Acting for Two: Besides reprising her role as Komachi Oba, Ryoko Shiraishi has an uncredited role as the cat who often frequents the Grand Imperial Theater.
Adaptation First: The worldwide release of the anime marks the first appearances of the new Flower Division, as well as the Shanghai, Berlin and London Combat Revues.
Creator Couple: Terri Doty is Leyla's English voice actress and her husband Stephen Hoff is the dub's ADR director.
Fake Russian: Kenji Akabane, Misaki Watada and Haruka Shiraishi play the Russian Valery Kaminski, Klara M. Ruzhkova and Leyla. So did Aaron Dismuke, Lindsay Seidel (who are both white) and Terri Doty (who has Mexican descent) who are the English voice actors of Valery, Klara, and Leyla.
The first trailer premiered on January 29, 2020, which was Ayane Sakura's 26th birthday.
The series premiered on April 3, 2020, two months before Sega's 60th anniversary.
The eleventh episode, which featured the Imperial, London, Berlin and Shanghai Combat Revues joining forces, premiered on June 12, 2020 — six months to the release of Sakura Wars (2019), which also featured the four main Combat Revues.
By sheer coincidence, the dub cast was announced on February 1, Claris' birthday.
The series premiered in 2020, the 60th anniversary of Sega and the 20th anniversary of the first TV series.
Funimation's Blu-ray release coincides with the 25th anniversary of Sakura Wars and the 20th anniversary of Is Paris Burning?.
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No Dub for You: Surprisingly averted. Despite the original game not being dubbed for its 2020 release, Funimation dubbed the anime in 2021, sixteen years after their previous effort, École de Paris.
No Export for You: The series wasn't officially distributed in South America.
The Original Darrin: After being replaced by Christiana Yuuki for the English dub of the Sumire OVA, Michelle Ruff returns to voice Sumire Kanzaki.
Passione also assisted with the in-game cinematics.
Sound effects artist Yasuyuki Konno and color designer Aiko Matsuyama performed similar duties for The Asterisk War, which was chief directed by Manabu Ono.
In the English dub, Sumire Kanzaki is once again voiced by Michelle Ruff, who dubbed the character in Sakura Wars: The Movie nearly 18 years before Funimation announced the dub's cast.