The wait won’t be long for the highly anticipatedSpy x Familyanime adaptation to get its English dub. After making its grand entrance on Crunchyroll on April 9, the English SimulDub of the spy thriller is set to debut over the weekend on April 16 at 5:30 p.m. ET / 2:30 p.m. PT, with new episodes following on a weekly basis. In the official announcement, Crunchyroll also unmasked the series' main cast members, which include three veteran voice actors getting their due as the stars of the show.
Playing the roles of the totally real Forger family in the English dub areAlex Organas Agent Twilight, aka Loid,Natalie Van Sistineas Thorn Princess, aka Yor, andMegan Shipmanas their adopted daughter Anya. It’s a big step for all three actors, who’ve appeared in massive anime in the past, includingHigh School DxD,Psycho-Pass, andKemono Friends, but rarely get top billing. They all also share a common role as side characters or additional voices for the English Dub of the acclaimedAttack on Titan. TheSpy x Familydub will also receive ADR direction fromBlack CloveralumCris George.
The whole premise ofSpy x Familyrevolves around Twilight and his work as a spy amidst a cold war between the fictional nations of Westalis and Ostania. For his latest mission, he’s given perhaps his hardest task yet: getting married. to infiltrate a private school to track his latest target, he’ll have to get married and adopt a child to enroll, but that’s easier said than done, given that Twilight is a cold, stoic man of mystery with combat prowess to rival John Wick. He eventually runs into Anya, a telepath who joins up with him and poses as his daughter, and marries Yor, an assassin who is also trying to hide her identity. Hilarity and action ensue as the normally cold and emotionless Twilight becomes family man Loid Forger and tries to help his daughter succeed in order to get her into Eden Academy.
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Spy x Family’s anime adaptation has been hotly anticipated, given the massive success of the Eisner Award-nominated manga fromTatsuya Endothat it’s based on. Also lending credence to the adaptation isKazuhiro Furuhashi, the director behindHunter x HunterandRurouni Kenshin,who is also taking the reins for this series. To celebrate the release of the English SimulDub, Crunchyroll is giving fans an early look at the first episode on itsTwitchchannel on April 15 at 1:00 p.m. PT/ 4:00 p.m. ET.
Along with the English dub, Crunchyroll is expected to debut French and German dubs for the series on April 16, with the Latin American Spanish and Brazilian Portuguese dubs following soon after on April 23.Spy x Family’s first episode is out now with subtitles, and you may watch new episodes every Saturday from now on, both subbed and dubbed.
