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Funimation Reveals Strike Witches Anime Film's English Dub Cast
posted on by Rafael Antonio Pineda
Funimation announced the English dub cast on Wednesday for its release of the Strike Witches anime film. The new cast includes:
- Cristina Valenzuela as Shizuka Hattori
- Bryn Apprill as Heidemarie W. Schnaufer
- Krystal LaPorte as Nikka Edvardine Katajainen
- Monica Rial as Aleksandra I. Pokryshkin
- Alison Viktorin as Rosalie de Hemricourt de Grunne
- Rachel Robinson as Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein
- Sarah Wiedenheft as Amelie Planchard
Returning cast from Funimation's English dub of the first and second television anime series includes:
- Cherami Leigh as Yoshika Miyafuji
- Kira Vincent-Davis as Mio Sakamoto
- Anastasia Munoz as Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke
- Kate Bristol as Lynette “Lynne” Bishop
- Jad Saxton as Perrine H. Clostermann
- Luci Christian as Erica Hartmann
- Stephanie Sheh as Gertrud Barkhorn
- Trina Nishimura as Francesca Lucchini
- Jamie Marchi as Charlotte “Shirley” E. Yeager
- Caitlin Glass as Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen
- Jennifer Forrester as Sanya V. Litvyak
- Alexis Tipton as Martina Crespi
- Jasmine Mendigo as Luciana Mazzei
- Maxey Whitehead as Fernandia Malvezzi
Funimation will release the film on a Blu-ray Disc and DVD combo pack on October 4. The company describes the film:
The Neuroi, a large and dangerous alien race, still roam parts of the world leaving destruction in their path. The Strike Witches”a group of girls with extraordinary powers, formidable weapons, and advanced aircraft appendages”have made great strides against the Neuroi. But the war against them still rages on. Yoshika Miyafuji was once a member of the Strike Witches and sacrificed the ability to use her powers in a major fight against the Neuroi. Unable to fight, she now wishes to pursue her dream of becoming a doctor and continue to help people. When new soldier and witch Shizuka Hattori comes to escort her to a prestigious European medical school, their journey becomes far more dangerous than originally planned. The Neuroi have changed, and their abilities are far stronger than before. Can the Strike Witches comes together once again to face their enemy? Or will they be able to without Yoshika's abilities?
The film debuted in Japan in 2012, following the two television anime series that debuted in 2008 and 2010, respectively. Funimation released the first series on DVD in 2011, and on Blu-ray Disc in 2012. The company released the second series on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in 2012.
The Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow three episode OVA project, with a story after the television anime but before the film, debuted in Japan from 2014 to 2015. Each episode screened in select theaters in Japan. A new television anime series spinoff titled Brave Witches will premiere this fall with a different cast of characters.