History Redundancy / AnimeAndManga

* Some fansubs translate on-screen text with their own superimposed text, and if a character is reading the text, they also subtitle it, even if that means writing (and reading) the exact same thing twice. Episode titles and "Turn your lights on and watch us from afar" disclaimers are particularly prone to this.

“[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers You absolutely cannot get mad no matter what happens]].”

* In ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', Shinkawa and Doumoto go out drinking together and complain about the production department. Shinkawa concedes that Aoi is rather competent, but notes that she has slackers working under her. Doumoto then says, "You mean [[TheLoad Tarou, and Tarou, and Tarou]]. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Also Hiraoka]]."

** Diavolo's last moments in ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Golden Wind]]'' English dub has him try to surface from the Tiber river and call the heroes "bungling amateurs".

* Diavolo's last moments in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' English dub has him try to surface from the Tiber river and call the heroes "bungling amateurs".

** One fansub from the first series also has Edward saying this:

*** Some subtitled give him the title Führer President, essentially "Leader Leader". Combined with King, it becomes "Leader" or "Ruler" three times.
** In Japan, the title of the anime known in English-speaking countries as ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' is an example in and of itself. That title in Japanese is "Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist", which effectively would have been translated as "Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Alchemist" if it was released as such.[[note]]The literal translation of "Hagane no Renkinjutsushi" is "The Alchemist of Steel", not Fullmetal Alchemist, as the series is known overseas.[[/note]]

* An anime series titled, ''LightNovel/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'' (in Japanese, ''Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu'').

* In ''Anime/NoGameNoLife'':

* The ByThePowerOfGrayskull command for the Braves of ''Anime/BraveCommandDagwon'' to [[CombiningMecha combine]] with their vehicles is "Yuugou Gattai", which literally translates as Fusion Combine.
* Diavolo's last moments in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'' English dub has him try to surface from the Tiber river and call the heroes "bungling amateurs".
* In Chapter 2 of ''Manga/MissSunflower'', the eponymous character, who runs a bookstore, gets annoyed with Matsuri for repeatedly showing up at her bookstore. She then points out that Matsuri would be better off using her time to improve her terrible grades.
-->'''Miss Sunflower''': Not to mention that you should certainly have other things to do, right? Like studying, or studying or studying.

* In ''Anime/PaniPoniDash'', Akane Serizawa, in her "Roboko" disguise, claims to have been created by the United States Defense Department of Defense.

* In ''Anime/StrikeWitches'', Barkhorn tries to get Hartmann out of bed in one episode. The gist of her speech is that for a soldier of Karlsland, discipline comes first. And second. And third. She gets up to ninth, at which point Hartmann sleepily asks, "What's tenth?"
* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'': America goes around the world, asking everyone how they lose weight. Germany replies, "First is exercise! Second is exercise! Third is beer. And fourth and fifth are exercise!"
** Italy describes his preparations for becoming Germany's ally, which involves a suitcase full of "pasta, ingredients for pasta, wine, pasta, fruits, and then, pasta!"

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'': "It's called a school festival. [[http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/silvercrescent17/shapedlikeitself.jpg It's a festival organized by the school.]]"[[note]]This is an artifact of translation, as the speaker uses three different words for "school", "festival" and "school festival."[[/note]]

* An anime series titled, ''LightNovel/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'' (in Japanese, ''Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu'').
* ''Manga/DragonBall'''s English translation produced a few. "Master Roshi", for example, since Roshi can be translated as "Venerable Master", meaning a stricter translation of his name yields "Master Venerable Master".
** The same goes for the technique "Kamehameha", whose direct English translation is "Turtle Destroyer Wave". Creator/{{FUNimation}}'s dub tend to refer to all [[KiManipulation Ki attacks]] as "waves", meaning it's sometimes referred to as the "Kamehameha Wave". So the characters are saying "Turtle Destroyer Wave Wave".
*** And it also goes for "Senzu Bean", since "Senzu" means "Hermit Bean" in Japanese (making it "Hermit Bean Bean").
** In the ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'' movie, Goku and Vegeta develop a new form by channeling the energies of the [[GodOfHumanOrigin Super Saiyan God]] state into their [[GoldenSuperMode Super Saiyan]] transformation. As such, they decide to call it... "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan". [[Anime/DragonballSuper Eventually]], even they start finding that name unwieldy, and switch to the more succinct "Super Saiyan [[PowerUpFullColorChange Blue]]".
*** Lampshaded when Goku shows off the transformation for the first time to Frieza:
--->'''Goku:''' I know you don't have the patience for the full story, Frieza... but I got a taste of something called "Super Saiyan God", and then tapped into that power on my own. And it's the Super Saiyan level of that.\\
'''Frieza:''' So a Super Saiyan who's as strong as a Super Saiyan God, yet is not a Super Saiyan God, is now the Super Saiyan version of that? You really do need to work on your descriptions, Goku. I nearly bit my tongue just trying to spit it all out!
* From ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'':
** ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' has this one: [[MemeticMutation TINY MINI SKIRTS!]] Is there any other kind?
** One fansub from the first series also has Edward saying this:
--> "I don't like stuff I don't like."
** The Führer (meaning "leader" in German) of Amestris, effectively the president and prime minister is named ''King'' Bradley. [[spoiler:He was given this name after a massive government conspiracy chose him for the position.]]
*** Some subtitled give him the title Führer President, essentially "Leader Leader". Combined with King, it becomes "Leader" or "Ruler" three times.
** In Japan, the title of the anime known in English-speaking countries as ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood'' is an example in and of itself. That title in Japanese is "Hagane no Renkinjutsushi: Fullmetal Alchemist", which effectively would have been translated as "Fullmetal Alchemist: Fullmetal Alchemist" if it was released as such.[[note]]The literal translation of "Hagane no Renkinjutsushi" is "The Alchemist of Steel", not Fullmetal Alchemist, as the series is known overseas.[[/note]]
** The Homunculi have their own title in the form of a synonym of their name, i.e. Wrath the Furious, Gluttony the Voracious, Envy the Jealous, etc. This was probably done as their names are in English rather than Japanese, so the titles clarify to the Japanese audience which sin each Homunculus represents. However, in the dubbed version, it just comes across as redundant.
*** [[spoiler:Father]]'s real name is The Dwarf in the Flask, Homunculus. The word, homunculus, is defined as a dwarf contained in a flask, produced by alchemy. This effectively makes [[spoiler:Father]] Homunculus Homunculus.
** Riza Hawkeye's nickname is the ''Hawk's Eye''.
*** Armstrong is known as the ''Strong-Arm'' Alchemist.
* Episode 17 of ''Manga/InitialD'': First Stage is titled "Sudden-Death Death Match".
* In an early episode of the ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' anime, Mad Sarge tells his troops that "God's Army is the army of God." This is because in the Japanese version, the "God's Army" part was said in English and therefore needed an explanation in Japanese.
** Similarly, ''Anime/MartianSuccessorNadesico'' had a scene in which characters were speaking English and had subtitles translating their words into Japanese. The English release of the series translated the subtitles.
* The 80s dub of ''Anime/CaptainHarlock'' gave us this gem, "Their tissues are made of paper, that's why they burn...like paper."
* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' has a band of Diglett thieves say they're known as "the band of Diglett thieves".
* Jiji from ''Anime/KikisDeliveryService'' (in the English dub):
-->'''Jiji:''' Okay, first: don't panic. Second: don't panic. And third: did I mention not to panic?
* In one episode of ''Manga/SgtFrog'', Keroro lists off his daily activities, and mentions "assembling Gundam models" three times.
* Miura's introduction in ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'', complete with LampshadeHanging:
-->'''Miura:''' I will try my hardest so they will not be in vain! \\
'''Miura:''' I will try my hardest? \\
'''Zafira:''' You don't have to say it twice. Just do your best.
* The Funimation (uncut) dub of ''Manga/OnePiece'' has this gem:
-->'''Tony Tony Chopper''' (about Dr. Kureha): She really loves alcohol, but the best way to describe her is a woman, who's like a pirate, who's also a doctor. Did I mention she really loves alcohol?
* Flashy Flash (閃光のフラッシュ ''Senkō no Furasshu''), Hellfire Flame (業火のフレイム ''Gōka no Fureimu''), Gale Wind (疾風のウィンド ''Shippū no Windo'') and Soundspeed Sonic (音速のソニック ''Onsoku no Sonikku'') from ''WebComic/OnePunchMan''. The last one is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] when Genos asks Saitama if he's having a headache over that ridiculously redundant name.
