Trivia / Kiddy GiRL-AND

• Anime First: There is a manga, Kiddy GiRL-AND Pure, which was released simultaneously (it actually started serialization in Comp Ace before the anime started) but the story differed wildly. A novel adaptation was released later.
• Bad Export for You: It is a HD show, but the Crunchyroll streams were limited to 480P.
• The Danza: Shiraishi, voiced by Minoru Shiraishi. Hell, he even gets to say his famous Wasuremono line up to how he says it.
• Development Hell: From announcement to release took three years, including two years of complete silence and an unexplained change of animation studio:
  • The "K-G.2" project was announced in October 2006.
  • In January 2007 the studio (asread) and basic details were announced.
  • A Pilot DVD was released in May 2007.
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  • In February 2009 the official title was finally announced along with news that it was now being animated by Satelight. Clearly there was also more than a little tweaking done to the basic story as well since it bore little resemblance to the Pilot and one of the main characters had a fairly radical redesign, both in appearance and personality.
  • The first episode aired in October 2009.
• Late Export for You: This show wouldn't be officially released on home video in North America until 7 years later in 2017.
• No Dub for You: When the series was finally released on Blu-ray in North America, Funimation released it sub only despite the original series having a dub, likely due to Kiddy Grade generally being more of a niche show to begin with. Not helping matters is the fact that by the time Funimation released it, Kiddy GiRL-AND was a 7 year old sequel to a then 15 year old niche anime, and there wasn't much of a demand for it given the general reception to Kiddy GiRL-AND.
• Role Reprise: All characters from the original series that have a speaking role here are voiced by their original voice actors.
• Sequel Gap: Kiddy Grade premiered in 2002, Kiddy GiRL-AND was made in 2009, 8 years after the original
• What Could Have Been: In the original KG2 pilot, it is implied that Q-Feuille would have been Eclaire's successor and thus the main character.

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