[Con Report] G-Fest 2022: The Best of Saturday

This past weekend, G-Fest was held for the first time since 2019, and it was hosted at a new venue. For those unaware, G-Fest is the annual convention devoted to the kaiju film genre, specifically the Godzilla franchise since 1999. Whereas, since its inception, G-Fest was normally held at the Crowne Plaza in Rosemont, Illinois. However, the choice was made to move the convention to Hyatt Regency O’Hare in 2020. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the convention was postponed until this year.   Now, having been to the Hyatt…

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[Official Images] Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger DX Gear Tozinger

Over the weekend, Premium Bandai updated with an order page for the Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger DX Gear Tozinger. For those who are unaware, this item is the primary transformation device for Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger’s villain Stacey. While the device is primarily a repaint and retool of the DX GearTlinger, the device will feature newly recorded sounds. Also, the new sounds will feature audio provided by Stacey/ Starcaeser (Ryo Sekoguchi) and Mechanic Officer Ijirude (Masanori Takeda). The Kikai Sentai Zenkaiger DX Gear Tozinger will include: Stacaesar Gear Gorenger Gear (Dark Ver.)…

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Top 10 Super Sentai Mecha We Want as Super Mini-Pla (Gorenger – Gaoranger)

Super Sentai is one of the longest running tokusatsu series in Japan, and it is the second longest tokusatsu series produced by Toei. The series has been airing in Japan for 46 years, and is better known in America for its adaptation as Power Rangers. The series is known for colorful heroic teams clothed in spandex fighting terrorists, aliens, demons, and inter-dimensional entities. However, its defining feature is the use of mecha that form giant robots, or as they are referred to in the states as Zords and Megazords.  …

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Seven Seas Entertainment Licenses Super Sentai: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger Manga

Seven Seas Entertainment has announced that they have announced that they will be releasing SUPER SENTAI: Himitsu Sentai Gorenger – The Classic Manga Collection. For those who are not aware, the manga was titled, “Shin Himitsu Sentai Gorenger Gokko” and was a retelling of the Himitsu Sentai Gorenger Tokusatsu series. The manga was written by Super Sentai creator, Shotaro Ishinomori. The manga was published in the Weekly Shōnen Sunday magazine starting on May 4, 1975 and ran until August 17, 1975. The manga consisted of three volumes. This release also marks the first…

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Toei Tokusatsu World Official Announced; FEATURING OFFICIAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES!

This just in from Toei’s official website, starting April 6, 2020 the studio will begin uploading English Subtitled episodes of tokusatsu and Super Robot series. The channel titled Toei Tokusatsu World Official, will feature 70 series from their library produced from 1960 to the 1990s. The channel will feature a mascot known as Contentmaru who is a shinobi fox who is tasked with delivering Toei Tokusatsu to the world. Beginning on April 6, 2020 the first two episodes from each of the 70 series will be available. These episodes will feature English…

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Himitsu Sentai Gorenger Blu-Ray Box Set 1 Announced

Amazon Japan has recently updated with a preorder page for the first Blu-ray box set for Himitsu Sentai Gorenger.   Himitsu Sentai Gorenger was the first series of Super Sentai.  The series premiered on April 5, 1975 and ran until March 26, 1977. The series lasted 84 episodes. The first boxset will be released on February 8, 2017 and will be  priced at 23,760 Yen. The set will contain 3 discs with the following episodes. Disc 1: Episodes 1-6 Disc 2: Episodes 7-12 Disc 3: Episodes 13-16  Source: Amazon Japan

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