{"id":16001,"date":"2009-05-25T12:00:42","date_gmt":"2009-05-25T16:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/?p=16001"},"modified":"2009-05-29T19:35:34","modified_gmt":"2009-05-29T23:35:34","slug":"funimation-reveals-release-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/funimation-reveals-release-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"FUNimation Reveals Release Plans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/keroro-gunso.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/keroro-gunso-450x337.jpg\" alt=\"Keroro Gunso\" title=\"Keroro Gunso\" width=\"450\" height=\"337\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-16077\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/keroro-gunso-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/keroro-gunso-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/keroro-gunso.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>During this past weekend&#8217;s Anime Boston convention, FUNimation announced plans for a September 22 premiere release of Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso) season 1 part 1. The series&#8217; numerous references to other anime, particularly Mobile Suit Gundam, will not be censored. FUNimation hasn&#8217;t yet decided if these references will be explained in liner notes or on-disc subtitles.<\/p>\n<p>FUNimation also announced its English dub cast for the Evangelion 1.0 motion picture. Actors including Spike Spencer, Allison Keith, and John Swasey will be reprising their roles from AD Vision&#8217;s English dub of the director&#8217;s cut TV episodes. Monica Rial will return, although now playing Pen-Pen rather than her former character Maya Ibuki.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/evangelion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/evangelion-214x300.jpg\" alt=\"Evangelion\" title=\"Evangelion\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-16078\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/evangelion-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/evangelion-321x450.jpg 321w, https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/05\/evangelion.jpg 357w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Shinji Ikari: <strong>Spike Spencer<\/strong><br \/>\nRei Ayanami: <strong>Brina Palencia<\/strong><br \/>\nMisato Katsuragi: <strong>Allison Keith-Shipp<\/strong><br \/>\nRitsuko Akagi: <strong>Colleen Clinkenbeard<\/strong><br \/>\nGendo Ikari: <strong>John Swasey<\/strong><br \/>\nYui Ikari: <strong>Stephanie Young<\/strong><br \/>\nKozo Fuyutsuki: <strong>Kent Williams<\/strong><br \/>\nMaya Ibuki: <strong>Caitlin Glass<\/strong><br \/>\nShigeru Aoba: <strong>Phil Parsons<\/strong><br \/>\nHikari Horaki: <strong>Leah Clark<\/strong><br \/>\nMakoto Hyuuga: <strong>Mike McFarland<\/strong><br \/>\nKensuke Aida: <strong>Greg Ayres<\/strong><br \/>\nToji Suzuhara: <strong>Justin Cook<\/strong><br \/>\nKiel Lorenz: <strong>Bill Jenkins<\/strong><br \/>\nKaworu Nagisa: <strong>Jerry Jewel<\/strong><br \/>\nPen-Pen: <strong>Monica Rial<\/strong><br \/>\nEvangelion: <strong>Mike McFarland<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asuka Langley Soryu does not appear in the Evangelion 1.0 movie.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animenewsnetwork.com\/convention\/2009\/anime-boston\/funi\" target=\"_blank\">Anime News Network<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.animevice.com\/news\/funimation-announces-dub-cast-for-evangelion-10-you-are-not-alone\/1247\/\" target=\"_blank\">Anime Vice<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During this past weekend&#8217;s Anime Boston convention, FUNimation announced plans for a September 22 premiere release of Sgt. Frog (Keroro Gunso) season 1 part 1. The series&#8217; numerous references to other anime, particularly Mobile Suit Gundam, will not be censored. FUNimation hasn&#8217;t yet decided if these references will be explained in liner notes or on-disc [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anime-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16001"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16088,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16001\/revisions\/16088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.animenation.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}