History Trivia / BattleRoyale

* RetroactiveRecognition:
** Shuya is [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]! And he's a genuine MessianicArchetype this time! He is even wearing an extremely similar school uniform.
** Takako is [[Film/KillBill Gogo Yubari]]!
** Shiori is [[LightNovel/KinosJourney Kino]]! and also voiced [[Film/KillBill young O-Ren Ishii]]!
** Shintaro is [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Motoki Furuhata]] and [[Film/KamenRiderTheFirst Kamen Rider the 1st]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kyo, the lead singer of Japanese rock band [[Music/DirEnGrey DIR EN GREY]] was initially offered the role of Yoshitoki Kuninobu, but had to decline when the band's manager forced him to turn down the role.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Kyo, the lead singer of Japanese rock band Dir en grey was initially offered the role of Yoshitoki Kuninobu, but had to decline when the band's manager forced him to turn down the role.

* What Could Have Been: Kyo from Japanese rock band [[Music/Dir en grey]] was initially offered the role of Yoshitoki Kuninobu, but had to decline when the band's manager forced him to turn down the role.

* What Could Have Been: Kyo from Japanese rock band [[Dir en grey]] was initially offered the role of Yoshitoki Kuninobu, but had to decline when the band's manager forced him to turn down the role.

** Shintaro is [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Motoki Furuhata]] and [[Film/KamenRiderTheFirst Kamen Rider the 1st]].

* HeyItsThatVoice: In a rare live action example, the peppy Training Video Girl who explains the rules in the film is the voice of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka, from another franchise centered around inflicting numerous traumas on teenagers.]]
** The English dub's voice cast:
*** [[Creator/KaijiTang Shogo Kawada's]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening sword hand twitches.... CAN'T... CONTROL...!]]
*** [[Manga/SailorMoon In the name of the moon]], [[Creator/StephanieSheh Takako]] [[Manga/SailorMoon will punish you]]!
*** [[Creator/SpikeSpencer Yoshitoki Kuninobu]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion once piloted Eva Unit-01]] and complained about Creator/HideakiAnno [[GainaxEnding running out of ink]].
*** [[Creator/ErinFitzgerald Yukie Utsumi / Yumiko Kusaka]] [[VideoGame/{{Persona 4}} loved steak]].

* DevelopmentHell: An American remake of Battle Royale has been in this on and off since 2006, usually delayed because of shootings(Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Sandy Hook). Nobody in a post-UsefulNotes/{{Columbine}} Hollywood could seriously contemplate making a film about high school students killing each other. The shooting at Virginia Tech especially hurt the project. However, the popularity of the Hunger Games movie has given people some hope that it will one day be made.

** Shiori is [[LightNovel/KinosJourney Kino]]! and also voiced [[Film/KillBill young O-Ren Ishii]]!

* HeyItsThatVoice: In a rare live action example, the peppy Training Video Girl who explains the rules in the film is the voice of [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka, from another franchise centered around inflicting numerous traumas on teenagers.]]

* [[LetsPlay Let's Read]]: There's one [[http://dragon-quill.blogspot.com/search/label/Battle%20Royale here.]]

** Shiori is [[KinoNoTabi Kino]]! and also voiced [[Film/KillBill young O-Ren Ishii]]!

* DevelopmentHell: An American remake of Battle Royale has been in this on and off since 2006, usually delayed because of shootings(Columbine, Virginia Tech, Aurora, Sandy Hook) but the popularity of the Hunger Games movie has given people some hope that it will one day be made.
* HeyItsThatVoice: The peppy girl who explains the rules in the film is the voice of [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka, from another franchise centered around inflicting numerous traumas on teenagers.]]

** Shuya is [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]! And he's a genuine MessianicArchetype this time!
*** He is even wearing an extremely similar school uniform.

* TheDanza: In the film, Kitano is played by TakeshiKitano.

** Takako is [[KillBill Gogo Yubari]]!
** Shiori is [[KinoNoTabi Kino]]! and also voiced [[KillBill young O-Ren Ishii]]!

** Shuya is [[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]! And he's a genuine [[TheMessiah Messiah]] this time!

* HeyItsThatVoice: The peppy girl who explains the rules is the voice of [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka, from another franchise centered around inflicting numerous traumas on teenagers.]]

* DevelopmentHell: An American remake of Battle Royale has been in this on and off since 2006, usually delayed because of school shootings (first Columbine, then Virginia Tech) but between the popularity of the Hunger Games movie (and execs fearing it'd be called a ripoff, despite it existing before Hunger Games), and more recent shootings (Sandy Hook and the Aurora theater shootings), interest among studios for a Battle Royale remake [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-01-13/cw-head/network-is-not-planning-to-remake-battle-royale is pretty much dead.]]

** Takako is [[KillBill Gogo Yubari]]!

** Shuya is [[DeathNote Light Yagami]]! And he's a genuine [[TheMessiah Messiah]] this time!

* HeyItsThatGuy: Shuya is [[DeathNote Light Yagami]]! And he's a genuine [[TheMessiah Messiah]] this time!
* [[HeyItsThatGuy Hey It's That Girl]]: Takako is [[KillBill Gogo Yubari]]!