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Originally Posted by relentlessflame
In this case, he was someone they were hiring as a PR guy, so he was taking part in a PR campaign. The issue is that he didn't know the nature of the PR campaign, and he actually is a bonafide voice actor. So the "punked" aspect failed because the believability is too high. If they just took some random guy off the street who really, really wanted to be in showbusiness, pulled this stunt on them, and then turned around and offered them a long-term job in their PR team... I don't know if there'd be the same hurt feelings.
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The difference here though is that they more likely chose this VA for the specific reason that he hasn't been that successful. They offered him a role on the anime to voice an anime only character and brought him in to record lines and audition, befitting his job title as a VA and one that isn't lucky enough to pick offers.
Then on a public stage they rescinded that role and said in all actuality that his role never existed and that he would work as a PR guy where the social status of the PR work is more akin to manual labour rather than a VA, all the while being laughed at for failing to not be more successful in his chosen profession.