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The spring 2019 anime adaptation of the Kenja no Mago light novel series from Tsuyoshi Yoshioka and Seiji Kikuchi is being handled by Funimation in North America when it comes to its dub. Known as Wise Man’s Grandchild in its English language release, Funimation back in 2019 brought the complete show for streaming for Hulu members. They previously had the simulcast show up there and both versions of it can be found here.
After five years streaming on the service, the series departed at the end of August 2024. We learned last month that it’s set to return with a planned June 3rd, 2025, premiere date in bilingual form, and it has now arrived again.
The series has Masafumi Tamura directing, based on the series composition by Tatsuya Takahashi. Yuki Sawairi handled the character designs with Silver Link working on the animation production.
The Japanese cast includes Yusuke Kobayashi as Shin Wolford, Shohei Komatsu as August von Earlshide, Rina Hon’izumi as Sicily von Claude, Yūki Wakai as Maria von Messina, Yūsaku Yara as Merlin Walford, Gara Takashima as Melinda Bowen, Miyu Kubota as Alice Corner, Arisa Shida as Toll von Flegel, Megumi Yamaguchi as Lynn Hughes, Juri Nagatsuma as Yuri Carlton, Chiaki Kobayashi as Tony Freyd, Keisuke Koumoto as Julius von Littenheim, Shōta Hayama as Mark Bean, and Saya Satō as Olivia Stone.
i☆Ris performed the opening theme song for the series while Nanami Yoshi performed the ending theme song “Attōteki Vivid Days.”
The light novel series kicked off in the summer of 2016 under Famitsu Bunko while a manga adaptation kicked off in early 2016 from Ogata Shunsuke. The light novels ended in 2022 with seventeen volumes,
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Plot Concept: A young man dies in a car accident and is reborn in a magical new world. The old, yet wise Merlin raises the boy and teaches him all that he’d ever need to know about magic and survival–all, except common sense!
