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1	* ActingForTwo:
2	** In the Japanese version:
3	*** Yumeji Hanagata and Tiger are both played by Creator/UraraTakano.
4	*** Besides voicing Hikozaemon, Creator/ShigeruChiba voiced the narrator as well as Akira in ''J''.
5	** In the English dub of ''J'':
6	*** Creator/ErinFitzgerald voiced Cherry and Luchs from episode 4 to episode 10.
7	*** Creator/NicoleOliver, who voiced Baiko, later took over for Erin as Cherry. Colleen Wheeler took over for Luchs.
8	*** Tamasaburo, Yumeji Hanagata and Lorelei were voiced by Creator/EllenKennedy.
9	*** Creator/PaulDobson was not only the regular voice actor for Hikozaemon starting with episode 3, but he also was the voice of Faust.
10	*** Richard Newman voices Soemon Obiichi and Goddel.
11	*** The late French Tickner voices Gennai Shiraga, as well as several background and one-off characters.
12	* AmateurCast: Given that ''J to X'' was recorded at Blue Water Studios in Calgary, many of the English voice actors from ''J to X'' haven't done much else.
13	* CompletelyDifferentTitle: ''Chica Marioneta'' (''Girl Marionette'') in Latin America.
14	* CrossDressingVoices: In the Japanese version of the series, Otaru is voiced by Creator/YukaImai.
15	** Ditto for the English dub of ''J Again'', where Otaru was voiced by Creator/MonaMarshall.
16	* DirectedByCastMember:
17	** In the English dub of ''J Again'', Creator/BridgetHoffman was the ADR Director as well as Cherry's voice actress.
18	** The Latin American Spanish dub was directed by Love Santini, who also voiced Bloodberry (Zarzamora in the dub).
19	* FranchiseKiller: The controversial ''Saber Marionette Z'' manga. The story is that even though it's by then normal with human women on Terra II, maiden circuits are made for every marionette, and some chose to turn evil. The main marionette, Zero, had CombatTentacles that she used to [[PowerCopying absorb the other marionettes and gain their skills]]. It only reached only 7 chapters with a huge ArtShift in chapter 6. It never was collected into a whole volume. It caused such a stir the whole franchise was put on hold until bought in 2015.
20	* NoDubForYou: The ''J'' VHS release in 1999 was initially sub only, even though ''J Again'', released around the same time, had a dub. Averted with the DVD release.
21	* NoExportForYou:
22	** The ''Battle Sabers'' videogame.
23	** Not only did the controversial Saber Marionette Z stay in Japan, it didn't even get a whole volume.
24	* TheOtherDarrin:
25	** After episode 13, Creator/NicoleOliver and Colleen Wheeler replaced Creator/ErinFitzgerald as both Cherry and Luchs, respectively, in the English dub after Erin moved to the US.
26	** Also the ''J'' series ended up being dubbed by Ocean in Vancouver instead of Animaze in LA [[note]]contrary to popular belief, not the other way around[[/note]], so the entire cast was changed. Notably, Otaru went from being voiced by a female (Creator/MonaMarshall) to a male (Creator/BradSwaile). Then ''J to X'' went to Blue Water in Calgary, presumably due to union issues, and the entire cast was changed once again.
27	** The rest of the dubs were more consistent, with two major exceptions in ''J Again''. In Japan, Creator/KikukoInoue (Panther) was on maternity leave during production, and thus was replaced by Creator/EmiShinohara. In Latin America, Creator/IsabelMartinon (Lorelei) was replaced by Creator/ElsaCovian, who ironically played ''R'''s version of Cherry. In both cases the original actress came back for ''J to X''.
28	* RealLifeRelative: In the ''J'' dub, Creator/PaulDobson voices Faust, while his brother Creator/BrianDobson played minor roles.
29	* StudioHop: At first, ''J'' was animated by Creator/StudioJunio, before switching to Creator/HalFilmMaker for ''J Again'' and ''J to X''.
30	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
31	** Apple was going to be part of the original series, but she was cut. She appears in the ''Battle Sabers'' game, anyways.
32	** ''Saber Marionette J'' only has 25 episodes because the 26th was turned into ''J Again''.
33	* YouSoundFamiliar:
34	** Creator/YukaImai voiced Junior in ''R'' and would later go on to voice Otaru Mamiya in ''J''.
35	** The Sexadolls' voice actresses (Creator/YukoMizutani, Creator/UraraTakano and Creator/KikukoInoue) would later go on to play the Saber Dolls in ''J''.
36	** Creator/ShigeruChiba played Doctor Lizzetta in ''R'' and Hikozaemon in ''J''.
37	** Creator/HikaruMidorikawa voiced Star Face in ''R'' and Faust in ''J''.

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