Who is said to be stronger future trunks or cell saga gohan I mean i know that gohan beat cell and all but in dragon ball super ssj rage trunks beat merged zamasu which technically is considered two gods(goku black and zamasu).

Cell was supposed to be the perfect being in terms of abilities and power. At the time he was the strongest villian. The god of destruction and the universe hierachy was introduced in DBS with Zen, Beerus, Whis etc. So therefor it is pretty difficult to tell if Cell would've had a chance against Beerus; a god of destruction.

It was said in DBS that Zamasu killed ALL the gods of destruction in the future timeline. Cell was defeated by Saiyans, from which they are in DBS still weaker than a god of destruction. Keep in mind that during DBZ they were significantly weaker (apart from Gohan since he was still training a lot), but he was never close to the strength of Goku; not to mention Beerus. Beerus was defeated by Zamasu in the future timeline which means that cell is weaker than Beerus and therefor weaker than Zamasu.

Zamasu being beaten by someone means that that certain someone is stronger than all that Zamasu was able to beat (going by logic). But we know from experience between son and father; Vegeta and future Trunks, that future Trunks is still way too weak for that level of strength.

From what I recall during the arc of Zamasu, Trunks didn't beat him. He simply survived a brawl so now and then. As shown in the battles against Goku and Vegeta compared to that with Trunks he was never serious towards Trunks, so Trunks never really beat him. If he did he wouldn't go through so much sacrifices and trouble in order to get Goku and Vegeta.

For all I remember, Zamasu was so far the most powerful villian. Goku had to call Zen-Oh in order for Zamasu to be eradicated. Hence the reason why there are 2 Zen-Oh's in the current timeline.

So all in short, Zamasu was only ever defeated and properly beaten by Zamasu. Therefor it is unknown how "actually" powerful DBS future Trunks is compared to DBZ Gohan from Cell-saga. Due to major differences in plots and storyline it is also hard to guess. There is lack of information about Trunk's full strength in effect in DBS.

Dont quote me on this, but I'd call DBS future Trunks stronger than DBZ Gohan if it was based on opinion. Let me explain why. First of all, age difference essentially means difference in experience for combat. Trunks has been fighting for several years in the timeline where there is no Goku meaning he had a lot more time to train. Gohan was still young in DBZ and therefor lacked the years of experience Trunks has. As for Saiyan states during cell-saga Gohan attained ssj2. His ultimate saiyan form is basically ssj2 with more power at the cost of speed. So as for saiyans both are equally strong. But due to experience I'd say that Trunks would win. As shown in the most recent dbs episode (114), Goku ssj1 was able to withstand ssj2 due to his fighting experiences and Trunks is no fool while gohan still was at that age, that's why my vote goes to Trunks.


What kind of fish is Jinbe? After having a first look at Jinbei at Impel Down I was wondering, what kind of a fish is he?

(Since fish-men are half human - half fish). Arlong was a blue saw-shark, but Jinbe doesn't appear to resemble a shark so I was wondering, what kind of a fish he could be? Also, are the two white things sticking out of his mouth teeth or elephant-like tusks?

Jinbe is a whale shark fishman.

  Jinbe is a large blue whale shark fishman with a stocky build similar to a sumo wrestler and a face that is commonly associated with various Japanese demons such as the oni

Focus on oni because it's related to his two white fangs.

  He also possesses two tusk-like conical lower fangs associated with Oni as well; the rest of his teeth from the upper and lower rows are pretty much the same, albeit much smaller. He also has a severe underbite, which makes room for his huge fangs.

Source for above quotes: Jinbe - The One Piece Wiki (emphasis added)


What is the release date of "Ghost in the Shell: Arise" in US? According to various nets and the Wikipedia page, Ghost in the Shell: Arise "is scheduled for limited cinematic release in Japan on June 22, 2013."

What I'd like to know is, when its release in the United States will be?

Border 1--the first of four episodes in the ARISE series--is available at Mitsuwa Japanese Grocery in Santa Monica. It's $9.99. Border 2 will be coming out November 30, 2013 in Japan, but I'm not sure how it will be finding itself into the United States' market after this date.

Ghost in the Shell: Arise is not yet licensed. That means there's no release planned in the US yet.

UPDATE

Ghost in the Shell: Arise is now licensed by Funimation. In October 2014, the first two parts have been released on BD and DVD, while parts 3 and 4 have been released a year later. (At least) the first three parts are also available at Netflix.


Was it not possible to see Illumi's needle with gyo? Hisoka uses In to conceal his bungee gum which is visible with gyo, so I figured Illumi must have also masked his needle with In. I think anyone could see with gyo that Killua has a different aura on him, even a little. Because that is certainly a nen needle.

So is Killua's luck just so bad that nobody ever noticed it and said something?

well first of all killua didn't know how to use nen so of course he couldn't see what illumi was doing
And second of all I dont think anyone suspected anything while Illumi was putting a needle in killua's head


Why does Bakemonogatari exclusively use katakana? I noticed that in all of the typography (except for the episode titles), the anime Bakemonogatari exclusively uses kanji and katakana, instead of the usual combination of kanji and hiragana. For example,

  「貴方をみる」

would be

  「貴方ヲミル」

In my experience, katakana is usually only used to sound out words from other languages, so this just seems weird.

Is this purely a stylistic choice by Shaft, or is there some deeper meaning?

I strongly suspect the use of katakana here is just to give an archaic flavor to the typography. Historically (pre-WW2 or thereabouts), katakana was actually used in many contexts where hiragana is used today - not just for loanwords (note, though, that even today, katakana has other uses). In the same vein, the show's typography exclusively uses pre-simplification kyuujitai kanji rather than their modern shinjitai counterparts.

Formal pre-war documents were frequently written in the "Monogatari style", so to speak - look, for example, at the 1890 Imperial Rescript on Education, which uses exactly the same style: kyuujitai and katakana.

I don't think there is any deeper meaning to the use of katakana, in and of itself. Maybe there is something to be said about the archaic-flavor thing viewed as a whole, though. (Personally, I suspect the thing to be said is just "Shinbo thought it looked cool this way".)


Is it true that Angel Beats was originally set for 2 cours before being cut down to 1? The following claim frequently pops up in discussions of Angel Beats:

  The reason Angel Beats seems so rushed is that the show was originally planned for 2 cours (24-26 episodes) before being cut down to 1 cour (13 episodes) late in production, at which point it was too late to re-pace everything correctly for the shorter length.

I have never actually seen evidence to support this claim, and I have a sneaking suspicion that this might be one of those things that somebody on the internet just said once, and everybody else picked up on it because it makes for a good narrative.

Is there any evidence that the above claim is true?

No, Angel Beats! was never supposed to become a 26-episode Anime (2 cours).

Due to the lack of character building, a lot of people have assumed that it was supposed to become a 26 episode anime, but so far all are false speculations.

I also remember reading the notes about it becoming an anime in either the LN or Manga where he stated something along the lines of not having enough space to tell the story. So they most likely decided on this setup to still give the core points of the story, and getting you into reading the rest.

One of the sources that mainly instigate this kind of rumors includes small quotes on sites such as TvTropes.org where was said.

  The reason for this is most likely that the show was originally planned for 26 episodes but was then cut down to 13. Angel beats tropes

Although this might not be the exact starting point of the rumor, they usually start from frequently visited anime related sites, where after they spread to Yahoo, forums, SE.


Code Geass - What is the song playing in Episode 1: The Day a New Demon was Born Does anybody know what song is playing at 15:12? (The introduction of C.C.). I've looked at all of the unreleased songs, but many of the OST is blocked due to copyright. Apologies if the answer is obvious.

I found the song. it's "The First Signature".


Why didn't Chibi-usa initially recognize Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, & Venus as her friends? In the R season of the classic anime of Sailor Moon, Chibi-usa had a flashback memory of her surprise birthday party in the 30th century Crystal Tokyo, in which Sailor Mercury, Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus were present (Wiseman made use of the piece of memory of the span of time during which the secret about the surprise was being kept from her in order to turn Chibi-usa into Black Lady). Chibi-usa also had a faint memory of the same four sailor soldiers fleeing with her while Crystal Tokyo was being attacked, but in this memory, the four people are darkened silhouettes. I can understand that, due to the trauma of the attack and worry about her mom, Chibi-usa might not remember clearly who helped her escape. After these events, she time-traveled to the 20th century where she met Sailors Moon, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus in their solider forms (as well as met them in their civilian forms).

If Chibi-usa had the clear memory of the birthday party, why didn't she immediately recognize those same four sailor soldiers when she "re-met" them in the 20th century? Didn't the party scene indicate that they were her friends and she knew their names?

Is this a plot hole?

(The manga does not feature the birthday party memory, so I am looking for answers regarding an in-universe explanation for the classic anime canon.)

I asked a fan who is not part of this SE community this question and she responded:

  . . . you found loop holes in the anime. The whole thing in R where Chibi-Usa didn't know Sailor Moon was her mom, or the four senshi were her friends, the same as in the future was in my opinion, a horrible decision on the anime creators side. In the manga she knew before she even went back into the past that Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino and her mother was one in the same. In the anime all she knows is stories of a senshi called Sailor Moon in the past that her dad told her. The fact that the inner senshi of the past and future look exactly the same, have the same names, etc, is completely side stepped by the anime's production. Like really? Are we supposed to believe she's so stupid she couldn't put those two things together? But alas, they try anyway.

Her interpretation is that in the 90s anime, Chibi-usa did know the names and appearances of Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus in the 30th century before she time-traveled to the 20th century, and that failing to recognize them in the past is a plot hole.


Did Asta break Sekke's magnun Cannonball with strenght or antimagic? So according to the Black Clover wikia, Asta's swords can cut spells with its edges. Is this what happened in the battle with Sekke? Did Asta break Sekke's magnun Cannonball with strenght or antimagic?

Definitely anti magic. Sekke uses "Bronze creation magic" which would be reasonable to assume his magic balls were of the strength and toughness of bronze. Asta's anti magic blades are only able to cut magic and will be reduced to blunt weapons when used to cut anything else. (episode 17 and 18 of the anime)

I posted a youtube link of the fight as reference, but the ball is clearly cut through as opposed to bashed in and broken, so the swords anti-magic properties are what allowed him to get through Sekke's balls with ease, and not Asta's brute strength.

Video of fight


Can you protect People with the Death Note by writing their name in it? A person whose name is written in a death note is immune to all other death notes. Are they immune to a bullet to the head or eating an arsenic cream pie, too? If so, would they have a sort of "luck shield" that stops any potential causes of death from making it impossible to fulfill the death note entry, or would they just survive it?

The death note cannot lengthen a person's life span by setting a date of death for that person after their current date of death.  In this case the person would just die as they would if their name was not written.  This is from "How to Use LVII".

I was wrong on one account originially.  If you write a person's name in the death note and do not edit it for 6 minutes and 40 seconds (400 seconds as that is how long you can edit it), then he is immune from other death notes.  This is due to "How to Use XV" which states that if the same name is in two death notes, the first filled in will take effect.  This can only protect for 23 days as the person will die by then anyways.  It appears that this can be circumvented by editing it every 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

You can, however, do the following.  If you know Dusk is trying to kill Dawn, you can write Dusk will "be killed by Dawn after failing to even scratch her with his attacks". This means he must die of either a heart attack because the cause of death could not happen (could not reasonably get to Dawn or Dawn killing Dusk is impossible) or will be killed by Dawn with hurting her.  In any case you need Dusk's name and you are extending Dawn's life by killing Dusk with the death note which humans (not Shinigami) can intentionally do.


When should I watch The New Captain, Shusuke Amagai Arc? I re watching Bleach with all the fillers, the problem is that The New Captain, Shusuke Amagai Arc interrupts the story. So my question is where could this filler arc fit in most seamlessly ?

I haven't seen past there yet but from my understanding the next arc after that continues on from after Ichigo's fight with Grimmjow in Las Noches as indicated by wikipedia

  The episodes' plot continues to follow Ichigo Kurosaki's and his friends' battle against the Espada, the strongest of former Soul Reaper Captain Sōsuke Aizen's army, to rescue Orihime Inoue.

Source: Wikipedia - Bleach (Season 10)

also i do recall in the first episode of Season 9 the narration says the follow events occur before the sneak entry into Hueco Mundo. there is also some evidence to indicate that this is before then mainly that Chad and Rukia aren't thought to have been killed as it is implied near to the end of Season 9.

Ofcause being filler it's not canon and the contradicting evidence is with Chad and Uryu who were actually still training before the sneak entry yet they show to have their new powers which were only revealed after they entered Hueco Mundo (remember that Chad was being trained by Kisuke and Kisuke snuck Uryu out of the training room he was in when he expected Ichigo to defy the Soul Society and rescue Orihime)

Ignoring this contradiction one can assume that it takes place before Orihime was kidnapped but after Ichigo started training with the Visord (due to him being able to Hollowfy)


Who are these characters in the bookstore? In Episode 16, when Kagami, Tsukasa, and Miyuki decide to visit Konata at her part-time job, the latter asks them to pick up the latest release of a couple of manga. At the bookstore, they are served by a character who doesn't appear to be the "standard" extra seen in the series. Even after the three girls leave the cash register, the shot lingers on this character who is joined by her sister. All this seems to suggest that this is something of a cameo performance or a hat-tip to something else.

Who are these characters?

Actually, they are the Miyakawa sisters Hikage and Hinata (left to right, respectively). They are the main characters of the Lucky Star spinoff manga (and anime) Miyakawa-ke no Kuufuku (The Hunger of the Miyakawa Family).

They make cameos in episode 12, 16, and 24.


Why couldn't Natsu tell the difference between Gemini and Gray? In episode 58 Natsu encounters Gemini posing as Gray. Wouldn't her smell be different? Or does Gemini have the ability to mimic that too?

Gemini makes exact copies, even the celestial spirits couldnt tell the difference and they are bound by a magic contract. It makes sense that a perfect body copy would smell the same too. It does specifically say its an exact duplicate.


What's the difference between Father, Van Hohenheim, and the main Homunculi? After rewatching most of FMA: Brotherhood, I'm a bit confused.

In Episode 40, Van Hohenheim explained that he's a humanoid form of the Philosopher's Stone. What difference does it make from the main Homunculi (Pride, Wrath, Envy, Gluttony, Lust, and the others) who use it only as an energy source?

For example, Wrath was a regular human being before he got the Stone, compared to Hohenheim who is the Stone itself. What are they different in?

Also, is Father the same? Since he was a Homunculus too (or whatever, I'm not even sure...), but he got the same "reward" in Xerxes as Hohenheim.

So, what's the difference between Father, Van Hohenheim, and the Homunculi?

Warning: Unmarked spoilers follow.
It seems there are four different components you're addressing here, so I'll make the differences for each one clear.
Van Hohenheim

Van Hohenheim, also known as slave #23, was a citizen of Xerxes and a regular human being who was employed by King Xerxes' alchemist. This alchemist was an experimenter, and managed to create a being, the Dwarf in the Flask, as a result of alchemy.
The Dwarf gave the slave a name, Van Hohenheim, before allying with him in order to turn the citizens of Xerxes into a philosopher's stone. Once this was successful, Hohenheim, as a human, had over 500,000 souls within his blood, giving him great power. So, while he is a real human being, he is also a philosopher's stone.
Homunculus (in the Flask)

Homunculus, better known as Dwarf in the Flask, was created by the King's alchemist (as briefly mentioned above). This alchemist (who is not named) was experimenting with the Gate, and brought forth some of the essence of "God" to create the Dwarf in the Flask, the first true homunculus. He has no physical form, and can only reside within the glass flask he was created in.
Father

Father is the result of mixing the Dwarf with the Xerxes transmutation circle: The Dwarf in the Flask used some of the power from the resulting Xerxes transmutation to give himself a false human body (based on Hohenheim's). As Hohenheim states, Father started out as nothing more than the same Dwarf, contained inside a human "flask" (rather than a glass one).
As you see in the series, he later evolves quite substantially; he is the one who swallows God, and becomes the ultimate being. However, he is not a real human; he remains a homunculus (a manufactured human).
The Homunculi

The homunculi are beings (false humans) created from Father's blood, which is essentially a philosopher's stone in liquid form. Gluttony, Envy, Lust, Sloth, and Pride are all created by manufacturing the human bodies in which they reside, and fueling their bodies with souls from Father's philosopher's stone.
Greed (at least, the second one) and Wrath are both already human, and have souls put into them. In fact, Hohenheim and Greed-Ling do not differ in their abilities, essentially. They both have life extended by their philosopher's stones, and both have true, human bodies. Wrath is no different, except that he only has one soul within his stone, and so cannot regenerate, and also gets older with time.
Summary
Van Hohenheim, a human, unknowingly assisted Homunculus (the Dwarf in the Flask), in using the population of Xerxes to fill his own body with thousands of souls, while giving The Dwarf the false human body we see as Father. Father later uses his stone's powers to create the homunculi, the seven sins that we see. Greed-Ling and Wrath are just like Hohenheim, just having their own weaknesses.


Which anime episodes of Aria correspond to which manga chapters? The episodes of Aria (all 3 seasons + specials) were not broadcasted in the same order as in the manga (both Aqua and Aria, which were chronologically-ordered). Instead they were broadcasted in an order to make each season have certain overarching themes. This makes it difficult to compare the individual stories from the anime and manga, and also to determine which episodes are anime-original.

Which anime stories correspond to which manga chapters; which are anime-original; and which chapters of the manga were not adapted in the anime? Ideally I'd like the answer to be formatted in such a way so that I could watch the anime in the original manga order.

This is a very difficult question to answer, but I love this series, so I'll take a stab at it. I made this chart showing which manga chapters correspond to which anime episodes. It's ordered by manga chapter. At the bottom I included tables of manga-only chapters and anime-only episodes. Please let me know if you find any mistakes or oversights.

Unfortunately, establishing a correspondence between the Aria manga and anime series is very messy. For some reason, the chapters that introduced important characters were almost never adapted, and were replaced with anime-original episodes. But these episodes would often include material from the manga chapters that introduced these characters. The most egregious example is Aria: The Animation Episode 3, With That Transparent Young Girl…, which includes material from four different manga chapters and introduces two major characters, Alice and Akatsuki. In other cases, introductions very much like the manga stories were implied to have happened sometime before the series began (Woody and Al were both introduced like this.) Because of this, if you watch the anime series in manga-order and exclude the anime-original episodes entirely, you'll miss important pieces of the story.

The anime writers frequently mixed and matched scenes and bits of dialogue, added pieces of manga chapters into otherwise anime-only episodes, added substantial material to adaptations of manga chapters, merged multiple manga chapters, and partially merged parts of manga chapters. My chart probably misses at least a few major mergers (and please let me know if you find one). Many of the "wonder of the week" chapters were excluded from Aria: The Animation due to its short run, but later adapted in Aria: The Natural, which accounts for most of the jumbled continuity.

tl;dr: It's incredibly hard, maybe impossible, to watch the anime in the same order as the manga without missing parts of the story. But if you're okay with that, the chart gives you the information you need.


Did Videl go Super Saiyan in Episode 9 of Dragon Ball Super? At first I thought it was just glowing from the others' Ki but her hair remained yellow after all the Ki glowing stopped. So did she go Super Saiyan?

Videl didn't go Super Saiyan. In order to become a Super Saiyan, you kind of need to be part of the Saiyan race.

In the movie Battle of the Gods, Videl joined the circle to pass energy to Goku to turn him into a Super Saiyan God since 5 Saiyans needed to pass their energy to a single Saiyan recipient. Videl joined because Pan is in her womb, and the latter is quarter-Saiyan.

Most likely Videl's hair is just showing off residual energy from Pan. Does this mean Pan will become a Super Saiyan this time? We don't know.

Though, largely, the reason I'm saying Videl didn't transform into a Super Saiyan is because she isn't a member of the Saiyan race, so even if she can, "Use" Pan's power as a Super Saiyan to fight at some point later in DBSuper (which, talk about dangerous things for mothers to do while pregnant lol), Videl still won't be a Super Saiyan. She'd be a human borrowing the power of one until that child is born.


Is there a reason for not training Nezuko in breathing? I understand that Nezuko gets stronger from just sleeping but the entire time Tanjiro is training to master his breathing alongside Zenitsu and Inosuke she just sleeps. Would it not have made more sense to train her to breathe as well and she could sleep during travel and daytime and do breathing training at night? Or is this not done due to just plot, not constraints? Are demons even able to learn breathing techinques?

Nezuko sleeps not because she has nothing else to do but because in such a way she restores her strength instead of eating flesh. She slept through Tanjiro's training year, while (probably, not shown really) he tried to wake her up.

From the slayers' point of view, they most likely have no idea how to train demons because they have a different physiology. (Upper Moon One seem to have mastered the moon breath before becoming a demon.) Also, pillars still may think it is not safe.


Is One Piece named after Gol D. Roger discovered it? We know that One Piece is the goal for Luffy to become pirate king, but I want to know about One Piece itself.

Did One Piece named after Gol d. Roger discovered it or its already One Piece when he discovered it?

I always believed that he said he left his treasure in "one piece" (which is a phrase that means intact/complete/undamaged/undivided).  As so little is known and that is the only decription, it became the defacto name.

This implies that the popular name was created after Gol's death.

However, the nature of the One Piece treasure and specifically what he meant is not fully clarified yet.  This means we don't know if he said "one piece" (intact) or "One Piece" (name for something or a play on words).

To fully answer this properly if this is a pun, you may need to find the original untranslated wording and someone who understands English and Japanese well.  Alternatively, wait until it is revealed (in several years hopefully).


Why doesn't Rin save Saber in episode 24 of Unlimited Blade Works? In the anime Unlimited Blade Works OVA, Rin rescues Saber before she disappears.
Why doesn't she do the same in the main anime (episode 24)? In that anime episode, she doesn't do or say anything to help Saber (whereas with Archer she begs him and cries when he doesn't accept). What can possibly make Rin change her mind in the OVA? (I haven't read the visual novel and don't intend to, so feel free to talk about it if it gives relevant info related to Rin.)

Also, does Rin try to save Archer in the OVA? (We don't see what happens but since she already saves Saber and she would consume most of her prana, asking Archer would be very selfish (poor Saber) so she shouldn't ask Archer. In that case, why would she abandon Archer (her real servant) and choose Saber?
(Again, if you know something relevant from the VN please tell me.)

Edit: Apparently Rin does ask Archer to stay in the OVA as well (VN source). Why would she do that when there's no mana for 2 servants? Is she just too greedy (to the point of being plain stupid and dying because of that) or does she intend to abandon Saber?

I did a side by side comparison between both the ova and episode 24. I repeated this 10-15 times to make sure. These are my findings:
During the first part until saber looks at her hand it is the same. After that it changes:

In the ova saber smiles and starts disappearing. She seems less keener to go though. Just as saber starts smiling Rin runs to save her. Rin shows a lot of determination to save her as well.
Episode 24: Rin completely forgets about saber. It is clear she's gonna disappear but she just mindlessly looks at the destroyed grail. Saber smiles and congratulates Rin, but Rin keeps staring at the destroyed grail. Saber is happier to go (her thoughts are "shrirou has you"). In the ova Rin starts running when saber smiles, but here she just forgets about saber.

Now that we have the facts clear let's answer your question:

The archer question: It was already answered by someone in the other thread someone linked you in the comments. What was said is:

"Something I didn't mention before but is quite relevant is that Rin either subsconciously or conciously chooses Archer (Shirou) over saber. She asks archer to remain in this world and cries when he doesn't accept. This happens in both the good and true ending (right before the good ending would come archer's scene).Think that if archer had accepted Rin's proposal both the true and happy endings would be the same (Rin - Shirou - Shirou). I do believe in the good ending Rin runs to save saber because of how much Shirou cares for her (at least 4 points given to her). Even so by asking archer to stay afterwards saber would have left this world had archer accepted (there's not enough mana for both of them and Rin knows it. She also knows saber isn't selfish to stay that way, by asking archer she's in a way betraying saber, that's why she thinks "I know I shouldn't ask" (but she does ask...) and archer says "I do not know if you will keep your contract with saber, but I am nor qualified for that")"

Why doesn't Rin save Saber in episode 24 of Unlimited Blade Works?

It would appear she forgets about her. If I had to guess I'd say that Shirou giving points to both girls plays a mayor role:

True ending: Having received all the points Rin forgets about saber for some time. Shirou can live happily without saber and Rin can do the same. You could say Rin's mind is telling her everything's ok.
(I'm assuming she never realises she's disappearing and that's why she's looking at where the noble phantasm was thrown. If she knows she's dying then she's a selfish BITCH).
Saber is also happier to go. She knows she doesn't play a big role in Shirou's life.
Good ending: Rin's mind works perfectly and she quickly makes a dash towards saber. Rin knows Shirou needs saber and she likes spending time with saber as well. Her mind and body work at its fullest to saver her.
Saber, knowing Shirou's love towards her, accepts. This is actually quite important. Both contitions are in my opinion relevant. If saber hadn't felt she's needed by Shirou she would have likely chosen death even if Rin had cried and begged her to stay (just like she did with archer)

My conclusion: In the end the one that plays the mayor role is Rin. I do believe she doesn't even remember saber cast her noble phantasm and is dying. You have to think that Rin can't just look at saber and say: hahahaha die you saber bitch!
Rin forgetting about saber is most likely the best option to show she cares a bit less about her but at the same time allowing her to keep her good nature (had she remembered she's dying just a few meters away she might have run to save her).
Then again it may also be that in her heart Rin accepted Shirou and her should be together just the 2 of them and purposely did it. We'll never know. I want to believe saber becomes less relevant and Rin just forgets about her, it's a much better interpretation.
Another valid theory is hesitation. Rin hesitates for a few seconds, just enough for it to be too late to save saber.
Just rest assured, she's not a cold-blooded murderer. If it were up to her I'm sure she'd rather everyone lives happily. The ova just shows that the good ending Tohsaka doesn't hesitate for even a second. The reason? It has to be that Shirou cares more about saber cause everything else is the same (Rin and saber have the exactly same relationship in both the good and true endings).


Does Goku become the dragon itself at the end of Dragon Ball GT? At the end of the last episode in Dragon Ball GT, before we see Goku Jr. fighting Vegeta Jr. at the martial arts tournament, we see Goku going for a ride with the dragon, bidding farewell to all of his friends and after he does so, the Dragon Balls merge with his body. Does this mean he becomes the dragon itself/gains its powers?

Goku did not become the dragon. Grandma Pan saw a glimpse of him watching the fight between Goku Jr. and Vegeta Jr.

When Pan tried to reach out him, he was gone.


What was the purpose behind Daphne collecting data on the wizards? In the Fairy Tail anime, what was the purpose behind Daphne collecting data on the wizards? Was it just to keep them busy fighting the Lizardmen while she destroyed Magnolia, or was she planning on using the data in some other way?

I believe that she was collecting data on wizards so she can find a dragon slayer worthy of her invention (the fake non-working dragon, i'd like to call it) to make it work and show the people back in her village that dragons are real and that she was not lying when she told them that she saw one.

And for the lizard men, I believe that she used them to distract the Fairy Tail wizards and focus on putting Natsu in her invention using Gray, so it can work. And I believe that she did not want to destroy Magnolia and do some evil stuff. She just wanted to prove that dragons are real.


How long was Sasuke actually in Squad 7? In Episode 3 - "Sasuke and Sakura: Friends or Foes?". after being rejected to come with her for Lunch, Sakura is talking to herself how they would be together as a squad for a long time so there's plenty of time to get to know Sasuke. Obviously this isn't the case as a bit after the Chunin Exams Sasuke left and joined Orochimaru.
I am curious though how long Sasuke was actually in the squad, just to see how woefully optimistic Sakura was.

This is what I managed to find, looking at the anime and manga and doing a little research on the internet. It is known that the day of the Ninja Graduation Ceremony is around January 22 (Naruto was still 12 years old), since the story began on January 18 and January 23 is Kiba's birthday (who graduated from 12 years), and because the registration was around 2 days after the start of Naruto's story.
Then we have the day when the fights with the Sound Four and the fight in the Valley of the End occurred, which is the official day of the end of team 7. That day is no later than September 22, it is between the 2 and September 22, on those dates all the events are fulfilled, including that Tsunade must be older than 50 years, that Shikamaru is 12 years old when he becomes Chunnin, among others. Let's meet the following.
-22 January - Team 7 formation
-22 September - Fight in the valley of the end
So Sasuke was about 8 months on the team. This is the closest answer.
Sources: Manga, Anime, Databook 1 and 2, Internet.


What is Kasuga reading from in chapter 34? In chapter 34, Kasuga was asked to read aloud a page from a book in class. The translation I'm reading gives the lines as:

  The sun climbed above the abyss and Urehi walked crouched under the bridge. Beyond the railroad fence, that endlessly extended into the vast horizon...

Later, on the same page:

  Believing nothing. Getting angry over one's own belief. Never knowing how to reject the lust. Accusing one's own lust...

(This might not be a very good translation of the original Japanese, since there are other quality issues with the translation I'm reading. I'm also not sure if the two parts go together.)

In case I'm not parsing the text correctly, here's an image of the page:

Is this from an actual book or poem, and if so, what is this text? I've tried searching the content in the first two bubbles, but Google hasn't given me anything useful.

In the top panel, Kasuga is reading lines 1-4 of 『漂泊者の歌』 Hyōhakusha no Uta "The Wanderer's Song", a poem in the collection 『氷島』 Hyōtō "The Iceland" by HAGIWARA Sakutarō. In the bottom panel, he's reading lines 16-19 of the same poem.

  日は断崖の上に登り
  憂ひは陸橋の下を低く歩めり。
  無限に遠き空の彼方
  続ける鉄路の柵の背後に

  [...]

  かつて何物をも信ずることなく
  汝の信ずるところに憤怒を知れり。
  かつて欲情の否定を知らず
  汝の欲情するものを弾劾せり。

There exist English translations of Hagiwara's poetry (though I'm not sure whether this specific poem has been translated), but none of them are available online, as far as I can tell. An enterprising person with access to a good dead-tree library might like to search for a printed translation of this poem (perhaps this one). The scanlation you have is definitely botched (e.g. "Urehi" is not a name but rather 憂い "sorrow"), but I don't feel competent enough to offer an alternate translation.

I don't have the knowledge of Japanese literature to contextualize this appropriately, but my reading of the poem (which could be wrong) is that it is basically in praise of those who wander and aren't tied down by nostalgia / attachment to places they have left behind. Donald Keene writes a bit about this poem and its collection in Dawn to the West (an excellent read on modern Japanese literature, by the way).

In the context of Aku no Hana, this probably has some thematic relevance or ironic value or something - but I haven't actually read that far into the manga, so I wouldn't know.


Symbols given by Sage of the Six Paths to Naruto and Sasuke Chapter 672 In chapter 672 The Sage of the Six Paths engraves one symbol into Naruto and Sasuke:

Is there any symbolic link to these symbols?

To me it appears as though the symbols are sun and moon, light and darkness.

Also, does it have any connection to Naruto and Sasuke's chakra nature? Naruto's wind element chakra is the promoter for Sasuke's fire element, just like the sun's light makes the moon shine.

Another aspect that hit my eye, is Naruto's symbol is in his right hand, while Sasuke's in his left. The right and left make a perfect set.

So, my question is, is there a link in the symbols given to Naruto and Sasuke. And are these links intentional or unintentional?

Assuming that the symbols are Moon and Sun, it is very much related to the Symbol Yin Yang.

The first character yin means: overcast weather; feminine; moon; cloudy; negative electrical charge; shady.
The second character yáng means: positive electrical charge; sun.
The simplified characters clearly show the moon/sun symbolism, since they can be deconstructed to their elements moon and sun. The element is a variant of the radical which means "abundant". So Yin Yang could represent the contrast between the moon and the sun.
But Yin Yang is much more than just a pair of opposites. It conveys the idea that each of the opposites is dependent on the other, and how they continuously transform from one into the other.
Another thing, according to First Principles: Symbolism of the Sun and Moon:
Sun can be translated as fixidity, steadiness, firmness, and strength of purpose. The Sun rises day after day regardless of weather conditions, the behavior of humanity or the placement of planets in the sky. It traverses its set path, always giving light and heat and asking nothing for itself in return. Very much like Naruto.
Moon is said to rule the senses and emotions. Moon is said to be fickle and changeable. Emotions change and fluctuate as our thoughts and attitudes change. Synonymous to Sasuke.
Conclusion:
Naruto and Sasuke (Reincarnation of Indra and Asura) is described to be opposite or contrary with each other but they are interconnected and interdependent naturally; and they give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.
As per the chakra, well, I think it is also connected (Naruto is Bright Yellow/Light while Sasuke is Dark Violet?/Dark). The nature (wind and fire) is different.


In which episode did Luffy say the following quote? I want to know in which episode Luffy said the following quote:

  You came without fear. Don't have any regrets, no matter what happens.
  This is the duel you wanted.

It's from Episode 236: this is a clip from the episode at the scene you mentioned.

The context is the duel between Usopp and Luffy: after Luffy decided to buy a new ship and abandon the Going Merry, Usopp abandons the crew and challenged Luffy to a duel. The cross talk is between the two of them just before the duel began.


Did Kanade Oe break the "4th wall"? In episode 7 of Chihayafuru 2, Chihaya mentions that she didn't know what "Frenzied" means and Kanade says to herself:

  "We're in the second season and she still doesn't know what the title means?!"

I realize that "chihayaburu" is impassionate, but is this a play on words somehow? Or is this an instance of Kanade breaking the fourth wall? It would be the first instance of this happening as far as I know, seemed really awkward and out of place.

Though it's not explicitly stated either way (imagine in a series, if they were to mention that they broke the fourth-wall; that's some serious meta fourth-wall-breaking), the general consensus in the fan kingdom is that this is an instance of the 4th wall being broken.

As you mentioned, chihayaburu (千早振る) a makurakotoba meaning "wild"[1] or "vigorous power"[2], which can be synonymous with "impassioned" or "frenzied". So, in English, it's not unlikely that the word "frenzied" could be (loosely) considered the title.

As I mentioned, though, there are several unofficial sources (some fans, some not) mentioning this (sudden) break in the fourth wall.[3][4][5][6] So, based on the closeness of the words, and the fan/community reaction to it, this seems to be a "breaking the fourth wall" scenario.


Who are these female anime figures in military-style clothing? Any help identifying these three female anime figures would truly be appreciated. They look like they are from the same series because they are wearing matching military-style coats. I've been looking for a long time with no leads. Thanks for your help.

All three are from the Galaxy Angel Series, in particular the first series featuring the Moon Angel Troop.

The figures themselves I believe come from the Limited Edition of the first volume of the anime (which is totally different from the visual novels).

They are, as Sigfried666 has pointed out, Milfeulle, Forte and Vanilla. You seem to be missing Ranpha (blonde hair) and Mint (blue hair) and you seem to be missing the stands and Forte's hat.

Another interesting point is that Mint's clothes can come off, probably so as to let her cosplay, but I never found any outfits for her aside from her uniform.


Why did EVA Unit 01 accept then refuse the Dummy Plug? Another question about Evangelion...

In the manga, there is one chapter where EVA Unit 01 refuses to sync with either Rei or the Dummy Plug, and instead "insisted" that only Shinji can pilot the EVA at all.

Now, before this. During the fight between Unit 03 and Unit 01, Gendo activated the Dummy System in place of Shinji, who was still very much present in the EVA. This time, however, the Dummy System takes control of Unit 01 and proceeds to destroy Unit 03, both in the anime and manga, as well as it's pilot.

My question is this, why did EVA Unit 01 accept the Dummy Plug, but later reject it, as well as Rei?

A lot of this will have to be speculation since most of these things are never explicitly explained, but we do have a couple of clues.

During the episode

  SHINJI: What is this? What did you do, Father?!

  HYUGA (OFF): Reception of the signal, confirmed.

  IBUKI (OFF): Control system switch is complete.

  MAN (OFF): All nerves linked directly to the dummy system.

  WOMAN (OFF):
  32.8% of Emotional Elements are unclear. They can't be monitored.

  IKARI: Irrelevant. Release the system. Commence attack.

2 things are probably important here. One is that Shinji is in the plug and the second is that there was some technobabble about some "emotional elements". We know Yui is within Eva-01 and her emotional attachment to her son is partly why the Eva+Pilot pairing ends up being so powerful. That's probably part of what's going on here, keeping in mind that during this dialog Eva-01 is actively in a wrestling match with Eva-03, an Angel, and in grave danger. It's entirely possible that Yui "let" this happen. There's some other possible actions, of course, like the Eva going berserk like it has in the past to save Shinji. Maybe this was just the path of least resistance.

However, during episode 19:

  WOMAN (OFF):
  Start entry.

  IBUKI (OFF):
  LCL electrolyzed.

  RITSUKO (OFF):
  Commence A10 nerve connection.

  REI (MONO):
  So it's not going to work anymore.

  WOMAN (OFF):
  Pulse flow is reversing!

  IBUKI (OFF):
  Unit 01 is rejecting the neural connections!

  RITSUKO:
  No, that can't be possible!

  FUYUTSUKI:
  Ikari?

  IKARI:
  Yes, it's rejecting me.
  Abort activation. Sortie Rei in Unit 00.
  Re-activate Unit 01 with the dummy plug.

and after they swap her out and insert the dummy plug:

  RITSUKO:
  Start contact.

  IBUKI:
  Roger!

  RITSUKO:
  What?

  IBUKI:
  The pulses have vanished. It's rejecting the dummy plug.
  It's no use! Eva Unit 01 won't activate!

  RITSUKO:
  The dummy, Rei...

  FUYUTSUKI:
  It won't accept them?

So we know Rei has synced with Eva-01 before, but for some reason the Eva itself is refusing Rei. Rei, being the dummy system's core, was also refused (as Ritsuko notes to herself). Gendo notes that the Eva is specifically rejecting him, which seems to be plausible since both Rei and the dummy system has successfully syned in the past but for some reason, this particular moment, Gendo and Yui's agenda diverge.

We can only speculate what those plans were, and what made them split at this particular point. Given the flashbacks and the retro episode, it's probably the case that their big plans involved the 3 of them: Gendo, Yui, Fuyutsuki, and it probably involved Shinji to some significant degree. But it seems to me that Yui wanted Shinji specifically, and that part of her plan was to set this in motion.

Later in Episode 19:

  SHINJI: Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move! Move!
  Move! Come on, move! If you don't move now, if you don't do it now,
  everyone's going to die! I don't want any more of that! So... PLEASE
  MOvE!

  IBUKI: Eva has re-activated!

  MISATO: Incredible!

  IBUKI: No way, this is unbelievable. Unit 01's synch rate is over
  400%!

  RITSUKO: Does that mean she's really awakened?

Having Shinji as the pilot, who seemed to have been able to activate Eva-01 instantly without the aid of plugsuits or anything, they quickly make some short work out of the most powerful Angel to date, runs out of power, and Yui (possibly with the help of Shinji) turns the berserker thing up a notch and syncs with him at 400% and "awakens". Not entirely sure what it means to be in an awakened state, but I think it's probably safe to assume that it involved acquiring an S2 organ from Zeruel (by eating it) and that all this wasn't going to happen with either Rei or the dummy plug in the pilot's seat.

(Speculation) So Yui's gamble that Shinji would "do the right thing" and come back to pilot paid off as now Eva-01 has unlimited energy with an S2 organ. This step in their "big plans" seemed to have split between Yui and Gendo, although in episode 20, Gendo recognizes what has gone on and does't seem to disapprove:

Episode 20, watching the action

  FUYUTSUKI: It's begun, hasn't it?

  IKARI: Yes, it all begins here.

And of course, Seele are furious over this, it's clearly not part of their plans

  COMMITTEEMAN ?: The Eva series aren't capable of generating S2 engines
  themselves.

  COMMITTEEMAN ?: We never imagined it would take one into itself this
  way.

  COMMITTEEMAN ?: This incident is at extreme odds with our script.

  COMMITTEEMAN ?: It will not be easy to correct for this.

  COMMITTEEMAN ?: Were we not mistaken to have entrusted Nerv to Gendo
  Ikari in the first place?


Why does Inari keep her appearance? Uka gave Inari a part of her divine power because she couldn't transform Inari back after   she wished to look like Sumizome. However, after Inari gave the power back to Uka, Inari didn't turn back to Sumizome. How could she stay "Inari" without the divine power?

The rules of the god world are not very strict, as we see it proven throughout the series by Amaterasu-sama's careless acts and rash decisions.

Just like the gods didn't lock Inari out of human world for violating the trial rules (not to transform into another human) because that wasn't considered a harmful violation, Inari's "one-time only granted wish" effect of transformation probably wasn't so "one-time".

Or, if you will, it was just the mathematical result of all previous transformations. Because Inari last transformed back into her original form, no more transformations happened after she returned the divine power to Uka-sama. If anything, she would've been transformed back for free, as a gift from Amaterasu-sama for teaching Uka and others a valuable lesson, and to avoid confusion in the human world.


Which Gintama episode has this scene of child Gintoki looking back upward to the camera in the sunset? I am looking for this moment in Gintama where child Gintoki is looking back and upward to the camera in the sunset with blades and ravens.

If someone can help like anything, season, story, episode.

This is actually the front/main cover of the DVD for Gintama Season 04 Vol. 8.
It's not taken from any scene or episode, nor does have any background story.

References:

Gintama Fandom Wiki
Aniplex (Japanese)


How are "A Certain Magical Index" and "A Certain Scientific Railgun" connected? According to MAL, the former is the parent story of the latter, that appears described as a side story. However, I find no reference to these questions:

Do both stories take place in the same universe?
Are they somewhat dependent on each other?
If so, in which order should the series be watched?

Chronologically, Railgun comes first. Then near the middle of Railgun (the Level Upper Arc), the events and timeline start to converge with Index.

For an example, in episode 17 of the Railgun anime, Komoe-sensei mentions how she likes all her students, even the ones that blow up her roof, which is probably a reference to when Index used Dragon's Breath (episode 6 of Index).

The manga gives a better frame of reference, since it gives a exact date (July 16th).
So the events in Railgun begin 4 days before the Index novel (July 20th), where Touma first meets Index. Touma meets Mikoto on the eve of July 19th.

According to the TV Tropes:

  The anime, however, violates this by adapting events from Volume 8 of the novels into the anime's first episode. As it stands, Chapters 18 to 39 occur around the time of Volume 3 in the novels, Chapter 40 is around volume 5, Chapters 41-42 and around volume 8 and Chapters 43-current take place around volume 9.


Does the Soul Society know exactly where Kisuke Urahara is? I was under the impression that Kisuke's shop is where it is in order to stay out of the eyes of the Soul Society. Yet during the start of Season 4, Renji is "mooching" off the Urahara Shop, and it doesn't seem like Renji was in need to help at any time which would lead to Kisuke offering help, unlike with Rukia where it was shown that after she lost her powers she was approached by Kisuke.

So I am wondering if the Soul Society knew that Kisuke was set up in Karakura Town and thus directed Renji to seek his aid. If not, then how did Renji end up there?

The simple answer?  Yes.  However, the arc you are speaking of does not exist in canon.  It was a filler arc.

Now, to expand upon the actual answer to your question.  The Gotei 13 does know where he is, in-fact, they even know where his shop is.  The reason they don't arrest or execute him is because he is still a useful asset to them.  Now, if he was useless or ended up causing too much trouble, they would likely dispose of him, especially after he helped Ichigo and the others to gain entrance into the Seretei (sorry if I misspelled that).


What is the origin of dance done by Terakado Tsuu's imperial Guard? In episode 126 of Gintama, Shimura Shinpachi was seen supervising the Terakado Tsuu's Imperial Guards dance training. However, seeing μ's concert, none of the fans do such dance in both the anime and in the live concert.

Where does the dance origin from and does it have a name?

The dance is called Wotagei or Otagei. It is a dance done by Idol Otaku (called Wota) to show support for their idol during the concert. Quoting Wikipedia,

  Wotagei is particularly associated with fans of Hello! Project and AKB48 idols, as well as fans of anime voice actresses, who often perform theme songs for the series in which they appear.

Thus, it can be said the the dance Terakado Tsuu Imperial Guard was practicing is originated from the real world wota of AKB48 and other idol groups. I never watched idol concert other than the μ's one, but such dance is possibly done often by AKB48 wotas, considering that a member of AKB48, Sashihara Rino, has done a mimic of wota dance during one of AKBingo show, suggesting that such a thing is common during AKB48's concert. This is further reinforced by the fact that each idol group, and possibly each wota group has their own dance and chant pattern as shown here and here. Morning Musume wota and AKB48 wota has their own chanting pattern.

As for why μ's wota are not doing wotagei during their concert, it might be due to the seating disabling them from moving too much. It might also be because among otaku culture itself there are categories of otaku, such as Anime Otaku, Idol Otaku, Game Otaku, etc. Since μ's comes from anime, the fans attending the concert would be a mix of different types of otaku, thus, the wotas might refrain themselves from doing such a dance so that they won't bother the other fans. This might also be a rule put by the concert management.


Is the Legendary Super Saiyan (green) transformation limitless in power? So now that both Broly, and Kale, who has a transformation which looks exactly like Broly's, have been quoting saying both the same "My Ki is building... Overflowing..." and that Kyabe tells Kale "stop gathering ki!", this topic comes to talk again. Is Broly and now Kale legendary super saiyan transformation limitless in power? This has been talked before with Broly's movies, but the last episode of Dragon Ball Super brings new information to the topic. What about the other canon sources like the Daizenshuu, does it say something about it?

It seems entirely feasible for them to have an unlimited supply of ki. Perhaps while in that transformation, their bodies rapidly generate more and more ki until it just overflows. That however isn't the same thing as having limitless power. Just because you have infinite MP, doesn't mean that you can deal a lot of damage.

To answer your question, I'm not aware of the Daizenshuu mentioning it (nor any official source), but it is clear that the legendary super saiyan transformation is different than the normal transformation. Unlimited ki has appeared in Dragon Ball before too, Androids 17 & 18 were stated to have such an ability. Thus, given the precedence and the dialogue we've seen in regards to the form, I can say with absolute certainty that the answer is "probably".


Was Mitsuki deceived into being friends with Boruto? Mitsuki has subtly hinted various times in the anime that he is unsure of if his will is actually his own.

 During the Mitsuki Disappearance Arc, Mitsuki  goes to Iwagakure and even goes as far as to attack Boruto with lightning in order to verify if his feelings were created by his father Orochimaru (Boruto Episode 79). And it does make sense, considering how much of a calculating genius his father is.

To clarify this, is Mitsuki's doubts about his will a sign of emotional issues? Or did Orochimaru plan for Mitsuki to become friends with Boruto (and in a way, impose his will on Mitsuki while making Mitsuki think it was his own)?

Fundamentally, You could argue that he did, but probably not in the way the question implies. Mitsuki is a clone, so in that regards he is more or less human. His emotions are going to be derived from Orichimaru's personality, especially his younger self, and how he was raised. In that regard, Orochimaru did do the activity to make him think for himself, erasing his memory on failure. As a side effect, Mitsuki's emotions are fairly low in intensity.

Orochimaru then used the success of that activity to point Mitsuki to Boruto. With that, Mitsuki was nearly blank shell emotion wise, as shown by his general lack of strong emotions. He was only allowed to leave once he matured enough to think for himself, and then he was sent to Boruto. Most likely, that is the only real "designed" part of Mitsuki's emotions, that Orochimaru forced him to mature and then gave him a "sun" as they are so called in the Naruto universe. Mitsuki in turn becoming friendly to Boruto is his own thing.

It could be the case though that this all came about because of unseen manipulation by Orochimaru. Mitsuki is a clone, yet is also a lot more kindhearted than Orochimaru, which could mean there is some manipulation to tone down that apathetic/evil nature. It could also be though that was more Nuture than Nature, so In truth there is no full and clear answer, in the Manga, Anime, or any other source. The Anime will probably give some answer in a few episodes though, as its fairly clear Mitsuki wants to answer that very question himself before he returns to the Leaf. This is Anime only though as far as I know.

TL;DR :
There is some manipulation as shown by the experiment Orochimaru did, but that was one to teach Mitsuki to think for himself. There is also the fact that he was pointed to Boruto, but that is more priming than design. Mitsuki is mostly a clone of Orochimaru, so he is at least mostly human and has his own emotions, so it was still mostly his own choice to be friends. That leaves one unknown, if he was engineered/designed to be like he is emotionally or not, which could count, but is unknown. Regardless, Mitsuki was free to make his own decisions after he passed the test, and he chose to checkout this person whos picture he was given (Boruto). He wasn't forced, tricked, or deceived into anything beyond meeting him.


Hisoka role in Hunter X Hunter What is Hisoka's character in Hunter x Hunter?

I cannot describe his character from Hunter X Hunter.

By our real-world definition of evil, yeah, he is. But Hunter X Hunter morality is pretty grey, so in-universe he's not really "evil" per say.I wouldn't say he's an anti-hero or even evil, though. He is selfish, a hedonist. He took the hunter exam for his own benefit and entertainment; he spared Gon, multiple times, so he that could grow into a stronger opponent(can be compared to a farmer feeding his cattle); he helped Kurapika so that he could fight Chrollo, and he fought alongside Illumi to protect Gon and/or fight strong opponents along the way. He has also killed a lot of people who weren't challenging enough for him throughout the series. He is a bloodthirsty hedonist who lives almost entirely in the moment and is always looking for stronger opponents to challenge himself. He is selfish, nothing more, nothing less.


Who is captain Jack? The name of Captain Jack first appeared in Chapter 801 when Doflamingo was escorted by the Navy to Impel down following his defeat by the StrawHats in Dressrosa.

Captain Jack seems ready to take on the might of a Marine Admiral Fujitora and former fleet admiral Sengoku in order to rescue Doflamingo. Captain Jack again appears in the most recent chapter 805.

Is anything known of Captain Jack? Is he one of the unknown shichibukai?

Not much is known about Jack. Thus far, Jack has only been mentioned three times.

In chapter 692 during the failed experiment by Caesar
In chapter 801 during the escort of Doflamingo
In chapter 805 during the explanation of the destruction of Zou.

The only thing we seem to learn from this is that he is related to Kaidou, but we don't know the reason he was send by Kaidou to Doflamingo and why he destroyed Zou. My personal guess would be that Kaidou sent Jack to Doflamingo (as was seen in number 1) to prepare for the last battle as Kaidou said in chapter 795:

  Goddamn it, hurry the hell up, Joker! Get everything ready for our last battle! A world this mundane isn't worth keeping around! Time to light the match to the greatest war this world has ever seen!

Jack probably came by Zou and destroyed it, because that seems to be what he does. Kaidou's underling seemed to have warned Kaidou something bad would happen if they send out Jack.

Finally, he isn't one of the 7 warlords. The five remaining confirmed warlords are Mihawk, Kuma, Hancock, Buggy and Weevil after Doflamingo and Water Law were stripped of their title. There has been no mention of a new warlord ever since Fujitora apologized for such a system even being in place.

My personal guess would be that there might not even be more warlords. It seems many of the Marines dislike the system (eg: Sengoku, Fujitora, Smoker, etc) and they might want to take this opportunity to get rid of it. Especially seeing 3 out of 6 ex-warlords blatantly abused the system to get away with their evil deeds and did more harm then good by being a warlord (ie: Crocodile, Doflamingo and Teach)


Why do Conan and the Detective Boys call Ai "Haibara-san"? Since a few months, I'm watching Detective Conan in Japanese with subtitles (because only the first 308 episodes are available in German). After a few episodes, I did some research on japanese names, since "-san", "-chan", "-kun", etc. was confusing me.

I've noticed, that:

The Detective Boys call Conan "Conan-kun", which seems to be perfectly normal, according to Wikipedia
Genta and Mitsuhiko call Ayumi "Ayumi-chan" (according to Wikipedia, this is okay as well, since they are young children)
Hiroshi Agasa calls Ai "Ai-kun"

But:

The Detective Boys (including Conan) call Ai always "Haibara-san"

Why do they treat Ai, like she was an adult? Genta, Mitsuhiko and Ayumi can't know, that Ai is actually an 18-year-old woman.

To expand my comment, it's because she's a transfer student and always act mature

Ayumi tried to call her Ai-cahn several times but too afraid to do so

But in the end, she was able to call he Ai-chan, but when the other called her that, she refused

Pictures taken from Case Closed Chapter 398 and 400


Does anyone know the name of the music from 4:46 onwards in Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX episode 12? Does anyone know the name of the music from around 4:46 onwards in Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX episode 12? It starts after Maria says "10 thousand plans".

Another Symphogear aficionado!

This piece is "S2CA/Voltage Maximum", Symphogear G OST 1 track #7. The first use of this piece was in episode 2 of Symphogear G, when Tsubasa/Chris/Hibiki use S2CA Triburst for the first time.


Why is everyone affected by Infinite Tsukuyomi? As we know, we can avoid Sharingan-based genjutsu just by avoiding eye contact. Can't we avoid Infinite Tsukuyomi just by not looking at the moon?

The Infinite Tsukuyomi uses the moon to reflect the user's Rinne-Sharingan. Sharingan based genjutsu can be avoided by avoiding eye contact , yes. But not all. However the working of the Infinite Tsukuyomi differs from that of normal Sharingan genjutsu. The user's eye is reflected on the moon's surface. And then the moon shines or illuminates.

From Infinite Tsukuyomi wiki article :

  This technique can also be reflected off the moon, upon the technique's activation, the light from the moon's eye illuminates the entire planet, turning it bright as day and making it impossible to escape. All living things are bathed in its penetrating light and immediately placed under the genjutsu.

Remember the part where Sasuke puts up the Susanoo to protect the team from the light produced by the Infinite Tsukuyomi moon? That was because the Infinite Tsukuyomi activates when the light falls upon the individual. The Susanoo blocked the incoming light rays and prevented the genjutsu. The moment the light penetrates the body, the person falls under the genjutsu. So, in order to avoid the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the person has to avoid the light given off by the moon. That is why the others couldn't escape it. Not looking at the moon doesn't help because it's the light that induces the genjutsu and not the moon's surface.


Why was there an apparent violation of the law of cycles in Rebellion? In the Rebellion film, we see Homura turn into what she realises is a witch (after she discovers some oddities about the version of Mitakihara city she's supposedly living in) because of her despair.

This reason for her turning into a witch makes sense to me because it would be "valid" under the laws of the universe prior to Madoka's changing of them. However, I'm a bit confused about how Homura managed to become a witch after the law of cycles came into "effect", if under this regime, magical girls disappear instead of becoming witches once their energy is used up.

Why exactly then was there this "exception" to the law of cycles? (I might have missed something since I haven't really followed Puella Magi Madoka Magica very closely.) I suppose the fact that Homura is the only person around who knows of what the former "regime" was might be important in this, but I think I probably missed something when I watched the film.

From the wiki page this should be the part:

  As Homura realizes that said witch must be no other than herself, Kyubey appears and reveals that she had fallen into despair and when she was about to become a witch, he and the other incubators isolated her soul gem to set a trap for Madoka, in order to take control of her power. However, when Madoka appeared, she had forgotten about her duty as the Law of Cycle and her power as such, thus Kyubey kept observing her until that point.

My guess would be: the Incubators trapped the soul of Homura before the occurence of the Law of cycles i.e. moments before becoming a witch (which is also confirmed by the incubators at a certain point when they say that Homura is between the two states), and it shouldn't contradict the law of cycles because after all it's Madoka who stops the magical girls from turning into witches.

She decides then to become a witch in order to destroy her own soul, so that Madoka won't be trapped by the Incubators, who wanted to study her so that they would have been able to restore the old (magical girl->witch) rule. After all, Homura's soul was kept there for that reason (I previously wrote "her" but it was ambiguous).


How does Illya overpower Alter Saber's Excalibur with her traced version? A traced Noble Phantasm should be one rank below that of the original.

How was Illya able to overcome the difference in power?

Clearly she traced Excalibur and not Caliburn.

It would appear that Archerko Illya traced Excalibur and overloaded it with prana turning it into a Broken Phantasm. Which raises the weapon's rank by one.

One would assume that the two Excaliburs would cancel each other out, but Saber Alter, unlike the typical Saber only has an Magic Resistance of Rank B since her Alignment is Lawful Evil, which might make her more vulnerable to the effects of Excalibur.


What is the name of the violin song during the first and last episode? just finished bursting into tears, along with finishing the anime.
There's this one song that destroys my heart every time it plays, but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

It plays in the very first few seconds of the 1st episode.
And a few times with violin in the last episode.

First episode: 00:00- approx. 01:00

I'm pretty sure that is "Yasashisa no Ashioto", the 28th track from the "Toradora Original Soundtrack".


Death Note, chapter 2 - Website "The Legend of Kira the Savior" I am re-reading Death Note and in the second chapter called "page 2: L" Raito Yagami found out through the website "The Legend of Kira Savior" that he is now known as Kira. In the English scanlations the text of that website mentions the resurrection and the return of Kira. Which would mean that Kira existed before and also that his followers are a group which has existed already and believes that Kira now has come back.

So did Kira exist even before Raito Yagami started his actions of justice?

What do you guys think about this? It makes me so confused that I am now trying to find the answer through researching instead of continuing re-reading the manga...

...the text of that website mentions the resurrection and the return of Kira. Which would mean that Kira existed before and also that his followers are a group which has existed already and believes that Kira now has come back. While this might be true, first you have to remember that:

Not much is known regarding the legends, myths, beliefs and religions that existed in the world where Death Note is set. All we know is that it is similar to our world. It would therefore be too hasty to immediately conclude that a cult believing in Kira before Light used the Death Note is already in existence. It might or might not be the case.
In addition, there is no way to verify the existence of Kira's followers or Kira before Light had the Death Note as this was never explained nor explored in the manga. All we know is that websites talking about Kira as the 'messenger from hell' were suddenly put up after the news picked up on the mysterious killings.
Furthermore, it would not be difficult for people to make up stories given the imagination we have. Anyone who knows how to make a website with nothing better do can make a website about Kira. Why then do multiple sites talk about Kira if people can make up their own stories? It could be the Kira myth or legend started by one website was found to be popular to most so other websites copied them and the popularity spread even more.

So you see, we can't assume yet that these 'followers' existed way before as they could just be a random group of people who have their own motives or objectives. There's many possible reasons why they would do that.

However...

It is possible that Kira, that is, a person who held a Death Note before, could've existed. This is because there are rules in place regarding the ownership and usage of a Death Note whenever it falls in human hands. If this is the case, then it is also possible that a group of people who knows nothing about the Death Note worshiped this person because of his/her power. It is also possible that this cult survived throughout time and interpreted the mysterious killings as a sign of Kira's return. In order to spread the 'Word' about their religion, they might have put up a website, which could reach more people.

But again, this is all just possibilities so we cannot definitely say nor conclude on anything unless the mangaka would reveal them in the future.

To conclude, did Kira (a person who held a Death Note) exist even before Raito Yagami started his actions of justice? Maybe yes. Maybe no. But the possibility that he existed is strong due to the presence of the rules regarding humans obtaining Death Note ownership. Did followers of Kira also exist before? Maybe yes. Maybe no. It would be too early to say without evidence that they existed as Kira's 'legend' could just be a made-up story in order to gain more website visitors or for any other reasons known only to the person or to that group of people who created/started the 'legend'.


In which episode of Fairy Tail does the flashback where Erza joins Fairy Tail appear in? In what episode of Fairy Tail does a flashback occur in, showing how Erza joined Fairy Tail, and met Gray?

You're looking for episode 37 in the anime or chapter 89 in the manga.


Who died first? Hänsel or Gretel? In Black Lagoon, Hänsel and Gretel are deranged children suffering from Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Each of them have distinct personalities, but from time to time, they switch places with each other - clothing, weapons, voice, personality, and everything.

In episode 15, both of them are killed. Hänsel (the boy) dies in front of Balalaika after being shot by a sniper. Gretel (the girl) dies at the end of the episode when a hitman headshots her from behind.

But do we know if they were themselves when they were killed? Did Hänsel really die first?Or were they switched? Are there any clues anywhere?

While Gretel is on the boat talking to Rock, she says that it's OK that Hansel is dead because they are always together. She takes off her wig and her voice changes into the lower Hansel voice, then puts the wig back on and is back to Gretel's voice. So they are indistinguishable from their appearance and voices.

The only hint we get is right before Rock leaves the cabin Gretel is in:

Gretel takes off her underwear and lifts up her skirt giving Rock a "view" as a "gift". Rock is shocked and leaves the room disgusted.

So is it:

She is really "Hansel" and Rock is shocked because Gretel is actually a boy. Gretel died first
She is really "Gretel" and Rock is shocked because he's being flashed by a little girl. Hansel died first
Rock isn't shocked by whether she's a boy or girl but that she/he thinks flashing him is supposed to be a "gift". Inconclusive

Other inconclusive possibilities could be that her genitalia was mutilated from all the snuff films, or even she is a hermaphrodite. But it's most likely that we never know who was killed first. They are always interchanging/swapping, it's likely neither of them knows whether they are Hansel or Gretel anymore, so that facet of their character would be undermined if we were to know who was who.


Explain about Ergo Proxy and Proxy one and their relation with Monard Proxy I just now finished Ergo Proxy and have few questions regarding it. Please Help

1) Who loved Monard Proxy initially? Proxy One or Ergo Proxy?

2) Who created Romdo? Proxy One or Ergo Proxy?

3) Why did Proxy One create Ergo Proxy in the first Place? And why did Ergo Proxy had his memory locked away? Was it according to some plan of Proxy One?

4) Which one was imperfect Proxy? Since the creator of Romdo is Considered imperfect?

5) why did the creator of Romdo fled it? whichever proxy it was?

thanks a lot :)

Ok so after thinking over this and reading some other stuff I believe the answers might be:

At first Proxy One loved Monad and Monad loved him back. Then Ergo was created, and as he was basically a Proxy One clone, he also loved Monad and Monad loved both as they were regarded as one.
Romdo was created by Proxy One, Romdo was most likely created before Ergo Proxy. (You could argue about it being also created [or co-created] by Ergo as the series discusses about identity and about Proxy and Ergo having the same persona, being one and the same, despite of them having 2 separate bodies. Proxy One regarded Ergo as a part of him and in turn he was a part of Ergo, he regarded both of them together as Proxy One and each separate body as a part of One, not a copy; Ergo struggled to define himself as a different entity.)
This is a very complicated topic, some argue Proxy One created Ergo so that Ergo could live the life Proxy One longed for without any knowledge of the Proxy Project. I believe it was to kill Monad. Proxy One loved Monad. Proxy One was the agent of death. He was destined to kill Monad. But he loved her. So he created a copy of himself who was appointed to carry his Proxy duty and kill Monad. But the copy, Ergo, also loved Monad, and Monad loved both Ergo and Proxy One. So Ergo decided to wipe his memory to avoid his destiny of killing Monad, and Monad helped him using the Amnesia autoreiv. Probably Proxy One left Mosk after he created Ergo, so he wouldn't witness Monad's death, but the plan failed as Ergo wiped his memory, then came Romdo's attack, Monad's kidnaping, and Vincent's migration to Romdo. When Proxy One came back, he found Ergo had failed his duty, and thus the story begins.
All proxies were imperfect as they were created by humans. The creator of Romdo was considered imperfect but it was never intended to be perfect. Proxies were created so they could create humans, but humans were imperfect from the start. So imperfect humans created imperfect Proxies to create more imperfect humans. What's the point on that? Why create more imperfect Humans to live on Earth if the original imperfect humans destroyed it in the first place? I don't know, ask Proxy One ;)
Proxy One fled from Romdo as he wanted to live with Monad whom he loved. He had issues with the overall raison d'etre of the Proxy Project which also conflicted with his proxy duties so he fled.

This are my interpretations, feel free to discuss/change/dismiss/adapt them to what the story meant to you. Although this questions about the events where the catalyst that led to the animated story, they are left unanswered and left to the viewers interpretation as their answers depend of the viewers understanding of the themes discussed (theology, identity, perfection, purpose, etc.)

Hope it helps :)


What happens to the drones at the end of episode 6? At the end of the sixth episode of Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita the two drones in form of black panels have handles attached to them and placed in a wooden shelf with a note near them saying "1 hour of winding = 1 minute". It's not very clear from the characters' lines what this all means.

Can't drones recharge from electric sockets? I thought Pion just did at the beginning of the episode? Why resort to manual winding mechanism? What's really going on?

Okay, I was a bit confused as well, but I think I know what happened at the end. So that Pion and Oyage could stay on Earth instead of going back into space, the main character (Watashi) destroys the electric generator, their only source of power. Near the end, Pion and Oyage are at about 15% power. So, Watashi converts their batteries into wind-up batteries to get past the electricity problem. As said on the sign, 1 hour of winding= 1 minute. They're still okay. :)

And, if it helps, Chris Seibenmann on https://cks.mef.org/space/rtblog/anime/JinruiChronologicalOrder provided an explanation on the timeline of Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, and the episodes go: 12, 7-8, 5-6, 1-2, 9, and ending with 3-4. This explains why you don't see them anymore, because the later episodes are flashbacks, albeit episode 9.


Are Midoriya and other quirkless people actually quirkless? We all know Midoriya aka Deku born without quirk. But the first person who tells Deku that he's quirkless is this kindly looking doctor

We are all made to believe that Deku is quirkless by this doctor. Then later in the manga we finally get a little hint about this doctor, there's 1 doctor that are very similar, named Daruma Ujiko who is working for All for One.  https://bokunoheroacademia.fandom.com/wiki/Daruma_Ujiko

Is it possible that this Doctor stole Deku's quirk when he diagnosed our boy (related to All for One abbility)? My further question is, is it possible that actually all people in BNHA are born with quirk, but got stolen at young age by certain people and made to believe that they are quirkless?

I’ll wait for the manga to comment on Midoriya, but the other major “quirkless” character we are shown is the original One for All. He was All for One’s brother and thought to have no quirk. However, we soon find out that his quirk was one with no effect - the ability to transfer quirks. It requires the action of All for One forcibly transferring a quirk to him to manifest itself.

I believe that other quirkless people have similar quirks that don’t manifest because they don’t have the right stimuli.


Are there more difference between All Might / One for All quirk and Re-Destro quirks other than how the power is accumulated? So both All Might / Re-Destro had/has quirks which stores power, though how the power is stored is different, one he stores accumulated power from him/his former users, and the other stores power by converting anger and frustation into power. Then both quirks allow them to increase their strenghts and speeds.

Are there more difference between All Might / One for All quirk and Re-Destro quirk, other than how the power is accumulated?

In Chapter 213, many difference between One for All and Stress are shown. Spoilers for the chapter:

   1. The chapter shows that Deku can communicate with former users of One for All. This was foreshadowed in previous chapters. It is this link with former users that allow him to break out of brainwashing, something Re-Destro has not been shown to do. 2. One for All not only stores power, it also stores the abilities of previous users, allowing Deku to access abilities such as Blackwhip. This allows for a versatile skill set beyond speed and strength.

More differences may appear in the future, but these are differences that are known for now.


Is sound genjutsu more powerful than eye genjutsu? After going through this link, I came to a belief that sound genjutsu is far more superior to eye genjutsu.

After recalling the incident of the two Sage Toads' genjutsu and Kabuto's genjutsu, I felt that it was difficult for the Sharingan/Rinnegan users to concentrate on their battle.

So is my speculation true?

Some of the sound genjutsu techniques are listed here:

Demonic Illusion: Toad Confrontation Chant
Temple of Nirvana Technique
Demonic Flute:Phantom Sound Chains

It's not that sound genjutsu is superior. Sound genjutsu operates on a different sense, so that renders doujutsu (eye techniques) useless to escape from it, unlike with illusions that work on vision.

That makes sound based genjutsu more effective on Sharingan users, because they rely on their improved vision powers to counter most genjutsu.


Who is this person with four eyes in OP song? He appears recently in OP song. Is he an enemy? An ally?

I'm not sure how much further the anime series but he looks like this guy,

 He's Gotoh (link contain spoiler), he's the mayor's confidant and the most powerful parasite of the series


What are some of the more popular and well-known film noir style anime series? Are there any popular, well-known anime series that share characteristics with the film noir or neo-noir style or setting?

Film noir was originally a term used by French critics to describe Hollywood movies of the post-war 1940’s era (up through the 1950s) that portray a darker perspective upon life than was standard in classical Hollywood films and concentrate upon human depravity, failure, and despair. After 1960, films of similar nature that actively try to emulate the classic noir style (for better or worse) are deemed neo-noir. Both terms typicall imply use of a cinematic style with a particular way of lighting, positioning and moving the camera, and using retrospective voice-over narration

There are no anime series that can be considered truly film noir in genre as they typically use the style but not the motifs and cinematography, identified by the genre.

I believe the following series most closely resemble the noir/neo-noir-style style, story, and/or setting (some not completely) the following would probably fit:

Both Big O and Cowboy Bebop have characters being plagued by events in their past and fatalistically having to accept them. Big O uses the style of film noir a lot more and uses its premise as the basis of entangled plot. Cowboy Bebop, on the other hand, simply sticks to the premise and borrows its style from elsewhere.
Baccano! is like a blend of film noir and pulp fiction, where a bunch of seemingly unconnected stories slowly become connect into one overarching storyline, which is very typical of the pulp noir genre.
Ghost in a Shell and it's sequel are considered a marriage of noir visual, sci-fi, and animation, and sometimes included under the subgenre of noir called tech-noir, which includes movies such as Brazil and Blade Runner. "A Detective Story" from the Animatrix is considered to be another example of the above mentioned tech-noir genre.
Perfect Blue has the mystery setting, murder cases with no apparent suspect and a main character is being hunted, keeping the story on the edge. It also deals with amnesia, flashbacks, uncertainties of one's own memories.
Bodyguard of the Wind Though not as well -known, has all the motifs of a classic noir detective story. It opens with the disappearance of a train carrying a shipment gold along with its guards, but the story really starts with the son of one of those guards coming to the city where the train vanished to investigate. There he is met with the residents many of hiding their own secrets and mysteries, forcing him to slowly progress from one clue to the next, like a noir detective would do, to get to the bottom of everything.

These don't really fit the noir-style completely for one reason or another, but are heavily influenced by the noir genre:

The Skullman has a noir-ish atmosphere is given by the mystery which shrouds the strange murders in that alternate history of the end of WWII.
Speed Grapher has the noir atmosphere and art, but the story and characters aren't what you typically expect of the genre
Texhnolyze has plenty of elements from "noir" movies: dark lighting, flashbacks that disrupt the normal flow of the story, a corrupted society, a sort of "femme fatale" and a main character that seems to not fit the rest of the world. However, this is more of a sci-fi/cyberpunk anime with a dystopian setting.
Daughter of Twenty Faces is more of an action comedy that uses Edogwawa Rampo (a well-known Japanese noir writer) characters and the noir-style of mystery behind it's plot.


Who was the first avatar? I have seen the complete series of The Last Airbender and also waiting for the 2nd Book of Avatar: Legend of Korra. But yet i haven't heard of who was and which element was the First Avatar. Is there any information about him/her?

Avatar Wan was the first Avatar, and he lived about 10 thousand years before Korra. He was succeeded by a firebender, implying that he was an earthbender originally, but as far as I know, it hasn't been specifically said if the cycle followed perfectly from the first Avatar to the second.


Order of watching psycho pass? Can someone provide the correct order of watching the ova's and movies with the seasons

Season 1
Season 2
Psycho-Pass: The Movie (2015)
Sinners of the System (2019)
Season 3
Psycho-Pass: First Inspector (2020)

Source.


Did both Crocodile and Smoker use the artificial rain powder in Alabasta? By reading the manga and rewatching the anime I reached to this conclusion -
Rain didn't fall in Alabasta for 3 years, but before that it did only in the capital and not in the neighbouring regions.
When the artificial rain powder is used, the location where it is used gets more than average rain and nearby areas don't get any.
Since by good faith we know the king wasn't using the powder or had any knowledge of it being used, could it be that Crocodile was using it in the capital from some hidden location which resulted in such a phenomenon and after he stopped using it, say the 3 years that no rain happened was the time natural weather was reconstructing itself and whether or not Crocodile was defeated, it would have rained nonetheless??

And secondly if Smoker had used artificial rain machine from a ship after the fight (couldn't figure out whether it was the case or not as he says when asked, he will never break the law but it is shown such a ship is there in the back) , how was he able to make rain the whole island??

No, only Crocodile used the rain powder. Smoker was specifically asked by Hina if he used the dance powder and he said no (chapter 212). I know you stated this but it's firm proof until it's said otherwise.


Why was the hidden mist called the village of the Bloody Mist? In Naruto series, I've heard the term "the Village of the Bloody Mist" when referring to "the Hidden Mist" many times.
What does it represent?

Kirigakure, the Village Hidden in the Mist, is know as Bloody Mist Village due to the cruel nature of their academy’s graduation exam. In order for their academy student to graduate, they had to fight to the death and only those who survived would move on to being a shinobi.

Village of the Bloody Mist
Over time, the village became infamously known as the "Village of the Bloody Mist" (血霧の里, Chigiri no Sato) for a cruel reason — in the Kirigakure Academy, students wishing to graduate (only members of the lowest caste in the novel)had to fight to the death, and only those who survived could advance to the ranks of the ninja

However, this gradation method was eventually discontinued after Zabuza slaughtered an entire graduating year of students

The Academy's graduation methods were discontinued after Zabuza Momochi, not yet a student himself, killed an entire year's graduating class


What is the name of the track playing in episode 14? In Code Geass R2, episode 14, at time code 14:35, there is a track playing. It plays after Rolo kills the other children with Geass. The battle between Lelouch, Jeremiah, and V.V.

What is the title of this track?

I have checked all soundtracks; it has not been released. People on anime forums confirm that (for example, here: http://forums.animesuki.com/archive/index.php/t-38178-p-4.html).

The only one is someone's edit here.


Anime that is based from a western movie There are a lot of western movies that are based from anime, such as Dragonball Evolution, Tekken, Blood the Last Vampire (based on Blood+), and Street Fighter. The Matrix movie is also strongly influenced by Ghost in the Shell and the action scenes were drew upon their admiration for Ninja Scroll and Akira.

So my question is, was there an anime produced based on a western movie or series (not on western literature or novel, so movies that are based on novel are excluded) ?

Off the top of my head, there's Highlander: The Search for Vengeance. It was produced by Madhouse and written by David Abramowitz, who worked on the Highlander TV series. Obviously, it's based on the Highlander movie and TV series in the west.


what is name of soundtrack in Attack on Titan episode 18 arround around 19:50? I started watching Attack on Titan and this soundtrack started playing  when the " Titans" showed up at Armin Arlert's group, around 19:51 of episode 18.
What soundtrack is this?

The music at this scene seems to be a variation of the second half of the song 凸】♀】♂】←巨人 : https://youtu.be/CVk770kdp3A?t=136 - the song from the OST contains some sound effects which are not heared in the scene itself.


Why did Mayuri kill 28,000 Rukongai citizens? In The Thousand-Year Blood War arc, Mayuri killed 28,000 Rukongai citizens in order to balance the soul count. According to him, this was done because there were a lot of Hollows disappearing, causing an overflow of souls in the Human World. If Mayuri 'killed' souls in Soul Society, wouldn't they reincarnate in the Human World, causing even more soul overflow?

Not exactly.

The way the balance works is thus:

A human soul existing in the Human World does so either through the birth or death of a human.
This soul can either be purified and transferred to Soul Society by a Soul Reaper, or transform into a Hollow either through worldly attachments or possessions, or if a Soul Reaper doesn't get to them quickly enough.
Soul Reapers can purify the transformed Hollows which allows their soul to re-enter the cycle.
Souls that exist on the other side in Soul Society can eventually re-enter the cycle.

Ultimately, the objective is to maintain net-zero - there are enough souls that are either Plus, in Soul Society, or are Hollow - but none should be taken from the cycle.

The way that a Quincy destroys a Hollow would prevent their soul from ever re-entering the cycle, thus the balance becomes lopsided.  If the Quincies destroyed 28,000 Hollow, then there would be a surplus of 28,000 souls in Soul Society.  Thus, to maintain the balance, those 28,000 souls would have* to be destroyed; they can't reincarnate since that would preserve the imbalance.

*:  Although this does raise the question, why not allow half to reincarnate immediately, but...Mayuri's methods are pretty blunt and direct.  The thought may have never occurred to him.  Plus, there's no directly stated method that a Soul Reaper can cause a soul to immediately reappear in the Human World.


Does Narcolepsy that Riki had really exist? At the earlier episodes of little buster. he said that he has an illness called Narcolepsy. Actually, from the beginning of the little buster series, he already in

   Kyousuke's world where all of his friends died on car accident

So we ca assume that Riki only had his illness, when he got into

   Kyousuke's World

But what happen with the Narcolepsy that Riki had before he enters

   Kyousuke's World ?

Did he still got this illness ?

Riki's parents died when he was around ten years old, leaving him in a state of depression. Around the same time, he was diagnosed with narcolepsy, a disorder causing Riki to uncontrollably lose consciousness at random intervals.
New constructed worlds would be formed again and again, with Riki repeating events, becoming stronger each time.

Taken from Little Buster's Wiki.
It seems to me, that in the beginning he definitely still had narcolepsy, but he might have overcome it at the end through the process of becoming stronger.


How does one become a vampire in the universe of Diabolik Lovers? How does human turn into vampire in the world of Diabolik Lovers?

We know for a fact

   that Yui is a vampire at the end of the anime.

And that one of the brothers mentioned that

   no bride ever survived long enough to undergo the transformation.

So, is it ever explained in the anime or the VN?

You have to have some part of a vampire in you, etc.

Yui has the heart of Cordelia and the Sakimaki brothers are born because their parents are both vampires. Yui isn't a proper vampire, but because she has Cordelia's heart, she will soon turn into a vampire.


Is it safe for me to watch Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou as an anime-only viewer? I have only watched (season one of) the Shingeki no Kyojin anime, and have not read any of the manga.

As I watch the Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou anime, which is airing this season, I am starting to get a sense that I am at risk of being spoiled for content which is currently manga-only. Nothing glaring comes to mind yet (though that could just be because e.g. I'm failing to notice gags that are based on manga-only content), though there's a character from episode 8 who I don't think I know, and an altercation between two characters in episode 3 that I was told comes from a flashback that hasn't been animated yet.

Can someone who has read the (main) manga and is watching Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou (and perhaps has read the source manga for that) tell me how much of a risk I'm at of spoiling myself for content that hasn't been animated yet?

(If there's a high risk of spoilage, I figure I may as well put it off until season 2 airs in 2016.)

I recommend watching the anime first as a good overview of the series. Then read the manga, to cover any: plot holes/extras/gags and to get more info. It doesn't really matter because the anime (most of the time) follows the manga (In Soul Eater, the anime and manga are different but the story continues differently so it isn't spoiling anything because it's a different story).


What manga chapters does the Akagi anime adapt? I just finished the Akagi anime. It seems safe to conclude that Akagi probably survives the match with Wachizu, but since there are two more rounds that aren't covered by the last episode of the anime, I'm wondering how they go.

As thus: which chapter of the manga does the Akagi anime end on? Is it safe to assume that up to that chapter, everything covered in the manga will have been more or less covered in the anime (given that in some anime adaptations, like FMA, this isn't true)?

For questions like these Manga Updates is king.

  Anime Adaption:

  Starts at Volume 1, Chapter 1

  Ends at Volume 13, Chapter 109

  Skips Volume 6 Chapter 51 to Volume 7 Chapter 56

The series currently has 28 Volumes and is still ongoing.