Why weren't CP9 at the battle in Marineford Arc? I'm just curious as to why weren't the CP9 members present at marine ford during the Whitebeard war.
They are also a part of marines and are even the strongest Soru users so is there any specific reason as to why they weren't there?

The reason is simple: they are no longer under the World Government, and have been declared as fugitives. The side story CP9's Independent Report covers what the CP9 members did after the Enies Lobby arc. This side story was carried as a mini-series on cover pages of One Piece manga chapters 491 to 528.

Bruno used his Air Door to save the CP9 members from the Buster Call. On returning to the destroyed island after the Marine attack, Bruno and Jabra notice the Government forces are looking for them. Suspecting that Spandam plans to capture them, they flee the island to St. Poplar.

Rob Lucci sustained severe injuries in the fight against Luffy, so the other CP9 members work in St. Poplar to pay for his treatment. After Lucci's treatment, they defeat the Candy Pirates who attacked St. Poplar, and return to their hometown.

In the meantime, Spandam presumably blamed them for the Enies Lobby debacle and got them declared as fugitives. He sent Marine pursuers, led by Captain Very Good, to capture them. CP9 defeat the pursuers and set sail to high seas, after Rob Lucci tells Spandam over a Den Den Mushi that they would return.


Who is this character? I saw a picture and I have no idea Does anyone know who this character is? I’ve been looking but have found no luck.

This character appears to be Tori Himemiya from Ensemble Stars!!.
Using Yandex image search, I found this specific image in image 6/10 on the following site (content warning: NSFW (it's from a hentai)):

 this site


Do Naruto and Sasuke lose their powers after the final battle? In chapter 698, Naruto and Sasuke have lost their hands which had the symbols given by the sage of six paths.

Does it mean that they lost the six paths power?
Does Sasuke lose his rinnegan?

In Naruto and the Sage of Six Paths volume 70 chapter 670: He of the Beginning, Naruto and Sasuke meet Ōtsutsuki Hagoromo, aka Sage of Six Paths, in that chapter Hagoromo tells Naruto and Sasuke about his sons Indra and Ashura, his mother Kaguya, Ten Tails, the ninja creed, the chakra fruit, and a couple of other stuff. Then in chapter 671: Naruto and the Sage of Six Paths, Hagoromo talks more about his mother, the tailed beast, the Uchiha Stone Table, the reincarnates, and then after he finishes talking he tells them both to raise their dominant arm. Once they did, he shared his powers with them.

In chapter 690: Ninja History page 194, after Naruto and Sasuke sealed Kaguya away, it shows Naruto and Sasuke's hands without the sun and the moon. Then on the other page, 195, it shows Hagoromo looking at his hands and it shows that he got the sun and the moon back (on his hands). Then he said "They've done it. All that's left is to bring you back!!" (depends on the translation version you got) then he clapped his hands.

So that means Naruto and Sasuke lost Six Paths power before they lost their arms.

To answer the other question. No, Sasuke does not lose his Rinnegan. In Naruto The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring: Uchiha Sarada in chapter 700+6: Without Evolution page 113, it shows Sasuke using Rinnegan. He uses the Rinnegan in other occasions in the same book.

Side note: I think in Naruto The Last Movie Sasuke has the Rinnegan, but I'm not sure if he uses it. And also if you awaken Rinnegan it is yours permanently, so there way no way Sasuke could have lost his Rinnegan. I mean it's like if you awaken the Sharingan.... it won't go away.

Sources:

Naruto volume 70: Naruto and the Sage of Six Paths
Naruto The Seventh Hokage and the Scarlet Spring: Uchiha Sarada


Where did the "# years of pain" originate from? So when I first saw Naruto seeing the scene where Kikashi uses his "1000 Years of Pain" on Naruto when he tried to get everyone's lunches when Kakashi isn't looking i thought this was just some joke made up in Naruto.

the other day watching A Lull in the Sea in Episode 15 I Saw Hikari chasing Ikari's son doing the same thing saying "kanchou kanchou" and telling Ikari he was going to give him "3 years of Pain". i also seems to remember seeing Ikari's son do it do someone

Both Hikari and Kikashi do mostly the same thing, they clasp their hands together with their index finger pointed out and poke their target in the butt

Now i am wondering where this poking someone in the butt originate from? Is A Lull in the Sea getting it from Naruto or is it from something else in Japanese culture

It is actually a Japanese prank known as kancho.
From the Wikipedia article on Kancho.

Kanchō (カンチョー) is a Japanese prank performed by clasping the hands together in the shape of an imaginary gun and attempting to poke an unsuspecting victim's anus, often while exclaiming "Kan-CHO!".
The word is a slang adoption of the Japanese word for enema (浣腸 kanchō).

According to Naruto Wiki:

This technique's full name is "Konohagakure Hiden Secret Taijutsu Technique: One Thousand Years of Death" (木ノ葉隠れ秘伝体術奥義・千年殺し, Konohagakure Hiden Taijutsu Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi, Viz: Konohagakure's Most Secret and Sacred Technique: One Thousand Years of Death, English TV: Hidden Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death, UK DVD: Secret Ninja Technique of the Hidden Leaf School, Death for 1000 Years, English Games "Sacred Taijutsu: 1000 Years of Death").

It is mentioned that Akira Shiotome (Miuna's brother) loves playing kancho:

He enjoys playing kancho with Hikari Sakishima and Shun Sayama and after Manaka awakens, the two enjoy playing with each other.

Also, in the scene where Akira played the prank in the 15th episode of Nagi no Asakura, he only said "Kancho". The person who subbed it in English probably wrote it as "# years of pain" as a tribute to Naruto.


Order to read Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni I want to know the order in which the Higurashi series need to be read in, the series being the following:

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Watanagashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Tsumihoroboshihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Minagoroshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Onikakushi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Yoigoshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Matsuribayashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni  Utsutsukowashi
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Kai Meakashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni  Onisarashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni  Tatarigoroshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~ Himatsubushi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~ Hirukowashi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Tatarigoroshihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni ~ Hinageshi
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kataribanashihen
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kokoro Iyashi Hen

Basically, when it comes to manga that's the recommended order:

Onikakushi-hen
Watanagashi-hen
Tatarigoroshi-hen
Himatsubushi-hen
Meakashi-hen
Tsumihoroboshi-hen
Minagoroshi-hen
Matsuribayashi-hen

Optional (Extra Stories):

Utsutsukowashi-hen
Yoigoshi-hen
Saikoroshi-hen
Onisarashi-hen
Batsukoishi-hen
Hirukowashi-hen

All of these are different iterations of the same period of time, but they focus on different aspects.

Though personally, I still recommend reading the Visual Novels: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni & Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai.


Why doesn't the Akatsuki as a whole attack Naruto directly while he is training with Jiraya? When Naruto is training with Jiraiya. It's the Leaf's plan to protect Naruto from the Akatsuki. Why didn't the whole team of Akatsuki attack them. I'm sure they can finished them off. Plus Black Zetsu is a sensory type, which means he can easily detect Naruto's whereabouts. So, why doesn't the Akatsuki as a whole attack Naruto directly while he is training with Jiraya?

Your question is a tad bit hard to understand, but I believe you're asking

  "Why doesn't the Akatsuki as a whole attack Naruto directly while he is training with Jiraya?"

WARNING: SLIGHT SPOILERS BELOW. READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Before I explain my research, I will provide a tl;dr below:

TLDR: They did not have the manpower, people and structure to perform the task at the time.

  The answer to this is because of how the Akatsuki operate. In the anime when the Akatsuki have their meetings after capturing Gaara, it is said that each member has a job of finding and retrieving a Tailed-Beast from the separate ninja clans. It is also shown that once a beast has been retrieved, a lot of chakra is required from all of them together to actually remove and contain the beast's power. When Deidara (Akatsuki guy with the clay bomb technique) captures Gaara and then targets Naruto, he is called out by other members as being called greedy for taking "more than one target". It is also shown that the Akatsuki hunt in pairs as they have always been shown. My answer to your question has many points. The first is that the Akatsuki are a conglomerate of rogue ninja, therefore they do not want to operate as a huge team as there is a great deal of tension amongst the characters. Second, the person who was supposed to get Naruto's beast was Itachi, but he was staving off due his confrontation with Sasuke.

Lastly, as stated here, it would have been IMPOSSIBLE to do this when he was younger because the 3rd and 4th Hokages could and would have killed them all, no question.

  Even when Tobi attacked Naruto at birth, he failed to steal the beast because Minato was too OP for him. And even when he was in training with Jiraiya they weren't that powerful because Jiraiya had been tracking them, and speaks about them getting bigger learning new techniques but nobody knew their motives back then so they weren't a threat.


Is it known if in Overlord the action is set in a "real world" or in a "game world"? I think this is still unknown. But I don't know all the content of Overlord in detail.

References have been made that, for example, Ains, and the rest of either NPCs, or potentially other players, where transported to a "new world".

But, as far as I know, it's unknown if he has been transported to a "real world" where he and all characters have now a physical body that matches the one they had in the game, or if what Ains, and any other possible player that was trapped in the world, perceive is just a extremely accurate virtual simulation.

I know that, at this point of the story, his real physical body would be long dead under normal circumstances, but I think things like that all his mind was copied while he was sleeping when the game server closed, and then transferred to some computer, or that he was kidnapped and now his body is in a Matrix-like state somewhere don't contradict anything that is on the story.

Is there any hint or evidence on which type of world the story is really happening?

Yes, it is mentioned in the light novels.

Spoiler alert for those who only read the Manga and/or watch the Anime:

  It's strongly indicated that it is indeed a real world and that this isn't the first time. There are characters who know of these Players and know how mighty they can be. One example is Evileye from the all-female adamantium group Blue Rose. She is actually Landfall from the Thirteen Heroes who defeated the demon gods, who are indicated to have been players like Ainz.


What defines the art-style of Japanese manga? Even though manga has lots of different art styles we still have an idea that certain styles are "manga style" and other ones aren't. What is it about an art style that lets us know it's manga style? What elements reappear across many manga? What distinguishes our idea of manga style from our idea of Western comics style?

I'm not sure there is a specific answer to this. As you acknowledge, different artists have different styles. Both Japanese and western books vary from "cartoony" to "realistic". There are cultural differences seen in the art, such as in Japanese media adults often smoke, while in American media, they seldom do -- definitely not in titles geared to children. (Maybe they do in French media; that's why I switched from "western" to "American".)

