Baki (グラップラー刃牙 Gurappurā Baki) is an anime television series based on the manga series by Keisuke Itagaki. It began streaming on Netflix on June 25, 2018 in Japan, and started streaming on December 18, 2018 outside Japan.
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Dubbing History[]
From December 2018 to June 2020, Netflix has released Baki with the English dub recorded at Studiopolis.
In February 2021, Sentai Filmworks acquired the home video licensing rights to Baki with plans of a new English dub recorded in Houston, TX. On April 23, 2021, Sentai announced it's voice cast for the home video release of the anime.
Cast[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Season | |
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Netflix Dub | Sentai Dub | ||||
Main Characters | |||||
Baki Hanma | Nobunaga Shimazaki | Troy Baker | Blake Jackson | 1-2 | |
Yujiro Hanma | Akio Ōtsuka | Kirk Thornton | ¿? | 1-2 | |
Secondary Characters | |||||
Kozue Matsumoto | Sora Amamiya | Cherami Leigh | Christina Kelly | 1-2 | |
Mohammad Alai Jr. | Sōichirō Hoshi | Ogie Banks | Antonio Lasanta | 1-2 | |
Oliver Biscuit | Hōchū Ōtsuka | James C. Mathis III | Jovan Jackson | 1 | |
Retsu Kaioh | Rikiya Koyama | Kaiji Tang | Ty Mahany | 1-2 | |
Fighters | |||||
Doppo Orochi | Takayuki Sugō | Steven Jay Blum | Brian Mathis | 1-2 | |
Goki Shibukawa | Bin Shimada | Vic Mignogna | David Harbold | 1 | |
Kyle McCarley | 2 | ||||
Kaoru Hanayama | Takuya Eguchi | Greg Chun | Jay Hickman | 1 | |
Convicts | |||||
Dorian Kaioh | Banjō Ginga | Aaron LaPlante | Josh Morrison | 1 | |
Sikorsky | Kenjirō Tsuda | Grant George | Joe Daniels | 1 | |
Hector Doyle | Takehito Koyasu | Johnny Yong Bosch | Scott Gibbs | 1 | |
Ryuukou Yanagi | Issei Futamata | Chris Edgerly | ¿? | 1 | |
Spec | Chafurin | Kyle Hebert | David Wald | 1 | |
Kaiohs | |||||
Ryu Kaioh | Shōzō Iizuka | Darin De Paul | ¿? | 1-2 | |
Kaioh Kaku | Kenichi Ogata | Mick Wingert | ¿? | 2 | |
Shobun Ron | Hideaki Tezuka | ¿? | 2 | ||
Shunsei Kaku | Hiroki Yasumoto | Billy Kametz | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Son | Yoshiyuki Kōno | Greg Chun | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Yoh | Yasuhiko Kawazu | Ray Chase | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Chin | Daichi Endō | Xander Mobus | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Jo | Ryūzo Hasuike | Kyle McCarley | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Moh | Hiroaki Ishikawa | Edward Bosco | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Samwan | Takanori Hoshino | Johnny Yong Bosch | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Li | Tomoaki Ikeda | Greg Chun | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Han | Satoshi Taki | Chris Hackney | ¿? | 2 | |
Kaioh Jaku | Yutaka Aoyama | Edward Bosco | ¿? | 2 | |
Recurring Characters | |||||
Mitsunari Tokugawa | Mugihito | Matthew Yang King | ¿? | 1 | |
Kanji "Antonio" Igari | Kiyoyuki Yanada | D.C. Douglas | Jack Ivy | 1-2 | |
Chiharu Shiba | Tatsuhisa Suzuki | Robbie Daymond | Blake Weir | 1 | |
Shinshinkai Dojo | |||||
Katsumi Orochi | Yoshihisa Kawahara | Ray Chase | Andrew Love | 1 | |
Kiyosumi Katou | Takehiro Murozono | Robbie Daymond | ¿? | 1 | |
Atsushi Suedo | Yoshikazu Nagano | Liam O'Brien | Michael Wronski | 1 | |
Police Department of Japan | |||||
Morio Sonoda | Kōji Ishii | John Bentley | John Swasey | 1 | |
Tsuneo Katahira | Hiroyuki Amano | Robbie Daymond | ¿? | 1 | |
Others | |||||
Jack Hanma | Kenta Miyake | Christopher Swindle | Courtland Johnson | 1-2 | |
Kosho Shinogi | Takumi Yamazaki | Billy Kametz | Gabriel Regojo | 1 | |
Kureha Shinogi | Ken Narita | Matthew Yang King | James Marler | 1 | |
