History PopCultureUrbanLegends / AnimeAndManga

* Around 2008-2011, in the Italian Wikipedia, there was a page about a forgotten anime that was allegedly broadcast in Italian regional channels with the translated title ''La Fanciulla di Siena'' ("The Girl from Siena") in 1983. There were many rumors in the internet about this anime, which was apparently set in the early years of 1900, had a [[http://riscopriamocartonidimenticati.blogspot.com/2010/11/la-fanciulla-di-siena.html weirdly detailed plot]] that can be summed up as "''Manga/CandyCandy'' on steroids with an Italian protagonist", and a few people claim they remember having watched it in the past. In reality, this anime has never existed, and this urban legend was created thanks to the band "I Cavalieri del Re" (known for their {{Alternative Foreign Theme Song}}s for anime series in the 80's) having an old song titled ''La Fanciulla di Siena'', which is not related to any anime, but it was actually written (but never used) as a soundtrack for an obscure 1982 Italian film.

** For years, fans spread persistent rumors that the [[BannedEpisode Banned Episodes]] "The Legend of Dratini" and "Electric Soldier Porygon" were dubbed by 4Kids Entertainment, but later shelved due to the controversy towards both of them. However, Eric Stuart, voice actor of Brock and James, later confirmed at a convention that the The Legend of Dratini was former episode was never dubbed due to not meeting the standards of The Broadcast Standards and Practices division and what could be shown on Saturday morning television at the time. Electric Soldier Porygon episode appears to have not been dubbed either, in spite of some conflicting arguments from voice actors, as the original Japanese episode had been pulled from television a year before 4Kids officially received the anime's dubbing rights.

** There's an rumor that [[AmbiguouslyBrown Brock]] was replaced with Tracey because the team wanted a more "white" character to appeal to international fans. Not only is it unsourced but Tracey's Japanese name being Japanese implies he's supposed to be [[{{Mukokuseki}} the same ethnicity as Ash and Brock]].

** A common rumor states that Creator/AkiraToriyama encouraged series creator Creator/TiteKubo to keep going after Shueisha rejected his original pitch for the series. However, Kubo has never acknowledged this.

* A common fun fact mentioned regarding the anime film ''Anime/RedLine'' is that the movie [[DevelopmentHell laboured so long in production]] and was so lavishly-animated that its underperformance [[CreatorKiller single-handedly caused the]] near-bankruptcy of its production studio Creator/MadHouse. Except not really. The studio's early 2010s problems and acquisition by Nippon TV have more to do with complex economic factors such as the aftershock of the 2008 recession, a general glut of underperforming titles in a stagnant anime market and the collapse of the Japanese bank Mad House relied on for funding. While the movie did apparently underperform in its initial box office run, subsequent interviews indicate that [[VindicatedByCable good sales on home video and cable rerun rights]] took off most of the hurt and that the movie simply wasn't expensive enough to single-handedly bankrupt the company, with reports of it having a ludicrously high (for an original anime film) budget of $30 million coming from a single, questionable source.

** For years, the Western side of the ''Pretty Cure'' franchise had believed that ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5GoGo'' was nearly a FranchiseKiller and that ''Anime/FreshPrettyCure'' saved the franchise, which shocked Westerners when ''Anime/PowerOfHopePreCureFullBloom'', a sequel series to ''Yes!'' was announced. As it turned out, ''Yes!'' ''was'' pretty popular, Toei just wanted to do something different.

* In late December 2022, rumors started that Creator/{{Tsukumizu}}'s ''Manga/ShimejiSimulation'' would be adapted into an anime for the fall 2023 anime season, six years removed from the anime of his previous manga, ''Manga/GirlsLastTour'', and it would be announced in the following month's Magazine/ComicCune issue. No such announcement came at the time, but that didn't stop further rumors throughout the entirety of 2023 about the alleged anime adaptation, including rumors that it would be announced at Anime Expo or with the release of the final chapter, and Creator/WhiteFox, Creator/{{MAPPA}}, and Creator/StudioShaft were all approached for the anime. 2023 passed, along with the manga's ending in November, and no anime announcement was ever made, leaving the anime's existence in question.

* ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' is a GagDub of the anime ''Kyattou Ninden Teyandee'' (キャッ党 忍伝 てやんでえ, "Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee". For the longest time, it was thought that the reason this show had an English GagDub was because the translated scripts couldn't be used. Rumors abounded that the scripts were lost, never sent over, or [[BlindIdiotTranslation were so poorly translated that they were incomprehensible]]. None of that is true; Saban asked if they could basically change the show into something Western audiences would appreciate, since a lot of the cultural and language puns in Japanese simply wouldn't carry over very well, and they were essentially given cate blanche to make any changes they wanted. They also got the blessing of the original series creator to do so. However, this belief was so common that [[MandelaEffect even after the misconception has been corrected, there's still some people who think this is what happened]].