Hell, sometimes an artist has extremes in his own work; consider Yoshiro Togashi and his "bad days" on Hunter x Hunter.  Here is a comparison of a page that got published in the weekly mag, versus how he improved it for the HxH volume:

Is the left even identifiable as manga vs comic book (vs fan art)? On the right, the main clue as to being a manga, at least to me, is the eyes of the upper right character. Otherwise it could be from a (somewhat dark) American funny-animal comic book, a la "Fritz the Cat visits a jungle".

Let's look at another page:

Is there anything innately Japanese or western concerning Jack Katz' work on The First Kingdom? If I didn't already know, I could not tell anything except that he is a remarkable artist (a mangaka in every sense of the word except his nationality). ... Hmm, maybe in Japan they would have to fade-out all the nipples.

I myself instantly recognize manga because the pages have to be read from right to left. The other instantly recognizable hint is that manga are typically b&w, whereas western comics are usually color.


Did Trunks SSJ2 become much stronger after the sparring with SSJ3 Goku? Before Trunks became super saiyan rage (super saiyan hikari), he had a battle where he was able to hold, hit and take apart Black Goku super saiyan rosé from super saiyan blue Goku. How was this possible? We know by that moment Black Goku super saiyan rose was stronger than Goku Super saiyan blue, which is a transformation stronger than super saiyan god, which is a transformation stronger than SSJ3, which is a transformation stronger than SSJ2.

In the manga Toyotaro made SSJ2 Trunks to be "mastered" and become as strong as SSJ3 Goku, but in the anime, Goku SSJ3 Goku knocked with one punch SSJ2 Trunks (even though Beerus commented Trunks was a good fighter) . Did Trunks become much stronger after this, because of a zenkai boost or something? Did his sparring later with super saiyan blue Vegeta and the mental training he had made his SSJ2 much stronger (to the point where he could fight in SSJ2 against Black Goku SSJ Rosé) or is there any other explanation to the situation of SSJ2 being able to fight SSJ Rosé?

Trunks in his SSJ2 state was definitely stronger than Goku and Vegeta SSJ2 in the Buu saga. However, weaker than SSJ2 Goku and Vegeta in super. I would say, his SSJ2 transformation is more or less relative to that of Caulifla's towards the end when she began to master it during her fight with Goku.Trunks attained another transformation called Super Saiyan Rage during the course of battle with Goku Black. This transformation made him strong enough to at least hold his own against SSJR Black and made his power slightly relative to Blue. He easily surpassed SSJ3 Goku at this point. His power would be relative to current Mystic Gohan and Android 17 who are stronger than SSJG and more or less relative to SSJB tier(Not stronger).As for trunks getting stronger,  No, his fight with Goku or Vegeta didn't give him any Zenkai boosts. A saiyan attains a Zenkai boost when he is in a situation where his life is at stake. Goku merely took him out with one shot and Vegeta obviously didn't try to kill his son! The fight against Goku was Super trying to show where Trunks's power stacks up to the Z fighters now, as he hasn't come on for a very long time. His fight against Vegeta, was very likely a throwback to their training in Z and to create a father-son moment between a newly changed Vegeta(In terms of character) and Future Trunks.We know the SSJ transformation is generally caused by rage. We've also seen powerups in SSJ transformations by characters when they are angry or someone's life is at stake. Example: Vegeta in his SSJ2 form against Beerus, Goku in his SSJB form against Black and Zamasu, Vegeta in his SSJB form against G.O.D Toppo. Trunks similarly, attained a very powerful rage transformation in this manner.


Clear explanation of karma-kun's answer to the final math problem in Assassination Classroom? I've been trying to understand Karma-kun's answer the math problem in the Examination Finals.

I have searched references, and explanations to the problem but to no avail. I still couldn't understand the horrible explanations to the problem, and the answer assumes that you know their thought process is, which I don't.

This has an english translation of the problem:

young-il-long-kiyoshi.tumblr.com/post/125623681248/on-the-topic-of-the-final-maths-question-in-the

Another link I found mentioning the problem but not explaining it.

angryanimebitches.com/2016/03/assassination-classroom-season-2-episode-12-the-principal-is-a-sore-loser/

Their is also a youtube video that explains Karma-kun's answer but even his explanation I still can't understand how he to the conclusion that the area of the center atom is equal to the half the area of the cube divided by two. a^3/2

video link: Weird Geometry (Assassination Classroom S2 E12)

The reason I'm posting this is that there is no other way for me to understand the problem without asking in a thread.

I just want an explanation of the answer in "high-school" level of perspective, not a professional PhD level one...

I don't want to hear "equidistant", "inifinitesimal", "vertex" or any other technical terms that I can't comprehend.

I know I demand too much, but please help me understand how Karma-kun got a^3/2. The only perspective that I got from Karma is that all the 8 atoms form a cube of their own, and the middle point of that imaginary cube is equivalent to all the atoms inside the 8 individual cubes.

And the video says so as well, but how the in the world has it gone from A 1/8 to 2A? and then a^3/2

as shown here:

All the atoms in the crystal lattice are identical. Let's say the volume of an atom at the vertex (not corner, if it is a corner, you will need a slightly different reasoning) is B. Each atom at the vertex takes up (1/8)B of the cube.  See diagram.

For a cube with length a, it consists of the central atom A with volume D and  8 atoms at the vertices each taking up (1/8)B of the cube. Thus,

a3 = D + 8 × (1/8)B

However, since we  know that the atoms at the vertices are actually identical to the central atom, The volume B is equal to D and hence,

a3 = B + 8 × (1/8)B ==> B = (1/2)a3

QED

All the technical terms that you have mentioned are what I was learning in my high school. This question is not hard, as Karma has said. It is a combined question of maths and chemistry.


Is Honey Senpai a Shota? If so, then what would be the opposite of Honey Senpai's character? Like between the ages of 40 years an up?

I read it one time when I was looking at Japanese Shoujo Manga, but I do remember encountering it on the site Manga Here.

お爺さん or 叔父さん？

Miryoku-tekina toshiue no otoko?

An attractive older man?

Since you mentioned between the ages of 40 years an up and were asking for a term that represents the opposite of Honey Senpai's (Shota) character...

Then that would have to be an Older Man = Oji-san (uncle) or Ojiisan (old man).

It can also be used as a slightly impolite way to address a middle aged man.

If you have your doubts of such a genre existing, note that not all women prefer Shotas or Bishonens.

There is such a thing as an "Ojisan Paradise."


What was Nezu stuffing into his briefcase? In the film, after burning loads of documents with his aides, a tank barrels into his estate and Nezu (over)stuffs a briefcase with papers before fleeing.

What were these papers? They did not appear to be money, and if they were documents that needed to be destroyed, why would he have taken them with him?

I remember that scene.  Those documents appeared to be bond certificates, stock certificates, and/or other financially worth keeping documents.
images of stock certificates
images of bond certificates


Why does Shanks already have his scar at the beginning of One Piece? In this image of Shanks from Luffy's hometown, Luffy was still quite young.

However, it is said that he got his scar from Blackbeard. Did he get his scar when Blackbeard was still a part of Whitebeard's crew? Because I think that when he got this scar, Ace was already after Blackbeard and the commander of 2nd division, but at this time, Ace and Luffy were still young.

The story of the origin of the particular scar (left eye) is told in Chapter 434 / Episode 316. It's given to him by Blackbeard while still on Whitebeard's ship, as part of their crew. By the time Ace and Luffy have grown up, Shanks is one of the Emperors.

  The conversation hits a more serious note as Shanks points to his scarred left eye. One of Whitebeard's crew gave it to him, Marshall D. Teach. Shanks has known what Teach has been up to all these years and tries to warn Whitebeard of what may happen if Ace and Teach meet, he begs Whitebeard to stop the search. When Whitebeard outright refuses and states he will teach Teach about morals, Shanks reacts by drawing his sword, stating the rampaging era will not be stopped. Whitebeard and Shanks clash weapons, splitting the skies to the shock of both captains' crew members.

Source: http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Chapter_434


Does anime really account for 60% of the world’s animation-based entertainment? I see some variation of this self-proclaimed unattributed fact on the web:

  Anime accounts for 60% of the world's animation-based entertainment. So successful is animation in Japan, that there are almost 130 voice-acting schools in the country.

How true is this fact? What was the original source? What about the other 40%?

It comes from this document published by JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization) where it says (page 7):

  International sales data is not exact, but around 60% of the anime shown worldwide is
  made in Japan, according to a METI report issued in January 2004. Twenty Japanese anime programs
  were being broadcast on American TV as of March 2003.

(Note that "anime" in this context probably means "animation")

The 60% figure was also quoted by Jim Frederick's article in Time Asia "What's Right with Japan":

  Pokémon has supplanted Astroboy in the hearts of schoolkids in more than 65 countries, and 60% of the world's animated-cartoon series are made in Japan.

Though, no source was provided.

The number of voice-acting schools was attributed to:

  Terumitsu Otsu and Mary Kennard (April 27, 2002). "The art of voice acting". The Daily Yomiuri. p. 11.

Source fetched from the Voice Acting in Japan wikipedia page.

I don't know how to account for the other 40% of animated entertainment. Maybe if you're able to get a copy of the METI report that was issued in January 2004, which doesn't seem to be listed on their website.


How Did Free Get Injured in Beyblade Burst Evolution? In his fight with Valt, Free was injured, and that's why he had to Forfeit his match.
But, how did Free get that injury?

While he was fighting with Valt, he was pushing himself by trying to accumulate enough strength to battle at his fullest power. But he ended up using too much energy, which led to his injury. He was in so much pain, he had to forfeit his match.
Source: Beyblade Wiki


Are songs written for anime openings or endings? I know that some songs in anime openings or endings come from popular J-Pop singers/albums (such as the Bleach opening Rolling Star by Yui). However, some opening songs seem to show up during the show, such as themes appearing during final battles. Are opening or ending themes generally written specifically for the show or are they taken from popular Japanese songs.

In most cases, yes.

A popular example of this is the anime K-On!. All the openings, endings and insert songs are written for the anime itself. They use the anime to advertise it and to sell more. Here is the list of the anime's albums which if you observe, are really dedicated for the anime itself. It even had two live concerts, Let's Go! and Come With Me where the seiyuu of each character actually played their character's instrument. Well K-On! has a plot that revolves around band members so it would be just appropriate to focus more on creating songs specifically for the anime's plot.

To prove that most anime theme songs (opening, ending, insert songs) are written for the anime itself is the existence of Image Song orCharacter Song.

  An image song or character song is a song on a tie-in single or album (often called an image album or character album) for an anime, game, dorama, manga, or commercial product that is usually sung by the voice actor or actor of a character, in character. It is meant to give a sense of the personality of the character.

