Disgaea: Hour of Darkness/Trivia


 * Breakthrough Hit: Disgaea became a Sleeper Hit for Nippon Ichi in the West, and they would open a publishing branch in the U.S. after the game's release in that territory.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Laharl's voiced by Barbara Goodson and Kaori Mizuhashi.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Laharl is Rita Repulsa, which would explain things.
 * Ta-kun! (In Fooly Cooly, Barbara Goodson plays a boy named Naota who is stoic; the opposite of Laharl)
 * As if Vulcanus wasn't Obviously Evil enough, he eventually becomes Ganondorf.
 * Name's the Same: Vulcanus apparently has nothing to do with the Angel of Avarice of Disgaea 4: A Promise Unforgotten despite having the same name.
 * The Other Darrin:
 * Thursday's voice actor is changed after Bob Papenbrook's death.
 * Like Thursday, Vulcanus' voice actor changed after Bob Papenbrook's death.
 * Amanda Winn Lee was the original English dub voice for Etna, Laharl's second-in-command. In all of her subsequent appearances, Michelle Ruff took over the role.
 * Talking to Himself: Laharl's seiyuu has starred in almost every Nippon Ichi game that features Laharl as a cameo (eg. Hanako in Disgaea 2, Asagi in Prinny Wars, Marona in Phantom Brave, the worst offender being Disgaea 3, in which she played six roles), causing quite a few instances of this. She also causes a within Hour of Darkness example of this by voicing, although this is averted in the anime.
 * What Could Have Been:
 * Mid Boss was originally going to be a hulking monster who easily cried and Laharl originally had a sister. The designs of proto-Mid Boss and Laharl's little sister would make it's way into the anime as two monster guarding the dump Flonne finds Laharl in and Maharl, a demon trying to pose as Laharl's sister, respectively.
 * Originally, the series was supposed to be a space-set rail shooter series, similar to Star Fox. Several elements from the original idea can be seen in-game, such as the gun turrets from Chapter 13 and the Scout's Geo Cannon ability.