Do all of Grisaia's Mihama girls suffer from PTSD? The cast of heroines of the Grisaia no Kajitsu visual novel / anime series are some of the most deranged of the last decade.

Do all of them suffer from some sort of PTSD?

They surely have reasons to:

Amane:

   Surviving the bus crash, starvation, the death of classmates, the cannibal circle and the guilty for her best friend's sacrifice. Not to mention crawling for weeks eating bugs and leeches before reaching civilization.

Makina:

   Tied up in front of her dead father's decomposing body for days.

Michiru:

   Best friend committed suicide in front of her.

Sachi:

   Getting her parents killed by a runaway truck because she was a bad girl.

Yumiko:

   Rejected by family. Watching her mother mentally decay in front of her. Being treated as less than a person by her father.

Bonus: Chizuru:

   The kidnapping?

The only one we know for sure is Sachi Komine.`

  Witnessing this event gave Sachi a serious case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). She blame herself and believes that she needs to be a good girl to make up for her sins.`

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Sachi_Komine

It is shown that the other girls have or had a kind or another of mental wound.

Yumiko Sakaki

  His son had died, and Yumiko was being spoon fed false kindness to shape her into the next head of the company, Michiaki’s own puppet. This shook Yumiko’s foundation to the core and she was on the verge of a mental breakdown.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Yumiko_Sakaki

Amane Suou

  The incident leaves Amane with a strong case of survivor's guilt, which is only compounded by media speculation that she survived by engaging in cannibalism. Years later, when Yuuji arrives at Mihama, she recognizes him as Kazuki's brother, and attempts to "atone for her crimes" by helping him in any way she can.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Amane_Suou

Michiru Matsushima

  After that incident, Michiru gets sent to a mental ward and there she is prescribed a medication to suppress the "other Michiru." A little while later she got released from the mental hospital and enrolls in to Mihama academy as the third student after its establishment.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Michiru_Matsushima

Makina Irisu

  Makina used to be the successor of Irisu family but her inheritance was transferred to her younger sister, Sarina Irisu , after she suffered a mental shock in an incident.

http://grisaia.wikia.com/wiki/Makina_Irisu

As for Chizuru Tachibana , I didn't find in the wiki or in the anime anything that would indicate the fact that she would have some kind of mental scar.


Is there a non OVA version of season 2 of Strike the Blood? The first season of the Strike the Blood anime has 24 episodes. For the second season I found an OVA version of 8 episodes. Is there a larger regular anime series of the second season with 24 episodes or so like the first season, or is this 8 episodes OVA version all there is for the second season?

Looks like that is all there is for the 2nd season, with only 8 OVA episodes. The MAL page does not include any alternative versions or episodes for the 2nd season other than those. The 3rd season is also similar; OVA version with 10 episodes.


What accent is Kanbaru referring to, and where did she live prior to her parents' deaths? In chapter 34 of the Bakemonogatari manga, Kanbaru talks about her past. When she discusses her living situation after the death of her parents, she says:

  I was bullied at the school I transferred to, simply put. I still have an accent now, but it was a lot worse back then. I had a lot of problems myself, but my head was filled with my parents.

What accent is she referring to? While I can find a mention of Kagenui having a Kansai accent, I can't find anything for Kanbaru at all, both explicitly in regards to her accent and in regards to where she was living before her parents died, which might provide some information here.

Could not recall any mention in the anime, either. A quick look at the light novels, however, seem to reveal some information, albeit also vague. To quote from Chapter 7 of Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale Part 02:

  The way I spoke was different. I might talk like this now, but when I was still with my parents, we were all the way out on the tip of Kyushu, probably to get as far away as possible from this home. They talk in a thick accent there, and well...l wouldn't call it bullying, but I was made fun of, and I didn't have any friends.

Assuming that the tip she's referring to is the southernmost part of Kyushu, 'all the way out on the tip of Kyushu' may refer to a place somewhere on the Okinawa prefecture (possibly within the Yaeyama islands). So, it could refer to an accent unique to people who speak the Okinawan language or dialect.


Would Ryuk have died if he had killed the SPK? In the manga, Light begs Ryuk, to kill everyone in that room. So let's say, Ryuk would have killed the Japanese Task Force and the SPK. Would Ryuk die after he killed them?

Rule LVIII:

1) By manipulating the death of a human that has influence over another human's life, that human's original life span can sometimes be lengthened.

2) If a god of death intentionally does the above manipulation to effectively lengthen a human's life span, the god of death will die, but even if a human does the same, the human will not die.

This seems pretty explicit to me.  Note that this seems to refer to killing with the death note but if a god of death kills by any other means he is given an "Extreme Level" punishment and then is executed.

What's love got to do with it? Nothing


Long shot: ID an Anime Series Right off the top, going to apologize for the lack of description here... Really hoping someone might be able to take a stab and I'll be able to find this lost gem.

About 3 Years ago, I used Hulu plus and watched random anime. There was one series I watched I really liked, and want to continue to seek out... but I cannot even remember the name.

I want to say it had something to do with "Seven".... Seven samurai perhaps? Seven stones? but that brings nothing to searches.

So really, all I know is that one season streamed on Hulu plus, and I don't believe it is streaming any longer. and honestly, I don't even remember much more than that. It was not dubbed (subtitles English), though it may exist as a dub and I wouldn't mind.

I believe it was produced by the same company that produced Blue Exorcist (Aniplex?). It did have a similar animation style. But I see nothing like it on Aniplex lists...

I also vaguely remember a large stone he carried around that could talk... I think it was a demon trapped? This demon could sense other demons nearby, and the main character had some power that allowed him to see and fight these demons... (Gee, that limits it down, I know)

Any help?

The anime is likely to be Sacred Seven, since it is one of the few series with "Seven" in the title and it was aired in Japan in 2011. It is animated by Sunrise (a subsidiary of Bandai Namco Holdings) and has no relation to Blue Exorcist's studio A-1 Pictures (a subsidiary of Aniplex).


What anime or manga is this pink-haired girl in an athletic outfit from? I need help finding who this character is, and what anime or manga she is from. It came from a Burger King kids meal around 7 years ago.

It's looks like Mariah Wong from Beyblade
(金李, Japanese: Chou Mao, Chinese Pinyin: Wīng Maou)


How does L deduce that Kira needs a name and not just a face? This is something that I've been wondering about, how does L deduce that Kira needs a name? Surely all the victims he investigated had their name and face, but how can he figure that he needs both? The stunt on tv with Lind L. Tailor only proved that Kira can't kill anyone, and there are certain criteria. I'm not sure how that concludes that he needs both name and face.

Edit: To clarify, here's how I look at it. L analyzes all the victims of the Kira killings and noticed that what was broadcast about the criminals was their face and their name. How does he conclude that Kira needs both? Why not just a face? When Kira kills Lind L. Tailor, that only validates that Kira has the ability to kill people, to which L himself even says "I couldn't believe it until I saw it, but it appears you can kill without being there in person." When Kira subsequently is unable to kill L, L can then deduce that there are people Kira can't kill. However he concludes Kira needs both name and face, which I don't understand. To me, at that point 3 conclusions are viable: Kira needs a name AND a face. Kira needs just a name. Kira needs just a face.

Just reread the manga and it turn out it was the police, probably with L help, that concluded the fact that Kira need both name and face
from Death Note Chapter 11 One, page 5

Matsuda: He needs to know names? Is that true? I've heard he only needs to know the face
Chief Yagami: Criminals whose names were either wrong or kept hidden survived some mass killings, so the headquarters came to that conclusion

L didn't do the stunt on tv with Lind L. Tailor to prove that Kira needs both name and face. But rather to prove that Kira exist, can kill people without being nearby, and live in Kanto area in Japan.


How does a Philosopher's Stone work? The Philosopher's Stone is said to be an alchemical amplifier, allowing an alchemist to perform perfect transmutations, bypassing the laws of equivalent exchange.

How does that work? Isn't the point of alchemy that you can only get as much as you give?

The first thing you need to understand is that the stone does not let you bypass the law of equivalent exchange, it is only an illusion. The stone itself simply acts as an amplifier. Note that when the stone is used, it eventually shrinks and loses his power. If it was able to bypass the equivalent exchange law, why would it?

What really happens when one uses the stone? As we know, the stone

   is made of living souls.

Each time the stone is used, it lets the user to perform better than he/she normally would. Doing so, however, uses the power of the

   souls that were used to create the stone. Basically, each time you use it, you use a soul (well, maybe it's not exactly 1 usage-1 soul relationship, but you get the idea). When all the souls are used, the stone ceases to exist. Note that since one needs a lot of souls to create the stone, it usually lasts long enough.


Why would Luffy chant "Gomu Gomu No" every time he is attacking? Is it mandatory to chant the corresponding fruit name for every devil's fruit user? From the first episode of One Piece Luffy chants "Gomu Gomu No" to start his attack, it is also seen in other devils fruit users too. Is there any particular reason for it?

All fruit users in one piece can use his fruits powers freely, the reason for Luffy and every other to put a name to all actions and shout it in battle is only a trope of the shonen style anime.

This fact can be checked by seeing Luffy "loosing" his head when he ate the fruit, or any logia user making his body ethereal without saying a word. Or moments when characters "invoke" the name after doing the action itself.


How old was L in the Death Note series? In the Death Note series, it is seen that while L and Soichiro Yagami are observing Light through the cameras, L says that he used to do a lot of pointless things at the age of seventeen.

Later, we see that he is giving the same exam as Light, who is seventeen years old at that time.

This made me curious. What exactly is L's age?

As stated in the wikia, L's age is 24-25 years old.

Also, in Death Note 13: How to Read, it is stated that L was born on October 31, 1979 and died on November 5, 2004. From this we can calculate that L was 25 years old at the time of his death.


Why is the series "Trigun" titled as such? I recently learned of the series Trigun and, though I haven't started watching it yet, it seems quite interesting.

However, I'm curious about its title. "Tri-" seems to indicate "three", so I'd say the title meant either "three guns", or "gun with three parts" (like three barrels). However, I've only managed to find images of the main character holding one gun, or occasionally two, and nothing sticks out about them having three of anything.

Without spoiling too much of the plot's sensitive points, can someone explain why the series is called Trigun?

It's not related to the number of barrels of a gun, but the number of guns Vash has.

1st: Is the silver 45 named 45 LONG COLT AGL FACTORY. This is the one we all see him carry.

