2006 was an incredible year for video games. I scored my first DS and then what I feel is my greatest video game system since the Dreamcast… the Nintendo DS Lite! Thanks to this little innovative gadget, I’ve finally gotten back into the gaming saddle and have been jamming pretty regularly. Right now I’m rockin the hell out of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin.

And then there was the Nintendo Wii which has stepped up out of nowhere to revolutionize the way video games are precieved, played and basically rules parties with the wave of a magic wand.

Even more relevant to us, I hear there’s a certain Kamen Rider Kabuto Game that’s also been kicking major amounts of butt.

To close out this phenomenal year of gaming, our friends over at Broadcast Gamer have put together a phenomenal show. The host, MC Wilson teams up with former legendary EGM Editor, Trickman Terry, and they go over all of 2006’s ups, downs, successes, failures, innovations and straight out awesomeness. Click here to get the latest episode and enjoy. 2007 will no doubt kick even more ass.

While it doesn’t confirm anything like us actually getting a series yet or a theatrical release, Kamen Rider Dragon Knight does have an official site up that you can find here. I’m thinking in February we should start seeing more news begin to drop.

Otherwise, we’re all just maxin’ and relaxin’… chillaxin’, if you will, in the forums talking about What Games Would You Like to Beat in 2007? Mine are mostly games from a good 2 or 3 years ago, but still ones I’d like to get my money’s worth out of. I should probably add Kingdom Hearts to that list, since I am at the end of it. A game for my beloved Nintendo DS coming out this year that I’ve my sights on is still, Lunar Knights, from Hideo Kojima.

Lastly to add to the off topic stuffnjunk is the movie that, so far, I am most looking forward to this year. The 300… it’s supposedly a true story from Frank Miller about 300 Spartan soldiers that held a pass in some long lost moutain range against thousands upon millions of enemy soldiers. So… pretty much the most manly film of the decade. O__O If you don’t believe me, check out this killer trailer and with that.. enjoy the weekend.

See you on the otherside. ^__-
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Series details are out there. Word has it that PR kicks into Overdrive on Toon Disney, Monday, Feb. 26 in a 2 Part Premiere at 8:00 p.m.

Credit goes to Kyl416 and Funaroboard.

Bruce Kalish (Disney’s “The Famous Jett Jackson”) and Koichi Sakamoto serve as executive producers and Janine Dickins is the producer. “Power Rangers Operation Overdrive” is produced by Rangers Productions Ltd and films on location in Auckland, New Zealand.

Sorry guys! False alarm on the fake GekiRangers. I’ve no idea who they are and I for one and damn glad those aren’t the faces of our heroes in 2007. But it looks like these guys are the real deal and the fighters of tomorrow.

All that you see before you was digitally constructed by the one known as Masked Rider to our board and also known as the now famous Aaron of Aaron’s Life. Well, he was one of the lucky and the proud to score a Nintendo Wii this Christmas season and is now bringing you his first of hopeful many video reviews. Let’s cut to the chase and kick it up a notch. I give you, Episode One of the Henshin Justice Video Game Broadcast!

We posted up GARO: Beast of the White Night for Direct Download. A word of thanks to TV Nihon for once again hooking us up with the best in tokusatsu… even if you did ban me. Best of luck to Dragoon and the folk of TVN in getting the tracker back up.

See you in 2007!

Hit it!
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Here are some series details, courtesy of Wikipedia:

The story of Gekiranger features two opposing sides of the same school of martial arts, the Juuken style, which allows one to control the anguish in their minds. The good form of Beast-Fist style is known as Geki Juuken Beast Arts , Geki Jūken Bīsuto Ātsu?, Fierce Beast-Fist Beast Arts) and is taught by Master Shā Fū. The evil form of the Beast-Fist style is known as Rin Juuken Akugata (Overlooking Beast-Fist Evil Style) and they are commanded by the Rin Juu Lord (Overlooking Beast Lord). To fight the opposing school, Shā Fū chooses three of his students: Jan Kandou, Ran Uzaki, and Retsu Fukami. Becoming the Gekirangers, they confront the Rin Juuken school.

Allies
Juuken Teacher, Master Shā Fū
He is the mentor of the Gekirangers and is master of an unknown form of martial arts. He appears to be an aged anthropomorphic cat with large ears (very likely a caracal cat).

And here’s a breakdown of the crew that’ll be bringing it, courtesy of THE Shougo B’Stard:

Creator: Saburou Hatte

ED theme “Tao” by Ichirou Mizuki, the Anisong King!

If Kamen Rider were to have a dark and older brother, he would be… The Skull Man. While Kamen Rider was in development in 1970 by Shotaro Ishinomori, The Skull Man was born. Too dark and sinister for a kids show, Ishinomori splintered the character off and made him into his own manga, while Kamen Rider went ahead to forge his own path of justice. The Skull Man was later reborn and released in a collaboration between Ishinomori and his protege`, Kazuhiko Shimamoto in 1998, which you can actuall score here in the US, courtesy of TokyoPop.

And now an anime is coming down the pipe. Little is known, but the website has been launched. More as it breaks, so stay tuned to your local Justice Channel.

Looks like some details have surfaced about the upcoming KR Series. First off we have creator credits. The most notable being the return of Yasuko Kobayashi, the woman behind TimeRanger and Kamen Rider Ryuki, so either bow your head in anguish or raise your fists up and rejoice!

Here’s the breakdown, courtesy of The B’Stard:

“Creator: Shotaro Ishinomori

Creature designs: Yasushi Nirasawa (designer of Blade’s Undeads and Kabuto’s Worms)”

Next up we got some description translations of the first couple episodes, courtesy of Filadelfo:

“An unlucky photographer. With his own invention, the celloscope (or zero scope, I’m not sure) he is the first to discover the gate to the Kaima (Commanding Demon) World.

Episode 3 (February 11)
After saving Kaori, everything is solved and the normal everyday is back, or so would think Yoshitaro when he again finds himself between two Imagines. Just as the last time, the two Imagines start to fight. The Imagine holding a big axe seems to have some information and has a very hard fight against the bear-shaped Imagine. Yoshitaro transforms into Den-O and assists the axe-holding Imagine in fight.”

This sounds pretty cool, but I’m gonna miss Kabuto sooooo much…

It looks like Christmas came early this year, cuz we got a leaked trailer for the KR Dragon Knight pilot that’s being put together by Steve Wang and his band of heroes.

Now, make note… this is not an official trailer. You can tell from that lil’ time stamp thingie and I’m pretty sure that the sound and music are not the final that’ll be used. This is to show investors so that we can finally get a full blown show put out here in the Western countries. It probably won’t be online for long once the Powers That Be find out about it, so check it out as soon as you can. From what I’ve seen, goddamn does this look nice! Definately a far cry from the 90’s Masked Rider with a focus on action and epic story telling (no Ferbus! Yay!). This is our first shot to get Kamen Rider back in America and done right. Click and enjoy and show your support.

Only you and the Mirror Knights stand in the way of General Zaviax and his coming horde. Heaven help those who come in our way. O__O

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