History Trivia / K

* IKnewIt:
** Many people on forums and WMG correctly guessed that [[spoiler: Shiro is actually Weismann]]. Doesn't make it any less epic of a plot twist though.
** Many people guessed that [[spoiler:Mikoto was going to be KilledOffForReal]] from early on in the series.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/LucienDodge, best known for his young teenager roles like [[Literature/AccelWorld Takumu]], [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Keita]], [[LightNovel/FateZero Waver]], and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Chili]], voices Adolf K. Weismann; a 60+ year old ''villain'' (although to be fair, [[OlderThanTheyLook he doesn't look like he's 60 years old]] and is immortal).
-----

* AllStarCast: One of the few things known in advance despite the mystery during the promotional stage was that the voices would be done by a lot of well-known voice actors. To name a few, Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, Creator/DaisukeOno, Creator/JunFukuyama, Creator/MamoruMiyano, Creator/YuiHorie, Creator/YuukiKaji, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, Creator/TetsuyaKakihara, Creator/TakahiroSakurai, and Creator/TomokazuSugita.

** Many people on forums and WMG correctly guessed that [[spoiler: Shiro is actually Weismann]] Doesn't make it any less epic of a plot twist though.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/DaisukeOno voices both Kuroh Yatogami and Akira Hidaka. This was averted in the dub.
** The dub has a few

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/LucienDodge, best known for his young teenager roles like [[Literature/AccelWorld Takumu]], [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Keita]], [[LightNovel/FateZero Waver]], and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Chili]], voices Adolf K. Weismann; a 60+ year old ''villain'' (although to be fair, [[OlderThanTheyLook he doesn't look like he's 60 years old]] and is immortal). [[spoiler: This could be a subversion, as the said Adolf K. Weismann is actually the Colorless King, the ''real'' villain of the show, controlling Weismann's body and the real Adolf K. Weismann have been body-swapped into a 17-year-old Japanese schoolboy.]]
** [[spoiler: ActingForTwo / ActorSwap: Shiro and Weismann's voice actors share the roles of the Silver and Colorless kings - the voice stays with the body and their characters are drastically different. One wonders what they did to coordinate, to pull it off so epically.]]
** PigeonholedVoiceActor: On the other hand, we have Creator/KeithSilverstein voicing a [[TheStoic stoic]] character; Creator/TaraPlatt as a stern, serious, adult woman; Creator/SamRiegel as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ([[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope NOT!]]]]), Creator/MatthewMercer as a badass character, Creator/StephanieSheh as a GenkiGirl, and Creator/CarrieSavage as a [[{{Moe}} cute]] highschool girl
*** At the same time, Kuroh is sort of a spoof on the types of characters Creator/DaisukeOno and Creator/MatthewMercer tend to play, what with his naive side and [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee the whole tape recorder thing]]. Likewise, Shiro isn't your average high school student character, even when he is, and Neko isn't your average GenkiGirl. All of them actually require a lot of subtlety to keep them from becoming irritating, and their voice actors manage it.
** Creator/JunFukuyama thinks he's been [[Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator betrayed]] by his friend. Creator/JohnnyYongBosch is the slightly [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} twisted]], sexy genius with issues surrounding a guy he used to be friends with. [[Anime/CodeGeass Sound familiar]]?
*** It has been noted, both on this wiki and elsewhere, that both Fukuyama and Bosch had similar shifts/expansions in their "types" after playing [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]]. Misaki is a good example of their pre-Lulu type, Saruhiko is a good example of their post-Lulu type.

*** It has been noted, both on this wiki and elsewhere, that both Fukuyama and Bosch had similar shifts/expansions in their "types" after playing [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]]. Misaki is a good example of their pre-Lulu type, Saruhiko is a good example of their post-Lulu type.
* ShoutOut: A certain pair of Mikoto's Clansmen might find the end of the first season familiar (This is a MUCH bigger spoiler for the thing it's referencing, so to prevent accidental looks, the "certain Clansmen" are [[spoiler: Yata and Kusanagi]]).
** In detail: [[spoiler: The King is killed by someone who was something of an [[FoeRomanticSubtext enemy ''and'' love]] to them, who doesn't want to have to do it. The pose is the same. His last words are heard by a young girl with some degree of psychic ability, who succeeds him. The SwordOfDamocles is no longer a threat. The King's FieryRedhead subordinate didn't realize what was going on until it was too late. The King's closest supporter and companion has accepted this fate and says the final words of the series thanking the King. Top with brilliant, TearJerker music.]]
*** And after that, he keeps showing up - [[spoiler: whether it's their imagination/dream or his ghost is up to the viewer.]]
*** If you really must know, the series is [[spoiler: Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion]], but don't spoil yourself with this!

