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* RoleReprise: Both Creator/ShioriIzawa and Creator/BrittneyKarbowski reprise their role as ''Manga/MadeInAbyss''' Nanachi for their cameo in Season 2 Episode 4.
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* RoleReprise: Both Creator/ShioriIzawa and Creator/BrittneyKarbowski reprise their role as ''Manga/MadeInAbyss''' Nanachi for their cameo in Season 2 Episode 4.3.
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** In the dub, Shouta Aoi is dubbed over by Creator/ApphiaYu.
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* IKnewIt: Given the characters' tendency to destroy the HQ of Takeshobo, some viewers correctly suggested that the final episode of Season 1 of the anime would have Popuko and Pipimi destroy the HQ of King Records (the producers of the show).
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* AllStarCast: With multiple people voicing them, Popuko and Pipimi are voiced by pretty much every big name seiyuu you can think of.
** Ditto for the English dub. Think of a prolific and/or big name voice actor from Creator/{{Funimation}} (hell even just anime dubbing in general) and they've most likely have voiced either Popuko or Pipimi.
** Ditto for the English dub. Think of a prolific and/or big name voice actor from Creator/{{Funimation}} (hell even just anime dubbing in general) and they've most likely have voiced either Popuko or Pipimi.
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* AllStarCast: With multiple people voicing them, Popuko and Pipimi are voiced by pretty much every big name seiyuu voice actor you can think of.
** Ditto forof, both in the Japanese and English dub. Think of a prolific and/or big name voice actor from Creator/{{Funimation}} (hell even just anime dubbing in general) and they've most likely have voiced either Popuko or Pipimi.dubs.
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* TheDanza: All major characters within Season 2 Episode 12's ''Endless Love'' live action uses the actors' own names for their roles; including Creator/ShoutaAoi, [[Music/TMRevolution Takanori Nishikawa]], and the screen actor, and [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura the voice actor]] who both share the name "Yuichi Nakamura".
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* TheDanza: All major characters within Season 2 Episode 12's ''Endless Love'' live action uses the actors' own names for their roles; roles, including Creator/ShoutaAoi, [[Music/TMRevolution Takanori Nishikawa]], and both the screen actor, and [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura the voice actor]] who both voice]] actors that share the name "Yuichi Nakamura".
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* AllStarCast: With multiple people voicing them, Popuko and Pipimi are voiced by pretty much every big name seiyuu you can think of.
** Ditto for the English dub. Think of a prolific and/or big name voice actor from Creator/{{Funimation}} (hell even just anime dubbing in general) and they've most likely have voiced either Popuko or Pipimi.
** Ditto for the English dub. Think of a prolific and/or big name voice actor from Creator/{{Funimation}} (hell even just anime dubbing in general) and they've most likely have voiced either Popuko or Pipimi.
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* TheWikiRule: [[https://pop-team-epic.fandom.com/wiki/Pop_Team_Epic_Wiki Pop Team Epic Wiki]].
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** Music/TobyFox, the creator of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', posted a [[https://twitter.com/tobyfox/status/964946726636412928 tweet]] about the Mettaton reference seen in Episode 7, thanking Bkub Okawa for it in [[https://twitter.com/tobyfox/status/964947415643185152 a reply]].
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** Music/TobyFox, Creator/TobyFox, the creator of ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'', posted a [[https://twitter.com/tobyfox/status/964946726636412928 tweet]] about the Mettaton reference seen in Episode 7, thanking Bkub Okawa for it in [[https://twitter.com/tobyfox/status/964947415643185152 a reply]].
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** Season 2 Episode 7B has Creator/KoichiYamadera dubbing over AC-Bu's live skit and [[TalkingToHimself voicing every single character]]. This is an AscendedMeme in bringing the popular and longtime internet jokes regarding Yamadera’s reputation as the Japanese voice actor "whose name takes up the entire voice credit section" to fruition.
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** Season 2 Episode 7B has Creator/KoichiYamadera dubbing over AC-Bu's live skit and [[TalkingToHimself voicing every single character]].character. This is an AscendedMeme in bringing the popular and longtime internet jokes regarding Yamadera’s reputation as the Japanese voice actor "whose name takes up the entire voice credit section" to fruition.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Deliberately, in fact. Pipimi and Popuko receive male voice actors for several skits and the ending theme, but Popuko gets another male voice actor during the "female voice actors" version of the first episode.
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* CrossdressingVoices: Deliberately, in fact. Pipimi and Popuko receive male voice actors for several skits and the ending theme, but Popuko gets another male voice actor during the "female voice actors" version of the first episode.
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* CutSong: A stop-motion felt segment where Popuko and Pipimi sing about a fox named Kon-Chan didn't make it into Season 1 of the anime. It was included as a DVD and Blu-ray extra and was [[https://youtu.be/uMnMTCUwjgQ?t=1720 later included]] in the ''Pop Team Epic'' song medley on Website/YouTube.
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* CutSong: A stop-motion felt segment where Popuko and Pipimi sing about a fox named Kon-Chan didn't make it into Season 1 of the anime. It was included as a DVD and Blu-ray extra and was [[https://youtu.be/uMnMTCUwjgQ?t=1720 later included]] in put in]] the ''Pop Team Epic'' Season 1 song medley on Website/YouTube.
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* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Many scenes and the differences between the female vs male versions make it clear that the voice actors are given free reign to make up whatever they wanted to. One such example is the latter half of the "good strokes" skit in Season 1 Episode 5; [[https://youtu.be/cgXZuiEJaRY?t=12 Part-A]] features Kaneda making [[TheImmodestOrgasm overtly sexual moaning and saying "Marilyn Monroe" in increasingly orgasmic tones]] while Kobayashi makes a nonsensical sound as Pipimi's neck extends, while [[https://youtu.be/cgXZuiEJaRY?t=44 Part-B]] features Sugita and Nakamura engaging in a NoFourthWall conversation and comparing the OverlyLongGag to a 90's detective show opening sequence, inspiring the animators to add that pop culture reference in the final cut. (The voice actors in the rebroadcast also do their own thing.) Unfortunately, the dub averts the trope by keeping most of the Japanese voice actors' adlibs instead of doing their own.
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* HarpoDoesSomethingFunny: Many scenes and the differences between the female vs and male versions in the Japanese track make it clear that the voice actors are given free reign to make up whatever they wanted to. One such example is the latter half of the "good strokes" skit in Season 1 Episode 5; [[https://youtu.be/cgXZuiEJaRY?t=12 Part-A]] features Kaneda making [[TheImmodestOrgasm overtly sexual moaning and saying "Marilyn Monroe" in increasingly orgasmic tones]] while Kobayashi makes a nonsensical sound as Pipimi's neck extends, while [[https://youtu.be/cgXZuiEJaRY?t=44 Part-B]] features Sugita and Nakamura engaging in a NoFourthWall conversation and comparing the OverlyLongGag to a 90's detective show opening sequence, inspiring the animators to add that pop culture reference in the final cut. (The The voice actors in the rebroadcast of Season 1 also do their own thing.) Unfortunately, thing. However, the English dub averts the trope by keeping keeps most of the Japanese voice actors' adlibs instead of doing their own.
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* PromotedFanboy: Old Joseph, the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' parody announcer, and one of the scene transitions, were voiced by [[WebVideo/TheAnimeMan Joey Bizinger]]. He [[https://grapee.jp/en/102261 got the gig when he met someone from King Records at a corporate get-together]] and mentioned how he was a fan of ''Pop Team Epic''. Said execs, both impressed that he was aware of King Records' involvement and needing an actor that spoke fluent English, decided to hire him.
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** Old Joseph, the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' parody announcer, and one of the scene transitions, were voiced by [[WebVideo/TheAnimeMan Joey Bizinger]]. He [[https://grapee.jp/en/102261 got the gig when he met someone from King Records at a corporate get-together]] and mentioned how he was a fan of ''Pop Team Epic''. Said execs, both impressed that he was aware of King Records' involvement and needing an actor that spoke fluent English, decided to hirehim.him.
** In 2018 French animator Keke [[https://k-eke.tumblr.com/post/171342796986/pigeonop-team-epic-rude-pigeons-edition made a fan animation]] of Popuko and Pipimi as pigeons in his distinct bouncing animation style (with censor bars covering their wings as a joke reference to their iconic middle fingers). Four years later he was brought in to animate one of the Season 2 endings, which includes not just the protagonists as the same pigeons but also as other bouncing animals.
** Old Joseph, the ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' parody announcer, and one of the scene transitions, were voiced by [[WebVideo/TheAnimeMan Joey Bizinger]]. He [[https://grapee.jp/en/102261 got the gig when he met someone from King Records at a corporate get-together]] and mentioned how he was a fan of ''Pop Team Epic''. Said execs, both impressed that he was aware of King Records' involvement and needing an actor that spoke fluent English, decided to hire
** In 2018 French animator Keke [[https://k-eke.tumblr.com/post/171342796986/pigeonop-team-epic-rude-pigeons-edition made a fan animation]] of Popuko and Pipimi as pigeons in his distinct bouncing animation style (with censor bars covering their wings as a joke reference to their iconic middle fingers). Four years later he was brought in to animate one of the Season 2 endings, which includes not just the protagonists as the same pigeons but also as other bouncing animals.
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** This series made a guest appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'', whereas Popuko and Pipimi had an encounter with a God (most likely referring to Creator/MasamiObari, who had directed one of the intros for the show), who eventually changes their forms to be more fitting to fight alongside Super Robot pilots... basically turning Popuko into a more normally drawn girl instead of ''Pop Team Epic'''s bizarre SuperDeformed style (but still with the voice of Creator/KenjiAkabane) and Pipimi is turned into a sentient HumongousMecha for Pipimi to pilot.
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** This series made a guest appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'', whereas Popuko and Pipimi had an encounter with a God (most likely referring to Creator/MasamiObari, who had directed one of the intros for the show), who eventually changes their forms to be more fitting to fight alongside Super Robot pilots... basically turning Popuko into a more normally drawn girl instead of ''Pop Team Epic'''s bizarre SuperDeformed style (but still with the voice of Creator/KenjiAkabane) and Pipimi is turned into a sentient HumongousMecha for Pipimi Popuko to pilot.
