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After letting the community throw out some choices for our next segment, it looks like it’s finally time to vote on the 10  we’ve narrowed it down to! The candidates for the next Let’s Watch Wednesdays are:

Mahou Sentai Magiranger
Madan Senki Ryukendo
Kamen Rider Faiz
Garo (Season 1)
Kamen Rider Kuuga
Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (live action)
Kamen Rider Agito
Power Rangers In Space
VR Troopers (season 1)
Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger 

To cast your vote for the next Let’s Watch Wednesdays, click “Discuss on the TokuNation Forums” to head on over to our poll thread. This thread will remain open for voting until Tuesday January 21st at 12 Midnight EST. At that point if we have a clear winner then that’s the show we’ll be tuning in to for our next Let’s Watch Wednesdays!

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The fans of TokuNation voted very heavily in favor of this character and actor as their 2nd Best Power Ranger of All Time, and that honor goes to the very-talented and very-popular Johnny Yong Bosch, who played the role of Adam Park, the second Black Ranger in Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, as well as the Green Ranger in both Power Rangers Zeo and Power Rangers Turbo.

Adam Park’s life forever changed the day he went rollerblading with his buddies Rocky and Aisha, as they ran in to Tommy, Kimberly, and Billy. Originally from the rival school Stone Canyon, he transferred to Angel Grove and in the process ended up being kidnapped by the evil Goldar. Discovering the hard way that you can’t wrestle snakes, Billy was forced to remove his helmet, leaving Adam as one of the only people to know the true identities of the Power Rangers. Eventually, a peace conference would occur and three Rangers would leave, and thus, Adam was selected to become the new Black Ranger of the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers.

The character of Adam would go through a few different things – overcoming self-doubt and gaining self-confidence, being duped by Scorpina, developing a mild romance with fellow Zeo Ranger Yellow, Tanya, and would actually have two of his most memorable moments in the show (prior to his 15th Anniversary return) helping instill self confidence in to others.

Adam would eventually become a second-in-command to Tommy during Power Rangers Zeo (until Jason returned), and continue in that role briefly in Power Rangers Turbo. Adam would return in Power Rangers In Space, specifically the episode Always a Chance, where he would help the In Space Black Ranger, Carlos, to overcome his lack of self-confidence after he accidentally injured a fellow Ranger. He would morph back in to the Mighty Morphin Black Ranger, using the damaged (but not destroyed) Mastadon Power Coin, and would eventually have the powers give out entirely during the fight.

He would return again for the 15th Anniversary two-parter during Power Rangers Operation Overdrive titled Once A Ranger, where the son of Lord Zedd and Rita Repulsa, a villain named Thrax, would severely damage the Operation Overdrive Rangers’ connection to the morphing grid, causing the Sentinel Knight to grab Adam, as well as other previous Power Rangers, and restore their power, creating a new team of Power Rangers. Adam would restore Alpha 6 from a storage unit and take him back to his dojo in Angel Grove.

Adam Park was played by the masterful Johnny Yong Bosch. Where Mighty Morphin Power Rangers launched his acting career, Johnny’s role as Vash the Stampede in the anime series Trigun would launch his anime career. He has had voicing roles in over 60 different anime movies and series, ranging from Akira to Gurren Lagann to even Pokemon. He’s also voiced some characters in video games, from Bumblebee to Zero to Nero. He continues to star in various films, teaming up with former Power Rangers director Koichi Sakamoto, and continues to do a majority of his own stunts. If that wasn’t enough to impress you, Johnny is also the lead singer in his own band titled Eyeshine, who continue to grow in popularity to this day. One can easily make the argument that Johnny Yong Bosch has gone on to have one of the most, if not THE most, impressive careers after Power Rangers. And you would agree, as you’ve voted him the 2nd Best Power Ranger of All Time.

So who will be number one? Pretty sure if you’re a Power Rangers fan you can figure this one out. If you’re not, you’ll still want to check back tomorrow when we announce the individual that TokuNation users have voted as the #1 Best Power Ranger of All Time. See you on New Year’s Eve!

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To celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Power Rangers we asked our users earlier this year to rank their Top 10 Power Rangers. We compiled the results in to a Top 20, and throughout the year we’ve been sharing the results! Today we’re ready to announce that the TokuNation users have voted Christopher Khayman Lee, who played Andros the Red Ranger from Power Rangers In Space, as the 8th Best Power Ranger of All Time!

