FLOWER MOUND, TEXAS – May 13, 2015. FUNimation Entertainment announced today the full line-up of Broadcast Dub titles for the Spring 2015 simulcast season. As with its Winter 2015 simulcast season, FUNimation will be airing ten series in commercial-free 1080p each week, which will be available exclusively to All-AccessPass subscribers. With two complete seasons of Broadcast Dubs, FUNimation has cemented its leadership position in the North American anime industry amidst continuing, overwhelmingly positive response from fans.
“We’re pleased to bring fans a great series line-up of Broadcast Dubs for the spring season,” said Gen Fukunaga, CEO and founder of FUNimation. “Subscribers can look forward to the combination of fan favorites like Assassination Classroom as well as exciting new series like Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign.”
FUNimation Broadcast Dubs are select series dubbed in English using broadcast/simulcast materials from Japan just weeks after airing on TV. This allows dub fans to experience these select shows as soon as possible and well before home video release. The English dub version of the home video is produced using the final Blu-ray/DVD materials from Japan. In many cases, the Broadcast Dub will be different than the English dub home video due to additional footage not broadcast on Japanese TV.
“Our large number of Broadcast Dubs combined with the recent launch of the FUNimation app for PlayStation 4 and our tent pole titles have really accelerated the growth of our subscription streaming service,” said Mike DuBoise, EVP and COO of FUNimation. “We are committed to giving our fans more anime in more ways to watch.”
The live weekly recap show “DubbleTalk” continues for a second season as the capstone of FUNimation’s prime-time block of anime content each Wednesday evening. Returning hosts – FUNimation’s Justin Rojas and Lauren Moore – along with ScrewAttack’s Chad James will continue to entertain viewers with episode recaps, fan Q&A, special guest interviews, contests and much more.
Starting today and each Wednesday at 8:00 pm ET, FUNimation will feature new episodes of “Assassination Classroom” (8:00 pm ET), “Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign” (8:30 pm ET) and “Blood Blockade Battlefront” (9:00 pm ET) followed by a live broadcast of “DubbleTalk” (9:30 pm ET). While the Broadcast Dubs on FUNimation.com are for All-AccessPass subscribers only, “DubbleTalk” is free to all viewers and will stream at both funimation.com/dubbletalk and twitch.tv/screwattack.
The complete list of Broadcast Dubs for the Spring 2015 season is listed below. Broadcasts Dubs will begin airing in two phases – approximately four weeks after the subtitled simulcast of each episode.
Phase 1
High School DxD BorN (Saturdays at 1:00 pm ET, beginning May 2)
Assassination Classroom (Wednesdays at 8:00 pm ET, beginning May 13)
Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign (Wednesdays at 8:30 pm ET, beginning May 13)
Blood Blockade Battlefront (Wednesdays at 9:00 pm ET, beginning May 13)
Ninja Slayer (Thursdays at 10:00 am ET, beginning May 21)
Phase 2
The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan (Fridays at 2:10 pm ET, date TBA)
Ultimate Otaku Teacher (Saturdays at 7:00 am ET, date TBA)
The Heroic Legend of Arslan (Sundays at 5:00 am ET, date TBA)
Show by Rock!! (Sundays at 9:00 am ET, date TBA)
Mikagura School Suite (Tuesdays at 4:35 pm ET, date TBA)
In addition to Broadcast Dubs, All-AccessPass members can watch FUNimation’s entire library of content – the latest simulcast shows and an almost endless catalog of dubbed and subtitled anime episodes and movies – all in commercial-free, high quality video. Paid subscription pricing starts as low as $4.99 per month.
For more information on FUNimation’s Streaming Service, check out funimation.com/subscribe, and to learn more about FUNimation’s Spring simulcast shows, please visit funimation.com/spring!
…Why is Yuki-Chan on that list?
Don’t tell me you couldn’t get the original dub cast back.
Don’t TELL ME, you couldn’t get them back…. >:(
Haruhi had a dub? Must have been bad since no one talks about it. The jpn cast was perfect, why would you want an engdub cast to come back?
There was a dub, and it was good. The likeliest reason you haven’t heard about it is because the dub came out in 2007, and people typically talk about newer releases. In fact, I think people talk about BAD dubs more often, because of how much they ticked them off (e.g.: the 4Kids dub of One Piece, the DiC and Cloverway dubs of Sailor Moon, etc.). I am a bit worried about the probable cast changes though. Crispin Freeman is the one I’m most worried about as he’s never been in a Funimation dub.
He was in Hellsing Ultimate, and the dubs of episodes 5 and later were made starting in 2012, after Funimation licensed it. Just last October two more OVA episodes came out, through Funimation, still with Freeman’s voice as Alucard.
That dub was also outsourced to New Generation pictures, so Crispin has not actually worked directly with Funimation before.
Shut your damn mouth because you obviously don’t know what you are talking about. What you have is an opinion, not an absolute fact that applies to the rest of the English fan base.