So it would be more appropriate to write character song depending on the anime character's personalities and his/her situation on the anime he/she belongs to.

This article explains further about it and it also sites more detailed examples.


When do the Pokemon Movies occur chronologically to the plot? I am wondering when each of the Pokemon Movies occur in relation to the series. particularity after which episodes because i know

Pokemon The Movie 2000: The Power of One was set during Ash's, Misty's and Tracy's travels though the Orange Islands
a bit of the start of Pokemon The First Movie: Mewtwo Strikes Back was actually seen in the series (when Mewtwo destroys and escapes from the Team Rocket Research Facility just as Jessie, James and Meowth return)

But i don't know when the events of the movies occurs in relation to Ash's adventure.

GEN I & II Pokemon Original Series (Kanto and Johto)

Pokémon: The First Movie—Mewtwo Strikes Back (Mewtwo's Counterattack)

Ash got all the badges and haven't fought the league yet. Could be anywhere between 64 and 74.
Pokémon: The Movie 2000—The Power of One (Mirage Pokémon: Lugia's
Explosive Birth)

Between 86 and 115 because he still has the Lapras.
Pokémon 3: The Movie—Spell of the Unown (Emperor of The Crystal Tower: ENTEI)

Between 156 and 165. Brock used Zubat in movie, gets Golbat in 165.
Pokémon 4Ever—Celebi: Voice of the Forest (Celebi: The Meeting that Traversed Time)

Between 201 and 209. Ash uses Bayleef, obtained in 201.
Pokémon Heroes: Latios and Latias (Guardian Gods of the Capital of Water: Latias and Latios)

Between 247 and 257. Misty obtained Politoad in 247, Ash got Larvita Egg in 257 which wasn't with him in the movie.

GEN III Pokemon Advanced Generation (AG) Hoenn

Jirachi Wish Maker (Wishing Star of the Seven Nights: Jirachi)

Between AG 004 and AG 047. May's Torchic only knows Ember and Peck in the movie and learns quick attack in AG 047.
Destiny Deoxys (Visitor from the Sky-Splitting: Deoxys)

Between AG 058 and AG 066. Ash has Trokoal but doesn't have Grovyle.
Lucario and the Mystery of Mew (Mew and the Aura Hero: Lucario)

Between AG 082 and AG 018. May gets Combusken at 082, Ash gets Snorunt at 108.
Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea (The Pokémon Ranger and the Prince of the Sea: Manaphy)

Between AG 148 and the end of the series at AG 192. Brock has Marshtomp (obtained in AG 148) and that's the latest Pokemon that the team acquired in the region shown in the movie.

GEN IV Pokemon Diamond and Pearl (DP) Sinnoh

The Rise of Darkrai (Dialga VS Palkia VS Darkrai)

Between DP 038 and DP 055. Brock already hatched Happiny, but Buizel is still Dawn's.
Giratina and the Sky Warrior (Giratina and the Bouquet of the Frozen Sky: Shaymin)

Between DP 085 and DP 100. Ash has Gliscor, but Turtwig hasn't evolved yet.
Arceus and the Jewel of Life (Arceus: To Conquering Space-Time)

Between DP 132 and DP 163. Ash has a Monferno which he acquired in 132 and evolves in DP 163.
Zoroark—Master of Illusions (Phantom Ruler: Zoroark)

Between 171 and the end of series at 192. Dawn has Togekiss, and that was the last Pokemon acquired in the series.

GEN V Pokemon Best Wishes (BW) Unova

White—Victini and Zekrom (Victini and the Black Hero: Zekrom)
Black—Victini and Reshiram (Victini and the White Hero: Reshiram)

Between BW 024 and BW 077. Ash has hatched Scraggy, but only has Tepig.
Kyurem vs. the Sword of Justice (Kyurem vs. the Sacred Swordsman: Keldeo)

Between BW 077 and BW 116. This one is debatable because Ash had Pignite but probably doesn't have Charizard (otherwise, he would've used it), but he could have kept it in the ball and there was no other evidence.
Genesect and the Legend Awakened (ExtremeSpeed Genesect: Mewtwo Awakens)

Between BW 116 and the end of the series BW 144. Ash has his Charizard and that was the last Pokemon acquired.

GEN VI Pokemon XY/Pokemon XY&Z (XY) Kalos

Diancie and the Cocoon of Destruction

Between XY 038 and XY 052. Ash's Froakie knows Cut (it's actually Laido) but is still a Froakie.
Hoopa and the Clash of Ages (The Archdjinni of the Rings: Hoopa)

Between XY 067 and XY 100. Serena has Braixen but Ash doesn't have Greninja yet. Clemont is also traveling with Ash again, so wait until after their battle when he rejoins them.
Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel (Volcanion and the Exquisite Magearna)

Between XY 110 and XY 126. Ash has Noivern but his Goodra hasn't rejoined the group yet.

GEN VII Pokemon Sun & Moon (SM) Alola (?)

I Choose You and Everyone's Story

These two movies take place in an alternate timeline and are retellings of the Orginal Series and the Orange Islands, respectively. Despite airing alongside the Alola-based series, they have no bearing whatsoever on it.

I base these through the Pokemon in the team including (Ash's friends at the time) in the movie and the moves they've used. The original series might be a bit off because I have the banned episode as episode 38 and the safari episode as well. The first episode means that the movie was at least after that episode; the second episode means that the movie was definitely before that episode with one exception of Keldeo. It could be anywhere between the two episodes, so it's why there's a gap. The reasoning for the episodes is there as well. The source of info was from Bulbapedia and my Pokemon anime and movie collection.


Why is the bang covering the right eye so prevalent among anime hairstyles? Some examples: Wiz from Konosuba, Touka from Tokyo Ghoul, Sanji from One Piece

Note that while many have a plot reason, I'm referring to those who don't.

It's mostly done because it looks cool. It's a very simple design choice that introduces asymmetry to a character's face, makes them a little more interesting to look at.

In general, hiding part of the face makes a character seem more mysterious or withdrawn, so it's useful to contribute to characterization for those characters that are shy or aloof, it reinforces that characterization.

There's no special significance to the right eye, in fact it's not uncommon for the side of the face that's covered to switch back and forth, either due to mistakes made by the artist/animator or due to the angle the character is seen at, or due to an actual change in the character's design (Sanji, for example, switches which side of his face is covered by hair after the time skip in One Piece).


Did Light truly love anyone? In Death Note, I am not aware of whether Light actually truly loved or cared about anyone although at the beginning of the series you could say he loved his parents perhaps. But it seems that he was at least shown to be as an intellectual person who just so happened to be bored or well tired with the way life was (e.g. criminals everywhere, continuous injustice that happened towards people etc.).

I may have missed something from the anime and I haven't read the mangas (so please correct me if I'm wrong) but did Light ever truly love anyone? I want a canon answer.

Himself. And only himself.

Yagami Light truly perceived himself as a god where everyone else was a lower being. He explained in one segment that his lifespan is too valuable to make a deal for the shinigami eyes. Yet for even his closest allies (Misa) or even his family, their lives can be easily discarded. Light did not truly love anyone other than himself.


Why did Kurama choose to remain Human? Caution, contains spoilers.

   In episode 108 when Kurama fought Shigure, he decided to remain human even though his powers are far more limited. He said he does not want his friends and mother to treat him differently. But when Yomi asked him at the end of the fight if he decided to abandon the form of Yoko for eternity, he said he never abandons anything.

Does this mean that he decided to never to transform into Yoko?
And if so, why does he have conflicting identities in the first place?
Yoko is Kurama's original form.

Does he deny his past?

I know this is a bit of a complex question, but if possible, I want clarifications on everything I asked.

Very simple, he didn't want his friends/family to be affected by his change, but he wanted to still be able to tap into that power when he needed it.

Much like a super-hero's need to disguise himself so that people won't recognize him, they'd treat Peter Parker differently if everyone knew he was Spiderman.


What is the light source in inverted world? At the end of the movie, we know that

 Age's (Eiji) world was the inverted world and Patema's world was the normal one. However, when Age and Patema fell to the "sky" in Age's world, there was a ground on the other side of the "sky" with some kind of building there. And when it became "morning", there was some light source like a sun, and the ground in the "sky" was burn. Also, through out the movies, there was morning and night in Age's world. How could that happen?

What exactly was the light source? Was that the planet's core? (It wasn't look like that on Earth) Or was that some kind of device?

I've made a little picture to explain the orientation of Patema's world:

WARNING: This explanation would be impossible without spoilers, so exit this question if you don't want to reveal parts of the story!

We'll explore this planet from the outside in. So, on the outside is the world like we the one we live on. It may have continental differences and other things, but nothing overly dissimilar to Earth. The light sources here are the same as ours - The Sun, Moon & Stars.

This layer (with the seas and continents) is actually where they end up at the end of the movie revealing that Age's civilisation were actually the inverts who were caught in the scientists' disaster and had their gravity reversed - despite their teachings otherwise.

The next layer is Patema's home (brown)- Tunnels in between Age's world and the outside. The cave dwellers who are her family are decendants of the people who burrowed into the earth in order to keep contact with the inverted civilisation. Despite the title - Patema is not in fact inverted - She is the correct way up. This is indicated on the picture by little red people. The light source here is mainly electric or oil-based. Some areas would have light leaking from Age's land.

The blue sector is where Age's civilisation resides. I think what people found confusing about this is the fact that looking up they were able to see the stars. But this is not actually the case, which we find out when Patema & Age take the flying ship to the innermost section.

Behind the stars that Age's civilization sees is actually a huge feat of engineering. Boiling hot machines shine light down on the citizens at timed intervals (nighttime). You may have noticed Patema & Age suffering from the heat - as not only were the machines hot with activity, they were also getting closer to the molten core of the earth [not shown in diagram]

So to answer your question, it is actually normal light from the sun and etc. All other light throughout the movie was man-produced. You can see your screenshot adapted in my diagram on the surface of the planet here (Age represented by the white person):

(I am accepting any job offers as a lead artist for anime)


When was Orochimaru kicked out of the village? I've been trying to figure out when time-wise (rather than chapter/episode-wise) that Orochimaru was kicked out of the village. I know that it must have been after the Yondaime was killed (given that it was the Sandaime who kicked him out), and at least in the anime he watched Itachi train, but I can't figure it out beyond that.

Is there a canon answer for when (say, in relation to the Kyuubi's attack/Naruto's age) Orochimaru was kicked out of the village and for how long his human experimentation occured inside the village before then?

I do not recall it ever stating how long Orochimaru was conducting experiments while in Konoha (my memory is fuzzy and could not find any sources). However, Orochimaru began his experiments sometime after finding the shedded skin of a white snake as shown in Chapter 344. Hiruzen goes on to explain that this was a sign of good fortune and rebirth. According to the wiki, it was at this moment when Orochimaru became interested in kinjustu.

