This ‘Shirobako’ Anime Dub Clip Reveals A Lot Of The Cast
With an October 13th, 2020 debut set for the complete Shirobako anime Blu-ray collection that will include an English dub for the first time, Sentai Filmworks has now brought out their latest clip for it. With a very big cast overall as the show goes into the makings of an anime series, this one takes us to the production table to meet a lot of the characters and that means quick-hit introductions to a lot of the cast.
The 24-episode series is going to be priced at $89.98 and will include the clean opening and closing sequences of it – of which there are ten different closing sequences! Check out the clip below!
Check out our review of the first half of the series here and the second half here.
The series had Tsutomu Mizushima on board as the director with Michiko Yokote doing the overall supervision while Ponkan8 handled the original character designs and Kanami Sekiguchi adapted them into animation form.
The cast includes Juri Kimura as Aoi Miyamori, Haruka Yoshimura as Emma Yasuhara, Haruka Chisuga as Shizuka Sakaki, Asami Takano as Misa Todo and Hitomi Ohwada as Midori Imai.
The series features the opening theme song “Colorful Box” by Yoko Ishida and the ending theme song “Animetic Love Letter” by Juri Kimura. It’s a great way to get some upbeat and engaging material in your day!
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The English dub is directed by Shannon Reed with Kyle Jones assisting based on the scripts from Reed and Marta Bechtol. The English dub cast includes Alyssa Marek as Aoi Miyamori, Juliet Simmons as Misa Tōdō, Rachael Messer as Shizuka Sakaki, Savanna Menzel as Ema Yasuhara, Taylor Fono as Midori Imai, Adam Gibbs as Tatsuya Ochiai, Adam Noble as Hironori Madoka, Avery Smithhart as Sara Satō, Blake Jackson as Shun Watanabe/Nabe-P, Bryson Baugus as Daisuke Hiraoka, Carl Masterson as Shigeru Sugie, Carli Mosier as Chiemi Domoto, Carolyn Medrano as Akane Uchida, Clint Bickham as Yutaka Honda, Elissa Cuellar as Rinko Ogasawara, Genevieve Simmons as Yuka Okitsu, Greg Cote as Tarō Takanashi, Houston Hayes as Yoshiki Sakura, James Belcher as Masato Marukawa, Jay Hickman as Gōtarō Katsuragi, Kregg Dailey as Ryōsuke Endō, Margaret McDonald as Tsubaki Andō, Mark X Laskowski as Seiichi Kinoshita, Michael Wronski as Yuuichirou Shimoyanagi, Natalie Rial as Yumi Iguchi, Patricia Duran as Segawa, Shanae’a Moore as Erika Yano, Shelby Blocker as Nao Shinkawa, and Ty Mahany as Masashi Yamada.
P.A. Works was established back in 2000 by Kenji Horikawa, who has been involved in several animation studios previously. They worked on numerous shows over the years and produced their first on in 2008 with True Tears before going on to Canaan, Angel Beats and several others, including this seasons Glasslip.
Plot Concept: Once upon a time, five girls made an animated film and it was so much fun that they pledged to get jobs in animation so that someday they could make another film together. Now, two years later, Aoi, Shizuka, Ema, Misa and Midori have learned the truth about the anime industry: it’s not always fun, it’s anything but easy, and having talent isn’t always enough to open the right doors. Which is why Aoi’s overwhelmed by her job as a production assistant, Shizuka’s waiting on tables between auditions, Midori’s currently scriptless, Misa’s switched to C.G., and Ema’s working long hours as a key animator. Is it what they imagined? No. But are they ready to give up? Not just yet! Sometimes, when things happen in animation, they can happen in the most wonderful ways in SHIROBAKO!
Chris has been writing about anime, manga, movies and comics for well on twenty years now. He began AnimeOnDVD.com back in 1998 and has covered nearly every anime release that’s come out in the US ever since.