Wakfu

Wakfu
Original Language	French
Dubbing Studio 1	Flix Facilities, Ltd.
Dubbing Studio 2	SDI Media
Voice Director 1	Tony Church
Voice Director 2	Rob Foster
Voice Director 3	Bob Buchholz
Voice Director 4	Megan Buchholz
Translation & Adaptation	Tony Church (eps. 1-52) Bob Buchholz Megan Buchholz (eps. 53-65)
Recorded	2014-2015 2018
Dub Country 1	United Kingdom
Dub Country 2	United States
Original Country	France
Episodes	78 65 (dubbed)
Year	2008-2024

Wakfu is a French animated television series produced by Ankama Animation, based on the video game Wakfu. The first season of 26 episodes began airing on 30 October 2008, and new episodes would continue to air into January 2010 on France 3. The show is animated with Adobe Flash software; all the production is done in France except the special episodes "Noximilien l'Horloger" and "Ogrest, la Légende", both produced in Japan. The series is directed by Anthony "Tot" Roux, and character design is directed by Xavier "Xa" Houssin and Kim "Tcho" Etinoff.

On May 7, 2020, Ankama announced that season 4 would premiered in early 2024, intended as the final chapter of the story, and a Kickstarter campaign to fund its production was launched on June 8, 2020. Season 4 was released on February 9, 2024.

Dubbing History

There had been several attempts to dub the series into English, with several test dubs being produced. In 2009, the first two episodes were shown for the very first time in English at the London MCM Expo, this dub features a cast of Paris-based voice actors. In 2011, a dubbed version of episode 9 was shown at Anime Expo, this dub is believed to have been recorded at Ocean Productions in Vancouver Canada. In addition to the Vancouver talent pool, this dub also features voice actors from Calgary; on Chinook Animation's website their portfolio lists working on 5 Wakfu episodes, two voice actors from Calgary, Lucas Gilbertson and Doug de Nance, have even confirmed their involvement in the series.

Dubbed versions of episodes 8 and 28 were originally available to watch on Planet Nemo Animation's website back in late 2013, this was an attempt to shop the series around in the hopes of an American network picking it up. Not much is known about this dub as these episodes have long since been removed.

In early 2014, Ankama launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund an official English dub for the series, the campaign reached $483,524 out of an $80,000 goal. The dub was recorded in the UK at Flix Facilities, Ltd. The dub cast mostly consists of British voice actors as well as a few North American expats. This dub covered nearly everything in the series, including the Specials, OVAs, Shorts and even the spin-off series Dofus: Kerub's Bazaar. In mid-2014 Netflix bought the distribution rights to the series, they released the first season on their servers in September of that year which marked the official debut of the dub. Netflix would also go on to co-produce the series' third season. The dub would also air on Toonami in Southeast Asia and on Cartoon Network in Australia.

Netflix covered the dub to Season 3 themselves, which was released on their servers in 2018. This dub switches to an entirely new voice cast based in Los Angeles. This dub strongly differs from the previous one, having several differences with how certain names or words are pronounced and many vocal performances sounding radically different than the previous cast.

