Matt Schley
April 30, 2020 
Run with the Wind, the 2018-2019 anime series about a group of misfit college students aiming for Japan’s famous Hakone Ekiden race, is coming to home video with an English dub.
Sentai Filmworks, who are releasing the series, just released a preview of said dub, plus a full cast rundown. Here’s the cast list:
Haiji…………………….Blake Jackson
Kakeru…………………Gabriel Regojo
Joji……………………..Nathan Wilson
Jota…………………….Scott Gibbs
King……………………Andrew Love
Musa…………………..Jovan Jackson
Nico……………………Ty Mahany
Prince………………….Mike Haimoto
Shindo…………………Daniel Regojo
Yuki……………………Benjamin McLaughlin
Tazaki………………….James Belcher
Hanako………………..Alyssa Marek
Hanako’s Dad………..Jay Hickman
Sakaki…………………Tyler Galindo
Fujioka………………..Josh Morrison
Mochizuki…………….Chris Hutchison
HS Coach…………….Rob Mungle
Musa’s Boss………….Kelly Greenshield
Hirakawa……………..Matt Shipman
Iwanki………………..Orlanders Jones
Haiji’s Mother………..Brittany Lauda
Haiji’s Father…………John Swasey
The dub is directed by Shannon Reed with audio engineering from David Lascoe, Anel Garcia, Ricardo Contreras and Jonathan Rodriguez.
Run with the Wind ran in Japan from October 2018 to March 2019. It was based on the novel of the same name by Shion Miura (The Great Passage) and went a little something like this:
Kakeru Kurahara was a track star in high school, but after losing his money gambling, the only running he’s doing is fleeing after shoplifting food. Then Kakeru’s escape route crosses paths with Haiji Kiyose, and he gets a chance to change his life’s direction.
A fourth-year college student, Haiji has dreamed of entering the famous Hakone Ekidan relay marathon, but he’s been one runner short of a potential team… until he sees Kakeru blow past him like the wind and knows he’s found his critical tenth man. Of course, it won’t be easy convincing Kakeru to join, and the rest of the team includes such questionable choices as a chronic smoker and an underweight otaku, but they’ve all got legs and Haiji will make sure they learn how to use them to Run with the Wind!
Sentai’s discs are due out May 26, with a premium boxset due out June 30.