When the evil space pirate Divatox destroyed the Power Rangers Turbo command center, zords, and powers, they decided to go off in to space and try to find, and save, the original mentor to the Power Rangers – Zordon – who had been taken captive by a being called Dark Specter on a distant planet. But before TJ, Carlos, Ashley, and Cassie could catch their breath, they were taken in to a space ship operated by a mysterious Red Ranger! He revealed himself as Andros, a possible sole-survivor of the planet KO-35, and upon learning of Zordon’s capture, quickly decided to go find his old friend. But when Astronema appeared, Andros had no choice but to learn to trust the humans and give them new Astro Morphers to become the Power Rangers In Space!

In what is considered a fan-favorite series, Andros and the other Power Rangers travel the galaxy trying to find Zordon. Along the way Andros searches for his long lost sister, has an old friend return to bolster their ranks, runs in to old friends and old enemies, and becomes the first Power Ranger to get a Battleizer, a super power up destined to sell more toys and started a tradition that continued all the way through Power Rangers Mystic Force and returned, in a sense, in Power Rangers Super Samurai.

The character Andros would return for a multi episode team up in Power Rangers Lost Galaxy, and would star again in the 10th Anniversary episode “Forever Red” in the season titled Power Rangers Wild Force. Earlier this year, rumors sprung that perhaps the character Andros would return again, as an image of Christopher Khayman Lee holding a In Space Red Ranger card from the Power Rangers Action Card Game in an action pose circulated the Internet. We would sadly learn that he was not returning for the anniversary tribute episode in Power Rangers Super Megaforce.

Christopher Khayman Lee, born way back in 1978, took an interest in acting and the spotlight after seeing his sister have some moderate success. The role of Andros for Power Rangers In Space was his big break in his acting career. When brought on to the set, he states in a podcast with No Pink Spandex, that he was actually kept isolated from the other actors to really enhance the “loner” aspect that his character was supposed to exhibit in the beginning of the season. He stated that, at times, he felt some negativity towards him as the “new guy” as well as replacing a current actor as Red Ranger while being a newcomer himself. Christopher would go on to have a recurring role on the show “Safe Harbo”, and would last be seen on our televisions as a long haired student in a scene for the now-classic “That 70’s Show”.

What are your thoughts on the 8th Best Power Ranger of All Time as voted by TokuNation users? Click on the “Discuss on the Tokunation forums” link and let us know! And stick with us – we’re ending the year by revealing the remaining Top 20!

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Shout! Factory has reported a production delay in the Power Rangers Legacy boxset, due to a potential quality issue in the helmet design.

 

Previously scheduled for release in December, the new official release date is January 2nd, 2014.

 

Fans will just have to wait a bit longer to own these first twenty years on DVD.

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The distributors at Shout! Factory have confirmed their top-tier entry at San Diego Comic-Con this year: A massive boxset of Power Rangers DVD’s featuring the entire series from Mighty Morphin to Megaforce!

Packaged in a stylish Red Ranger helmet, this massive 98 DVD set (six of which contain bonus materials) will be available from Shout! online beginning December 3rd!

Witness the full unboxing of this amazing set by Power Force’s Black Nerd Andre!

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Are you collecting the Power Rangers Action Card Game? If so then you’ve probably gotten a handful of cards and are still searching for those few cards you still need.

But if you haven’t started and you’re wanting to just complete the previous sets now before the next set releases, our good friend Fury Diamond from RangerCrew.com has you covered.

Click here to check out his complete-set deals at TokuNation.com!

Special thanks again to Fury Diamond for dropping by and offering his extra cards for reasonable prices to those looking to collect them! He also has a special pre-order incentive for those who want to get the next set.

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Jason David Frank (Tommy, a Power Rangers legend as MMPR Green, MMPR White, Zeo Red, Turbo Red, Dino Thunder Black), confirmed via his official Facebook page that the cameos we’ve seen in the images posted on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram are it … no other past Rangers appeared.

The finalized list is as follows:

Jason David Frank – (“Tommy” Mighty Morphin Green and White, Zeo Red, Turbo Red, Dino Thunder Black)
Selwyn Ward – (“TJ” Turbo Red, In Space Blue)
Patricia Ja Lee – (“Cassie” Turbo Pink, In Space Pink)
Danny Slavin – (“Leo” Lost Galaxy Red)
Reggie Rolle – (“Damon” Lost Galaxy Green)
Melody Perkins – (“Karone” In Space Astronema, Lost Galaxy Pink)
Sean Johnson – (“Carter” Lightspeed Red)
Alison MacInnis – (“Dana” Lightspeed Pink)
Jason Faunt – (“Wes” Time Force Red)
Hector David Jr – (“Mike” Samurai Green)
Brittany Pirtle – (“Emily” Samurai Yellow)

The exact quote from Jason David Frank is as follows:

Thats the only 10 that were pick guys. No other rangers came back. Thats the legendary cast for that ep.