* RelationshipVoiceActor: And for the same character, no less. Munakata has the same [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Japanese]] and [[Creator/PatrickSeitz English]] voice actor combination as [[VideoGame/{{Blazblue}} Ragna the Bloodedge.]]
** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kyon]] is the one flirting with [[Creator/DaisukeOno Itsuki]] this time. [[LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya What would Haruhi think?]]

* NamesTheSame: Mikoto Suoh shares both his first and last name with an entirely unrelated girl from ''Manga/SchoolRumble''. Technically speaking, the one from ''K'' typically has his last name romanized as "Suoh" while the one from ''School Rumble'' has hers romanized as "Suou", [[SpellMyNameWithAnS but it's still the same exact name]]; "ou" and "oh" are two different but equally valid ways to romanize a long "o" sound in Japanese.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/LucienDodge, best known for his young teenager roles like [[LightNovel/AccelWorld Takumu]], [[LightNovel/SwordArtOnline Keita]], [[LightNovel/FateZero Waver]], and [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Chili]], voices Adolf K. Weismann; a 60+ year old ''villain'' (although to be fair, [[OlderThanTheyLook he doesn't look like he's 60 years old]] and is immortal). [[spoiler: This could be a subversion, as the said Adolf K. Weismann is actually the Colorless King, the ''real'' villain of the show, controlling Weismann's body and the real Adolf K. Weismann have been body-swapped into a 17-year-old Japanese schoolboy.]]

** Creator/JunFukuyama thinks he's been [[Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator betrayed]] by his friend. Cue FoeYay. Creator/JohnnyYongBosch is the slightly [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} twisted]], sexy genius with issues surrounding a guy he used to be friends with. Cue FoeYay. [[Anime/CodeGeass Sound familiar]]?

* TheOtherDarrin: During the time the second season's dub recording, Creator/TaraPlatt, the English voice of Seri Awashima since the first season and the [[Anime/KMissingKings movie]], was not contacted to return for the role. So Creator/CarrieKeranen filled in.

** The English dub (in line with Creator/{{Studiopolis}}' tendency to cast well-known anime voice actors) is like this as well, featuring Creator/SamRiegel, Creator/MatthewMercer, Creator/BenDiskin, Creator/PatrickSeitz, Creator/ToddHaberkorn, Creator/TaraPlatt, Creator/KeithSilverstein, Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey, Creator/StephanieSheh, and Creator/JohnnyYongBosch.

** Creator/JunFukuyama thinks he's been [[Anime/ValvraveTheLiberator betrayed]] by his friend. Cue FoeYay. Creator/JohnnyYongBosch is the slightly [[Literature/{{Durarara}} twisted]], sexy genius with issues surrounding a guy he used to be friends with. Cue FoeYay. [[Anime/CodeGeass Sound familiar]]?

** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Kyon]] is the one flirting with [[Creator/DaisukeOno Itsuki]] this time. [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya What would Haruhi think?]]

** PigeonholedVoiceActor: On the other hand, we have Creator/KeithSilverstein voicing a [[TheStoic stoic]] character; Creator/TaraPlatt as a stern, serious, adult woman; Creator/SamRiegel as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent ([[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope NOT!]]]]), Creator/MatthewMercer as a {{Badass}} character, Creator/StephanieSheh as a GenkiGirl, and Creator/CarrieSavage as a [[{{Moe}} cute]] highschool girl

* ActingForTwo: Creator/DaisukeOno voices both Kuroh Yatogami and Akira Hidaka.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/DaisukeOno voices both Kuroh Yatogami and Akira Hidaka. Averted in the English dub, however, where both are portrayed by different voice actors.
** The dub has Creator/GrantGeorge voicing Ichigen Miwa, Rikio Kamamoto, Sota Mishina and Akira Hidaka. Averted in the Japanese version, however, where the four are portrayed by different voice actors.
** The dub also has Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey voicing both Anna Kushina and Klaudia Weismann. Averted in the Japanese version, however, where both are portrayed by different voice actresses.