Cast

Image	Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor	Seasons	Eps.
Main Characters (The Brotherhood of the Tofu)
	Yugo	Fanny Bloc	Jules de Jongh	1-2	1-52
			Erika Harlacher	3	53-65
	Amalia Sheran Sharm	Adeline Chetail	Jessica Bell	1-2	1-52
			Christine Marie Cabanos	3	53-65
	Evangelyne	Geneviève Doang	Jules de Jongh	1-2	1-52
			Kira Buckland	3	53-65
	Sir Percedal of Sadlygrove	Thomas Guitard	Ross Grant	1-2	1-52
			Kyle McCarley	3	53-65
			Tom Clarke-Hill (possessed)	1	1
			Keir Stewart (possessed)	1-2	19-52
	Ruel Stroud	Patrick Béthune	Hugo Chandor	1-2	1-52
			Keith Silverstein	3	53-65
		¿?	Jules de Jongh (child)	2	33
	Adamaï	Dorothee Pousseo	Joanna Ruiz	1-2	15-52
			Cristina Valenzuela	3	53, 64
		Jérémy Prévost	Todd Haberkorn	3	53-65
	Rubilax	Gérard Surugue	Joe Mills	1	1
			Keir Stewart	1-2	2-52
			Doug Erholtz	3	53-65
	Elely	Caroline Lallau	Cristina Valenzuela	3
	Flopin	Karl-Line Heller	Marcy Edwards	3
Supporting Characters
	Alibert	Thierry Mercier	Joe Mills	1-2
	King Sheran Sharm	Phillipe Dumond	Tom Clarke-Hill	1-2	20-43
			Kirk Thornton	3	53-55
	Armand Sheran Sharm	Cedric Dumond	James Nickerson	1-2	19-43
			Doug Erholtz	3	53-55
	Master Joris	Yoann Sover	Eric Meyers	1-2
	Master Goultard	Bruno Choël	Andonis Anthony	1-2	22-52
			Ben Pronsky	3	55-65
	Grufon (Skribble)	Damien Da Silva	Taylor Clarke-Hill	1-2
	Grougaloragran	Benoît Allemane	Tom Clarke-Hill	1
	Cleophee (Cleome)	Maryne Bretieaux	Joanna Ruiz	2
			Jules de Jongh (child)	1	20
			Joanna Ruiz (child)	2	43
	Elaine Narrowsmith	Claire Baradat	Julie-Ann Dean	2
	Captain Black Ink	Martin Brieuc	Frank Stubbs	2
	Phaeris	Jean Barney	John Knowles	2
	Prince Adale	Alexandre Gillet	Eric Meyers	2
	General Mofette	Deborah Perret	Jules de Jongh	2
	Chamberlain Tofdrew	Gérard Surugue	Eric Meyers	1-2
	Canar	Arnaud Laurent	Taylor Clarke-Hill	1-2
	Renate	Damien Da Silva	Eric Meyers	1-2
Antagonists
	Nox	Benjamin Pascal	Arthur Bostrom	1	1-26
			Kaiji Tang	3	55-64
	Qilby	Erik Colin	Arthur Bostrom	2	32-52
		Laurent Morteau	Joe Ochman	3	55-64
	Rushu	Marc Alfos	Jimmy Hibbert	2
	Anathar	Antoine Tomé	John Knowles	2	34
			Joe Mills		35, 50-51
			Jimmy Hibbert		46
			Ross Grant		49, 51
	Remington Smisse	David Krüger	Eric Meyers	2
	Grany Smisse	Mathias Kozlowski	Tom Clarke-Hill	2
The Brotherhood of the Forgotten
	Oropo	Franck Lorrain	Christopher Corey Smith	3
	Dame Echo	Hélène Bizot	Cherami Leigh	3
	Poo	Pascal Casanova	Kirk Thornton	3
	Toxine	Caroline Combes	Reba Buhr	3
	Coqueline (Mishell)	Emmylou Homs	Cassandra Lee Morris	3
	Dark Vlad	Cyrille Monge	Ben Pronsky	3
	Ush	Nathanel Alimi	Joe Ochman	3
	Black Bump	Boris Rehlinger	Kaiji Tang	3
	Arpagone	Cathy Diraison	Cindy Robinson	3
	Dathura	Celine Melloul		3
	Sipho	Jean-François Vlérick	Keith Silverstein	3
	Kali	Marie Facundo	Kira Buckland	3