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** This series made a guest appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'', whereas Popuko and Pipimi had an encounter with a God (most likely referring to Creator/MasamiObari, who had directed one of the intros for the show), who eventually changes their forms to be more fitting to fight alongside Super Robot pilots... basically turning Pipimi into a more normally drawn girl instead of ''Pop Team Epic'''s bizarre SuperDeformed style (but still with the voice of Creator/KenjiAkabane) and Popuko is turned into a sentient HumongousMecha for Pipimi to pilot.
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** This series made a guest appearance in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'', whereas Popuko and Pipimi had an encounter with a God (most likely referring to Creator/MasamiObari, who had directed one of the intros for the show), who eventually changes their forms to be more fitting to fight alongside Super Robot pilots... basically turning Pipimi Popuko into a more normally drawn girl instead of ''Pop Team Epic'''s bizarre SuperDeformed style (but still with the voice of Creator/KenjiAkabane) and Popuko Pipimi is turned into a sentient HumongousMecha for Pipimi to pilot.
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* TheDanza: All major characters within Season 2 Episode 12's ''Endless Love'' live action uses the actor's own names for their roles; including Creator/ShoutaAoi, [[Music/TMRevolution Takanori Nishikawa]], and "Yuichi Nakamura" the screen actor, and [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura the voice actor]].
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* TheDanza: All major characters within Season 2 Episode 12's ''Endless Love'' live action uses the actor's actors' own names for their roles; including Creator/ShoutaAoi, [[Music/TMRevolution Takanori Nishikawa]], and "Yuichi Nakamura" the screen actor, and [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura the voice actor]].actor]] who both share the name "Yuichi Nakamura".
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* TheDanza: All major characters within Season 2 Episode 12's ''Kamen Rider Endless Love'' live action uses the actor's own names for their roles; including Creator/ShoutaAoi, [[Music/TMRevolution Takanori Nishikawa]], and "Yuichi Nakamura" the screen actor, and [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura the voice actor]].
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* TheDanza: All major characters within Season 2 Episode 12's ''Kamen Rider Endless ''Endless Love'' live action uses the actor's own names for their roles; including Creator/ShoutaAoi, [[Music/TMRevolution Takanori Nishikawa]], and "Yuichi Nakamura" the screen actor, and [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura the voice actor]].
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** In the Season 2 finale, the actor Yūichi Nakamura plays himself and his lookalike... who is voiced over by the voice actor Creator/YuuichiNakamura.
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* ActingForTwo: Season 2 Episode 7 repeats the "live sketchbook flip illustration acting" performance format AC-Bu did for Season 1, only this time for the entire 14 minute episode set in a Japanese music club fit for an indie rock concert. A very minimal cast is thus used for both parts despite the numerous characters that appear.
** Part A features the AC-Bu members voicing everyone -- Popuko and Hellshake Yano are voiced by Shinsuke Itakura, and Toru Adachi voices everyone else.
** Part B has Creator/KoichiYamadera dubbing over AC-Bu's live skit and [[TalkingToHimself voicing every single character]]. This is an AscendedMeme in bringing the popular and longtime internet jokes regarding Yamadera’s reputation as the Japanese voice actor "whose name takes up the entire voice credit section" to fruition.
** Part A features the AC-Bu members voicing everyone -- Popuko and Hellshake Yano are voiced by Shinsuke Itakura, and Toru Adachi voices everyone else.
** Part B has Creator/KoichiYamadera dubbing over AC-Bu's live skit and [[TalkingToHimself voicing every single character]]. This is an AscendedMeme in bringing the popular and longtime internet jokes regarding Yamadera’s reputation as the Japanese voice actor "whose name takes up the entire voice credit section" to fruition.
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* ActingForTwo: ActingForTwo:
** The "Bob Team Epic" segments drawn by AC-Bu are completely voiced by the members, Shinsuke Itakura and Toru Adachi. They voice Popuko and Pipimi respectively and any other characters present. Taken to an extreme in Season 2 Episode 7repeats the which is entirely just their "live sketchbook flip illustration acting" performance format AC-Bu did for Season 1, only this time for the entire 14 minute episode set in a Japanese music club fit for an indie rock concert. A very minimal cast is thus used for both parts despite the numerous characters that appear.
** Part A features the AC-Bu members voicing everyone -- Popuko andof Hellshake Yano are voiced by Shinsuke Itakura, -- in Part A, Itakura voices Popuko and Toru the titular character and Adachi voices everyone else.
**Part B Season 2 Episode 7B has Creator/KoichiYamadera dubbing over AC-Bu's live skit and [[TalkingToHimself voicing every single character]]. This is an AscendedMeme in bringing the popular and longtime internet jokes regarding Yamadera’s reputation as the Japanese voice actor "whose name takes up the entire voice credit section" to fruition.fruition.
** Creator/ShoutaAoi appears AsHimself and [[spoiler:as his evil alternate self]].
** In the Season 2 finale, the actor Yūichi Nakamura plays himself and his lookalike... who is voiced over by the voice actor Creator/YuuichiNakamura.
** The "Bob Team Epic" segments drawn by AC-Bu are completely voiced by the members, Shinsuke Itakura and Toru Adachi. They voice Popuko and Pipimi respectively and any other characters present. Taken to an extreme in Season 2 Episode 7
** Part A features the AC-Bu members voicing everyone -- Popuko and
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** Creator/ShoutaAoi appears AsHimself and [[spoiler:as his evil alternate self]].
** In the Season 2 finale, the actor Yūichi Nakamura plays himself and his lookalike... who is voiced over by the voice actor Creator/YuuichiNakamura.
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* CompletelyDifferentTitle: Since ''Pop Team Epic'' [[WordSaladTitle isn't very translatable]], the Chinese titled it ''Daily Lives of Popuko and Pipimi''.
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* CutSong: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oSKGKT23dI stop-motion felt segment]] where Popuko and Pipimi sing about a fox named Kon-Chan didn't make it into the anime.
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* CutSong: A [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oSKGKT23dI stop-motion felt segment]] segment where Popuko and Pipimi sing about a fox named Kon-Chan didn't make it into Season 1 of the anime.anime. It was included as a DVD and Blu-ray extra and was [[https://youtu.be/uMnMTCUwjgQ?t=1720 later included]] in the ''Pop Team Epic'' song medley on Website/YouTube.
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** After playing the ButtMonkey for so many of ''Pop Team Epic''[='=]s big reveal gags, ''Manga/HoshiiroGirldrop'' later got [[http://otakomu.jp/archives/658648.html a manga anthology,]] finally bringing it to the format it was originally slated for.
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** After playing the ButtMonkey for so many of ''Pop Team Epic''[='=]s Epic'''s big reveal gags, ''Manga/HoshiiroGirldrop'' later got [[http://otakomu.jp/archives/658648.html a manga anthology,]] finally bringing it to the format it was originally slated for.
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* FakeAmerican: Old Joseph is voiced by [[WebVideo/TheAnimeMan Joey Bizinger]], who is half-Australian and half-Japanese.
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* FakeAmerican: The New Yorker Old Joseph is voiced by [[WebVideo/TheAnimeMan Joey Bizinger]], who is half-Australian and half-Japanese.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: Two of the actors playing Popuko and Pipimi have also worked together on ''Anime/StarTwinklePrettyCure''.
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** Remember the VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim shoutout in Episode 1 of the anime? Turns out [[https://twitter.com/HIGEYOSI360/status/953435501150715904 someone already made a mod for it]].
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** Remember the VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim shoutout in Episode 1 of the anime? Turns out Someone [[https://twitter.com/HIGEYOSI360/status/953435501150715904 someone already made a mod for it]].
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** In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast and paired up to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is Creator/SquareEnix’s recognition of the stage being an infamous ThatOneBoss to the FF fandom at large. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area to survive.
** In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast and paired up to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is Creator/SquareEnix’s recognition of the stage being an infamous ThatOneBoss to the FF fandom at large. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area to survive.
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**FandomNod: In Season 2 Episode 8, Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book shows it's a magazine called "Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix" with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. Apart from it being a BlandNameProduct of Japan’s voice actor magazine "Seiyuu Grand Prix", it is also a reference to one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu "Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A Actor)" -- a term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast and paired up to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is Creator/SquareEnix’s recognition of the stage being an infamous ThatOneBoss to the FF fandom at large. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area to survive.time.
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** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is Creator/SquareEnix’s recognition of the stage being an infamous ThatOneBoss to the FF fandom at large. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area to survive.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[RelationshipVoiceActor/PopTeamEpic See here]].
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** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is a recognition of players will instantly die once they step out of the middle guideline of the stage. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area to survive.
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** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is a Creator/SquareEnix’s recognition of players will instantly die once they step out of the middle guideline of stage being an infamous ThatOneBoss to the stage.FF fandom at large. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area to survive.
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** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is a recognition of players will instantly die once they step out of the middle guideline of the stage. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area.
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** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is a recognition of players will instantly die once they step out of the middle guideline of the stage. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area.area to survive.
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* FandomNod: In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast and paired up to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
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** In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast and paired up to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.””
** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is a recognition of players will instantly die once they step out of the middle guideline of the stage. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area.
** In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast and paired up to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.
** In Season 2 Episode 9, Popuko “licking the floor” on ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIV’s'' The Navel (Extreme) stage is a recognition of players will instantly die once they step out of the middle guideline of the stage. “Licking The Floor” (or “Taste the Floor”) is a Japanese longtime gamer slang for any gaming mechanism that sends players to instant death by having the [[BossBattle boss]] wipe the entire stage floor with a mad OneHitKill save for a designated safe area.
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** Season 2 Episode 9 Part B Popuko Creator/FumihikoTachiki was hired as the advertisement narrator for the episode’s ProductPlacement, Brazilian Park—Washuzan Highland, as well as the protagonist for the OriginalVideoAnimation edition of ''Be-Bop High School''--the manga that the episode’s main segment was mostly based on; both of which Tachiki had done years before he was cast for ''Pop Team Epic''.