FUNimation, I hope you liked the DxD recast rage comments, because this thing with Yuki-chan is going to be even bigger, WAY bigger.
Uhm Crispen Freeman, , Stephanie Sheh, Johnny Yong Bosch, Michelle Ruff, Wendee Lee… Save to say we gonna get new VA for Yuki-chan. No way it will be the orginal cast. However, maybe they record it where the VA are located. But that is wishful thinking :P.
Well, we did get most of the original cast back for Hyperdimension Neptunia, so it’s not impossible. Unlikely, but not impossible.
Yea but that is diffrent then this weekly broadcast dub.
I would be surprised if Funimation didn’t have materials available to record the dub for the entire season at once and simply release it once a week. VA sessions typically last several hours and record several episodes at once, as it costs the studio much more to record in multiple sessions. It’s very unlikely they would dub them on a weekly basis after they air in Japan.
They dont have the whole season yet mate 😉 xD
@Covarr The problem lies with the fact that most series go through a retouching of the art, which could lead to the audio not being entirely synced with the lip movements or flaps and could also lead to additional scenes for the Blu-ray and DVD releases. It’s likely that Funimation got the original cast and could be reaching out to other studios to keep the voice talent fresh for this season. That said, If they don’t get the original cast, then they’re wasting their time and money.
Aniplex was able to do a simuldub for Durarara!!x2 using LA actors, so the idea is not impossible.
We’ll just have to hope that FUNi is willing to spend the extra coin in order to make it happen.
I’m curious to see which way they go. Aniplex has started doing its own broadcast dub which includes most if not all of the Haruhi cast, so it isn’t impossible to get them in on this. Then again, who knows if Funimation is able to swing both a broadcast dub and have it outsourced. Hopefully they can since this would be a massive casting change.
I am happy but yet sad that Nagato Yuki-Chan is on this list. Looking forward to watching it in dub but odds are the original cast is coming back :'(
isn’t coming back*** lmao
I’m skeptical, too. Most, if not all, of the Haruhi cast was involved with the Aniplex’s broadcast dub of Durarara season 2, so it isn’t like they can’t do it. But, it is hard to say if Funi will be able to both outsource it and keep to the weekly schedule. I hope they can, though, since people won’t like having an entire cast change.
It is not like they dub them each week That is likely why they don’t start releasing dubs until 6 or 7 episodes into the series. They gather a bunch of those episodes, dub them and then start releasing them one a week while the show continues to air, and then they gather up a bunch more dub them and so on and so forth. It is possible under such a format as they could be dubbing 3,4 or 5 episodes at a time instead on one a week.
Is the dub cast announcement for BBB coming up soon? I’m super excited about that dub!
YES Thank you for Seraph of the End english dub. Its going to be just as fantastic as your Assassination Classroom one.
Very nice line up! Though Funimation I got to ask you this: WHEN can I finaly get a subcribtion despite I live in the Netherlands (Europe)?!? At the moment i need to use illigal methodes as in download or online streaming. But I really want to pay for the things I love, so why cant you make that happen already? I want to support this but im unable to…..
Oh boy, I am not looking forward to the Yuki-Chan backlash that is going to happen.
The presence of Yuki-chan doesn’t necessarily mean the original cast won’t return… just probably 🙁
Blown away by the news that NINJA SLAYER IS GETTING A DUB!
cant wait to see who will voice Otaku Teacher 😀
YES!!! Thank you for dubbing The Heroic Legend of Arslan! Can’t wait to see the dub cast for this!
still wishing for the continuation of the fairy tail dub, lol.
New episodes of Fairy Tail go up on June 30th.
Cool, thanks. And ya, saw that after I posted it, lol. 😀
Apart from Assassination Classroom phase 1 doesn’t appeal to me and I’ve been watching so it’s no difference honestly.
But I was dying for Yuki-chan’s dub because I’m a big Haruhi Fan.
Also extremely interested in checking out Mikagura but have been paitent waiting for the spring dub announcements. Now I’ll watch
Otaku I watched the first 2 eps and loved to I waited to see if it’ll get a dub. Glad I did
I really want a one piece broadcast dub
Yeah, as long as they don’t drop it. lol
I hope Funimation got the original dub cast for Yuki-chan. I don’t think anyone can top Crispin Freeman’s performance
Hopefully, people will see the bit about these broadcast dubs using the TV broadcast materials. I know many were wondering why the broadcast dub for DxD is censored, even though the simulcasts have always been that way.
hi greed1914 yeah I agree with you I’m find out why high school dxd born is still censored even while it dubbed only find out we will have one half year before high school dxd born redub.
I want see gonna be the twin tail dubbed because I have been wait one year or one half hopeful next year gonna be the twin tail will dubbed
Come on just put it on may 29th for the second phase
Guys is there is season 4 for high school dxd
Guys is there is season 4 for high school dxd ? Please let me know if there is one
When is funimation going to dub more Noragami. And add some new Fairy Tale. Assassination classroom is OK but eager to hear about those other two anime.