Figma Kamen Riders Incisor and Torque

Recently I believed these were proto-types and weren't confirmed to be sold. Eventually I was proved wrong as Figma finally decided to make Kamen Riders Incisor and Torque from Dragon Knight. Not much is truely known at this time with what accessories will come with them. So far Incisor comes with Strike and Guard vent, as Torque comes with Shoot Vent. I'm really looking forward to these figures, and I'm actually really glad the line is continuing.

More Details about Power Rangers Samurai

Another article, thanks to World Screen. Looks like we'll be seeing more about Samurai at the European Licensing Expo next week, stay tuned!

LONDON: The upcoming 18th season of the Power Rangers, which will air on Nickelodeon and Nicktoons in North America in 2011, features a Samurai theme, Saban Brands has revealed.

Production is under way on 40 episodes of Power Rangers Samurai, which is being launched to the international broadcast community by Saban Brands and MarVista Entertainment at MIPCOM. At Brand Licensing Europe next week, Elie Dekel, the president of Saban Brands, and Kirk Bloomgarden, senior VP of international licensing, will be shoring up L&M deals.

In the new season, the young Rangers must master Samurai skills and develop their unique powers over the elements of fire, water, sky, forest, and earth, in order to face off against the Evil Master Xandred.

http://www.worldscreen.com/articles/display/27075

[UPDATED] "Power Rangers Samurai" CONFIRMED- Name changes, logo, description, and more!

Yesterday, we were surprised by the official Power Rangers site with the other four 'Power Rangers Samurai' Kanji symbols. Today- well, I'll just let this speak for itself:



That's right, POWER RANGERS SAMURAI. PowerRangers.com has been updated and we know that the series will run for about two years through 2012. Also, the names of the characters have been changed as well.

Reese>Jayden

Baron>Kevin

Parry>Mike

Sadie>Mia

Ava>Emily

Now, what this means as far as seeing a Goseiger adaption? We'll just have to wait and see. It's obvious Team Saban has faith in the franchise, and believes 'Power Rangers Samurai' will be successful! Stay tuned for more info within the coming weeks to months.

FUN FACT: When Tony Oliver was at Power Morphicon 2 a few weeks back, he told someone in a quick interview that the fandom would start hearing official names and titles within 4-5 weeks! ;-)

http://www.powerrangers.com/seasons-samurai.html#

http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118024460.html?categoryid=1009&cs=1

Power Rangers.com Promos Updated

Now we get a good look at the rest of symbols for the upcoming Power Rangers season.



http://www.powerrangers.com/

New Power Rangers 2011 Cast Member!

So, after watching a recent video of Hector David Jr. (refer to his FB fan page), I went to the site called, "Ludus Magnus" where I then went to their FB page. after skimming through, I found an update that revealed who the mentor of the show will be.

Rene Naufahu will be playing the role, who according to IMDB appears to be named 'Takeru.'



Fans will be more familiar with Rene as the voice behind SPD's Emperor Gruumm.

Ludus Magnus: POWER RANGERS in the HOUSE! Another fantastic night down at Ludus! We had the absolute pleasure of hosting the latest Cast of Power Rangers all the way from the good old US of A. Naji and Hector were buzzing at the end of their session, as was their mentor in the latest series Rene Naufahu who ripped it up down at Ludus tonight. We also had Robbie Magasiva mixing it up with the Group tonight - Love your work Dr Avea.
Tuesday at 4:19am

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ludus-Magnus/101776716546239

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0622532/resume

New Staff Member: DarkBlaze

Go Go Power Rangers! We have your first official Power Rangers reporter! Please give a warm welcome to DarkBlaze! He's been responsible for keeping us up to date with some of the best news on the 2011 series of Power Rangers. I am pleased to announce he'll be helping us with our Power Ranger section. Please welcome him!

Tony Oliver Writing for Power Rangers 2011

gaijInside has confirmed that Tony Oliver will be writing for the new Power Rangers season.

Tony Oliver has confirmed that he is writing for the 2011 season of Power Rangers

Power Rangers 2011 Cast Confirmed

Well folks, we have our Rangers, confirmed. Check 'em out.


Alex Heartman as Reese, Red Samurai Red


Najee-de-Tiege as Baron, Blue Samurai Ranger


Erika Fong as Sadie, Pink Samurai Ranger


Hector David Jr. as Parry, Green Samurai Ranger


Brittany Pirtle as Ava, Yellow Samurai Ranger


Steven Skyler as Wesley, Gold Samurai Ranger


Credit for these photos goes to DarkBlaze of HJU.

Power Rangers Cast!

From a few trusted sources, we have our first official Rangers!



HECTOR DAVID JR. as PARRY, GREEN RANGER


BRITTANY PIRTLE as AVA, YELLOW RANGER



I'll be updating this post as more casting info comes out. I'm sure we'll get more throughout the weekend!

CSToys at Power Morphicon 2

CSToys will be at Power Morphicon 2 August 27th - 29th at the Pasadena Convention Center, in Pasadena California. Mr. S and Ben will be there and blogging live through Ustream and CoverItLive. So if you can't stop by and shake their hands in person, you won't miss the fun. CSToys will also have an incredible dealer booth with many Tokusatsu items old and new to satisfy all your needs! See you there!

Return of the Power Rangers

Tomorrow's Episode of DD

Tomorrow is episode 8 for Doyle's Discussions! Episode 8, as we already know, is called "We Need Tigerzord Power Now!" in which the show's main discussion will be about JDF and MMPR. Also we'll be talking about the Sentai counterparts. The planned reviews will be MMPR Saba, Day of Dumpster VHS, and Shinkenger Candy Toys. Whatever the show ends on for that night will be continued on Thursday's episode, where we'll also be chatting about the Godzilla Saga! So tune in tomorrow night at 9:00pm EST on www.ustream.tv/channel/wheelchair21, for epsiode 8 of Doyle's Discussions. See you all there!

