History Trivia / DGrayMan

* DisownedAdaptation: In a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino felt that the first anime was so different from her manga, due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original stories. TMS approached Hoshino to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus, but given her feelings on the first anime, she unsurprisingly refused. TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to reconsider, thus, she served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to make sure it stayed much closer to the spirit of her manga than the previous adaptation did.

* DisownedAdaptation: In a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino stated that she was flat-out ''disappointed'' with how the first anime turned out, due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original stories. TMS approached Hoshino to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus, but given her disappointment, she unsurprisingly refused. TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to reconsider, thus, she served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to make sure it stayed much closer to the spirit of her manga than the previous adaptation did.

** On a meta example, there were fans that guessed that ''Hallow'' would be part of Creator/Funimation's summer simulcast season, despite not releasing the second half of the 2006 series on home video for five years (because of legal issues between Funimation and Dentsu). Turns out they were right.

* DisownedAdaptation: In a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino stated that she was flat-out ''disappointed'' with how the first anime turned out, due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original stories. TMS approached Hoshino to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus, but given her thoughts about the first anime, she unsurprisingly refused. TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to reconsider, thus, she served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to make sure it stayed much closer to the spirit of her manga than the previous adaptation did.

** On March 1, 2017, the Japanese home media release of ''Hallow'' was cancelled due to various circumstances. Fortunately, the episodes are available for streaming online.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Creator/{{Aniplex}} was originally going to release ''Hallow'' on Blu-ray and DVD starting in September 2016. Unfortunately, issues with the production quality caused the release to be delayed indefinitely at the beginning of that month. By March 2017, Aniplex cancelled the release.

** On March 1, 2017, the home media release of ''Hallow'' was cancelled due to various circumstances. Fortunately, the episodes are available for streaming online.

* DisownedAdaptation: In a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino stated that she was flat-out ''disappointed'' with how the first anime turned out, due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original stories. TMS offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus, but given her thoughts about the first anime, she unsurprisingly refused. TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to reconsider, thus, she served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to make sure it stayed much closer to the spirit of her manga than the previous adaptation did.

* DisownedAdaptation: In a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino stated that she thought that the first anime was so different from the manga, due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her story, that she was disappointed with the final product. When TMS offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus, Hoshino would initially decline the offer. TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to reconsider, thus, she served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to make sure it stayed much closer to the spirit of her manga than the previous adaption did.

** {{Averted}} now in the Japanese version of Hallow, since Allen is now voiced by Creator/AyumuMurase.
* DisownedAdaptation: In a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino stated that she thought that the first anime was so different from the manga due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her story that she was disappointed with the final product. TMS initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly declined the offer, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

** On a meta example, there were fans that guessed that the 2016 series would be part of Creator/FUNimation's summer simulcast season, despite not releasing the series for five years because of legal issues between them and Dentsu. Turns out they were right.
*** And there were also people thinking that licensing the 2016 series would lead to [=FUNimation=] licensing the second half of the 2006 series. On June 30, 2016, [=FUNimation=] announced that they acquired the rest of the 2006 ''D. Gray Man'' series.

** On March 1, 2017, the home media release of ''Hallow'' was cancelled due to various circumstances. Fortunately, the episodes are available online.
* NoExportForYou: Episodes 52-103 of the 2006 series was originally not released in North America since 2011 due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues with Dentsu]]. It would take ''five years'' for [=FUNimation=] to finally license episodes 52-103 in 2016, along with the 2016 continuation, ''Hallow'', once the legal issues were sorted out.
* OldShame: Katsura Hoshino lamented that TMS Entertainment would never be able to adapt it into an anime again after the first season. Hoshino would eventually become the supervisor for ''Hallow'' at the insistence of TMS after she repeatedly declined their offers to adapt ''D. Gray-Man'' into an anime again.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Eventually {{subverted|Trope}}. Creator/{{Funimation}} began arranging plans to release the remaining 52 episodes of the 2006 series in North America after releasing the first 51 episodes. However, the release got locked away in 2011 thanks to Dentsu asking [=Funimation=] for more money than the company was willing to afford. In June 2016, [=Funimation=] announced that it had licensed ''Hallow'' as part of the 2016 Summer Simulcast season, as well as the second half of the 2006 series a week later.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Aniplex was originally going to release ''Hallow'' on Blu-ray and DVD starting in September 2016. Unfortunately, issues with the production quality caused the release to be delayed indefinitely at the beginning of that momth. By March 2017, Aniplex cancelled the release.
* {{Uncanceled}}: The series got a sequel almost a decade after the original ended.
** The English release was haulted after 51 episodes were released in 2009-2010 due to legal issues with Dentsu, only for [=FUNimation=] to finally license 52-103 in 2016 along with ''Hallow'' after those issues were resolved.

