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Funimation to Stream Rising of the Shield Hero Anime, Crunchyroll Announces Dub Cast
posted on by Karen Ressler
dub will premiere on Funimation's service on January 9 in the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, and New Zealand.
announced plans to stream the series with English subtitles and a dub, but confirmed on Thursday that its dubbed episodes will debut on the same day as its subtitled episodes. Crunchyroll also announced the show's English dub cast:
- Billy Kametz as Naofumi Iwatani, the Shield Hero
- Erica Mendez as Raphtalia, a demi-human
- Brianna Knickerbocker as Filo, a member of the avian species known as Filolial
- Alan Lee as Ren Amaki, the Sword Hero
- Xander Mobus as Motoyasu Kitamura, the Spear Hero
- Erik Scott Kimerer as Itsuki Kawasumi, the Bow Hero
Crunchyroll is producing the dub as its first simultaneous dub title.
The series will premiere with a two-hour special on cours or a half-year. Crunchyroll will also premiere the anime worldwide outside of Asia on January 9.
Before the formal launch, the first episode will get special preview screenings on premiered the first dubbed episode at Crunchyroll Expo on September 3 with guests from the anime.
releasing the novel series and Aiya Kyū's manga adaptation in English. The publisher describes the novels' first compiled book volume:
Naofumi Iwatani, an uncharismatic otaku who spends his days on games and manga, suddenly finds himself summoned to a parallel universe! He discovers he is one of four heroes equipped with legendary weapons and tasked with saving the world from its prophesied destruction. As the Shield Hero, the weakest of the heroes, all is not as it seems. Naofumi is soon alone, penniless, and betrayed. With no one to turn to, and nowhere to run, he is left with only his shield. Now, Naofumi must rise to become the legendary Shield Hero and save the world!
Dance vocal group Chiai Fujikawa will perform the ending theme song "Kimi no Namae" (Your Name).
MF Books published the novel series' 19th compiled volume in January, and the 20th volume will ship on December 25. One Peace Books released the 12th volume in August.
Kyū launched the manga adaptation in Monthly Comic Flapper magazine in 2014, and the 12th volume shipped on Friday . One Peace Books released the ninth volume in August.
Sources: Funimation, Crunchyroll
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