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* The prototype of ''[[Bleach]]'' made the depowered Rukia into a bossy girl of about 15 cm tall, whose shrinking was attributed to Ichigo taking her powers.
** Pilot!Orihime was faces a similar situation to what Manga!Orihime faced early on in ''Bleach'', except it was her father (who had also raised her by himself) coming back for her rather than her brother, Ichigo expressed that he liked her, and she actually ''did'' end up dying and going to Heaven.
** Some of the rules are different, as souls have to be given tickets to get into the afterlife, and the Soul Reapers ''have'' to cut the chain of fate (doing so in the final manga results in the spirit becoming a hollow).
** Apparently, Kubo originally intended Mayuri to be Ishida's 'personal villain', with a series of escalating fights between them until Mayuri finally died and Ishida avenged his grandfather and race. This was dropped when Soul Society became the good guys and Mayuri became an over-the-top [[Token Evil Teammate]].
** Kubo mentioned in an interview about Shinji that he'd originally plannned for Ichigo's friends to develop powers, but [[Executive Meddling|Shueisha told him to]] hurry up and introduce the Shinigami.
* Sayaka Yumi from ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' was one of the first [[Action Girl]] and [[Tsundere]] with a lead role in Anime, and she and Kouji did the [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] bit before no one else. However, she was [[Put on a Bus]] at the end of the series. [[The Bus Came Back]] again at the end of ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', but after the end of the series she was [[Put on a Bus]] again. She was to become the 4th spazer pilot in ''Anime/UFO Robot Grendizer'', but character developer and co-plotter of the series, Shingo Araki, opposed [[Go Nagai]] and designed a new character that did not appear in the Grendizer manga: Maria Grace Fleed, younger sister to Grendizer main character Duke Fleed. Maria soon became a fan-favourite in the latter part of the series. It is... interesting speculating what might have happened if Sayaka and Maria showed up in the same series (both of them being hot-tempered, [[Hot-Blooded]] [[Tsundere|Tsunderes]] liked the same boy. And Sayaka was a [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] to boot).
** Kouji Kabuto wore a [[Scarf of Asskicking]] and used a bike to dock on Mazinger-Z in the [[Go Nagai]]'s early designs. However, ''[[Kamen Rider]]'' premiered before ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', and [[Go Nagai]] removed and changed those elements because he did not want people thought he was ripping off another show. The idea would return in ''[[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]]'' as a literal prototype for Mazinger-Z.
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** Outside of the pilot, Akatsuki was originally supposed to be composed entirely of inhuman monsters. This is probably why the majority of them are humans but with massively altered bodies<ref>Orochimaru has snakes and/or is a snake, Deidara has mouths in strange places and is a bomb, Sasori is a puppet, Hidan's appearance and abilities were meant to show him as a [[Shinigami]], Kakuzu has multiple hearts and is a optical fiber cable network, Zetsu is a plant, Kisame has sharks AND is a shark.</ref>. In the third databook Kishimoto mentioned Hidan's scythe was supposed to have a bunch more special abilities that he didn't have time to show.
** Hinata wasn't originally a ninja. Kishimoto's original sketch of her can be found [http://manga2.multiply.com/journal/item/8 here.]
* The pilot for ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' was called "Dragon Boy". Its hero, Tanton, was a boy with bat wings that would evolve into the monkey-tailed Goku. The pilot interestingly featured an artifact called a Dragon Ball, but it was pretty useless. All it did was release a puny dragon. The story was also heavily based on ''[[Journey to the West]]'' and had Tanton escorting a princess that strongly resembles Bulma back home to her country. When the story ends, the heroes still have nine-tenths of the way to go. Just think of all that could have been here...
** Also in regards to ''[[Dragon Ball]]'', the incredibly obscure and short lived Harmony Gold dub in the 80s. Goku was named [[My Hero Zero|Zero]], Bulma was Lena, Krillin was Bongo... It would be completely different to the Dragon Ball of today where [[FUNimation]] kept most of the Japanese names.
*** And speaking of the Funimation dub, imagine if the later seasons had remained with [[The Ocean Group]] instead of being taken in-house in Texas. Many of Funimation's big name actors ([[My Friends and Zoidberg|And]] [[Sean Schemmel]]) got their start in ''[[Dragonball Z]]''. If it remained in Canada, what would have become of the dubs of all Funi's later properties?
