets has had it’s cover art revealed. The series which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the Super Sentai franchise is on the horizon, Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger!

Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger: The Complete Series is scheduled for a December 18th release date according to Shout!’s website. You can pre-order the set directly through them HERE. Pre-orders through online retailer Amazon should also be going live in the coming weeks. As always, Shout!’s cover art is looking very sharp indeed. What do you think of it? Sound off in the thread below!

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The good people at MMPRToys have revealed some surprising details about upcoming Super Sentai DVD releases from Shout! Factory.

In a startling break with the current pattern, Shout!’s next release will be Chojin Sentai Jetman! This will be the first series PREDATING all Power Rangers adaptations, a move many fans did not expect. Jetman is tentatively scheduled for a September 2018 release!

And not losing pace at all, Shout! Factory will resume the previous pattern of Super Sentai boxsets with their next release- Hyakuju Sentai GaoRanger! Adapted in 2002 to make Power Rangers Wild Force, this set is planned for a December 2018 release!

Definitely some fantastic news for Super Sentai Shout! fans! Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on these exciting new releases!