** Many people on forums and WMG correctly guessed that [[spoiler:Weismann's spirit is in Shiro.]] Doesn't make it any less epic of a plot twist though.

* AllStarCast: One of the few things known in advance despite the mystery during the promotional stage was that the voices would be done by a lot of well-known voice actors. To name a few, Creator/DaisukeNamikawa, Creator/DaisukeOno, Creator/JunFukuyama, Creator/MamoruMiyano, Creator/YuiHorie, YuukiKaji, Creator/MiyukiSawashiro, Creator/TetsuyaKakihara, Creator/TakahiroSakurai, and Creator/TomokazuSugita.

*** At the same time, Kuroh is sort of a spoof on the types of characters Creator/DaisukeOno and Creator/MatthewMercer tend to play, what with his naive side and the whole tape recorder thing. Likewise, Shiro isn't your average high school student character, even when he is, and Neko isn't your average GenkiGirl. All of them actually require a lot of subtlety to keep them from becoming irritating, and their voice actors manage it.

*** At the same time, Kuroh is sort of a spoof on the types of characters Creator/DaisukeOno and Creator/MatthewMercer tend to play, what with his naive side and the whole tape recorder thing. Likewise, Shiro isn't your average high school student character, even when he is, and Neko isn't your average GenkiGirl. All of them actually require a lot of subtlety to keep them from becoming irritating, and their voice actors manage it.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Yashiro's sounds like... '''[[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia PASTAAAAA!]]'''
** Saruhiko sounds like a certain [[Manga/DeathNote god of the new world]] when he giggles, and a [[SteinsGate MADDO SCIENTISTO]] when he goes [[SayMyName MI~SA~KII~]]
*** In english, he shares voice actors with another [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} very well-known troll who also acts as a walking berserk button to a constantly angry person]]...
** No wonder Kuroh's such a good cook, he once was [[Manga/BlackButler one Hell of a butler]].
** It's also interesting to note that a bunch of the cast's worked on ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'' together in the past. [[Creator/JunFukuyama Shinra is Yata]], [[Creator/DaisukeOno Shizuo is Kuroh]], [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Celty is Awashima]], [[Creator/MamoruMiyano Kida is Saruhiko]], [[Creator/YuuichiNakamura Dotachin is Kamamoto]], [[Creator/YuukiKaji Walker is Totsuka]]...Compare those characters and you'll notice that they are in NO WAY alike. It's quite fascinating.
** Shiro, Kuroh, Mikoto, Reisi, Nagare, Iwafune, Totsuka, Rikio, and Awashima are [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Giorno, Jotaro, Bruford, Joseph, Jonathan, Hol Horse/young Joseph (in the arcade game), Johnny, Anasui, and Jolyne]], respectively.
** The English dub cast is an AllStarCast:
*** Creator/SamRiegel as Shiro
*** Creator/MatthewMercer as Kuroh
*** Which gives [[Franchise/TalesSeries Tales]] fans the weird sense of hearing both [[VideoGame/TalesOfXillia Jude and Alvin]] ''and'', simultaneously, [[VideoGame/TalesOfVesperia Flynn]] and some guy who [[{{Expy}} looks like Yuri]] and [[Creator/MatthewMercer sounds like]] Creator/TroyBaker.
*** Creator/StephanieSheh as Neko
*** Creator/KeithSilverstein as Mikoto
*** Creator/PatrickSeitz as Reisi
*** Creator/BenDiskin as Misaki
*** Creator/ToddHaberkorn as Izumo [[note]]This is the first Los Angeles role where he is credited under his own name. [[Manga/NurarihyonNoMago His previous]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Los Angeles roles]] were credited under the pseudonym "Todd Stone"[[/note]]
*** Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey as Anna
*** Creator/TaraPlatt as Seri
*** Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Saruhiko
*** Creator/CarrieSavage as Kukuri
*** Creator/ErinFitzgerald as Chiho
*** Creator/KirkThornton as Daikaku
*** Creator/GrantGeorge as Rikio
*** Creator/LucienDodge as Tatara Totsuka and Adolf K. Weismann

** Shiro, Kuroh, Mikoto, Reisi, Nagare, Iwafune, Totsuka, Rikio, and Awashima are [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure Giorno, Jotaro, Bruford, Joseph, Jonathan, Hol Horse/Joseph (in the arcade game), Johnny, Anasui, and Jolyne]], respectively.