Power Rangers on Nicktoons: October 2010

It's been officially found out that the re-runs of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers through RPM will kick off on Nicktoons in October of 2010, as evidenced by this DVD given out at Comic-Con.

Upcoming Episodes of Doyle's Discussions

Next week's episodes of Doyle's Discussions are action packed! The next week I've planned to hold a two night look back at the MMPR seasons 1-3, along with highlights of JDF's life as a Ranger. Also planned is comparing the difference between MMPR and its Sentai Counterparts. To close out the two-parter, is an intro to the life and history of the King of the Monsters, Godzilla! The King of the Monsters must become apparent to the CS Toys Members, because he started it all. Yeah, Godzilla is also the king of Tokusatsu!

Oh and one last thing! That coming Saturday is my graduation party, I wish I could have invited you all to join me. Even though we all can't meet person to person, I'll try to hold a show during the party, from 1pm to 4pm. Or if not, we'll celebrate it later that night, during the planned episode of course! Also at the party I'll have interviews with family, friends and teachers about how long they've known me and supported me. If I don't get the live stream going at the party you can see all the interviews on my YouTube channel!

Next Week's Episodes:
Tuesday 7/27/10; 9pm EST; Episode 8: We Need Tigerzord Power Now!
Thursday 7/29/10; 9:15pm EST; Episode 9: Back to Action!
Saturday 7/31/10; 9pm EST; Special 1: Gold Graduation!

No Ron Wasserman for Power Rangers 2011

Earlier today in a post at RangerBoard, Ron Wasserman said this:

Hello Everyone,

Well I just heard from Jonathan Tzachor that they have someone else doing the music for Saban's new Power Rangers and I will not be involved in any capacity.

So, after so many years of involvement with the show, I think it's best to put it in my past, be happy for all the great years I was involved with it and just let it go.

I sincerely wish big success and a long run for all who will be involved with the new production.

To the PR fans - Thanks so much for always making me feel so appreciated for my work on the show.

Over and out!

Best,

Ron Wasserman

PS - I'll still be at Morphicon on Saturday August 28th. So see some of you there!

ronw.com

So while this is disappointing, it doesn't necessarily mean the show will be bad, so keep the optimism. If you're somehow unfamiliar with Ron, here's a few videos of his PR works.

Doyle's Discussions Episode 1 starts soon!

Very shortly the 1st Episode of DD will begin! Tonights topics will be the upcoming Kamen Rider W/ Goseiger Movie, along with Kamen Rider Ozu, plus SHFs vs. SICs. Also tomorrow around the same time will be the Fourth of July episode called Toku in America talking about US adaptations, along with discussing popular Animes in the US. Next weeks main episode I'm unsure what day it'll be on, but we'll have it! To learn more you can check out the Facebook Fan Page, my personnal Youtube Channel or my Ustream Channel.

JAPANESE SUPERHEROES! Show in San Francisco: July 9, 2010!

For any of you who live in or near San Francisco, I would say this is an event that is worth going to. The following comes from a collection of sources...



Friday, July 9th at 7:00pm
at VIZ Cinema
Hosted by Patrick Macias, August Ragone, and Tomohiro Machiyama
Friday, July 9th at 7:00pm-9:00pm
VIZ Cinema
1746 Post Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
(415)525-8630

Presented by OTAKU USA

TokyoScope Vol.5: “Japanese Superheroes”!

Ultraman! Kamen Rider! The Power Rangers! These and many other
colorful crusaders of justice are now recognized the world over as
essential icons of Japanese pop culture. But where did they come from?
Who created them? And what is it really like battling rubber monsters
and the forces of evil on a regular basis?

Join hosts Patrick Macias (editor, Otaku USA magazine), August Ragone
(author, Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters), and Tomohiro Machiyama
(founding editor, Movie Treasures magazine) as they explore the
fascinating history and origins of Japanese superheroes using rare
film clips and images from numerous tokusatsu, sentai, and henshin
hero productions including Ultra Seven, Kikaida, Space Sheriff Gavan,
and many others.

We can all identify with the existence of those otherworldly masked wonders in one way or another, but who is that familiar man with the windblown hair dressed up as Kikaida's Jiro below!? Why, it's none other than our fearless Editor-in-Chief, Patrick Macias, pictured once again leaping to save the day with an informative Tokyoscope talk.

Previous editions of the Tokyoscope series ranged from Pink films to Yakuza cinema, and this next one is a real treat for fans of rubber-suited heroics. Tokyoscope Vol. 5: "Japanese Superheroes" features Macias, along with the legendary Tomohiro Machiyama and titan of all things tokusatsu, August Ragone.

Together they'll explain the history behind wonders such as Kamen Rider and Ultraman, how they all came to be and what makes them so doggone awesome. While this was announced a few days ago, it's of especially extreme significance now thanks to the new flyer whipped up by the always incredible Kazumi Nonaka (AKA Batty Cheese).

http://www.otakuusamagazine.com/LatestNews/News1/Join_Patrick_Macias_for_an_Evening_of_Japanese_Her_3220.aspx
http://forums.henshinjustice.com/showthread.php?t=55152

Kamen Rider Dragon Knight wins Emmy!

That's right, not only was it nominated, but Dragon Knight managed to win the daytime Emmy for Outstanding Stunt Coordination! Pretty good for a show that's been canceled 6 months. Congratulations to the Dragon Knight team! The photo is from Steve Wang's facebook, clipped by AllieRX of HJU.