| Atomic Betty X Total Drama: Slash Prime | |
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| General Information | |
| Romaji and Hepburn: | アトミックベティ クロス トータル ドラマ スラッシュ プライム Atomikku Betti Kurosu Totaru Dorama Surashu Puraimu |
| Format: | Anime series |
| Created by: | Original by Atomic Cartoons and Fresh TV |
| Developed by: | Aaron Montalvo Production I.G. |
| Story by: | Aaron Montalvo |
| Written by: | Keiichi Hasegawa |
| Produced by: | Shunji Aoki Trevor Bentley Mitsuhisa Ishikawa Todd Kaufman Aaron Montalvo Atsuhiro Iwakami |
| Directed by: | Kunihisa Sugishima |
| Duration of Episodes: | 30 minutes |
| Music: | Hiroyuki Sawano Yuki Kajiura |
| Studio: | Production I.G. Dentsu Atomic Betty X Total Drama: Slash Prime Project Bandai Visual Aniplex |
| Distributor: | Aniplex of America Warner Bros. Animation |
| Network: | TV Tokyo TV Aichi Tokyo MX Cartoon Network |
| English Network: | FUNimation Channel Anime Network Neon Alley Cartoon Network [Adult Swim/Toonami] (Uncut) NaruIchi97 Anitoku The Hub AtomicRanger97 Network (Edit) |
| Related Shows: | Atomic Betty X Total Drama Total Drama Atomic Betty |
Atomic Betty X Total Drama: Slash Prime (アトミックベティ クロス トータル ドラマ スラッシュ プライム, Atomikku Betti Kurosu Totaru Dorama Surashu Puraimu, Pronounced Atomic Betty Cross Total Drama Slash Prime) is an AU (Alternate Universe) Japanese-American/Canadian Anime television Series directed by Kunihisa Sugishima, written by Aaron Montalvo as part of an original story and Keiichi Hasegawa as series composer and animated by Production I.G with production by Bandai Visual and Aniplex.
It's a spinoff of the Atomic Betty X Total Drama series as well as the Embracing Daybreak Project and it aired in TV Tokyo, Cartoon Network, Tokyo MX and AT-X around October 2012 and June 2013. The series will be distributed and licensed through Aniplex of America and Warner Bros. and it will simulcast the same time as Japan on Hulu and Crunchyroll and later on Daisuki.net, and the english dub will debut on AtomicRanger97 Network in June 23, 2013. The series is rated TV-14 and TV-MA in some episodes, which the series is suitable for older audiences and up.
A second season, named as Galaxy Wars will air in Spring 2014 on the same networks, with the cast and crew returning for the series.
About the Series[]
After the success of Atomic Betty X Total Drama and the inspiration towards Yoshiyuki Sadamoto's Total Drama Sujira, Montalvo decided to make a spin-off to Atomic Betty X Total Drama under the name Slash Prime, set in another universe in Japan. The series structure is written by Keiichi Hasegawa (Viper's Creed, Ultraman Heisei Series) with a story by Aaron Montalvo, character designs by Atsushi Nishigori (iDOLM@STER, Gurren Lagann) [with assistance with Ikuo Kuwana (Medaka Box)], and directed by Kunihisa Sugishima (Beyblade: Metal Saga, Nabari no Ou) and animated by Production I.G. (Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell, Guilty Crown, IGPX) since they helped Atomic Cartoons, Titmouse and Neptoon Studios with the original animated series as well as the Ultimate series.
The English Dub Produced by NI97/AR97 ESI, is of hybrid of both Canadian and American voice actors with some VA's from original shows returning as produced in collaboration by Ocean Productions and Bang Zoom! Entertainment and licensed by Aniplex of America with distribution by Warner Bros. International.
Plot[]
- Main article: Atomic Betty X Total Drama: Slash Prime/Episodes
In an alternate universe in Japan, a young girl named Asuka Suzumura, is in a secret organization called The International Galactic Guardians group, along with Sparky and X-5. Her secret alter ego was a Galactic Guardian from Japan. And the biggest surprises are that Shiro Inoue, the new kid in school who moved from Osaka to Tokyo, is also a galactic guardian like her, and the stars of a reality game show "Tokyo Reality Stars" arrive in a live show. But things get crazy when an alien invasion happens on Tokyo after Asuka defeated the IQ family in Space as a Galactic Guardian, now Asuka and his friends team up with the whole cast of Tokyo Reality Stars to either star in competition or save the world from destruction by some rebellious criminals from Space, Aliens and the forces of evil.
