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** They also appeared in the Cell Games Reenactment in ''Kai'', complete with several fandom references. However, this is only available in YouTube Website/YouTube uploads, as it was taken off the TV broadcast likely due to Toei and the group often butting heads due to copyright reasons.
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** Famous voice actor TakehitoKoyasu is a long-time ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' fanboy. In the early '90s, he had a minor supporting character role in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]''... and few years later, he voiced [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Merquise]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Gym Ghingham]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Mu La]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Flaga]].
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** Famous voice actor TakehitoKoyasu Creator/TakehitoKoyasu is a long-time ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' fanboy. In the early '90s, he had a minor supporting character role in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]''... and few years later, he voiced [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Merquise]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Gym Ghingham]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Mu La]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Flaga]].
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* Kiyohiko Azuma, creator of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' and ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', started out doing doujinshi based on various shows, including ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', ''Anime/BattleAthletesVictory'', and ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. He even wrote erotic doujinshi under the pseudonym Joji Jonokuchi.
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* Kiyohiko Azuma, creator of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' and ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', started out doing doujinshi based on various shows, including ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', ''Anime/BattleAthletesVictory'', ''Battle Athletes Victory'', and ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. He even wrote erotic doujinshi under the pseudonym Joji Jonokuchi.
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* French singer/songwriter Cécile Corbel became known to Ghibli filmmakers after she sent them a fan letter showing her love for their films along with a copy of ''Songbook, Vol 2'', at the time, her most recent album. After Toshio Suzuki, the head producer of ''{{Anime/Arrietty}}'' listened to the CD, she received an e-mail asking her if she could write a song for the movie. She ended up composing the entire score.
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* French singer/songwriter Cécile Corbel became known to Ghibli filmmakers after she sent them a fan letter showing her love for their films along with a copy of ''Songbook, Vol 2'', at the time, her most recent album. After Toshio Suzuki, the head producer of ''{{Anime/Arrietty}}'' ''Anime/{{Arrietty}}'' listened to the CD, she received an e-mail asking her if she could write a song for the movie. She ended up composing the entire score.
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* Kohei Horikoshi, author of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' was a fan of ''Shonen Jump'' as a boy. In fact, he submitted fanart that got featured in the 23rd volume of ''Manga/OnePiece'', which ''My Hero Academia'' runs alongside. Oda himself opened the Question and Answer section of volume 77 by pointing this out, and explains he was ecstatic when he learned of it.
* Toyotarō made the [[UrbanLegendOfZelda legendary]] ''Dragon Ball AF'' doujin in 2000. Ever since Shueisha hired him, ''AF'' has been officially sold as a tankobon, he has authored the ''VideoGame/DragonballHeroes'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'' tie-in manga, is drawing ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' and is not only an assistant to Creator/AkiraToriyama, but also [[TakeUpMySword his chosen successor.]]
* Toyotarō made the [[UrbanLegendOfZelda legendary]] ''Dragon Ball AF'' doujin in 2000. Ever since Shueisha hired him, ''AF'' has been officially sold as a tankobon, he has authored the ''VideoGame/DragonballHeroes'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'' tie-in manga, is drawing ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' and is not only an assistant to Creator/AkiraToriyama, but also [[TakeUpMySword his chosen successor.]]
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* Kohei Horikoshi, author of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' was a fan of ''Shonen Jump'' as a boy. In fact, he submitted fanart that got featured in the 23rd volume of ''Manga/OnePiece'', which ''My Hero Academia'' runs alongside. Oda himself opened the Question and Answer section of volume Volume 77 by pointing this out, and explains he was ecstatic when he learned of it.
* Toyotarō made the [[UrbanLegendOfZelda legendary]]''Dragon ''WebComic/{{Dragon Ball AF'' AF|Toyble}}'' doujin in 2000. Ever since Shueisha hired him, ''AF'' has been officially sold as a tankobon, he has authored the ''VideoGame/DragonballHeroes'' ''VideoGame/DragonBallHeroes'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'' tie-in manga, is drawing ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' and is not only an assistant to Creator/AkiraToriyama, but also [[TakeUpMySword his chosen successor.]]successor]].
* Toyotarō made the [[UrbanLegendOfZelda legendary]]
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* Creator/AdultSwim has said numerous times that the favorite anime they've ever aired was {{Anime/FLCL}}. Fifteen years later, they're now collaborating on a sequel series to the original.
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* Creator/TeamFourStar, the makers of ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged'' are, naturally, big fans of ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Because they're based out of Texas, many of them have parlayed their roles in ''DBZA'' into performances in Funimation-dubbed anime like ''Manga/OnePiece'' -- and of course, ''DBZ'' itself, with Scott "[=KaiserNeko=]" Frerichs voicing a low-level Freeza soldier in ''Resurrection F''.
** Perhaps more famously, Curtis "[=Takahata101=]" Arnott was cast in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' as one of the Create-A-Character voices, where he's essentially replaying his role as Abridged!Nappa complete with tons of [[AscendedMeme memetic]] {{Shout Out}}s to the Abridged series. When ''[[VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2 Xenoverse 2]]'' came out, the other founding members of TFS ([=KaiserNeko=] and Nick "Lanipator" Landis) joined him in the game's roster.
** Perhaps more famously, Curtis "[=Takahata101=]" Arnott was cast in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' as one of the Create-A-Character voices, where he's essentially replaying his role as Abridged!Nappa complete with tons of [[AscendedMeme memetic]] {{Shout Out}}s to the Abridged series. When ''[[VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2 Xenoverse 2]]'' came out, the other founding members of TFS ([=KaiserNeko=] and Nick "Lanipator" Landis) joined him in the game's roster.
