Trivia / Tokyo Mew Mew New

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• Acting for Two: Yūichi Nakamura voices both Ryou Shirogane and Chiffon.
• Beam Me Up, Scotty!: The line before the chorus of the opening theme song is quoted by many as "It's showtime again!". In the actual song, it's sung as "Showtime again".
• Creator Couple: Saki Nakajima and Satoshi Hino, who voice Ichigo's parents, have been married since 2015.
• Cross-Dressing Voices: As in the 2002 series, the male R-2000 is voiced by a woman (Kaori Ishihara).
• Milestone Celebration: Tokyo Mew Mew New was first announced in celebration of Nakayoshi's 65th anniversary and the manga's 20th. Its 2022 premiere coincides with the 20th anniversary of the first anime.
• No Dub for You: Unlike the 2002 series, which was dubbed into English as Mew Mew Power, Sentai's North American home media release is subtitled-only.
• The Other Darrin: Every role was inevitably recast since the first anime premiered in 2002.
  • Yuki Tenma voices Ichigo Momomiya instead of Saki Nakajima.
  • Mirai Hinata voices Minto Aizawa instead of Yumi Kakazu.
  • Ryoko Juni voices Retasu Midorikawa instead of Kumi Sakuma.
  • Rian Toda voices Bu-ling Huang instead of Hisayo Mochizuki.
  • Momoka Ishii and Kaori Ishihara respectively voice Zakuro Fujiwara and R-2000 instead of Junko Noda.
  • Yūma Uchida voices Masaya Aoyama and Deep Blue instead of Megumi Ogata.
  • Yūichi Nakamura voices Ryou Shirogane instead of Koichi Tochika.
  • Yusuke Shirai voices Keiichiro Akasaka instead of Hikaru Midorikawa.
  • Nobuhiko Okamoto, Daiki Yamashita, and Yuichiro Umehara respectively voice Quiche, Tart and Pie instead of Daisuke Sakaguchi, Kiyomi Asai and Nobutoshi Canna.
• Posthumous Credit: Artist Mia Ikumi suffered a fatal hemorrhage on March 7, 2022, four months before the anime's premiere.
• Predecessor Casting Gag: Ichigo and Bu-Ling's mothers are played by their respective voice actors, Saki Nakajima and Hisayo Mochizuki, from the original 2002 Tokyo Mew Mew anime
• Science Marches On:
  • The Grey Wolf, considered endangered in 2002, was on the "Least Concern" list at the time of the anime's premiere. Zakuro is still infused with it.
  • On the other hand, in 2002, the number of endangered species was listed as 2,500. In 2022, its 15,000.

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