The fall simuldub season is adding more shows on a regular basis with first episodes debuting and that means a new cast list. Funimation’s next one announced is Recovery of an MMO Junkie which is set to premiere on Monday, October 30th, 2017 at 4:00 pm ET for their members. Clifford Chapin is on board as the ADR director with Jessica Cavanagh handling the scripts with the main cast for it with:
- Terri Doty as Moriko Morioka
- Aaron Dismuke as Hayashi
- Natalie Hoover as Lily
- Ricco Fajardo as Kanbe
- Rachel Thompson as Lilac
- Ben Phillips as Pokotarou
- Brandon McInnis as Himeralda
- Josh Grelle as Yuta Sakurai
- Ian Sinclair as Homare Koiwai
- Anthony Bowling as Kazuomi Fujimoto
- Apphia Yu as Harth
- Felecia Angelle as Yuki
The show is coming from director Saori Den based on the series composition by Kazuyuki Fudeyasu. Senbon Umishima is handling the character designs while Signal. MD is handling the animation production for it.
The Japanese cast includes Mamiko Noto as Moriko Morioka, Takahiro Sakurai as Yuuta Sakurai, Ryouta Suzuki as Hayashi, Reina Ueda as Lily, Tomoaki Maeno as Homare Koiwai, Takuma Terashima as Kazuomi Fujimoto, Yuuichi Nakamura as Kanbe, Yuuka Aisaka as Lilac, Takanori Yagi as Himeralda, and Kazuhiro Sunseki as Pokotarou.
Megumi Nakajima is performing the opening theme song “Saturday Night Question” while Yuuka Aisaka is performing the ending theme song “Hikari, Hikari.”
The original manga from Rin Kokuyou began in 2013 and has two volumes released and is on hiatus due to the author’s health.
The series recently got its home video side detailed as the ten episode series will have an eleventh episode that arrives in a Blu-ray box set that lands on December 8th, 2017.
Plot Concept: Moriko Morioka is a 30-year-old single NEET woman. After dropping out from reality, she has taken off in search for a fulfilling life and ended up in a net game or “netoge.” In the netoge world, she began her new life as a refreshing and handsome character named Hayashi. While starting out as a beginner, a pretty character named Lily reached out to help her. Meanwhile, in the real world, awaits a shocking encounter with a good-looking elite company employee, a mysterious blue-eyed blonde.