History Trivia / Jewelpet

* BoxOfficeBomb: The movie ''Sweets Dance Princess''. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-19/japanese-box-office-august-11-12 It debuted at no.14 in the box office, grossing only US$355,395 on 106 screens from August 11–12]], [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-26/japanese-box-office-august-18-19 and fell from the list a week later]].

* BadExportForYou: The ''Sunshine'' dubs are based strictly on the Japanese home video release, which means that any insert songs are removed, as having them remain would mean additional royalties would have to be paid to the parties involved. Somewhat compensating this is the fact that some of the scenes with insert songs are available in Youtube and Nico Nico.

* CreatorBacklash: Sanrio seemingly isn't very proud of ''Kira Deco'', which explains why the Blu-ray release only includes a few select episodes.
* DevelopmentHell: The fansubs for the first season seem to be practically non-existent. Thankfully, twelve episodes are subbed so far, but updates are few and far in between.

* NamesTheSame: [[Franchise/SailorMoon Nephrite]], [[Manga/{{Naruto}} teacher Iruka]] and [[Music/{{Angela}} Angela]]. The last one is especially ironic given Angela's seiyuu's role in ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''.

* TrollingCreator: Kazuyuki Fudeyasu (in charge of series composition, i.e., decides what the story is) trolled older audiences big time when the true nature of ''Kira Deco'''s villain was revealed.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen

** Pre-airing promotional material for ''Sunshine'' often depicts Shouko and Labra together, which suggests that they were supposed to have some significant relationship. They hardly interact in the finished product.
** The anime was intended to end with ''Kira Deco'', but a fifth season got made due to ''Kira Deco'''s poor reception. Then ''Happiness'' came and the anime was supposed to end there but again didn't.

* ActorAllusion: Takumi Asano and Angela are voiced by Creator/RyoheiKimura and Creator/AkiToyosaki, who also voiced L-Elf and Lieselotte from ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''. Both sets of characters are romantically involved. And both this show and ''Jewelpet Happiness'' premiered in the Spring of 2013.

** Three out of the boys quartet in ''Happiness'' share voices with the Karlstein Institute graduates from ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''. Also, Creator/RyoheiKimura and Creator/AkiToyosaki have a romantic relationship in both shows.

** The Sweetspets Park and [=DonaDona=].

** The Sweetspets Park, [=DonaDona=] and Chocolat.

* CrossDressingVoice: In the human department we have Akira Nanase, Nicola, Midori Akagi and Taira Izumi. As for Sweetspets, there is Park, [=DonaDona=] and Chocolat. And among Jewelpets, there's Tour, Nephrite, Titana, Chite, Rald, Kohaku, Yuku, Tata, Kris, Io, Alex and Brownie.

** Not even Sanrio's American Branch acknowledge the existence of the Franchise, due to being a joint venture project with Sega Japan. And of course, bringing the series to the US would mean getting Sega of America involved and a lot of licensing issues be resolved first. Sanrio America did acknowledge the existence of the franchise [[http://www.hellokitty.com/hellokittyblog/buzz/jewelpets/ back on April 8 2011]] on there official "Hello Kitty Blog" which includes a brief character description for the main Jewelpets. However the company hadn't mentioned or brought up the franchise in over 6 years in the US ever since that post along with the three showing up on a Hello Kitty Nintendo DS game. So any chances of Sanrio America bringing up the franchise is considered once in a blue moon by Americans.

** Not even Sanrio's American Branch acknowledge the existence of the Franchise, due to being a joint venture project with Sega Japan. And of course, bringing the series to the US would mean getting Sega of America involved and a lot of licensing issues be resolved first.

* ChildrenVoicingChildren: MAKO voices the Sweetspet Maco.

* DawsonCasting: Averted with Princess Mana, who's played by the 2004-born Mina Ashida.

* AllStarCast

* TheDanza: MAKO voices the Sweetspet Maco.

* BoxOfficeBomb / AcclaimedFlop: The Sweets Dance Princess was so bad from the begining, it actually performed worse in the Japanese Box Office in its opening week alone. [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-19/japanese-box-office-august-11-12 And that it debuted at no.14 in the Box Office in Japan, grossed only US$355,395 on 106 screens from August 11–12]] [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-08-26/japanese-box-office-august-18-19 and fell from the list a week later.]] This puts a serious dent not only to the Anime Franchise, but to the entire Media Franchise as a whole and its effects are still there 5 years after its release.

* DisownedAdaptation: The Sweets Dance Princess movie was so bad that Sanrio didn't considered the movie canon to the Jewelpet Anime Franchise universe. The novel gets the same treatment as well.

