Trivia / Arakawa Under the Bridge

• All-Star Cast:
  • The drama adaptation's main cast is noteworthy full of people that are j-drama celebrities nowadays such as Mirei Kiritani as Nino, Shun Oguri as the Village Chief, Takayuki Yamada as Hoshi, and Yu Shirota as Sister.
  • The main cast of the anime gathers together big names of the voice acting industry such as Maaya Sakamoto (Nino), Hiroshi Kamiya (Kou), Tomokazu Sugita (Hoshi), Takehito Koyasu (Sister), Miyuki Sawashiro (Maria), and Keiji Fujiwara (the Village Chief).
• Real-Life Relative: Kou's voice actor, Hiroshi Kamiya, is married in real-life to the manga's creator, Hikaru Nakamura.
• What Could Have Been: Takai and Shimazaki were a woman and a man, respectively in their initial designs.