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** Season 2 Episode 9 Part B Popuko Creator/FumihikoTachiki was hired as the advertisement narrator for the episode’s ProductPlacement, Brazilian Park—Washuzan Highland, as well as the protagonist for the OriginalVideoAnimation edition of ''Be-Bop High School''--the manga that the episode’s main segment was mostly based on; both of which Tachiki had done years before he was cast for ''Pop Team Epic''.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[RelationshipVoiceActor/PopTeamEpic See here]]. Each pair of voice actors (especially Popuko and Pipimi) were specifically chosen due to their work history together and thus making it easier for them to bounce off each other. This is much less common in the English dub due to the amount of general overlap with other Creator/{{Funimation}}[=/=]Website/{{Crunchyroll}} efforts:
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's Japanese actors:''' %%Please keep these entries short. Just their most famous character duo (or a few of their most well-known works if it's hard to choose one) will suffice, this is not the place to list everything they've done together.
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Although Creator/MasashiEbara and Creator/HochuOtsuka open the anime due to an old joke from the manga, they are both voice actor veterans and have been in the same show several times, such as ''Anime/TransformersTheHeadmasters'' where the two voiced the Decepticons Pounce and Wingspan amongst other roles.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/YujiMitsuya and Creator/NorikoHidaka are widely known as the voices of the OfficialCouple Tatsuya Uesugi and Minami Asakura in ''Manga/Touch1981''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/AoiYuuki and Creator/AyanaTaketatsu sing together as the vocal duo "petit milady"; they've sung theme songs for shows such as ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL II'', ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'', and ''Literature/WorldBreakAriaOfCurseForAHolySwordsman''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2B: Creator/ToshioFurukawa and Creator/ShigeruChiba are long-time pals cast in many anime together, including but not limited to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
*** Season 1 Episode 3A: Creator/MikakoKomatsu and Creator/SumireUesaka, while falsely advertised as the series' stars, have appeared in a few shows together, such as ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', ''Anime/SengokuCollection'', and ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' (though usually with one as a lead, and the other as a minor or one-off role).
*** Season 1 Episode 3B: Creator/RyuseiNakao and Creator/NorioWakamoto were the voices of Freeza and Cell in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', respectively.
*** Season 1 Episode 4A: Creator/YokoHikasa and Creator/SatomiSato acted together in a lot of projects, most notably as Mio and Ritsu from ''Manga/KOn'' and Shino and Ari ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'', and they even sing a musical number as the two did were a part of the band in both of those anime.
*** Season 1 Episode 4B: Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/AkiraKamiya appear, and with nearly 50 years under their belts, they have crossed paths before, such as in ''Manga/CityHunter'', ''Manga/TheyWereEleven'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', and ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', to name a few.
*** Season 1 Episode 5A: Creator/TomokoKaneda and Creator/YuuKobayashi have worked in a couple of anime together, such as ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' and ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' as Crested Ibis and Tsuchinoko. They also hosted their own radio show titled ''Leave It to Kaneda × Kobayashi!''
*** Season 1 Episode 5B: Creator/YuuichiNakamura and Creator/TomokazuSugita are good friends who are together known as the "Magnet Combo" because of their surnames' initials, N and S. They have their own show, ''Series/TokyoEncounter'', and appeared in lots of different anime together. They were primarily [[https://animeanime.jp/article/2018/01/27/36618.html the winners of a viewer poll at Japanese site ''Anime! Anime!'']] for most-desired future Popuko and Pipimi voices.
*** Season 1 Episode 6A: Creator/YukoSanpei and Creator/KaoriNazuka have played {{Official Couple}}s in a few series, such as Kanata Saionji and Miyu Kozuki in ''Manga/UFOBaby'' and most famously Renton Thurston and Eureka in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', as well as Gino Knab and Totooria "Totori" Heimhold in ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland''.
*** Season 1 Episode 6B: Creator/HiroShimono and Creator/YuukiKaji's works together include good friends Connie Springer and Eren Yeager in 'Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and twin brothers Sho and Kaoru Kurus in ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama'', and they have also hosted their own radio show ''Hiro Shimono & Yuki Kaji's Radio Misty''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7A: Creator/SatomiKoorogi and Creator/AkikoYajima are best known for their roles as Hima and Shinnosuke Nohara in ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7B: Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo and Creator/KosukeToriumi have been together in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' as Shikamaru Nara and Kiba Inuzuka as well as and Yusuke Makishima and Shunsuke Imaizumi in ''Manga/YowamushiPedal''..
*** Season 1 Episode 8A: Creator/SumireMorohoshi and Creator/AzusaTadokoro are known for their parts as Ichigo Hoshimiya and Aoi Kiriya in ''Anime/{{Aikatsu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 8B: Creator/MasayaOnosaka and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa are best known as playing the pair of Azazel and Akutabe in ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel''. They've also had co-starring roles in ''WebComic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' as France and Italy.
*** Season 1 Episode 9A: Creator/ErikoNakamura and Creator/AsamiImai are known for their roles as Haruka Amami and Chihaya Kisaragi in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' franchise.
*** Season 1 Episode 9B: Creator/KaitoIshikawa and Creator/SomaSaito have worked together previously as Nine and Twelve in ''Anime/TerrorInResonance'' and Kageyama and Yamaguchi in ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 10A: While Creator/SoraTokui and Creator/SuzukoMimori are obviously chosen in this episode thanks to them being young detectives in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' (Nero Yuzurizaki and Sherlock Shellingford), most people are also familiar with them as members of μ's in ''Franchise/LoveLive'' (Nico Yazawa and Umi Sonoda).
*** Season 1 Episode 10B: Continuing with the detective theme connections with the Episode 10 actors, Creator/RikiyaKoyama and Creator/WataruTakagi have worked together as Kogoro and Genta/Takagi in ''Manga/CaseClosed''. They also lent their voices to Yoshikage Kira and Okuyasu Nijimura in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle''.
*** Season 1 Episode 11A: Creator/NanaMizuki and Creator/MamikoNoto are known for their roles as Fate Testarossa and her ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid Vivid]]'' expy Einhard Stratos in the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' titles.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/HozumiGouda and Creator/BanjoGinga have worked together as Chirico Cuvie and Col. Jean-Paul Rochina in ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''.
*** Season 1 Episode 12A: Creator/MamiKoyama and Creator/KotonoMitsuishi have both voiced characters from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''; Mami Koyama voiced Esmeraude in [[Manga/SailorMoon the first anime]] and Queen Serenity in ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', while Kotono Mitsuishi voiced the titular Sailor Moon herself in both anime series. Both have also appeared in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' as Talia Gladys and Murrue Ramius.
*** Season 1 Episode 12B: If you have Creator/ShowHayami and Creator/JojiNakata together, you might immediately think of Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine from ''LightNovel/FateZero''. Or to a lesser extent, as either Maxwell and Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}} Ultimate'', or Vector Prime and Megatron in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''.
*** In the end credits of Season 1 Episode 12 Creator/YuukiTakada and Sawako Hata get credited as Popuko and Pipimi, along with every other actor who has appeared, as the two appear in Kamikaze Douga's other project ''COCOLORS'' and Kamikaze Douga shamelessly ripped off the poster to promote ''Pop Team Epic''.
*** In [[https://twitter.com/warnerjp/status/978194854596497408 a commercial]] for ''Anime/BatmanNinja'', Popuko dressed as Batman is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera and Pipimi dressed as The Joker is again voiced by Wataru Takagi, just as the actors appear in the film.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Seiryu: ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' co-stars Creator/YukariTamura (Rika Furude) and Creator/YuiHorie (Hanyu).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Suzaku: ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' co-stars Creator/KanaHanazawa (Mikan Yuuki) and Creator/HarukaTomatsu (Lala Satalin Deviluke). They were also together in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterDearlyStars'' along with Sanpei.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Byakko: ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' co-stars Creator/SakikoTamagawa (Tachikoma) and Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Major Motoko Kusanagi).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Genbu: ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'' co-stars Creator/YumiriHanamori (Nadeshiko Kogamihara) and Creator/NaoTouyama (Rin Shima).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' co-stars Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Kira Yamato) and Creator/AkiraIshida (Athrun Zala).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Suzaku: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi and Creator/KenichiOgata's most well-known works together include ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Shinichi Kudo and his neighbour Professor Hiroshi Agasa) and ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (Ranma and his father Genma Saotome).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Byakko: ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' co-stars and consecutive ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' leads Creator/YukiOno (Taiga Kagami, Josuke Higashikata) and Creator/KenshoOno (Tetsuya Kuroko, Giorno Giovanna).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Genbu: ''Anime/CodeGeass'' co-stars Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Suzaku Kururugi) and Creator/JunFukuyama (Lelouch Lamperouge).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Seiryu: ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' co-stars Creator/MarikoKouda (Miki Koishikawa) and Creator/KikukoInoue (Anju Kitahara).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Suzaku: ''Manga/LuckyStar'' co-stars Creator/EmiriKatou (Kagami Hiragi) and Creator/KaoriFukuhara (Tsukasa Hiragi), who also have a singing career together as Kato * Fuku.
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Byakko: ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' co-stars Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (Kuromi) and Creator/ReiSakuma (My Melody).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Genbu: ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' co-stars Creator/EtsukoKozakura (Ryo-ohki) and Creator/ChisaYokoyama (Sasami).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' co-stars Creator/NobuoTobita (Kamille Bidan) and Creator/BinShimada (Paptimus Scirocco).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Suzaku: ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' co-stars Creator/TomokazuSeki (Domon Kasshu) and Creator/YosukeAkimoto (Undefeated of the East Master Asia).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Byakko: ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' co-stars Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Momotaros) and Creator/KojiYusa (Urataros).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Genbu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' co-stars Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Heero Yuy) and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Zechs Merquise), amongst other works.
*** Pop Team Epic++ Female: ''Manga/KillMeBaby'' co-stars Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki (Yasuna Oribe) and Creator/MutsumiTamura (Sonya).
*** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' features the expansion of Episode 13’s “[[Creator/MasamiObari Bari]]-deru” opening animation with Creator/KenjiAkabane as Popuko, and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi as Pipimi. They were the first pair of singers for this series.
