Tag: Shotaro Ishinomori

Toei Tokusatsu World Official Announced; FEATURING OFFICIAL ENGLISH SUBTITLES!

Michael Lederhos

This just in from Toei’s official website, starting April 6, 2020 the studio will begin uploading English Subtitled episodes of tokusatsu and Super Robot series. The channel titled Toei Tokusatsu World Official, will feature 70 series from their library produced from 1960 to the 1990s. The channel will feature a mascot known as Contentmaru who is a shinobi fox who is tasked with delivering Toei Tokusatsu to the world. Beginning on April 6, 2020 the first two episodes from each of the 70 series will be available. These episodes will feature English…

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Shout! Factory TV Officially Streaming Kamen Rider on TubiTV

Michael Lederhos

Today, Shout! Factory uploaded to their streaming library Shotaro Ishinomori’s original Kamen Rider series from 1971. However, the series is only available on the streaming service TubiTV and region locked to the United States specifically. Currently, we believe that this upload is ahead of the pending official announcement from Shout! Factory. There have been rumors of the company obtaining the whole franchise for home video distribution in North America for months, but no other information appeared otherwise.   However, having the first series available for streaming might possibly be foreshadowing…

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Discotek Media Announces MegaBeast Inspector Juspion Home Video Release Date

Pak Hanu

Disctotek Media has updated their official Facebook page with the home video release details for MegaBeast Inspector Juspion. For those who not aware, the company initially announced that they licensed the series at Otakon 2018. The series aired in Japan as apart of Toei’s Metal Hero series under the name Kyojuu Tokusou Juspion. The series premiered in March 1985 and ended in March the following year with a total of 46 episodes.   MegaBeast Inspector Juspion will be released on SDBD this August with a list price of $49.95 and is currently available at Rightstuf…

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Advertisement: CS Toys International DX Ziku Driver Campaign

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Today, we have an exclusive promotional campaign in association with our sponsor, CS Toys International! This exclusive promotion campaign is in regards to obtaining a discount code for a currently sought after tokusatsu-based toy. For fans of Kamen Rider Zi-O, who still have yet to purchase a DX Ziku Driver they will be glad this campaign is for them! CS Toys International is holding a 20% Off Discount Campaign for the DX Ziku Driver, as long as supplies last. However, to obtain this discount customers will either need to use…

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Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier SDBD Release Date Announced

Pak Hanu

Discotek Media has updated their official Facebook page with the release details for the SDBD release of Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Soldier. For those who are not aware, Discotek announced that they would be releasing the series on SDBD at Otakon 2017. the series will be released on SDBD on July 25, 2019. Cyborg 009: The Cyborg Solider is an anime series that premiered in Japan in 2001 and also aired on Toonami in 2003.  The series was a retelling of the original 1964 Cyborg 009 manga series. https://www.facebook.com/Discotekmedia/photos/rpp.147168055312297/2602551369773941/?type=3&theater The series will retail for $69.95 although it is…

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Name of Japan’s Newest Era Confirmed

Pak Hanu

Recently a conference was held in Japan by the Japanese government to announce the new era for the country. The new era is tentatively known as the “Reiwa Era,” which translates to Harmonic Peace. The name is derived from the Manyoshu, a collection of historic Japanese poems. Now, Reiwa Era will effective begin on May 1st under Japan’s new emperor, Emperor Naruhito. For those who are not familiar with Japanese history, era names were first conceived by Emperor Kōtoku in 645. The first era in Japan was known as the…

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Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu Ep 73 – Kikaida GaGaGa

Hero Club

Welcome to an all-new episode of Hero Club’s first original podcast, “Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu!” Today’s episode opens on the news that occurred while Soundout was away on vacation in Hawaii. We talk about the Super Mini-Pla Jetman mecha, Ultra Replica Ginga Spark, and the C.S.M. Blade Set. However, the episode as usual was recorded days before the Ryusoulger Press Conference, meaning that is apart of next week’s show. Nevertheless, following the news Soundout talks about his trip to Generation Kikaida the official distributor of Kikaider, and Kamen Rider V3…

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Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu Ep 66 – Guilty of Mechanical Violations

Hero Club

Welcome to another all-new episode of Hero Club’s Podcast, “Los Ingobernables de Tokusatsu!” Today’s episode picks up with us talking about more “Guilty Pleasure” tokusatsu films and series. Interestingly enough some American productions/ adaptations appear on our lists for viewing. Following that discussion we look at Toku HD’s second, and longer Kamen Rider poll. Luckily this time around the poll was more fan interactive. Then wrapping up the episode Wheelz and Soundout attempt to not get violated by the film, Mechanical Violator Hakaider. However, we can safely say only one…

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Discotek Media Licenses Space Wolf Juspion & Message From Space: Galactic Wars

Billy "TaJa" Doyle

Today at Otakon, Discotek Media announced during their panel that they acquired the license for the fourth Metal Hero series, Space Wolf Juspion. For those unaware, the Metal Hero series are tokusatsu programs produced by Toei. In addition, a handful of these series were adapted in America by Saban Brand as VR Troopers and the Big Bad Beetleborgs. However, Juspion was one of the many to not be adapted, but managed to become an internationally known series.   Space Wolf Juspion’s summary via Wikipedia: While reading the Galaxy Bible, Ejin learns…

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Kamen Rider Amazons Now Available on Amazon Prime US

Pak Hanu

Amazon has recently updated their stream catalog with the first season of Kamen Rider Amazons under the name Amazon Riders. Reported back late 2016, the series was set to stream on the platform alongside Ultraman Orb the Origin Saga. However, no other details were confirmed since that time; we at Hero Club, even used its delay as our 2017 April Fools Day joke. Yet, as of today the first season of the series is now available for streaming, and it is free for Amazon Prime Members. Amazon US provided a synopsis for the series. “Amazon Riders”,…

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