The ongoing CloverWorks historical anime The Elusive Samurai English dub cast has been announced, along with the premiere date of its first episode.
Its first episode will stream tomorrow, August 3rd, on Crunchyroll.
As for The Elusive Samurai English dub cast, it includes some of the most experienced English language voice actors of recent years.
They include:
- Abby Trott (Mutsumi in Mission: Yozakura Family) who is voicing protagonist Tokiyuki
- Courtney Chu (Fena in Fena: Pirate Princess) is playing Shizuku
- Ricco Fajardo (Kai in Why Does Nobody Remember Me in This World?) as Yorishige
- Brittany Cox (Maki in Don’t Toy with Me, Miss Nagatoro) is voicing Ayako
- Jeannie Tirado (Tristan in The Seven Deadly Sins: Four Knights of the Apocalypse) as Kojiro
- Kaitlyn Robrock (Retsuko’s Mother in Aggretsuko) is playing Genba
- Stuart Allan voices Fubuki
- Jonah Scott (Aoi in Kaiju No. 8) is Takauji
The popular The Elusive Samurai anime series is based on the manga by Assassination Classroom mangaka Yusei Matsui .
It’s being published in English by VIZ Media, with 11 volumes currently out and Volume 12 due on August 12th.
VIZ explains The Elusive Samurai‘s plot like this:
After the massacre of his family by the traitor Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki flees with the help of a handful of loyal retainers who have also survived the purge. One of them is Suwa Yorishige, an ally of the Hojo clan and lord of Suwa Province.
The slightly odd Yorishige also claims to be clairvoyant and foretells that Tokiyuki will one day become the ruler of Japan. But for the moment, escaping from enemy territory is the priority!
Yuuta Yamazaki (Kumorizora no Mukou wa Hareteiru) is directing the anime, with Yoriko Tomita (Senpai is an Otokonoko) in charge of series composition and Yasushi Nishiya (Ni No Kuni)Â designing the characters.
Check out the anime’s official trailer, and mark your calendars for tomorrow when the first episode of The Elusive Samurai English dub premieres on Crunchyroll.