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* [[Genius Bonus]]: Some of the Phantom Books are actual literary works.
* [[Genius Bonus]]: Some of the Phantom Books are actual literary works.
** In episode 12, the Phantom Book that was written by a famous but unspecified assassin morphs into the gun that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
** In episode 12, the Phantom Book that was written by a famous but unspecified assassin morphs into the gun that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: [[Durarara]]'s [[Daisuke Ono|Shizuo]] and [[Miyuki Sawashiro|Celty]] are Huey and Dalian.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: [[Durarara]]'s [[Daisuke Ono|Shizuo]] and [[Miyuki Sawashiro|Celty]] are Huey and Dalian.
** Huey's childhoodfriend and resident [[Christmas Cake]] is [[Mamiko Noto]].
** Huey's childhoodfriend and resident [[Christmas Cake]] is [[Mamiko Noto]].
** Episode 6's Mabel Nash and her younger sister are [[Aya Endo]] and [[Rina Hidaka]], respectively.
** Episode 6's Mabel Nash and her younger sister are [[Aya Endo]] and [[Rina Hidaka]], respectively.
* [[Shout Out]]: All of episode 4 is pretty much an anime version of ''[[Misery]]'' condensed into a half hour.
* [[Shout-Out]]: All of episode 4 is pretty much an anime version of ''[[Misery]]'' condensed into a half hour.
** And somehow makes the original [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|look tame in comparison]].
** And somehow makes the original [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|look tame in comparison]].
** From the same episode, a chapter title page (or something similar) in the book Dalian is reading says "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", the title of a short story by Samuel Delany.
** From the same episode, a chapter title page (or something similar) in the book Dalian is reading says "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", the title of a short story by Samuel Delany.

Revision as of 17:28, 25 January 2014


  • Genius Bonus: Some of the Phantom Books are actual literary works.
    • In episode 12, the Phantom Book that was written by a famous but unspecified assassin morphs into the gun that John Wilkes Booth used to assassinate Abraham Lincoln.
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: Durarara's Shizuo and Celty are Huey and Dalian.
  • Shout-Out: All of episode 4 is pretty much an anime version of Misery condensed into a half hour.
    • And somehow makes the original look tame in comparison.
    • From the same episode, a chapter title page (or something similar) in the book Dalian is reading says "Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones", the title of a short story by Samuel Delany.
    • Hal's staff greatly resembles Raising Heart. It even goes "Cartridge Load" when he stuffs a Phantom Book at one end to fuel his attack magic.
    • In episode 8, a stuffed bear appears in an auction catalog, whose design is noted to have become famous thanks to "a certain president."
    • A certain scene in episode 3 looks strikingly similiar to Gainax's earlier mini-series, Houkago No Pleiades