Trivia

Some of the Thunderbird mech pay tribute to the original Thunderbirds (1965) vehicles:

• Thunderbird 2 (TB-2) is a cargo hauler, identical to the original TB-2 but coloured blue instead of green and storing its vehicles inside its cargo bay rather than in hangar pods
• Thunderbird 4 is a yellow submarine like the original TB-4, but larger in scale
• Thunderbirds 5 and 15 are based on the Mole, the pod vehicle seen in the original series
• and Thunderbird 6, like the original TB-5, is a massive space station.

This is an anime version and an indirect sequel to Thunderbirds (1965).

Though based on Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds (1965), the series uses sound effects from Anderson's shows Stingray (1964) and Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons (1967), as well as the original series.

Out of the 24 episodes produced of this series, only 17 were aired in Japan.

There are officially about 17 Thunderbird craft (although only about 16 are seen - Thunderbird 14 is mentioned in one episode but never appears).