Trivia / Cross Ange

• Acting for Two: Quite a bit of the cast aside from the main ones also have secondary roles.
  • Yukana has Emma and Liza, as well as a random robot that Ange and Tusk encounter in the True Earth.
  • Nao Tōyama is Sylvia and Olivier, one of the Bridge Bunnies.
  • Nanako Mori is Hikaru who's a bridge bunny, Irma who's a pilot for Embryo, and Naga, who's a subordinate of Salamandinay.
  • Reina Ueda is Tanya, another pilot for Embryo, Akiho, Ange's former friend, and several additional Norma during the first half of the series.
  • The dub also does this with a few of its minor roles too:
    • Irma, Sophia and Aura are voiced by Allison Sumrall.
    • Coco and Kaname are both voiced by Shanae'a Moore.
    • Tanya and Misty are voiced by Amanda L. Baird.
    • Olivier and Naga are both voiced by Patricia Duran.
• Creator Backlash:
  • Creative Producer Mitsuo Fukuda has apologized for episode 13's opening.
  • Though not a full backlash, he's wondering why Tusk's death was censored when the rest of the deaths in episode 21 wasn't even censored.
  • There's also the criticism Fukuda made when Sumire Uesaka was asked on a radio show about Momoka's fate is that she only said that "I would really like to think she was still alive." It wasn't even much of a spoiler comment but then he went on a rant and temporarily locked his Twitter account. Which then convinced some fans that Momoka would survive. They were right.
• Enforced Method Acting:
  • Nana Mizuki pinched Toshihiko Seki's hand when Ange stabbed Embryo's hand in episode 20.
  • Mamoru Miyano slapped Mizuki's stomach for the scenes where Tusk dives into Ange's crotch.
• Director Displacement: Very often you'll see the director credit be given to Mitsuo Fukuda, when the actual director of the show is Yoshiharu Ashino. Fukuda did direct several episodes, but mostly served as Creative Producer.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes: As of 2023, the North American home media releases of Cross Ange are out of print and both Blu-ray and DVD copies tend to go for high prices online.
• Killed by Request: Takako Honda requested to have her character Jill killed off in the Grand Finale, not because she hated the character, but she just thought that Jill's death would 'fit her character arc'.
• Playing Against Type: Yui Ogura as a temporary villain. Not bad actually.
• Playing with Character Type: In the English dub, Caitlynn French voices Chris, a shy, quiet, and reserved girl that fills into the characters she voices. Except, Chris's shy personality is more relating to the fact that she has a lot of personal issues.
• Production Posse: Sentai Filmworks has Chris Ayres back as the dub's ADR Director, Emily Neves, Cynthia Martinez, Kira Vincent-Davis, Tiffany Grant, Carli Mosier, Hilary Haag and Caitlynn French are again part of the cast, and Katelyn Barr is writing the script.
• Shrug of God: The initial response towards the status of Vivian's father. He finally made an appearance in dragon form at the end of episode 25.
• What Could Have Been:
  • In the DVD extras, it's revealed that there were plans for Momoka to betray Ange and be revealed as being in on Julio's plan when they returned to Misurugi, however it was felt that there should at least be one pure-hearted character in the show.
  • According to the staff, Zola was supposed to die during the defense of Arzenal, however Michiko Neya had other plans so she couldn't stay long for the show.
  • Ange was supposed to have been The Captain of the First Troop, though that would have made her overshadow everyone even more, so they decided at first with Hilda, but went with Salia.
  • The second half of episode 14 was supposed to be a flashback episode where it depicts both of Tusk's parents and both would have been voiced by Miyano and Mizuki.
  • Salamandinay was supposed to show up on episode 7, however they had to delay it because Eri Kitamura at the time was trying to promote her album so they made it a Salia episode.
  • Ersha was originally going to have a somewhat darker complexion at first (as her design was based upon an unknown Indian woman). But was changed at the last minute.
    • The Design Works book also reveals that several other characters were to look different from their finalized counterparts. Some of these changes were minor, like Salia and Momoka having different hair colors and styles or Emma having a different outfit. Others drastic, like Tusk having a more disheveled look, or a clean-shaven, older-looking Jurai.
  • The end of the series would have had Aura returning to her human form. But the idea was nixed by Fukuda, who thought it went against the story.
  • Naomi, the Original Generation character for the game, was who Ange initially was supposed to be during the development stages. However, the developers decided to go for something a bit more original.
• Written by Cast Member: Besides being the English dub's ADR scriptwriter, Katelyn Barr voices Liza.
• This series made its debut in Super Robot Wars starting with V and then X. Much like another controversial Mitsuo Fukuda-directed series, a lot of Fix Fic elements were applied to the show to the point that a good chunk of fans considered that the series was improved by the game.

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