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Despicable Me's Minions Make Cameos in Inazuma Eleven
posted on by Sarah Nelkin
The "minions" from the American computer-animated film Despicable Me are making cameo appearances during the soccer videogame-based anime move from Wednesdays at 7:26 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. March 2 is also the same day that Despicable Me will ship on Blu-ray Disc and DVD in Japan.
The four "eyecatch" bumpers with the Despicable Me cameos tell a standalone short story. Over the four weeks leading up to the timeslot change, the minions are pitching in to help the Inazuma Eleven team move. Besides the minions, the Despicable Me characters Vector (voiced in Japanese by Kouichi Yamadera) also appear.
This is actually the second collaboration between Despicable Me and Inazuma Eleven. Last October, a trailer for the aired in Japan.
There is a separate television commercial promoting the timeslot change where the Inazuma Eleven characters forces with the character from the new anime take over Inazuma Eleven's old timeslot.
Source: animeanime.jp
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