With a November 29th, 2016 release set for Shimoneta: A Boring World Where the Concept of Dirty Jokes Doesn’t Exist, Funimation is now streaming the first two episodes in dubbed form for free. The series, which originally aired in the summer 2015 season, has Jerry Jewell as the ADR director for the series. The bonus items for the limited “lewd” edition that’s coming out with include:
- SOX sticker – Share SOX with the masses!
- 1 Tube Sock – You know why.
- Pin – Show off our adorable mascot!
- Pin – Rock out with SOX out!
On disc extras include:
- Moms Watch SHIMONETA
- Episode Commentaries
- Promotional Videos
- Web Previews
- Textless Songs
The English cast includes Jamie Marchi as Ayame, Josh Grelle as Tanukichi, David Wald as Goriki, Monica Rial as Anna, Brittney Karbowski as Otome, Lara Woodhull as Kosuri, Mikaela Krantz as Hyoka, Anthony Bowling as White Peak and Christopher Sabat as Narrator/Base Black.
The series was directed by Youhei Suzuki based on the scripts by Masahiro Yokotoani and with character designs by Masahiro Fuji. The series was animated by JC Staff. The Japanese cast includes Shizuka Ishigami as Ayame Kajō, Yūsuke Kobayashi as Tanukichi Okuma, Miyu Matsuki as Anna Ninomiya, Saori Goto as Hyōka Fuwa, Satomi Arai as Otome Saotome, Kenta Miyake as Raiki Gōriki, Yui Horie as Kosuri Onigashira, Sumire Uesaka as Oboro Tsukimigusa and Yui Ogura as Binkan-chan.
The light novel series comes from Hirotaka Akagi under the Gagaga Bunko imprint with illustrations by Eight Shimotsuki. It began back in 2012 and has eleven volumes published so far, as well as a manga adaptation.
Plot concept: 16 years after the “Law for Public Order and Morals in Healthy Child-Raising” banned coarse language in the country, Tanukichi Okuma enrolls in the country’s leading elite public morals school and is soon invited into the Anti-Societal Organization (SOX) by its founder, Ayame Kajou. As a member blackmailed into joining by Ayame, Tanukichi ends up taking part in obscene acts of terrorism against the talented student council president Anna (for whom Tanukichi has a crush on).
