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NEWS: Crunchyroll Reveals English Dub Casts, Premieres for So I'm a Spider, So What?, The Hidden Dun

Glad Zeno got another lead but OOOF was Hidden Dungeon not good. Its the only show I dropped this season.

So no English dub for EX-ARM?

Quite the interesting voice cast for The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Burn the Witch and So I'm a Spider, So What?, especially the latter with Brianna Knickerbocker in the lead role.

It's hard to know which recording studio is doing which of the three series, what I can say is that Bungo Stray Dogs WAN! is no doubt Studiopolis given that they did the original series, I also think that The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter and Burn the Witch could also be Studiopolis dubs given that Anne Yatco and Olivia Hack haven't done any anime dubs for Bang Zoom! and Anne was recently heard in Jujutsu Kaisen also a Studiopolis dub, plus Studiopolis has been known on casting in voice actors that you normally don't hear in an anime dub (both non-union and Union) like Aaron LaPlante, Adam McArthur, and Mick Wingert when compared to recent dubs done at Bang Zoom! that just stick to the same folks they like to utilize.

Speaking of Bang Zoom!, I think So I'm a Spider, So What? looks to be a Bang Zoom! dub given that outside of Noblesse, Brianna hasn't done any dubs for Studiopolis.

The easiest thing to determine if it's a Studiopolis or Bang Zoom! production is not just the voice actors they utilize but most importantly who's in charge of the dub (both in writing and directing). If it's a Studiopolis dub they normally utilize actors that Bang Zoom! doesn't use in their dubs (both non-union and especially Union) such as Nicolas Roye, Aaron LaPlante, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Christopher Swindle, Veronica Taylor, among others, and the end credits list Jamie Simone, Suzy Goldish, and Ryan Johnston being involved in the production.

If the dub is done at Bang Zoom! normally it has Mami Okada's name listed in the credits, along with Jalen K. Cassell (who does ADR Scripting on the majority of the Bang Zoom! titles) and it's either ADR directed by Tony Oliver, Erica Mendez, Chris Cason, Alex Von David, David Vincent, Steve Cannon or whoever is ADR directing the series. Plus, you got voice actors that primarily only work at Bang Zoom! and haven't done anything with Studiopolis such as David Vincent, Karen Strassman, Mela Lee, Marc Diraison, Joe J. Thomas, Chris Jai Alex, Imari Williams, Rachael Lillis, Frank Todaro, Armen Taylor, Jason Marnocha, Brad Venable, John Snyder, Bill Rogers, Zach Aguilar, Ben Lepley, Ben Pronsky, Jake Eberle, Ezra Weisz, Chris Cason and Julia McIlvaine (until her debut in the Monster Girl Doctor dub).

DisneyXAnimefan95 wrote:

Quite the interesting voice cast for The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Burn the Witch and So I'm a Spider, So What?, especially the latter with Brianna Knickerbocker in the lead role. It's hard to know which recording studio is doing which of the three series, what I can say is that Bungo Stray Dogs WAN! is no doubt Studiopolis given that they did the original series, I also think that The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter and Burn the Witch could also be Studiopolis dubs given that Anne Yatco and Olivia Hack haven't done any anime dubs for Bang Zoom! and Anne was recently heard in Jujutsu Kaisen also a Studiopolis dub, plus Studiopolis has been known on casting in voice actors that you normally don't hear in an anime dub (both non-union and Union) like Aaron LaPlante, Adam McArthur, and Mick Wingert when compared to recent dubs done at Bang Zoom! that just stick to the same folks they like to utilize. Speaking of Bang Zoom!, I think So I'm a Spider, So What? looks to be a Bang Zoom! dub given that outside of Noblesse, Brianna hasn't done any dubs for Studiopolis. The easiest thing to determine if it's a Studiopolis or Bang Zoom! production is not just the voice actors they utilize but most importantly who's in charge of the dub (both in writing and directing). If it's a Studiopolis dub they normally utilize actors that Bang Zoom! doesn't use in their dubs (both non-union and especially Union) such as Nicolas Roye, Aaron LaPlante, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Christopher Swindle, Veronica Taylor, among others, and the end credits list Jamie Simone, Suzy Goldish, and Ryan Johnston being involved in the production. If the dub is done at Bang Zoom! normally it has Mami Okada's name listed in the credits, along with Jalen K. Cassell (who does ADR Scripting on the majority of the Bang Zoom! titles) and it's either ADR directed by Tony Oliver, Erica Mendez, Chris Cason, Alex Von David, David Vincent, Steve Cannon or whoever is ADR directing the series. Plus, you got voice actors that primarily only work at Bang Zoom! and haven't done anything with Studiopolis such as David Vincent, Karen Strassman, Mela Lee, Marc Diraison, Joe J. Thomas, Chris Jai Alex, Imari Williams, Rachael Lillis, Frank Todaro, Armen Taylor, Jason Marnocha, Brad Venable, John Snyder, Bill Rogers, Zach Aguilar, Ben Lepley, Ben Pronsky, Jake Eberle, Ezra Weisz, Chris Cason and Julia McIlvaine (until her debut in the Monster Girl Doctor dub).

