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2 | * CelebrityVoiceActor: |
3 | ** In the English dub of ''Poly-Matrix'', Ross Sylibus is voiced by none other than Creator/KieferSutherland. |
4 | ** ''Poly-Matrix'''s Armitage is voiced by the somewhat-less-well-known Elizabeth Berkley of ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' and ''Film/{{Showgirls}}'' fame. |
5 | ** Well before he broke through in ''Series/BreakingBad'', Creator/BryanCranston voiced Eddie in the dub of both the [=OAVs=] and the movie. That's right, folks. [[Series/TwentyFour Jack Bauer]] and Walter White worked on the same project at one point. |
6 | * CharacterOutlivesActor: Larry Randolph's English voice actor, Edward Mannix, suffered a fatal heart attack in August 1995. As a result, Michael Reynolds voiced him for the last two episodes of the original OVA and would later reprise that role for ''Poly-Matrix''. |
7 | * FollowTheLeader: To both ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell'' and ''Anime/AngelCop'', two Japanese cyberpunk series from TheEighties protagonized by a wild, female cyber-cop with plenty of {{Fanservice}}. Amusingly, ''Armitage III'' was released mere months before ''[=GitS=]'' released its own animated adaptation. |
8 | * {{Homage}}: Series writer Creator/ChiakiKonaka [[WordOfGod claims to have been inspired]] by ''Literature/TheDunwichHorror'', as evidenced in Armitage's name, the character Lavinia Whateley, and the location of Dunwich, or Danich, Hill. Wilbur D'anclaude may also be a reference. |
9 | * InMemoriam: The OVA's fourth episode was dedicated to Edward Mannix, who died during the dub's production. |
10 | * KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The 1995 laserdisc and VHS releases of the original ''Armitage'' OVA, as well as the later DVD releases by Pioneer, are now out of print. |
11 | * MilestoneCelebration: Funimation's 2015 DVD release coincided with the 20th anniversary of the original series. |
12 | * NoDubForYou: ''Poly-Matrix'' wasn't dubbed in Japanese, since it was originally recorded in English. |
13 | * TheOriginalDarrin: After being replaced by Creator/KieferSutherland for his appearances in ''Poly-Matrix'', Creator/SkipStellrecht returned to voice Ross in the English dub of ''Dual-Matrix''. |
14 | * TheOtherDarrin: |
15 | ** In the Japanese version: |
16 | *** Naomi Armitage was voiced by Creator/HirokoKasahara in the first OVA. For the second OVA, she was played by Creator/RyokaYuzuki. |
17 | *** For the original OVA, Ross Sylibus was played by Creator/YasunoriMasutani. He was replaced by Creator/HikaruHanada for ''Dual-Matrix''. |
18 | *** Julian Moore was voiced by Creator/MegumiOgata in the first OVA and by Mitsuki Saiga in the second OVA. |
19 | ** In the English version: |
20 | *** Naomi Armitage was originally voiced by Joyce Kurtz in the first OVA. For ''Poly-Matrix'', she was voiced by Creator/ElizabethBerkley. Then, for ''Dual-Matrix'', she was played by Juliette Lewis. |
21 | *** Wanda Nowicki played Julian Moore in the original OVA and reprised that role in ''Poly-Matrix''. For his appearance in ''Dual-Matrix'', he was voiced by Creator/MonaMarshall. |
22 | *** Larry Randolph was originally voiced by Edward Mannix. Due to his fatal heart attack in 1995, he was replaced by Michael Reynolds. |
23 | * ReferencedBy: |
24 | ** The ''Armitage''-class starship in ''VideoGame/StarTrekOnline'' is named after the series (it's an evolution of the canon ''Akira''-class, which was named after ''Anime/{{Akira}}''). |
25 | ** Music/BeastInBlack's song [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXZK2PIL3pc "Moonlight Rendezvous"]] is a WholePlotReference to ''Armitage III'', complete with a clip from the English dub in the intro. |
26 | * StudioHop: |
27 | ** When Dentsu acquired Pioneer LDC and renamed it Geneon in 2003, they acquired the rights to ''Armitage III'' as well. Five years later, the rights shifted to Creator/NBCUniversal after they bought out Geneon and renamed it Creator/NBCUniversalEntertainmentJapan; distribution has remained with them ever since. |
28 | ** At first, the North American home media rights were handled by Pioneer, before they eventually switched to Funimation. |
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