Firestarter's Blog: December 2012

Monday, December 31, 2012

KyoryuRed Actor Confirmed and More Kyoryuger Images

On top of the news, Ryo Ryusei's talent agency, KEN-ON confirmed the actor's part as the titular red ranger, KyoryuRed from Juuden Sentai Kyoryuger (獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャー). Previously, on the actor’s recent blog posts, he has mentioned on how he was lately involved in dancing and sword fighting training.

Here are more magazine scans for the upcoming film entitled: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger THE MOVIE. On these scans featured are the "all red" GokaiChange namely Gokai-Change, featuring Go-OnRed, MagiRed, FiveRed, DenjiRed, DynaRed and GekiRed.

In the upcoming film, Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters vs Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger THE MOVIE, Buddyroid keys as well as Megazord Keys will be featured. The Megazord Keys will enable both Gokaiger and Gobuster robots to transform into GaoKing, DaiBouken, GekiToja, RyuseiOh, Flash King and Daizyujin.

As we wait for the arrival of Kamen Rider Beast in Kamen Rider Wizard's next episode, here is a clearer scanned image of the rider with the cloak changes. Initially, Kamen Rider Beast has 4 changes acquired from Beast Chimera namely:

Namco Bandai Games' official Youtube channel had uploaded gameplay for the upcoming PSP game that mashes Kamen Rider, Gundam and Ultraman entitled, Heroes' Vs. Developed by Spike Chunsoft, Heroes Vs. will include characters from the series namely: Ultraman Mebius, Ultraman Zero, Utraman Nexus, Kamen Rider W, Kamen Rider OOO, Kamen Rider Den-O, Gundam 00, G Gundam and Turn A Gundam.

DX Beast Driver and Dice Saber Promo Streamed!

As we wait for the arrival of Kamen Rider Beast in Kamen Rider Wizard next year, check out the streamed promo of the DX Beast Driver and the DX Dice Saber.

Bandai Tamashii Nations had released the official images of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Fourze Meteor Nadeshiko Fusion States. This form first appeared in the movie, “Movie War Ultimatum”.

2012 is a year of huge announcements from as well as, a lot of firsts, the most expensive exclusives and a significant amount of Red Rangers released in the S.H. Figuarts line. Most of the time, humble collectors even admit it is hard to keep up with the releases. There are some memorable output and a few bad apples.

Recently TV-Asahi has launched images and details of the 37th Super Sentai, Juuden Sentai Kyoryuger (獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャー) . Most likely, the TV promo will launch on the first week on January 2013.

During the past week, there are new Japanese magazine scans that have been circulating about the team. This includes their weapons and titles for each member.

Ultimate Ninja Storm 3: 9 Jinchuriki Video Streamed

CyberConnect2 has announced that they will have all nine Jinchuriki as playable characters for Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja Storm 3. Here are all 9 standing together in this latest promo teaser. There will be a few game play updates and stage gimmicks. More over, the game will provide an option for you to play as one of the bosses. Check out the 4th video promo after the jump.

Following through the Tamashii Nations 2012 event, Bandai Tamashii Nations have revealed the official images of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Verde from the Kamen Rider Ryuki TV series.

He includes an Advent wire replacement, the BioWinder and a slew of hand replacements. It is no surprise that he will be released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive for 3,465 Yen this May 2013.

Early this December Tamashii Nations circulated a teaser banner for the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Nega Den-O. Now, the official image has been revealed on their site!

First appeared during the film Kamen Rider Den-O & Kiva: Climax Deka, he stands about 150mm and will be equipped with extra hands and the Nega Dengasher. Nega Den-O will be released as a Tamashii Web Exclusive this May at 3,675 Yen.

Kamen Rider Wizard Land Dragon Debuts January 2013

Aside from Kamen Rider Beast debuting this January 2013, Kamen Rider Wizard Land Dragon will also makes its appearance. This new form is gained by using a Land Dragon Ring.

As we approach the final episodes of Tokumei Sentai Gobusters to give way to the 37th Super Sentai, the progress of the series will be more heart stopping. Check out the latest scans which reveal a more powerful Escape Evolve and Enter's new powers.

