Sentai Filmworks is getting ready for their release of the Gatchaman Crowds Insight season next month on DVD and Blu-ray and they’ve now brought out some new material. The latest reveal is that we’ve got the full and expansive cast list as well as our first clip from the show. The English language adaptation is being directed by Kyle Jones based on the script that he worked on with George Manley.
The full cast includes:
Hajime Ichinose | Jessica Calvello |
Berg Katze | David Wald |
Tsubasa Misudachi | Chelsea McCurdy |
Young Gelsadra | Bryson Baugus |
Adult Gelsadra | Chris Patton |
Millio | Jay Hickman |
Sugane Tachibana | Corey Hartzog |
Rui Ninomiya | Shannon Emerick |
Prime Minister Sugayama | David Matranga |
Joe Hibiki | Ty Mahany |
Rizumu Suzuki | Patrick Poole |
Utsu-tsu | Carli Mosier |
President X | Jenni Strader |
O.D. | Clint Bickham |
PAI-MAN | Luci Christian |
J.J. Robinson | Leraldo Anzaldua |
Yuru Misudachi | James Belcher |
Kuus | Tiffany Grant |
Also with: | Stephanie Wittels |
Kregg Dailey | |
John Swasey | |
Juliet Simmons | |
Emily Neves | |
Christina Kelly | |
Melissa Molano | |
Carl Masterson | |
Adam Noble | |
Karlii Hoch | |
Kira Vincent-Davis | |
John Gremillion | |
Meg McDonald | |
Jack Ivy | |
Christopher Ayres | |
Houston Hayes | |
Katelyn Barr | |
Benjamin McLaughlin | |
Melissa Pritchett | |
Shelley Calene-Black | |
Blake Shepard | |
Christina Stroup | |
Gareth West | |
Kelly Manison |
The thirteen episode series is scheduled for a November 22nd, 2016 debut on DVD and Blu-ray with a bilingual presentation that has the English language dub directed by Kyle Jones. They’ll be priced at $59.98 and $69.98 respectively.
“Originally broadcast in Japan on Nippon TV, the legendary production company Tatsunoko (Speed Racer, Casshern Sins, Southern Cross, Genesis Climber Mospeada, Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu) once again produces the 12 episode series, with director Kenji Nakamura (tsuritama, Mononoke) and series composer Toshiya Ono (tsuritama, Perfect Insider) reprising their roles. Also returning are character designer Yûichi Takahashi (tsuritama, Macross Frontier) working from original designs by Kinako, and the music production team of Kazuhiro Watanabe (Wolf Girl & Black Prince, La Corda d’Oro Blue Sky) and Takao Kondo (Brynhildr in the Darkness, Wolf Girl & Black Prince, InuYasha – The Final Act).”
Plot concept: You can’t keep a good Gatchaman down, especially when a new organization called VAPE (short for Violent Ape) starts hijacking CROWDS technology. The ensuing wave of “Red CROWDS” incidents targeting high profile targets like the Prime Minister make it clear that the good team needs to start recruiting; fast. Fortunately, help arrives quickly, and with a rather… loud entrance. The alien Gelsadra’s ship crashes in a rice paddy in Nijima! Besides being generally peaceful, Gelsadra has a unique power involving comic-book-like speech bubbles that display a person’s inner feelings, rather like an emoji. There’s also the fireworks enthusiast, Tsubasa, whose life becomes the focus of millions of viewers when she’s chosen as the newest Gatchaman – on nationwide live television! As if that wasn’t enough pressure for a teenage girl to handle, she’s also assigned Hajime as her mentor! Will she survive? Will the world survive? Things are about to get really wild and crazy in GATCHAMAN CROWDS INSIGHT!