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Takopi's Original Sin Anime's English Dub Cast Revealed
posted on by Adriana Hazra
The dub cast includes:
- Abigail Blythe as Takopi
- Emily Fajardo as Shizuka
- Jill Harris as Marina
- Ciarán Strange as Azuma
- Kieran Regan as Junya
- Lydia Mackay as Shizuka's Mom
- Trina Nishimura as Marina's Mom
- Aaron Roberts as Marina's Dad
- Colleen Clinkenbeard as Azuma's Mom
- Jim Foronda as Chappy
- Molly Searcy as Happy Mama
Donna Xia, Reshel Mae, Jordan Colea, Gillian Lange, Lily Gast, Tyson Rinehart, Kevin D. Thelwell, Ethan Gallardo, Ben Stegmair, and Jim Foronda provide additional voices.
Shawn Gann was the voice director, and Susie Nixon was the producer. Matthew Greenbaum was in charge of the adaptation, Rickey Watkins was the mixer, and Victor Acosta was the engineer.
The anime debuted on June 28. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired.
Shinya Iino (director for Dr. Stone, Dr. Stone: Stone Wars) directed the anime and oversaw the series scripts. Keita Nagahara (key animator for Violet Evergarden, Sound! Euphonium, Sonny Boy) was the character designer. ENISHIYA produced the work.
Viz Media licensed the manga, and it describes the story:
Deceptively cute alien Takopi lands on earth and meets a depressed earthling, Shizuka. Determined to make her smile, Takopi learns quickly that time travel can't heal all wounds.
Taizan 5 debuted the manga in Shueisha's Shonen Jump+ in December 2021, and ended it in March 2022. Shueisha published the second and final compiled book volume in April 2022. The manga is also available in English on Shueisha's MANGA Plus.
The manga was nominated for the 16th Manga Taisho Awards and the 27th Annual Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prizes in 2023. The series received the Manga Kingdom Tottori award at the 51st Japan Cartoonists Association Awards in 2022. The manga ranked at #3 in the Kono Manga ga Sugoi! (This Manga Is Amazing!) guidebook's top 20 manga for male readers list in 2022.
Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)
