 American anime licensor Sentai Filmworks has announced the English dub cast for Chihayafuru on Friday. Shannon Reed will direct the dub, with Joey Goubeaud and Brittany Deans serving as assistant director. Javier Lopez, Kyle Jones, and Joel McCray are penning the script. The first season will be released on a Blu-ray and DVD volume, as well as a premium box set on September 12.Cast Chihaya Ayase: Luci Christian Taichi Mashima: Adam Gibbs Taichi (Young): Chelsea Ryan McCurdy Arata Wataya: Blake Shepard Arata (Young): Shannon Emerick Kanade Ooe: Juliet Simmons Yuusei Nishida: Greg Ayres Tsutomu Komano: Bryson Baugus Taeko Miyauchi: Vicki Barosh Shinobu Wakamiya: Kira Vincent-Davis Michiru Horikawa: Melissa Molano Chieko Ayase, Daisuke, E-Chan: Rachel Landon Chitose Ayase: Carli Mosier Kenji Ayase: Chris Gibson Reiko Mashima: Allison Sumrall Rika Mashima: Tiffany Terrell Mari Wataya: Katelyn Barr Hideo Harada: James Belcher Hiro Kinashi, Fukasaku: Kyle Jones Yasuda: Andrew Love O.Igarashi: Javier Lopez Yuu: Natalie Rial Kitano: Steve Finley Akito Sudou: Mike Yager Nayuta Amakasu: Brittney Karbowski Futoshi Mochida, Daijirou Ise: Jack Ivy Takemura Keiichi, Kenta Murao, Takuma: Scott Gibbs Yuuta Murao, Ryuugasaki: Johnny Delacerda Shinichi Murao: Adam Noble Hiroshi Tsuboguchi: Benjamin McLaughlin Shibata: Ned Gayle Isamu Kuriyama: Ty Mahany Sakura Kanai: Hilary Haag Anchor, Snowmaru: David Wald Tsubaki Kanai, Ririka's Mom, Sano: Stephanie Wittels Ririka Tachikawa: Emily Neves Yumi Yamamoto: Courtney Lomelo Kyouko Yamashiro: Kaoru Bertrand Taichi's Girlfriend: Shanae'a Moore Watanbe, Anchor: John Gremillion Chihayafuru adapts the manga drawn by Yuki Suetsugu that has been serialized since December 2007. Produced by Madhouse, the first and second season aired in Fall 2011 and Winter 2013, respectively, and were simulcast by Crunchyroll. PV Source: Official site |
NaruleachJan 15, 2018 4:39 PM
| I wonder how this is going to work out, with the poems and whatnot. |
| I'm surprised the clip wasn't of them playing the game. I wanna know if they go all out making everything fit with English syllables. |
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| Can't wait! I've recently seen the Chihayafuru films, and was planning on rewatching the Anime this summer. Will just wait till September and watch it dubbed! |
| I can't... Just... no.... I've proclaimed that I wished this day would never come, and it has. They got their hands on it... |
| This isn't going to work...nope....uh uh... |
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| why tho. is a japanese game, you have to speak japanese... this is going to be so bad. i feel so bad for the english voice actors that have to be the readers. |
| You can't translate poems (well). I'm usually pretty open to dubs but this one doesn't really make a lot of sense to me. Maybe if they keep the japanese for the poems. What's actually more important here is: Does this increase the chances for s3? |
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 Aaaand of course it's Sentai Shitworks who laid their hands on it, because for some reason they thought dubbing an anime that relies heavily on language mechanics was a great idea. Fuck you SS |
Comic_SansAug 5, 2017 2:44 PM
 Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
 But seriously, just don't watch the dub if you're going to complain about it. If you love the show so much, you should at least be fucking grateful it even got licensed. |
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| Ahh, at least announce a sequel after this.. |
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| I'm here like: Very well, i won't ever watch a dub in my life but more importantly... WHERE'S SEASON THREE?!!!! Without reading the title of this news i thought...i thought that maybe...maybe...  |
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Miragee said: You can't translate poems (well). I'm usually pretty open to dubs but this one doesn't really make a lot of sense to me. Maybe if they keep the japanese for the poems. What's actually more important here is: Does this increase the chances for s3? There's little chance for them keeping the japanese poems. There's lots of occurences where the MCs are the ones reading them, their voices switching between japanese and english VAs would be too jarring. And asking english VAs to read japanese poems is just bound to be an epic failure. The best option in my guess would be to take actual english verses from classical authors. And yeah, damn this news, I thought it'd be a 3rd season announcement when I saw the picture... |