As for Orochimaru's defection from Konoha, this occurred shortly after Minato was chosen to become the Fourth Hokage. In Chapter 116, during the Sand's invasion in the middle of the chunnin exam, another shinobi asked Ibiki why Orochimaru was considered a missing-nin.


What anime/manga are the sword and the dog in this image from? I can figure the rest of this image out, but I just don't know what anime/manga the sword and the dog are from. Can someone help me out?

The dog is a smaller version of Sadaharu from Gintama

From http://fc09.deviantart.net/fs70/i/2010/088/b/4/_Gintama_Fanart_1__by_Chinchi_Commissions.jpg

The colour of the dog is of course Pikachu.

The sword is the Shikai form of Zangetsu, Ichigo's sword from Bleach.

From http://de.bleach.wikia.com/wiki/Datei:Zangetsu.png


What's the name of the song playing in Seto No Hanayome episode 24 at around 15:13? Here is the scene where the song in question is playing.

The clip is taken at around 15:13 into episode 24, at the scene where Hideyoshi Sarutobi slapped Mikawa Kai to calm him down.

Thank you in advance.

That would be Surechigai, as composed by Takanashi Yasuharu

It was included in the Seto no Hanayome Vol.3 - Bonus BGM OST 2 album as the 8th track.

Several of set-no-hanayome's albums are for sale on amazon So you most likely will be able to find it on there as well.


Why is alchemy powered by tectonic plates? In the manga, alchemy is said to have been taught to Amestrians over 350 years prior to the start of the series by a mysterious man known as The Philosopher from the East and is explained to harness the diastrophic energy that is released from the movement and collision of tectonic plates deep within the Earth's crust to power transmutation.

I am simply confused between the correlation of tectonic plates and alchemy's power. How does the tectonic plates moving act as the fuel for any non-p.stone transmutations??? Alkahestry's source of power being "chi", or the lifeforce of the earth itself makes perfect sense; so why is alchemy powered by the movement of tectonic plates? That's so random to me.

Seriously, the most explanation we ever get is this one panel in chapter 67:

If you're wondering how this manages to do transmutations other than earth based ones, remember, the earth isn't the source of the transmutation itself, just the energy used in it. Just the necessary materials (the equivalent exchange) aren't enough to perform a transmutation. You also need the knowlede of how to rearrange the material to its new form (which is why alchemy isn't more widely used) and the energy to actually do the rearranging.

Amestris' alchemy uses the energy in the ground (previously caused by plate tectonics, currently by... Well, let's not spoil it), while earter alkahestry uses natural chi flows.

How?
Never explaned beyond that one panel, since it's not really important to the story.
Cool action and existential philosophy are.


Is this Monogatari opening a take on another artists' style? During the opening song 'Kogarashi Sentiment' (The fourth opening in Monogatari Season 2), the video continually switches from one art style (the normal Monogatari type art), to another one (which seems like a dated art style).

Is this a homage to another artist/company who would be known for this style?

The style seems quite familiar, but that could just be the dated feel of the art.

The OP is not a parody of one series per say, but reminiscent the stereotypes of 80s/90s anime themes in general.

Kindaichi Case Files

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjIXE-YWMHM

Cardcaptor Sakura

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQjCFvaNwJQ

Escaflowne

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbhcChdCAUk

One of the most notable parts (with the hat flying off) somewhat resembles Kimagure Orange Road and/or the Ranma 1/2 OAV OP "Love Panic" (Koi da! Panikku):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=777YtDfbnYI

Some sequences are a bit reminiscent of the Golden Boy OP:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47Hg0QIo1x8


What does genki (from genki dama) means? So from the previews from the following episodes we get to know that

(spoilers)

   18 and 17 donates energy to Goku's Genki Dama. People speculated that since they have unlimited energy, Goku could get to form an extremely powerful Genki Dama thanks to their energy but no, because it's been said by some fans that ki energy (attack energy) is different than Genki energy Goku uses for the Genki Dama bomb.

So what does Genki (from Genki Dama) mean?

http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Spirit_Bomb:

  Spirit Bomb (元気玉 Genki Dama, lit. "Energy Sphere")

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/元氣

  From Middle Chinese compound 元氣 (ngjwon khjɨjH, literally “first, fundamental, source + vapor, spirit, energy”) In Chinese cosmology, this represented the fundamental force that permeates all matter and life. Early Japanese borrowed this word and meaning. Later, this spelling was conflated with the meaning of homophone 減気 (genki, “recovery from illness”), adding in the modern senses related to healthy and wellness.


How did Gammon solve the puzzle in episode 2? While I was watching Phi-Brain Episode 2, I tried solving the puzzles on my own. But on that sliding block game, I couldn't figure out how Gammon solved that puzzle without moving the red car until the path was cleared. Here's how it looks like:

The black car on the farthest left and the white car near the exit are 3 blocks long which can be confirmed from this picture below.

So when you plot it out, the puzzle would look like this:

I'm kinda wondering how and I don't think it's possible.

I ended up writing a descriptive model for it in IDP, letting the solvability prover from our univeristy prove whether a solution can be found. The fastest solution it could come up with was one finishing the game in 48 steps (see below). Therefore the problem is indeed solvable. My first answer though, saying Gammon cheated, was indeed incorrect. It was only after he had solved the puzzle, that the system was sabotaged and made Kaito cheat to save their lives.

I numbered the cars from top to bottom and left to right as in the following picture.

The solution is written in the form Move(t,cid,d) with t being the step number in the solution, cid being the car identifier and d being the distance the car travels during that time step. d is positive when driving up or to the right and d is negative when driving down or to the left.

Move = {
    1,9,1; 2,4,2; 3,2,1; 4,1,-1; 5,6,-3;
    6,7,1; 7,9,1; 8,3,3; 9,7,-2; 10,6,1;
    11,1,1; 12,2,-1; 13,5,3; 14,2,1; 15,1,-1;
    16,6,-1; 17,7,2; 18,8,2; 19,10,-4; 20,8,-2;
    21,7,-1; 22,6,1; 23,1,1; 24,2,-1; 25,5,-3;
    26,2,2; 27,1,-1; 28,6,-1; 29,7,1; 30,3,-3;
    31,7,-1; 32,6,1; 33,1,1; 34,2,-2; 35,4,-2;
    36,9,-4; 37,4,2; 38,2,1; 39,1,-1; 40,6,-1;
    41,7,1; 42,3,3; 43,7,-1; 44,6,3; 45,1,1;
    46,2,-1; 47,5,4;
}


What happened to Mouri in episode 219? In episode 219 of Detective Conan, "The Gathering of the Detectives! Shinichi Kudo vs. Kaitou Kid", after Senma jumped out of the helicopter, Mouri quickly jumps out and reveals his identity as Kaito Kid. Kid saves Senma from falling.

But what happened to the real Mouri? If the Mouri in the chopper was actually Kid, where was the real Mouri?

Mouri was left on a gas station. At the beginning of this arc, Mouri, Ran, and Conan went to a gas station and asked for the direction. That's when Kid replaced Mouri.

Last page of chapter 302
Ran: Hey, I still have one question. Where is the real dad~?
Mouri: A~~choo! (sneeze)
Mouri: Fwa.. (wake up from sleep)


Why doesn't Misa Amane regain her memory when she touches the death note? Light Yagami gets back his memory when he touches the death note. But Misa does not get back her memories when removing touches her with a piece of paper from the death note. Why?

In short: Unlike Light, Misa never owned that death note.

Now the relevant timeline:

Ryuk dropped a death note that became Light's - the one with the rules so we call it the rulebook. Rem handed a death note to Misa - without written rules so we call it the blank book.

Light and Misa met and touched each other's death notes. At this point, they were both able to see either shinigami. Also, Misa allows Light to keep the blank book but does not transfer ownership.

Misa gets caught and tortured by L and forfeits the ownership of the blank book so it is owned by Rem or the first other human to touch it (aka. Light).

At this point, Light is the owner of both death notes and knows that whenever he touches or get ownership of one of them, he regains his memories. Misa however only ever held ownership of the blank one.

Light makes the Shinigamis switch the death notes so that the blank note is now accompanied by Ryuk and the rulebook by Rem. Light hides the blank book and gives the rulebook to Rem.

Than Rem returns to the Shinigami's world searching for someone to give the rulebook while Lights gets himself incarcerated before finally giving up the ownership of the blank book (to Ryuk who returns to the shinigami world).

Rem finds a human who would abuse the death note (Higuchi) and hands the rulebook over to him.

Rem finds Misa in trouble and wants her to know that Rem would support her so she makes Misa touch a snipped of the rulebook - that is accompanied by Rem but never was owned by Misa so Misa gets the ability to see Rem but does not regain her memories.

After they defeated Higuchi, Light touches the rulebook and temporarily regains his memories so he kills Higuchi and assumes ownership of it, thus permanently regain his memories. After meeting again, Light orders Misa to find the blank book (that has been originally been given to her by Rem) so that Misa would finally regain her memories too. Note that since the shinigami swapped the notes, Ryuk now accompanies the blanc book.

If Misa would have remembered L's name, she'd have killed him right away but since she didn't, she makes the deal with Ryuk again what Rem would never have allowed.

Since Rem is connected to Light and sees the task force haunting Kira (Misa), Rem kills L and Watari as she realizes that this is the only way to safe Misa from being captured and sentenced to death.


The Super Saiyan Legend In the original series the Super Saiyan is presented as a myth: according to Vegeta when talking of the legend, he states that the last Super Saiyan existed 1000 years ago.
The mythical quality of the Super Saiyan persists during the Frieza saga, and is taken as the reason Frieza decided to kill all Saiyans.

Now in the 2011 OVA, Episode of Bardock, we learn that Bardock could turn into Super Saiyan, and did so in the battle with Chilled.

Can this incongruence be solved? How can the Super Saiyan be a myth/legend if at least one, Bardock, existed barely before the beginning of the original Dragon Ball series?

There are 2 things to keep in mind there.
1.) Where did Bardock go (or more when) and
2.) The canonity of the films.

Where did Bardock go or more when:

When Freezer hit Bardock with his attack he was displaced in time a thousand years into the past. And single handedly disposed of a member of freezers species by turning super saiyan. Chilled though survived the encounter at least long enough to speak out a warning about a super saiyan.

So there is no real inconsistency if we take this into account. Saiyan myth says 1000 years ago a super saiyan appeared and Freezer fears this LEGEND. Bardock was a super saiyan 1000 years ago and put fear into chilled about a super saiyan.

