History Trivia / LittleWitchAcademia2017

** When asked on 4chan's /a/ board if the fan-favorite Diana/Akko ship will become canon, series producer Naoko Tsutsumi answered with "[[BluntNo No.]] Do what you wish in your fan fictions". Yohsinari would later repeat this sentiment [[https://youtu.be/GX1MVXp5bQk during their panel]] at [=AnimeWest=] 2017, stating that while he is aware of the ship's popularity and that fans are free to ship them, officially, Akko and Diana are only rivals.

** When asked on 4chan's /a/ board if the fan-favorite Diana/Akko ship will become canon, series producer Naoko Tsutsumi answered with "[[BluntNo No.]] Do what you wish in your fan fictions". Yohsinari would later repeat this sentiment [[https://youtu.be/GX1MVXp5bQk during their panel]] at [=AnimeWest=] 2017, stating that while he is aware of the ship's popularity and that fans are free to ship them, officially, Akko and Diana are only rivals and he has indicated they won't be more than that.

** When asked on 4chan's /a/ board if the fan-favorite Diana/Akko ship will become canon, series producer Naoko Tsutsumi answered with "[[BluntNo No.]] Do what you wish in your fan fictions". Yohsinari would later repeat this sentiment [[https://youtu.be/GX1MVXp5bQk during their panel]] at AnimeWest 2017, stating that while he is aware of the ship's popularity and that fans are free to ship them, officially, they're only rivals.

* IKnewIt:
** Akko and Diana becoming friends was a common prediction by fans before "Intellect and Sensibility" made it official.
** Given it's become a bit of a trend in Trigger's [[Anime/KillLaKill past]] [[Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco works]], a good number of fans have predicted that [[spoiler:the final episode would take place in space, which it did]].

* CreatorKiller: A downplayed example of this happens with the Chilean Spanish dub: Due to the harsh criticism that dub had because of the less-than-stellar performance of many of the voice cast, along with the bad translation of both the TV series and the films, it's very possible that ''LWA'' (along with ''Anime/GlitterForce'' despite Creator/{{Netflix}} had no word on the dub of the latter, since it was handled by Saban instead and dubbed in the States in Miami instead) will be the last anime series being dubbed in Chile by DINT (Doblajes Internacionales) for Netflix. It took until 2018 to had another non-Mexican anime dub for Netflix, in this case it was ''Anime/FlavorsOfYouth'', when it was dubbed in Argentina instead, along with ''Anime/JuushinkiPandora'', and it took until 2020 for another anime production dubbed in Chile[[note]]Through technically speaking, it's a InternationalCoproduction between Chilean and Argentinian voice actors, and DINT is not involved in the Chilean side of the dub.[[/note]] to appear in Netflix, in this case ''Literature/NoGameNoLife'', through the Latin American Spanish dub wasn't handled by Netflix, but by Creator/SentaiFilmworks, which already did the dub excluisively for the U.S. market, and Netflix just recycled their dub for Latin American use.[[note]]This is not exclusive from this show either: Other Netflix shows and films dubbed in Chile by DINT also suffered of very poor, or mediocre dubs, mainly ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'', ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'', ''Film/{{Okja}}'' and finally ''Series/{{Lost in Space|2018}}''. ''LWA'' was basically the last straw that broke the camel's back for both Netflix and the viewers regarding both DINT and Chilean voice acting. This is especially strange in this particular case, since DINT already did excellent dubs, both from anime series and other genres, including especially enough, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and its [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra sequel]], both having pretty good voice acting. Oddly enough, DINT is still listed as one of Netflix's main voice actor studios for Latin America (and in the Golden section, the section normally reserved for the top class voice acting studios, no less) in their corporate site, even if they don't do dubs for Netflix anymore, through is very likely Netflix has just forgot to update that info.[[/note]]

* CreatorKiller: A downplayed example of this happens with the Chilean Spanish dub: Due to the harsh criticism that dub had because of the less-than-stellar performance of many of the voice cast, along with the bad translation of both the TV series and the films, it's very possible that ''LWA'' (along with ''Anime/GlitterForce'' despite Creator/{{Netflix}} had no word on the dub of the latter, since it was handled by Saban instead and dubbed in the States in Miami instead) will be the last anime series being dubbed in Chile by DINT (Doblajes Internacionales) for Netflix. It took until 2018 to had another non-Mexican anime dub for Netflix, in this case it was ''Anime/FlavorsOfYouth'', when it was dubbed in Argentina instead, along with ''Anime/JuushinkiPandora'', and it took until 2020 for another anime production dubbed in Chile[[note]]Through technically speaking, it's a InternationalCoproduction between Chilean and Argentinian voice actors, and DINT is not involved in the Chilean side of the dub.[[/note]] to appear in Netflix, in this case ''LightNovel/NoGameNoLife'', through the Latin American Spanish dub wasn't handled by Netflix, but by Creator/SentaiFilmworks, which already did the dub excluisively for the U.S. market, and Netflix just recycled their dub for Latin American use.[[note]]This is not exclusive from this show either: Other Netflix shows and films dubbed in Chile by DINT also suffered of very poor, or mediocre dubs, mainly ''Series/{{Iron Fist|2017}}'', ''Series/{{Luke Cage|2016}}'', ''Film/{{Okja}}'' and finally ''Series/{{Lost in Space|2018}}''. ''LWA'' was basically the last straw that broke the camel's back for both Netflix and the viewers regarding both DINT and Chilean voice acting. This is especially strange in this particular case, since DINT already did excellent dubs, both from anime series and other genres, including especially enough, ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' and its [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra sequel]], both having pretty good voice acting. Oddly enough, DINT is still listed as one of Netflix's main voice actor studios for Latin America (and in the Golden section, the section normally reserved for the top class voice acting studios, no less) in their corporate site, even if they don't do dubs for Netflix anymore, through is very likely Netflix has just forgot to update that info.[[/note]]

