{"rewrite":{"id":"r_ebdcc0a6a84590863c5fc209","clusterId":"c_6dbb612c97c1905464f7beae","slug":"crunchyroll-starts-english-dub-for-the-apothecary-diaries-season-3","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Crunchyroll Starts English Dub for The Apothecary Diaries Season 3","summary":"Crunchyroll announced on Thursday that its English dub for The Apothecary Diaries' third season begins streaming on Friday. Emi Lo voices Maomao and Kaiji Tang voices Jinshi, with Shawn Gann directing and Crunchyroll Studio producing. The season premiered October 2 on NTV's Friday Anime Night block; its second cours arrives in April 2027. A film, The Apothecary Diaries: The Deceased Empress' Treasure, opens December 11.","whyItMatters":"The dub lands days after the subtitled simulcast, so Crunchyroll is keeping its English release close behind the Japanese broadcast for a series whose third season runs a split cours into 2027.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe dub arrives in the same week as the subtitled simulcast rather than months later. Crunchyroll Studio handles production, with Justin Cook, Michael Harcourt and Nathanael Harrison as producers and Susie Nixon producing. Macy Anne Johnson supervises adaptation, with scripts by Clayton Browning and Benjamin Tehrani on adaptation prep. Shawn Gann directs the voice cast, assisted by Kevin D. Thelwell, with Tara A. Williams and Brittni Hurley on talent coordination. The third season opened on October 2 at 11:00 p.m. in NTV\u0026#39;s Friday Anime Night block across 29 affiliated channels, with yorushika on the opening theme and Eve on the ending theme. The second cours follows in April 2027.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"The dub arrives while season three is still mid-broadcast, so English viewers will spend the back half watching Maomao's arc run behind the Japanese feed rather than catching up to a finished season.","twitterPost":"Shawn Gann's dub starts while the Japanese broadcast is still midway, so English viewers stay behind the live run.","threadsPost":"The dub starts while The Apothecary Diaries' third season is still mid-broadcast on NTV. That timing means English viewers following the Crunchyroll release stay a step behind the Japanese feed through the back half and into the April 2027 second cours.","newsletterBlurb":"Crunchyroll will begin streaming an English dub for The Apothecary Diaries season 3 on Friday, days after the October 2 premiere in NTV's Friday Anime Night block. Emi Lo and Kaiji Tang lead the cast as Maomao and Jinshi, with Shawn Gann directing. The season's second cours arrives in April 2027, and a film opens December 11.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-15/crunchyroll-streams-dub-for-the-apothecary-diaries-season-3/.242868\",\"title\":\"Crunchyroll Streams Dub for The Apothecary Diaries Season 3\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4810,"outputTokens":675,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1792123635,"createdAt":"2026-10-16T04:03:36.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-16T04:06:08.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T04:06:08.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_6dbb612c97c1905464f7beae","canonicalTitle":"News\nCrunchyroll Streams Dub for The Apothecary Diaries Season 3","representativeArticleId":"a_db2dd5fd4582e9ee710f8028","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"The Apothecary Diaries\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Hyuganatsu\",\"Touko Shino\"],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-16T02:44:18.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-16T02:44:18.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-16T04:06:07.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-10-15/crunchyroll-streams-dub-for-the-apothecary-diaries-season-3/.242868","title":"News\nCrunchyroll Streams Dub for The Apothecary Diaries Season 3"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["The Apothecary Diaries"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":["Hyuganatsu","Touko Shino"],"type":"release","domain":"anime","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}