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* Creator/TeamFourStar, the makers of ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged'' ''WebVideo/DragonBallAbridged'' are, naturally, big fans of ''Franchise/DragonBall''. Because they're based out of Texas, many of them have parlayed their roles in ''DBZA'' into performances in Funimation-dubbed anime like ''Manga/OnePiece'' -- and of course, ''DBZ'' itself, with Scott "[=KaiserNeko=]" Frerichs voicing a low-level Freeza soldier in ''Resurrection F''.
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** Perhaps more famously, Curtis "[=Takahata101=]" Arnott was cast in''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse'' as one of the Create-A-Character voices, where he's essentially replaying his role as Abridged!Nappa complete with tons of [[AscendedMeme memetic]] {{Shout Out}}s [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to the Abridged ''Abridged'' series. When ''[[VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2 ''[[VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2 Xenoverse 2]]'' came out, the other founding members of TFS ([=KaiserNeko=] and Nick "Lanipator" Landis) joined him in the game's roster.
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* According to Kyary Pamyu Paymu, her favorite show when she was a child was ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''. When she was asked to do a theme song for the show and guest star in an episode, she was very excited about it.
* ''Creator/HiroyukiImaishi'' loved the ''Franchise/MobileSuitGundam'' franchise growing up, he eventually got to animate on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.
* ''Creator/HiroyukiImaishi'' loved the ''Franchise/MobileSuitGundam'' franchise growing up, he eventually got to animate on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.
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* According to Kyary Pamyu Paymu, Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu, her favorite show when she was a child was ''Manga/CrayonShinChan''. When she was asked to do a theme song for the show and guest star in an episode, she was very excited about it.
*''Creator/HiroyukiImaishi'' Creator/HiroyukiImaishi loved the ''Franchise/MobileSuitGundam'' franchise growing up, he eventually got to animate on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.
* Creator/JamesMarsters of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fame [[ConvertedFanboy first became a fan]] of ''Franchise/DragonBall'' when he watched the anime as character study for his role of King Piccolo in ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', even going as far as to keep Piccolo's design from being drastically altered in a case of ExecutiveMeddling. While no one likes to talk about that movie, this all came full circle for Marsters come 2016 when he was cast as none other than '''[[Characters/DragonBallZamasu Zamasu]]''' in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'', a role he would then reprise for ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Ball FighterZ}}''. [[note]]Though he's credited under pseudonyms: [[SignificantAnagram Sam Majesters]] in ''Xenoverse 2'' and ''[=FighterZ=]'', [[https://twitter.com/funimation/status/953072340073680897 David Gray]] in ''Super''. It took ''a lot'' of digging from fans, including hints dropped by [[Creator/CliffordChapin other]] [[Creator/ChristopherSabat voice actors]], [[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Dragon-Ball-Super/Zamasu/ for them to figure out who was actually voicing the character.]][[/note]]
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* Creator/JamesMarsters of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'' fame [[ConvertedFanboy first became a fan]] of ''Franchise/DragonBall'' when he watched the anime as character study for his role of King Piccolo in ''Film/DragonballEvolution'', even going as far as to keep Piccolo's design from being drastically altered in a case of ExecutiveMeddling. While no one likes to talk about that movie, this all came full circle for Marsters come 2016 when he was cast as none other than '''[[Characters/DragonBallZamasu Zamasu]]''' in ''VideoGame/DragonBallXenoverse2'', a role he would then reprise for ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'' and ''VideoGame/{{Dragon Ball FighterZ}}''. [[note]]Though he's credited under pseudonyms: [[SignificantAnagram Sam Majesters]] in ''Xenoverse 2'' and ''[=FighterZ=]'', [[https://twitter.com/funimation/status/953072340073680897 David Gray]] in ''Super''. It took ''a lot'' of digging from fans, including hints dropped by [[Creator/CliffordChapin other]] [[Creator/ChristopherSabat voice actors]], [[http://www.behindthevoiceactors.com/tv-shows/Dragon-Ball-Super/Zamasu/ for them to figure out who was actually voicing the character.]][[/note]]
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* Toyotarō, better known under the pen name Toyable, might be the resident king of this trope in regards to anime and manga. He originally started making the fan-series ''Dragon Ball AF'' in the year 2000. He was later hired on by Shueisha, works as one of Akira Toriyama's own assistants, and is now working on ''official material'' for the ''Dragon Ball'' series, such as ''Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission'', and a resurrection 'F' tie-in manga. His ''Dragon Ball AF'' is now being officially sold in tankobon format, and to cap it all off, Toyable is doing the art for the new ''Dragon Ball Super'' manga.
** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]''[='s=] most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]''[='s=] most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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* Toyotarō, better known under Toyotarō made the pen name Toyable, might be the resident king of this trope in regards to anime and manga. He originally started making the fan-series [[UrbanLegendOfZelda legendary]] ''Dragon Ball AF'' doujin in the year 2000. He was later Ever since Shueisha hired on by Shueisha, works as one of Akira Toriyama's own assistants, and is now working on ''official material'' for the ''Dragon Ball'' series, such as ''Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission'', and a resurrection 'F' tie-in manga. His ''Dragon Ball AF'' is now being him, ''AF'' has been officially sold in tankobon format, as a tankobon, he has authored the ''VideoGame/DragonballHeroes'' and ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'' tie-in manga, is drawing ''Manga/DragonBallSuper'' and is not only an assistant to cap it all off, Toyable is doing the art for the new ''Dragon Ball Super'' manga.
Creator/AkiraToriyama, but also [[TakeUpMySword his chosen successor.]]
**Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once Music/MaximumTheHormone wrote a FilkSong [[FilkSong "F"]], with lyrics about one of ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]''[='s=] most famous villains, ''Franchise/DragonBall'' villain Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza Toriyama then met the main antagonist of the sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in band through a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was friend; its concept inspired by said song.'''''the aforementioned ''Resurrection [='F'=]'', which [[AutobotsRockOut features the song as an insert.]]
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* Azuma Koyohiko, creator of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' and ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' started out doing doujinshi based on various shows, including ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', and ''Anime/BattleAthletesVictory'', and ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. He even wrote erotic doujinshi under the pseudonym Joji Jonokuchi.
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* Azuma Koyohiko, Kiyohiko Azuma, creator of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' and ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', started out doing doujinshi based on various shows, including ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', and ''Anime/BattleAthletesVictory'', and ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. He even wrote erotic doujinshi under the pseudonym Joji Jonokuchi.
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** Along similar lines, self-proclaimed "Eva Monkey" Taliesin Jaffe co-recorded commentaries for ''Death & Rebirth'' and ''The End of Evangelion'' alongside dub director, writer and voice actress Creator/AmandaWinnLee and her husband Jason. Jaffe's situation differed from [=McCoy=]'s in that Jaffe had actually worked in the anime industry already and voiced extras in the movies, and in that he spent his time on the commentaries offering various suggestions as to what the symbols in the movies ''could'' mean, as opposed to detailing his own theories as to what they "do" mean.
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** Along similar lines, self-proclaimed "Eva Monkey" Taliesin Jaffe Creator/TaliesinJaffe co-recorded commentaries for ''Death & Rebirth'' and ''The End of Evangelion'' alongside dub director, writer and voice actress Creator/AmandaWinnLee and her husband Jason. Jaffe's situation differed from [=McCoy=]'s in that Jaffe had actually worked in the anime industry already and voiced extras in the movies, and in that he spent his time on the commentaries offering various suggestions as to what the symbols in the movies ''could'' mean, as opposed to detailing his own theories as to what they "do" mean.
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** In ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', we have Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (Reina), Creator/KyleHebert (Prof. Oak), and to an extent BrycePapenbrook (Red). Cristina also makes an appearance in this special, voicing Cubone.
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** In ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', we have Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (Reina), Creator/KyleHebert (Prof. Oak), and to an extent BrycePapenbrook Creator/BrycePapenbrook (Red). Cristina also makes an appearance in this special, voicing Cubone.
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* Creator/MegumiHan, who voices Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in the 2013 video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (replacing Creator/HirokoKonishi, who retired from voice acting), has been a big fan of the franchise since childhood. Ditto for her role as Gon Freecss in the 2011 anime of ''Manga/HunterxHunter''.
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* Creator/MegumiHan, who voices Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in the 2013 video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (replacing Creator/HirokoKonishi, who retired from voice acting), has been a big fan of the franchise since childhood. Ditto for her role as Gon Freecss in the 2011 anime of ''Manga/HunterxHunter''.''Manga/HunterXHunter''.
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* Creator/MegumiHan, who voices Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in the 2013 video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (replacing Creator/HirokoKonishi, who retired from voice acting), has been a big fan of the franchise since childhood.
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* Creator/MegumiHan, who voices Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in the 2013 video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (replacing Creator/HirokoKonishi, who retired from voice acting), has been a big fan of the franchise since childhood. Ditto for her role as Gon Freecss in the 2011 anime of ''Manga/HunterxHunter''.
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* ''Creator/HiroyukiImaishi'' loved the ''Franchise/MobileSuitGundam'' franchise growing up, he eventually got to animate on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.
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* The ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged'' cast are, naturally, big fans of ''Franchise/DragonBall''. They've been hired by Funimation for several minor roles, most notably providing custom voices for the player-created characters in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse'' (complete with many [[AscendedMeme memetic]] {{Shout Out}}s to the Abridged series). Lanipator also voices an extra in the dub of ''Resurrection F''.
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* The Creator/TeamFourStar, the makers of ''WebVideo/DragonballAbridged'' cast are, naturally, big fans of ''Franchise/DragonBall''. They've been hired by Funimation for several minor roles, most notably providing custom voices for the player-created characters Because they're based out of Texas, many of them have parlayed their roles in ''DBZA'' into performances in Funimation-dubbed anime like ''Manga/OnePiece'' -- and of course, ''DBZ'' itself, with Scott "[=KaiserNeko=]" Frerichs voicing a low-level Freeza soldier in ''Resurrection F''.
** Perhaps more famously, Curtis "[=Takahata101=]" Arnott was cast in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse''(complete as one of the Create-A-Character voices, where he's essentially replaying his role as Abridged!Nappa complete with many tons of [[AscendedMeme memetic]] {{Shout Out}}s to the Abridged series). Lanipator also voices an extra series. When ''[[VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse2 Xenoverse 2]]'' came out, the other founding members of TFS ([=KaiserNeko=] and Nick "Lanipator" Landis) joined him in the dub of ''Resurrection F''.game's roster.
** Perhaps more famously, Curtis "[=Takahata101=]" Arnott was cast in ''VideoGame/DragonballXenoverse''
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'''s most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'''s Ball]]''[='s=] most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of [[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of [[Franchise/DragonBall ''[[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s Ball]]'''s most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of [[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of [[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s most famous villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF ''Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF'' because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a ''movie'' '''that is named after the song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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* Creator/MatthewMercer is a longtime fan of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. In 2014, he landed the leading role of ''Stardust Crusaders'', Jotaro Kujo. This is also the case for Jotaro's Japanese voice actor, Creator/DaisukeOno.
