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The Hinata's New Resident Shinobu: Arrow Signs - S1-E2

Trivia: In the original comic version, Shinobu was already a resident of Hinata Inn.

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Trivia: Mutsumi Otohime's family name, Otohime, is also an Urashima Taro reference. The word means "sea princess" in Japanese. She is the princess whom Urashima Taro met in the underwater kingdom.

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Trivia: Keitaro Urashima's family name, Urashima, is a reference to "Urashima Taro," a Japanese fairy tail about a young fisherman who is taken to a sea kingdom by a large sea turtle after saving her from her tormentors.

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Trivia: This anime series is based on a comic series for young college-age men by Ken Akamatsu.

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Trivia: The company that adapted "King of Beasts Go-lion" (Lion Force) and "Dairugger" (Vehicle Force) into "Voltron: Defender of the Universe" also wanted to dub another anime robot series called "Lightning God Albegas," but for some mysterious reason it never did. Some people speculated that the sexual perverted behavior of one of the major characters from Albegas, or the unaesthetic appearance of the six-armed robot may be the reason why the series was never dubbed. Interesting enough, toys based on Albegas were sold under the Voltron name.

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Season 1 generally

Trivia: This series is commonly known as "Lion Force Voltron," because of the five robot lions that form Voltron.

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Season 1 generally

Trivia: Beginning in the late 1980s, "V" and "V: The Final Victory" were combined into a five-part miniseries.

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Season 2 generally

Trivia: This is the TV version of the two made-for-television films.

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Trivia: Actress Tatum O'Neal, at age ten, became the youngest person to won an Oscar for an acting role. This excludes Shirley Temple, who won an honorary Oscar at age six in 1935.

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Trivia: American agent Tom Sawyer was created in the film so to attract an American audience.

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Trivia: The armed man attempting to rob McDowell's is a then-unknown Samuel L. Jackson.

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Trivia: One of the bathers washing Akeem early in the film is soon-to-be adult film actress "Midori" (real name: Michele Evette Watley), who is the sister of singer Jody Watley.

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The Buried Castle - S1-E27

Trivia: This is the only episode that Prince Lotor does not appear in ever since he made his first appearance in "Yurak Gets His Pink Slip."

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Trivia: This anime series is based on a comic first serialized in "Young Animal," a Japanese men's magazine. The anime series is considered less risque than what is found in the original comic.

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Trivia: The title, "Ai Yori Aoshi" literally means "Bluer Than Indigo" in Japanese. The phrase came from an old Chinese proverb that say something like this: blue dye is made from indigo colored grass, yet the blue dye's color is much deeper than the color of its origin. In simple terms, the student has exceeds the master.

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Trivia: Kaoru's two friends, Sato and Suzuki, represent two of the most common Japanese family names in Japan.

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Trivia: The story in the film is not based on any Sherlock Holmes story.

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Season 2 generally

Trivia: This Voltron series is commonly known as "Vehicle Voltron."

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Space Explorers Captured - S1-E1

Trivia: This is the only Voltron episode which Princess Allura did not appear in.

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Trivia: Ranma 1/2 is the creation of famed Japanese comic book artist Rumiko Takahashi.

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