Originally slated for release this past summer, Funimation is just about ready to bring out the anime DVD/BD release of Yamada-kun and the Seven Witches. With that in mind, we now have a newly released dub clip for it that gives us a fun taste of one of the early scenes for it. The show came out earlier this week with a January 9th, 2017 debut priced at $64.98 and will have the clean opening and closings as its extras as solicited at the moment.
The series ran for twelve episodes and was directed by Tomoki Takuno, who did the storyboards as well, with Fumiaki Usui serving as the assistant director while Eriko Iida handled the character designs and Michiko Yokote on the scripts.
The Japanese cast includes Ryota Ohsaka as Ryu Yamada, Saori Hayami as Urara Shiraish, Toshiki Masuda as Toranosuke Miyamura, Maaya Uchida as Miyabi Ito, Masumi Tazawa as Rika Saionji, Aoi Yūki as Noa Takigawa, Toshiharu Sasaki as Kentarō Tsubaki, Eri Kitamura as Nene Odagiri, Daisuke Ono as Ushio Igarashi, Yui Makino as Meiko Ōtsuka, Yuki Takao as Maria Sarashima, Shinnosuke Tachibana as Shinichi Tamaki, Tomokazu Sugita as Hideaki Tsurukawa and Yuuki Ono as Mitsuru Kamedea.
The English cast includes Newton Pittman as Ryu Yamada, Mikaela Krantz as Urara Shiraishi, Rachel Glass as Miyabi Ito, Todd Haberkorn as Toranosuke Miyamura, Jessica Peterson as Nene Odagiri, Will Short as Ushio Igarashi, Michelle Rojas as Meiko Otsuka, Tabitha Ray as Maria Sarushima, Alexis Tipton as Noa Takigawa, Orion Pitts as Kentao Tsubaki, Jeannie Tirado as Mikoto Asuka, Seth Magill as Haruma Yamazaki, Elizabeth Maxwell as Leona Miyamura, Chris Burnett as Shinichi Tamaki, and Luci Christian as Rika Saionji.
Plot concept: Suzaku High School has a big secret. One that punk student Ryu Yamada finds himself tangled in after a literal run-in with honor student Urara Shiraishi. The two find themselves in a bizarre body swap caused by…a kiss?! A convenient albeit weird new trick, the two keep switching places (and kissing!) until they’re found out by student council member Miyamura. Rather than give them away, he has a better idea—reform the Supernatural Studies Club. A great cover up…except for the fact that Yamada keeps kissing everyone!
Soon they learn they that aren’t the only two with abilities. In fact, school legend speaks of seven witches—female students gifted with different powers. But when they start seeking out the witches, they find themselves in a situation more dangerous than expected. Secrets kept by the student council, the powers that lie with the witches, and the possibility of losing everyone he’s grown close to—are the answers Yamada seeks worth the cost of everything he holds dear?