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* Creator/MatthewMercer is a longtime fan of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. In 2014, he landed the leading role of ''Stardust Crusaders'', ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Stardust Crusaders]]'', Jotaro Kujo. This is also the case for Jotaro's Japanese voice actor, Creator/DaisukeOno.
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* Matt Shipman is one of the few voice actors who actually plays the ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card game. He later got to play Shay Obsidian (Shun Kurosaki in Japanese) in ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV''.
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*** Likewise, Creator/KeiShindou was a CosplayOtakuGirl before she became pro. pro.
*** It's said that Creator/HikaruMidorikawa wanted so badly to have a role in the ''Gundam'' metaseries that when the auditions for ''Anime/GundamWing'' opened, he auditioned for ''the five Gundam pilot roles''. He apparently cried TearsOfJoy when told that he got the role of Heero Yuy.
*** It's said that Creator/HikaruMidorikawa wanted so badly to have a role in the ''Gundam'' metaseries that when the auditions for ''Anime/GundamWing'' opened, he auditioned for ''the five Gundam pilot roles''. He apparently cried TearsOfJoy when told that he got the role of Heero Yuy.
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* Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Fate Tessarossa]], is a humongous ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' fan. When she got the role of InnocentFlowerGirl [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki]], she was ''elated''. Even when she was asked to come back for a few short lines in ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'', she expressed on her blog joy at being able to voice her again.
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* Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate Tessarossa]], is a humongous ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' fan. When she got the role of InnocentFlowerGirl [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki]], she was ''elated''. Even when she was asked to come back for a few short lines in ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'', she expressed on her blog joy at being able to voice her again.
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* Sui Ishida, the creator of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', is a long-time fan of ''Manga/HunterXHunter''. For April's Fool 2015, he created a false advertisement claiming he would be releasing a side-story for the series. Roughly a year later, this became a reality when he was invited to create a 69-page {{Prequel}} for his favorite character and got to collaborate with his hero, Creator/YoshihiroTogashi.
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* Creator/ShojiKawamori was an aeronautical engineer who had a family member on ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' production crew. Apparently he has an addiction to those little wooden Mensa puzzles that are all about compressing multiple components into objects with much smaller external surface areas. When toy companies realized he "had a gift" most designers still can't do elegantly today (IE: transformations tuck limbs against the body and end up looking blocky), he was making more selling transforming robot designs than he was in the very dry aerospace business. Needless to say, he works as a HumongousMecha designer now.
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* Creator/ShojiKawamori was an aeronautical engineer who had a family member on ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''[='s=] production crew. Apparently he has an addiction to those little wooden Mensa puzzles that are all about compressing multiple components into objects with much smaller external surface areas. When toy companies realized he "had a gift" for creating elegant transforming designs that most designers today still can't do elegantly today match (IE: transformations tuck limbs against the body and end up looking blocky), he was ended up making more selling transforming robot designs than he was in the very dry aerospace business. Needless to say, he works as a HumongousMecha designer now.now (and is the head of the entire ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' franchise to boot).
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of [[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s most famous villain, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a '''movie''' that is named after the song and was inspired by said song.
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of [[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s most famous villain, villains, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a '''movie''' that ''movie'' '''that is named after the song and song''' '''''and was inspired by said song.'''''
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** Coming in a close second to Toyotarō is Music/MaximumTheHormone, a band that once wrote a FilkSong about one of [[Franchise/DragonBall Dragon Ball]]'s most famous villain, Frieza. Said song is featured as an insert song in Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF because Creator/AkiraToriyama heard it and decided to make Frieza the main antagonist of the sequel to Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods because he liked it. In other words, this fan-made song was allowed to be used in not just an official work in the franchise, but in a '''movie''' that is named after the song and was inspired by said song.
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* Creator/AdultSwim has said numerous times that the favorite anime they've ever aired was {{Anime/FLCL}}. Fifteen years later, they're now collaborating on a sequel series to the original.
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* Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Fate Tessarossa]], is a humongous ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' fan. When she got the role of InnocentFlowerGirl [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki]], she was ''elated''. Even when she was asked to come back for a few short lines in ''PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'', she expressed on her blog joy at being able to voice her again.
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* Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Fate Tessarossa]], is a humongous ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' fan. When she got the role of InnocentFlowerGirl [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki]], she was ''elated''. Even when she was asked to come back for a few short lines in ''PrettyCureAllStars ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'', she expressed on her blog joy at being able to voice her again.
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** In ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', we have ChristineMarieCabanos (Reina), Creator/KyleHebert (Prof. Oak), and to an extent BrycePapenbrook (Red). Cristina also makes an appearance in this special, voicing Cubone.
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** In ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', we have ChristineMarieCabanos Creator/ChristineMarieCabanos (Reina), Creator/KyleHebert (Prof. Oak), and to an extent BrycePapenbrook (Red). Cristina also makes an appearance in this special, voicing Cubone.
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* Many, possibly the majority, of well-known mangaka got their start writing doujinshi; typically starting with fan fic before moving on to original work. Notable examples below.
* CLAMP, creators of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'', and many other successful manga, started out as a doujinshi circle back in the '80s.
* Azuma Koyohiko, creator of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' and ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' started out doing doujinshi based on various shows, including ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', and ''Anime/BattleAthletesVictory'', and ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. He even wrote erotic doujinshi under the pseudonym Joji Jonokuchi.
