Funimation has scheduled a June 26th, 2018 release date for the first half of the Sakura Quest series with it getting a bilingual DVD/BD release. Ahead of that, they’ve now brought out the first dubbed preorder trailer for it that shows off some of the premise and a lot of the cast. Priced at $64.98, it’ll have the thirteen episode run with extras to be determined.
The show is based on the original work by Alexandre S. D. Celibidache that was directed by Souichi Masui based on the series composition from Masahiro Yokotani. Kanami Sekiguchi handled the character designs based on the original work by BUNBUN.
The Japanese cast includes Ayaka Nanase as Yoshino Koharu, Reina Ueda as Shiori Shinomiya, Chika Anzai as Maki Midorikawa, Chiemi Tanaka as Ririko Oribe, Mikako Komatsu, as Sanae Kouzuki, Atsushi Ono as Ushimatsu Kadota, Maki Izawa as Chitose Oribe, Katsuyuki Konishi as Takamizawa, Hiro Shimono as Takashi Yamada, Daiki Hamano as Mino, Vinay Murthy as Mr. Sandal, Nanako Mori as Angelica and Tomoyo Kurosawa as Erika Suzuki.
The English dub was directed by Caitlin Glass based on the scripts by Jessica Cavanagh. The cast includes Alexis Tipton as Yoshino, Tia Ballard as Shiori, Leah Clark as Maki, Elizabeth Maxwell as Sanae, Brina Palencia as Ririko, Mark Stoddard as Ushimatsu, Aaron Roberts as Mino, Dallas Reid as Yamada, Rachel Robinson as Chitose, Robert McCollum as Takamizawa, Jerry Jewell as Sandal, Colleen Clinkenbeard as Angelica, Jill Harris as Erika, Kenny Green as Gen, Sonny Strait as Tora, Phil Parsons as Tatsu, Linda Leonard as Kinu, Caitlin Glass as Yae, and David Matranga as Hashimoto.
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Plot Concept: Five young women have one thing in common—the careers they planned for themselves weren’t working out. Job dissatisfaction, trying to make ends meet, and personal insecurities lead each of them to start working at a local tourism bureau where their lives become intertwined. As the girls experience their first year on the job, they learn a lot about their town, their industry, and themselves.
