What You Need to Know:
- RWBY will be dubbed in Japanese and its DVD/Blu-ray set will be sold in Japan from December 9th, 2015.
- Japanese seiyuu (voice actors) cast for the dub include the very popular Saori Hayami and Yoko Higasa.
- RWBY (pronounced "Ruby") is an American anime-influenced web series created by the late Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth Productions.
Already Announced:
Ruby Rose: Saori Hayami (ex. Ayase Aragaki from Oreimo)
Weiss Schnee: Yoko Higasa (ex. Mio Akiyama from K-On!)
Yang Xiao Long: Ami Koshimizu (ex. Karen Kisaragi from Code Geass)
Blake Belladonna: Yu Shimamura (ex. Annie Leonhart from Attack on Titan)
Ruby Rose: Saori Hayami (ex. Ayase Aragaki from Oreimo)
Weiss Schnee: Yoko Higasa (ex. Mio Akiyama from K-On!)
Yang Xiao Long: Ami Koshimizu (ex. Karen Kisaragi from Code Geass)
Blake Belladonna: Yu Shimamura (ex. Annie Leonhart from Attack on Titan)
Newly Announced:
Hiro Shimono (ex. Yuuichiro Tajima from Big Windup!)
Aya Suzaki (ex. Tamako Kitashirakawa from Tamako Market)
Megumi Toyoguchi (ex. Winry Rockebell from Fullmetal Alchemist)
Soma Saito (ex. Tatsumi from Akame ga Kill!)
Kazuhiko Inoue (ex. Kakashi Hatake from Naruto)
Masumi Asano (ex. Chiaki from Shigofumi)
Subaru Kimura (ex. Ryoma Terasaka from Assassination Classroom)
Megumi Han (ex. Rinko Yamato from Ore Monogatari!!(My Love Story!!))
Shinichiro Miki (ex. Deishuu Kaiki from Monogateri series)
Source: Anime!Anime!
Illustration made by Asako Nishida (who is in charge of character design)
Ruby Rose
Weiss Schnee
Yang Xiao Long
Blake Belladonna
The voice actors are really gorgeous. It clearly shows that the Japanese anime industry pays respect to animation made in the States! Yay!
Yeah!! I would LOVE to see RWBY dubbed in Japanese with English subs. I'm sure it will give me another impression!
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