History IAmNotShazam / AnimeAndManga

* When ''Manga/CityHunter'' was adapted to Italy, Ryo, the main character, had his name changed to... City Hunter (Hunter was the first name, City the surname, apparently).

* The main character of ''Manga/{{Aria}}'' is Akari, and Aria is the name of the company she's working in (although it's a namesake of the president)

* ''Anime/SonicX'':
** A Norwegian boy wanted to change his name to [[http://www.destructoid.com/six-year-old-boy-asks-king-to-change-his-name-to-sonic-x-129705.phtml Sonic X]] after the character from [[Anime/SonicX the anime of the same name]]. The problem... Sonic doesn't really have a surname, and it certainly isn't X.
** This was a common issue when the anime was popular. It caused a NewbieBoom of new ''Sonic'' fans, however if you read forum posts or fanfics you'll see that many children didn't realize that Sonic's name wasn't "Sonic X".

* People will sometimes say "Manga/KonoSuba is my waifu". There is no character named Konosuba, and they are likely confusing the title of the series with Aqua.

* People will sometimes say "Manga/{{Konosuba}} is my waifu". There is no character named Konosuba, and they are likely confusing the title of the series with any of the three girls (Aqua, Megumin, or Darkness).

* The team in ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' is not actually called "Gatchaman". The team itself is simply called the "Science Ninja Team", while "Gatchaman" is the codename assigned to their leader, otherwise known as Ken the Eagle.

* The team in ''{{Gatchaman}}'' is not actually called Gatchaman. The team itself is simply called the "Science Ninja Team". "Gatchaman" is the codename assigned to their leader, otherwise known as Ken the Eagle.

* The team in ''ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'' is not actually called Gatchaman. The team itself is simply called the "Science Ninja Team". "Gatchaman" is the codename assigned to their leader, otherwise known as Ken the Eagle.

** Fullmetal is a pun in the original language. "Hagane" was translated to "Fullmetal" when it came to America, and in the original language it means both "steel" and "stubborn", referring to his limbs, his brother and his personality at the same time.[[note]]Unfortunately, something like "Steelborn", while sounding cool, wouldn't have gotten the "stubborn" part across well either, so there's not much they could've done for this one. "Fullmetal" does sound kinda hardcore, though, which you'd have to be to go through TrainingFromHell to learn to use human transmutation while still a kid, so it works in its own way.[[/note]]

* Creator/StreamlinePictures' dub of the ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' movie made it seem as if "Fist of the North Star" was a title that Kenshiro and his brothers were fighting for rather than the name of their martial art style ''Hokuto Shin Ken'' (The Divine Fist of the North Star), which can only have one successor per master. It should be noted that the Japanese title, ''Hokuto no Ken'', is an EpunymousTitle. The name "Ken" is a homophone for the Japanese word for "fist" or "martial art". Thus, ''Hokuto no Ken'' can refer to the martial art of Hokuto Shinken (as in the "martial art of Hokuto") or the main character himself, who is named Ken (as in "Ken of the Hokuto school"). This play on words is lost on the English title.

** Misty's sisters are introduced in the episode "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City". Their group name is not "The Water Flowers", it's "The Sensational Sisters". The episode title also caused many fans believe that Misty's surname is "Waterflower". It's not. [[OnlyOneName She has no known surname]]. Despite this, you'll be hard pressed to find a fanfic that doesn't call her "Misty Waterflower" (either that or "Misty Williams").

* While the protagonist of ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}'' is indeed named "Naruto", his last name is Uzumaki, not "Shippuden". ''Naruto: Shippuden'' is the name of the sequel to the original anime series.

*** The English dub of [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]] briefly made this mistake itself; in the eighth episode, Roy refers to Bradley as "the king" as if it were his title. This was fixed in later episodes.

** Anime fans have a [[MemeticMutation meme]] from the period where Wrestling/WWESmackdown advertised the ''Dark Tournament'' video game with color commentator Taz proclaiming "''Yu Yu Hakusho''! I love that guy!" in each and every ad.

* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'' means "king of games" and would refer to the title [[ToBeAMaster everyone who plays the series' card game is trying to achieve]]. Although the English dub tosses around the term "king of games," it also has a scene where the (originally Nameless) Pharaoh tell Yugi he is known by many names, including Yugioh and [[FanNickname Yami]], a whole other kettle of fish.

* The protagonists' idol group in ''Anime/LoveLive'' is called "μ's" ("muse"). "Love Live" is a school-idol contest they participate in. The sequel title ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'' indicates the successor band is called "Sunshine," but, nope, they're "Aquors."

* ''Anime/LoveLive'' isn't the name of any band or anything else in the show. The protagonists' idol group is called "μ's" ("muse"), and the group they idolize is "A-RISE." The sequel series is doubly confusing--''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'''s new idol band is "Aquors."

* The girls of ''Manga/KOn'' are in a band. Their band's name is "Afterschool Teatime", not "K-On".

** It's also far from uncommon to hear those unfamiliar with the series to believe that Yugioh is the name of the main character. Granted, this is somewhat understandable, given his name is Yugi, which means game.

* ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'': Misty's sisters are introduced in the episode "The Water Flowers of Cerulean City". Their group name is not "The Water Flowers", it's "The Sensational Sisters". The episode title also caused many fans believe that Misty's surname is "Waterflower". It's not. [[OnlyOneName She has no known surname]]. Despite this, you'll be hard pressed to find a fanfic that doesn't call her "Misty Waterflower" (either that or "Misty Williams").

* The girls of ''Manga/KOn'' are in a band. Their band's name is "Afterschool Teatime", not "K-On".

* ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' is not the name of the main character of the manga, he's named Kaneda. His best friend who gains superowers and goes insane also is not Akira, he's called Tetsuo. The strange creepy child that gives Tetsuo the superpowers? No, he's Takashi. In fact, Akira doesn't show up during the entire first volume and is more like a living MacGuffin.

* Due to the title, there's confusion over the name of the protagonist in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. It's "Negi", not "Negima" (and as of this writing, the author has not given a reason why there is an extra "ma" in there). [[note]]Also, the extra "ma" is written with a ''hiragana'' character, while the protagonist's name is written with ''katakana'' characters "ne" and "gi", which further underlines the fact that this is actually a compound word.[[/note]] The only time it's mentioned is during a TitleDrop. Negi's friends briefly call themselves the "Negima Club" until Evangeline makes them change it. See the manga's FridgeBrilliance page for a possible (spoilerific) reason for the -ma at the end

** Knowing that Yu-Gi-Oh means "King of Games" it's not unreasonable to believe that it's one of the things he's known as. Since he is a Pharaoh, he likely has titles like this. In fact, the opening monologue in the Japanese version states "People refer to him as 'Yu-Gi-Oh'" (though presumably as a title rather than an actual name).

** A Norwegian boy wanted to change his name to [[http://www.destructoid.com/six-year-old-boy-asks-king-to-change-his-name-to-sonic-x-129705.phtml Sonic X]] after the character from [[Anime/SonicX the anime of the same name]]. The problem...Sonic doesn't really have a surname, and it certainly isn't X.

* No character in ''Anime/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.
** It also doesn't help considering names are rarely spoken.

* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' is not the name of the MagicalGirl team featured, who are just referred to as the Magic Knights (plural). It specifically refers to the lead GenkiGirl and her mashin named Rayearth.
** The {{OAV}} attempts to change this by changing the name of the Mashin to "Lexus" and Rayearth is all the knights' [[FusionDance fused]] Mashin.

* The main character in the series ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' is named Tenchi Masaki. The title of the series is a complicated Japanese pun (involving, among other things, the standard Japanese labeling for "This End Up!"), and ''not'' the name of the main character. This caused some confusion when the movie ''Tenchi Muyo! In Love'' came out, because misreading the title as the name of the main character implies that Tenchi falls in love in the movie, which he doesn't.
** The title is most easily translated as "No Need For Tenchi", which fits in with the IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming.

