The fall 2020 anime adaptation of the Moriarty the Patriot property is getting some new attention which is definitely welcome. With the two-cour series having wrapped up, Crunchyroll is beefing up more of its catalog with Funimation shows as they’ve now added the English-dubbed episodes from the second cour, from episodes eleven through twenty-four, to the service. The dub has Rawly Pickens as the ADR director working from the scripts by Clayton Browning and Aaron Dismuke.
The English cast includes:
Aaron Dismuke as William James Moriarty
Chris Guerrero as Albert James Moriarty
Howard Wang as Louis James Moriarty
Theo Devaney as Sherlock Holmes
Ryan Colt Levy as Dr. John H. Watson
Christopher Wehkamp as Sebastian Moran
Caleb Yen as Fred (Porlock)
Suzie Yeung as Miss Hudson
J. Michael Tatum as Mycroft Holmes
David Matranga as Inspector George Lestrade
Chris Guerrero as Albert (Young)
Barry Yandell as Earl of Argleton
Nicole Hodges as Countess Moriarty
Robert McCollum as Earl Moriarty
Anthony DiMascio as Eden
Matt Shipman as El
Laura Stahl as Louis (Young)
Alexis Tipton as Madame Penieres
Anthony Skordi as Narrator
Phil Parsons as Richard
Kevin Thelwell as Roddy
Gregory Lush as Simon
Luci Christian as William (Real)
Emily Neves as William (Young)
Kazuya Nomura is directing it with Tooru Ohkubo on board for the character designs. Production I.G. is on board for the animation.
The previously announced Japanese cast includes Sōma Saitō as William James Moriarty, Takuya Sato as Albert James Moriarty, Chiaki Kobayashi as Louis James Moriarty, Makoto Furukawa as Sherlock Holmes, Yuuki Ono as John H Watson, Satoshi Hino as Sebastian Moran, and Yuuto Uemura as Fred Porlock.
The manga comes from Ryosuke Takeuchi and Hikaru Miyoshi which began in Jump SQ back in August 2016. It’s produced ten volumes as of the announcement in December 2019. A novel was produced for it in fall 2018.
The theme songs for the series include the opening being “DYING WISH” by Tasuku Hatanaka while STEREO DRIVE FOUNDATION will perform “ALPHA” as the ending theme song.
Plot Concept: James Moriarty is an orphan who assumes the name William James Moriarty when he and his younger brother are adopted into the Moriarty family. As a young man, he seeks to remove the ills caused by England’s strict class system.
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.