* IKnewIt: [[spoiler: The Earl has horns]]. Doubly so for those who read ''Zone'', the oneshot that provided the inspiration for the entire series.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: On March 1, 2017, the home media release of ''Hallow'' was cancelled due to various circumstances. Fortunately, the episodes are available online.

** Lavi was originally intended to be main character for the series called "BOOK-MAN", a project which never reached beyond the planning stages. Still, the author wanted to use him and Bookman so they made it into ''D.Gray-man'' as side characters instead.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Aniplex was originally going to release ''Hallow'' on Blu-ray and DVD starting in September 2016. Unfortunately, delays in production quality caused the release to be delayed indefinitely. By March 2017, Aniplex cancelled the release.

* DisownedAdaptation: In a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino stated that she thought that the first anime was so different from her manga due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original stories that she was disappointed with the final product. TMS initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly declined the offer, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* DisownedAdaptation: During a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino admitted that the first season of the anime was a mess due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences. TMS initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly declined the offer, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: On March 1, 2017, the home media release of ''Hallow'' was cancelled due to various circumstances, so the only way to watch the series for now would be streaming websites like Hulu.

* OldShame: The first anime adaptation became this for Katsura Hoshino. She lamented that TMS Entertainment would never be able to adapt it into an anime again. Hoshino would eventually become the supervisor for ''Hallow'' at the insistence of TMS after she repeatedly declined their offers to adapt ''D. Gray-Man'' into an anime again.

* CreatorBacklash: During a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino admitted that the first season of the anime was a mess due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences, and it became a DisownedAdaptation for her. TMS initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly declined the offer, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Eventually {{subverted|Trope}}. Creator/{{Funimation}} began arranging plans to release the remaining 52 episodes of the 2006 series in North America after releasing the first 51 episodes. However, the release got locked away in 2011 when Dentsu asked [=Funimation=] for more money than the company was willing to afford. In June 2016, [=Funimation=] announced that it had licensed ''Hallow'' as part of the 2016 Summer Simulcast season, as well as the second half of the 2006 series a week later.

** On a meta example, there were fans that guessed that the 2016 series would be part of Creator/FUNimation's summer simulcast season, despite not having touched the series since 2011. Turns out they were right.

* NoExportForYou: Episodes 52-103 of the 2006 series was originally not released in North America since 2011 due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues with Dentsu and TMS]]. It would take ''five years'' for [=FUNimation=] to finally license episodes 52-103 in 2016, along with the 2016 continuation, ''Hallow'', once the legal issues were sorted out.
* OldShame: The first anime adaptation became this for Katsura Hoshino. She lamented that TMS Entertainment would never be able to adapt it into an anime again. Hoshino would eventually become the supervisor for ''Hallow'' at the insistence of TMS after she repeatedly declining their offers to adapt ''D. Gray-Man'' into an anime again.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Eventually {{subverted|Trope}}. Creator/{{Funimation}} began arranging plans to release the remaining 52 episodes of the 2006 series in North America after releasing the first 51 episodes. However, the release got locked away in 2011 when Dentsu and TMS Entertainment, the Japanese licensors, asked [=Funimation=] for more money than the company was willing to afford. In June 2016, [=Funimation=] announced that it had licensed ''Hallow'' as part of the 2016 Summer Simulcast season, as well as the second half of the 2006 series a week later.

