History Trivia / MegaZone23

** The PS3 game brings back Masato Kubota as Shogo and he's the only actor from the original [=OVAs=] to do so.

* TheOriginalDarrin: After being replaced in ''Part II'', Masato Kubota reprises his role as Shogo in the [=PS3=] game, though he's the only actor from the original [=OVAs=] to return.

** The [=PS3=] game replaced ''everyone'' with the sole exception of Masato Kubota who reprised his role as Shogo.

* TheOriginalDarrin: After being replaced in ''Part II'', Masato Kubota reprises his role as Shogo in the [=PS3=] game, though he's the only actor from the original OVAs to return.

** The PS3 game brings back Masato Kubota as Shogo and he's the only actor from the original OVAs to do so.

** It's suppose to be a TV series, but sponsors who originally backed the production changed course at the last time.

** The 1994 Streamline Pictures redub of Part I brought back Edie Mirman as Tomomi, Gregory Snegoff as BD Wong, and Dan Woren as Shinji from the 1986 "Robotech: The Movie" dub, while also bringing back Barbara Goodson as Yui from the 1987 "international" dub of Part II. Other actors returned in other roles, including Iona Morris (Yui in "Robotech: The Movie") as Eve, and Kerrigan Mahan (Shogo in both prior dubs) as Morley.

** And they DO have naturally greenish tinted hair.

* Rereleased for Free: [[https://www.retrocrush.tv/video/027248v/megazone-23-(sub) Part 1]] and [[https://www.retrocrush.tv/video/027247v/megazone-23---part-ii-(sub) Part 2]] are available to watch for free on Retrocrush and Creator/{{Tubi}}, along with their [[https://www.retrocrush.tv/video/027249v/megazone-23-(dub) ADV]] [[https://www.retrocrush.tv/video/027250v/megazone-23---part-ii-(dub) dubs]].

** Carl Macek and Creator/StreamlinePictures later gave ''Part 1'' a straight dub in 1994 with some of the same voices as the "International" ''Part 2'' dub, as well as the ''Robotech'' film, but with all the original character names and dialogue. They intended on doing ''Parts 2'' and ''3'' as well, but Orion Pictures' corporate problems resulted in all Streamline releases being halted. There's a rumor that a Streamline dub for ''Part 2'' was produced and screened at a convention, but this hasn't been proven real.

** Manga UK released a pretty straight dub of Part 3 on VHS for the UK in 1995 that was also shown on the British Sci-Fi Channel. For the record, the only returning character from previous entries is Eve.

** Manga UK released a pretty straight dub of Part 3 on VHS for the UK in 1995 that was also shown on the British Sci-Fi Channel.

* RoleReprisal:

** The 1994 Streamline Pictures redub of Part I brought back Edie Mirman as Tomomi, Gregory Snegoff as BD Wong, and Dan Woren as Shinji from the 1986 "Robotech: The Movie" dub, while also bringing back Barbara Goodson as Yui from the 1987 "international" dub of Part II. Other actors returned in other roles, including Iona Morris as Eve (Yui in "Robotech: The Movie") as Eve, and Kerrigan Mahan (Shogo in both prior dubs) as Morley.

** Manga UK released a pretty straight dub of Part 3 on VHS for the UK in 1995 that was also shown on the British Sci-Fi Channel. Of course, the voice cast for this was completely different.

* ReferencedBy: A special OVA of the 2012 ''Manga/{{Ebiten}}'' anime was a WholePlotReference to ''Megazone'', featuring a cat-eared CGI Garland, and ending with a scene-by-scene reference to the ending of Part II, complete with a character covering "Himitsu Kudasai".

** Let's start with the 1986 release of ''[[{{Anime/Robotech}} Robotech: The Movie]]'' from Harmony Gold and The Cannon Group. Carl Macek was unable to get the license to ''Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove'' to use for a ''Robotech'' film, so he got ''Megazone 23'' instead and retooled footage from ''Part 1'' to tie-in to ''Robotech'' since it had the same character designer and was animated on 35mm. The entire film was recorded twice before Cannon was happy. In the final version, the dialogue had little to do with the original script, the character names were changed, many scenes were omitted, and scenes from ''SuperDimensionCavalrySouthernCross'' were spliced in, all due to ExecutiveMeddling. A new ending was also animated by the original producers to end the film on a more positive note. The film never made it past test screenings in the US due to it [[AnimationAgeGhetto being considered too mature for children]], but was released to some success in Latin America and Europe. It has never been officially released to home video in it's complete form, but many a bootleg can be found among ''Robotech'' fans.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the original Japanese version, Shogo's voice changed from Masato Kubota to Kazui Yao between Parts 1 and 2. Eve's voice changed from Kumi Miyasato to Saki Takaota between parts 2 and 3.

* TheOtherDarrin: In the original Japanese version, Shogo's voice changed from Masato Kubota to Kazui Yao between Parts 1 and 2. Eve's voice changed from Kumi Miyasato to Saki Takaota between parts 2 and 3.

** Carl Macek and StreamlinePictures later gave ''Part 1'' a straight dub in 1994 with some of the same voices as the "International" ''Part 2'' dub, as well as the ''Robotech'' film, but with all the original character names and dialogue. They intended on doing ''Parts 2'' and ''3'' as well, but Orion Pictures' corporate problems resulted in all Streamline releases being halted. There's a rumor that a Streamline dub for ''Part 2'' was produced and screened at a convention, but this hasn't been proven real.

** And they DO have naturally greenish tinted hair.

* {{Defictionalization}}: So now [[VirtualCelebrity Virtual Idols]] like Eve [[{{Vocaloid}} actually exist]], huh?

** And they DO have naturally greenish tinted hair.
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Shogo is [[{{Anime/Dancougar}} Shinobu Fujiwara]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau Ashta]], [[Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega Taurus Harbinger]].
** Yui Takanaka is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Quess Praya]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Beltorchika Irma]], [[Manga/SaintSeiya Freya]].
** Lightning (''Part II'') is Creator/ShigeruChiba.

** Yui Takanaka is [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Quess Praya]], [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Beltorchika Irma]], [[Manga/SaintSeiya Preya]].

** Lightning (''Part II'') is ShigeruChiba.

** Shogo is [[Anime/Dancougar Shinobu Fujiwara]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Judau Ashta]],[[Anime/SaintSeiyaOmega Taurus Harbinger]]
** Lightning (''Part II'') is ShigeruChiba