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* Slaine's interrogation of a Martian pilot [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique by pinning him down and shooting him in the leg]] is almost a shot-for-shot recreation of how Kiritsugu Emiya interrogates Byakuya Matou in episode 21 of ''LightNovel/FateZero,'' which was also directed by Ei Aoki.
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* Slaine's interrogation of a Martian pilot [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique by pinning him down and shooting him in the leg]] is almost a shot-for-shot recreation of how Kiritsugu Emiya interrogates Byakuya Matou in episode 21 of ''LightNovel/FateZero,'' ''Literature/FateZero,'' which was also directed by Ei Aoki.
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* That same episode also features a climactic battle that is interrupted by the sudden destruction of a wall, a light source going dark, and the whole scene slowing down right before a sudden cut to black. This is a SignatureStyle of Ei Aoki, as the same technique was demonstrated in the series finale of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' during its FinalBattle.
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* That same episode also features a climactic battle that is interrupted by the sudden destruction of a wall, a light source going dark, and the whole scene slowing down right before a sudden cut to black. This is a SignatureStyle of Ei Aoki, as the same technique was demonstrated in the series finale of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' ''Literature/FateZero'' during its FinalBattle.
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* In Episode 10, the United Earth [[ElaborateUndergroundBase underground headquarters]] is clearly a reference to [[http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Jaburo Jaburo]], the Earth Federations underground headquarters in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Mobile Suit Gundam]].
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* In Episode 10, the United Earth [[ElaborateUndergroundBase underground headquarters]] is clearly a clear reference to [[http://gundam.wikia.com/wiki/Jaburo Jaburo]], the Earth Federations underground headquarters in [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Mobile Suit Gundam]].
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* In episode 12, when Asseylum shuts down the Aldnoah drive, everything in the castle is powering down and the sound we hear is the same one when the ''Millennium Falcon'' breaks down in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
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* In episode Episode 12, when Asseylum shuts down the Aldnoah drive, everything in the castle is powering down and the sound we hear is the same one when the ''Millennium Falcon'' breaks down in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
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* In episode 12, when Asseylum shuts down the Aldnoah drive, everything in the castle is powering down and the sound we hear is the same one when the ''Millennium Falcon'' breaks down in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''.
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* In Episode 15, [[SmartPeoplePlayChess the chess match]] Inaho & Magbaraedge are playing is [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1104948 the 1961 match between Petrosian and Pachman.]]
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* In Episode 15, [[SmartPeoplePlayChess the chess match]] Inaho & Magbaraedge Magbaredge are playing is [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1104948 the 1961 match between Petrosian and Pachman.]]
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* In the series finale, [[spoiler: Inaho visits Slaine in a glass prison and plays chess with him]], just like Magneto and Xavier in the first Film/XMen movie.
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* In the series finale, [[spoiler: Inaho visits Slaine in a glass prison and plays chess with him]], just like Magneto and Xavier in the first Film/XMen ''Film/XMen1'' movie.
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* The way Episode 12 ends, on a dark note with only ambient noise during the music-less credits sequence, is quite similar to the first two episodes of ''Anime/GaReiZero'', another show that Ei Aoki and Katsuhiko Takayama worked on together.
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* The way Episode 12 ends, ends on a dark note with only ambient noise during the music-less credits sequence, is quite similar to the first two episodes episode of ''Anime/GaReiZero'', another show that Ei Aoki and Katsuhiko Takayama worked on together.together. Both episodes feature a [[spoiler: TotalPartyKill, though Aldnoah's is [[NotQuiteDead much less permanent.]]]]
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** Also a likely reference to the various {{Franchise/Gundam}} acronyms.
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* Episode 18 sees Count Selnakis' Kataphrakt eliminate a MacrossMissileMassacre with a single wide area sweep of a laser beam: an iconic defense of some [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Angels, mainly Ramiel]] against TheWorfBarrage.
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* Episode 18 sees Count Selnakis' Kataphrakt eliminate a MacrossMissileMassacre with a single wide area sweep of a laser beam: an iconic defense of some [[NeonGenesisEvangelion [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Angels, mainly Ramiel]] against TheWorfBarrage.
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* The [[DetonationMoon destroyed Moon]] as a result of a teleporting gate gone wrong brings to mind ''Anime/CowboyBebop.''
* The [[https://typea1eph.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/vivid-watashi-aldnoah-zero-01-ff3c94d2-mkv_snapshot_03-57_2014-07-12_00-37-131.jpg Hypergate itself]] looks very similar to [[http://halo.bungie.net/images/games/halo3/screenshots/h3_e32006_structure.jpg the African portal that leads to the Ark]] from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''.