| Stop this madness America |
"Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5."  |
| People complain about dubbed voice actors and dubbed anime as if someone is forcing them to sit and watch it. Don't like it, don't watch it. Last I checked, humans have free will to choose to not watch something. Unless the people who complain are actually being forced to watch it, in which case, dubbed anime should be the least of your problems. Now on topic, this anime wasn't really that interesting to me, but since Luci Christian is one of my favorite English dubbed VA, I might give it a rewatch in the future. |
| @Lil-Bird @Ari_the_Lioness Nobody's forcing you to read the comments complaining about dubs and dubbed VAs. Don't like them, don't read them. Last time I checked, humans have free will and can choose not to read something. Why should we be grateful? Not everybody is an American, buys anime, wanted it licensed or like Sentai Shitworks. |
Comic_SansAug 6, 2017 12:33 AM
Nico- said: Conversations with people pinging/quoting me to argue about some old post I wrote years ago will not be entertained@Comic_Sans oh no y arnt ppl dieing i need more ppl dieing rly gud plot avansement jus liek tokyo ghoul if erbudy dies amirite |
| I think I am legitimately curious how this will be done? Are they going to dub over the poems? Or are they going to speak Japanese? If they speak Japanese for the poems and dont't translate them and actually got actors who can do it, I will say this has my stamp of approval. If not, well... yeah it sucks. But not like it erases the subbed version. The likelihood of keeping those poems in Japanese is slim to none. But still curious. I will say though that idol anime which don't translate the songs for dubbing do annoy me. |
The anime community in a nutshell.  |
| English dub of an anime which is related to Karuta, which relies on Japanese poems.. How are they going to make it work I wonder? I'm pretty sceptical. Well, I'm not going to watch it in dub so doesn't matter. |
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| if yall really want a s3, ya better start buying the dvds, bad dub and all. |
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| i was excited but then realized that its' a sentai dub, damn. and why are the sub elitists bitching about it lol? you do realize that the dub won't harm the anime in any way, right? |
Cashdax said: Stop this madness America lol what madness? there is nothing wrong with dubbing anime series. if you don't like dubs then don't watch them, it's that simple. |
Cyborg_Icarus29 said: Have you read all the previous post or should I quote them all one by one for you to read?Cashdax said: Stop this madness America lol what madness? there is nothing wrong with dubbing anime series. if you don't like dubs then don't watch them, it's that simple. |
| "Your taste is shit cause you like what I hate. Believe me I have 1000 cartoons that I rated with less than 5." |
Cashdax said: Cyborg_Icarus29 said: Have you read all the previous post or should I quote them all one by one for you to read?lol what madness? there is nothing wrong with dubbing anime series. if you don't like dubs then don't watch them, it's that simple. i did and most people are bitching for the sake of bitching. how is that related to my comment? EDIT: some of the complaints are actually valid but your comment implies that you consider dubbing as "madness" but there is nothing wrong with dubbing shows in general. |
Cyber_IcarusSep 5, 2017 5:13 PM
| So this is a dub for a show which relies heavily on Japanese wordplay. And to top it off, we have what looks to be a director with little to no experience. This is pretty much a guaranteed disaster. Sentai, I really wonder at times as to what thought process brings you to all these bogus ideas. |
| THANK GOD VIC MIGNIGOGOOG ISNT ON THE LIST |
| Adams Gibbs does a superb job, and I remember he was excellent in Amagi Park as well. His performance really helps make the dub an engaging and enjoyable experience! |
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