We are almost complete with the Kamen Rider Ryuki selection in Medicom's toyline - Real Action Heroes (RAH) with their latest offering Alternative Zero. The RAH Alternative Zero will be decorated with silver stripes labeled "Trial Prototype-00" on both sides of the body to replicate the suit seen on the TV show Kamen Rider Ryuki. Alternative Zero will include extra hands and a lance from his Sword Vent. The RAH DX Alternative Zero will be released in July 2013 for 19,950Yen.

Another character from Ultraman Ace will get the Ultra-Act treatment. This is the mechanical doppelanger, Ace Killer first appeared on episode 14 of the said Ultraman Ace TV series. Ace Killer will be equipped with replaceable hands and two effect parts. The figure is set for release on April 2013 at 4,275 Yen.

S.I.C. Kamen Rider OOO Putotyra Combo To Be Released in May 2013

Check out this image of the S.I.C. Kamen Rider OOO Putotyra Combo scanned from this month's Hyper Hobby Magazine. First seen at the Tamashi Nations 2012 event, the dinosaur form of Kamen Rider OOO is powered by three core medals namely Ptera, Tricera, and Tyranno.

The S.I.C. Kamen Rider OOO Putotyra Combo will include the Medagabryu and extra interchangeable hands. This figure will be released this April at 6,500 Yen. As a bonus, the magazine also included the Hero Saga S.I.C. Kamen Rider OOO Tamashii Combo that appeared on the film OOO, Den-O, All Riders: Let's Go Kamen Riders.

On this month's issue of Figure Oh Magazine issue no. 179 we have the first few images of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Wizard Flame Dragon. Touted to be released on April 2013, pre-order starts on February 2013.

He will include the WizarSwordGun in sword and gun mode and Flame Dragon's "special" WizarDragon head attachment for his chest. Price is 3,675 yen.

Kamen Rider Wizard episode 16 is entitled: The Christmas Miracle "Kurisumasu no Kiseki" (クリスマスの奇跡. Around Christmas time, Misa locates a new Gate in the form of a young man with a yankī fashion sense named Tatsuro, and Haruto must get to the bottom of what his hopes are in order to protect him from becoming a Phantom.

Kamen Rider Wizard episode 17 is entitled: Another Wizard "Mō Hitori no Mahōtsukai" (もう一人の魔法使い). Here is a preview of this episode and the debut of Kamen Rider Beast. Both the Phantoms and Haruto keep an eye on the mysterious young man Kyosuke Nito.

Gobusters episode 44 is entitled: Christmas Eve: Time to Complete the Mission "Seiya・Shimei Hatasu Toki" (聖夜・使命果たすとき) Escape betrays Enter and begins to create Messiah using her own avatar as the vessel and including Go-Buster Ace's mechanics in the Megazord Zeta's design. The Go-Busters must figure out a way to defeat Escape and save Christmas.

Gobusters episode 45 is entitled: Happy New Year! A Small Formidable Enemy Returns "Kinga Shinnen! Chiisana Kyōteki, Futatabi" (謹賀新年！小さな強敵、再び). Here is the preview of this week's episode. While celebrating the New Year, Hiromu discovers that his sister is going out on a date with someone, and he tries to see who it is all while a presumed dead Vaglass member enacts his revenge.

Figure Oh 179 Features S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Wizard Flame Dragon

On this Figure Oh Vol. 179, we will see our first glimpse of the S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Wizard Flame Dragon which is touted to be released on April 2013. No further details have been provided just yet and we will still continue to update you on this latest reveal in upcoming months.

Also included are the details for the Gokaiger Vs Gobusters The Movie, Medusa and Phoenix (Kamen Rider Wizard) in vinyl forms, HG Ultraman Seven collection and more! Watch out for more scans soon.

Naruto SD Powerful Shippuden Game Coming To North America

Namco Bandai has confirmed that the Nintendo 3DS game, Naruto SD Powerful Shippuden is headed to North America this March 2013. The game uses a super deformed art style and players can use either Naruto and Rock Lee as main characters. Recently it has been announced that Namco Bandai will include supports to Naruto and Rock Lee.