* Eiichiro Oda, author of ''Franchise/OnePiece'', was a massive ''Manga/DragonBall'' fan; heck, he loved all of Creator/AkiraToriyama's works, and that's what inspired him to become a manga artist. Eventually, he ended up working at ''Shonen Jump'', the same magazine that ''Dragon Ball'' was published in, and even collaborated with Toriyama on a ''DBZ/One Piece'' [[Manga/CrossEpoch crossover manga]].
* Shiori Teshirogi, the author who writes the ''Manga/SaintSeiya: The Lost Canvas'' manga, is actually a {{shoujo}} author who once met Creator/MasamiKurumada. ''Saint Seiya'' was always her favorite series and she jumped at the chance of making a new story when Kurumada pitched the idea to her, and what was originally thought to end up being a rather brief series has exploded in popularity. To put it simply, she is writing a non-canon doujin, getting ''paid'' for it, ''and'' getting an OVA deal for it. Not bad for someone's first {{shonen}} story.
* Creator/ShojiKawamori was an aeronautical engineer who had a family member on ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' production crew. Apparently he has an addiction to those little wooden Mensa puzzles that are all about compressing multiple components into objects with much smaller external surface areas. When toy companies realized he "had a gift" most designers still can't do elegantly today (IE: transformations tuck limbs against the body and end up looking blocky), he was making more selling transforming robot designs than he was in the very dry aerospace business. Needless to say, he works as a HumongousMecha designer now.
* Some actors in anime dubbing were {{anime}} fans before getting work as VoiceActors, including Creator/GregAyres, Creator/CaitlinGlass, and Creator/CrispinFreeman.
** Creator/ADVFilms was ''founded'' by anime fans who promoted ''themselves''. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-29/crimson-star-acquires-looking-up-at-the-half-moon-anime The same goes for a newly founded company called Crimson Star.]]
** These days, fandub [[BigNameFan BNFs]] like Creator/CristinaValenzuela are part of anime dubbing casts - sometimes [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha reprising roles]].
** And talking about fan-dubs, it also has happened in [[LatinLand Latin America]], most especially in Chile.
*** ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' anyone? Dubbed by fandubbers-gone-pro!
*** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''? Hey, that one too!
*** ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''? The same girl fan-dubbed the opening (and of course [[NoExportForYou it hasn't been broadcasted officially]], but...)
** Rather subverted by good ol' Creator/VicMignogna (alias the number-one fan of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Ed Elric]]). [[IncrediblyLamePun Don't ever dare call him "shorty"]].
*** Though he plays the trope straight in a different area -- he recently directed an episode of ''Star Trek Phase 2''.
** Famous voice actor TakehitoKoyasu is a long-time ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' fanboy. In the early '90s, he had a minor supporting character role in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]''... and few years later, he voiced [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Merquise]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Gym Ghingham]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Mu La]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Flaga]].
*** Likewise, Creator/KeiShindou was a CosplayOtakuGirl before she became pro.
** When Creator/VIZMedia acquired the rights to the [[DuelingDubs redub]] of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', Creator/AmandaCelineMiller, a longtime fan of the series, auditioned for every female character for a chance to be a part of the show. She was ecstatic when she was chosen to play Sailor Jupiter, her favorite character in the series. Same goes to Creator/CristinaValenzuela (Sailor Mars), Creator/CheramiLeigh (Sailor Venus), and Creator/LaurenLanda (Sailor Neptune) who were also fans of the series and were overjoyed when they became cast as part of the show.
* After holding panels at some conventions and posting some essays on the Internet, ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fanboy Sean [=McCoy=] was invited by Creator/ADVFilms to record some of the commentaries for the Platinum release of the series, giving him three full episodes and two special feature segments to share his [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory incredibly elaborate theories]] (some might say [[FanWank ridiculously]] [[EpilepticTrees elaborate]]) about the meaning behind the show's abstract symbolism alongside ADV honcho and English dub director Matt Greenfield. Strangely, after this "promotion", he has barely been heard from again.
** Along similar lines, self-proclaimed "Eva Monkey" Taliesin Jaffe co-recorded commentaries for ''Death & Rebirth'' and ''The End of Evangelion'' alongside dub director, writer and voice actress Creator/AmandaWinnLee and her husband Jason. Jaffe's situation differed from [=McCoy=]'s in that Jaffe had actually worked in the anime industry already and voiced extras in the movies, and in that he spent his time on the commentaries offering various suggestions as to what the symbols in the movies ''could'' mean, as opposed to detailing his own theories as to what they "do" mean.
** Creator/MikeMcFarland, ADR director for the English dubs of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' films, was a fan of the series for the better part of a decade before he had a chance to actually work on it.
* Voice actress and biker enthusiast Creator/YukoGoto is a big fan of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', particularly of the character Souther. She is also one of the editors of the ''Hokuto Musou'' series of games based off of the anime/manga series.
** She even got the chance to voice [[Anime/QueensBlade Menace]], who is basically [[DistaffCounterpart Souther as a girl]].
* The [=HeartGold/SoulSilver=] miniarc in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' had Lyra's friend Khoury voiced in the dub by Chris "[[WebAnimation/{{TOME}} Kirbopher]]" Niosi. Though she was already a promoted fangirl by the time she made her mark, Creator/CristinaValenzuela as Layla also counts.
** In ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', we have ChristineMarieCabanos (Reina), Creator/KyleHebert (Prof. Oak), and to an extent BrycePapenbrook (Red). Cristina also makes an appearance in this special, voicing Cubone.
* Creator/MatthewMercer is a longtime fan of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. In 2014, he landed the leading role of ''Stardust Crusaders'', Jotaro Kujo. This is also the case for Jotaro's Japanese voice actor, Creator/DaisukeOno.
