Magic Knight Rayearth, Sasaki and Peeps for the second season of the anime reveal their English dub debut and castings – News

Crunchy roll announced that it will release the English dubs of the new anime of TO SQUEEZEIt is Knight-Mage Rayearth manga and the second season of the writer’s television anime Buncololi and illustrator KantokuIt is Sasaki and friends (Sasaki and Pichan) novels Wednesday.

The English dubbing of Knight-Mage Rayearth stars:

THE dubbing staff includes:

The anime debuted on October 7 in the “IMAnimation W” programming block on Asahi Television and affiliate channels at 11:45 p.m. (10:45 a.m. EDT).

Knight-Mage Rayearth focuses on three high school girls named Hikaru, Umi, and Fuu. During a school excursion to Tokyo Tower, they are magically transported to the fantasy world of Cefiro. They are immediately greeted by the mage Clef, who tells them that the world is dying after the priest Zagato kidnapped Princess Emerald, whose prayers maintain the state of the world. Without his singing, Cefiro is on the verge of collapse. Imbued with magical powers as Magic Knights, Hikaru, Umi and Fuu must learn to work together to survive and save Cefiro.

The creative circle TO SQUEEZE serialized the Knight-Mage Rayearth manga in KodanshaIt is Nakayoshi magazine from 1993 to 1996 in six volumes. The manga inspired two television anime seasons, the first spanning from October 1994 to March 1995, and the second season, titled Magic Knight Rayearth 2which ran from April to November 1995. The manga also inspired a three-episode original video anime project from 1997 simply titled Rayearthpresenting an alternative narrative of history.

THE dubbing cast (which features returning members) for the first episode of Sasaki and friends‘ the second season includes:

THE dubbing staff includes:

The season began on October 7 at 11:00 p.m. JST on Tokyo MX and B.S. NTV. It is also broadcast on AT-X.

Press on the yen publishes the novels in English and describes the story:

Even though Sasaki’s odd corporate life is constantly filled with work, it leaves him tired and unfulfilled at the end of each day. Looking for companionship to fill the void in his life, he visits a pet store on a whim, not realizing that he is about to change his life forever. After settling on an adorable bird and bringing it home… his new roommate reveals that he is actually an incredible otherworldly sage who quickly grants Sasaki supernatural powers as well as the ability to cross worlds. All Sasaki wants to do is use these new powers to live in peace and comfort, but many colorful characters could stand in the way of that…

Kadokawa began publishing the novel series in January 2021 with illustrations by Kantokuand the novels are in progress. The novels won the Tankōbon and Novel categories of the 2022 edition of TakarajimashaIt is Kono Light Novel ga Sugoi! (This Light Novel is incredible!) guide. The 13th volume of the novel was shipped on March 25.

Source: Crunchyroll (link 2, Liam Dempsey)

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