Funimation has announced the dub plans for the Mob Psycho 100 series that they’re producing for Crunchyroll as the first episode is set to premiere tomorrow on December 11th at 9:30 PM ET. Interestingly, the series is getting produced not by Funimation but by Bang Zoom, putting Funimation in more of a management role for it and handling the streaming for Crunchyroll as part of the partnership. The cast for it so far includes:
- Kyle McCarley as Shigeo
- Chris Niosi as Reigen
- Max Mittelman as Ritsu
- Michael Sorich as Ekubo
- Erik Kimerer as Hanazawa
The series was animated by Bones and was directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa based on the series composition by Hiroshi Seko. Character designs were done by Yoshimichi Kameda with Kenji Kawai doing the music for it.
The Japanese cast includes Setsuo Ito as Shigeo Kageyama and Takahiro Sakurai as Arataka Rengei. MOB CHOIR will sing the opening “99″ while ALL OFF will handle the ending theme song “Refrain Boy.”
The manga comes from creator ONE which began back in 2012 and has twelve volumes out at the time that the anime was broadcast.
Plot concept: Shigeo Kageyama (a.k.a. “Mob”) is a 8th grader with psychic abilities. He could bend spoons and lift objects with his mind from a young age, but he slowly began to withhold from using his abilities in public due to the negative attention he received. Now, the only thing he wants is to become friends with a girl in his class, Tsubomi. With his psychic “mentor” (who has no psychic powers), he continues his daily life, attempting to realize his purpose in life.
