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AVENGERS: THE INITIATIVE #12
“CHANGING OF THE GUARD”
Daddy’s home. IRON MAN comes to Camp Hammond, and he’s NOT happy.
The first year of the Initiative comes to a dramatic close as members are laid to rest, drummed out, declared AWOL, or…awarded their full Hero’s License. See who graduates and find out what super-teams they’ll be assigned to as the NEXT era of the Initiative begins! Plus: as a new 3-D MAN appears, the base is suddenly short one Skrull…but not how you’d think…
Also guest-starring MS. MARVEL!

NEW AVENGERS #40
SECRET INVASION TIE-IN!
Very special guest artist Jimmy Cheung returns to the pages of New Avengers for this very important tie-in issue. Spinning right off of events in NEW AVENGERS: ILLUMINATI #1, find out exactly how the Skrull empire was able to infiltrate the Marvel Universe and who instigated the invasion and why.

NEW WARRIORS #11
Would you trust a man who puts you in harm’s way? Someone who throws you into the path of a maniac for what he claims is the greater good? The New Warriors are becoming increasingly suspicious of their leader. When Night Thrasher pits the team against a super-villain who’s out of their league, the Warriors are left to wonder: What could possibly be worth their lives?

THOR: AGES OF THUNDER #1
As the Mighty Thor reclaims his rightful spot in the Marvel Pantheon, we join Matt Fraction and Patrick Zircher for a special examining the triumphs and tragedies that have befallen the God of Thunder across the eons. As the things he holds dearest are threatened by unimaginable forces of evil, Thor must rise up, again and again, to hold the line against terror and chaos as only the God of Thunder can!

ULTIMATE HUMAN #4
Hulk vs. Iron Man – the conclusion! The full scope of Peter Wisdom’s terrifying plan is revealed, but Tony Stark and Bruce Banner are powerless to stop his mad scheme! Has the world traded the horror of the Hulk for a menace many times more deadly? The dream team of Warren Ellis and Cary Nord deliver a shock ending to the climax of this critically acclaimed event.

X-MEN: LEGACY #210
In the wake of Messiah CompleX, there are no X-Men and mutantkind still lies in ruin. With Magneto depowered and Xavier gravely injured, it seems their reign as the preeminent mutants has ended. But neither of these old soldiers is willing to go gentle into that good night, as Exodus learns when he squares off against Xavier on the astral plane, with the fate of Professor X’s mind at stake.

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TEEN TITANS #58
Welcome to the mind of M’gann M’orzz, Miss Martian! It’s bad enough when the world you live in is alien to you, but when you have something inside you clawing to get out and destroying everything you stand for, that’s at least a little bit worse, right? Also: more of Clock King’s malefic machinations!

Quote of The Week
“He loves you…” – All the disguised Skrulls in Secret Invasion #1

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NOVA #12
The New Mutant Warlock returns in an issue that propels Nova back into ANNIHILATION: CONQUEST! Still threatened by his deadly Phalanx virus, Richard Rider finally reaches Kvch, the never-before-seen Technarchy homeworld. But are the “parents” of the Phalanx still there – and can Nova even reach them? And are you ready for the comeback of the former New Mutant know as Warlock?

WOLVERINE #64
“GET MYSTIQUE” Part 3
Spinning out of the decade’s biggest X-Men event, Wolverine embarks on a personal mission to hunt down MYSTIQUE. But what do you do when the person you’re chasing, the person you’re dying to kill, chooses to hide behind an army of American soldiers? That’s the question Logan is asking himself, and the answer will be explosive. Plus, Wolvie pulls a bank heist in 1920s Kansas City, but all does not go according to plan.

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TITANS #1
A new team of Titans is born in the extra-sized first issue of a new ongoing monthly by Judd Winick (GREEN LANTERN, GREEN ARROW, OUTSIDERS), Ian Churchill and Norm Rapmund (SUPERGIRL, TEEN TITANS EAST SPECIAL)! Someone or something is continuing its attack on anyone who’s ever been a Titan, including Nightwing, Starfire, Donna Troy, Beast Boy and Raven.
You won’t want to miss this new startling chapter in Titans history that may forge a new team from the ashes of old, dead friends.

WONDER WOMAN #19
Part 2 of the 2-part story “Expatriate!” Spirited to the Khund home world, Wonder Woman finds herself in the unpopular position of having to defend one of the greatest scourges of the galaxy from the deserved wrath of many an angry race! What could possibly convince the Amazon princess to side with the enemy? You won’t believe the answer! And who is the incredibly powerful DC figure that’s trying to stop her?

Hey guys, Mike/Gaijinder here. By popular demand, I’ve been convinced to become more active with front page contributions, some of which come from my own blog, Justice ACE. So, I’m going to start posting regular articles and rants and whatnot under the label of “Henshin ACE” to avoid confusion…makes sense to me at least.

