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unusual facts about Japanese anime



Italian cruiser Pola

The Pola appeared in the alternated history Japanese anime Strike Witches 2 episode "Higher than the Sky" with sistership, Zara.

Liane Alexandra Curtis

Liane's father, Jack Curtis, was a voice actor, creating such voices as Pops Racer and Inspector Detector for the Japanese anime series Speed Racer in 1967 as well as a director and producer of The Flesh Eaters in 1964.


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4-Day Weekend

The music video is in an anime style, the production of which was supervised by Japanese anime director Kōji Morimoto.

Aetheric Mechanics

Vogel was sent back through time, along with his personal handheld computer – containing, among other things, the stories of Sherlock Holmes and Sexton Blake, The Prisoner of Zenda, and a number of old movies and Japanese anime.

Amiel Gladstone

Gladstone has also worked as a voice director for the English adaptation of several Japanese anime TV series, including Cardcaptor Sakura and Mobile Suit Gundam.

Awilda

In One Piece, a Japanese anime and manga, a female pirate captain is named Alvida, in reference to Awilda.

Beyond the Clouds

The Place Promised in Our Early Days or Beyond the Clouds, a 2004 90-minute Japanese anime film directed by Makoto Shinkai

Cordelia Gray

Cordelia Glauca from the Japanese anime Tantei Opera Milky Holmes is a descendant of Cordelia Gray, and Gray's ghost also appears in the ninth episode of the first season.

Darna, Kuno?

Based on the story, Darna was impregnated by the Japanese anime robots Voltes V and Mazinger Z.

Dub localization

Robotech (from Harmony Gold, English dub of several Japanese anime merged into one)

Freenote

The band first gained nationwide exposure when their first single, Kirai Tune (キライチューン), was used as the ending theme for the popular Japanese anime series Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo.

Game One

The channel has shown several Japanese anime on a regular basis, such as Fairy Tail, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball Z Kai and Eyeshield 21.

Iwatayama Monkey Park

The park is featured in an episode of the Japanese animated series K-On!.

Jugemu

"Jugemu-jugemu gokōnosurikire sammy-davis broilerchicken" is the chant Sasami uses to turn into Pretty Sammy in the Japanese anime Magical Girl Pretty Sammy.

Kawasaki Kz1000

The bike was also used in various other TV shows and feature films such as Great Teacher Onizuka (a Japanese anime series) and Chain Reaction (Keanu Reeves' character's bike).

Kuchiki

Rukia Kuchiki, major character featured in the Japanese anime Bleach

Little Voice

Little Voice (singer), performer of the closing theme for the Japanese anime series Gear Fighter Dendoh

My Melody

Onegai My Melody, a 2005 Japanese anime series based on the Sanrio character

Nanika

Nanika is heavily influenced by Japanese anime, such as Kanon and Ghost in the Shell.

Nathan Parsons

As a child actor he did voice-over work dubbing Japanese anime for ADV Films, including the lead role of Jean Roque-Raltique in Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water and parts in "Soul Hunter", Devil Lady and Jing: King of Bandits.

Prasad Barve

He’s also done Hindi voiceover roles for famous cartoons and Japanese anime like in Scooby Doo, Stitch, Pokémon and Perman.

Rainbow Bridge

Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji, a 1963 Japanese anime film that was also released under the name Rainbow Bridge

Samantha Newark

In 1986 Samantha performed the theme song "In Your Eyes" for the Japanese anime feature film Project A-Ko written by Joey Carbone and Richie Zito.

Sena Kobayakawa

In the 2003 anime OVA which preceded the anime series, he is voiced by Romi Park; however, she was replaced by Miyu Irino in the 2005 Japanese anime television series.

Sissyfight 2000

The graphics are also simple, and were inspired by the work of "outsider artist" Henry Darger, illustrator Edward Gorey, Japanese anime, and early, 8-bit video games of the 1980s.

Subaru 360

It was one of the smallest cars to attract a significant following from the 1960s to early 1970s, though it was never significant in North America, and also appears in Japanese anime series such as Pokémon and GetBackers, as well as racing video games such as Gran Turismo and Auto Modellista.

Three Laws of Robotics

The 2010 Japanese anime film, Time of Eve, directed by Yasuhiro Yoshiura, deals with the question of the position of androids in a near-future world and there are explicit references throughout the film to the Three Laws of Robotics.

Tohru Honda

According to her, Akitaro Daichi, the director of the Japanese anime series, was particularly concerned that Tohru's "sweetness and formal nature didn't get lost in translation"; Bailey acknowledged that English does not have the same kind of speech formality as Japanese, but claimed Tohru's "humble nature can still be communicated through inflections and tone."

Wolf Brigade

Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade, a Japanese anime centred around an eponymous para-military unit of the Japanese police in an alternative timeline.

Yam yam

Yam Yam y el Genio, the Spanish language title of a Japanese anime series