So in total: No inconsistency there, aside from the flashback in the series where the super saiyan is shown as someone in a more ape like form than a normal humanoid.

Canonity:

The films are almost never considered to be part of the main canon and thus are often ignored in the series. For example the Broly films....no info from them ever show up in any of the series aside from super now using a broly like transformation for an universe 6 Saiyan.

Exceptions exist of course like 2 films being integrated (and remade) in dragonball super, but before that the events inside were largely ignored by the main series (and often raised a few questions about abilities,... if they would have not been ignored).


What were the Einzberns planning to do once Kiritsugu won the war? The Einzberns hire Kiritsugu. Some random mage hunter guy.

As far as I'm concerned, the Einzberns pretend to use the Grail to restore the Third Magic thing.

But, if Kiritsugu uses the Grail for his wish (the world peace thing), won't the Grail vanish?

So the question is, what were the Einzberns planning to do once Kiritsugu won the war? Don't they need the Grail to get the Third Magic thing?

This spoils Fate/Stay Night, especially the Heaven's Feel route.

   There are actually two Grails. The Greater Grail that was created by the three mage families, the one that facilitates the war and is the one that would be used to "perform" the Third Magic. The Lesser one is the one that manifests at end of the war and does the wish magic. Most of the power that gets accumulated from heroic spirits goes to Greater Grail, while Lesser Grail gets only a small fraction for doing actual wish. Simply said, the whole "unlimited wish" from Lesser Grail is a plain lie.


Why did Itachi seek Tobi's help? In "Episode 359 : The Night of the Tragedy", it was revealed that Itachi sought the help of Tobi to massacre the Uchiha clan. So the following questions arise out of this situation:

Did he know Tobi's real identity?
Why did he take his help to eliminate the clan (irrespective of whether his identity was known or not)?
Why did he help Tobi by not revealing that he was the village infiltrator as Itachi was always working for the Village?
Why did Tobi agree to help Itachi eliminate his own clan?

Ideally, each question here should be a separate question, but in this scenario all these are closely inter-related and thus have been posted as a single question.

The things he told Sasuke during their battle suggests that he thought that Tobi was Madara.
Either because eliminating the entire clan on his own was too tough a mission for him, or because he wanted to infiltrate the Akatsuki to gather information. Also, he had Tobi promise to not hurt the Hidden Leaf or Sasuke.
Because that would blow his cover. He was still protecting Sasuke and the Leaf and revealing his position would make him lose all the things he could have gotten due to #2.
Because, as Madara, Tobi too had a grudge against the Uchiha. Also, he could use someone like Itachi in Akatsuki.


80s-90s anime with a blonde main character whose mother dies I am looking for an old TV-series.
As far as I remember there were different specific characters and a plot in something like a farm.
The main-character was a blonde and blue-eyes girl, who had a mother who died (I think due to a disease) and she told her, that when someone dies, they turn into a star.
The father was a doctor I think, he had, if I remember correctly, a mustache and brown hair.
Then there was of course the mother, she had long blond hair too, like her daughter.
The daughter would often wear pink dresses.

Another boy, who has brown hair and probably worked on the farm along side with another black boy who worked at the farm with his father.

The boy with the brown hair would later go search for her, find her in something like a foster home, lead by a nun and something like a butler, who raise children, and the main-character helps them.

The brown-haired boy asks her if she wants to marry her, but she doesn't want to and hides behind a door.

This is all I can remember, I hope you can help me.

It sounds like Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair

The story begins in a small town in Pennsylvania in 1838. Jeanie MacDowell is a cheerful and beautiful girl with light brown hair (although this could be perceived as being blonde hair). Jeanie enjoys playing the piano and loves taking piano lessons from her mother.
Steven, a good harmonica player, and Bill, a boy who is very good at playing the banjo, are great friends of Jeanie's. They enjoy playing music together like a small band.
However, Jeanie's happy life changes dramatically after her mother suddenly passes away.
Experiencing many difficulties and learning the importance of life, she decides to devote her life to helping many people suffering from illness.
The series is a love story about the relationship between Steven and Jeanie


What happened to the Namekian Dragon Balls when the planet exploded? When Namek exploded, what happened to the Namekian Dragon Balls?

In chapter 327, the Namekians were sent to Earth by using Porunga's third and last wish. As mentioned by Grand Elder, it seemed that at that time the Dragon Balls had followed him to Earth.

Then in chapter 329, after being on Earth for a year, the Namekians wished to be sent to New Namek together with their Dragon Balls.

So basically the Dragon Balls moved about together with the Namekians from Namek to Earth to New Namek.


Anime in IT industry? Anime tend to became more and more popular in western countries year by year and were always popular in Japan. While many people watch them, seems like most of the fans are geeks or gamers.

Based on the above, is it true, a huge percentage of programmers like anime?

edit: While there are anime fans everywhere most fans are from either USA or Japan. To make the question more specific I am asking about those two countries.

There are no definite answers possible for your question, as there is no known number's for anime fans within the programmer community.

Besides that it is still very Dependant on how broad you take the term "programmer" and "like". There are plenty of children out there that are able to write a simple script and call them self a programmer. And even without those there are tons of programmers that enjoy watching a anime every once in a while, or some times a cartoon. Which roughly would be just as big as the programmer group that likes to watch a movie, television series and even reading a good book.

We can make a well educated guess, but it would be no more then speculation.
 Assuming you are aiming at the above average adult anime watching behavior, so where adult are watching just as much as kids. Which is according to the following source roughly 24 hours a week or 3.4 hours a day.

  According to TV ratings company Nielsen, kids in 2012, age 2 to 11, watched an average of 24 hours of TV a week. That’s an average of three and a half hours a day.

Taking a average daily life of showering, eating and minimum healthy sleeping habits and jobs into account. A person would take up about at least 19 hours a day, leaving 5 hours a day. With the average programmers age of about 37 years this time is usually spend with wife/ kids. Leaving about 13% tops of programmers above the ago of 20 to even have time enough to above averagely like anime to begin with.


Do Bardock and King Vegeta make appearances in Otherworld? This is a two part question:

If Bardock and King Vegeta are dead, do they ever make appearances in HFIL or Upper World? One would think that either Goku or Vegeta would want to pay their fathers a visit.
Do Goku or Vegeta ever mention their fathers once during the entire anime?

I don't recall any of this. Feel free to include the manga if anyone has that much knowledge on the matter.

Anime and GT series make a lot of confusion with its fillers, but in the manga, Piccolo explains water-clear to Vegeta.

Evil souls are cleaned, their memories wiped, and then reincarnated.

Both King Vegeta and Bardock, although heroic, are clearly evil, so they are impossible to visit.

Goku never shows interest for knowing about his father. He was raised by humans, and he consider his adoptive grandfather as his true ancestor.

Please, also notice that HFIL is an invention of the American dub, which you should avoid if you are really interested in Dragonball canon. Where Goku goes is called the Other World, and what is written on the otherworld's demons' shirts is "HELL".


In what episode does Killua meet Netero who is getting ready to fight? In Hunter x Hunter anime, I remember the moment when Killua meets the huge aura which belongs to Netero. He was sitting on the top of some hill.

In what episode was that moment?

Are you referring to Episode 99?

Just under 14 minutes into this episode, Killua is running through the forest and senses something, thinking to himself "I can't go this way."

What he senses is explained later as the "murderous intent" released by Netero when he was about to unleash his Zero Hand technique on Meruem.


Is Plastic Memories adapted from a manga/light novel? Is Plastic Memories adapted from a manga/light novel? If so, how many volumes/chapters have been released so far?

Plastic Memories (プラスティック・メモリーズ Purasutikku Memorīzu?) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara. The story was conceived by Naotaka Hayashi, who also wrote the screenplay, with original character design by Okiura. The series premiered in Japan on April 4, 2015 - Wikipedia

The anime premiered in 4/4/2015 with no manga adaptation as its an original anime only story with original anime only character designs.

There is a manga spin-off that's planned for 6/2015.


Did this really happen in Kuroko no Basket? I found this GIF on the internet, and I was kinda shocked. Does anyone know if this was really said in the anime? And if possible if you could tell me the season and episode?

No, that dialog is made up. I saw the BL joke somewhere on the internet and while Kise's ankle/knee did bother him during the game, I'm not sure that shot from the image you posted is even from that game. The entire game is from the 1st season and I think it spans a few episodes:

Episode 23 I'm not mature
Episode 24 Don't Get the Wrong Idea
Episode 25 Our Basketball

that cover the match between Toho Academy (Aomine, from your picture) and Kaijo (Kise).


What are the credits for "Doubutsukee" in K: Missing Kings for? Towards the end of the credit roll for K: Missing Kings (the movie), there's this:

Unlike the rest of the credits, which are in a standard serif'd font (Mincho-like), these credits are in a rounded, handwriting-esque font. The header for the section reads どうぶつけー doubutsukee, which I imagine has something to do with 動物 doubutsu "animals". Then, it lists the names of 24 people, all of which are written in pure kana, which looks kind of "childish".

What are these credits for? I suspect this is really more a question about K than it is about the Japanese language, since when I DuckDuckGo for どうぶつけー, all of the results are related to K in someway. I did a bit of clicking around, but I wasn't able to figure out what's going on here.

This is unrelated to the film in any way, its referring to the people that designed the animal characters that are based on the characters. They are referring to the goods designers for the goods depicted here. By the way, just to add in, the products are called Dōbutsu K, literally Animal K.


Is anything known about Rock Lee's family? From what I can remember, the manga has shown or at least referred to the family of most if not all of the Rookie Nine, as well as most of the other major characters in Naruto. However, I don't remember reading anything about Rock Lee's family, and I can't find anything on the Naruto Wiki. Has any information been given about his family (parents, clan, etc.)?

Okay, per "Madara's" request, due to speculation and interpretation of how things have gone in Naruto so far. It really feels as so that Lee is really reliant to Gai to the point of seeing him as a guardian, or even a father. Notice how even his own parents did not help to comfort him after his failure at genjutsu and ninjutsu broke him down in tears. Maybe they're just really negligent towards him, but on the other hand, there was a war 12(Naruto part 1) - 17(Shippuuden) years ago, involving the Kyuubi. Now we know there were many casualties, such as Minato, Iruka's parents, etc. So therefore, it is possible, if not overall probable that his parents were in the war as well. This was different from most of the other wars, as it was on the home front, rather than invading another country. Therefore, the entire village would be in a total war situation, where every capable villager would be drafted to fight; knowledge of ninja skills irrelevant. For all we know, they could've been basic villagers who just sell fish for a living and they just so happened to get killed by the Kyuubi on its rampage. And then Lee being at most 1 years old, could've taken an oath to avenge his parents' deaths by learning jutsu (see how well that turned out...). But of course no information has ever been given about his family, so this is pure speculation.


A song in Boku no Hero Academia season 3 episode 45 at 9:50 There's a song played for a short amount of time in Boku no Hero Academia season 3 episode 45 at 9:50. I think this song hasn't been played before in the series.

What is that song?

The Threat of Offense and Defense (脅威との攻防 Kyōi to no kōbō)

As another user pointed out, it has actually been played at least twice before!

season 1 episode 10 at around 10:50
season 2 episode 3 when showing everyone on the minefield


What happened to Sophie's curse? During the movie, Sophie for the most part was seen in the form of an old woman, thanks to the curse the Witch of the Wastes cast on her. However, whenever Sophie slept, she seemed to revert back to her regular self. And when she was talking to Madam Soloman, her body was slowly reverting and her hair was changing colour. Also, when Howl was setting things up for everyone, her facial features and voice reverted but not her hair.

By the end of the film, Sophie still had white hair but she seemed to have regained her youthful appearance. However, the Witch of the Wastes never removed the curse, given her magic was drained. I am wondering if Sophie's curse was eventually dispelled or not.

The film glosses over the explanation with only a few hints, but it's explained properly in the original novel by Dianne Wynn-Jones (and its sequels). The Witch of the Waste's curse was only short-term, and wore off very early on. The reason Sophie didn't recover was because

   she herself had undiscovered magic talent, and was staying in the form of an old woman because she kept thinking of herself as such. She tended to revert whenever she wasn't thinking of herself that way - such as when she slept or when she was too focused on telling Madame Solomon off (and hence was thinking more of Howl).


What happens to Iskahn and Sheyta? In Chapter 21 of Alicization,

   when Sheyta's sword breaks, it appears they are doomed as the red army closes in.

However,

   Leafa comes to save them with the orcs. When she kills everyone and collapses from exhaustion, no other mention of Iskahn (and Sheyta) that I know of appears in the rest of Volume 17 and Volume 18.

What happens to them?

They appear in

   Moon Cradle, the sun-arc after Alicization.

I haven't read the arc personally but from looking at illustrations,

   they help out zkititi within the story. Also, they have a baby.


Why is that some anime anthology films are cancelled? I’ve seen Robot Carnival and Memories. I never saw but heard of Neo Tokyo, Short Peace or many others. Which leads to Twilight Q, an anthology series that lasted for two episodes. Why is that some kind of these films gets cancelled. What might be the reasons?

Most likely low sales. It's also an OVA so there is no such thing as committing to the episode count like a TV series. They can drop it at any episode if they deem the sales are low.


How did Kuroko's vanishing drive affect Momoi? According to this wiki page:

  If the vanishing drive based on pushing the opponents to focus attention to someone else and then steps in unexpectedly.

And also:

  Kuroko uses his misdirection in function of his teammates. He must make eye-contact with the passer while doing his misdirection and so the eyefield of the other players becomes a "mirror" for Kuroko's position.

How is it that Momoi was affected by it when Kuroko showed to her for the first time, when no other player was around?

The way the vanishing drive works is that he diverts their attention for a split second, and is then past them by the time they realise what he's done. Against skilled players in a proper game, he needs something with a huge presence, such as Kagami or Aomine to make them forget about him, and that's the real trick, distracting someone when they're completely focused on you.

However Momoi is not a competitive basketball player and they were not playing in an actual game, so my best guess is that he was able to use something with far less presence than he would normally need, like a street lamp or a car or whatever was nearby.


The Fastest Ninja in Naruto? Namikaze Minato and the Fourth Raikage are considered to be the fastest moving ninjas.

However, in a fight between the Raikage and Naruto, Naruto dodges the Raikage's full speed.

In terms of speed, did Naruto surpass Minato?

Technically, Minato Namikaze is still titled as the fastest ninja. Take a look at the signature Ninjutsu of Minato, the Flying Thunder God Technique. It's classified as one of the Space-Time Ninjutsu, which are techniques that allow the users to teleport to another location instantaneously. No one can exceed the speed with using only physical power.
If you're talking about the comparison of raw physical speed, Fourth Raikage takes the lead. Naruto Uzumaki is still pretty fast, but he only surpasses the Fourth Raikage when he's in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.


Is the reanimated Minato much stronger than when he was alive? In Naruto chapter 618, all the souls that are bound inside the shinigami of the shiki fuujin were pulled out by Orochimaru. It includes the souls of the four previous Hokages. Now, before his death, Minato was able to seal half of the nine tails chakra into his own. Does it mean that he is much stronger than he when was alive? Does he have any chance on using the kyuubi's chakra for himself just like what Naruto did?

The resurrected Minato is stronger than when he was alive, but that is due to the properties of Edo Tensei (unlimited chakra, near-unlimited stamina, and automatic regeneration of any damage taken).

Minato does not have Kurama's chakra inside him. The Yin-component of Kurama's chakra, sealed by Minato, is still inside the Shinigami's stomach. Shiki Fuujin does not seal the target's soul into the summoner's soul. They are both sealed together, but independently, in the Shinigami's stomach.

This can be confirmed since Orochimaru first recovered the soul of his arms and then the four previous Kage at once. If the Shiki Fuujin sealed the target's soul into the summoner's soul, he would have to first recover Hiruzen's soul, and then the souls of Hashirama, Tobirama and his arms from Hiruzen's soul.

Minato does seem to have Kurama's Yin part inside of him. As proven by the recent chapters. Which undoubtedly proves that he's much stronger compared to the way he was before his death.

Note: This answer is based on events seen till Chapter 623. The answer may become obsolete after subsequent chapters.


What is Jinta and Ururu's Identity? Jinta and Ururu are the kids that works in Urahara's shop. I'm curious as to what their identities are. As far as I remember it was never been said what their background stories are.

Are they Shinigami like Urahara was? If they were, why are they with Urahara? Were they also on the run from Soul Society?

Or are they humans with special powers like Chad and Orihime? If they are, were their powers awakened from being close to Urahara, much like Chad and Orihime's powers being awakened by being near Kurosaki Ichigo.

Or are they Quincies? Although I doubt this very much since they never been seen using bows and Quincy techniques. Or are they modified souls like Kon?

What are they?

I would like to start off by saying that their race hasn't been explicitly stated in either of the Anime/Manga, so we can only theorize what race they might be from. Most of the evidence points to them being either Enhanced Artificial Souls/Humans.

Here are the possible theories, the facts supporting them and the facts opposing them:

Theory 1: They are Enhanced Artificial Souls1

We know that Nemu Kurotsuchi is the artificially created "daughter" of Mayuri Kurotsuchi. He used a combination of Gigai and Gikon technologies to bring her into existence. It's likely that Urahara did the same to create Ururu and Jinta.

For:

They seemingly come from nowhere and live at Urahara's.
Both have powers way above anything else a human has shown in Bleach and Ururu even has an "angry-mode" when she gets hurt.
It shouldn't be hard for Urahara to create Mod Souls, regarding the knowledge he has about Souls, modified Souls and how they work. Someone who can create a Hogyoku can create Mod Souls for sure. Especially since Urahara didn't need to create them from scratch, as they already existed.
For Urahara to create a special Gigai shouldn't be much of a problem either.
He is the person who created the special Gigai that held Rukia during her two months in the human world.

Against:

It's not impossible for them to be humans inspite of their strength because Inoue and Kannoji are both humans but possess abilities greater than those of normal humans.
Unlike Nemu, they have a will of their own.

One may argue that they aren't robotic (they don't say yes to everything that Urahara says), but as Ayase points out in the comments, Kon is a Mod Soul but isn't robotic either.

Theory 2: They are humans2,3

They are said to be High-Spec Humans on the Bleach Wiki:

  A very small percentage of the Human population develops a high amount of Reiryoku; they are known as "High-Spec" Humans. These Humans can see and interact with Reishi-made objects, such as Souls, to varying degrees and for various reasons.

For:

Urahara had the Hougyoku in his possession up until Rukia came to Karakura town and lost her powers. He lent her his special Gigai, with the Hougyoku hidden in it. They could have gained their powers from being somewhat near it. Sado and Orihime gained theirs as an indirect consequence of coming in contact with the Hogyoku, as it caused Rukia to lose most of her powers to IchigoSource, which as Urahara said, was the cause of awakening of powers in Rukia and Sado. From the Wikia article on Sado:

  Urahara then tells them that Ichigo's large amount of Reiatsu leaked onto them and that caused them to gain their powers, and that these powers are what they naturally had to begin with.

They age like normal humans, whereas Mod Souls do not age.

Against:

Given Urahara's expertise in the matter of Gigai and Mod Souls, it's possible for him to come up with a way such that Mod Souls age.
Even though they are stated to be High-Spec Humans on the Bleach Wiki, there is no official source regarding the same.

Theory 3: They are Soul Reapers

For:

They always hang around with Urahara and are knowledgable about the Soul Society, Hollows, Quincies and pretty much everything a standard Soul Reaper knows, although they might have just learned about it all from Urahara.

Against:

They do not have a Zanpakuto.
They do not have any reason to live with Urahara outside the Soul Society because they aren't exiled from the Soul Society, which Urahara is.

They aren't Hollows/Quincies

I say this because:

Their physical appearance does not match with that of a Hollow, such as having a broken mask or a hollow-hole. As the Wikia article on Hollow states:

  All Hollows wear masks, which are formed from the hearts they had lost as Humans. This mask protects the naked instinct which is left in a being after the loss of its heart, and obscures the original identity of the Hollow

Their appearance does not match with that of a Quincy either:

  The final point of contrast between the Quincy and Shinigami is their respective choice of uniform. While the Shinigami wear traditional, black, flowing hakama, the Quincy wear white, form-fitting, high-collared tunics. They always wear casual clothes.

Neither do they seem to have the power to manipulate Reishi into spiritual weapons.


Is the bird sigil from Geass users visible? In the beginning I assumed that it wasn't, however later when Suzaku forcibly takes Lelouch to Charles, Lelouch for some reason notices, that the Emperor also has Geass, which makes me wonder if there really is a sigil that is visible.

IIRC, Geass is invisible and undetectable save for to other Geass users and the beings that give the power of Geass to humans. I can't recall what they are called.

This is further proven in R2 when has to deal with the guy who has the Geass canceler. Again Lelouch and his brother Rolo were able to detect him.

I kind of watched a few episodes recently but I did watch both series some time ago.