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** "Vol. 13: How to Read" implies that the creator had considered {{spoiler|having L win with Light dead}} and that an error between editor and artist {{spoiler|switched Mello and Near's character designs}}.
*** It was also said that Naomi Misora was originally going to be a more major character, but since she wound up being too clever, {{spoiler|she had to be killed off fast}}. Also, Ohba had considered {{spoiler|having Mello be the one to win against Light, but since he was also too "smart", he had to be killed off to provide suspense}}.
** Mogi was originally planned to have a larger role, but Ohba couldn't decide how to do it.
** Allegedly, early concepts for the Shinigami would have made Ryuk, Gelus, and Rem resemble attractive humans, but the decision was made that Gelus's brief appearance worked better if he looked somewhat pathetic and Ryuk and Rem being beautiful did raise concerns that [[Draco in Leather Pants|fans might side with the team of killers just because of their looks]]. The designs were soon changed to give the Shinigami a more appropriately inhuman feel.
*** Ryuk's original design can be seen [http://i27.tinypic.com/rw17o0.jpg here].
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* ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'', in its original short story format, was going to be set in a mystical coast town in Ye Nonspecific Pirate Days. Yes, Kaito was a [[Pirate]]. Lucia, who was named Lyre at the time, had a much skimpier outfit and her full team consisted of herself, Hanon and Rina, with no [[Sixth Ranger|Sixth Rangers]]. There were only three villains, too -- Izuuru, Gackto and Sara -- and they were all merpeople; the [[Our Mermaids Are Different|rule]] that all mermaids were female hadn't been invented yet.
* Ikumi Mia, as one may have noticed from her constantly adding things that premiered in the anime adaptations of her works back into the manga, is a go-with-the-flow revisionist. What you may not know is that she never intended for ''[[Tokyo Mew Mew]]'' in its current incarnation to exist at all. She had been commissioned to draft up a horror manga, and thought it would be cute if a [[Catgirl]] with a pink and black motif were added into the cast. The executives at Nakayoshi were immediately smitten with the character and wanted more [[Petting Zoo People]], which she soon added. Then they decided that the horror story was too dark for a kids' magazine, but they couldn't just leave those characters there. After many, many revisions, the mysterious, chilling pink-and-black catgirl became the cute, easily flustered pink-and-red catgirl Momomiya Ichigo, and she and her friends were [[Magical Girl|Magical Girls]] in modern-day Tokyo.
* ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' had numerous character redesigns before the final product: Negi was supposed to be named ''Negi.T.Silverberg'' and be older looking; Nodoka was to be named ''Meiko Miyazaki''; Ako was to be named ''Ayu Izumi'' who instead had a large scar across her chest instead of her back; Makie Sasaki was originally going to be a different person entirely named ''Kozue Migara'' who was best friends with the lead girl (a role filled by Konoka) and who played on the lacross team (an idea which lead to the creation of Sakurako Shiina); Yuna and Chizuru had several connections in their designs, starting with the character of ''Yuko Akashi'', an [[Genki Girl|energetic]], [[Cloudcuckoolander|random]] girl, who worked part-time at the academy's daycare, while the character of ''Tsutsumi Nadai'' was a character with a strong [[Daddy's Girl|father complex]] who was good at cooking and house-work. These various traits went to both Yuna and Chizuru. Not to mention the school itself possibly being a giant tower reaching to the sky, or a large island in the sea of Japan. These are given as notes in the back of the manga volumes, along with other characterization notes that, at least unless/until the manga contradicts them, are considered [[Fanon]] for the series.
** Retroactively, that name for Nodoka is [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|really]] [[The Order of the Stick|funny.]]
** Speaking of Negima, the [[OA Ds]] count as well. [[Anime News Network]] has listed adult!Negi being voiced by [[Hiroshi Kamiya]]. Seems to be good considering the fact that he won the Third Annual Seiyuu awards. Cue the third OAD and it's still [[Rina Sato]] who voiced adult!Negi. Not that bad all things considering, but it would have been nice if Hiroshi Kamiya did the job (then again, at this point, he [[Angel Beats|was]] [[Arakawa Under the Bridge|voicing]] [[Durarara|four]] [[Working|major]] roles).
