* ActingForTwo:
** Creator/ReikoTakagi voices Sakura Kusakabe and Minami.
** Creator/NobuoTobita voices Zansu and has a minor role as a newscaster in the first season's final episode.
** Creator/NamiKurokawa voices Yuko Ogura, as well as Tamiya in the first season and a celebrity in the second season.
** Creator/MasakazuMorita (Yamazaki-sensei) also appeared as a celebrity in the second season.
* CrossDressingVoices: Sakura Kusakabe is voiced by the female Reiko Takagi.
* DirectedByCastMember: In the English dub, Creator/WendeeLee is Dokuro-chan's voice actress as well as the ADR director.
* DVDCommentary: The anime's Japanese home media releases contain commentaries from director/writer Tsutomu Mizushima and original author Masaki Okayu.
* {{Feelies}}: The special edition DVD set in Japan [[{{Feelies}} actually came with a Gothello set]]!
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: ''It's a Game Now!'' hasn't seen a re-release beyond the Platform/PlayStation2.
* LateExportForYou: In North America, Creator/MediaBlasters released the anime in 2008, three years after its Japanese debut. Two years later, they re-released it with an English dub.
* NoDubForYou: In France, Anima released the series on DVD in its original Japanese language.
* NoExportForYou: The original light novels along with the manga adaptation haven't been released outside of Japan.
* TheOtherDarrin: In the 2004 drama CD, Sakura is voiced by Creator/HoukoKuwashima, Dokuro by Creator/YuiHorie, Zakuro by Creator/RyokaYuzuki, Sabato by Creator/MarikoKouda, Zansu by Creator/TamotsuNishiwaki and Shizuki by Creator/MaiAizawa. For their anime debut, Sakura is voiced by Creator/ReikoTakagi, Dokuro by Creator/SaekoChiba, Zakuro by Creator/AkenoWatanabe, Sabato by Creator/RieKugimiya, Zansu by Creator/NobuoTobita and Shizuki by Creator/AyakoKawasumi.
* RoleReprise: All of the anime's main voice actors reprised their roles for the ''It's a Game Now! Dokuro-chan'' game.
* StudioHop: The anime's Japanese home video rights have been owned by Creator/NBCUniversal since their buyout of [[Creator/NBCUniversalEntertainmentJapan Geneon]] from Dentsu in November 2008.
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