Tag: Masked Rider

Official Kamen Rider Gotchard Press Conference – Cast, Staff & More

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Today, Toei held their press conference for the next installment in the Kamen Rider series, Kamen Rider Gotchard. However, unlike previous press conferences that were conducted live, Toei prerecorded the entire presentation. So, the following details pertain to the series synopsis, the main cast, and the staff involved.   Series Synopsis: The key to the story is the artificial lifeforms called Chemie created by collecting the best alchemy techniques. There are 101 Chemies in total, made to imitate all things that exist in this world like grasshoppers and SLs (Train).…

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[Official Images] Complete Selection Modification Henshin Belt Typhoon 50th Anniversary Set

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Today, Premium Bandai officially revealed the information regarding the upcoming Complete Selection Modification Henshin Belt Typhoon release. Titled, CSM Henshin Belt Typhoon Kamen Rider 50th Anniversary Set, this release is an adult collectors’ recreation of the original prop. Now, this set is expansive from the belt’s accessories, display features and additional apparel.   The CSM Henshin Belt Typhoon is customizable to be displayed as either Kamen Rider 1 or Kamen Rider 2. Also, the commemorative Display Daiza included will have exchangeable panels to represent either Kamen Rider when not in…

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Toei Tokusatsu World Official Announced; FEATURING OFFICIAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES!

Michael Lederhos

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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Shout! Factory TV Officially Streaming Kamen Rider on TubiTV

Michael Lederhos

Today, Shout! Factory uploaded to their streaming library Shotaro Ishinomori’s original Kamen Rider series from 1971. However, the series is only available on the streaming service TubiTV and region locked to the United States specifically. Currently, we believe that this upload is ahead of the pending official announcement from Shout! Factory. There have been rumors of the company obtaining the whole franchise for home video distribution in North America for months, but no other information appeared otherwise.   However, having the first series available for streaming might possibly be foreshadowing…

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Official Images: Kamen Rider Decade Rider Card Archives Neo

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Premium Bandai recently announced that they will be releasing a new Kamen Rider Card Archive set based on Kamen Rider Decade. This new set titled, Kamen Rider Decade Rider Card Archives Neo, will contain all the cards seen in both Decade’s original series and Kamen Rider Zi-O, as well as the feature length films. Now, like most Rider Card Archive sets these cards are based on the screen prop cards seen on film. They are larger than the average cards that can be used with deluxe toys or Complete Selection…

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Official Images: Kamen Rider Kiva Complete Selection Modification Tatsulot

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Premium Bandai recently announced that the next Kamen Rider Complete Selection Modification release is Kamen Rider Kiva’s Kivat Belt. However, Bandai had a follow up announcement regarding that they will also release a Complete Selection Modification Tatsulot. Now in the series, Tatsulot is a companion piece that becomes the transformation device for Kamen Rider Kiva/ Wataru Kurenai to achieve his Emperor Form. Whereas, the Complete Selection Modification version is a collectors’ edition based on the original toy, which features a heft upscale in size and details. The CSM Tatsulot release…

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Official Images: Kamen Rider Kiva Complete Selection Modification Kivat Belt

Pak Hanu

Premium Bandai has updated with an official pre-order page for the Complete Selection Modification Kivat Belt. Similar to other Complete Selection Modification releases, the belt will include a variety of BGMs and newly recorded phrases by Tomokazu Sugita (Kivat III). Kivat III will also feature a “voice recognition system,” which can be used in conjunction of phrases and can also communicate with Tatsulot via “wireless mode.” Additionally, Kivat III will also feature an “accelerometer” that will activate flight sounds. The BGMs include: Kiva Form Wake Up Kiva’s Air Battle Supernova Destiny’s Play The CSM Kivat…

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Tamashii Pickup December 2017 – Kamen Rider, Justice League & Ultraman Orb

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Last night, Tamashii Nations opened their Tamashii PICKUP page for the December 2017 retail releases. The page features four of the future December 2017 releases, and all of them are S.H.Figuarts. Two of these S.H.Figuarts are for the original Kamen Rider series, a Shinkoucchu Seihou Kamen Rider Ichigo, and a S.H.Figuarts Takeshi Hongo. S.H.Figuarts Takeshi Hongo is the next addition to Tamashii Nations’ ever growing series of characters out-of-suit figures. Soon Hiroshi Fujioka will  join with both, Kenji Ohba, and Kohji Moritsugu, who have already kicked off this highly collectible…

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