Anime streaming service HIDIVE announced on Friday that it will stream Sentai Filmworks' English dub of the Chihayafuru anime series. The first episode will premiere for subscribers on Tuesday at 1:00 p.m. EDT, and new episodes will debut every Tuesday. HIDIVE is currently streaming the entire series in Japanese with English subtitles.

Shannon Reed is directing the dub with assistant directors Joey Goubeaud and Brittany Deans. Javier Lopez, Kyle Jones, and Joel McCray are writing the scripts. The full cast includes:

Luci Christian as Chihaya

Adam Gibbs as Taichi

Blake Shepard as Arata

Vicki Barosh as Miyauchi

Javier Lopez as O.Igarashi

Carli Mosier as Chitose

Melissa Molano as Michiru

Katelyn Barr as Mari

Rachel Landon as Chieko

Allison Sumrall as Reiko

James Belcher as Dr. Harada

Kyle Jones as Hiro

Andrew Love as Yasuda

Natalie Rial as Yuu

Jay Hickman as Wataya

Juliet Simmons as Kanade

Bryson Baugus as Desktomu

Greg Ayres as Porky

Steve Finley as Kitano

Tiffany Terrell as Rika

Mike Yager as Sudo

Stephanie Wittels as Sano

Brittney Karbowski as Amakasu

Jack Ivy as Mochida

Scott Gibbs as Takuma

Benjamin McLaughlin as Hiroshi

Johnny De La Cerda as Ryugasaki

Chris Gibson as Kenji

Ned Gayle as Shibata

Kira Vincent-Davis as Shinobu

Ty Mahany as Kuriyama

Hilary Haag as Sakura

David Wald as Snowmaru

Stephanie Wittels as Tsubaki

Emily Neves as Ririka

Adam Noble as Murao

Jack Ivy as Mochida

Courtney Lomelo as Yumi

Kaoru Bertrand as Kyoko

Rachel Landon as Daisuke

John Gremillion as Watanbe

Scott Gibbs as Takemura

Kyle Jones as Fukasaku

Johnny De La Cerda as Yuta

Scott Gibbs as Kenta

Jack Ivy as Ise

Luci Christian as Young Chihaya

Shannon Emerick as Young Arata

Chelsea McCurdy as Young Taichi

Greg Ayres as Young Porky

Benjamin McLaughlin as Young Hiroshi

Kira Vincent-Davis as Young Shinobu

Shanae'a Moore as Taichi's Gilrfriend

Rachel Landon as E-Chan

Stephanie Wittels as Ririka's Mom

David Wald and John Gremillion as Anchors

Sentai Filmworks will release the first season on dual-language Blu-ray Disc, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc/DVD combo pack on September 12. The combo pack will include art cards, two karuta cards, character cards, a booklet, and a glossary.

The anime adapts Yuki Suetsugu's ongoing manga series. Sentai Filmworks describes the story:

Chihaya Ayase is a beautiful and headstrong young woman with a passion for karuta, a card game inspired by classical Japanese poetry. As a child, Chihaya was introduced to the game by a quiet, gifted transfer student named Arata, and she was instantly drawn to it. Now in high school and reunited with her childhood friend Taichi, Chihaya dreams of finding Arata and the three resuming their love of karuta, only to discover that Arata has quit the game due to personal reasons. Determined not to let Arata's passion go to waste, Chihaya and Taichi form the Mizusawa High School Karuta Club, where they learn that in karuta - as in life - working toward your dreams is the key to winning, even when what you want seems just out of reach.

The first 25-episode television anime season ran from October 2011 to March 2012. The second season, Chihayafuru 2, premiered in January 2013 and also ran for 25 episodes. Crunchyroll streamed both seasons in several countries as they aired in Japan.

Suetsugu's manga has also inspired two live-action films, and a sequel film has been greenlit. Kodansha Comics is releasing the manga in English digitally.