Greetings and felicitations, ladies and gentlemen of the Internet. Anna speaking.

Well, I am rather excited. The other day I was informed by my dear otaku friend, Denise~chan, that the Vampire Knight anime is being dubbed in English. Naturally, being the fangirl that I am, I freaked out. Vampire Knight is probably one of my favorite shoujo manga of all time. I mean, it's practically a soap opera in manga form. It's got vampires, hot guys, blood, unknown incest, and gun-fights. Who doesn't love that?

Sadly, the anime was....okay, I'll just say it, BLECH. The animation was meh, the voice-acting was unconvincing, and the story was completely unconnected to the original plot. I was irked. My favorite manga turned into a bad anime. Grr... But when I heard about this, I was over the moon excited. And then I heard the casting.

Our heroine, Yuuki, has not been cast yet. The main male lead, Zero, will be voiced by former Mighty Morphin Power Ranger, Johnny Yong Bosch, also known as the voice of Ichigo Kurasaki of Bleach and Lelouch Lamperouge of Code Geass. The leader of the vampire class, Kaname, will be voiced by Crispin Freeman, the voice of Itachi Uchiha of Naruto and Naruto Shippuden, as well as Alucard of Hellsing. Two more vampires have been voice-casted, the talent includes Vic Mignogna (Edward Elric of Fullmetal Alchemist and Tamaki Suoh of Ouran High School Host Club) and Travis Willingham (Roy Mustang of Fullmetal Alchemist and Zetsu of Naruto Shippuden).

We have some really great voice talent on this anime dub. I really hope this dub will actually be decent. Fingers crossed, fangirls!

Anyway, that's all I have to report. Happy geeking!

~Anna

Also new in the sunlight deprived world of anime, FUNimation posted a preview of the English Dub of Soul Eater, The hit manga by Atsushi Okubo and published by Square Enix, on Thursday, October 8th. The first few episodes will appear on DVD sometime in 2010. For anyone not familiar with the plot of this sensational series, to quote from FUNimation, it goes a little something like this:
"Maka is a Meister and Soul is her Weapon. As students at the Grim Reapers Death Weapon Meister Academy, their study habits couldnt be more different. But in battle against the supernatural forces of evil, theyre a freakin lethal team.Thats when Soul transforms literally into a razor-sharp scythe, and every defeated wicked soul he sucks down makes him more deadly. Thats when Maka unleashes the merciless slayer within, wielding her partner and dropping monsters. Seriously. Monsters. Like the witches, werewolves, and zombies that lurk in the shadows and feed on the souls of the innocent. Every freakish ghoul Maka and Soul take out strengthens their bond, and fighting alongside their fellow Meister/Weapon classmates, Maka and Soul are the worlds last line of defense against evil". From the preview they posted on youtube and the FUNimation site, the voice acting seems pretty solid including: Todd Haberkorn (Allen Walker-D.Grey Man, Hikaru Hitachiin-Ouran High School Host Club) as Death the Kid, Laura Bailey (Tohru Honda-Fruits Basket, Shin-Shin-Chan) as Maka, Micah Solusod as Soul, and many others. I would highly recommend picking it up, especially if your a fan of Full Metal Alchemist.

You can find the preview here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14Bw24MS458