World renowned Filipino cosplayer, Alodia Gosiengfiao recently announced on her official fanpage that she will quit cosplay because she wants to continue studying for "school" even if she graduated years ago! But one rumor had surfaced that she will enter a different school, called the Academia Island.
To those who are familiar with this school, you might have watched the 12th entry of the Super Sentai franchise, Choujuu Sentai Liveman! It is rumored that she will play the role of Megumi Misaki aka Blue Dolphin which will be called Meg Morata in the adaptation. Along with Alodia, Vhong Navarro is rumored to play Yusuke Amamiya aka Red Falcon and Zanjoe Marudo is rumored to play Joh Ohara aka Yellow Lion.
Three students from Academia Island - an elite school funded by the U.N. for the purpose of researching space flight - are tempted by the promises of power from the evil Great Professor Bias. They kill two of their classmates in cold blood and flee.
Two years later they return as officers of an evil organization called Volt - having changed their bodies, minds and names- and destroy Academia. Three of their former classmates use cutting-edge power suits originally designed as a new form of space suit to fight against Volt as Liveman.
It is said that this series will be released within the third quarter of the year to revitalized the tokusatsu boom that happened during the 80's and early 90's. The question is, will it work considering that most Pinoy tokusatsu fans have mixed feelings with Zaido: Pulis Pangkalawakan (Zaido: Space Police)?
Another question arises: from all the eight Super Sentai shows that aired in the Philippines (namely, Goranger/Star Rangers, JAKQ, Google V, Bioman, Maskman, Turboranger, Fiveman and Jetman), why adapt Liveman? I guess they do not want to attract the nostalgia crowd!
With Kamen Rider OOO's first movie only combo, the Kamen Rider OOO TaMaShii Combo revealed a few weeks ago, here are more info the combo and some tidbits about OOO - Den-O - All Riders: Let's Go KAMEN RIDERS.
Kamen Rider OOO TaMaShii Combo is formed by utilizing the Taka (Hawk), Imagin and Shocker Core Medals. It has the strong wrist power of Momotaros, and the evil power of Shocker, but this doesn't mean that the Combo is evil, it's just saying it's got the powerful energy.
The Shocker Core Medal comes from the Taka cell medal that Ankh dropped when they traveled back in 1971, chasing the Mole Imagin. It contains the energy created by the scientists and increases the attack power.
The horns on the shoulders of the TaMaShii Combo can be used as a weapon, but Momotaros thinks it's just a decoration so that Kamen Rider OOO can fight "in a stylish way."
Kamen Rider OOO TaMaShii Combo's finisher is called the TaMaShii Bomber which utilizes the power of the three Core Medals and throw a spiritual ball ala "Kamehameha."
In addition, the last image above is a shot of Kamen Rider NEW Den-O's MacheTeddy. Teddy was trapped in 1971 when trying to save Naoki. Meanwhile, when Momotaros returns to 2011, in the final battle, he sees the secondary Riders, lead by Kamen Rider Birth, help the main Riders.
Source: KamenRiderUNDERGORUND of HJU
Many fans wondered on what will happen to the GokaiOh once the Kaizoku Sentai Gokaigers insert the Gekiranger Ranger Keys in the slot since there is no toys related to Gekiranger listed on the toy catalog.
Just recently, a scan of GokaiOh has just surfaced online and it seems that once the Gekiranger Ranger Keys are inserted, GokaiOh can summon the GekiBeast! In this scan, the Beast that were summoned are: GekiTiger, GekiCheetah, GekiJaguar and GekiWolf. But where is SaiDain?
Meanwhile, we have more info regarding the show's ninth episode which is a Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger Tribute episode! In this episode, Kakeru Shishi aka GaoRed is a veterinarian who later meets the Gokaigers. The town in which Kakeru was assigned was attacked by the Zangyack. What will the five do?! Additionally, Kaneko Noboru reprises his role as Kakeru Shishi aka GaoRed.
In this episode, they will earn the GaoLion which allows them to form the GaoGokaiOh in which the legs of the GokaiOh will be removed and will be attached on top the GaoLion. Unlike the previous Legend Machines that appeared in the series, the GaoLion can also be used to transform into a shadowed second formation, the ShinkenGokaiOh.
