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FUNimation Reveals ‘Assassination Classroom’ and ‘Death Parade’ English Dub Casts

FUNimation Entertainment has revealed the English dub cast for two Winter 2015 series that they acquired the rights to a couple of months ago. First up is the Assassination Classroom dub cast list:

  • Koro Sensei – Sonny Strait
  • Nagisa Shiota – Lindsay Seidel
  • Tadaomi Karasuma – Chris Ryan
  • Karma Akabane – Austin Tindle
  • Isogai – Jerry Jewell
  • Fuwa – Kristi Kang
  • Hayami – Jamie Marchi
  • Hinano – Kristen McGuire
  • Kaede – Monica Rial
  • Maehara – Chris Burnett
  • Mimura – Joel McDonald
  • Muramatsu – Eric Cherry
  • Nakamura – Apphia Yu
  • Okajima – Nick Haley
  • Okano – Didi Archilla
  • Sugaya – Kyle Phillips
  • Kanzaki – Leah Clark
  • Kimura – Jean Luc Hester
  • Kirara – Terri Doty
  • Meg – Morgan Garrett
  • Sugino – Clifford Chapin
  • Terasaka – Marcus Stimac
  • Toka – Michelle Rojas
  • Yoshida – Orion Pitts

Secondly is the Death Parade dub cast list:

  • Decim – Alex Organ
  • Woman – Jamie Marchi
  • Nona – Jad Saxton
  • Quin – Anastasia Munoz
  • Clavis – Z. Charles Bolton
  • Takashi – Eric Vale
  • Machiko – Trina Nishimura

The English dub of Assassination Classroom will premiere on February 18 at 8:00pm ET, with the Death Parade English dub premiering shortly afterwards at 8:30pm ET. All of these shows are available in 1080p high definition and without commercials. Following the broadcast of these dubs and the Japanese home video release of each series, FUNimation will produce a final version of the dub for the future uncut and uncensored North American home video releases of the two series. A DVD and Blu-ray release has already been confirmed for both Assassination Classroom and Death Parade.

FUNimation Announces Premium Edition ‘Darker than Black’ Blu-ray

FUNimation has just revealed the first ever North American Blu-ray release of the first season of the Darker than Black anime. This three-disc Premium Edition release will be limited to only 5,000 copies. If this release sells well enough, another Blu-ray release may occur in the future.

The technical details of the release are as follows:

  • 1080p High Definition visuals for both the main feature and the on-disc extras
  • 16:9 aspect ratio
  • Dolby TrueHD Japanese and English 2.0 audio and Japanese and English stereo audio
  • Blu-ray Region A

The on-disc extras include episode commentaries, cast auditions, production artwork, the US trailer and trailers. The physical bonuses include a display easel and a 48-page art book, which will be contained in special ‘classified’ packaging.

This set will be released on May 12, 2015 and is not a FUNimation store exclusive, so fans can purchase it from their retailer of choice. The suggested retail price is $99.98 USD. Store prices may differ.

Dead or Alive 5 Last Round ‘soft’ engine comparison video of PS3 and PS4 released

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A slightly questionable graphics comparison video of Dead or Alive 5 Last Round has surfaced on the Playstation Japan Youtube channel. The video in particular looks at the ‘soft’ engine.

As you can see from the video (nsfw but no nudity) the Playstation 4 has improved skin textures and movement physics than that of the PlayStation 3 platform – this is due to the development and inclusion of the ‘soft engine’. Hopefully we will see more of this technology implemented in a variety of upcoming releases.

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Dead or Alive 5 Last Round will release on the PC as well as the Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3 and 4 consoles. Release dates vary depending on the region – it is now out in the US (released today), Japan on the 19th February and Europe the day after that. Unfortunately, these dates only apply to the consoles with the Steam version getting delayed till March.

 

Media Blasters Announces ‘Holy Knight’ English Dub Cast

Media Blasters and MB VoiceWorks have been gradually announcing the English dub cast for Holy Knight. Here is the final dub cast list:

  • Shinta – Daman Mills
  • Cammot/Various – Brittany Lauda
  • Plum – Deven Talbott
  • Lilith – Amber Lee Connors
  • Camilla – Miranda Gauvin
  • Cliff – Michael A. Zekas
  • Lilith’s Father – Mike Pollock
  • Daisuke – Greg Nugent
  • Shigeyuki Yanagida/Various – Meli Grant
  • ‘Exercise guy’ – Anthony Sardinha
  • Chizuru – Melanie Ehrlich
  • Akira Sakamoto/Lilith’s Mother – Michele Knotz
  • Various – Harriet Weaver
  • Various – Daren Donofrio
  • Various – Matt Shipman
  • Various – Corrine Sudberg
  • Various – Alex Simone

MB VoiceWorks announced last month that they would be recording the first ever in-house dub for Media Blasters for their release of the two-episode OVA Holy Knight. The ‘MB’ in the company name does not stand for Media Blasters but for the co-founders Melanie Ehrlich and Brittany Lauda. Many members of the dub cast are people that the two have worked with in past productions.

