Line #3 Trivia/BtX


1	* AllStarCast: Heavily branded as "[[Creator/MasamiKurumada Masami Kurumada's]] 20th Anniversary Work" and "The Major Anime Adaptation of a Kurumada work after ''Manga/SaintSeiya''." Based on TheNineties stand-point, the Japanese casting was really big. Even the veteran voice actors of the time were considered renowned to the Japanese public.
2	* DuelingDubs: The series has two English dubs. One was produced in 2006 by the short-lived Illumitoon covering episodes 1-14, but they went under before they could continue. Anime Midstream later rescued the series and gave it a new dub in 2018 in association with Sound Cadence Studios, currently covering the entire series. Both dubs were recorded in Dallas, TX with many of the same actors (commonly associated with Creator/FUNimation) in different roles. Creator/EricVale voices Teppei in both dubs.
3	* ExecutiveMeddling: During the turn into TheNineties, Kurumada fell out with ''Shonen Jump'' with his ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' series, prompting it's cancellation. Leading him to leave Shueisha for a different publisher who would be willing to give him his creative freedom in developing a new story to catch some fresh air. Hence the birth of ''B't X'' through ''Shonen Ace'' of Kadokawa Shoten. The rest of his ''Saint Seiya'' franchise was adopted by Akita Shoten's ''Weekly Shonen Champion'' and ''Champion Red'' magazine.
4	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes:
5	** One of the rare cases for domestic Japan. Japan released both [=TV=] and OVA in full [=VHS=] and [[Platform/CompactDisc VCD]] formats. But as the [=DVD=] wave poured in, they failed to release the DVD version of ''B't X NEO'', and the fight for Japan's limited-released TV Box set in [=DVD=] is [[LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition bloody]], '''[[http://i.imgur.com/bmcY8fT.png HARD.]]''' Therefore, most domestic Japanese fans have to crawl their way finding episodes online, or owning the ''[[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff French]]'' version of ''B't X'', which released the complete TV and OVA set in one [=DVD=] box (with affordable pricing).
6	** The original 2006 English dub, which covered episodes 1-14. Only 8 episodes were released to DVD from Westlake Entertainment, and the releases are now out-of-print. Episodes 9-14 aired exclusively on The Anime Network, and are even harder to find.
7	** The late 1990s Tagalog dub of B't X from Creator/{{ABSCBN}} in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} has yet to reappear online. If it has any VHS recordings of the time, they're few and far between. There aren't even any re-dubs of the series in the 2000s to allow for modern [=YouTube=] uploads, unlike with ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' and ''Manga/KishinDoujiZenki''. So online, the only proof of the 1990s dub's existence is a clip of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1eQLoW6TuVg Tagalog opening]] or nostalgic forum discussions.
8	* RoleReprise: It's pretty clear that Creator/NobuyukiHiyama, Creator/KeijiFujiwara, and most of the main cast came back in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eL2NHJeKa5Y pachinko]] for their respective roles. But unfortunately Creator/MegumiOgata (Karen) and Creator/KenyuHoriuchi (Metal Face) failed to come back for their roles.
9	* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/TMSEntertainment were one of the many victims that were caught in the ExecutiveMeddling of their hosted TV stations. Japanese TV stations at the time, particularly [=TBS=] (who produced ''B't X'') and Fuji TV were desparate for ratings and were aggressively stuffing more TV programs within their channels in attempt to fish up their floundering viewership due to the rise of TheInternet, and made the move to [[ExecutiveMeddling frequently, and forcibly shift around their existing programs]] to either [[FridayNightDeathSlot death slots]], or cutting air time, especially to programs they determined to be flying low in ratings. [=TMS=] started two projects with [=TBS=] at that time, one was ''B't X'', and the other was ''Manga/CaseClosed''; [[WhatCouldHaveBeen which the latter was spared]] due to it airing on [[Creator/NipponTelevision Nippon TV]] instead. The [=TMS=] department that was working on ''B't X'' originally planned to weather out their OvertookTheManga period by pacing [[{{Filler}} filler arcs]] within their planned one year (roughly 50 episodes) run. But their producers didn't give a damn about "slow brewing a product," and threw them the cut-time red card on short notice, hence, the anime was forced cut on the half year (25 episode) mark, right where CanonForeigner B't Shadow X was introduced. Which was why the latter half of the TV episodes were off paced, redrawn, and scrambled into ending, much to TMS' chagrin. Kurumada proceeded in [[AuthorsSavingThrow saving]] Shadow X to save both the anime adaptation, and his work as a whole.

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