Line #100 RoleReprise/Anime


1	Examples of RoleReprise where the actor returned to voice the role in anime - these include any cases where the role was originated in a different medium (e.g. video games or live action).
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3	'''There is a [[Administrivia/NoRecentExamplesPlease minimum time gap]] for most examples'''. To qualify for the trope, the gap between appearances (based on release date) should be '''5 years''' or more. There's no such waiting period for actors who return to a HistoricalDomainCharacter or PublicDomainCharacter in a new, unrelated production - even if it's based on the same work.
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5	For the purpose of this trope, variants such as AlternateUniverse and AlternateContinuity versions are treated as the same character.
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8	* The fans rejoiced when it was revealed that pretty much the entire voice cast from the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' series would reprise their roles for the new OVA in 2005, especially since very few of them were even ACTIVE in the industry since the original show ended. Unfortunately, this miracle was ruined when it was also revealed that Ryoko would be exception to this.
9	* The Japanese version of ''Anime/SonicX'' brought back most of the Japanese voice actors from the games including Creator/JunichiKanemaru as Sonic, Creator/NobutoshiCanna as Knuckles, Creator/TaekoKawata as Amy and Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka as Eggman.
10	* ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' got together most every possible voice actor who worked on the original series to voice the same character in the ReCut, both Japanese and English versions. Creator/MasakoNozawa and Creator/SeanSchemmel voice Goku and Creator/RyoHorikawa and Creator/ChristopherSabat voices Vegeta. It provided a marked example of VocalEvolution.
11	** Of special note, in the Japanese version Masaharu Satou was the very first voice actor to voice Muten Roshi after the original voice actor Kouhei Miyauchi passed away, voicing him for his brief scene in the 13th film. Since then Hiroshi Masuoka mainly did his voice (with Kinya Aikawa handling ''[[Anime/DragonBallThePathToPower The Path to Power]]''), but beginning with Kai Satou returned in the role and has been doing Master Roshi's voice in all media since.
12	** ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' did this as well, bring back not only the surviving cast members from Kai but also the cast members from the Buu saga who had yet to return[[note]]The first run of Kai only went up to the Cell saga, though amusingly the Buu saga would be handled shortly after Battle of Gods was completed.[[/note]]. The most noteworthy return for the Japanese version was Creator/YukoMinaguchi, who again voiced Videl for the film but was absent from Kai due to her studying abroad. On the English dub's side, Meredith [=McCoy=] and Brad Jackson respectively returned to voice Android 18 and Oolong, both of whom had been absent from the original Kai dub. Meanwhile, the Latino Spanish dub brought back all the dub [=VAs=] from ''Z'', much to the immense joy of fans there (who had previously complained about the casting changes present in ''Kai'').
13	*** In Italy, the ''Dragon Ball'' movies initially got a dub with a cast of voice actors different from the one from the series which also was adapted more faithfully to the original, but some years later they were all redubbed with the regular voice cast and [[{{Woolseyism}} adaptation]] [[{{Bowdlerise}} choi]][[DubNameChange ces]]. The Italian dub of ''Battle of Gods'', surprisingly enough, featured the cast of the more faithful dub of the movies. The motivation for this choice is because they wanted a faithful dub of the movie, so they just got the faithful dub cast. Fans (and Vegeta's regular voice actor) were not pleased. The same cast came back again for ''Resurrection of F'', while the ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' dub used the regular voice cast with the only exceptions being Broly, who is voiced by his voice actor from the other cast, and Paragus who was just replaced.
14	** The Brazilian dub of the live-action ''Film/DragonBallEvolution'' movie uses the same voice actors from the anime. The dub of ''Dragon Ball Kai'', however, doesn't use most of them because many of the actors refused to work at the BKS studio.
15	** The Italian dub of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' keeps a good chunk of the original cast: the only few exceptions were for dead voice actors (such as Goku, Freeza and - 43 episodes in - Kid Trunks), retired voice actors (Alberto Oliviero reprised his role as Piccolo only until the Resurrection F arc) or on less important side characters (such as Gregory or the Ox King)
16	** In the Creator/BangZoomEntertainment dub of ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', Creator/WendeeLee provides the voice of Bulma, a role she performed over twenty years prior in the Harmony Gold dub of the original ''Manga/DragonBall'' (where the character was renamed "Lena").