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** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam ZZ]]'' was supposed to have Char reappear and lead the rebellion against Haman Karn, but when ''[[Chars Counterattack]]'' got greenlighted, Glemy Toto replaced him.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam F91]]'' was supposed to have been a full-fledged series, but was shortened into a movie instead. While the Crossbone Gundam manga answered several questions, the question remains as to what the series could have been if it went that way.
** This happened with ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam|Victory Gundam]]'': the titular Gundam was to be introduced in the fourth episode instead of the first. However, thanks to executive meddling, and a need for the Gundam to always appear early, the fourth episode was made into the first, much to Tomino's consternation. It happened again with ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'', which was originally to follow the 'Big Bang' aftermath of ''[[Turn
** Speaking of Turn-A, Tomino didn't ''just'' want all the Gundam series used in this series, he wanted to use ALL the mecha series he created, including ''Ideon'' and ''Daitarn 3''. That was shot down.
** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED|Gundam SEED]]'' had a number of things planned for the second half of the series, including having Flay pilot the Strike Rouge as propoganda material for the Earth Alliance, Flay and Sai dying in an attempt to save the Archangel from a bomb and even [[Kill'Em All|killing just about everyone]] save Athrun (who'd lose a leg).
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** Years before ''Gundam Wing'' came to American shores, Sunrise released a pilot for a series called ''Doozy Bots'', which had a scientist named Professor Doozy turn a bunch of stereotype high school students into SD versions of various heroic Mobile Suits to battle laughable versions of Zeon-based Mobile Suits.
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwQSWrA9CNg Saban Moon.] Technically, it wasn't by Saban, but this what would happen if Renaissance Atlantic (the co-producers of ''[[Mighty Morphin Power Rangers]]'' and a partner of Bandai America) and Toon Makers got the rights to ''[[Sailor Moon]]''. It has it's own page at ''[[Toon Makers Sailor Moon]]''. A similar scenario came to fruition with Cloverway (Toei International) bringing over later seasons of the show following the DIC dub.
** ''Sailor V'', the entire pre-series, is a what-might-have-been, since Minako was the original heroine and Naoko whipped ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' together when ''V'' was so popular.
** In liner notes for the manga rereleases, Takeuchi revealed that she had thought of making Ami a cyborg and having her do a [[Heroic Sacrifice]], along with the idea of Makoto being a gang-leader. Makoto was also originally shown smoking in the earliest sketches of her (and her name as "Chino Mamoru"), back when Takeuchi first conceived of Sailor Moon as an Usagi-less spinoff of Sailor V.
** Takeuchi also intended to include a character named "Diana the Moon Fairy", a talkative, impertinant, and playful fairy. She was to be found in the ruins of the Moon Kingdom, and would have stuck with Luna (whom she didn't get along with) and Usagi. She was eventually replaced by Queen Serenity, and the name Diana was used for Luna and Artemis's future daughter.
*** Also, Tuxedo Mask could have been named "Mysterious 2098 Face". Takeuchi was later stunned she could have come up with such a bizarre but meaningless name.
** Originally, Kunihiko Ikuhara envisaged that Sailor Uranus and Sailor Neptune were going to be the main characters in the Supers movie, and it was going to be independent of the main series. Sailor Neptune was going to be in a deep sleep at the end of the world, and Sailor Uranus would have had to steal the talismans from the Sailor Senshi to revive her. These ideas were later used in [[Revolutionary Girl Utena]].
*** Allegdly back when a live action Sailor Moon movie was in talks in the late 90's Geena Davis was considered to play Beryl and supposedly Rini was going to be turned into Serena's little sister not her future daughter (which is kind of weird for their parents to gave their daughters similar names since Rini is a dimunitve of Serena) and Amy was going to have normal hair
* Originally, ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]'' was going to be a one-shot about a teenage girl and her little sister who were in debt with the mob, and the things they had to do to pay them off without getting sucked in. These characters became Yukiji and Hinagiku. [[Word of God]] says the one-shot is part of ''Hayate'' continuity, and will be worked in as part of the series.
