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Funimation Reveals High School DxD, Future Diary Dub Casts

North American anime distributor FUNimation Entertainment announced the English dub casts for High School DxD and The Future Diary at its panel at Anime Boston on Saturday.

The High School DxD dub cast is as follows:

Issei - Scott Freeman
Akeno - Teri Rogers
Kiba - Sean O'Connor
Rias - Jamie Marchi
Koneko - Jad Saxton
Asia - Chloe Daniels
Yuma Amano - Felecia Angelle
Matsuda - Tyson Rinehart
Motohama - Ruben Tadeo Garcia

Additionally, the staff on the dub is as follows:

Head Writer - John Burgmeier
Lead Writer - Jamie Marchi
Writer - RJ McVale
ADR Director - Colleen Clinkenbeard
Mix Engineer - Adrian Cook

The television anime adaptation of Ichiei Ishibumi's High School DxD light novel series follows Issei Hyōdō, a dim-witted, lecherous second-year high school student who is killed by a girl on his first date ever. Issei is reincarnated as a devil, and from that day forward, he serves as an underling of Riasu, a high-level devil who is also the prettiest girl on Issei's campus.

Tetsuya Yanagisawa directed at the anime studio TNK with script writer Takao Yoshioka and character designer Junji Gotō.

Funimation streamed the 12-episode series as it aired in Japan last year. A sequel series, High School DxD New, will premiere in July.

The Future Diary dub cast is as follows:

Yuki - Josh Grelle
Yuno - Brina Palencia
Deus Ex Machina - Kent Williams
Murmur - Leah Clark
Minene Uryuu/9th - Emily Neves
Aru Akise - Todd Haberkorn
Takao Hiyama/3rd - Jason Douglas
Keigo Kurusu/4th - Robert McCollum
Tsubaki Kasugano/6th - Kate Bristol
Yomotsu Hirasaka/12th - Ian Sinclair
Reisuki Houjo/5th - Lindsay Seidel
Karyuudo Tsukishima/10th - Mark Stoddard
Marco Ikusaba/7th - Brad Hawkins
Ai Mikami/7th - Jamie Marchi
Kamado Ueshita/8th - Monica Rial
John Balks/11th - Christopher Smith
Masumi Nishijima - J. Michael Tatum
Ouji Kosaka - Joel McDonald
Hinata Hino - Caitlin Glass
Mao Nonosaka - Ashleigh Domangue
Orin Miyashiro - Jad Saxton

The staff for the dub is as follows:

Head Writer - John Burgmeier
Lead Writer - J. Michael Tatum
Writer - J. Michael Tatum
ADR Prep - Beth Featherstone
ADR Director - Zach Bolton
ADR Engineer - Peter Hawkinson



Funimation will release the series on DVD on August 13.

Funimation and Niconico streamed the 26-episode series as it aired in 2011-2012. The company then added home video rights to the series in April 2012.

Naoto Hosoda (Shuffle!, Koe de Oshigoto!) directed the anime adaptation of Sakae Esuno's manga at the anime studio asread. Katsuhiko Takayama (Baka and Test - Summon the Beasts, Cat Planet Cuties) supervised the series scripts, and Hidetsugu Hirayama (Shuffle!, Shuffle! Memories) designed the characters with Ruriko Watanabe.