That in Versailles no Bara, it is possible to see the Eiffel Tower even though it wasn't constructed until about a century later?
That the last names of the characters in Neon Genesis Evangelion belong to WWII warships?
That in Japan, young boys or effeminate males are usually voiced by female seiyu? The most notable example is Megumi Ogata, the famous seiyu of Shinji Ikari, Kurama and Sailor Uranus.
That the flight base New Edwards in Macross Plus is inspired by Edwards, a US Air Force base in California?
That the tickets for the first movie of Evangelion sold out in less than five hours?
That Ginga Eiyu Densetsu, also known as Legend of the Galactic Heroes, isn't actually a TV-series, but a 90 episode OAV series?
That when the manga of Please Save My Earth was published in Japan, three girls tried to commit suicide hoping to be reincarnated on the Moon?
That in Japan more than forty new anime appear on television per week?
That Yu Watase and Naoko Takeuchi are very close friends?
That in the French version of Sailor Moon, Haruka is voiced by a male while Sailor Uranus remains female?
That Megumi Hayashibara (voice of Ranma-chan, Rei Ayanami, Lina Inverse, Faye Valentine, and many more) is the most popular seiyu in Japan, having won the best seiyu category in the Anime Grand Prix a record nine times?
That the only reason the heroines of Cat's Eye wear bodysuits is because the author thought it was easier to draw?
That in Japan more paper is used for printing manga than for making toilet paper?
That there exist live movies of Maison Ikkoku, Lupin III, City Hunter (with Jackie Chan in the title role, no less), Cat's Eye and Versailles no Bara, the latter in English?
That the movie Tonari no Totoro became so famous in Japan that Studio Ghibli adopted Totoro as its mascot?
That the Japanese voted Osamu Tezuka as one of the people they wanted to see the most on postage stamps?