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Funimation Streams English Dub for Kageki Shojo!! Anime
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Funimation announced on Friday that it will begin streaming an English dub for the television anime of Kumiko Saiki's Kageki Shoujo!! manga on Saturday.
The English cast includes:
- Siv Ryan as Sarasa Watanabe
- Xanthe Huynh as Ai Narata
- Megan Shipman as Ayako Yamada
- Corey Pettit as Sawa Sugimoto
- AmaLee as Kaoru Hoshino
- Monica Rial as Chika Sawada
- Natalie Rial as Chiaki Sawada
- Bryn Apprill as Hijiri Nojima
- Terri Doty as Risa Nakayama
- Shara Kirby as Tomomi Takei
- Aaron Campbell as Taichi Narata
- River Kanoff as Mamoru Ando
- Kestin Howard as Mikiya Kitaouji
- Ben Phillips as Ichii Anai
- John McCalmont as Haruhiko Oizumi
- Bradley Campbell as Ken
- E.A. Castillo as Ohki
- L.W. Salinas as Kirishima
- Phil Parsons as Kuma
- Kent Williams as Hachi
- Casey Casper as Hachi's Wife
Marissa Lenti is directing the dub at Sound Cadence Studios. Alexis Tipton, Daman Mills, and Stephen Fu are the assistant ADR directors. Natalie Van Sistine is the lead ADR engineer, and Lindsay Roberts, Patrick Morphy, Briana Villarreal, and Afshar Kharat are the ADR engineers. Bonny Clinkenbeard, Jessica Cavanagh, and Emily Neves are writing the script, with Clinkenbeard also serving as supervisor. Brandon Peters is in charge of ADR prep. Gregory Mahan is the mixing and mastering engineer, Sarah Poulsen is the talent coordinator, Caitlyn Elizabeth is the production assistant, and Amber Lee Connors is the line producer. The production also gives special thanks to Katrina Leonoudakis.
The anime premiered on July 3 on AT-X, Tokyo MX, BS11, and HTB. Funimation began streaming the series on Saturday.
The publisher Seven Seas Entertainment describes the story:
Ever since she was a little girl, Sarasa has wanted to play the role of Oscar as part of the Kouka Acting Troupe, an all-female acting troupe similar to the Takarazuka Revue. But before she can do that, she has to attend two years at the Kouka School of Musical and Theatrical Arts. As Sarasa practices singing, dancing, and acting, she grows closer to the other girls in her year, including her roommate, the stoic former J-idol, Ai. Though Sarasa is great at making friends, her outspoken nature and grand ambitions earn her lots of enemies as well.
The three-member band saji is performing the opening theme song "Hoshi no Orchestra" (Starry Orchestra). Sayaka Senbongi and Yumiri Hanamori as their respective characters are performing the ending theme song "Hoshi no Tabibito" (Stellar Traveler).
Although the anime's title is Kageki Shoujo!!, its story comes from Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero.
Kazuhiro Yoneda (Yona of the Dawn, Hozuki's Coolheadedness) is directing the anime at PINE JAM. Tadashi Morishita (Yona of the Dawn) is in charge of the series scripts. Takahiro Kishida (Gleipnir, Haikyu!!, Madoka Magica) is designing the characters. Tsuneyoshi Saito (Fafner, PriPara) is composing the music.
Saiki serialized the original manga under the title Kageki Shoujo! (with one exclamation mark) in Shueisha's Jump Kai magazine from 2012 to 2014, and ended the original serialization after the magazine ceased publication in October 2014.
Saiki then launched the ongoing sequel manga under the title Kageki Shoujo!! (with two exclamation marks) in Melody in 2015. The manga was nominated for Best Shōjo Manga in Kodansha's 44th annual Manga Awards last year.
Shueisha published the original manga in two volumes, but re-released the series in one compiled volume in March 2019 with the title Kageki Shoujo!! Season Zero. This is the volume that Seven Seas Entertainment released in English under the title Kageki Shoujo!! The Curtain Rises.
Source: Funimation (Nicholas Friedman)