2nd:

   the hidden gun inside his arm that we see in Episode 12 This hidden gun also gets upgraded into a machine gun in episode 19.

3rd:

   the transformation of his arm into the Angel Arm that we see in Episode 16


Was only Death Note Box Set 2 reprinted? This is for the anime

I see that Volume 2 has been going out of stock everywhere - but it seems like it got a reprint this year. Was only Volume 2 actually reprinted? Is there no Volume 1 reprint?

I can't find any information about this on the internet.

As shown by Amazon, Box Set 2 is reprinted. However, Box Set 1 has not been. In fact, Box Set 2 isn't "reprinted" persay as the new edition with a different cover art was released.

That's case closed on this one.


How was Aku no Hana's rotoscoping received by other animators? In the anime version of Aku no Hana, the animators chose to use a technique called Rotoscoping:

  Rotoscoping is an animation technique in which animators trace over footage, frame by frame, for use in live-action and animated films. Originally, recorded live-action film images were projected onto a frosted glass panel and re-drawn by an animator. This projection equipment is called a rotoscope, although this device was eventually replaced by computers.

This resulted in the animation looking more realistic and quite different from typical anime, as pictured below.

Online, I've seen both love and hate for the style, but I'm wondering: Have any Japanese animators commented on it? According to TVTropes, it has a bad reputation in the West with animators such as Richard Williams and Milt Kahl, but it makes no mention of Japanese animators.

There's not much information out there, perhaps because it is bad practise to criticise fellow animators. But there is information from the people who were involved:

Firstly, The mangaka was satisfied with the way the anime was animated, and the studio itself was happy with the outcome, wanting realism without making it completely live action and wouldn't be opposed to doing it again with another series, mentioning that Mushishi would be a good candidate for the style.

Vertical Inc., who publish the manga in English, have also stated their support for the stylistic adaption - Vertical Inc. Tumblr

The industry as a whole isn't opposed to rotoscoping in the industry, Kuuchu Baranko also implemented it for one character's appearance and there was little outroar on the internet

Kids on the Slope also used the technique for animating the characters playing instruments, most notably the drums;

It also wasn't the target of much negative feedback either.

Personally, I think that if a large unconvential stylistic choice was made for an entire anime, there will always be negative feedback, and that makes a lot more noise than positive ones.


Can a Uchiha get their sharingan back from an implant? If a sharingan user/Uchiha gave someone their sharingan, would they be able to take it back and put it in their eye socket?

Kakashi and Danzo got their Sharingan via transplantation while the fourth great ninja war was ongoing, then Madara removed Obito's Sharingan from Kakashi's left eye and was able to implant it into his and utilize it.


What is the in-universe chronological order of the Monogatari Series? I have Bakemonogatari and Nisemonogatari, and learned that Monogatari Series Second Season is being streamed by Aniplex, which means that Nekomonogatari would have been streamed at some point and that it would get a home release.

So, I am wondering what the story's in-universe chronological order is: should I watch Bakemonogatari, Kizumonogatari (when it's released), Nekomonogatari (when it's released), Monogatari Series Second Season (when it's released) and Nisemonogatari?

Overview and date convention
The first three seasons1 of Monogatari series generally takes place in the one-year period between the start of the third year of high school of Araragi Koyomi (March, Year 0) and one month after his graduation (April, Year +1).
Note that it is the general trend; the stories may refer to events before the time period above. One story even takes place mostly in an alternate universe.
1 The first 3 seasons are named First Season, Second Season and Final Season. The 4th season, named Next Season, has been announced at the end of Zoku-Owarimonogatari.
The details below are mostly referenced and translated from ja.Wikipedia article of Monogatari Series.
Summary
The chapters in each book are ordered chronologically, so if you don't want to be spoiled, the list below should be sufficient:

[3,-] Kizumonogatari

[6,3] Nekomonogatari (Black)

[1,1a] Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)

[2,1b] Bakemonogatari (Volume 2)

[4,2a] Nisemonogatari (Volume 1)

[5,2b] Nisemonogatari (Volume 2)

[8,4b] Kabukimonogatari

[7,4a] Nekomonogatari (White) parallel to
[11,4d] Onimonogatari → [16,-] Owarimonogatari (Volume 2)

[15,-] Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)

[10,4c] Otorimonogatari

[12,4e] Koimonogatari

[13,6] Tsukimonogatari

[14,-] Koyomimonogatari†

[17,-] Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)

[18,-] Zoku-Owarimonogatari

[9,5] Hanamonogatari

† See Final Season section for more details. Ordering is based on the main events.
The first number in bracket is the light novel publish order, and the second number is the anime airing order. So far, the anime generally follows the light novel publish order and the chapter order in each volume, except for Kizumonogatari and Hanamonogatari.

/!\ Spoiler Warning
Although the details have been kept to minimum, the titles of the chapters and the footnotes may contain spoilers.

First Season
The first season takes place between March 25, Year 0 to August 14, Year 0. It generally introduces the main cast and how they get involved with the apparitions.

March 25th - April 8th: Koyomi Vamp/Kizumonogatari
April 29th - May 7th: Tsubasa Family/Nekomonogatari (Black)
May 8th: Hitagi Crab/Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)
May 14th: Mayoi Snail/Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)
May 23rd - May 27th2: Suruga Monkey/Bakemonogatari (Volume 1)
June 11th - June 12th: Nadeko Snake/Bakemonogatari (Volume 2)
June 13th - June 16th: Tsubasa Cat/Bakemonogatari (Volume 2)
July 29th - July 30th: Karen Bee/Nisemonogatari (Volume 1)
August 14th: Tsukihi Phoenix/Nisemonogatari (Volume 2)

2 The dates are derived from the fact that May 14th, when Araragi started going out with Senjougahara, was a Sunday, and Araragi got attacked on a Friday in May which was about 2 weeks since he started dating.
Second Season
The Second Season takes place between August 20th, Year 0 and April 21st, Year 1. However, one can argue that the core of this season only extends up to February 1st, Year 1, since the events in Hanamonogatari is quite removed from the rest of the stories.
The Second Season introduces Oshino Ougi and foreshadows her involvement behind the apparition incidents.

August 20th - August 21st3: Mayoi Kyonshi/Kabukimonogatari
August 21st - August 24th (Koyomi appeared at the end after Shinobu Mail): Tsubasa Tiger/Nekomonogatari (White)
August 21st - August 23rd4 (right after Mayoi Kyonshi): Shinobu Time/Onimonogatari
October 31st - November 2nd: Nadeko Medusa/Otorimonogatari
January 1st (Year 1) - February 1st: Hitagi End/Koimonogatari
April 9th - April 21st: Suruga Devil/Hanamonogatari

3 On August 21st, they time-slipped back 11 years ago, then returned to August 21st on different route, spent their time there until August 26th, then jumped back to August 21st of their original route.
4 Plus an event in late December, where Koyomi told the whole story of how Mayoi disappeared to Ougi.
The period of August 21st to August 24th consists of events happening in parallel from 4 chapters, three in Second Season and one in Final Season. Araragi involved in all four of them, and he resolved one problem just to get caught up in another in the order listed.
Final Season
Chapters in Koyomimonogatari are all over the place in the timeline, with the earliest in April 11th, Year 0, just after the events in Koyomi Vamp/Kizumonogatari and the latest in March 13th, Year 1. However, not all chapters in the book are relevant to the core story in Final Season.
The Final Season mainly takes place between August 23rd, Year 0 and March 18th, Year 1. This season mostly centers around Oshino Ougi and fills in the void left by the Second Season. Note that the time period in Final Season intersects with the period in the Second Season.

August 23rd - August 24th (after Shinobu Time and parallel with Tsubasa Tiger)5: Shinobu Mail/Owarimonogatari (Volume 2)
October 23rd (or 24th)6: Ougi Formula/Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)
October 24th (or 25th)6: Sodachi Riddle/Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)
October 25th (or 26th)6 (before Nadeko Medusa): Sodachi Lost/Owarimonogatari (Volume 1)
November 1st (before Nadeko became god in Nadeko Medusa): Koyomi Mountain/Koyomimonogatari
Mid January, Year 1 (during Hitagi End): Koyomi Seed/Koyomimonogatari
February 13th - February 14th (after Hitagi End): Yotsugi Doll/Tsukimonogatari
February - Late February: Koyomi Nothing/Koyomimonogatari
March 13th: Koyomi Dead/Koyomimonogatari
March 13th (right after Koyomi Dead): Mayoi Hell/Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)
March 14th: Hitagi Rendezvous/Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)
March 14th - March 15th (right after Hitagi Rendezvous): Ougi Dark/Owarimonogatari (Volume 3)
March 15th - March 18th (right after Ougi Dark, and before Suruga Devil): Koyomi Reverse/Zoku-Owarimonogatari

5 Plus an event on March 13th, where Koyomi told the whole incident to Ougi. This event takes place before Koyomi Dead, which is on the same day.
6 Given that these events take place in late October, and that Koyomi had been to school 5 days in a row, including the possibility of Naoetsugu High School having class on Saturday, since a different story had been set to take place in the week after, the events can only take place on either dates.
Here are the rest of the side stories in Koyomimonogatari and their relative position in the timeline:

April 11th - April 12th, Year 0 (after Koyomi Vamp): Koyomi Stone/Koyomimonogatari
May 9th - May 10th (after Hitagi Crab): Koyomi Flower/Koyomimonogatari
June (after Tsubasa Cat): Koyomi Sand/Koyomimonogatari
Certain weekend in July (before Karen Bee7): Koyomi Water/Koyomimonogatari
Early August (after Karen Bee and before Tsukihi Phoenix): Koyomi Wind/Koyomimonogatari
Late September (after Shinobu Mail): Koyomi Tree/Koyomimonogatari
Certain weekday in October (before Ougi Formula): Koyomi Tea/Koyomimonogatari
December, Year 0 (after Nadeko Medusa and before Hitagi End): Koyomi Torus/Koyomimonogatari

7 Since it was the second time Koyomi cleaned Kanbaru's room, the story has to take place before Karen Bee.


Apps for offline manga reading Recently my partner has grown very fond of Anime/Manga of all sorts. She has several applications on her iPhone allowing her to view manga. I would like to know what you all believe the best method is, to perform:

Buy Manga sets in an electronic form, such as Naruto Season 1;
Have an application (iPhone and Windows preferably) to allow us to categorise the manga; e.g. By Rating, Type, Language etc. ;
Allow transfer of library between platforms so that we can read on Windows and iPhone

Here is an example:

I buy Naruto, Season 1 in electronic format and download it to PC as *.mobi, *.pdf
I then edit fields such as category, author, rating, etc.
I then sync with my iPhone using App_X

Now I understand that there are plenty of online sites where you can read Manga, but I want to be able to own the manga titles and be able to access them offline, on the road etc.

