# Factual Differences

This encompasses age, names, relationships, and any factual divergence. Details from the original release of the anime/manga should be used over the ones presented in the English release.

### Examples

* **Characters' names and ages.**

|                               Anime/Manga                               |       Japanese      |      English     |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------: | :--------------: |
| [Digimon Adventure](http://myanimelist.net/anime/552/Digimon_Adventure) | name: Taichi Yagami | name: Tai Kamiya |
|                                                                         |       age: 11       |      age: 10     |
|           [Pokémon](https://myanimelist.net/anime/527/Pokemon)          |       Satoshi       |    Ash Ketchum   |
|                                                                         |        Nyarth       |      Meowth      |
| [Yu☆Gi☆Oh!](https://myanimelist.net/anime/550/Yu%E2%98%86Gi%E2%98%86Oh) |  Katsuya Jounouichi |   Joey Wheeler   |
|     [Dragon Ball Z](https://myanimelist.net/anime/813/Dragon_Ball_Z)    |      Mr. Satan      |      Hercule     |

* **Items, organization names, and concepts.**

|                                    Anime/Manga                                   |        Japanese        |           English          |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------: | :------------------------: |
| [One Piece](https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece?q=one%20piece\&cat=anime) |    item: Devil Fruit   |     item: Cursed Fruit     |
|      [Yu☆Gi☆Oh!](https://myanimelist.net/anime/550/Yu%E2%98%86Gi%E2%98%86Oh)     |  card: Oshirisu no Ten |       card: Slifer 10      |
|         [Dragon Ball Z](https://myanimelist.net/anime/813/Dragon_Ball_Z)         | concept: the afterlife | concept: another dimension |

* **Skin color, gender, and relationships.**

|                                                 Anime/Manga                                                 |                               Japanese                              |                                                      English                                                     |
| :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-----------------------------------------------------------------: | :--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------: |
|                       [Dragon Ball Z](https://myanimelist.net/anime/813/Dragon_Ball_Z)                      |                     Mr. Popo's skin color: black                    |                                            Mr. Popo's skin color: blue                                           |
| [Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS](https://myanimelist.net/anime/1239/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon_SuperS) |               gender: Fish Eye is a cross-dressing man              |                                            gender: Fish Eye is a woman                                           |
|       [Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon S](https://myanimelist.net/anime/532/Bishoujo_Senshi_Sailor_Moon_S)      | relationship: Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune form a female couple | relationship: Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune are presented as close cousins and not in a romantic relationship |

* **Alcohol and smoking censorship.**

|                                    Anime/Manga                                   |        Japanese       |        English       |
| :------------------------------------------------------------------------------: | :-------------------: | :------------------: |
|         [Dragon Ball Z](https://myanimelist.net/anime/813/Dragon_Ball_Z)         |      Mug of beer      |     Mug of water     |
| [One Piece](https://myanimelist.net/anime/21/One_Piece?q=one%20piece\&cat=anime) | Sanji has a cigarette | Sanji has a lollipop |