Why is Naruto allowed to teach Rasengan to Konohamaru? Kakashi tells Jiraiya that Rasengan is a dangerous technique after he stopped Naruto and Sasuke who fought for the first time. If it is that dangerous, then why was Naruto allowed to teach Rasengan to Konohamaru?

Although Rasengan may be a very dangerous technique, it's not a forbidden technique, so anybody can teach it to everybody.
The Naruto wiki has the categories for forbidden Jutsus:

Techniques that cause harm to the user themselves, such as opening the Eight Gates, which the mere use of is both highly useful as well as detrimental to the user.

Techniques that violate the laws of nature (e.g. the Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation, which reincarnates the dead with a human sacrifice).

Certain techniques that are known to cause massive collateral damage, such as the total destruction of a village and end with the death of everyone in it, thus the great moral ramifications of its potential lead many to labelling it as a forbidden technique.

Rasengan does not fit in any of these categories, so it's most likely not a forbidden Jutsu ;).


What are the "recitals" in Monster? In Naoki Urasawa's Monster, there were "recitals" held with children at the Red Rose Mansion. Did they ever explain what these "recitals" really were? Were the children reenacting the events of some of the picture books? I have watched the whole series and I never quite understood what a "recital" actually was.

So after speaking with a friend...
The "recitals" were merely sessions by Bonaparte in which his picture books were read to the children in order to brainwash them. This was all part of his experiment.

According to Wikipedia:

  Bonaparta is held responsible for the eugenics experiment leading to the birth of the Liebert twins, and author of the storybooks used to indoctrinate the children of Rose Mansion (notably The Nameless Monster, from which Johan took his name and his mode of operation). Other books include The Big Eyed Man and the Big Mouthed Man, The God of Peace and The Quiet Village. His stories are full of metaphor and symbolism, often with monsters as important characters. Most also promote the idea that human nature contains the ability to become good or evil, although his works tend to denounce humanity rather than uplift it.


Are there differences between the web novel and light novel versions of Re:Zero? I found in Manga Updates that there are Web Novel and Light Novel versions of Re:Zero.

So are there any differences in them, like plot, characters etc.?

In any adaptation of a story from one version to another, there are going to be some edits. Originally, Re:Zero is a web novel and it is always the furthest along in the story.  The story gets edited a bit as it gets transferred to the "official" light novel publication, and even more as it gets drawn as a manga.

As far as my experiences though, the overall story does not really change between these mediums.  It seems mostly just a case of how much content makes it through to each.  This is, of course, the most visible between the manga and anime adaptations, since the studio is limited to certain time constraints.

From what I've heard from the community regarding Re:Zero, the light novel is what is considered the most canon/official.


Why did the Slam Dunk anime stop without animating the Interhigh tournament? The anime for Slam Dunk ran for 101 episodes and made it through about two thirds of the manga. According to Wikipedia, it also had good ratings and sold reasonably well. The anime and manga have both ranked as one of the top series of all time according to multiple sources.

It seems strange, then, that the anime would abruptly end right before the climax of the manga story. I could see this happening if the series wasn't making money, but normally they'd cancel such a series long before 101 episodes, and it's hard to imagine that it was losing money given the commercial and critical success.

Is there any stated or likely reason why the anime ended at 101 episodes without concluding the story?

As per here, (not sure how credible the source is but it makes sense). So echoing back your thoughts..

  This series, as some anime are known to do, was cancelled after the
  initial 100 episodes. Most of the time this happens because the
  ratings are not that good, or the manga has not been finished at the
  time. I believe the reason for Slam Dunk not to continue had to do
  with money issues with its developers ...

and the answer also makes mention of the manga

  Concerning the manga storyline it goes along the lines of the anime.
  And yes, the manga continues into the Inter High tournament, right
  until it is finished. It has a open ended finale, but in my opinion
  its one of the best anime endings I have seen. If you enjoyed the
  anime, reading the manga is a must.

Following up this answer, it seems to be a thing. Unfortunately I can't seem to find any ratings, viewership numbers or official source to back this, but for the majority it coincides with what you presumed in your question.


Title of an anime with a certain side-story I'm looking for an anime that involved a side-story where a certain young girl (she was probably a grade-schooler and the guy was a high-schooler) liked the male main protagonist of the story. I remember that the girl confessed to the main protagonist and was dumped because (of course) of being too young and the male protagonist liked the female protagonist. I'm not sure if the girl was relatively younger than the main protagonist, but she probably was (based on my vague memory). There was a boy who was younger than the girl who had a crush on her (not really sure) and she was a bit cold to that boy, saying that she might end up just like what happened to her.

   In the end, when they grew up, the girl and the younger boy ended up together. I quite remember the scene where the younger boy was waiting on the couch and was saying something like "oneesan, hurry up". And then it revealed that it was the girl the boy (who was then a teenager) was referring to and that they were a couple.

I'm sorry for being vague but I really can't remember. As far as I can remember, the graphics are like in Special A and I guess the story was too (those kind of stories where there is a club and everything revolves around the club members liking each other etc.).

Finally! I remembered what it was!

The title of the anime I was searching for was Myself; Yourself.

The young girl was Hinako Mochida. The guy he liked was Shusuke Wakatsuki, who was one of Sana's (male protagonist) childhood friend. And she ended up with Asami's cousin.

  Hinako is ten years old at first but becomes eleven in the course of
  the story. She is in love with Shusuke from when he saved her from
  three bullies who took her bag and would not give it back. She seems
  to want to learn how to be the girl he will like and asks Sana and Aoi
  for help. Hinako has a personality comparable to Aoi's, however being
  only in the fifth grade, she is childish as a result of her age. In
  the last anime episode, it is shown that she is the girlfriend of
  Asami's cousin, who is five years younger than her.

This is where I checked if what a friend of mine suggested (that the anime I was looking for was Myself; Yourself) was right, and he is.


In Fate, can a Master summon an Extra Class Servant during a Holy Grail War, or under any circumstances? In Fate, can a Master summon an Extra Class Servant during a Holy Grail War, or under any circumstances?

For example, one Master summons Jeanne of the Ruler Class, and another Master summons Edmond Dantes of the Avenger Class. Can that happen?

If I remember correctly, in the Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night universes, Avenger Angra Mainyu was summoned by the Einzbern in the third Holy Grail War instead of a Berserker. This would imply that it is technically possible to summon an Extra Class Servant during a standard Holy Grail War following the Fuyuki formula.


Do manga licensees in North America and Europe obtain material by scanning tankobons or purchase raw data directly? In Asia, it is not unusual for a manga licensee, instead of paying extra fees to obtain raw print material directly from Japan, to scan tankobons and reprint them.
This is cheaper, but as a result, the images will be slightly enlarged/cropped compared to the Japanese original. This is because the scanned data tend to leave out the print bleed, and part of the non-bleed edge gets reprinted as print bleed instead.
Also, when scanning is not done properly, the scanned manga screentones will see some tearing and other undesired extra patterns.
Does this also happen with Western manga licensees and content distributors?