17	** Creator/MasakoNozawa actually invoked this trope when it comes to her role as Goku and family. She has stated that [[{{Determinator}} she will continue to reprise Goku and family (and his derivatives) until death claims her one day]]. Considering [[CashCowFranchise the state of Dragon Ball]], that takes some serious guts.
18	** ''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]]. In the English version, meanwhile, Creator/RobertMcCollum reprises his role as teenage Goten from the Funimation dub of ''Anime/DragonBallGT''.
19	* The voices for Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, Luna, Artemis, Ikuko, and Sammy reprised their roles for the third and fourth seasons of Cloverway's American dub of ''Anime/SailorMoon'' (done ''years'' after the first two). Unfortunately, they were pretty much the only ones.
20	** 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 also features 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.
21	* 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/FullmetalAlchemist2003''; the only major exceptions were Al, Scar, Hohenheim, and (partway into the series) Greed.
22	** The Italian dub of ''Brotherhood'' kept one third of the cast from the original dub. A particular case is Hughes's wife, which initially haves a different voice actress in the ''Brotherhood'' dub until episode 58, [[TheOriginalDarrin where the voice actress from the original series takes her role back]].
23	* 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 reprise: 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''.
24	* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'' features a bizarre variation. For the role of Lynn Minmay in the English dub of the show, ADV cast Mari Iijima--''who had voiced the character in the Japanese version more than 20 years prior.''
25	* The entire English cast for ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' reprised their roles for the trilogy of movies about 10 years after dubbing the TV series (including some minor roles). Unfortunately, the Japanese cast wasn't so lucky.
26	* While the English dub of ''Literature/{{Durarara}}'' recast Isaac and Miria from ''Literature/{{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.
27	* ''[[Manga/{{Trigun}} Trigun: Badlands Rumble]]'' saw the entire cast from the TV series reprise their roles in the Japanese version. In the English dub's case, only Creator/JohnnyYongBosch returned as Vash.
28	** Bosch also reprised his role for ''Anime/TrigunStampede'' whereas everyone else (as well as the original Japanese) have been replaced.
29	* The entire English voice cast reprised their roles for ''[[Manga/InuYasha InuYasha: The Final Act]]'' about seven years after the original series came to an end. Kagome, Sesshomaru, and Kaede were the only notable exceptions, with Kira Tozer replacing Moneca Stori as Kagome, Creator/MichaelDaingerfield replacing Creator/DavidKaye as Sesshomaru, Linda Darlow replacing Pam Hyatt as Kaede. Danny [=McKinnon=] was also replaced by Aidan Drummond as Kohaku, but then again, Kohaku had already gotten TheOtherDarrin treatment once before as [=McKinnon=] replaced Alex Doduk.
30	* Likewise, the English dub of ''Anime/YashahimePrincessHalfDemon'' brought back Creator/RichardIanCox as Inuyasha, Kira Tozer as Kagome, Sesshomaru getting TheOriginalDarrin treatment with the return of Creator/DavidKaye, Creator/KellySheridan as Sango, Creator/KirbyMorrow as Miroku (sadly only for a little bit due to his death; Creator/IanJamesCorlett replaces him) and Creator/JillianMichaels as Shippo. This was considered notable because the aforementioned actors are all Canadians, while the new protagonists were mostly voiced by Americans like Creator/EricaMendez, Creator/KiraBuckland and Creator/MorganBerry, which is also why Kaye, who moved to LA, was able to return.
31	* When Creator/{{Funimation}} acquired the English rights to the first ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' movie after Creator/MediaBlasters' (who had originally dubbed the film in the late 90s) license expired, they proceeded to redub it with the TV series cast, six years after the TV series dub had ended.
32	* 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/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheResurrection'', 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.
33	* An interesting example: Creator/RichardCansino voiced the title role in ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' for the original Creator/{{Sony}} dub (titled ''Samurai X'') and reprised the role for the Creator/BangZoomEntertainment dub years later.
34	** Likewise, J Shannon Weaver, who voiced Kenshin in the movies and [=OVAs=] will be returning for the new OVA.
35	* Giovanni's voice actor, Creator/TedLewis, was replaced in ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' with the rest of the cast, but returned to voice the role after his replacement left the show.