Source: Henshin Grid, Red Ranger of HJU, Ryuutaros of HJU
Last week, magazine scans of Kamen Rider OOO PuToTyra Combo has been revealed! And here are a few more information regarding Kamen Rider OOO's Dinosaur Combo and some rumors regarding the connection between Kogami and Ankh.
Using the Pytera (Pteranodon), Torikera (Triceratops), Terrano (Tyrannosaurus Rex) Core Medals, the power of the Kamen Rider OOO PuToTyra Combo comes from the strongest lifeforms on Earth - the dinosaurs. It has a power stronger than other Combos. It can give off a howl like a dinosaur, and remind people of the cold from the Ice Age.
The main color is purple, the skin of the armor is upgraded and turned into a white color. Kamen Rider OOO PuToTyra Combo's weapons includes the horns of the Triceratops body, the "Wide Stinger" which can stretch into various lengths according to Eiji's command; the tail of the T-Rex that can give off a devastating blow; and, the Ptera head which enables OOO to fly.
The Core Medals' power strengthens the muscles like that of a dinosaur, protective armour covers the whole body, the power and speed increases. The medals cannot be used in a mix form, only for Kamen Rider OOO PuToTyra Combo's use.
Kamen Rider OOO PuToTyra Combo's primary weapon is the Medagaburyuu. It has two modes, the Axe Mode and Bazooka Modes. It's finishers are called: Ground of Rage (Axe Mode), and Strain Doom (Bazooka Mode).
Allegedly, there are 10 purple core medals, 5 of them will end up with Eiji by accident. And it is said that the birth of the Dinosaur Greeed Giru, is different than the others.
Meanwhile, here are some rumors behind the connection of Ankh, Kougami and real score behind Ankh's left hand. The next part might contain possible spoilers, please read at your own risk:
- Kogami finds a mummy which is the same as left-hand Ankh in Europe. The Condor Core comes from this Yummy. Is the mummy the true Ankh? If yes, then who is the Ankh that is with Eiji now...?
- Ankh looks at the feather of left-hand Ankh. The separation of the two has to do with the OOO 800 years ago. The key event is the fight between the four Greeeds and the ancient Kamen Rider OOO. Why is Ankh not in the fight...?
- Something surprising is revealed about Maki, this has to do with his dead sister.
The next batch of Kamen Rider figure from Max Factory's Figma toy line is now out! Figma Kamen Rider Sting represents the asthmatic soldier turned Rider from the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight TV series.
Figma Kamen Rider Sting stands at least 13cm tall. It comes with various accessories including his Sting Visor, Swing Vent and the Final Vent Advent Card. Interchangeable hands and stand are also included.
Figma Kamen Rider Sting costs Y3048, or about US$37. Here's a cool Figma Kamen Rider Sting review for your pleasure!
The streak continues! Team Radio assembles once again to talk geek and lay down our impressions of the 35 Anniversary Super Sentai series, Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger! We’ll see if we can keep the streak rolling, but I’m pretty sure we’re going to take a break pretty soon.
HJU Radio #20 ragtag group includes the usual podcast guys, R5 Central's Mike Dent, JapanHero's Jeff, the famous Igadevil, WTF @ TFW’s Vangelus and Inui Takumi. Stay tuned to later this week when the Bonus Episode goes up where we go over your listener questions.
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A clearer shot of Genta, Chiaki, Akashi and Saki, our "possible" dream Super Sentai team!
Aaand this picture adds more reasons why Genta, Chiaki, Saki and Akashi's team is this film's "dream Super Sentai team!"
All Pink Warriors (with some White Warriors namely, Ninja White and White Swan) posing with Super GoseiPink and GokaiPink. Wait. Isn't last time these girls had a cat fight?!
Battle Japan and Battle Cossack of Battle Fever J, looking at something.
The Dynaman, coming out from a comic book panel... with explosions!
It seems that the Abarangers are in a pinch.
Signalman (Carranger), BlackKnight/BullBlack (Gingaman), Rio (Gekiranger), Mele (Gekiranger) and Zubaan (Boukenger) in one row. It is now clear that BullBlack is part of the Extra Ranger group!
ShikenRed/Kaoru Shiba (Shinkenger), MagiMother (Magiranger), Wolzard Fire (Magiranger), DekaSwan (Dekaranger) and DekaMaster (Dekaranger) in one row!