I'm not sure if I can fully answer your question, mainly because I am just a consumer and not involved in any way in the industries.  But I do (slightly) recall on eBookJapan (before Yahoo.co.jp bought them out) older manga was (or looked/felt like) scanned, but later on, they would remaster, and sometimes even digitally publish black-and-white version and colored remastered version, and charge differently.
Also, I am not in a market as a consumer of translated tankoubon (i.e. as you say, "Asia region" and western licensors) other than Japanese so I can only answer for digital manga I purchase from the few places I can purchase from direct in Japan (before eBookJapan was owned by Yahoo.co.jp, I was able to pay with non-Japanese credit card, now it is more difficult to buy - mainly I presume due to copyright law only protects Japanese publishers in Japan) but the scanned ones I've seen were only from my curiosities of nostalgias of "oh I want to read this manga again" and did the tachiyomi to see if I really wanted to purchase it, so I have no purchased copies of any tankoubon that looks like it was scanned for a proof.
Again, I do not know if I did answer at least a little, of your question, mainly because I am not in the market for other Asian translations, but as mentioned, due to copyright limitations, if it is scanned, I have second thoughts that they might not be a legitimate publisher, but you can probably go to eBookJapan to see if they have (as in, they are selling) a digital version of the tankoubon you are interested in, and if they sell it, most likely there exists a legitimate digital version from the publisher (I am not here to preach about piracy or how important it is to support manga authors, so leave it up to your discretions on whether you want to pay/support scanned market), and I hope I was able to indirectly answer some parts.


Was it Ciel or Elesia? In Tsukihime, Ciel is immortal because she was Michael Roa Valdamjong's previous incarnation called Elesia (on the left). [Slightly NSFW]

I am wondering which is her birth name, Ciel or Elesia? Who was it that decided on the name change? why did they change it from her birth name? and how did they get the other name?

Her birth name was Elesia. After she was defeated by Arcueid her body was retrieved by The Church, she somehow survived even after Roa left her body and her link with him made her immortal. The Church "killed" her repeatedly throughout a month as an experiment to research her immortality, and then she was taken y the Burial Agency, there she was given the codename Bow for her preference with proyectile weapons. According to this TYPE-MOON Staff Roundtable "Ciel" is taken from "L'arc en Ciel", "BOW in the sky" or "RainBOW" in French, though Ciel = Bow (Ciel means sky, it's the L'arc part that means "the bow") was a mistake on part of the scenario writer but it was already too late when the demo was released, so they ended up having Ciel being good at air combat as well so it didn't feel out of place.


What would happen if a duelist didn't follow the instruction on the card? For example, when an opponent used a Spell card: Card Destruction, the instruction on that spell card says:

  Each player discards their entire hand, then draws the same number of cards they discarded.

What would happen to the duelist if they didn't follow the instruction of that card? Would they get disqualified for that, or else?

The duel disk contains an advance A.I. that is programmed to imply the rules of the game and figure out the rulings of the cards. During the battle city tournament, Joey wanted to summon Giltia the D. Knight, however it didn't appear on the field because it was a level 5 monster and Joey didn't tribute a monsters to summon it. Meaning that unless the conditions are not met, the A.I. will prevent certain cards from being played. This is the earliest example of the duel disk preventing players from making mistakes with their cards during a game.

I hope that my answer was helpful and fun to read. :)


What happened at the end of Fate/Zero? At the end of Fate/Zero, why did the Holy Grail materialize for Kiritsugu (Episode 24, 23:30) when Saber, Matou Kariya, Kotomine Kirei and Gilgamesh were still alive?

Kirei should still have been alive because he was merely unconscious and watching Kiritsugu's visions within the Grail. According to what Kirei explained to Gilgamesh in order to "plead for his life" (Episode 17, 23:30), all seven servants must be "sacrificed" before the Grail can be activated.

At some point in the Fate/Stay Night game, it's revealed that the holy grail can be summoned without having sacrificed all of the necessary servants. The grail won't be all-powerful, but it should still be plenty powerful for most wishes. Because the grail was activated while some of the servants were still alive, it was not at full power, hence the destruction (the only wish it is able to grant in its current corrupted form) is less than what it could be.

Spoilers for F/SN game:

  The fact that the grail wasn't all-powerful and yet still caused so much destruction is why Kotomine sets in motion the events of the 5th grail war. By keeping Gilgamesh and beating the newly summoned servants, Kotomine would be able to see the grail at full power. In fact, six servants would be sufficient for any wish "within the limits of this world" (whatever that means), but Kotomine wants to know what would happen with all seven.

This is also important for at least one F/SN route:

   On the UBW good end, the grail is summoned while both Saber and Archer are present. The fact that Archer is still alive is not known at the time, even to Gilgamesh. In this case, the grail was summoned into an impure vessel as well, because Gilgamesh believes that the more corrupt the vessel, the greater the destruction it can bring.


In Full Metal Panic, why does Sousuke call Hayashimizu Atsunobu "Your Excellency"? In Full Metal Panic! Fumoffu?, we see Hayashimizu Atsunobu, the Student Council President. When Sousuke addresses him, he always calls him "Your Excellency" and stands at attention.

He seems totally fine condoning Sousuke interrogating the thug who passed on the message that Chidori had been kidnapped (closing the blinds and not stopping Ren or Sousuke).

While in a school environment, he is a figure of authority, but he is hardly the highest authority with the teacher still above him, and Sousuke never uses similar terms for any teacher.

So why does Sousuke call Hayashimizu Atsunobu "Your Excellency"?

Hayashimizu's shall we say "extraordinary" tolerance for Sousuke's school shenanigans is a separate question, so I will abstain from that and focus on your primary issue:

The short answer is: it's a joke, based on Sousuke's inability to distinguish between the nature of life in the school environment and life in the dangerous geo-politico-military environment in which he's lived his entire life. Hayashimizu is introduced to him as the school's President. In real life, nobody is higher than a President (certainly not any "mere" Teachers!), and so he defers to him accordingly, as if he were the President of an actual country. "Your Excellency" is a formal way to address a President, or any Head of State. The humor comes from Sousuke's exaggerated politeness and formality whenever dealing with somebody who is in reality merely another student, with some extra after-hours responsibilities!

(However, it should be noted that in the light novel, "Continuing on My Own", their conversations show that both have developed a very real and deep respect for the other, based on their history and knowledge of each other's personalities.)


Why do anime production studios never seem to announce if they plan to cancel a series, often just leaving it in limbo for years? I've started watching anime over the last year or so, and I've finished somewhere around 80 shows. I've noticed that more often than not I'll finish the available content and when I look up if it will be continued for more seasons there is no information either way, even though it's been years (often 5+) since the last season was released. If they don't plan on making any more of it, why don't they just say its going to be cancelled?

This is because, from the perspective of production, not planning to make more episodes is not the same as definitely will not make more episodes.  In the same vein, not planning to drop your phone on concrete is not the same as definitely will not drop your phone on concrete.  There is always a chance that an anime series can come back or make more episodes, in the same way that there is always a chance that you will drop your phone on concrete.

