Funimation is getting closer with the release of their regular and limited edition releases of Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash that’s due out on May 2nd, 2017 and ahead of that they have the first dubbed clip for it. The series originally saw a SimulDub when it first hit the simulcast circuit. The release has some good extras in that it includes the OVA and audio commentary while the limited edition comes with a chipboard box, six art cards, and an 18×24″ soft-touch poster.
The anime adaptation was produced by A-1 Pictures with Ryousuke Nakamura directing and Mieko Hosoi designing the characters. The cast includes Yoshimasa Hosoya as Haruhiro, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Ranta, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Manato, Fukushi Ochiai as Moguzou, Mikako Komatsu as Yume, Haruka Terui as Shihoru, Tomokazu Seki as Renji, Daisuke Namikawa as Kikkawa, Hiroki Yasumoto as Brittany and Mamiko Noto as Barbara.
The English dub was directed by Mike McFarland and Felecia Angelle based on the scripts from lead writer Bonny Clinkenbeard. The cast includes Ricco Fajardo as Haruhiro, Justin Briner as Manato, Jeannie Tirado as Yume, Sarah Wiedenheft as Shihoru, Jarrod Greene as Moguzo and Orion Pitts as Ranta.
The series comes from the novel series by Ao Jyumonji with illustrations by Eiri Shirai which began in 2013 and has six volumes out. A manga adaptation is currently being serialized as well from Mutsumi Okuhashi.
Plot concept: Why are we here? Why are we doing this? Before Haruhito had realized what happened, he was surrounded by darkness. Why was he here? Where was here? Even now, he still didn’t know. Those around him were the same as him, no one remembered anything other than their own names. And when they emerged from the darkness, the world that awaited them seemed like something out of a video game. In order to survive, Haruhito forms a party with the others, learns fighting skills, and as a soldier in the reserve force, takes his first steps into the world of Grimgal. What awaits him there, he doesn’t know… This the story of an adventure born from the ashes.
