History Trivia / BlueGender

* EditedForSyndication: The Creator/CartoonNetwork version of this anime for Creator/AdultSwim has most of the sexual scenes (and a couple of spoken references) cut, along with some gory violence and profanity (mostly "shit" and any variation of "Jesus Christ!" as an oath, though, oddly, the word "son of a bitch" has been edited, even though it is allowed at the Adult Swim level). It should be noted that Creator/{{Toonami}} was originally supposed to air ''Blue Gender'' this way, but after the episodes were found too risqué for a daytime block (yeah, TOM 3 is risqué, so?) the show found its way (edited) to Adult Swim. Considering that the show that preceded it was ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and that show was left unedited (save for muting the word "shit" on the second episode), it seems strange that ''Blue Gender'' was not aired uncut (or at least with a few minor cuts for nudity and sex).

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: In North America, an edited version of the anime began airing on Cartoon Network's Creator/AdultSwim block on August 7, 2003, and hasn't been re-broadcast since December 7, 2003.

*** Keith Bean: Dai Matsumoto -> Creator/NobutoshiCanna
*** Yung: Ami Tokito -> Creator/TomokoKaneda
*** Seamus Han: Hikaru Hanada -> Hiroshi Isobe
*** Scott Manning: Naoki Kinoshita -> Akimitsu Takase
*** The Commander of Baikonur: Tetsuo Kanao -> Creator/NorioWakamoto

* TheOtherDarrin: Shunsuke Shima voiced Doug Vreiss during his first appearance in episode 12 before being replaced by Katsuhiro Kitagawa in the succeeding episode and staying with the character for the remainder of the show.

* TheOtherMarty: Laura Bailey [[CrossDressingVoices recorded grunts]] for [[SilentBob Malcolm Lee]] in the first two episodes but it "didn't sound right" according to Chris Sabat and Eric Vale, so they were expunged. Malcolm would a few years later get to have a proper voice for ''[[CompilationMovie The Warrior]]'' in both Japanese and English in the form of Creator/JojiNakata and King Hollis respectively. Funny enough, Huber also replaced Edwards as Videl in ''Anime/DragonBallGT''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Creator/KaraEdwards was going to voice tech expert Minnie White in the second episode, but she'd moved out to North Carolina and would only commute out of there to Texas to voice on ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Susan Huber[[note]]using the pseudonym Carol Hope[[/note]] was brought in at the last minute to record Minnie instead.

* TheOtherMarty: Laura Bailey [[CrossDressingVoices recorded grunts]] for [[SilentBob Malcolm Lee]] in the first two episodes but it "didn't sound right" according to Chris Sabat and Eric Vale, so they were expunged. Malcolm would a few years later get to have a proper voice for ''[[CompilationMovie The Warrior]]'' in both Japanese and English in the form of Creator/JojiNakata and King Hollis respectively.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Laura Bailey [[CrossDressingVoices recorded grunts]] for [[SilentBob Malcolm Lee]] in the first two episodes but it "didn't sound right" according to Chris Sabat and Eric Vale, so they were expunged. Malcolm would a few years later get to have a proper voice for ''[[CompilationMovie The Warrior]]'' in both Japanese and English in the form of Creator/JojiNakata and King Hollis respectively.
** Creator/KaraEdwards was going to voice tech expert Minnie White in the second episode, but she'd moved out to North Carolina and would only commute out of there to Texas to voice on ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. Susan Huber[[note]]using the pseudonym Carol Hope[[/note]] was brought in at the last minute to record Minnie instead.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Laura Bailey [[CrossDressingVoices recorded grunts]] for [[SilentBob Malcolm Lee]] in the first two episodes but it "didn't sound right" according to Chris Sabat and Eric Vale, so they were expunged. Malcolm would a few years later get to have a proper voice in ''[[CompilationMovie The Warrior]]'' in both Japanese and English in the form of Creator/JojiNakata and King Hollis respectively.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/KyleHebert voiced Yuji's long-gone friend Takashi and raid party member Robert Bradley before he'd voice [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Gendo Ikari]] {{Expy}} Seno Miyagi when the focus shifts to Second Earth.

* EditedForSyndication: The Creator/CartoonNetwork version of this anime for Creator/AdultSwim has most of the sexual scenes (and a couple of spoken references) cut, along with some gory violence and profanity (mostly "shit" and any variation of "Jesus Christ!" as an oath, though, oddly, the word "son of a bitch" has been edited, even though it is allowed at the Adult Swim level). It should be noted that Creator/{{Toonami}} was originally supposed to air ''Blue Gender'' this way, but after the episodes were found too risqué for a daytime block (yeah, TOM 3 is risqué, so?) the show found its way (edited) to Adult Swim. Considering that the show that preceded it was ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and that show was left unedited (save for a muting of the word "shit" on the second episode), it seems strange that ''Blue Gender'' was not aired uncut (or at least with a few minor cuts for nudity and sex).

