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An official start date for the new Mighty Morphin Power Rangers comic book series from Boom! Studios has finally been announced!

The series will begin in January 2016with an Issue #0 (a short story originally released at San Diego Comic-Con last summer) written by Mairghread Scott and illustrated by Daniel Bayliss.

The proper first issue will be released in March 2016, written by DC Comics veteran Kyle Higgins! An illustrator for the main series has not yet been announced.

Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on this exciting new series!

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It was twenty-two years ago today that an evil space sorceress by the name of Rita Repulsa escaped her space-garbage-can prison with the goal of conquering the Earth. An intergalactic being known as Zordon, along with his robotic assistant Alpha 5, selected five teenagers with attitude to take upon the ancient power of the dinosaurs to become the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. For twenty-two years different teenagers (and adults) have taken the mantle of power to save the city, to save the Earth, to save the galaxy – even to save time itself!

We’ve had evil villains from space, space pirates, an entire United Alliance of Evil, a Machine Empire, evil demons from a place that was obviously Hell but you can’t say that on a kids program, space insects (a couple of times!), a computer virus that conquered the world, a scientist obsessed with dinosaurs, an evil ninja, space cats (…yup), an entire Armada, and an evil bounty hunter. We’ve had mentors that rhymed, sang, once drove race cars but became paleontologists because television, a ninja hamster, created a robot son because that’s not creepy, an introvert genius, a samurai mentor, a head on a wall, a dog, and now a creepy little alien that caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. We’ve had a kid Power Ranger, we’ve had a Power Ranger die (but come back to life because kids television), we’ve had a tragic story of a knight who lost his son and the grief kept him alive, we’ve had a mother/father/son team of Power Rangers, and we’ve seen a team go SUPER MEGA (you knew that was coming).

We’ve had the original creations of the Titanium Ranger and the Spirit Rangers and we’ve had BLITZ NEW POWERS!. We’ve had great music selections and we’ve had some questionable theme songs. But in the end, we’ve had 22 years of heroes and that’s a feat that is pretty dang impressive on to itself.

Happy Birthday, Power Rangers. Please enjoy this montage of opening sequences from the last 22 years brought to you by the folks of RangerCrew.

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Good news for comic book fans!

Publisher Boom! Studios has reached an agreement with Saban Brands to produce a new comic series based on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers– with a series of posters that combine to form a six-page comic to be available at San Diego Comic-Con next month!

The comic series will focus on the Rangers during the shows’ first season and attempt to expand the Mighty Morphin universe with new adventures. Boom! has recruited writer Mairghread Scott along with artists Daniel Bayliss & Goni Montes for the SDCC exclusive issues.

Stay tuned to TokuNation as we keep you up to date on all comic news!

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The much anticipated Super Power Beat Down by the popular YouTube channel Bat In The Sun featuring the original Mighty Morphin Green Ranger and Ryu from the long and storied Street Fighter franchise has finally been released after multiple delays (due to reshoots, etc.). The story? Ryu is fighting in a backstreet alley because reasons when a new challenger appears to fight him.

The special effects add a nice flavor and the Green Ranger features a brand new costume inspired by the original. Check out the video below and join in our discussion!

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We’ve been wondering for months when more updates on the production of the Power Rangers 2016 film reboot would be made public. Earlier in April some news finally trickled out with the reveal of director Dean Israelite helming the project. However today seems to bring more of a set back.

Thanks once again to The Wrap we have details about Lionsgate’s upcoming slate of films & their release dates. As of today we know that the Power Rangers 2016 Film originally slated for a July 22, 2016 release has officially been delayed to January 13, 2017. The change was seemingly made to move the film from a crowded summer 2016 filled with other top box office films.

Join our ongoing discussion of the Power Rangers 2017 Film about this film and the information we have so far for it by clicking “Discuss on the TokuNation forums at the bottom of this post.

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After what seems like a rather long time without any updates for the forthcoming 2016 Power Rangers film reboot, some new information has finally surfaced!

According to The Wrap, Saban Brands & Lionsgate Entertainment are currently eyeing and in fact are in negotiations with director Dean Israelite to helm the film! Israelite’s most recent project, likely his most recognizable to the public, is the time travel “found footage” thriller The Almanac Project. 

Does this news make you hopeful for the forthcoming film? How does it affect your likelihood of seeing it? Let us know in the comments!

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It’s that time of year once again for the comic & toy convention season to get under way! And getting the ball rolling on both fronts is the upcoming Lexington Comic & Toy Con, from March 13th-15th! What began in 2012 as a con that garnered over 1000 guests has flourished in the years since to it’s height now, attracting upwards of 20,000 guests from the around the midwest & southeast!

What’s even more impressive is how the guest list for this con has grown from featuring just a few of your favorite Power Rangers actors, to being one of the nations premiere selections of ranger actors! This year the convention staff have pulled out all the stops to offer the BIGGEST selection of Power Rangers, & Indeed Super Sentai actors, possible! Not to mention a few other fantastic bonuses for Ultraman fans! Check out the full guest list as it pertains to the tokusatsu fandom below, as maintained by our very own uchihabro77! 

Aside from this star studded guest list, LexCon is also an opportunity for fans to make real world connections. As I’ve done in years past I will of course be there repping for TokuNation.com & the Talkin Toku Podcast. But many other groups and personalities in the tokusatsu fandom will also be in attendance like trekkieb47 of Ranger Command Power Hour and RiderJetfire of Dans Toku Rants. If you’re going to be in attendance be sure to post in our Lexington Comic & Toy Con 2015 thread. We’ll see you there!

 

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If you’ve been holding out on picking up the Power Rangers Legacy Collection DVD set, which contains every single episode of Power Rangers from the first episode of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers thru the last episode of Power Rangers Megaforce, now is a GREAT time to pick it up!

Shout! Factory is offering 20% off any order over $200 as well as free shipping. Currently, the Legacy Collection is $400 … but with 20% off and free shipping, your order becomes a measly $320 which is more or less half of what the original offered price was when this was released two years ago.

Click here and order yours today before they’re gone!

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It’s Morphin Time with Power Rangers In Space and Let’s Watch Wednesdasy! If you thought you’d seen it all by now with this show, you were wrong. A major blast from the past is here!

Thanks to one of Astronema’s monsters Carlos injures Cassie. Doubting himself Carlos wonders if he’s even fit to be a Power Ranger anymore. Luckily an old friend and ally, Adam, returns! But the former Black Ranger has more than just training for Carlos. Cobbled together from broken bits and hope, Adam’s original Power Morpher has been rebuilt! But with his powers in flux, and the risk of using them great, can the Mighty Morphin Black Ranger rise again?

Meanwhile Andros has another run in with Darkonda & 1 of his 9 lives, and Astronema tries desperately to discover her past. Her brother is still alive out there somewhere, Andros sister is too. And a pair of lockets will link them all together….

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Let’s Watch Wednesdays is back! After 2 weeks of back to back holidays interrupting our programming schedule, Power Rangers In Space returns! And a new hero rises!

Andros has been hiding something from the rangers. A secret that will forever reshape the team! Hidden away deep within the Megaship, lays the dormant cryogenically frozen body of the Silver Ranger! The once heroic Zhane sacrificed himself to save Andros on their homeworld KO-35 when Dark Specter’s forces invaded. Frozen for years recovering from his injuries, the Silver Ranger must awaken! On a foreign planet, in a wrecked Megaship, an invasion by an army of aliens, and 5 rangers in danger may be just the wake up call this sleeping hero needs! Unfortunately he’s in for a rude awakening indeed….