Catching up on another of the series that had its Broadcast Dub premiere last night, Funimation has added the two-minute clip preview of Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash. The series is one that has some solid anticipation behind it as it’s been getting a lot of promotion out of Japan and certainly stands out against a lot of other shows in terms of its visual design.
The winter 2016 debuts new episodes on Wednesday’s at 9pm ET. The show has set Mike McFarland and Felecia Angelle to direct based on the scripts from lead writer Bonny Clinkenbeard. Peter Hawkinson and Manuel Aragon are on board as the ADR engineers. The cast includes:
- Ricco Fajardo as Haruhiro
- Justin Briner as Manato
- Jeannie Tirado as Yume
- Sarah Wiedenheft as Shihoru
- Jarrod Greene as Moguzo
- Orion Pitts as Ranta
The anime adaptation was produced by A-1 Pictures with Ryousuke Nakamura directing and Mieko Hosoi designing the characters. The Japanese cast includes Yoshimasa Hosoya as Haruhiro, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Ranta, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Manato, Fukushi Ochiai as Moguzou, Mikako Komatsu as Yume, Haruka Terui as Shihoru, Tomokazu Seki as Renji, Daisuke Namikawa as Kikkawa, Hiroki Yasumoto as Brittany and Mamiko Noto as Barbara.
The series comes from the novel series by Ao Jyumonji with illustrations by Eiri Shirai which began in 2013 and has six volumes out. A manga adaptation is currently being serialized as well from Mutsumi Okuhashi.
Plot concept: Why are we here? Why are we doing this? Before Haruhito had realized what happened, he was surrounded by darkness. Why was he here? Where was here? Even now, he still didn’t know. Those around him were the same as him, no one remembered anything other than their own names. And when they emerged from the darkness, the world that awaited them seemed like something out of a video game. In order to survive, Haruhito forms a party with the others, learns fighting skills, and as a soldier in the reserve force, takes his first steps into the world of Grimgal. What awaits him there, he doesn’t know… This the story of an adventure born from the ashes.