*** Season 2 Episode 1A: ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' co-stars Creator/AyaHirano (Haruhi Suzumiya) and Creator/MinoriChihara (Yuki Nagato).
*** Season 2 Episode 1B: Creator/RyoHorikawa and Creator/KazuhikoInoue provided voices for Reinhard von Lohengramm and Dusty Attenborough respectively in the OVA version of ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2A: Creator/RomiPark and Creator/RieKugimiya are best known as the voices of Edward and Alphonse Elric in ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2B: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama and Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa are (in)famous friends in the voice acting business who befriended each other since they were newbies from the same agency. The two have worked in numerous shows together, such as playing “The Imperial Iris Duo” Li Kouyuu and Ran Shuuei from ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', TheProtagonist and {{Deuteragonist}} Reiji Sagimiya and Yashiki Mijō in the action radio and Drama [=CD=] series ''Ai Death Gun'', and they've also launched and run the longest living voice actor live stage talk show theater, ''“Omaera No Tame Darou! (It’s All For You!)”'' as cohosts and performers. The episode also adds on to the duo in the main segment by throwing Creator/ShowHayami into the mix, reuniting trio that launched the ''Franchise/SuperStylishDoctorsStory'' franchise.
*** Season 2 Episode 3A: Creator/IkueOtani and Inuko Inuyama are Pikachu and Meowth in the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' anime.
*** Season 2 Episode 3B: Creator/JunyaEnoki and Creator/YuumaUchida are primarily known for playing the ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' main characters Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro, amongst other works.
*** Season 2 Episode 4A (and the ''Takeshobo Quest ~Pop Team Epic Assault~'' game): Creator/MegumiHan and Creator/MariyaIse are Gon Freeccs and Killua Zoldyck from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', respectively.
*** Season 2 Episode 4B (and the ''Pop Team Epic++'' game): ''Anime/GodMars'' co-stars Creator/HiroyaIshimaru (Kenji Asuka) and Creator/YuuMizushima (Takeru Myojin) are also the go-to dub voice actors for famous martial artist actors and frequent co-stars Creator/JackieChan and Creator/SammoHung, respectively. For the corresponding dub of this half, Creator/RyanColtLevy and Creator/ReaganMurdock voice Denji and Aki in the English dub of ''Manga/ChainsawMan''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5A: Creator/JunkoMinagawa and Creator/YukiKaida are Seigaku teammates Ryoma Echizen and Shusuke Fuji, respectively, from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5B: Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga and Creator/ShintaroAsanuma are Mankai Theatre actors Homare Arisugawa (Winter Troupe) and Itaru Chigasaki (Spring Troupe), respectively, from ''VideoGame/{{A3}}''.
*** Season 2 Episode 6A: Creator/MayumiIizuka and Creator/HekiruShiina are two of the main characters from ''Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen'', Cleao and Dortin.
*** Season 2 Episode 6B: Creator/TasukuHatanaka and Creator/ToshikiMasuda are ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' leads Yuma and Shark, and U.A. High School 1-A classmates Denki Kaminari (Chargebolt) and Eijiro Kirishima (Red Riot) of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 2 Episode 8A: Creator/AsamiSanada and Creator/KyokoHikami are two of the leads of ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', Dejiko and her rival Rabi~en~Rose.
*** Season 2 Episode 8B: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi and Creator/AkioOhtsuka are the two protagonists of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', Raiden and Solid Snake.
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's English actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Creator/ChristopherSabat and Creator/IanSinclair voice Vegeta and Whis in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. They also did all Bob Epic team segments for both seasons.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/JustinBriner and Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard voice Midoriya and Yayorazu in the dub of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/TrinaNishimura and Creator/BrinaPalencia voice Ran Mao and Ciel in ''Manga/BlackButler''. They would also serve as Season 1's female vocalists.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, voice Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''.
** '''Japanese and English dub voice actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/ChuckHuber was cast to dub ''over'' Hiyama to reference his StarMakingRole being [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Hiei]], just like Hiyama.
*** Season 1 Episode 10: both the Japanese (Creator/{{Chafurin}}) and English (Mark Stoddard) voice actors of Inspector Juzo Megure/Joseph Meguire in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' were cast in the respective dubs as Detective Higure, a reference to their character. Creator/{{Chafurin}}'s casting was also linked with ''Manga/CaseClosed'' co-stars Koyama and Takagi in Part B.
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's Japanese actors:''' %%Please keep these entries short. Just their most famous character duo (or a few of their most well-known works if it's hard to choose one) will suffice, this is not the place to list everything they've done together.
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Although Creator/MasashiEbara and Creator/HochuOtsuka open the anime due to an old joke from the manga, they are both voice actor veterans and have been in the same show several times, such as ''Anime/TransformersTheHeadmasters'' where the two voiced the Decepticons Pounce and Wingspan amongst other roles.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/YujiMitsuya and Creator/NorikoHidaka are widely known as the voices of the OfficialCouple Tatsuya Uesugi and Minami Asakura in ''Manga/Touch1981''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/AoiYuuki and Creator/AyanaTaketatsu sing together as the vocal duo "petit milady"; they've sung theme songs for shows such as ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL II'', ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'', and ''Literature/WorldBreakAriaOfCurseForAHolySwordsman''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2B: Creator/ToshioFurukawa and Creator/ShigeruChiba are long-time pals cast in many anime together, including but not limited to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
*** Season 1 Episode 3A: Creator/MikakoKomatsu and Creator/SumireUesaka, while falsely advertised as the series' stars, have appeared in a few shows together, such as ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', ''Anime/SengokuCollection'', and ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' (though usually with one as a lead, and the other as a minor or one-off role).
*** Season 1 Episode 3B: Creator/RyuseiNakao and Creator/NorioWakamoto were the voices of Freeza and Cell in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', respectively.
*** Season 1 Episode 4A: Creator/YokoHikasa and Creator/SatomiSato acted together in a lot of projects, most notably as Mio and Ritsu from ''Manga/KOn'' and Shino and Ari ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'', and they even sing a musical number as the two did were a part of the band in both of those anime.
*** Season 1 Episode 4B: Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/AkiraKamiya appear, and with nearly 50 years under their belts, they have crossed paths before, such as in ''Manga/CityHunter'', ''Manga/TheyWereEleven'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', and ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', to name a few.
*** Season 1 Episode 5A: Creator/TomokoKaneda and Creator/YuuKobayashi have worked in a couple of anime together, such as ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' and ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' as Crested Ibis and Tsuchinoko. They also hosted their own radio show titled ''Leave It to Kaneda × Kobayashi!''
*** Season 1 Episode 5B: Creator/YuuichiNakamura and Creator/TomokazuSugita are good friends who are together known as the "Magnet Combo" because of their surnames' initials, N and S. They have their own show, ''Series/TokyoEncounter'', and appeared in lots of different anime together. They were primarily [[https://animeanime.jp/article/2018/01/27/36618.html the winners of a viewer poll at Japanese site ''Anime! Anime!'']] for most-desired future Popuko and Pipimi voices.
*** Season 1 Episode 6A: Creator/YukoSanpei and Creator/KaoriNazuka have played {{Official Couple}}s in a few series, such as Kanata Saionji and Miyu Kozuki in ''Manga/UFOBaby'' and most famously Renton Thurston and Eureka in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', as well as Gino Knab and Totooria "Totori" Heimhold in ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland''.
*** Season 1 Episode 6B: Creator/HiroShimono and Creator/YuukiKaji's works together include good friends Connie Springer and Eren Yeager in 'Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and twin brothers Sho and Kaoru Kurus in ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama'', and they have also hosted their own radio show ''Hiro Shimono & Yuki Kaji's Radio Misty''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7A: Creator/SatomiKoorogi and Creator/AkikoYajima are best known for their roles as Hima and Shinnosuke Nohara in ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7B: Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo and Creator/KosukeToriumi have been together in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' as Shikamaru Nara and Kiba Inuzuka as well as and Yusuke Makishima and Shunsuke Imaizumi in ''Manga/YowamushiPedal''..
*** Season 1 Episode 8A: Creator/SumireMorohoshi and Creator/AzusaTadokoro are known for their parts as Ichigo Hoshimiya and Aoi Kiriya in ''Anime/{{Aikatsu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 8B: Creator/MasayaOnosaka and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa are best known as playing the pair of Azazel and Akutabe in ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel''. They've also had co-starring roles in ''WebComic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' as France and Italy.
*** Season 1 Episode 9A: Creator/ErikoNakamura and Creator/AsamiImai are known for their roles as Haruka Amami and Chihaya Kisaragi in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' franchise.
*** Season 1 Episode 9B: Creator/KaitoIshikawa and Creator/SomaSaito have worked together previously as Nine and Twelve in ''Anime/TerrorInResonance'' and Kageyama and Yamaguchi in ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 10A: While Creator/SoraTokui and Creator/SuzukoMimori are obviously chosen in this episode thanks to them being young detectives in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' (Nero Yuzurizaki and Sherlock Shellingford), most people are also familiar with them as members of μ's in ''Franchise/LoveLive'' (Nico Yazawa and Umi Sonoda).
*** Season 1 Episode 10B: Continuing with the detective theme connections with the Episode 10 actors, Creator/RikiyaKoyama and Creator/WataruTakagi have worked together as Kogoro and Genta/Takagi in ''Manga/CaseClosed''. They also lent their voices to Yoshikage Kira and Okuyasu Nijimura in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle''.
*** Season 1 Episode 11A: Creator/NanaMizuki and Creator/MamikoNoto are known for their roles as Fate Testarossa and her ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid Vivid]]'' expy Einhard Stratos in the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' titles.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/HozumiGouda and Creator/BanjoGinga have worked together as Chirico Cuvie and Col. Jean-Paul Rochina in ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''.
*** Season 1 Episode 12A: Creator/MamiKoyama and Creator/KotonoMitsuishi have both voiced characters from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''; Mami Koyama voiced Esmeraude in [[Manga/SailorMoon the first anime]] and Queen Serenity in ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', while Kotono Mitsuishi voiced the titular Sailor Moon herself in both anime series. Both have also appeared in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' as Talia Gladys and Murrue Ramius.
