History Trivia / InfiniteStratos

** Volume 12 finally breaks pattern by releasing on April 24, 2018, "only" 11 months after the previous one, but the afterword announces that Volume 13 [[GrandFinale will end the series.]] As of 31 July 2022, it still has not been published, making this far and away the longest delay in publishing in the series history. The UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which disrupted practically ''EVERYTHING ELSE'', certainly didn't help.
* TheWikiRule: Still small, [[http://infinite-stratos.wikia.com/wiki/Infinite_Stratos_Wiki but it's there]].

* ActorAllusion:
** The following instances involving Ichika is this trope in relation to [[Creator/KoukiUchiyama his seiyuu's]] role as the main character of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn'': the predominantly-white motif of his IS (and which name translates as "Type-White") as to the titular mech; his duel against Rin, posing and [[http://i56.tinypic.com/2vxixkj.jpg charging similar to the titular mech]]; and the OutOfClothesExperience scene with Houki in Season 1 Episode 11, which is based on the scene from Episode 3.
** As to Laura, her eyepatch is on the left eye instead of the right and she initially didn't use knives, [[YouWannaGetSued perhaps to avoid]] making her look and sound any more like [[Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha Cinque]] than she already [[Creator/MarinaInoue does]]. In the second season, her knives start seeing a ''lot'' more use.
*** Meanwhile in the dub, it's apparently changed to resemble [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion another]] eyepatch-wearing TykeBomb.
*** The railgun on her IS has traces of this as well since [[Creator/MarinaInoue her seiyuu]] also voiced another character with [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann a long-barreled, high-output gun as her main weapon...]]
** Also, this is [[Manga/MaidSama not the only time]] [[Creator/MonicaRial Houki's English VA]] played the role of a dark-haired {{Tsundere}} with [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower an insane amount of strength.]]

* NoExportForYou: Averted with the anime series (both Season 1 and Season 2). Meanwhile, as for the novels, while there was a group that fan translated them up to Volume 8, the translating group itself was becoming quite irritated at the story's pacing and incessant fanservice, and they quit the series after that. [[https://daupao.wordpress.com/2014/10/25/infinite-stratos-volume-9-translation/ An independent translator]] managed to finish the first half of Volume 9, but suddenly stopped after that. Eventually averted in 2018 when J-Novel Club licensed the series.
** However, the manga adaptations have never been licensed. And after the 2nd manga announced its SeriesHiatus in May 2018, the scanlation group Rapid Switch that had been fan translating it decided to [[https://rapidswitch.wordpress.com/ disband permanently]]. The manga resumed publication with Volume 7 releasing on September 19, 2019. Then another scanlation group finally picked up the manga, releasing Chapter 31 in February 2020. The eighth and final volume was published on [[https://comics.shogakukan.co.jp/book?isbn=9784091575937 March 19, 2020]].

* FranchiseKiller: The failure of the anime's second season killed off the series' reputation, ''especially'' in the West. The significant delays between the novels' releases were also major factor in the brand's declining popularity. Volume 11 and a new video game were released in 2017 just to keep the franchise alive.

* FakeNationality: There a few instances of this trope regarding the international characters in the English dub:
** Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (a native of Sugar Land, Texas) as the [[FakeBrit British]] Cecilia Alcott.
** Tiffany Grant (a native Houstonian of partial Puerto Rican descent) as the German Laura Bodewig.
** Shannon Emerick (a Dallas native) as the French IS pilot Charlotte Dunois and the German lieutenant Clarissa Harfouch.

%% * FountainOfExpies: Cecilia Alcott provided the character design template for many other characters in light novels. From [[LightNovel/BladedanceOfElementalers Rinslet Laurenfrost]] to [[Literature/TheAsteriskWar Claudia Enfield]], many different HaremGenre light novels have at least one character who bears a strong resemblance to the Alcott daughter.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' fans will finally have their wishes granted with the Orimura siblings: making [[Creator/KoukiUchiyama Ventus]] and [[Creator/MegumiToyoguchi Aqua]] as siblings.
** Creator/KoukiUchiyama has another harem in ''Manga/GoodLuckGirl'', which includes Creator/KanaHanazawa's character (whose name is Ichi''ko'').
*** And also in ''Manga/{{Nisekoi}}'' as Raku Ichijou and Kosaki Onodera, respectively.
** In an alternate, {{Magitek}} universe, [[Creator/{{Yukana}} Cecilia]] [[Literature/UnbreakableMachineDoll became the creator]] of [[Creator/AiKayano Madoka]] instead of being heated rivals in terms of BT weapon mastery, with the latter very loyal to the former and addressed her as "Master". Congradulations, Cecilia, now you can finally get your pride back...shame about your missing eye though...

%% * FountainOfExpies: Cecilia Alcott provided the character design template for many other characters in light novels. From [[LightNovel/BladedanceOfElementalers Rinslet Laurenfrost]] to [[LightNovel/TheAsteriskWar Claudia Enfield]], many different HaremGenre light novels have at least one character who bears a strong resemblance to the Alcott daughter.

** In an alternate, {{Magitek}} universe, [[Creator/{{Yukana}} Cecilia]] [[LightNovel/UnbreakableMachineDoll became the creator]] of [[Creator/AiKayano Madoka]] instead of being heated rivals in terms of BT weapon mastery, with the latter very loyal to the former and addressed her as "Master". Congradulations, Cecilia, now you can finally get your pride back...shame about your missing eye though...

** Volume 12 finally breaks pattern by releasing on April 24, 2018, "only" 11 months after the previous one, but the afterword announces that Volume 13 [[GrandFinale will end the series.]] As of April 24, 2020, it still has not been published, making this the longest delay in publishing in the series history. The UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, which disrupted practically ''EVERYTHING ELSE'', certainly didn't help.

* FanNickname:
** Honne Nohotoke gained the nickname "Pikachu-chan", due to her unusual beach costume in season 1 episode 9.
** Then there's "Neutron Star" for Ichika, due to his [[CluelessChickMagnet romance-related cluelessness]] which rivals even [[LightNovel/{{Kampfer}} Natsuru Senou]].
** Some people call this series as "Country Wars" because it reminds them of [[LightNovel/DemonKingDaimao Color Wars.]]
** A large number of people simply like to refer to the girls by the country they represent. Cecilia and Bri-tan is the most original it can get.
** A lesser but still well-known nickname coined by /a/ would be [[Literature/CharlieAndTheChocolateFactory Ichika And The Jelly Factory.]] [[labelnote:Explanation]] Jelly in this case would mean [[ClingyJealousGirl jealous.]][[/labelnote]]
** Invoking JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant, detractors call this "limit of successful works", meaning that if a work did not surpass IS's BD sale number(33,813), it cannot be considered successful.
** Some fans referred to the anime's second season as ''Infinite Stratos 2: [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo Electric Boogaloo]]''.