He is scheduled for release in This volume is scheduled for release in Mar 2011, and will be retailing for around 5,775 yen. I wonder if they are planning to release all the different forms of Kamen Rider W, which would probably be too costly to collect them all.

Other tokusatsu actors include Keisuke Kato (Kamen Rider IXA) and Hideo Ishiguro (Kai from Kamen Rider Den-O). The drama will also feature my favorite idol Nozomi Sasaki! ^^

Anyway, this show is an action thriller that is similar to “Battle Royale.” This group of young adult have been forced to participate in an unknown game of “death matches” for unknow purposes. Somehow they are unable to call for help and must rely on their own strength for survival and to escape their fate.

Source: Oricon

I think it would be quite cool to see Tori Matsutaka put his skills against Masahiro Inoue. If only it was Shinken Red VS Kamen Rider Decade.

This volume is scheduled for release in late May 2010, and will be retailing for around 5,500 yen. Interested folks can place your preorders with Hobby Search, Hobby Link Japan or Otacute.

Both of the figure looks really really good, especially IXA which was a favorite character of mine in the series. Too bad I didn’t buy Kiva when it was released back in Aug 2009.

Here’s the cooler emperor form that was showcased recently at the Tokyo Toy Show. Looks really good with all the gold parts. I wonder if they will include the cape along?

Source: GA Graphic

Vol 50 is scheduled for release in late August and will be retailing for around 5,000 yen. This round of release seems kinda pricey considering Kiva will be released alone with just his accessories – violin, fustles and Kivat II. But still the money is worth it since he does look really good especially while playing the violin.

From the scan, I can see they included the different fuestles, Kivat II and a even the violin. This form does look pretty good, but I’m more looking forward to the Emperor form if they ever release one.

But still, I’m kinda disspointed they didn’t go back to the Kabuto series. I was hoping they would do that after Den-O.

Her character is a Medusa-like villain named Sayaka, who is an underling to the villainous Kamen Rider Arc, played by Neptune’s Ken Horiuchi. She will also get a chance to show off her eating skills in the movie.

The movie is currently in production and will be released in theaters in Japan on 09 August.

Source: Sports Hochi

For those who are unfamiliar with Gal Sone, she is a very famous competitive eater in Japan. The amazing thing is that she only weighs around 40kg.

Here’s a youtube clip of Cyril having an eating contest with Gal Sone, its scary to see how such a tiny woman like her can finish such a huge bowl of ramen.

So how much can you eat in a single meal?

Next up is the charaben made by youme-san, pretty neat looking as well. Makes me wonder why my mom doesn’t make me bento lunches like this.

But my favorite Kiva character bento is this one made Juru’s mom. Who can resist the cute bento of Kivat-bat the 3rd?

Anyway, due to the popularity of my charaben posts, I’ve decided to have more frequent posts of such yummy bentos from now onwards.

Firstly is the costume of kiva, I think its really cool

But what I’m really impressed by is Kiva’s finishing move. I liked how the day suddenly turns into night and he leaves a nice bat imprint on the surface when his kick lands.

Anyway Rider Kiva is this shy, overly obsessive clean guy called Wataru Kurenai (acted by Koji Seto). He started out the episode thinking that he was allergic to the world. Then he has this goal of carrying on his father legacy of making the ultimate violin, but by using weird materials such as fish bones.

The most awesome thing is Kiva’s transformation device. It is in the form of a moving talking bat – Kivat-bat the 3rd. If I’m not wrong, its the first time I’ve seen a Rider transformation device that can talk and has a mind of its own.

The other awesome thing about Kivat-bat the 3rd is that the seiyuu behind it is Tomokazu Sugita. Or some of you would know him better as Kyon from Haruhi. He really gives life to Kivat.

I think this is really gonna be a great series. I hope the following episodes will amaze me even further.

The main rider will be played by Koji Seto (瀬戸康史) who is part of the acting group D-BOYS.

Somehow it seems like the leading male riders are now getting a more and more softer image. Probably to appeal to more female audience I suppose.

The slogan for Kiba is “Wake up! 宿命(さだめ)の鎖を解き放て,“.

I can’t wait to see the ending of Den-O and see the premier of Kiba.