Production delays will only be a hurdle in ZENSHU‘s story, as the original series from studio MAPPA joins the list of Winter 2025 anime with a simultaneous English dub release! The first episode streams on Crunchyroll from Sunday, January 5 with the below cast and crew.
ZENSHU English Dub Cast
Natsuko voiced by Madeleine Morris
Luke voiced by Ryan Negrón
Unio voiced by Luci Christian
Memerun voiced by Alexis Tipton
QJ voiced by Derick Snow
President voiced by C.J. Critt
Haruko voiced by Kirsty Johnson
Mayor voiced by Christopher Guerrero
Baobab voiced by Linda Young
Pegbar voiced by Celeste Perez
Magical Girl voiced by Brina Palencia
Veteran Episode Director voiced by Anthony Bowling
Production Assistants voiced by Aaron Campbell, Corey Pettit
Employee voiced by Joshua Waters
Townsmen voiced by Ben Stegmair, Tony Kaku
Townswomen voiced by Natalie Van Sistine, Katelyn Barr, Colleen Clinkenbeard
Vendors voiced by John Burgmeier, Jeremy Schwartz
Boy voiced by Leah Clark
Girl voiced by Dani Chambers
Soldiers voiced by Mauricio Ortiz-Segura, David Matranga
Women voiced by Kate Bristol, Marianne Bray, Molly Zhang
Lookout voiced by Ben Stegmair
Soldiers voiced by Brian Hathaway, Joshua Waters, Patrick Seitz, Nazeeh Tarsha, Aaron Campbell
Additional Voices by William Ofoegbu, Adam Rowe, Brandon Wetch, Bryn Apprill, Conner Allison, Francine Gonzalez, Molly Searcy, Philip Annarella
ZENSHU English Dub Crew
Voice Director: Emily Fajardo
Producer: Zach Bolton
Adaptation: James Cheek
Mixer: William Dewell
Engineer: Sawyer Pfledderer
Key Art
Mitsue Yamazaki (Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle) directs ZENSHU at studio MAPPA, with scripts by Kimiko Ueno (Delicious in Dungeon), Yoshiteru Tsujino’s original character designs adapted for animation by Kayoko Ishikawa (Sarazanmai) and music by Yukari Hashimoto (A Sign of Affection).
Crunchyroll describes the story:
After graduating from high school, Natsuko Hirose starts her career as an animator. Her talent quickly flourishes, and she makes her debut as a director in no time. Her first anime becomes a massive hit, sparking a social phenomenon and earning her recognition as an up-and-coming genius director. Her next project is set to be a romantic comedy movie themed around first love! However, having never been in love herself, Natsuko struggles to understand the concept of first love, and as a result, she’s unable to create the storyboard, causing the movie production to come to a standstill.
