History DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation / Anime

** Gold Roger's execution method varies between almost all mediums: the original manga never says it outright and obscures the art, but it's virtually certain he was [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]] (the same setup is seen in-action on his son Portgas D. Ace). The Viz manga takes the hint and says "lopped off his head" outright. Meanwhile, the anime shows a double impalement through the heart, while the 4Kids dub claims he was hanged (which was, interestingly, what most real-life pirates faced).

* In the original Akira Kurasawa movie ''Film/TheSevenSamurai'' had Kyuuzo, Gorobei, Heihachi, and Kikuchou die from gunshots. In the later anime ''Anime/SamuraiSeven'', however, while Kyuuzo still died of gunfire, Gorobei, Heihachi, and Kikuchou's deaths were portrayed more as HeroicSacrifices.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Agahnim is killed by Ganon when the Demon King decides that his servant has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]]. In the original game, Agahnim is just an avatar of Ganon that gets killed by Link with the Master Sword.

** [[PosthumousCharacter Sherry's unnamed friend is still killed alongside her by J. Geil]], but here, she's decapitated instead of getting slashed in the chest. This [[AdaptationInducedPlotHole creates a plot hole]] as to how Polnareff knew about their killer's [[RedRightHand two right hands]].

** Muhammad Avdol dies the same way in both mediums - saving Polnareff from getting [[PortalCut vaporized by Vanilla Ice's Cream Stand]] - but the OVA adds him attacking DIO's coffin with Magician's Red, only to get stuffed in there like the AdaptedOut Nukesaku. While Avdol [[TakingTheBullet takes the attack head-on]] in the manga/anime, he's attacked from above in the OVA.

** Muhammad Avdol tries to destroy DIO's coffin, only to essentially [[CompositeCharacter take the place of Nukesaku]] as the one DIO stuffs in there. He's finished off by Vanilla Ice when he [[TakingTheBullet takes an attack]] meant for Polnareff. In the manga, Vanilla Ice {{Portal Cut}}s him into pieces directly.
** Iggy is still killed by Vanilla Ice, but here, he's PortalCut in half instead of getting beaten to death.

* In ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'', Brockenman [[CasualtyInTheRing is killed in the ring]] by Ramenman's Camel Clutch, but the specifics are different in the manga and anime. In the manga, Brockenman [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath is torn in half]], while in the anime, his back is broken and he's turned into Ramen Noodles. [[ImAHumanitarian Which Ramenman eats.]]

* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' changes up quite a few deaths in the 1986 film:
** The {{mook}} Kubaru meets his end when a main character decides to "test" his hacksaw by driving it through his skull. While Kenshiro did it in the source material, Rei did so in the film.

** Uighur meets his end in the manga and anime when Kenshiro punches him into an empty grave, which his pressure point-struck body contorts to and explodes. The film has him literally cut down by Rei.

*** It should be noted that's Iemitsu the ''Younger''. But Iemitsu the ''Elder'' (the non gender flipped one) is also an example, as he died of the fictional Redface Pox that was the [[ForWantOfANail nail]] that diverged this history from the real one.

* In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Agahnim is killed by Ganon when the Demon King decides that his servant has [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness outlived his usefulness]]. In the original game, [[spoiler: Agahnim is just an avatar of Ganon that gets killed by Link with the Master Sword]].

* [[spoiler: Alcyone]] in ''Anime/MagicKnightRayearth'' dies differently in the manga and anime versions. [[spoiler: In the manga, she is mortally wounded after her second encounter with the Magic Knights, and Zagato lets her die. In the second season of the anime, Debonair erases her from existence after Alcyone spills the beans on her.]]

** Gold Roger's execution method varies between almost all mediums: the original manga never says it outright and obscures the art, but it's virtually certain he was [[OffWithHisHead beheaded]] (the same setup is seen in-action on [[spoiler:his son Portgas D. Ace]]). The Viz manga takes the hint and says "lopped off his head" outright. Meanwhile, the anime shows a double impalement through the heart, while the 4Kids dub claims he was hanged (which was, interestingly, what most real-life pirates faced).