Anime production is quite expensive, often with narrow green-lighting windows to actually make content.  So, the main hope is that the show that you're producing can gain and garner enough support to justify the expense that it's going to take when it's produced.

If it doesn't...then it makes logical sense that it won't have a continuation.  No funds to continue production is a sure-fire way to have a one-and-done anime.

(This is why it's especially important for you to support the series you want to see more of by buying the DVDs/BluRays and the merchandise.)

I would argue, though, there have been very few - if any - animes that have actually been outright cancelled.  Because of the narrow way that animes are produced to begin with - only enough budget for a single cour which may cover a portion of earlier work - it's always been, in my experience, either delays or hiatuses or something else besides an outright cancellation.

Furthermore, you never know what the future holds.  Some voice actors who weren't available or wouldn't be available to take on those kinds of roles in the moment may free up at some point in the future, so there's always a possibility that the work (if there's more reference material to go off of) could be continued in the future.


Is the identity of Rin's father confirmed? In the beginning of the anime we're lead to believe that Daikichi's grandfather and this Masako woman are Rin's parents.

During the anime they confirm that Masako is Rin's mother, but they leave the father's identity up in the air.
If Daikichi's grandfather was Rin's father, he would have had to taken part in her conception at 73 years old - not impossible, but it's still a stretch.

Is Daikichi's grandfather really Rin's father? Is this revealed in the manga?

Manga spoilers ahead:

   In chapter 40 of the manga, Rin requests her family register from city hall to learn about her mother. Daikichi intercepts the response letter and after confronting Rin about it, agrees to schedule a meeting with her mother. Meeting her, Rin learns that her mother was the housekeeper at Souichi's place. In chapter 54 Rin's mother reveals, that Rin is not Souichi's daughter  (he just adopted her). Daikichi already knew this after reading the will of Souichi while Rin was still a child.

More spoilers about the implications of this and ending of the manga, not directly answering the question. You probably don't want to know if you liked the pure ending of the anime:

   Rin told her mother that she likes Daikichi. This is what triggered the mother's response about Souichi not being the father. Upon learning that Rin shares no blood ties with Daikichi, she decides to marry him. Which he accepts to after asking her to at least wait for her graduation (2 years later).


In "Your Name", why does anyone let the scammers get away without calling the police? There is the scene in Your Name where Okudera intervenes as the scammers say there is a toothpick in their pizza.

Why do they let the scammers get away like that? Is that for convenience as calling the police on them would make a scene or something else I am missing?

Ignoring these things is how most such bussinesses are run. If you called the police, it'd cause a scene that would likely deter customers (and annoy the ones already there). You'd lose more money than you would get from the jerks in the end. That's not to mention the possibility of them deciding to cause havoc and break furniture or even assault the staff, or the fact that the scammers could simply deny your claims.

Losses like these are usually budgeted for and written off as a loss, with the police only getting called if the scammers make it a regular habit (where the cost of their repeated scams outweight the loss of causing a scene).


How do the adventurers know the floor boss's names? In Dan Machi on the side, Aiz faces off against a floor boss (Udaeus) all by herself (with 1 observer).  Yet, it seems apparent that everyone knows the monster's name.

How would the adventurers know the floor boss's names?  In this case, the particular floor boos doesn't make any verbal sound for some reason.  Presumably, other floor bosses will not speak but may make noises.

Based on Danmachi's lore, it is possible (i'd like to say almost sure but no proofs here) that monsters have something to do with gods. If it is the case, maybe gods were those who named the floor bosses.
There also are more possibilities. Those monsters, unlike Grimgar's, are more likely to respawn like basic RPG monters. If adventurers already fought a floor boss, it is legit it is has a name. Maybe those who are the first to defeat a kind of boss are given the great honor to name it.
Sadly, Danmachi's doesn't tell us much about it so it is only speculation. Maybe we'll learn more about it later in the story.

Hope that helped.


Which Yuno ends up with Yuki? I understand that Yuno and Yukiteru end up together, but I was wondering if it was 2nd-world Yuno (the yandere Yuno) or 3rd-world Yuno (the sane Yuno)?

It is the 3rd world Yuno, as I have described here, in the first paragraph.

   As the 1st world Yuno die stabbing herself. It is 1st world Yuno not the 2nd world Yuno because she was killed by 1st world Yuno(correct me here if i am wrong)


Can you conditionally kill someone with the death note? Lets say you write "some dude dies of a heart attack at 3:00 PM if it is cloudy out". Does the dude die? What if you said "some dude commits suicide by gun at 3:00 PM if it is cloudy out", so that it is just up to him whether or not to decide to die.

Any idea what would happen in these cases?

If you write someone's name in the Death Note, they die.  You can write the conditions of their death if they are possible and if they are not possible they die the default way (heart attack).  If you could do this, it would mean you wrote his name in the Notebook and he could survive. That is impossible.

There may, however, be a way to do a conditional statement in a limited way to get information.  "Bob dies of a heart attack at 12:00 PST if he cheated on Kimmy.  He dies of a heart attack at 1:00 PST if he did not."  It is not clear if this would work or not. You clearly can do "Bob writes L's real name on the wall and then chokes" which would have him die of a heart attack if he doesn't know.  In any of the possible cases though, Bob would die and probably is dependent only on what Bob knows or observes.


What's with all the weird writing/symbols in the hot springs in 3rei? In episode 5 of Prisma Illya 3rei, we find that Gil has somehow pulled an entire hot springs out of the Gate of Babylon. The walls surrounding it have banners with a number of strange symbols and quintessentially-Japanese words on them.

You can see the symbols for yourself below; some of them are very strange, like the biohazard symbol (☣), the radiation symbol (☢), and a pair of clubs (♣) attached end-to-end. The words are "bonsai", "Mt. Fuji" (fuji-san), "sushi", "bushido", "matsuri", "kami", "sumo", "squid" (ika), "tenshukaku", and "heat haze" (kagerou), plus one on the far-right in picture #1 that is cut off.

I have to imagine there is some sort of joke here I'm not getting. What is it?

(The images are spoilered because naked-but-steam-concealed characters.)

The banner looks similar to 武者幟 (warrior flag)

Around AD1600, There are civil war in Japan.
In that time every warrior show that flag to recognize each other.

Wikipedia have some picture of that war.

Or some city selling that flag as goods.

These flags have name of the 将軍 (General) or 紋(the mark of the family).

In that ilier's case, it uses same format, but it doesn't use actual mark or name.
I think it shows "Gil's wrong Japanese stereotype".


