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%%Administrivia/ZeroContextExample* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion'', the casting of Creator/LyndaCarter (famous for playing Series/WonderWoman) as the voices of the female Orcs and Nords certainly qualifies.

* In ''WesternAnimation/BrotherBear'' the goofy [[CanadaEh Canadian]] moose brothers are played by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas - the goofy Canadian brothers from ''Film/StrangeBrew'' and ''Series/{{SCTV}}''.

* For her video for duet with Chris Stapleton "We Don't Even Fight Anymore", Carly Pearce cast Lucy Hale, who Pearce to sing backup for, as the female lead

* ''9: The Last Resort'' has [[{{Music/Aerosmith}} Steven Tyler and Joe Perry]] as a pair of antagonists only known as The Toxic Twins - "the toxic twins" is a long-standing nickname for the two musicians dating back to the 1970s.

* In ''VideoGame/AkanesasuSekaiDeKimiToUtau'', Creator/ShinichiroMiki voices [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Sakamoto Ryōma]]. He has also voiced Sakamoto ''Tatsuma'' from ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''.

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* The English dub of ''Anime/NinetyOneDays'', an anime about gangsters during Prohibition era, was directed by Tyler Walker, the ADR director of the English dub of ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', another anime about gangsters during Prohibition era and even stated to have cast anyone who appeared in the ''Baccano'' dub to have their characters get killed off in ''91 Days''. For example, Creator/JMichaelTatum and Creator/CaitlinGlass, who voiced Isaac and Miria in ''Baccano'', played Avilio's deceased parents in ''91 Days''.
* The English dub of ''Anime/AceAttorney2016'' has Phoenix Wright impersonator Furio Tigre voiced by Creator/SamRiegel, the voice of Phoenix in [[Franchise/AceAttorney the video game series]] this anime is based on.
* ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom'':
** In the anime adaptation, Creator/KanaUeda voices Yuzuki Fuwa, the Class E student with a knack for mystery-solving. She previously voiced Yako Katsuragi, the amateur detective and heroine of the author's [[Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro previous series]].
** RobotGirl Ritsu is played by Creator/SakiFujita, who lent her voice to the most famous Music/{{Vocaloid}}, Miku Hatsune.
** Terasaka is purposely similar in some aspects to ''Manga/{{Doraemon}}'''s Gian, and they ended up sharing the same voice actor, Creator/SubaruKimura.
** Asano Gakushuu shares the [[Creator/MamoruMiyano same voice actor]] as well as the characteristics of being an AcademicAlphaBitch and an AntagonisticOffspring as another famous [[Manga/DeathNote genius]].
** Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, who previously voiced Neuro in ''Manga/MajinTanteiNougamiNeuro'', got [[StuntCasting cast]] in a minor villain role as hitman Gastro.
* Season 2 of ''Manga/{{Beastars}}'' introduces the character of Rokume, a rattlesnake who is also the school’s night guard. She just so happens to be voiced by Creator/{{Kujira}}, who famously voiced [[SnakePerson Orochimaru]] in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
* ''Manga/BloodBlockadeBattlefront'' is often compared to ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'' mainly from its [[BigApplesauce New York setting]]. Interestingly enough, many of the voices in the latter appear in the former with Creator/DaisukeSakaguchi, Creator/YuuKobayashi, Creator/MitsuruMiyamoto, Creator/KeijiFujiwara, etc. Ditto for dub with Creator/PhilParsons, Creator/IanSinclair, Creator/TrinaNishimura, Creator/JMichaelTatum, etc.
* In the English dub of ''Manga/TheCaseStudyOfVanitas'', Chloé and Jean-Jacques are voiced by Creator/BrinaPalencia and Creator/JMichaelTatum which isn't the first time they voiced [[Manga/BlackButler a master and a servant in a 19th century setting]]. On the other hand [[spoiler:this isn't also the first time they voiced [[Literature/SpiceAndWolf a duo where one of them turns into a wolf-like creature.]]]]
* An early episode of ''Manga/CatsEye'' saw the sisters face off against a French thief known as Lupin's Bride, who was voiced by Creator/EikoMasuyama, the longtime voice actress of Fujiko Mine in the ''Franchise/{{Lupin III}}'' franchise.
* Wormmon is voiced in the English dub of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure02TheBeginning'' by Christopher Swindle, who voiced [[Anime/DigimonAdventure2020 another Digidestined's insect Digimon partner]].
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Funimation strikes again with an Creator/AaronDismuke and Creator/MaxeyWhitehead casting gag. Maxey plays Sealand, a young male micronation, and, in a nod to both their roles as Al from ''FMA'' as well as fully utilizing Aaron hitting puberty, he was cast as adult Sealand in the brief ImagineSpot he appears in.
