History Trivia / SentouYouseiYukikaze

* FanNickname: Rei's second GuyInBack, Richard Burgadish is sometimes referred to as [[HumanResources "Chicken Broth"]] by Japanese fans.
** ''Copy'' Super Sylph is also known as Silver Sylph. The official name for it in Japanese materials (such as the video game) is "Grey Sylph."

* SequelGap: ''Yukikaze'' was published in 1984. The second book, ''Good Luck, Yukikaze'' was published in 1999, a fifteen year gap. The third book, ''Unbroken Arrow'', was published in 2009, a ten year gap. Needless to say, Chohei Kambayashi takes his time with this series.

* ActorAllusion: This won't be the first time Creator/TomCruise plays a [[Film/TopGun hot shot fighter pilot]]. Nor is it the first time he'll be [[Film/{{Oblivion2013}} facing a mysterious alien force that makes heavy use of attack drones.]]
** On another level, this is not going to be the first [[Film/AllYouNeedIsKill Japanese sci-fi novel]] he's made a movie of... if this one ever comes out, that is.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: The first novel was written in 1984, with the second in 1999, and both were only translated around the 2010s. As a result, a lot of what was then cutting edge aviation technology - e.g. GPS, fly-by-wire controls, thrust vectoring control - is now viewed as ordinary. In the second novel, Rei uses what is described as "a multimedia terminal" to search for news articles on Earth. Today, that would probably be a laptop or a tablet. In addition, the science of "profacting" as described by Edith Foss sounds very similar to the modern data-mining industry, and [=TFacPro=] II may be based on real-life statistical analysis software such as Stata or SPSS.
** Those "high-velocity" missiles mentioned earlier? They were actually developed by the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks U.S. Air Force]] in [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vought_HVM the early 80s]] but never operationally deployed, probably due to budgetary infighting that the [[InterserviceRivalry U.S. Armed Forces]] are so well known for. However, they are apparently [[http://thediplomat.com/2012/08/russia-china-americas-supersonic-missile-race/ making]] [[http://rt.com/news/supersonic-china-delivery-vehicle-554 a]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BrahMos comeback]] in TheNewTens under a slightly different name: hypersonic cruise missiles, with development being led by [[UsefulNotes/RussiansWithRustingRockets Russia]], [[UsefulNotes/IndiansWithIglas India]], and [[UsefulNotes/ChineseWithChopperSupport China]].
*** On the other hand, averted with certain technological developments that are still far ahead of anything modern we can produce. Examples include the Flip Knights' anti-aircraft laser, hypervelocity anti-air missiles, and of course, the advanced AI systems, including Yukikaze herself.

** The video game never left Japan, and it wasn't until August to September 2018 when a [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLvnl04mTlSUiRnDMZmQNbSL7cDi9zgWxw complete playthrough]] was uploaded onto Youtube by a Canadian fan of the franchise who provided commentary and basic translation of the game's dialogue and important text as he played.