History IAmNotShazam / AnimeAndManga

* In {{Bleach}}, the 11'th squad captain has no name. "Kenpachi" is the name given to the most bloodthirsty warrior, and he comes from the Zaraki district of Soul Society. Therefore, he is the Kenpachi from Zaraki.
** Although, in one episode, he reveals that since he ''is'' "the Kenpachi from Zaraki", he decided to take that as his name. So his adopted name ''is'' Kenpachi.
** Ditto for his small Lieutenent [[CuteBruiser Yachiru]], whose true name is still unknown.
*** Yachiru IS her name. Kenpachi named her after someone he knew, shortly before claiming his own title. She had no name prior to their encounter before that.

* Not a character, but similar, is a situation with ''[[RanmaOneHalf Ranma 1/2]]'' and the Kachu Tenshin Amaguriken. This is a type of TrainingFromHell in which the trainee attempts to pluck chestnuts from amidst open flames in order to boost their speed, and Ranma later uses this training to develop a RapidFireFisticuffs attack that becomes the keystone of his subsequent battles. He never actually names this in the manga, but the anime and video games evidently mistook the training for the technique and, thanks to CallingYourAttacks, it became an established part of {{Fanon}}.

* The teacher/main character of ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' prefers to be called Itoshiki Nozomu. He freaks out when his name is written in Kanji, however, because it spells out "Zetsubou", which means "despair".

* In a rather odd variant, [[AxisPowersHetalia Italy]] refers to himself as Hetalia in the credit song.

* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' is not the name of the female lead of the series (of the same name). It's Chii. "Chobits" is the class of persocom that Chii is implied to belong to. [spoiler: It turns out, she is one of them.]]

* The teacher/main character of ''SayonaraZetsubouSensei'' prefers to be called Itoshiki Nozomu and freaks out when his name is written as "Zetsubou."

* The [[{{Hentai}} ero-manga and ero-OVA]] series, ''StrangeKindOfWoman'' was beaten with this trope to the point of unconciousness: most people know it by the name of "Hatsu Inu", which is the name of the ''mangaka'' that created it.

* ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'' is not the name of the female lead of the series (of the same name). It's Chii. "Chobits" is the class of persocom Chii belongs to.

* The italian intro actually starts with the lyrics "Yu-Gi-Oh, Yu-Gi-Oh! That`s your name!", and a german kids magazine about Anime constantly called Yami no Yugi "Yu Gi Oh" in their commercials.

** In the English dub of ''CardcaptorSakura'', everyone seems to refer to each other in a first name basis, except for Li Shaoran. In the Japanese version, every calls him Li because the Japanese usually call people they are not really close to by their last name. Regardless of whether the English dubbers actually knew that Li was his last name or not, this led many Westerners to think that Li was his first name. In fact, they never even learn his first name until they watched the sub or read the manga. Don't know how the English dub handled it when Sakura finally asked Shaoran if she could call him by his first name.
*** This was in fact a conscious decision by the dub committee, because Lee is an actual given name in English. Everybody else got a complete name changeover, and they attempted to call the protagonist 'Nikki', but huge fandom backlash caused them to retain the name in fear of an uproar despite the trouble for the unpronounceable-to-Westerners lead. To soothe the audience, they kept Xiaoran's name and merely reversed it.
*** The german edition of the manga had Sakura call Shaolan by this name during the first volumes and Shaolan tended to avoid using her name. In volume 6, Sakura suddenly calls him Li and the previously mentioned May-I-Call-You-Shaolan scene was thrown in.

* ''Koharu Biyori'' is not anyone's name in the series. It translates into "Indian Summer" which it was retitled for its North American release.

* PaniPoniDash is not the name of the school that Becky teaches at. The school is called Momotsuki Academy. The term "paniponi" is used in-show, but it's unclear exactly what it means.