* At one point in Episode 6, Marito [[Creator/StudioShaft performs the Shaft]] [[http://37.media.tumblr.com/eac1a3a220d01fdbfc945838ed90ef97/tumblr_naizco4ROr1sfcmugo1_1280.png head tilt.]]
* In Episode 7, Inaho refers to the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six-armed Hellas Kataphrakt]] as [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath "Asura."]]
* Slaine's interrogation of a Martian pilot [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique by pinning him down and shooting him in the leg]] is almost a shot-for-shot recreation of how Kiritsugu Emiya interrogates Byakuya Matou in episode 21 of ''LightNovel/FateZero,'' which was also directed by Ei Aoki.
* While it's due to the color of his Kataphrakt, one can't help but think of [[Anime/CodeGeass another mecha pilot nicknamed Orange]] whenever Slaine calls Inaho that...
* The story is about [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds Martians invading Earth because of Issues on their planet, and their intense jealousy for the Blue planet.]] Which gets even better about the war the Lieutenant went through years ago against a giant Martian [[TripodTerror Tripod]]! Not to mention that the Versian Sky Carriers closely match the description of the Martian aircraft in the novel.
* In Episode 9, the general look and design of the bedroom that Slaine wakes up in is [[http://tron.popapostle.com/images/episodes/Legacy/cosmic-hotel-room.JPG oddly similar]] to [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Dave Bowman's hotel room.]]
* In Episode 12, Inaho gives the Princess a reality check on the nature of war by stating, "War is merely negotiation by other means." He's paraphrasing Carl von Clausewitz's famous line "War is the continuation of politics by other means" from the book ''On War.''
* That same episode also features a climactic battle that is interrupted by the sudden destruction of a wall, a light source going dark, and the whole scene slowing down right before a sudden cut to black. This is a SignatureStyle of Ei Aoki, as the same technique was demonstrated in the series finale of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' during its FinalBattle.
* The way Episode 12 ends, on a dark note with only ambient noise during the music-less credits sequence, is quite similar to the first two episodes of ''Anime/GaReiZero'', another show that Ei Aoki and Katsuhiko Takayama worked on together.
* Outside of actual space travel, the most prominent means of contacting Mars appears to be what amounts to astral projection. Fans of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars will find this familiar. Also, one of the main characters is]] [[TitleDrop a Princess of Mars]]. And the term in which Martians call their planet, "Vers", is pronounced as "Barsa", which is similar to Burroughs' native name for it, "Barsoom".
* In Episode 13, a grenade launcher is used to create safe spots to make a path through the Frozen Elysium's ice fields. Said launcher is [[UnorthodoxReload reloaded]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay by flipping it over on the move.]]
* In Episode 14, the Martian {{Space Fighter}}s increase their speed by linking together for transit and then separating again for combat just like in ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia.'' The fighters' design also resembles the Starfuries from ''Series/BabylonFive.'' The massive Martian transports also look very similar to Lando Calrissian's [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shieldship Shieldships]] from ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy.''
* In Episode 15, [[SmartPeoplePlayChess the chess match]] Inaho & Magbaraedge are playing is [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1104948 the 1961 match between Petrosian and Pachman.]]
* Count Marylcian's [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/aldnoahzero/images/e/e3/Herschel-1_AZ2-5.png/revision/latest?cb=20150208013502 Herschel]] looks incredibly similar to the [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/xenosaga/images/0/0d/Weltall-id2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120513214741 Weltall-Id]] from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. In terms of actual ability, though, it's closer to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack the Sazabi.]]
* Episode 18 sees Count Selnakis' Kataphrakt eliminate a MacrossMissileMassacre with a single wide area sweep of a laser beam: an iconic defense of some [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Angels, mainly Ramiel]] against TheWorfBarrage.
* From Episode 19, Countess Raffia's Kataphrakt stays cloaked while shooting explosive arrows that allow it to maintain its stealth field. Prophet can do the same thing with the Predator Bow in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 3''.
* In Episode 21, the sheer insanity of all the Martian Kataphrakts they're fighting leaves Calm to wonder [[http://i.imgur.com/hMISPP9.png if they're secretly in]] a [[Creator/ShinichiChiba Sonny Chiba]] movie.
* In the series finale, [[spoiler: Inaho visits Slaine in a glass prison and plays chess with him]], just like Magneto and Xavier in the first Film/XMen movie.
* The [[DetonationMoon destroyed Moon]] as a result of a teleporting gate gone wrong brings to mind ''Anime/CowboyBebop.''
* The [[https://typea1eph.files.wordpress.com/2014/07/vivid-watashi-aldnoah-zero-01-ff3c94d2-mkv_snapshot_03-57_2014-07-12_00-37-131.jpg Hypergate itself]] looks very similar to [[http://halo.bungie.net/images/games/halo3/screenshots/h3_e32006_structure.jpg the African portal that leads to the Ark]] from ''VideoGame/{{Halo 3}}''.
