History YMMV / MegaZone23

** Eve never has a relationship with Shogo or Eiji. Idol singers have gone on record as being forbidden to date to keep their image pure.

* RetroactiveRecognition: In the [[{{Macekre}} Harmony Gold release]], Creator/WendeeLee voiced Stacy Embry (Mai). Wendee would go on to voice characters like [[Anime/CowboyBebop Faye Valentine]], [[Manga/OutlawStar Twilight Suzuka]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yoruichi Shihoin]], LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya and [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata Izumi]], among others.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The MegaCorp that doubles as government of Eden in ''Part III'' is called EX in the original version (pronounced "ee-ex" by the Japanese voice actors), but in the dub the characters called it the "Ex-Eye", which dovetailed nicely with the font used for "EX" making the two letters resemble an eye with the separated middle stroke of the E standing in for the iris, an ideal fit for [[BigBrotherIsWatching their role in the story]].

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Rock Cafè" from ''Part I'', "Himitsu Kudasai" (Please Tell Me the Secret) from the end of ''Part II'', and "Sleepless Beauty in the Woods" from '''Part III''.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The MegaCorp that doubles as government of Eden in ''Part III'' is called EX in the original version (pronounced "ee-ex" by the Japanese voice actors"), but in the dub the characters called it the "Ex-Eye", which dovetailed nicely with the font used for "EX" making the two letters resemble an eye with the separated middle stroke of the E standing in for the iris, an ideal fit for [[BigBrotherIsWatching their role in the story]].

** Pretty much the entire bike chase sequence in Part II.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: "Rock Cafè" from ''Part I'' and "Himitsu Kudasai" (Please Tell Me the Secret), from the end of ''Part II''.

** The monitoring of e-mails and people in cyberspace are identical to [[{{UsefulNotes/NSA}} NSAleaks]] in Part III.

** The wire massacre scene in Part II, where even the excessively smooth and uncanny animation adds to the horror of the inevitable carnage.
** The fact that a majority of the population (save for Shogo and the gang) are wiped out by the Dezalg at the end of Part 2. Might seem a bit tame compared to later examples of a city crashing down, but the thought of ''you'', an innocent civilian minding their own business, is suddenly crushed by the rubble that once was, in this case, Tokyo, all because of an alien attack.

** Eiji and Eve's last interaction with each other at the end of Part III, where they share a "kiss" between the glass that she is in before she is sent into space. The sentimental "Pandora Boat" does not even help matters.

* {{Woolseyism}}: The MegaCorp that doubles as government of Eden in Part 3 is called EX in the original version (pronounced "ee-ex" by the Japanese voice actors"), but in the dub the characters called it the "Ex-Eye", which dovetailed nicely with the font used for "EX" making the two letters resemble an eye with the separated middle stroke of the E standing in for the iris, an ideal fit for [[BigBrotherIsWatching their role in the story]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series absolutely screams the 1980s with the hairstyles, fashion, music, technology, and just about everything. It was such a caricature of the decade, that the ADV Films dub played this up by peppering in 80s slang, and treated the series like an intentional period piece.

* NightmareFuel: The wire massacre scene in Part II, where even the excessively smooth and uncanny animation adds to the horror of the inevitable carnage.

*** Speaking of which, is the ADV dub a well-done adaptation of the original, or does it suffer from TotallyRadical rewrites and overzealous acting due to a bad direction job?

** Cyndi in Part 2 is worse - and even more annoying. Of course, being voiced by Tiffany Grant, that's to be expected.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Does anybody else think that "Himitsu Kudasai" sounds like "It's a Sin" by the Music/PetShopBoys?

** {{Generation Ship}}s sent away to preserve humanity while giving a ruined Earth time to heal and an {{AI}} named EVE? Are we talking about this OVA or ''WesternAnimation/WallE''?

** In the United States, Megazone 23 only appeared as a poorly received part of Robotech.
** In the United Kingdom, due to the poor reception of the Harmony Gold dub, Their exposure to Megazone 23 was solely ''Part III'', merged into one two-hour long film.

* Vic Mignogna as Shogo and Allison Keith as Yui is going to be some chuckles when in the Full Metal Panic! series, Kurz tries to gets into a relationship with Mao and fails every time.

* Vic Mignogna as Shogo and Allison Keith as Yui is going to be some chuckls when in the Full Metal Panic!, Kurz tries to gets into a relationship with Mao and fails every time.

** The monitoration of E-mails and people in cyberspace are identical to [[{{UsefulNotes/NSA}} NSAleaks]] in Part III.

** EVE is initally portrayed as an digital Idol whose voice and appearance is sampled from, in universe, a young girl who worked on the Megazone project, identically to how a Music/{{Vocaloid}} is created.

* {{Narm}}: Aside from the obvious/already-stated, there's Yui's voice in the new dub. Some overlap with MostAnnoyingSound.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: "Rock Cafè" from ''Part I'' and "Himitsu Kudasai" (Please Tell Me the Secret), from the end of ''Part II''.

** Meanwhile, Robert V. Barron - who voiced Professor Embry, later became [[Film/BillAndTedsExcellentAdventure Abraham Lincoln]].

* RetroactiveRecognition: In the Harmony Gold dub, Creator/WendeeLee voiced Stacy Embry (Mai). Wendee would go on to voice characters like [[Anime/CowboyBebop Faye Valentine]], [[Manga/OutlawStar Twilight Suzuka]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Yoruichi Shihoin]], LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya and [[Manga/LuckyStar Konata Izumi]], among others.