* DevelopmentHell: Despite interest from Yoshinari and Trigger in continuing the series, the second season has fallen into this. According to several sources, there were plans to do a second season shortly after the first season, but due to lacking funding from sponsors, the death of head writer Michiru Shimada in late 2017, and a loss of motivation amongst the staff, plans for season 2 have been shelved indefinitely, with Yoh Yoshinari moving on to other projects instead.

* GodNeverSaidThat: In the ''[[https://sushiobunny.tumblr.com/post/165058394750/so-im-compiling-interesting-stuff-from-the Chronicle]]'' guidebook, Yoshinari states that Akko "is the kind of girl who just isn't interested in guys at all", which caused many fans (especially Diana/Akko shippers) to view the interview as confirming that [[WordOfGay Akko is a lesbian]]. However, nowhere in the interview does Yoshinari imply at any point that Akko is interested in women, just that she isn't interested in guys. In fact, if ''Chamber of Time'' is anything to go by, he likely meant that Akko isn't [[CelibateHero interested in romance period]], given the game shows her as being disinterested in the subject whenever it's brought up by the [=NPCs=]

* NoExportForYou: Although the TV series is available on Creator/{{Netflix}} worldwide, if you desire to own a physical release of the show, than you're gonna have to import it from Japan as the TV series never recieved any phyiscal release outside of the country. This is not exclusive to ''Little Witch Academia'' as most anime exclusive to Netflix are typically trapped on the service with only a few becoming lucky enough to obtain a physical release outside of Japan (Such as ''Manga/KnightsOfSidonia'' and ''Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins'').

** There were plans to do a second season for the TV series[[note]]While Creator/{{Netflix}} has listed the series as having two seasons, officially, the series is only one season, which ended up getting split into two on the platform. This is likely due to the two month delay between the addition of the first and second cours to the platform.[[/note]]. However, according to an [[https://twitter.com/frog_kun/status/1265443281917194241 interview with Yoshinari on Gigazine in 2020]], unknown circumstances ended up causing a second season to not happen and get shelved for the time being, with Yoshinari moving on to do ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'' instead. Trigger later stated through their Twitch streams that it was shelved due to them lacking a sponsor that can provide the funding needed to make it happen.

** Andrew Hanbridge was originally conceptualized by director Yoh Yoshinari and head writer Michiru Shimada to be Akko's {{love interest}}, with the two becoming an OfficialCouple by the end. However, this was opposed by the rest of the staff, who were concerned that a romantic subplot would [[RomanticPlotTumor bog down the story]], take away focus from Akko's other dynamics, and cause Akko to lose her independence by having her work for Andrew's sake rather than for her own sake, while also turning Andrew into a SatelliteLoveInterest as opposed to a character who can stand on his own. This opposition to the idea would cause the romance to get scrapped and for their relationship to be reworked into a purely platonic bond instead, with most of the planned ShipTease between them [[https://sushiobunny.tumblr.com/post/163297981025/today-more-like-yesterday-in-japan-to-be-fair getting edited out of episodes]] in the process.

** According to the booklet that came with the Vol. 7 Blu-ray, episode 20 was planned to have a far different and more BittersweetEnding early on. The episode was originally planned to end with the Cavendish Manor burning down and Diana chosing to save her family over everything else, leading her to lose everything. This ending was scrapped as they felt it was too hard on her and would have ruined potential future stories revolving around the manor.

** [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FMDGay5VQAATr_Z?format=jpg&name=small Concept art of Croix]] originally shows her with having longer hair and a different more, Shiny Chariot like outfit. It also shows her walking on her roombas, which she doesn't do in the final series.

