Media Blasters began streaming an English-dubbed clip on Tuesday from its upcoming dub of the 2012 original video anime ( OVA ) Ai no Kusabi . The video reveals the anime's December 19 release in HD on Blu-ray Disc, and the main dub cast featuring Todd Haberkorn as Iason Mink and Darren Mitchell as Riki.

As promised, here is a preview clip & cast announcement for your RTs & shares! @ToddHaberkorn will be playing Iason Mink, and Darren Mitchell is the voice of Riki! Street Date is 12/19/2018 #ainokusabi #dub #anime #VO pic.twitter.com/QyUaLJ1U8W — Media Blasters (@Media_Blasters) November 8, 2017

The four-episode remake series adapts Rieko Yoshihara 's boys-love novels. The anime studio AIC ( Ah! My Goddess , Bamboo Blade ), who previously animated the novels into two video volumes in 1992 and 1994, also animated the remake. AIC director Katsuhito Akiyama ( Pumpkin Scissors , Guyver: The Bioboosted Armor ) and character designer Naoyuki Onda ( Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam , Blassreiter ) reprised the same roles they performed in the 1992-1994 effort. Yoshihara herself supervised and wrote the scripts. Nobuyuki Abe ( Haru wo Daiteita ) of On-Lead directed the sound.

The story is set in the future on the planet named Amoi which is controlled by a supercomputer named Jupiter. Among the mostly male human population, the light-haired elite class is allowed to temporarily keep the dark-haired "mongrels" as pets. One elite member, Iason, encounters a mongrel named Riki in the slums and decides to take him in. However, Iason keeps Riki longer than it is socially approved, and rumors abound about their possible relationship.