History PromotedFanboy / AnimeAndManga

--> '''Fairouz Ai''': Jolyne Cujoh is the bravest, most beautiful, strongest, most loving, and most wonderful person I've come across. My admiration for her hasn't changed in 12 years. I'm really happy to be able to go on this bizarre adventure with her, and I'll put my life into my performance so that I can acquire the same "amazingness" as Jolyne through the recording process.

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure''
** Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[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.

* 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.

** 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...)

** Following Daisuke Ono's footsteps is Creator/FairouzAi, Jolyne's seiyuu in the ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' anime adaptation in which the ''[=JoJo=]'' series as a whole inspired her to pursue voice acting.

** Following Daisuke Ono's footsteps is Creator/FairouzAi, Jolyne's seiyuu in the ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'' adaptation in which the ''[=JoJo=]'' series as a whole inspired her to pursue voice acting.

* 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.

* 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.

** These days, fandub [[BigNameFan BNFs]] like Creator/CristinaValenzuela are part of anime dubbing casts - sometimes [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha reprising roles]].

** Mick Lauer was a huge fan of ''JoJo'' for almost 30 years—to the point where he made his own part on Youtube called ''Blood Sun Vendetta''. He ended up being cast as Leone Abbacchio in the English dub of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Golden Wind]]'', a dream come true for him.

* 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''.

** All four main Cures in ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'' have ''Pretty Cure'' fans voicing them. Most notably, Chiyu Sawaizumi aka Cure Fontaine’s voice actress Yorita Natsu had a role in the immediate previous season as the Gemini Star Princess and the twins Takuto & Ikuto Amamiya, while Creator/AoiYuuki (probably the most overjoyed of the four to be cast and better known as [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]]) was in TheMovie for ''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode KiraKira☆Pretty Cure à la Mode]]'' as the BigBad Cook before playing this season’s lead role Nodoka Hanadera aka Cure Grace.

** All three main Cures in ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'' have ''Pretty Cure'' fans voicing them. Most notably, Chiyu Sawaizumi aka Cure Fontaine’s voice actress Yorita Natsu had a role in the immediate previous season as the Gemini Star Princess and the twins Takuto & Ikuto Amamiya, while Creator/AoiYuuki (probably the most overjoyed of the three to be cast and better known as [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]]) was in TheMovie for ''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode KiraKira☆Pretty Cure à la Mode]]'' as the BigBad Cook before playing this season’s lead role Nodoka Hanadera aka Cure Grace.

** All three main Cures in ''Anime/HealinGoodPrettyCure'' have Pretty Cure fans voicing them. Most notably, Chiyu’s voice actress had a role in the immediate previous season as one of the Star Princesses and the twins Takuto and Ikuto Amamiya, while Creator/AoiYuuki (better known as [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]]) was in TheMovie for ''[[Anime/KiraKiraPrecureALaMode KiraKira☆Pretty Cure à la Mode]]'' as the BigBad Cook.

* Creator/NanaMizuki, better known for her role as the DarkMagicalGirl [[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.
** 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''.

* 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.

* Atsumi Tanezaki entered the voice acting industry because she was impressed by the voice acting on ''Anime/SailorMoon'', which she watched as a kid. She would later have roles in two Toei MagicalGirl anime: ''Anime/DokiDokiPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/PopInQ''.

* 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.

* Toyotarō made the [[UrbanLegendOfZelda legendary]] ''WebComic/{{Dragon Ball AF|Toyble}}'' 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]].

* 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.]]''

* 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]]

* Creator/HiroyukiImaishi loved the ''Franchise/MobileSuitGundam'' franchise growing up, he eventually got to animate on ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00''.