JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

[DarthEnderX]

Who cares if 13yo don't get or care about old school musician names.

I'm pretty sure the reasoning for the changes is fear of legal action, not that people wouldn't get the references.

I would give the Japanese a little more credit, we're used to this style of storytelling but apparently this was one of the first tales to be told this way in manga (maybe the first?). I think the Fist of the North Star author was inspired by part III's art and fighting styles, it is kind of apparent. We're so used to it everything seems cliche but back then it must have been incredibly interesting as something entirely new.

So basically, it's suffering from the Seinfeld is Unfunny trope.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm pretty sure the reasoning for the changes is fear of legal action, not that people wouldn't get the references.

I'm to assume that the first run got received some legal issues then? They left those in, after all.

[DarthEnderX]

I'm to assume that the first run got received some legal issues then? They left those in, after all.

No idea. It might have to do with the specific names that are being used. And they're just changing the names of the ones that might be problematic.

Ronnie James Dio probably didn't have a copyright on the name Dio(also, he's dead). Whereas The Captain and Tennille probably is.

Especially given that The Captain's real name is Daryl Dragon. So calling him Captain Dragon is the translator still referencing the same musician, just without using the probably copywritten name of his act.