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* ActorSharedBackground: Why does Tsubasa sing enka when she goes to karaoke with Hibiki and Miku [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0q8kgzpLak in episode 9]]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DRK516vNPI Must be because]] Creator/NanaMizuki spent most of her childhood[[note]]when she was 5 years old until she was 15 years old, to be exact[[/note]] [[http://haretaraiine.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/shin-ai-summary-chapter-2/ being trained to sing enka and participating in enka singing contests and jobs]] before [[http://haretaraiine.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/shin-ai-summary-chapter-4/ she finally debuted as a voice actress/singer in 3rd year high school]]. Normally, young people don't sing enka when they casually hang out with friends. A sadder side to this is that both Tsubasa and her CV, Nana Mizuki, have similar issues when it comes to paternal abandonment and [[WellDoneSonGuy parental approval]]. Makes one wonder how many nerves it touched for Nana Mizuki to do ''GX'' E9.
* AllStarCast: In the most literal sense of "all". It's not ''that'' surprising that the Symphogear users are played by some of the most accomplished singers from the anime world, but even the BridgeBunnies, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], the {{Big Bad}}s, their CoDragons, AND [[Creator/AiOrikasa the lady who runs the okonomiyaki restaurant]] are stars in their own right, [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21517498 as seen here]].
* AnimeFirst: This is the first original anime by Noriyasu Agematsu.
* ColbertBump: Crunchyroll's posting of various clips of Symphogear XV on their youtube page and promotion of the series as a whole on twitter has given it a minor bump in popularity compared to past releases. The Posting of the episodes of the first 3 seasons in full on their Youtube account in preperation for the Worldwide release of the Mobile game helps, too.
* CrossDressingVoices: A notable example in ''AXZ'' with Cagliostro being voiced by Creator/ShoutaAoi, a male voice actor. This is justified in-universe as Cagliostro was once a man before being turned into a woman.
* FanNickname: Pretty much everyone, except Hibiki (who is usually referred to by her InSeriesNickname of "Bikki"):
** Due to his sheer badassery and [[ShoutOut that one costume]] he used in the training montage end, Genjuro is affectionally called [[StreetFighter Akuma]].
*** In Japan, fans refer to him as "OTONA" which means "adult". Yes, it's all written in capital Latin letters.
** Tsubasa is a sword. Or [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna]]. Back in season 1 and G she was also called Sakimori ("sentinel").
** Chris's song ''Makyu Ichaival'' has her repeatedly singing "zenbu", so fans have often taken to referring to her as Zenbu.
*** On a side note, some fans also combined this Zenbu with boobs becoming "Zenboobs." The reason was that her Symphogear shows her ample boobs off as well as visibly the biggest bust (although canonically Maria has larger bust (96 vs 90), but downplayed due to height differences).
** Since she has blonde hair and her Symphogear outfit resembles that of a witch, Kirika is known by some fans as [[Franchise/YuGiOh Dark Magician Girl]] (or DMG for short). She's also known as DESS, due to her VerbalTic.
** Both Shirabe's relatively serious nature and WeaponOfChoice have earned her the nickname Buzzkill. Certain ImageBoards also call her Jii~, after a well-known gif of her staring at the camera.
** Because they're almost always seen together, some fans have taken to referring to both Kirika and Shirabe as [=DMJii=], a combined pun on their individual nicknames listed above.
** After Maria spent most of G out of the action due to angst, she picked up the Detractor Nickname of Useless or Useless Tentacle Woman (the latter due to her hair looking like tentacles).
** Nastassja, due to her name being difficult to spell/pronounce, is usually just called Mom or Ma'am as she's called in-series, but she's also called Wheels sometimes.
** Ver is QUALITY Doctor, for [[OffModel obvious reasons]].
*** He is also nicknamed Dr. Sugita, in reference to [[Creator/TomokazuSugita his voice actor]]
** Before GX even started airing, Carol had already been nicknamed [[Franchise/TouhouProject ZUN girl]] or simply "the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Touhou]]", for her frilly outfit and large hat. Following her appearance in ''XV'' and the surge in popularity she subsequently received, she is now hailed as the season's "MVP" not unlike [[Franchise/DragonBall Android 17]], another character who returned after a long absence to much acclaim.
** Fans on the wiki gave the nickname "Airgetlam" for Serena's [[spoiler: and later Maria's]] gear. This is based largely on a piece of information on an official source naming the gear 'The Silver Gear'. The name being a nod to VideoGame/WildArms2 is also speculated. Confirmed by [[spoiler:Maria's activation song at the end of G]].
** Hibiki's father, since being officially introduced, has generally come to be known as Top Dad (mainly due to being an awful dad and for being introduced as a DirtyCoward and a loser). [[spoiler:given, as bad as he is, he's the ''least'' horrible father of any of the weilders, the nickname was less ironic by the end of XV]].
** Symphogay for the series itself in some circles, due to the large amount of [[LesYay ship tease]] and close relationships between the girls, with at least two pairs hinted as being more or less "official" (read: [[ShipTease heavily teased]]). Apparently, even the seiyuu of the characters have commented on it.
** The alternate Hibiki in ''XDU'' event "A Light That Pierces the Clouds," is called "[=EdgeBikki=]" because of how much she acts like an edgy AntiHero. Japanese fans tend to call her "Gure Hibiki", as a pun on her usual grey hoodie and a japanese word that means roughly "to become a delinquent".
* GodNeverSaidThat: Contrary to popular belief, the show was not a 2 cour (26 episodes) run that was switched to 1 cour (13 episodes) midway. Symphogear was always intended to be one cour, it's just that there were too many ideas and they had to be cut out. You can read more about it [[http://symphogear.blogspot.com/2013/03/putting-rumor-to-rest.html here]].
* IKnewIt:
** Some fans assumed that the DownerBeginning was just a {{Troll}} and that Hibiki is still alive. Some even thought of it already at the very beginning. [[spoiler:Boy, ''they were right!'']]