* Mark Simmons and Keith Rhee, two [[BigNameFan Big Name Fans]] of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', were hired by Bandai, Simmons working on the localization of several series and Rhee on the official website. Furthermore, the Federation male custom pilots in the Encounters In Space game are named after the two of them.
* Creator/StudioGainax, who got their start by producing a well-known pair of independent anime shorts (the DAICON III and IV Opening Animations) for a Japanese science fiction convention in 1981 and 1983.
* Lianne Sentar had been writing over 3,000 stories of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' {{fanfiction}} since she was 13. She was hired to write the Creator/{{Tokyopop}} novel adaptations distributed in North America for only this reason.
* Creator/JasonGriffith managed to accomplish this by accident. According to him, he was a big fan of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and auditioned for the role of Chris Thorndyke in ''Anime/SonicX'' so that he could "know what it's like to be Sonic's human friend". Imagine his surprise when he got the role of Sonic himself.
* Music/{{Gackt}} (already mentioned under ''Franchise/KamenRider'' above) is also a huge ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' fan, having contributed the theme song to the long-dead theme park attraction "Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu", recording a remix of "Ai Senshi" from the original series, and even [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome getting a concert audience to chant "Sieg Zeon!" by delivering Garma Zabi's funeral speech from memory]]. In 2010 he finally got to join the ''Gundam'' universe proper by voicing ex-, the OriginalGeneration FinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries Gundam Extreme Vs.]]''
* As children, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known today as Music/DaftPunk, were fans of the anime series ''Anime/CaptainHarlock''. After recording their breakout album ''Discovery'', they would work with ''Captain Harlock'''s creator Creator/LeijiMatsumoto in making it's visualization, the rock-opera anime movie ''Anime/{{Interstella5555}}''.
* Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Fate Tessarossa]], is a humongous ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' fan. When she got the role of InnocentFlowerGirl [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki]], she was ''elated''. Even when she was asked to come back for a few short lines in ''PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'', she expressed on her blog joy at being able to voice her again.
** Creator/HitomiNabatame was a huge Precure fangirl too and actually attended the auditions [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure for the first series]], but wasn't chosen. Years later she was selected as [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Mana "Cure Heart" Aida]], and apparently broke in TearsOfJoy when she was told about it.
** Creator/MegumiNakajima is also a Pretty Cure fangirl and is now getting her chance to play as [[TheDanza Megumi Aino]] in ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure''.
* Creator/BrycePapenbrook is a hardcore fan of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and even wanted to be a cast member of it. When Creator/FUNimation acquired the license, many fans thought that Creator/JoshGrelle, Creator/GregAyres, or Creator/MicahSolusod would voice Eren since they are their usual voice actors of choice for leading protagonists. In 2014, it was announced that Papenbrook would provide his voice.
** Creator/JoshGrelle (Armin), Creator/JessicaCalvello (Hange), and Creator/PatrickSeitz (Shardis) had also watched the simulcast before auditions and became big fans of the series.
* Shoko Nakagawa was a huge fan of series such as ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' and ''Manga/DragonBall'' growing up, and has had a prominent role as a host on ''Series/PokemonSunday'' and its successors and roles in several of the animated films, along with a minor role in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' as the Oracle Fish.
* Creator/KyleHebert was a fan of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' before landing the roles of Gohan and the Narrator which started his career as a voice actor for animation.
* French singer/songwriter Cécile Corbel became known to Ghibli filmmakers after she sent them a fan letter showing her love for their films along with a copy of ''Songbook, Vol 2'', at the time, her most recent album. After Toshio Suzuki, the head producer of ''{{Anime/Arrietty}}'' listened to the CD, she received an e-mail asking her if she could write a song for the movie. She ended up composing the entire score.
* Creator/MegumiHan, who voices Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in the 2013 video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (replacing Creator/HirokoKonishi, who retired from voice acting), has been a big fan of the franchise since childhood.
* Kanetake Ebikawa won a design contest for ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam''; now he's become famous for his work on ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. It even came full circle when he got to work on ''Crossbone Gundam Ghost'', a sequel to the story that helped launch his career.
* Kohei Horikoshi, author of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' was a fan of ''Shonen Jump'' as a boy. In fact, he submitted fanart that got featured in the 23rd volume of ''Manga/OnePiece'', which ''My Hero Academia'' runs alongside. Oda himself opened the Question and Answer section of volume 77 by pointing this out, and explains he was ecstatic when he learned of it.
* Toyotarō, better known under the pen name Toyable, might be the resident king of this trope in regards to anime and manga. He originally started making the fan-series ''Dragon Ball AF'' in the year 2000. He was later hired on by Shueisha, works as one of Akira Toriyama's own assistants, and is now working on ''official material'' for the ''Dragon Ball'' series, such as ''Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission'', and a resurrection 'F' tie-in manga. His ''Dragon Ball AF'' is now being officially sold in tankobon format, and to cap it all off, Toyable is doing the art for the new ''Dragon Ball Super'' manga.
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* CLAMP, creators of ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'', and many other successful manga, started out as a doujinshi circle back in the '80s.
* Azuma Koyohiko, creator of ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' and ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'' started out doing doujinshi based on various shows, including ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'', and ''Anime/BattleAthletesVictory'', and ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. He even wrote erotic doujinshi under the pseudonym Joji Jonokuchi.
* Eiichiro Oda, author of ''Franchise/OnePiece'', was a massive ''Manga/DragonBall'' fan; heck, he loved all of Creator/AkiraToriyama's works, and that's what inspired him to become a manga artist. Eventually, he ended up working at ''Shonen Jump'', the same magazine that ''Dragon Ball'' was published in, and even collaborated with Toriyama on a ''DBZ/One Piece'' [[Manga/CrossEpoch crossover manga]].
