History Trivia / YuGiOhZEXAL

* ActorAllusion:
** Cathy is a huge one to [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Ayame Sarutobi]], both voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi. Not only are both [[{{Meganekko}} characters]] [[StalkerWithACrush very similar]], but in episode 51, she even mimics frame by frame Sarutobi's RoofHopping from ''Gintama''[='=]s 5th opening.
** Creator/MitsukiSaiga, voice of Kakeru Kunitachi, also voices Shindou Takuto, the team captain in [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven GO]], which is about (''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' levels of unrealistic) soccer.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: An alternate dub was created by ADK. [[http://youtu.be/3xPs0pM-Pq4 Watch an excerpt here]] (warning, the audio is out of sync)

* {{Defictionalization}}: [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Orbital_7_(card) Orbital 7]] and [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Lillybot_(card) Lillyboy]] have their own own cards!

** ADK created this dub when the rights to ''ZEXAL'' were in jeopardy, against the court's warnings. ADK took 26 episodes and gave it a huge makeover, with a new soundtrack composed to picture, reanimating some sequences, and getting big-name voice actors such as Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Yuma, Creator/CassandraLee as Tori, and Creator/VicMignogna as Shark. The new dub even kept in Yuma's kattobingu catchphrase. It's very unlikely that these episodes will ever see the light of day since ADK failed to secure the rights for ''ZEXAL'' in the United States.

* RelationShipVoiceActor: Creator/MiyuIrino (Astral), Creator/TasukuHatanaka (Yuma), and Creator/KoukiUchiyama (Kaito) worked together in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' as Sora, Yozora, and Riku respectively.

* TooSoon: Shark's Poseidon Wave card was changed to Zeus Breath following the Sendai Earthquake.

* RelationShipVoiceActor: Creator/MiyuIrino (Astral), Creator/TasukuHatanaka (Yuma), and Creator/KoukiUchiyama (Kaito) previously worked together in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'' as Sora, Yozora, and Riku respectively.

** There's a cut plotline involving a character named Alco, who was meant to duel Kaito for a card known as "The Closed Eight". Alco is know as The Barian Observer, and is not affiliated with the other Seven Emperors. The next episode would have Kaito try to pass the card to Yuma, only to be intercepted by Mizael much like in canon. There's no info on what "The Closed Eight" is, what it was supposed to do, or what Alco's reasoning for his actions are. Presumable he and the card were cut as to streamline the plots regarding Kaito and Mizael's rivalry and the birth of the 100th number.

* There's a cut plotline involving a character named Alco, who was meant to duel Kaito for a card known as "The Closed Eight". Alco is know as The Barian Observer, and is not affiliated with the other Seven Emperors. The next episode would have Kaito try to pass the card to Yuma, only to be intercepted by Mizael much like in canon. There's no info on what "The Closed Eight" is, what it was supposed to do, or what Alco's reasoning for his actions are. Presumable he and the card were cut as to streamline the plots regarding Kaito and Mizael's rivalry and the birth of the 100th number.
* Deleted summaries for episodes 121-125 indicate that Vector would have originally bested Shark in their flashback duel, causing Shark to challenge Vector in the present. This would awaken Shark's Barian powers earlier than in canon, and eventually led to a situation where Yuma was separated from Astral again.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh%21_Wikia Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki]].

* ShrugOfGod: [[http://twitter.com/#!/98zexal The director of Zexal]] repeatedly dodges questions on just about everything.

** ADK created this dub when the rights to ZEXAL were in jeopardy, against the court's warnings. ADK took 26 episodes and gave it a huge makeover, with a new soundtrack composed to picture, reanimating some sequences, and getting big-name voice actors such as Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Yuma, Creator/CassandraLee as Tori, and Creator/VicMignogna as Shark. The new dub even kept in Yuma's kattobingu catchphrase. It's very unlikely that these episodes will ever see the light of day since ADK failed to secure the rights for ZEXAL in the United States.

* TheWikiRule: The [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Yu-Gi-Oh%21_Wikia Yu-Gi-Oh! Wiki]].

!!!''Character Specific:''

!!Ryoga "Shark" Kamishiro
* TooSoon: His Poseidon Wave card was changed to Zeus Breath following the Sendai Earthquake.

!!Cathy
* ActorAllusion: A huge one to [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Ayame Sarutobi]], both voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi. Not only are both [[{{Meganekko}} characters]] [[StalkerWithACrush very similar]], but in episode 51, she even mimics frame by frame Sarutobi's RoofHopping from ''Gintama''[='=]s 5th opening.

!!Kakeru Kunitachi
* ActorAllusion: Creator/MitsukiSaiga also voices Shindou Takuto, the team captain in [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven GO]], which is about (Yu-Gi-Oh! levels of unrealistic) soccer.