I had a look for Book Crawler for iOS which seems like a wonderful application for book management in the sense of "what have I read and what did I rate:, but not for what I need.

Viz seems like my best option to own the Manga. I am not entirely sure if there are any cheaper alternatives on the market. If I buy via their application then it appears that I am locked onto an iPhone to read the manga. Fair enough, she never uses a computer however I'd like to be able to edit it.

I've used applications like Calibre to edit and tag my books before on Android..so I was hoping for some integration with iPhone to PC.

Well there are a couple of resources but this review page [alternate webarchive link because it was down] might interest you pertaining to certain uses. I'll just leave it as an answer here instead of the comments.
The author titles the post :

This is How You Can Read Manga Legally in 2013

While not quite 2013, it has still many relevant links:
First the author mentions E-manga

Where you can read it: It’s a worldwide service.
How you can read it: Bunch of ways: you can download it in 7 formats (PRC, MOBI, EPUB, PDF, CBZ, Apple EPUB, Kobo EPUB), for a bunch of devices, though it depends for some: PC, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Kindle, Kindle Fire, Android, Nook 6”, Nook Color, Kobo 6”, Kobo Tablets, Sony Readers, Linux, Mac, Windows, and Palm OS, Windows Mobile, Motorola Xoom, Abode Digital Editions, Blackberry, Bebook, Aluratek Libre Pro, Cybook Opus, Digital Reader 1000, EZ Reader by Astak, Hanlin, iLiad, iRiver Story.

The author further provides their social media, email and about links in the review page:

Anything Extra: Registration here
Email: customerservice@emanga.com
Social Media: Twitter, Facebook

He also does a mini-review or commentary of that particular site that he lists which I found quite nice:

They have just about every type of manga you want: Shoujo, Shounen, Seinen, Josei, Yaoi, Yuri, Hentai, the works. They are pretty pricey though, ranging from the $9.99 range or higher for a good portion of their titles. As far as I know, most people don’t like to spend that much for physical books; they’ll probably just laugh at seeing the prices here. Otherwise, they’re one of the few publishers that actually allows you to have files for you to keep.

He goes on in this format, mentioning other sites:

MangaReborn
Gen Manga
Viz Media
Weekly Shonen Jump
Netcomics
Kodansha USA
Yen Press
Vertical Inc
Dark Horse
Seven Seas
SuBLime Manga
Rental
Amimaru Manga
J-Comi
Crunchyroll

While the sites are directly linked here, if you need more information other than where to buy electronically scanned manga, like the reviews for each site, support the author by going to the site.


How important are those hand seals really? In Naruto we can see people make hand seals to do technique's. The further down the story we come the more neglected this becomes aka Naruto's rasengan does not need any hand seals to begin with. Minato also displayed the ability to form hand seals using a single hand.

So my question, how important are those hand seals anyway? How do they affect the juutsu they cast. And can evrybody do it with 1/0 hands if they train enough ?

You are right, as we know:

  While techniques may require a number of hand seals to work, a skilled ninja can use less or even one to perform the same technique.

So if you are a master shinobi, you can use a jutsu without making seals or making just a few seals, instead of 5-10-20. BUT if you are novice, you can't perform jutsu without hand seals. The number of seals or the number of hands indicates the skills of the shinobi. The more skilled someone is, the less effort he needs to put on casting a jutsu.

  An example of this is the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, which requires a total of 44 hand seals to activate.Tobirama Senju, the Second Hokage, only needed to use one hand seal to complete the technique, a testament to his skill.Although rare, it is possible for a shinobi to be able to do hand seals with just one hand. The only shinobi seen so far capable of this are Haku, Minato Namikaze and Guren.

The seals are VERY important even if you're skilled. It's vital in the Shinobi World since a jutsu can't be performed without hand seals and just few of the jutstu's are casted without hand seals (e.g Rasengan).


What does 'Guilty Crown' mean actually? As the topic/question says, what is the meaning if the name of the anime. I want to tell you that I watched the series because of its peculiar name. But after watching the entire series, I could not decipher the relation between name and the series itself! Am I missing something? Surprise me!

I take it to be the main character being thrust into a conflict against his will while also providing him an overpowered power he never really wanted, i.e. his Guilty Crown.

  "The right to use my friend as a weapon. That is the sinful crown I shall adorn. I accept this 'guilt.'"

EDIT: Seemed a bit of confusion and adding the detailed comment by Hikari to the answer verbatim.

  in guilty crown the protagonist is only able to wield his power by pulling the soul of another person. If he breaks that soul they die and he carries that guilt and shame of not being able to do anything alone. Just like a king may "technically" rule a country but only on top of the shoulders of the people who believe in him and the soliders who die for him. And typical of the shounen genre all of this is thrust on the shy,wallflower like boy with no confidence. That is where the title came from. It is more like an allude as to what the whole series portrays. – Hikari


Can Anpanman die if he loses his entire head? In the first episode, Anpanman gives part of his face to the dog Cheezu to eat. Afterwards Anpanman loses a lot of strength, but later regains it by having Jam Ojisan bake him a new head. It made me wonder, what would happen if Anpanman lost his entire head? Would he die? Is it even possible? If yes, how?

I promise I won't tell Baikinman.

No, Anpanman does not die if his entire head comes off. When getting a new head made by Uncle Jam, his damaged head comes off before the new one is put on. Although having no head means he is unable to fight, it doesn't kill him. On top of this, I remember watching a scene where, instead of taking only part of his head off to feed the hungry, he takes off his whole head and survived. It is not fully explained how.


Why doesn't Hare fix Ayase's legs with her Bandage void? In episode 11 we learn that Hare's void is Bandage, a healing void. Throughout the next couple of episodes she heals Funell, a bridge, and Shu. Why doesn't Hare repair Ayase's legs so she can walk again?

Did the writers just not think of this or is there another reason?

I can't find a non-subjective answer to this question. The wiki says:

  Hare's Void is called Lover's Bandages. Through her Void, she is able to repair any object or heal any person. When used, the Void wraps itself around the target and begins to glow and reverse any and all damages. The process takes time depending on both the object or person being healed and the extend of the damages.

My hypothesis is that the extent of the damage done to Ayase's legs is beyond Hare's ability to heal/repair. Due to this, Ayase cannot be healed.

On top of this, technically Ayase's legs aren't "damaged". What I mean by this is that they're fully healed in the sense that they don't produce pain. However, when they were healing, she wasn't able to have surgery or proper treatment (or it wasn't possible to treat) to allow her to walk. Thus her legs healed improperly, and thus Hare cannot heal her as there isn't actually anything for Hare to heal.


Ore selection in Demon Slayer anime Right after the Final Selection, the contestants were asked to pick an ore for their katanas. During Tanjiro's turn, it was depicted that he used his sense of smell to make a beneficial selection. Was this ever elaborated upon? For instance, was it ever mentioned in the anime as to what effect this had on his katana?

It is mentioned in the "Kimetsu No Yaiba Manga : Chapter 6" that :
He utilizes the Water Breathing: Fourth Form - Striking Tide to slice the 'threads' that he smelled, and successfully defeats the demons .
Though it's not mentioned anywhere, what I assume is by the time he completed final selection , he had defeated many demons as well as cut the rock with the help of his smell and breathing technique. So , even when he was asked to choose the ore , he chose to use the sense of smell as he didn't have any other parameter or knowledge to do so .  So he chose smelling similar to his past actions.


How much of the Natsume's Book of Friends manga was adapted into the anime? The anime series currently has 6 seasons. How much of the manga was adapted into these 6 seasons? Are there any differences in the plot between the anime and the manga?

As of 4th season, the anime covers the manga up through chapter 51, which is the final chapter of volume 12 of the Japanese tankouban (graphic novels).

A difference occurs in chapter 36, which is in volume 9.

To date, the manga series has been collected into 19 volumes but it is still ongoing in LaLa magazine. There are also a spin-off 4-panel gag manga web comic titled 『ニャンコ先生が行く！』(Nyanko-sensei ga Iku!) which can be read online for free on the official website, free online novels, 1 published novel, and 3 drama CDs (which were furoku freebies only available with the purchase of specific issues of LaLa).


How to summarise the whole Naruto franchise without giving a lot of spoilers? So I've been trying to make one of my friends get into anime. My cousin and I talk about the Naruto franchise and other animes a lot, so my friends wonders a bit whats the big deal.

I would like to recommend Naruto to her, but she would want me to summarize it for her to see if it sounds interesting or not. The problem is that I don't know how to summarize it. Yes, I can summarize it, but I might get to deep into the story that I might give out some BIG spoilers.

Examples:

   Naruto has a demon inside him (which my friend is going to find out either way). Sasuke leaving the leaf village to kill his older brother. Sasuke has an older brother. Kakashi, Neji, Jiraiya, Asuma, Orochimaru, Deidara, Gaara, etc. die in Naruto Shippuden. Asuma and Kurenai have a kid. There's a war. Tobi being Obito all along. Who Obito is. Kakashi coming back from his death after Pain destroyed the Konoha (Leaf Village). Konoha getting destroyed by Pain. Who Pain is. Stuff like that.

So my question is how to summarize the whole Naruto franchise to make it sound interesting and not give a lot of spoilers out.

If I wanted to summarize Naruto, I would have to summarize the ideas. You don't want to give out specifics like who dies, any identity reveals, or for that matter just about anything revealed in Shippuden.