** Shogun Iesada died of cholera in real life but here [[spoiler:she dies of jaundice induced by her pregnancy]], though this wasn't found out until the very end of the manga, and poison had been suspected by her husband.

** Likewise, in the series, Kaji was shot and killed by an unidentified assassin after his DoubleReverseQuadrupleAgent status was revealed. The final ''Rebuild'' movie instead reveals that [[spoiler: he performed a HeroicSacrifice to avert Third Impact after Shinji's battle with Zeruel]].
** [[spoiler: In ''End of Evangelion'', Misato died after being shot by enemy soldiers while trying to protect Shinji. In ''Thrice Upon a Time'', she instead rams the Wunder into Imaginary Lilith in order to get the Spear of Gaius to Shinji.]]
** [[spoiler: Also in ''End of Evangelion'', Gendo is bitten in half by EVA 01 (controlled by the soul of his wife Yui) for his crimes. In ''Thrice Upon a Time'', Gendo instead has a HeelRealization and [[TogetherInDeath sacrifices himself alongside Yui]] in order to destroy all Evangelions and undo Instrumentality once and for all.]]

* ''VideoGame/LiveALive'' changes up the fates of the BigBadDuumvirate in its manga adaptation of the ''Future'' chapter, all of whom were consumed by their lake of liquefied humans upon Odeo's destruction in the game.:

* Katerea Leviathan in ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDXD'' is ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Azazel, but the methods he used to kill her are different. In the original light novels, Azazel uses the light spear to run her through the stomach. In the anime, he give her a BoomHeadshot with the spear.

* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'': Due to the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime]]'s split off from the manga, a majority of deaths that occur are played out differently from the manga and ''Brotherhood''.

* Teru Mikami in ''Manga/DeathNote'' dies mysteriously in prison in the manga shortly after Light's death. The anime has him DrivenToSuicide by ballpoint pen just after Light is busted by the SPK.

* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': The last episode of the series has [[TheDragon Berg Katse]] DrivenToSuicide and jump into a volcano. The OVA has Katse killed by [[TheHero Ken]] in a duel.

* In the 4Kids dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' tries to censor Bellemere's death by changing it to where Arlong has her thrown in a dungeon for life rather than shooting her in the head (at least she ''is'' still established to have died, which is a lot more than [[NeverSayDie can be said for many other characters]]).

* In the 4Kids dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' tries to censor Bellemere's death by changing it to where Arlong has her thrown in a dungeon for life rather than shooting her in the head. She is still established to have died.

* ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'': The last episode of the series has [[TheDragon Berg Katse]], DrivenToSuicide and jump into a volcano. The OVA has Katse killed by [[TheHero Ken]] in a duel.

* ''Literature/IWasASwordWhenIReincarnated'':
** In the manga, a slave merchant is killed while trying to run from a bear when he slips and gets impaled through the eye by a tree root. In the anime, he gets pinned under a slave's corpse and is mauled to death by the bear.
** In the light novel and manga, Teacher kills the slave owner who was abusing Fran by stabbing him through the head. In the anime, Teacher uses telekinesis to [[NeckSnap break the slave owner's neck]].

** In the source material, Shin gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Kenshiro, and later [[DisneyVillainDeath jumps to his death]] [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled so he wouldn't die by his hands]]. In the film, Shin gets his pressure points struck by Raoh in an Off-screen battle, finally buckling when Kenshiro gives him a single punch.

** The manga/anime and 1986 film both have Rei die when Raoh strikes a vital pressure point. The difference is that in the latter, Rei dies within minutes, while in the former, he dies a few days later.

** In the source material, Shin gets a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown from Kenshiro, and later [[DisneyVillainDeath jumps to his death so he wouldn't die by his hands]]. In the film, Shin gets his pressure points struck by Raoh in an Off-screen battle, finally buckling when Kenshiro gives him a single punch.