History Trivia / FreedomProject

* CastingGag: In the English dub, Creator/JohnnyYongBosch plays the {{Foil}} to Takeru, who's very clearly an expy of Kaneda from ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. Bosch did the voice of Kaneda in the 2001 dub of the film.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** For ''Manga/OnePiece'' fans [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Eustass Kid]], [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi Usopp]] and [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Bartolomeo]] are a trio of best buds, with the first two traveling to the Earth together. Alternatively, they're [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu, Teddie, and Yosuke]].
** [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Takeru]] and [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Kazuma]] would [[spoiler:come to blows]] again as [[VideoGame/BravelySecond Yew and Angelo]]. Coincidentally, [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Takeru's English voice actor]] is also Yew.
** [[Creator/SanaeKobayashi Ao]] and [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi Biz]] are [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Asuka and Daitokuji]]
** [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Takeru]] and [[Creator/SanaeKobayashi Ao]] are [[VideoGame/RuneFactory4 Vishnal and Forte]].
** On the subject of Persona cast members, in the English dub, [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Kazuma]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh Ao]] are [[VideoGame/Persona4DancingAllNight Yu and Tamami]].
** In English, Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas and Greg Abbey play characters who initially start out butting heads with each other. [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Again]].
** In English, [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Takeru]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh Ao]] are love interests again as [[Anime/YourName Taki and Mitsuha]].
** [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Kazuma]], [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Takeru]], [[Creator/StephanieSheh Ao]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Gosche]], and [[Creator/SteveKramer Chimpster]] are [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo, Nnoitra, Orihime, Aizen, and Kyouraku]].
** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas voice a duo who are like brothers, Michael's character has some sort of thing for Creator/StephanieSheh, and Johnny is a ShipperOnDeck for them. [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Not the last time they'd share this dynamic.]]
* ShownTheirWork: Takeru and Biz crash-land their shuttle on the south end of the abandoned Las Vegas Strip, between the ruins of Luxor and New York New York. The latitude and longitude coordinates displayed on their computer screen are almost exactly right (Google Maps puts those coordinates slightly further south, on the grounds of [=McCarran=] Airport.)

** In English, [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Takeru]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh Ao]] are also [[Anime/YourName Taki and Mitsuha]].

** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch and Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas voice a duo who are like brothers, Michael's character has a thing for Creator/StephanieSheh, and Johnny is a ShipperOnDeck for them. [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Not the last time they'd share this dynamic.]]

** [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Takeru]] and [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Kazuma]] would [[spoiler:some to blows]] again as [[VideoGame/BravelySecond Yew and Angelo]]. Coincidentally, [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Takeru's English voice actor]] is also Yew.

** [[Creator/DaisukeNamikwa Takeru]] and [[Creator/SanaeKobayashi Ao]] are [[VideoGame/RuneFactory4 Vishnal and Forte]].

** [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Takeru]] and [[Creator/StephanieSheh Ao]] are also [[Anime/YourName Taki and Mitsuha]].

** [[Creator/JohnnyYongBosch Kazuma]], [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Takeru]], [[Creator/StephaniehSheh Ao]], [[Creator/KyleHebert Gosche]], and [[Creator/SteveKramer Chimpster]] are [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Ichigo, Nnoitra, Orihime, Aizen, and Kyouraku]].

** For ''Manga/OnePiece'' fans [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Eustass Kid]], [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi Usopp]] and [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Bartolomeo ]] are a trio of best buds, with the first two traveling to the Earth together. Alternatively, they're [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu, Teddie, and Yosuke]].

** For ''Manga/OnePiece'' fans [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Eustass Kid]] and [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi Usopp]] are best buds who travel to the Earth together. Alternatively, [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu, Teddie, and]] [[Creator/ShowtaroMorikubo Yosuke]] as a trio.

** In English, Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas and Greg Abbey play characters who initially end up butting heads. [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Again]].

** For ''Manga/OnePiece'' fans [[Creator/DaisukeNamikawa Eustass Kid]] and [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi Usopp]] are best buds who travel to the Earth together.
** In English, Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas and Greg Abbey play characters butting heads. [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 Again]].

* ActorAllusion: In addition to the casting gag below, Johnny Yong Bosch plays a character who's a foil to the main protagonist, [[spoiler:becomes far more antagonistic as he becomes a leading figure in a governmental position, finds himself on the receiving end of a good punch to the face from the protagonist, and eventually turns out to not be as bad nor as far gone as he initially appears.]] [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Sounds familiar, doesn't it?]]

* ActorAllusion: In addition to the casting gag below, Johnny Yong Bosch plays a character who's a foil to the main protagonist, [[spoiler:becomes far more antagonistic as he becomes a leading figure in a governmental position, finds himself on the receiving end of a good punch to the face from the protagonist, and eventually turns out to not be as bad as he initially appears.]] [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Sounds familiar, doesn't it?]]

* ActorAllusion: In addition to the casting gag below, Johnny Yong Bosch plays a character who's a foil to the main protagonist, [[spoiler:takes in an apparent drive to villainy as he becomes a leading figure in a governmental position, finds himself on the receiving end of a good punch to the face from the protagonist, yet eventually turns out to not be as bad as he initially appears.]] [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Sounds familiar, doesn't it?]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: The English dub features several familiar VoiceActors, including:
** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Kazuma
** Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas as Takeru
** Creator/StephanieSheh as Ao
** Creator/KyleHebert as Gosche
** Creator/DanGreen as Administrator
** And on the Japanese side of things, why, [[Creator/KappeiYamaguchi hello]] [[OnePiece Usopp!]]

** MichaelSinterniklaas as Takeru

** DanGreen as Administrator

** JohnnyYongBosch as Kazuma

** StephanieSheh as Ao
** KyleHebert as Gosche

** And on the Japanese side of things, why, [[KappeiYamaguchi hello]] [[OnePiece Usopp!]]