Can Norma have kids? So when I was watching this anime I was wondering - even though all the Norma are women and they are stuck on that island, is it still possible for them to have kids? And I also wonder, did any Norma have kids in the past?

from the crossange wiki, you can get this

  Norma (ノーマ Nōma?) is the name given to those who are born without the ability to use Light of Mana. Like the Ancient Humans, they cannot use Mana and will destroy anything made out of Mana just simply by making physical contact with it. Unlike Ancient Humans, Norma can be born of parents that can use Mana and are an example of a genetic throwback to the time where all humans couldn't use mana. Only female can be Norma, the reason why is unknown.

notice this line

  Unlike Ancient Humans, Norma can be born of parents that can use Mana

it says that norma can be born with parents who can use mana and that's practically the only difference between norma and ancient humans show in the wiki. therefore, if ancient humans can have children, then norma should be able to have children, also note that there is nothing that states that normas can't have children so i don't know where the question is coming from but hope this helps a bit.

here is the link to the page http://crossange.wikia.com/wiki/Norma


Nami's message in Strong World movie In the movie Strong World, Nami sends a message to the crew via Tone Dial which is as follows:

  Please forgive me for being unable to say farewell to you all directly. I have decided to join Shiki's crew as their navigator. Shiki is a legendary pirate who you could never match up to even if you stood up to him. Even if you came after me you would only end up losing your lives. I will say this much, promise you will come rescue me.

Luffy missed to hear the last part: "promise you will come rescue me", but everyone else did hear it and understood it. When trying to explain Luffy, however, Sanji made a statement which caused some confusion. It goes as follows:

  ... Although to me the whole thing sounded like message of love.

This led to confusion as it seemed to be wrongly interpreted that the last part of message implied Nami loved Luffy. I also read somewhere that Nami started to blush when Luffy started playing the Dial, but I didn't see Nami blushing at all (in anime, if someone blushes, their face is shown to be turning red, right?). She did seem to be embarrassed which seemed to be normal. If I were her and someone was going to play a recording in front of everyone which I made when I was in a sad situation, I would definitely not want him to play that because it would be embarrassing.

Nami knew that Luffy won't understand indirect message (she does say she directed the last part specifically to Luffy since he is so dense). I think Nami wanted to indirectly ask the crew to come and save her, but for thick-headed Luffy, she explicitly added the last line. She just wanted Luffy and rest of crew to come and save her, there were no romantic feelings.

I tried to search online if I was right about the message's intent, but couldn't find proper sources.

For example, I found on Wikipedia:

  ...Luffy later learns that Nami's message was actually a coded SOS directed at him that the crew took as a love confession...

Although the above line mentions the crew mistook as a love confession, I don't think so, I think they properly understood the intent of the message. Although, I am not sure what Sanji meant by saying the above line, but it seemed he did understood the real intent.

Are there any sources which exactly tells the true intent of the message and also if the crew (except Luffy) properly understood it?

Oda drew a 'Strong World after 3 seconds' where you could clearly see Nami blushing and Luffy has a huge smile with his hand behind an ear (same as Sanji but we all know that those last few words were for). It's a really cute snippet. I'll send a link so you can see it.
https://dshanks-op.tumblr.com/post/158367417268/oda-drew-what-happened-after-strong-world-ended-d


Why does Shurelia appear in Misha's and Aurica's Cosmosphere's? In Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia in both Misha's and Aurica's Cosmospheres a girl with white hair appears

In Level 4 of Aurica's Cosmosphere where she appear as Rei-chan
In Level 4 of Misha's Cosmosphere where she appears as Misha's Mother
In Levels 5 and 7 she appears as Misha's Sister

In Stage 3 we find out that the girl seen in Aurica's and Misha's Cosmospheres have to be Shurelia as they have the same hair style and also in Shurelia's Virtual World she looks the exact same as Misha's sister

Now i could understand why she would appear in Misha's Cosmosphere if the 2 met before Misha became the Star Singer must like how Harmonica appears in Misha's Cosmosphere but not in Aurica's, but Aurica had never met Shurelia before and even thought she was a robot (up until Mir's 3rd attack). while the Cosmosphere is also a mechanic of the game to Develop Misha and Aurica, both have to have passed Level 4 in order to be installed with Purger so regardless of route or personal choice the player will see Shurelia not wearing LINKER as apart of the story.

So why was Shurelia appearing in both of their Cosmospheres?

It's because Shurelia's will and personality can subconsciously seep in trace amounts into the other Reyvateils' Cosmospheres due to her being the Tower Administrator and residing into the Tower's Binary Field.

That said, she herself can't consciously see the events taking place in the Cosmospheres or interfere in them because her SH Server (the storage device where the Cosmospheres are lodged) is separate from Beta-6D's, which is the one where all other Reyvateils have their minds stored. And since the Beta-6D SH Server was added after her Administrator training was complete, she doesn't have any power to interfere with it either

(Reference: http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/ARM_Backup/Ar_Portal_translation/Toukousphere/Issue_46)


How did Seido Takizawa become a Ghoul? At the end of the second season of the anime, Seido Takizawa was almost killed. And in the begining of the third season, he appears as a powerful half Ghoul. What happened to him? How did Seido Takizawa become a Ghoul?

How did Seido Takizawa become a Ghoul?

Captured by Aogiri, Takizawa was given to Dr. Kanou and given the designation "OWL 15." Of the sixty-three investigators subjected to the ghoulification process, he was the only one considered a successful product. Some time after his surgery, he was imprisoned in a cell and visited by the doctor. Rather than answer his questions, Kanou removed his clothing and showed Takizawa his regenerating left arm. Horrified by the deformed limb, Takizawa began to panic while Kanou explained the stages of the transformation to him. As he began to vomit, he was informed that further tests would be conducted later and left alone in his cell.
In the time following his initial transformation, Takizawa was repeatedly subjected to extensive torture at the hands of Dr. Kanou. This process was intended to force the development of new Rc pathways, strengthened his body and removing any lingering human weaknesses. His torture would eventually shatter his mind and diminish his life span.

Source


Why did Saiba Joichiro take some time off cooking? Back in his youth Saiba was the best cook in Totsuki, but after he had a 50 vs 1 shokugeki match it's like he stopped having fun cooking, why?

It's not the fact he wasn't enjoy cooking, but rather he despise the fact that nobody is brave enough to do challenge with him.

   In the manga after the 50v1 shokugeki, he still having fun cooking challenge with his dorm mate.


If Eren Jaeger dies without transfering his titan powers, will both powers transfer to the same child? It's told in the story that if a titan shifter dies without transferring his power, this power will go to an eldian person who just was born. If Eren Jaeger dies without transferring his titan powers, will the attack titan and the founding titan go to different persons?

Note that his is not a duplicate of What happens to a titan shifter if they die without being eaten as this is not about what happens when a titan shifter dies. But what happens if a titan shifter with 2 powers dies, which is not answered in the answer.

I think Yes.  According to the manga, if the host of the titan body dies, their power goes to the newly born child.
And since Eren has now acquired more than one titan's powers, then if Eren dies, then each of his powers will go to separate newly born children.
Here is a fandom theory if you would like to read... that can answer much of your questionsfandom theory
Warning : there might be some spoilers in the link, read only if you have read till current manga chapter


Does making a TV anime series cost less than making a typical TV series? According to this post, 10 million yen per episode is the minimum price for making an anime. I am wondering how this price compares to making a typical TV series that film human actor?

