Bunny Drop (TV)

In ep 2, the store Rin and Daikichi shop at is UNIQLO, a real cothing store that has many locations around the world.

Daikichi's car is a Nissan Moco, a 54 bhp, 660-cc kei car.

In EP08, we see Daikichi and Rin visit Grandpa Souichi's grave, and notice Masako's empty ink bottle as a vase for an offering of rindou (gentian flowers). Its rim is clean of ink. In EP11, we see the same bottle in flashback to that scene, but the rim is dirty. Also, the dirty rim is the accurate one, as per the manga.

In EP07, Daikichi and his cousin Haruko are discussing the reasons for her and Reina-chan's surprise visit; the beer they're drinking is based on Sapporo Beer (Saproro Beer), and Sapporo's five-pointed star logo is turned to a six-pointed star.

Most English translations of Usagi Drop call the blue flowers Rin and others treasure 'bellflower'... however, 'rindou' (竜胆) is actually the Japanese gentian, Gentiana scabra var. buergeri. The Chinese bellflower, which looks similar but lacks the subpetals between the main five and with very different leaves than in the anime, is called 'kikyou' (桔梗), Platycodon grandiflorum. Grandpa Kaga Souichi probably also knew of the gentian's many healing properties, which may be why he taught Rin to treasure it.

In EP08, while Daikichi, Rin and Kouki are walking to daycare, Kouki finds something that looks like a bug, and fills his pencil box with them. They are the discarded exoskeletons of the cicada, which are left still clinging to the tree they molt on when the insect emerges and goes on its way. It is a popular boy's playtoy... and Kouki sticks one on the back of Daikichi in kind. :)

In EP10 when Rin gets the stomach flu, Kouki's mom Yukari prepares a special gruel for her, which she calls 'ojiya' (おじや). This appears to be a chicken and rice porridge served seasoned somewhat blandly to the sick to help speed recovery and maintain strength. There are three dishes that sick people in Japan eat that get confused with each other: 'zousui' (雑炊) 'ojiya' (おじや) and 'okayu' (お粥). Okayu is just rice and perhaps a little seasoning like salt, melted to a porridge consistency to ease digestion. Ojiya is this rice porridge with chicken and perhaps vegetables to boost its nutritional value and speed recovery (like our Western chicken soup). Zousui is more a chicken soup with rice in it, rather than a porridge with things added to it. All are very appropriate for a sick little girl's tummy. *(^)-^)*o-q