Sentai Filmworks is releasing the first season of Chaika the Coffin Princess this week on DVD and Blu-ray and it’s a title that got them to do it up in English-language form as well. To heighten interest in it a bit, they’ve produced a fun little forty-second promotional trailer for it that lets the main cast get their nod while also providing a solid narration for it.
Check out our review of the season on Blu-ray.
The property comes from writer Sakaki Ichirou, who is known for his work Scrapped Princess primarily. The series is animated by Bones with Soichi Masui directing, which is amusing since he did Scrapped Princess as well. The show was adapted by Touko Machida while Nobuhiro Arai handled the character designs. Known as Hitsugime no Chaika in Japan, the novels began back in 2010 and a manga adaptation kicked off in late 2011.
Plot concept: The horrors of war still haunt 20-year-old retired soldier Toru Acura. Disillusioned and unemployed, Toru spends his days loafing around without purpose, and struggles to adjust to a life without combat. However, his younger sister, Akari, is fed up with being the sole breadwinner, and this time she’s dead serious. Faced with the ultimatum of finding a source of income or meeting the business end of Akari’s spiked hammer, Toru is reluctantly forced out of the house to find a either a job or a gravesite. Instead, Toru runs smack dab into the mysterious Chaika Trabant, a 14-year-old girl from a faraway land with interesting taste in accessories. On her back is a massive coffin almost as large as the secret she carries, and although she may be small this girl packs a big punch. For Chaika is not just a stray traveler- she’s a sniper rifle-toting sorceress who’s a hell of a shot! Their chance encounter sets forth a series of events that will not only force them to confront their pasts, but will forever change their futures in COFFIN PRINCESS CHAIKA!
ENGLISH VOCAL CAST
| Chaika Trabant | Kira Vincent Davis |
| Toru Acura | Leraldo Anzaldua |
| Akari Acura | Joanne Bonasso |
| Frederica | Krystal LaPorte |
| Alberic Gillet | Blake Shepard |
| Nikolai Avtotor | Andrew Love |
| Vivi Holopainen | Luci Christian |
| Zita Brusasco | Caitlynn French |
| Mateus Callaway | Mike Yager |
| Leonardo Stola | Shannon Emmerick |
| Konrad Steinmetz | Rutherford Cravens |
| Karen Bombardier | Molly Searcy |
| Chaika Bohdan | Brittany Karbowski |
| David | Scott Gibbs |
| Selma Kenworth | Allison Sumrall |
| Cat | Krystal LaPorte |
| Guy | Kalin Coates |
| Ricardo Gavarni | Greg Ayres |
| Grato Lancia | David Wald |
| Layla | Katelyn Barr |
| Simon Scania | Luis Galindo |
| Roberto Abarth | Scotty Fults |
| Dominca Skoda | Krystal LaPorte |
| Yulia | Margaret McDonald |
| Marat | Kurt Bauer |
| Lavr | Stephen E. Mollering |
| Frol | Kyle Colby Jones |
| Shin Acura | Adam Gibbs |
| Jasmine | Amanda L. Baird |
| Young Toru | Cayla Coats |
| Cizeta | John Swasey |
| Foden | Tommy Baird |
| Theobald Setra | Rob Mungle |
