Funimation has announced the English dub cast for the TV anime adaptation of Nigojū and Umibōzu's The Detective Is Already Dead (Tantei wa Mō, Shindeiru.) light novel series.
MARY x jon-YAKITORY performed the opening song "Koko de Ikiteru." (We're Alive Here.). Vocaloid producer jon-YAKITORY also wrote the lyrics and composed and arranged the music.
The English voice cast includes:
Austin Tindle as Kimizuka, Xanthe Huynh as Siesta, Arryn Zech as Nagisa, Kayleigh McKee as Bat and Jād Saxton as Yui.
The English staff includes:
Austin Tindle and Morgan Lauré as ADR Directors, Marcus Stimac as Assistant Director, Benjamin Tehrani as ADR Engineer, James Baker as Assistant ADR Engineer and Neal Malley on Mix.
The English dub is set to premiere October 3, 2021.
Virtual YouTuber Kagura Nana performed the ending theme song titled, "Kodō" (Heartbeat).
The anime premiered on July 4, 2021.
MAIN CAST:
Shin Nagai as Kimihiko Kimizuka
Saki Miyashita as Siesta
Ayana Taketatsu as Nagisa Natsunagi
Kanon Takao as Yui Saikawa
Saho Shirasu as Charlotte Arisaka Anderson
The cast also includes:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Kōmori
Takehito Koyasu as Chameleon
Maria Naganawa as Alicia
Mai Fuchigami as Fūbi Kase
Manabu Kurihara is directing the anime at ENGI, and Deko Akao is in charge of the series scripts. Yōsuke Itō is desiging the characters.
Yen Press will start publishing the novels in English in June 2021.
The novels center around Kimihiko Kimizuka, a third-year high school student and former assistant of a detective named Siesta. He made Siesta's acquaintance three years ago, 10,000 meters above the ground in a hijacked plane. The two went on one death-defying adventure after another for three years that eventually ended with Siesta's untimely death. Left alone, Kimihiko tries his best to reintegrate himself back into a normal life.