Toei continues its 50th anniversary celebration for Kamen Rider by adding another series to the Tokusatsu World YouTube channel!
This week, 2002’s Kamen Rider Ryuki joins the lineup- available for streaming worldwide with official English subtitles!
The release of Kamen Rider Ryuki confirms the Kamen Rider shows will NOT be added to Toei Tokusatsu World chronologically, as some had feared.
Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Kamen Rider reveals!
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Continuing through the lineage of the Heisei Era Kamen Riders, Bandai Spirits just revealed the next one to receive the Figure-Rise Standard treatment and it is none other than Kamen Rider Ryuki himself. In addition, Bandai has assured fans that more Heisei Kamen Riders will be joining this line, with the teaser for the next one to be from Kamen Rider Agito.
From the pictures, we can see that the Ryuki kit will include parts to build his Contract Monster, Dragreder other details at the time of this writing aren’t known, but we’ll be sure to keep you updated once more info is available.
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Along with the Kamen Rider Shinobi special, Toei announced a second special: Rider Time Ryuki which would see the return of the Rider Battle Royale along with a few familiar faces in addition to a very surprising one: Kamen Rider Abyss himself will be added to the main timeline. Just like with Shinobi, a series of photos were recently posted online
For those that might be unfamiliar with Kamen Rider Abyss; Abyss wasn’t part of the main series, but rather he was present in an alternate reality Tsukasa traveled too during Kamen Rider Decade’s run.
It is currently unknown what role he’ll play in the special itself, in the meantime be sure to check out the trailer by clicking the link here.
Details for the second previously teased special spinoff film for Kamen Rider Zi-O have been announced at last!
This new film will be a revival adventure for 2002’s Kamen Rider Ryuki! After 17 years, a new Battle Royale between Riders has begun!
Actor Takamasa Suga will once again reprise his role as Shinji Kido/ Kamen Rider Ryuki for this special. In addition, veteran tokusatsu writer Toshiki Inoue (who wrote several episodes of Ryuki, including the feature film EPISODE FINAL) will be in charge of the script for this project.
Rider Time: Ryuki is currently scheduled to be released on the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club streaming service in March 2019! Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this exciting new Rider project!
The list of returning Kamen Rider actors for Kamen Rider Zi-O continues to grow!
Tokusatsu veteran Takamasa Suga is the latest performer to return. Suga is best known for playing the character Shinji Kido in 2002’s Kamen Rider Ryuki!
Takamasa Suga will take on the role of Another Rider in his guest appearance- specifically Another Ryuga, a reference to Kamen Rider Ryuki’s distinctive dark counterpart.
Be sure to join in our Ongoing Kamen Rider Zi-O Discussion Thread to share your thoughts about this Rider return!
Today, Toei began streaming a new video promoting the upcoming Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever film (which comes out in two days!). But rather than just a new teaser or trailer for the film, this video previews the films theme song, which is itself a compilation and re-mix of the Opening Themes for all 20 Heisei Riders!
Titled “Heisei Generations Forever Medley D.A. Re-Build Mix” this song arranges clips from each of the 20 Heisei Rider OP’s into one giant song, set to a variety of archival footage as well as new scenes from the soon to be released film itself. This new theme was arranged by Daisuke Asakura.
Kamen Rider Heisei Generations Forever hits Japanese theaters on December 22nd! Best to dodge spoilers on social media for a bit, but if you’d like to join in on our ongoing discussion of the film, feel free to pop into our discussion thread linked below. Just click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums”.
New Sodo figures were unveiled at the Autumn Miyazawa Model Exhibition held recently in Japan. This gives our first look at the upcoming Shodo-X Wave 4 figures which appear to be Kamen Rider Ryuki themed with Ryuki himself, Knight, and Contract Monster Dragreder prominently on display.
In addition to those, we have the next wave of SO-DO Kamen Rider Zi-O figures: SO-DO Kamen Rider Zi-O Ride4 on display. Ride4 will feature the OOO, Kabuto, Blade, and Kiva armor times. This also gives us our first clear look at the full Kiva and Blade Armor Times themselves with more in the wave yet to be revealed.
The Shodo-X Ryuki wave won’t be released till April 2019 while you can look forward to SO-DO Zi-O Ride4 in December of this year.
With Kamen Rider Zi-O heralding the end of the Heisei Era for Kamen Rider, and in commemoration of the 20th Heisei Rider himself, Tamashii Nations has announced the S.H. Figuarts Heisei Riders Rising Project!
The Rising Project announcement promises the reveal of 3 new Heisei Rider figuarts in the near future. The first of these 3 riders will be revealed on August 24th. Currently speculation is running wild as to what these 3 figures will actually be. Will this be Kiva’s time? There’s Zi-O which begins airing next month as well, so now would be an ideal time to reveal his first figuart. Then there’s the possibility that 1 or more of these figures could be a Shinkocchou Seihou renewal of an out of date release like OOO, Fourze, or even Faiz.
Exactly who these 3 Heisei Riders are, is something we’ll be watching closely in the coming weeks. So we’ll be sure to keep the community up to date!
After several teasing photos, the next Complete Selection Modification release has been officially revealed!
The VBuckle & DragVisor– signature henshin device set from Kamen Rider Ryuki will be available in three special releases:
*The CCSM VBuckle contains ALL SEVENTEEN Advent Decks used in the series & supporting media, along with appropriate Contract Monster and Final Vent cards for each Deck. The VBuckle set is priced at 30240 Yen and will be released in December 2018!
*The CSM DragVisor comes with all Advent Cards used by the various Ryuki Riders. The DragVisor set is priced at 21600 Yen and will be released in early 2019.
*Finally, the CSM VBuckle & DragVisor Set contains all decks, cards and necessary equipment. This full set is priced at 51840 Yen and will be released in December 2018!
UPDATE! A special video preview of the VBuckle & DragVistor set has been uploaded to Bandai’s official YouTube channel!
A few early magazine scans have given us a quick look at the next entry (or ENTRIES in this case) in the Complete Selection Modification collection series!
The CSM V-Buckle & DragVisor from Kamen Rider Ryuki are on full display, perfectly recreating the Dragon Knight Rider’s henshin device and main accessory gimmicks.
This new V-Buckle is said to have new sound effects, while the DragVisor will apparently include ALL THIRTEEN of Kamen Rider Ryuki’s Advent Decks!
An exact price for this Complete Selection Modification release has not been announced at time of writing, but for those wishing to offset the cost a bit Premium Bandai has confirmed that the pieces will in fact receive separate release options:
*The V-Buckle & DragVisor set will first be released in December 2018
*A stand-alone release of the V-Buckle will come later in December, while the DragVisor’s individual release is scheduled for January 2019.
Definitely some exciting news for Kamen Rider Ryuki fans! Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all Complete Selection releases!