History Trivia / MaisonIkkoku

* NamesTheSame: Yuki Saito, the singer for the anime's first opening theme, shares the same name with an animator from Creator/OLMIncorporated.

* CutAndPasteTranslation: The original Viz release of the manga omitted four early chapters centered on Godai's college entrance studies, as well as a later one featuring Godai, Kyoko and Mitaka at an ice-skating rink. The chapters were restored in the unflipped re-release.

** In the Italian dub:

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: Much of the drama would have been avoided if the characters had cell phones!

* TheWikiRule: [[http://maisonikkoku.wikia.com/wiki/Maison_Ikkoku_Wiki The Maison Ikkoku Wiki]].

*** For the first 52 episodes, Kyoko and her mother Ritsuko are both voiced by Monica Ward; Hanae, Akemi, Ikuko, Godai's grandmother Yukari and Kozue are all played by Daniela Caroli; Shun and Sakamoto are voiced by Stefano Onofri; and Bruno Cattaneo voices the Chachamaru master, Soichiro and Godai's father.

* CompletelyDifferentTitle: ''Juliette, je t'aime''[[note]]Juliette, I love you[[/note]] in France, ''Cara dolce Kyoko'' in Italy.

* CulturalTranslation: The VIZ dub attempts an anachronistic {{Woolseyism}} in the episode where Yusaku fiercly objects to the idea of Yotsuya private tutoring Ibuki. He compares Yotsuya to the "kind of person who would release poison gas in a subway". The real life inspiration for this line, the 1995 Tokyo subway attack, occurred almost ten years after this series' events conclude. This was clearly the dub writers briefly forgetting that this series is set roughly between 1980 and 1986.

* AcclaimedFlop: In North America; while the manga and anime have been widely praised by American anime fans who did read/watch it, it's still had a history of struggling there in terms of sales.

* WhatMightHaveBeen: Creator/MamiKoyama was originally tagged to play Kyoko in the anime adaptation, but as she had already contracted for ''Wonder Beat Scramble'', an Creator/OsamuTezuka anime which would be running in the same time slot on [[Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem TBS]], the role was given to Sumi Shimamoto instead.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Many of the Japanese and English voice actors have worked together on the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' franchises. Many of them also worked on ''Manga/UruseiYatsura''; Creator/SaekoShimazu even acted in ''all four''.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Many of the Japanese and English voice actors have worked together on the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' franchises. Creator/SaekoShimazu acted in all three ''plus'' ''Urusei Yatsura''.

* WhatMightHaveBeen: Creator/MamiKoyama was originally tagged to play Kyoko in the anime adaptation, but as she had already contracted for ''Wonder Beat Scramble'', an anime which would be running in the same time slot on [[Creator/TokyoBroadcastingSystem TBS]], the role was given to Sumi Shimamoto instead.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Many of the Japanese and English voice actors have worked together on the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' franchises.

* AcclaimedFlop: In North America, as mentioned on the main page.

** Some of the original version's voice actors acted for two or even three or four. Creator/ShigeruChiba did this often, as he's the voice of Yotsuya and Soichiro (Kyoko's dog). Creator/MegumiHayashibara, Creator/YoshinoTakamori, Creator/TomohiroNishimura, Creator/FumihikoTachiki and the late Creator/HiroshiMasuoka also played multiple roles regularly throughout the series' run.

* ActingForTwo: In the Italian dub:
** For the first 52 episodes, Kyoko and her mother Ritsuko are both voiced by Monica Ward; Hanae, Akemi, Ikuko, Godai's grandmother Yukari and Kozue are all played by Daniela Caroli; Shun and Sakamoto are voiced by Stefano Onofri; and Bruno Cattaneo voices the Chachamaru master, Soichiro and Godai's father.
** Beginning with episode 53, Godai, the Chachamaru master, Sakamoto and Mr. Chigusa are all voiced by Sergio Luzi; Ludovica Marineo plays Kyoko, Hanae and Akemi; and Kozue, Ikuko, Yukari, Ritsuko, Ibuki and Atsuko are played by Gabriella Andreini.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Many of the English dub's cast have worked together on the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' and ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'' franchises.

