The
SkySet Entertainment studio
has revealed the full English dub cast for the remastered
edition of the anime special A Time Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose,
originally released in 1983 and created by the iconic Osamu Tezuka.
This release marks the first time the anime has arrived in North
America in physical format and with English dubbing.
The dub
features KyLeigh Zimmerer as Emiya Tachi, Jacob
Eiseman as Gai Tanbara, and Christina Assaf-Costello as
Bunretsu Tanbara, among others. The direction was in charge of Phebe
Fabacher, with sound engineering by Hayden Davis, adaptation
by Kym Rose and timecoding by Ralph
Villegas.
A sci-fi
story with a classic soul
The story,
described by SkySet Entertainment, transports us to a world where an entity
known as Death Mask has launched the cities of Kujukuri (Japan)
and Dallas (USA) 10,000 years in the future. There, the
survivors must fight on a ruthless battlefield where only the strongest
prevail. Gai Tanbara, determined to confront this threat,
joins Emiya, a warrior fighting to liberate her city. Together they
will defy a devastated world and the horrors that threaten the fate of
humanity.
The Blu-ray
release took place on Saturday, June 15 and includes
exclusive bonus material such as dubbing outtakes, cast interviews,
staff commentary, production sketches from Tezuka Productions, and
more.
An
immortal legacy in anime history
A Time
Slip of 10,000 Years: Prime Rose first aired on August 21, 1983 in Japan as part
of the charity show 24-Hour Television: Love Saves the Earth. It is
based on Tezuka's Prime Rose manga, which ran from 1982 to
1983 in Akita Publishing's Weekly Shōnen Champion magazine.
Considered
the God of Manga, Osamu Tezuka revolutionized the
industry with works such as Astro Boy, Black Jack, Dororo and Phoenix.
He founded the legendary studio Mushi Production, where he pushed
many of his works into the animated format, including Astro Boy,
which would become the first half-hour animated series in Japanese history,
shaping modern anime as we know it today.