* EnforcedMethodActing: The English dub was recorded in the dead of night at Funimation Studios so as not to have any lingering influence of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' on the project. They wanted to adhere much more closely to the original Japanese ([[BlindIdiotTranslation unlike their translations of the latter]]) and it was only their second licensed IP at the time of recording.[[note]]In October 2001; a mere month before ''Z'' U.S. Season 5 had finished airing on television[[/note]]

** [[MemeticMutation And that's why TOM will never find out about]] ''[[MemeticMutation his]]'' [[MemeticMutation strange and terminal illness!]]

* EditedForSyndication: The Creator/CartoonNetwork version of this anime for Creator/AdultSwim has most of the sexual scenes (and a couple of spoken references) cut, along with some gory violence and profanity (mostly "shit" and any variation of "Jesus Christ!" as an oath, though, oddly, the word "son of a bitch" has been edited, even though it is allowed at the Adult Swim level). It should be noted that Creator/{{Toonami}} was originally supposed to air ''Blue Gender'' this way, but the show found its way (edited) to Adult Swim. Considering that the show that preceded it was ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and that show was left unedited (save for a muting of the word "shit" on the second episode), it seems strange that ''Blue Gender'' was not aired uncut (or at least with a few minor cuts for nudity and sex).
** Also, the editing made the show nearly incomprehensible. Some characters who died on-screen in the original simply [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome vanished without comment]] in Adult Swim's version.

** Also, the editing made the show nearly incomprehensible. Some characters who died on-screen in the original simply [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome vanished without comment]] in Adult Swim's version.
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Marlene in the Japanese sounds a lot like [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Natarle]] [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima Badgiruel]], and in the English dub she's [[Creator/LauraBailey Henrietta]] from ''Manga/GunslingerGirl''.
** Alicia is [[Creator/LisaOrtiz Lina]] [[LightNovel/{{Slayers}} Inverse]].

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* NamesToKnowInAnime: Ward Perry[[note]]better known as Ryu Jose of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Landmine in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' and Rowen in ''Anime/RoninWarriors''[[/note]] was the script writer for the dub.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Ward Perry[note]better known as Ryu Jose of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Landmine in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'' and Rowen in ''Anime/RoninWarriors''[/note] was the script writer for the dub.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Ward Perry, better known as Ryu Jose of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Landmine in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'', was the script writer for the dub.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Ward Perry (Ryu Jose of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'', Landmine in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'') was the script writer for the dub.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Ward Perry (Ryu Jose of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' and Landmine in ''Anime/TransformersEnergon'') was the script writer for the dub.

* NamesToKnowInAnime: Ward Perry (Ryu Jose of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'') was the script writer for the dub.

* EditedForSyndication: The Cartoon Network version of this anime for Adult Swim has most of the sexual scenes (and a couple of spoken references) cut, along with some gory violence and profanity (mostly "shit" and any variation of "Jesus Christ!" as an oath, though, oddly, the word "son of a bitch" has been edited, even though it is allowed at the Adult Swim level). It should be noted that Toonami was originally supposed to air ''Blue Gender'' this way, but the show found its way (edited) to Adult Swim. Considering that the show that preceded it was ''Fooly Cooly'' and that show was left unedited (save for a muting of the word "shit" on the second episode), it seems strange that Blue Gender was not aired uncut (or at least with a few minor cuts for nudity and sex).

* HeyItsThatVoice - Marlene in the Japanese sounds a lot like [[GundamSEED Natarle]] [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima Badgiruel]], and in the English dub she's [[Creator/LauraBailey Henrietta]] from ''GunslingerGirl''.

** NamesToKnowInAnime: Ward Perry (Ryu Jose of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'') was the script writer for the dub.

* EditedForSyndication: The Cartoon Network version of this anime for Adult Swim has most of the sexual scenes (and a couple of spoken references) cut, along with some gory violence and profanity. It should be noted that Toonami was originally supposed to air ''Blue Gender'' this way, but the show found its way (edited) to Adult Swim. Considering that the show that preceded it was ''Fooly Cooly'' and that show was left unedited (save for a muting of the word "shit" on the second episode), it seems strange that Blue Gender was not aired uncut (or at least with a few minor cuts for nudity and sex).

* HeyItsThatVoice - Marlene in the Japanese sounds a lot like [[GundamSEED Natarle]] [[Creator/HoukoKuwashima Badgiruel]], and in the English dub she's [[LauraBailey Henrietta]] from ''GunslingerGirl''.

* HeyItsThatVoice - Marlene in the Japanese sounds a lot like [[GundamSEED Natarle]] [[HoukoKuwashima Badgiruel]], and in the English dub she's [[LauraBailey Henrietta]] from ''GunslingerGirl''.