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Kamen Rider Zero-One is being released domestically by Shout! Factory.  The announcement came during the Team Kamen Rider stream with Shout! Factory to kick off the beginning of North America’s week-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of Kamen Rider.

Ari from Shout! Factory stressed patience – this release is not coming next week, next month, or the month after that.  The release will likely occur in 2022.  But Shout! Factory has licensed Kamen Rider Zero-One for DVD and Blu-Ray release in North America.

It was not mentioned whether or not the release would be DVD or Blu-Ray but seeing as Kamen Rider Zero-One was filmed recently and in high quality, Blu-Ray is possible and very likely.

Stay tuned to Shout! Factory and, of course, TokuNation for more details.

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Surprise!

During the Team Kamen Rider panel, Shout! Factory also announced that Kamen Rider Ryuuki will begin streaming on the TokuSHOUTsu service soon!

Kamen Rider Ryuuki is a fan-favorite series during the Heisei era and marks the first series to feature a large number of Kamen Rider characters that end up fighting each other.  The show was also adapted to the United States as Kamen Rider Dragon Knight in 2008.

Stay tuned for when Kamen Rider Ryuuki will begin streaming on TokuSHOUTsu.

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Just announced on the Team Kamen Rider panel from Shout! Factory – Kamen Rider Zero-One is coming to TokuSHOUTsu, the all-toku streaming channel from Shout! Factory and Shout! Factory TV.

There is currently no date for when the show will begin streaming – only that the deal was signed and that it *IS* coming!  Kamen Rider Zero-One was the first Kamen Rider of the Reiwa era in Japan.  With it streaming on TokuSHOUTsu, it means the first series of each era is available to watch – for free – on TokuSHOUTsu.

Stay tuned for more details from Shout! Factory, Team Kamen Rider, and TokuNation.

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The Shout! Factory digital platform TokuShoutSu has announced the first entries from the Ultraman franchise joining their streaming service!

Details from the press release are as follows-

Los Angeles – October 27, 2020 – Following an exclusive North American streaming acquisition from Mill Creek Entertainment and Indigo Entertainment earlier this year, Shout! Factory TV will release its first collection of films and series from Tsuburaya Productions’ iconic Ultraman library November 1 on both Shout! Factory TV platforms and Shout’s Tokusatsu channel TokuSHOUTsu™, available on Pluto TV.

The first offering from the beloved and renowned library will include five complete television series and two films spanning over 50 years of historic fandom, from the first of the Ultraman series, 1966’s Ultra Q, to the 2018 Ultraman Geed film. The full offering launching November 1 includes series Ultra Q, Ultraman, Ultraseven, Ultraman Orb and Ultraman Geed alongside films Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow the Power of Bonds! and Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect the Wishes!

Classic Ultraman series Ultra Q, Ultraman and Ultraseven will also premiere on Shout! Factory TV and TokuSHOUTsu in high definition, newly available for Shout! Factory’s expanding streaming audience.

All Ultraman content will be available for streaming on demand across Shout! Factory TV platforms, on ShoutFactoryTV.com; Shout! Factory TV’s Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, and Android apps; and on various Shout! Factory TV branded channels including Tubi, Amazon Prime Channels, and the Roku Channel.

Ultraman content can also be seen on TokuSHOUTsu, a linear channel (#848), in the Gaming + Anime section of Pluto TV. Pluto TV can be found on all leading digital streaming devices and services, including Roku, Amazon Fire, Apple TV, Google Chromecast and more, as well as major smart TVs and game consoles.

The classic Ultraman live-action television series of the 1960s and 70s, produced by Tsuburaya Productions, established new heights of quality adventure and special effects-driven entertainment and built a worldwide audience for the property. The popularity of Ultraman—and the aliens and monsters—has enabled the series to persist to this day, generating over $50 million per year in toys and merchandise in Japan.
Shout! Factory TV plans a continued aggressive rollout of Ultraman properties on its channels in forthcoming months.

Film and Series Synopses

Ultra Q Series (1966)
It is a special-effects sci-fi drama depicting mysterious events which are encountered every time by three main characters who are Jun Manjome (Hoshikawa Airlines pilot), Ippei Togawa (Assistant pilot) and Yuriko Edogawa (Journalist and Photographer for Mainichi Shimpo.)