* The English title for ''LightNovel/DemonKingDaimao'' means "Demon King Great Demon King."
* Sky High from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' is quite fond of redundant statements. WordOfGod says it's because he wants to make sure he's understood.
-->"It's over for you, and you are through!"\\
"I was standing by the whole time. Alone in a dark alley... It was lonely."\\
"Good job, Ivan! And a job well done!"\\
"Thank you! And thank you again!"
* A minor example from the dub of ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
-->'''Findor Callius:''' Then I will also fight at the strength of a lieutenant class Soul Reaper as well.
** An episode recap describes the Adhuchas as "guardians of the forest who live deep within its depths".
* ''Anime/CardfightVanguard'' has Aichi's [[spoiler: Gold Paladin]] attack and the {{invocation}} the comes with it:
** Break the limit... Limit Break!
* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', some people refer to the first arc's BigBad as Lordgenome-sama, basically adressing him as Lord Lord Genome.
* In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', the EleventhHourSuperPower, who was named as ''The Power'' in ''English'', even in the Japanese version. So, when they mention this in translated version, it becomes sometimes as ''The Power of... The Power''.
* In episode 27 of ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross'', Lynn Minmay has this to say to Hikaru:
--> '''Lynn Minmay''': You were always a friend to me, Hikaru. So I always thought of you... as a friend.
* The novelist that Cocoa meets in episode 6 of ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'' says her pen name is "Aoyama Blue Mountain". Aoyama in Japanese means "blue mountain".
* The credits for the animated series of ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' inform the viewer that Attack on Titan was produced by the Attack on Titan production committee.
* One episode of ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' got this when translated into English.
-->'''Narrator:''' Meanwhile, a secret meeting is taking place secretly.
** Another episode had a character saying "This secret film was filmed secretly," and another "One of the most secret secret places in the world: The Secret National Science Institute." Basically, they would do this often with the word "secret".
* One of the BigBad of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnlineAlternativeGunGaleOnline'' is a group called "[[ItMakesSenseInContext Death Gun]]", with its leader's name being "Sterben", which is German for...."death". Granted, the latter fact isn't as obvious to the Kirito and Sinon at first, since they don't know Death Gun's player name at first, misinterpret what "Sterben" means.
* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', members of Nudist Beach often remind people that they are ''naked'' nudists.
** Well it IS possible to have a clothed nudist. Try not to think about that one too hard.
* ''Anime/MarineBoy'': One episode is titled "The Power of Power".
* In the [[{{Bowdlerise}} infamous DiC dub]] of ''Anime/SailorMoon'', Sailor Venus' Crescent Beam attack is changed to "Venus Crescent Beam-Smash."
* In ''Anime/NoGameNoLife'':
--> '''Sora:''' "I'm a healthy young man, you know? I've got sexual needs, and sexual needs, and sexual needs! And even sexual needs!"\\
'''Shiro:''' "[[LampshadeHanging He said it four times.]]"
* ''Literature/AccelWorld'':
** At the start of the series [[TheBully Araya]] enjoys giving Haru "command orders," generally to buy Araya and his underlings food with Haru's lunch money. Haru finds the redundant phrasing ridiculous.
** At the start of Volume 17, Haru and the other protagonists attend a meeting with the other Legions. Before the meeting, Kuroyukihime, Fuko, Utai and Akira give him the following pieces of advice.
-->“You absolutely cannot say a single word.”\\
“You absolutely have to be quiet right up to the end.”\\
“[[RuleOfThree You absolutely must stay quiet]].”\\
“[[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers You absolutely cannot get mad no matter what happens]].”
* ''Manga/TegamiBachiLetterBee'':
** The series' Japanese title is Tegami Bachi, and Letter Bee is a literal translation of it. Crunchyroll lists the series as "Tegami Bachi: Letter Bee."
** Niche, a mysterious young girl, teams up with Lag as his dingo, or Letter Bee partner, early on in the story, and is rather vehement about her claim to the role, to the point of demanding that he address her as "Niche, my dingo." She once says, "I, your dingo, Niche, will be Niche, your dingo!"
** When Lag asks Niche what she'd do if he lost his heart and memories of her, she says, "I'd lick you, and bite you, and drop you, and jump on you and scratch you, and drop you!" [[LampshadeHanging Lag notes that she listed dropping him twice]].
** The above example ends up becoming a BrickJoke in the Lighthouse arc. After Lag gets ensnared by the lighthouse's illusion, and thinks he's the (now dead) lighthouse keeper's grandson Lugh, Niche forcibly brings him to his senses, then says she did what she promised, including dropping him twice.
* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' has a title-related example that is similar to ''Manga/TegamiBachiLetterBee'' above. The title means "Our" in Japanese, and ends up getting a TitleDrop near the end of the manga. The localized manga is titled "Bokurano: Ours."
* In ''Anime/{{Shirobako}}'', Shinkawa and Doumoto go out drinking together and complain about the production department. Shinkawa concedes that Aoi is rather competent, but notes that she has slackers working under her. Doumoto then says, "You mean [[TheLoad Tarou, and Tarou, and Tarou]]. [[TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers Also Hiraoka]]."

