Line #40 Trivia/HelloSandybell


1	* Subpages:
2	[[index]]
3	** [[ActingForTwo/HelloSandybell Acting For Two]].
4	** [[TheOtherDarrin/HelloSandybell The Other Darrin]].
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7	!!Tropes
8	* AdoredByTheNetwork: Mediaset (Italy's largest mass media group) has an affinity for this anime, as they frequently air it on their multiple channels.
9	* AnimeFirst: Never had a manga.
10	* ChannelHop: In Hungary, it aired on Szív TV (under the name ''Sandy Bell'') and then RTL Klub's block Rajzfilmklub.
11	* CompletelyDifferentTitle:
12	** '''Arabic:''' ساندي بيل (Sandy Bell)
13	** '''French:''' Sandy Jonquille (Sandy Daffodil)
14	** '''Greek''': Η Μικρή Σάντυμπελ (Little Sandybell)
15	** '''Hungarian:''' Helló, Sandybell!
16	** '''Italian:''' La mia amica Sandy Bell (My Friend Sandy Bell)/Dolce Sandybell (Sweet Sandybell)
17	** '''Spanish (Latin American):''' Sandy Bell
18	** '''Swedish:''' Sandybell
19	** '''Romanian:''' Sandy Bell
20	* CastTheRunnerUp: Creator/YurikoYamamoto initially auditioned for the theme song, but ended up voicing the main character.
21	* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer:
22	** In ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyriaAMemoir'', the author refers to ''Anime/HelloSandybell'' as "a popular manga show". ''Hello! Sandybell'' never had a manga and is a case of AnimeFirst.
23	** In 2020, Edinburgh News published an [[https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/retro/cult-80s-japanese-anime-was-set-in-scotland-and-shares-name-with-famous-edinburgh-folk-pub-2883492 article]] about the ''Hello! Sandybell'', discussing how rare it was to find an anime set in Scotland...and used a screenshot of the Cornwell brothers from ''Manga/CandyCandy''. The error is still up to this day.
24	** [=AniMagazin=] (January 2023) states that apart from Hungary, the only other European countries ''Hello! Sandybell'' aired in were France and Spain. This is untrue as it also aired in Italy, Greece and Romania. It was also shown in the Nordics through casette tapes.
25	* CreatorsFavoriteEpisode: Several people working for Wendros AB who produced the Swedish dub, including the company's founder Christer Hagström, have stated that ''Hello! Sandybell'' was their favourite anime dub project (along with ''Anime/CandyCandy'').
26	* CrossdressingVoices: In the French and Italian dubs, both Ricky and Charles have female voice actresses (including their [[TheOtherDarrin Other Darrins]]).
27	** In the Swedish dub, while female characters are for the most part voiced by female voice actors, minor female roles are sometimes voiced by male voice actors. Most notably, the below mentioned Creator/TomasBolme also voiced Kitty's mother, Mrs Shearer. On the flip side, Ricky was voiced by a female voice actress.
28	* DescendedCreator:
29	** Creator/TomasBolme, the dubbing director and translator of the Swedish version, also voiced Mark Blanche Wellington and Leslie Christie.
30	** The first six episodes of Greek dub were originally translated and dubbed by Spyros Milionis, who also voiced Mr. Scott (episode 4). The remaining ones were directed by Michalis Balis, Dimitra Dimitriadou and Christina Donori. Dimitriadou also voiced the Narrator, as the previous voice actress for it left.
31	** Jorge Mota directed the European Portugeuse dub and voiced Charles and Leslie Christie.
32	* DuelingDubs: When the series was dubbed into Italian, it had two dubs - an original one directed by Federico Danti and a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rai_Med Rai]] dub directed by Renzo Stacchi. The Rai dub also had a different script.
33	* FollowTheLeader: It is [[https://cinepremiere.com.mx/anime-retro-hola-sandy-bell.html widely believed]] that ''Sandybell'' was created as an offshoot of ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater''[='s=] due to the European-style setting and [[Anime/ThreeThousandLeaguesInSearchOfMother themes]] of [[Anime/TheStoryOfPerrine finding]] one's long-lost parent.
34	* ForeignDubAsBasis: The European Portugeuse dub of ''Hello! Sandybell'' was [[https://brincabrincando.com/ola-sandybell/#1564940173698-7414f254-df4e based on]] the Italian dub. It's why the European Portuguese and Italian theme songs sound so similar. The Portuguese dub also added a lot of it's own {{Dub Name Change}}s.
35	* HeAlsoDid: ''Hello! Sandybell'' has the same creator as anime ''Anime/HanaNoKoLunlun'', Shiro Jimbo.
36	* LateExportForYou: While this anime reached most of Europe's shores a few years after release, it didn't air in Russia until 1995 on the channel 2x2.
37	* LifeImitatesArt: The anime features a Scottish character named Kitty Shearer, who later decides to work as a journalist. Come 2003, and there really is a Scottish news presenter and journalist called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catriona_Shearer Catriona Shearer]], who goes by "Kitty" for short.
38	* NoExportForYou: It was never broadcast in the USA or Canada, because of the lack of English dub (though since it had a French dub, it would have been fit for some Canadian stations).
39	* OtakuOClock: The 2018 Marathons on Italia 1 were broadcast during the "Orario Notturno!" timeslot.
40	* StarMakingRole: ''Hello! Sandybell'' was Creator/YurikoYamamoto's debut role.
41	!!General Trivia
42	* "Sandybell" is also the name of a popular pub in Scotland.
43	* The French dub of ''Hello! Sandybell'' was also broadcast in UsefulNotes/{{Belgium}} and UsefulNotes/{{Romania}}.

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