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Sentai Filmworks Announces Diabolik Lovers English Dub Cast
posted on by Karen Ressler
Sentai Filmworks announced the English dub cast for the television anime adaptation of Rejet's Diabolik Lovers vampire drama CD/PSP game on Wednesday. The cast, under director Janice Williams, includes:
- Maggie Flecknoe as Yui Komori
- Christopher Patton as Ayato Sakamaki
- Blake Shepard as Laito Sakamaki
- Corey Hertzog as Kanato Sakamaki
- Josh Grelle as Subaru Sakamaki and Young Subaru
- David Wald as Reiji Sakamaki
- Ty Mahany as Shu Sakamaki
- Monica Rial as Cordelia
- David Matranga as Richter
- Luci Christian as Beatrix
- Brittany Karbowski as Christa
- Shannon Emerick as Young Ayato
- Luci Christian as Young Laito
- Tiffany Grant as Young Kanato
- Nancy Novotny as Young Reiji
- Krystal La Porte as Young Shu
- Shannon Emerick as Newscaster
The series will ship on DVD on December 2 and on Blu-ray on February 24.
The story centers around the six sadistic Sakamaki vampire brothers. Yui Komori is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and experiencing poltergeist phenomena. In her second year in high school, she transfers to a new school — a night school for entertainers and celebrities — due to her father's work. There are rumors that there are vampires among the student body, and Yui ends up living with the Sakamaki brothers.
Shinobu Tagashira (D.C. ~Da Capo~ character designer/chief animation director, Is This a Zombie? character designer) directed the anime at studio ZEXCS (D.C. ~Da Capo~, Flowers of Evil, Say, "I Love You".). Yūko Yahiro (B Gata H Kei - Yamada’s First Time) adapted Satoi's original designs for the animation, and Seiko Nagatsu (Futari wa Precure Splash Star, Mokke) was in charge of the series scripts. Yuuki Hayashi (Robotics;Notes, Blood Lad) composed the music.
The series premiered in September 2013 and Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.
