Trivia / Michiko & Hatchin

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• Acclaimed Flop: Despite boasting much of the same Production Posse from Samurai Champloo and garnering critical acclaim, Michiko & Hatchin ultimately flopped in Japan and didn't get properly licensed in North America until three years after it originally aired.
• All-Star Cast: Michiko & Hatchin used Celebrity Voice Actors as the main cast in the Japanese version, all who were big-screen actresses at one point. Yoko Maki voiced Michiko, Suzuka Ohgo voiced Hana, and Maki Sakai voiced Atsuko. Advertising took advantage of this and played it up in one of their commercials, marketing the show as "an anime that Yoko Maki and Maki Sakai star in!"
• Anime First: An original anime, without any source material.
• No Export for You: Bizarrely enough for a series with strong influences from the Brazilian culture, even with Brazilians involved in the soundtrack, this series was never officially released in the country.
• Playing Against Type: Considering she plays so many little kid roles, Monica Rial voicing Michiko caught everyone off guard.
• Production Posse: Saya Yamamoto worked on Samurai Champloo under Shinichiro Watanabe, who would compose the music on both Michiko & Hatchin and Yamamoto's later work, Lupin III: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine.
• Studio Hop: The Japanese home media rights are currently owned by Kadokawa due to their merger with Media Factory in 2013.
• What Could Have Been: Before Funimation got the license, a test pilot of Episode 5 under the title Finding Paradiso was produced by Vitello Productions. This dub would have featured Debi Derryberry as Hana, with Cam Clarke and Pat Fraley also providing voices, all uncredited.

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