Trivia / Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning?

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• The Cast Showoff: Shinsho Nakamaru used his French-language skills when he voiced Sakomizu.
• Fan Translation: One is in the works for the Dreamcast version as of 2022, courtesy of Taisho Romanization.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: The original Dreamcast game, as well as its Windows and PS2 ports, are out of print as of 2023. The Drama Downloads are also hard to find since Sega discontinued it in 2002.
• Milestone Celebration: The game was released in 2001, nearly five years after the original Sakura Wars.
• Missing Trailer Scene: At the end of the promotional trailer that came with the Dreamcast release of Thou Shalt Not Die, Masque de Corbeau is seen watching from the Eiffel Tower as Paris burns and then freezes over. This is not seen in the game itself, as Corbeau has already died before that happens.
• Multi-Disc Work: The game was originally released on three GD-ROM discs for the Dreamcast.
• Newbie Boom: The game saw a trending surge on Twitter after the real-life Notre Dame cathedral was nearly destroyed by fire in early 2019.
• Playing Against Type: Kikuko Inoue, typically known for playing motherly characters, plays the egomaniac theft Lobelia.
• Release Date Change: Is Paris Burning? was originally set for a Fall 2000 release as part of the "Sakura Project 2000" initiative. Months later, however, it was delayed to a March 2001 release.
• Those Two Actors:
  • Noriko Hidaka (Erica Fontaine) and Saeko Shimazu (Glycine Bleumer) were previously in the Ranma ½ Animated Adaptation together.
  • Mika Kanai (Ci Caprice) and Junpei Takiguchi (Jacques Denicourt) previously appeared in Sonic the Hedgehog: The Movie together.
• You Sound Familiar:
  • Yūji Mitsuya previously played Musei Edogawa in the Arabian Night stage musical before voicing Masque de Corbeau here.
  • Shinsho Nakamaru portrayed Ikki Yoneda in the Blooming Maidens stage musical and Norimichi Sakomizu in Is Paris Burning? and all subsequent stage plays related to it.

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