Has there recently been a trending popularity with scissors as weapons over swords? Why are scissors starting to displace swords as the cool weapon of choice for main heroines to wield? (Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou, Kill la Kill)

Not necessarily a trend, perhaps, but it's worth noting that there's more than enough anime with swords (http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KatanasAreJustBetter), even guns, that when a unique, less-frequent choice of weaponry comes around, it may catch the attention of a frequent anime viewer.

Example: Would Bakemonogatari episode 1 would have been more interesting if Senjougahara used a sword instead of a stapler? Probably not, unless you had some philia regarding swords.


Why was Excalibur not used near the end of season 2? I just finished re-watching episode 18 of season 2 of Sword Art Online, and in the end, Kirito throws Excalibur into the pit and then Shinon catches it with a spell arrow. Then, once the quest is over, he gets the sword as a gift from Urðr for saving the land. In the next episodes we don't see him use it.

Why isn't he using it?

In SAO Wikia about Excalibur, there is some trivia mentioned, among which:

  Kazuto resolved to never use Excalibur for personal gain as he believed that the sword contained the «caliber» of himself and his companions.

As mentioned in the comments and in Alchemist's answer, Kirito used the sword when fighting off the guild to buy Asuna some time.


What's this symbol used by the Nazis? I'm on episode 5 of Black Lagoon, and I noticed this symbol being used by the Nazis on a flag and on a red arm band worn by one of the leaders of the group.

What's this symbol called, assuming it corresponds to something in real life? Is there any reason this should be used over a more recognisable symbol like the swastika? It doesn't correspond to anything listed on the Wikipedia page for Nazi symbolism.

EDIT: In response to the idea that it might have been censorship specific to Funimation, I decided to look up the episode on a Chinese streaming site I use. The symbol there was identical to the one in the Funimation episode. Of course, this doesn't mean that there couldn't have been censorship on the Chinese end as well.

This is the symbol of the Sturmabteilung,  a paramilitary organization within the German Nazi Party, whose methods of violent intimidation played a key role in Adolf Hitler's rise to power.

It's made up of an "S" (in lightning bolt shape) and an "A" and is probably a reference to Neo-Nazi groups evading the Swastika ban by using other related symbols.


How did Menma die in Ano Hana? How did Menma die in Ano Hana? I do not remember any scene showing how Menma died. In the series, I could not figure it out. The scene described in Menma's death is showing a sandal beside river. If she drowned in the river, then when and how?

As Senshin already mentions. It is never explicitly stated how Menma died exactly.

However certain events, and symbolisms do hint towards how she most likely did die. The most common one being the slipper next to the river bank, implying that she fell/drowned in the river.

During the anime there were several events hinting to this happening as well.

Poppo mentions that he saw Menma drifting away on the day she died
Jintan almost fell into the river while running to find Menma
Jintan catches Anaru as she almost slipped down this same hill

All these events together make it all the more likely that she tripped and fell down into the river. Whether she had been passed out due to the fall, just couldn't swim, or couldn't beat the river streams, is something we most likely will never know.


What's with awkwardness/fear with romance? Why is it in almost every anime when there is a male main character, Everytime a female main character comes on to him he gets all flustered, scared, or runs away? I mean through a whole series we see tons of huge boobs, panty shots, etc. But when a hot girl or mainly the love interest, tries to hold hands with the guy or kiss or anything of that nature. He always chickens out, or thinks that it's inappropriate or they are interrupted or he's to stupid to get the situation. They can fight monsters and demons but when can't do that? It won't make the character any less Noble. Any why is there the need to ALWAYS have other characters interrupt it or make him to dense to understand the female loves him. Why can't anime creators for once let romance start near the beginning and go smooth instead of towards the end and super hard to get to? It's been this way since anime first started and it's not funny or entertaining anymore.

I talked about this a little bit with my friends at school. One of them said to me that showing public affection is considered rude or embarrassing in Japan. So this is the reason why some couples are hesitant to hold hands at first. One example can be found in Clannad: The couple once walks to school alone. One of them suggests, embarrassed, to hold hands. The other person replies "But what if someone sees us?" They are close to finally holding hands but they get interrupted by a friend.

But this is probably only one of many reasons why this happens. A guess of me would be writer laziness. But I wouldn't take my word for it.


How can Angels Spirits disobey her? In Lucy's fight with Angel the Gemini transform into Lucy and it makes her spirits do whatever she says, but when Angels spirits learn about Lucy's love for spirits they start disobeying Angel how does that work? Shouldn't they be under the same I can't disobey my master rule?

The spirits are their own people. Loki (Loke) says this when he has a flashback to his previous owner. They share feelings with one another (Demonstrated when Loki and Aries are both hit; they tried to grab each others hands).

They are under the same "can't disobey my master" rules, however they can stand up for what's right (Loki did this with his former master, Karen Lilica). They can inhibit the wizard's ability to summon another spirit since they know that summoning 2 spirits at once is taxing on the user's magical abilities. This would be considered rebellion, the contract (still vague on the community) is a bond that states that a spirit is under the wizard's control until their key is broken. It never once was stated in the manga and anime series that the spirit can't rebel.


In Overlord, would Enri survive resurrection given she's level 6 as of Volume 8? In Yggdrasil, a player loses 5 levels on death, so since Enri is a level 6, does that suggest she could withstand resurrection?

In the New World it's stated that resurrection costs vitality and without enough, the person would turn to ash. The person also has to be willing to be resurrected. With a high enough tier spell, I'm assuming that Enri could be brought back as she currently is, especially since she'd want to return to the goblins and the village. Is there any strong evidence that should wouldn't survive resurrection?

Before talking about resurrection, we need to identify the cause of resurrection itself. There's 3 known spell to resurrect a dead person. 5th tier - raise dead, 7th tier - resurrection, and 9th tier - true resurrection. Each of them has their own rule for the spell itself to work.

In the wiki, it's said that 5th tier will cause a 5 level down and some life force reduction. But in my interpretation, the lose of levels itself is seen as losing life force. It's basically because the people in New World can't see their own level so that if the required level is not enough, they will turn into ash instead because if the level is lower than 1, they basically cease to be a living being.

As for 7th and 9th, not much known about it other than the penalty is lower than the lower tier spell, and only 9th tier true resurrection can cancels 9th tier insta-death spell true death.


Is there an official site for anime and manga ranking? Is there any official site for anime and manga ranking? I know some site for anime and manga, and they have some kind of rating and ranking, but their rating and ranking are different. I'm wondering if there are any official site for anime, maybe something like IMDB? Honestly, I don't really know if IMDB is official or not, but if someone is to ask for the rating of a movie, they always say to look it in IMDB.

As far as I know there is no official ranking site for anime/manga.

The closest thing you could get to an official ranking would be ranking them according to their sales, which gets featured on a lot of sites. An example would be this MyAnimeList post. More info and sites can be found on the post Where can one learn about viewership ratings for anime?, where some nice sites have been listed.

Most other rating sites are, as hungerartist mentioned, user rated and therefore not official.


What is mortality rate in dragon ball and why they considered destroying universes for that? I'm not able to understand what is the meaning of mortality rate as referred in episode 84 when it is said that universe 7 has low mortality rate so what they meant with that and why they considered destroying universes for that.

According to Dragon Ball Wikia - Mortal Level

  Mortal Level (人間 レベル, Ningen Reberu, lit. "mortal level") is the score
  that the Zeno and Future Zeno use to rank the twelve universes. It is
  a measuring of the average development, or "quality", of the mortals
  existing in a universe. The Mortal Level of a universe is directly
  related to the effectiveness of the jobs of its Supreme Kais and Gods
  of Destruction (allowing and promoting the creation and development of
  adequate civilizations and elimination of inadequate ones).


What are these A2 and A3 stickers? I just read the manga travel by Yuichi Yokoyama.

What is the meaning of the A2 and A3 stickers seen on packages and documents carried by strangers when the 3 main characters walk inside the train? A3 is on small tubes, and A2 is on a folder and an A4-sized box, so I guess it is not ISO 216 (paper size) though.

This manga contains zero dialogs and nearly zero text of any kind, except for A3 and A2, which are shown prominently.

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Left: A3 stickers on page 30 | Right: A2 sticker on page 31

While it's true that this manga lacks any dialogs, there are actually 2 pages at the end (pg. 196-197) that describe the whole scenes from the beginning until the end.
For page 30-31,

30-31 鞄の中にファクシミリ用感熱紙、コピー用紙、ファイルブックなどの文具又は書類が覗いている。
30-31 Thermal papers for facsimile, copy paper, filing book and other stationaries or documents are peeking through the bag.

Researching those things returned these images:

Thermal papers for facsimile by Fujifilm | Copy papers by Super Echo
Thus, I believe spiel's comment was actually right: they are standard paper size labels. The A3 thermal papers are rolled into a cylinder, and the A2 copy papers are showing their shorter side. (Which means that the filing book is also A2-size, which also exists)


What's the anime about a redhead whose friend uses magic? I was watching an anime and closed out of it, and now can't get back to it.

Description of the anime: A redhead male lead whose friend learns magic to find the killer of his sister, who was secretly the girlfriend of the redhead male lead.

I was only 3 episodes in on Crunchyroll, so I can't describe it any more. Does anyone know the name of this anime?

The anime you're talking about is Zetsuen no Tempest (or Blast of Tempest, as Crunchyroll translates it).

It begins with TAKIGAWA Yoshino meeting his long-time friend FUWA Mahiro, who has gained magic powers from KUSARIBE Hakaze (a magician stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere) as part of a deal in which Hakaze will help Mahiro figure out who killed his sister, FUWA Aika. Unbeknownst to Mahiro, Yoshino and Aika were lovers. Drama unfolds thereafter.


What happened to Koufuu Hino? In From the New World (episode 18), during the Summer Festival attack, Koufuu Hino is protecting the people:

And he got killed by a sneak attack from the Monster Rats.

Upon his death, uh, his eyes kind of shot a beam of light into the sky, and a figure of a woman appeared. Apparently, she smiled at Saki.

What exactly happened there? Who was that woman supposed to be?

This scene was never actually explained as far as I'm aware.

It's possible that it was his Cantus leaving his body and returning to Heaven, as he states "the art within me is losing it's flame," which may be a reference to the ceremony when one receives their Cantus, during which they look into a flame and say their Mantra. However this explanation doesn't explain who the woman is. (but doesn't she look a bit like Saki?)

Perhaps she was a hallucination by Saki. She did have a few of them that night after all.


