Line #21 Trivia/FushigiYuugi


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2	* ActingForTwo:
3	** Creator/HisakoKyoda voices the narrator and Taiitsukun.
4	** Creator/KoujiIshii voices both Mitsukake and Tokaki's older self.
5	** The late Creator/TomokoKawakami, Chiriko's regular voice actress, also voices Tamahome's sister Gyokuran and some of the Nyan-Nyans.
6	** Creator/ChikaSakamoto voices Nuriko, You Houki and Chou Kourin.
7	** Creator/TomokazuSeki voices Chichiri and Kouji.
8	** Midori Nakazawa voices both Suzuno Osugi and Miboshi.
9	** Katsuya Shiga voices Toki and Tokaki's younger self.
10	* CopiouslyCreditedCreator: Besides voicing Miaka, Creator/BridgetHoffman also [[DirectedByCastMember directed]] and [[WrittenByCastMember wrote]] the English dub.
11	* CreatorsFavorite: [[WordOfGod Yuu Watase]] herself confessed that Nakago is her favorite character and tended to favor him because of it.
12	* InternationalCoproduction: The ''Eikouden'' anime was produced by Creator/PioneerEntertainment in the U.S. and by Fuji Creative Corporation, Creator/StudioPierrot, and Shogakukan in Japan.
13	* TheOtherDarrin:
14	** Tetsuya was principally played in Japanese by Creator/KenNarita, but his EarlyBirdCameo in episode 8 was done by the late Nobuyuki Furuta, who is better known by anime fans as Sakyo from ''Manga/YuYuHakusho''.
15	** Keisuke is voiced in English by Matthew K. Miller of ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' fame for his cameo during Miaka's dream in episode 2 before Creator/DerekStephenPrince would take over from episode 8 onward. The same applies to Ms. Yuki who was voiced in the former installment by Creator/DorothyEliasFahn but is replaced by Creator/MonaMarshall for most of her appearances. Diana Perkins briefly filled in as Ms. Yuki during episode 26.
16	** Michael Gregory replaces Creator/RichardEpcar as Mitsukake in the last two episodes. Weirdly, Richard still has one line as his character when the Suzaku Seven are debating what to use Miaka's final wish for, and is also given proper credit alongside Michael on the original VHS release. Michael also filled in for the first OVA and the HotSpringsEpisode short.
17	*** Ashitare, also voiced by Richard Epcar in the series, is voiced by Kevin Seymour, Tomo's actor, in the latter installment.
18	** Poor Yuiren was first voiced by Creator/SandyFox when Tamahome's family is introduced in episode 9 with Creator/LenoreZann replacing her in episode 19. The death of Tamahome's family in episode 27 has Creator/JulieMaddalena voicing Yuiren who reprises the role in flashbacks late into the series. The third-eldest brother Shunkei also had a change going from Zann in episode 9 to Carolyn Hennesy in episode 48.
19	** Yui's mother shares her daughter's actress Creator/WendeeLee in episode 8, but her only other appearance during episode 46 is performed by Carolyn Hennesy.
20	** Tamahome was recast in ''Eikoden'' going from Creator/DavidHayter to Creator/DaveWittenberg, likely because the former was busy with other work such as ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty''.
21	** Houki's brief appearance in the TV series was handled by Emily Brown before Creator/DorothyEliasFahn took over in the [=OVAs=], though Brown still appeared in OVA 2 as Miru.
22	*** [[OldRetainer Mumin]] had a different voice for every episode of ''Eikoden''. Creator/KimMaiGuest voiced her in Episode 1, Christina Carlisi in Episode 2, Creator/SherryLynn in Episode 3, and finally Creator/BridgetHoffman in Episode 4.
23	*** Shōka was voiced by Creator/JulieMaddalena in ''Eikoden'', but her cameo in the second OVA was performed by Creator/LiaSargent.
24	*** Tama the Cat was primarily voiced by Kevin Seymour aside from ''Eikoden'' Episode 4 where Bridget Hoffman voiced him.
25	** The Italian dub of the TV series was produced in Rome. For the first OVA, it was instead dubbed in Bologna and everyone besides Creator/PatrizioPrata (Tamahome/Taka) was recast.
26	* PlayingAgainstType: In both languages, on Tamahome:
27	** Japanese-wise, Creator/HikaruMidorikawa has once admitted that playing as Tamahome was kind of out of his comfort zone; crazy, even, that he has to put extra effort to be proud of it. Prior to Tamahome, Midorikawa was typecast with the cool, brooding type characters like [[Anime/TheBraveExpressMightGaine Joe Rival]], and the one that pushed him back to the typecast--[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]]; not that Tamahome doesn't have his brooding moments, he just had enough goofy moments to counter it.
28	** English-wise... Creator/DavidHayter. If you can imagine [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solid Snake]] sounding like a goofier young man instead of a shell-shocked soldier, here's the show for you (hilariously, at one point, Tamahome's voice was lowered enough that he sounded like Snake preceding David Hayter getting the role)
29	* PlayingTheirOwnTwin: Amiboshi and his twin brother Suboshi share voice actors virtually in every other dub (Creator/YujiUeda in Japanese, Creator/SteveStaley in English, etc.).
30	* RealLifeRelative:
31	** Creator/MaryElizabethMcGlynn (Nuriko) and Creator/DaranNorris (Tasuki) were married during the time the English dub was made.
32	** In the Italian dub of the TV series, Creator/FedericaDeBortoli and her sister Creator/BarbaraDeBortoli respectively voiced Miaka and Yui.
33	* ReferencedBy: ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'': Shortly after being sent to another world, Chiaki notes "having seen anime like this", with ''Fushigi Yuugi'' coming to mind for her.
34	* StudioHop: The North American home media rights were originally handled by Creator/PioneerEntertainment, before eventually being rescued by Creator/MediaBlasters for home video and Creator/DiscotekMedia for streaming.
35	* WordOfGay: Yuu Watase has no problem acknowledging and teasing the Tamahome/Nakago Foe Yay.
36	* YouSoundFamiliar: Creator/AtsukoTanaka voices Soi in the TV series and would later voice Takiko Okuda in the OVA.

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