** In season 2, [[spoiler:Maria isn't Fine's reincarnation]]. Also, for all of Ver's seemingly WellIntentionedExtremist propaganda of 'saving humanity from the Moon's fall'... [[spoiler:he just lied his ass off, he just wants to save his own butt and the rest die for his amusement!]]
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: An image of the stereotypical Indian/Middle-Eastern men who show up in concert reaction shots has apparently become [[Main/MemeticMutation a meme]] in India and Pakistan. [[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bas+kar+bhai%22 See it here.]]
* NamesTheSame: Shinji Ogawa is also the name of a late veteran Japanese voice actor.
* NoDubForYou: Both its NA stream and home released from Discotek Media are sub only.
* NoExportForYou: At least at first. G was never licensed to the west compare to the first season when it premiered back in 2013. However, with Crunchyroll's licensing of GX, they were able to bring both G and the first season with them. The same happened to AXZ which wasn't licensed during its premiere run but did get licensed alongside XV.
** Live outside Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and South Korea? ''Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Unlimited'' is only available there on Apple Stores and Google Play, with interested players from other countries requiring to download it via a Japanese iTunes account or a 3rd party download website.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** In real life, Creator/AyahiTakagaki is a PungeonMaster GenkiGirl. She plays [[BrokenBird Chris]]. That is all.
** Creator/TomokazuSugita voices [[MadDoctor Doctor]] [[TheSociopath Ver]], which is a type of role that usually goes to his friend, Creator/YuuichiNakamura.
* PromotedFanboy: The artist for the spin-off manga "Symphogear: Feast of the Valkyries ~Shirabe’s Cooking~", has previously done fanart for the show ever since the first Season.
* RecastAsARegular: Creator/InoriMinase originally had minor voice roles in the first season before she gets to voice Carol in the third season.
* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Considering this anime gets compared with ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', it was HilariousInHindsight to know that Tsubasa and Kanade's [[Creator/NanaMizuki voice]] [[Creator/MinamiTakayama actresses]] once worked together in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' as [[TheHero Cure Blossom]] and [[DarkActionGirl Dark Pretty Cure]].
** Creator/KikukoInoue and Creator/TomokazuSugita once again [[Anime/MacrossFrontier pair up as villains]] for the second season, ''Symphogear G'', as Professor Natassja and Doctor Ver, respectively. Unlike ''Macross Frontier'', Sugita is the badder of the two.
** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Dr.Ver]] and [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Ryoko]] are [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Siblings]] in [[Series/KamenRiderKiva a bat form]]. Hibiki would go on to voice a little [[Series/KamenRiderGhost ghost]].
** [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Genjuro]] and [[Creator/{{Mugihito}} Fudo]] are [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma and Professor Saotome.]] More specifically, their [[DarkerAndEdgier Armageddon]] incarnations.
** Creator/TomokazuSugita ends up working alongside Creator/AoiYuuki in a lot of series after this show.
* SleeperHit: The first season did rather poorly in terms of home video sales, due to its budget problems. The singles and OST, however, sold well enough that a second season was ordered. Each subsequent season has sold more than the last in terms of home video sales.
** The first season sold an average of 5,045 copies per volume, the second season (G) average grew to 8,701 copies per volume, the third season (GX) grew once again to an average of 14,229 copies per volume and ranked as not only the top selling anime of the summer, but also ranked as the tenth best selling anime of 2015.
** Season 4 (AXZ) grew ''yet again'' to an average of 14,792 copies per volume, and ranked as the sixth best selling anime of 2017.
** Season 5 (XV) incredibly '''grew once again''', to an average of 16,857 copies per volume, and ranked as not only the top selling anime of Summer 2019 ''by far'', but also ranked as the fifth best selling anime of 2019.
*** The final volume alone sold more than '''36,000 copies''', the highest single volume opening sales for the series ''by far''.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While Finé (voiced by Creator/MiyukiSawashiro) has GratuitousEnglish dialogues, and Maria (voiced by Creator/YokoHikasa) has a GratuitousEnglish song, Chris' voice actress Creator/AyahiTakagaki's English is very good and much easier to understand than the other two. The ED single of ''G'' has ''Memory'' as its third song. Compare it to Maria's ''Dark Oblivion'' and tell whose English is better.
* TalkingToHimself: In the ''XDU'' collaboration with ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Creator/NanaMizuki pulls double duty voicing both Tsubasa and Fate. This is lampshaded, with the other characters commenting how their voices sound similar. It happens again in the collaboration with ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', this time with Colette Brunel.
* ThrowItIn: During Chris's transformation sequence, the "Bang!" line is actually an ad lib from her voice actress, Creator/AyahiTakagaki. Likewise, Hibiki's [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA]] in the final battle of ''AXZ'' was actually Creator/AoiYuuki ad-libbing, as she reveals in [[https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1562127317&p=3 this interview]].
** Interviews ended up revealing that the ''entire main gimmick'' of the series was born from this. First from a misunderstanding during pre-production that turned "character songs play during battle" into "characters ''sing'' during battle"; and then the concept of having the voice actors directly sing over the scenes instead of using canned [[ImageSong Image Songs]] (making the acting all the more intense and allowing for ridiculous spurts of HotBlood, but also making ''Symphogear'' one of the toughest anime to voice act for) was improvised during the first episode by Creator/MinamiTakayama. As she was basically done with singing in the show already (being Kanade and all that), she could only give a cheerful "sorry guys, looks like I just made your work a whole lot harder" to the other seiyuus when the idea caught on.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://symphogear.wikia.com/wiki/Symphogear_Wiki The Symphogear Wiki]].
* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/YukaIguchi confirmed in ''Symphogear Live 2016'' [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report that she plays Miku as being in love with Hibiki]]. Creator/AoiYuuki said [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report that the feeling is mutual]] on Hibiki's end during ''Symphogear Live 2016'' as well. In addition, both Iguchi and Yuuki also called the duet between Hibiki and Miku, "Itsuka no Niji, Hana no Omoide," [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report a "love song"]] during the concert. Creator/YokoHikasa also confirmed that Maria is [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report interested in Tsubasa and is annoyed that the latter won't touch Maria]].
* AllStarCast: In the most literal sense of "all". It's not ''that'' surprising that the Symphogear users are played by some of the most accomplished singers from the anime world, but even the BridgeBunnies, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], the {{Big Bad}}s, their CoDragons, AND [[Creator/AiOrikasa the lady who runs the okonomiyaki restaurant]] are stars in their own right, [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21517498 as seen here]].
* AnimeFirst: This is the first original anime by Noriyasu Agematsu.
* ColbertBump: Crunchyroll's posting of various clips of Symphogear XV on their youtube page and promotion of the series as a whole on twitter has given it a minor bump in popularity compared to past releases. The Posting of the episodes of the first 3 seasons in full on their Youtube account in preperation for the Worldwide release of the Mobile game helps, too.
* CrossDressingVoices: A notable example in ''AXZ'' with Cagliostro being voiced by Creator/ShoutaAoi, a male voice actor. This is justified in-universe as Cagliostro was once a man before being turned into a woman.
* FanNickname: Pretty much everyone, except Hibiki (who is usually referred to by her InSeriesNickname of "Bikki"):
** Due to his sheer badassery and [[ShoutOut that one costume]] he used in the training montage end, Genjuro is affectionally called [[StreetFighter Akuma]].
*** In Japan, fans refer to him as "OTONA" which means "adult". Yes, it's all written in capital Latin letters.
** Tsubasa is a sword. Or [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna]]. Back in season 1 and G she was also called Sakimori ("sentinel").
** Chris's song ''Makyu Ichaival'' has her repeatedly singing "zenbu", so fans have often taken to referring to her as Zenbu.
*** On a side note, some fans also combined this Zenbu with boobs becoming "Zenboobs." The reason was that her Symphogear shows her ample boobs off as well as visibly the biggest bust (although canonically Maria has larger bust (96 vs 90), but downplayed due to height differences).
** Since she has blonde hair and her Symphogear outfit resembles that of a witch, Kirika is known by some fans as [[Franchise/YuGiOh Dark Magician Girl]] (or DMG for short). She's also known as DESS, due to her VerbalTic.
** Both Shirabe's relatively serious nature and WeaponOfChoice have earned her the nickname Buzzkill. Certain ImageBoards also call her Jii~, after a well-known gif of her staring at the camera.
** Because they're almost always seen together, some fans have taken to referring to both Kirika and Shirabe as [=DMJii=], a combined pun on their individual nicknames listed above.
** After Maria spent most of G out of the action due to angst, she picked up the Detractor Nickname of Useless or Useless Tentacle Woman (the latter due to her hair looking like tentacles).
** Nastassja, due to her name being difficult to spell/pronounce, is usually just called Mom or Ma'am as she's called in-series, but she's also called Wheels sometimes.
** Ver is QUALITY Doctor, for [[OffModel obvious reasons]].
*** He is also nicknamed Dr. Sugita, in reference to [[Creator/TomokazuSugita his voice actor]]
** Before GX even started airing, Carol had already been nicknamed [[Franchise/TouhouProject ZUN girl]] or simply "the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Touhou]]", for her frilly outfit and large hat. Following her appearance in ''XV'' and the surge in popularity she subsequently received, she is now hailed as the season's "MVP" not unlike [[Franchise/DragonBall Android 17]], another character who returned after a long absence to much acclaim.
** Fans on the wiki gave the nickname "Airgetlam" for Serena's [[spoiler: and later Maria's]] gear. This is based largely on a piece of information on an official source naming the gear 'The Silver Gear'. The name being a nod to VideoGame/WildArms2 is also speculated. Confirmed by [[spoiler:Maria's activation song at the end of G]].
** Hibiki's father, since being officially introduced, has generally come to be known as Top Dad (mainly due to being an awful dad and for being introduced as a DirtyCoward and a loser). [[spoiler:given, as bad as he is, he's the ''least'' horrible father of any of the weilders, the nickname was less ironic by the end of XV]].
** Symphogay for the series itself in some circles, due to the large amount of [[LesYay ship tease]] and close relationships between the girls, with at least two pairs hinted as being more or less "official" (read: [[ShipTease heavily teased]]). Apparently, even the seiyuu of the characters have commented on it.
** The alternate Hibiki in ''XDU'' event "A Light That Pierces the Clouds," is called "[=EdgeBikki=]" because of how much she acts like an edgy AntiHero. Japanese fans tend to call her "Gure Hibiki", as a pun on her usual grey hoodie and a japanese word that means roughly "to become a delinquent".
* GodNeverSaidThat: Contrary to popular belief, the show was not a 2 cour (26 episodes) run that was switched to 1 cour (13 episodes) midway. Symphogear was always intended to be one cour, it's just that there were too many ideas and they had to be cut out. You can read more about it [[http://symphogear.blogspot.com/2013/03/putting-rumor-to-rest.html here]].
* IKnewIt:
** Some fans assumed that the DownerBeginning was just a {{Troll}} and that Hibiki is still alive. Some even thought of it already at the very beginning. [[spoiler:Boy, ''they were right!'']]
** In season 2, [[spoiler:Maria isn't Fine's reincarnation]]. Also, for all of Ver's seemingly WellIntentionedExtremist propaganda of 'saving humanity from the Moon's fall'... [[spoiler:he just lied his ass off, he just wants to save his own butt and the rest die for his amusement!]]
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: An image of the stereotypical Indian/Middle-Eastern men who show up in concert reaction shots has apparently become [[Main/MemeticMutation a meme]] in India and Pakistan. [[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bas+kar+bhai%22 See it here.]]