Online retailer Right Stuf lists the release as subtitled-only and with a release date of February 28, 2015. Media Blasters has not yet revealed the official release date for this release, so anyone considering pre-ordering the OVA collection should wait until the release details are confirmed.

Oceanhorn: Monster of Uncharted Seas Sailing onto PCs March 17

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The popular iOS action-adventure game Oceanhorn is arriving on PCs come March 17, 2015.

Oceanhorn: Monster of the Uncharted Seas will let PC gamers explore the Uncharted Seas, where the ancient secrets of the kingdom Arcadia and the sea monster Oceanhorn lay buried. Players will hack and slash their way through plenty of monsters, solve puzzles, and find loot.

Oceanhorn has been a smashing success on iTunes App Store, capturing the #1 app in 32 countries by being downloaded by over a million gamers around the world. The iOS version earned Capsule Computer’s iOS Game of the Year award in 2013 and rave reviews across the board.

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The PC port will be available in 11 languages, including English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Italian and Finnish.

“For us it was clear from the very beginning that Oceanhorn as an nostalgic adventure experience would be right at home on PC and huge success of the mobile version allowed us to bring the game for the Steam audience to enjoy,” said Heikki Repo, Creative Director of Cornfox & Brothers. “We are excited to launch this epic adventure on Steam in March so that PC gamers can get in on the action”.

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Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. Abraham Lincoln Trailer Released

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If you don’t happen to live in the United States then you likely didn’t realize that it was Presidents’ Day today but Nintendo took this national holiday as a sign that they should release a new trailer for Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. focusing on Abraham Lincoln and his giant steam Lincoln robot.

The trailer can be found below while the game itself is set to be released on March 13th. For those who don’t know, Code Name: S.T.E.A.M. is developed by Intelligent Systems and takes place in a world where Abraham Lincoln has created a unique army of soldiers to protect the world from an alien invasion using steampunk technology.

First high-res Rise of the Tomb Raider screenshots released

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We haven’t seen a whole lot of Rise of the Tomb Raider after Crystal Dynamics and Square Enix announced that the title would be exclusive to the Xbox One and Xbox 360 but it seems that the first set of high-res screenshots for the upcoming title have made their way online.

PCGames.de has released the first set of HD screenshots for Rise of the Tomb Raider and you can check them out below. As for the game itself, Rise of the Tomb Raider is set to be released sometime this holiday season with more news likely to be revealed in the coming months.

Senran Kagura: Estival Versus’ Hebijo Clandestine Girls’ Academy screenshots released

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Today a new batch of screenshots for Senran Kagura: Estival Versus were released and this time around they focus on showing off how the characters of Hebijo Clandestine Girls’ Academy’s replacement class will look in the upcoming title. This includes the appearances of Miyabi, Ryobi, Ryona, Murasaki, and Imu who first appeared in Senran Kagura: Shinovi Versus two years ago.

Currently Senran Kagura: Estival Versus is set to be released in Japan for the PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita in Japan on March 26th and you can check out a recently released eight minute gameplay video showing off a number of different mechanics here.

New Final Fantasy Type-0 HD trailer released with English subtitles

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Today Square Enix released the English version of the latest Final Fantasy Type-0 HD trailer that was released in Japanese a week and a half ago. It is worth noting that the trailer, which can be found below, does contain a rather dark opening segment but then goes on to cover the various obstacles that the members of Class Zero will face.

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Near the end of the video the trailer focuses on showing off the Final Fantasy XV demo that will be included in all launch copies of Final Fantasy Type-0 HD and will be playable for everyone who buys a launch copy of the game when it is released on March 17th in North America and March 20th in Europe.

Corpse Party: Blood Covered announced for 3DS

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This week’s issue of Famitsu has revealed that the PSP remake of the original Corpse Party will be released on the Nintendo 3DS in Japan this upcoming summer. The title will be called Corpse Party: Blood Covered …Repeated Fear when it is released and at the moment we do not know whether or not this version will add or remove any content from the original release.

It is worth noting that XSEED Games has localized both the original PSP version of Corpse Party as well as the sequel Corpse Party: Book of Shadows and there are rumors circulating that they will also be localizing Corpse Party: Blood Drive sometime in the future.