* Before the [[Executive Meddling]] that turned the second season of ''[[Code Geass]]'' into [[Broken Base|what it is today]] kicked in, the writing staff had originally planned for Lelouch to win the duel at the end of the first season. After that, there were several possible routes the story could have taken. One of the proposed scenarios involved Lelouch being imprisoned after being defeated by Emperor Charles, only to later break himself out of prison and run in a political election against Schneizel. The other scenario involved Jeremiah's sister Lilicia, [[Distaff Counterpart|who would look like a female Lelouch]], becoming Zero and taking control of the Black Knights, [[Unsettling Gender Reveal|confusing them greatly when they find out their leader's gender]]. Because of this, Lelouch is forced to join the Black Knights as himself, and gets picked on by [[The Fool|Tamaki]], who has a crush on Girl!Zero.
** There were some pretty big plans for the second season, including introducing Kallen's father, bringing her supposedly-dead brother back (foreshadowed in a first season audio commentary where the head writer teases that he's not really dead, greatly surprising [[Ami Koshimizu|Kallen's voice actress]]), an explanation about Suzaku's superhuman abilities and his relationship to Geass, and a greater exploration of C.C.'s past. All this had to be cut in the great reshuffling brought on by [[Executive Meddling]].
** Even earlier than that, it was mentioned in passing that Lelouch and Suzaku's characters were derived from the first draft of the series, which would have been about a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] fresh recruit in the army (Proto-Suzaku) and his idealogical conflicts with Proto-Lelouch, his cynical commanding officer.
** In a bonus feature for [[Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate]], Kallen sneaks into the studio and finds an early story idea. It describes the story as a " [[Lone Wolf and Cub]] type story", with Lelouch, Suzaku and Nunnally as the main characters (Nunnally ends up being [[Demoted to Extra]]), and Lelouch possibly having an eyepatch over his Geass eye. Kallen seems to like the idea until she sees the idea to put Nunnally in a cart with Hadron blasters equipped.
* At the end of ''[[Venus Versus Virus]]'''s first volume you get to read the original oneshot and see the original character designs. The character designs are more slim, Nene looks less...[[Genki Girl|Unusual]], and Riku's design is less formal. The plot differs slightly and it seems that the [[Les Yay|yuri]] is more apparent than in the actual manga.
* The very first ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|Macross]]''. Back when it was on pre-production as ''Battle City Megaroad'', Lynn Minmay was a delivery girl who worked in her parents' Chinese restaurant aboard the ship and who usually delivered Chinese food to the main bridge. The staff liked her so much that while the series evolved into ''Macross'', she ended up expanded into not only a vertex in the main love triangle, but probably the most important character in the entire franchise.
*** According to Shoji Kawamori himself, the earliest concept for ''Macross'' was an all-female crew, with Misa Hayase as the captain. Makes you wonder how that would have played out...
**** ''Macross'' was also initially envisioned as a parody of the mecha genre (i.e., taking the transforming [[Up to Eleven]] with the ship itself being a [[Transforming Mecha]]). Early drafts of the story included a trip around the world, with a landmark or city getting destroyed at pretty much every stop.
** On a related note, ''[[Robotech]]'' was originally planned only as a dubbing of ''Macross''. The other two series were added in because more episodes were needed for syndication. Had they not been forced to mix the stories, Harmony Gold may have been able to continue translating and airing subsequent ''Macross'' installments. Of course, whether or not that would have been a ''good'' thing is best left to the reader...
*** Outside of the name changes (and a fair few people don't mind the internationalizing the crew of the SDF-1 in any case), the ''Robotech'' adaptation of ''Macross'' is actually considered to be pretty faithful (up until they change the last few episodes to hook into the other two shows), ''especially'' considering the [[Media Watchdog|Standards & Practices]] of the era. Even the death of Roy Fokker was kept in, which was unthinkable for a cartoon at the time. Given the care of the adaptation and the zest Harmony Gold people usually show for Macross, not many people doubt they would've done a good job with the rest of the franchise and do bemoan the fact that various hurdles from the way Robotech went down prevent us from watching ''[[Macross Plus|Robotech Plus]]'', ''[[Macross 7|Robotech Seven]]'', ''[[Macross Zero|Robotech Zero]]'' and ''[[Macross Frontier|Robotech Frontier]]'' instead of, well, [[Robotech: The Shadow Chronicles|what we got]].
