Funimation Channel
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| Launched | September 29, 2005 (as Funimation Channel) December 31, 2015 (as Toku) |
| Owned by | Olympusat |
| Slogan | Be Reanimated |
| Country | United States |
| Broadcast area | United States Latin America (in deployment) |
| Headquarters | West Palm Beach, Florida |
| Formerly called | Funimation Channel (2005–2015) Branding licensed from Funimation |
| Website | http://www.tokuhd.com |
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Availability
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| Cable | |
| Sjobergs Inc. | Channel 190 |
| Available on most cable systems | Check local listings for details |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-verse | Channel 1484 (HD) |
| Claro Puerto Rico | Channel 1120 (HD) |
| Frontier FiOS | Channel 262 (HD) |
| IFiber Communications | Channel 208 (HD) |
| OptiLink | Channel 111 (HD) |
Toku is a 24-hour cable network owned by Olympusat which broadcasts anime series, OVAs, ONAs, anime films and live-action Asian films and series. Formerly known as Funimation Channel, it adopted its current name on December 31, 2015, after Funimation ended their partnership with Olympusat. As such, Toku has not aired any Funimation titles since January 1, 2016. Tristan Leostar is the content aggregator for the Toku network.
The linear channel is available on AT&T U-verse, Frontier FiOS, Sjobergs Inc., IFiber Communications, OptiLink and Claro Puerto Rico; its HD feed was launched on September 27, 2010. The VOD service is available on Optimum,Xfinity, Vubiquity, Massilion, Hotwire Communications, Armstrong and FlixFling. The VOD service was previously available on Charter Communications.
Funimation Channel started out as a syndicated block on Colours TV, one of OlympuSAT’s affiliate networks. Programs during this era were Dragon Ball, Negima!, Kodocha, The Slayers, Blue Gender, Kiddy Grade, Fruits Basket, Case Closed and Yu Yu Hakusho. The block was later discontinued in favor for a more successful expansion on digital cable, fiber optics and DBS systems
On May 1, 2008, Funimation Channel became a 24-hour English-dubbed anime digital cable network; the second of its kind in North America (following A.D. Vision's Anime Network). Olympusat was chosen as the exclusive distributor of Funimation Channel. The service originally was available to a few cities via UHF digital signals and was temporary as the channel was trying to gain a foothold in the already crowded digital cable landscape.
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