Past heroes assemble! Ryuu Ranger, Ryou with his bike now with the Dairanger logo on. DenziBlue, Daigorou Oume who loves anpan now sells some! Lastly, DekaPink, Koume "Umeko" Kodou inside one of the patrol cars. Because of these set of pictures, it confirmed an old rumor about them appearing in the film.
Note: Kenji Ooba also played Battle Kenya in Battle Fever J. Expect fireworks once you see the two meet, face to face. Same goes in case Ao Ranger decided to appear out of suit along with Big One and the writers decided to let them meet!
Note: Kenji Ooba also played Battle Kenya in Battle Fever J. Expect fireworks once you see the two meet, face to face. Same goes in case Ao Ranger decided to appear out of suit along with Big One and the writers decided to let them meet!
A new image of Goseiger's The Messiah Brajira of the Resurrection along with Magiranger's Hades God Dagon and Go-Onger's Crime Minister Yogoshimakuritain now wearing the Black Cross Army belt.
The Gorangers in the back while the Go-Ongers, Shinkengers and the Gekirangers doing their individual team finishers. The question is, who will receive those shots?
Due to this film's filming being postponed, it is not sure if Gokaiger Goseiger Super Sentai 199 Hero Great Battle will still premiere on the May 21 release date.
The original Japanese companies for the Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters franchise, TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems filed a joint lawsuit against North American anime distributor, 4Kids Entertainment, stating that 4Kids now owes the companies US$4,792,460.36.
TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems accused the company of "underpayments, wrongful deductions, and unmet obligations". According to them, the terms of their agreement with 4Kids were such that they would be paid 50% of 4Kids' gross income derived from the Yu-Gi-Oh! franchise. The agreement also allowed 4Kids to enter into licensing agreements for the home video rights for the franchise, provided that they use "customary forms of license agreements."
According to the documents filed by the complainants, they conducted an audit on regarding 4Kids' business ventures and it is revealed that 4Kids made a "secret" agreement with Funimation to release official home videos of the anime and hide its total income. By hiding this income, TV Tokyo and Nihon Ad Systems allege that 4Kids was able to pay them a smaller share than would otherwise have been owed to them. The complaint further alleges that 4Kids attempted to hide the secret deal rather than disclosing it as required by their licensing agreement. Funimation is not listed as a defendant in the complaint.According to the complainants, the agreement with Funimation started on March 1, 2002, which granted them the "broad right to exploit" the franchise and would pay 4Kids a royalty of 20% of its gross receipts. It is also aleged that the two companies also entered into a "secret" second agreement for Yu-Gi-Oh! and other titles, under which Funimation undertook the majority of the work releasing home video products and paid 4Kids a US$1.3 million advance and a "service fee" for each sale.
According to the complaint, this service fee added up to US$3.934 million and was not reported as income in 4Kids' quarterly reports. As such, the Japanese companies were not paid royalties from this "kick back."The complaint further alleges that 4Kids entered into a similar deal with Majesco Entertainment to create Yu-Gi-Oh! videos to be played on Gameboy Advanced. Under this deal, 4Kids paid royalties on the US$366,667 advance paid by Majesco, but reported its $1 kick back per video sold as a service fee, not as income, and did not pay royalties on it.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter, Anime News Network
The full trailer for the live action movie adaption of Yazawa Ai’s hit fashion manga, “Paradise Kiss” is finally out! The movie stars Keiko Kitagawa and Mukai Osamu as Hayasaka Yukari and Joji Koizumi respectively.
Paradise Kiss follows the story of Hayasaka Yukari, a high school student who is tired of the meaningless and repetitive life that has been forced upon her by her uptight mother; and, Joji Koizumi, an eccentric, handsome, and extremely charismatic student of Yazagaku who has extraordinary talent with a gift for fashion design.
Other cast members for Paradise Kiss live action movie includes Yamamoto Yusuke (Kamen Rider Kabuto, ROOKIES: Graduation), Igarashi Shunji (Ultraman Mebius, ROOKIES), Kaku Kento, Ohmasa Aya, and Kato Natsuki.
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The first Cybody from the Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto anime series is finally released in Robot Damashii toyline! Robot Damashii [SIDE CB] Tauburn represents the Cybody of the Galactic Pretty Boy, Takuto Tsunashi.
