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2* ActingForTwo:
3** In the Japanese version:
4*** Creator/HozumiGouda is the narrator for the ''Strike Witches'' series, as well as Ichiro Miyafuji's voice actor.
5*** Creator/SakuraNogawa voices Erica Hartmann as well as her twin sister Ursula; this is carried over to the foreign dubs.
6** In the English dub:
7*** The late Jerry Russell voiced Yoshika's grandfather in the first season and some minor characters in ''Strike Witches 2''.
8*** Creator/ToddHaberkorn voiced Meyer as well as some background characters.
9*** Creator/MonicaRial voices both Christiane Barkhorn and Aleksandra Pokryshkin.
10*** Creator/CaitlinGlass voices Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen and some minor characters in ''Road to Berlin''.
11* AlanSmithee:
12** Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard went under a pseudonym for the first season's English dub, but was later credited by her real name for Hanna-Justine Marseille.
13** Jessica Foster, Sanya's English voice actress, was initially credited as "Jennifer Forrester" for the first two seasons as well as [[Anime/StrikeWitchesTheMovie the film]]. Beginning with ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off!'', she was credited by her real name.
14* CashCowFranchise: ''Strike Witches'' more or less completely saved {{Creator/GONZO}} financially (to some extent; they still went through bankruptcy in 2009). Furthermore, it's probably going to be the only GONZO animation besides ''Manga/{{Saki}}'' to receive any consistent memetic fanbase.
15* CreatorBacklash: Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard voiced a role in the English dub's first season, but you wouldn't know it from the credits because she was so ashamed of the show that she insisted on [[AlanSmithee using an alias]]. Apparently, she wasn't the only one.
16* DirectedByCastMember: In the English dub:
17** Scott Sager directed the first two seasons and voiced some one-off characters for the first season.
18** Creator/JadSaxton is Perrine's voice actress as well as the ADR Director for ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off!'' and ''Road to Berlin''.
19* LateExportForYou: The series would receive an official Blu-ray release in Germany complete with a dub for the first time in late 2021, 13 years after the first season originally aired and 11 years after the English dub.
20* NoDubForYou: The only languages the series is currently dubbed in are English and German [[note]] coincidentally the only languages aside from Japanese to also have physical releases of it [[/note]], everywhere else is subtitles only.
21* NoExportForYou: Funimation has licensed everything [[note]] with the exception of ''Luminous Witches'' which is licensed by Creator/SentaiFilmworks [[/note]] except for ''Operation Victory Arrow'' which remains unlicensed in the English speaking world.
22* TheOriginalDarrin:
23** In the English dub of ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off!'', Jamie Marchi was replaced by Creator/KatelynBarr as Charlotte E. Yeager for her appearance in the sixth episode. Marchi reprised her role for the home media release.
24** After being replaced by Creator/YusakuYara for the ''Brave Witches'' spinoff, Creator/HozumiGouda returns as the narrator for ''Road to Berlin''.
25* TheOtherDarrin: Due to Creator/SaekoChiba's maternity leave, Saori Seto replaced her as Mio Sakamoto from ''Strike Witches 2'' onwards.
26* RealLifeRelative: In the English dub, Creator/CaitlinGlass voiced Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen. Her younger sister Creator/RachelGlass appeared in ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off!'' as one of the additional voices.
27* RoleReprise:
28** In ''501st Joint Fighter Wing Take Off!'':
29*** Both Creator/ShizukaIto (Hanna-Justina Marseille) and Creator/AriseSato (Michiko Yamakawa) reprise their roles five years after their last appearance in 2014's ''Operation Victory Arrow''.
30*** Creator/AyaUchida returns as Shizuka Hattori seven years after ''Anime/StrikeWitchesTheMovie''.
31*** In the English dub, Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard reprises her role as Hanna-Justina Marseille from ''Strike Witches 2'', as well as Creator/CristinaValenzuela as Shizuka Hattori from ''Strike Witches: The Movie''.
32** For ''Road to Berlin'':
33*** This show marks the first time Creator/SatoshiHino and Creator/AnthonyBowling have respectively voiced Keisuke Hijikata in Japanese and English since ''Strike Witches 2''.
34*** Creator/HozumiGouda reprises his role of the narrator for the first time since ''Operation Victory Arrow'' six years earlier.
35* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Due to copyright concerns regarding the usage of "Lili Marleen" in the first season episode "[[Recap/StrikeWitchesEp8IWontForgetYou I Won't Forget You]]", the North American home media releases as well as the Crunchyroll/Funimation streams replace it with "Negai no Tomoshibi"[[note]]Lamp of a Wish[[/note]], also sung by Creator/RieTanaka.
36* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Kadokawa had Creator/{{Funimation}} limit the North American home video release to DVD only in 2010. It was not until two years later that Funimation finally released it on Blu-Ray and DVD.
37* WhatCouldHaveBeen: After the success of the first season, GONZO announced in April 2009 that they would produce ''Strike Witches 2''. However, the production eventually switched to AIC due to GONZO's near-bankruptcy.
38* WrittenByCastMember: In the English dub:
39** Creator/EricVale voiced some one-off characters in addition to serving as the first season's head writer.
40** Creator/JohnBurgmeier is Dr. Ichiro Miyafuji's voice actor and the second season's head writer.
41** Creator/ChuckHuber was one of the ADR scriptwriters in addition to voicing some one-off characters for the first two seasons.
42** Besides voicing Charlotte E. Yeager, Creator/JamieMarchi was the ADR writer for the second season.
43* YouSoundFamiliar: From the dub of ''Anime/StrikeWitchesTheMovie'' for ''Road to Berlin'', Creator/RachelRobinson (Heinrike Prinzessin zu Sayn-Wittgenstein) reprises her role as Gundula Rall from ''Brave Witches''.

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