*** Season 1 Episode 12B: If you have Creator/ShowHayami and Creator/JojiNakata together, you might immediately think of Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine from ''LightNovel/FateZero''. Or to a lesser extent, as either Maxwell and Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}} Ultimate'', or Vector Prime and Megatron in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''.
*** In the end credits of Season 1 Episode 12 Creator/YuukiTakada and Sawako Hata get credited as Popuko and Pipimi, along with every other actor who has appeared, as the two appear in Kamikaze Douga's other project ''COCOLORS'' and Kamikaze Douga shamelessly ripped off the poster to promote ''Pop Team Epic''.
*** In [[https://twitter.com/warnerjp/status/978194854596497408 a commercial]] for ''Anime/BatmanNinja'', Popuko dressed as Batman is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera and Pipimi dressed as The Joker is again voiced by Wataru Takagi, just as the actors appear in the film.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Seiryu: ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' co-stars Creator/YukariTamura (Rika Furude) and Creator/YuiHorie (Hanyu).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Suzaku: ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' co-stars Creator/KanaHanazawa (Mikan Yuuki) and Creator/HarukaTomatsu (Lala Satalin Deviluke). They were also together in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterDearlyStars'' along with Sanpei.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Byakko: ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' co-stars Creator/SakikoTamagawa (Tachikoma) and Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Major Motoko Kusanagi).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Genbu: ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'' co-stars Creator/YumiriHanamori (Nadeshiko Kogamihara) and Creator/NaoTouyama (Rin Shima).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' co-stars Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Kira Yamato) and Creator/AkiraIshida (Athrun Zala).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Suzaku: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi and Creator/KenichiOgata's most well-known works together include ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Shinichi Kudo and his neighbour Professor Hiroshi Agasa) and ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (Ranma and his father Genma Saotome).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Byakko: ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' co-stars and consecutive ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' leads Creator/YukiOno (Taiga Kagami, Josuke Higashikata) and Creator/KenshoOno (Tetsuya Kuroko, Giorno Giovanna).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Genbu: ''Anime/CodeGeass'' co-stars Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Suzaku Kururugi) and Creator/JunFukuyama (Lelouch Lamperouge).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Seiryu: ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' co-stars Creator/MarikoKouda (Miki Koishikawa) and Creator/KikukoInoue (Anju Kitahara).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Suzaku: ''Manga/LuckyStar'' co-stars Creator/EmiriKatou (Kagami Hiragi) and Creator/KaoriFukuhara (Tsukasa Hiragi), who also have a singing career together as Kato * Fuku.
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Byakko: ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' co-stars Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (Kuromi) and Creator/ReiSakuma (My Melody).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Genbu: ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' co-stars Creator/EtsukoKozakura (Ryo-ohki) and Creator/ChisaYokoyama (Sasami).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' co-stars Creator/NobuoTobita (Kamille Bidan) and Creator/BinShimada (Paptimus Scirocco).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Suzaku: ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' co-stars Creator/TomokazuSeki (Domon Kasshu) and Creator/YosukeAkimoto (Undefeated of the East Master Asia).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Byakko: ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' co-stars Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Momotaros) and Creator/KojiYusa (Urataros).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Genbu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' co-stars Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Heero Yuy) and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Zechs Merquise), amongst other works.
*** Pop Team Epic++ Female: ''Manga/KillMeBaby'' co-stars Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki (Yasuna Oribe) and Creator/MutsumiTamura (Sonya).
*** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' features the expansion of Episode 13’s “[[Creator/MasamiObari Bari]]-deru” opening animation with Creator/KenjiAkabane as Popuko, and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi as Pipimi. They were the first pair of singers for this series.
*** Season 2 Episode 1A: ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' co-stars Creator/AyaHirano (Haruhi Suzumiya) and Creator/MinoriChihara (Yuki Nagato).
*** Season 2 Episode 1B: Creator/RyoHorikawa and Creator/KazuhikoInoue provided voices for Reinhard von Lohengramm and Dusty Attenborough respectively in the OVA version of ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2A: Creator/RomiPark and Creator/RieKugimiya are best known as the voices of Edward and Alphonse Elric in ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2B: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama and Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa are (in)famous friends in the voice acting business who befriended each other since they were newbies from the same agency. The two have worked in numerous shows together, such as playing “The Imperial Iris Duo” Li Kouyuu and Ran Shuuei from ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', TheProtagonist and {{Deuteragonist}} Reiji Sagimiya and Yashiki Mijō in the action radio and Drama [=CD=] series ''Ai Death Gun'', and they've also launched and run the longest living voice actor live stage talk show theater, ''“Omaera No Tame Darou! (It’s All For You!)”'' as cohosts and performers. The episode also adds on to the duo in the main segment by throwing Creator/ShowHayami into the mix, reuniting trio that launched the ''Franchise/SuperStylishDoctorsStory'' franchise.
*** Season 2 Episode 3A: Creator/IkueOtani and Inuko Inuyama are Pikachu and Meowth in the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' anime.
*** Season 2 Episode 3B: Creator/JunyaEnoki and Creator/YuumaUchida are primarily known for playing the ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' main characters Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro, amongst other works.
*** Season 2 Episode 4A (and the ''Takeshobo Quest ~Pop Team Epic Assault~'' game): Creator/MegumiHan and Creator/MariyaIse are Gon Freeccs and Killua Zoldyck from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', respectively.
*** Season 2 Episode 4B (and the ''Pop Team Epic++'' game): ''Anime/GodMars'' co-stars Creator/HiroyaIshimaru (Kenji Asuka) and Creator/YuuMizushima (Takeru Myojin) are also the go-to dub voice actors for famous martial artist actors and frequent co-stars Creator/JackieChan and Creator/SammoHung, respectively. For the corresponding dub of this half, Creator/RyanColtLevy and Creator/ReaganMurdock voice Denji and Aki in the English dub of ''Manga/ChainsawMan''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5A: Creator/JunkoMinagawa and Creator/YukiKaida are Seigaku teammates Ryoma Echizen and Shusuke Fuji, respectively, from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5B: Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga and Creator/ShintaroAsanuma are Mankai Theatre actors Homare Arisugawa (Winter Troupe) and Itaru Chigasaki (Spring Troupe), respectively, from ''VideoGame/{{A3}}''.
*** Season 2 Episode 6A: Creator/MayumiIizuka and Creator/HekiruShiina are two of the main characters from ''Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen'', Cleao and Dortin.
*** Season 2 Episode 6B: Creator/TasukuHatanaka and Creator/ToshikiMasuda are ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' leads Yuma and Shark, and U.A. High School 1-A classmates Denki Kaminari (Chargebolt) and Eijiro Kirishima (Red Riot) of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 2 Episode 8A: Creator/AsamiSanada and Creator/KyokoHikami are two of the leads of ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', Dejiko and her rival Rabi~en~Rose.
*** Season 2 Episode 8B: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi and Creator/AkioOhtsuka are the two protagonists of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', Raiden and Solid Snake.
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's English actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Creator/ChristopherSabat and Creator/IanSinclair voice Vegeta and Whis in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. They also did all Bob Epic team segments for both seasons.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/JustinBriner and Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard voice Midoriya and Yayorazu in the dub of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/TrinaNishimura and Creator/BrinaPalencia voice Ran Mao and Ciel in ''Manga/BlackButler''. They would also serve as Season 1's female vocalists.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, voice Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''.
** '''Japanese and English dub voice actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/ChuckHuber was cast to dub ''over'' Hiyama to reference his StarMakingRole being [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Hiei]], just like Hiyama.
*** Season 1 Episode 10: both the Japanese (Creator/{{Chafurin}}) and English (Mark Stoddard) voice actors of Inspector Juzo Megure/Joseph Meguire in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' were cast in the respective dubs as Detective Higure, a reference to their character. Creator/{{Chafurin}}'s casting was also linked with ''Manga/CaseClosed'' co-stars Koyama and Takagi in Part B.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[RelationshipVoiceActor/PopTeamEpic See here]]. Each pair of voice actors (especially Popuko and Pipimi) were specifically chosen due to their work history together and thus making it easier for them to bounce off each other. This is much less common in the English dub due to the amount of general overlap with other Creator/{{Funimation}}[=/=]Website/{{Crunchyroll}} efforts:
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's Japanese actors:''' %%Please keep these entries short. Just their most famous character duo (or a few of their most well-known works if it's hard to choose one) will suffice, this is not the place to list everything they've done together.
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Although Creator/MasashiEbara and Creator/HochuOtsuka open the anime due to an old joke from the manga, they are both voice actor veterans and have been in the same show several times, such as ''Anime/TransformersTheHeadmasters'' where the two voiced the Decepticons Pounce and Wingspan amongst other roles.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/YujiMitsuya and Creator/NorikoHidaka are widely known as the voices of the OfficialCouple Tatsuya Uesugi and Minami Asakura in ''Manga/Touch1981''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/AoiYuuki and Creator/AyanaTaketatsu sing together as the vocal duo "petit milady"; they've sung theme songs for shows such as ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL II'', ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'', and ''Literature/WorldBreakAriaOfCurseForAHolySwordsman''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2B: Creator/ToshioFurukawa and Creator/ShigeruChiba are long-time pals cast in many anime together, including but not limited to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
*** Season 1 Episode 3A: Creator/MikakoKomatsu and Creator/SumireUesaka, while falsely advertised as the series' stars, have appeared in a few shows together, such as ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', ''Anime/SengokuCollection'', and ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' (though usually with one as a lead, and the other as a minor or one-off role).
*** Season 1 Episode 3B: Creator/RyuseiNakao and Creator/NorioWakamoto were the voices of Freeza and Cell in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', respectively.
*** Season 1 Episode 4A: Creator/YokoHikasa and Creator/SatomiSato acted together in a lot of projects, most notably as Mio and Ritsu from ''Manga/KOn'' and Shino and Ari ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'', and they even sing a musical number as the two did were a part of the band in both of those anime.
*** Season 1 Episode 4B: Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/AkiraKamiya appear, and with nearly 50 years under their belts, they have crossed paths before, such as in ''Manga/CityHunter'', ''Manga/TheyWereEleven'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', and ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', to name a few.