36	** In addition, Rodger Parsons returned to narrate the show at the beginning of ''Battle Frontier'' after being away for several seasons where Creator/MikePollock was the narrator instead.
37	* Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/SeizoKato, the Japanese voice actors for Optimus Prime and Megatron in ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformers'', reprised their respective roles in the Transformers parody episode of ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterBelt''.
38	* The voice actors for the lead ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' characters (Lina, Gourry, Amelia, and Zelgadis) returned to reprise their roles in both Japanese and English for ''Slayers Revolution'' and ''Slayers Evolution-R''.
39	* The ''Manga/BlackLagoon'' cast reprised their roles for the "Roberta's Blood Trail" OVA.
40	* The voice cast from the ''VideoGame/Persona4'' video game reprised their roles in the [[Anime/Persona4TheAnimation anime TV series]]. The only notable exceptions are Chie (originally Tracey Rooney, [[TheOtherDarrin Darrin'd]] by Creator/ErinFitzgerald, Teddie (originally Creator/DaveWittenberg, Darrin'd by Creator/SamRiegel), Naoto (Anna Graves darrin'd by Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn), and for the second half, Kanji (originally Creator/TroyBaker, darrin'd by Creator/MatthewMercer).
41	* 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 Creator/AaronLaPlante and Creator/CassandraLeeMorris.
42	* The entire voice cast of the original ''Anime/{{Hellsing}}'' anime returned to reprise their roles for the 10 ''[[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Hellsing Ultimate]]'' [=OVAs=].
43	* The entire cast from the ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' anime returned to reprise their roles in the Unlimited Blade movie... except Saber in the English dub, who was changed from Creator/KateHiggins to Creator/MichelleRuff.
44	** The English dub of the ''Literature/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.
45	** In the English dub for ''Literature/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.
46	* The cast for ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena'' reprised their roles for the last 26 episodes and movie several years after the original episodes were released.
47	* Funimation's English dub of ''Anime/LupinIIITheWomanCalledFujikoMine'' features multiple cross-dub role reprises: 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).
48	** The English Dub of ''Anime/LupinIIITheItalianAdventure'' reunites all of the television series' cast except for Zenigata, with Creator/TonyOliver returning as Lupin, Epcar as Jigen, Ruff as Fujiko, and Creator/LexLang as Goemon.
49	** The final episode of ''Anime/LupinIIIPart5'' features the surprise return of Diana from the 1995 TV special ''[[Anime/LupinIIIThePursuitOfHarimaosTreasure The Pursuit of Harimao's Treasure]]'', with Creator/MayaOkamoto reprising her role.
50	** The English dub of ''Anime/LupinIIITheFirst'' brings back Tony Oliver as Lupin, Michelle Ruff as Fujiko, Richard Epcar as Jigen, Lex Lang as Goemon and Doug Erholtz as Zenigata.
51	** Creator/DerekStephenPrince 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''.
52	** In addition to the usual Lupin cast, ''Anime/LupinIIIVsCatsEye'' 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.
53	* ''Anime/EurekaSevenAO'' has Creator/KaoriNazuka and Creator/StephanieSheh reprise their role from [[Anime/EurekaSeven the original series]] as Eureka. The dub also sees Creator/JohnnyYongBosch back as Renton, too.
54	* ''Manga/GunslingerGirl Teatrino'' uses the same English voices as ''Gunslinger Girl''.
55	* ''Manga/GeGeGeNoKitaro'''s Medama Oyaji has been voiced by Isamu Tanonaka in all five incarnations of the series, he even voices Medama Oyaji in the 2008 series ''Manga/HakabaKitaro'', Following Tanonaka's death in 2010, Nurarihyon's regular voice actor Creator/TakeshiAono took the role of Medama Oyaji for the TV Special Kitarō: The Happy Journey. However, with Aono having also passed away in 2012, the role was given to Creator/MasakoNozawa for the 2018 series, who voiced Kitaro in the 1960 anime.
56	** Creator/MasakoNozawa and Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka voiced Kitaro and Nezumi Otoko in the first adaptation in the 1960s, they reprised their roles for the anime adaptation of the manga ''Manga/HakabaKitaro'' alongside Isamu Tanonaka.
57	* The Italian dub of ''Anime/DigimonFusion'' has Alessio Cigliano reprising his role as Greymon from the original series.
