The summer 2016 anime season series Saiki Kusou no Sainan, which is localized as The Disastrous Life of Saiki K, is getting its Broadcast Dub from Funimation soon and they’ve now revealed the cast for it. The series has Apphia Yu handling the ADR direction for it and the main cast has been unveiled to include:
- Jerry Jewell as Kuso Saiki
- David Wald as Riki Nendou
- Micah Solusod as Shun Kaido
- Tia Ballard as Kokomi Teruhashi
- Kyle Phillips as Kineshi Hairo
- Joel McDonald as Reita Toritsuka
- Jill Harris as Chiyo Yumehara
- Chuck Huber as Kuniharu Saiki
- Morgan Garrett as Kurumi Saiki
The show was directed by Hiroaki Sakurai based on the series composition from Michiko Yokote. Masayuki Onji was board for the character designs while JC Staff and Egg Firm worked on the animation production for it.
The Japanese cast includes Hiroshi Kamiya as Kusuo Saiki, Mitsuo Iwata as Kuniharu Saiki, Rikako Aikawa as Kurumi Saiki, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Shun Kaidou, Daisuke Ono as Riki Nendou, Yukari Tamura as Chiyo Yumehara, Ai Kayano as Kokomi Teruhashi, Satoshi Hino as Kenishi Hairo, Natsuki Hanae as Reita Toritsuka, Tomoaki Maeno as Makoyo Terukyo, Maaya Uchida as Chisato Meyro, Showtaro Morikubo as Uryoku Chouno and Yoshimasa Hosoya as Aren Kubayasu.
The manga comes from creator Shuichi Asou which began back in 2012 and has seventeen volumes published so far. It’s not been picked up for release outside of Japan (yet). A flash anime short-form series was produced in 2013 for it, which has a different cast than what this series will have. A light novel was also produced in 2013.
Plot concept: Saiki Kusuo has a wide array of superpowers at his command, including telepathy and telekinesis. This might sound awesome, but, in Kusuo’s experience, superpowers are not all they’re cracked up to be. He tries to live a normal life, despite his annoying abilities.