** According to various interviews and panels, Andrew Hanbridge was originally intended by Michiru Shimada (the head writer of the series) to be Akko's LoveInterest, with Akko [[LoveAtFirstSight falling in love with him as soon as she met him]] and the two becoming an OfficialCouple by the end of the series via a RelationshipUpgrade. While Yoh Yoshinari was okay with the idea, this idea was quickly met with heavy opposition by the rest of TRIGGER (especially by series producer Naoko Tsutsumi), who were concerned that having a romantic subplot would [[RomanticPlotTumor overwhelm and bog down the story]], on top of fearing that it would cause Akko to lose her independence by having her work for a guy's sake instead of working for her own sake, on top of not wanting Andrew to be solely [[SatelliteLoveInterest defined by being a love interest to Akko]]. These criticisms would ultimately lead to the romance getting scrapped in favor of them having a platonic "sort of playful guy-guy relationship" (according to Yoshinari [[https://twitter.com/nataflare/status/879391041274523648 in one interview]]) instead and for much of the planned ShipTease between them to [[https://sushiobunny.tumblr.com/post/163297981025/today-more-like-yesterday-in-japan-to-be-fair get edited out]]. Despite this, some minor teasing between them was kept in anyway (mostly in episode 10).

** [[https://sushiobunny.tumblr.com/post/163297981025/today-more-like-yesterday-in-japan-to-be-fair According to a talk show event]], one draft of Episode 20 originally had Akko transform into a gorilla at one point to rescue Diana from Daryl's snakes, but the staff decided to have her transform into a turtle and elephant instead, because they decided that Akko should only transform into "cute looking animals".

** As aforementioned, Yoshinari considers Akko and Andrew's relationship to be a "sort of playful guy-guy relationship". He also [[https://sushiobunny.tumblr.com/post/165058394750/so-im-compiling-interesting-stuff-from-the later states]] in the ''Chronicle'' book that Akko has [[CelibateHero no interest in guys at all]].
** Regarding [[spoiler: Croix's fate in the epilogue. Yoshinari has stated that she is arrested and was being taken to serve her sentence. He also adds that Chariot frequently visits her at the prison and even brings a cake with her when she does.]]

* ReferencedBy:
** In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the book Priya is reading is titled ''Nightfall''.
** A Luna Nova uniform can be spotted in ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse''

* ReferencedBy: In ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'', the book Priya is reading is titled ''Nightfall''.

** Although the TV series is in a different continuity from the films, one "[[https://imgur.com/r/LittleWitchAcademia/PCKCsPi bootleg]]" story by key animator Yusuke Yoshigaki does imply the events of ''Anime/LittleWitchAcademiaTheEnchantedParade'' have occurred in the TV series canon, as the story in question acts as a sequel to the film, but is clearly set in the TV series canon. Whatever the film's events and/or the bootleg story is canon to the TV series has not been confirmed nor denied by Trigger. Though given that ''Chamber of Time'' does feature the Shiny Ballista from ''Enchanted Parade'', the former is at least plausible.

* CreatorBacklash:
** Yoh Yoshinari has stated that one of his biggest regrets for the TV series was not giving Sucy and Jasminka more screen time and focus. Likewise, he wishes he gave Hannah, Barbara and Avery more screentime as well.
** While Yoshinari doesn't hate how Diana was portrayed in the TV series, he has admitted during Trigger Night Vol. 6 that he regrets toning down her AlphaBitch traits in hindsight, as he felt he unintentionally made her out to be too perfect and idealized in the final production. He also wishes that Diana and Akko fought more prior to becoming friends.

* DeletedScene: Episode 3 originally had a [[https://youtu.be/KRGbt1B_xiE different and longer ending at one point]] that got as far as to be storyboarded and voice acted. The scene in question depicts Hannah and Barbara proudly showing off the pot they won from the race to Diana, only to have a bunch of snakes pop out after they opened it, much to their displeasure. The scene then cuts to Akko celebrating over getting a new scar from falling off the shooting star and claiming that she can’t wait to participate in next year’s race, with it ending there. The ending was changed due to the team finding it to be too long. The scene of Hannah and Barbara freaking out over the snakes does happen in the final episode though, albeit it’s limited to an unique illustration for the ending credits.

* DuelingWorks: With the 2017 adaptation of ''Literature/TheWorstWitch''. Both are SliceOfLife adventure shows that premiered and came to Creator/{{Netflix}} roughly around the same time and have very similar premises of a young NaiveNewcomer learning to become a witch (despite [[IneptMage lacking any skill in magic]]) at an all-girls WizardingSchool located in Britain. The major differences being that ''The Worst Witch'' is a live action Creator/{{BBC}} show that is filmed in the UK, while ''Little Witch Academia'' is a Japanese anime by Creator/StudioTrigger. ''The Worst Witch'' ended up winning, having a completed run of four seasons, while ''LWA'''s planned second season would fall into DevelopmentHell as aforementioned.

* DuelingWorks: With the 2017 adaptation of ''Literature/TheWorstWitch''. Both premiered and came to Creator/{{Netflix}} roughly around the same time and have very similar premises of a young NaiveNewcomer learning to become a witch (despite lacking any skill in magic) at an all-girls WizardingSchool located in Britain. The major differences being that ''Worst Witch'' is a live action BBC show that is filmed in the UK, while ''Little Witch Academia'' is a Japanese anime by Creator/StudioTrigger. So far, ''The Worst Witch'' ended up winning, having a completed run of four seasons, while ''LWA'''s planned second season would fall into DevelopmentHell as aforementioned.