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Funimation Announces ēlDLIVE English Dub Cast

FUNimation Entertainment premiered its English dub of the television anime of Akira Amano's ēlDLIVE manga on Thursday, and revealed the English dub cast.

• Morgan Berry as Chuta
• Kristen McGuire as Dolugh
• Dawn M. Bennett as Misuzu
• Daman Mills as Laine
• Dave Trosko as Kieshi
• Apphia Yu as Tonto
• Chris Rager as Riggs
• Sonny Strait as Melies
• Stephen Sanders as Tateyan (episode 1)
• Whitney Rogers as Saotome (episode 1)

Sonny Strait is directing the dub and Joel Bergen is writing the scripts. Nagaris Johnson is serving as ADR engineer and Adrian Cook is serving as mixing engineer.

The anime premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX on January 8. Crunchyroll is streaming the series with English subtitles as it airs in Japan.

Crunchyroll describes the story:

Middle school student Chuta Kokonose has heard a voice in his head ever since he can remember. When a strange creature recruits him to the space police force, he learns that the source of the voice is a Monitalien, a symbiotic creature who is living inside his body! Now Chuta must prove his mettle to his cold-hearted coworker, Misuzu, and the rest of the department by protecting the universe from otherworldly criminals.

Takeshi Furuta (The Comic Artist and His Assistants, Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold, Utano Princesama Legend Star) is directing at Studio Pierrot with assistant director Tomoya Tanaka (Blood Lad). Toshimitsu Takeuchi (Saint Seiya: Soul of Gold, Shōnen Ashibe GO! GO! Goma-chan, Weiß Survive R) is in charge of the series scripts. Han Seungah (Seung Ah Han) is serving as character designer and chief animation director with sub-character designer Keiichirou Matsui (Deadman Wonderland). Yasuharu Takanashi (Naruto Shippūden, Fairy Tail, Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Crystal) of Team-MAX is composing the music.

Female singer Alfakyun is performing the opening theme song, while The Super Ball duo (The Morose Mononokean) are performing the ending theme song.

Thanks to Gemnist for the news tip.