Members of the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club will be eating good later this year as fan-favorite Kamen Rider Shinobi (from Kamen Rider Zi-O) returns to team up with Kamen Rider Tycoon (from Kamen Rider Geats). At the time of this posting there is no official announcement (aside from a brief commercial) from Toei. As soon as we get updates (when it comes out, etc.) we’ll update the story.
“Grand Time!”
Today marks the 50th Anniversary of the Kamen Rider franchise, and we kick off the festivities with the birth of a King with P-Bandai finally preparing for the release of S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Grand Zi-O.
Pre-Orders for S.H.Figuats Kamen Rider Grand Zi-O will begin April 2nd, 2021 with a final shipping date sometime in September, and a suggested retail price of 8,580 yen before middleman fees wherever applicable. You can follow the link here to order him.
Toei has announced a number of new casting details for the upcoming streaming projects Rider Time: Kamen Rider Zi-O VS Kamen Rider Decade!
In addition to Masahiro Inoue reprising his role as Kamen Rider Decade (for possibly the last time), this project will see the return of fellow world-traveler Onodera Yūsuke– the AU Kamen Rider Kuuga played once again by Ryouta Murai.
A number of other Rider alumni will be making cameos in this streaming special- including Kamen Rider Gaims own Metal Yoshida as a Yakuza housewife.
The most interesting reveal concerns a pair of new Rider forms for the lead characters-
*Kamen Rider Zi-O will receive a new RideWatch for the current hero, Kamen Rider Saber– unlocking the power of Kamen Rider Zi-O Decade Armor Saber Form.
*Kamen Rider Decade activates a new model K-TOUCH to channel the powers of all Kamen Rider Final Forms- creating Kamen Rider Decade Complete Form 21!
The two part Rider Time specials are currently scheduled for release on the Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club streaming service beginning February 9 2021.
Remember way back when Tamashii Nations had that big old vote to determine which limited release S.H. Figuart Kamen Rider figure should get a re-release? Well the results are in and according to Figsoku after 50,000 total votes we have a winner!
S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Ohma Zi-O will be re-released. Orders will open via Tamashii Web Shop on February 12th, 2021. This will be your final chance at obtaining this figure. Maybe. Probably.
Toei has announced two new Kamen Rider projects for the Japanese streaming services TELASA & Toei Tokusatsu Fan Club– featuring the King of Time Kamen Rider Zi-O and the Destroyer of Worlds, Kamen Rider Decade!
The new specials are officially titled-
*Rider Time- Kamen Rider Zi-O VS Kamen Rider Decade: The Seven Zi-Os
*Rider Time- Kamen Rider Decade VS Kamen Rider Zi-O: The Decade House Death Game
Actors So Okuno and Masahiro Inoue will reprise their iconic roles of Kamen Rider Zi-O & Kamen Rider Decade respectively. Legendary tokusatsu writer Toshiki Inoue will develop the script while Kamen Rider veteran Satoshi Morota will serve as director.
Both new Rider Time specials are scheduled for release on February 9 2021.
Initially revealed in early July at Tamashii Features 2020, S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Zi-O Ohma Form is confirmed for release! Thanks to the Tamashii Nations Blog, we’ve got some fantastic new official promo shot shots of this upcoming release as well as a date for when pre-orders open, August 7th!
Exclusive to the Kamen Rider Zi-O Over Quartzer film, Zi-O Ohma form looks to have been recreated very faithfully here in Figuarts form. We don’t have confirmation on specific price yet, but given how close we are to the pre-order window opening, we won’t have long to wait. Check back with us later this week for an update on price. And for now, enjoy those gorgeous official images!
ARE YOU READY?!
Yet another reveal from Bandai’s digital Tamashii Features event has come our way, joining the line up of S.H.Figuarts releases from Kamen Rider Build we have S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Cross-Z Evol from the Build New World movie.
In addition to Cross-Z Evol, we have release info for some previously revealed products:
S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Zi-O Oma Form will retail for 6,600 yen
S.H.Figuarts Kamen Rider Cross-Z Build will retail 7,700 yen.
S.H.Figuarts Shinkocchou Seihou Kamen Rider OOOShaUTa Combo will retail for 8,250 yen.
Cross Z Build and ShaUTa are both expected to go up for pre-order on July 17th, 2020 with no further pre-order dates given for Zi-O Oma or Cross-Z Evol but we’ll be sure to update you once more info is given for both of these figures.
Club Tamashii members have been getting a few early bird reveals recently and this one is no different. S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Zi-O Oma Form has just been revealed to Club Tamashii Members during the Tamashii Features 2020 digital event! Currently we have only this trio of official images to run, but these all but confirm that the figure is indeed headed for release. More information should begin to circulate this weekend as well.
Be on the lookout for updates on release info for Zi-O Oma Form as well as any other new reveals or upcoming releases. There’s a second reveal coming for Club Tamashii members that’s heavily thought to be Kamen Rider Cross-ZEvol. We’ll keep you up to date on all Tamashii Features news as the weekend progresses!
The new tokusatsu streaming platform TokuSHOUTsu has announced the next entry in their lineup!
The 2018 crossover film Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER will be coming to Pluto TV with official English subtitles. This will be the first major Western release of a Kamen Rider movie.
Sadly, an exact release date has not been confirmed at time of writing- merely a release window of July 2020.
“I am Zero-One. The first in my generation, The First Rider!”
Site contributor My Shiny Toy Robots returns with another tokusatsu review, this time looking a new generation of crossover film – Kamen Rider: Reiwa the First Generation! Awakening in an alternate future where Humagears rule and humanity is pushed to the brink of extinction, Kamen Rider Zero-One teams up with Kamen Rider Zi-O to travel back to 2007 and the events of the catastrophic Daybreak Town Incident. Aruto’s resolve is pushed to its limits when he not only finds a mysterious Kamen Rider at its epicentre, but also his Humagear father.
Please check out the review and let us know what you thought of the movie in the discussion thread linked!