- Captain Planet and the Planeteers had so many celebrity voice actors throughout its run. Including Whoopi Goldberg, LeVar Burton, Meg Ryan, Sting, Jeff Goldblum, Tim Curry, Martin Sheen, and Malcolm McDowell in the main/recurring cast; and guest spots from Fred Savage, Neil Patrick Harris, Danny Glover, and Elizabeth Taylor.
- Being a musical, Centaurworld features the voice talents of a medley of mega-prominent actors, singers and Broadway stars in its cast. The protagonist is voiced by Kimiko Glenn, with additional voices provided by Megan Hilty, Chris Diamantopoulos, Josh Radnor, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Lea Salonga, Fred Armisen, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Brian Stokes Mitchell, David Johansen, Jamie Cullum, Flula Borg, Swedish folk band First Aid Kit, and Santigold.
- The Scarlet Pumpernickel features Daffy, Sylvester, Porky, Elmer, Melissa Duck, Mama Bear, Henery Hawk, and J.L. Warner, an unusually large cast for the era.
- That a large cast was weird for this era is surprising: Except for Melissa Duck, everyone was played by Mel Blanc. Warner Bros. could've had all-star casts more often.
- Carrotblanca tops that by including Bugs, Daffy, Yosemite Sam, Tweety, Sylvester, Penelope Pussycat, Foghorn Leghorn, and Pepé Le Pew. Plus, cameos by Pete Puma, Giovanni Jones, the Crusher, Porky Pig, Sam Sheepdog, Spike and Chester, Granny, Beaky Buzzard, Elmer Fudd, Rocky and Mugsy, and Gossamer.
- Xiaolin Showdown has some of Western Animation's most famous voice acting names as well as some lesser-known but still-recognizable voices, including but not limited to: Tom Kenny as Raimundo and Hannibal Roy Bean (and many other characters), Jeff Bennett as Clay and Master Monk Guan, Tara Strong as Omi, Grey DeLisle as Kimiko, Wayne Knight as Dojo, Danny Cooksey as Jack Spicer, René Auberjonois (and later Maurice LaMarche) as Master Fung and Tubbimura, Jason Marsden as Chase Young, Jennifer Hale as Katnappe, Kevin Michael Richardson as Pandabubba, and even Susan Silo as Wuya.
- Samurai Jack really loves using super-prevalent voice actors. The titular protagonist is voiced by Phil LaMarr, the main antagonist by Mako Iwamatsu, and numerous additional voices are provided by Kevin Michael Richardson, John DiMaggio, Tom Kenny, Jeff Bennett, Jennifer Hale, Grey DeLisle, Tara Strong, etc.
- A good chuck of the talent in Green Lantern: The Animated Series includes Josh Keaton, Kevin Michael Richardson, Grey DeLisle, Jennifer Hale, Tom Kenny, Brian George, Corey Burton, Jeff Bennett, Rob Paulsen, Clancy Brown, Dee Bradley Baker, Diedrich Bader, Ian Abercrombie, John DiMaggio, Jonathan Adams, Kurtwood Smith, Ron Perlman, Tara Strong, and Will Friedle.
- Most of the historical figures in Liberty's Kids were played by well known actors. The most notable example is Walter Cronkite as Benjamin Franklin. Other stars on the show included Billy Crystal, Ben Stiller, Annette Bening, Sylvester Stallone, Michael York, Dustin Hoffman, Aaron Carter, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Whoopi Goldberg.
- Rabbit Ears Productions had created many stories for VHS that were narrated by well-known Hollywood actors and actresses which included Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Robin Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Winters, Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Jeremy Irons, Meg Ryan, Jack Nicholson, Sigourney Weaver, and John Hurt.
- A large portion of the characters on Bojack Horseman are voiced by well-known actors from live-action series, to the point that professional voice actors from animated shows are seldom used. The main cast includes Will Arnett, Alison Brie, Aaron Paul, and Amy Sedaris; with recurring characters played by Stephen Colbert, Angela Bassett, Patton Oswalt, Lisa Kudrow, Kristin Chenoweth, and more. Being that the show is about Hollywoo(d), there's also numerous cameos from celebrities who are Adam Westing, such as Margo Martindale, Daniel Radcliffe, Naomi Watts, and Jessica Biel.
- The HBO cartoon Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child had celebrity voice actors for nearly every episode including Whoopi Goldberg, Cheech Marin, James Earl Jones, Will Smith, Chris Rock, Carlos Mencia, Will Ferrell, Eartha Kitt, Dave Chappelle, and Lou Diamond Phillips.
