So, can we call this one B: The Middle? (Bad joke?)
At the Annecy International Film Festival, Netflix announced that a second season of B: The Beginning is in production. A release window hasn’t been announced as of press time, outside of a nebulous “soon.”
B: The Beginning kicked off worldwide on March 2, on Netflix’s digital platform.
Kazuto Nakazawa (Parasite Dolls, Moondrive) and Yoshinobu Yamakawa (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?, Little Busters!) directed B: The Beginning at Production I.G., with Nakazawa pulling double duty as character designer. Katsunari Ishida is wrote the show’s screenplay.
Other confirmed crew members include:
- Producer Rui Kuroki
- Key Animation Supervisor: Kazuto Nakazawa
- Color Designer: Narumi Sakai
- Art Supervisor: Yukio Nagasaki
- Music: Yoshihiro Ike
- Editor: Junichi Uematsu
- Song: The Perfect World
- Song-Arrange-Guitar: Marty Friedman
- Bass: KenKen (aka LIFE IS GROOVE/RIZE/Dragon Ash)
- Arrange-Programming: Koji Fujimoto
Kazuto Nakazawa and Production I.G. are listed as original creators for the project.
The Japanese voice cast includes:
- Keith Kazama Flick: Hiroaki Hirata
- Koku: Yuuki Kaji
- Lily Hoshina: Asami Seto
- Eric Toga: Hiroki Touchi
- Boris Meier: Minoru Inaba
- Kaela Yoshinaga: Ami Koshimizu
- Brian Brandon: Toshiyuki Toyonaga
- Mario: Shintarō Tanaka
- John Henry Richard: Atsushi Goto
- Gilbert Ross: Toshiyuki Morikawa
- Minazuki: Kaito Ishikawa
Meanwhile, the English dub stars the following:
- Keith / Dr. Flick: Ray Chase
- Koku: Kyle McCarley
- Gilbert / Puzo: John Demita
- Boris: Doug Stone
- Lily: Faye Mata
- Minatsuki: Johnny Yong Bosch
- Laica / Henry: Xander Mobus
- Kaela: Allegra Clark
- Yuna: Brianna Knickerbocker
- Mario: Patrick Seitz
- Eric: Jalen K. Cassell
- Young Koku: Erica Mendez
- Young Yuna / Erika / Kukuri / Takeru: Cristina Vee
- Jean: John Snyder
- Abbot: Ezra Weisz
- Brandon: Khoi Dao
- Quinn / Jonathan: Todd Haberkorn
- Julian: Steve Prince
- Kamui: Ben Diskin
- Izanami / Lily’s Mom: Marianne Miller
- Red: Sean Chiplock
- Blue / Richard: Edward Bosco
- Yellow: Keith Silverstein
- Lily’s Father: Jake Eberle
- Lily’s Brother: Joe Zieja
Netflix describes B: The Beginning as:
In a world powered by advanced technology, crime and action unfold in the archipelagic nation of Cremona. Koku, the protagonist. Keith, the legendary investigator of the royal police force RIS. A mysterious criminal organization. A wide variety of characters race through the fortified city as it is beset by the serial killer, Killer B, and a chain of crimes in this suspense drama by director Kazuto Nakazawa and Production I.G. The series is comprised of 12 episodes and is a Production I.G. series that is set to debut globally on Netflix in Spring 2018. B: The Beginning stars Hiroaki Hirata, Yuki Kaji, Asami Seto, Hiroki Touchi, Minoru Inaba, Ami Koshimizu, Toshiyuki Toyonaga, Shintaro Tanaka, Atsushi Goto, Toshiyuki Morikawa and Kaito Ishikawa.
Source: Twitter (NetflixJP_Anime)
