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Anime Expo 2016: Funimation Acquires “Drifters” Anime

Written By Samantha Ferreira July 3, 2016

Funimation’s ready to drift into action this fall!

Earlier today, Funimation announced that they acquired the domestic rights to the Drifters anime series. Funimation plans to screen the show as a simulcast starting this October.

According to the promotional slide in their Anime Expo panel, Drifters will run for 12 full-length episodes.

Image Credit: Funimation

Drifters is based on Hellsing creator Kouta Hirano’s manga of the same name. Kenichi Suzuki (Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure, Gundam Evolve) will helm the project at Hoods Entertainment, with Ryoji Nakamori (Hellsing Ultimate) providing character designs. Hideyuki Kurata (Oreimo, The World God Only Knows) is in charge of series composition.

The confirmed voice cast includes:

Shimazu Toyohisa: Yūichi Nakamura
Hijikata Toshizo: Hiroki Yasumoto
Scipio Africanus: Hiroshi Yanaka
Shara: Junji Majima
Anastasia: Junko Kitanishi
Jeanne d’Arc: Junko Minagawa
EASY: Kanae Itō
Gilles de Rais: Kenji Nomura
Rasputin: Masahiko Tanaka
Kafeto: Masakazu Nishida
Nasu no Yoichi: Mitsuki Saiga
Murasaki: Mitsuru Miyamoto
Oda Nobunaga: Naoya Uchida
Marsha: Sayori Ishizuka
Olminu: Shiho Kokido
Black King: Taiten Kusunoki
Abe no Seimei: Takahiro Sakurai
Mark: Tomoko Tsuzuki
Hannibal Barca: Yutaka Aoyama

Filed Under: News Reporting

Tag(s): acquisitions, anime expo 2016, drifters, funimation

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Samantha Ferreira

Samantha Ferreira is Anime Herald’s founder and editor-in-chief. A Rhode Island native, Samantha has been an anime fan since 1992, and an active member of the anime press since 2002, when she began working as a reviewer for Anime Dream. She launched Anime Herald in 2010, and continues to oversee its operations to this day. Outside of journalism, Samantha actively studies the history of the North American anime fandom and industry, with a particular focus on the 2000s anime boom and bust. She’s a huge fan of all things Sakura Wars, and maintains series fansite Combat Revue Review when she has free time available. When not in the Anime Herald Discord, Samantha can typically be found on Bluesky.

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