** The English release was haulted after 51 episodes were released in 2009-2010, only for [=FUNimation=] to finally license 52-103 in 2016 along with ''Hallow''.

* CreatorBacklash: During a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino admitted that the first season of the anime was a mess due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences, and it became a DisownedAdaptation for her. TMS initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino understandably refused, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Eventually {{subverted|Trope}}. [=FUNimation=] began arranging plans to release the remaining 52 episodes of the 2006 series in North America after releasing the first 51 episodes. However, the release got locked away in 2011 when Dentsu and TMS Entertainment, the Japanese licensors, asked [=FUNimation=] for more money than the company was willing to afford. In June 2016, [=FUNimation=] announced that it had licensed ''Hallow'' as part of the 2016 Summer Simulcast season, as well as the second half of the 2006 series a week later.

* CreatorBacklash: During a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino said that she absolutely ''resented'' the first anime series and called it a DisownedAdaptation due to TMS Entertainment changing several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences. TMS initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly refused, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* NoExportForYou: Episodes 52-103 of the 2006 series was originally not released in North America since 2011 due to [[ScrewedByTheLawyers legal issues with Dentsu and TMS]]. It would take ''five years'' for [=FUNimation=] to finally license episodes 52-103 in 2016, along with the 2016 continuation, ''Hallow''.

* CreatorBacklash: During a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino said that she absolutely ''hated'' the first anime series due to its changing of several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences, saying that it was a DisownedAdaptation. TMS Entertainment initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly refused, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* ScrewedByTheLawyers: Eventually {{subverted|Trope}}. [=FUNimation=] began arranging plans to release the remaining 52 episodes of the 2006 series in North America after they released the first 51 episodes. However, those plans got locked away in 2011 when Dentsu and TMS Entertainment, the Japanese licensors, asked [=FUNimation=] for more money than the company was willing to afford. In June 2016, [=FUNimation=] announced that it had licensed ''Hallow'' as part of the 2016 Summer Simulcast season, as well as the second half of the 2006 series a week later.

** Hallow's dub has Creator/IanSinclair taking over for Creator/TravisWillingham as Kanda due to the latter moving to Los Angeles. Froi will also need replacing should he appear, as his original actor Jerry Russell died a few years before Funimation picked up the rest of the series.

* CreatorBacklash: Combined with DisownedAdaptation. During a 2016 interview for ''Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino said that she absolutely ''hated'' the first anime series due to its changing of several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences. TMS Entertainment initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly refused, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* OldShame: The first anime adaptation became this for Katsura Hoshino. She lamented that TMS Entertainment would never be able to adapt it into an anime again, but would eventually become the supervisor for ''Hallow'' at the insistence of TMS.

* CreatorBacklash: Combined with DisownedAdaptation. During a 2016 interview for ''D.Gray-Man Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino said that she absolutely ''hated'' the first anime series due to its changing of several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences. TMS Entertainment initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly refused, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga and to make up for what TMS had done the first anime.

* NoExportForYou: Episodes 52-103 of the 2006 series was originally not released in North America since 2011 due to being ScrewedByTheLawyers. It would take 5 years for [=FUNimation=] to finally license episodes 52-103 in 2016, along with the 2016 continuation, ''Hallow''.

* CreatorBacklash: Combined with DisownedAdaptation. In a 2016 interview regarding ''D.Gray-Man Hallow'', Katsura Hoshino said that she absolutely ''hated'' the first anime series due to its changing of several elements of her original manga and addition of filler sequences. TMS Entertainment initially offered to produce ''Hallow'' and release it with the manga after its hiatus. Hoshino unsurprisingly refused, but TMS would eventually convince Hoshino to accept their offer. Hoshino served as a supervisor for ''Hallow'' to help make the series stay closer to her manga.

* RoleReprisal: In the English Dub, virtually everyone from the 2006 series reprised their roles for ''D.Gray-Man Hallow'' with a couple exceptions above.

** The English release was haulted after 51 episodes were released in 2009-2010, only for FUNimation to finally license 52-103 in 2016 along with ''Hallow''.