I guess if the story includes lots of special effects (story like Harry Potter which needs special effect for magic, or story like Star Wars where most background needs CG), it doesn't cost much when making anime as those are still drawings after all. It may cost a bit more if there are battle scenes, but compared to filming using human actor, anime should be a lot cheaper to make?

In most of the cases, yes.

As mentioned in the article: "How Do Anime Budgets Compare to American Animation Budgets?":

  The answer is still "much, much cheaper." The average American 2D TV series like The Simpsons or a Nickelodeon show can cost quite a bit of money, typically US$1-2 Million per episode. The longer a show goes on, the more it costs to produce because most of the creative staff get a bump in pay every season. Recent episodes The Simpsons now cost over $5 million per episode to make -- and Fox has been desperately trying to renegotiate everybody's contracts because the show has become unprofitable. Nobody envisioned the show being on the air for over 20 years.

  On the low side of things, cable shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Invader Zim are estimated to have cost a little over $1 Million per episode, and the really low budget stuff can go down to about $350,000 to $500,000 per episode. It's not cheap.

  Anime, however, goes much, much lower. A typical show can cost as little as US$125,000 per episode. On occasion a very well-off production can go north of US$300,000 per episode, but that's pretty rare. Budgets for an anime are never made public, but that's the general level things are at.

There's also a breakdown of the costs in the Crunchyroll article: "How Much Does One Episode of Anime Cost To Make?" as follows:

  Original work - 50,000 yen ($660)

  Script - 200,000 yen ($2,640)

  Episode Direction - 500,000 yen ($6,600)

  Production - 2 million yen ($26,402)

  Key Animation Supervision - 250,000 yen ($3,300)

  Key Animation - 1.5 million yen ($19,801)

  In-betweening - 1.1 million yen ($14,521)

  Finishing - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)

  Art (backgrounds) - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)

  Photography - 700,000 yen ($9,240)

  Sound - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)

  Materials - 400,000 yen ($5,280)

  Editing - 200,000 yen ($2,640)

  Printing - 500,000 yen ($6,600)

  If you suppose an average episode has 5,000 frames, the price per frame for an in-betweener is 220 yen or just under three bucks, which apparently is a rate that hasn't really changed much in the past 30 years. Japan Animation Creators Association rep, Osamu Yamasaki, commented [roughly translated], "30 years ago it was said that one person would draw 1,000 frames per month, but now if you can do 500, that's considered good." Under these circumstances, it's no wonder young animators are having trouble making it in the industry.

However, that's the general trend in expenses. There are ofcourse exceptions. An anime may cost way more than a particular show for the same duration of airing time. There are many such cases. To list a couple of them:

  The Wind Rises had a reported budget of US$30 Million, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, with its infamous ten year production schedule, likely cost even more. Back in 1987 Akira was made for a then-record ¥1.1 Billion, which would be around US$10.6 Million today.

The reason for this general trend is because a TV show has to entail the payment of actors, writers, director along with sets and equipment such as cameras, studio space or shooting on location which adds more money to the show.

There are some extremely high priced sitcoms as well, such as Friends. In 2000, it was reported that each cast member was getting $750,000 per show. (After all of the perks were added it was $40 million per actor or $240 million dollars).


How are people supposed to read and understand these part-second text frame scenes? It's (relatively, still) easy for me on a computer to pause in time and read the text in every frame scene, but the show is supposed to be viewed on live TV channel. I bet that's impossible to do this in real-time.

Is there any official position on the approach to reading these frame scenes?

Preface: I am unaware of any "official position" about how to read the split-second text screens that occur in the Monogatari Series. I would be surprised if such a thing existed.

It isn't always possible to read all of the text while the anime is rolling by at 24 frames per second. Sometimes, sure, you can pull it off because there isn't very much text, but some of them - like the ones in the first minute or so of ep01 of Bakemonogatari, or the synopses that accompany the titlecard in each episode of Nisemonogatari (example) - literally cannot be read in the time that they are on screen.

And us English readers have it easy, compared to people who have to read the original Japanese! It turns out that all the kanji are written using kyuujitai ("old character forms"), which were displaced by shinjitai ("new character forms") well over 50 years ago. Most Japanese people will have some reading knowledge of kyuujitai because of it use in literary contexts, but I'm guessing they wouldn't be able to read them as fast as they would be able to read shinjitai, since kyuujitai just aren't used very much anymore.1

Luckily for the people who watch it on TV, they aren't really missing out, in a sense. Certainly, the text screens often give us more information about a character's internal monologue or state of mind, or some background exposition lifted directly from the novels, or whatnot. Nonetheless, there is not (as far as I know) a single case in the series where things don't make sense unless you read the text screens. While the text screens do enhance the viewing experience, Monogatari is still a coherent story without them. And plus, even if you can't read every word of every screen, you can still read some words of some of the screens, and that's often good enough to get a good idea of what's going on in the text screens.

If you ever find yourself watching Monogatari without a pause button, you may as well sit back, relax, and let the text screens wash over you. Read what you can, ignore what you can't, and enjoy the show.

1 Also, all the hiragana is replaced by katakana, but I don't know if this would slow down a Japanese reader all that much.


What happened to the power of the tailed beast that was inside Naruto? For a while, Naruto hosted all the tailed beast and when they left him their powers should have stayed. When Gaara came back to life he lost Shukaku but he still had the power to control sand. Another example is when the Gold and Silver brothers were reincarnated they still had their powers just like the 7 Jinchuuriki that were reincarnated. So how did Naruto lose his powers?

I think you are misunderstanding the premise of the situation. Naruto was not a host of the other tailed beasts, he only had their chakra.

Naruto Uzumaki

  Naruto had also received chakra from the other tailed beasts during the Fourth Shinobi World War, which made him a human pillar for the power of Ten Tails. This allowed him to access their unique abilities himself, or infuse them into his Rasengan and its variants.

At the end of the Fourth Great Ninja War, Naruto still has the chakra of the Tailed Beasts within him

  The tailed beasts spread out through the world, free to live as they want; both Gyūki and Kurama decide to return and stay with B and Naruto. However, though they are apart, the tailed beasts' chakra fragments remain within Naruto, allowing his body to act as their "meeting ground"

To expand on your examples, the Gold and Silver brothers ate the flesh of the 9-tails and inherited large chakra reserves and similar abilities to the tailed beasts. This become a part of their being, thus maintaining these powers when resurrected.

  The brothers survived inside Kurama for two weeks by eating the beast's flesh; this would eventually lead to the fox regurgitating them. This left them with unusually large chakra-reserves and abilities similar to those of a jinchūriki.

As @Akira Mahisaseru stated, Gaara did not get his ability control sand by the 1-Tailed. Even the Fourth Kazekage wrongly assumed this

  Gaara's ability to manipulate sand remains even after Shukaku is removed from his body. Indeed, the Fourth Kazekage, upon seeing how much sand Gaara can control at once, wrongly assumes it is Shukaku itself doing so, not Gaara.