Is Natsu's half-dragon form his complete Dragon Force? Many people think that Natsu's half-dragon form in the movie Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry was END or was caused by his dragon seed. But it cannot be both as END looks different in the manga and the dragon seed which transforms a dragon slayer into a dragon has been neutralized by Igneel. Also when Natsu transforms, the OST which plays is called Dragon Force.

So was it his complete Dragon Force strength?

If we are going off of the Dragon Cry Movie, it was presumed, by loads of theorists on whether or not that was a glimpse of Natsu's Etherious mode, to be Natsu's Etherious Mode that triggered, but in all fairness, this is to be determined as a Dragon Force.
In short, no. This wasn't Natsu's Complete Dragon Force because there is no such thing as a complete dragon force. One of the best ways that support this is the Dragon Force page on Fairy Tail Wiki page,

Dragon Force greatly increases the damage done by standard Dragon Slayer spells, and grants the user access to more advanced, powerful attacks.
(from the first sentence under Abilities tab)

A better example that there is no such thing as a complete dragon force was when Sting used Rouge's Shadow and triggered a Dual-Mode Dragon Force.


Is it common for light novels to have animated commercials? Being a fan of 掟上今日子の備忘録 (Okitegami Kyouko no Bibouroku, or "The Memorandum of Okitegami Kyouko"), I found the following promotional videos online:

Okitegami Kyouko x Monogatari series, collab CM
Okitegami Kyouko x Monogatari series, second collab CM

The part I found intriguing with both of these CMs was that Kyouko is animated at the end of these commericals, even though (as of writing) there is no plan for an animated version of the series. The animation is credited to Shaft, which is unsurprising since Shaft is responsible for animating the Monogatari series by the same author. However, the CM stands out in comparison to others like this other Kyouko one or this Date A Live one (from before Date A Live was adapted into an anime), which feature mostly static images and effects rather than animated characters.

So my question is this: is it common for light novels to have an animated commercial (especially with original animation created just for the commercial) despite not having plans to adapt the novel into an anime in the near future? Or, at the very least, have there been other instances of this in the past?

I wouldn't say that it's common, but it does happen. Here are some examples:

Musaigen no Phantom World had a PV in Jan 2014, which preceded the announcement of its anime in Aug 2015. Likewise, Kyoukai no Kanata had a PV some time in 2012, prior to the announcement of its anime in Apr 2013. I think the same thing happened with Free! / High Speed!. However, all of these are published by Kyoto Animation's in-house publishing division (KA Esma Bunko), so they may well have had not-yet-publicized plans for these works by the time they put the PVs out.
Heavy Object, Intellectual Village no Zashiki Warashi, and some other Kamachi LNs showed up in a Sep 2014 PV of Kamachi's various works (the best known of which is, of course, A Certain Magical Index). Of the non-Index works, only Heavy Object has been animated, and it was not announced until a month later (though, again, it was presumably in planning at the time).

But after a fair bit of searching, I didn't turn up any other properly-animated PVs (rather than just videos with static images wooshing around the screen). I find this unsurprising: for a properly-animated PV, you need a proper animation studio, and without a pre-existing relationship with a studio to produce material for the franchise in question, a PV is probably unlikely to happen.

So why do these few examples even exist in the first place?

The case of Kyoto Animation is unusual, in that they have a light novel publishing house as a subsidiary (or something; I'm not sure what the exact business relationship is). Naturally, this provides KA Esma Bunko with ready access to an animation studio. As far as I know, KyoAni is the only animation studio with this kind of very tight-knit relationship with a light novel publisher.

In the other two cases - Okitegami Kyouko and the various Kamachi things - the animation studio connection comes through the studios in question (Shaft and J.C.Staff) having already animated other cash cows by the same authors (Monogatari and Index, respectively). There aren't very many other authors in the same position (existing animated cash cow + high productivity on other light novel series); the only one who comes to mind off the top of my head is Narita Ryohgo (Durarara!!, Baccano!), and I didn't find any PVs for any of his other stuff.


Why is it that English dubbed anime shows still use Japanese words such as Senpai and many others? Most anime shows use senpai more common in English as master or teacher. As of the songs in the start already answered. The anime makers might as well put in master as to the anime "Naruto" they use more English content.

There are some Japanese words (particularly honorifics) that don't have any good translations. Senpai is a good example of them, though it doesn't actually mean master or teacher. It basically means upperclassman, though it's broader than just for school and basically counts anyone more senior in work or school (though not a teacher).

One reason that they likely keep it in instead of just taking out words that aren't easily translatable altogether is that the mouth movements need to roughly match. If there's a character whose name always has "senpai" after it, for example, the easiest way to make that work is to just leave the word senpai in instead of stretching for a bad translation.

There are also some words that end up being used as essentially proper nouns. Jutsus in Naruto, for example, (as far as I remember) are called that in the English dub and translations as well because it is used as just a word in the Naruto world, where the meaning can be gleaned from context and past usage.


Who is the woman who talks to young Tooru Amuro/Rei Furuya? Tooru Amuro or Rey Furuya is the Black Organization member nicknamed Bourbon. He actually something like secret police agent (I can't remember the organization's name) who is working undercover in BO.
He as Tooru Amuro works at Poirot Cafe, and become Kogoro's apprentice.

I remember a case when Amuro, Conan, Ran and Kogoro are at the hospital and there's a case where a posion is used in a tea.

After Amuro and Conan realise who the suspect of the cases is, there's a kid with her mother counting the lift that coming from the upper floors.
When the kid counts to zero (they are on the ground floor), Amuro hears that and he seems surprised about it.
He also has a flashback to when he was a kid and was called "zero" by a woman.

So, who is she? Who's the woman who speaks to with young Amuro? What is their relation? And also why he called "zero" by this woman?

You are talking about episode 771 of the anime (chapter 892 in the manga) The woman was Elena Miyano, the mother of  Shiho Miyano (Ai Haibara) who created the first prototipes of the APTX-4869 for the BO.

Acording to DC world wiki:

  While the true relationship between them has not been revealed yet, We know that they knew each other when Rei was younger. Rei got into many fights and it seems that Elena would bandage him up after the fights. However, one day, Elena had to move and could no longer bandage

Amuro's real name is Rei Furuya and "Rei” (零) means “zero” and that is possibly the reason why he is called zero.


When did the trend of doing a Title Drop on the last episode started, and what is the reason of doing it? Several anime series (I would say half of them) do a Title Drop on the last episode: the final episode's title is the same as the series'.

Around when did it become so commonplace, and what are the reasons for the showmakers to do so?

This trope's origins don't lie in anime. An early example of a title drop in film is 1929's "All Quiet on the Western Front", or even earlier in the Sherlock Holmes novel "A Study in Scarlet" (1887). Generally title drops are done near the end of a work in order to give the desired effect of new understanding of the title with the context of the story.

The first known japanese animation ever created was in 1907's 13 second long "Katsudo Shashin", so the trope pre-dates anime history.

By the time anime was being televised (1960s), this trope was a staple feature in many media formats, so it's not a surprise that it transferred itself into anime also.

Bear in mind that many anime are adaptions from light novels, manga and other formats, so the title drops may be transferred from there.


Why did the anime have so many additional cards? In the manga, there are 19 cards featured, whereas in the anime this number has grown to be 52 (excluding the card created during the 2nd movie).

Has there ever been a reason given for this large expansion?

As far as I can tell, there has never been an explanation given for this change. However, there is one major difference between the manga and the anime that may have led to this. In the anime, Meiling Li comes to help Syaoran Li collect the Clow Cards. This may have caused a need for more episodes to deal with her getting in the way of Sakura collecting Clow Cards, which required more Clow Cards to exist.

This is the major difference between the manga and the anime in terms of the collecting Clow Cards arc,  but this is only speculation.

There are six "leader" cards (The Dark, The Earthy, The Firey, The Windy, The Light, and The Watery) and all remaining cards, whether part of the original 19 or part of other 33, fall under the leadership of one of those six. While the creators of the anime made 33 more cards, they did not make any more leader cards, implying that these cards are filler.

More information about the Clow Cards can be found here: http://ccs.wikia.com/wiki/Clow_Cards


Debut Episodes of Rival Characters in Detective Conan (Case Closed)? I used to watch Detective Conan when I was younger and remember I got through the first 100 or so episodes. The most prominent "rivals" of Conan from what I remember was Kaitou Kid and Heiji Hattori. Who are some other characters that come later in the series and which episodes do they first appear?

Notable characters

Kaitou Kid
Heiji Hattori
Subaru Okiya/Shuichi Akai
Rei Furuya/Bourbon
Makoto Kyougaku
Masumi Sera
Eisuke Hondou
Haibara Ai/Shiho Miyano
Kazuha Toyama(Hattori Heiji's Love Interest)
Black Organization(First,Second and Third in command-Third one is Gin and you should check the members)
Maybe also check Ran's Mom and Kudo's Mom's rivalry,Kudo's father and Kid's father's rivalry

From Magic Kaitou-
Aoko Nakamori(Kaitou Kid's Love Interest)
Ginzo Nakamori
Akako Koizumi
Saguru Hakuba

From Yaiba-
Yaiba Kurogane
Soshi Okita

Also a crossover with Lupin the third


What are the main reasons for filler episodes? This isn't a question about a specific anime. However, I wonder why filler episodes exist.

At first, I thought it was to allow the manga to advance a bit more when the anime was catching up. However, in Naruto (for example), the manga has finished and the anime still has fillers.

For other series like One Piece, the anime is relatively close to the manga and there are no fillers (Thanks God!)

What's the purpose of filler episodes?

Filler episodes aren't supposed to be bad at their fundamental purposes.
They are supposed to mainly close opened gaps and holes in the plot of the main series.

They could be also be used to divert the main story into a different one.
For example, in Naruto, there are many "side-stories" that couldn't be connected to the canon (like the stories from the video games/movies, but not all of them though).


Who is Ichigo's Father, Isshin? Though he is initially shown as a normal human, it is later revealed that he once had Shinigami powers, and later he is the only one

   Who knows about Ichigo's true powers, and who tells Ichigo how to train for the last battle against Aizen.

But the The Lost Substitute Shinigami arc where

   Ichigo fights Ginjo, it's revealed that Ginjo was the first Substitute Shinigami.

So what is Ichigo's father and why does he know what he knows? Also, why he doesn't seem to have any Shinigami powers, while he knows so much about them?

Isshin Kurosaki used to be a Shinigami of an unknown division and rank. According to bleach.wikia.com:

  About twenty years ago, he ceased being a Shinigami, losing most of his powers.

He still has a shikai, which he uses during the Fake Karakura arc.

Spoiler:

  Ichigo also has Quincy powers that have been implied to be related to his mother. If Ichigo's mother was a Quincy, Isshin may have known.