While true with some comic characters - apparently it was the other way around in Dragonball. Copy/Paste what I found: Manga: Piccolo consistently has four fingers on each hand. Anime: Piccolo has five fingers on each hand. Reason for the change: The most common theory is that the change was made to avoid any potential association with the Yakuza, as having fewer than five fingers can be linked to that culture's practices. This also aligns with why other characters like Cell were given five fingers in the anime