** The anime was intended to end with ''Kira Deco'', but a fifth season got made due to ''Kira Deco'''s poor reception. Then ''Happiness'' came and the anime supposed to end there also but didn't. [[AvertedTrope The anime did officially end when Magical Change came out]].

** The anime was intended to end with ''Kira Deco'', but a fifth season got made due to ''Kira Deco'''s poor reception. The ''Happiness'' came and the anime supposed to end there also but didn't. [[AvertedTrope The anime did officially end when ''Magical Change'' came out]].

** The anime was intended to end with ''Kira Deco'', but a fifth season got made due to ''Kira Deco'''s poor reception. The ''Happiness'' came and the anime supposed to end there also but didn't. [[AvertedTrope the anime did end when ''Magical Change'' came out]].

** The anime was intended to end with ''Kira Deco'', but a fifth season got made due to ''Kira Deco'''s poor reception.
** ''Kira Deco'' was planned to have its soundtrack officially released sometime during the anime's airing but alas, that never happened.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Ruby, Garnet and Sapphie showed up in a [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81cgTfY5XQL._SL1500_.jpg Nintendo DS game called "Loving Life with Hello Kitty & Friends"]], making their one and only American debut despite the franchise is being barred there.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Ruby, Garnet and Sapphie showed up in a [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81cgTfY5XQL._SL1500_.jpg Nintendo DS game called "Loving Life with Hello Kitty & Friends"]], making their one and only American debut despite the franchise is barred there.

* MarthDebutedInSmashBros: Ruby, Garnet and Sapphie show up in a [[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/81cgTfY5XQL._SL1500_.jpg Nintendo DS game called "Loving Life with Hello Kitty & Friends"]], making it the first and only appearance of the franchise in anglophone countries.

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!!First series
* Rinko is voiced by Eri Kamei, an idol singer who's part of [[Music/HelloProject Morning Musume]].
* [[Creator/MamoruMiyano Tatewaki]] is [[Manga/DeathNote Light]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna]].
* Halite (Mika Ishibashi) is [[{{VideoGame/Medabots}} Peppercat]].
* Sulfur (Atsushi Kousaka) is [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Estonia, Greece and Prussia]].
* [[Creator/JunkoMinagawa Do Majo and Kohaku]] are [[Anime/CodeGeass Cornelia Li Britannia]].
* Aojisho (Akiko Kobayashi) is [[Anime/GalaxyAngelRune Mimoret]].

!!Sunshine
* Kanon (Rei Matsuzaki) is [[LightNovel/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna Niwa]].
* [[Creator/AkiToyosaki Hinata]] is [[Manga/KOn Yui]].
* Mikage (Atsushi Tamaru) is [[Manga/SketDance Uehara]].
* [[Creator/AiShimizu Kaede]] is [[Anime/MaiHiME Mikoto Minagi]].
* [[Creator/YukoMinaguchi Jewelina]] is [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Saturn]].
* [[Creator/MasamiIwasaki Iruka]] is [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Norway]].
* Masago and Waniyama (Ryota Asari) are [[Anime/StarDriver Hiroshi]].
* Munata (Shunsuke Sakuya) is [[Film/ThreeHundred King Xerxes]]. And [[Series/SpartacusBloodAndSand Crixus]]. And [[Film/TheDeparted Sean Dignam]]. Keep your jaw in place.

!!Kira Deco
* [[TakumaTerashima Retsu]] is [[Anime/GenesisOfAquarion Apollo]].
* [[Creator/DaisukeOno Blue Knight]] is [[Manga/BlackButler Sebastian Michaelis]].
* Kaiser (Kohei Murakami) is [[Series/KamenRiderFaiz Kamen Rider Kaixa]].

!!Happiness
* [[Creator/MegumiHan Chiari Tsukikage]] is [[Manga/HunterXHunter Gon]].
* Nene (Ikumi Haya) is [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Nekonyaa]].
* [[Creator/MaiAizawa Ruruka Hanayama]] is [[Manga/LuckyStar Ayane]].
* [[Creator/YoshimasaHosoya Kosuke Sanada]] is [[Manga/{{Chihayafuru}} Arata]]. He also voices X-eins from ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''.
* [[Creator/RyoheiKimura Takumi Asano]] is [[Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator L-elf]].
* [[Creator/JunFukuyama Mori]] is [[Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator A-Drei]].
* [[Creator/KojiYusa Alphes]] is [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gin]]!

