History Trivia / Nichijou

** Finally averted when Funimation licensed the anime in November 2016. It was released sub-only on February 7, 2017.

* AcclaimedFlop: The anime wasn't very financially successful in Japan, and it is Creator/KyotoAnimation's fifth lowest-selling anime. However, it was well-received by critics and it garnered a sizeable fanbase in North America and Europe.

* AcclaimedFlop: The anime wasn't very financially successful in Japan, and it is Creator/KyotoAnimation's sixth lowest-selling anime. However, it was well-received by critics and it garnered a sizeable fanbase in North America and Europe.

* AcclaimedFlop: The anime wasn't very financially successful in Japan, and it's Creator/KyotoAnimation's lowest-selling anime to date. However, it was well-received by critics and it garnered a sizeable fanbase in North America and Europe.

** Finally averted when Funimation rescued the anime in 2016, though likely due to the aforementioned pun adaptation difficulty the release is sub-only.

* NoExportForYou: Bandai was originally going to release this show in the US, but has since cancelled it due to financial troubles. Crunchyroll used to host it for streaming, but the streaming rights expired too. The only way to enjoy the series legally for English-speaking Japanese non-speakers is buying from Madman Entertainment, an Australian company which licensed the series for english for Australia and New Zealand on streaming and DVD. Whether an actual English dub will ever be made is unknown.

** Episode 24: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=1529 Ichirou Nagai]] as a vending machine.

* HeyItsThatVoice:
** Sakamoto the cat is voiced by Creator/MinoruShiraishi!
** The principal is voiced by Cho, who also provides the voice for the principal in another well-known {{schoolgirl series}}: ''Manga/HidamariSketch''. He also voices Brook from ''Manga/OnePiece'', who shares a tendency toward {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.
** [[Creator/MaiAizawa Mio's voice]] is [[Anime/{{Munto}} Yumemi]], [[Manga/FutureDiary Minene Uryu]] [[Manga/LuckyStar Ayano Minegishi]] and [[VideoGame/BravelyDefault Edea Lee]].
** [[Creator/HiromiKonno The Professor]] is [[VideoGame/{{Amagami}} Sae]] and [[Manga/LuckyStar Akira Kogami]].
** The opening song is called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osWXbe7MbGE Hyadain's Kakakata Kataomoi-C]]. As in, [[http://www.youtube.com/user/hyadain2525 the very same Hyadain]] famous for video game remixes like [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3oi0ZacgoI The World Warrior]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5hQpND9Xao Super Mario World Western Show]]; the OP is his professional debut single. And yes, true to his previous works, [[CrossDressingVoices he does sing the female vocals]], but the video has a female stand-in for those parts.
** He also made the second opening [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Xxnp0Q1GYQ Joujou Yuujou]].
** Sasahara is [[LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex Aogami Pierce]].
** The "Helvetica Standard" jingle is sung by the English Music/{{Vocaloid}}, Sweet Ann.
** Creator/DaisukeOno voices a crow in Episode 17.
** Minion #8 is voiced by Creator/HochuOtsuka in Episode 6 and 18.
** Manabu Takasaki is Creator/TetsuInada who also voiced [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Sajin Komamura]], and [[Series/TokusouSentaiDekaranger Doggie Kruger]]. It can come as a surprise, too, because Inada hasn't really done a purely comedy anime-[[http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=pYsz3ytMQ3Y (Trombe!)]]
** The Narrator ('the Shinonome Laboratory had yet another peaceful day', 'Oh! Gentleman!') is Creator/BanjoGinga.
** The Negotiator is Creator/AkioOhtsuka.
** [[LightNovel/FateZero Kirei, Rider and Tokiomi]] all appear during the airship segment of Episode 21.

* NoExportForYou: Bandai was originally going to release this show in the US, but has since cancelled it due to financial troubles. Crunchyroll used to host it for streaming, but the streaming rights expired too, so the only way to enjoy the series now for English-speaking Japanese non-speakers is through fansubs on YouTube. Whether an actual English dub will ever be made is unknown.

** Episode 25: KeikoYokozawa as Nano's wind-up key.

** Episode 4: NorikoOhara as an apartment building.

** Episode 18: RikakoAikawa as a sweet grande white chocolate mocha frappuchino, ordered with a short single-shot caramel sauce, hazelnut syrup, chocolate chip, extra whip espresso.

* NoExportForYou: Bandai was originally going to release this show in the US, but has since cancelled it due to financial troubles. Crunchyroll used to host it for streaming, but the streaming rights expired too, so the only way to enjoy the series now for English-speaking Japanese non-speakers is through fansubs.

** A creepier example, many characters are also voiced by ''Manga/FutureDiary'' {{seiyuu}}s. [[Creator/MaiAizawa Mio is Minene Uryuu aka Ninth]], [[Creator/MisuzuTogashi Mai is Yukiteru Amano aka First]], [[HiromiKonno the Professor is Kamado Ueshita aka Eighth]], [[Creator/MinoruShiraishi Sakamoto is Ouji Kosaka]], [[Creator/TetsuInada Takasaki-sensei is Ryuuji Kurosaki]], and [[Creator/TakayaHashi Dolph is John Balks aka Eleventh]]. And the [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Wooden Cubes are Deus Ex Machina]].

