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Sentai Filmworks Reveals English Dub Cast for Dororo Anime

Sentai Filmworks revealed on Friday the English cast for the new English dub of the second television anime adaptation of Osamu Tezuka's Dororo manga. The company also streamed a video that previews the dub:

The dub cast includes:

• Chaney Moore as Dororo
• Adam Gibbs as Hyakkimaru
• Blake Jackson as Tahomaru
• James Belcher as Biwamaru
• David Wald as Daigo Kagemitsu
• Patricia Duran as Nuinokata
• Andrew Love as Hyogo
• Elissa Cuellar as Mutsu
• Ty Mahany as Jukai
• Antonio Lasanta as Kaname
• Orlanders Tao Jones as Sabu
• John Gremillion as Denkichi
• Joanne Bonasso as Bandai
• Kyle Colby Jones as Kanekozo, Doshu
• Gabriel Regojo as Daigo Spy
• Avery Smithhart as Osushi
• Joe Daniels as Tanosuke
• Luci Christian as Mio, Sukeroku
• Brittney Karbowski as Take
• Rob Mungle as Daigo Commander
• Christine Auten as Ohagi
• John Swasey as Yajiro
• Kira Vincent-Davis as Saru
• Heidi Hinkel as Oume
• Josh Morrison as Hibukuro
• Melissa Engler as Ojiya
• Greg Cote as Itachi
• Molly Searcy as Okaka
• Jay Hickman as Lord Sabame
• Kalin Coates as Yokai Kozo
• Josh Grelle as Shiranui
• Jad Saxton as Okowa
• Jason Douglas as Munetsuna, Narrator
• Jeremy Gee as Saburota
• Sean Patrick Judge as Yahiko
• Holly Segarra as Sakichi
• Dave Harbold as Lord Asakura
• Adam Noble as Jiheita

The additional cast includes Julia Oliver-Touchstone, Shelley Calene-Black, Jay Hickman, Maggie Flecknoe, Carl Masterson, Houston Hayes, Shannon Reed, Allison Sumrall, Ned Gayle, Lebraska Washington, Ricardo Contreras, John Gremillion, Stephen Fenley, Joel McCray, Jovan Jackson, Blake Weir, and Christina Kelly.

Kyle Colby Jones is directing the English dub. Jones is also writing the script with Marta Bechtol. David Lascoe and Jonathan Rodriquez are the audio engineers. Ricardo Contreras is in charge of mix and sound design.

Sentai Filmworks licensed the anime in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Latin America, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, and Nordic and Scandinavian countries. The company will release the series on home video, including Blu-ray and digital sell through, starting on June 29.

The company describes the story:

During the Warring States period, the young thief Dororo encounters the enigmatic “Hyakkimaru,” a strange, sightless boy who wields fearsome prosthetics in place of his missing limbs. Parts of Hyakkimaru's body, skin and organs were traded to a group of 12 demons by Hyakkimaru's father in exchange for power and prosperity, but thanks to a kindly medicine man, Hyakkimaru survived his horrifying ordeal. Now he wanders the land in search of his missing body parts, and together he and Dororo will fight to survive in a demon-plagued, dangerous and unforgiving world.

The anime premiered on Tokyo MX in January 2019.

Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Mobile Suit Gundam UC, Rurouni Kenshin, Getbackers) directed the series, and Yasuko Kobayashi (Attack on Titan, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Garo the Animation) oversaw the series scripts. MAPPA (Yuri!!! on Ice, In This Corner of the World) and Tezuka Productions animated the project from Twin Engine. Satoshi Iwataki (Ghost Hunt) adapted manga creator Hiroyuki Asada's (Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee, Cheer Boys!!, The Girl in Twilight) original character designs for animation. Yoshihiro Ike (Tiger & Bunny, The Great Passage, The Empire of Corpses) composed the music.

Four-member rock band Ziyoou-vachi performed the first opening theme song "Kaen" (Flame), which they wrote specifically for the anime. amazarashi performed the first ending song "Sayonara Gokko" (Make-Believe Goodbye), which they also wrote for the show. Asian Kung-Fu Generation performed the second opening theme song "Dororo," and Eve performed the second ending theme song "Anya" (Dark Night).

The supernatural historical manga previously inspired a 26-episode black-and-white anime series in 1969 by Tezuka Productions.

The story is based on Tezuka's original 1967 Dororo manga series. Vertical released the manga in a collected volume in 2012. A live-action film adaptation starring Kou Shibasaki and Satoshi Tsumabuki premiered in Japan in 2007.

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Source: Sentai Filmworks