!!Sweets Dance Princess
* [[Creator/RinaHidaka Sakuran]] is [[Lightnovel/AccelWorld Yuniko Kouzuki]].
* Melorina (Asuka Ougame) is [[Manga/HanamaruKindergarten Daigo]].
* [[Creator/ChiwaSaito Eclan]] is [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homu-Homu]].
* Duke Creme de Brûlée (Hiroki Shimowada) is [[VideoGame/SengokuBasara Ranmaru Mori]].
* Mana Ashida, a popular child singer who did the songs for ''Kira Deco'', voices Princess Mana in the movie.
* Chocolat (Marie Miyake) is [[Manga/PlaceToPlace Ami]].
* [[Creator/MiyuMatsuki Macaronia]] is [[Anime/FafnerInTheAzureDeadAggressor Shouko Hazama]].
* [[Creator/SakiFujita Dona-Dona]] is [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]].
* [[Creator/YumikoKobayashi Park]] is [[Manga/ExcelSaga Excel]].

!!Jewelpets
* [[Creator/AyakaSaitou Ruby]] is [[Manga/FruitsBasket Momiji Sohma]].
* [[Creator/AyaHirano Garnet]] is LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya.
* Sapphie and Io (Nozomi Sasaki) are [[Manga/BokuraGaIta Nanami Takahashi]].
* [[AiKayano Rossa]] is [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Saori]].
* Titana (Erika) is [[ShugoChara Rikka Hiiragi]].
* [[{{KENN}} Jasper]] is [[Anime/YuGiOhGX Judai Yuki]].
* Alex (Creator/HiromiIgarashi) is [[VideoGame/TatsunokoVsCapcom Roll]].
* [[Creator/YukiKaida Peridot]] is [[Manga/HunterXHunter Kurapika]].
* Prase (Ai Iwamura) is [[Literature/BattleRoyale Mai]].
* [[Creator/JunkoTakeuchi Tour, Tata and Lapis]] are Manga/{{Naruto}}.
* Flora, Kris and Topaz (Aki Kanada) are [[Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia Chibitalia]].
* [[Creator/RumiShishido Luna and Diana]] are [[Videogame/{{Xenosaga}} M.O.M.O]].
* [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Opal]] is Japanese [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]]. May be a CastingGag.
* Yuku (Hitomi Yoshida) is [[Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn Haru Miura]].
* Aqua (Yakkun Sakurazuka) is [[Anime/FullMoonOSagashite Takuto Kira]].
** Kosuke Okano, his second voice actor, voiced [[Manga/FlameOfRecca Recca]].
* [[Creator/AoiYuki Amelie]] is [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka]].
* [[Creator/KanakoSakai Kaiya]] is [[Manga/MagiKano Chiaki Yoshikawa]].
* [[Creator/HidenobuKiuchi King]] is [[Anime/DarkerThanBlack Hei]].
* [[Creator/JunFukuyama Dian]] is [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]]!
* [[Creator/YojiUeda Coal]] is [[Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei Kagerou Usui]] and Japanese ''[[Series/GameOfThrones Petyr Baelish]]''!!!

!!Foreign dubs
* In French: Ruby is [[Manga/FairyTail Carla]], Garnet is [[Anime/ExcelSaga Excel]] and Keigo is [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kittan]].
* In Italy:
** Rinko is [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Luna]].
** Ruby is [[WesternAnimation/{{Witch}} Hay Lin]]
** Tour is [[Manga/{{Hamtaro}} Howdy]]
** Diana is [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Winry]]
** Dian is [[WesternAnimation/TransformersAnimated Bumblebee]]
** Chite is [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Misty]]
** King is [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Battousai himself]]. Good lord!
** Rald is [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash]].
* In Portugal:
** Ruby is [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Queen Elsa]]. No amount of {{Flat What}}s is going to diminish the WTF-factor that comes with that knowledge.
*** Anna is here too; she's Labra.
** Every protagonist is voiced by the same actress, Solange Santos. That doesn't sound like anything special by itself, but then you compare Akari and Kanon, who couldn't be more opposite if they tried, and you can't help but be impressed.
*** Not only that, they're all voiced by [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle.]]
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* Alex (Hiromi Igarashi) is [[VideoGame/MegaMan Roll]].

** France so far hasn't moved past ''Twinkle''.

** The ''Sunshine'' dubs are based strictly on the Japanese home video release, which means that any insert songs are removed, as having them remain would mean additional royalties would have to be paid to the parties involved. Somewhat compensating this is the fact that some of the scenes with insert songs are available in Youtube and Nico Nico.

* Kanon (Rei Matsuzaki) is [[LightNovel/OdaNobunaNoYabou Niwa]].

* [[KojiYusa Alphes]] is [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gin]]!

* Chocolat (Marie Miyake) is [[Manga/AcchiKocchi Ami]].

* [[YoshimasaHosoya Kosuke Sanada]] is [[Manga/{{Chihayafuru}} Arata]]. He also voices X-eins from ''Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator''.

* [[KanakoSakai Kaiya]] is [[Manga/MagiKano Chiaki Yoshikawa]].