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*** It's been stated that [[End of Evangelion]] was basically an expanded version of what was originally scripted for the final two episodes--hence why [[Eo E]] is split into two parts. Had Gainax's budget not been shot, the finale would have just been a shorter version of the movie (albeit with less sexual imagery.)
* Inital artwork for ''[[Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z]]'' gave the girls hairstyles similar to [[Powerpuff Girls|their American counterparts]], and they had different weapons (Blossom had a pair of hula hoops, Buttercup had a pair of juggling clubs and Bubbles had a skipping rope).
* Ash's original partner in the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' anime was supposed to be a Clefairy instead of a Pikachu. Think about it: if successful as a franchise icon as Pikachu has been, ''[[Super Smash Bros.|Super Smash Bros. Brawl]]'' players could have been able to play as a Clefairy that could Metronome other fighters' Final Smashes for its own Final Smash...
** Also, [http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Masaaki_Iwane:_Pokémon_anime_originally_slated_for_18-month_run the anime was originally just supposed to last through Kanto], with an assumed ending of Ash defeating Gary and winning the Pokémon League.
*** The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b70GRNYnacI very first trailer] for the movie ''Mewtwo Strikes Back'' in Japan, it is completely made out of scenes that didn't make it to the final product; the grown-up Misty segment, in particular, is a huge source of speculation and discussion withing the fandom, specially by taking account the movie would be the [[Grand Finale]] for the anime.
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** There was originally going to be an episode that celebrated the Japanese New Year during the Kanto run. This episode was intended to air soon after the infamous Porygon "seizure" episode, so production was halted, and after a while simply cancelled.
** The GS Ball was originally going to contain a Celebi that was to star in a large portion of the Johto arc. After ''[[Pokémon 4Ever]]'' came out, it was decided that having a Celebi in the anime right after a movie featuring Celebi would be redundant, so the idea was shelved.
* As mentioned in the ''[[Gunsmith Cats]]'' article, the original incarnation of the story, ''[[Riding Bean]]'', had Rally as Bean's triggerwoman.
* ''[[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]]'' is full of these. The first series was originally supposed to focus mainly on Ken, Jun, and Jinpei out of the team, but after Joe became more popular, he gained more screentime in the anime. Jun was also originally intended to be second-in-command, but after the team numbers got shuffled about in production, Joe gained that position instead. Early plans for the series also put more emphasis on the relationship between Ken and Jun, possibly making them a romantic couple.
** Katse's initial design was much different, with a long mane on the cowl and the uniform being primarily green. This design was eventually assigned to a Galactor boss when the first two episodes were made. Katse was also initially intended to be THE [[Big Bad]] {{spoiler|and secretly a female, rather than a [[Gender Bender]] made from fusing twins}} with X as only a consultant.
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** Another failed remake idea by Tatsunoko was an ''SD Gatchaman'' series slated for 1996, which would have had the team reimagined in the super-deformed format and with an extra female member, operating from a floating platform. Unfortunately, concept art for this version has yet to surface.
** Sandy Frank Entertainment had originally considered doing all-new "original" stories for their [[Battle of the Planets]] adaptation, but due to expense concerns and already fulfilling their syndication quota, the ideas didn't get very far. They also attempted to get a redubbed and remastered version off of the ground in 2004, but it never got any further than an unaired pitch pilot and the idea died off fast. Sandy Frank had also considered doing an all-new American animated series with different designs in an attempt to not pay Tatsunoko royalties for the Gatchaman characters, but this got no further than a mere wish.
* In ''[[Axis Powers Hetalia]]'', the character of Belarus is a scary blonde [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]. [http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-525.html She was actually supposed to be a brunette and quite more mellow].
** A remnant of this original idea can be seen in Belarus's first color appearance in volume 1 of the published manga. Though she still wields a knife, her hair (and eyes) are colored brown and her expression seems to be a little less severe.
