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** ''Anime/DragonBallSuperSuperHero'' has a unique example with [[spoiler:Cell Max: while not the same Cell as the one from the Android saga, its voice is provided by Cell's original [=VAs=], Creator/NorioWakamoto in Japanese and Creator/DameonClarke in English]].

* When Creator/{{Netflix}} acquired the rights to ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' and greenlit a second season ([[SequelGap 11 years after the original series]]), they brought back most of the original Creator/{{Studiopolis}} voice actors for the main cast, including (but not limited to) Creator/WallyWingert and Creator/YuriLowenthal as the main protagonists Kotetsu and Barnaby. The only [[TheOtherDarrin notable exceptions]] are the VA[=s=] for Rock Bison and Dragon Kid, originally portrayed by Creator/TravisWillingham and Creator/LauraBailey, now portrayed by Aaron [=LaPlante=] and Creator/CassandraLeeMorris.

* For the dub of ''Anime/HyperdimensionNeptuniaTheAnimation'', Creator/{{FUNimation}} managed to hire most of the L.A. based voice talents from the games, including Creator/MelissaFahn, Creator/ErinFitzgerald, Creator/TaraPlatt, and Creator/WendeeLee as the [=CPUs=], and Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos as Nepgear.

* ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan''’s anime adaptation brings back all of the original cast from ''The Melancholy of Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'' (barring Creator/ChiakiOmigawa replacing the retired Akane Omae as Sonō Mori). The English dub by Funimation goes to extra lengths to do the same, getting back everyone from Bang! Zoom! Entertainment’s dub of ''Melancholy'', even Creator/CrispinFreeman as Kyon and Creator/KariWahlgren as Kyon’s sister and Tsuruya despite them being union actors (the sole exception being Yutaka Tamaru being voiced by Creator/ToddHaberkorn instead of Creator/VicMignogna).

* While the English dub of ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' recast Isaac and Miria from ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'''s original English voice actors (as they were dubbed in different regions), the Japanese version saw the return of Creator/MasayaOnosaka and Creator/SayakaAoki, who voiced Isaac and Miria in the series.

* The voice actors for the lead ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' characters (Lina, Gourry, Amelia, and Zelgadis) returned to reprise their roles in both Japanese and English for ''Slayers Revolution'' and ''Slayers Evolution-R''.

** The English dub of the ''LightNovel/FateZero'' anime has a bizarre subversion in that two major characters that appear in both the ''Zero'' and the ''Stay Night'' anime have their voice actors[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge, who played Gilgamesh, and Creator/JamiesonPrice, who played Kotomine[[/note]] reappear... but both voice ''completely different characters''[[note]]In ''Zero'', George plays Lancer and Price plays Rider[[/note]]. Rin and Ilyasviel, however, remain voiced by Creator/MelaLee and Creator/StephanieSheh.
** In the English dub for ''LightNovel/FateApocrypha'', Saber makes cameo appearances in Episodes 6 and 23 and is reprised by Creator/MichelleRuff from the UBW movie. An interesting case of TheOtherDarrin as well since Creator/KariWahlgren, who took over for Saber's appearances in the ''Zero'' and ''UBW'' animes, couldn't come back.

* ''Manga/TheDisappearanceOfNagatoYukiChan''’s anime adaptation brings back all of the original cast from ''The Melancholy of LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' (barring Creator/ChiakiOmigawa replacing the retired Akane Omae as Sonō Mori). The English dub by Funimation goes to extra lengths to do the same, getting back everyone from Bang! Zoom! Entertainment’s dub of ''Melancholy'', even Creator/CrispinFreeman as Kyon and Creator/KariWahlgren as Kyon’s sister and Tsuruya despite them being union actors (the sole exception being Yutaka Tamaru being voiced by Creator/ToddHaberkorn instead of Creator/VicMignogna).

** The English dub of the ''LightNovel/FateZero'' anime has a bizarre subversion in that two major characters that appear in both the ''Zero'' and the ''Stay Night'' anime have their voice actors[[note]]Creator/GrantGeorge, who played Gilgamesh, and Creator/JamiesonPrice, who played Kotomine[[/note]] reappear... but both voice ''completely different characters''[[note]]In ''Zero'', George plays Lancer and Price plays Rider[[/note]]. Rin, however, remains voiced by Creator/MelaLee.