*** Season 1 Episode 5A: Creator/TomokoKaneda and Creator/YuuKobayashi have worked in a couple of anime together, such as ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' and ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' as Crested Ibis and Tsuchinoko. They also hosted their own radio show titled ''Leave It to Kaneda × Kobayashi!''
*** Season 1 Episode 5B: Creator/YuuichiNakamura and Creator/TomokazuSugita are good friends who are together known as the "Magnet Combo" because of their surnames' initials, N and S. They have their own show, ''Series/TokyoEncounter'', and appeared in lots of different anime together. They were primarily [[https://animeanime.jp/article/2018/01/27/36618.html the winners of a viewer poll at Japanese site ''Anime! Anime!'']] for most-desired future Popuko and Pipimi voices.
*** Season 1 Episode 6A: Creator/YukoSanpei and Creator/KaoriNazuka have played {{Official Couple}}s in a few series, such as Kanata Saionji and Miyu Kozuki in ''Manga/UFOBaby'' and most famously Renton Thurston and Eureka in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', as well as Gino Knab and Totooria "Totori" Heimhold in ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland''.
*** Season 1 Episode 6B: Creator/HiroShimono and Creator/YuukiKaji's works together include good friends Connie Springer and Eren Yeager in 'Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and twin brothers Sho and Kaoru Kurus in ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama'', and they have also hosted their own radio show ''Hiro Shimono & Yuki Kaji's Radio Misty''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7A: Creator/SatomiKoorogi and Creator/AkikoYajima are best known for their roles as Hima and Shinnosuke Nohara in ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7B: Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo and Creator/KosukeToriumi have been together in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' as Shikamaru Nara and Kiba Inuzuka as well as and Yusuke Makishima and Shunsuke Imaizumi in ''Manga/YowamushiPedal''..
*** Season 1 Episode 8A: Creator/SumireMorohoshi and Creator/AzusaTadokoro are known for their parts as Ichigo Hoshimiya and Aoi Kiriya in ''Anime/{{Aikatsu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 8B: Creator/MasayaOnosaka and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa are best known as playing the pair of Azazel and Akutabe in ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel''. They've also had co-starring roles in ''WebComic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' as France and Italy.
*** Season 1 Episode 9A: Creator/ErikoNakamura and Creator/AsamiImai are known for their roles as Haruka Amami and Chihaya Kisaragi in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' franchise.
*** Season 1 Episode 9B: Creator/KaitoIshikawa and Creator/SomaSaito have worked together previously as Nine and Twelve in ''Anime/TerrorInResonance'' and Kageyama and Yamaguchi in ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 10A: While Creator/SoraTokui and Creator/SuzukoMimori are obviously chosen in this episode thanks to them being young detectives in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' (Nero Yuzurizaki and Sherlock Shellingford), most people are also familiar with them as members of μ's in ''Franchise/LoveLive'' (Nico Yazawa and Umi Sonoda).
*** Season 1 Episode 10B: Continuing with the detective theme connections with the Episode 10 actors, Creator/RikiyaKoyama and Creator/WataruTakagi have worked together as Kogoro and Genta/Takagi in ''Manga/CaseClosed''. They also lent their voices to Yoshikage Kira and Okuyasu Nijimura in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle''.
*** Season 1 Episode 11A: Creator/NanaMizuki and Creator/MamikoNoto are known for their roles as Fate Testarossa and her ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid Vivid]]'' expy Einhard Stratos in the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' titles.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/HozumiGouda and Creator/BanjoGinga have worked together as Chirico Cuvie and Col. Jean-Paul Rochina in ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''.
*** Season 1 Episode 12A: Creator/MamiKoyama and Creator/KotonoMitsuishi have both voiced characters from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''; Mami Koyama voiced Esmeraude in [[Manga/SailorMoon the first anime]] and Queen Serenity in ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', while Kotono Mitsuishi voiced the titular Sailor Moon herself in both anime series. Both have also appeared in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' as Talia Gladys and Murrue Ramius.
*** Season 1 Episode 12B: If you have Creator/ShowHayami and Creator/JojiNakata together, you might immediately think of Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine from ''LightNovel/FateZero''. Or to a lesser extent, as either Maxwell and Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}} Ultimate'', or Vector Prime and Megatron in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''.
*** In the end credits of Season 1 Episode 12 Creator/YuukiTakada and Sawako Hata get credited as Popuko and Pipimi, along with every other actor who has appeared, as the two appear in Kamikaze Douga's other project ''COCOLORS'' and Kamikaze Douga shamelessly ripped off the poster to promote ''Pop Team Epic''.
*** In [[https://twitter.com/warnerjp/status/978194854596497408 a commercial]] for ''Anime/BatmanNinja'', Popuko dressed as Batman is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera and Pipimi dressed as The Joker is again voiced by Wataru Takagi, just as the actors appear in the film.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Seiryu: ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' co-stars Creator/YukariTamura (Rika Furude) and Creator/YuiHorie (Hanyu).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Suzaku: ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' co-stars Creator/KanaHanazawa (Mikan Yuuki) and Creator/HarukaTomatsu (Lala Satalin Deviluke). They were also together in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterDearlyStars'' along with Sanpei.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Byakko: ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' co-stars Creator/SakikoTamagawa (Tachikoma) and Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Major Motoko Kusanagi).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Genbu: ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'' co-stars Creator/YumiriHanamori (Nadeshiko Kogamihara) and Creator/NaoTouyama (Rin Shima).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' co-stars Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Kira Yamato) and Creator/AkiraIshida (Athrun Zala).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Suzaku: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi and Creator/KenichiOgata's most well-known works together include ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Shinichi Kudo and his neighbour Professor Hiroshi Agasa) and ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (Ranma and his father Genma Saotome).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Byakko: ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' co-stars and consecutive ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' leads Creator/YukiOno (Taiga Kagami, Josuke Higashikata) and Creator/KenshoOno (Tetsuya Kuroko, Giorno Giovanna).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Genbu: ''Anime/CodeGeass'' co-stars Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Suzaku Kururugi) and Creator/JunFukuyama (Lelouch Lamperouge).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Seiryu: ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' co-stars Creator/MarikoKouda (Miki Koishikawa) and Creator/KikukoInoue (Anju Kitahara).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Suzaku: ''Manga/LuckyStar'' co-stars Creator/EmiriKatou (Kagami Hiragi) and Creator/KaoriFukuhara (Tsukasa Hiragi), who also have a singing career together as Kato * Fuku.
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Byakko: ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' co-stars Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (Kuromi) and Creator/ReiSakuma (My Melody).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Genbu: ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' co-stars Creator/EtsukoKozakura (Ryo-ohki) and Creator/ChisaYokoyama (Sasami).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' co-stars Creator/NobuoTobita (Kamille Bidan) and Creator/BinShimada (Paptimus Scirocco).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Suzaku: ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' co-stars Creator/TomokazuSeki (Domon Kasshu) and Creator/YosukeAkimoto (Undefeated of the East Master Asia).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Byakko: ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' co-stars Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Momotaros) and Creator/KojiYusa (Urataros).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Genbu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' co-stars Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Heero Yuy) and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Zechs Merquise), amongst other works.
*** Pop Team Epic++ Female: ''Manga/KillMeBaby'' co-stars Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki (Yasuna Oribe) and Creator/MutsumiTamura (Sonya).
*** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' features the expansion of Episode 13’s “[[Creator/MasamiObari Bari]]-deru” opening animation with Creator/KenjiAkabane as Popuko, and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi as Pipimi. They were the first pair of singers for this series.
*** Season 2 Episode 1A: ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' co-stars Creator/AyaHirano (Haruhi Suzumiya) and Creator/MinoriChihara (Yuki Nagato).
*** Season 2 Episode 1B: Creator/RyoHorikawa and Creator/KazuhikoInoue provided voices for Reinhard von Lohengramm and Dusty Attenborough respectively in the OVA version of ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2A: Creator/RomiPark and Creator/RieKugimiya are best known as the voices of Edward and Alphonse Elric in ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2B: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama and Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa are (in)famous friends in the voice acting business who befriended each other since they were newbies from the same agency. The two have worked in numerous shows together, such as playing “The Imperial Iris Duo” Li Kouyuu and Ran Shuuei from ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', TheProtagonist and {{Deuteragonist}} Reiji Sagimiya and Yashiki Mijō in the action radio and Drama [=CD=] series ''Ai Death Gun'', and they've also launched and run the longest living voice actor live stage talk show theater, ''“Omaera No Tame Darou! (It’s All For You!)”'' as cohosts and performers. The episode also adds on to the duo in the main segment by throwing Creator/ShowHayami into the mix, reuniting trio that launched the ''Franchise/SuperStylishDoctorsStory'' franchise.
*** Season 2 Episode 3A: Creator/IkueOtani and Inuko Inuyama are Pikachu and Meowth in the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' anime.
*** Season 2 Episode 3B: Creator/JunyaEnoki and Creator/YuumaUchida are primarily known for playing the ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' main characters Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro, amongst other works.
*** Season 2 Episode 4A (and the ''Takeshobo Quest ~Pop Team Epic Assault~'' game): Creator/MegumiHan and Creator/MariyaIse are Gon Freeccs and Killua Zoldyck from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', respectively.
*** Season 2 Episode 4B (and the ''Pop Team Epic++'' game): ''Anime/GodMars'' co-stars Creator/HiroyaIshimaru (Kenji Asuka) and Creator/YuuMizushima (Takeru Myojin) are also the go-to dub voice actors for famous martial artist actors and frequent co-stars Creator/JackieChan and Creator/SammoHung, respectively. For the corresponding dub of this half, Creator/RyanColtLevy and Creator/ReaganMurdock voice Denji and Aki in the English dub of ''Manga/ChainsawMan''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5A: Creator/JunkoMinagawa and Creator/YukiKaida are Seigaku teammates Ryoma Echizen and Shusuke Fuji, respectively, from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5B: Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga and Creator/ShintaroAsanuma are Mankai Theatre actors Homare Arisugawa (Winter Troupe) and Itaru Chigasaki (Spring Troupe), respectively, from ''VideoGame/{{A3}}''.