* In ''Literature/{{Haganai}}'', Creator/YukaIguchi voices Maria who is basically [[Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]] with lavender hair and a dark blue habit.
* Creator/SatomiArai once voiced a lesbian UsefulNotes/{{Pettanko}} character who admires an older-looking lightning user, specifically [[Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun Kuroko Shirai]], and then voiced a different lesbian Pettanko character who admires an older-looking lightning user, namely [[Literature/ProblemChildrenAreComingFromAnotherWorldArentThey Shiroyasha]].
* Creator/JunFukuyama, who is known for playing Lelouch in ''Anime/CodeGeass'', was subsequently been cast as Ryner Lute in ''Literature/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'', another character who possesses a MagicalEye.
** [[Toys/{{Jewelpet}} Dian]] has the same power, the same motivation, and even a human form that resembles Lelouch, however, he's more sinister and vengeful (in [[Anime/Jewelpet2009 the first series]]).
** ''Anime/TheGirlWhoLeaptThroughSpace''[='=]s Leopard is a Brain Colony, which consists basically of an AI that has full control over his body, which is basically a ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''[='=]s space colony, and Leopard's personality is basically that of [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]] but in an action-comedy setting here.
* In the English version of ''Anime/CodeGeass'', Creator/JohnnyYongBosch stars as an intelligent and occasionally NecessarilyEvil pragmatist whose ideals clash with Creator/YuriLowenthal, his passionate and idealistic childhood friend. In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', Yuri Lowenthal stars as a passionate idealist whose ideals clash with Johnny Yong Bosch, his intelligent and pragmatic childhood friend. Amusingly, while their roles are the same, the "right" and "wrong" sides are reversed.
* In the ''Kaito Queen'' novel series, the titular PhantomThief is noted to be highly androgynous, with their gender being unknown. As such, the OVA adaptation cast Yuga Yamato, a former Creator/TakarazukaRevue star known for playing male roles, to voice the character.
* In the English dub of ''Anime/CowboyBebop'', Creator/DaranNorris voices both as Andy, a comical character who is Spike's [[TheRival rival]] during one episode, as well as the antagonist Vincent in [[Anime/CowboyBebopKnockinOnHeavensDoor the movie]], who is an EvilCounterpart to Spike. Amusingly, the film is chronologically set immediately after the episode Andy appears in, so Spike had to deal with them one after the other.
* ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}'':
** In the Latin American Spanish dub of ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad'', Rolando de la Fuente provided the voice of both Thomas N. Norstein ({{Foil}} to series protagonist Marcus Daimon) and Agumon (Marcus's partner) . . . just like in ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'', where Uraz Huerta voiced both Yamato "Matt" Ishida ({{Foil}} to series protagonist Tai Kamiya) and Agumon (Tai's partner).
** ''Anime/DigimonAdventure2020'' has Yuuko Sanpei play Tai. Yuuko played Melodytchi in the anime adaptation of the ''Anime/{{Tamagotchi}}'' franchise, which ''Digimon'' was envisioned as a SpearCounterpart for.
* ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' has Midori Norimaki (née Yamabuki) [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed who was not only modeled after]] Creator/MarilynMonroe, she was also voiced by Mariko Mukai who's best known for being the Japanese dub voice for Marilyn Monroe (though Mukai only voiced her in the first anime, her extended cameo in ''Manga/DragonBall'' and the original five movies).
* In ''Anime/DogDays'', both Creator/MinakoKotobuki and Creator/KanaHanazawa, well known for their roles as [[Manga/KOn Mugi]] and [[Literature/{{Oreimo}} Kuroneko]] respectively, voice ActionGirl variants of those characters.
* ''Franchise/DragonBall'':
** One episode of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' has Earth's fighters evacuating the planet after it's set to explode, one scene has Vegeta arguing with a teenage punk at an arcade who bears a resemblance to Kazuma Kuwabara from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'', Creator/ChristopherSabat voices the character using the same voice he had used for Kuwabara.
** ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'': In the English dub, when a copy of Vegeta appears, they don't just have Christopher Sabat voice both of them. Instead, Creator/BrianDrummond, the voice of Vegeta from the original Ocean dub of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', voices Copy-Vegeta. The two characters then proceed to have an argument over which one of them is the real Vegeta.
* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** Creator/AaronDismuke did the voice of Alphonse in the English dub of the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 anime]], but puberty made it impossible for him to reprise the role for ''Brotherhood''--so he did the voice for Al's father, Van Hohenheim, as a young man.
