January Figureoh Magazine Reveals

Thanks to the latest Figureoh Magazine we have some releases and annoucements for figures for June through May.  To start off with we have the exclusives for June.

SH Figuarts Phoenix Phantom (Kamen Rider Wizard) - 3675 yen
SH Figuarts Warz Gil (Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger) - 4410 yen
SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Cyclone (Kamen Rider W/Super Climax Heroes) - 3675 yen
SH Figuarts Sagittarius Zodiart (Kamen Rider Fourze) - 3990 yen
SH Figuarts Kamen Rider Den-O Axe Form - 3675 yen
SH MonsterArts Destoroyah Evolution Set - 8400 yen

The Phoenix Phantom was shown early on other forums but there was no confirmation about if it was real or not until now.  Also its interesting to see that they re making an actual Figuart of Saggitatirus since they already made a Zero for it. Other then the information provided there are no pictures minus the Pheonix at the this time.  For those who are interested in any of the items listed make sure to preorder them at your favorite middleman.

We also got a look at the SHF Machine Winger which is Kamen Rider Wizard's main bike.  There are no other details at this time so stay tuned for updates.

Next we got another look at the SHFs for Iron Man and War Machine.  I am still puzzled about these but I guess they were popular enough to get the Figuarts treatment. They are priced at 4500 and 5000 yen respectively and will be released in May.

We also got closer look at Ultra-Act Ultraman Father.  He was shown at Tamashii Nations last December and will come with his version of the Mantle.  He will also be released in May at the price of 4800 yen.

Lastly we finally got more information about D-Arts Metalgarurumon.  He was a long waited figure that fans have been wanted since it was shown a while back.  He is priced at 4410 yen but  no other details have been provided so stay tuned for that as well.  Same goes for D-Arts Forte which will be priced at 3990 yen.

TAN Episode 24: Thank God, It's a Gundam!

The men of TAN are holding a Thankgiving Special and delayed birthday party for GLE. Along with that we got Ikaricast/Morphin Bracers host Xaos to cover 08th MS Team! We barely cover odd news or recent news, we just on with our show. So please enjoy! To see more from TAN check: http://www.tokuanimenews.blogspot.com also in association with Herotaku: http://www.herotaku.com/

TAN Ep 23: Welcome to the Negaverse

The TAN guys have been replaced by there Negaverse counterparts! Now they've taken over, and it's there show now. They cover the news, while doing 2 Movie Reviews: Batman vs Dracula & Shin Kamen Rider Prologue, along with some Soundout's Situation Salvations.

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

Even More Exclusive Wizard Figuarts and D-Arts Mewtwo?!

Tamashii has once again shown they are slightly paranoid on how to release SHFs because recently they announced that Hurricane and Land Styles will be joining Water Style as Tamashii Web Exclusives.  At this point we can clearly see just what happens when Bandai decides to market more forms on the show it transitions badly on the SHFs to the point making most of the forms exclusive or not even made at all. Land Style will be released next April at the price of 3675 yen while Hurricane Styles' details are unknown at the current time.  Source: Tokunation

We also got a surprising announcement for D-arts Mewtwo.  We knew some day a Pokemon Arts figure would be released eventually but Mewtwo was a complete surprise.  The only reason I think they chose him was because he was in Super Smash Bros Melee but other then that he looks pretty cool.  He will be a retail release next March at the price point of 3800 yen.  Source: Rangerboard

Tamashii Nations V4: New Announcements

Okay so recently at Tamashii Nations Vol 4 some newer pics appeared of upcoming SH Figuarts and D-Arts known and newly announced have appeared. First off we got closer pics for Tamashii Web Releases of Genocider, Blue Buster, Cheeda Nick, Chou Den-O and Fourze Effect Parts. Along with that pictures of regular releases like Red Buster, Kamen Rider Super-1, Knight Survive, and newly announced Ryuki Survive! Then we got pictures of Gorisaki SHF and it'll be 5040yen from what is noticible on the card and a new D-Art...Megaman and Rush from Megaman 8! Finally we come to the SRC, in the GaoGaiGar line Volfogg gets more demos alongside the other 3G Robots and the main control room.

And lastly, SIC Kamen Rider OOO TaJaDol:

Bluefin distributing D-Arts Dukemon and Red Hawk

It looks like Bluefin is deciding to bring D-Arts Dukemon and Red Hawk to US shores.  So if you are not able to order them from a middleman or Japanese retailer then you got a chance to get them that way.  Its nice that Bluefin is deciding to bring more Sentai related SHFs to the States even if its a season we never saw an adaption of.