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One Piece Anime Casts Tohru Furuya in Pivotal Role
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Spoiler character to make voiced debut in this Sunday's episode
The staff of the One Piece television anime series Weekly Shonen Jump that he had listened to the audition tapes for the role. He commented on the announcement that "Sabo could only be Furuya-san."
The character had made his debut in the two-hour "One Piece "3D2Y" Ace no Shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama to no Chikai" (One Piece '3D2Y' Overcome Ace's Death! The Oath With Luffy's Crewmates) special on August 30, although the role was not voiced. Oda had said that "a must-see surprise for fans is waiting" at the end of the special.
The staff also released a design for the character dressed as Luffy's disguised alter-ego "Lucy."
Naruto's titular character) had voiced the role for the child version of the character.
Source: Oricon