** Creator/LuciChristian, who played the 2003 anime's incarnation of Wrath, provides the voice of the Truth in ''Brotherhood''. Both characters are strikingly similar in that [[spoiler:both meet Edward at the GateOfTruth and end up taking his arm and leg for themselves, keeping them until the end of the storylines they appear in (except Wrath loses both limbs while the Truth keeps Ed's leg)]]. Considering the Truth simply shares the same voice actor as the one it appears before it in the original Japanese language, the fact that they had a single person to portray a character that had something in common with one of her earlier roles in the franchise couldn't be called anything less than a tribute.
%%* ''Anime/GaReiZero'': Creator/{{Funimation}} cast many of their ''most popular'' voice actors to play the five Agency squad members in Episode 01 only. [[spoiler:Why Episode 01 only? [[DecoyProtagonist . . . because they all get killed off!]]]]
* Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn, who voiced Major Motoko Kusanagi in the English dub of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' voices Kurtusu in ''Anime/GhostInTheShellArise''.
* In ''Literature/GuinSaga'', Kenyu Horiuchi plays Guin, an amnesiac hero with an animal head in a world with magic on a quest to restore his appearance and memory. In ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}'', he plays En, the leader of magic users who fight an amnesiac hero with an animal head in a world with magic on a quest to restore his appearance and memory.
* ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters'' engages in a lot of this by having several characters played by ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' veterans. However, the biggest example has to be Mr. Ral, who not only looks identical to and acts a lot like AntiVillain Ramba Ral from [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam the original series]], but is played by the same actor, Creator/MasashiHirose. Since the ''Gundam'' anime exists in the ''Build Fighters'', this also creates an odd example of CelebrityParadox.
* ''Manga/HunterXHunter'': The English dub of the 2011 anime has a few.
** Creator/CindyRobinson was cast as the Chimera Ant Queen. She had previously played Queen Beryl in ''Anime/SailorMoon'' and ''Anime/SailorMoonCrystal''. They pretty much have the exact same voice, too.
** Creator/MaxMittelman is the Chimera Ant King, aka Meruem, who's basically the most powerful creature to have ever existed in the [=HxH=] world. This is important, you see, because this means the king could kill everybody else with [[Webcomic/OnePunchMan one punch]].
** Creator/ToddHaberkorn and Creator/EricaMendez have both voiced characters named [[Anime/{{Free}} Haru]][[Franchise/SailorMoon ka]]. In this series, since they're enemies (Todd as ArcVillain Genthru and Erica as TheHero Gon), this means they fight each other. It's pretty amusing to see Haru fighting Sailor Uranus. (May even count doubly since Todd is also in ''SM'', but none of his characters interact with either of Erica's).
* In ''Anime/Jewelpet2009'', Creator/MamoruMiyano voiced the DeadpanSnarker secretary agent Keigo Tatewaki. His ComicallySerious demeanor brings back [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna F. Seiei]]'s portrayal in the CD dramas.
** Creator/MiyukiSawashiro as well. Her portrayal of Opal in ''Kira Deco'' oozes ''VideoGame/{{Catherine}}''. Even better, she's the voice of Twilight Sparkle (who'll become an alicorn) in the Japanese dub of ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic''.
* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'': [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]], [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Josuke]], and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Giorno]]'s voice actors in the anime all share the same surname: Ono (Creator/DaisukeOno for Jotaro, Creator/YukiOno for Josuke, and Creator/KenshoOno for Giorno).
* In ''Manga/KomiCantCommunicate'', Shuuko Komi introduces herself as "an eternal 17-year-old", riffing off the famous catchphrase of Creator/KikukoInoue. When the anime adaptation came along, guess who got cast as Shuuko?
* In ''Manga/LuckyStar'', Konata works in a CosplayCafe and dresses as Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya, both characters having been voiced by Creator/AyaHirano, as well as Creator/WendeeLee in the English dubs (though ''Lucky Star'' as a whole is full of [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] and other things like these).