* At one point in Episode 6, Marito [[Creator/StudioShaft performs the Shaft]] [[http://37.media.tumblr.com/eac1a3a220d01fdbfc945838ed90ef97/tumblr_naizco4ROr1sfcmugo1_1280.png head tilt.]]
* In Episode 7, Inaho refers to the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous six-armed Hellas Kataphrakt]] as [[VideoGame/AsurasWrath "Asura."]]
* Slaine's interrogation of a Martian pilot [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique by pinning him down and shooting him in the leg]] is almost a shot-for-shot recreation of how Kiritsugu Emiya interrogates Byakuya Matou in episode 21 of ''LightNovel/FateZero,'' which was also directed by Ei Aoki.
* While it's due to the color of his Kataphrakt, one can't help but think of [[Anime/CodeGeass another mecha pilot nicknamed Orange]] whenever Slaine calls Inaho that...
* The story is about [[Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds Martians invading Earth because of Issues on their planet, and their intense jealousy for the Blue planet.]] Which gets even better about the war the Lieutenant went through years ago against a giant Martian [[TripodTerror Tripod]]! Not to mention that the Versian Sky Carriers closely match the description of the Martian aircraft in the novel.
* In Episode 9, the general look and design of the bedroom that Slaine wakes up in is [[http://tron.popapostle.com/images/episodes/Legacy/cosmic-hotel-room.JPG oddly similar]] to [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey Dave Bowman's hotel room.]]
* In Episode 12, Inaho gives the Princess a reality check on the nature of war by stating, "War is merely negotiation by other means." He's paraphrasing Carl von Clausewitz's famous line "War is the continuation of politics by other means" from the book ''On War.''
* That same episode also features a climactic battle that is interrupted by the sudden destruction of a wall, a light source going dark, and the whole scene slowing down right before a sudden cut to black. This is a SignatureStyle of Ei Aoki, as the same technique was demonstrated in the series finale of ''LightNovel/FateZero'' during its FinalBattle.
* The way Episode 12 ends, on a dark note with only ambient noise during the music-less credits sequence, is quite similar to the first two episodes of ''Anime/GaReiZero'', another show that Ei Aoki and Katsuhiko Takayama worked on together.
* Outside of actual space travel, the most prominent means of contacting Mars appears to be what amounts to astral projection. Fans of Creator/EdgarRiceBurroughs [[Literature/JohnCarterOfMars will find this familiar. Also, one of the main characters is]] [[TitleDrop a Princess of Mars]]. And the term in which Martians call their planet, "Vers", is pronounced as "Barsa", which is similar to Burroughs' native name for it, "Barsoom".
* In Episode 13, a grenade launcher is used to create safe spots to make a path through the Frozen Elysium's ice fields. Said launcher is [[UnorthodoxReload reloaded]] [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay by flipping it over on the move.]]
* In Episode 14, the Martian {{Space Fighter}}s increase their speed by linking together for transit and then separating again for combat just like in ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia.'' The fighters' design also resembles the Starfuries from ''Series/BabylonFive.'' The massive Martian transports also look very similar to Lando Calrissian's [[http://starwars.wikia.com/wiki/Shieldship Shieldships]] from ''Literature/TheThrawnTrilogy.''
* In Episode 15, [[SmartPeoplePlayChess the chess match]] Inaho & Magbaraedge are playing is [[http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1104948 the 1961 match between Petrosian and Pachman.]]
* Count Marylcian's [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/aldnoahzero/images/e/e3/Herschel-1_AZ2-5.png/revision/latest?cb=20150208013502 Herschel]] looks incredibly similar to the [[http://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/xenosaga/images/0/0d/Weltall-id2.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120513214741 Weltall-Id]] from ''VideoGame/{{Xenogears}}''. In terms of actual ability, though, it's closer to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack the Sazabi.]]
* Episode 18 sees Count Selnakis' Kataphrakt eliminate a MacrossMissileMassacre with a single wide area sweep of a laser beam: an iconic defense of some [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Angels, mainly Ramiel]] against TheWorfBarrage.
* From Episode 19, Countess Raffia's Kataphrakt stays cloaked while shooting explosive arrows that allow it to maintain its stealth field. Prophet can do the same thing with the Predator Bow in ''VideoGame/{{Crysis}} 3''.
* In Episode 21, the sheer insanity of all the Martian Kataphrakts they're fighting leaves Calm to wonder [[http://i.imgur.com/hMISPP9.png if they're secretly in]] a [[Creator/ShinichiChiba Sonny Chiba]] movie.
* In the series finale, [[spoiler: Inaho visits Slaine in a glass prison and plays chess with him]], just like Magneto and Xavier in the first Film/XMen movie.
