TOKU Announces New Premieres, Including the U.S. Premiere of Ultraseven X
West Palm Beach, FL – May 12, 2017 – TOKU, the only 24/7 live and on demand television network dedicated to eye-catching anime, popular live-action titles and cult classics from Asia dubbed into English, announced the U.S. premiere of the highly anticipated tokusatsu television series, Ultraseven X on Monday, June 5, 2017. Weekdays at 7 p.m. EST, TOKU will feature back-to-back episode of Ultraseven X. This 12-episode Japanese television series follows the story of a powerful and mysterious red and silver giant whose main mission is to protect mankind from the Shadow Rulers, an evil alien species who threatens to conquer the planet and destroy humanity.
“As the tokusatsu genre continues to gain strength outside of Japan, we are thrilled to present to our audience the U.S. premiere of Ultraseven X,” stated Jesús Piñango, Director of TV Content Strategy at Olympusat. “TOKU is known for the quality and versatility of its content, which is why we continue to invest in high-quality liveaction and anime programming.
Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraseven X features incredible young talent including actors Eriku Yoza and Saki Kagami. Directed by Takeshi Yagi, the 21st installment of the Ultra series pays tribute to the 1967 classic, Ultra Seven. In addition, Ultraseven X is considered to be the first title in the Ultra series to be intended for an adult audience. TOKU will feature all 30-minute episodes subtitled in English. The final episode is scheduled to premiere on Monday, June 12, 2017.
In addition, on June 5, 2017, TOKU will feature the network premiere of Queen's Blade: The Wandering Warrior, an exciting anime series starring Atsuko Tanaka and directed by Kinji Yoshimoto. Every Monday at 10 p.m. EST, this 12-episode series will follow the adventures of a group of young women who compete in a fighting tournament hoping become the next Queen. TOKU will air all 30-minute episodes subtitled in English. The final episode is scheduled to premiere on Monday, August 21, 2017.
TOKU is owned and operated by Olympusat, Inc., and it's currently available on Armstrong, AT&T U-verse, Cablevision Optimum, Claro TV, Comcast Xfinity, Hotwire Communications and MCTV. For more information on TOKU's programming, including tune in dates and times, please visit tokuhd.com
Ultraseven X – Episode Summary
1. Dream
In a futuristic Tokyo, a young man awakens to find himself with no memories of his past. Behind him, a mysterious young woman named Elea appears, asking him to save the world!
2. Code Name “R”
Three nights earlier, a mysterious man, told Jim that about a UFO abduction.
3. Hopeless
Jin is approached in the park by a man offering work, which could make him a large amount of money in a short amount of time. While Jin declines the offer, the man leaves him his business card reading his name,
“Tamaru”.
4. Diamond “S”
Throughout the city, bodies are being discovered which have been transformed into mummies. DEUS order agents, Jin and K, investigate the phenomenon with Agent S, who has already discovered a common link between the victims.
5. Peacemaker
Jin and K are ordered to investigate an alien crash site, but suspect that the survivor fled the scene. From the blood left at the crash site, Agent S determines the survivor as a known alien species who had been taken refuge on Earth after their home world was invaded by the ferocious Vo-Da aliens.
6. Traveler
Jin, K and S are ordered to investigate a UFO crash site, but discover no wreckage. Soon after, people around the city are encountering a strange entity, which they have nicknamed the “Soul of Light”.
7. Your Song
As Agent K investigates the appearance of a UFO in the sky, he is confronted by an army of aliens, the Vairo, who emit a deadly high-pitched scream.
8. Blood Message
Every night during a thunderstorm the phantom serial killer attacks, and it leaves behind a message written in blood: “Not Man”.
9. Red Moon
Peering through a pair of binoculars he discovers on a swing, Jin sees the moon turn red, and the hand of a strange creature.
10. Memories
A news report states that Lake Nousu has dried up after a meteor impact. The authorities are searching for a man who many by contaminated by radiation.
