Reign: The Conqueror

Reign: The Conqueror
Original Title	Arekusandā Senki (アレクサンダー戦記)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	Studiopolis
Voice Director 1	Jack Fletcher
Voice Director 2	Olivia Venegas
Translation & Adaptation	Ardwight Chamberlain Bob Buchholz Ellyn Stern
Recorded	2000 2002
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan South Korea
Episodes	13
Year	1999

Alexander Senki (アレクサンダー戦記 Arekusandā Senki), released in North America as Reign: The Conqueror, is a Korean-Japanese anime series based on the homonymous light novel written by Hiroshi Aramata. The series is a re-imagining of the life of Macedonian conqueror and emperor Alexander the Great. It premiered in Japan on September 14, 1999 on WOWOW, with a duration of 13 episodes.

Synopsis Prince Alexander, son of King Philip, and heir to the Macedonian empire, must fend off political sabotuers, assassins, and the jealousy of his own father to ascend to the position of king. Once there, he begins his quest to conquer all nations and become known as the Great King, though an ancient prophecy fortells that he will be the destroyer of the world and forever remembered as the Devil King.

Dubbing History

In the original attempt at American distribution, the producers created a dub under the direction of veteran voice director Jack Fletcher. Only the first 4 episodes and the film (which was ultimately unreleased in America) were dubbed before the project was dropped.

When the anime was picked up by Tokyopop and prepared for its 2003 release as Reign: The Conqueror, another dub was created. Still, Tokyopop retained the rights to the first four episodes of the series containing Fletcher's original dub and used them for the first four episodes of the American release. It used the second dub for the remaining episodes. The lone voice actor to reprise their roles was John DeMita, who also took on the main role of Alexander.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor	Episodes
	Alexander	Toshihiko Seki	Andrew Philpot	1-4
			John DeMita	5-13
	Philotas	Kōsuke Meguro	Alex Fernandez	1-4
			Lex Lang	5-11
	Cleitus	Hōchū Ōtsuka	John DeMita	1-12
	Haphaestion	Kōji Tsujitani		1-13
	Ptolemy	Shūichi Ikeda	Matt McKenzie	1-4
			Tom Fahn	5-13
	Olympia	Junko Mashina	Julia Fletcher	1-4
			Wendee Lee	5-13
	Philip II	Yoshisada Sakaguchi	John DiMaggio	1-4
			Bob Papenbrook	5-6
	Aristotle	Nachi Nozawa	John Rafter Lee	1-4
			Alan Shearman	5-13
	Cassandra	Atsuko Tanaka	Denise Poirier	1-4
			Mary Elizabeth McGlynn	5-13
	Parmenion	Tadashi Nakamura	Michael Scott Ryan	1-4
			Lex Lang	5-11
	Attalos	Takeshi Aono	Dwight Schultz	1-4
	Darius III	Kōichi Yamadera	Carlos Ferro	3
			Lex Lang	5-10
	Roxanne	Yūko Minaguchi	Tara Strong	3
			Cindy Robinson	6-13
	Antigonos	Daisuke Gōri	Beau Billingslea	6-13
	Antipater	Tamio Ōki	John DiMaggio	1-4
			Alan Shearman	5-6
	Diogenes	Kazuo Kumakura	Roger Rose	5-13
	Phillipos	Tōru Furuya	Skip Stellrecht	7-11
	Plato	Tetsurō Sagawa	Dwight Schultz	3
			Bob Papenbrook	10-13
	Narration	Shinji Ogawa	Jimmy Silver	1-4
			Ralph Votrian	5-13

Additional Voices

Eps. 1-4 John DiMaggio Dwight Schultz Tara Strong

Eps. 5-13 Beau Billingslea Tom Fahn Neil Kaplan Lex Lang Wendee Lee Bob Papenbrook Tony Pope Cindy Robinson Michael Sorich Skip Stellrecht Trinity Stiles Terrence Stone Kirk Thornton

Notes

• The dub cast for the first 4 episodes contains much of the same cast as the MTV Series Æon Flux, which was created by Peter Chung, who worked as character and setting designer for Reign: The Conqueror. Jack Fletcher was also voice director for the series.

Transmission

Date(s)	Channel	Country
2003	Cartoon Network (Adult Swim)	United States
2005	Showtime Beyond

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
Tokyopop	2003		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			4 Volumes

See Also

• Alexander: The Movie

External Links

• Reign: The Conqueror at the Internet Movie Database
• Reign: The Conqueror (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia