History WhatCouldHaveBeen / AnimeAndManga

** Izuku Midoriya went through a lot of changes. In the ''MHA'' prototype ''My Hero'', he was a sickly adult salaryman named ''Jack'' Midoriya who wore a costume similar to Iida's. When he was redesigned as Izuku, he had bushier hair that covered his eyes, his costume was similar to his modern day Beta Costume but more menacing and set to be a BadassNormal. The sickness Jack had would be passed over to All Might. The decision for a school setting led to him being made younger. He was originally still going to be quirkless, but the author decided it would get too hard for him to keep up with quirked classmates and villains and came up with the story of being All Might’s successor.

** Izuku Midoriya went through a lot of changes. In the ''MHA'' prototype ''My Hero'', he was a sickly adult salaryman named ''Jack'' Midoriya who wore a costume similar to Iida's. When he was redesigned as Izuku, he had bushier hair that covered his eyes, his costume was similar to his modern day Beta Costume but more menacing and set to be a BadassNormal. The sickness Jack had would be passed over to All Might.

** Hajime Isayama first brought his pilot to Shueisha, with the hopes of having it published in ''[[Magazine/ShonenJump Weekly Shonen Jump]]'', but the editor who evaluated his work said that it was good, but not good enough for ''Jump'' standards[[note]]"This is manga, we want JUMP!" being his exact words[[/note]]; then, when Isayama gave his pilot to Kodansha, it was accepted in no time and published at ''Bessatsu Shounen Magazine'', a monthly offshoot of their ''Weekly Shonen Magazine''. The first two volumes sold ''more than a million copies combined''. As a result, Jump, and consequently Shueisha, lost a [[JustForPun giant]] new hit to its biggest rival.

** ''Anime/GreatMazinger'' was actually set to appear in the US back in TheEighties. As part of the ''Force Five'' series, it would have complimented ''Anime/UFORoboGrendizer'', ''Manga/GetterRobo G'', ''Anime/{{Gaiking}}'' and ''[[Anime/PlanetRoboDanguardAce DanguardAce]]'', but the plan fell through and they replaced it with ''Anime/{{Starzinger}}''.

*** Pilot!Orihime was stalked by her hollowfied father rather than her brother, Ichigo reciprocated her affections, and she died at the end of the story arc.

* On a related note to ''Robotech'' mentioned above, the success of ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' in the United States was nearly a ''total accident''. World Events Productions previewed a show called ''Anime/MiraiRoboDaltanious'', somewhat liked what they saw, and told Toei that they wanted "to go with the [[Anime/DairuggerXV vehicle one]], and the one with the lion" (they were referring to the prominent lion emblem on the chest of Daltanious). This communication goof confused the Toei execs, and instead of ''Daltanious'' (which they were shopping around due to it having been a decent success at home), they sent over a far-less-successful-in-Japan show called ''Beast King Anime/GoLion'' with a shrug of "whatever, silly foreigners"... and the crew at World Events fell in love with ''[=GoLion=]'' '''immediately''' and proceeded to make it the headliner of the ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' run, scrapping all ''Daltanious''-related plans on the spot. [[CashCowFranchise The rest, of course, is history.]] Had the world not gotten "Lion Anime/{{Voltron}}" as we know it, who knows what would have been different, or if the frankly very different ''Daltanious'' would have appealed to Americans at all.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'':
** In ''Manga/BattleTendency'', Lisa Lisa was originally going to have a more active role in the Part's climax, but due to the editors' fears of Joseph being upstaged by a supporting character, Araki was convinced to change this. This is apparently a choice Araki regrets heavily.
** ''Manga/StardustCrusaders'':
*** This Part was originally meant to be a modern retelling of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'', but was changed due to the editors feeling the series was already too separated from Japanese culture.
*** Part 3 was also intended to act as the final Part, with the series being a trilogy. However, due to the unexpected popularity of the manga, Araki chose to continue the story.
*** Hol Horse was originally meant to perform a HeelFaceTurn and join the Crusaders after [[spoiler:Avdol's death]], but due to a combination of [[spoiler:Avdol's]] popularity, and Araki feeling that Hol Horse was too similar to Polnareff in personality, he remained an enemy and [[spoiler:Avdol was [[NotQuiteDead brought back]]]].
** Morioh, the main setting of ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'', was originally going to be named after Araki's home town, Sendai, but was changed out of fear it would anger people.
** In ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'', Fugo was originally meant to act as TheMole for The Boss, with Giorno eventually finding out and killing him. However, due to the depression Araki was going through at the time, he chose to scrap this idea. This has led to many fans theorizing that Cioccolata was created in place of the events Fugo would be involved in, largely thanks to his [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute similar Stand]] [[WalkingWasteland ability]].
** ''Manga/StoneOcean'':
*** In what's perhaps the most famous example in the series, Anasui was intended to be woman, with their debut appearance showing them looking a lot more feminine with a skinnier frame, shorter hair, and noticeable breasts. However, the editors were afraid the majority female cast would push away the series' target demographic, and as a result Araki chose to change Anasui to a man, with the excuse of his previous appearance being that he's a crossdresser.
*** Viviano Westwood's Stand was originally going to be called "Earth, Wind, and Fire", but Araki realized that he had already used that name for Mikitaka Hazekura's Stand([[AmbiguouslyHuman ?]]). As a result, Viviano's Stand's name was changed to "Planet Waves".
*** [[spoiler:Pucci's final Stand was originally named Stairway to Heaven when the Part was being published in Shonen Jump. [[OrwellianRetcon However, the collected versions, as well as all future projects featuring the Stand have its name changed to Made in Heaven]]. Many fans believe this is due to Araki feeling [[Music/{{Queen}} Made in Heaven]]'s lyrics represent Pucci's motives better]].

* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'' was originally going to be a straight up {{Shonen}} mecha series directed by [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Yasuhiro]] [[Manga/GiantRobo Imagawa]]. Whether this would have been a bad thing or still completely awesome is a question that will never be answered though: Imagawa left pre-production to channel his energies into the pinnacle of NarmCharm that is ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''. ''Escaflowne'' was put on the shelf for a year or two before Kazuki Akane wound up with the series and decided to go for MultipleDemographicAppeal. The biggest changes were probably are the {{Bishonen}} and a complete redo of Hitomi's character from MsFanservice to the {{Shorttank}} OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent we know today.

** Isayama had originally planned to kill off Sasha in chapter 36, but later abandoned that idea, it was apparently so brutal that the editor went to the bathroom and ''cried''. [[spoiler: She ''does'' end up dying later in the manga, but her death is significantly more poignant than brutal.]]
*** In the same interview describing the initial plot of chapter 36, Isayama stated he originally had Eren knowing all along he could turn into a Titan, but later dropped the idea.

* Bandai America at one point had the rights to ''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner'', but according to internal sources the master copies they got were old and faded[[note]]Funnily enough, they were said to have a blue tint to them[[/note]] which rendered them completely useless. Literally unable to do anything with it, Bandai just held onto the license for years until it finally expired.
** On a related note, any of the licenses Bandai had when they stopped producing new series in early 2012. Among them was ''Anime/TurnAGundam'', which is one of the "Lost Four" ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' series that fans never thought would get licensed. [[note]]The others being ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamZZ Gundam ZZ]]'', ''[[Anime/MobileSuitVictoryGundam V Gundam]]'', and ''[[Anime/AfterWarGundamX Gundam X]]''.[[/note]]
* In one of the {{omake}} of the ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' manga, Moriyama discussed a few of these. For example, the tomboyish [[GenkiGirl Genki]] CatGirl Shader was originally supposed to be a ''man'' cross-dressing in elegant clothing. (You can see some remnants of this in earlier scenes of the manga, where a figure that represents her is shown as taller and appears to be wearing a long gown.) There's also a sketch of a figure that was supposed to be [[TheRival Chrono and Rosette's rival at the Order]]--his design seems to be recycled in a younger version of Remington shown in a flashback.

