Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn/Trivia

"Kyuzo Aoi: Marida is the eyepatch girl in Ikki Tousen...good choice...
 * Anime First: Averted for only the second time in Gundam since Chars Counterattack. It's an adaptation of a novel series.
 * Continuity Nod: There's quite a few:
 * Syam Vist, who was a young adult at the beginning of the Universal Century, is voiced by the narrator of the original Mobile Suit Gundam.
 * The Delta Plus and Ankusha are successors to the Hyaku Shiki and Asshimar respectively, in the case of the Delta Plus, it uses the transformation mode the Hyaku Shiki was supposed to have but was dropped, Anaheim Electronics was only able to implement it now due to acquiring movable frame technology. And the Sinanju, and Kshatriya are based heavily on the Sazabi, and Quin Mantha respectively but scaled down, and the Sinanju lacks the funnels, beamshot rifle and torso-mounted mega particle guns its predecessor had.
 * The Rozen follows the concept of Cyber-Newtype Hamma Hamma mobile suit.
 * The battleship Rewloola from Char's Counterattack is still kicking about, being the flagship for the Sleeves.
 * The obligatory background events that reference other Universal Century series:
 * During the history lecture you can see names and dates of notable past events, including 0080 and Operation Stardust.
 * At the beginning of episode two, when Micott asks what a "Gundam" is, Takuya explains that it's the first mobile suit built by the Federation, called the "White Devil" by Zeon. This is a reference to Amuro's famous battle where he destroyed nine Rick Doms within five minutes.
 * Once aboard the Nahel Argama, Takuya states that it must be destiny for them to be carrying the Unicorn Gundam, since the Nahel Argama was the mothership of the Gundam Team of the First Neo-Zeon War.
 * The Sleeves' arsenal of mobile suits wouldn't look out of place in a museum, with everything from Dra-C's to Gaza-D's, Gallus K's, EWAC-zack's (admittedly a Federation suit but doesn't look out of place considering the design), Dowadages, Dreissens, Geara Dogas, and almost everything in-between.
 * In episode 3 Angelo's Geara Zulu is using a beam shotrifle that looks almost exactly like the one used by the Sazabi.
 * In the beginning of OVA 4, Syam Vist is dreaming of the first Colony Drop on Sydney. And they even got the skyline right this time.
 * The Sinanju's model number (MSN-06S) is almost identical to the MS-06S Zaku II Commander Type that Char once piloted, which is a clear play on its pilot Full Frontal being "The Second Coming of Char". Another gag is that Sinanju is described as moving "at three times the
 * Early Bird Cameo:
 * The Unicorn was shown in Gundam vs. Gundam Next, joined by the Kshatriya in the home version.
 * The Sinanju and Delta Plus join the party in Gundam Extreme Vs.
 * Fan Nickname:
 * "" for Marida, although this nickname is not without reason. To elaborate, Marida . Between then and the events of Unicorn (UC 0096), she survived by until she was approached by the Sleeves.
 * Some have called the Kshatriya "Palm Tree" due to the shape of its binders, it's color, and the fact that its a lot easier to pronounce then its actual name.
 * It's more of a bell pepper, really, especially when the binders are closed. Of course, there's already been fan art.
 * "Spiegel Cosplay" for the Geara Zulu due to its head looking similar to the Gundam Spiegel (ignoring the fact that both are based on WWII German soldier helmets...)
 * "Geara Leo" for the Geara Zulu that blew up when a shot from the Unicorn's beam magnum passed near it, a reference to how the Leos in Gundam Wing would explode by the dozen when a Gundam so much as appeared on the screen.
 * "Godspeed" for the nameless Stark Jegan pilot from the first Kshatriya fight.
 * Full Frontal is sometimes called "Mullet Char" because of his huge hair by Neo Lorrnoke of The Gundamn! podcast of MAHQ.
 * another nickname is "Fat Frontal" due to the uniform he's wearing in combination with his hair making it look like he's gained a few pounds, taking the mask off only makes it worse.
 * The Byalant in OVA 4 is sometimes called "Kobe Byalant" after it managed to beat down several Neo Zeon suits single-handedly, despite being essentially a Titans design.
 * Hey Its That Voice: Despite Audrey's original seiyuu being replaced by newcomer Ayumi Fujimura, there was much rejoicing when Shuichi Ikeda (aka Char Aznable) was announced as the voice of Full Frontal.
 * There was also rejoicing when Banagher's VA was revealed to be Kouki Uchiyama, aka Roxas from the Kingdom Hearts series.
 * Daisuke Namikawa stars again as another Gundam character {Riddhe}. Whether Riddhe will be a scrappy, considering Namikawa's history of voicing his slew of Gundam characters, is in speculation for now.
 * Ayato became a Genre Savvy otaku student in the form of Takuya Irei.
 * Angelo Sauper is Simon. Now, WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK HE IS?
 * The real coup is about Marida's VA. She's voiced by Yuko Kaida {aka Ryumou Shimei of Ikki Tousen}, Mechatalk had interesting posts.
 * The real coup is about Marida's VA. She's voiced by Yuko Kaida {aka Ryumou Shimei of Ikki Tousen}, Mechatalk had interesting posts.

