William Winckler Productions Licenses and Dubs Classic Anime Titles
Humberto Saabedra
Production house William Winckler Productions has confirmed to The Fanboy Review that venerable 80’s anime titles in Fist of the North Star, Gaiking, Captain Harlock, The Adventures of Nadja, Starzinger and Danguard Ace have received new English dubs co-produced between it, Rioloco Productions and Toei, with the company currently in talks to reacquire Tekkaman: The Space Knight (previously released in the 80’s via the same company on VHS and syndication) along with acquiring Lun Lun the Flower Girl and GE GE GE no KITARO under the title Kitaro’s Graveyard Gang.
The company plans to make an official announcement in the coming days with confirmed dub cast members including William Winckler himself, G. Larry Butler, Robert Axelrod, David Gerrold, Kyle Rea, Marieve Herington, Don Glut, Paul Oberle, Bradford Hill, Jason Barker-Avellino, Laura Siegel, Alison Lees-Taylor, Caleb Pearson, Fred Laderman (Fred Ladd), Chase Masterson, George Lindsey Jr., Anne Lockhart and Butch Patrick.
Update: WWP has confirmed that the above titles are intended to be distributed across DVD, digital distribution and TV broadcast with the shows being produced as feature length films under the titles Fist of the North Star/Hokuto No Ken, The Adventures of Nadja I, II, Starzinger I, II, III, Danguard Ace I, II, III, Gaiking I, II, III and Space Captain Harlock I, II.