Izou Motobe | Minoru Inaba | Christopher Swindle | Rob Mungle | 1 | |
Mick Wingert | 2 | ||||
Mohammad Alai | Hideyuki Tanaka | James C. Mathis III | Orlanders Tao Jones | 1-2 | |
Dave | Kōsuke Gotō | Xander Mobus | ¿? | 1-2 | |
Gerry Strydum | Yoshisada Sakaguchi | Mick Wingert | Chris Hutchison | 1 | |
Gaia | Ayumu Murase | Billy Kametz | Gareth West | 1 | |
Yasha-Zaru Jr. | N/A | Andrew Love | 1 | ||
Kinuyo Matsumoto | Miki Nagasawa | Colleen O'Shaughnessey | Sam Butler | 1 | |
Tateoka | Takahiro Fujimoto | Andrew Kishino | Houston Hayes | 1 | |
Jeff Markson | Yoshito Yasuhara | Chris Edgerly | Kregg Dailey | 1 | |
Ryo | Kozo Mito | Todd Haberkorn | Walter Bubble | 1 | |
Headband Delinquent | Nobuyuki Kobushi | Liam O'Brien | ¿? | 1 | |
Tall Delinquent | Ikuji Nose | Greg Chun | ¿? | 1 | |
Matsuo | Shin Aomori | Ray Chase | ¿? | 2 | |
Narrator | Tōru Furuya | Kirk Thornton | Matthew Henderson | 1 |
Episodic Characters[]
Image | Character | Seiyū | Dub Actor | Episode | |
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Netflix Dub | Sentai Dub | ||||
First Season (Part 1) | |||||
Kairos Executioner | ¿? | Todd Haberkorn | ¿? | 1 | |
Jim | ¿? | Kyle McCarley | ¿? | ||
Spec's Guard | Hidenari Ugaki | Kyle Hebert | ¿? | ||
Rob Robinson | Masato Funaki | Chris Edgerly | ¿? | 2 | |
Harashima | Hiroki Takahashi | Greg Chun | ¿? | ||
Man with Knife | Jōichirō Yoshida | Kaiji Tang | ¿? | ||
Man with Weights | Yoshinori Sonobe | Mick Wingert | ¿? | ||
Nakamura | Shigeru Shibuya | ¿? | 3 | ||
Hospital Director | Jin Urayama | Kyle Hebert | ¿? | 6 | |
Teacher | Eiji Yanagisawa | ¿? | |||
Mitsuomi Hasegawa | Nobuaki Fukuda | Greg Chun | Carl Masterson | 7 | |
Cab Driver | Takeharu Onishi | Liam O'Brien | ¿? | 9 | |
Ashida | Yasuhiro Takato | Andrew Kishino | ¿? | 10 | |
Doctor Umezawa | Bon Ishihara | Mick Wingert | ¿? | 11 | |
Gray-Haired Doctor | Takuma Suzuki | Andrew Kishino | ¿? | 12 | |
Valentin Sokolov | Ikkyū Juku | Liam O'Brien | Mark Mendelsohn | 13 | |
Bart Allen | Hisao Egawa | Darin De Paul | ¿? | ||
Michael Halls | Hajime Iijima | Grant George | ¿? | ||
First Season (Part 2) | |||||
Tawaraya | Kenji Kitamura | Mick Wingert | ¿? | 15-16 | |
Terada | Kōji Takeda | Christopher Smith | ¿? | 19 | |
Kunimatsu | Shigeru Chiba | Greg Chun | Benjamin McLaughlin | 19-20 | |
Alexander Gallen | Eiji Yanagisawa | Darin De Paul | ¿? | 21 | |
Sho | Kōzō Mito | Xander Mobus | ¿? | 21-22 | |
Kihei Mikoshiba | Takashi Matsuyama | Darin De Paul | Carl Masterson | 23 | |
Reiichi Ando | Ryūzaburō Ōtomo | Patrick Seitz | Michael Wronski | 23-26 | |
Yōō Chō | Kazuki Ogawa | Luis Galindo | 26 | ||
Second Season | |||||
Ryusho So | Jun Fukazawa | Johnny Yong Bosch | ¿? | 29 | |
Junichi Hanada | Yūsuke Numata | Kyle McCarley | ¿? | 38 | |
Shunzo Utsumi | Ikkyū Juku | Kyle Hebert | ¿? | 39 |
Additional Voices[]
Notes[]
- Troy Baker's first anime dubbing role since 2016.
- Also Troy's first new anime role in 6 years since his reprisal as Kanji in Persona 4: The Animation.
- First Netflix original anime series dubbed at Studiopolis.
- Chris Edgerly's first anime series outside of Naruto Shippūden.
- Christopher Swindle voiced Izou Motobe in Season 1, but his appearance in the finale of Season 2 is performed by Mick Wingert. Swindle still continued to voice Jack Hanma in that episode.
Transmission via Streaming[]
Video Releases[]
Distributor | Year | Format | Contents | Dub | Region | Country | |
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2021 | Episodes 1-26 | Sentai Filmworks | A DVB-T |
United States | |||
1 Volume |
See Also[]
- Baki the Grappler
- Grappler Baki: The Ultimate Fighter
- Baki Hanma
- Baki Hanma vs. Kengan Ashura