Has canonicity changed in Dragon Ball? In the past people used to say that the Dragon Ball manga was canon and the series was not, because Toriyama drew the manga and he didnt do the same with the series. But now that Toriyama doesnt draw the manga anymore but Toyotaro based in his ideas, both the manga and the series are adaptations of Toriyama's ideas. Is the Dragon Ball manga still the canon for Dragon Ball or it isnt anymore?

The dragonball manga is still canon for the original series.

For Dragonball super, both the manga and the anime can be considered canon. They are simply two continuities. You can talk about the manga continuity and the anime continuity. One is not more canon than the other.


If a Death Note user specifies, along with the actual target, the name of a person whose face the user doesn't know, will that person live? It has been confirmed by L that if a person's name is written in the Death Note, and they are written to die in a form that specifies another person's name, (like "L Lawliet will die after he deletes all his evidence on Light Yagi and goes to Misa Amani's apartment") then all of them would die of a heart attack.

This is due to Rule XI

  [...] once the victim's name has been written, the individual's death can never be avoided.

The rule above may appear to trump Rule X

  Whether the cause of the individual's death is either a suicide or accident, if the death leads to the death of more than the intended, the person will simply die of a heart attack. [...]

However, it does not. "The victim" is automatically anyone whose name is written in the Death Note.

Suppose somebody uses a Death Note to kill someone and specifies another person's name in the description. Will that person — who is specified, but not intended to be killed — live, if the Death Note user does not know their face?

The person would live in many cases. That rule indeed says that if multiple people are specified, that they all would end up having a heart attack, but it does not circumvent all the other existing rules. You would still need to have the person's face in mind while writing and the name should be the person's real name and not a nickname. The only thing that rule says is that all other details regarding the first person's death are just ignored.

For example if you write

  Person A stabbed to the heart. Person A would hug person B and would then kill person C. Person D would become jealous and would stab person A.

the Death Note would read it as

  Person A stabbed to the heart. Person A would hug Person B and would then kiss Person C. Person D would become jealous and would stab Person A.

or

  Person A
  Person B
  Person C
  Person D

So unless you had the specific person's face in mind while writing the name or unless the name was fake, the person would die from a heart attack.


Who is this man in the cover page of One Piece chapter 839? In the cover page of chapter 839 of One Piece, there's a man on large bounty poster that Luffy draw number 3 on his face.

It seems that all Mugiwara crew give some respect to this man, even
Chopper looks like he's crying for him.

I don't think he is the character on One Piece, is this some kind of tribute from Oda to someone? So, who is he?


What are the sins of the 7 deadly sins members? I just saw this question from (1) of a posts here and I am curious for what really is their sins.

I remember Ban saying "The real sin is something you cannot atone" and it looks like he really have done something so grave for him to say that.

What are their sins and among them who has the gravest sin?

Originally, when the individual sins were recruited to the team they were absolved of a crime in the Kingdom of Liones whose sentence was death. Most of these crimes are somewhat bogus but the characters feel responsible regardless.

 Meliodas, the Dragon's sin of wrath:

Annihilation of the Kingdom of Danafor

Brought up by Dreyfus in Ch 29 and fully realized in a flashback in the cave of druids in Ch 130-1. Meliodas had met and fallen in love with Liz, a holy knight of the kingdom of Danafor which was a kingdom that rivaled the might of Liones until it suddenly ceased to exist. This fateful day 15 years before the story is caused when Liz is killed by one of the 10 commandments, Fraudrin of selflessness. In his grief Meliodas' demonic powers manifest and when he next comes to Danafor is nothing but a crater.

 Ban, the Fox's sin of greed:

Destruction of the Fairy King's forest, drinking the fountain of youth and killing its guardian

Covered in side story 1, 20 years prior to the story a fully human 23 year old Ban makes his way to the Fairy King's forest seeking the fountain of youth according to the stories told to him by his father figure, the werefox Zhivago. Ban doesn't really care about the fountain that much but feels the immortality it provides might give him enough time to find something worth living for. He gives up on drinking it when Elaine tells him the forest will die if he does. Ban and Elaine grow closer during this time as Ban finds someone who doesn't instantly hate him and Elaine finds someone whose company she enjoys. The two are making plans to elope when a giant demon attacks the Fairy King's forest and mortally injures both of them. Ban urges Elaine to save herself with the fountain of youth but Elaine instead gives it to Ban mouth to mouth who obliterates the demon before saying goodbye to the first thing that made his life not suck.

 King (Harlequin), the Bear's sin of sloth:

Allowing the murder of countless innocent humans despite interracial treaty

Covered in side story 2, long ago humanity made a peace treaty with the fairies of the fairy king's forest. 700 years ago King's best friend, Hellbram among others were captured by humans who sought fairy wings to make medicine that supposedly extends human lives. King abandons his duties as protector of the forest of the fairy king to rescue his friend but gets surprised with a hard knock to the head by the leader of the fake merchants and loses his memories. Diane finds him passed out on a riverbank and the two become friends for 500 years until one fateful night when they see flames coming from the human town near them. Harlequin goes into town alone to witness the aftermath of a massacre in which all the humans were killed via slashes to the back reminiscent of a fairy with its wings pulled out. King confronts the perpetrator of the massacre who is the same false merchant who knocked him out centuries prior, his memories returning King realizes the merchant is now actually his friend Hellbram (who killed the false merchant) in disguise. Having been broken by watching humans whom he previously idolized kill his friends for profit Hellbram has been waging a one-man genocidal campaign against humanity for 500 years while King has been amnesiac. King reluctantly puts his friend down and wipes Diane's memory before turning himself in for Hellbram's crimes, feeling despair for having not realized the ordeals his friend had gone through while he was gone.

 Diane, the Serpent's sin of envy:

Murder of Matrona, ally of Liones and 330 holy knights

As explored in side story 3, in the years prior to joining the sins Diane was being trained to become a warrior chief by her mentor Matrona, chief of a tribe of giants whom often served as mercenaries for the Kingdom of Liones. At one point the pair were hired by a large group of holy knights of Liones in order to defeat savages but were betrayed when Gannon, leader of the holy knights admits there are no savages and his true goal was to slay them for fame and glory. Diane, a staunch pacifist refuses to fight and Matrona gets shot by a poisonous bolt intended for Diane. As she lies dying in Diane's arms Matrona chides Diane to be stronger before impaling most of the holy knights trying to kill them with earthen spikes. Matrona is pronounced dead and the surviving holy knights twist the facts to state Diane poisoned her mentor out of jealousy before killing 330 of the knights to cover up the crime.

