Line #4 Trivia/SpaceChannel5


1	* DescendedCreator: Takashi Thomas Yuda and Ken Okazaki, who voiced Fuse and Noize respectively in the Japanese version, are part of the creative staff for both games. Yuda works in animation and Okazaki contributed to the character design department.
2	* InspirationForTheWork: Apparently, the design of the crewmates from ''VideoGame/AmongUs'' is based on that of the Morolians.
3	* IronyAsSheIsCast: Apollo Smile, Ulala's first voice actress, is a professional dancer and choreographer playing the then-rookie space reporter. She was also a singer for a time, releasing several albums during the early 90s. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And wore pigtails for the longest time.]]
4	* MemeAcknowledgement: After a Twitter post went viral about [[https://twitter.com/bemmpo/status/1366894823651880968?s=20 a figure set of chibified Morolians]] looking like the crewmates from ''VideoGame/AmongUs'', the official SEGA Forever Twitter [[https://twitter.com/SEGAForever/status/1366905041450319874?s=20 posted a joke about it]] later that same day.
5	* NoDubForYou: For [[Music/MichaelJackson obvious reasons]], Space Michael speaks English in all reigons.
6	* NoExportForYou: Thanks to Michael Jackson's ill-advised interview with journalist Martin Bashir that aired just before ''Part 2'''s release in Europe (which led to a second round of child abuse allegations, and the eventual 2004 trial over them), the game was never released in the UK until it was included in the ''Dreamcast Collection'' for Steam and Xbox 360. Said interview also resulted in Jackson's likeness getting scrubbed from the game's "Special Edition" release in the USA, which was upheld for the 2011 re-release.
7	* TheOtherDarrin: In the English version of Part 2, all of the returning characters except Ulala (and [[Music/MichaelJackson Space Michael]]) have different voice actors. Ulala eventually got Darrin'd for ''Kinda★Funky News Flash'', with Creator/CheramiLeigh taking up the mic for her role. [[note]] While the staff of ''Space Channel 5 VR: Kinda Funky News Flash'' looked for Apollo Smile to reprise her role as Ulala, [[https://www.siliconera.com/space-channel-5-vrs-mineko-okamura-believes-the-franchises-time-has-come/ she ultimately declined.]]. [[/note]]
8	** FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin: The intro of Part 2 shows several scenes from the first game. The voiceovers for these scenes have been redone by the Part 2 voice cast.
9	* PlayingAgainstType: [[Creator/ShowHayami Jaguar's Japanese voice actor]] usually does characters that are evil.
10	* PromotedFanboy: Music/MichaelJackson loved video games and had worked with SEGA in the past; after a SEGA exec showed him a build of their upcoming rhythm game ''Space Channel 5'', he was so enthusiastic about the project, he wanted to be a part of it. Although the game's near-finished state limited him to just a couple of lines, he had a much larger participation in its sequel.
11	** WhatCouldHaveBeen: The Michael Jackson part actually had been programmed into the game (with five aliens instead of four and a hypnotized Michael), but because of the above, it was easy to just ThrowItIn and have them rescue Space Michael.
12	* SequelGap: A 19 year hiatus between ''Part 2'' in 2001 to ''VR: Kinda★Funky News Flash'' in 2020.
13	* UncreditedRole: Michael Jackson [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-123v1bXpo provided beatboxing and vocals]] for his rescue mission music in ''Part 2''.
14	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
15	** Ulala was meant to have a cameo in ''VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}'', [[http://www.segashiro.com/2010/04/03/ulala-vs-bayonetta-the-ultimate-sega-dance-throwdown but legal issues]] came up that prevented her inclusion.
16	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nccSCFgaZUU Ulala was going to get her own spinoff]] on Creator/{{MTV}} as [[AnimatedActors an actual reporter]], but ProductionLeadTime stopped that.
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