* NamesTheSame: Shinji Ogawa is also the name of a late veteran Japanese voice actor.
* NoDubForYou: Both its NA stream and home released from Discotek Media are sub only.
* NoExportForYou: At least at first. G was never licensed to the west compare to the first season when it premiered back in 2013. However, with Crunchyroll's licensing of GX, they were able to bring both G and the first season with them. The same happened to AXZ which wasn't licensed during its premiere run but did get licensed alongside XV.
** Live outside Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and South Korea? ''Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Unlimited'' is only available there on Apple Stores and Google Play, with interested players from other countries requiring to download it via a Japanese iTunes account or a 3rd party download website.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** In real life, Creator/AyahiTakagaki is a PungeonMaster GenkiGirl. She plays [[BrokenBird Chris]]. That is all.
** Creator/TomokazuSugita voices [[MadDoctor Doctor]] [[TheSociopath Ver]], which is a type of role that usually goes to his friend, Creator/YuuichiNakamura.
* PromotedFanboy: The artist for the spin-off manga "Symphogear: Feast of the Valkyries ~Shirabe’s Cooking~", has previously done fanart for the show ever since the first Season.
* RecastAsARegular: Creator/InoriMinase originally had minor voice roles in the first season before she gets to voice Carol in the third season.
* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Considering this anime gets compared with ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', it was HilariousInHindsight to know that Tsubasa and Kanade's [[Creator/NanaMizuki voice]] [[Creator/MinamiTakayama actresses]] once worked together in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' as [[TheHero Cure Blossom]] and [[DarkActionGirl Dark Pretty Cure]].
** Creator/KikukoInoue and Creator/TomokazuSugita once again [[Anime/MacrossFrontier pair up as villains]] for the second season, ''Symphogear G'', as Professor Natassja and Doctor Ver, respectively. Unlike ''Macross Frontier'', Sugita is the badder of the two.
** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Dr.Ver]] and [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Ryoko]] are [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Siblings]] in [[Series/KamenRiderKiva a bat form]]. Hibiki would go on to voice a little [[Series/KamenRiderGhost ghost]].
** [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Genjuro]] and [[Creator/{{Mugihito}} Fudo]] are [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma and Professor Saotome.]] More specifically, their [[DarkerAndEdgier Armageddon]] incarnations.
** Creator/TomokazuSugita ends up working alongside Creator/AoiYuuki in a lot of series after this show.
* SleeperHit: The first season did rather poorly in terms of home video sales, due to its budget problems. The singles and OST, however, sold well enough that a second season was ordered. Each subsequent season has sold more than the last in terms of home video sales.
** The first season sold an average of 5,045 copies per volume, the second season (G) average grew to 8,701 copies per volume, the third season (GX) grew once again to an average of 14,229 copies per volume and ranked as not only the top selling anime of the summer, but also ranked as the tenth best selling anime of 2015.
** Season 4 (AXZ) grew ''yet again'' to an average of 14,792 copies per volume, and ranked as the sixth best selling anime of 2017.
** Season 5 (XV) incredibly '''grew once again''', to an average of 16,857 copies per volume, and ranked as not only the top selling anime of Summer 2019 ''by far'', but also ranked as the fifth best selling anime of 2019.
*** The final volume alone sold more than '''36,000 copies''', the highest single volume opening sales for the series ''by far''.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While Finé (voiced by Creator/MiyukiSawashiro) has GratuitousEnglish dialogues, and Maria (voiced by Creator/YokoHikasa) has a GratuitousEnglish song, Chris' voice actress Creator/AyahiTakagaki's English is very good and much easier to understand than the other two. The ED single of ''G'' has ''Memory'' as its third song. Compare it to Maria's ''Dark Oblivion'' and tell whose English is better.
* TalkingToHimself: In the ''XDU'' collaboration with ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Creator/NanaMizuki pulls double duty voicing both Tsubasa and Fate. This is lampshaded, with the other characters commenting how their voices sound similar. It happens again in the collaboration with ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', this time with Colette Brunel.
* ThrowItIn: During Chris's transformation sequence, the "Bang!" line is actually an ad lib from her voice actress, Creator/AyahiTakagaki. Likewise, Hibiki's [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA]] in the final battle of ''AXZ'' was actually Creator/AoiYuuki ad-libbing, as she reveals in [[https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1562127317&p=3 this interview]].
** Interviews ended up revealing that the ''entire main gimmick'' of the series was born from this. First from a misunderstanding during pre-production that turned "character songs play during battle" into "characters ''sing'' during battle"; and then the concept of having the voice actors directly sing over the scenes instead of using canned [[ImageSong Image Songs]] (making the acting all the more intense and allowing for ridiculous spurts of HotBlood, but also making ''Symphogear'' one of the toughest anime to voice act for) was improvised during the first episode by Creator/MinamiTakayama. As she was basically done with singing in the show already (being Kanade and all that), she could only give a cheerful "sorry guys, looks like I just made your work a whole lot harder" to the other seiyuus when the idea caught on.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://symphogear.wikia.com/wiki/Symphogear_Wiki The Symphogear Wiki]].
* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/YukaIguchi confirmed in ''Symphogear Live 2016'' [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report that she plays Miku as being in love with Hibiki]]. Creator/AoiYuuki said [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report that the feeling is mutual]] on Hibiki's end during ''Symphogear Live 2016'' as well. In addition, both Iguchi and Yuuki also called the duet between Hibiki and Miku, "Itsuka no Niji, Hana no Omoide," [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report a "love song"]] during the concert. Creator/YokoHikasa also confirmed that Maria is [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report interested in Tsubasa and is annoyed that the latter won't touch Maria]].
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* AllStarCast: In the most literal sense of "all". It's not ''that'' surprising that the Symphogear users are played by some of the most accomplished singers from the anime world, but even the BridgeBunnies, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], the {{Big Bad}}s, their CoDragons, AND [[Creator/AiOrikasa the lady who runs the okonomiyaki restaurant]] are stars in their own right, [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21517498 as seen here]].