So there you have it. We’d like to point out that yes, that is a list of ELEVEN, but the original list provided by RangerCrew.com’s Fury Diamond did not include Patricia Ja Lee. Whether she showed up on her own dime, or Jason David Frank really did do this for one dollar allowing her to be able to come, has yet to be revealed.

Picture credit to the official Jason David Frank Facebook page, with all of our guest stars present.

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The next set of the Power Rangers Action card game has been revealed. The Series 3 Universe of Hope boosters will be released in July, and a new starter deck will be coming out sometime at the end of the month.

Though the exact card listing remains unknown, we do know that set 3 will contain cards based on the Zeo, Time Force, Dino Thunder, Wild Force, and Jungle Fury seasons.

Source: Blog.samuraicast.com

Thanks to user Kamen Blitz for the heads up!

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As we reported the other day, the 10 Power Rangers Super Megaforce cameos had flown out to New Zealand and were sharing pictures from their trip. Thanks to many of their Facebook accounts and Instagram photos, we have some new pictures to share with everyone!

We finally see Selwyn Ward (TJ, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers In Space) as well as Melody Perkins (Astronema/Karone, Power Rangers In Space, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy), as well as Danny Slavin (Leo, Power Rangers Lost Galaxy).

A bit surprising to see however is Patricia Ja Lee (Cassie, Power Rangers Turbo, Power Rangers In Space) who was NOT listed as one of the 10 returning cameos. And just as fitting we see Koichi Sakamoto, who served as everything from stunt director to executive producer over the years for Power Rangers.

Our cameo actors should be returning home in the next couple of days. In the meantime, we’ll continue to bring you any new and exciting photos that they decide to share of their Power Rangers reunion adventure!

NOTE: Where exactly is Jason David Frank? He has yet to be seen with any of the other cameo actors. Is he involved in something bigger? Or is he purposely avoiding photography so he can make a big announcement about his return (as he’s stated that there is no confirmation about him in Super Megaforce unless he says it). Soon as we know (or see), we’ll let you know![/size]

Go Go Power Rangers!

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This year, Power Rangers celebrates its 20th Anniversary, a milestone that not many properties or franchises accomplish. We here at TokuNation have decided to celebrate this milestone by spending 20 weeks celebrating your Top 20 Power Rangers!

Starting on Monday, June 3rd, we will spend a whole week posting news, information, galleries, etc., of each Power Ranger that you’ve chosen to be the Top 20 Power Rangers of All Time, starting with #20 and working our way up to #1. This is on top of our monthly series-appreciation, highlighted by our changing banner in the top right of your screen, as well as numerous galleries from that series.

All we ask is that each of you post your top 10 Power Rangers (#1 being your highest, #10 being your lowest). We have created a mathematical system that rivals most scientific equations (not really) that will determine the Top 20 (because it’s unlikely that you will all pick the same 10 Power Rangers).

The staff here at TokuNation have already taken part, and for your viewing pleasure, here is a Top 10 list that the staff came up with (using the same mathematical equation). They are listed in no certain order, but they are the Top 10 the staff came up with:

Eric (Power Rangers Time Force)
Zack (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)
Tommy (Mighty Morpin Power Rangers, Zeo, Turbo, Dino Thunder)
Ziggy (Power Rangers RPM)
Billy (Mighty Morpin Power Rangers)
Katherine (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Zeo, Turbo)
Adam (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Zeo, Turbo)
Jason (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers, Zeo)
Wes (Power Rangers Time Force)
Kimberly (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers)

For what it’s worth, the staff in total had 30 nominations, and those are still being counted with YOUR nominations, so just because you don’t see one of your favorites on this list doesn’t mean they aren’t #11, or #12, etc. Remember, in the end we will have The Top 20 Power Rangers that you choose!

Simply post in this news thread your Top 10 (again, #1 being your first choice, #10 being your last) and wait and see on Monday, June 3rd who the Top 20 Power Rangers of All Time end up being, starting with #20.

Any questions can be posted as well! Have fun with this! Go Go Power Rangers!