* Shiori Teshirogi, the author who writes the ''Manga/SaintSeiya: The Lost Canvas'' manga, is actually a {{shoujo}} author who once met Creator/MasamiKurumada. ''Saint Seiya'' was always her favorite series and she jumped at the chance of making a new story when Kurumada pitched the idea to her, and what was originally thought to end up being a rather brief series has exploded in popularity. To put it simply, she is writing a non-canon doujin, getting ''paid'' for it, ''and'' getting an OVA deal for it. Not bad for someone's first {{shonen}} story.
* Creator/ShojiKawamori was an aeronautical engineer who had a family member on ''Anime/{{Macross}}'' production crew. Apparently he has an addiction to those little wooden Mensa puzzles that are all about compressing multiple components into objects with much smaller external surface areas. When toy companies realized he "had a gift" most designers still can't do elegantly today (IE: transformations tuck limbs against the body and end up looking blocky), he was making more selling transforming robot designs than he was in the very dry aerospace business. Needless to say, he works as a HumongousMecha designer now.
* Some actors in anime dubbing were {{anime}} fans before getting work as VoiceActors, including Creator/GregAyres, Creator/CaitlinGlass, and Creator/CrispinFreeman.
** Creator/ADVFilms was ''founded'' by anime fans who promoted ''themselves''. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-29/crimson-star-acquires-looking-up-at-the-half-moon-anime The same goes for a newly founded company called Crimson Star.]]
** These days, fandub [[BigNameFan BNFs]] like Creator/CristinaValenzuela are part of anime dubbing casts - sometimes [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha reprising roles]].
** And talking about fan-dubs, it also has happened in [[LatinLand Latin America]], most especially in Chile.
*** ''WesternAnimation/AmericanDragonJakeLong'' anyone? Dubbed by fandubbers-gone-pro!
*** ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''? Hey, that one too!
*** ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''? The same girl fan-dubbed the opening (and of course [[NoExportForYou it hasn't been broadcasted officially]], but...)
** Rather subverted by good ol' Creator/VicMignogna (alias the number-one fan of [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Ed Elric]]). [[IncrediblyLamePun Don't ever dare call him "shorty"]].
*** Though he plays the trope straight in a different area -- he recently directed an episode of ''Star Trek Phase 2''.
** Famous voice actor TakehitoKoyasu is a long-time ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' fanboy. In the early '90s, he had a minor supporting character role in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamF91 Gundam F91]]''... and few years later, he voiced [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Zechs Merquise]], [[Anime/TurnAGundam Gym Ghingham]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeed Mu La]] [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny Flaga]].
*** Likewise, Creator/KeiShindou was a CosplayOtakuGirl before she became pro.
** When Creator/VIZMedia acquired the rights to the [[DuelingDubs redub]] of ''Manga/SailorMoon'', Creator/AmandaCelineMiller, a longtime fan of the series, auditioned for every female character for a chance to be a part of the show. She was ecstatic when she was chosen to play Sailor Jupiter, her favorite character in the series. Same goes to Creator/CristinaValenzuela (Sailor Mars), Creator/CheramiLeigh (Sailor Venus), and Creator/LaurenLanda (Sailor Neptune) who were also fans of the series and were overjoyed when they became cast as part of the show.
* After holding panels at some conventions and posting some essays on the Internet, ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' fanboy Sean [=McCoy=] was invited by Creator/ADVFilms to record some of the commentaries for the Platinum release of the series, giving him three full episodes and two special feature segments to share his [[EveryoneIsJesusInPurgatory incredibly elaborate theories]] (some might say [[FanWank ridiculously]] [[EpilepticTrees elaborate]]) about the meaning behind the show's abstract symbolism alongside ADV honcho and English dub director Matt Greenfield. Strangely, after this "promotion", he has barely been heard from again.
** Along similar lines, self-proclaimed "Eva Monkey" Taliesin Jaffe co-recorded commentaries for ''Death & Rebirth'' and ''The End of Evangelion'' alongside dub director, writer and voice actress Creator/AmandaWinnLee and her husband Jason. Jaffe's situation differed from [=McCoy=]'s in that Jaffe had actually worked in the anime industry already and voiced extras in the movies, and in that he spent his time on the commentaries offering various suggestions as to what the symbols in the movies ''could'' mean, as opposed to detailing his own theories as to what they "do" mean.
** Creator/MikeMcFarland, ADR director for the English dubs of the ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' films, was a fan of the series for the better part of a decade before he had a chance to actually work on it.
* Voice actress and biker enthusiast Creator/YukoGoto is a big fan of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', particularly of the character Souther. She is also one of the editors of the ''Hokuto Musou'' series of games based off of the anime/manga series.
** She even got the chance to voice [[Anime/QueensBlade Menace]], who is basically [[DistaffCounterpart Souther as a girl]].
* The [=HeartGold/SoulSilver=] miniarc in ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' had Lyra's friend Khoury voiced in the dub by Chris "[[WebAnimation/{{TOME}} Kirbopher]]" Niosi. Though she was already a promoted fangirl by the time she made her mark, Creator/CristinaValenzuela as Layla also counts.
** In ''Anime/PokemonOrigins'', we have ChristineMarieCabanos (Reina), Creator/KyleHebert (Prof. Oak), and to an extent BrycePapenbrook (Red). Cristina also makes an appearance in this special, voicing Cubone.
