It boils down to greed, the produces of Conan the Barbarian tried to sue Funimation for using the name 'Conan' It was originally meant to be a direct translation but due to their greedy asses they screwed everything up. Of course it could easily be countered with "Well you used the name Conan, guess you're in direct violation of what you're trying to sue us for, Sir Conan Doyle tops you you greedy jerks" but it seems here in America everything gets screwed up when it comes to Manga and Anime, Whether its Detective Conan, or DBZ or even Naruto and Inuyasha, it all just gets screwed over when it comes over here.