Ultraman Series (1966-67)
Ultraman, an alien from Nebula M78 came to Earth chasing Bemular, a space monster that escaped from the Monster Graveyard. Accidently, he crashed with the Jet VTOL that Hayata was flying on. Ultraman merged his own life with Hayata’s in order to save him. Most of the time, Hayata fights monsters and aliens as a member of the Science Special Search Party (SSSP). But whenever in great danger, he will transform into our giant hero Ultraman. This is the true beginning of a world popular, long-running series.

Ultraseven Series (1967-68)
It is a story of unrelenting efforts of the Ultra Guard, that defends Earth from alien invaders, and Ultraseven, a hero that helps human hand in hand with the Ultra Guard to fight. The story revolves around the confrontation between alien intelligent life forms which come to Earth with a clear intent to invade and the Terrestrial Defense Forces (TDF) which has been established to defend Earth from these menaces, in the midst of the “Age of Interstellar Wars” that is taking place among many stars in space as its background.

Ultraman Orb Series (2016)
Naomi Yumeno (Miyabi Matsuura) has had the same strange dream since she was young: visions of a shining giant of light battling a giant monster. With her interest sparked by those dreams, she starts the paranormal phenomena tracking website called “Something Search People” with her friends Jetta Hayami (Naoto Takahashi) and Shin Matsudo (Hiroaki Nerio). One day the trio is on the tail of an unidentified mysterious animal suspected of causing strange meteorological activity. They ignore the warnings of Naomi’s uncle Ittetsu Shibukawa (Shingo Yanagisawa), an officer within the special investigation team VTL, and head towards the center of the strange weather. There they suddenly encounter the Wind Lord Monster, Maga-Basser! Naomi is blasted by the vicious winds but rescued by the vagabond, Gai Kuernai (Hideo Ishiguro). By using his Orb Ring to read the power of two predecessor Ultra Heroes, Gai is able to Fusion Up into a warrior of light from a distant galaxy, Ultraman Orb!

Ultraman Orb The Movie: Let Me Borrow The Power Of Bonds! (2017)
A mysterious item is delivered to paranormal investigators SSP. SSP members Naomi, Jetta and Shin determine that it is a transformation device… the X Devizer that housed Ultraman X both during and after his merging with Xio agent Daichi Oozora (Kensuke Takahashi). Gai Kurenai (Hideo Ishiguro), the humanoid of Ultraman Orb returns from his wanderings to search for X… unaware that this is just the first sign of a new threat to the Earth. The villainous space witch Murnau – obsessed with beauty and collection – has allied with Ultraman Orb’s arch enemy Jugglus Juggler (Takaya Aoyagi), to use the Dark Ring she now possesses. The Dark Ring draws the most evil hearts in the universe and amplifies the owner’s abilities, giving Murnau the power to capture the three Ultra Warriors, Ultraman X, Ultraman Ginga and Ultraman Victory and transform them into jewels for her collection. Jugglus aids her for reasons of his own, while the evil Troops of Aliens of the Planetary Invasion Syndicate lurk sinisterly… Can Ultraman Orb rescue the New Generation Ultra Heroes and defeat Murnau who is aiming to turn the Earth into her own jewels? The battle to determine the future of the Earth now begins!

Ultraman Geed Series (2017)
This is a story of a hero who inherits Ultraman Belial, the evil Ultraman’s genes. Despite suffering from repeating setbacks and despair of knowing the secret of his birth and cruel fate, he never loses sight of friendship and strong will to become a true hero. The story unfolds through the spiritual growth of the protagonist who seeks for the meaning of his own life and finds the place where he belongs, through fighting against evil and his own cursed destiny, to become a hero of justice: Ultraman Geed.

Ultraman Geed The Movie: Connect The Wishes! (2018)
The Gigantic Mechanical Brain Gillvalis and the Galactron Army, intent on wiping out all intelligent lifeforms in the universe, close in on Earth. Riku Asakura heads for Okinawa, where he encounters Ail, who realizes that he is Ultraman and assigns him an important mission.

Stay tuned for further updates as the tokusatsu streaming library continues to grow!

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Happy Ultraman Day Everyone!

In the continuing Ultra push for worldwide audiences, Shout! Factory has obtained the digital distribution rights for the Ultraman franchise!

