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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’re a fan of the Ultraman manga series which began in 2011, well 2015 seems to be the year for you! After an Ultra-Act X S.H. Figuarts figure of the Manga Ultraman was shown off at several Tamashii Nation events, Viz Media has stepped into to deliver somre more good news!

Just announced via their Twitter account, Viz Media will begin releasing the Ultraman Manga in August! An alternate future based on the events of the original Ultraman TV series, the manga follows Shinjiro son of the original Ultraman’s host Hayate.

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As if the the guest list isn’t already star studded for the Lexington Comic & Toy Convention 2015, 2 more huge announcements have just been made!

Sure to please fans of Super Sentai & Power is the addition of another cast member form Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger. Making his North American convention debut is Takumi Hashimoto AKA Tiger Ranger/Boi! Joining fellow castmates Yuta Mochizuki & Reiko Chiba LCTC 2015 is shaping up to be quite the Zyuranger reunion.

And adding to the already awesome attendance of Bin Furuya the suit actor of the original Ultraman, is Hiroko Sakurai! Mrs. Sakurai of course portrayed Yuriko Edogawa in Ultra Q, and would later go on to play Akiko Fuji of the Science Patrol in the original Ultraman TV series!

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The Lexington Comic & Toy Con has been quickly gaining steam the last few years as one of the biggest and best east coast conventions for Power Rangers fans and actors. Well this year the show’s growing once again with a recent announcement of four brand new guests!

Yuta Mochizuki – Geki/Tyranno Ranger from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger! This is notable as only the second US convention appearance that Yuta has made. The first having only been a few months ago at Power Morphicon!

Rekio Chiba – Mei/Ptera Ranger from Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger! The first EVER appearance by Ms Chiba at a US convention! If you know her at all then you know that Reiko Chiba has been incredibly active on Twitter (@CHIBAREI_DURGA) for a long time and interacts with fans regularly. In fact she had cryptically tweeted about this upcoming appearance a few weeks ago but saved the official reveal for the LCTC facebook page.

Bin Furuya – A veteran of several Toho film productions for many years, a suit actor on the original Ultra Q series and subsequently the suit actor of the Original Ultraman! Mr Furuya is a veteran of the highest order in the Tokusatsu world.

And last but not least, Paul Freeman – Ivan Ooze in the original Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: The Movie! Of course Mr Freeman is an actor with an incredibly lengthy resume of credits, but we know him best for his deliciously crazy portrayal of Ivan ooze.

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Super Hero Generations is  the latest entry in Bandai Namco’s Compati Hero series, a crossover  tactical RPG title involving Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Mobile Suit Gundam coming out for PS3 and PSVita. A new gameplay trailer just recently came out, revealing the game’s theme song: Jumpin’ to Space performed by Psychic Lover, an artist whom  in our fandom performed many Super Sentai theme songs including Dekaranger, Boukenger, Shinkenger, and most recently Kyoryuger.

Much like in SD Gundam G-Generations, you’ll be able to freely choose which stage you’ll want to play, and it seems that a majority of the characters will be voiced by their returning actor.

Super Hero Generations is due out October 23rd 2014. Planning on picking up this game? Join the disscussion and let us know in the thread!

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In lieu of all the Figureoh scans, an unexpected announcement from Premium Bandai narrowly fell off the radar, with a special diorama set dipicing an early film set straight out of Tsuburaya studios!

The diorama will include a sun set backdrop along with a day time backdrop in addition to city scape, working lights, and to scale props. While this set  is meant to go with Sofubi figures it should be scaled well enough to work with Tamashi branded products such as Ultra Act and Monster Arts.

The pre order will run from July 22nd till October 31st and will be released May 2nd 2015 for 25,920 yen.

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No, this isn’t the poster for the next Super Hero Taisen film but a celebration of Japan’s three major Toku franchise and an event for fans of all ages.

 The Three Major Tokusatsu Hero Festival is an event that celebrates all things related to Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Super Sentai. The Festival will be held this August at the ATC Hall in Osaka Japan.

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From the latest issue of Televi-Kun magazine, it seems that a new Ultraman series could be coming.

Supposedly the new series will be called ウルトラマンビクトリー or Ultraman Victory. While the name has been trademarked, no further information on this series exists and whether or not this will be another mini series or Retsudan type show remains to be seen.

For now, take this with a grain of salt and stay tuned for more updates.

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This year marks the 50th Anniversary of the Ultra Series. In Celebration of the event, Chiayo Productions will be releasing Ultraman Forever, a DVD box set containing the first six series from the original Ultraman to Ultraman Leo and the box set will be released state side. Price and a release date were not announced as of this posting.

The thai based company is rather infamous for being in constant legal dispute with Tsuburaya Production for the overseas distribution rights of the Ultra Series.

Is this a release you will be supporting? Discuss in the thread!

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The Asahi Shimbun has reported that the Toei Hero World: Namco Action Museum will open in Chiba, Japan later this year on December 20th. The museum will have costumes, props and other items used in various Tokusatsu shows on display. It will also have food, drinks and interactive attractions.

Toei’s website for the museum can be seen here.