Over the weekend FUNimation announced the English dub cast for the broadcast dub of High School DxD BorN and with this announcement also comes a couple of changes to the staff.
Before we get into these changes, the announced voice cast and their characters can be found below:
CHARACTER ACTOR
Issei Josh Grelle
Rias Jamie Marchi
Akeno Kelly Angel
Kiba Sean O’Connor
Koneko Jād Saxton
Asia Chloe Daniels
Yuma Amano Felecia Angelle (one time flashback)
Matsuda Tyson Rinehart
Motohama Ruben Tadeo Garcia
If you’ve been following the English dub of the series, you’ll notice that Josh Grelle and Kelly Angel have replaced Scott Freeman and Teri Rogers as Issei and Akeno for the third season. In the press release announcing the cast, FUNimation’s director of production at FUNimation Justin Cook had the following to say about these changes:
‘We have always tried incredibly hard to retain the original voice cast for our dubbed releases. However, there are instances where ‘life just gets in the way’, and this is one of those unfortunate situations. With that being said, we are proud to bring the talents of both Josh and Kelly into the cast, and though they have big shoes or bras, as the case may be, to fill, I believe our work this season will be the best ever, despite the changes and challenges.”
