Trivia / All About Lily Chou-Chou

• The Danza: Hoshino's mother Izumi Hoshino is played by Izumi Inamori.
• Defictionalization: Lily Chou-Chou was created for marketing purposes and as a vehicle for a musician who hasn't debuted then. They reunited in 2010 for the film's anniversary (without the director's involvement), which followed by a tour. Their Youtube channel can be accessed here.
• Dyeing for Your Art: Ayumi Ito (Kuno) spent weeks training on the piano in order to do Kuno's piano scenes without a double.
• Self-Adaptation: This film was based on the director's very own online novel.
• Shout-Out: Yuichi's stepfather jokes about renaming his younger stepbrother Shinji, referencing the main character from Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was created by director Shunji Iwai's good friend Hideaki Anno.

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