Anime Midstream picked up the rights to the B’t X anime series back in 2016 and last year they announced through SoundCadence Studios that did the dub for it that it was coming out with an August 3rd, 2018 release on DVD. The sequel series B’t X: Neo is now set for an April 26th, 2019 release where it’ll contain the fourteen episode run of the series. Extras include bloopers, commentary tracks, and behind the scenes material.
B’t X originally airing in 1996 for twenty-five episodes with Mamoru Hamatsu directing it and writing the series composition for it. Animated at TMS Entertainment Eisaku Inoue and Hideyuki Motohashi worked on the character designs based on the original manga by Masami Kurumada.
The Japanese cast includes Jin Horikawa as B’T X, Nobuyuki Hiyama as Teppei, Asako Dodo as B’T Jutaime, Gara Takashima as B’T Max, Kazuya Ichijou as Fao, Keiji Fujiwara as Ron, Maya Okamoto as B’T Mirage, Megumi Ogata as Karen, Nozomu Sasaki as Kotaro Takamiya, Osamu Sakuda as Hokuto and Ryuji Mizuno as B’T Raidoh.
The dub for B’t X had Jeremy Inman and Jimmy David Taylor director it and the cast includes:
- Eric Vale as Teppei
- Jeremy Inman as X
- Josh Grelle as Kotaro & Kotaro (Young)
- Morgan Garrett as Karen
- Caitlin Glass as Aramis
- Tyson Rinehart as Metal Face
- Rachel Rigg as Madonna
- J. Michael Tatum as Fou
- Tia Ballard as J’Taime
- Christopher Bevins as Hokuto
- Clarine Harp as Max
- Ian Sinclair as Ron
- Marcus Stimac as Raido
- Joanna Beatty as Kari
- Alison Viktorin as Misha
- Natalie Hoover as Nasha
- Kristen McGuire as Teppei (Young)
- Amber Lee Connors as Gaku & Big Rock
- Robert McCollum as Captain Hook
- Chuck Huber as Groupie
- Meli Grant as Camilla
- Melissa Sternenberg as Mirage
- Curtis Arnott as Misslim
- Alex Moore as La Lainya & Cyber Whip
- Justin Briner as Marcello
- Chris Rager as Amigo
- Mike McFarland as Juggler
- Nick Landis as Zaji
- Bruce Carey as Kaos
- Jason Marnocha as L’Amour
- Mark Stoddard as Balzac
- Gianni Matragrano as Mira
- Brandon Potter as Leon
- R Bruce Elliott as Rai
- Zach Bolton as Savannah
- Alexis Tipton as Maria
- Tyler Walker as God of Death & Aleph
- Alejandro Saab as Bem
- Ricco Fajardo as Cancer
- Daman Mills as Crow
- Chris Guerrero as Falcon
- Jād Saxton as Lena
- Howard Wang as Doctor Nitzin
- Scott Frerichs as Bat
- Kent Williams as Teppei’s Father
- Marissa Lenti as Teppei’s Mother
Plot concept: Teppei Takamiya is an average boy that lives on Kamui Island, north of Japan. His older brother, Kotaro Takamiya, leaves to study robotics in Germany and becomes one of the most brilliant scientists in the world. Five years later, the two brothers reunite at a robotics convention where Kotaro announced his latest breakthrough in artificial intelligence. During the convention, Kotaro is captured and taken to The Area, the center of the Machine Empire. Equipped with the Messiah Fist, a gauntlet with various technological powers and options, Teppei pursues his brothers kidnappers.
Upon reaching The Area, Teppei is attacked by Metalface and is thrown, bleeding into the Machine Empire’s junkyard. His blood reaches the trashed body of X and the B’t awakens. Faced with unanswered questions and imminent destruction, X saves Teppei and the pair flee The Area with soldiers of the Machine Empire in hot pursuit. As the series continues, X and Teppei develop a brotherly bond, arguing as much as they look after each other. They uncover the Machine Empire’s plan as they travel and battle other B’ts loyal to the Machine Empire, while trying to save Kotaro.
[Source: WTK]
