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Durarara!!'s Masaomi) will play Yuusei Ishibashi.

The campaign also added a new US$80 tier on Friday that will include three 50GB Blu-ray Discs in an Amaray case. The tier also includes the special thank you message, Official Backer Badge , weekly updates, name on the Backer Wall, wallpaper , and exclusive monthly videos available in the US$15 tier.

The Kickstarter campaign had set an initial goal of US$155,000 to fund a DVD release. The campaign reached its US$185,000 stretch goal on Thursday to offer a Blu-ray Disc release in addition to the DVD release. As of press time, the campaign has raised US$219,790. The campaign will end on Saturday, April 16.

The previously announced English cast are:

• Kill la Kill's Mako) as Mimori Nanokura,
• Escaflowne dub's Hitomi) as Kyoko Mogami,
• Cristina Vee (Blazblue's Noel Vermillion, K-ON!'s Mio Akiyama, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal's Sailor Mars) as Erika Koenji
• Fate/stay night's Rin, Durarara!!'s Erika) as Maria Takarada
• as Lory Takarada
• Yashiro
• The Seven Deadly Sins' Gilthunder) as Ren Tsuruga
• as Sho Fuwa
• as Kanae Kotonami (Moko)

Vee, Lee, and Taliesin Jaffe will serve as the project's supervising director.

Pied Piper had originally franchise on March 1, but then relaunched the campaign on Kickstarter on March 17. The Indiegogo campaign had a goal of US$210,000, including a Blu-ray Disc release. The Kickstarter campaign's base goal no longer includes a Blu-ray Disc release.

Pied Piper acquired the license from TV Tokyo, and TV Tokyo is requiring the English dub as a condition of release. The company will not be able to release the series on a subtitle-only format. The license covers the United States and Canada only.

The television version of Viz Media publishes the original manga in North America.

Thanks to ravegrl for the news tip.