 Gowther, the Goat's sin of lust:

Attempted rape and Murder of Nadja, Crown Princess of Liones

Explored in side story 4, Gowther (the enchanted doll) awakens beneath the royal castle of Liones having been dormant for the 3000 years since his creator's last great feat of magic and death. He is found by Nadja, princess of Liones, sister of the current king Bartra who was wandering around the cellar in secret since she has never been allowed outside due to her weak constitution. She faints when Gowther, trying to explain he is a doll tears his chest and shows her the artificial heart given to him by his creator, Gowther (the demon). Bartra brings Gowther into the castle as a maid so Nadja won't have to keep visiting the cellar and Gowther isn't left alone where they enact many of the events in Nadja's swashbuckling adventure story. Nadja's constitution continues to deteriorate but she assures Gowther that his existence as a doll doesn't mean he has any less of a heart than she does. She eventually passes away peacefully, content with her life and Gowther unable to accept it or understand better attempts to put his artificial heart into her chest to resurrect her. The commotion brings the guards to her room where they bear witness to the grisly scene and sentence him to death

 Escanor, the Lion's sin of pride:

Widescale destruction of property, Gravely injuring numerous holy knights

Escanor's past is detailed in side story 5 as well as Ch 169. Escanor was born the second son of the King of Castellio, he grew up bullied by his elder brother Draymond for his cowardly nature until one day when he awakened Sunlight and broke his brother's arm. Terrified of the monstrous form bestowed upon him by the former magic of an Archangel, the kingdom decides to have the child killed. A woman named Rosa helps him escape by boat at which point he is left to fend for himself in Liones. He is treated as a freak to be hunted down in Liones as well until Merlin and Meliodas track him down to make him the final and youngest member of the sins. He tries to run away from the group just before dawn fearing his Sunlight empowered self will get them all killed but is stopped by Merlin who finds his constitution interesting. Meliodas taunts him as dawn breaks and gets punched into Ban causing Escanor to flee thinking he killed them. He destroys a mountain hoping to overuse his powers and kill himself as he never wanted his power which always pushes people away from him. Meliodas comes back around and challenges him to a brawl at noon in which he uses assault mode and has Escanor at his mercy in one hit. Meliodas tells him that he may hate himself but the life he lives was gifted to him and can be taken just as easily if he doesn't want it, Escanor chooses bear with the self loathing and live life to its fullest.

 Merlin, the Boar's sin of gluttony:

???

Whatever her crime was has yet to be revealed although she may not even have one. Note that there are currently only 5 side story chapters detailing the crimes of the sins and if there is another it would probably be Merlin's. In Ch 182 King Bartra of Liones whose prophetic powers have shown him the sins will be the guardians of Liones meets Merlin for the first time who has already selected a band of seven for the task including herself and the new holy knight of Liones, Meliodas. Perhaps he has simply never heard of her trial but it somewhat seems she signs on just to help fulfill the prophecy.

Having gone through their crimes it can be noted most of the sins have been absolved of crimes based on bogus pretenses except for Meliodas, Escanor and possibly Merlin of the two we know about Escanor was mostly acting in self defense. Meliodas obliterating a kingdom while not conscious was a pretty grave crime.


Which song plays when Alucard walks in the forest in episode 1 of Hellsing original? There is a music that plays in Episode 1 at the 07:14 mark, just as Alucard walks in the forest. Could anyone identify that song and the OST?

It's called Kannouteki Yuuwaku No Wana Ni Hamatta Hidariashi (trans.: Left Foot Trapped In A Sensual Seduction) by Yasushi Ishii, also called as Alucard's Theme.

It's the 6th song on the first OST CD titled Raid.


What made Sakuya decide to switch sides? In Rewrite, Sakuya, Chihaya's butler, is nothing but antagonistic towards the protagonist Kotarou from the moment they first meet. He calls him insulting names and is generally just a bit of an asshole. It later turns out that both he and Chihaya are working for Gaia, the eco-terrorist group who want to destroy all human life

   (and who ultimately succeed in the final episode of Season 1).

Then, around Episode 8 or so, he randomly shows up in the magic forest and saves Kotarou's life. He announces he's now working with Kotarou and friends against Gaia, offers to train Kotarou, and becomes considerably less antagonistic towards him. Absolutely no explanation is given for this, and to me it seemed to come completely out of left-field.

What prompted Sakuya to change sides like that so suddenly? I think Chihaya may have already defected by this point, but surely that can't be the only reason?

I don't remember what exactly happen in anime, so I will talk about Sakuya in VN.

   Sakuya's loyalty lies completely with Chihaya. And Chihaya is not that loyal to Gaia. In her VN she gives up on Gaia few times. And Sakuya always follows.
 And while Sakuya does insult Kotarou, it is mostly playful messing around. He never really endangers him. He is basically trolling him, because he knows he gets reaction out of him.

Why Sakuya doesn't like Kotarou is explained in the VN:

   Sakuya is same as Kotarou, having the Rewrite ability. And like Kotarou, he abused it to the point he lost his humanity and became a familiar. And he simply sees himself in him and doesn't like to be reminded of his past. But when situation gets serious enough, he puts all joking aside and begins treating Kotarou properly.

tl;dr; Read the VN. The anime is terrible, TERRIBLE, adaptation.


How was Sato able to provide so many internal organs in Ajin Demi Human? In Ajin: Demi Human, Sato is able to trade internal organs for military weapons and guns. Initially I thought that he was just using his own organs, as when he brought more he mentions "He has a lot more guys now".

But seeing how the organs disintegrate when they are left behind/regrown, was he just taking them from the civilians/police they killed?

Or where did Sato get the internal organs from?

In chapter five of the manga, an ajin remarks that:

  An ajin uses the largest piece of flesh as a base and collects the
  smaller pieces for regeneration. However, pieces that are too far away
  are not collected, but replaced instead.

Later in the series (I forget the context), we see an instance of an ajin's head being severed but it was far enough away from the rest of the body that the regenerating body simply discarded the old head and grew a new one, but the old one appeared to remain intact (presumably just decomposing at the rate a human head would).

In the anime, I assumed that Sato was having his own organs removed, letting himself die and - if the extracted organs were moved far enough away - his regenerative powers would simply replace them. By the time we see Sato making dealings for spare organs, he has a few ajin following his crusade and so they too are probably just volunteering to have their organs harvested and replaced.


Is Ash's Pikachu stronger than regular Pikachu? Is Pikachu stronger than other Pikachu or his Pikachu special type Pokémon.

By a regular Pikachu you mean by the anime standards? Then yes, it's above average.

But compared to Red's Pikachu from the manga it's a Magikarp.
In the manga, Red is one of the (if not THE) best trainers of the region. He actually uses his brain in combat. The Pokemon world in the manga is a lot harsher than the anime world (Pokemons are used as weapons to kill humans and other Pokemons). Ash would probably get destroyed by a random Ratata from the manga. So no, as per manga standards (it'd be one of the weakest).

Red's Pikachu is what I call a strong Pikachu. For instance, Red's Pikachu (very well trained, and very experienced in battles) has taken out all of Lance's (Elite Four) Pokemons in one megavolt attack. He's even made Lugia faint with that attack. And Red's Pikachu was about level 88 the last time I checked.

Source: Pokemon Manga and Pokemon Anime


Where exactly did they send Rin? Heavy spoilers warning. This question is based on the VN, it should be applicable to the anime, though I'm not sure.

