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Aniplex Offers The Asterisk War Season 1 on English-Dubbed Blu-ray
posted on by Egan Loo
Aniplex of America announced at its A-Kon on Saturday that it is dubbing The Asterisk War television anime's first season in English for its Blu-ray release. The season will be available in two volumes — Volume 1 on September 20 and Volume 2 on November 22.
dub, as previewed in a new trailer:
The Japanese and English casts include:
- Ayato Amagiri: Erik Scott Kimerer
- Julis-Alexia von Riessfeld: Kira Buckland
- Claudia Enfield: Erika Harlacher
- Saya Sasamiya: Sarah Anne Williams
- Kirin Toudou: Brianna Knickerbocker
- Eishiro Yabuki: Max Mittelman
- Lester Mahail: Patrick Seitz
- Ernesta Kuhne: Cassandra Lee Morris
- Camilla Pareto: Cristina Vee
- Haruka Amagiri: Michelle Ruff
- Silas Norman: Kyle McCarley
- Randy Hooke: Vic Mignogna
- Shuma Sakon: Lucien Dodge
- Fan Xinglou: Cherami Leigh
- Ernest Fairclough: Takahiro Sakurai / Vic Mignogna
- Dirk Eberwein: Kaiji Tang
- Kyouko Yatsuzaki: Johanna Luis
- Kouichiro Toudou: Richard Epcar
Each of the two-disc Blu-ray volumes will feature six episodes with Japanese and English dialogue tracks, English and Spanish subtitles, bonus and web previews, packaging illustrated by character designer Tetsuya Kawakami, and clear cases with two-sided wraps. The first volume adds the textless versions of the opening, two endings, and prologue.
The standard edition of each volume will retail for US$74.98, discounted to US$59.98. The limited edition of each volume adds a soundtrack CD, deluxe booklet, and illustration postcards for US$114.98, discounted to US$89.98.
Aniplex describes the story:
Invertia--The astral catastrophe that annihilated many cities in the 20th century also gave birth to a new human race with special powers called the "Genestella." At the same time, the special element found within the meteors of Invertia facilitated humanity's technological advancement. At the academic-city above water Rikka, also known as “Asterisk,” students from each of the six schools at Asterisk prepare for the ultimate battle tournament – known as “Festa”. Seidoukan Academy's Ayato Amagiri takes up the challenge along with his partner Julis, a.k.a. Glühen Rose, the Witch of the Resplendent Flames. Ayato learns Julis has a big dream to achieve and decides to protect her to the end.
The anime adapts Funimation.
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