With plans set for a late August release where we’re getting the entire thirty-nine episode run in one DVD or Blu-ray collection, Sentai Filmworks has now brought the Ushio & Tora property to HiDive for streaming. The first dubbed episode has now gone live and the service will be adding a new dubbed episode every Wedneday at 1pm for their members. The show has a pretty great team behind it, and is bringing in some of the actors from the original OVA all those years ago, and has set John Swasey to direct the run. He’s working from the scripts by Emily Neves and the show is toplined by David Matranga as Ushio and Brett Weaver as Ushio.
Check out the first fun dub clip released for it and dig into the full cast list below.
- David Matranga as Ushio
- Brett Weaver as Tora
- John Swasey as Shigure
- Luci Christian as Mayuko
- Allison Sumrall as Asako
- Marty Fleck as Narrator
- John Swasey as Rock Eater
- Rob Mungle as Oni
- Kira Vincent-Davis as Reiko
- David Wald as Masaki
- Andrew Love as Hitouban Father
- Shelley Calene-Black as Hitouban Mother
- Kyle Jones as Hitouban Grandfather
- Patricia Duran as Hitouban Sister
- Courtland Johnson as Hitouban Brother
- David Wald as Hyou
- Greg Ayres as Tatsuya
- Philip Hays as Umizatou
- John Gremillion as Ayakashi
- Shelley Calene-Black as Oyakume
- Mark X Laskowski as Atsuzawa
- Brittney Karbowski as Yu
- Andrew Love as Fusuma
- Jay Hickman as Izumi
- Andrew Love as Hiyama
- John Gremillion as Jurou
- Patricia Duran as Kagari
- Jay Hickman as Raishin
- John Swasey as Sakaguchi
- Tiffany Grant as Saya
- Rob Mungle as Takei
- Shelley Calene-Black as Grandma
- Brittney Karbowski as Omamori
- Marty Fleck as Nigira
- Rob Mungle as Ungaikyo
- John Gremillion as Hitotsuki
- Kyle Jones as Kappa
- John Swasey as Hakumen No Mono
- Mark X Laskowski as Elder of the East
- Stephanie Wittels as Hinowa
- Ian Sinclair as Nagare
- Emily Neves as Jun
- Clifford Chapin as Satoru
- Jay Hickman as Izuna
- Andrew Love as Chibaka
- Carli Mosier as Jie Mei
- John Gremillion as Giryou
- Carli Mosier as Yuki
- Brittney Karbowski as Tokisaka
- Jay Hickman as Yasuchika
- Emily Neves as Sumako
- Mark X Laskowski as Tokijun
- Blake Shepard as Kirio
- David Wald as Kuin
- Kira Vincent-Davis as Kuragi
- Patricia Duran as Towako
- Greg Ayres as Yokoo
- Kyle Jones as Atsuike
- Andrew Love as Inasa
- John Gremillion as Tayura
- Blake Shepard as Nadoka
- Clifford Chapin as Bal
- Jay Hickman as Nicholas
- Mark X Laskowski as Atsuzawa
- Tiffany Grant as Helena
- Rob Mungle as Marco
- Andrew Love as Yoneji
- Christopher Patton as Shinno
- Ian Sinclair as Gurashi
- Andrew Love as Guren
- Kyle Jones as Kappa
- Mike Vance as Ibuki
- Clifford Chapin as Kuroka
- Andrew Love as Goro
- Clifford Chapin as Akabane
- Jad Saxton as Sister
- Greg Ayres as Rama
- Brett Weaver as Shagaksha
- Clifford Chapin as Saturo
- John Gremillion as Tatsyua’s Dad
- Rob Mungle as Ippei
- Ian Sinclair as Gurashi
- Brittney Karbowski as Lei Xia
- Patricia Duran as Hai Fong
- Luci Christian as Saya’s Mother
The show ran for thirty-nine episodes total between the two season. The first twenty-six episodes ran summer 2015 and the final thirteen-episode arc dealing with events from the final battle in the manga ran in the spring of 2016. Sentai Filmworks has licensed the show in North America, Animatsu in the UK, while Madman Entertainment has the Australian rights.
The anime adaptation was directed by Satoshi Nishimura with animation done by MAPPA and studio Voln. The scripts were by Toshiki Inoue and character designs by Tomoko Mori. The group Kinniku Shojo Tai performed the opening theme song for the series while Sonar Pocket performed the ending theme
The Japanese cast that includes Tasuku Hatanaka as Ushio, Rikiya Koyama as Tora, Mikako Komatsu as Asako, Kiyono Yasuno as Mayuko, Keiji Fujiwara as Shigure Aotsuki, Yui Makino as Reiko Hanyu, Daisukie Namikawa as Hyo, Yuichi Nakamura as Kenichi Masaki, Aki Toyosaki as Yu Hiayama, Masaki Terasoma as Kyoji Atsuzawa, Miki Shinichiro as Raishin, Yuuki Kaji as Juro, Risa Shimizuo as Kagari, Yuuka Nanri as Saya Takatori, Ai Kayano as Omamori-sama, Maaya Sakamoto as Sumako, Fumiko Orikasa as Mikado, Nana Mizuki as Hinoawa Sekimori, Yoshimasa Hosoya as Nagara Akiba, Ryota Ohsaka as Satoru Moritsuna, Ayahi Takagaki as Jun Moritsuna, Megumi Han as Kirio Inasa, Mamoru Miyano as Giryo, Kana Hanazawa as Jie MeI and Nao Nagasawa as Izuna.
Ushio & Tora comes from the manga by Kazuhiro Fujita, which had an anime OVA adaptation was done back in the early 90′s that ADV Films licensed and released years ago on VHS and DVD. The manga originally ran for 33 volumes between 1990 and 1996 and Fujita has done a couple of little things with it since there, largely for charity.
Plot concept: Ushio thinks that his father’s talk of an ancient ancestor impaling a demon on a temple altar stone with the legendary Beast Spear is nuts, but when he finds the monster in his own basement, Ushio has to take another look at the family legend! To save his friends and family from the invading spirits, Ushio is forced to release Tora from his captivity. But will the creature prove to be worse than the curse?
