Trivia / Asteroid in Love

• Backed by the Pentagon: A mostly civilian variant. Because of this series' scientific theme, the production of the anime involves the assistance of several Japanese governmental agencies to make sure the science it portrays is accurate. These agencies include the National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (and for a smaller degree JAXA) for astronomy, the Geological Survey of Japan for geology, and the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan for cartography.
• Overtook the Manga: Where the anime ends is just a month after its corresponding chapter (Chapter 36) published, and there are substantial content in the Animated Adaptation of the Ishigaki arc that are anime original. For example, the debriefing session at the end of Episode 12 is never in the manga, although it is implied Sayuri does interview Mira and co. regarding the Shining Star Challenge.
• Playing Against Type:
  • Madeleine Morris is noted in this wiki to be mainly playing Nice Girls. She voices Moe "Suzu" Suzuya in this series, who, while certainly a nice and caring person, is mostly an energetic Lovable Sex Maniac.
  • As noted in Voiced Differently in the Dub, Ao's dub VA Morgan Berry's female roles are mainly tomboys or action girls. While Ao Used to Be a Tomboy, for the most part, she has the demeanour of a quiet Shrinking Violet.
• Portmanteau Series Nickname: "Koias," from the Japanese title Koisuru Asteroid.
• Queer Character, Queer Actor: Moe, a lesbian teen who came out in the course of the anime, is played by the bisexual Madeleine Morris in the Funimation dub.
• What Could Have Been: The author included in the collected volumes some one-shot manga she sent to publishers. One of them, Orihime Number 2, shows some similarity with Asteroid in Love, in that they are both a Club Stub of the Earth Sciences Club... but the similarity ends there.
  • Asteroid in Love, while still mainly a Gag Series, has relatively heavy sentimental undertones. Orihime Number 2 is less sentimental.
  • The protagonist, Himeko Oribe, is The Ace, and she seriously intends to be an Extracurricular Enthusiast. It's unclear why she and her Childhood Friend Futaba Yuki join the club, but pity is a possible answer.
  • This Earth Sciences Club has even fewer members, but the main reason is it's Shrouded in Myth, and the club president Ryouzaki is seen as a weirdo.
  • Ryouzaki is somewhat of a more energetic version of Chikage, but she's interested in astrology instead of Chikage's Power Crystal. She even does fortune-telling for cash.
• Voiced Differently in the Dub: Ao is originally voiced by Megumi Yamaguchi, whose high, delicate voice means she often plays soft-spoken Shrinking Violets - her most famous role is New Game!'s Hifumi. In Funimation's dub, however, she is voiced by Morgan Berry, who frequently plays boys and tomboys due to her deep voice (for example, Natural Killer Cell in Cells at Work!). While Berry's voice as Ao is soft, it is still a Tomboyish Voice that is much deeper than the original. It is somehow apropos, however—Ao Used to Be a Tomboy and still has a few boyish traits.