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| Meet Contenmaru, the official mascot of Toei Tokusatsu World on YouTube. He is a ninja fox who eats onigiri (Japanese for rice balls) everyday and trains hard to be like his favorite heroes. (Image Source: Rappler via YouTube/Toei Tokusatsu World) |
Slated to become available worldwide and hopefully without any restrictions, Toei Tokusatsu World will begin uploading content on April 6, 2020 with the first two episodes of 70 different classic tokusatsu (live action with special effects) shows and anime straight from Toei's massive content library and with legitimate English subtitles. Further episodes will be available in raw Japanese, but Toei confirms that there will be changes on future content updates including plans on making a public call for subtitles in any language. Here's an in-depth look at the first round of what will be available on Toei Tokusatsu World.
* April 6, 2020 (Monday) - First two episodes of 70 tokusatsu and anime programs (with English subtitles)
* April 13, 2020 - Episodes 3 and 4 of National Kid (to be updated every Monday)
* April 14, 2020 - Episodes 3 and 4 of Suki Suki Majo Sensei (to be updated every Tuesday)
* April 15, 2020 - Episodes 3 and 4 of Robot 8-Chan (to be updated every Wednesday)
* April 16, 2020 - Episodes 3 and 4 of Space Cop Gavan (more commonly known as Space Sheriff Gavan, to be updated every Thursday)
* April 17, 2020 - Episodes 3 and 4 of Jaspion (to be updated every Friday), episodes 3 and 4 of Hard Gumi (to be updated every Friday)
* April 18, 2020 - Episodes 3 and 4 of Magical Girl Chukana Paipai (to be updated every Saturday), episodes 3 and 4 of Winspector (to be updated every Saturday)
* April 19, 2020 - Episodes 3 and 4 of Combattler V (to be updated every Sunday), episodes 3 and 4 of Gorenger (to be updated every Sunday)
Filipino viewers may be pleased to know that included in the partial list of shows to be available on the channel are two of the country's well-loved classic Japanese anime series Voltes V and Daimos. Also on hand are Captain Ultra, Yokai Bugeicho, JAKQ, Dear Robottie!, Ginga Taisen: Message From Space, Space Sheriff Sharivan, Poitrine, Chanzerion and Daltanius. There may be viewing limitations in certain areas depending on the available show, so you might as well subscribe to Toei Tokusatsu World on YouTube and keep checking for more updates. Nevertheless, it poses the right opportunity for today's generation to get a glimpse of what makes Toei one of the greatest Japanese production giants that created some of the most well-loved characters and series in the world since its inception.
