History Trivia / ZatchBell

** Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Kiyomaro) and Creator/UnshoIshizuka (Gustav) previously worked together in the 2001 version of ''Manga/Cyborg009'' as Joe Shimamura/009 and Von Vogt respectively. The two would also later work together on ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'' as Rohan Kishibe and the older Joesph Joestar.

** Zatch's seiyuu switched in the final ten episodes due to Creator/IkueOtani's maternity leave.

** While most of the Japanese cast reprises their roles for the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', several characters were recast by necessity as Creator/RokuroNaya (Professor Riddles), Ken Yamaguchi (Hosokawa [[note]] and also Nakata-sensei [[/note]]), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (Baltro), Creator/IemasaKayumi (Goldo) and Creator/UnshouIshizuka (Gustav) all passed away in the intervening years, resulting in Creator/KoichiYamadera, Kiyohiro Yamaguchi [[note]] Ken Yamaguchi's son [[/note]], Takahiro Fujiwara, Creator/ShinpachiTsuji and Creator/TakayaHashi replacing them respectively. And in the case of Shiori, her original voice actress, Creator/YukaImai retired from voice acting in 2018, due to various difficulties in her life, so Shiori is voiced instead by Creator/MikakoKomatsu.

** While most of the Japanese cast reprises their roles for the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', several characters were recast by necessity as Creator/RokuroNaya (Professor Riddles), Ken Yamaguchi (Hosokawa [[note]] and also Nakata-sensei [[/note]]), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (Baltro), and Creator/IemasaKayumi (Goldo) all passed away in the intervening years, resulting in Creator/KoichiYamadera, Kiyohiro Yamaguchi [[note]] Ken Yamaguchi's son [[/note]], Takahiro Fujiwara and Creator/ShinpachiTsuji replacing them respectively. And in the case of Shiori, her original voice actress, Creator/YukaImai retired from voice acting in 2018, due to various difficulties in her life, so Shiori is voiced instead by Creator/MikakoKomatsu.

** While most of the Japanese cast reprises their roles for the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', several characters were recast by necessity as Creator/RokuroNaya (Professor Riddles), Ken Yamaguchi (Hosokawa [[note]] and also Nakata-sensei [[/note]]), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (Baltro) all passed away in the intervening years, resulting in Creator/KoichiYamadera, Kiyohiro Yamaguchi [[note]] Ken Yamaguchi's son [[/note]] and Takahiro Fujiwara replacing them respectively. And in the case of Shiori, her original voice actress, Creator/YukaImai retired from voice acting in 2018, due to various difficulties in her life, so Shiori is voiced instead by Creator/MikakoKomatsu.

** While most of the Japanese cast reprises their roles for the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', several characters were recast by necessity as Creator/RokuroNaya (Prodessor Riddles), Ken Yamaguchi (Hosokawa [[note]] and also Nakata-sensei [[/note]]), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (Baltro) all passed away in the intervening years, resulting in Creator/KoichiYamadera, Kiyohiro Yamaguchi [[note]] Ken Yamaguchi's son [[/note]] and Takahiro Fujiwara replacing them respectively. And in the case of Shiori, her original voice actress, Creator/YukaImai retired from voice acting in 2018, due to various difficulties in her life, so Shiori is voiced instead by Creator/MikakoKomatsu.

** While most of the Japanese cast reprises their roles for the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', several characters were recast by necessity as Creator/RokuroNaya (Prodessor Riddles), Creator/KenYamaguchi (Hosokawa & Nakata-sensei), Creator/KiyoyukiYanada (Baltro) all passed away in the intervening years, resulting in Creator/KoichiYamadera, Kiyohiro Yamaguchi and Takahiro Fujiwara replacing them respectively. And in the case of Shiori, her original voice actress, Creator/YukaImai retired from voice acting in 2018, due to various difficulties in her life, so Shiori is voiced instead by Creator/MikakoKomatsu.

** In the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', Professor Riddles is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera as his original voice actor, Creator/RokuroNaya passed away in 2014.

** In the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', Professor Riddles is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera as his original voice actor, Creator/RokuroNaya passed away in 2014, with Yamadera doing a flawless impression of Rokuro Naya [[note]] Yamadera is also an impressionist in addition to being a voice actor [[/note]].

** In the mobile game, ''Friends of Eternal Bonds'', Professor Riddles is voiced by Creator/KoichiYamadera as his original voice actor, Creator/RokuroNaya passed away in 2014, with Yamadera does a flawless impression of Rokuro Naya [[note]] Yamadera is also an impressionist in addition to being a voice actor [[/note]].

** The series has since been republished in Japan by Kodansha (who also publishes Raiku's other lesser known series, ''Manga/AnimalLand''), but there's no word of it being republished anywhere else.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: The legal fight between Makoto Raiku and Shogakukan resulted in Raiku gaining ''total'' control over everything he ever made, this series included. It also rendered all preexisting contracts null and void, effective immediately. That meant Creator/{{Viz|Media}} was forced to stop publishing the English translation of the manga (one of their best sellers outside the ''Jump'' line) just a few volumes from the end.

* TheWikiRule: [[http://zatchbell.wikia.com/wiki/Zatch_Bell_Wiki The Spellbook]].

