History Trivia / SukebanDeka

** The second Saki was raised in Kochi and spoke in its native Tosa dialect, a variation of the KansaiRegionalAccent. Yoko Minamino hails from Kansai (specifically Hyogo Prefecture).[[labelnote:*]] Tosa is an accent of the Shikoku dialect, spoken in the south of the island. Like most of Shikoku's sub-dialects, it is not significantly different from the Standard Kansai spoken in Kobe and most of Hyogo.[[/labelnote]]

** A fourth season of the TV series had been planned, but it was scrapped due to the failure of the third. Rumoredly, Toei's next drama series, the short-lived ''Shoujo Commando IZUMI'', was a re-tool of this season, which can be noted in its similar plot and premise.

* TheDanza:
** In the second season of the live action version, Yoko Godai was played by Yoko Minamino.
** In the third season, there is Yui Kazama played by Yui Asaka.[[note]] (although this is actually her stage name, her real name is Aki Kawasaki)[[/note]] Yuma Nakamura and Yuka Onishi played her sisters Yuma and Yuka Kazama.

* TheOtherDarrin: The first TV series was narrated by Creator/ChiyokoKawashima until she was replaced by Nana Yamaguchi. In contrast, both the second and the third were narrated by Ryoko Kinomiya.

** In the TV series, Saki was made a forced left-hander due to injury. This was because her actress, Yuki Saito, is naturally left-handed.
*** As it happened, the second Saki actress Yoko Minamino is also naturally left-handed, so that element carried over to ''Sukeban Deka II''.

*** As it happens, the second Saki, Yoko Minamino, is also left-handed, so that element carried over to the second series.
** The second Saki was raised in Kochi and spoke in its native Tosa dialect, a variation of the KansaiRegionalAccent. Yoko Minamino hails from Kansai (specifically Hyogo Prefecture).

* AwesomeDearBoy: The 2006 movie was this for many fans. Director Kenta Fukasaku agreed to direct it because for a long time he had wanted badly to do a movie about an ActionGirl, while Yuki Saito agreed to make a cameo believing the fans would like it.

** He also hated ''Sukeban Deka III'', in this case for trading the series' realistic action and serious urban crime drama for ninja silliness and ''Franchise/StarWars'' references. He went to say they should have created another TV series instead of doing that to ''Sukeban Deka'' (which, ironically, was exactly what was supposed to happen - see What Could Have Done below). Wada became so bitter about it that he vetoed all attempts to resurrect the franchise until 2006.

* FollowTheLeader: While it was not the first series about fighting schoolgirls, the popularity of the live action series inspired more similar franchises such as ''Shoujo Commando IZUMI'', ''Manga/HanaNoAsukaGumi'' and ''Sailor Fuku Hangyaku Doumei''.
* FranchiseKiller: ''Sukeban Deka III''. Whether it was because of the fantastical elements, the bizarre and often confusing storyline, or the audiences finally getting tired of the series (a typical effect of Japan's fad-centric pop culture), the series was unceremoniously cancelled and ended the possibility of the world seeing more of Saki Asamiya. Even though the 2006 movie was successful both critically and commercially, the franchise as a whole has yet to return.
* HostilityOnTheSet: An amusing example. As Saito and Minamino revealed in 2010, after the character of Saki was recast, Saito had curiosity for the new actress, so she visited Minamino several times through a common friend. However, both Saito and Minamino were so socially awkward that they barely talked, each believing the other to be giving the cold shoulder, and left convinced this was the case. They only cleared out the situation after meeting again decades later.

** The second Saki was raised in Kochi and spoke in its native Tosa dialect, a variation of the KansaiRegionalAccent. Yoko Minamino hails from Kansai (specifically Hyoko Prefecture).

* FranchiseKiller: ''Sukeban Deka III''. Whether it was because of the fantastical elements, the bizarre and often confusing storyline, or the audiences finally getting tired of the series (a typical effect of Japan's fad-centric pop culture), the series was unceremoniously cancelled and ended the possibility of the world seeing more of Saki Asamiya. Even although the 2006 movie was successful, the franchise as a whole never returned.

** The second Saki was raised in Kochi and spoke in its native Tosa dialect, a variation of the KansaiRegionalAccent. Her actress, Yoko Minamino, hails from Kansai.

** As Shinji Wada had disliked the first series for being too different from his vision, Creator/{{Toei}} warned him beforehand that Yuki Saito's departure would force them to alter further the manga's storyline in ''Sukeban Deka II''. Rumoredly, there were even inner conflicts in the company about this, as some executives disapproved the characters of Okyo and Yukino on the belief that the second Saki Asamiya should work alone like the original. However, it turned out that Wada ''loved'' it; he stated that the series was the closest to the work's spirit, as making friends and learning to work with other people was precisely what ''Sukeban Deka'' was about, and joked that he would have become a fan of ''II'' had it existed back when he was a student. He even made a cameo in the series' movie, the only time he did so in the franchise's audovisual media.

* AwesomeDearBoy: The 2006 movie was this for many people. Director Kenta Fukasaku accepted to direct it because for a long time he had wanted badly to do a movie about an ActionGirl, while Yuki Saito accepted to make a cameo believing the fans would like it.
* BabyNameTrendStarter: Apparently, Saki became somewhat of a popular baby girl name back when the TV series was hot. Actress and singer Saki Fukuda is named that way because her mother was a fan of the series, while AV actress Saki Ninomiya goes under that artistic name because her parents were fans as well (she was born the year in which the series premiered, and has implied in inteviews that Saki is her true first name).

** In the third season, there is Yui Kazama played by Yui Asaka (although this was actually her stage name, her real one back then being Aki Kawasaki). Yuma Nakamura and Yuka Onishi played her sisters Yuma and Yuka Kazama.

** In the Latin American Spanish dub, Remi Mizuchi is voiced by Creator/RossyAguirre, a voice actress normally typecasted voicing sweethearted girls or boys, not evil psychotic bitches like Remi.

** According to Minamino, the shooting of ''II'' could become so grueling that she sometimes went to school still sporting fake blood and glue in her body, as they were hard to wash off. She also hated the iron mask she had to wear in the early scenes, and soon found out she was not nearly as athletic as the role required, so a lot of tricks had to be used for Yoko's strength feats.