!!Astral
* EarlyBirdCameo: Astral seems to have been inspired by what was back then [[http://yugioh.wikia.com/wiki/Astral_Barrier a completely unremarkable card]] introduced as early as GX!

** ADK created this dub when the rights to ZEXAL were in jeopardy, against the court's warnings. ADK took 26 episodes and gave it a huge makeover, with a new soundtrack composed to picture, reanimating some sequences, and getting big-name voice actors such as Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Yuma, Creator/MichelleRuff as Tori, and Creator/VicMignogna as Shark. The new dub even kept in Yuma's kattobingu catchphrase. It's very unlikely that these episodes will ever see the light of day since ADK failed to secure the rights for ZEXAL in the United States.

** ADK created this dub when the rights to ZEXAL were in jeopardy, against the court's warnings. ADK took 26 episodes and gave it a huge makeover, with a new soundtrack composed to picture, reanimating some sequences, and getting big-name voice actors such as Creator/JohnnyYongBosch as Yuma,Creator/MichelleRuff as Tori, and Creator/VicMignogna as Shark. The new dub even kept in Yuma's kattobingu catchphrase. It's very unlikely that these episodes will ever see the light of day since ADK failed to secure the rights for ZEXAL in the United States.

** Creator/SeanSchemmel: Voices Bronk Stone, Bronk's Mother, Orbital 7, Kaze, and Kazuma Tsukumo
** EricaSchroeder: Voices Cathy and Hart

** ADK created this dub when the rights to ZEXAL were in jeopardy, against the court's warnings. ADK took 26 episodes and gave it a huge makeover, with a new soundtrack composed to picture, reanimating some sequences, and getting big-name voice actors such as Creator/JohnnyYongBosch, cast as Yuma, and Creator/VicMignogna as Shark. The new dub even kept in Yuma's kattobingu catchphrase. It's very unlikely that these episodes will ever see the light of day since ADK failed to secure the rights for ZEXAL in the United States.

* ActorAllusion: A huge one to [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Ayame Sarutobi]], both voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi. Not only are both [[{{Meganekko}} characters]] [[StalkerWithACrush very similar]], but in episode 51, she even mimics frame by frame Sarutobi's RoofHopping from ''Gintama''[='=]s 5th opening.

** D-Gazers are called [[Anime/DragonBallZ Scouters]]

** ADK created this dub when the rights to ZEXAL were in jeopardy, against the court's warnings. ADK took 26 episodes and gave it a huge makeover, with a new soundtrack composed to picture, reanimating some sequences, and getting big-name voice actors such as JohnnyYongBosch, cast as Yuma, and VicMignogna as Shark. The new dub even kept in Yuma's kattobingu catchphrase. It's very unlikely that these episodes will ever see the light of day since ADK failed to secure the rights for ZEXAL in the United States.

** Creator/MarcThompson: Voices Astral, Kite, Dark Mist, and the Door.

* HeyItsThatVoice: [[Creator/MiyuIrino Astral]] is [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora]], [[Anime/SpiritedAway Haku]], [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Saji]] and [[spoiler: Lost]] [[Series/KamenRiderOOO Ankh]].
** Keeping the ''Franchise/KingdomHearts'' and ''Gundam'' vein, Kaito is portrayed by Creator/KoukiUchiyama, the voice of Roxas and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamUnicorn Banagher]].
** Ponta the tanuki's dub voice is Creator/VeronicaTaylor, the original [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]]. This leads to serious VocalDissonance with Taylor's Ash voice coming out of the huge [[GrandTheftMe Girag]].
*** An earlier link to {{Anime/Pokemon}} is Tori, voiced by Creator/EileenStevens, the voice of Iris.

* ActorAllusion: A huge one to [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Ayame Sarutobi]], both voiced by Creator/YuuKobayashi. Not only are both [[{{Meganekko}} characters]] [[StalkerWithACrush very similar]], but in episode 51, she even mimics frame by frame Sarutobi's RoofHopping from ''Gintama''[='=]s 5th opening.

* ShrugOfGod: [[http://twitter.com/#!/98zexal The director of Zexal]] repeatedly dodges questions just about everything.

* ActorAllusion: A huge one to [[Manga/{{Gintama}} Ayame Sarutobi]], both voiced by YuKobayashi. Not only are both [[{{Meganekko}} characters]] [[StalkerWithACrush very similar]], but in episode 51, she even mimics frame by frame Sarutobi's RoofHopping from ''Gintama''[='=]s 5th opening.

** Ponta the tanuki's dub voice is Creator/VeronicaTaylor, the original [[{{Anime/Pokemon}} Ash Ketchum]].