* CreatorBacklash: While he looks back on it more fondly nowadays, Jeff Nimoy, the voice director for the dub [[note]]and later took over for Kanchomé after Richard Horvitz [[/note]], [[https://thestoop.tv/2022/08/04/i-finally-say-something-nice-about-zatch-bell/ wasn't too thrilled about working on the show]] during the time of the dub's production, both because it was during a hard period in his life ''and'' because he simply found it to be bad.

* TalkingToHimself: The English dub was cancelled before the Faudo arc, so this is averted for Zatch and Zeno.

* CreatorBacklash: Zig-zagged; While he looks back on it more fondly nowadays, Jeff Nimoy, the voice director for the dub [[note]]and later took over for Kanchomé after Richard Horvitz [[/note]], [[https://thestoop.tv/2022/08/04/i-finally-say-something-nice-about-zatch-bell/ wasn't too thrilled about working on the show]] during the time of the dub's production, both because it was during a hard period in his life ''and'' because he simply found it to be bad.

* CreatorBacklash: Zig-zagged; While he looks back on it more fondly nowadays, Jeff Nimoy, the voice director for the dub [[note]]and later took over for Kanchomé after Richard Horvitz [[/note]], [[https://thestoop.tv/2022/08/04/i-finally-say-something-nice-about-zatch-bell/ wasn't to thrilled about working on the show]] during the time he was working on it, both because it was during a hard period in his life ''and'' because he simply found it to be bad.

* CreatorBacklash: Zig-zagged; While he has more positive things to say about it nowadays, Jeff Nimoy, the voice director for the dub [[note]]and later took over for Kanchomé after Richard Horvitz [[/note]], [[https://thestoop.tv/2022/08/04/i-finally-say-something-nice-about-zatch-bell/ wasn't to thrilled about working on the show]] during the time he was working on it, both because it was during a hard period in his life ''and'' because he simply found it to be bad.

* CreatorBacklash: Zig-zagged; While he has more positive things to say about it nowadays, Jeff Nimoy, the voice director for the dub [[note]]and later took over for Kanchomé after Richard Horvitz [[/note]], [[https://thestoop.tv/2022/08/04/i-finally-say-something-nice-about-zatch-bell/ was ''not'' to thrilled about working on the show]] during the time he was working on it, both because it was during a hard period in his life ''and'' because he simply found it to be bad.

* CreatorBacklash: Jeff Nimoy, the voice director for the dub, [[https://thestoop.tv/2022/08/04/i-finally-say-something-nice-about-zatch-bell/ hated the show,]] both because he was made to work on it at a hard period in his life and because he simply found it to be bad.

* RelationshipVoiceActor:
** Zatch and Zeno's Japanese voice actors, Creator/IkueOtani and Creator/UraraTakano, are respectively [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu and Raichu]]. [[spoiler:Given that they're brothers, this was quite the casting call.]]
** In English, there is also Tia and Megumi who's [=VAs=] play off of each other in ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' and ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''. As well as Megumi and Suzy's [=VAs=] who play Sakura and Ino in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.

* {{Blooper}}: Near the end of episode 67, Kiyo mentions Zofis' name before Dr. Riddles reveals that Milordo-Z was really Zofis.

* TheOtherDarrin: Zatch's seiyuu switched in the final ten episodes due to Creator/IkueOtani's maternity leave.
** In the dub, Kanchome was originally voiced by Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz, but was later voiced by Jeff Nimoy for the rest of the dub's duration.
** Also Sherry was originally voiced by Creator/SaffronHenderson, but she later moved back to Canada as she was barely getting any work in LA and as a result Sherry was voiced by Creator/KarenStrassman from episode 86 until 104, the point when the dub was cancelled. (And no for those who are unaware, Karen Strassman unfortunately doesn't get to display her superb French accent skills here, despite Sherry being French.)
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Zatch and Zeno's Japanese voice actors, Creator/IkueOtani and Creator/UraraTakano, are respectively [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu and Raichu]]. [[spoiler:Given that they're brothers, this was quite the casting call.]]
** In English there is also Tia and Megumi who's [=VAs=] play off of each other in ''VideoGame/{{Neptunia}}'' and ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''. As well as Megumi and Suzy's [=VAs=] who play Sakura and Ino in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.

* TalkingToHimself: The dub was cancelled before the Faudo arc, so this is averted for Zatch and Zeno.

** In the dub, Kanchome was originally voiced by Creator/RichardStevenHorvitz, but was later voiced by Jeff Nimoy for the rest of the dub's duration
** Also Sherry was originally voiced by Creator/SaffronHenderson, but she later moved back to Canada as she was barely getting any work in LA and as a result Sherry was voiced by Creator/KarenStrassman from episode 85 until 104, the point when the dub was cancelled
*** And no for those who are unaware, Karen Strassman unfortunately doesn't get to display her superb French accent skills here, despite Sherry being French

** In English there is also Tia and Megumi who's [=VAs=] play off of each other in VideoGame/{{Neptunia}} and ''Manga/{{Boruto}}''. As well as Megumi and Suzy's [=VAs=] who play Sakura and Ino in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.