Square Enix finally released the official images of the Play Arts Kai Joker and Catwoman from the Dark Knight Trilogy movie. First seen during the San Diego Comic Con, these replicas from Christopher Nolan's Dark Knight movies will sure make fans drool for more. Both will be released this May 2013 at 6,200 Yen each.

Namco Bandai Games' European arm has recently uploaded a new video for the game, Naruto Shippuden: Ultimate Ninja 3. The video showcases the a pit between teacher, the reanimated Asuma and student, awakened Choji, as read and seen during 4th Great Ninja War.

Toy Review: S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Knight Survive

As we end another year, Bandai is just teasing us to buy more next year through this S.H. Figuarts Kamen Rider Knight Survive. Its box may look familiar to you but sure it takes your breath away - again.

What is he inclusive with are a Tamashii Stage, 7 advent cards (that makes the Advent Cards on Knight complete), the Dark Visor-Zwei, 2 Dark Blades which one of them is for the Dark Arrow gimmick, 7 interchangeable hands and lastly detachable cape accessories.

Bandai recently streamed a video introducing "NEXTPETS! Series". NEXTPETS is a clothing line that allows you to take a picture with your commemorative character that will appear using a special application for your Andriod or iPhone smartphones. The line will be released on Saturday, January 26, 2013.

Check out this magazine scan on Namco Bandai's announcement on the upcoming PSP game Ultraman All-Star Chronicle with the list of Ultraman characters and monsters to be featured in the game - total of 12 each.

Live Action Gatchaman Cast Interview Video

Check out this streamed video interview of the cast of the live action adaptation of the classic Tatsunoko Productions science-fiction anime “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman” from the Japanese TV show Zip. Tori Matsuzaka (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger) will play the lead character Ken Washio aka Ken the Eagle.

We've already seen what the 37th Super Sentai Juuden Sentai Kyoryuger (獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャー) look like but how about the villains they are up against? It was rumored across interwebs that foot soldiers that will be featured are called Amoeba and resembles the Bamia in Bakuryu Sentai Abaranger. The Amoeba may have purple, seaweed-like hair. This followed on the rumor that the story will revolve around nature vs machines wherein nature is the enemy. This is the first time we hear that nature is against human kind.

Finally someone is doing it. Valhalla Entertainment, a US production company behind AMC's Walking Dead series, will be developing the live-action feature film adaptation of the giant robot anime Gaiking together with Toei Animation and All Nippon Entertainment Works.

Recently, Namco Bandai has announced that the company is working on a pure Ultraman Game without crossovers for PlayStation Portable. The working label is entitled Ultraman All-Star Chronicle. The game will bring 12 notable Ultraman characters and monsters of their respective series. The full list of Ultraman characters will be updated soon.

Ultraman All-Star Chronicle is a strategy game that will use realistically proportioned characters rather than Heroes Vs' super-deformed look. The game is slated for release on March 7, 2013.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Toy Review: D-Arts Terry Bogard (King Of Fighters '94)

This is my review of the D-Arts Terry Bogard from King Of Fighters '94 (even though he started in Fatal Fury). It is a first for Bandai to delve in to the gaming genre and what a way to start is with KOF. The package design may be like what Bandai used to do with most of their offerings, a photo of the toy in front then accessory and poseability details at the back. To stay true for fans of the gaming genre, it is nostalgic to have the sequences and joystick combinations on each of the figure's signature poses.

Bandai Namco Games recently streamed the opening sequence for the card battle fighting game Heroes Vs. It has also been revealed that the game's theme song is entitled: "Dead or TwinAlive", performed by Yoshifumi Ushima (G Gundam) and Shinichi Ishihara (Kamen Rider Agito, Kyuukyuu Sentai GoGo-V, Juukou B-Fighter).

TOHO recently announced that the live action adaptation of the classic Tatsunoko Productions science-fiction anime “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman” will premier this August 24th, 2013. As previously reported, Tori Matsuzaka (Samurai Sentai Shinkenger) will play the lead character Ken Washio aka Ken the Eagle.

