

In multiple seasons of _JoJo's Bizzare Adventure_ , there are names of Stands
that are music references and have their names censored/translated
differently:

  * Joskue's Stand is Crazy Diamond (クレイジー・ダイヤモンド Kureijī Daiyamondo) but is translated as Shining Diamond. Crazy Diamond is a reference to Pink Floyd's "Shine On You Crazy Diamond".
  * Yoshikage Kira's Stand is Killer Queen (キラークイーン Kirā Kuīn) but is translated as Deadly Queen. Killer Queen is a reference to Queen's "Killer Queen".

On the other hand, there are other music reference Stand names that are not
changed when translated:

  * Keicho Nijimura's stand is Bad Company (バッド・カンパニー (極悪中隊) Baddo Kanpanī). Bad Company is an English band.
  * Rohan Kishibe's stand is Heaven's Door (ヘブンズ・ドアー（天国への扉） Hebunzu Doā). Heaven's Door is a reference to Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door".

Is this a Crunchy Roll only thing (I watched all of _JoJo_ on Crunchyroll)? Or
is this a general English translation thing? **Why would they only censor some
music references but not others?**


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Why are only some music reference Stand names censored/translated differently?


There's a couple of possible reasons:

  1. Avoiding copyright of the properties and associations with the artists for legal reasons.
  2. The translator not being very good, translating the meanings literally and not understanding the references.

I'd say it's the first reason though because the translators seem to be very
good.


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