Anyways, let’s get right to it:

I’m a huge fan of the Space Sheriff Series, so much that I’ve got Hiroshi Watari’s autograph hanging from my bedroom door. Like most fans, I’ve been waiting for the next big series to come along and revive the series or just something to properly revive the Metal Hero genre period. We all know Toei wants to secretly do it, just look at Kamen Rider Faiz for crying out loud. That was a cleverly disguised Metal Hero series.

A few weeks ago, we came close to getting our wish…sort of. Find out for yourself after the jump.

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Usually I rotate the entries, but this entry was too epic to simply pass so, without further ado I present to you Takeru Sato (Ryoutarou Nogami/Kamen Rider Den-O)’s graduation.

Takeru Sato
(Ryoutarou Nogami/Kamen Rider Den O)
March 8th, 2007

There’s been a lot of hellos and goodbyes.
Also, this hope that keeps beating within my chest.

When will be the next time I’ll meet everyone again? 1 year from now? 2 years from now? Long from now, even longer from now I doubt that I’ll be seeing these people again. But, meeting these people everyday has become natural to me.

My teacher would get mad at me for sleeping during class. During lunch we would all meet together to eat from our lunch boxes. During recess and after school was when I would really say some stupid things. Before a test I would always get to school late because of studying for it. Then when the test was over we we all get together and eat. But now that won’t be happening anymore.

Often I would say ” Iya~ I won’t feel anything yet. But when I don’t have to go to school anymore, its probably going to feel kinda empty. “

But I never expected it.

Now those sentiments are real; its (school) no longer happening . Its lonely. School was really fun.

All the people I made friends with. I have to realistically consider it’ll be difficult to gather everyone again, though I will be happy that if they haven’t changed (over the years).

Now, everyone, we have to go on our own roads. I wish everyone to be happy. Iya~ really, be happy. Youthful. Everyone, do your best ☆

On March 7th, I have graduated from High School.

Today we focus on Hidenori Tokuyama who was Sou Yaguruma (Zabee/Kick Hopper) in Kamen Rider Kabuto.

TRANSLATION NOTES de aru: Todoi (届い), according to my le dictionary means ” to reach “, so I took liberties to make sense of the phrase in English. He also says Nakakushii, which means to miss something. I took liberties in what he said when talking about remembering the ending to Dragon Quest. Ahhhhhhhhhhh … Hidenori… he writes as bad as Uchiyama. I dunno if he’s typoing or what but this entry was a bitch to translate. All this damned Japanese short hand.

Since he has no picture:

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Everyone wants to know what that Toku star is really thinking in their personal life. You know its true; don’t deny it! So each week there’ll be a random Toku actor blog entry translation posted here. Some entries may be juicy news on a show or maybe some will be an entry solely about sushi (I’m really serious). Either way, lets sit back, read, and laugh at what adventure these actors went through today.

February 25th, 2007
Takeru Sato (Ryoutarou Nogami / Kamen Rider Den O)

I returned home from the (train) station today.

I got out of the train and there was this guy ” Super Dashing ” up the steps. Of course, he was getting on the train I was getting off of. Even though the steps were full of people, Super-Dasher ran through. So, now, before me there was this woman walking and the guy just collides into her. Now its a Super Tackle.

So, then I’m helping this woman up, and I was considering the significant possibilities of this big accident. Seriously, if it had happened on the first step, there wouldn’t be a recovery.

” Last minute rushes to the train are dangerous “

That’s what the station attendant really said.

Hello, it’s 1,000 to 1. So even if there’s a 1 percent chance in the accident happening, its still a 100% dangerous. So, you shouldn’t do dangerous things. Its too late after it happens.

So now I’m just reflecting over the actions of the incident. Oh well, I’m glad it wasn’t me.

Tomorrow is Den O♪ Be sure to watch it please! I’ll be waiting for your thoughts☆

HJU: Mark Musashi, is known to us as the ass kickin’ butler, Kodama in the smash hit series GARO, the unstoppable Piece in Sh15uya, not to mention he was the in suit stuntman for the phenomenal Kamen Rider the First. And today he’s here at Henshin Justice Unlimited to provide you the fans with an interview. First off I just wanted to say thank you and that it’s quite an honor to interview someone who’s actually donned a Kamen Rider suit and fought for great justice.

Mark: Well, not too sure about the “fought for great justice” part, seeing as
I generally play either the bad guy or the main rival, but it is a pleasure
to be here.

[HJU Forum Discussion]

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Birth of a J-Pop Fan
By Benevolance

So it all starts with J-Caizer and…No. A little background first.

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