Crunchyroll Announces Same-Day Dub for To Be Hero X
To Be Hero X donghua premieres on April 5 and Crunchyroll has announced the same-day English dub for the series. The series will also be available Chinese, Latin American Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, French, and German. Dubbed episode will stream 15 minutes after the Japanese episode release. Crunchyroll will be streaming the series from April 5 at 5:30 PM PT.
The cast for the first episode of the English dub for TO BE HERO X includes:
- Mauricio Ortiz-Segura as Nice
- Stephanie Young as Miss J
- Bryn Apprill as Moon
- Landon McDonald as Enlighter
- Larry Brantley as Cheng Yaojin
- John Burgmeier as Shand
- Jim Foronda as Alexander
- Alex Hom as Jam
- Phil Parsons as Leo
- Daniel Van Thomas as Oliver
- Additional Voices: Mike Smith, Robert McCollum, Lexa Childress, Izzi Raine, Aaron Campbell, Erin Kelly Noble, Preston Isham, Jake Haberman, Gerard Caster, Amanda Huerta, Krystal LaPorte, Cassie Ewulu, Justin Green, Jim Foronda
Emily Fajardo is the ADR director for the English dub with Zach Bolton as the ADR producer. Macy Anne Johnson adapted the script. Noah Whitehead and Andrew Tipps are credited as ADR Engineer and ADR Mixer, respectively.
Li Haoling (Haolin) is directing the series produced by bilibili & BeDream and Aniplex. Studio LAN, Paper Plane, and Pb Animation are signing off on animation. Hiroyuki Sawano, Kohta Yamamoto, Hiroyuki SAWANO, Hidefumi Kenmochi, DAIKI(AWSM.), Shuhei Mutsuki, Hideyuki Fukasawa, Misaki Umase and Ryuichi Takada(MONACA) are working on the music. Theme songs for the TO BE HERO X include:
- Opening Theme: "INERTIA" by SawanoHiroyuki[nZk]:Rei
- Ending Theme:"KONTINUUM" by SennaRin
The original series is connected to the 2016 To Be Hero (Studio LAN) and its sequel To Be Heroine (2017, Haoliners Animation League, Studio LAN). The plot is describes as:
The story takes place in a world where people’s beliefs can create and change superheroes. If you don’t believe that Superman can fly, then he would lose his ability to fly. When you believe that an ordinary man has some kind of power and as long as there are enough people to believe it, a new superhero can be born. So in this world, people’s beliefs can be counted statistically, and these statistics can be reflected on their wrists. “To Be Hero X” tells how an ordinary people can be socially recognized and become a superhero.
The main Japanese dub cast for TO BE HERO X includes:
- Mamoru Miyano as X
- Natsuki Hanae as Nice
- Nobunaga Shimazaki as E-soul
- Koichi Yamadera as Ahu
- Inori Minase as Lucky Cyan
- Ayane Sakura as Loli
- Yoshitsugu Matsuoka as Little Johnny
- Yuichi Nakamura as Ghostblade
- Koki Uchiyama as Dragon Boy
- Kana Hanazawa as Queen
Source: Press Release, Official Website
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