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Crunchyroll announced on Friday that it will begin streaming the English dub for the second season of the television anime of Koharu Inoue‘s The Duke of Death and His Maid (Shinigami Bocchan to Kuro Maid) manga on Sunday.
The English cast, which features returning members, includes:
- Clifford Chapin as Duke
- Kristen McGuire as Alice
- Kent Williams as Rob
- Kayli Mills as Viola
- Sarah Wiedenheft as Cuff
- Ricco Fajardo as Zain
- Alan Lee as Walter
- Katelyn Barr as Daleth
- Michelle Rojas as Duke’s Mom
- Lucía Lobosvilla as Hugo
- Anthony Bowling as Ringmaster
- Meli Grant as Narrator
Sara Ragsdale is directing the English dub. Susie Nixon is producing. Ben Phillips is writing the English script. Matt Grounds is the mixer, and Tina Son is the engineer.
The second season debuted on July 9. Crunchyroll is streaming the anime as it airs.
The staff of the anime describes the season:
“Kill anyone he touches”… A young noble boy, “Bocchan” was once bewitched.
He has always been rejected because of the curse but he has never been lonely.
He was supported by his maid Alice and an old butler Rob who has been taking care of Bocchan since he was little. Recently he made a witch friend and his rather distant relationship with his own family has improved a little. But he still can’t figure it out because he has no clue how he lift the curse that will allow him to touch someone who he loves…
But finally, Bocchan and Alice start to figure out how to solve the situation and their destiny has moved dramatically. They can’t touch each other even if 1they want to… the romance story between two begins now!
Natsuki Hanae and Ayumi Mano are performing the opening theme song “Kimi to Revue.” Nasuo☆ is performing the ending theme song “Hoshikuzu Requiem.”
The staff includes:
- Director: Yoshinobu Yamakawa
- Series Script: Hideki Shirane
- Character Design: Michiru Kuwabata (SMDE)
- CG Director: Hiroya Ishihara (SMDE)
- Character Model Director: Yūya Hatano (SMDE)
- Art Director: Akira Suzuki
- Color Design: Miho Kimura
- Director of Photography: Shingo Fukuyo
- Editing: Kentaro Tsubone (REAL-T)
- Sound Effect Director: Jin Aketagawa
- Music: Gen Okuda, Takeshi Watanabe
- Animation Production: J.C.STAFF
- CGI: SMDE
The television anime’s first season premiered in Japan in July 2021, and aired for 12 episodes. Funimation streamed the anime as it aired in Japan.
Inoue launched the manga on Shogakukan‘s Sunday Webry web manga site in October 2017. The manga ended in May 2022, and Shogakukan published the 16th and final volume in July 2022. Seven Seas Entertainment is releasing the manga in English.
Source: Crunchyroll (Liam Dempsey)
