Anime Sasaki and Peeps is out for its fourth episode, but you might want to go back to the first one-hour special and watch it again more attentively, because we’ve all been fooled!
Admittedly, not all of us watch all the way through the credits of any series or movie we watch, or if we do, we really don’t pay much attention to it. That’s when Sasaki and Peeps sneak in a weird joke, where they actually hired 10 voice actors with the same last name as main character Sasaki, to take on supporting roles in the first episode.
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“Sasaki” actors of the first episode are:
As an interesting added bonus, the anime also features retired professional wrestlers Kensuke Sasaki and Hisako Sasaki (also known as Akira Hokuto) voicing two different restaurant owners in the first episode.
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In a similar move, the English dub adds the voices of Chris Sanders, Chris Ryan, Chris Sykes, Chris Long, Chris Wehkamp, Chris Rutledge, Christian Thorsen, Chris Guerrero, Kristen Lazarchick, Kristin Payne, Kristin Sutton and Krystal LaPorte. Although the name is not Sasaki, the dub goes further by adding an actor with the name “Chris/Kris”.
The anime premiered on January 5 on AT-X, followed by Tokyo MX, Sun TV, BS NTV and KBS Kyoto. Crunchyroll is streaming the series in North America, Central America, South America, Europe, Africa, Oceania, Middle East, and CIS.
The anime will have 12 episodes. So from now on, pay attention because it could subtly pull another big joke, anywhere in the remaining eight episodes.
Source: Press release
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