History PunBasedTitle / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/{{DOGSRED}}'', a sports series about ice hockey opens with a scene comparing ice skaters to mad dogs pulling a sled - appropriately, to a Japanese reader the title[[note]]''Doggusureddo''[[/note]] can be read as either "Dog's Red" (referring to the team's red uniforms) or [[JapaneseRanguage "Dogsled"]].

* An InUniverse examples happens in ''Manga/AsteroidInLove''. Mira names her club's SchoolFestival exhibit "Innocent World," intentionally including club president Mai "Ino" Inose's name in it. [[spoiler:The exhibit is about maps in different contexts, and Mai is a cartography enthusiast.]]

* The ''VideoGame/StreetFighter'' video games had a TV anime series titled ''Anime/StreetFighterIIV'' (that's a roman numeral "two" and the letter "vee"). The title doesn't seem to mean much by itself at first, but "two vee" is pronounced almost similarly to "tee vee", as in a ''Street Fighter TV'' series. The "V" also stands for "Victory" and since "two" can be a homophone for "to", the title can also be read as ''Street Fighter To Victory''.

* The title of "Manga/PorcoRosso" (The Red Pig) is a pun on the Red Baron moniker given to ace pilot [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manfred_von_Richthofen Manfred von Richthofen]].

* The title of "Manga/PorcoRosso" (The Red Pig) is a pun on TheRedBaron, of course.

* A rather ironic example is ''Anime/GirlsUndPanzer''. The Japanese pronunciation of "panzer" is "panzu", while the word "panties" is pronounced as "pantsu", as Lampshaded in some of the show's trailers. The irony comes in the fact that this show has [[MagicSkirt no panty shots]] at all (despite the presence of other forms of {{Fanservice}}).

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'':

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':
** Dub episodes are often a pun on the featured Pokémon, such as "''To Master the Onix-pected''" and "''Turning Over a Nuzleaf''".

* The "JK" in ''Manga/OInariJKTamamoChan'' is typically taken to mean ''joshikousei'', or high school girl. The [=title/=]AltText of an early page states, however, that the "JK" stands for ''jitsu wa kitsune'', or "actually a fox".

* ''Manga/TegamiBachi'' translates to "Letter Bee," which sounds like "letter 'B.'" Considering that the author bothered to use the translation as a subtitle, it could have been an intentional pun.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'': The episode title "Fossil Fools" is a pun on "fossil fuels". It's about Doraemon and Noby fooling people with fake fossils.

* The "JK" in ''Manga/OInariJKTamamoChan'' is typically taken to mean ''joshikousei'', or high school girl. The [=title/=]AltText of an early page states, however, that the "JK" stands for ''jitsu wa kitstune'', or "actually a fox".

* ''Manga/KidouTenshiAngelicLayer'' (Mobile Angel Angelic Layer) puns on ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Kidou Senshi Gundam]]'' (Mobile Soldier Gundam). Note that both of these titles were changed in English (to just ''Angelic Layer'' and ''Mobile Suit Gundam'' respectively).

* ''[[Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti Koufuku Graffiti]]'': The Japanese word for "happiness" and "appetite" happened to be pronounced the same way, as "Koufuku"[[note]]These two words are Chinese loans; and in different forms of Chinese they still sound relatively similar[[/note]]. The Japanese written title actually has one kanji taken from the two words to make the point across. There's a good reason why Creator/StudioShaft's animated adaptation prefers using this UntranslatedTitle rather than the manga's own ''Gourmet Girl Graffiti''; it's a series where FoodPorn and OrgasmicallyDelicious appears OnceAnEpisode.

* ''Manga/{{Gintama}}''; the word on its own means "silver soul" and revolves around the main character Gintoki, but is a near homophone for the word "kintama" which means "testicles".
* The title of ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' literally translates to "People from the Planet Uru", although the word "Urusei" (which comes from "urusai", meaning annoying) is also a Japanese colloquialism to tell someone to "shut up" and the title can be interpreted as "Hey guys, shut up!" Animeigo attempted to translate the pun by changing the title to ''Those Obnoxious Aliens'' for the short-lived English dub of the anime. Of course, the main character is [[BornUnlucky Moroboshi Ataru]], whose name literally means "hit by a falling star", so the title is only the beginning of the HurricaneOfPuns.

** ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5GoGo'': "Go" is how you say 5 in Japanese, so the title could also mean "Yes! Pretty Cure 5 Five-Five". In fact, pre-orders for merchandise based on the show [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-28/yes-precure-5-gogo-magical-girl-sequel-confirmed listed it as]] ''Yes! Pretty Cure Go Go Go".
** The "Go!" in ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'''s title is supposed to be a play on the series constantly using the phrase "Gokigenyou", a royal way of saying "Pleased to meet you!", which starts with the syllable "Go" in Japanese. This would make the full title of the show be "Gokigenyou! Princess Pretty Cure", and is acknowledged by the show's OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase, "Yume wa go, go, gokigenyou!". [[note]] Our dreams will go, go, pleased to meet you! [[/note]]

** The "Go!" in ''Anime/GoPrincessPrettyCure'''s title is supposed to be a play on the series constantly using the phrase "Gokigenyou", a royal way of saying "Pleased to meet you!", which starts with the syllable "Go" in Japanese. This would make the full title of the show be "Gokigenyou! Princess Pretty Cure". This is even acknowledged by the show's OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchPhrase, "Yume wa go, go, gokigenyou!". [[note]] Our dreams will go, go, pleased to meet you! [[/note]] references