Hopefully we’ll get a better (cough-any-cough) photo of the Mashou buttons/pins. I’m kind of amused the one we see the most of in these photos is Rajura, the illusionist. You can see a bit of Anubisu’s hair peek out on one photo, he’s under Seiji. I also can’t help but wonder if they included Kayura or not.
I guess this means the Doku armor symbol is officially supposed to face left. I’ve seen it face both left and right in other YST merchandise.
Man I wish I could get my hands on this Mashou merch. (Drools.)
Touma-themed sake anyone? A brewery in Amanohashidate is celebrating the 30th Anniversary with a special box and card highlighting the temple that the troopers visited while searching for Tenku.
It’s set for release at the Sunrise Festival, September 8th, 2018! Preorders appear to be open now, but I have no idea if they’d ship outside of Japan.
Part 2 of this year’s Sunrise Festival has officially begun, which includes screenings of select episodes of Yoroiden Samurai Troopers and the release of new, limited merchandise on September 8th, 2018, in an event called “Midnight Party”, a reference to a song the whole cast sang on one of their cds!
The goodies shown here appear to be flags for each of the troopers (google translate says they’re “climbs”?), pins of each insignia, key-chains, and an A4 clear file.
According to the blue bird, (in a tweet I can no longer find) there’s a limit on how many of each item a single person may buy. Fingers crossed that it’s not true!
Since Bandai Tamashii Nations hasn’t made these guys themselves, a 3rd party is (which technically makes this guy a bootleg). Still, it’s really cool to see the level of detail going into this design!
Unfortunately I don’t know when or where it’ll be sold; I’m guessing ebay since the 3rd party does have bootleg versions of the troopers there (be sure to check for reviews on facebook or youtube before deciding whether or not you’d like to invest). Is it better to have a poor quality bootleg, or nothing at all? Hmmm…
The Blu-ray box is a HD remaster of the TV series and the 3 movies. The YouTube video linked above shows the quality difference between the original and the new HD version. The release date is December 5th, 2018. The retail price is ￥50,000. Information, in Japanese, is available at the series’ official website. Apparently each cel scene was redone. I know you can preorder via Amazon Japan. (I’m sure there are other websites out there as well.)
