History Trivia / ParanoiaAgent

* BannedInChina: In the UK, the third DVD volume was infamously [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-08/bbfc-comments-on-paranoia-agent-censorship/.161910 refused classification]] by the BBFC because of a scene in episode 8 where characters, including a child, try to hang themselves from a tree branch for fun (until the branch snaps). 80 seconds of footage were cut for the DVD to pass with an 18 rating. The episode was finally passed uncut for the 2021 Blu-ray, also with an 18 rating. The episode was finally passed uncut for the 2021 Blu-ray with an 18 rating.

* BannedInChina: In the UK, the third DVD volume was infamously [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2020-08-08/bbfc-comments-on-paranoia-agent-censorship/.161910 refused classification]] by the BBFC because of a scene in episode 8 where characters, including a child, try to hang themselves from a tree branch for fun (until the branch snaps). The episode was finally passed uncut for the 2021 Blu-ray with an 18 rating.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: On the UK DVD release, the episode "Happy Family Planning" (episode 8) was edited to remove the comic hanging sequence (however, it is still clear what happened to the characters), as the UK still edits suicides from movies and TV shows on home media formats (even if it passes with an 18 rating, which this show did) out of fear that the suicide will still be imitated due to out-of-context playing and repeating of the part by more vulnerable/idiotic viewers. This was averted in 2021, when the series received an uncut (yet still rated 18) Blu-ray release.

* FanNickname: Due to his actions in the series, Masami Hirukawa is often called "Lolicop."

* LicenseRescue: The series was out of print in North America for a long time after Creator/{{Geneon}} went under until Creator/{{Funimation}} finally rescued it in 2020.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The series was out of print in North America for a long time after Creator/{{Geneon}} went under until Creator/{{Funimation}} finally rescued it in 2020.

* EditedForSyndication: The Old Man's MindScrew metaphors are entirely removed from the episodes for the ''Creator/{{Toonami}}'' broadcast.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: On the UK DVD, the episode "Happy Family Planning" (the eighth episode where an old man, a 20-something young man, and a little girl befriend each other and set out to commit suicide) was edited to remove the comic hanging sequence (where the trio's attempt at hanging themselves in the woods goes awry when the 20-something man slips off the rocks and strangles the old man, with the little girl following suit and bungeeing on the noose until the branch snaps and all three of them fall down a hill), as the UK still edits suicides from movies and TV shows on home media formats (even if it passes with an 18 rating, which this show did) out of fear that the suicide will still be imitated due to out-of-context playing and repeating of the part by more vulnerable/idiotic viewers.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: It was out of print in the US for a long time after Creator/{{Geneon}} went under, until Creator/{{Funimation}} finally rescued it in 2020.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: It was out of print in the US for a long time after Geneon went under, until Funimation finally rescued it in 2020.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** The original Japanese version features Creator/NanaMizuki as Taeko Hirukawa.
** The English dub features Creator/MichelleRuff (Tsukiko Sagi); Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (Ikari); Creator/LiamOBrien (Maniwa); Creator/CarrieSavage (Maromi the toy dog); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (under the pseudonym Kevin Hatcher, as Yuichi Taira); Creator/SamRiegel (Li'l Slugger), [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure Deem Bristow]] (Masami Hirukawa), and Creator/WendeeLee (as one of the GossipyHens), to name several.
** The German dub features David Turba as Makoto and Shonen Bat, Roland Hemmo as Ikari, Oliver Feld as Hatomura and Santiago Ziesmer appearing in Episode 4 as Makabe.

** The original Japanese version features NanaMizuki as Taeko Hirukawa.

** The English dub features Creator/MichelleRuff (Tsukiko Sagi); Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (Ikari); Creator/LiamOBrien (Maniwa); Creator/CarrieSavage (Maromi the toy dog); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (under the pseudonym Kevin Hatcher, as Yuichi Taira); SamRiegel (Li'l Slugger), [[SonicAdventure Deem Bristow]] (Masami Hirukawa), and Creator/WendeeLee (as one of the GossipyHens), to name several.

** The English dub features Creator/MichelleRuff (Tsukiko Sagi); Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (Ikari); LiamOBrien (Maniwa); Creator/CarrieSavage (Maromi the toy dog); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (under the pseudonym Kevin Hatcher, as Yuichi Taira); SamRiegel (Li'l Slugger), [[SonicAdventure Deem Bristow]] (Masami Hirukawa), and Creator/WendeeLee (as one of the GossipyHens), to name several.

** The English dub features Creator/MichelleRuff (Tsukiko Sagi); Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (Ikari); LiamOBrien (Maniwa); Creator/CarrieSavage (Maromi the toy dog); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (under the pseudonym Kevin Hatcher, as Yuichi Taira); SamRiegel (Li'l Slugger), and Creator/WendeeLee (as one of the GossipyHens), to name several.

** The English dub features Creator/MichelleRuff (Tsukiko Sagi); Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (Ikari); LiamOBrien (Maniwa); CarrieSavage (Maromi the toy dog); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (under the pseudonym Kevin Hatcher, as Yuichi Taira); SamRiegel (Li'l Slugger), and Creator/WendeeLee (as one of the GossipyHens), to name several.

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** The English dub features Creator/MichelleRuff (Tsukiko Sagi); Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (Ikari); LiamOBrien (Maniwa); CarrieSavage (Moromi the toy dog); Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (under the pseudonym Kevin Hatcher, as Yuichi Taira); SamRiegel (Li'l Slugger), and Creator/WendeeLee (as one of the GossipyHens), to name several.

** The English dub features MichelleRuff (Tsukiko Sagi); MichaelMcConnohie (Ikari); LiamOBrien (Maniwa); CarrieSavage (Moromi the toy dog); JohnnyYongBosch (under the pseudonym Kevin Hatcher, as Yuichi Taira); SamRiegel (Li'l Slugger), and WendeeLee (as one of the GossipyHens), to name several.