History CoversAlwaysLie / AnimeAndManga

* Every ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' manga cover features the main protagonist in an outfit you will never see him wear standing in front of a real life photograph of something that is often times unrelated. Example: [[http://s168.photobucket.com/user/JGIRLS_01/media/Conan/cover41-50.jpg.html]]

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'':

** Some of the VHS covers for the ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' series itself are misleading as well:

** A common trend in the [[Manga/DragonBall original series]] covers is to show Goku and his friends taking [[DragonRider a ride on Shenron]] as seen on the first [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcT7UFNb1tvf6-QquIcRI5qnSrS7kXH0LdODxA&usqp=CAU volume cover]] of the manga, the first [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTTKYY85DIsKjhWLYuj1p_U6AwP6iuMOUhxHw&usqp=CAU DVD box set cover]] and even on the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSKhdTa5DvkpD-Q-hsL09QqLCaIbGPZwFGmQA&usqp=CAU cover]] of ''Anime/DragonBallThePathToPower''. At ''no point'' in the manga or anime do any of the heroes ride Shenron, save for Goku at the very end of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' which is not longer considered canon. Also Shenron looks a friendly dragon in a lot of those covers in contrast to the red-eyed menacing dragon that actually appears in the show.

* ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' does this with the first two movies. ''[[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzA0ZGYxYzAtMmJlOC00OTFkLThhNmItYTdlMTdkNDY2NzQ4L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_.jpg Egg of the King]]'' depicts a fun TeamShot where everyone (especially Guts) looks cheery, anyone whose familar with [[Manga/{{Berserk}} this series]] will know the this '''not''' [[CrapSackWorld indicative]] of the [[DarkFantasy story]] at all, another [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AWJyu4HEJQc/T-54XjecpGI/AAAAAAAAFUs/C_9ZuGUCkxY/s1600/berserk.jpg cover]] also shows Skull Knight in large despite him actually making no appearance in the story at that point. ''[[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71FZeKTlHCL._SL1292_.jpg Battle for Doldrey]]'' has the Behelit opening it's eyes and crying blood while the Eclipse is happening in the background along with Skull Knight, none of which happens until the third movie.

* ''Manga/WanderingSon'' covers show the two {{Transgender}} characters 'cross-dressing', when in the series they rarely dress up like that (especially the protagonist). The coloring of the characters is often incorrect, retcons and ArtEvolution aside. The back of the first volume shows Maho with ''blond hair'' while the inner artwork at the beginning of the manga shows her her normal brown.

* The chapter covers for ''Manga/{{Yuureitou}}'' would make you think Tetsuo is MsFanservice and the series has a lot of fanservice. It's actually a FilmNoir mystery-murder and Tetsuo is a [[{{transgender}} trans man]] who would never flaunt or dress as depicted.

* ''Anime/BerserkTheGoldenAgeArc'' does this with the first two movies. ''[[https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzA0ZGYxYzAtMmJlOC00OTFkLThhNmItYTdlMTdkNDY2NzQ4L2ltYWdlXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNTAyODkwOQ@@._V1_.jpg Egg of the King]]'' depicts a fun TeamShot where everyone (especially Guts) looks cheery, anyone whose familar with [[Manga/{{Berserk}} this series]] will know the this '''not''' [[CrapSackWorld indicative]] of the [[DarkFantasy story]] at all, another [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AWJyu4HEJQc/T-54XjecpGI/AAAAAAAAFUs/C_9ZuGUCkxY/s1600/berserk.jpg cover]] also shows Skull Knight in large despite him actually making no appearance in the story at that point. ''[[https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/71FZeKTlHCL._SL1292_.jpg Battle for Doldrey]]'' has the Behelit opening it's eyes and crying blood while the Eclipse happening in the background along with Skull Knight, none of which happens until the third movie.

* Overlaps with NeverTrustATitle but the cover of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' proudly displays the titular wolf-raised ActionGirl San along with her adoptive wolf mother suggesting she will be heroine of the story. Anyone whose seen the movie though will tell you "Princess Mononoke" ironically isn't even the main focus of the story nor is she the protagonist, who's actually Ashitaka. [[https://img.discogs.com/LnzKUZ4PNTfObqhtZbuvnxl8Vo4=/fit-in/600x605/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1434336-1219413510.jpeg.jpg Other]] [[https://dvdcover.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-10_598cdace769a4_DVD-PrincessMononoke-950x633.jpg covers]] are more accurate.

* The Animate cover for Vol. 1 of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' [[http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9260/68833fbe.jpg looked like this. One wonders how many unwitting readers bought it expecting a love-comedy, only to be treated with scenes from this DarkerAndEdgier installment of the ''Nanoha'' franchise?

* The far-out extreme would be the cover of ''Warriors of the Wind'', the original dub of the classic {{anime}} film ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' done in the mid-'80s. The artist just [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcRyTThcVTJl1kjH_voAZsidmLVPzZKEyMEv9p2wt9W15-717xm9&usqp=CAU made things up and added characters and elements]] that weren't in the movie at all[[note]]There were no flying horses, guns, robots, swords made of light, or shadow-men, the monsters in the movie the one on the cover vaguely resembled were not ever ridden, and of those five characters only the one on the right looks anything like a character in the actual movie (Nausicaa, who even then wasn't blonde).[[/note]]. The dub itself [[CutAndPasteTranslation wasn't an accurate representation]] of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki's work either, but it wasn't ''that'' different.

* ''Manga/FrankenFran''. The author uses {{hentai}}-like [[ContemptibleCover covers]] like [[http://www.snoopycool.com/manga/franken_fran/FrankenFran_v2_cover.jpg this]] for a HorrorComedy manga featuring images like [[https://static1.fjcdn.com/comments/Manga+logic+fran+is+a+quotgood+personquot+_26ed151257aa79812d3a8854e3fb9dec.jpg THIS]].

* The Animate cover for Vol. 1 of ''Manga/MagicalRecordLyricalNanohaForce'' [[http://img40.imageshack.us/img40/9260/68833fbe.jpg looked like this]]. One wonders how many unwitting readers bought it expecting a love-comedy, only to be treated [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_senki_lyrical_nanoha_force/v01/c002/7.html with scenes like these]] from this DarkerAndEdgier installment of the ''Nanoha'' franchise?

* Purposely done with the Japanese version of Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei as the bookflap blurb describes nonsensical stories that had nothing to do with the actual contents.
* The cover art of one American LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya DVD release shows [[https://oldies-cdn.freetls.fastly.net/i/boxart/w680/a-z/l/lmtb20845d.jpg?v=3 Haruhi standing alone with her shadow being that of her BunnyGirl outfit, implying that a bunny girl plays a much larger role in the plot than it actually does.]]
* One of two different DVD covers used by Creator/CentralParkMedia for the OVA '' Strange Love'' (AKA ''Hen'') depicted two characters kissing, in front of an abstract red/pink background. One of them is the main character (Chizuru), but the black-haired girl is a very minor character with little screentime and is not Chizuru's love interest -- the picture was taken from an ImagineSpot scene that explains that Chizuru isn't attracted to her or any other women, [[IfItsYouItsOkay with one exception]].
* The VHS cover art for ''TheEnchantedJourney'' features Glicko and Nono as giant anthropomorphic chipmunks walking on their hind legs, carrying backpacks, and having human like hands; in the film however neither are anthropomorphic in any way.

* The chapter covers for ''Manga/{{Yuureitou}}'' would make you think Tetsuo is MsFanservice and the series has a lot of fanservice. It's actually a {{noir}} mystery-murder and Tetsuo is a [[{{transgender}} trans man]] who would never flaunt or dress as depicted.

* Possibly the example with the biggest chance of emotional scarring: ''Manga/{{Narutaru}}''. The back cover of the first English volume describes it as "A rare mix of breathtaking fantasy and gripping action/adventure, filled with imagination, excitement, and delight." Paired with the way everything on the cover depicts the main character happily flying around against a pink background, and you've got a good cover to [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids attract little girls looking for a magical girl series]]. Except for the fact that ''Narutaru'' is actually {{seinen}}, and ''extremely disturbing'' seinen at that. Whoops. (That aforementioned blurb also proves that Dark Horse ''really'' hadn't done their research when they first got hold of the manga...) The opening of the anime [[BaitAndSwitchCredits is even worse]]; not only does it have a super-cute art style and [[SoundtrackDissonance a very upbeat theme song]], but it references some shocking events from later in the series and treats them like a ''joke''. Also, one of the DVD covers features one of the side characters, [[LonelyRichKid Hiroko]], smiling like a typical CheerfulChild. Let's just say she's not quite like that in canon.

** A common trend in the [[Anime/DragonBall original series]] covers is to show Goku and his friends taking [[DragonRider a ride on Shenron]] as seen on the first [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcT7UFNb1tvf6-QquIcRI5qnSrS7kXH0LdODxA&usqp=CAU volume cover]] of the manga, the first [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTTKYY85DIsKjhWLYuj1p_U6AwP6iuMOUhxHw&usqp=CAU DVD box set cover]] and even on the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSKhdTa5DvkpD-Q-hsL09QqLCaIbGPZwFGmQA&usqp=CAU cover]] of ''Anime/DragonBallThePathToPower''. At ''no point'' in the manga or anime do any of the heroes ride Shenron, save for Goku at the very end of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' which is not longer considered canon. Also Shenron looks a friendly dragon in a lot of those covers in contrast to the red-eyed menacing dragon that actually appears in the show.

** A common trend in the [[Anime/DragonBall original series]] covers is to show Goku and his friends taking [[DragonRider a ride on Shenron]] as seen on the first [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcT7UFNb1tvf6-QquIcRI5qnSrS7kXH0LdODxA&usqp=CAU volume cover]] of the manga, the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTTKYY85DIsKjhWLYuj1p_U6AwP6iuMOUhxHw&usqp=CAU first DVD box set cover]] and even on the [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcSKhdTa5DvkpD-Q-hsL09QqLCaIbGPZwFGmQA&usqp=CAU cover]] ''Anime/DragonBallThePathToPower''. At ''no point'' in the manga or anime do any of the heroes ride Shenron, save for Goku at the very end of ''Anime/DragonBallGT'' which is not longer considered canon. Also Shenron looks a friendly dragon in a lot of those covers in contrast to the red-eyed menacing dragon that actually appears in the show.
** Some of the early Kanzenban covers such as [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRGfw0q3oftYlw5N6Yr1NC6WqDpN61tV5UHfZJvyBkf19709gB8batSXuq9&s=10 volume 1]] and [[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDuU0sKEegviRQI_4R6EOkZPDwxQ9U0DQg6VG_pQ5gXXvv59FdkJwhS0cF&s=10 volume 8]] depict Goku in detailed Gi that he noticeably doesn’t wear in the story.

*** ''[[Anime/DragonBallZTheReturnOfCooler The Return of Cooler]]'' might fool you into thinking Goku and Vegeta will have to fight a [[https://i33.fastpic.ru/big/2014/0227/0d/73eedac823799bb9eccbf2df94ce7a0d.jpg 60 foot Meta-Cooler as well as an army of smaller ones]]. In the movie all the Meta-Coolers are normal-sized.

* The poster shown for ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'' makes the series look like a standard action fantasy anime, with main protagonist [[DeadpanSnarker Yuuta]] looking an awful lot like the BigBad. The show itself is actually a grounded SliceOfLife story, intertwined with some (imaginary) [[FantasySequence fantasy sequences]] It has to be [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chuunibyou_demo_koi_ga_shitai_2104.jpg seen]] to be believed.