* ''Manga/LupinIII'':
** Daisuke Jigen, modeled by creator Monkey Punch after the great Creator/JamesCoburn of ''[[Film/TheMagnificentSeven1960 The Magnificent Seven]]'' fame, has been voiced in almost every anime production until 2021 by Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi, Coburn's designated seiyuu.
** The English dub of ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPart6 Part 6]]'' has the redheaded waitress from episode 4 [[spoiler:(actually Fujiko in disguise, with the real waitress BoundAndGagged in the back of the diner)]] voiced by Creator/DorothyEliasFahn, who previously voiced Fujiko Mine in the Creator/MangaEntertainment dub of ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.
** The prequel ''Anime/LupinZero'' sees Lupin's father voiced by Creator/ToshioFurukawa, who infamously [[TheOtherDarrin Other Darrin'd]] Creator/YasuoYamada as Lupin in ''Anime/TheFumaConspiracy''. His grandfather, meanwhile, is voiced by Creator/YoshitoYasuhara, who nearly succeeded Yamada as Lupin's primary seiyuu before losing the role to Creator/KanichiKurita.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'':
** Creator/MutsumiTamura previously played Dejima in ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'', a maid who was in love with her mistress. She ends up playing Kobayashi, a woman whose maid is in love with ''her''.
** Creator/YukoGoto is known for playing [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]], who was often forcibly dressed up as a maid. Her role as Georgie loves to dress up as and pretend to be a maid.
* In ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam00'', Graham Akre/Mr. Bushido is played by Creator/YuichiNakamura, the voice actor. In the 2020 run of the ''00'' stage play, Bushido is played by...Yuichi Nakamura, the live-action actor best known for his roles in the ''Franchise/KamenRider'' franchise.
* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': Hiroshi Tameda, the "can't you see" kid, looks a lot like [[Manga/FairyTail Natsu Dragneel]] in the anime. Funimation evidently noticed this and cast Creator/ToddHaberkorn as his voice in the dub.
* The English dub of ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom'' gives us Creator/JeannieTirado who voices Catarina Claes and also voiced Android 21 from ''VideoGame/DragonBallFighterz''. The two characters are very endearing and dorky girls with [[SweetTooth addictions to sweets]] in initial villainous roles. The main difference between the two is that Android 21's sweet addiction is played up as HorrorHunger.
%%* In some sort of weird twist on TheDanza, both ending themes for ''Anime/NagiAsuALullInTheSea'' are performed by Nagi Yanagi.
* In ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', the voice actors of the six dead Jinchuurikis also play their six Bijuus. But they mix up the roles, so none of those Jinchuurikis share his/her voice with his/her own Bijuu. For example, Yondaime Mizukage Yagura's voice actor Creator/MiyuIrino plays him and the Rokubi [[spoiler:Saiken]], Utakata's Bijuu.
* In ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'':
** A relatively early example of this was the casting of Creator/KotonoMitsuishi as Misato. Creator/HideakiAnno stated that Misato was basically [[Anime/SailorMoon Usagi Tsukino]] (Mitsuishi's most famous role) if she'd grown up to be a very unhappy adult.
** Another came when they cast Kyoko Zeppelin (Asuka's mother). Asuka is often seen as a SpiritualSuccessor to Jung Freud from Gunbuster, so they got Creator/MariaKawamura to play Asuka's mother.
* In ''Manga/OnePiece'':
** The Japanese voice actors for the Straw Hat pirates ''also'' provide the voices for a group of impostors trying to gain infamy by posing as the Straw Hats. They also mix up who is who, such as Sanji's voice actor playing the fake Luffy or Chopper's as the fake Nami.
** The Funimation dub maintains that gag with the English voice actors but goes a step further. The voices for Fake Sanji (Creator/ChristopherSabat) and Fake Robin (Creator/LuciChristian) mimic the voices of the characters from the earlier 4Kids dub (David Moo and Creator/VeronicaTaylor).
** When Nami's regular voice actress Creator/AkemiOkamura was out on maternity leave, she was [[TheOtherDarrin temporarily replaced]] by Creator/WakanaYamazaki, who had already been cast in the series as Nami's sister Nojiko.
* In the dub of ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'', Creator/ChristopherSabat voices Vaccine Man, a villain who bears a strong resemblance to [[Franchise/DragonBall Piccolo]].
