ANONYMOUS;CODE dev explains why an English dub is important
ANONYMOUS;CODE is coming to Switch on September 8th, 2023, and recently the game’s English voice cast was revealed. Until now, all previously released installments have included Japanese voices only. For this occasion, Spike Chunsoft, Inc. has put together a stellar group of voice talent including Max Mittelman, Anairis Quiñones (AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative English VA for Tama), and Y. Chang (AI: The Somnium Files – nirvanA Initiative English VA for Lien).
Wondering why this installment features an English dub for the first time? Gematsu spoke to ANONYMOUS;CODE localization producer Yu Namba to find out.
“I know that there are people out there who prefer to play games in their most original, authentic form. And in visual novels, let’s say, text may be English, but they prefer to go through the game with Japanese audio. But at the same time, I think there are a lot of people out there who are a little bit intimidated by listening to a foreign language, voice-wise. So that’s why we wanted to add English voice-overs to this particular title. We thought it was a very good title as an entry point to the series.”
[ANONYMOUS;CODE localization producer Yu Namba]