David Vincent was just cast as Kento Nanami in the Jujutsu Kaisen dub he's been in several Studiopolis dubbing productions over the years. Karen Strassman is no stranger to their productions been in several Studiopolis projects as well. I'm not terribly impressed with the casting for these dubs feels like the usual quick turn around broadcast dub casting net another notch in the dubbing belt. Studiopolis can be a capable dubbing studio and have the ability to bring in actors from outside the dubbing medium that haunt western animation into their dubbing productions. Problem is we've rarely seen it lately outside of one or two examples just wish casting would make a stronger push to get more western animation actors into their productions(actually crediting the ADR staff and acting talent would be a welcomed change as well) The casting of the current talent pool of LA dubbing actors as always is far to limited and just burns out the dubbing audience with the copy and paste method.

David Vincent was just cast as Kento Nanami in the Jujutsu Kaisen dub he's been in several Studiopolis dubbing productions over the years. Karen Strassman is no stranger to their productions been in several Studiopolis projects as well.

I'm not terribly impressed with the casting for these dubs feels like the usual quick turn around broadcast dub casting net another notch in the dubbing belt. Studiopolis can be a capable dubbing studio and have the ability to bring in actors from outside the dubbing medium that haunt western animation into their dubbing productions. Problem is we've rarely seen it lately outside of one or two examples just wish casting would make a stronger push to get more western animation actors into their productions(actually crediting the ADR staff and acting talent would be a welcomed change as well) The casting of the current talent pool of LA dubbing actors as always is far to limited and just burns out the dubbing audience with the copy and paste method.

I AM THE VAST UNIVERSE wrote:

DisneyXAnimefan95 wrote: Quite the interesting voice cast for The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter, Burn the Witch and So I'm a Spider, So What?, especially the latter with Brianna Knickerbocker in the lead role. It's hard to know which recording studio is doing which of the three series, what I can say is that Bungo Stray Dogs WAN! is no doubt Studiopolis given that they did the original series, I also think that The Hidden Dungeon Only I Can Enter and Burn the Witch could also be Studiopolis dubs given that Anne Yatco and Olivia Hack haven't done any anime dubs for Bang Zoom! and Anne was recently heard in Jujutsu Kaisen also a Studiopolis dub, plus Studiopolis has been known on casting in voice actors that you normally don't hear in an anime dub (both non-union and Union) like Aaron LaPlante, Adam McArthur, and Mick Wingert when compared to recent dubs done at Bang Zoom! that just stick to the same folks they like to utilize. Speaking of Bang Zoom!, I think So I'm a Spider, So What? looks to be a Bang Zoom! dub given that outside of Noblesse, Brianna hasn't done any dubs for Studiopolis. The easiest thing to determine if it's a Studiopolis or Bang Zoom! production is not just the voice actors they utilize but most importantly who's in charge of the dub (both in writing and directing). If it's a Studiopolis dub they normally utilize actors that Bang Zoom! doesn't use in their dubs (both non-union and especially Union) such as Nicolas Roye, Aaron LaPlante, Colleen O'Shaughnessey, Christopher Swindle, Veronica Taylor, among others, and the end credits list Jamie Simone, Suzy Goldish, and Ryan Johnston being involved in the production. If the dub is done at Bang Zoom! normally it has Mami Okada's name listed in the credits, along with Jalen K. Cassell (who does ADR Scripting on the majority of the Bang Zoom! titles) and it's either ADR directed by Tony Oliver, Erica Mendez, Chris Cason, Alex Von David, David Vincent, Steve Cannon or whoever is ADR directing the series. Plus, you got voice actors that primarily only work at Bang Zoom! and haven't done anything with Studiopolis such as David Vincent, Karen Strassman, Mela Lee, Marc Diraison, Joe J. Thomas, Chris Jai Alex, Imari Williams, Rachael Lillis, Frank Todaro, Armen Taylor, Jason Marnocha, Brad Venable, John Snyder, Bill Rogers, Zach Aguilar, Ben Lepley, Ben Pronsky, Jake Eberle, Ezra Weisz, Chris Cason and Julia McIlvaine (until her debut in the Monster Girl Doctor dub). David Vincent was just cast as Kento Nanami in the Jujutsu Kaisen dub he's been in several Studiopolis dubbing productions over the years. Karen Strassman is no stranger to their productions been in several Studiopolis projects as well. I'm not terribly impressed with the casting for these dubs feels like the usual quick turn around broadcast dub casting net another notch in the dubbing belt. Studiopolis can be a capable dubbing studio and have the ability to bring in actors from outside the dubbing medium that haunt western animation into their dubbing productions. Problem is we've rarely seen it lately outside of one or two examples just wish casting would make a stronger push to get more western animation actors into their productions(actually crediting the ADR staff and acting talent would be a welcomed change as well) The casting of the current talent pool of LA dubbing actors as always is far to limited and just burns out the dubbing audience with the copy and paste method.

Some of these names have been appearing in a lot of recent Crunchyroll dubs (or recent dubs in general) but I don't think that makes them any less fitting for the roles or less talented.

I think it'd be neat to see more VA's from Western Animation pop up in anime dubbing but I'm still perfectly happy with casts using VA's who are more common in anime dubbing.