*** Season 2 Episode 6A: Creator/MayumiIizuka and Creator/HekiruShiina are two of the main characters from ''Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen'', Cleao and Dortin.
*** Season 2 Episode 6B: Creator/TasukuHatanaka and Creator/ToshikiMasuda are ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' leads Yuma and Shark, and U.A. High School 1-A classmates Denki Kaminari (Chargebolt) and Eijiro Kirishima (Red Riot) of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 2 Episode 8A: Creator/AsamiSanada and Creator/KyokoHikami are two of the leads of ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', Dejiko and her rival Rabi~en~Rose.
*** Season 2 Episode 8B: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi and Creator/AkioOhtsuka are the two protagonists of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', Raiden and Solid Snake.
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's English actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Creator/ChristopherSabat and Creator/IanSinclair voice Vegeta and Whis in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. They also did all Bob Epic team segments for both seasons.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/JustinBriner and Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard voice Midoriya and Yayorazu in the dub of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/TrinaNishimura and Creator/BrinaPalencia voice Ran Mao and Ciel in ''Manga/BlackButler''. They would also serve as Season 1's female vocalists.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, voice Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''.
** '''Japanese and English dub voice actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/ChuckHuber was cast to dub ''over'' Hiyama to reference his StarMakingRole being [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Hiei]], just like Hiyama.
*** Season 1 Episode 10: both the Japanese (Creator/{{Chafurin}}) and English (Mark Stoddard) voice actors of Inspector Juzo Megure/Joseph Meguire in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' were cast in the respective dubs as Detective Higure, a reference to their character. Creator/{{Chafurin}}'s casting was also linked with ''Manga/CaseClosed'' co-stars Koyama and Takagi in Part B.
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's Japanese actors:''' %%Please keep these entries short. Just their most famous character duo (or a few of their most well-known works if it's hard to choose one) will suffice, this is not the place to list everything they've done together.
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Although Creator/MasashiEbara and Creator/HochuOtsuka open the anime due to an old joke from the manga, they are both voice actor veterans and have been in the same show several times, such as ''Anime/TransformersTheHeadmasters'' where the two voiced the Decepticons Pounce and Wingspan amongst other roles.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/YujiMitsuya and Creator/NorikoHidaka are widely known as the voices of the OfficialCouple Tatsuya Uesugi and Minami Asakura in ''Manga/Touch1981''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/AoiYuuki and Creator/AyanaTaketatsu sing together as the vocal duo "petit milady"; they've sung theme songs for shows such as ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL II'', ''Literature/InvadersOfTheRokujyouma'', and ''Literature/WorldBreakAriaOfCurseForAHolySwordsman''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2B: Creator/ToshioFurukawa and Creator/ShigeruChiba are long-time pals cast in many anime together, including but not limited to ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'', ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'', and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''.
*** Season 1 Episode 3A: Creator/MikakoKomatsu and Creator/SumireUesaka, while falsely advertised as the series' stars, have appeared in a few shows together, such as ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer'', ''Anime/SengokuCollection'', and ''LightNovel/Overlord2012'' (though usually with one as a lead, and the other as a minor or one-off role).
*** Season 1 Episode 3B: Creator/RyuseiNakao and Creator/NorioWakamoto were the voices of Freeza and Cell in ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', respectively.
*** Season 1 Episode 4A: Creator/YokoHikasa and Creator/SatomiSato acted together in a lot of projects, most notably as Mio and Ritsu from ''Manga/KOn'' and Shino and Ari ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'', and they even sing a musical number as the two did were a part of the band in both of those anime.
*** Season 1 Episode 4B: Creator/TesshoGenda and Creator/AkiraKamiya appear, and with nearly 50 years under their belts, they have crossed paths before, such as in ''Manga/CityHunter'', ''Manga/TheyWereEleven'', ''Manga/DragonBall'', and ''Manga/SaintSeiya'', to name a few.
*** Season 1 Episode 5A: Creator/TomokoKaneda and Creator/YuuKobayashi have worked in a couple of anime together, such as ''Anime/{{Bakugan}}'' and ''Anime/KemonoFriends'' as Crested Ibis and Tsuchinoko. They also hosted their own radio show titled ''Leave It to Kaneda × Kobayashi!''
*** Season 1 Episode 5B: Creator/YuuichiNakamura and Creator/TomokazuSugita are good friends who are together known as the "Magnet Combo" because of their surnames' initials, N and S. They have their own show, ''Series/TokyoEncounter'', and appeared in lots of different anime together. They were primarily [[https://animeanime.jp/article/2018/01/27/36618.html the winners of a viewer poll at Japanese site ''Anime! Anime!'']] for most-desired future Popuko and Pipimi voices.
*** Season 1 Episode 6A: Creator/YukoSanpei and Creator/KaoriNazuka have played {{Official Couple}}s in a few series, such as Kanata Saionji and Miyu Kozuki in ''Manga/UFOBaby'' and most famously Renton Thurston and Eureka in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', as well as Gino Knab and Totooria "Totori" Heimhold in ''VideoGame/AtelierTotoriTheAdventurerOfArland''.
*** Season 1 Episode 6B: Creator/HiroShimono and Creator/YuukiKaji's works together include good friends Connie Springer and Eren Yeager in 'Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and twin brothers Sho and Kaoru Kurus in ''VisualNovel/UtaNoPrinceSama'', and they have also hosted their own radio show ''Hiro Shimono & Yuki Kaji's Radio Misty''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7A: Creator/SatomiKoorogi and Creator/AkikoYajima are best known for their roles as Hima and Shinnosuke Nohara in ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''.
*** Season 1 Episode 7B: Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo and Creator/KosukeToriumi have been together in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' as Shikamaru Nara and Kiba Inuzuka as well as and Yusuke Makishima and Shunsuke Imaizumi in ''Manga/YowamushiPedal''..
*** Season 1 Episode 8A: Creator/SumireMorohoshi and Creator/AzusaTadokoro are known for their parts as Ichigo Hoshimiya and Aoi Kiriya in ''Anime/{{Aikatsu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 8B: Creator/MasayaOnosaka and Creator/DaisukeNamikawa are best known as playing the pair of Azazel and Akutabe in ''Manga/YouAreBeingSummonedAzazel''. They've also had co-starring roles in ''WebComic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' as France and Italy.
*** Season 1 Episode 9A: Creator/ErikoNakamura and Creator/AsamiImai are known for their roles as Haruka Amami and Chihaya Kisaragi in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'' franchise.
*** Season 1 Episode 9B: Creator/KaitoIshikawa and Creator/SomaSaito have worked together previously as Nine and Twelve in ''Anime/TerrorInResonance'' and Kageyama and Yamaguchi in ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''.
*** Season 1 Episode 10A: While Creator/SoraTokui and Creator/SuzukoMimori are obviously chosen in this episode thanks to them being young detectives in ''Anime/TanteiOperaMilkyHolmes'' (Nero Yuzurizaki and Sherlock Shellingford), most people are also familiar with them as members of μ's in ''Franchise/LoveLive'' (Nico Yazawa and Umi Sonoda).
*** Season 1 Episode 10B: Continuing with the detective theme connections with the Episode 10 actors, Creator/RikiyaKoyama and Creator/WataruTakagi have worked together as Kogoro and Genta/Takagi in ''Manga/CaseClosed''. They also lent their voices to Yoshikage Kira and Okuyasu Nijimura in ''VideoGame/JoJosBizarreAdventureAllStarBattle''.
*** Season 1 Episode 11A: Creator/NanaMizuki and Creator/MamikoNoto are known for their roles as Fate Testarossa and her ''[[Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaVivid Vivid]]'' expy Einhard Stratos in the ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'' titles.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/HozumiGouda and Creator/BanjoGinga have worked together as Chirico Cuvie and Col. Jean-Paul Rochina in ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''.
*** Season 1 Episode 12A: Creator/MamiKoyama and Creator/KotonoMitsuishi have both voiced characters from ''Franchise/SailorMoon''; Mami Koyama voiced Esmeraude in [[Manga/SailorMoon the first anime]] and Queen Serenity in ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal'', while Kotono Mitsuishi voiced the titular Sailor Moon herself in both anime series. Both have also appeared in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEEDDestiny'' as Talia Gladys and Murrue Ramius.
*** Season 1 Episode 12B: If you have Creator/ShowHayami and Creator/JojiNakata together, you might immediately think of Tokiomi Tohsaka and Kirei Kotomine from ''LightNovel/FateZero''. Or to a lesser extent, as either Maxwell and Alucard from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}} Ultimate'', or Vector Prime and Megatron in ''Anime/TransformersCybertron''.
*** In the end credits of Season 1 Episode 12 Creator/YuukiTakada and Sawako Hata get credited as Popuko and Pipimi, along with every other actor who has appeared, as the two appear in Kamikaze Douga's other project ''COCOLORS'' and Kamikaze Douga shamelessly ripped off the poster to promote ''Pop Team Epic''.
*** In [[https://twitter.com/warnerjp/status/978194854596497408 a commercial]] for ''Anime/BatmanNinja'', Popuko dressed as Batman is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera and Pipimi dressed as The Joker is again voiced by Wataru Takagi, just as the actors appear in the film.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Seiryu: ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'' co-stars Creator/YukariTamura (Rika Furude) and Creator/YuiHorie (Hanyu).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Suzaku: ''Manga/ToLoveRu'' co-stars Creator/KanaHanazawa (Mikan Yuuki) and Creator/HarukaTomatsu (Lala Satalin Deviluke). They were also together in ''VideoGame/TheIdolmasterDearlyStars'' along with Sanpei.
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Byakko: ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' co-stars Creator/SakikoTamagawa (Tachikoma) and Creator/AtsukoTanaka (Major Motoko Kusanagi).
