Crunchyroll Sets September 27 Same-Day English Dub for Overgeared Anime

Crunchyroll announced Friday that it will stream a same-day English dub of the Overgeared anime on September 27. The television adaptation of South Korean webtoon studio REDICE STUDIO’s work is titled Tempal The Power of Items (Tempal: Item no Chikara).

The anime premieres on Tokyo MX and BS11 on October 2 at 11:30 p.m. (10:30 a.m. EDT). Crunchyroll will also stream the series.

Crunchyroll screened the anime on September 21 through “Crunchyroll Anime Nights,” its program for anime screenings across the U.S. Overgeared and other titles will screen in U.S. and Canadian theaters with Japanese audio and English subtitles.

The English dub cast includes:

• Ricco Fajardo as Grid
• Alexis Tipton as Irene
• Morgan Lauré as Yura
• Bradley Gareth as Doran
• Daniel Van Thomas as Ashur
• Reshel Mae as Seira
• David Wilson-Brown as Takumi’s Dad
• Trina Nishimura as Takumi’s Mom
• John Burgmeier as Sakaeda
• Jim Johnson as Yazaki
• Joe Cucinotti as Futaba
• Jim Jorgensen as Shimamura
• Corey Pettit as Hinako
• Jim Foronda as Sumita
• Catherine DuBord as System AI

Additional voices come from:

• Adam Michael Rowe
• Blake McNamara
• Chris Ryan
• Dayan Rodriguez
• Nic Hamill
• Rick Robertson
• T.J. Anthony
• Tom Henry

The English dub production team includes:

• Studio: Crunchyroll
• Studio producers: Justin Cook, Michael Harcourt, Nathanael Harrison
• Producer: Zach Bolton
• Adaptation supervisor: Tyler Walker
• Adaptation: Jared Smith
• Voice director: Emily Fajardo
• Talent coordination: Tara A. Williams, Brittni Hurley
• Engineering managers: Gino Palencia, Brandon Peters
• Engineer: Tina Son
• Assistant engineers: Devin Foster, Stevie Rae Krieger, Neal Malley
• Mixer: Rickey Watkins

Ayako Kōno directs the film at J.C. Staff, while EGG FIRM produces the anime. Kōno’s credits include Sword Art Online the Movie -Progressive- Aria of a Starless Night and Sword Art Online The Movie - Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night.

Kenta Ihara oversees the series scripts, with credits including Saga of Tanya the Evil, Uncle From Another World, and Blue Miburo. Character design is also credited to Kenta Ihara, whose listed works include Demon Lord 2099 and I Want to End This Love Game.

Other production staff include:

• Sound director: Yoshikazu Iwanami
• Music composer: Yoshiaki Fujisawa
• Music production: Pony Canyon
• Art director: Yūki Kobayashi
• Color key artist: Miki Itō
• Compositing director of photography: Yuusuke Sakamoto

Rock band Re:name performs the opening song, “SATISFY.” Virtual singer TAO sings the ending theme, “Ray of Emotion.”

Yen Press publishes the webtoon in English through its Ize Press label. Its synopsis follows Youngwoo Shin, a real-life deadbeat whose odd jobs barely cover his loan payments. His family has given up on him as a hopeless video game addict.

In the hugely popular VR game Satisfy, Youngwoo plays Grid the Warrior, an equally mediocre character. His fortunes shift when he finds a tome holding a legendary blacksmith’s lost knowledge, but using it resets all his levels.

Forced to start over, Grid must improve his skills and find dependable allies to survive—or rely on god-tier equipment to make those efforts unnecessary.

Yen Press released the webtoon’s 11th volume on August 18. Tapas also offers the webtoon digitally, while both Tapas and WuxiaWorld publish the original web novel in English.

The webtoon adapts Sae Nal Park’s web novel, with writing by Dong Wook Lee and artwork by Team Argo.