* Atsuko Ishizuka, the director of the anime adaptation of ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'', has previous experience on ''Literature/ThePetGirlOfSakurasou''. Perhaps it's no coincidence that Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka and Creator/AiKayano, who voiced the lead pair of lovers in ''Sakurasou'', would be once again cast to play, in ''No Game No Life'', a pair of gamer-siblings. The gag went further due to the names of the characters involved: Sorata and Mashiro[[note]]"Sky-the-eldest" and "Pure-white"[[/note]] in ''Sakurasou'', and Sora and Shiro[[note]]"Sky" and "White"[[/note]] in ''No Game No Life''.
** In addition to that, when ''Sakurasou'' got an English dub 8 years after its first release, Creator/CaitlynnFrench (Shiro's English voice) also manages to be the voice of Mashiro.
* ''Literature/ReignOfTheSevenSpellblades'': Creator/SatoshiHino provides the voice of Alvin "Purgatory" Godfrey, who is famed for his abilities with fire powers. Godfrey's NomDeGuerre is "Rengoku" in Japanese. Only a couple years earlier, Hino voiced Kyōjurō Rengoku in the anime of ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', who likewise has [[KillItWithFire fire-related elemental powers]].
* In ''Literature/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Ren Amaki, the Sword Hero, is a CorruptedCharacterCopy of Kirito from ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', being a teenager who enjoys playing VRMMO videogames, has a preference for swords and dresses up in black clothing. Both characters are voiced by Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka in their respective anime adaptations.
* When ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' was first adapted into a RadioDrama, Kaoru, the tomboyish, blue-haired female lead was played by Creator/TomoSakurai, but the anime recast her with Miki Fujitani. Flash forward to the Kyoto arc, when Kaoru is initially left behind in Tokyo and Kenshin meets up with a tomboyish, blue-haired teenage girl named Misao who the author explicitly pointed out was filling Kaoru's narrative purpose in the meantime... who happened to be voiced by Tomo Sakurai.
* In ''Anime/SailorMoonCosmos'', Keiko Kitagawa, whose StarMakingRole was Sailor Mars in the live-action ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', voices [[spoiler:Sailor Cosmos]].
* ''Manga/SeitokaiYakuindomo'' has Furuya, who enjoys old-world snacks, uses '80s slang, and does her calculations on an abacus . . . even her fanservice is old-school. She's played by Creator/FumiHirano, best known as the voice of Lum in the '80s series ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''.
* In ''Manga/SpyXFamily'', Loid and Yor Forger are voiced by Creator/TakuyaEguchi and Creator/SaoriHayami. AKA [[Literature/MyYouthRomanticComedyIsWrongAsIExpected Hachiman and Yukino]]. And to make things more complicated, Fiona Frost (who has a crush on Loid) is voiced by Creator/AyaneSakura who also voices Iroha in ''[=OreGairu=]''.
* Stephanie Griffin voiced Himeko Se in Creator/AnimEigo's dub of the ''Manga/VampirePrincessMiyu'' OVA and went on to voice Yukari in Creator/{{Tokyopop}}'s dub of the TV series years later.
* The 2022 remake of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' brought back Creator/FumiHirano and Creator/ToshioFurukawa, the original voices of Lum and Ataru, respectively, as Lum's mother and Ataru's father.
* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'': the new Funimation dub has decided to cast Creator/VicMignogna as Folken, who is the older brother of Van. Van is voiced by Creator/AaronDismuke, who has some experience being the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 younger brother to Vic's character]]. In addition, Creator/CaitlinGlass plays the love interest to Aaron's character instead of Vic's.
* In ''Anime/YattermanNight'', Creator/EriKitamura voices a descendant of the [[Anime/{{Yatterman}} original anime's]] villain, Doronjo. She seems to have switched sides, as just six years earlier, she voiced none other than Doronjo's enemy Yatterman-1 in ''VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom''. It gets deeper than that: Leopard's mother Dorothy is played by Creator/ShizukaIto, Ai-chan's voice actor from the 2008 series.
* Creator/TakehitoKoyasu voiced Takuma Saiou from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'', who uses a UsefulNotes/TarotCards-based deck filled with the Major Arcana. His particularly favorite card is The World and he enjoys saying and using it ''a lot''. Koyasu would later be the voice of Dio Brando from ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', whose minions have Stands related to the Major Arcana and has the power of The World who also enjoys shouting its name and using its power multiple times.
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* In both the Japanese and English versions of ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', Sage, a ReiAyanamiExpy, is voiced by [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami's]] [[Creator/MegumiHayashibara voice actress]].

