Crunchyroll has announced the English dub cast and staff for GoRA and King Records' new original anime titled, AYAKA: A Story of Bonds and Wounds.
The English dub will premiere on Crunchyroll on July 15, 2023.
ENGLISH DUB CAST:
Dallas Reid as Yukito
Landon McDonald as Jingi
Oscar Seung as Kurama
Alex Hom as Ibuki
Corey Wilder as Chataro
Hayden Daviau as Ibara
Kent Williams as Inou
Lexi Nieto as Jingi (Young)
Brianna Roberts as Momoko
Ciarán Strange as Yako
Marcus Stimac as Yanag
Bev Mageto as Yukito (Young)
Additional voices include Brandon Acosta, Casey Casper, Kimmie Britt, Katie Wetch, Veronica Laux, UkuLeili, Larry Brantley, Randy Pearlman, Ashley Thereon, Davon Oliver, Irwin Daye, Mark Allen Jr., and Katy McGregor.
ENGLISH DUB STAFF:
ADR Director: Helena Walstrom
Assistant ADR Director: Kevin D. Thelwell
Lead ADR Engineer: Jamal Roberson
Assistant ADR Engineer: Rickey Watkins
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
ADR Script Writers, Clayton Browning, Eliza Harris
Script Supervisor: Jarrod Greene
ADR Prep: Ben Balmaceda
Dallas Reid as Yukito
Landon McDonald as Jingi
Oscar Seung as Kurama
Alex Hom as Ibuki
Corey Wilder as Chataro
Hayden Daviau as Ibara
Kent Williams as Inou
Lexi Nieto as Jingi (Young)
Brianna Roberts as Momoko
Ciarán Strange as Yako
Marcus Stimac as Yanag
Bev Mageto as Yukito (Young)
Additional voices include Brandon Acosta, Casey Casper, Kimmie Britt, Katie Wetch, Veronica Laux, UkuLeili, Larry Brantley, Randy Pearlman, Ashley Thereon, Davon Oliver, Irwin Daye, Mark Allen Jr., and Katy McGregor.
ENGLISH DUB STAFF:
ADR Director: Helena Walstrom
Assistant ADR Director: Kevin D. Thelwell
Lead ADR Engineer: Jamal Roberson
Assistant ADR Engineer: Rickey Watkins
Mix Engineer: Nathanael Harrison
ADR Script Writers, Clayton Browning, Eliza Harris
Script Supervisor: Jarrod Greene
ADR Prep: Ben Balmaceda
The ending theme song titled, "Flashback" is performed by saji.
Kousuke Toriumi will replace Takahiro Sakurai as the voice of Haruaki Karuma.
AYAKA premieres on July 1, 2023. Crunchyroll streams the series as part of their Summer 2023 anime season lineup.
MAIN PV:
MAIN CAST:
Yūto Uemura as Yukito Yanagi
Takuma Terashima as Jingi Sagawa
Kousuke Toriumi as Haruaki Kurama
Yuichiro Umehara as Aka Ibuki
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Gakuto Kajiwara as Chatarō Fukuwake / Yuki Sakakihara as Yako Amano
Nobuyoshi Nagayama is directing the anime at Studio Blanc, GoRA is supervising and writing the series scripts. The artist redjuice is drafting the original character designs, and Misaki Kaneko is drawing the finalized character designs. Naoya Tanaka is the production designer.
Kana Shibue is composing the music, and King Records is producing the music. Ryō Tanaka is directing the sound at Bit Grooove Promotion.
The story follows Yukito Yanagi, an orphan who one day encounters an eccentric disciple of his father's. The strange man takes him to his birthplace on Ayakajima, made up of seven islands where mysterious beings called "Mitama" and dragons are rumored to reside. There, Yukito meets his father's two other disciples, who protect the harmony of Ayakajima… which soon threatens to collapse.