11. Aqua Project
Jin is cross-examined by DEUS for trespassing an intelligence facility and aiding in Elea's escape. Determined to discover the truth, Jin realizes he needs information from Elea.
12. New World
Elea revealed the purpose of the Aqua Project, but in the midst of the experiment a strange phenomenon occurred, and a gate to another world was opened.
Queen's Blade: The Wandering Warrior – Episode Summary
1. High Spirits
Leina challenges Melona outside of town. Melona taunts Leina for being a weak fighter, and says she only wants to fight decent warriors as she is a participant in the Queen's Blade, a tournament held every four years to decide who is going to be the next Queen.
2. Ambitious Undertaking
Tomoe, a Warrior Priestess, and Shizuka, a Kouma Ninja, decide to travel to the mainland to compete in the Queen's Blade tournament.
3. Charm Attack
Tomoe and Shizuka arrive on the mainland. Tomoe attempts to blend in by choosing an outfit more fitting for the mainland when she overhears a Queen's Blade battle being undertaken.
4. Rivalry
Claudette goes to find Leina, and has a flashback to where she rescued Leina as a child.
5. Resurrected Curse
Leina has been enslaved by Menace inside her pyramid. Tomoe and Shizuka approach where Menace is
holding Leina, in the Queen's Capital.
6. Promise
Airi steals Nowa's life energy, but Leina intervenes and fights Airi.
7. Advent
In Heaven, Nanael is summoned by the Head Angel, who plans to exile her to Hades, unless she goes to where the swamp witch is and find out what she is up to.
8. Stealth
Nanael is following Leina on her journey. Tomoe and Shizuka are continuing their journey as well, and rest at a hot spring. Elina is also on the road and encounters Tomoe and later tells her to leave the springs, but before she goes.
9. Sincerity
Ymir announces that she will take vengeance against Cattleya for selling low-cost weapons compared to the Steel Mountain ones that she creates.
10. Enlightenment
Risty, Tomoe, and Shizuka all reach the edge of Gynos, and Leina and Nanael catch up with them. Risty tells them to leave, so Leina challenges her to a Queen's Blade fight which Risty accepts.
11. Thunder
Risty is fighting Claudette when she realizes she is starting to go numb from the poison that Echidna has given her/
12. Open Gate
Cattleya and Ymir head to Gainos to help those being attacked by the Army of the Dead.
“As the tokusatsu genre continues to gain strength outside of Japan, we are thrilled to present to our audience the U.S. premiere of Ultraseven X,” stated Jesús Piñango, Director of TV Content Strategy at Olympusat. “TOKU is known for the quality and versatility of its content, which is why we continue to invest in high-quality liveaction and anime programming.
Produced by Tsuburaya Productions, Ultraseven X features incredible young talent including actors Eriku Yoza and Saki Kagami. Directed by Takeshi Yagi, the 21st installment of the Ultra series pays tribute to the 1967 classic, Ultra Seven. In addition, Ultraseven X is considered to be the first title in the Ultra series to be intended for an adult audience. TOKU will feature all 30-minute episodes subtitled in English. The final episode is scheduled to premiere on Monday, June 12, 2017.
In addition, on June 5, 2017, TOKU will feature the network premiere of Queen's Blade: The Wandering Warrior, an exciting anime series starring Atsuko Tanaka and directed by Kinji Yoshimoto. Every Monday at 10 p.m. EST, this 12-episode series will follow the adventures of a group of young women who compete in a fighting tournament hoping become the next Queen. TOKU will air all 30-minute episodes subtitled in English. The final episode is scheduled to premiere on Monday, August 21, 2017.
TOKU is owned and operated by Olympusat, Inc., and it's currently available on Armstrong, AT&T U-verse, Cablevision Optimum, Claro TV, Comcast Xfinity, Hotwire Communications and MCTV. For more information on TOKU's programming, including tune in dates and times, please visit tokuhd.com
Ultraseven X – Episode Summary
1. Dream
In a futuristic Tokyo, a young man awakens to find himself with no memories of his past. Behind him, a mysterious young woman named Elea appears, asking him to save the world!