"Naruto is a boy who, on the day he was born, coincidentally had a giant demon fox spirit attack his village. Using a special kind of energy called chakra, a powerful individual sealed this demon fox inside of Naruto to protect the village. Naruto's parents however die in this attack, and he resorts to troublemaking for attention, as well as aspires to become the Hokage, the leader of the village, for people to acknowledge him. To do so, he must become a great ninja, someone who uses their chakra to perform special techniques, such as manipulating the elements to spit fireballs, raise walls of rock, blow gusts of wind that can slice through trees, manipulate the body, or create illusions and trick the opponent. The story of Naruto is about how he grows from a 12 year old low class weak ninja with his friends/classmates and their teachers, including his training to become stronger, personal struggles as well as the ones with the other villages, and fights with strong opponents. It also has his internal conflict with the demon inside of him as well as his attempts to be acknowledged by people as he grows in strength. It constantly has you wondering how things are going to turn out as strategy in combat is critical as they often fight enemies more powerful than they are, and must come up with the strategy to get ahead. Most people find themselves rooting for Naruto as they watch him do what seems impossible as due to his life as an orphan, as well has his overall complete lack of talent in all but a few specific things, has made him vow to NEVER give up, ever, and allows him to see the truth behind his opponents. Death is there for all sides, but it is not always the only solution because of Naruto."

The idea of that kind of summary is to bring up every important idea without saying what actually happens. It's important to mention death in some way, as well as his lack of talent and how he is still able to become strong, but that his power is not his ultimate strength, in Naruto, the world is a bad place, full of wrong, and he is trying to change that in a way no one else ever could.

If it is interesting enough to consider watching a few episodes, then, unfortunately, the best summary of the entire series up until the war is the entire ordeal with Zabuza, the first real opponent they fight. It's probably quite a few episodes in, as it has been a long time since I was back there, but it really summarizes everything until the war in Shippuden. If they liked the Zabuza arc, they will most likely like everything up to at least the war, where things change a lot, because it's a war, and also really far into the series.


What was Ging trying to accomplish at the election of the 13th Chairman? What was Ging trying to accomplish at the election of the 13th Chairman? It seemed that he had a plan and that everything went according to it, excepting the part where Pariston resigned from his position of Chairman. What was his full plan and what was he truly trying to accomplish (his final target)? Did he really wanted Pariston to be the 13th Chairman or his plan had a continuation?

From Ging's actions I like to think he wanted to have some fun. He just wanted to manipulate people into doing something he had already predicted. Like Pariston he didn't have his eyes on the presidential seat. His interactions with Cheadle, Leorio etc. seem to be always aimed towards creating chaos.

I think this line sums up his motivations in the 12th election

  "If I can get my target to move as I want, I've succeeded as a Hunter." - Ging Freecs


What is Darkness saying while standing in front of Wiz's shop? In episode 6 of season 2 of Konosuba, Darkness says she didn't dislike Vanir before opening the door to the shop.  I've replayed that bit of audio over and over and I just can't pick out what the middle of the sentence is.  I think I hear the end of the phrase as (かてを), but I'm not entirely sure.

まあ, きらいない ______ (かてを).

Here's the audio. Sorry for the low volume.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s1AgdIHRUAYk

「…嫌いな奴ではなかったよ」is the phrase spoken.

Means "I did not dislike it".


Does super saiyan god Vegeta exist in the anime series continuity? As we know super saiyan god Vegeta appeared in the manga but not in the anime series. This could mean super saiyan god Vegeta doesn't exist in the anime, since there are concepts and elements from the anime which indeed don't exist in the manga, for example, Trunks super saiyan rage transformation or Vegeta super saiyan blue evolution transformation were created for the anime only, and elements from the manga which don't exist in the anime, for example, the mastered super saiyan blue transformation. But now we know super saiyan god Vegeta is going to appear in the Broly movie, and it isn't just concept art, there is already a screen-capture from upcoming the movie

What does this mean? Does it mean the movie is following the manga continuity (since SSG Vegeta only appeared in the manga continuity) and that we could see a mastered super saiyan blue Vegeta for example, but not a super saiyan blue evolution Vegeta, or since this is also animated media does this mean super saiyan god Vegeta also exists in the anime series (in spite of we never saw it) and that the movie either will follow the anime series continuity or a mix of the anime and manga continuities?

While the anime & manga share a few differences like those you mentioned, the main plot and storyline are essentially the same. I believe the movie is definitely a continuation of the anime and the manga might perhaps have its own adaptation of the Broly arc after.If you watch the trailer, it is clearly established that the movie is set after the Tournament of Power. Hence, we know for a fact that it is a sequel to the series.In the end of the trailer where Goku seems to be battle damaged and Broly is transforming into his Legendary Super Saiyan form, we see Goku powerup in Super Saiyan Blue. However, in the manga, Goku's strongest form is Mastered Super Saiyan Blue. This transformation does not have any aura and wouldn't be as appealing visually. There is really no reason why Vegeta cannot use the Super Saiyan God Transformation. The Super Saiyan Blue (SSGSS), is essentially a combination of Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan. Hence,  the anime could still have Vegeta use the transformation without any difficulty.The Manga & the Anime essentially have the exact same storyline like I said earlier. In a DBS manga interview with Toyataro and Toriyama, he did comment on Supervising Toyataro's ideas on Super Saiyan God Vegeta which indicates that he clearly isn't opposed to it. The story for the movie is again being written by Toriyama. Hence, I think it is fair to assume that with regard to transformations and few manga/anime exclusives, the anime exclusives will be adapted in the upcoming movie.


How much did the Re:Zero anime adapt the light novel and did it skip any content? I want to watch the anime, but first I need to read the light novel. Thus, I wanted to know how much the anime adapted the light novel and whether or not the anime skipped any content?

They skipped a particular loop in the anime when Subaru went to the mansion to warn about the incoming witch cultist attack.

In this loop,

   Subaru tries to convince the mansion residence to evacuate. When he tried to convince Beatrice to move out, he failed and learned a slight clue about who Beatrice really is. Then he was killed by the witch cultist later on and restart again.


Was Hyakkimaru immortal before regaining his body? When Hyakkimaru was born, he had no limbs, no tongue, no nose, no eyes, no ears and no internal organs. How could he possibly survive then? If he couldn't breath and he couldn't eat since he didn't have a stomach or lungs, does that mean that during the duration of his ordeal he was also immortal?

I don't remember the missing organs bit, but he isn't immortal. I believe both the midwife and the doctor said that Hyakkimaru had a strong desire to live. In other words, he's running on sheer willpower.


Bear attacks siege engine (Trying to find name of anime) I watched a clip many years ago, and I'd now like to try to find the anime it went with. Unfortunately, I lost the clip in a computer transfer, so here's what I remember:

The clip was downloaded around 2005-2007. So the anime would have been made before then. The art was polished enough that it would have been made in the 80s at the very earliest. Probably 90s or early 2000s.
The scene had two people standing near the gate of a castle. They were being attacked by an army, and one of the two people charged into battle. I believe he attacked with a polearm for a few moments first, but the most memorable part of the scene was his transformation into a giant animal (a bear, I think). The transformation didn't get any special scene, it just happened quickly as part of the action. After transforming, he began to wreck the battlefield, including flipping a siege engine.
The animation was more realistic than cartoony (more like Steamboy or Attack on Titan than Azumanga Daioh! or Soul Eater).

I realise this is very little to go off of, but if anyone has any ideas or half-remembered memories, let's see if we can't figure this out, shall we?

This is from the anime of The Twelve Kingdoms.

The 'bear' you're thinking of is a hanyuu (those able to turn to human and back), Kantai:

The memorable scene of him flipping the siege engine occurs late during the third arc, A Great Distance in the Wind, the Sky at Dawn (unfortunately, I can't recall the exact episode, but it's almost certainly 37-39.)


Is a specific person responsible for the GATE in GATE: Thus the JSDF Fought There? I've had questions for the longest time on this. Why or who would create a gigantic portal between two worlds?

Explained in the manga I believe (links to the full size images):

Please tell me how to do boxes.

  The person who created the Hole was Hardy, the ones to come by and created the Gate to keep the Hole opened were the Empire's magicians.


If the titan transformation is immediate once a titan eats a shifter, how did Santa Titan not become a shifter when he ate Eren? As we see from the Manga

  when Eren ate his dad and when Armin ate Bertolt, they immediately transformed into a shifter-titan.

But when Eren gets eaten in Season 1, how is it that the titan who ate him never transformed. Plus Eren was inside his stomach for a while before he transformed and killed him.

The proper requirement to gain the powers of a shifting Titan is to drink the spinal fluid of the Shifter. This is revealed on chapter 65. The "Santa" Titan didn't gain any powers because he ate Eren whole.

   When Eren ate his father, he bit him on the waist, severing the spine and getting access to the fluid. Armin bit Bertholdt on the head.


Is Ar no Surge related to Ar Tonelico? In the description for Ar no Surge: Ode to an Unborn Star, it talks about how song and music are used as magic and for character development.

AR Nosurge Ode To An Unborn Star PS3 is a Fantasy, Sci-fi, '7 Dimension' RPG, that takes place in a world where music and song can create magic.
[...]
Ar Nosurge: Ode to an Unborn Star has a unique character development system that focuses more on the bonds/ relationships between the main characters than their success in missions and battles, as the player's party grows stronger if the characters have a closer relationship.

Source: Ozgameshop
Now, this sounds much like the Ar Tonelico series, which talks about how music is used as magic and how you need to develop the character's relationships with one another to develop their strength. Also, both games were developed by Gust.
This makes me wondering: Are the 2 games are related story-wise? If they are, when does Ar no Surge: Ode to an Unborn Star occur in relation to Ar Tonelico?

Warning, some spoilers for Ar Nosurge are below:

Ar Nosurge is set in the same universe as Ar Tonelico, but not on the same planet as Ar Tonelico (mostly, two of the main characters do visit Ar Ciel, the planet in Ar Tonelico). It is also a prequel to Ar Tonelico (the plot of Ar Nosurge takes place around 700 to 800 years before Ar Tonelico).

Despite being set on a different 'planet', there is a major story link between the two, as it deals with the origin of the Teru tribe in Ar Tonelico. You also meet a major character from Ar Tonelico in Ar Nosurge.


Why did Izumo's familiars attack her in Blue Exorcist? So I read the Manga and also watched the anime. There is an arc in the Manga that is not in the anime, the Illuminati arc where Izumo is kidnapped and taken to the Illuminati lair.

Those fox spirits, even if they hate her are like family to her. She considers them as her brothers. They went so far to lay down their lives for her then.

I don't get why would they attack her like that in the earlier episodes of the anime during one of the exorcist exams. Izumo was with her friend in the girl's bathroom where they were attacked and on summoning the spirits, they turned on her. It makes no sense.

Familiars in the manga are actually tamed demons. If the user is not properly trained in controlling them or have a disturbed state of mind then the go out of control. Before Izumo was attacked by ghouls, Paku said she was going to quit the course. Hence she was in a disturbed state of mind. So the familiars attacked her.
According to wiki about her foxes

  White Foxes appear to be very proud, even willing to turn against those they've been raised with if they sense weakness.


Who animated which transformation sequence in Symphogear XV? So I hear that in Symphogear XV, every transformation sequence was animated by different animator. Who animated which transformation?

According to Anime Staff Database Wiki (Japanese), known transformation scene animator(s) (変身原画) per episode:

Hibiki: Yoshitake Nakakoji (中小路佳毅) (tweet)

  シンフォギア1話　響変身バンクの原画をやらせていただきました。

  Symphogear ep. 1, I was allowed to do Hibiki's transformation scene.

Kirika: Yoshiyuki Okubo (大久保義之)
Shirabe & Chris:

Kouki Shikiji (式地幸喜)
Yousuke Kabashima (椛島洋介)

Maria: Hanyu (ハニュー):
Tsubasa: Hiroyuki Takashima (髙嶋宏之)
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Elfnein/Carol: Shota Sannomiya (三宮昌太)
Miku: Kousuke Yoshida (吉田亘良)
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When did Shanks get scarred by Blackbeard? I've seen Shanks has a scar on his eyes because of Teach, since Luffy was just a kid, meaning that Ace was not a pirate at that time. Does that mean that Teach had a bad nature at the beginning? Because I think it was stated that blackbeard was a nice person until he saw the darkness devil fruit.

Marshall D. Teech (Aka Blackbeard)  was always a twisted and very calculating person, right from the start. He just never really showed his true personality to the rest of his crewmates, until he found the fruit he was looking for; he said so himself during his battle with Ace.

During Shanks conversation with Whitebeard, Shanks told Whitebeard the real truth about Blackbeard, when he stated that: "Blackbeard was quietly waiting for a chance. He didn't take the title of commander to be renowned, but rather to conceal himself."

Since Shanks and Whitebeard were on good terms, Shanks would most likely have visited Whitebeard a couple times previously, and apparently, during one of those visits, Blackbeard was able to catch Shanks off guard (which is still surprising, considering how adept Shanks is at Haki) and injured him.


Do Death Note users with Shinigami Eyes see in a red tint? In several occasions, for example, when Mikami used his Shinigami Eyes to see everyone's name in the final episode, he saw in a red tint. Is this only done for dramatic effect, or do they generally see in a red tint?

It looks like they do see in a different colour. The first time Misa meets Light we can see her look at him differently, but from the manga it is hard to deduce what the actual colour is. From chapter 28 it does seem that users with Shinigami Eyes do see in a different colour as shown in the pictures below. Another moment when this happens is when Chief Yagami looks at Mello through the Shinigami Eyes. At that time, he also sees him in a different colour, so it is safe to say that people with the Shinigami Eyes look at the world differently than we do, but the actual colour could be any colour, since the manga is just black and white.

In chapter 28, we can see this colour page and it would make it seem that users with the Shinigami Eyes, see the world not in red, but in reverse. Although it is not completely sure who made this colour page. It might just be fan-art.


Have there been any announcements or news as to why the second season of Mysterious Girlfriend X was never made? I love Mysterious Girlfriend X anime so much, and I feel it left on a cliff-hanger. I would love to see a second season.

Have there been any announcements or news as to why a second season was never made?

I cannot find news regarding this so I think there will never be likely a second season (but I'm constantly hoping it will still happen, too). Possible reasons include:

Money. It is expensive to make anime and if the manga and anime did not sell well, it is highly unlikely they'll get another season. Relevant links: Why don't anime shows finish the manga? How much does a typical anime episode or series cost to make?
Not enough content to cover. But seeing as the manga is finished, it's more likely that reason 1 is the case.

I've finished the manga so if you really want to continue the story, read it because as far as I know, the anime skipped some parts. I'll update this if I find relevant news.


When was the anime toast in the morning trope started? For the longest time we would see things like energy drinks and other such items in the mornings with anime now the big one is toast. How long ago did this start and how did it get so popular?

This is a pretty common trope which, I dare say, predates energy drinks and the like. From TV Tropes:

  A common device for a series opening or Establishing Character Moment. Things begin in a frantic rush which usually results in taking short cuts, such as eating breakfast on the run. The classic image is of someone running down the street with a slice of toast hanging out of their mouth, dragging their backpack with one hand while trying to put on their jacket or sweater one-handed with the other, bumping into important people in a manner that gets the plot started.

  In manga and anime, this is associated with the shoujo (girl's) genre, where the original intent was to establish the protagonist as cute but clumsy, or give her a minor flaw. Overused to the point of becoming a Discredited Trope; current Japanese "How to Become a Shoujo Manga-ka" books specifically advise against using this trope, and more recent manga even lampshade how much of a cliche it is.

The answer to the question of when this trope exactly started is currently unknown. But there's a tumblr dedicated to it and the current candidate appears to be 1986's Project A-ko which is part-parody. It is said to parody Gundam and according to the afore-linked tumblr, the first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam includes a scene with Amuro Ray chewing on a sandwich in a car:

I expect that earlier instances of this trope very likely exist in manga.


How does the plot of Elfen Lied anime differ from the manga? "Elfen Lied" (エルフェンリート, Erufen Rīto) has a rather confusing plot and setting in the anime version alone; the bits of the setting which I glimpsed from discussions about it hint at the original manga being even more complex in the relationship department between the characters and organisations. It doesn't help that the manga wasn't finished by the time the anime was produced, which very likely leads to inconsistencies between the two with material which so heavily relies on uncovering secrets to drive its story forward.

How does the plot (as opposed to superficial details, like location or hair colour) differ between the anime and manga, then?

Clearly, the anime does not cover the whole story. One of the major plot points in the whole series is the execution of the plan to eliminate homo-sapiens by the research facility, which involves spreading the virus through a large population by using a missile. We could say that this is half of the whole story and the anime only covered the first half.

The relationship between Lucy and Kouta is very similar in both the anime and the manga. The major difference is the fact that Kouta is a bit more agressive regarding avenging his father and his sister, but in both cases he still tries to protect Lucy (not forgiving her though).

The bridge incident (the ending of the anime) also differs slightly. Mariko does forgive her father and engages Lucy in a battle. She uses the explosives within her to attempt to kill Lucy (thus, her father actually survives and is not killed). She fails and Lucy merely loses her horns.

There obviously are a bunch of characters not introduced in the anime. Most of them are not critical for the storyline, though, which might explain their exclusion at first.

One of the biggest discussions regarding the anime is whether Lucy died or not at the ending. Technically, from the point of view of the manga, the answer is no - she actually survived the bridge incident. She loses her horns, which disables the "evil" Lucy and keeps her as Nyuu. The horns grow back, however.

At first, it doesn't seem like the anime is capable of continuing, since they killed Mariko's father (whose name I forgot), who plays rather important roles through the rest of the manga. This is fixable though, they just need to do a few tweaks and make a new scene where he somehow survives the bridge explosion.

So, yes: the main difference is the fact that the anime only covers half of the story, and kills some people who shouldn't have died.


The Tree of Life in Evangelion I've noticed references to the Kabbalah in a couple of anime I've watched.  One of them is Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Neon Genesis Evangelion has it in the sky in both the opening credits and in the series itself:

I also remember it was on the ceiling at NERV, but the best screencap I could find of that was too tiny to be visible.

So, my question is, Is there any deeper meaning to the use of the Kabbalistic tree of life, or is it just used because it looks cool?

As far as Evangelion goes, there's several statements from the staff concerning their placement and usage within the show (emphasis is mine):
From the Hiroyuki Yamaga: May 1998 issue of "Evangelion":

On the reasons for use of Judeo-Christian symbology in Eva
YAMAGA: I don’t know exactly why. I suspect that Mr. Anno may have read some book on it, and there was some thoughts he wanted to express on it. I personally am glad that, rather than Christianity, he didn’t express some obscure Buddhist theme, because then it would have been linked more with Aum Shinri Kyo. [LAUGHS]

From the Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death":

Can you explain the symbolism of the cross in Evangelion?
Kazuya Tsurumaki: There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice.

And from an NHK special "Extra Curricular Lesson with Hideaki Anno", a student asks:

"Why is that robot-looking thing called an Evangelion"?
Anno: "It is a Christian word meaning Fukuin or Gospel and it's supposed to bring blessings. Actually, it's a Greek word. I used it because it sounds complicated"

So in the case of Evangelion, it's used mostly to look cool. It's
more or less an internally consistent window dressing that doesn't contain any actual religious meaning. That is not to say that the symbology doesn't have other meaning within itself, especially in the context of the fictional show.


What is the thing Sakura is carrying? In the first opening sequence of Cardcaptor Sakura, towards the end she is shown carrying some sort of object which has written on it "SAKURA" in blue.

It seems to be tied to her hand or something. Apart from the letters, it seems to be orange, though it may have been intended to be transparent. I think I've seen the same thing in at least one of the episodes, though I don't remember which and I don't remember it being explained there. I really can't tell what it's supposed to be.

What is the object in Sakura's left hand in the above image?

As the comments by 曾気青昭雄 and Raxon suggest, this is indeed a bag. This bag was featured as the point in the Kero-chan check at the end of episode 10 of the anime:

In this segment, it is explained by  that Sakura uses this bag as a case to carry the baton she uses for her cheerleading. The letters "SAKURA" are embroidered on the bag. It was made by Sakura's father.


What is the name of the song at the start of K: Return of Kings? Does anyone know the song title in K: Return of Kings episode 1, at the first scene where Scepter 4 and HOMRA meet on the rooftop of a building, from 00:06 to 03:20?

I tried to google it but the result was only the opening and the ending of K.

The official audio is not yet released but someone made a piano cover in youtube. Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/cu7qN-_80w0


Where can I find (digitized version if possible) an old film called "The World of The Talisman"? When I was little, I used to own this film on VHS:

I'm pretty sure that the version I had was called The Talisman.

I'm trying to find it again, preferably a digital version so that I can burn it to disk, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. It's also coming up with different names when I search for it: The Talisman, The World of The Talisman, and Birth.

The version I owned was an American dub, and I'd love to find it again, as it is a film my brother and I used to always watch, so it has a lot of nostalgia.

