The Deer King

The Deer King is a 2022 anime film directed by Masashi Ando and Masayuki Miyaji and based on the novel series by Nahoko Uehashi. The film was animated by Production I.G. and released to Japanese theatres on February 4, 2022.

GKIDS acquired the North American rights to the film and the English dub was released on July 14, 2022.

Synopsis

Van is the head of a group of soldiers who expected to die fighting for their lands against a large empire looking to incorporate their home into its kingdom. Instead of dying, however, Van is taken as a slave and thrown into a salt mine. One night, a pack of strange dogs attacks the salt mine, and a mysterious illness breaks out. During the attack, Van takes the opportunity to escape, and he meets a young girl. Elsewhere, rumor is spreading that only immigrants are coming down with this mysterious illness. The medical scientist Hossal risks his life to search for a cure. Doctors also study a father and child who seem to have survived the illness.

Cast[]

Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Van	Shinichi Tsutsumi	Ray Chase
Hohsalle	Ryōma Takeuchi	Griffin Puatu
Sae	Anne Watanabe	Erica Schroeder
Yuna	Hisui Kimura	Luciana VanDette
Tohlim	Yoshito Yasuhara	Doug Stone
Aquafa King	Tesshō Genda	Neil Kaplan
Kenoi	Tomomichi Nishimura	Frank Todaro
Makokan	Tōru Sakurai	Luis Bermudez
Ohfan	Shinshū Fuji	Keith Silverstein
Yotalu	Atsushi Abe	Chris Hackney
Utalu	Yutaka Aoyama	Doug Erholtz
Shikan	Satoshi Hino	Xander Mobus
Van's Wife	Fumiko Orikasa	Larissa Gallagher
Van's Son	Sōki Matsumoto	Michael Deaner
Tohma	Chad Horii	Emma Martello
Ohma	Hiroshi Naka	Steve Kramer
Ohma's Wife	Sayuri Sadaoka	Edna Larsen
Kiya	Hiromi Kawakami	Larissa Gallagher
Yoki	Isamu Yusen	Marc Thompson
Yoki's Wife	Rie Kawamura	Stephanie Sheh
Yoki's Son	¿?	Michael Deaner
Hohsalle's Assistant	¿?	Grant George

Additional Voices[]

External Links[]

The Deer King at the Internet Movie Database
The Deer King (anime) at the Anime News Network's encyclopedia