Complex sentence: In the manga, Icchan plays an important role in the Chobits storyline, but this connection was reduced to a single scene in the anime; he has a brief cameo but is not mentioned by name in the "Chobits" anime.
Split into simpler sentences: In the manga, Icchan plays an important role in Chobits' storyline, but this connection was reduced to a single scene in the anime. Icchan has a brief cameo but is not mentioned by name in the "Chobits" anime.