* AdaptationFirst: The Sega Saturn video game adaptation was released in December 1996 and the OVA was released five months later.
* DirectedByCastMember: In the English dub of ''Victory'', Lia Sargent was the ADR director from episodes 8 onwards as well as the voice of Akari.
* TheOtherDarrin: The Japanese cast stayed the same across the original game, the OVA and the ''Victory'', and for the most part this applies to the English dubs of the OVA and ''Victory'' too, however, some of the characters were recast in the dub of ''Victory'':
** Akari was voiced by Dyanne [=DiRosario=] [[note]] credited as Bambi Darrow [[/note]] in the OVA, but was voiced by Lia Sargent in ''Victory'' [[note]] the latter of whom ironically enough voiced Jessie in the OVA. [[/note]].
*** In OVA flashbacks, Akari's child self is voiced by Creator/RebeccaForstadt, but in ''Victory'', Lia Sargent voices Akari at both ages.
** Tanya was voiced by [[Creator/BrianneSiddall Brianne Brozey]] in the OVA and by Creator/JulieMaddalena in ''Victory''.
** Jessie was voiced by the aforementioned Lia Sargent in the OVA and by Christina Carlisi [[note]] credited as Marie Downing [[/note]] in ''Victory'', which makes Jessie's TV counterpart's initial impression of Akari all the more ironic since Lia Sargent voices Akari in ''Victory''.
** Lahrri was voiced by Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (who also voices Ayla in ''Victory'') and voiced by Mimi Woods in ''Victory''.
** In the OVA, Tomoe was voiced by Creator/WendeeLee, in ''Victory'' she's voiced oddly enough by Dyanne [=DiRosario=], who voiced Akari in the OVA [[note]] once again, credited as Bambi Darrow [[/note]]. The recasting was most likely due to Wendee already voicing Icchan.
** [[spoiler:In contrast to the original Japanese where Creator/RioNatsuki reprised her role, the dub of ''[=ReSTART!=]'', Akari as an old woman is voiced by Casey Casper as Lia Sargent isn't really active in anime dubbing these days.]]
* ThoseTwoActors: To an almost fitting degree, ''[=ReSTART!=]'' has this with ''VideoGame/{{Aikatsu}}'': [[Creator/SumireMorohoshi Kanata Akehoshi]] is Ichigo Hoshimiya, [[Creator/YuiIshikawa Eva Garenstein]] is Hinaki Shinjo and [[Creator/MiyuTomita Shelley Wong]] is [[Anime/AikatsuStars Yume Nijino]].
** If we bring the original series into this, [[Creator/AyaHisakawa Icchan]] is Yume's mother.
* StudioHop: The OVA and ''Victory'' are currently owned by Creator/NBCUniversal due to their buyout of [[Creator/NBCUniversalEntertainmentJapan Geneon Entertainment]] in 2008.