Robot Damashii [SIDE CB] Tauburn stands approx 16cm tall and comes with both Star Swords Saphir and Emeraude. A custom star-shaped Tamashii Stage Act stand and interchangeable hands are also included.
Robot Damashii [SIDE CB] Tauburn costs 3600 yen, or about US$43. Here's a cool Robot Damashii [SIDE CB] Tauburn review for you to check out!
After his novel "KAGEROU" winning an award and sold many copies, Kamen Rider Kabuto actor Hiro Mizushima has been appointed as editor-in-chief of a new fashion and lifestyle magazine GLOBAL WORK.
GLOBAL WORK is a magazine that's aimed at men and women in their 20s and 30s. It is being published by the casual clothing brand of the same name and planned on a semi-annual schedule, with an issue being released in March and September of each year. Saito Kazuhiro is serving as an editing advisor while Fujimoto Yasushi has been appointed as art director.
GLOBAL WORK magazine will be printed as a 258-page, B5-size issue, with a cover price of 300 yen. It is expected to have an initial print of 30,000 copies and will be available in GLOBAL WORK stores throughout the country, as well as some bookstores.
Source: Oricon, Mantan Web via tokyograph
The next batch of Kamen Rider figure from Max Factory's Figma toy line is now out! Figma Kamen Rider Strike represents the hacker and UFO specialist turned Rider from the Kamen Rider Dragon Knight TV series.
Figma Kamen Rider Strike stands at least 13cm tall. It comes with various accessories including his Cobra Visor, Sword Vent and the Final Vent Advent Card. Interchangeable hands and stand are also included.
Figma Kamen Rider Strike costs Y3048, or about US$37. Here's a cool Figma Kamen Rider Strike review for your pleasure!
Shueisha recently announced that the Vocaloid Hatsune Miku will appear on this the 15th issue Weekly Playboy Magazine alongside gravure idol Risa Yoshiki. The four-page feature will be called "Pixeloid: 5th Dimension Girls Yoshiki Risa x Hatsune Miku."
A video to promote the "Pixeloid: 5th Dimension Girls Yoshiki Risa x Hatsune Miku" spread has been posted on the official site of Shueisha's Weekly Playboy. The illustrator "bob" drew three images of Miku Hatsune, which were inserted into photographs from a studio photo shoot with Risa Yoshiki. Shueisha posted an image of the feature's first page.
Beyond the limits of science, she came.
Her name is Hatsune Miku
She met the most beautiful woman on Earth,
Yoshiki Risa.
They blended in pixels,
and reborn as the 5th Dimension girl - Pixeloid.
Crypton Future Media created Miku Hatsune to personify its software package that allow users to synthesize vocal songs without a human singer, while Risa Yoshiki is a gravure idol, singer and actress that previously guest starred in an episode of Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger.
A few weeks ago, it has been reported that the release date for AKB48's first original album, "Koko ni Ita Koto" is postponed. The idol group's official blog recently confirmed that it will be released on early June.
Despite making their debut over six years ago, AKB48 has yet to release their own original album, as all of their previous album releases were either stage albums or compilation albums. According to AKB48’s blog, “Koko ni Ita Koto” has been pushed back from April 6th to June 8th. This is most likely due to the disruption that the earthquake had on the production schedule.
AKB48's Koko ni Ita Koto includes hits such as Ponytail to Shushu, Heavy Rotation, Beginner, and Chance no Junban. The remaining 12 songs will be new songs that fans never heard before. It will be released in two different versions, a limited edition [CD+DVD] version and the regular [CD+DVD] version. Albums purchased at any of the theater performances will include a ticket to a handshake event and a photographing session with the girls.
The Limited Edition [CD+DVD] version includes a special box set that comes with an exclusive 100-page photobook, a collectible card randomly selected from 14 kinds featuring one of the girls, and an application for a special lottery. The DVD will also contain a few special goodies for fans like dance versions of their four hit songs alongside with their music videos.
Translation courtesy of tokyohive
Check out more AKB48 products @ CDJapan
Here's a cool video recently uploaded by a group of Kamen Rider cosplayers in Hong Kong taken last March 28. The group held a donation drive to help Japan in this times of crisis. The video even comes with a heart warming music.
The video features cosplayers in Kamen Rider costumes like Ichigo and Nigo The Next, Den-O and New Den-O, Double, Skull, Hibiki, Faiz, and Imagins Momotaros and Kintaros helping each other gather donations in the streets of Hong Kong.
