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Luci Christian Plays Hestia In Sentai Filmworks’ DanMachi Dub


Adventurers, behold! The mighty goddess Hestia just made her grand entrance!

Earlier today, Sentai Filmworks announced that Luci Christian will play Hestia in their English dub for Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? (Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru no Daro ka?, DanMachi henceforth). The publisher released a 68-second dub teaser to promote the news, which offers a preview of Christian’s performance.

Christian joins Bryson Baugus, who was cast as Bell Cranel.

DanMachi hits retailers on March 28. Sentai will release the show in three versions:

  • DVD
  • Blu-Ray
  • Premium Edition Blu-Ray

The premium edition will include a poster, booklet, ribbon, hardcover companion book, static clings, and lenticular card.

Is It Wrong To Try And Pick Up Girls In A Dungeon? is based on Fujino Omori and Suzuhito Yasuda’s light novel series of the same name. Yoshiki Yamakawa (Kill Me Baby, Little Busters!) directed the series at J.C. Staff, while Shigeki Kimoto (Sky Girls) provided character designs. Hideki Shirane (Aria the Scarlet Ammo, Queen’s Blade: Rebellion) was in charge of series composition.

The 13-episode series originally aired during the Spring 2015 anime season, first hitting the airwaves on April 3. Sentai Filmworks currently holds the rights to the DanMachi anime series, while Yen Press releases the novels. Crunchyroll streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.

Sentai Filmworks describes the show as:

In Orario, fearless adventurers band together in search of fame and fortune within the monstrous underground labyrinth known as Dungeon.
But while riches and renown are incentive enough for most, Bell Cranel, would-be hero extraordinaire, has bigger plans.

He wants to pick up girls.

Is it wrong to face the perils of Dungeon alone, in a single-member guild blessed by a failed goddess? Maybe. Is it wrong to dream of playing hero to hapless maidens in Dungeon? Maybe not. After one misguided adventure, Bell quickly discovers that anything can happen in the labyrinth–even chance encounters with beautiful women. The only problem? He’s the one who winds up the damsel in distress!!

Earlier this week, Sentai released a trailer to announce a trailer to announce Bryson Baugus’s casting as Bell.

Source: Sentai Filmworks

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