** "Vol. 13: How to Read" implies that the creator had considered [[spoiler:having L win with Light dead]] and that an error between editor and artist [[spoiler:switched Mello and Near's character designs]].
*** It was also said that Naomi Misora was originally going to be a more major character, but since she wound up being too clever, [[spoiler:she had to be killed off fast]]. Also, Ohba had considered [[spoiler:having Mello be the one to win against Light, but since he was also too "smart", he had to be killed off to provide suspense]].

** Allegedly, early concepts for the Shinigami would have made Ryuk, Gelus, and Rem resemble attractive humans, but the decision was made that Gelus's brief appearance worked better if he looked somewhat pathetic and Ryuk and Rem being beautiful did raise concerns that [[DracoInLeatherPants fans might side with the team of killers just because of their looks]]. The designs were soon changed to give the Shinigami a more appropriately inhuman feel, not that it stopped anybody.
*** Ryuk's original design can be seen [[https://web.archive.org/web/20120730160406if_/http://i27.tinypic.com/rw17o0.jpg here]].

** Mashima mentioned in Volume 10 that he once thought of Erza's entire adult life being AllJustADream of young Erza, but decided against it when he realized what that would mean for the entire ''rest'' of the series.
*** Considering the problems she has as an adult (not the least of which is that the love interest she relied on so much as a child is BrainwashedAndCrazy), this would have some serious implications for her mental state if it were true.

** Wendy was supposed to be the Water Dragon Slayer.
*** She was also intended to have a SuperPoweredEvilSide.

*** Similarly, Erza's original character design had her as more of a NubileSavage than the MagicKnight we know her as. Mashima's idea for her character was simply "a woman badass enough to scare Natsu" and everything evolved from there.

* ''Manga/GiantRobo'' was overly long and over-budget, so a lot of stuff had to be cut to make way for the main plot. One the director himself mentioned as something he regretted was that Sally the Witch (the ORIGINAL magical girl) was going to have a fight with the BigBad ruling council, the Magnificent Ten (themselves famous cameos). The awesomeness of this scene can only be imagined but by the time the last episodes rolled around there was just nowhere to put it, and sadly she ended up as little more than a slightly confusing plot device.
** That's just the tip of the iceberg. You know how [[spoiler: the series ends with a teaser for a final battle between the Experts and Big Fire?]] That was supposed to be animated, as the climax of the series. And, in fact, Imagawa had plans for an entire saga spanning several OVA series, of which Giant Robo was the second to last chronologically. The others would have explained things like how Daisaku became an Expert and the origin of the Magnifacent Ten (along with a team-up between Giant Robo and [[Anime/{{Gigantor}} Tetsujin 28]]) before it all culminating in the final series, "The Siege of Babel", which is [[spoiler: the story teased at the end of Giant Robo.]] Thanks to funding issues, none of these series will ever come to be. The sheer amount of potential awesomeness we have been denied almost boggles the mind.

* ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'''s second season had the infamous "Endless Eight" arc, where the characters are stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop. The arc consisted of eight, most identical episodes, but was originally planned to be only a single episode (mirroring its single chapter status in the source material), as Creator/KyotoAnimation had planned to also do ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' arc as part of the season. However, the scripts for the ''Disappearence'' episodes were too long and couldn't be reasonably trimmed down, so it was decided to make it a movie instead[[note]](it would end up being the second-longest animated film ever created, only losing the top spot by ''a single minute'')[[/note]]. Now found with seven episodes that they needed to do ''something'' with, the production team ultimately saw expanding Endless Eight into eight episodes as their best option.

*** The first personality type proposed for Ruby was very different from the final one: she was going to be a polite and modest character; she wound up a HotBlooded ditz instead.

** Toru was originally going to be a male character, hence the [[GenderBlenderName traditionally male name]]. The creator decided that [[InvisibleStreaker her gimmick]] was more amusing for a girl.
*** [[CuteMonsterGirl Tsuyu Asui]] and [[GadgeteerGenius Mei Hatsume]] got the same treatment, as Horikoshi realized there were very few female characters at that point of the story's creation.

* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'' had numerous character redesigns before the final product: Negi was supposed to be named ''Negi T. Silverberg'' and be older looking, Nodoka was to be named ''Meiko Miyazaki'', Ako was to be named ''Ayu Izumi'', who had a large scar across her chest instead of her back, Makie Sasaki was originally going to be a different person entirely named ''Kozue Migara'', who was best friends with the lead girl (a role filled by Konoka) and who played on the lacrosse team (an idea which lead to the creation of Sakurako Shiina), Yuna and Chizuru had several connections in their designs, starting with the character of ''Yuko Akashi'', an [[GenkiGirl energetic]], [[CloudCuckoolander random girl]], who worked part-time at the academy's daycare, while the character of ''Tsutsumi Nadai'' was a character with a strong [[DaddysGirl father complex]] who was good at cooking and housework. These various traits went to both Yuna and Chizuru. [[ActionGirl Kaede]] was at first intended to be a clumsy and incompetent ninja. Not to mention the school itself possibly being a giant tower reaching to the sky, or a large island in the sea of Japan. These are given as notes in the back of the manga volumes, along with other characterization notes that, at least unless/until the manga contradicts them, are considered {{fanon}} for the series.
** Speaking of Negima, the [=OADs=] count as well. Website/AnimeNewsNetwork has listed Negi (adult) being voiced by Creator/HiroshiKamiya. Seems to be good considering the fact that he won the Third Annual Seiyuu awards. Cue the third OAD and it's still Creator/RinaSato who voiced Negi in his adult form. Not that bad all things considering, but it would have been nice if Hiroshi Kamiya did the job (then again, at this point, he [[Anime/AngelBeats was]] [[Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge voicing]] [[Literature/{{Durarara}} four]] [[Manga/{{Wagnaria}} major]] roles).

* ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'':
** [[https://boards.fireden.net/a/search/image/1cUtepQ_vsiuz_J7bj4Rwg/ The anime was originally planned to stream online as a 15-minute show]].

** Designs of the ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'' cast were vastly different than their finalized states. Komachi was shown with neck-length hair with no ponytail, Karen was actually much more colder in design, Rin looked more like [[Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure Nagisa]] and Urara had braided pigtails. As well, their school uniforms would have been normal Japanese schoolgirl uniforms.
*** Other differences include variations of their costumes (at one point, their costumes resembled the usual uniforms worn by the previous teams and another had Cure Mint and Cure Aqua with more elegant costumes), a baton that would have granted the girls a different ability when used (for instance, Cure Dream spinning it would entrance a monster, yet Cure Rouge could end up getting a power boost from it when set a different position) and Natts was, at one point, set to be a flying squirrel.

* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin'' had two prototypes, both called Meiji Romantic Swordsman Story. The first one revolved around Kenshin saving Chizuru, the daughter of a merchant, from a jealous former samurai, and had none of the characters from the final version apart from Kenshin (whose name wasn't given). The second prototype had Kaoru, Megumi and Yahiko, but all three were siblings and Megumi's personality was completely different (being [[ShrinkingViolet shy and submissive]]), and their father had been a comrade of Kenshin's. The main plot was about a former student of the Kamiya dojo taking it over and trying to marry Megumi in order to obtain it legally so that he could use the dojo as a gambling hall. Kenshin's name wasn't given in either. Also of note is that a minor mook character from the two prototypes eventually became the basis of Anji's design. If you count the author's first published work, Crescent Moon in the Warring States, then ''Rurouni Kenshin'' had ''three'' prototypes. It does include some elements of the final story, but takes place in the Sengoku (Warring States) era of Japan and focused on Hiko Seijuro, a master of Hiten Mitsurugi-Ryu (Kenshin's style) and Isshinta, a cowardly boy.

* ''Anime/SonicX'', as evidenced by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7AqlIp5evA its original pilot]] created circa 2001, was supposed to include a cast of anthropomorphic animals instead of humans, as well as what appears to be a new [[SuperMode Super form]] affectionately dubbed "Nazo" by the fanbase (a reference to the title of his image on the long-gone Japanese ''Sonic X'' site).

* ''Anime/{{Tekkaman}}'' was to have more episodes dubbed past the thirteenth story, but William Winckler Productions ran into trouble when they were unable to get TV stations to pick it up, due to it having to have a toy line in order to air. Ted Turner apparently considered picking the dub up for TBS, but then balked as he considered it too violent for childrens' television.

* ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' was originally going to be brought to the States by Creator/AnimEigo before Creator/{{FUNimation}} showed interest, and Creator/AnimEigo pretty much decided not to pick up the series. Imagine if Yu Yu Hakusho had been dubbed by Coastal Carolina Studios and given Creator/AnimEigo, who doesn't license ANY anime anymore, a mainstream hit!
** In addition, Media Blasters had dubbed the first movie (which has since been redubbed by Creator/{{FUNimation}}), imagine if the series had been dubbed by Animaze instead of Creator/{{FUNimation}}!

* ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'' ends rather abruptly, with the final scene of the GrandFinale saying that what happened afterwards is up to the viewer's imagination. Why is that? Well, ''Daimos'' was originally supposed to be 50 episodes long. The remaining episodes after the 44th one would have the Baam-Seijin re-settle in Mars with the efforts of the humans and aliens, creating a new empire where Erika was to be their benevolent queen. However, low ratings[[note]]Remember, this was 1978, where Super Robot shows practically dominated Japanese television screens - ''Daimos'' had a [[Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato2199 LOT]] [[Anime/PlanetRoboDanguardAce of]] [[Anime/MazingerZ competition]][[/note]] forced the board to finish the show at 44 episodes, hence the abrupt ending stating that it was left up to the viewer to guess what happened afterwards. It's speculated that if ''Daimos'' had been allowed to finish at 50 episodes like Creator/TadaoNagahama planned, many characters such as [[spoiler: Richter, Raiza, Balbas and Margarete]] would have survived.

* As can be seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_RBghAfiW8 in this video]] of the ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' mini-scenario that was included in the ''VisualNovel/TriangleHeart3SweetSongsForever'' fandisc, ''Nanoha'' was originally meant to be a more typical MagicalGirl anime. [[WaveMotionGun Raising Heart]] as a heart-shaped wand, Lindy as a FairyCompanion, Chrono as a villain, pre-existing [[{{Obake}} kitsune]] character Kuon [[MentorMascot in the place of Yuuno]], no [[DarkMagicalGirl Fate]], no HumongousMecha inspired weaponry, and no StuffBlowingUp. Then, during the production of the [[TheAnimeOfTheGame anime]], someone noted how the GiantPoofySleeves on Nanoha's new MagicalGirl outfit made her look like a Franchise/{{Gundam}}, [[MixAndMatch and the rest was history]].

* ''Anime/FinalFantasyUnlimited'' was going to be fifty-two episodes, making two seasons, but it was canceled after its first season. The story continues [[TheResolutionWillNotBeTelevised in other media]].

* ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'': The entire franchise has been dubbed into English... except for the main 26-episode series itself, which has been something of a gripe among not only fans, but North American anime distributors who would LOVE to produce one... apparently Nozomi Entertainment is the exception to this rule, and unfortunately for everybody else, they ended up being the ones to finally get the license to the series. David Williams from Sentai Filmworks did promptly offer to produce an English dub with Creator/SeraphimDigitalStudios (likely with the same cast from the movies and [=OVAs=]), but Nozomi declined, likely for budget. Still, some were hopeful that such a dub would be made for this anime classic for a collector's edition re-release or a Blu-ray reissue. Later averted when [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/160939828/lets-dub-the-dirty-pair-tv-series a Kickstarter project]] was announced for the franchise in 2021,

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'''s second season had the infamous "Endless Eight" arc, where the characters are stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop. The arc consisted of eight, most identical episodes, but was originally planned to be only a single episode (mirroring its single chapter status in the source material), as Creator/KyotoAnimation had planned to also do ''The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya'' arc as part of the season. However, the scripts for the ''Disappearence'' episodes were too long and couldn't be reasonably trimmed down, so it was decided to make it a movie instead[[note]](it would end up being the second-longest animated film ever created, only losing the top spot by ''a single minute'')[[/note]]. Now found with seven episodes that they needed to do ''something'' with, the production team ultimately saw expanding Endless Eight into eight episodes as their best option.

