The Detective Is Already Dead Season 2 English dub starts this week
Crunchyroll has announced the English dub cast and episode-one staff for the second season, with the dub premiering on Wednesday.
Crunchyroll has announced the English dub cast and episode-one staff for The Detective Is Already Dead Season 2, with the dub’s first episode set to premiere on Wednesday. 1 The second season is already airing in Japan and is streaming on Crunchyroll. 12
The English dub cast
Austin Tindle voices Kimizuka, with Xanthe Huynh as Siesta and Arryn Zech as Natsunagi. Megan Shipman, Jamie Marchi and Jad Saxton also join the episode-one cast as Char, Hel and Saikawa respectively. Meg McClain and Corey Pettit are credited as the female students. Crunchyroll is handling the English dub studio work. The announced staff includes Justin Cook, Michael Harcourt and Nathanael Harrison as studio producers, Susie Nixon as producer, Jarrod Greene as adaptation supervisor and Heather Walker on adaptation. Stevie Rae Krieger is the voice director, with Jason Lord assisting. 1
Season 2 details
The second season is based on Nigojū and Umibōzu’s light novel series. It premiered in Japan on October 7 after an earlier schedule change moved it from July to October. 1 Manabu Kurihara returns to direct at ENGI, while Deko Akao and Yōsuke Itō return for series scripts and character design. 1
Watch the official trailer
Crunchyroll’s official trailer introduces the returning mystery and its central characters ahead of the season’s new cases. 3 The announcement also notes new anime music videos on the service, including theme songs connected to Daemons of the Shadow Realm, Draw This, Then Die! and Hana-Kimi Season 2. Those additions are separate from the English dub announcement, but show the wider music and video expansion Crunchyroll is making alongside its seasonal streaming catalogue. 12
Our opinion
The useful part of this announcement is its specificity. Viewers do not have to guess whether an English dub is coming or wait for a vague later update: Crunchyroll has named the core cast, credited the episode-one staff and provided a near-term debut point. That makes the dub easier to find and gives returning fans a practical reason to check the service this week, without pretending the dub changes what the Japanese broadcast has already established.