* AnimeFirst: This is the first original anime by Noriyasu Agematsu.
* ColbertBump: Crunchyroll's posting of various clips of Symphogear XV on their youtube page and promotion of the series as a whole on twitter has given it a minor bump in popularity compared to past releases. The Posting of the episodes of the first 3 seasons in full on their Youtube account in preperation for the Worldwide release of the Mobile game helps, too.
* CrossDressingVoices: A notable example in ''AXZ'' with Cagliostro being voiced by Creator/ShoutaAoi, a male voice actor. This is justified in-universe as Cagliostro was once a man before being turned into a woman.
* FanNickname: Pretty much everyone, except Hibiki (who is usually referred to by her InSeriesNickname of "Bikki"):
** Due to his sheer badassery and [[ShoutOut that one costume]] he used in the training montage end, Genjuro is affectionally called [[StreetFighter Akuma]].
*** In Japan, fans refer to him as "OTONA" which means "adult". Yes, it's all written in capital Latin letters.
** Tsubasa is a sword. Or [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam00 Setsuna]]. Back in season 1 and G she was also called Sakimori ("sentinel").
** Chris's song ''Makyu Ichaival'' has her repeatedly singing "zenbu", so fans have often taken to referring to her as Zenbu.
*** On a side note, some fans also combined this Zenbu with boobs becoming "Zenboobs." The reason was that her Symphogear shows her ample boobs off as well as visibly the biggest bust (although canonically Maria has larger bust (96 vs 90), but downplayed due to height differences).
** Since she has blonde hair and her Symphogear outfit resembles that of a witch, Kirika is known by some fans as [[Franchise/YuGiOh Dark Magician Girl]] (or DMG for short). She's also known as DESS, due to her VerbalTic.
** Both Shirabe's relatively serious nature and WeaponOfChoice have earned her the nickname Buzzkill. Certain ImageBoards also call her Jii~, after a well-known gif of her staring at the camera.
** Because they're almost always seen together, some fans have taken to referring to both Kirika and Shirabe as [=DMJii=], a combined pun on their individual nicknames listed above.
** After Maria spent most of G out of the action due to angst, she picked up the Detractor Nickname of Useless or Useless Tentacle Woman (the latter due to her hair looking like tentacles).
** Nastassja, due to her name being difficult to spell/pronounce, is usually just called Mom or Ma'am as she's called in-series, but she's also called Wheels sometimes.
** Ver is QUALITY Doctor, for [[OffModel obvious reasons]].
*** He is also nicknamed Dr. Sugita, in reference to [[Creator/TomokazuSugita his voice actor]]
** Before GX even started airing, Carol had already been nicknamed [[Franchise/TouhouProject ZUN girl]] or simply "the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Touhou]]", for her frilly outfit and large hat. Following her appearance in ''XV'' and the surge in popularity she subsequently received, she is now hailed as the season's "MVP" not unlike [[Franchise/DragonBall Android 17]], another character who returned after a long absence to much acclaim.
** Fans on the wiki gave the nickname "Airgetlam" for Serena's [[spoiler: and later Maria's]] gear. This is based largely on a piece of information on an official source naming the gear 'The Silver Gear'. The name being a nod to VideoGame/WildArms2 is also speculated. Confirmed by [[spoiler:Maria's activation song at the end of G]].
** Hibiki's father, since being officially introduced, has generally come to be known as Top Dad (mainly due to being an awful dad and for being introduced as a DirtyCoward and a loser). [[spoiler:given, as bad as he is, he's the ''least'' horrible father of any of the weilders, the nickname was less ironic by the end of XV]].
** Symphogay for the series itself in some circles, due to the large amount of [[LesYay ship tease]] and close relationships between the girls, with at least two pairs hinted as being more or less "official" (read: [[ShipTease heavily teased]]). Apparently, even the seiyuu of the characters have commented on it.
** The alternate Hibiki in ''XDU'' event "A Light That Pierces the Clouds," is called "[=EdgeBikki=]" because of how much she acts like an edgy AntiHero. Japanese fans tend to call her "Gure Hibiki", as a pun on her usual grey hoodie and a japanese word that means roughly "to become a delinquent".
* GodNeverSaidThat: Contrary to popular belief, the show was not a 2 cour (26 episodes) run that was switched to 1 cour (13 episodes) midway. Symphogear was always intended to be one cour, it's just that there were too many ideas and they had to be cut out. You can read more about it [[http://symphogear.blogspot.com/2013/03/putting-rumor-to-rest.html here]].
* IKnewIt:
** Some fans assumed that the DownerBeginning was just a {{Troll}} and that Hibiki is still alive. Some even thought of it already at the very beginning. [[spoiler:Boy, ''they were right!'']]
** In season 2, [[spoiler:Maria isn't Fine's reincarnation]]. Also, for all of Ver's seemingly WellIntentionedExtremist propaganda of 'saving humanity from the Moon's fall'... [[spoiler:he just lied his ass off, he just wants to save his own butt and the rest die for his amusement!]]
* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: An image of the stereotypical Indian/Middle-Eastern men who show up in concert reaction shots has apparently become [[Main/MemeticMutation a meme]] in India and Pakistan. [[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bas+kar+bhai%22 See it here.]]
* NamesTheSame: Shinji Ogawa is also the name of a late veteran Japanese voice actor.
* NoDubForYou: Both its NA stream and home released from Discotek Media are sub only.
* NoExportForYou: At least at first. G was never licensed to the west compare to the first season when it premiered back in 2013. However, with Crunchyroll's licensing of GX, they were able to bring both G and the first season with them. The same happened to AXZ which wasn't licensed during its premiere run but did get licensed alongside XV.
