Season 2 of the anime adaptation of Hamuo and Mo’s Hell Mode – The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing light novel series is now streaming with an English dub on HIDIVE. The English dub cast and crew of Hell Mode Season 2 was also announced.
Initial English Cast List
- Allen – Luci Christian
- Cecil – Cat Thomas
- Dogora – Chaney Moore
- Krena – Natalie Rial
- Keel – Elissa Cuellar
- Carlova – Andrew Love
- Cube – Kyle Colby Jones
- Dverg – Cyrus Rodas
- Fillet – Joe Daniels
- Gerda – Joe Daniels
- Granvelle – Chris Hutchison
- Hector – Adam Noble
- Helmios – Scott Gibbs
- Hopper – Chaney Moore
- Invel – Brandon Hearsnberger
- James – Krista Ales
- Mapo – Joe Daniels
- Maria – Juliet Simmons
- Mash – Kalin Coates
- Moley – Joe Daniels
- Myulla – Annie Wild
- Nina – Melissa Molano
- Pion – John Swasey
- Poppo – Kyle Colby Jones
- Ravin – Benjamin McLaughlin
- Rickel – Nathan Wilson
- Rifol – Mai Le
- Rita – Jade Kelly
- Rodin – Jeremy Gee
- Sebas – James Belcher
- Teddy – Adam Noble
- Theodojiil – Gabriel Regojo
- Theresia – Annie Wild
- Wally – Adam Noble
- Additional Voices
- Adam Noble
- Andrew Love
- Annie Wild
- Benjamin McLaughlin
- Brandon Hearnsberger
- Cyrus Rodas
- Elissa Cuellar
- Gabriel Regojo
- Jade Kelly
- Jeremy Gee
- Joe Daniels
- John Swasey
- Juliet Simmons
- Kalin Coates
- Krista Ales
- Kyle Colby Jones
- Maggie Flecknoe
- Mai Le
- Melissa Molano
- Nathan Wilson
- Raven Troup
English Crew
- Director – Kyle Colby Jones
- ADR Writers – Marta Bechtol, Kyle Colby Jones
- Sound Engineers – Keegan Daleo, David Lascoe, Krizi Jackson, and Patrick Marero
- Mix and Sound Design – Brent Marshall
Romanha Marshmallow performs the opening theme song “○✕△□,” and ChoQMay performs the ending theme song “Firetail.”
The Japanese cast includes:
- Mutsumi Tamura as Allen
- Mayu Iizuka as Krena
- Tasuku Hatanaka as Dogora
- Sayaka Senbongi as Cecil
- Hideo Ishikawa as Rodan
- Sayaka Ōhara as Theresia
- Makoto Koichi as Mash
- Tomokazu Sugita as Butler Von Granvelle
- Shōya Chiba as Mikhail Granvelle
- Marie Miyake as Thomas Granvelle
- Akio Ōtsuka as Zenoff
- Takahiro Miyamoto as Carnell
- Takahiro Sakurai as Helmios
- Reiji Kawashima as Keel
- Kiyono Yasuno as Sophialohne
- Hikaru Midorikawa as Volmaar
- Miyu Tomita as Meruru
- Taketora as Dverg
- Shinichirō Miki as Theodojiil
Masato Tamagawa directs the anime at Yokohama Animation Lab. Daishiro Tanimura is in charge of the series scripts, and Kei Tsushima is the character designer. Misaki Tsuchida, Moyu Kanazaki, Junko Nakajima, Kanada Sakuma, Reiko Abe, Kaho Sawada, BeauDamian, and Tsugumi Tanaka are the music composers.
Hamuo released the novel on the Shōsetsuka ni Narō website in November 2019, and it’s still ongoing. Earth Star Entertainment began publishing the series in print in July 2020. In October 2020, Tetta launched the manga on Comic Earth Star.
J-Novel Club releases the novel and manga digitally in English, and Yen Press publishes the English print edition. J-Novel Club describes the story as follows:
“‘Level up even while offline’?! That’s not a game on ‘easy mode’—that’s just an AFK game!” The online game Yamada Kenichi had been playing religiously is shutting down its servers, leaving him with a void in his heart.
He looks for a new game to fill it, but everything he finds is way too easy. The kind of game he likes—the kind punishing enough to make players want to spend thousands of hours on it—just isn’t around anymore.
“What’s this? ‘You are invited to a game that will never end.’” Kenichi stumbles upon an untitled game, one promising incomparable challenge with unprecedented potential. Without hesitation, he selects the “Hell Mode” difficulty.
Lo and behold, he finds himself reincarnated in another world as a serf! Now called Allen, he sets out to unlock the secrets of his mystery-laden Summoner class; without the convenience of walkthroughs, game guides, or online forums, he must grope his way to the top of his new world!
