The partnership between Crunchyroll and Funimation is certainly bearing some fruit as we’ve got a lot of dubs hitting this season, including the Keijo!!!!!!! SimulDub that’s being produced. The series brings out new episodes every Sunday night at 10:00pm ET on the Funimation site and they’ve now brought out a quickie of a dub clip to give us a taste of both the performances and the tone of the show as we get the next tournament getting underway with a pretty fun moment. Clifford Chapin handling the ADR direction working from the scripts by Monica Rial. The English cast for it includes:
- Amber Lee Connors as Nozomi Kaminashi
- Felecia Angelle as Sayaka Miyata
- Sarah Wiedenheft as Non Toyoguchi
- Alexis Tipton as Kazane Aoba
- Morgan Berry as Yuko Ooshima
- Kristen McGuire as Hanabi Kawai
- Jamie Marchi as Nagisa Ujibe
- Dawn M. Bennett as Miku Kobayakawa
Animated by Xebec, the series was directed by Hideya Takahashi based on the series composition from Takao Kato. Keiya Nakano handled the character designs for it.
The Japanese cast includes Lynn as Nozomi Kaminashi, M.A.O as Sayaka Miyata, Kaede Hondo as Kazane Aoba, Saori Oonishi as Non Toyoguchi, Rena Maeda as Hanabi Kawai, Hibiku Yamamura as Mio Kusakai and Rie Takahashi as Rin Rokudō.
The work comes from creator Daichi Sorayomi which began back in 2013 and has eleven volumes out as of this past spring. The work is Sorayomi’s second after the three volume series Momi-Baraishi ran in Club Sunday for three volumes between 2011 and 2012.
The opening theme song is “DREAMxSCRAMBLE!” by AiRI while the ending theme song is performed by the four lead actresses with “Fantas/HIP Girlfriends!”
Plot concept: Kaminashi Nozomi (17) is an exceptional gymnast. So much so that colleges with some of the best gymnastic programs are trying to recruit her. Unfortunately for them, she has other plans. Due to her family being extremely poor, money is everything to her. That’s why she wants to step into the world of “Keijo.” “Keijo” is a type of gambling sport where girls stand on a small floating platform and compete against one another. The aim is to push the other contestant off of the platform into the water, but they are only allowed to use their butt or breasts to push the others off. Will Nozomi be able to compete in the intense world of “Keijo” and bring wealth and fortune for her family?