* The protagonist of ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'' is known as "Vash the Stampede". [[WordSaladTitle No one is certain what the title refers to]], the most popular idea being his three weapons: the silver revolver, the machine gun hidden within his prosthetic arm, and his Angel Arm.
** This confusion was lampshaded during the Adult Swim broadcast of the show. One of their bumper cards accidentally referred to Trigun, the show, as "he." This resulted in a ton of angry emails to AS about how the character's name is Vash, not Trigun. AS responded by creating a new card which intentionally confuses the two. "Can Trigun escape? Will his marksmanship be enough?"

* A lot of people who are not anime fans think ''Manga/DragonBall'' is the name of Son Goku.

* Due to the title, there's confusion over the name of the protagonist in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. It's "Negi", not "Negima" (and as of this writing, the author has not given a reason why there is an extra "ma" in there). [[note]]Also, the extra "ma" is written with a ''hiragana'' character, while the protagonist's name is written with ''katakana'' characters "ne" and "gi", which further underlines the fact that this is actually a compound word.[[/note]]
** The only time it's mentioned is during a TitleDrop. Negi's friends briefly call themselves the "Negima Club" until Evangeline makes them change it.
*** See the manga's FridgeBrilliance page for a possible (spoilerific) reason for the -ma at the end

* Nobody in ''Manga/DoctorSlump'' is named like this. It's a insulting nickname for {{Bungling Inventor}} Senbei Norimaki; the ''Dragon Ball'' Wiki compares this to nicknaming an author "Writer's Block".
** The pilot of the failed Harmony Gold {{Macekre}} of ''Dr. Slump'' sometime back, indeed renamed Norimaki as "Dr. Slump".

* Creator/StreamlinePictures' dub of the ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' movie made it seem as if "Fist of the North Star" was a title that Kenshiro and his brothers were fighting for rather than the name of their martial art style ''Hokuto Shin Ken'' (The Divine Fist of the North Star), which can only have one successor per master.
** It should be noted that the Japanese title, ''Hokuto no Ken'', is an EpunymousTitle. The name "Ken" is a homophone for the Japanese word for "fist" or "martial art". Thus, ''Hokuto no Ken'' can refer to the martial art of Hokuto Shinken (as in the "martial art of Hokuto") or the main character himself, who is named Ken (as in "Ken of the Hokuto school"). This play on words is lost on the English title.

* [[Manga/RurouniKenshin Kenshin's family name is not Rurouni.]] (For that matter, "Rurouni" is a {{Neologism}} for {{Ronin}} that never really caught on.)

* Not a character, but similar, is a situation with ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'' 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}}.

* In a rather odd variant, [[Manga/AxisPowersHetalia Italy]] refers to himself as Hetalia in the credit song.
** 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.
* The first cover image of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'''s SpinOff manga ''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.

* A Norwegian boy wanted to change his name to [[http://www.destructoid.com/six-year-old-boy-asks-king-to-change-his-name-to-sonic-x-129705.phtml Sonic X]] after the character from [[Anime/SonicX the anime of the same name]]. The problem...Sonic doesn't really have a surname, and it certainly isn't X.
* Has anyone ever actually referred to him as [[Manga/AstroBoy Astro]] ''[[Anime/AstroBoy BOY]]'' in-universe?

* None of the girls in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' are named "Azumanga". It's just a ''manga'' written by Kiyohiko ''Azu''ma and published in Dengeki ''Daioh'' magazine.

* None of the girls in ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'' are named "Azumanga".

* ''Anime/ActionHeroineCheerFruits'': The girls' [[ShowWithinAShow fictional]] superhero team is called "Hina-Nectars", while "Cheer Fruits" is the name of their production team. This phenomenon is actually [[DiscussedTrope discussed]] in Episode 4, where Misaki mentions that the popular heroine Kamidaio belongs to a production team called Gingers, but most people just use the Kamidaio name because it's far more prominent.

* In the English dub of ''SpaceBattleshipYamato'' (known as ''StarBlazers''), the crew is not called the Star Blazers in any dialogue. They are always called the Star Force. In the recap narration for each episode, the narrator, however, does say "a team of Star Blazers called the Star Force...", which does sound somewhat odd.

* There is no character in ''{{Anime/Charlotte}}'' named "Charlotte". The title refers to [[spoiler:a comet, which emits particles into the atmosphere when it transits Earth. Children who breathe in these particles develop superpowers.]]