* ''[[VideoGame/FistOfTheNorthStar2018 Hokuto ga Gotoku]]'' features the voice cast of the ''VideoGame/{{Yakuza}}'' series as characters from ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'', with each actor's characters sharing qualities with each other. To name a few examples:

* The English dub of ''Anime/NinetyOneDays'' was directed by Tyler Walker, the ADR director of the English dub of ''Literature/{{Baccano}}'', another show about gangsters during Prohibition era and even stated to have cast anyone who appeared in the ''Baccano'' dub to have their characters get killed off in ''91 Days''. For example, Creator/JMichaelTatum and Creator/CaitlinGlass, who voiced Isaac and Miria in ''Baccano'', played Avilio's deceased parents in ''91 Days''.

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Funimation strikes again with an Creator/AaronDismuke and Creator/MaxeyWhitehead casting gag. Maxey plays Sealand, a young male micronation, and, in a nod to both their roles as Al from ''FMA'' as well as fully utilizing Aaron hitting puberty, he was cast as adult Sealand in the brief ImagineSpot he appears in. Since Sealand's British and accents are used in the dub, could also double as a reference to the ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' bloopers where Aaron briefly gave his character a British accent.

** In addition to that, when ''Sakurasou'' got an English dub, they also managed to have Creator/CaitlynnFrench (Shiro's English voice) to play Mashiro.

* In The Quandary Phase of ''Radio/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy'', original [=H2G2=] producer Geoffrey Perkins plays Arthur's boss at BBC local radio; a character with the same relationship to Creator/DouglasAdams' AuthorAvatar as Perkins had to Douglas himself.

** Shimerman also voiced one of the villains from the ''VideoGame/RatchetAndClank'' series - the main rival of a character named 'Qwark'.

* ''VideoGame/SpiderManShatteredDimensions'' did this with the Spider-Men, with them being voiced by past Spidey voice actors: Creator/NeilPatrickHarris (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheNewAnimatedSeries'') as [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Amazing Spider-Man]] (albeit only on the consoles), Creator/ChristopherDanielBarnes (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'') as ComicBook/SpiderManNoir, Dan Gilvezan (''WesternAnimation/SpiderManAndHisAmazingFriends'') as ComicBook/SpiderMan2099, and Creator/JoshKeaton (''WesternAnimation/TheSpectacularSpiderMan'') as Comicbook/UltimateSpiderMan (and Amazing Spider-Man on the DS). Its sequel ''[[VideoGame/SpiderManEdgeOfTime Edge of Time]]'' also did this with two of the aforementioned and an interesting variation of TheOtherDarrin with Keaton and Barnes replacing Harris and Gilvezan in the respective roles of Amazing Spider-Man and Spider-Man 2099.
* The US dub of ''VideoGame/ApeEscape 2'' features Creator/VeronicaTaylor and Creator/RachaelLillis, best known as the voices of [[Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries Ash and Misty]] respectively. They play the lead roles of Jimmy and Natalie, who are ''very'' similar to Ash and Misty. Jimmy is accompanied by a Pikachu-like RidiculouslyCuteCritter monkey named Pipotchi, and Natalie looks very similar to Misty, both of them being redhead [[{{Tomboy}} tomboys]] with pigtails. Plus they're in a game where you GottaCatchEmAll.

* ''Franchise/MortalKombat'''s Johnny Cage was originally modeled after action star Creator/JeanClaudeVanDamme (specifically as he appeared in ''Film/{{Bloodsport}}''), and the series itself actually began life as an attempt at [[DivorcedInstallment doing a licensed game starring Van Damme himself]]. Decades later, Van Damme would provide his voice and likeness as an alternate DLC skin for Cage in ''Videogame/MortalKombat1'', bringing things full circle.

