Trivia / Arifureta: From Commonplace to World's Strongest

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• Children Voicing Children: Yue's Latin Spanish voice actress Melissa Hernández was 13 years old at the time of the dub's production.
• Creator Couple: Voice actors Matt Shipman and Brittany Lauda are married in real-life; the former voiced Hajime Nagumo and the latter voiced Taeko Sugawara.
• Dueling Works: Let's see: an average Japanese male is summoned to another world alongside several others to fight demons. He's given a seemingly weaker power in comparison to his peers, is betrayed in circumstances related to a girl, and is forced to become a darker person to survive because of it. It's only after this that the main character gets stronger, even surpassing his peers, and gains a harem of female traveling companions (at least one of whom's a short blonde) to willingly follow him. One of his companions is a part-animal humanoid (a 'Demi-Human' girl with animal ears) that locals discriminate against. And one of the last major enemies (after dealing with insane members of the group they were summoned with and a corrupt pope) is a evil deity. Sound remotely familiar?
• Follow the Leader: As noted above, Arifureta closely imitates Shield Hero which had already been running as a web novel for a year when Arifureta started publishing.
• Network to the Rescue: After the anime series was delayed, Asread saved it, picking up from where White Fox left off.
• Outlived Its Creator: The anime adaptation has outlasted director/series composer Kinji Yoshimoto by a year.
• Saved from Development Hell: Production of the anime's second season began on October 8, 2019, but the project was delayed. The COVID-19 Pandemic didn't help matters either. Then, in April 2021, it was announced that the second season would premiere in January 2022.
• Studio Hop:
  • The anime adaptation was originally going to be produced by White Fox. After it was delayed during the early production stage, Asread and White Fox co-produced it.
  • For the anime's second season, Studio Mother took over for White Fox as the supporting studio.
• Troubled Production: The anime adaptation began production under White Fox with director Jun Kamiya (Blue Seed), with the intent of an April 2018 premiere. That January, the anime experienced delays and it was eventually resurrected for an April 2019 with the late Kinji Yoshimoto (Queen's Blade) taking over as director and Asread continuing from where White Fox left off. That being said, White Fox is still part of the anime adaptation, albeit as a supporting studio for the first season, splitting the role with Pierrot Plus.
• You Sound Familiar: Sayaka Ohara voiced Mona Haulia in the anime's first season and she would later go on to voice Remia in the second season.

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