Why Dr. Kureha From Netflix's One Piece Season 2 Looks So...

What’s Happening

Listen up: Netflix’s One Piece season 2 introduces Dr.

Kureha, mentor and adoptive mother to Tony Tony Chopper. Here’s why the actress who plays her might look familiar. (shocking, we know)

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The Details

Kureha From Netflix’s One Piece Season 2 Looks So Familiar By Devin Meenan 8:45 pm EST Casey Crafford/Netflix Season 2 of Netflix’s “One Piece” TV series has brought in the Straw Hat Pirates’ doctor, the anthropomorphic reindeer Tony Tony Chopper ( voiced , a frequent Marvel/DC star ). Debuting alongside Chopper is his adopted mother, the supercentenarian “witch” of Drum Island: Dr.

Some famous actors have played Dr. In the “One Piece” anime series she was voiced , the voice of Goku from “Dragon Ball.

Why This Matters

” In the infamous and heavily censored English dub of “One Piece” by 4Kids Entertainment , Kureha was voiced Maddie Blaustein, most famous as the English voice of Meowth on “Pokémon. ” Noted “One Piece” fan Jamie Lee Curtis had before expressed interest in playing Kureha in the Netflix series ( via The Hollywood Reporter ). While that casting ultimately didn’t happen, the show cast someone just as wild: Katey Sagal, a casting that’s attracted praise from even Curtis herself .

The entertainment world moves fast, and this is a prime example.

The Bottom Line

Lazy and materialistic, Peg was a caricature of the “nagging wife” stereotype. Sagal’s sitcom experience doesn’t end there.

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