First of all, let's learn the different names and versions of the English dubs of Birth.

  Two English dubs of Birth exist. The first was licensed in 1987 by Harmony Gold and released by Streamline Pictures in North America and the United Kingdom under the title The World of the Talisman. [...] The OVA was later retitled yet again to Planet Busters.

While the names are different, the content and dub of both versions are entirely the same.[source]

  The second dub by ADV Films, released on DVD on July 13, 2004, is much more faithful to the original Japanese version.

The ADV release is titled Birth: A War of Two Worlds!, and there's a good review of the DVD.

You have two choices:

Get the VHS and digitize it yourself, or bring it to a Walgreens store (for example) and ask them to do it for you. This is the only option if you want to reminisce about the Harmony Gold's version which you owned.
Get the DVD directly, but remember that the content and dub of the ADV release are different from what you used to watch.

I also recommend a read of this well-written post on the OVA and the animators behind it.


What is this anime about people turning into light? I started watching this anime but I ended up closing the browser without writing it down as I had to leave and the history was cleared. All I remember was there was a high school boy walking along and narrating, and he said something like, "This was the day my world ended." As he said it, everyone around him turned into light and a giant baby started eating the light people, and there was a giant ball of faces. There was a girl with orange or brown hair with a sword who started fighting them, but the guy stopped her and she had to cut him from the shoulder to the hip to attack the monster. Then, when she had cut the giant baby and almost killed it, it turned into a small child and flew away. Then the girl started talking to a light near her or something.

Does anyone know what this anime is?

I believe the anime you may be describing is Shakugan no Shana. I am pretty sure this is the anime your describing as this takes place in Episode 1 if I am not correct.

The two creatures discover that Yuji can move about in the Fuzetsu, and deducts that he might be a Mystes. Curious about his identity, one of the creatures grabbed Yuji and attempted to devour him... until a blade slices its arms cleanly off. As the gigantic baby doll cries in pain, Yuji finds a girl with blazing-red eyes and hair standing in front of him. Soon, she confronts the creatures in front of her and mercilessly defeats the two. The girl with blazing-red eyes soon ask about Yuji's existence, and like the creatures she defeated, a voice she refers to as "Alastor" assumes that he is a Mystes. Then, she attacks another creature; this time, it is in the form of a woman, and that creature mockingly identifies the girl with blazing-red hair and eyes as the "Flame-haired Burning-eyed Flame Haze of Alastor, 'Flame of Heavens'". As the Flame Haze is about to deliver the final blow, a confused Yuji goes in the way, and is instead attacked by the enemy. Leaving with no choice, the Flame Haze strikes her sword and tears a large gash off Yuji's shoulder, slicing off the enemy's arm in the process. Shocked by the attack he receives, Yuji falls to the ground as a small doll-like figure escapes from the scene.

(Summary of Episode 1 per the wikia since I couldn't remember entirely what happened in episode 1)
Also Yuji Sakai says this quote "That was the day my world ended" which was actually "That was the day my world...changed forever." which happened at the end of the episode. (src)

Shakugan no Shana
Also known as Shana of the Burning Eyes

Synopsis

He had thought his normal days would last forever, until they were ended abruptly by an encounter with a girl with red hair and eyes. He named her Shana.
Not long after he enters high school, Sakai Yuji’s normal days come to an end. He sees something bizarre on his way home: people are frozen in a strange fire, and a monster that looks like a large doll is attacking them. Just when he's about to be killed, a girl in a dark cloak wielding a large sword appears, and slices the monster in half. Although Yuji survives the strange encounter, the girl informs him of a desolate truth: " 'You' don't exist anymore."
She calls herself a Flame Haze who hunts "Guze no Tomogara"; intruders from another world. She explains to him that he is a "Torch", a substitute of Yuji whose “existence” has already been devoured. She also told him that he is a special Torch, "Mystes", which contains a precious item in it. When he looks at his chest, he sees within himself a faint flame, just as she said.
It is in this way that his eternal struggle alongside the girl begins.

Source: AnimeNfo


Milk, regeneration properties for devil fruit users? Does milk offer regenerative capabilities? I've never seen it in the anime but in the newest chapter 858 of the manga the following scene is shown.

Now, I haven't been reading the manga long I just started reading after the dressrosa arc but I watched the anime up to that point and I don't recall ever seeing anything like this.

Is this a devil fruit thing? A gag?

It is a gag and actually just applies for Brook and Luffy. The calcium in the milk is good for bones and Brook is nothing but bones (It is mentioned at Thriller Bark, even in the anime) and Luffy has huge regenerative powers whenever he eats or drinks (remember Alabasta when he pumped water in his almost dead dry body).


What are the anime/manga references in Gintama In the anime of Gintama, there are several references made directly or indirectly to other works in anime and manga.
for example in the first/second episode they make a reference to Ashita no Joe, similarly Itachi's quote from Naruto is used in episode 25.

I would like to know what are the works that gintama makes references to in order to fully understand the parody they are doing.

There are hardly any lists around that list them by episode, but if you want the lists, there is one on the wikia, though it is complete, it just lists them.

However, a better one, albeit being a little incomplete is available on tvtropes. This list is incomplete but it lists them in order according to the references.


Was Genos upgraded as much as he was in the manga, in the webcomic? In the last chapters of the manga,

 Genos's beam was able to deflect a beam from Orochi-Psykos fusion, who was able to trigger planetary scale effects with her/his beams and powers.

Was Genos this powerful in the webcomic? Was Genos upgraded as much as he was in the manga, in the webcomic?

In the Web Comic Genos is largely The Worf.  An ostensibly powerful combatant, who ends up becoming little more than a measuring stick for how much stronger the new villain (or non-villain) is.  Meaning he gets handily beat up on a regular basis, and doesn't need to serve any other purpose than giving a brutal display of how strong his opponent is.  Genos in particular tends to serve in that limited basis, doing little more than providing exposition in addition to getting his butt whupped.
What victories he does have are generally off-screen.  You may recall the Machine God that Genos fought while Saitama tracked down King and learned the truth of King's power.  In the Manga this is a highly detailed fight where we see exactly how Genos handles the fight and how tough it is.  In the webcomic the fight occurs completely off-screen.  The manga has, subsequently, significantly increased the apparent power of Genos, simply through giving us more exposure to his actual successes (or even draws).
As Orochi is a Manga original character, so too is the Psykos-Orochi fusion.  We've been told by Murata that Orochi was meant to give Tatsumaki more of a challenge than any one fighter did in the Webcomic.  However, Tatsumaki does still have certain issues in the fights that ensue after she lifts up the entire Monster Association base in the webcomic, and Genos does intervene to help her out in that fight as well.  This occurs in Chapter 71 of the webcomic.  The end result is that, while he effectively deflects an attack from a Dragon-level threat to bail Tatsumaki out of a bad situation—much as with the manga scene you reference—he does no real damage to anyone and immediately loses his arms to a counterattack.  While he doesn't exit the fight immediately, attempting to continue with nothing but kicking power, he is effectively a non-factor doing little more than providing minor distractions and expository observations from that point on.
As a general rule, Genos does go through an upgrade cycle after every failure, both in the webcomic and manga. This occurs when he gets repaired. The manga has entire arcs that do not appear in the webcomic, though, such as the tournament, as well as significant alterations to various fights.  I believe there are two upgrade cycles that are subsequently unique to the manga, due to their preceding fights not existing in the webcomic:

Goketsu.  This character and the tournament arc do not exist in the webcomic.  As such the bodily destruction and subsequent repair+upgrade exists only in the manga.
Elder Centipede.  In the webcomic, Elder Centipede is not only not fought by Genos, but is not even fought and defeated by Saitama.  In the webcomic, he's bested by Garou, who takes up the fight after Metal Bat.

If we take Genos at his own word about his powers, then immediately preceding the Manga scene you reference he says that he is now able to destroy meteors; presumably his baseline is the meteor he failed to deal with earlier in the story, that was ultimately taken out by Saitama.  That meteor was assigned the threat level of Dragon.  In the Web Comic, however, Genos does not make any claims about being able to defeat a Dragon level threat (meteor or otherwise) until after his repair+upgrade cycle following the Monster Association arc (and even then the claim seemed somewhat questionable, as he almost immediately loses an arm to a Demon level threat, but later on he does seem to perform well in comparison to Flashy Flash).
So the net conclusion is: he's been upgraded more times in the manga, but for trivial reasons (more necessary repairs were added); but he seems to have been upgraded to "one level" higher, being able to deal with a dragon-level threat pre-MA fights rather than post-MA fights.


Did Dante ever activate his devil trigger in the anime? Throughout the 12 episodes of the Devil May Cry anime, Dante never (or never clearly) activated his devil trigger where he turns into his more powerful devil forms. We can tell that the Anime takes place after the events of the 1st and 3rd Devil May Cry games since Dante is already acquainted with Lady and Trish, so Dante should have already long been able to activate his Devil Trigger. In the anime, it seemed there was barely ever a need for Dante to use his devil trigger as most of his enemies were able to be defeated with his fighting skills even as a human. In the last episode though as the final blow was being dealt to the hosted Demon Abigail we get a closeup of Dante's eye as a flash of red light/energy fills the screen.

Similarly in video games, a flash of red light appears as Devil Trigger activates. However, Dante's physical features should completely change into a more demonic appearance such his skin turning black and eyes glow a yellow color. Dante's sword Rebellion is able to create waves of red energy so it's possible it could be just this. So did Dante really activate his Devil Trigger in the final episode of the anime?

I know this is a bit of a necropost, but since nobody answered:

I do recall that in DMC 1, when you activate Devil Trigger at first, you don't gain the form but rather you get an aura around you, at least until you attack. It may be related to that?


Who are the germa 66? Just finished reading the chapter 828 and I have to say the germa 66 has me blown away.

Who exactly are they? Are they pirates? Are they nobility like the tenryubito?

Did I miss a chapter or something? Can someone fill me in?

The answer below has pontetial spoilers, because the animated series hasn't catched up with the manga. Proceed with caution!

SPOILERS

   Germa 66 or Warmongers as they have been called is an
 organization which is controlled by Vinsmoke family, which
 recently we found out is Sanji's family. They have ties with the
 Underwold and recently with Big Mom Pirates, because of the
 marriage/alliance of Sanji and Purin.  As for the nobility
 Vinsmoke family as Reiju said even though they don't own any
 land, they are still participate at the Reverie
 *So to summarize, Germa 66 is an organization that is under the Vinsmoke Family and has a lot of weapons/technology at their disposal. They are not pirates and they have affliction with the nobles not directly but indirectly through Vinsmoke Family.
 This is all we know so far.

