Line #5 Trivia/DateALive


1	* AllStarCast:
2	** The Japanese cast includes Creator/NobunagaShimazaki, Creator/MarinaInoue, Creator/AyanaTaketatsu, Creator/AyaEndo, Creator/TakehitoKoyasu, Creator/RyotaroOkiayu, Creator/ShizukaIto, Creator/JojiNakata, Creator/MaayaUchida, Creator/MinoriChihara, and Creator/HitomiNabatame. TheMovie brought in Creator/SoraAmamiya, and the visual novels include Creator/KanaHanazawa, Creator/AyaneSakura and Creator/RieTakahashi. Talent was not wasted here.
3	** The English dub has the likes of Creator/JessieJamesGrelle, Creator/MichelleRojas, Creator/BrynApprill, Creator/TiaBallard, Creator/AlexisTipton, Creator/BrittneyKarbowski, Creator/JadSaxton, Creator/KatelynBarr, Creator/FeleciaAngelle, Creator/JMichaelTatum, Creator/CaitlinGlass, Creator/ChristopherWehkamp Creator/TrinaNishimura, Creator/LeahClark, Creator/JamieMarchi, and Creator/MonicaRial.
4	* BTeamSequel: Creator/{{AIC}} produced the first season. With producers Jiyū Ōgi and Chiaki Kurokane leaving AIC to help start Creator/ProductionIMS, all of the animation work was done there for the second season and the film. After Production IMS shuttered in October 2018, the third and fourth seasons were respectively produced by Creator/JCStaff and Geek Toys.
5	* CreatorCouple:
6	** Creator/MichelleRojas (Tohka's VA in the dub) was married to Justin Rojas, who also worked for Creator/{{Funimation}} at the time. They have since divorced.
7	** Ditto for Creator/JadSaxton (Miku's English VA), who was married to Nick Haley at the time of recording the series.
8	* DirectedByCastMember: In the Latin Spanish dub of the fourth season, Andrés García is Elliot Baldwin Woodman's voice actor as well as the ADR director.
9	* TheOtherDarrin: From the English dub of Season 3 onwards:
10	** Creator/ChristopherWehkamp replaces Alex Organ as the BigBad Isaac Ray Peram Westcott because the latter retired and moved on to directing theater.
11	** Creator/JohnSwasey takes over the voice of Elliot Woodman after Ed Blaylock's passing.
12	** Creator/CynthiaCranz takes over as Fraxinus crew member Shiizaki following Maeghan Albach's passing.
13	** Creator/CliffordChapin voices Hiroto Tonomachi instead of Nick Haley.
14	* ReferencedBy: ''Fanfic/AnchorFoal'' PopCulturePunEpisodeTitle, [[https://www.fimfiction.net/story/342886/16/anchor-foal-a-romantic-cringe-comedy/date-a-dead "Date A Dead"]].
15	* ScheduleSlip: The 4th season was intended to begin in October 2021, as part of the franchise's [[MilestoneCelebration 10th anniversary]], but ultimately got delayed to April 2022 (the COVID-19 pandemic likely being a big factor).
16	* SheAlsoDid: The character designs were done by tsunako of ''Franchise/{{Neptunia}}'' fame.
17	* StarMakingRole:
18	** In America, Tohka was this for Creator/MichelleRojas, who began accepting more work and would be taken more seriously as a voice actress.
19	** Even though he is far from an unknown name (having previously voiced Haruka Nanase from ''Anime/{{Free}}''), Creator/NobunagaShimazaki's role as Shido solidified him into one of the most prolific male voice actors of this generation.
20	* StudioHop: The anime's first season was produced by Creator/{{AIC}}, followed by Creator/ProductionIMS for the second season, by Creator/JCStaff for the third season, and by Geek Toys for the fourth season.
21	* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to a Twitter post from Tachibana, a Sylph or a Bandit/Thief design was considered for Yamai before settling on Bondage.
22	* WordOfGod:
23	** Kurumi was the first character conceived by Tachibana, all the way back when he was in high school.
24	** [[spoiler: According to an interview with the author in the May 2020 Dragon Magazine, Kazamachi Yamai's deceased twin was Yayoi]].
25	* YouSoundFamiliar: Creator/KentaroTone, Mikimoto's voice actor, had a minor role as Origami's father in the third season.

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