FUNimation Entertainment Announces English Dub Cast of

Eden of the East, Casshern Sins, and Shikabane Hime

Flower Mound, Texas – May 15, 2010 — FUNimation^® Entertainment has announced the English cast of the 11-episode original animated series “Eden of the East”.

Character	Cast
Akira Takizawa	Jason Liebrecht
Saki Morimi	Leah Clark
Juiz	Stephanie Young
Kuroha Diana Shiratori	Christine Auten
Daiju Mononobe	John Gremillion
Micchon	Stephanie Sheh
Haruo Kasuga	John Burgmeier
Sis	Lydia Mackay
Kazuomi Hirasawa	J. Michael Tatum
Satoshi Osugi	Michael Sinterniklaas
Panties	Newton Pittman

The line producer and ADR director is Mike McFarland.

The series was originally written and directed by acclaimed director Kenji Kamiyama (“Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex”, “Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit”) and produced by Production I.G.

In addition, celebrated manga artist Chica Umino (Honey and Clover) was brought onto the production to create the original character design.

Also, the DVD release of the series will be using the show opening sequence, with original music, as used in Japan in addition to the international version of the show opening.

About Eden of the East
Akira Takizawa wakes up naked outside the White House with no memories. He’s got a gun in one hand, a cell phone in the other, and doesn’t know if he’s a good guy or one of the worst. He doesn’t remember the phone gives him instant access to ten billion yen and a woman who can make his most outlandish requests a reality. He doesn’t recall his connection to the ongoing missile attacks terrorizing the Japanese people. Or the part he played in the sudden disappearance of 20,000 shut-ins. He doesn’t even remember he’s supposed to save Japan and will be murdered if he fails. Whatever it is he’s tangled up in, Takizawa’s definitely in deep – and that’s not even scratching the surface.

FUNimation Entertainment will release the series on DVD and Blu-ray on September 28, 2010.

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FUNimation® Entertainment today announced the cast and crew for the post-apocalyptic  sci-fi anime series ”Casshern Sins“.

Character	Cast
Braiking Boss	Paul Slavens
Casshern	Eric Vale
Luna	Trina Nishimura
Lyuze	Brina Palencia
Leda	Shelly Calene-Black
Ohji	Jerry Russell
Ringo	Monica Rial
Dio	Jerry Jewell
Dune	Jason Douglas

ADR Director: Jason Grundy

ABOUT CASSHERN SINS

Casshern – a cybernetic assassin with no memory of his past – awakens in a corrosive wasteland where nothing survives for long. A plague known as the Ruin sweeps across this once-vibrant world, reducing everything in its path to rubble and scattering any chance for salvation. Robots and humans alike – or what little remains of them – seek vengeance against Casshern for the life he took and the role he played in their Ruin. A machine built to kill, Casshern murdered the last hope for this world, but now, lost in a future he does not recognize, he will fight to save the dying.

FUNimation Entertainment will release the first season of the series in two 12 episode sets in August 2010.

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FUNimation^® Entertainment today announced the English dub cast for the 13-episode supernatural anime series “Shikabane Hime” (Corpse Princess).

Character	Cast
Keisei Tagami	J. Michael Tatum
Makina Hoshimura	Luci Christian
Ouri Kagami	Aaron Dismuke
Rika Aragami	Cynthia Cranz
Saki Amase	Monica Rial
Takamasa Sōgi	Joel McDonald
Itsuki Yamagami	Cherami Leigh

The line producer is Christopher Bevins and the series is directed by R. Bruce Elliot, Terri Doty and J. Michael Tatum.

Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess) is a horror-action anime which tells the tale of a girl named Makina Hoshimura who is one of the living dead. If the girl is to ever find peace, she must hunt down and destroy her own kind. Aided by a secret society of monks, Makina’s quest to rid the world of the undead begins.

FUNimation Entertainment will release Corpse Princess Part One: AKA and Corpse Princess Part Two: KURO on DVD September 14, 2010.

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