2. Code Name “R”
Three nights earlier, a mysterious man, told Jim that about a UFO abduction.
3. Hopeless
Jin is approached in the park by a man offering work, which could make him a large amount of money in a short amount of time. While Jin declines the offer, the man leaves him his business card reading his name,
“Tamaru”.
4. Diamond “S”
Throughout the city, bodies are being discovered which have been transformed into mummies. DEUS order agents, Jin and K, investigate the phenomenon with Agent S, who has already discovered a common link between the victims.
5. Peacemaker
Jin and K are ordered to investigate an alien crash site, but suspect that the survivor fled the scene. From the blood left at the crash site, Agent S determines the survivor as a known alien species who had been taken refuge on Earth after their home world was invaded by the ferocious Vo-Da aliens.
6. Traveler
Jin, K and S are ordered to investigate a UFO crash site, but discover no wreckage. Soon after, people around the city are encountering a strange entity, which they have nicknamed the “Soul of Light”.
7. Your Song
As Agent K investigates the appearance of a UFO in the sky, he is confronted by an army of aliens, the Vairo, who emit a deadly high-pitched scream.
8. Blood Message
Every night during a thunderstorm the phantom serial killer attacks, and it leaves behind a message written in blood: “Not Man”.
9. Red Moon
Peering through a pair of binoculars he discovers on a swing, Jin sees the moon turn red, and the hand of a strange creature.
10. Memories
A news report states that Lake Nousu has dried up after a meteor impact. The authorities are searching for a man who many by contaminated by radiation.
11. Aqua Project
Jin is cross-examined by DEUS for trespassing an intelligence facility and aiding in Elea's escape. Determined to discover the truth, Jin realizes he needs information from Elea.
12. New World
Elea revealed the purpose of the Aqua Project, but in the midst of the experiment a strange phenomenon occurred, and a gate to another world was opened.
Queen's Blade: The Wandering Warrior – Episode Summary
1. High Spirits
Leina challenges Melona outside of town. Melona taunts Leina for being a weak fighter, and says she only wants to fight decent warriors as she is a participant in the Queen's Blade, a tournament held every four years to decide who is going to be the next Queen.
2. Ambitious Undertaking
Tomoe, a Warrior Priestess, and Shizuka, a Kouma Ninja, decide to travel to the mainland to compete in the Queen's Blade tournament.
3. Charm Attack
Tomoe and Shizuka arrive on the mainland. Tomoe attempts to blend in by choosing an outfit more fitting for the mainland when she overhears a Queen's Blade battle being undertaken.
4. Rivalry
Claudette goes to find Leina, and has a flashback to where she rescued Leina as a child.
5. Resurrected Curse
Leina has been enslaved by Menace inside her pyramid. Tomoe and Shizuka approach where Menace is
holding Leina, in the Queen's Capital.
6. Promise
Airi steals Nowa's life energy, but Leina intervenes and fights Airi.
7. Advent
In Heaven, Nanael is summoned by the Head Angel, who plans to exile her to Hades, unless she goes to where the swamp witch is and find out what she is up to.
8. Stealth
Nanael is following Leina on her journey. Tomoe and Shizuka are continuing their journey as well, and rest at a hot spring. Elina is also on the road and encounters Tomoe and later tells her to leave the springs, but before she goes.
9. Sincerity
Ymir announces that she will take vengeance against Cattleya for selling low-cost weapons compared to the Steel Mountain ones that she creates.
10. Enlightenment
Risty, Tomoe, and Shizuka all reach the edge of Gynos, and Leina and Nanael catch up with them. Risty tells them to leave, so Leina challenges her to a Queen's Blade fight which Risty accepts.
11. Thunder
Risty is fighting Claudette when she realizes she is starting to go numb from the poison that Echidna has given her/
12. Open Gate
Cattleya and Ymir head to Gainos to help those being attacked by the Army of the Dead.
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