Trivia / Sorcerer Hunters

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• Acting for Two:
  • Banjo Ginga is the voice actor for Sacher/Zaha Torte and the off-screen closing narration for the first nine episodes as well as the OVAs.
  • Sakiko Tamagawa, Daughter's voice actress, also voiced Lin in episode 6 and Marina in episode 7.
• Creator Backlash: When then-newcomer Steven Foster took over for Matt Greenfield as ADR director/screenwriter for ADV's dub of the final 12 episodes, many of the main cast members were unimpressed with the result, Tiffany Grant, Brett Weaver and Chris Corey included. Grant, in particular, felt that the episodes were not up to par with Greenfield's own writing and directing.
• Creator Couple: Banjo Ginga voiced Sacher/Zaha Torte and his wife Gara Takashima voiced Amore in episode 2.
• The Foreign Subtitle: In Italy, the series was subtitled Bakuretsu Hunter - I cacciastregoni ("The Witch Hunters").
• Hostility on the Set: Brett Weaver, Tiffany Grant, Chris Corey and the other main English cast members were reportedly frustrated with Steven Foster's major script rewrites for the final 12 episodes. For example, Grant frequently fought with Foster to protect Chocola's character, and Corey was replaced by Andrew Klimko as the voice of Gateau for speaking out against Foster's changes. Aside from Klimko, the rest of the cast still continued with the series.
• Late Export for You: The anime wasn't released in Italy until 2001, six years after its Japanese premiere.
• The Other Darrin:
  • In the original Japanese version, Megumi Ogata replaces Yasuyuki Hirata as the voice of Mille Feuille in the OVA.
  • As for the English dub:
    • Beginning with episode 14, Kelly Manison, Andrew Klimko and the late Randy Sparks replaced Sue Ulu, Chris Corey and Guil Lunde as the respective voices of Big Mom, Gateau Mocha and Sacher/Zaha Torte. Manison and Klimko reprised their roles for the OVA.
    • In the OVA, Rob Mungle and Chris Patton replaced Dell Gibson and Lew Temple as the respective voices of the narrator and Mille Feuille.
  • In the Italian dub, Sacher/Zaha Torte was initially voiced by Mario Bombardieri for his first appearance in episode 3. For his later appearances, he was voiced by Saverio Indrio.
• Playing Their Own Twin: In episode 11, Nobuo Tobita voiced Yukke Namul and his brother and Kuppa.
• Referenced by...:
  • My Impossible Soulmate: The self-portrait on Chiaki's door is based off of a shot of Chocola◊ from the anime.
• Self-Adaptation: Satoru Akahori was the scriptwriter for episode 16 of the TV series. For the OVA, Akahori wrote the script for the first episode and was responsible for drafting the next two episodes.
• Those Two Actors:
  • Megumi Hayashibara (Tira) and Sumi Shimamoto (Big Momma) previously worked together on Maison Ikkoku, which was one of Megumi's first voice acting jobs.
  • Megumi Hayashibara (Tira) and Shinnosuke Furumoto (Carrot) both voiced Kimba in the 1989 version of Kimba the White Lion with Megumi voicing Kimba as a child while Furumoto voiced Kimba as an adult, Furumoto would also guest star in 3 episodes of Ranma ½ as Genji Heita in one episode and later Pantyhose Taro in his 2 episode arc, meanwhile Megumi of course voiced Ranma's female form.
  • Megumi Ogata (OVA Mille-feuille), Megumi Hayashibara and Mitsuaki Madono (Marron) all worked together on YuYu Hakusho.
  • Yuko Mizutani and Megumi Hayashibara would later star in Saber Marionette J, another series written by Satoru Akahori.
  • On the dub side of things, Tiffany Grant (Chocolate), Kira Vincent-Davis (Daughter), Brett Weaver (Carrot) and Chris Patton (OVA!Mille-feuille) have all worked together on multiple shows throughout the years.
• You Sound Familiar:
  • Nobuo Tobita voiced Regner in episode 1 and would later go on to voice Yukke and Kuppa Namul in episode 11.
  • Eiji Sekiguchi voiced a butler in episode 2, served as an an additional voice in episode 8, and voiced one of the three bodyguards in episode 10.
  • Tomoko Ishimura voiced a woman in episode 6, Opera in episode 9, as well as a young girl in episode 13 and a girl in episode 15 prior to voicing Eclair Mocha in the OVA.

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