58	** In the final episodes of the series, during the massive teamup, almost everyone keeps his original voice actor. The only exceptions were [[Anime/DigimonAdventure Gomamon, Tentomon,]] [[Anime/DigimonAdventure02 Ken and Veemon]] (first three got [[TheOtherDarrin new voices]], the latter's only line was given to Davis taking advantage to the fact that no moving lips were shown in that scene). [[Anime/DigimonFrontier Takuya]] got a new voice too, but only because his [[CrossDressingVoices voice actress]] was already voicing Davis. Alessio Cigliano is also back as Tai's Agumon, but with a completely different voice because he can't do the high-pitched screechy voice he did in the original series anymore (he sounds more like [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Tart]] now).
59	** ''Anime/DigimonAdventureTri'' kept the Digimon voices in the Japanese version. In the English dub, the voices of Tai, Sora, Izzy, Mimi, Agumon, Gabumon, Birdramon, Tentomon, Palmon, Togemon, Gomamon, Patamon, and Angemon returned to their roles. TK's ''02'' actor Creator/DougErholtz also returned, but as the voice of Daigo.
60	*** The German dub takes the cake, as they managed to bring every voice actor of the main cast back, except Izzy's who has been on a world tour since 2015. The dubbing studio even brought Tai's voice actor, Florian Knorn, who left the business in 2005, from Sweden and paid for his flight. The main reason for that was due to pressure from the fans.
61	* 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 as Neptune, Creator/ErinFitzgerald as Noire, Creator/TaraPlatt as Vert, Creator/WendeeLee as Blanc, Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos as Nepgear, Creator/SarahAnneWilliams as Uni, Creator/CarrieKeranen as Rom, Creator/ShelbyLindley as Ram, Creator/CristinaValenzuela as Compa, Creator/StephanieSheh as Histoire and Abnes, Creator/CheramiLeigh [[note]] Who was a former member on Funimation [[/note]] as Plutia, Creator/LauraPost as Arfoire, and Creator/DavidVincent as Anonydeath.
62	* In the dub of ''Anime/BlazBlueAlterMemory'', Creator/{{FUNimation}} actually managed to hire nearly all of the original dub voice actors from the games to reprise their roles in the English dub, which is being recorded at Creator/{{FUNimation}} itself. Some of the voice actors include Patrick Seitz (the voice of Ragna) (who is frequently a regular at Creator/{{Funimation}}, despite being L.A. based), Creator/DavidVincent (who voiced Jin Kisaragi). Creator/CristinaValenzuela (the voice of Noel Vermillion), and Creator/MelaLee (who voiced Rachel Alucard). The only exception is Platinum the Trinity, in which Creator/AlexisTipton replaced Creator/LauraBailey, a former Creator/{{FUNimation}} employee.
63	* ''Manga/BirdyTheMighty: Decode'' features Mako Hyōdō reprising her role from the OVA series as [[BigBad Christella Revi]].
64	* The Italian dub of ''[[Anime/KotetsuJeeg Kotetsushin Jeeg]]'' features Emanuela Rossi and Creator/DiegoReggente reprising their roles as Miwa and Mimashi from the original series, ''37 years later''.
65	* The English dub of the anime adaptation of ''VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa\|TriggerHappyHavoc}}'' only managed to bring back Creator/BrycePapenbrook as [[TheHero Makoto Naegi]]. ''Anime/Danganronpa3'' did a lot better; all of the voices from the first anime return, as do 10 of the 17 newcomers from ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''. Only the Ultimate Imposter, Fuyuhiko, Gundam, Peko, Ibuki, Akane, and Monomi got [[TheOtherDarrin Darrined]]. When the characters of ''VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls'' show up, Monaca and Nagisa return while Komaru has been Darrined.
66	* 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. Kanda is one of the few exceptions as he is now voiced by Creator/IanSinclair instead of Creator/TravisWillingham.
67	* Creator/MariShimizu, who voiced ''Anime/AstroBoy'' in the 1963 series, reprised her role in the 1980 revival. Hisashi Katsuta also reprised his role as Ochanomizu in the 1980 show.
68	* The English dub of ''VideoGame/TalesOfZestiria the X'' brings back the voices for all of the party members from the original ''Zestiria'' game. In the case of Mikleo, Michael Johnston is credited under the name "Philip Lamont."
