Tamashii Nations Day One Part 2

Due to the massive amount of news I decided to put the rest of day one news into a separate post.  Well lets get this started.

First we will finish off the remaining Figuarts that were announced later on the first day.  We can see a bunch of Kamen Rider Bikes which are the Ride Shooter (Ryuki), Den Bird (Den-O), Blade Spader (Blade), the original Cyclone (Ichigo), and the Zero Horn (Zeronos).  I personally dont collect the bikes because of their prices and that they take up too much space but its nice Bandai made these to go alongside the riders.  There were also special announcements of Iron Man and War Machine.  This is strange because Max Factory was already going to be making the Avenger Figmas but I guess you can't have too much Robert Downey Jr.  The last SHFs that were shown were other characters from Akibaranger such as Aoi-Chan and Delu Knight.

Mewtwo isn't the only D-Art that was shown at Tamashii Nations.  We also got a look at the final evolutions of the main three starters from Kanto; Charizard, Blastoise, and Venusaur. Its great too see that they are finally going to make some more Pokemon D-Arts and I am curious what else they are going to bring out in the line. The Pokemon D-Arts weren't the only new D-Arts that were announced.  Megaman Fans should be happy to see that Bass and Tremble were announced as well.  Also in the picture though we can take a glimpse of the alternate Megaman forms that he becomes when he uses the other robot masters' powers.  Source: Rangerboard/ Tokunation

12" Perfect Model Series

Tamashii Nations has announced a brand new line of 12" figures which are similar to what we have seen in the past with Project BMs.

First we have Wild Tiger and Bunny which are not a surprise seeing due to the popularity of the series.

Next we have Kotetsu T Kaburagi and Barnaby Brooks Jr.

Akiba Red has also been announced which is interesting seeing he isn't in the regular BM line like some of the other reds but I guess he isn't "official" I guess it works.

Now we also have Godzilla and seeing has Bandai made Monsterarts this makes sense.

SHF Itassher Robot Release Date Announced

Akibaranger fans will finally see the release date of the Itassher Robot and the hefty price to it.  The Robot is said to be 1:1 scale to the Akibaranger SHFs.  The Itassher Robot is going to be released in November with the price tag of 36,750 yen which is worth about $500 in USD before shipping.  This SHF is clearly something that only die hard Akibaranger fans will end up purchasing most likely.   All I can say about it is that its just one of those that will end in #walletkillers.

Episode 14: Unofficial Avenging Masters

The Men of TAN are back, bringing with them the Summer of Soundout! New Episodes, New Topics, New Reviews, New Guests, and New Everything! On Today's episode TAN Cast is joined yet again by Special Guest Soundout12 with Villain Analysis of Digimon Adventure's Dark Masters, reviewing Marvel's The Avengers, and to discuss Akibaranger in general. To see more info on our guests and programming go check out: http://tokuanimenews.blogspot.com/

1/1 Moe-Moe Z-Cune Release Date

The release date of the 1/1 Moe-Moe Z-Cune has been announced and its going to be released in September 2012 so expect preorders to come up soon. The Moe-Moe Z-Cune is used as a henshin device on Akibaranger.

Red Hawk SHF Update

As expected by now due to the Akibaranger team ups we get yet another form change that will be included with Red Hawk.  Seen in episode 6 Red Hawk's SHF will come with the winged jetpack that Abikared used.

SHFs Bouken Red, Red Hawk, and Virgo

A recent toy show in Japan has clarified to us the dates of SHF Bouken Red and Red Hawk. Bouken Red is set to release in July and Red Hawk is set for August. Also a new toy shot of SHF Zodiarts Virgo has been shown recently on the web via a magazine scan. I guess it looks cool but seeing as she plays a major role in the show she will most likely be exclusive. No info for Virgo has been confirmed at this time other then the magazine shot.

Tamashii Features Vol 3. News Part 4: Akiba Power

We now have even more news from Tamashii Features regarding the Akibarangers. First we now have confirmation of the main villain being made into SHF form along with her henchmen. Keep in mind these arent Official Sentai Senshi/ Villains but are still Official Bandai SHF products.

We also are shown that the akibarangers may have an option to put separate anime like human heads be able to replace the helmets to represent the characters if you so desire.

Also it looks like roleplay versions of their henshin/ weapon device were on display on the show as well.

We also get a peak at what looks a transformable toy version of their mecha.

Akibarangers SHFs

In a somewhat surprising turn of events the Akibarangers are now confirmed to have SHFs made of them. Its interesting to see this seeing as the info for their series was just leaked the other day and I got to say they look really nice. If you aren't up to date Akibirangers are an adult unofficial Sentai Series but is still an "official" tokusatsu series since its still being made by Toei. We also have been confirmed a time slot when the series airs at 1:30 am in Japan. I wonder if this means there is going to be more 1:1 scale roleplay since it is targeting the adult audience. Well without further interruption here is how the SHF form of the characters are going to look like.