With Kamen Rider's 40 Anniversary movie presentation, opening this April 1, here's a special tv feature for OOO - Den-O - All Riders: Let's Go KAMEN RIDERS featuring some scenes from the movie itself! Isn't that awesome?!
OOO - Den-O - All Riders: Let's Go KAMEN RIDERS starts with Kamen Rider OOO fighting the Mole Imagins. When OOO is fighting them, he starts wondering "why aren't they bleeding Medals?" The Mole Imagins then disappears through a 10 year old boy. Suddenly, the Denliner appears and Kotaro exits. Kotaro takes out his Rider Ticket and goes back to the past in November 11, 1971. But why would a 10 year old boy have memories from 40 years ago?
Eiji and Ankh sneaks aboard the Denliner. They are advised by the Denliner Crew not to leave the train when they get to the past, but Ankh decides to sneak out in order to find all the Core Medals before the other Greeeds woke up, however this causes some serious trouble.
Back in 1971, Shocker found a Medal and used its powers and took over Japan. This resulted to the appearance of the Shocker Greeed (voiced by Hideo Ishikawa).
After the fight in the past, Eiji and Ankh returns and arrives at their own timeline only to see that Cous Cousier is now a restaurant called "Snack Amigo." By 2011, Shocker is already controlling over the whole world.
In order to repair time, Kotaro and Eiji travel back to 1971 once more. When they arrive in 1971, they meet Nokko, a member of the Rider Squad. They then discovers that Kamen Rider #1 and #2 lost the battle against Shocker and received a brainwashing surgery. They eventually became top soldiers for Shocker, and dubbed as the "Strongest and Most Evil Cyborg Monsters."
OOO - Den-O - All Riders: Let's Go KAMEN RIDERS premiers on April 1
The second Super Sentai warrior released in the SH FiguArts toyline is finally here! SH FiguArts ShinkenGold represents the 6th ranger from the 33rd Super Sentai series, Samurai Sentai Shinkenger.
SH FiguArts ShinkenGold stands 14cm tall and comes with various accessories including the 2× Sakanamaru, Ika and Ebi Origami, and Daigoyo. Interchangeable hands are also included. First press release comes with a limited edition Kuroko statue and a Shiba Clan flag.
SH FiguArts ShinkenGold costs Y3200, or about US$39. Here's an awesome SH FiguArts ShinkenGold review for you to check out!
The latest teaser for the upcoming Fullmetal Alchemist movie, Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi has been released on their official website! Aside from that, it confirms that L'arc~en~Ciel will sing the movie's theme song, it also features new scenes that involved this film's heroine, Julia Crichton voiced by Maaya Sakamoto.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Milos no Sei-Naru Hoshi is said to be about, "Edward Elric and his younger brother Alphonse — tossed by the waves of destiny, the two are still on their journey…." And according to its teaser's tagline, that it will "finally tell the story of forbidden bonds."
Fans who reserve early tickets will get to receive a special bonus in the form of an original school calendar with 13 illustrations from the movie which is set to be released this July 2.
In the celebration of Kamen Rider's 40th Anniversary, Avex will be releasing a compilation album, entitled Kamen Rider Best Album 2000-2011, featuring the Kamen Rider music from the Heisei Era.Last January, they made a fan poll on which songs to be included in the album from hundreds of available ones. A new cover jacket has also been revealed!
