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Funimation Streams Drifters Anime's English-Narrated Clip

Funimation began streaming a clip for its English dub of the Drifters television anime on Sunday. The video's English narration introduces the anime's cast of characters based on warriors and warlords from history.

The dub will premiere on Sunday at 10:00 p.m. ET. The English dub cast, under ADR Director Christopher Bevins, ADR engineer Matt Grounds, script adaptation by Patrick Seitz, and mix engineer Nathanael Harrison, includes:

• Josh Grelle as Shimazu Toyohisa
• Robert McCollum as Oda Nobunaga
• Justin Briner as Nasu no Yoichi
• Mark Stoddard as Scipio Africanus
• R Bruce Elliott as Hannibal Barca
• J. Michael Tatum as Butch Cassidy
• Kent Williams as Sundance Kid
• Justin Cook as Naoshi Kanno
• Sonny Strait as Tamon Yamaguchi
• Colleen Clinkenbeard as Jeanne D'Arc
• Christopher R. Sabat as Gilles de Rais
• Rachel Robinson as Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova
• Christopher Bevins as Grigori Rasputin
• Ian Sinclair as Hijikata Toshizo
• Jeremy Schwartz as Black King
• David Wald as Murasaki
• Chris Patton as Abe no Seimei (Harukira)
• Gwendolyn Lau as Olminu
• Aaron Roberts as Kafet
• Monica Rial as EASY
• Greg Ayres as Minamoto no Yoshitsune
• Mikaela Krantz as masha
• Apphia Yu as Mark

The anime premiered in Japan on October 7. Crunchyroll is streaming the series with English subtitles, and it describes the series:

From the creator and team behind Hellsing comes a thrilling story where history and fantasy collide. Shimazu Toyohisa, a famous samurai who fought in the historical Battle of Sekigahara, is transported to another world when only moments from death. From that moment on, he becomes part of a group known as “Drifters” and is forced to battle against other legendary warriors in an ultimate death game.

The anime celebrates the 70th anniversary of Shonengahosha, the publisher of the original manga. Kenichi Suzuki (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders series director) is directing the anime. Hideyuki Kurata (The World God Only Knows, Tokyo Ravens, Maria the Virgin Witch) is handling the series composition and writing the scripts. Yousuke Kuroda (Hellsing Ultimate, Gungrave) is also writing the scripts along with Kurata. Ryoji Nakamori (Hellsing Ultimate) is designing the characters and also serving as chief animation director.