TokuSHOUTsu: Kamen Rider, Ultraman, and Super Sentai Coming to Streaming

For a long time being a fan of Tokusatsu (Japanese super heroes) in America was not easy. While imports of Japanese anime quickly spread throughout fandom, trying to come across Tokusatsu programming was much harder. For years the only official releases were the adapted Power Rangers and a few scant episodes of the original Ultraman. 

Slowly but surely though, Tokusatsu has slowly gained a foothold in America. Ultraman is being released from the very beginning in glorious Blu-ray sets, Super Sentai has a had a huge chunk of its series come out on DVD and streaming, and even obscure Metal Hero shows are getting the home media treatment.

If you thought those were great, you aren’t ready for this. On March 17^th Shout Factory will be introducing the 24/7 linear streaming channel TokuSHOUTsu on Pluto TV. Yes, that’s right. An online channel dedicated exclusively to Tokusatsu programming. Even better? It’ll be the exclusive streaming home for the legendary Kamen Rider series. Yep, the karate bug man franchise is finally coming, officially, to American streaming!

Out of all the Tokusatsu franchises Kamen Rider has had the most trouble being brought to America with the most notable release being an expensive DVD set of Kamen Rider V3. Now, TokuSHOUTsu will be home to the entire ninety-eight episodes of the very first Kamen Rider series and it will be fully subtitled.