* ''Anime/AggressiveRetsuko''’s [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8019444/mediaviewer/rm3438780417 third season poster]] is gonna make you think Haida is gonna be the antagonist of the season. [[spoiler:When he’s actually gonna grab a traumatized Retsuko’s hand when she’s venting out on him in the final episode of the season.]]

* ''Anime/TamagotchiTheMovie'': The English version's DVD cover depicts the characters Kikitchi and Hapihapitchi, who don't actually appear in the film and only debut in the sequel, ''Anime/TamagotchiHappiestStoryInTheUniverse''.

* Overlaps with NeverTrustATitle but the cover of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' proudly displays the titular wolf-raised ActionGirl San along with her adoptive wolf mother suggesting she will be heroine of the story. Anyone whose seen the movie though will tell you "Princess Mononoke" ironically isn't even the main focus of the story nor is she protagonist, who's actually Ashitaka. [[https://img.discogs.com/LnzKUZ4PNTfObqhtZbuvnxl8Vo4=/fit-in/600x605/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1434336-1219413510.jpeg.jpg Other]] [[https://dvdcover.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-10_598cdace769a4_DVD-PrincessMononoke-950x633.jpg covers]] are more accurate.

* Overlaps with NeverTrustATitle but the cover of ''Anime/PrincessMononoke'' proudly displays the titular wolf-raised ActionGirl San along with her adoptive wolf mother suggesting she will be heroine of the story. Anyone whose seen the movie though will tell you "Princess Mononoke" ironically isn't even the main focus of the story nor is she protagonist, whose actually Ashitaka. [[https://img.discogs.com/LnzKUZ4PNTfObqhtZbuvnxl8Vo4=/fit-in/600x605/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(90)/discogs-images/R-1434336-1219413510.jpeg.jpg Other]] [[https://dvdcover.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-10_598cdace769a4_DVD-PrincessMononoke-950x633.jpg covers]] are more accurate.
* The artwork from the initial draft of ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' where there was only one girl as the protagonist is still widely used in promotional material. Including on the cover for the North American [[https://i.stack.imgur.com/thTGW.jpg blu-ray]] from its post-2017 distributor, G-Kids. The Creator/{{Disney}} version also used it when they had the rights.

*** ''[[Anime/DragonBallZTheTreeOfMight The Tree of Might]]''[='s=] poster shows Goku holding the Power Pole, which he never uses in the movie.

*** ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ The Tree of Might]]''[='s=] poster shows Goku holding the Power Pole, which he never uses in the movie.

*** ''[[Anime/DragonBallZ The Tree of Might]]''['s=] poster shows Goku holding the Power Pole, which he never uses in the movie.

*** Most covers of ''[[Anime/DragonBallZBojackUnbound Bojack Unbound]]'' show Goku with his HolyHalo alongside the Z-Fighters (even charging up a Kamehameha) implying he'll be joining the fray from beyond the grave. In truth he only helps out once in the film to save his son Gohan from Bojack and otherwise just spectates the battle from the Afterlife.

** When Creator/BuenaVistaHomeVideo released Sailor Moon on VHS, some of the covers feature scenes from the other season. For example, "Evil Eyes" had Wiseman on the front cover, even though he never existed until the 'R' season.

* The cover art of one American LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya DVD release shows Haruhi standing alone with her shadow being that of her BunnyGirl outfit, implying that a bunny girl plays a much larger role in the plot than it actually does.

* [[https://s1.mangadex.org/data/56b0c64ab12157f6a62d0f9dc5dd3303/1.jpg The cover]] of ''●REC'' by Mizu Asato wouldn't look out of place among a collection of {{Hentai}}. [[spoiler: [[TearJerker It's actually the story of a man spending time with his daughter before she undergoes an incredibly risky operation]].]]

* Many covers and promotional artworks of ''Manga/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaViVid'' feature Einhard together with Fate, even though they ''rarely'' interact with each other. It's mostly symbolic, since Einhard is basically Vivio's version of Fate.