** Also, South Korea was initially [http://hetalia.wikia.com/wiki/File:FemaleKorea.PNG female] and with aspirations of becoming an [[Idol Singer]]. The original designs would be re-used in Sena, the lead of Himaruya's web-manga ''Moe Kan''.
** Hell, Korea in general, speaking only for the anime. He was going to be in it, but protest from South Koreans forced Korea off the show. The series would have been broadcasted on Kid's Station in 2009, but was cancelled after the protests Kid's Station apparently had no knowledge of. South Korean protesters claimed he was an offensive sterotype because his clothing and birthday are incorrect, his behaviour perverted and "not understandable", and the fact that he obsesses over Japan, even though [[wikipedia:Japanese Occupation of Korea|this usually is World War II we're talking about]].
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* An extra released in the ''[[Princess Tutu]]'' DVDs says that originally the concept for Fakir was called the "black prince", and he was a 'crazy' young man babbling stories that only Ahiru believed.
* ''[[Love Hina]]'' prototype version had Naru already engaged on a love relationship with another guy, while Keitaro was much less of a pushover: right after the first hot spring incident with Naru and the subsequent beating up from the girls, he severely considered kicking them out of the boarding house. (He is the new manager, after all.) Also, the girls's original reason to befriend him was just to get on his good side and avoid being kicked out. (Naru was supposed to take the bullet for them.)
** During the manga's run, the girl who was supposed to end up with Keitaro wasn't Naru but Motoko Aoyama instead. Constant setups for this can be seen on the manga, with both Keitaro and Motoko seriously considering it at least twice. The fact that both Keitaro and Motoko are the characters with the biggest changes and character developement of the entire cast also says a lot, but according to Ken Akamatsu himself, he was running out of ideas near the end so he decided to drop that option and quickly finish the manga with a typical finale instead.
*** Originally, Naru was named Midori and instead of being a hot-headed [[Tsundere]], she was to have been a [[Dojikko]], even in the cafe where she worked. Shinobu was to have been the Tsundere, as well as having a ponytail similar to [[A.I. Love You|Forty's]].
* Less of a straight example than the others, but [[CLAMP]] mentioned during an interview after the conclusion of ''[[Cardcaptor Sakura]]'' that Syaoran/Sakura being a "normal" pairing (discounting Syaoran still being a foreigner despite being a boy Sakura's age) was never really part of their considerations; if Syaoran had been a girl and/or older/younger than Sakura, they still would have ended up together. Several fans who were disappointed that Syaoran and Sakura getting together prevented any yuri in the series were rather intrigued by this information.
* ''[[Pandora Hearts]]'' was originally a short-story drawn in the author's early career, featuring an early-design of Liam as the main character; a priest named Harris Watson, Oz as a kid who had his sister killed by the [[Serial Killer]] B-Rabbit whom the main character was pursuing for no other reason but because of his [[Word of God|'God']] {{spoiler|Or Was It}}]], and Old!Gilbert whose face was hidden in the shadow (only recognized by the viewer because of his [[Badass Longcoat]] and [[Nice Hat]]). And despite having B-Rabbit in the story, Alice was Oz's sister instead.
* Minor/only-dub-related one: [[Johnny Yong Bosch]] mentioned that, at first, many ideas were thrown around about what to do with the "Endless Eight" episodes of ''[[Haruhi Suzumiya|The Melancholy Of Haruhi Suzumiya]]''. Among the ideas were making different accents per episode and switching the roles among the voice actors for each episode. Bandai ultimately decided to go for a straight dub.
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* According to the ''[[Getter Robo]] Bible'', the prototype for Getter Robo was actually a ''racing manga'', which Ryouma, Hayato and Musashi riding old-fashion race cars and performing stunts with them.
* Bandai America at one point had the rights to ''[[Blue Comet SPT Layzner]]'', but according to internal sources the master copies they got were old and faded<ref>Ironically, they were said to have a blue tint to them</ref> which rendered them completely useless. Literally unable to do anything with it, Bandai just held onto the license for years until it finally expired.
** On a related note, any of the licenses Bandai had when they stopped producing new series in early 2012. Among them was ''[[Turn
* As part of a [[Lying Creator]] scheme, Toei released a picture of two new heroines for ''[[Suite Pretty Cure]]'', only to reveal later on down the line that it was fake.
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