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Soul Eater Gets First Cast Announcements

I see a familiar name in here...


 
 
FUNimation may have announced the return of the One Piece simulcast yesterday, but another announcement was slipped in a little more under the radar: the first four casting announcements for the Soul Eater English dub.

It's going to be one of those slow roll-outs, with three different days (yesterday, August 25th, and September 1st), but unlike certain past slow roll-outs (ahem, Host Club!), these reveals appear to feature main characters.

Death the Kid and the Thompson Sisters, Liz (left) and Patty (right)
Death the Kid and the Thompson Sisters, Liz (left) and Patty (right)
So without further ado...

I would hazard a guess that the 8/25 reveal will be Black Star and Tsubaki, and 9/01 will offer up Maki and Soul-- but I could be wrong.

Who do you think will get the parts? And/or who do you WANT to have get 'em?
Tiamaton Aug. 19, 2009 at 6:29 a.m.
I'm not so bothered about the dub, since i never listen to them. That said i hope to god they don't screw up the sub like they did with heroic age
giaon Aug. 19, 2009 at 9:31 a.m.
@Tiamat: How's that? I haven't watched it yet.
mediarighton Aug. 19, 2009 at 10:38 a.m.
@Tiamat: You can see if they screwed it up right now. A number of episodes are up on Funi video. They changed a few key words, but everything else seems in-tact. 
 
I'm not quite sure how I feel about Todd. He's really talented, but I'm just not quite seeing this yet. I'll be interested to see how he does on this one. A lot of people put Vic as Spirit in threads, so this wasn't too surprising. I'm kinda sad he's not working with Funi as much anymore, being in LA and such. 
 
I think the big question we should be asking though, is who's directing, because THAT will determine a lot about how this dub will turn out.
Kiriskaon Aug. 19, 2009 at 11 a.m.
I'm most interested in what gender they decide to cast Crona as since it's still technically ambiguous. There was some bickering about it on FUNi's Soul Eater forums, but I didn't pay too much attention. I don't have any real preferences for the VA cast, but I do want to know whether it'll be JBY on Soul since that's who it still sounds like to me in the trailer.
AgentJon Aug. 19, 2009 at 11:09 a.m.
Maile Flanagan will be Black Star. it only makes sense. 
John_Martoneon Aug. 19, 2009 at 11:47 a.m.
But, but Vic as Maka's father?
mediarighton Aug. 19, 2009 at 12:08 p.m.
@Kiriska: JYB (and Maile F. btw) are LA actors, neither of whom Funi really works with. JYB had a cameo in FMA, but it was short, and that was a special case where Funi was specificaly reaching out nationwide to different dub actors. Funi usually only works with dub actors in Texas, or those who used to work with them in Texas and have since moved. So if a VA's in Naruto or Gurren Lagann, besides a few special cases, you probably won't see them in Soul Eater.
Baku_Senseion Aug. 19, 2009 at 12:31 p.m.
I have heard talk that JYB is indeed Soul

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