Studio Ghibli’s first TV series getting English dub courtesy of Amazon

Enlarge / Expect Ronja to rob… your heart. (credit: Studio Ghibli)

Famed animation studio Studio Ghibli launched its first TV series, Ronja the Robber’s Daughter, in 2014, and fans’ wait for an official Western version is now coming to an end, thanks to Amazon.

After the series’ 26-episode run wrapped, the studio began shopping an English-language version to various international channels and distributors. That shopping apparently concluded this week, as Amazon confirmed via a Friday press release that Ronja’s dub will debut exclusively on Amazon Video in the US, UK, Germany, Austria, and Japan. The news didn’t include a release date, but it did confirm one familiar voice joining the Ronja cast: Gillian Anderson, whose voice previously appeared in famed Ghibli film Princess Mononoke.

As the studio’s first release to employ 3D-rendered characters, Ronja the Robber’s Daughter represents a huge shift for Ghibli’s production process. This style will look familiar to anybody who has seen the mix of 2D and 3D animation and heaping dollops of cel-shading from the animation studio’s cut scenes in the Ni No Kuni JRPG series of video games. (That game’s sequel has yet to launch in either Japan or the West.)

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Source: Ars Technica – Studio Ghibli’s first TV series getting English dub courtesy of Amazon