Sengoku Otome Episode 8 Sengoku Otome

Alternative title:
戦国乙女～桃色パラドックス～ (Japanese)
Themes: samurai

release date
2011-04-04

Opening Theme:
"kagerou" by Tenka Tori Tai
Ending Theme:
"Atsuki Ya no Gotoku (熱き矢の如く)" by Tenka Tori Tai

Cast

Rina Hidaka as Hideyoshi Toyoomi

Eri Kitamura as Mitsuhide Akechi
Mariya Ise as Kenshin Uesugi
Megumi Toyoguchi as Nobunaga Oda
Rei Mochizuki as Yoshimoto Imagawa
Sachi Kokuryu as Shingen Takeda
Satomi Akesaka as Ieyasu Tokugawa
Yuka Hirata as Masamune Date



There're plenty of little quibbles about the dub but they are just that, quibbles. This kind of dub—professionally performed and faithfully cast—has become the base-line for dubs in America. It only suffers in comparison to some of its more effective Funimation brethren, a result due more to the source material than any shortcomings on the part of its English cast. There are no weak links in this dub, but there are no real standouts either (with the possible exception of Christopher Sabat's startlingly accurate rendition of Roy). More faithful to the original script than is the norm for Funimation, this dub will satisfy most dub fans but is unlikely to convert any of the sub-preferring crowd.

Extras aren't exactly thick on the ground in this volume, but the twelve minutes of casting decision explanations by English director Christopher Sabat are a nice addition to the usual previews and textless songs.

Sure Solty Rei is a hackneyed patchwork of worn genre tropes, but that's what puts the "mindless" in "mindless entertainment". Once you realize that no thought is required, these six episodes pass swiftly, leaving a vaguely pleasant aftertaste, if precious little else.