Anime Games that don't have the exact name of the Anime in the Title

There's been a very strange trend I've noticed in the last few years where there will be licensed anime video games that, when localised outside of Japan, will have the title of the game very slightly altered to not actually be the name of the series its based on. What gives? In almost all of the examples listed below these games are directly named after the franchises they are adapting and had their names changed when localised, despite very visibly and blatantly still being part of their respective franchises.

Sometimes this only happens for PAL releases, while America gets the proper title. (i.e. the Attack on Titan games have all had non "Attack on Titan" names in Europe while being untouched in America.) For pre-2010s titles that undergone this change, the symptoms would seemingly be of an assumed lack of familiarity with the source material, but that is harder to accept with more modern examples here, considering the brand is the thing selling these games in the first place.

Please note this is for anime games that have had only their titles changed in the localisation process, any more extreme examples of completely removing the IP entirely, (such as Black Belt/Houkto no Ken or Street Combat/Ranma ½: Chōnai Gekitōhen) are not applicable here.

Titled "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" in Japan. This title was only used for the initial CPS3 release outside of Japan, later revisions and ports, more commonly known by fans as "Jojo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future" would use the full title.
Titled "Berserk Millennium Falcon Arc: Chapter of the Flowers of Oblivion" in Japan.
Titled "Hajime no Ippo: Victorious Boxers" in Japan.
Titled "Hajime no Ippo: All-Stars" in Japan.
Titled "Gundam True Odyssey: The Legend of the Lost G" in Japan.
Titled "Hajime no Ippo: Revolution" in Japan.
Called "Shingeki no Kyojin: Humanity in Chains" in PAL regions.
Titled "Arslan Senki × Musou" in Japan.
Called "A.O.T. Wings of Freedom" in PAL regions. Has a helpful banner that reads "Based on the worldwide anime hit "Attack on Titan" above the logo, making you wonder what was the point in the first place.
Called "A.O.T. 2" in PAL regions.
Titled "My Hero Academia: One's Justice" in Japan.
Titled "My Hero Academia: One's Justice 2" in Japan.
Titled "My Hero Academia: Ultra Rumble" in Japan.
Titled "SPY x FAMILY OPERATION DIARY" in Japan.

2 Comments


3 days ago

JoJo's Venture is the funniest one to me. Makes it sound like Jotaro Kujo is about to go off into business investment.

3 days ago

I was curious if I could find any others, and found this one.


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