** Live outside Japan, the United States, Canada, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, and South Korea? ''Senki Zesshou Symphogear XD Unlimited'' is only available there on Apple Stores and Google Play, with interested players from other countries requiring to download it via a Japanese iTunes account or a 3rd party download website.
* PlayingAgainstType:
** In real life, Creator/AyahiTakagaki is a PungeonMaster GenkiGirl. She plays [[BrokenBird Chris]]. That is all.
** Creator/TomokazuSugita voices [[MadDoctor Doctor]] [[TheSociopath Ver]], which is a type of role that usually goes to his friend, Creator/YuuichiNakamura.
* PromotedFanboy: The artist for the spin-off manga "Symphogear: Feast of the Valkyries ~Shirabe’s Cooking~", has previously done fanart for the show ever since the first Season.
* RecastAsARegular: Creator/InoriMinase originally had minor voice roles in the first season before she gets to voice Carol in the third season.
* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Considering this anime gets compared with ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', it was HilariousInHindsight to know that Tsubasa and Kanade's [[Creator/NanaMizuki voice]] [[Creator/MinamiTakayama actresses]] once worked together in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' as [[TheHero Cure Blossom]] and [[DarkActionGirl Dark Pretty Cure]].
** Creator/KikukoInoue and Creator/TomokazuSugita once again [[Anime/MacrossFrontier pair up as villains]] for the second season, ''Symphogear G'', as Professor Natassja and Doctor Ver, respectively. Unlike ''Macross Frontier'', Sugita is the badder of the two.
** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Dr.Ver]] and [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Ryoko]] are [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Siblings]] in [[Series/KamenRiderKiva a bat form]]. Hibiki would go on to voice a little [[Series/KamenRiderGhost ghost]].
** [[Creator/HideoIshikawa Genjuro]] and [[Creator/{{Mugihito}} Fudo]] are [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma and Professor Saotome.]] More specifically, their [[DarkerAndEdgier Armageddon]] incarnations.
** Creator/TomokazuSugita ends up working alongside Creator/AoiYuuki in a lot of series after this show.
* SleeperHit: The first season did rather poorly in terms of home video sales, due to its budget problems. The singles and OST, however, sold well enough that a second season was ordered. Each subsequent season has sold more than the last in terms of home video sales.
** The first season sold an average of 5,045 copies per volume, the second season (G) average grew to 8,701 copies per volume, the third season (GX) grew once again to an average of 14,229 copies per volume and ranked as not only the top selling anime of the summer, but also ranked as the tenth best selling anime of 2015.
** Season 4 (AXZ) grew ''yet again'' to an average of 14,792 copies per volume, and ranked as the sixth best selling anime of 2017.
** Season 5 (XV) incredibly '''grew once again''', to an average of 16,857 copies per volume, and ranked as not only the top selling anime of Summer 2019 ''by far'', but also ranked as the fifth best selling anime of 2019.
*** The final volume alone sold more than '''36,000 copies''', the highest single volume opening sales for the series ''by far''.
* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: While Finé (voiced by Creator/MiyukiSawashiro) has GratuitousEnglish dialogues, and Maria (voiced by Creator/YokoHikasa) has a GratuitousEnglish song, Chris' voice actress Creator/AyahiTakagaki's English is very good and much easier to understand than the other two. The ED single of ''G'' has ''Memory'' as its third song. Compare it to Maria's ''Dark Oblivion'' and tell whose English is better.
* TalkingToHimself: In the ''XDU'' collaboration with ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Creator/NanaMizuki pulls double duty voicing both Tsubasa and Fate. This is lampshaded, with the other characters commenting how their voices sound similar. It happens again in the collaboration with ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', this time with Colette Brunel.
* ThrowItIn: During Chris's transformation sequence, the "Bang!" line is actually an ad lib from her voice actress, Creator/AyahiTakagaki. Likewise, Hibiki's [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA]] in the final battle of ''AXZ'' was actually Creator/AoiYuuki ad-libbing, as she reveals in [[https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1562127317&p=3 this interview]].
** Interviews ended up revealing that the ''entire main gimmick'' of the series was born from this. First from a misunderstanding during pre-production that turned "character songs play during battle" into "characters ''sing'' during battle"; and then the concept of having the voice actors directly sing over the scenes instead of using canned [[ImageSong Image Songs]] (making the acting all the more intense and allowing for ridiculous spurts of HotBlood, but also making ''Symphogear'' one of the toughest anime to voice act for) was improvised during the first episode by Creator/MinamiTakayama. As she was basically done with singing in the show already (being Kanade and all that), she could only give a cheerful "sorry guys, looks like I just made your work a whole lot harder" to the other seiyuus when the idea caught on.
* TheWikiRule: [[http://symphogear.wikia.com/wiki/Symphogear_Wiki The Symphogear Wiki]].
* WordOfSaintPaul: Creator/YukaIguchi confirmed in ''Symphogear Live 2016'' [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report that she plays Miku as being in love with Hibiki]]. Creator/AoiYuuki said [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report that the feeling is mutual]] on Hibiki's end during ''Symphogear Live 2016'' as well. In addition, both Iguchi and Yuuki also called the duet between Hibiki and Miku, "Itsuka no Niji, Hana no Omoide," [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report a "love song"]] during the concert. Creator/YokoHikasa also confirmed that Maria is [[http://akibadetectives.tumblr.com/post/140225290473/symphogear-live-2016-report interested in Tsubasa and is annoyed that the latter won't touch Maria]].
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* ActorSharedBackground: Why does Tsubasa sing enka when she goes to karaoke with Hibiki and Miku [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0q8kgzpLak in episode 9]]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DRK516vNPI Must be because]] Creator/NanaMizuki spent most of her childhood[[note]]when she was 5 years old until she was 15 years old, to be exact[[/note]] [[http://haretaraiine.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/shin-ai-summary-chapter-2/ being trained to sing enka and participating in enka singing contests and jobs]] before [[http://haretaraiine.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/shin-ai-summary-chapter-4/ she finally debuted as a voice actress/singer in 3rd year high school]]. Normally, young people don't sing enka when they casually hang out with friends...
