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	name: Taichi Yagami	name: Tai Kamiya
	age: 11	age: 10
Pokémon	Satoshi	Ash Ketchum
	Nyarth	Meowth
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!	Katsuya Jounouichi	Joey Wheeler
Dragon Ball Z	Mr. Satan	Hercule

• Items, organization names, and concepts.

Anime/Manga	Japanese	English
One Piece	item: Devil Fruit	item: Cursed Fruit
Yu☆Gi☆Oh!	card: Oshirisu no Ten	card: Slifer 10
Dragon Ball Z	concept: the afterlife	concept: another dimension

• Skin color, gender, and relationships.

Anime/Manga	Japanese	English
Dragon Ball Z	Mr. Popo's skin color: black	Mr. Popo's skin color: blue
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS	gender: Fish Eye is a cross-dressing man	gender: Fish Eye is a woman
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	Mug of beer	Mug of water
One Piece	Sanji has a cigarette	Sanji has a lollipop