* Creator/MatthewMercer is a longtime fan of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. In 2014, he landed the leading role of ''Stardust Crusaders'', Jotaro Kujo. This is also the case for Jotaro's Japanese voice actor, Creator/DaisukeOno.
* Mark Simmons and Keith Rhee, two [[BigNameFan Big Name Fans]] of ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', were hired by Bandai, Simmons working on the localization of several series and Rhee on the official website. Furthermore, the Federation male custom pilots in the Encounters In Space game are named after the two of them.
* Creator/StudioGainax, who got their start by producing a well-known pair of independent anime shorts (the DAICON III and IV Opening Animations) for a Japanese science fiction convention in 1981 and 1983.
* Lianne Sentar had been writing over 3,000 stories of ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' {{fanfiction}} since she was 13. She was hired to write the Creator/{{Tokyopop}} novel adaptations distributed in North America for only this reason.
* Creator/JasonGriffith managed to accomplish this by accident. According to him, he was a big fan of ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' and auditioned for the role of Chris Thorndyke in ''Anime/SonicX'' so that he could "know what it's like to be Sonic's human friend". Imagine his surprise when he got the role of Sonic himself.
* Music/{{Gackt}} (already mentioned under ''Franchise/KamenRider'' above) is also a huge ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' fan, having contributed the theme song to the long-dead theme park attraction "Gundam the Ride: A Baoa Qu", recording a remix of "Ai Senshi" from the original series, and even [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome getting a concert audience to chant "Sieg Zeon!" by delivering Garma Zabi's funeral speech from memory]]. In 2010 he finally got to join the ''Gundam'' universe proper by voicing ex-, the OriginalGeneration FinalBoss of ''[[VideoGame/GundamVsSeries Gundam Extreme Vs.]]''
* As children, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known today as Music/DaftPunk, were fans of the anime series ''Anime/CaptainHarlock''. After recording their breakout album ''Discovery'', they would work with ''Captain Harlock'''s creator Creator/LeijiMatsumoto in making it's visualization, the rock-opera anime movie ''Anime/{{Interstella5555}}''.
* Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Fate Tessarossa]], is a humongous ''Franchise/PrettyCure'' fan. When she got the role of InnocentFlowerGirl [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi Hanasaki]], she was ''elated''. Even when she was asked to come back for a few short lines in ''PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'', she expressed on her blog joy at being able to voice her again.
** Creator/HitomiNabatame was a huge Precure fangirl too and actually attended the auditions [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure for the first series]], but wasn't chosen. Years later she was selected as [[Anime/DokiDokiPrecure Mana "Cure Heart" Aida]], and apparently broke in TearsOfJoy when she was told about it.
** Creator/MegumiNakajima is also a Pretty Cure fangirl and is now getting her chance to play as [[TheDanza Megumi Aino]] in ''Anime/HappinessChargePrettyCure''.
* Creator/BrycePapenbrook is a hardcore fan of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' and even wanted to be a cast member of it. When Creator/FUNimation acquired the license, many fans thought that Creator/JoshGrelle, Creator/GregAyres, or Creator/MicahSolusod would voice Eren since they are their usual voice actors of choice for leading protagonists. In 2014, it was announced that Papenbrook would provide his voice.
** Creator/JoshGrelle (Armin), Creator/JessicaCalvello (Hange), and Creator/PatrickSeitz (Shardis) had also watched the simulcast before auditions and became big fans of the series.
* Shoko Nakagawa was a huge fan of series such as ''{{Franchise/Pokemon}}'' and ''Manga/DragonBall'' growing up, and has had a prominent role as a host on ''Series/PokemonSunday'' and its successors and roles in several of the animated films, along with a minor role in ''Anime/DragonBallZBattleOfGods'' as the Oracle Fish.
* Creator/KyleHebert was a fan of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' before landing the roles of Gohan and the Narrator which started his career as a voice actor for animation.
* French singer/songwriter Cécile Corbel became known to Ghibli filmmakers after she sent them a fan letter showing her love for their films along with a copy of ''Songbook, Vol 2'', at the time, her most recent album. After Toshio Suzuki, the head producer of ''{{Anime/Arrietty}}'' listened to the CD, she received an e-mail asking her if she could write a song for the movie. She ended up composing the entire score.
* Creator/MegumiHan, who voices Takeru "T.K." Takaishi in the 2013 video game adaptation of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' (replacing Creator/HirokoKonishi, who retired from voice acting), has been a big fan of the franchise since childhood.
* Kanetake Ebikawa won a design contest for ''Manga/MobileSuitCrossboneGundam''; now he's become famous for his work on ''Anime/EurekaSeven'', ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic'', and ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''. It even came full circle when he got to work on ''Crossbone Gundam Ghost'', a sequel to the story that helped launch his career.
* Kohei Horikoshi, author of ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' was a fan of ''Shonen Jump'' as a boy. In fact, he submitted fanart that got featured in the 23rd volume of ''Manga/OnePiece'', which ''My Hero Academia'' runs alongside. Oda himself opened the Question and Answer section of volume 77 by pointing this out, and explains he was ecstatic when he learned of it.
* Toyotarō, better known under the pen name Toyable, might be the resident king of this trope in regards to anime and manga. He originally started making the fan-series ''Dragon Ball AF'' in the year 2000. He was later hired on by Shueisha, works as one of Akira Toriyama's own assistants, and is now working on ''official material'' for the ''Dragon Ball'' series, such as ''Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission'', and a resurrection 'F' tie-in manga. His ''Dragon Ball AF'' is now being officially sold in tankobon format, and to cap it all off, Toyable is doing the art for the new ''Dragon Ball Super'' manga.
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