Edens Zero

Edens Zero is an anime based on the homonymous manga written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The anime is produced by J.C.Staff and directed by Yūji Suzuki, with Shinji Ishihira serving as chief director, Mitsutaka Hirota overseeing scripts, Yurika Sako designing the characters, and Yoshihisa Hirano composing the music. The series aired on Nippon TV and other channels from April 11 to October 3, 2021.

Netflix acquired streaming rights to the first season, which was released globally on August 26, 2021, while Mediatoon Distribution acquired global rights to the second season with Crunchyroll acquiring the streaming rights for the second season in North America, Central America, South America, Europe (excluding Spain, Portugal, Italy, and French and German-speaking countries), Africa, Oceania, the Middle East, the Commonwealth of Independent States, and India.

A second season was announced on February 9, 2022 and premiered on April 1, 2023. Crunchyroll acquired the streaming rights for the second season which began simulcasting on April 8, 2023

Synopsis At Granbell Kingdom, an abandoned amusement park, Shiki has lived his entire life among machines. But one day, Rebecca and her cat companion Happy appear at the park’s front gates. Little do these newcomers know that this is the first human contact Granbell has had in a hundred years. As Shiki stumbles his way into making new friends, his former neighbors stir at an opportunity for a robo-rebellion…And when his old homeland becomes too dangerous, Shiki must join Rebecca and Happy on their spaceship and escape into the boundless cosmos.

Cast[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Edens Zero Crew
Main Characters
	Shiki Granbell	Takuma Terashima	Sean Chiplock
		Yurie Kozakai (child)	Ryan Bartley
	Rebecca Bluegarden	Mikako Komatsu	Kira Buckland
	Happy	Rie Kugimiya	Tia Ballard
	Weisz Steiner	Hiromichi Tezuka	Ray Chase
			Brook Chalmers (old)
	Homura Kōgetsu	Shiki Aoki	Laura Stahl
	E.M. Pino	Shiori Izawa	Sarah Anne Williams
Demon King's Four Shining Stars
	Witch Regret	Kiyono Yasuno	Laura Post
	Sister Ivry	Yukiyo Fujii	Allegra Clark
	Hermit Mio	Kanon Takao	Xanthe Huynh
	Valkyrie Yuna	Miyuki Sawashiro	Rebeka Thomas
Other Crew Members
	Mosco Versa-0	Mitsuo Iwata	Brock Powell
	Connor	Kenta Sasa	Paul St. Peter
Oración Seis Galáctica
	Elsie Crimson	Sayaka Ohara	Colleen Clinkenbeard
	Drakken Joe	Taiten Kusunoki	Armen Taylor
Skull Fairy Crew
	Behrman (Elsie's Subordinate)	Shōhei Kajikawa	Jay Preston
Belial Gore Crew
	Jamilov / Spider	Tatsumaru Tachibana	Jon Allen
	Maria Slime	Yurie Kozakai	Emi Lo
	Seth Anderson	Taisuke Nakano	Jason C. Miller
	Diego Reyes	Reigo Yamaguchi	Kellen Goff
Cosmic Government
Interstellar Union Army
	Justice	Daisuke Namikawa	Robert McCollum
	Jaguar	Atsushi Ono	Jason Marnocha
	Victory	Yūki Sanpei	Joe Hernandez
	Creed	Yūdai Mino	Shannon McKain
Galactic Intelligence Agency
	Amira	Megumi Satō	Emi Lo
	Jesse	Yūji Murai	Kyle McCarley
Other Characters
Shooting Starlight
	Noah Glenfield	Nobuhiko Okamoto	Billy Kametz
	Clarisse Layer	Nao Tamura	Natalie Rose
	Labilia Christy	Ayumi Ayano	Lizzie Freeman
Rogue Out
	Fake Sister Ivry	Rena Maeda	Lauren Landa
	Jinn	Yūki Shin	Jonah Scott
	Ganoff	Makoto Tamura	Mike McFarland
B-Cubers
	Couchpo	Satomi Arai	Janice Kawaye
	Milon	Megumi Satō	Dawn M. Bennett
	Copa	Natsuki	Lisa Reimold
	Miyako	Yūna Kamakura	Jennie Kwan
	Sheila	Hirone Yanagisawa	¿?
Sun Jewel Government
	Madame Kurenai / Kurenai Kōgetsu	Mie Sonozaki	Michelle Ruff
	Garrot	Takayuki Nakatsukasa	Matthew David Rudd
	Baku	Yūji Murai	Kellen Goff
	Nino	Hiroki Gotō	Doug Erholtz
	Ward	Sōma Shiomi	Kane Jungbluth-Murry
Valkyrie's Army
	Paul	Yō Kitazawa	Dave Wallace
	Eger	Ryō Sugisaki	Michael Sorich
	Van	Motoki Sakuma	Kane Jungbluth-Murry
	Yak	Shin'ya Takahashi	Kellen Goff
Miscellaneous
	Ziggy	Hōchū Ōtsuka	John Bentley
	Michael	Tomohiro Yamaguchi	Shannon McKain
	Bernadette (Server)	Harumi Sakurai	Ryan Bartley
	Illega	Masafumi Kimura	Brook Chalmers
	Shinobi Troll	Shun'ichi Maki	Tom Fahn
	Cedric	Tomohiro Yamaguchi	Brandon Winckler
	Xiaomei	Honoka Inoue	Jenny Yokobori
	Mother	Kikuko Inoue	Colleen Clinkenbeard

