Midori Kato, voice actress of Sazae in the anime of Machiko Hasegawa’s Sazae-san manga, received the Guinness World Record for “the longest career as a voice actor for the same character in an animated television series” on Sunday.
In addition, the Guinness World Records committee extended the world record for the “longest-running animated television series” for the Sazae-san anime.
In 2013, the show was awarded the Guinness World Record for longest-running animated television series.
The anime is usually the highest ranked animated series in Japan each week.