As the import of the Funimation library into Crunchyroll continues, more series are being added. The latest one to get the nod today is the Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash property as both the subtitled and dubbed editions of it are now on the service. Funimation brought out the simulcast originally and followed up with a simuldub and it saw a DVD/BD combo release in the summer of 2017.
Check out our review of the series.
The anime adaptation was produced by A-1 Pictures with Ryousuke Nakamura directing and Mieko Hosoi designing the characters. The cast includes Yoshimasa Hosoya as Haruhiro, Hiroyuki Yoshino as Ranta, Nobunaga Shimazaki as Manato, Fukushi Ochiai as Moguzou, Mikako Komatsu as Yume, Haruka Terui as Shihoru, Tomokazu Seki as Renji, Daisuke Namikawa as Kikkawa, Hiroki Yasumoto as Brittany and Mamiko Noto as Barbara.
The English dub was directed by Mike McFarland and Felecia Angelle based on the scripts from lead writer Bonny Clinkenbeard. The cast includes Ricco Fajardo as Haruhiro, Justin Briner as Manato, Jeannie Tirado as Yume, Sarah Wiedenheft as Shihoru, Jarrod Greene as Moguzo and Orion Pitts as Ranta.
The series comes from the novel series by Ao Jyumonji with illustrations by Eiri Shirai which began in 2013 and has six volumes out. A manga adaptation is currently being serialized as well from Mutsumi Okuhashi.
Plot concept: Why are we here? Why are we doing this? Before Haruhito had realized what happened, he was surrounded by darkness. Why was he here? Where was here? Even now, he still didn’t know. Those around him were the same as him, no one remembered anything other than their own names. And when they emerged from the darkness, the world that awaited them seemed like something out of a video game. In order to survive, Haruhito forms a party with the others, learns fighting skills, and as a soldier in the reserve force, takes his first steps into the world of Grimgal. What awaits him there, he doesn’t know… This the story of an adventure born from the ashes.