Episodic Characters[]

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
	Mithra	Hana Satō	Lizzie Freeman	1
	John	Motoki Sakuma	Kyle Hebert
	Annie	Mei Shibata	Jenny Yokobori
	Butler Machine	Takuya Nakashima	Frank Todaro
	Archer Machine	Yūya Murakami	Jay Preston
	Castellan (Castle King)	Shinpachi Tsuji	Jake Eberle	1, 5
	Neepa (Thug Boss)	Yūya Murakami	Kyle Hebert	2
	Nikolaus	Yurie Kozakai	Monica Rial	3
	Sibir	Yutaka Aoyama	Bob Carter	4-5
	Payo	Reina Kondō	Monica Rial
	Foote Brothers	Kenta Sasa (Older Brother)	Joe Hernandez	5
		Sōma Shiomi (Younger Brother)	Kiba Walker
	Johnny	Tomohiro Yamaguchi	Shannon McKain
	Bono	Shun'ichi Maki	Joe Hernandez	8
	Yammy	Sōma Shiomi	Jay Preston
	Announcer	Hana Satō	Monica Rial	8-9
	Icchi	Ichika Katō	Tia Ballard	9
	Naru	Narumi Kinjō	¿?
	Guide	Yūna Kamakura	Jenny Yokobori	13
	Tantimo	Reigo Yamaguchi Ayaka Shimizu	Emma Martello	13, 15
	Guiron	Takuya Nakashima	Derek Stephen Prince	14
	Müller	Yōhei Tadano	John Snyder	16
	Android Researcher	Haruki Ishiya	Stephen Fu
	Murray Morrison		Billy Kametz	17
	Metal Bogey	Yūki Sanpei	Kellen Goff	18
	Flanker Yocchi	Yocchi	Dave Wallace
	Highway Ena	Shōhei Kajikawa	Kellen Goff
	Punishers	Kōsuke Katayama Takuya Nakashima	Kellen Goff	19-20
	Angelic Angela		Allegra Clark	21
	Kenta	Shin'ei Ueki	Jason C. Miller	22
	Kenta's Father (Magistrate)		John Bentley

Additional Voices[]

Jon Allen Dawn M. Bennett John Eric Bentley Luis Bermudez Bob Carter Brook Chalmers Allegra Clark Colleen Clinkenbeard Kevin M. Connolly Jake Eberle Tom Fahn Dorah Fine Antonia Flynn Lizzie Freeman Kellen Goff Kyle Hebert Joe Hernandez Billy Kametz Jarred Kjack - Thug underling (ep. 2), Sibir's subordinate (ep. 4) Jennie Kwan Emi Lo Emma Martello Henry Mason

Kyle McCarley Robert McCollum Mike McFarland Shannon McKain Jason C. Miller Brock Powell Jay Preston - Illega's subordinate (ep. 9), Guard (ep. 10) Derek Stephen Prince Lisa Reimold Monica Rial Natalie Rose Michelle Ruff Tamara Ryan Michael Schwalbe Jonah Scott Armen Taylor Rebeka Thomas Frank Todaro Kiba Walker Dave Wallace Sarah Anne Williams Brandon Winckler Jenny Yokobori

Notes[]

• Several FUNimation Entertainment actors were cast by Bang Zoom! Entertainment to portray characters based on their roles from Fairy Tail, another manga media franchise created by Hiro Mashima.
  • Tia Ballard reprises her role as Happy, who is an alternate version from the character in Fairy Tail.
  • Colleen Clinkenbeard voices Elsie Crimson, based on Erza Scarlet.
  • Robert McCollum voices Justice, based on Jellal Fernandes, in turn based on Rave Master character Sieg Hart (voiced by Crispin Freeman).
  • Monica Rial reprises her role as Nikolaus/Nicola, otherwise named Plue, who previously appeared in Rave Master (voiced by Mona Marshall).

Transmission via Streaming[]

Company	Date	Category	Format	Classification	Country
	August 26, 2021 (Season 1; Part 1)	Anime / Netflix Original Series	Digital	TV-14	United States
	November 24, 2021 (Season 1; Part 2)
	TBA (Season 2)	Anime

See Also[]

• Fairy Tail
• Rave Master

External Links[]

• Edens Zero at the Internet Movie Database
• Edens Zero at Anime News Network's encyclopedia