Anything that you might need to know is in the one piece wikia Germa 66


What's the fourth application of Calcium Carbonate according to Senku ishigame? In the second episode of the anime, Senku Ishigame said the Calcium Carbonate they were gathering had four applications. Fertilizer for growing crops, raw material for building houses and soap.

What's the fourth application of Calcium Carbonate according to Senku ishigame?

The fourth application of Calcium Carbonate is explained later in the manga/anime and it's a bit of a spoiler.
But it's used in :

   The making of Gunpowder. It's explained in Chapter 7 The gunpowder adventure and the third episode of the anime Weapon of science.


Are anime budget and worldwide gross data publicly available? On Wikipedia there are two lists about box office bombs and highest-grossing films. On nearly every movie page on Wikipedia, there are two values: budget and box office, showing how much a film costs and how much it yields.

Is there something like this for anime, considering home videos, worldwide licenses and/or merchandising?

I doubt that the budgets are available for every series. Studios rarely have any incentive to release these numbers, and it could make fans angry if they think the studio isn't giving their favorite series a big enough budget.

I was able to find some information. A single episode of anime generally costs around 10 million yen (see here or here, roughly $115,000 USD), though the exact number varies depending on production quality, voice actors, licensing fees, and other factors. The best I've been able to find is this, which really only has a few anime series from 2005 and earlier, and also includes a lot of western animation.

As a note, sales figues, unlike production figures, are widely reported. This forum thread has a lot of data related to that. This gives a sort of upper bound on the production costs, but it's not usually very accurate. For instance, the first season of Fate/Zero sold 52,133 bluray boxes at 39,900 yen each (roughly $496 USD), so the total revenue is about 2 billion yen, which for a 13 episode show corresponds to 160 million yen per episode. That's certainly way more than they actually spent.


What makes the Breeder's Diary a future diary in Mirai Nikki? I only found out that the diary allowed Tenth to control the dogs, but that wouldn't make the diary a future diary. So he had to be able to see some kind of future events with it.

Does anyone know what he saw with it?

His diary allowed him to not just control the dogs but also to know their future. That's why he could be one of the players of the diary game. The following is written in the the wiki:

  His diary is The Breeder Diary, which is mostly used by his daughter
  Hinata. Despite of this its uses are clear, which involves to predict
  the movements of his dogs and those of his targets.


Why are crosses so popular in anime and manga? I've recently noticed that I see a lot of "Crosses" in manga and anime. I thought it was just because Japan has a lot of Christians as I remember my history teacher telling me how Japanese people once really liked the Bible when Europeans came to explore, until the Shogun or someone of great power closed the gates of Japan and essentially isolated Japan from the outside world.

Some of the more popular characters that I currently remember are Asuna Yuuki (SAO) in the real world when meeting Kirito and Dracule Hawkeye (One Piece).

After further investigation, I realized Japan was only 1 percent Christian.

Is there another meaning to the Cross in Japan?

One possible explanation could be that it looks foriegn or exotic, or "western". In Neon Genesis Evangelion, which uses the cross symbol pretty rampantly, one of the creators gave this explanation (from the Q&A "Amusing Himself to Death" with Tsurumaki):

  Can you explain the symbolism of the cross in Evangelion?

  KT: There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice.

(Emphasis is mine)

So it may not be that the cross means something different in Japan (most weddings take place in a Christian church, I believe), but that because it has an air of the exotic or mysterious.


Have there been any other saiyan hybrids? Knowing how similar the Saiyans and Humans are biologically, would it not be feasible to have another similar species that Saiyans can cross-breed with? Has there already been such a thing, and if so, how powerful is it?

As far as I know there hasnt been shown any other similar species that saiyans can cross breed BUT, there might be in the future since Vegeta's brother has a girlfriend named Gure from another species, who doesnt even look very human alike, and I suppose that if he chose her as a partner it's because they can have offsprings. Gure is a short, alien with black eyes and two nostril, horizontal egg shaped head and a white skin color that might have a very low tint of green or grey. He appeared with her in a non canon special, but he was mentioned later in canon movies like Battle of God and Broly, so he became canon. Though we dont know if his girlfriend became canon with this too.


What is C.C.'s status after the Zero Requiem? If Lelouch is still alive after the Zero Requiem (which he probably is because of the appearance of the third season), he probably goes into hiding.

Do people know that C.C. was an accomplice of Lelouch, or is she treated like Lloyd (basically acquired after Lelouch's regime)?
I might've missed something in the anime, but basically, would C.C. need to go into hiding with Lelouch, or can she live as she used to without being sought out?

Actually, C.C. was only known by the main heads of the Black Knights organization, by V.V.'s organization and by the member of the royal family linked to the Geass.

On one hand, the closest person to Zero all knew he was Lelouch Vi Britannia since Schneizel told them. Based on what they knew about Zero, Lelouch and Suzaku and based on Karen's reaction when Lelouch gets killed, I believe everyone that knows C.C. on the Black Knights organization knows Lelouch was not evil.

On the other hand, the Geass organization has been slaughtered by Lelouch and V.V.'s is gone for good. I can assume no one is going to annoy her because, well, they are all dead. Same goes for Lelouch's mother and father.

Conclusion: Since only ancient members of Black Knights organisation know C.C. exists and we are sure that they have no reason to be after her, C.C. is probably wandering and travelling across the world (or maybe just Japan) with Lelouch if he is alive, alone if he is not, without anyone to disturb her.


Which song is featured in this Bleach scene? In Bleach episode 8, part 3, the song plays a few seconds from 1:52 onwards. Which song from the soundtrack is it?

I had a listen to the OST for Season 1 and the only song this sounds like is Catch-22. The quality difference is noticeable but some distinct sounds match. Unless my ears are deceiving me, ~2:28 in episode 8  matches ~1:45 of the song.


Why are the male love-interests of shoujo often portrayed to be top scorers? In shoujo anime and manga such as Vampire Knight, Special A, and Kaichou wa Maid-sama, the male love interests (or Zero in the case of Vampire Knight) are shown to be top scorers in the class. Is there a known reason for this to be so common?

In stories—regardless of the medium—the main characters invariably have at least one stellar or likeable quality. They might be really smart (id est, top scorers), highly talented, very popular, really funny, or simply very hard-working. If a protagonist does not have such a quality, s/he will develop it as the story goes along. This is simply the way feel-good story structures work and shoujo and shounen are all about feeling good.

Shoujo's target audience is girls and therefore the male protagonists are often one or more of rich, good-looking, successful, talented, funny, etc., etc.; all qualities that girls typically like in boys. They are not always top-scorers: for e.g., in Kimi ni Todoke, it is Sadako who is specifically shown to be really smart while Kazehaya is more of the popular nice guy, or IOW, he is based off a different archetype. You won't normally find the female lead falling for a loser male in shoujo; that is more likely to happen only in josei.

Asian cultures do tend to place more importance on academics than Western cultures. I expect that the fact that there is also no real equivalent to anime and manga which are set in schools is also a factor on why traits such as academic excellence don't register as much. That said, novels such as Lucy Maud Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables do use academic performance as a character attribute or plot point. It is no surprise that Montgomery's book has been adapted into an anime, Akage no Anne.


Does Sailor Moon Crystal contain the Black Moon arc of the manga (Pluto and Chibiusa)? Has it been officially stated anywhere by a representative at the production company whether Sailor Moon Crystal's 26 total episodes cover the Black Moon arc of the manga (Chibiusa, Sailor Pluto, and the Black Moon Clan, equal to season R of the classic anime series)?  Has it been stated anywhere that it only covers the content of the Dark Kingdom arc of the manga (equivalent to the first season of the classic anime)?

Crystal has covered in a mere 8 episodes the equivalent of 33 episodes of the classic anime series which contained 46 episodes total.  In other words, it has covered 72% of the classic anime's first season content within only 31% of Crystal's scheduled episode count. I know that Crystal is based on the original manga, that it is not adapting the classic anime, and that the manga storyline progressed much faster (less filler), but even so, that's a big percentage of the manga's Dark Moon arc to have already shown us in only 8 episodes.

The opening animation sequence does not include any characters introduced in the Black Moon arc, but then again, it could receive a new animation sequence mid-run at the point in time when that manga arc would begin (without a second season needing to occur to herald the story arc shift).

Note: I'm not sure if anything had come up by October, since I haven't really followed Sailor Moon beyond watching the biweekly episodes and I don't know Japanese. But some announcement (referred to here) seems to have been made in early November at an anime convention in Tokyo. The fact that there apparently was speculation before this suggests that no announcement had been made before the anime convention. (I found out about this mostly since I'd read about a newly released trailer, and wanted to find some details about it.)

Looking from some recent news sources (e.g this one from November 8), it seems that the second half of SMC will cover the Black Moon arc.

A official trailer was apparently recently released (December 27), and from ANN, we have:

  The anime premiered on July 5 and airs on the first and third Saturdays every month. Starting on January 17, the second season includes the story from the original manga's "Black Moon" arc and features Chibi Usa. The Comic Natalie website posted more images from the upcoming episodes.

Initially I was sceptical as to whether this new "season" mentioned in some sources was referring to part of the current SMC or to an altogether new production after this one finishes, but the date given (January 17 next year) implies that it should be within the current production.


How/Why did Mai from the future Trunks, in Dragon Ball Super get young? The question

Why Mai from the Future Trunks timeline is younger than what she should've been?

The problem

In the future Trunks timeline the Dragon Balls have been destroyed, during the Android Saga, the Pilaf Gang should not be able to wish for youth.

Her appearance in the future timeline, appears to be younger than what she should've been at that age. She even appears to be younger than what she was in Dragon Ball.

Pilaf gang made the wish just before Piccolo were killed by the androids.