* While the Japanese dub recast every character, the English dub of ''[[Manga/DGrayMan D.Gray-man Hallow]]'' was announced to be bringing back almost all of Funimation's original cast, including Creator/ToddHaberkorn as Allen Walker and Creator/LuciChristian as Lenalee Lee.

* The Italian dub of ''[[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Kotetsushin Jeeg]]'' features Emanuela Rossi and Diego Reggente reprising their roles as Miwa and Mimashi from the original series, ''37 years later''.

** The Italian dub got back only three voice actors: Massimo Di Benedetto as Yugi, Lorenzo Scattorin as Kaiba and Creator/SimoneDAndrea as Joey.

* Inverted in the Japanese version of ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood]]'', where most of the roles were recast despite only a few years passing after the first anime finished. The English dub, by contrast, uses almost the exact ''same'' cast as [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the 2003 adaptation]]; the only major exceptions were Al, Scar, Hohenheim, and (partway into the series) Greed.

** In addition to the usual Lupin cast, ''Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye'' brings back Creator/KeikoToda as Hitomi Kisugi, Creator/ChikaSakamoto as Ai Kisugi and Creator/YoshitoYasuhara as Toshio Utsumi from the original 80s ''Manga/CatsEye'' anime.

** Creator/DerkStephenPrince voiced Mister X in the English dub of ''Part 2'', and years later returned to voice the character in the English versions of ''Anime/LupinIIIIsLupinStillBurning'' and ''Anime/LupinIIIPart1''.

** In addition to the usual Lupin cast, ''Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye'' brings back Creator/KeikoToda as Hitomi Kisugi from the original 80s ''Manga/CatsEye'' anime.

* Creator/SpikeSpencer was brought in to reprise his role as Shinji Ikari in the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies, even though he's now a West Coast VA and Creator/FUNimation is located in Texas. Creator/TiffanyGrant still voices Asuka in the second film, though she had already been doing some work for [=FUNimation=] since Creator/ADVFilms closed down. Likewise, there's Creator/AllisonKeith, who returned to voice Misato in the English dubs, despite having since entered into a teaching career. Creator/JohnSwasey playing Gendo in the ''Rebuild'' films is also a smaller case of role reprisal: while he was not Gendo's first English voice actor (that was Tristan [=MacAvery=]), he had previously voiced Gendo [[TheOtherMarty in the dub of the Evangelion Director's Cut.]] However, the entire Japanese VA team returned for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. When Amazon licensed the films, they proceeded to redub the first three using all the returning [=VAs=] that Funimation had replaced in their dubs, who then went on to dub the fourth film which featured more returning [=VAs=] from the original ADV cast, including Jason C. Lee, husband of Creator/AmandaWinnLee (the original -- and returning -- VA of Rei Ayanami) , returning to his role as Shigeru Aoba, and in so doing returning to voice acting for the first time since ''Anime/DeadLeaves''.

* Funimation's English dub of ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' features multiple cross-dub role reprisals: Not only is Creator/MichelleRuff reprising her role as Fujiko from Geneon's dub of the TV series and first movie, but Creator/SonnyStrait, Creator/ChristopherSabat, and Creator/MikeMcFarland are respectively reprising their roles from Funimation's movie and TV special dubs. Creator/RichardEpcar is voicing Zenigata this time around, amusingly making this the third character in the series he's voiced (previously he was Goemon in ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro'' and Jigen in Geneon's dub).

* The English dub of ''Anime/MarvelFutureAvengers'' has some notable role reprisals:

** The 2014 remake ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' sees the return of Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, the original Japanese voice actress of Usagi/Sailor Moon. Notably, she's the only one of the original senshi actresses to return, the Inners are given new voices. The English dub will also feature the return of the cast of Creator/VizMedia's redub of the original anime (Creator/StephanieSheh as Usagi, Creator/RobbieDaymond as Mamoru, Creator/CindyRobinson as Queen Beryl, etc.), though this is a lesser case since Viz's dub of the two series happened around the same time.

** In addition to the usual Lupin cast, ''Lupin III vs. Cat's Eye'' brings back Creator/ChiekoToda as Hitomi Kisugi from the original 80s ''Manga/CatsEye'' anime.

** From ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', in addition to Hulk and Enchantress, there's James C Mathis III as Black Panther.

* ''Anime/RWBYIceQueendom'': The [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} original show]] included a Japanese dub that didn't do so well. When this anime spin-off was created, the cast from the original dub was brought back together to voice their old characters in the new show.

