Fun Facts About Anime and Manga (and Anime Shows)

The Top Ten

1 The original dub for One Piece had 104 episodes instead of 143

2 The line, "It's over 9000!" was originally meant to say 8000.

3 Hiromu Arakawa wanted the writers of 2003 Fullmetal Alchemist to come up with a different ending

4 In Japan, 40 new anime or more appear on TV every week

5 Manga means "Whimsical Pictures" in Japanese

6 Masashi Kishimoto didn't think of creating Sasuke until speaking with the editor of Naruto about the future of the series

7 Toriyama planned for Gohan to be the main character

8 Someone was suspended from middle school for a "death note" with names of his students and Justin Bieber

9 After Death Note was created, many people imitated the death note and wrote other people's name on it

10 There was a Musical for Death Note

The Contenders

11 The author of Bleach named the anime Bleach because he was a fan of Nirvana who's first album was called Bleach

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