Ultraman will begin airing on Shout!’s unique channel, TokuSHOUTsu beginning in November 2020. The exact Ultra series has not been confirmed at time of writing.

Per this agreement, Shout! Factory only obtains streaming rights to the Ultra franchise; physical media distribution will still be handled by Mill Creek Entertainment.

Stay tuned to TokuNation for further details on this Ultra event!

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On Saturday, July 11th – the US & Canada Premiere of the Kamen Rider Heisei Generations FOREVER movie, officially licensed and subtitled in English, will make its streaming debut via the Nerdist YouTube Channel and Geek & Sundry Twitch Channel.  Immediately prior to that will be a panel via the new Nerdist House 2020 featuring guests from Team Kamen Rider, Shout! Factory/TokuSHOUTsu, TokuNation, Nerdist, and Tokusatsu Network!  During that panel there will be a questions and answers session where your questions are answered on the panel!

Simply use the #AskKamenRider hashtag on Twitter!  See the linked tweet below!  Get those questions in ASAP!

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The people at Shout! Factory have teamed up with the minds at Pluto TV to create an exclusive new streaming channel for tokusatsu projects!

Titled TokoSHOUTsu this new platform will allow a variety of shows to viewers- including the legendary 1971 Kamen Rider series available for the first time in the US!

In addition, TokuSHOUTsu will produce ORIGINAL content- including a weekly series known as Let’s Talk Toku hosted by Squall Charlson that will feature Power Rangers alumni Jason Narvey in a guest spot for some episodes.

TokuSHOUTsu officially launches at 12AM Tuesday March 17 2020 and will be available on Channel 681 via Pluto TV- which can be accessed from a variety of streaming devices including Roku, Amazon Fire & Apple TV.

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Surprise!

The 98 episode series run of the original Kamen Rider series (1971-1973) is available to stream, for free, with English subtitles on the streaming service tubitv by Shout! Factory TV.

(Editor’s Note:  Link removed)

It would appear that the rumors may hold some merit that Shout! Factory has acquired some sort of license for Kamen Rider in the United States what with their logo on the graphic.  Obviously, we await more details.  Stay tuned!

(Originally discovered by @mukubird on Twitter)

UPDATE  5pm EST 03/11/2020 – The episodes are no longer available on tubitv.  While the category still exists, the actual episodes are not available to stream.  There was online chatter from some folks last night that this listing was put up early – so stay tuned for potential updates or announcements in the future.

UPDATE 5:05pm EST 03/11/2020 – TubiTV has stated the series will be available on March 17th.

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SHIFT INTO TURBO!

Our friends at Shout! Factory will finally be releasing the much requested Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie for the first time on Blu-Ray, here’s the official synopsis for the movie straight from Shout! Factory’s website:

“A high-spirited fantasy adventure …” – The Hollywood Reporter

It’s the Power Rangers to the rescue as they race to save the planet Earth from certain destruction at the hands of a ruthless band of evil space aliens. The evil space alien Divatox plans to unleash the dark forces of Maligore, a powerful, fiery creature imprisoned inside a volcano on the magical island of Muiranthias. She can reach the island only by traveling through the dangerous Nemesis Triangle, and for that, she needs the special powers of the magician Lerigot. But Lerigot flees to Earth, to see the only people who can stand against Divatox and her evil plan — the Power Rangers. Along with the new Blue Ranger, their turbo-powered Zords, and the unexpected help of original Power Rangers Kimberly and Jason, the Power Rangers set out on their most thrilling and dangerous adventure yet!

Turbo: A Power Rangers Movie first released in theaters March 28th, 1997 with the first initial DVD release of the film coming out September 2nd, 2003. The Blu-Ray will be released July 30th 2019 to those that live in Canada and the United States, retailing for 19.99. You can pre-order the Blu-Ray directly from Shout’s website by following the link here

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The team at MMPR Toys has once again brought fourth a shocking reveal for future Super Sentai DVD releases!

It appears the next Super Sentai project to be released from SHOUT! factory will be 1990’s Chikyu Sentai Fiveman! This marks the SECOND Super Sentai team that predates American adaptations, and hopefully it will not be the last!

Unfortunately, no price or release date has been confirmed at time of writing. Stay tuned to TokuNation for all Super Sentai Shout! Factory reveals!