* ''Anime/RWBYIceQueendom'' was not only the basis of reuniting the original cast to continue dubbing the post-Volume 3 ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' series, but also for bringing everyone back here.

** The French dub had every voice actor return bar Umiozu's and Miki's return, including Vincent Ropion as Ryo.

* ''Manga/CityHunter'''': Shinjuku Private Eyes'':

* After Creator/{{Funimation}} acquired the rights to ''Anime/CodeGeass'', while they used their own in-house VA[=s=] to portray new characters introduced in ''Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled'' and Anime/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheRessurection'', they continued to enlist members of the original West Coast dub cast to return to their respective roles. This includes (but is not limited to) Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Lelouch, Creator/YuriLowenthal as Suzaku, Creator/KarenStrassman as Kallen, and Creator/KateHiggins as C.C.

** The Italian dub features Guido Cavalieri and Jasmine Laurenti reprising their roles as Ryo and Kaori from the first two series of the anime and the {{OVA}}s. This is something completely unexpected, considering that Guido Cavalieri retired from voice acting a long time ago while Jasmine Laurenti started refusing roles in anime in recent times.

* Creator/SpikeSpencer was brought in to reprise his role as Shinji Ikari in the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies, even though he's now a West Coast VA and Creator/FUNimation is located in Texas. Creator/TiffanyGrant still voices Asuka in the second film, though she had already been doing some work for [=FUNimation=] since Creator/ADVFilms closed down. Likewise, there's Creator/AllisonKeith, who returned to voice Misato in the English dubs, despite having since entered into a teaching career. Creator/JohnSwasey playing Gendo in the ''Rebuild'' films is also a smaller case of role reprisal: while he was not Gendo's first English voice actor (that was Tristan [=MacAvery=]), he had previously voiced Gendo [[TheOtherMarty in the dub of the Evangelion Director's Cut.]] However, the entire Japanese VA team returned for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. When Amazon licensed the films, they proceeded to redub the first three using all the returning [=VAs=] that Funimation had replaced in their dubs, who then went on to dub the fourth film.

** The Italian dub got back only three voice actors: Massimo Di Benedetto as Yugi, Lorenzo Scattorin as Kaiba and Simone D'Andrea as Joey.

* Creator/SpikeSpencer was brought in to reprise his role as Shinji Ikari in the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies, even though he's now a West Coast VA and Creator/FUNimation is located in Texas. Creator/TiffanyGrant still voices Asuka in the second film, though she had already been doing some work for [=FUNimation=] since Creator/ADVFilms closed down. Likewise, there's Creator/AllisonKeith, who returned to voice Misato in the English dubs, despite having since entered into a teaching career. Creator/JohnSwasey playing Gendo in the ''Rebuild'' films is also a smaller case of role reprisal: while he was not Gendo's first English voice actor (that was Tristan [=MacAvery=]), he had previously voiced Gendo [[TheOtherMarty in the dub of the Evangelion Director's Cut.]] However, the entire Japanese VA team returned for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''. When Amazon licensed the films, they proceeded to redub the first three using all the returning VAs that Funimation had replaced in their dubs, who then went on to dub the fourth film.

** The 2014 remake ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'' sees the return of Creator/KotonoMitsuishi, the original Japanese voice actress of Usagi/Sailor Moon. Notably, she's the only one of the original senshi actresses to return, the Inners are given new voices. The English dub will also feature the return of the cast of Creator/VizMedia's redub of the original anime (Creator/StephanieSheh as Usagi, Creator/RobbieDaymond as Mamoru, Creator/CindyRobinson as Queen Beryl, etc.)

* Creator/SpikeSpencer was brought in to reprise his role as Shinji Ikari in the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' movies, even though he's now a West Coast VA and Creator/FUNimation is located in Texas. Creator/TiffanyGrant still voices Asuka in the second film, though she had already been doing some work for [=FUNimation=] since Creator/ADVFilms closed down. Likewise, there's Creator/AllisonKeith, who returned to voice Misato in the English dubs, despite having since entered into a teaching career. Creator/JohnSwasey playing Gendo in the ''Rebuild'' films is also a smaller case of role reprisal: while he was not Gendo's first English voice actor (that was Tristan [=MacAvery=]), he had previously voiced Gendo [[TheOtherMarty in the dub of the Evangelion Director's Cut.]] However, the entire Japanese VA team returned for ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion''.