And now, here is the full track list for Kamen Rider Best Album 2000-2011:
- DISC-1 (from Avex site)
- 01：Anything Goes! (OOO)
- 02：Extreme Dream (Double)
- 03：ELEMENTS (Blade)
- 04：W-B-X ～W-Boiled Extreme～(Double)
- 05：W (Double movie theme)
- 06：Break the Chain (Kiva)
- 07：Journey through the Decade (Decade)
- 08：Nobody's Perfect (Double)
- 09：Climax Jump (Den-O)
- 10：rebirth (Blade)
- 11：Justiφ's (Faiz)
- 12：Supernova (Kiva)
- 13：Revolution (Ryuki)
- 14：HEART∞BREAKER (Movie Taisen Core theme)
- 15：Kamen Rider Kuuga! (Kuuga)
- DISC-2 (from Avex site)
- 01：Action-ZERO (Den-O)
- 02：Aozora ni Naru (Kuuga)
- 03：Got to keep it real (OOO)
- 04：Fight for Justice (Kiva)
- 05：Treasure Sniper (Decade)
- 06：Climax Jump DEN-LINER form (Den-O)
- 07：Alive A life (Ryuki)
- 08：The Next Decade (Decade)
- 09：Kamen Rider AGITO (Agito)
- 10：Regret nothing～Tighten Up～ (OOO)
- 11：Round ZERO～BLADE BRAVE (Blade)
- 12：The people with no name (Faiz)
- 13：Shonen yo (Hibiki)
- 14：FULL FORCE (Kabuto)
- 15：NEXT LEVEL (Kabuto)
- Disc: 3 (from Amazon) "spotlight disc"
- 01. Leave all Behind (Double)
- 02. Ride the Wind (Decade)
- 03. Kakusei (Blade)
- 04. Kagayaki (Hibiki)
- 05. Double-Action Strike form (Den-O Episode Blue theme)
- 06. LORD OF THE SPEED (Kabuto)
- 07. Naturally (Double)
- 08. EGO ~eyes glazing over (Faiz)
- 09. Sun Goes up (TV-size) (OOO)
- 10. Time judged all (TV-size) (OOO)
- DVD (from CDJapan)
- Climax Jump DEN-LINER form Music Clip (Den-O)
- Double-Action CLIMAX form MUSIC CLIP (Den-O)
- Destiny's Play (Kiva)
- Individual-System (Kiva)
- Supernova (Kiva)
- Roots of the King (Kiva)
- Journey through the Decade Music Film (Decade)
- The Next Decade Music Cinema Film (Decade)
- Stay the Ride Alive Music Film ~Real edit.~ (Decade)
- W-B-X ~Video Boiled Extreme (Double)
- Love♥Wars Music Film (Double)
Special thanks to nerefir of HJU
Since we got good response on last week's episode of Kamen Rider OOO, I decided to regularly post RAW streams of Super Hero Time a few hours after it aired. Here is the OOO Episode 27: "1000, a Movie, and the Combatmen."
Kougami calls out Eiji and Ankh to celebrate the 1000th episode of the Kamen Rider franchise. Together they have to create a Kamen Rider Commemorative Movie, a Rider VS Shocker film. While filming a guy shows who nobody seems to know. He calls himself Sendou and claims that he knows Kougami. Ankh is able to smell the stench of Yummy from Sendou.
Sendou was actually a real Shocker Grunt and he had been beat up so many times by the Riders. Sendou only holds one thing in his heart, which is the dream of someday winning against a Kamen Rider. Kazari notices this and creates a powerful Yummy. The Yummy created from Sendou sees every person riding a motorbike as a Kamen Rider and attacks them. The Yummy eventually interrupts the filming.
Since we got good response on last week's episode of Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger, I decided to regularly post RAW streams of Super Hero Time a few hours after it aired. And here's Gokaiger Episode 6: "The Most Important Thing."
Luka sees a jewel she desperately wants, but to her displeasure a little girl buys it before she can get her hands on it. Suddenly, the girl's father approaches Luka. He'll give her the jewel if she comes and works in his house, and so she is invited.
Within the house there seems to be a treasure, as the Zangyack are targeting it as well. For the sake of doing some recon, and protecting a potential treasure, and also for selfish reasons, Luka decides to take the job. But can Luka really do said job? And what is the treasure the Zangyack are looking for?
Next week will be again an awesome week for Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger! Here's is the preview for Gokaiger Episode 7: "Niki Niki! Training Kenpo." This will be a tribute episode for Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger. And, Jan and Master Shafu will be this episode's guests.
Navi asks them to look for a "Tiger Boy for Great Wisdom" and so, they started heading out to search for zoos. However, the Kung Fu Specialist Action Commander, Pachamac XIII, a space kenpo user, appears and begins destroying the city.
In the battle, Doc and Ahim tried to take on the Commander and the lost which cause them to feel down for themselves. By chance, the came into a group that teaches Kenpo Lessons for kids. Teaching the kids is a young man and the two started their Kenpo training. Will Doc and Ahim defeat this Kung Fu Specialist? And who is this man?