* ActorAllusion: In the anime, Shinonome Institute's resident talking cat Sakamoto is played by Creator/MinoruShiraishi, who, among other things (including [[Manga/HaruhiChan another]] FormallyNamedPet), played himself as the host of ''Manga/LuckyStar'''s "Lucky Channel" segment. In that show, his co-host Akira (played by HiromiKonno) sends him off on a suicide mission and replaces him with Creator/DaisukeOno. In this show, guess who plays the crow that the Professor (played by Hiromi Konno) decides would be better to have the talking scarf than Sakamoto?

** [[HiromiKonno The Professor]] is [[VideoGame/{{Amagami}} Sae]] and [[Manga/LuckyStar Akira Kogami]].

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[Creator/MaiAizawa Mio]] and [[HiromiKonno the Professor]]'s voices have shown up together before as [[Anime/{{Munto}} Yumemi and Suzume]], [[Manga/LuckyStar Ayano and Akira]], and [[Anime/KiddyGirlAnd Alisa and Letuchaia]].

** Minion #8 is voiced by HochuOtsuka in Episode 6 and 18.

** Sakamoto the cat is voiced by MinoruShiraishi!

* NoExportForYou: Bandai was originally going to release this show in the US, but has since cancelled it due to financial troubles.

** Episode 13: MegumiOgata as a string of international flags.

** A creepier example, many characters are also voiced by ''Manga/FutureDiary'' {{seiyuu}}s. [[Creator/MaiAizawa Mio is Minene Uryuu aka Ninth]], Mai is Yukiteru Amano aka First, [[HiromiKonno the Professor is Kamado Ueshita aka Eighth]], [[Creator/MinoruShiraishi Sakamoto is Ouji Kosaka]], [[Creator/TetsuInada Takasaki-sensei is Ryuuji Kurosaki]], and [[Creator/TakayaHashi Dolph is John Balks aka Eleventh]]. And the [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Wooden Cubes are Deus Ex Machina]].

** The principal is voiced by Cho, who also provides the voice for the principal in another well-known {{schoolgirl series}}: ''HidamariSketch''. He also voices Brook from ''OnePiece'', who shares a tendency toward {{Incredibly Lame Pun}}s.
** [[Creator/MaiAizawa Mio's voice]] is [[{{Munto}} Yumemi]], [[Manga/FutureDiary Minene Uryu]] [[Manga/LuckyStar Ayano Minegishi]] and [[VideoGame/BravelyDefault Edea Lee]].
** [[HiromiKonno The professor]] is [[{{Amagami}} Sae]] and [[Manga/LuckyStar Akira Kogami]].

** The "Helvetica Standard" jingle is sung by the English {{Vocaloid}}, Sweet Ann.
** Creator/DaisukeOno voices a crow in episode 17.
** Minion #8 is voiced by HochuOtsuka in episode 6 and 18.

** The Negotiator is AkioOhtsuka
** [[FateZero Kirei, Rider and Tokiomi]] all appear during the airship segment of episode 21.

* RelationshipVoiceActor: [[Creator/MaiAizawa Mio]] and [[HiromiKonno the Professor]]'s voices have shown up together before as [[{{Munto}} Yumemi and Suzume]], [[Manga/LuckyStar Ayano and Akira]], and [[Anime/KiddyGirlAnd Alisa and Letuchaia]].
** Yuuko and Mai were Kurimu and Minatsu in ''SeitokaiNoIchizon''.
** Professor and [[MinoruShiraishi Sakamoto]] were the hosts of [[Anime/LuckyStar Lucky Channel]]. And [[Creator/DaisukeOno the crow]] tried to usurp Sakamoto's place there, too.
** A creepier example, many characters are also voiced by ''Manga/MiraiNikki'' {{Seiyuu}}s. [[Creator/MaiAizawa Mio is Minene Uryuu aka Ninth]], Mai is Yukiteru Amano aka First, [[Creator/HiromiKonno the Professor is Kamado Ueshita aka Eighth]], [[Creator/MinoruShiraishi Sakamoto is Ouji Kosaka]], [[Creator/TetsuInada Takasaki-sensei is Ryuuji Kurosaki]], and [[Creator/TakayaHashi Dolph is John Balks aka Eleventh]]. And the [[Creator/NorioWakamoto Wooden Cubes are Deus Ex Machina]].

** Episode 3: [[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/people.php?id=3095 Hiroshi Masuoka]] as a Voodoo doll

** Episode 5: Creator/RikiyaKoyama as an Onomatopoeia.
** Episode 6: Creator/FumihikoTachiki as the 10-Yen Soccer coins.
** Episode 7: Creator/NorioWakamoto as the wooden cubes (and also a soldier at the start of the episode)

** Episode 9: Creator/AyaHirano as the ''shogi'' King tile and the angel from ''Helvetica Standard.''

** Episode 18: RikakoAikawa as a sweet grande white chocolate mocha frappuchino, ordered with a short single-shot caramel sauce, hazelnut syrup, chocolate chip, extra whip espresso

** Episode 21: Creator/SumiShimamoto as a "Lovers' Umbrella."

** Episode 14: ShigeruChiba as a soccer ball.