With the second cour of Seraph of the End having kicked off in October, FUNimation is following through on giving it a Broadcast Dub like they did the first cour. That’s set to premiere tonight at 8:30pm on the service for subscribers and ahead of that they’ve confirmed the returning cast – which isn’t always a given and a bit less so when it comes to Broadcast Dubs at the moment. This cour has set Jerry Jewell as the ADR director with Monical Rial serving as the lead writer on it. William Dewell and Jose Sandoval are on board as the engineers. The cast includes:
- Eric Vale as Ferid
- Justin Briner as Mikaela
- Micah Solusod as Yuichiro
- Dave Trosko as Guren
- Chris Burnett as Yoichi
- Felecia Angelle as Shinoa
- Seth Magill as Yamanaka
Animated by Wit Studio, which will raise interest in it considerably for some, where it will be directed by Daisuke Tokutsuchi while Masashi Koizuka will serve as assistant director. The show will work off of scripts and composition by Hiroshi Seko while Satoshi Kadowaki will be handling the character designs.
The Japanese cast includes Takahiro Sakurai as Ferid Bathory and Saori Hayami as Shinoa Hiiragi, Miyu Irino as Yuichiro Hyakuya, Kensho Ono as Mikaela Hyakuya, Yuichi Nakamura as Guren Ichinose, Nobuhiko Okamoto as Yoichi Saotome, Kaito Ishikawa as Shiho Kimizuki, Tomoaki Maeno as Kureo Hiragi, Tatsuhisa Suzuki as Shinya Hiragi. Aoi Yuki as Krul, Kenichi Suzumura as Crowly, Yuka Iguchi as Mitsuba Sangu, Atsumi Tanezaki as Sayuri Hanayori, Yui Ishikawa as Shigura Yukimi, Daisuke Ono as Norito Goshi and Yu Shimamura as Mito Jujo.
The original manga series began in 2012 with the first volume releasing in January 2013. Viz Media is releasing the manga in North America.
Plot concept: After a catastrophic epidemic kills every adult on earth, vampires arise from the shadows to enslave the remaining human population. Yuichiro and his friends are kept as vampire fodder in a creepy institution masquerading as an orphanage. One day, Yuichiro’s dreams of fighting back are realized when the orphans stage a daring escape. But things go horribly wrong, and his dream is kept alive at a cruel price.