Next week will be again an awesome week for Kamen Rider OOO. Here is the preview for Episode 28: "1000, the Kamen Riders, and the Birthday." It will also be the debut of Kamen Rider Birth's CLAWs Scorpion.
After fighting off the SquidJaguar Yummy, the crew continues the filming. They start filming a scene where Eiji is attacked by a SWAT team. His clothing is supposed to pay homage to a certain Kamen Rider that came before him. Who are those mysterious Shocker grunts surrounding Eiji?
Kamen Rider OOO Episode 28 also marks the 1000th episode of the Kamen Rider franchise.
The cover jackets for the theme song for OOO - Den-O - All Riders: Let's Go KAMEN RIDERS movie, Let's Go RiderKick 2011 sung by the Kamen Rider GIRLS, is finally revealed! It is considered a Kamen Rider 40th Anniversary Project.
"Let's Go RiderKick!" is originally sung by Hiroshi Fujioka for the first few episodes of the original Kamen Rider series. A few tidbits of "Let's Go RiderKick! 2011" was first heard during the first actual trailer for Let's Go KAMEN RIDERS.
Kamen Rider GIRLS' Let's Go RiderKick! 2011 [Single] will be released on April 20. It will include the group's debut song "Koi no Rider Kick" and "♥ no Henshin Belt." A bonus poster will come along the first press release. Limited Edition CD+DVD will costs 1800 yen while Regular Edition costs 1500 yen. It will be released on April 20.
Oxford University Press announced on Thursday that the word "hentai" was recently added to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED) in its latest update. The Japanese-derived word is described by many as a type of manga and anime that shows sexually explicit images.
Oxford's online entry for hentai is as follows:
Pronunciation: /hɛnˈtʌɪ/The OED also added "otaku" in 2004. The Oxford Dictionary of English, the single-volume "shorter" alternative to the 20-volume OED, added the word "otaku" to its second edition in 2005, followed by "hikikomori" in the third edition last year.
noun [mass noun]
a subgenre of the Japanese genres of manga and anime, characterized by overtly sexualized characters and sexually explicit images and plots.Origin:
1990s: Japanese, literally 'abnormal, perverted'
Source: Wired via Anime News Network
Just recently, more scans for Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger has just surfaced! It features a glimpse of the upcoming Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger episode that will happen in Gokaiger's 7th episode. And look who's back, it's Jan Kandou aka GekiRed!
The Jyuken Sentai Gekiranger episode will be entitled "Niki! Niki! Training Kenpo!" The episode's guest star will be no other than Hiroki Suzuki and Ichirou Nagai reprising their roles as Jan Kandou aka GekiRed and Master Xia Fu.
In this episode, Navi asks them to look for a Tiger Boy for Great Wisdom and so, they started heading out to search for zoos. However, the Kung Fu Specialist Action Commander, Pachamac XIII appears and begins destroying the city.In the battle, Doc and Ahim tried to take on the Commander and the lost which cause them to feel down for themselves. By chance, the came into a group that teaches Kenpo Lessons for kids. Teaching the kids is a young man and the two started their Kenpo training. Will Doc and Ahim defeat this Kung Fu Specialist?
Meanwhile, here is a scan of the hierarchy of the Space Empire Zangyack. In this scan, we see a shadowed figure above Oiles Gil, the leader of the Zangyack fleet invading Earth. Will this shadowed figure have a very significant role in this series?
Lastly, the first actual toy shots of the GokaiMachines' third Legend Machine, the GaoLion from Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger. It confirms the earlier shadowed image of a possible Shinkenger formation with the GaoLion. The first formation with the GaoLion involves removing the legs of the GokaiOh and mounting it on top of the GaoLion forming the GaoGokaiOh.
The second formation involves dismantling the GaoLion and place it on the GokaiOh's respective ports, creating the ShinkenGokaiOh. As seen in this scan, the formation of each part is similar with the formation of the Origami of the ShinkenOh, and yes, this formation will retain the ShinkenOh's kanji.
In case you are wondering if this would be the last of its kind, according to an old rumor, we will see more of this two-in-one Legend Machines in the near future. If the rumor is true, we might be having the Bakuryuu Tyrannosaurus next with an Abaranger special episode and later, a Zyuranger special episode, or a race car the both represents Go-Onger and Turboranger.
Source: DecaEnd of HJU (Link 2), Gold Samurai of HJU
