For nearly the entirety of its first episode, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off plays a trick on the audience.
Most people tuning into the new Netflix anime series probably know in advance that it is a spin-off/remake of Edgar Wright's 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World, which bombed at the box office before becoming a cult hit. Similarly, most are likely aware that nearly the entire original cast of the movie—including some, like Chris Evans and Brie Larson, who have achieved stratospheric fame since then—returned to provide voices for the animated series.