Toriyama's Dragon Ball manga and both Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super anime adaptations didn't cover that event IIRC, but Toyotaro did in a special chapter of his manga (in Vol. 2). According to Dragon Ball Wiki:

  In the future timeline, Future Android 17 and Future Android 18 are battling the future Dragon Team, and Future Goku is dead - having died from the Heart Virus. Future Bulma and Future Gohan are flying in a capsule ship and notice the Dragon Balls have been activated. Future Pilaf wishes for himself and the rest of his gang to be reverted to their youth - as babies, and Future Bulma arrives too late to stop them from making a wish. The Dragon Balls then drop down as stone, as Future Piccolo has died. Future Gohan screams in anguish at Future Piccolo's death. The baby Future Trunks and the baby Future Mai notice each other as baby Future Pilaf plans to escape.

It's assumed that something similar happened offscreen in the main timeline.


Did Yugi duel against a prerecorded Pegasus or the real one? In the duel between Yugi and Pegasus using the videotape, supposedly every Pegasus move was pre-recorded before the fight; during the first half of the duel, Pegasus used subliminar message by insert images into some frames to make Yugi choose certain types of monsters, so Pegasus theoretically would play the correct card to defeat him every turn. However we also know this is a Shadow Game, so Pegasus could use supernatural effects instead of just manipulating Yugi using the frames or predict his moves due to his knowledge of game and Yugi's strategies. So he (or his recording) can in thesis uses his Millenium Eye - according to the wiki he did it:

  Secretly Pegasus was using his Millennium Eye to read Yugi's mind.

However, the timing of Yugi's turn durations and Pegasus turn durations seems to be so synchronized to be a duel against a pre-recorded tape. On the other hand, if it's not a pre-recorded tape, then how Pegasus would be prepared to duel Yugi in the exact day and hour he starts to watch it? It would be ridiculous to think about the long-haired businessman waiting all the time until Yugi put the tape in his video. But the wiki article suggests that the tape is more than a single tape, allowing instant communication between the one in the tape:

  Although it appeared to contain a prerecording, people on the tape were able to communicate with people watching as if they were present at the same time and location as them.

I can't find in the manga a definite clarification if the duel was against a pre-recorded Pegasus or the real Pegasus in the same time, being able to communicate due to his Millenium Item effects over the tape. Is there any official explanation, be it in the manga or another source, about what really happened in this duel?

It was the real Pegasus, because later in the show, Pegasus and Yugi are in the same place they were in during the beginning of the show. I know that because the background was the same as the beginning scene.


What's the song during the fight between Fumikage and Moonfish in Season 3 Episode 6? The song has come up a few times in My Hero Academia anime, but recently during Fumikage Tokoyami vs Moonfish in season 3 episode 6, starts at 5:40 and ends at 7:20.

What's that song?

In case you haven't found it yet, the OST is called The Threat of Offence and Defence. It is from the 1st Season OST, here is the link.


What's the meaning of 'slice of life' animation? I recently joined this manga and anime forum and stumbled across this term numerous times. People reviewing different parameters of animes and calling that a "typical" slice of life anime.

Is this pretty common sort of anime?

What does this mean?

From Wikipedia:

  Slice of life is a phrase describing the use of mundane realism depicting everyday experiences in art and entertainment.

Generally in anime/manga, slice of life shows are shows about everyday life. Usually this rotates around school life in anime - like Lucky Star, Nichijou or K-On! but this can extend to other stories such as people living in apartments, working a day job, etc.

Slice of Life shows are usually plotless as they are mostly day-to-day happenings (usually with humourous effects).


How does a Claymore move up in rank within the Organization? How do Claymores advance in ranks within the Organization?

We see many kills during the whole TV show, but Claire never advances in rank.

It is worth bearing in mind that the TV show only covers the first 7/8 books, and it might be addressed later on in the story.

As far as I could find however, the ranking system seems to be done by generation rather than reallocating ranks when someone dies.
You can see claymore occasionally contest someone's position in the manga, but it doesn't seem to be an official thing.

Ranks by Generation

  Claymore warriors No. 1 through 47 are ranked on their baseline Yoki potential, strength, agility, intelligence, sensing and leadership. A warrior's rank rises and falls according to the warrior's strength in relation to other warriors.
  Claymores are known to belong in different eras/generations, marking the time they joined the Organization, but not all Claymores who are active at the same time belong to the same generation. This is because Claymores never age beyond their physical prime.

It's unclear as to when a generation changes, as some claymore survive more than one.

We can see on the linked site that one generation's order has changed.

The old generation (旧世代) (Teresa era テレサ時代).

No. 1        - Teresa
No. 1 and 2  - Rosemary
No. 2  - Priscilla
No. 2 and 3 - Ilena
No. 3 and 4 - Sophia
No. 4 and 5 - Noel
No. 5 and 6 - Elda

Recalling Priscilla who was a newly created claymore who shot up through the ranks to become number 2, I would imagine that in exceptional cases such as these, the organization would alter the ranks, but mostly it would be left as is until the next generation comes around and new claymores are assessed


What is a Bingo Book? It was only mentioned once or twice in the show. Did different villages have different Bingo Books or did everyone share information on the wanted ninja? Was there a price for their heads? Or was it just a book about wanted targets?

Bingo books are designed to contain a list of names, along with all known information, that are to be targets for various reasons; whether it be for the price on their heads or to be killed on sight due to being a threat

  Bingo Books are black books used by ninja that contain any and all information on black-listed ninja they are to target. There are multiple versions of the Bingo Books, the most common being those based from the Hidden Villages.

A majority of the time, Bingo Books put together by high ranking officials to have intel on Shinobi ranging from either missing-nin or deadly Shiboni from other villages

  Normally, Bingo Book entries are compiled by a village's high ranking officials, usually the Kage, that are then distributed to its jōnin and Anbu members. Those listed are typically dangerous ninja from rival villages, missing-nin, or potential security threats that are to be eliminated given the opportunity. A unit of Anbu from Kirigakure, the hunter-nin, have the sole purpose of eradicating missing-nin so that no physical trace of their body remains.

Other versions of Bingo Books that are seen are by the Akatsuki that contain the list of jinchūrikis

  The Akatsuki, on the other hand, use their Bingo Book for the more sinister purpose of listing their jinchūriki targets and certain ninja from the villages who have potential use to them.

And Kakazu, which contain a list of Shinobi with bounties on their heads

  In Kakuzu's case, he lists his Bingo Book with information on various ninja with large bounties on their heads so that he can claim the bounty on them.


What did Yuji do to his sister Kazuki? In Grisaia no Rakuen (Paradise), after saving Yuji and retrieving the real body of Thanatos (Kazuki actually), there was a scene (aboard the ship Mihama Academy) when Yuji got pissed or irritated due to Kazuki's "bossy" attitude. Yuji yelled "Kazuki!" and then he dragged her to some place on the deck. Afterwards, when they were "finished" Kazuki said: "Dont ever do that to other girls anymore..."

My question is: What did Yuuji do to Kazuki? Is there a manga that explains this?

Really got not much reference here but there are two versions to this story in the game, the safe mode where it was Yuji giving Kazuki a shoulder massage and the 18+ mode where they had sex, not sure which side the anime adapted but I think it is the 18+ side with that ambiguous scene but it is totally up to the watcher's imagination here. In that link, the commenters mentioned what they thought of the episode compared to the game so just go ahead and read those, if that is insufficient as evidence then I will leave the proper answering to someone else. But yes, they totally did say that they had sex in the game.


Who is the "dinosaur guy with the nasty attitude"? It has been a while, so I can't seem to remember, but who is Beerus referring to, when he is talking about "that dinosaur guy with the nasty attitude" that he asked to destroy Earth?

From Stark Uprising's review of Dragon Ball Super Chapter 2:

  Also, note how Beerus says he asked "the dinosaur guy with the nasty attitude" to destroy Earth. In "Battle of Gods" Beerus says this a little differently--he says he is the one who destroyed all the dinosaurs on Earth. This could be an error in translation, or it could be Toyotaro changing it up, since we all know dinosaurs are still alive and well on planet Earth in Dragon Ball (I explain how that is at the bottom of my "Battle of Gods" post). Maybe this "dinosaur guy" is someone we'll meet eventually? Maybe it's a reference to King Piccolo or Babadi? Or maybe it's just an off-handed joke to a Godzilla-like kaiju that'll never be followed up on.

It could well be a translation error as Dragon Ball Wikia confirms what Beerus said in Battle of the Gods:

  Beerus also claims that he once went to Earth, and dinosaurs took a rude attitude toward him, so he wiped them out.

This could be revealed in the future or be kept as a mystery element. Only Akira sensei knows how its going to be.


Why are the main characters of Amagi Brilliant Park named after singers? Is it there any particular reason why the main characters of Amagi Brilliant Park are named after rap singers?

To be precise:

Kanie Seiya (可児江 西也) is named after Kanye West

(西 means west)
Latifa Fleuranza after Queen Latifah
Sento Isuzu (千斗{せんと} いすず) after 50 Cent.

(Sento is homophone with Cent セント。 いすず can be rendered as 五十鈴 in kanji where 五十 means 50)

So, I  guess there is a reason for this and I was wondering what it may be.

My guess is that the author enjoys punny/goofy name schemes. The part-time workers hired by Kanie are named Eiko Adachi, Biino Bandou, and Shiina Chuujou-- A, B, and C. (More obvious in Japanese where their family names would be written first.)

And senshin is right-- Kurisu Takaya is a near-direct transliteration of "Chris Tucker". (Fun fact, a similar gag is used in Steins;Gate for the character Kurisu Makise; she often gets called "Christina"/Kurisu-tina.)


In which episode does Tsuna get stronger? I would like to know in which episode Tsuna gets stronger, so that I can tell my friend and get him to stop bothering me!

Can anyone answer it for me please?

He gets stronger in episode 25, and the story takes on a shonen-ish type of twist.

The episode is aptly named too:

  "I Want to Win! Moment of Awakening"

He can use the Hyper Dying Will Mode which is a calmer version of the Dying Will Mode.


Does Hunter x Hunter manga progress further than the Anime? I've just finished HxH anime and I still want to know what happened with Krollo and his gang and many other things.

The manga has released new chapters since the conclusion of the Hunter x Hunter 2011 anime. The anime ending corresponds with chapter 338 titled "Atop a Tree", currently there are a total of 380 chapters. I will note that if you are not familiar with Yoshihiro Togashi he takes frequent hiatuses from his work on the Hunter x Hunter manga so it is hard to expect a consistent release schedule. You can see all of the hiatuses here: Hiatus x Hiatus. If you would like some more information on the list of chapters that can be found here: List of Hunter x Hunter Chapters.