** A sadder side to this is that both Tsubasa and her CV, Nana Mizuki, have similar issues when it comes to paternal abandonment and [[WellDoneSonGuy parental approval]]. Makes one wonder how many nerves it touched for Nana Mizuki to do ''GX'' E9.
** A sadder side to this is that both Tsubasa and her CV, Nana Mizuki, have similar issues when it comes to paternal abandonment and [[WellDoneSonGuy parental approval]]. Makes one wonder how many nerves it touched for Nana Mizuki to do ''GX'' E9.
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* ActorSharedBackground: Why does Tsubasa sing enka when she goes to karaoke with Hibiki and Miku [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0q8kgzpLak in episode 9]]? [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DRK516vNPI Must be because]] Creator/NanaMizuki spent most of her childhood[[note]]when she was 5 years old until she was 15 years old, to be exact[[/note]] [[http://haretaraiine.wordpress.com/2011/05/07/shin-ai-summary-chapter-2/ being trained to sing enka and participating in enka singing contests and jobs]] before [[http://haretaraiine.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/shin-ai-summary-chapter-4/ she finally debuted as a voice actress/singer in 3rd year high school]]. Normally, young people don't sing enka when they casually hang out with friends...
**friends. A sadder side to this is that both Tsubasa and her CV, Nana Mizuki, have similar issues when it comes to paternal abandonment and [[WellDoneSonGuy parental approval]]. Makes one wonder how many nerves it touched for Nana Mizuki to do ''GX'' E9.
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: An image of the Indian/Middle-Eastern men who show up in concert reaction shots has apparently become [[Main/MemeticMutation a meme]] in India and Pakistan. [[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bas+kar+bhai%22 See it here.]]
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* MexicansLoveSpeedyGonzales: An image of the stereotypical Indian/Middle-Eastern men who show up in concert reaction shots has apparently become [[Main/MemeticMutation a meme]] in India and Pakistan. [[https://www.google.com/search?q=%22bas+kar+bhai%22 See it here.]]
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* PromotedFanboy: The artist for the spin-off manga "Symphogear: Feast of the Valkyries ~Shirabe’s Cooking~", has previously done fanart for the show ever since the first Season.
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* NoDubForYou: Both its NA stream and home released from Discotek Media are sub only. The closest thing we can get the Dubs of the series are the fanmade ones (with one of them being an AbridgedSeries, more or less).
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** Hibiki's father, since being officially introduced, has generally come to be known as Top Dad (mainly due to being an awful dad and for being introduced as a DirtyCoward and a loser).
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** Hibiki's father, since being officially introduced, has generally come to be known as Top Dad (mainly due to being an awful dad and for being introduced as a DirtyCoward and a loser). [[spoiler:given, as bad as he is, he's the ''least'' horrible father of any of the weilders, the nickname was less ironic by the end of XV]].
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** Before GX even started airing, Carol had already been nicknamed [[VideoGame/TouhouProject ZUN girl]] or simply "the VideoGame/{{Touhou}}", for her frilly outfit and large hat. Following her appearance in ''XV'' and the surge in popularity she subsequently received, she is now hailed as the season's "MVP" not unlike [[Franchise/DragonBall Android 17]], another character who returned after a long absence to much acclaim.
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** Before GX even started airing, Carol had already been nicknamed [[VideoGame/TouhouProject [[Franchise/TouhouProject ZUN girl]] or simply "the VideoGame/{{Touhou}}", [[Franchise/TouhouProject Touhou]]", for her frilly outfit and large hat. Following her appearance in ''XV'' and the surge in popularity she subsequently received, she is now hailed as the season's "MVP" not unlike [[Franchise/DragonBall Android 17]], another character who returned after a long absence to much acclaim.
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* AllStarCast: In the most literal sense of "all". (In Episode One alone, we hear from [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]], [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan Edogawa]], [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate Testarossa]], [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Anime/LupinIII Fujiko Mine]], and [[Anime/TheIdolmaster the Producer]], with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]] showing up in the very next one!) It's not ''that'' surprising that the Symphogear users are played by some of the most accomplished singers from the anime world, but even the BridgeBunnies, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the first two seasons, AND [[Creator/AiOrikasa the lady who runs the okonomiyaki restaurant]] are stars in their own right, [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21517498 as seen here]]. And this is just the ''first Season!''
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* AllStarCast: In the most literal sense of "all". (In Episode One alone, we hear from [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]], [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan Edogawa]], [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate Testarossa]], [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Anime/LupinIII Fujiko Mine]], and [[Anime/TheIdolmaster the Producer]], with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]] showing up in the very next one!) It's not ''that'' surprising that the Symphogear users are played by some of the most accomplished singers from the anime world, but even the BridgeBunnies, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the first two seasons, {{Big Bad}}s, their CoDragons, AND [[Creator/AiOrikasa the lady who runs the okonomiyaki restaurant]] are stars in their own right, [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21517498 as seen here]]. And this is just the ''first Season!''
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* NamesTheSame:
** Hibiki and Kanade are also the names of the first two heroines of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', another music themed magical girl anime. The evil force Noise is also the name of ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s BigBad. Second season adds up a new antagonist whose first name is Shirabe, which is also the last name of ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s final [[SixthRanger Fourth Cure]]. Another new antagonist, Maria Cadenzavna Eve shares the same first name with ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s Hibiki's mother.
** Hibiki is also the name of [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki the protagonist of yet another]] music themed HenshinHero series. There's even side characters with the last name Tachibana.
