Bokurano (TV)

Regarding differences between the stories in the manga and in the anime, Hiroyuki Morita, who directed the anime, wrote in his blog that he dislikes the original story and has, in some ways, been making changes to the plot for that reason. He also wrote that, at one point early in the development of the show, he asked manga author Mohiro Kitoh if he could find some way to save the main characters -- the kids who must pilot Zearth. He wrote that Kitoh responded that his choice was fine as long as the changes did not involve "magical solutions" to the story. Morita closed out the blog entry with the statement, "The director of the anime version of Bokurano hates the original work. Viewers should not expect to see any aspects that they liked about the original manga appearing in the anime. So fans of the manga, please stop watching the anime"

In episode 15 when the 組長 (kumichou, yakuza gang leader) of the Hobashira Group asks Sakakibara Tamotsu to leave the yakuza behind him, in order to serve the higher purpose of protecting Misumi, he agrees and promptly takes out a 猪口 (choko, a small sake cup) that he had been carrying with him, and places it in front of the boss. This is a piece of yakuza cultural tradition: the sake cup was given to Tamotsu by his boss when he joined the gang, and returning it signifies that he has broken with the gang.