* There is no end in sight to the rash of confusion caused by the title of Stan Sakai's manga, UsagiYojimbo, probably because most American readers don't speak Japanese. The title translates to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Rabbit Bodyguard"]], but too many people assume that's also the hero's name. His actual name is "Miyamoto Usagi," which again, might be a lot more memorable if more Americans knew who MiyamotoMusashi was, and that [[IncrediblyLamePun "Usagi" meant "rabbit."]] How bad is this confusion, exactly? ''WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' makes this mistake.
** WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 gets it right, but the same show frequently mispronounces the name of his sidekick, Genosuke.

-->'''Saki''': Ugh, I ''hate'' that.

* The manga ''[=~Rin!~=]'' isn't named after a character, but is a kanji used to refer to something that gives one shivers of awe.

* ''{{Chobits}}'' is not the name of the female lead of the series (of the same name). It's Chii. "Chobits" is the class of persocom Chii belongs to.

* {{Kanamemo}} lampshades it's title on an omake in the manga, also referring to infamous examples such as the DieHard and {{Avatar}} examples:

* The first cover image of ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s SpinOff manga ''PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' showed Mami, Kyouko, and an unknown green-haired girl. It was initially believed that this girl was the title character. [[CoversAlwaysLie It turns out Oriko is someone else]] and the green-haired girl's name is Yuma.

* There is no end in sight to the rash of confusion caused by the title of Stan Sakai's manga, UsagiYojimbo, probably because most American readers don't speak Japanese. The title translates to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Rabbit Bodyguard"]], but too many people assume that's also the hero's name. His actual name is "Miyamoto Usagi," which again, might be a lot more memorable if more Americans knew who MiyamotoMusashi was, and that [[IncrediblyLamePun "Usagi" meant "rabbit."]] How bad is this confusion, exactly? ''TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987'' makes this mistake.
** TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles2003 gets it right, but the same show frequently mispronounces the name of his sidekick, Genosuke.

* In the ''{{Akira}}'' comic books and movie, most of the action is seen from the perspective of two young men, Shotaro Kaneda and Tetsuo Shima. Akira might almost seem to be a {{MacGuffin}} up to the point at which he is revealed.

* {{Kanamemo}} lampshades it's title on an omake in the manga, also referring to infamous examples such as the Die Hard and Avatar examples:

-->'''Yume''': I'm just worried that it's gonna have the John McClane or Na'vi effect.

* {{Kanamemo}} lampshades it's title on an omake in the manga, also referring to the infamous DieHard example:

-->'''Yume''': I'm just worried that it's gonna have the "John McClane" effect.
-->'''Saki''': ''Ugh'', I hate that.

* The first cover image of ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s SpinOff manga ''PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' showed Mami, Kyouko, and an unknown green-haired girl. It was initially believed that this girl was the title character. [[CoversAlwaysLie It turns out Oriko is someone else]] and the green-haired girl's name is Yuma.

* No character in ''CowboyBebop'' is actually named "Cowboy Bebop". "Cowboy" is an in-universe slang term for bounty hunters, and the ship used by the main group of hunters is named the ''Bebop''. See also CowboyBebopAtHisComputer.

* The first cover image of ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s SpinOff manga ''PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' showed Mami, Kyouko, and an unknown green-haired girl. It was initially believed that this girl was the title character. [[CoversAlwaysLie It turns out Oriko is someone else.]] The green-haired girl's name is Yuma.

* The the first cover image of ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s SpinOff manga ''PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' showed Mami, Kyouko, and an unknown green-haired girl. It was initially believed that this girl was the title character. [[CoversAlwaysLie It turns out Oriko is another character altogether]]; the green-haired girl's name is Yuma.

* The the first cover image of ''PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s SpinOff manga ''PuellaMagiOrikoMagica'' showed Mami, Kyouko, and an unknown green-haired girl. It was initially believed that this girl was the title character. [[CoversAlwaysLie In fact, her name is Yuma, and Oriko is a different character entirely.]]

** This is likely because since "Hetalia" is a portmanteau of "''hetare''" (lovable idiot) and "Italia", he meant something along the lines of "I'm Idiot Italy!" However, his name is still Italy and not Hetalia.

* In a rather odd variant, [[AxisPowersHetalia Italy]] refers to himself as Hetalia in the credit song.

* In ''{{Franken Fran}}'', the title character's name is Fran Madaraki.