* In both the Japanese and English versions of ''VideoGame/SonicFrontiers'', Sage, a ReiAyanamiExpy, is voiced by [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami's]] voice actress.

* In ''Anime/SailorMoonCosmos'', Creator/KeikoKitagawa, whose StarMakingRole was Sailor Mars in the live-action ''Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon'', voices [[spoiler:Sailor Cosmos]].

* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': Funimation strikes again with an Aaron Dismuke/Maxey Whitehead casting gag. Maxey plays Sealand, a young male micronation, and, in a nod to both their roles as Al from ''FMA'' as well as fully utilizing Aaron hitting puberty, he was cast as adult!Sealand in the brief ImagineSpot he appears in. Since Sealand's British and accents are used in the dub, could also double as a reference to the ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' bloopers where Aaron briefly gave his character a British accent.

** In addition to that, when ''Sakurasou'' got an English dub, they also managed to have [[Creator/CaitlynnFrench Shiro's English voice]] to play Mashiro.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'': In the German dub, Paradox is voiced by Stefan Gossler, who also voiced Para in ''Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters'' and Para ''and'' Dox in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh5DsBondsBeyondTime'': In the German dub, Paradox is voiced by Stefan Gossler, who also voiced Para in ''Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters'' and Para ''and'' Dox in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.

* ''Anime/YuGiOh5DdsBondsBeyondTime'': In the German dub, Paradox is voiced by Stefan Gossler, who also voiced Para in ''Anime/YuGiOh Duel Monsters'' and Para ''and'' Dox in ''Anime/YuGiOhGX''.

** Unlike Creator/VanessaMarshall and Creator/JoshKeaton, who are reprising the respective roles of Wonder Woman and Aquaman, their ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueCrisisOnTwoEarths'' co-star Creator/NolanNorth voices Green Lantern's Atomic counterpart[[note]]Norman Hal Jordan is voiced by his Franchise/{{DCAU}} and ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongsUs'' voice actor, Creator/AdamBaldwin[[/note]].

* The US dub of ''VideoGame/ApeEscape 2'' features Creator/VeronicaTaylor and Creator/RachaelLillis, best known as the voices of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Ash and Misty]] respectively. They play the lead roles of Jimmy and Natalie, who are ''very'' similar to Ash and Misty. Jimmy is accompanied by a Pikachu-like RidiculouslyCuteCritter monkey named Pipotchi, and Natalie looks very similar to Misty, both of them being redhead [[{{Tomboy}} tomboys]] with pigtails. Plus they're in a game where you GottaCatchEmAll.

* The English dub of ''Anime/AceAttorney'' has Phoenix Wright impersonator Furio Tigre voiced by Creator/SamRiegel, the voice of Phoenix in [[Franchise/AceAttorney the video game series]] this anime is based on.

* Creator/JunFukuyama, who is known for playing Lelouch in ''Anime/CodeGeass'', was subsequently been cast as Ryner Lute in ''Anime/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'', another character who possesses a MagicalEye.

* In ''Anime/DogDays'', both Creator/MinakoKotobuki and Creator/KanaHanazawa, well known for their roles as [[Manga/KOn Mugi]] and [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} Kuroneko]] respectively, voice ActionGirl variants of those characters.

* Male protagonist Joshua Radcliff of ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsDestiny'' is voiced by Creator/YuuichiNakamura in the ''[[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsOriginalGeneration Second Super Robot Wars Original Generation]]''. This means players will see a robot-piloting [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Tomoya Okazaki]] (since both Tomoya and Joshua have blue hair and near-similar hairstyle), surrounded by [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Gundam]] [[{{Expy}} lookalikes]] (Nakamura's role in Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 is Graham Aker who memetically [[BeamMeUpScotty shouts]] "I LOVE YOU, GUNDAM!!"), fighting creatures empowered by despair (making him an anti-[[VideoGame/BlazBlue Hazama]]), alongside [[LightNovel/{{Oreimo}} an orange-haired younger sister that can't be this cute]]. For bonus gag, said sister is to be voiced by [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Tomoyo Sakagami's]] [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima seiyuu]].