Dark Duel: Mou-chan? YAY!

Kyuzo Aoi: Yep. Any Gundam fan who is also an Ikki Tousen fan will like the Marida part. More fanservice! Give Marida an eyepatch!"


 * And Mihiro Oiwaken is voiced by Megumi Toyoguchi, AKA Miriallia Haw of Gundam Seed. No wonder people christen Mihiro as Mihiro Haw.
 * Micott Bartsch... used to have something of a Verbal Tic about a year ago as Mileina Vashti. Still has some awesome hair though.
 * Banagher's dub voice sounds a lot like Kadaj and Toshiro (especially when he's yelling), and he's Gundam lead for the third time.
 * And Flaste Schole, the helmsman for the Garencieres, sounds a tad like Goku.
 * Angelo Sauper's english voice is Michael Sinterniklaas, which gives him a weird helium voice.
 * Full Frontal is voiced by Keith Silverstein in the English dub, who voiced Johann Liebert from Monster and Coyote Starrk from Bleach.
 * Daguza Mackle's English voice actor is Richard Epcar, who voiced Batou from Ghost in The Shell. His Japanese voice actor, Hiroki Touchi, voiced Lasse in Mobile Suit Gundam 00 and Commander Grodek in Mobile Suit Gundam Age
 * Garrod Ran really put on a lot of weight and lost virtually all of his badassitude...
 * Riddhe Marcenas is voiced by Yuri Lowenthal, who voiced Ben Tennyson from Ben 10 Alien Force and Ben 10 Ultimate Alien, Haseo from .hack//G.U., Sasuke Uchiha from Naruto, Simon from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, Kururugi Suzaku from Code Geass Bakunetsumaru from SD Gundam Force, and Cecil Harvey from Final Fantasy IV.
 * Bright Noa's new voice actor after Hirotaka Suzuoki's death is Ken Narita. This means that Orange-kun verbally Bright Slaps Riddhe!
 * Loni Garvey is essentially Dragon Kid put into a mobile armor and went Ax Crazy...
 * Mythology Gag:
 * When moving at maximum thrust, the Sinanju is t than any of its wing-men.
 * At the beginning of episode two, upon seeing the Unicorn transform into Destroy Mode, one of the crew members of the Nahel Argama shouts, "It's a Gundam!" almost identically to how Mooks of the franchise have in the past, prior to their deaths.
 * On the Sleeves-sympathetic colony there are English store signs that read "Red Comet" and "Black Three Star". The reference for the first one is obvious, the second one references the Black Tri-Stars, who captured General Revil at the Battle of Loum and who were defeated by Amuro.
 * Network to The Rescue: This series was originally supposed to come out in 2009, but Sunrise officials said the authors needed to polish the episodes a bit more, and changed the schedule.
 * Relationship Voice Actor: Roxas and Aqua are the pilot of the Gundam Unicorn, and a communications officer, respectively. They get to play as the Orimura siblings later on.