- The Spectacular Spider-Man had a rather impressive cast consisting of Josh Keaton (Spider-Man), Lacey Chabert (Gwen Stacy), James Arnold Taylor (Harry Osborn), Steve Blum (The Green Goblin and The Chameleon), Clancy Brown (Captain Stacy and The Rhino), Keith David (Tombstone), Daran Norris (J. Jonah Jameson and Col. Jupiter), Phil LaMarr (Randy and Robbie Robertson and Fancy Dan/Ricochet), Kath Soucie (Martha Connors and Aunt Anna), Dee Bradley Baker (Curt Connors/ The Lizard), Tricia Helfer (Black Cat), Ed Asner (Uncle Ben), Grey Delisle (Sally Avril and Betty Brant), Cree Summer (Glory Grant), Kelly Hu (Sha Shan Nguyen), John DiMaggio (Hammerhead and Sandman), Robert Englund (The Vulture), Courtney B. Vance (Rodereick Kingsley), Miguel Ferrer (Silvermane), James Remar (Walter Hardy), Danny Trejo (the second voice for Ox), Thomas F. Wilson (Stan Carter), and Irene Bedard (Jean DeWolff).
- The [adult swim] production Freaknik: The Musical features an all-star cast of rappers and comedians: T-Pain, Lil Wayne, Cee Lo Green, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg, Lil' Jon, Big Boi, Bill Hader, Andy Samberg, Charlie Murphy, Kel Mitchell, Kelis and more little-known talents like DJ Drama, DJ Pooh, Sophia Fresh, Affion Crockett, Mack Maine, and Young Cash.
- Almost every cast member from Sonic the Hedgehog (SatAM) had already built up a prolific career in acting and voice work. These include Jaleel White, Kath Soucie, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Christine Cavanaugh, Charlie Adler, Cree Summer and Frank Welker. DiC hired Bradley Pierce, fresh off his role from Chip in Beauty and the Beast, to voice Tails and even got Tim Curry to voice King Acorn.
- In addition to showrunner Olan Rogers and producer/voice actor Conan O'Brien, Final Space has many familiar names such as Tom Kenny, David Tennant, Gina Torres, Steven Yeun, Fred Armisen, Caleb McLaughlin, Ron Perlman, and John DiMaggio.
- The Great North has Nick Offerman, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Dulcé Sloan, Paul Rust, Aparna Nancherla, Megan Mullally, and Alanis Morissette in its main cast.
- The cast of The Legend of Vox Machina is a healthy mix of voiceover greats and Hollywood big names, on top of the creators/actors for the titular adventuring party returning to their role. The talent includes Indira Varma, Stephanie Beatriz, David Tennant, Tony Hale, Dominic Monaghan, Rory McCann, Grey DeLisle and that's just a few examples from the first season alone.
- Invincible has a stacked cast led by Academy Award nominee Steven Yeun, thirteen time Emmy nominee Sandra Oh, and Academy Award winner J. K. Simmons. The recurring cast includes Zazie Beetz, Clancy Brown, Chris Diamantopoulos, Walton Goggins, Mark Hamill, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Zachary Quinto, and Andrew Rannells, while guest stars include Mahershala Ali, Nicole Byer, Michael Donovan, Michael Dorn, Jonathan Groff, Jon Hamm, Djimon Hounsou, Ezra Miller, Seth Rogen, Reginald VelJohnson, Mae Whitman, and countless cast members from The Walking Dead. Even when the series does go with professional voice actors rather than celebrities, they're usually pretty recognizable names in the voice acting community, such as Grey Griffin, Kevin Michael Richardson, Justin Roiland, and Fred Tatasciore.
- The English dub of Miraculous Ladybug features a lot of voices who are well known in the anime dubbing talent pool with the main duo being voiced by Cristina Valenzuela and Bryce Papenbrook, as well as Keith Silverstein, Mela Lee, Max Mittelman, Carrie Keranen, Ben Diskin and Zeno Robinson rounding out the main cast. The supporting cast is not so different either featuring voices like Philece Sampler, Kira Buckland, Grant George, Cassandra Lee Morris, Reba Buhr, Michael Sinterniklaas, Kyle McCarley, Faye Mata, Erika Harlacher, Lex Lang, Todd Haberkorn, Stephanie Sheh, Cherami Leigh, Melissa Fahn, Kaiji Tang, Alejandro Saab, Morgan Berry amongst many others. Even a few voice actors outside the anime dubbing industry like Fred Tatasciore and Nika Futterman also made appearances.
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