Line #29 Trivia/NICHIJOU


1	* AcclaimedFlop: The anime wasn't very financially successful in Japan, and it is Creator/KyotoAnimation's fifth lowest-selling anime. However, it was well-received by critics and it garnered a sizeable fanbase in North America and Europe. It also more than doubled its original sales with re-releases. In its native country, it did become a veritable fountain of memes and was appreciated years later.
2	* ActorAllusion: In the anime, Shinonome Institute's resident talking cat Sakamoto is played by Creator/MinoruShiraishi, who, among other things (including [[Manga/HaruhiChan another]] FormallyNamedPet), played himself as the host of ''Manga/LuckyStar'''s "Lucky Channel" segment. In that show, his co-host Akira (played by Creator/HiromiKonno) sends him off on a suicide mission and replaces him with Creator/DaisukeOno. In this show, guess who plays the crow that the Professor (played by Hiromi Konno) decides would be better to have the talking scarf than Sakamoto?
3	** Another one in the same scene -- the fact that Ono plays a crow alludes to his role in ''VisualNovel/{{AIR}}''.
4	* DirectedByCastMember: Creator/JadSaxton directed the English dub, in addition to voicing Hakase.
5	* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The anime was licensed in English early on, but spent a good while in limbo for US fans. Crunchyroll hosted it for streaming, but the rights expired. Bandai was originally going to release the show on video, but cancelled it due to financial troubles. For a time, the only way to enjoy the series legally with an English translation was buying from Madman Entertainment, an Australian company which licensed the series for english for Australia and New Zealand on streaming and DVD. Funimation licensed the anime for North America in November 2016, released it sub-only on February 7, 2017, and with an English dub in July 2019. Both eventually become (once again) available on Crunchyroll.
6	* LateExportForYou: The manga was released on 2006. Vertical has started to release volumes of the manga in 2016, puns and all intact.
7	* NoDubForYou: The anime had multiple sub-only releases in English until Funimation made a dub in 2019, eight years after the Japanese release.
8	* RealSongThemeTune: In its second season, the series started using a different Japanese pop standard for its ending theme every episode.
9	** A portion of the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_679sSiQ4dw FIFA Anthem]] was played during the "10-yen Soccer" segment.
10	* ReferencedBy:
11	** Music/TheLivingTombstone's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Zj0JOHJR-s My Ordinary Life]] samples Koigokoro wa Dangan mo Yawarakakusuru.
12	** Japanese idol, Youtuber and Gunpla/modeling expert Umi Shinonome took her stage name from Shinonome Labs, being [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/F6MwDKYa4AA1HXP?format=jpg&name=small a big fan]] of the anime.
13	* StuntCasting: The anime adaptation has formed a habit of having a well-known voice actor speak as one of the important objects that appears in the episode.
14	** Episode 1: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3557 Reiko Katsura]] and Creator/CheramiLeigh as Nano's little toe.
15	** Episode 2: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2076 Masako Ikeda]] and [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=167481 Casey Casper]] as the cake in Nano's head.
16	** Episode 3: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3095 Hiroshi Masuoka]] and Creator/GregAyres as a Voodoo doll.
17	** Episode 4: Creator/NorikoOhara and Creator/LindaYoung as an apartment building.
18	** Episode 5: Creator/RikiyaKoyama and Creator/JustinCook as an onomatopoeia.
19	** Episode 6: Creator/FumihikoTachiki and Creator/ChristopherBevins as the 10-Yen soccer coins.
20	** Episode 7: Creator/NorioWakamoto and Creator/PhilParsons as the wooden cubes (Wakamoto was also a soldier at the start of the episode).
21	** Episode 8: Creator/TomokazuSeki and Creator/RiccoFajardo as a double-yolked egg.
22	** Episode 9: Creator/AyaHirano and Creator/CarliMosier as the ''shogi'' King tile and the angel from ''Helvetica Standard''.
23	** Episode 10: Creator/MasakoNozawa and Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard as an origami frilled-neck lizard.
24	** Episode 11: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2176 Fuyumi Shiraishi]] and Creator/JamieMarchi as balls made of mud and steel.
25	** Episode 12: Creator/SatomiKoorogi and Creator/KateBristol as a bottle of cider.
26	** Episode 13: Creator/MegumiOgata and Creator/AnastasiaMunoz as a string of international flags.
27	** Episode 14: Creator/ShigeruChiba and Creator/ChuckHuber as a soccer ball.
28	** Episode 15: Creator/YoshikoSakakibara and [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=64274 Linda Leonard]] as a can of oil.
29	** Episode 16: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1592 TARAKO]] and [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=72170 Kristin Sutton]] as a plus-screw.
30	** Episode 17: Creator/KazuyaNakai and Creator/ChristopherSabat as the Three of Spades.
31	** Episode 18: Creator/RikakoAikawa and Creator/LuciChristian as a sweet grande white chocolate mocha frappuchino, ordered with a short single-shot caramel sauce, hazelnut syrup, chocolate chip, extra whip espresso.
32	** Episode 19: Creator/YujiMitsuya and Creator/KentWilliams as Yuuko's clay bust of herself.
33	** Episode 20: Creator/MamiKoyama and Creator/StephanieYoung as manga manuscript paper.
34	** Episode 21: Creator/SumiShimamoto and Creator/BrynApprill as a "Lovers' Umbrella".
35	** Episode 22: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=2172 Shibata Hidekatsu]] and Creator/RBruceElliott as melon bread.
36	** Episode 23: Creator/YuiHorie and Creator/LaurenLanda as the high school graduation photo of Sakurai-sensei.
37	** Episode 24: Creator/IchiroNagai and Creator/JohnSwasey as a vending machine.
38	** Episode 25: Creator/KeikoYokozawa and Creator/KiraVincentDavis as Nano's wind-up key.

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