The spring 2021 anime adaptation of this longtime property with Hetalia: World Stars has come and gone with its simulcast and we’ve had the Japanese home video release material come through as well. Now, the folks at Funimation have wrapped things up when it comes to the dub for the show as they’re launching that on their streaming service today with the first four episodes set to go live later today.
The dub has Cris George directing it with a cast that includes:
- Eric Vale as America
- Patrick Seitz as Germany
- Todd Haberkorn as Italy
- J. Michael Tatum as France
- Steven Kelly as England
- Christopher Bevins as Japan
- Jerry Jewell as Russia
- Austin Tindle as Prussia
- Ian Sinclair as Romano
- Dave Trosko as Spain
- Jamie Marchi as Narrator
- Megan Shipman as Czech
- Kieran Flitton as Slovakia
- Ivan Jasso as Portugal
- Sarah Wiedenheft s Belgium
With the main cast returning for the Japanese language version, the spring 2021 series will feature Hiroshi Watanabe as the director while Kazuyuki Fudeyasu works on the scripts. Mariko Oka is set as the character designer with Studio DEEN handling the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Daisuke Namikawa as Italy, Romano, Hiroki Yasumoto as Germany, Hiroki Takahashi as Japan, Katsuyuki Konishi as America, Canada, Noriaki Sugiyama as England, Masaya Onosaka as France, Yasuhiro Takato as Russia, Yuki Kaida as China, Narrator, Sumire Morohoshi as Czech Republic, Yūsuke Kobayashi as Slovakia, Yuichiro Umehara as Portugal, Go Inoue as Spain, Bulgaria, Akira Sasanuma as Austria, Atsushi Kousaka as Prussia, Greece, Estonia, Megumi Takamoto as Seychelles, Michiko Neya as Hungary, Rie Kugimiya as Liechtenstein, Kokoro Tanaka as Latvia, Takahiro Mizushima as Finland, Keikou Sakai as Sweden, and Keiichiro Asai as Australia.
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Plot Concept: An offshoot of the original Hetalia Axis Powers. Hetalia follows the strange personifications of Italy and other nations as they navigate their world.
[Source: Hetalia]