* TheOtherDarrin: The English dub, started in the mid-90's (around the same time as ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'''s), was originally cancelled at Episode 36 due to poor sales. After a LONG hiatus, Viz restarted the dub in 2004 for their DVD boxsets. They still used Creator/TheOceanGroup for recording, but many of the cast had to be replaced – namely Godai (Creator/JasonGrayStanford to Creator/BradSwaile), Hanae (Creator/DaphneGoldrick to Creator/KathyMorse), Yotsuya (Creator/GerardPlunkett to Creator/RonHalder), Kentaro (Creator/SaffronHenderson to Creator/SharonAlexander), Ikuko (Creator/AndreaLibman to Creator/NicoleBouma), and Kozue (Creator/RochelleGreenwood to Creator/AnnaCummer).
** In one variation, Robert O. Smith filled the role as the master of Chachamaru for two episodes when David Kaye was apparently unavailable. Kaye returned to the role soon after.
** An even more interesting variation is Toshizo and Mitsuo, two regulars at the Chachamaru. For the first 36 episodes they were voiced by WardPerry and Creator/TerryKlassen respectively. After the hiatus however, the roles were switched for some strange reason with Klassen voicing Toshizo and Perry voicing Mitsuo. It was most likely a mix up.
** Yuko and Midori, two gossiping members of Mitaka's tennis club, were initially voiced by Creator/CathyWeseluck and Creator/SaffronHenderson. After the hiatus and Henderson was no longer available, the two went through several different voices. Sometimes the voices would reverse.
** In the Japanese, TARAKO, better known for Kirara in Inuyasha, filled in as Akemi for one episode at the near end of the show.
** In the series, Kuroki was voiced by Creator/SaekoShimazu but for the final chapter movie she was replaced with Creator/YoshikoSakakibara.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Many of the English dub's cast have previously worked together on the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' franchise.

* FakeBrit: Yotsuya's accent in the Viz English dubs. To be fair, his first dub actor, Gerard Plunket is an Irish born Canadian. Ron Halder, his replacement post episode 36, however, is American but does a very seamless transition from his predecessor.

* TheOtherDarrin: The English dub, started in the mid-90's (around the same time as ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'''s), was originally cancelled at Episode 36 due to poor sales. After a LONG hiatus, Viz restarted the dub in 2004 for their DVD boxsets. They still used Creator/TheOceanGroup for recording, but many of the cast had to be replaced – namely Godai, Hanae, Yotsuya, Kentaro, Ikuko, and Kozue.

* ProductionPosse: Director Kazuo Yamazaki, character designers Yuji Moriyama and Akemi Takada, and composer Kenji Kawai worked as regulars on ''Anime/UruseiYatsura''.

** Some hope that, because ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' saw both its manga and anime rereleased in English, followed by ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'''s manga being given a second chance, that Viz might toss fans a bone and put ''Maison'' back into print too. Thus far there's been zero indication that will ever happen.

** Some hope that, because ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' is (as of 2015) seeing both its manga and anime rereleased in English, that Viz might toss fans a bone and put ''Maison'' back into print too. Thus far there's been zero indication that will ever happen.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: Many people didn't learn about this series, manga or anime, until it was long out of print. While copies of the manga's first edition (with the flipped artwork) are fairly easy to find secondhand – a lot of people dumped their old books when the series was re-released in the mid-2000's – certain volumes of the second edition, mostly in the middle of the series, are very rare. As for the anime, well… CrackIsCheaper (literally) than the last four boxsets, especially the mythical Box 8.

* NamesTheSame: Yuki Saito, the singer for the anime's first opening theme, shares the same name with an animator from Creator/{{OLM}}.