The Future Diary

The Future Diary
Original Title	未来日記 (Mirai Nikki)
Original Language	Japanese
Dubbing Studio	FUNimation Entertainment
Voice Director	Zach Bolton
Translation & Adaptation	Patrick Seitz J. Michael Tatum
Recorded	2013
Dub Country	United States
Original Country	Japan
Episodes	24
Year	2011-2012

The Future Diary (未来日記) is an anime based on the Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Sakae Esuno. The series was animated by Asread and began airing in Japan on October 10, 2011. FUNimation Entertainment has licensed the anime for distribution in North America.

Synopsis Yukiteru Amano is a loner who never really interacts with people and prefers writing a diary on his cell phone, with his only companion being an imaginary friend named Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space. However, Yuki soon learns that Deus is not a figment of his imagination but real when Deus makes him a participant in a battle royale with eleven others. Within this "Diary Game", the contestants are given special diaries that can predict the future, with each diary having unique features that gives it both advantages and disadvantages.

Cast

Image	Character	Seiyū	Dub Actor
Main Characters
	Yukiteru Amano / The First	Mizusu Togashi	Jessie James Grelle
	Yuno Gasai / The Second	Tomosa Murata	Brina Palencia
Secondary Characters
Diary Owners
	Professor Takao Hiyama / The Third	Jin Domon	Jason Douglas
	Detective Keigo Kurusu / The Fourd	Masahiro Tanaka	Robert McCollum
	Reisuke Hōjō / The Fifth	Asami Sanada	Lindsay Seidel
	Tsubaki Kasugano / The Sixth	Eri Sendai	Kate Bristol
	Marco Ikusaba / The Seventh	Tomokazu Seki	Brad Hawkins
		Megumi Matsumoto (child; ep. 17)
	Ai Mikami / The Seventh	Natsuko Kuwatani	Jamie Marchi
	Kamado Ueshita / The Eighth	Hiromi Konno	Monica Rial
	Minene Uryū / The Ninth	Mai Aizawa	Emily Neves
	Karyūdo Tsukishima / The Tenth	Hirokazu Hiromatsu	Mark Stoddard
	John Balks / The Ileventh	Takaya Hashi	Christopher Smith
	Yomotsu Hirasaka / The Twelfth	Yoshihisa Kawahara	Ian Sinclair
Recurring Characters
Time Space
	Deus Ex Machina	Norio Wakamoto	Kent Williams
	Murmur	Manami Honda	Leah Clark
	Aru Akise	Akira Ishida	Todd Haberkorn
Other Characters
	Rea Amano	Kaoru Mizuhada	Colleen Clinkenbeard
	Kurō Amano	Takehito Koyasu	Eric Vale
	Masumi Nishijima	Makoto Ishii	J. Michael Tatum
	Ōji Kōsaka	Minoru Shiraishi	Joel McDonald
	Hinata Hino	Yuki Matsuoka	Caitlin Glass
	Mao Nonosaka	Yukana Nogami	Ashleigh Domangue
	Naoko Kurusu	Aoi Morinaka	Lydia Mackay
	Orin Miyashiro	Etsuko Kozakura	Jad Saxton
	Tarō Nanba	Naomi Shindō	Scott Freeman
	Ryuji Kurosaki	Tetsu Inada	Chris Cason
	Moe Wakabe	Mutsumi Tamura	Alexis Tipton
	Funatsu	Eiji Maruyama	Kenny Green

Additional Voices

Tia Ballard Christopher Bevins Z. Charles Bolton Kim Borge Anthony Bowling Duncan Brannan Cole Brown Ben Bryant John Burgmeier Chris Burnett Charles Campbell Chris Cason Andrew Chandler Corey Cleary-Stoner Pam Dougherty Greg Dulcie R. Bruce Elliott Juli Erickson Ricco Fajardo Michael Federico Jerome Fifty-Seven Joey Folsom Holly Franklin Martha Harms Scott Hinze Chuck Huber Ryan Ingrim Jeremy Inman Emerick Jade Jeff Johnson Kristi Kang

Brittney Karbowski Andrew Love Gregory Lush Lydia Mackay David Matranga Mike McFarland Megan Miller Carli Mosier Anastasia Muñoz Sean O'Connor Alex Organ Phil Parsons Randy Pearlman Tyson Rinehart Aaron Roberts Whitney Rodgers Michelle Rojas Christopher R. Sabat Greg Silva Michael Sinterniklaas Sonny Strait John Swasey Matt Thurston Austin Tindle David Trosko David Wald Lara Woodhull Stephanie Young Apphia Yu

Video Releases

Distributor	Year	Format	Contents	Region	Country
FUNimation Entertainment	2013		The Complete Series	1 NTSC	United States
			2 Volumes
	2015		The Complete Series	A DVB-T
			3 Discs
	2017		The Complete Series*
			9 Discs

*Including The Future Diary: Redial OVA

See Also

• The Future Diary: Redial

External Links

• The Future Diary at the Internet Movie Database
• The Future Diary (anime) at the Anime News Network