Trivia / Ikki Tousen

• Actor Allusion:
  • Goei likes to proclaim herself to be 17 years old... exactly the habit of her voice actress Kikuko Inoue.
  • Greg Weisman's character is a Big Bad Manipulative Bastard you say?
• Banned in New Zealand: Dragon Destiny volume 1 is banned on the grounds of possible child pornography. Madman Entertainment chose not to release the remaining volumes due to reaction from the New Zealand film authorities.
• Cowboy BeBop at His Computer: When several articles announced the new cast members for Western Wolves, most of them stated that Ayaka Ohashi will be taking Yui Horie's place as Sonken Chuubou. Unfortunately, this turned out to be very misleading, since Sonken "Shoukyou" Chuubou never actually appears in Western Wolves, and the character who Ohashi actually voices is a completely different character who also happens to be called Sonken Chuubou. And of course, these articles failed to specify that.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Veronica Taylor has gone on record to say that the series belittles women and says she doesn't stand by it. She also chose to be credited under another name for the show for this very reason. Nonetheless, she says she was happy to book more work, and she put no less effort into her characters. She's also reprised the roles whenever the opportunity comes up.
  • Ditto for Rachel Robinson, who walked out in the middle of one of the commentaries to think of any positive things to say about the series. She did not reprise the role for the Extravaganza Epoch and Western Wolves seasons.
• Cross-Regional Voice Acting: The Funimation dubs from the third season onwards was outsourced to New Generation Pictures in Beverly Hills and DuArt Film and Video in New York City, and consists of a combination of California ^note Carrie Savage (who also does work in Texas), Ted Sroka, Wendee Lee, Willow Lane, Lauren Landa (who also does some work in Texas), Robin Rhopa, Rachel Robinson (who also does some work in Texas), Megan Harvey, Ivan Buckley, Todd Haberkorn (who also does work in Texas), Cherami Leigh (who also does Dallas-based work), Liam O'Brien, Kyle Hebert (who also does work in Texas), Josh Phillips, Cristina Vee, Erika Weinstein, Geoffrey Chalmers, Morgan Berry, New York ^note B. Simpson, Michele Knotz, Jessica Calvello (who currently now works in Texas), Mike Pollock (who also does some work in LA), Georgette Reilly, and Dallas-based ^note Josh Grelle, Caitlin Glass (who also does some work in LA and New York) voice actors.
• Directed by Cast Member: In the Latin American Spanish dub, María Fernanda Morales was the ADR director and Hakufu Sonsaku's voice actress.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: Media Blasters' home media releases of Dragon Destiny are out of print as of 2022.
• No Export for You:
  • None of the video games have been released outside of Japan.
  • Only the first season was dubbed in Latin America, the rest of the series has yet to be brought over to that region.
• The Original Darrin: The first season's English release was dubbed at New Generation Pictures in Beverly Hills, California. For Dragon Destiny, it was instead dubbed at Headline Studios in Irvington, New York, and everyone was recast. From Great Guardians onwards, the series was dubbed at New Generation Pictures and DuArt Film and Video, with most of the first season's cast reprising their roles.
• The Other Darrin:
  • From Dragon Destiny onwards, some of the Japanese cast have new voices. For example, Uncho Kan'u, voiced in the first season by Hiroe Oka, was recast with Hitomi Nabatame.
  • Media Blasters' English dub of Dragon Destiny features an all-new voice cast. For example, Hakufu Sonsaku is voiced by Debora Rabbai instead of Carrie Savage.
  • Since the English release of Great Guardians, many of the first season's voice actors reprised their roles. However, there were a few recasts:
    • Rachel Robinson voices Uncho Kan'u instead of Erica Shaffer and Carol Jacobanis, her respective voice actresses for the first and second seasons.
    • Genpou Saji is voiced by Liam O'Brien instead of Justin Gross and Wayne Grayson, the character's respective voice actors for the first and second seasons.
    • Sara Lahti voices Chuukou Kyocho instead of Kelly Shane-Butler.
    • Josh Grelle plays Genka Kada instead of Dan Green.
    • Julie Rei Goldstein and Veronica Taylor respectively voice Chuutatsu Shibai and Yojo Bashoku instead of Eileen Stevens.
    • Megan Harvey voices Koumei Shokatsuryou instead of Rebecca Soler.
    • Rachel Hirschfeld voices Teni instead of Melissa Hope.
    • Kyle Hebert voices Kanshou Kochuu instead of the late Rome Elliott.
  • Beginning with Extravaganza Epoch, Morgan Berry took over as Uncho Kan'u's English voice, the fourth the character has had.
  • In Shin Ikki Tousen, Adriana Cazador voices Ukitsu instead of either Amy Treadwell or Hilary Thomas.
• Real-Life Relative: Eikisai from Western Wolves is voiced by Honoka Inoue. Her mother, Kikuko Inoue, voices Goei.
• Studio Hop:
  • The first season was produced by J.C. Staff, Dragon Destiny, Great Guardians, Extravaganza Epoch and Western Wolves by ARMS Corporation and Xtreme Xecutor by TNK.
  • At first, the North American home video release was handled by Geneon. For Dragon Destiny, the rights were picked up by Media Blasters. Starting with Great Guardians, the releases were handled by Funimation, who later acquired the rights to the first season from Geneon.
  • The sound effects for most of the series was handled by Anime Sound Production, however Fizz Sound Creation handled sound effects for Dragon Destiny and Great Guardians instead. This would happen again with Extravaganza Epoch and onwards with Swara Productions ^note  and later Hummingbird after Yasuyuki Konno left taking over sound effects duties.
• Swan Song: The anime adaptation of Shin Ikki Tousen was Arms Corporation's last ever project before the studio's 2020 shutdown.
• What Could Have Been:
  • Eric Klein of New Generation Pictures lobbied hard to get the studio back for the Dragon Destiny dub with the original cast, and was even in contact with Kadokawa Pictures themselves, along with reaching out to Bandai, Funimation, and ADV Films, who was the front-runner to license the season. Just after ADV agreed to dub the season at New Generation, Media Blasters acquired the rights to the series and dubbed it at Headline Studios, replacing the entire cast as a result.
  • Media Blasters planned to release Great Guardians on DVD in North America in 2011, but it was cancelled.
• Written by Cast Member: In the English dub of Dragon Destiny, Ted Lewis was one of the ADR writers and the voice of Koukin Shuuyu.

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