Toriko

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#Toriko is coming!

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Ian Sinclair as Toriko / Josh Grelle as Komatsu

via PR...

FUNimation Entertainment announces acquisition of Toriko

Flower Mound, TX –October 14, 2012- FUNimation Entertainment announced today at New York Comic-Con that it has acquired the broadcast, home entertainment, video on demand and theatrical rights to Toriko, the next great anime adventure from TOEI Animation Inc , the legendary force behind Dragon Ball Z and One Piece!

Series synopsis:
Welcome to the Gourmet Age, a time when the world is full of deliciously deadly ingredients that the wealthiest appetites in existence can’t wait to devour. But only a mighty masticating mercenary like Toriko can track down the rarest animals on the planet and put them on a plate! This gluttonous gourmet hunter is one of the four Legendary Kings, superhuman warriors born to battle the likes of Troll Kongs, Gararagators, and Devil Pythons! Accompanied by his loyal Battle Wolf and the promising young chef Komatsu, Toriko will circle the globe in search of the mouth-wateringly lethal ingredients that will one day make up his Full Course Menu of Life! The more ferocious the beast – the bigger the feast, but never forget the code of a true gourmet hunter: You gotta eat what you defeat!

The first dual-language DVD set is scheduled to release January 8, 2013. Subsequent volumes will release on DVD throughout 2013 from Funimation.
Rating is TV-14

New simulcast episodes are available starting on Wednesdays on www.funimation.com as well as other online streaming partners.
Additional information may be found at: www.funimation.com/toriko

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Oh right, Toriko exists. Well it makes sense FUNimation would be announcing home video plans by now. I guess they haven't technically done so until now, even though they were obviously going to. And they already have the date for release, as it will be on their next batch of solicitations, similar to their last Toei series (at least I think it was the last one), Dragon Ball Kai. I won't be getting it, though.

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via TRSI...

• Toriko, Part 1 - 325 minutes - $39.98 - 1/8/13

Good luck to FUNimation with that lofty MSRP. I can see maybe as high as MSRP of $49.98 for a non-LE DVD only release. This price point makes no sense.

EDIT: via RACS

Funimation Reduces the Price for Toriko

One day after sending out their January schedule, Funimation sent over an update to let us know that they have changed the price for the first Toriko boxed set.

The original MSRP was $64.98, but the new MSRP is now $39.98.

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Toriko - Season One, Part One - Available on 1.8.13 - Trailer

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Part 2 was solicited on November 14th.

• Toriko, Part 2 - 325 minutes - $39.98 - 2/5/13

And something I didn't notice before...the series page at FUNimtion.com (http://www.funimation.com/toriko) mentions Number of Episodes: 75. Needless to say, it's not 100% clear if this is an indication of what FUNimation has acquired for home video release.

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The series so far is getting a month release treatment (barring later-on delays).

via TRSI...

• Toriko, Part 3 - ??? minutes - $39.98 - 3/19/13

EDIT: via RACS

Toriko Collection Part #1 DVD (Eps #1-13) - Jan 8 to Jan 22

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• Toriko - Part 2 - Available on DVD 2.5.13 - Trailer
• Toriko - Part 3 - Available on DVD 3.19.13 - Trailer

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After a month of no release, P4 is back. It will be interesting to see if they are done releasing the sets for a little while or continue with P5.

via TRSI...

• Toriko, Part 4 - ??? minutes - $39.98 - 5/7/13
  

  Contains episodes 39-50.
  
  Special Features: Commentary for Episodes 40, 42 & 48, Feast with the Cast of Toriko: Episode 24 Video Commentary, Textless Opening Song, Textless Closing Song, U.S. Trailer, Previews.

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Better late than never? I guess FUNimation got the streaming rights for the English dub.

http://www.funimation.com/schedule/f...ng/coming-soon

Toriko, 1-4, Dub, TV-14, 04/26/13

If that date sticks, I would assume EVS (currently not listed) gets it 2+ weeks before the free members.