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Saga of Tanya the Evil II Anime Gets English Dub

Crunchyroll announced on Wednesday it will begin streaming an English dub for Saga of Tanya the Evil II (Yōjo Senki II), the second season based on author Carlo Zen and illustrato Shinobu Shinotsuki's light novel series, on the same day.

The English dub cast includes:

• Monica Rial as Tanya
• Jason Douglas as Hans
• J. Michael Tatum as Erich
• Jeannie Tirado as Visha
• Barry Yandell as Loria
• David Matranga as William
• Tia Ballard as Mary Sue
• Greg Dulcie as Kurt
• Tyson Rinehart as Meyburt
• Daman Mills as Weiss
• Ben Phillips as Neuaman
• Jeff Johnson as Grantz
• Alex Hom as Thon
• Seth Magill as Tospan
• Gerard Caster as Wüstemann
• Larry Brantley as Josef
• Chris Wehkamp as Koenig

Jacob Shultz, Kyle Halberstadt, and Dylan Mobley provide additional voices.

The staff for the English dub includes:

• Studio Producers: Justin Cook, Michael Harcourt, Nathanael Harrison
• Producer: Samantha Herek
• Adaptation Supervisor: Jarrod Greene
• Adaptation: Matthew Greenbaum
• Adaptation Prep: Benjamin Tehrani
• Voice Director: Jeremy Inman
• Assistant Voice Director: Aaron Campbell, Michael Stimac
• Talent Coordination: Tara A. Williams, Brittni Hurley
• Engineering Managers: Gino Palencia, Brandon Peters
• Engineer: Seth Auld
• Assistant Engineer: Devin Foster, Michael Nicholson
• Mixer: Matt Grounds

Crunchyroll also began streaming an English dub for The Saga of Tanya the Evil: Operation Desert Pasta special on September 3. The listing does not note the cast or staff for the dub.

Saga of Tanya the Evil II (Yōjo Senki II), the anime's second season, debuted on the AT-X channel on July 8 and also runs on Tokyo MX, Sun TV, KBS Kyoto, BS11, and TV Aichi.

Like the first season, the second season inspired a "Yōjo Shenki 2" (The Shaga [sic] of Tanya the Evil 2) mini-anime. Each mini anime episode runs immediately after each Saga of Tanya the Evil II episode on AT-X, and then streams on the Kadokawa Anime Channel on YouTube starting that Thursday at midnight JST for two weeks. The new mini anime also features the new members of the Salamander Kampfgruppe.

The second season was announced in June 2021.

The television anime adaptation of the novels premiered in January 2017. Crunchyroll streamed the series as it aired, and Funimation streamed an English dub.

The anime also had a film that opened in Japan in February 2019, with a returning staff and cast. Crunchyroll screened the film in the United States in May 2019, and began streaming it in September 2019.

Yen Press licensed both the original Saga of Tanya the Evil light novel series and Chika Tōjō's manga adaptation, and it describes the story:

High above the blood- and mud-soaked trenches, a young girl pits herself against army mages in high stakes aerial duels with bullets, spells, and bayonets. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff and she is the Devil of the Rhine, one of the greatest soldiers the Empire has ever seen! But inside her mind lives a ruthless, calculating ex-salaryman who enjoyed a peaceful life in Japan until he woke up in a war-torn world. Reborn as a destitute orphaned girl with nothing to her name but memories of a previous life, Tanya will do whatever it takes to survive, even if she can find it only behind the barrel of a gun!

Carlo Zen and Shinobu Shinotsuki launched the novel series in 2013, and Kadokawa published the 14th volume in September 2023. Tōjo launched the manga in Monthly Comp Ace in 2016, Kadokawa published the 35th volume on August 25.

Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)