** Speaking of Negima, the [=OADs=] count as well. Website/AnimeNewsNetwork has listed Negi (adult) being voiced by Creator/HiroshiKamiya. Seems to be good considering the fact that he won the Third Annual Seiyuu awards. Cue the third OAD and it's still Creator/RinaSato who voiced Negi in his adult form. Not that bad all things considering, but it would have been nice if Hiroshi Kamiya did the job (then again, at this point, he [[Anime/AngelBeats was]] [[Manga/ArakawaUnderTheBridge voicing]] [[LightNovel/{{Durarara}} four]] [[Manga/{{Wagnaria}} major]] roles).

* When Hajime Kanzaka was beginning to pen the ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'' light novels, Lina was conceived as a ten year old (she starts out at fifteen in the first book), and the setting would've been either modern or slightly futuristic, as he penned her as being obsessed with technology (the setting is actually a MedievalEuropeanFantasy, and her obsession shifted from technology to [[{{Greed}} money and treasure.]]). Also, [[spoiler:Naga the Serpent]] was originally slated to appear in the fourth novel, which is set in [[spoiler:her home kingdom of]] Saillune, but Kanzaka, in an interview, was reportedly too lazy to explain her appearance, so he gave her a little sister, Amelia, instead. Finally, Kanzaka mentioned that the BadassNormal swordsman, Gourry, has a lot of hidden magical potential, but so far, it's never been acted upon.

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* ''LightNovel/DirtyPair'': The entire franchise has been dubbed into English... except for the main 26-episode series itself, which has been something of a gripe among not only fans, but North American anime distributors who would LOVE to produce one... apparently Nozomi Entertainment is the exception to this rule, and unfortunately for everybody else, they ended up being the ones to finally get the license to the series. David Williams from Sentai Filmworks did promptly offer to produce an English dub with Creator/SeraphimDigitalStudios (likely with the same cast from the movies and [=OVAs=]), but Nozomi declined, likely for budget. Still, some are hopeful that such a dub WILL be made for this anime classic for a collector's edition re-release or a Blu-ray reissue.

* ''Anime/PrettyCureAllStars New Stage'' had a few teaser pictures released that had shown OriginalGeneration character Ayumi with [[Anime/SuitePrettyCure Hibiki]], [[Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure Tsubomi]] and [[Anime/FreshPrettyCure Love]] along with them in their Cure forms fighting [[BigBad Fusion]]. Instead, the movie focuses more on Ayumi and the characters from ''Anime/SuitePrettyCure'' and ''Anime/SmilePrettyCure'', relegating those from ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' to be nothing more than StealthHiBye material.

*** Speaking of the first series, Nagisa's goofy ponytail she wears while playing lacrosse almost became her default style.
*** Another interesting tidbit about ''Futari Wa Pretty Cure'': the Card Commune was originally designed as a new virtual pet toy for Bandai before being changed to a TransformationTrinket for an all-new magical girl series.

* ''Anime/SonicX'', as evidenced by [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7AqlIp5evA its original pilot]] created circa 2001, was supposed to include a cast of anthropomorphic animals instead of humans (who are not generally well-regarded, especially Chris Thorndyke), as well as a new hedgehog affectionately dubbed "Nazo" by the fanbase (a reference to the title of his image on the long-gone Japanese ''Sonic X'' site). Most of the comments on Website/YouTube are in this vein; hell, even the uploader's caption is "This is how Sonic X should've been done (No chris no humans whatsoever)".

** Creator/SonicTeam producer Takashi Iizuka eventually revealed the truth about the mysterious "Nazo" - it was simply the original planned design for Super Sonic, before it was decided to go with the classic yellow colour from the games. It was not a new character, nor was it supposed to be Hyper Sonic.

*** Ryuk's original design can be seen [[http://i27.tinypic.com/rw17o0.jpg here]].

** The series almost didn't make it into Magazine/ShonenJump when it was originally pitched. Tite Kubo submitted it to the publisher, but they rejected it because the magazine already had a full schedule. However, Creator/AkiraToriyama penned a letter to Kubo, suggesting he continue his work on Bleach.