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HIDIVE Reveals Hero Without a Class Anime's English Dub Cast

HIDIVE revealed the cast for its English dub for the television anime of author Shichio Kuzu and illustrator Yumehito Ueda's Hero Without a Class: Who Even Needs Skills?! (Mushoku no Eiyū: Betsu ni Skill Nanka Iranakattan da ga) novel series on Wednesday. The dub cast — under ADR Director John Swasey, ADR scriptwriter Kalin Black, English audio mixer Brent Marshall, and audio engineer Patrick Marrero — includes:

• Jack Stansbury as Arel
• Monica Rial as Reiner
• Juliet Simmons as Lilia
• Hilary Haag as Astea
• Ginger Sue as Farah
• Andrew Love as Georg
• Jeremy Gee as Leon
• Kyle Colby Jones as Rod
• Shannon Emerick as Young Reiner

Additional voices include Amanda Cielo, Brandon Hearnsberger, Chaney Moore, Chris Hutchison, Christopher Caz, Cyrus Rodas, Daniel Devous, Jay Lai, Joe Daniels, John Hallmark, John Swasey, Kalin Coates, Kevin Kim, Krista Ales, Luis Gallindo, Nicolette Kong, Patrick Marrero, Rachel Brownhill, Rex Rosario, Scott Forsythe, Shane Fenimore, and Stephen Alcala.

The English dub is available now.

The anime debuted on Tokyo MX on October 1. HIDIVE is streaming the series as it airs. HIDIVE screened the world premiere of the first episode at Anime NYC in August.

The anime stars:

• Kenshō Ono as Arel
• Saori Hayami as Laina
• Sumire Uesaka as Lilia
• Rumi Ōkubo as Kufa
• Mai Nakahara as Farah
• Shinya Takahashi as Leon
• Carin Isobe as Astea
• Yuka Iguchi as Mila

Kaoru Yabana (episode director for The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord's Army was a Human, I've Somehow Gotten Stronger When I Improved My Farm-Related Skills) is directing the anime at Studio A-Cat. Chabo Higurashi (Memories Off 3.5, AMAZING STRANGER) is supervising and writing the series' scripts. Hiroto Morishita is the sound director, and Kent Asahina is composing the music.

Kaya performs the opening theme song "Reincarnation," and Utahime Dream All Stars perform the ending theme song "Kiseki Nanka Iranai" (I Don't Want Something Like a Miracle).

One Peace Books is releasing the novels' manga adaptation in English, and it describes the story:

In a world where everyone receives a Class and Skills at the age of ten, and where such revelations have a huge impact on one's life, Arel, the son of Sword Princess Farah and Archmage Leon, learns that he has… no class at all!

With no class, and no skills, all that's left for Arel is hard work. And so, he takes to training, utilizing wits and cunning to emerge as an all-new type of hero!

The novel series debuted on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō (Let's Be Novelists) website in November 2017. Earth Star Entertainment began publishing novels in July 2018. It released the fourth volume in June 2019.

Akio Nanae launched a manga adaptation in Comic Earth Star in November 2018. The manga's 10th compiled book volume shipped on October 10. One Peace Books began releasing the manga in October 2024.

Source: HIDIVE