** The first [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist anime]] has this one: [[MemeticMutation TINY MINI SKIRTS!]] Is there any other kind?

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'':

* ''LightNovel/ShakuganNoShana'': "It's called a school festival. [[http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g156/silvercrescent17/shapedlikeitself.jpg It's a festival organized by the school.]]"[[note]]This is an artifact of translation, as Japanese has different words for "festival" and "school festival."[[/note]]

* ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'': [[GroundhogDayLoop "We've entered an endless recursion of time." "We've entered an endless recursion of time." "We've entered an endless recursion of time."]] [[ArcFatigue "We've entered an endless recursion of time." "We've entered an endless recursion of time." "We've entered an endless recursion of time."]] [[{{Troll}} "We've entered an endless recursion of time."]]
** Well, they ''have'' [[OverlyLongGag entered an endless recursion of time]].

** From Remote Island Syndrome, Kyon asks Haruhi what they will be doing on their field trip and Haruhi answers by saying that they will have a field trip. Kyon's reaction: "What? Going on a field trip for the purpose of experiencing a field trip?"

* Diavolo's last moments in ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'' English dub has him try to surface from the Tiber river and call the heroes "bungling amateurs".

** In the ''[[Anime/DragonBallZResurrectionF Resurrection 'F']]'' movie, Goku and Vegeta develop a new form by channeling the energies of the [[GodOfHumanOrigin Super Saiyan God]] state into their [[GoldenSuperMode Super Saiyan]] transformation. As such, they decide to call it... "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan". [[Anime/DragonballSuper Eventually]], even they start finding that name unwieldy, and switch to the more succint "Super Saiyan [[PowerUpFullColorChange Blue]]".

* From the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' dub: "We are a band of Diglett thieves known as the band of Diglett thieves."

* The Brazilian [[SoBadItsGood infamous]] opening of ''Anime/DigimonAdventure'' uses the Saban opening as basis, but the chorus that originally said "Digimon, Digital Monsters" [[{{woolseyism}} turned into]] "Digimon, Digitais", literally "digital digimon".

* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'' has a title-related example that is similar to ''Manga/LetterBee'' above. The title means "Our" in Japanese, and ends up getting a TitleDrop near the end of the manga. The localized manga is titled "Bokurano: Ours."

* ''LightNovel/AccelWorld''

* ''Manga/LetterBee''

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'': America goes around the world, asking everyone how they lose weight. Germany replies, "First is exercise! Second is exercise! Third is beer. And fourth and fifth are exercise!"

** The above example ends up becoming a BrickJoke in the Lighthouse arc. After Lag gets ensnared by the lighthouse's illusion, and thinks he's the (now dead) lighthouse keeper's grandson Lugh, Niche forcibly brings him to his senses, then recounts the previous