Crunchyroll announced the English dub of the ongoing Kowloon Generic Romance anime is now streaming worldwide outside Japan. The English dub cast and crew of Kowloon Generic Romance episode 1 was also revealed.
- Cast
- Lauren Landa as Reiko
- Ben Balmaceda as Kudo
- Brent Mukai as Lee
- Edward Mendoza as Gwen
- Risa Mei as Xiaohei
- Crew
- Voice Director: Julie Maddalena
- Producer: Eric P. Sherman
- Writer/Adaptation: Chris Cason
- Mixer: Kenneth Thompson
- Engineer: Esgardo Valadez
Yoshiaki Iwasaki is directing the anime at Arvo Animation. Jin Tanaka is writing the script, Yuka Shibata is designing the characters, and Yūji Kaneko is the art director.
The Japanese cast of Kowloon Generic Romance includes:
- Taito Ban as Tao Gwen
- Ryōtarō Okiayu as Miyuki Hebinuma
- Aoi Koga as Yaomay
- Sayumi Suzushiro as Xiaohei
- Haruka Shiraishi as Reiko Kujirai
- Tomokazu Sugita as Hajime Kudō
Wednesday Campanella performs the opening song “Summertime Ghost,” while singer-songwriter Mekakushe performs the ending “Koi no Retronym.”
Yen Press currently publishes Jun Mayuzuki’s Kowloon Generic Romance manga in English, and the first volume is available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, Indigo, Kinokuniya, and Crunchyroll Store. Nine volumes have been released thus far in English, and the manga recently entered its final arc.
Lastly, here’s an overview of the manga via Yen Press:
Welcome to Kowloon Walled City: a dystopian townscape where the people are brimming with nostalgia and where the past, present, and future converge. Amid the hidden emotions and extraordinary daily lives of the men and women working in its confines, a tale of romance begins to unfold for real estate agent Reiko Kujirai—one that feels as familiar as Kowloon itself…