Yesterday December 17th, anime movie "ONE PIECE FILM Z" has broken records for most successful opening weekend for a Japanese movie over the past decade.

The 12th movie adaptation had more than 1,140,000 viewers and garnered about 1,372,050,000 Yen (or about $16,390,509 USD) since its opening day on December 16th. It has been over a decade since 2001 for a Japanese film to gross this much on its premier week.

Capcom To Do Classic Megaman Titles Sale

As Capcom will be celebrating Mega Man's 25 birthday this month, the company will not only be releasing the free downloadable fan-inspired game “Street Fighter X Mega Man”, but will also be having a Virtual Console sale for Mega Man games.

Mega Man 1 –6 on 3DS Virtual Console plus Mega Man 9 and Mega Man 10 for WiiWare are 20% off until January 7, 2013. Relive your awesome famicom favorites buy downloading these today.

Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower! - RAW

Here is the RAW stream of the film: Tokumei Sentai Go-Busters the Movie: Protect the Tokyo Enetower! This is a 35-minute long film which revolved around Vaglass intercepting and attacking the Enetron Tower. The said film also showcased a new buddyroid Enetan and the Buster Machine FS-0O.

Rumor speculate that Ryo Ryusei might be playing the titular red ranger KyoryuRed from Juuden Sentai Kyoryuger (獣電戦隊キョウリュウジャー). On actor’s recent blog posts, he has mentioned on how he was lately involved in dancing and sword fighting training . In addition, he has been preparing for a live event (that could mean a press greeting).

While still awaiting the debut of Kamen Rider Beast, Amazon.jp has already listed the theme song of Kamen Rider Beast which is entitled: BEASTBITE. The song is performed by none other than Rider Chips.

The single will be released in both CD+DVD and CD only versions, for 1,890 Yen and 1,260 Yen respectively. Both packages will be released next year, February 27th, 2013.

Gobusters Episode 44: Christmas Eve: Time to Complete the Mission - Preview

Gobusters episode 44 is entitled: Christmas Eve: Time to Complete the Mission (聖夜・使命果たすとき). Here is a preview of this episode. Escape betrays Enter and begins to create Messiah using her own avatar as the vessel and including Go-Buster Ace's mechanics in the Megazord Zeta's design. The Go-Busters must figure out a way to defeat Escape and save Christmas.

Gobusters episode 43 is entitled: Christmas Determination "Ketsui no Kurisumasu" (決意のクリスマス. The Go-Busters plan a Christmas party for children who cannot stay with their families, all while on the look out for Enter while fighting Escape and her Megazord Zeta.

Kamen Rider Wizard episode 16 is entitled: The Christmas Miracle "Kurisumasu no Kiseki" (クリスマスの奇跡). Here is a preview of this episode. Around Christmas time, Misa locates a new Gate in the form of a young man with a yankī fashion sense named Tatsuro, and Haruto must get to the bottom of what his hopes are in order to protect him from becoming a Phantom.

Kamen Rider Wizard episode 15 is entitled: After the Last Scene Is..."Rasuto Shīn no Ato wa" (ラストシーンの後は). Haruto must stop Lizardman from bringing Chizuru into the depths of despair while trying to figure out what the Phantom's plans are.

Kaiyodo Introduces New Revoltech Design!

Japanese toy company, Kaiyodo has revealed new images that features a revolution of their Revoltech figure series for 2013! What Kaiyodo promises is a fresh and innovative way in churning up an improved organic feel on their humanoid figures. This includes better body lines and also a fuller range of body action. Check out some of the images below.

Square Enix has finally revealed the official images for their upcoming Play Arts Kai Halo 4 offering. First seen at SDCC 2012 event, these new releases are set for March 2013.

Tomb Raider's infamous heroine, Lara Croft will finally get the Play Arts Kai treatment. Here are the official images of the Play Arts Kai Tomb Raider Lara Croft. The sculpt follows the Square Enix/Crystal Dynamics game design of the shipwrecked female antagonist. Tomb Raider will be released for the Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC on March 5th, 2013.

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