* AdaptationDistillation: Bowman in the OVA. The negative, cowardly, and callous aspects of his personality (as seen in the very first manga story) are not addressed.
* BadExportForYou: The American version of the arcade ''Area 88'' games is one-to-one...except for the removal of the special "rescue the passenger jet from bombs" mission.
** The TV series originally aired with a soundtrack of remixes of notable trance artists' music; however, the ADV Films release only kept "Mission (Fuga)", the song used for the opening, with all other trance songs replaced; the ending theme and all the other background music was kept.
* NoExportForYou: ''U.N. Squadron'' wasn't the only video game based on the ''Area 88'' manga. In 1995, Family Soft released ''Area 88: Etranger 1995'' in Japan, but not in the U.S.
* PlayingAgainstType: The late Creator/KanetoShiozawa was famous for his CreepyMonotone and for voicing characters who are [[TheStoic stoic]] or sinister bishonens. In contrast, his performance as Shin is noticably emotional and HotBlooded.