39,327
edits
What Could Have Been/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions
What Could Have Been/Anime and Manga (view source)
Revision as of 12:47, 9 January 2014
, 10 years agoMass update links
(clean up) |
m (Mass update links) |
||
Line 15:
** 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 ''[[Dragonball]]'' 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 (Literature)|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 (Manga)|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 [[
*** 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?
* ''[[One Piece (Manga)|One Piece]]'' had ''two'' prototypes before the chapter that eventually became the first one, and there was heavy rewriting between them. We only say that Luffy's character was ''way'' toned down and close the discussion. Also, there was no titular [[MacGuffin|treasure]] (Luffy pretty much became a pirate for the hell of it), and the series was called ''Romance Dawn'' (which was used as the name for the manga's first chapter and volume).
Line 23:
** In other development news, Zoro was originally conceived as ''one of Buggy's bodyguards''.
** In Oda's initial draft for the tenth movie ''[[One Piece Strong World]]'', the [[Big Bad]] Gold Lion Shiki was building a [[Weather Control Machine]] on a sky island which needed four [[Green Rocks]] to power it (said [[Green Rocks]] were actually referenced in the very first teaser), and this was presumably the genesis for the kidnapping plot. It was also written to be an intense and [[Tear Jerker|tearjerking]] piece, but Oda threw the whole thing out because he felt that it was too forced.
*** Other supplementary materials for the movie reveal that the giant snake from the Skypiea arc was originally intended to be an octopus, and Shiki's distinct injury of getting a steering wheel lodged in his head was originally going to be [[
** The Green Databook reveals more information about the parts of the series that did not make it into the manga - among other things, Dadan was going to be a man, Usopp (though with an older design) was going to be the first mate, the shipwright was a short Fishman with a mallet (Franky was there, but he looked completely different and was considered the weaponsmith), and Sanji was originally named "Naruto" but JUMP rejected this as they were still optioning the ''[[Naruto]]'' pilot to become a series. Well, that explains his eyebrows...
*** Even more: Moria was originally conceptualized as a kindly-looking ''priest'', while Doflamingo looked like a DJ/rapper, Blackbeard's first name was "Everything", Akainu had glasses and Kizaru was cheerful in a jovial sense instead of the creepy one. Also, Don Krieg had made himself into a mecha and the Amazon Marguerite had a Zoan Devil Fruit called the Cat Cat Fruit Model Black Cat which made her look like a [[Catgirl]] when transformed.
Line 41:
* ''[[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 [[
** Retroactively, that name for Nodoka is [[Reverse Funny Aneurysm|really]] [[Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|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 (Anime)|was]] [[Arakawa Under the Bridge|voicing]] [[Durarara (Literature)|four]] [[Working|major]] roles).
Line 53:
** This happened with ''[[Mobile Suit Victory Gundam (Anime)|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 (Anime)|Gundam SEED]]'', which was originally to follow the 'Big Bang' aftermath of ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'', tying into the UC timeline and, as an interview said, "planting the seed for the future". The concept was not followed up on by Fukuda, however, and, once again, Tomino was not happy about it. Most recently, it happened ''yet again'' with the revelation that Mizushima wanted ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Gundam 00]]'' to be originally set in the UC timeline, a proposition Sunrise turned down.
** 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 (Anime)|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
*** And a close fight between Strike Freedom and Destiny in the ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny (Anime)|Gundam SEED Destiny]]'' finale, both terribly damaged from all the fighting.
** In ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (Anime)|Gundam 00]]'', the ''incredibly'' feminine Tieria Erde was at one point planned to be a [[Bifauxnen|beautiful woman dressing like a man]]. That screaming you hear is the many straight male fans of the series that got [[Unsettling Gender Reveal|trapped]] by Tieria during the series run, particularly during his single episode as an incredibly hot [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]. Interestingly, despite this plot point being dropped early, there is still arguably some foreshadowing for it in early episodes of the first season, such as the name and visual metaphors his gundam presents, Tieria's feminine appearence multiplying several thousand fold when he's upset, and the [[Pronoun Trouble]] he experiences after revealing his extremely masculine gundam's inner female form that dips in to the gender neutral. Sadly, fans lost a probable [[Ms. Fanservice]] and a chance to get a female "main" pilot in the series in exchange for what's probably the closest we're going to get for a canonically gay Gundam pilot.
Line 109:
** 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 [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Occupation_of_Korea this usually is World War II we're talking about].
*** More fun with gender changes! Hungary was to be a male crossdresser (while Poland would be a female character), but Himaruya switched him to an actual female and made Poland the [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]. [http://hetalia.wikia.com/wiki/Hungary#Trivia For added fun], Hungary was supposed to be more of a "witchy" character, with a shorter fuse and the habit of shooting arrows at whoever thought of her as a male.
*** Also, before settling on [[Moe|a sweet-looking teenage girl]], Himaruya had [http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/hetalia/images/9/9b/Taiwandesigns.gif several designs for Taiwan:] a cute little girl, an old bald man, a short-haired [[Bokukko]], a young boy with a [[Simple Staff]], an older boy with [[Big Ol' Eyebrows]], a [[Dragon Lady]], etc.
*** Himaruya has noted that he once considered making Switzerland a female, with her true gender only being realized by Germany when he'd see her out of uniform. This idea did later get recycled with Hungary (who was a massive [[Tomboy]] when she was younger) and [[Boisterous Bruiser|Prussia]], with the latter only realising that the former is female when her uniform gets ripped to [[Absolute Cleavage]] levels.
** In the third volume of the manga, a special pamphlet revealed various designs that could have been (including the witchy Hungary): Cuba as a cute little boy instead of a gruff [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]], Italy with no [[Idiot Hair]], Russia as a dark-haired drunken uncle kind of man, Greece with sleek hair and glasses, England with normal eyebrows, a meaner-looking Liechtenstein, and China with short hair and glasses.
| |||