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor	Eps.
Season 1
	Jason	Bruno Magne	Joe Mills	1-2
	Mia	Mylene Maiorano	Jules de Jongh	1
			Fiona Clarke	2
	Matou	¿?		1-2
	Tomato	¿?
	Toto	Adeline Chetail	Jules de Jongh
	Soft Oak	Marc Cassot	Keir Stewart	2, 13
	Kabrok / The Black Crow	Richard Darbois		3
	Miranda	Claire Buyot	Fiona Clarke	3
		Diane Dassigny		11
	Princess Eenca	Jessica Barrier	Julie-Ann Dean	4
	Princess Ydalipe (Princess Jolie)	Audrey Le Bihan	Fiona Clarke
	Princess Erpel	Caroline Pascal
	Princess Lela	Celine Ronte	Jules de Jongh
	Papris	Arnaud Laurent	Taylor Clarke-Hill Ross Grant	5
	Pecora	Marie-Eugenie Marechal	Julie-Ann Dean
	Mandhul the Mighty	Michel Vigné	Keir Stewart
	Taure Bullies	Gérard Surugue Michel Vigné	Tom Clarke-Hill Taylor Clarke-Hill Joe Mills
	Vampyro / Wagnar	Benjamin Pascal	Keir Stewart	6, 30
	Ombrage (Shadowfang)	Malvina Germain	Fiona Clarke	6, 29-30, 45
	Nausea	Elisabeth Fargeot		7
	Sybannak	Dolly Vanden
	Xav the Baker	William Coryn	Taylor Clarke-Hill	8-9
	Helene	Dolly Vanden	Jules de Jongh	8
	Xav's Daughter	Fanny Bloc	Fiona Clarke
	Ratafouine (Ratweasel)	Gérard Surugue	Tom Clarke-Hill	8-9
	Chouquette / Breadnought	Elisabeth Fargeot	Julie-Ann Dean	8
	Coff-Coff	Michel Mella	Joe Mills
	Mate-Mate	Malvina Germain	Fiona Clarke
	Le Grand Gonard (Rich McDeek the Great)	Serge Faliu	Eric Meyers	9
	Tolot	Vincent Grass	Joe Mills	10-12
	Calben	Frederic Cerdal	Eric Meyers
	Posho	Michel Mella	Tom Clarke-Hill
	Kriss Krass	Mathias Kozlowski	Taylor Clarke-Hill	10-12 36-38
	Mounu	Vincent Grass	Eric Meyers	10-12
	Jay	Yann Guillemot	Keir Stewart
	Jeremy		Ross Grant
	Benji		Joe Mills
	Jactance	Cedric Dumond	Tom Clarke-Hill	10-12 36-38
	Saule	Constantin Pappas	Joe Mills	12, 14
	Moon	Thomas Guitard	Fiona Clarke	14
	Botun	Gabriel Ledoze	Tom Clarke-Hill
	Captain	Nathalie Regnier	Joanna Ruiz	18
	Smisse Monde	David Krüger	Eric Meyers
	Queen Sheran Sharm	Jessica Barrier	Fiona Clarke	20
	Master Drill	Pierre Hatet	Eric Meyers	23
	Lotie	Jennifer Fauveau	Fiona Clarke
	Mica	Sauvane Delanoë	Jules de Jongh
Season 2
	Nanda	¿?	Jules de Jongh	28
	Bourlof the Butcher	Patrick Béthune	Jimmy Hibbert	29
	Dragon Pig		Keir Stewart	31
	Moumoune	Perrette Pradier	Julie-Ann Dean	33
	Riglesse	Mael-Davan Soulas	Jimmy Hibbert	33-34
	Justice Knight	Vincent Ropion	Taylor Clarke-Hill	34-35
	Justice Knight, Sr.	Antoine Tomé	Joe Mills
	Tendynite	Nessym Guetat	Jimmy Hibbert	36-38
	Judge Mentric	Bernard Bollet	Keir Stewart
	Attorney	Bernard Tiphaine	Eric Meyers
	Maude / The Masked Gobbowler	Karine Foviau	Fiona Clarke	37-38
	Actator	Antoine Tomé	Tom Clarke-Hill
			Taylor Clarke-Hill	38
	Leol'Brak	Patrick Béthune	Jimmy Hibbert	37-38
	Albarus	Regis Lang	Keir Stewart
	Rhaboss	Olivier Marina	Joe Mills
	Brakmar Prince	Remi Caillebot	Arthur Bostrom	37-38, 43
	Le Meuporg (The Emporg)	Bruno Magne	Keir Stewart	38
	Pandiego de la Vega	Jean-Pierre Michael	Joe Mills	39
	Pandaniels	Patrick Béthune	Ross Grant
	Phil Harmonic	Edgar Givry	Frank Stubbs	40
	Ardwin / The Voice Thief	Paolo Domingo	Taylor Clarke-Hill
	Wa Wabbit	Christophe Lemoine	Jimmy Hibbert	41
	Lenald	Benoit Du Pac	Tom Clarke-Hill
	Bordegann	Constantin Pappas		42
	Alia	Camille Donda	Jules de Jongh
	Louca	Jean Jacques Nervest	Keir Stewart
	Clarette	Malvina Germain	Ross Grant
	Chief Cra	Patrick Noerie	Tom Clarke-Hill	43
	The Council of Twelve	Dorothee Jemma	Fiona Clarke
		Damien Da Silva	Eric Meyers
		Gwenaelle Jegou	Julie-Ann Dean
		Gérard Surugue	Eric Meyers
		Constantin Pappas	Joe Mills
		Jean Jacques Nervest	Ross Grant Eric Meyers
		Loic Houdre	Keir Stewart
		Malvina Germain	Julie-Ann Dean
		Claire Baradat	Fiona Clarke
		Gérard Surugue	Taylor Clarke-Hill
		Patrick Béthune	Tom Clarke-Hill
		Martin Brieuc	John Knowles
	Leon Zitrool		Frank Stubbs	44
	Felinor (Boris Eca)	Loic Houdre	Tom Clarke-Hill	45
	Shin-Breaker	Jean Jacques Nervest	Fiona Clarke
	Second in Command	Erik Colin	Keir Stewart
	Treasurer	Remi Caillebot	Eric Meyers
	Bellaphones	Anouck Hautbois	Fiona Clarke Jules de Jongh	47
	Sho-Bubu	Arnaud Arbessier	John Knowles	48
	Melo	Claire Baradat	Fiona Clarke
	Cassis	Martial Le Minoux	Frank Stubbs
	Balthazar	Gérard Surugue		52
	Shinonome	¿?	Julie-Ann Dean
Season 3
	Aurora	Marie Facundo	Cherami Leigh	53
	Ashdur	Patrick Béthune	Joe Ochman
Notes:

Additional Voices

Episodes 1-52 Arthur Bostrom Fiona Clarke Taylor Clarke-Hill Tom Clarke-Hill Julie-Ann Dean Ross Grant Jimmy Hibbert Jules de Jongh John Knowles Eric Meyers Joe Mills Joanna Ruiz Keir Stewart Frank Stubbs

Episodes 53-65 Kaiji Tang

Test Dubs

Image	Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor
			2009 Test Dub (eps. 1-2)	2011 Test Dub (ep. 9+)
	Yugo	Fanny Bloc	Barbara Weber-Scaff	Jillian Michaels
	Amalia Sheran Sharm	Adeline Chetail	Sharon Mann	Angie Beers
	Evangelyne	Geneviève Doang	Jodi Forrest	Britt McKillip
	Sir Percedal of Sadlygrove	Thomas Guitard	David Gasman	Lucas Gilbertson
	Ruel Stroud	Patrick Béthune	Paul Bandey	Don Brown
	Rubilax	Gérard Surugue	Matthew Géczy	Doug de Nance
	Alibert	Thierry Mercier		N/A
	Nox	Benjamin Pascal	Paul Bandey
	Grougaloragran	Benoît Allemane	David Gasman

Episodic Characters

Image	Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor	Eps.
	Jason	Bruno Magne	David Gasman	1-2
	Mia	Mylene Maiorano	Sharon Mann	1
			Jodi Forrest	2
	Matou	¿?		1
			Sharon Mann	2
	Tomato	¿?		1
			Matthew Géczy Jodi Forrest	2
	Toto	Adeline Chetail	Barbara Weber-Scaff	1
			Matthew Géczy	2
	Soft Oak	Marc Cassot	David Gasman	2
	Grufon	Damien Da Silva	¿?	9
	Le Grand Gonard (Rich McDeek the Great)	Serge Faliu	Jonathan Love
	Xav the Baker	William Coryn	Alistair Abell
	Ratafouine	Gérard Surugue	Brian Drummond

Additional Voices

Episodes 1-2 Paul Bandey Jodi Forrest David Gasman Matthew Géczy Sharon Mann Barbara Weber-Scaff

Notes

• Percedal and Evangelyne were initially voiced by Benjamin Diskin and Cassandra Lee Morris respectively in Ankama's Kickstarter trailer.
• The voice actors for a majority of characters aren't really clear since the dub credits would often just credit the main cast leaving several voice actors uncredited.
  • Julie-Ann Dean, Taylor Clarke-Hill, Fiona Clarke, and Joe Mills would also be credited as Secondaries, even in episodes they didn't even voice in.
• A majority of the voice cast in the first two seasons are actually British accented voice actors attempting American accents.
• Despite Grufon being re-named Skribble in the dub, the credits still list him by the original name.
• Arthur Bostrom and Ross Grant are often miscredited as Skribble and Grany respectively.
• Anathar's voice is very inconsistent in the dub, Joe Mills even doing three different kinds of voices for the character.
  • A similar situation also occurs with various extras, sometimes switching voice actors in the same episode and even the same scene.
• Canar and Renate's names are misattributed to each other in the dub.

Credits

Season 3 Credits

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Beyond Home Entertainment	2014-2015		Episodes 1-52	4 PAL	Australia
			2 Volumes

Transmission via Streaming

Company	Date	Category	Format	Classification	Country
	September 13, 2014 (Season 1)	TV Series / Netflix Original Series	Digital	13+	United States
	November 03, 2015 (Season 2)
	April 06, 2018 (Season 3)

External Links

• Wakfu website
• Wakfu at the Internet Movie Database