69	* ''Anime/YuGiOhTheDarkSideOfDimensions'' brings back all of the Japanese cast from the anime series ''[[Anime/YuGiOh Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters]]''. The English dub brings back all of the cast as well, [[TheOtherDarrin with the exception of Yugi's grandpa now being voiced by]] Creator/WayneGrayson (due to the fact that the character's original voice actor, Creator/MaddieBlaustein, passed away in 2008).
70	** The Italian dub got back only three voice actors: Creator/MassimoDiBenedetto as Yugi, Creator/LorenzoScattorin as Kaiba and Creator/SimoneDAndrea as Joey.
71	* Between the two {{Animated Adaptation}}s of the ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' games (the [[WesternAnimation/{{Darkstalkers}} 1995 american cartoon]] and the 1997 ''Anime/NightWarriorsDarkstalkersRevenge'' OVA, both of which used Canadian voice talent), the entire voice cast was subject to TheOtherDarrin... with the exception of Creator/ScottMcNeil, who would voice Lord Raptor in ''both'' adaptations.
72	* ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' is split up into numerous alternate continuities, but there are two actors in particular who pride themselves on this trope for sticking with the franchise since the very beginning: Creator/RichardEpcar and William Knight have voiced Batou and Aramaki respectively since the original Mamoru Oshii film was dubbed back in the late 90s. Richard and William would return for their characters in the Playstation video game, ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'', the [=PS2=] and PSP games based off ''SAC'', and even ''[[VideoGame/GhostInTheShellFirstAssaultOnline Ghost In the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: First Assault Online]]''. It was due to ExecutiveMeddling that the ''SAC'' [=OVAs=] were dubbed in Canada, and when ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise'' was licensed by Creator/{{Funimation}}, they decided to follow Japan's precedent of casting new actors. This didn't stop Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn from flying out to Texas to audition for the role of Motoko, whom she has been voicing for everything related to ''Stand Alone Complex''. For her efforts, she voices Kurutsu in that dub, a character that falls more into her type casting of headstrong sexy female leader characters than the "younger"-looking Motoko Kusanagi herself.
73	* With a few exceptions, most of the principal voices of the previous ''Anime/CardcaptorSakura'' anime have returned to voice their characters in the ''[[Manga/CardCaptorSakuraClearCard Clear Card]]'' anime, including Creator/SakuraTange as [[TheDanza Sakura]] Kinomoto, Creator/AyaHisakawa as Cerberus/Kero-chan, Creator/JunkoIwao as Tomoyo Daidouji, and Creator/MotokoKumai as Li Syaoran / Xiaolong[[note]]His literal Chinese name.[[/note]].
74	** Subverted and played with in Funimation's simulcast dub of the Clear Card anime. While none of the voices from the Creator/{{Nelvana}} dub return, Sakura and Syaoran / Xiaolong are voiced respectively by Creator/MonicaRial and Creator/JasonLiebrecht, who had voiced the ''Manga/TsubasaReservoirChronicle'' versions of the characters, despite the fact that those versions had different voice actors in the Japanese version.[[note]]The ''Tsubasa'' versions are [[ReusedCharacterDesign completely different characters]] who just happen to have the same first names and appearances as the Cardcaptor Sakura versions.[[/note]] Reaction to this has been mixed to say the least, with some fans feeling okay with it, and others feeling that either both roles should have been recast entirely, or that Funimation should have brought back the actors who voiced them in Bang Zoom Entertainment's significantly more faithful dub of the second movie.
75	* ''Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative'' sees Creator/KariWahlgren and Creator/MayumiShintani return as Haruko in their respective languages.[[note]]Well, ''Alternative'' in Shintani's case; in the case of ''Progressive'' in Japanese, Creator/MegumiHayashibara voiced Haruko[[/note]]
76	* While the Japanese cast was completely replaced (as requested by creator Creator/NatsukiTakaya), the English dub of the 2019 ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' remake brings back most of the cast from the original anime, including Creator/LauraBailey as Tohru, Creator/JerryJewell as Kyo, Creator/EricVale as Yuki, and Creator/JohnBurgmeier as Shigure.