Character Cast (In Construction)[]
| Character | Japanese Seiyuu | English VA |
|---|---|---|
| Asuka Suzumura | Kaori Ishihara | Andrea Libman |
| Sparky | Kosuke Okano | Yuri Lowenthal |
| X-5 | Hiroki Yasumoto | Trevor Devall |
| Admiral DeGill | Toru Okawa | Adrian Truss |
| Hiroki Suzumura | Masakazu Morita | Kirby Morrow |
| Junichi Ikari | Ai Orikasa | Todd Haberkorn |
| Mayumi Inoue | Sora Tokui | Tara Platt |
| Shiro Inoue | Yuki Kaji | Benjamin Diskin |
| Naomi Kazama | Mikako Komatsu | Cree Summer |
| Paloma | Kana Hanazawa | Colleen O'Shaughnessey |
| Haruyomi Suzumura | Masako Nozawa | Debi Mae West |
| Juri Suzumura | Urara Takano | Kathleen Barr |
| Kenta Suzumura | Koichi Yamadera | Eric Bauza |
| Maximus IQ | Hiroshi Iwasaki | Colin Fox |
| Kazuya IQ | Tsubasa Yonaga | Brad Swaile |
| Ryuga Sugiyama | Rikiya Koyama | Matthew Mercer |
| Chef Hatchett | Kenta Miyake | Cle Bennett |
| Daisuke Nonaka [Duncan] | Tetsuya Kakihara | Bryce Papenbrook |
| Kaoru Hayakawa [Courtney] | Aya Hirano | Tara Strong |
| Sakura Shinohara [Gwen] | Ami Koshimizu | Cherami Leigh |
| Junkyo Kishi [Trent] | Daisuke Namikawa | Johnny Yong Bosch |
| Yuuichi Kurosaki [Owen] | Soichiro Hoshi | Quinton Flynn |
| Maya Aoba [Izzy] | Shizuka Ito | Kira Tozer |
| Jin Emiya [Tyler] | Nobuyuki Hiyama | Derek Stephen Prince |
| Nami Shihiko [Lindsay] | Kei Kobayashi | Kira Buckland |
| Shuhei Kamiya | ||
| Ayumi Hiroshika [Bridgette] | Asami Seto | Janice Kawaye |
| Shotaro Kazuki | Showtaro Morikubo | Brian Beacock |
| Shunsuke Yamaguchi | ||
| Shizuo Kaneda [Cody] | Yoshitsugu Matsuoka | Jason Spisak |
| Atsushi Tatsuya | Tomokazu Seki | Michael Sinterniklaas |
| Shizuka Nara | ||
| Megumi Nakagawa | ||
| Hiroshi Shikagasako | ||
| Miko Yamazaki | ||
| KJ/Keiji | Tomokazu Sugita | Keith Silverstein |
| Shinichi Kanzaki | ||
| Masato Jirai [Eva] | Houko Kuwashima | Erin Matthews |
| Kari [Sierra] | Chie Nakamura | Kelly Sheridan |
| Alejandro Burromuerto | Yuji Ueda | Alex House |
| Kotono Ishii [Ann Maria] | Yuko Sanpei | |
| Shinji Kazama [Brick] | Shinichiro Miki | Brent Miller |
| Mikoi Suzuhiro [Jo] | ||
| Hiroyuki Suzuko | Ryota Osaka | Eric Scott Kimerer |
| Hiromi Iori [Dakota] | ||
| Mitsuki Sakai | Aki Toyosaki | Caitlynne Medrek |
| Koichi Yamaga | Hiroyuki Yoshino | Steve Blum |
| Maaya Shintani | Haruka Tomatsu | |
| Kaji Hoshikoyama | Hiro Shimono | |
| Blaineley O'Halloran | Masako Katsuki | |
| Marcus O'Halloran | Hidekazu Ichinose | |
| Josh |
Music[]
- Music Composed by: Takafumi Wada, Asami Tachibana, Yuki Hayashi
- Production: Aniplex, Flying Dog, TV Tokyo Music
- Opening Theme (Season 1):
- TBA
- Monster by FLOW (14-26)
- No Pain, No Game by NANO (27-36)
- Ending Theme (Season 1):
- TBA (1-13)
- TBA (14-26)
- TBA (27-36)
Movies[]
- Main article: Movies#Slash Prime Movies
ABXTD Slash Prime Film: Net Rising 3D[]
ABXTD Slash Prime Film: Net Rising 3D (formerly Digital HotBlooded War: ABXTD Slash Prime Film) is an animated film adaptation based on the anime spin-off series: Atomic Betty X Total Drama: Slash Prime directed by Tetsuro Araki, written by Keiichi Hasegawa and animated by Production I.G with Kunihisa Sugishima as supervisor and general director. The movie will be released in Japan on August 23, 2013 in Digital 3D. Aniplex of America and Warner Bros. Pictures will distribute the film worldwide with its theatrical release in January 17, 2014. The film is released after the first season ended and before a new season is confirmed for 2014.
Untitled ABXTD Slash Prime/ABXTD ZX Movie Wars Film[]
A Movie Wars sequel for Atomic Betty X Total Drama series has been announced for a Summer 2014 release in Digital 3D and IMAX 3D. It is also announced that Nitroplus will be involved in the project, as Jin Hanegaya from Nitroplus will be Hasegawa and Yoshida's assistant story editor for Montalvo's storyplay and later announced that Atsushi Nishigori and Shingo Adachi will reprise their character designing roles for ZX and SP. More announcements to come...