*** Season 1 Episode 13A Genbu: ''Manga/LaidBackCamp'' co-stars Creator/YumiriHanamori (Nadeshiko Kogamihara) and Creator/NaoTouyama (Rin Shima).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed'' co-stars Creator/SoichiroHoshi (Kira Yamato) and Creator/AkiraIshida (Athrun Zala).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Suzaku: Creator/KappeiYamaguchi and Creator/KenichiOgata's most well-known works together include ''Manga/CaseClosed'' (Shinichi Kudo and his neighbour Professor Hiroshi Agasa) and ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' (Ranma and his father Genma Saotome).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Byakko: ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' co-stars and consecutive ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' leads Creator/YukiOno (Taiga Kagami, Josuke Higashikata) and Creator/KenshoOno (Tetsuya Kuroko, Giorno Giovanna).
*** Season 1 Episode 13B Genbu: ''Anime/CodeGeass'' co-stars Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Suzaku Kururugi) and Creator/JunFukuyama (Lelouch Lamperouge).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Seiryu: ''Manga/MarmaladeBoy'' co-stars Creator/MarikoKouda (Miki Koishikawa) and Creator/KikukoInoue (Anju Kitahara).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Suzaku: ''Manga/LuckyStar'' co-stars Creator/EmiriKatou (Kagami Hiragi) and Creator/KaoriFukuhara (Tsukasa Hiragi), who also have a singing career together as Kato * Fuku.
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Byakko: ''Anime/OnegaiMyMelody'' co-stars Creator/JunkoTakeuchi (Kuromi) and Creator/ReiSakuma (My Melody).
*** Season 1 Episode 14A Genbu: ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' co-stars Creator/EtsukoKozakura (Ryo-ohki) and Creator/ChisaYokoyama (Sasami).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Seiryu: ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' co-stars Creator/NobuoTobita (Kamille Bidan) and Creator/BinShimada (Paptimus Scirocco).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Suzaku: ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' co-stars Creator/TomokazuSeki (Domon Kasshu) and Creator/YosukeAkimoto (Undefeated of the East Master Asia).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Byakko: ''Series/KamenRiderDenO'' co-stars Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Momotaros) and Creator/KojiYusa (Urataros).
*** Season 1 Episode 14B Genbu: ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' co-stars Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Heero Yuy) and Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Zechs Merquise), amongst other works.
*** Pop Team Epic++ Female: ''Manga/KillMeBaby'' co-stars Creator/ChinatsuAkasaki (Yasuna Oribe) and Creator/MutsumiTamura (Sonya).
*** ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsXOmega'' features the expansion of Episode 13’s “[[Creator/MasamiObari Bari]]-deru” opening animation with Creator/KenjiAkabane as Popuko, and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi as Pipimi. They were the first pair of singers for this series.
*** Season 2 Episode 1A: ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya]]'' co-stars Creator/AyaHirano (Haruhi Suzumiya) and Creator/MinoriChihara (Yuki Nagato).
*** Season 2 Episode 1B: Creator/RyoHorikawa and Creator/KazuhikoInoue provided voices for Reinhard von Lohengramm and Dusty Attenborough respectively in the OVA version of ''Literature/LegendOfTheGalacticHeroes''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2A: Creator/RomiPark and Creator/RieKugimiya are best known as the voices of Edward and Alphonse Elric in ''Manga/FullMetalAlchemist''.
*** Season 2 Episode 2B: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama and Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa are (in)famous friends in the voice acting business who befriended each other since they were newbies from the same agency. The two have worked in numerous shows together, such as playing “The Imperial Iris Duo” Li Kouyuu and Ran Shuuei from ''Literature/TheStoryOfSaiunkoku'', TheProtagonist and {{Deuteragonist}} Reiji Sagimiya and Yashiki Mijō in the action radio and Drama [=CD=] series ''Ai Death Gun'', and they've also launched and run the longest living voice actor live stage talk show theater, ''“Omaera No Tame Darou! (It’s All For You!)”'' as cohosts and performers. The episode also adds on to the duo in the main segment by throwing Creator/ShowHayami into the mix, reuniting trio that launched the ''Franchise/SuperStylishDoctorsStory'' franchise.
*** Season 2 Episode 3A: Creator/IkueOtani and Inuko Inuyama are Pikachu and Meowth in the ''[[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Pokémon]]'' anime.
*** Season 2 Episode 3B: Creator/JunyaEnoki and Creator/YuumaUchida are primarily known for playing the ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' main characters Yuji Itadori and Megumi Fushiguro, amongst other works.
*** Season 2 Episode 4A (and the ''Takeshobo Quest ~Pop Team Epic Assault~'' game): Creator/MegumiHan and Creator/MariyaIse are Gon Freeccs and Killua Zoldyck from ''Manga/HunterXHunter'', respectively.
*** Season 2 Episode 4B (and the ''Pop Team Epic++'' game): ''Anime/GodMars'' co-stars Creator/HiroyaIshimaru (Kenji Asuka) and Creator/YuuMizushima (Takeru Myojin) are also the go-to dub voice actors for famous martial artist actors and frequent co-stars Creator/JackieChan and Creator/SammoHung, respectively. For the corresponding dub of this half, Creator/RyanColtLevy and Creator/ReaganMurdock voice Denji and Aki in the English dub of ''Manga/ChainsawMan''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5A: Creator/JunkoMinagawa and Creator/YukiKaida are Seigaku teammates Ryoma Echizen and Shusuke Fuji, respectively, from ''Manga/ThePrinceOfTennis''.
*** Season 2 Episode 5B: Creator/ToshiyukiToyonaga and Creator/ShintaroAsanuma are Mankai Theatre actors Homare Arisugawa (Winter Troupe) and Itaru Chigasaki (Spring Troupe), respectively, from ''VideoGame/{{A3}}''.
*** Season 2 Episode 6A: Creator/MayumiIizuka and Creator/HekiruShiina are two of the main characters from ''Literature/SorcererStabberOrphen'', Cleao and Dortin.
*** Season 2 Episode 6B: Creator/TasukuHatanaka and Creator/ToshikiMasuda are ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' leads Yuma and Shark, and U.A. High School 1-A classmates Denki Kaminari (Chargebolt) and Eijiro Kirishima (Red Riot) of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 2 Episode 8A: Creator/AsamiSanada and Creator/KyokoHikami are two of the leads of ''Anime/DiGiCharat'', Dejiko and her rival Rabi~en~Rose.
*** Season 2 Episode 8B: Creator/KenyuHoriuchi and Creator/AkioOhtsuka are the two protagonists of ''VideoGame/MetalGear'', Raiden and Solid Snake.
** '''Popuko and Pipimi's English actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Creator/ChristopherSabat and Creator/IanSinclair voice Vegeta and Whis in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. They also did all Bob Epic team segments for both seasons.
*** Season 1 Episode 1B: Creator/JustinBriner and Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard voice Midoriya and Yayorazu in the dub of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''.
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/TrinaNishimura and Creator/BrinaPalencia voice Ran Mao and Ciel in ''Manga/BlackButler''. They would also serve as Season 1's female vocalists.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, voice Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''.
** '''Japanese and English dub voice actors:'''
*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/ChuckHuber was cast to dub ''over'' Hiyama to reference his StarMakingRole being [[Manga/YuYuHakusho Hiei]], just like Hiyama.
*** Season 1 Episode 10: both the Japanese (Creator/{{Chafurin}}) and English (Mark Stoddard) voice actors of Inspector Juzo Megure/Joseph Meguire in ''Manga/CaseClosed'' were cast in the respective dubs as Detective Higure, a reference to their character. Creator/{{Chafurin}}'s casting was also linked with ''Manga/CaseClosed'' co-stars Koyama and Takagi in Part B.
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: Each pair of voice actors (especially Popuko and Pipimi) were specifically chosen due to their work history together and thus making it easier for them to bounce off each other. This is much less common in the English dub due to the amount of general overlap with other Creator/{{Funimation}}[=/=]Website/{{Crunchyroll}} efforts:
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* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[RelationshipVoiceActor/PopTeamEpic See here]]. Each pair of voice actors (especially Popuko and Pipimi) were specifically chosen due to their work history together and thus making it easier for them to bounce off each other. This is much less common in the English dub due to the amount of general overlap with other Creator/{{Funimation}}[=/=]Website/{{Crunchyroll}} efforts:
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*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/HozumiGouda and Creator/BanjoGinga have worked together as Chirico Cuvie and Col. Jean-Paul Rochina in ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''. The dub of this half uses Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, who voiced Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' and paired up several times for Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's dubs.
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*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/HozumiGouda and Creator/BanjoGinga have worked together as Chirico Cuvie and Col. Jean-Paul Rochina in ''Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS''. The dub of this half uses Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, who voiced Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey'' and paired up several times for Creator/FourKidsEntertainment's dubs.
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*** Season 1 Episode 1A: Creator/ChristopherSabat and Creator/IanSinclair voice Vegeta and Whis in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper''. They also did all Bob Epic team segments.segments for both seasons.
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*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/TrinaNishimura and Creator/BrinaPalencia voice Ran Mao and Ciel in ''Manga/BlackButler''.
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*** Season 1 Episode 2A: Creator/TrinaNishimura and Creator/BrinaPalencia voice Ran Mao and Ciel in ''Manga/BlackButler''. They would also serve as Season 1's female vocalists.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, voice Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''.
*** Season 1 Episode 11B: Creator/SeanSchemmel and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas, voice Gonard and Mikey Simon in ''WesternAnimation/KappaMikey''.
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* FandomNod: In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
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* FandomNod: In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast and paired up to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
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* FandomNod: In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha (Voice Actor RandomlyGeneratedLoot)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
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* FandomNod: In Season 2 Episode 8, one of ''Pop Team Epic’s'' related trending Twitter keywords, “Seiyuu Gacha (Voice Actor RandomlyGeneratedLoot)” ([[RandomlyGeneratedLoot Randomly Generated]] Voice Actor)” [[note]]A term to denote the unpredictability of voice actors cast to play Popuko and Pipimi upon watching a new episode for the first time, and will always be caught by surprise while watching the episode, or realized by the time the credits rolls in.[[/note]] was acknowledged via Part B’s FreezeFrameBonus of the last book that was placed for the book title word chain game, a magazine titled as “Seiyuu Gacha Grand Prix” with Creator/ShoutaAoi on the cover. The magazine is also a BlandNameProduct on Japan’s voice actor magazine, “Seiyuu Grand Prix.”