** Miku has nothing to do with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]].
** Shinji Ogawa shares his name with the late veteran {{Seiyuu}} Shinji Ogawa (March 2015)
** Hibiki and Kanade are also the names of the first two heroines of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', another music themed magical girl anime. The evil force Noise is also the name of ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s BigBad. Second season adds up a new antagonist whose first name is Shirabe, which is also the last name of ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s final [[SixthRanger Fourth Cure]]. Another new antagonist, Maria Cadenzavna Eve shares the same first name with ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s Hibiki's mother.
** Hibiki is also the name of [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki the protagonist of yet another]] music themed HenshinHero series. There's even side characters with the last name Tachibana.
** Miku has nothing to do with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]].
** Shinji Ogawa shares his name with the late veteran {{Seiyuu}} Shinji Ogawa (March 2015)
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* NamesTheSame:
** Hibiki and Kanade are also the names of the first two heroines of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', another music themed magical girl anime. The evil force NoiseNamesTheSame: Shinji Ogawa is also the name of ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s BigBad. Second season adds up a new antagonist whose first name is Shirabe, which is also the last name of ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s final [[SixthRanger Fourth Cure]]. Another new antagonist, Maria Cadenzavna Eve shares the same first name with ''[=Suite Precure=]''[='=]s Hibiki's mother.
** Hibiki is also the name of [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki the protagonist of yet another]] music themed HenshinHero series. There's even side characters with the last name Tachibana.
** Miku has nothing to do with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]].
** Shinji Ogawa shares his name with thelate veteran {{Seiyuu}} Shinji Ogawa (March 2015)Japanese voice actor.
** Hibiki and Kanade are also the names of the first two heroines of ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'', another music themed magical girl anime. The evil force Noise
** Hibiki is also the name of [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki the protagonist of yet another]] music themed HenshinHero series. There's even side characters with the last name Tachibana.
** Miku has nothing to do with [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]].
** Shinji Ogawa shares his name with the
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** The alternate Hibiki in ''XDU'' event "A Light That Pierces the Clouds," is called "[=EdgeBikki=]" because of how much she acts like an edgy AntiHero.
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** The alternate Hibiki in ''XDU'' event "A Light That Pierces the Clouds," is called "[=EdgeBikki=]" because of how much she acts like an edgy AntiHero. Japanese fans tend to call her "Gure Hibiki", as a pun on her usual grey hoodie and a japanese word that means roughly "to become a delinquent".
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* AllStarCast: In the most literal sense of "all". (In Episode One alone, we hear from [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]], [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan Edogawa]], [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate Testarossa]], [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Anime/LupinIII Fujiko Mine]], and [[Anime/TheIdolmaster the Producer]], with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]] showing up in the very next one!) It's not ''that'' surprising that the Symphogear users are played by some of the most accomplished singers from the anime world, but even the BridgeBunnies, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the first two seasons, AND [[Creator/AiOrikasa the lady who runs the okonomiyaki restaurant]] are stars in their own right, [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21517498 as seen here]].
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* AllStarCast: In the most literal sense of "all". (In Episode One alone, we hear from [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Index]], [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]], [[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan Edogawa]], [[Franchise/LyricalNanoha Fate Testarossa]], [[Manga/GetterRobo Ryoma Nagare]], [[Anime/LupinIII Fujiko Mine]], and [[Anime/TheIdolmaster the Producer]], with [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Kira Yamato]] showing up in the very next one!) It's not ''that'' surprising that the Symphogear users are played by some of the most accomplished singers from the anime world, but even the BridgeBunnies, [[ThoseTwoGuys Those Three Girls]], the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the first two seasons, AND [[Creator/AiOrikasa the lady who runs the okonomiyaki restaurant]] are stars in their own right, [[http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21517498 as seen here]]. And this is just the ''first Season!''
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* TalkingToHimself: In the ''XDU'' collaboration with ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Creator/NanaMizuki pulls double duty voicing both Tsubasa and Fate. This is lampshaded, with the other characters commenting how their voices sound similar.
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* TalkingToHimself: In the ''XDU'' collaboration with ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha'', Creator/NanaMizuki pulls double duty voicing both Tsubasa and Fate. This is lampshaded, with the other characters commenting how their voices sound similar. It happens again in the collaboration with ''VideoGame/TalesOfSymphonia'', this time with Colette Brunel.
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** Season 5 (XV) incredibly '''grew once again''', to an average of 16,857 copies per volume, and ranked as not only the top selling anime of Summer 2019, but also ranked as the fifth best selling anime of 2019.
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** Season 5 (XV) incredibly '''grew once again''', to an average of 16,857 copies per volume, and ranked as not only the top selling anime of Summer 2019, 2019 ''by far'', but also ranked as the fifth best selling anime of 2019.
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* RecastAsARegular: Creator/InoriMinase originally had minor voice roles in the first season before she gets to voice Carol in the third season.
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** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Dr.Ver]] and [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Ryoko]] are [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Siblings]] in [[Series/KamenRiderKiva a bat form]]
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** [[Creator/TomokazuSugita Dr.Ver]] and [[Creator/MiyukiSawashiro Ryoko]] are [[Series/KamenRiderDecade Siblings]] in [[Series/KamenRiderKiva a bat form]]form]]. Hibiki would go on to voice a little [[Series/KamenRiderGhost ghost]].
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** Hibiki is also the name of [[Series/KamenRiderHibiki the protagonist of yet another]] music themed HenshinHero series.
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** Creator/AyahiTakagaki is a PungeonMaster GenkiGirl. She plays [[BrokenBird Chris]]. That is all.
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* ThrowItIn: During Chris's transformation sequence, the "Bang!" line is actually an ad lib from her voice actress, Creator/AyahiTakagaki.
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* ThrowItIn: During Chris's transformation sequence, the "Bang!" line is actually an ad lib from her voice actress, Creator/AyahiTakagaki. Likewise, Hibiki's [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure ORAORAORAORAORAORAORA]] in the final battle of ''AXZ'' was actually Creator/AoiYuuki ad-libbing, as she reveals in [[https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1562127317&p=3 this interview]].
