Strike Witches 501st

Strike Witches: The Movie, which is a direct follow up to end of the second season, is getting a US release. Funimation announced today that a DVD / Blu-Ray combo pack would coming on October 4. Since several characters in the movie are from other installments in the series, there will be some fresh voices for English dub this time around. Here is a full cast list straight from Funimation’s site:

New cast from Strike Witches: The Movie

Character Voice Actress Country

Fuso Imperial Army

Shizuka Hattori Cristina Valenzuela Fuso

Karlsland Air Force 1st Night Fighter Wing

Heidemarie W. Schnaufer Bryn Appril Karlsland

502nd Joint Fighter Wing

Nikka Edvardine Katajainen Krystal LaPort Suomus
Aleksandra I. Pokryshkin Monica Rial Orussia

506th Joint Fighter Wing

Rosalie de Hemricourt de Grunne Allison Viktorn Belgica/Britannia
Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein Rachael Robinson Karlsland

Isle of Wight Detachment Group

Amelie Planchard Sarah Weidenheft Gallia

Returning Cast

Character Voice Actress
Yoshika Miyafuji Cherami Leigh
Mio Sakamoto Kira Vincent-Davis
Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke Anastasia Munoz
Lynette “Lynne” Bishop Kate Bristol
Perrine H. Clostermann Jād Saxton
Erica Hartmann Luci Christian
Gertrud Barkhorn Stephanie Sheh
Francesca Lucchini Trina Nishimura
Charlotte “Shirley” E. Yeager Jamie Marchi
Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen Caitlin Glass
Sanya V. Litvyak Jennifer Forrester
Martina Crespi Alexis Tipton
Luciana Mazzei Jasime Mendigo
Fernandia Malvezzi Maxie Whitehead

Shorewood Blu-ray Ocard

As a huge fan of this franchise I’m very excited to check this out! You can reserve you copy direct from Funimation here.

Steve Baltimore
Steve started with oprainfall not long after the campaign moved from the IGN forums to Facebook. Ever since, he has been fighting to give all non-mainstream RPGs a fair voice. As the site admin, he will continue to do this and even show there is value in what some would deem "pure ecchi." He loves niche games and anime more than anything... well, except maybe Neptune.