77	* The English dub of ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' sees many voice actors reprise their roles from other projects:
78	** From ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', there's Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey as Wasp, Creator/FredTatasciore as Hulk, Creator/SteveBlum as Wolverine, Creator/WallyWingert as Hank Pym/Giant-Man and M.O.D.O.K. and Creator/RobinAtkinDownes as Abomination.
79	** From ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'', Creator/CrispinFreeman once again voices Loki.
80	** From ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore'', there's Creator/MatthewMercer as Iron Man.
81	** From ''WesternAnimation/WolverineAndTheXMen2009'', in addition to Hulk and Wolverine there's Creator/YuriLowenthal as Ice Man.
82	** From ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', in addition to Hulk, there's Creator/RogerCraigSmith as Captain America and Creator/TravisWillingham as Thor.
83	* The original Los Angeles-made Latin Spanish dub of ''Anime/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz'' sees Guillermo Romano reprising his role of The Cowardly Lion from the classic ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' film.
84	* ''Manga/CityHunter: [[Anime/CityHunterShinjukuPrivateEyes Shinjuku Private Eyes]]'':
85	** The 2019 film sees the return of most of the voice actors from the original 80s anime, including Creator/AkiraKamiya as Ryo, Creator/KazueIkura as Kaori, Creator/TesshoGenda as Umibozu and Yōko Asagami ([[StageNames now known as Ichiryūsai Harumi]]) as Saeko.
86	** The French dub had every voice actor return bar Umiozu's and Miki's voice actors, including Creator/VincentRopion as Ryo. The same about the French ''Manga/CatsEye'' voice actresses.
87	** In an interesting {{Crossover}}, Creator/KeikoToda and Creator/ChikaSakamoto reprise their roles as Hitomi and Ai Kisugi from the 80s ''Manga/CatsEye'' anime. Because Creator/ToshikoFujita passed away in 2018, Toda also took over her role as Rui Kisugi. This also holds true for the French dub, which brought back the original French voice actresses for all three Kisugi sisters (Annabelle Roux, Marie-Laure Dougnac and Geneviève Taillade).
88	** The Italian dub features Guido Cavalieri and Creator/JasmineLaurenti 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.
89	* The English dub of ''Anime/MarvelFutureAvengers'' has some notable role reprises:
90	** From ''WesternAnimation/UltimateAvengers'', Creator/FredTatasciore as Hulk.
91	** From ''WesternAnimation/HulkVS'', in addition to the Hulk, there's Creator/KariWahlgren as the Enchantress.
92	** From ''WesternAnimation/TheAvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes'', in addition to Hulk and Enchantress, there's James C. Mathis III as Black Panther.
93	** From ''WesternAnimation/AvengersAssemble'', in addition to Hulk and Black Panther, there's Creator/MickWingert as Iron Man, Creator/FredTatasciore as Crossbones, Creator/KathreenKhavari as Miss Marvel, Creator/LauraBailey as Black Widow, Creator/RogerCraigSmith as Captain America, Creator/KariWahlgren as The Wasp, Creator/BumperRobinson as Falcon, and Creator/LiamOBrien as both Red Skull and Doctor Strange. In the second season, there's also Creator/StephanieSheh as Crystal.
94	** From the English dub of ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'', there's Creator/RobbieDaymond as Spider-Man and Creator/JasonSpisak as Deadpool.
95	** From ''VideoGame/MarvelHeroes'', we see the return of Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Iron Fist.
96	** From ''VideoGame/SuperHeroSquadOnline'', Creator/YuriLowenthal is once again the Winter Soldier.
97	* ''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 Creator/BangZoomEntertainment[='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).
98	* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Strawberry Flavor'' has Creator/BanjoGinga reprises his role as Souther and Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi as [[VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStarKensRage Kenshiro]].
99	* While the English dub of ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' replaced virtually the entire original voice cast of the ''Franchise/LiloAndStitch'' films and ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries'', the show did bring back Rocky [=McMurray=] to voice Clyde (X-150) again in "Stitchman Meets Bonnie and Clyde".
100	* ''Anime/ScottPilgrimTakesOff'', the anime adaptation of the [[ComicBook/ScottPilgrim comic book of the same name]], will have ''all'' of the actors from the live action adaptation, ''Film/ScottPilgrimVsTheWorld'', reprise their roles for the English dub.

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