In Rin's 2nd route, she is sent to another school where

   many students died in a bus crash, and the rest are traumatized as a result. Rin is supposedly sent to help them.

However, as we know,

   the bus crash actually happened to them.

With that in mind, where is Rin actually sent?

   The place she is sent to does not exist, how does Kyousuke create something that should be an entirely different school with different people? Did he at all? What does Rin actually experience there? It breaks her mind as we can see in Refrain, but I don't know what it actually is that she experiences there.

Kyousuke is akin to the DM in a Dungeons and Dragons session. He can create virtually anything from the "merging of the subconscious of all of his friends". In that particular do-over (Rin route 1), Kyousuke assumes that Riki and Rin have gone through enough (the routes of the other girls) such that they are strong enough to be apart.

Recall that Rin is extremely reliant on others emotionally, and Kyousuke, thinking that he is almost out of power to continue recreating the world (he isn't), creates a separate fictional school and sends Rin there to test her. Unfortunately, Rin isn't as strong as Kyousuke thought she was. Kyousuke set it up such that Rin initially could not even come back on the weekends, but after persuasion through Riki, he allowed it, and even that wasn't enough for Rin to grow independent.

Her extreme shyness and fear of strangers causes her to become alienated in her other school as she cannot even manage to respond to basic greetings. Kyousuke thinks that this will push her to get better, but instead Rin just falls apart. After that, as you know, Riki runs away with Rin, angering Kyousuke who thinks that Rin will never get better as long as she is reliant on Riki. Kyousuke sends the police after them and the trauma of them being forcefully separated breaks Rin completely. Kyousuke sees that he has failed and resets the world once more, becoming mopey Kyousuke.


Are there English dubbed anime on Crunchyroll? It's of course understood that not all anime have been, nor will be dubbed.

Anyway, are there any English dubbed anime on Crunchyroll? If there are, is there a setting for it?

Crunchyroll has a small number of shows with English dubs. These are listed on their forums here. I could not find a way to search for them, so I have no way of knowing if the list is complete or not, but in any event there probably aren't a lot more than what is listed there. There have been others in the past, but never a huge number. CR is still primarily concerned with subtitled anime, which are typically cheaper and more abundant.

There are some other legal streaming sites which have larger collections of dubbed anime. What's available tends to vary significantly from country to country. In North America the biggest sources for legal dub streams are probably The Anime Network and Funimation. I unfortunately don't know whether these are available to the rest of the world or what the popular alternatives are in other places.


What happened to Yuki and Inaho's parents? Yuki and Inaho are orphans by the time Aldnoah.Zero opens. Do we know what happened to their parents? Or are we just to assume they died in the mess surrounding Heaven's Fall?

Some have speculated that Saazbaum could somehow have been Inaho's father (given that Saazbaum and Orlane descended to Earth right around the time of Inaho's birth). Is that plausible?

Volume 3 of the Aldnoah.Zero Blu-rays came with a collection of four short narratives about Inaho and Yuki's life well prior to the events of episode 1.

In the second of them, 「春の遠足」 "A Trip in Spring", we learn that Inaho, Yuki, and their mother had been on a train to somewhere when Heaven's Fall occurred. Their mother was killed immediately, probably because a meteor landed near their location (though the story is mostly told from Yuki's point of view, and she, being five-ish years old at the time, obviously doesn't have the best recollection of events). Somehow or the other, Inaho and Yuki both survive, and she, carrying Inaho, follows the crowd of evacuating people, eventually ending up in an underground shelter afterwards.

Their father, a military man, was deployed at the time; a short while after Heaven's Fall, while Inaho and Yuki are still living in the shelter, Yuki receives a letter from the government indicating that they have been deemed war orphans. The implication being, of course, that their father, too, is dead.

The Saazbaum hypothesis is clearly implausible.


What's up with Nami's breast size? Did Nami undergo a breast operation by Chopper?  ;-)

All joking aside!

How could an 18 year old girl's breasts grow so large within 2 years? After the time skip, Luffy became 19 and Nami turned 20. I know that in the world of One Piece, everything is possible, but why did the producers change her breasts?

This cannot be a coincidence:

From a comment on Facebook

Oda answered this question himself in Volume 36, chapter 342. Nami's breast grew so much, because she was still young and in her growth phase. Especially with the two years timeskip, they had plenty of time to grow!

Reader: Good day, Oda-sensei. You know, that Nami-chan is so gorgeous!!! That beauty, that figure! I'm already swooning ♡ By the way, when you compare her to the Nami-chan in Volume 1, haven't her breasts grown somewhat? by Saori-chan
Oda: Yep. I get this a lot. But when you consider that she's only 18, she's still in her growth phase. She's got more room to grow! I'll give it my best!! (←?) And Robin's only 28! I'll give it my best!! (←?)

After I ended up reading more of the SBS answers, more measurements were revealed. So as we are all curious as to the question how much they have grown, I will additionally post those in the answer, Nami's sizes!
In Volume 6, chapter 49 Nami's Bust/Waist/Hip (BWH) measurements are revealed to be 86/57/86.

Reader: When the question came up about Nami's measurements, you promised to tell us sometime. So when are you going to tell us?!!
Oda: Hehe. I have made a friend that comes in quite handy for this. His eye is quite accurate. It's the "weird chef", who can tell a girl's measurements with just one look, Sanji-san!!
Sanji: Shitty guy! I'm not "weird"!! It's "love", I'm a "cook who loves"!! Oh but, you called me. I get it, leave it to me. Nami-san's cute, isn't she. She also has style to match. Now, let's take a look... B 86! W 57! H 86! No doubt about it!! But she's so cuuuuute. She's definitely a thief. But I still like her!!

Later in Volume 37, chapter 353, which was still before the timeskip, it was revealed that her bust size had grown to 95, making her new BWH measurements 95/55/85.

Reader: Hi, Oda-sensei! In Volume 36 you were saying that Nami's breasts had grown in size from years ago, so what are her 3 sizes now? I'd bet that every man in the country is dying to know this, so don't hold out on us!

Nami: Height 169 B 95 W 55 H 85. Robin: Height 188 B 99 W 59 H 89

Later, in Volume 42, chapter 406, which was again before the timeskip, Oda confirmed that Nami's and Robin's breasts were I cups.

Reader: I am "Sogeking-ko", a proponent of all healthy young boys everywhere! Healthy young boys of this country!! Remember the question in the SBS of Volume 41, asking about Nami-san's cup size?! According to my rotoscopic vision, Nami-san's under bust size is 65. So her regular bust size of 95 would make her an I cup!!! (donnn) That's HUGE!!! I'm a D cup... Boys... can you accept this answer??
Oda: Well, I must say I received a lot of answers to this question from my female readers. Thank you for your detailed and in-depth explanations. But you know, the boys aren't gonna read any of these complicated, difficult answers, so I'm just gonna report on the most common result! Nami and Robin are I cups. Wow.

Finally, in Volume 69, chapter 686, after the timeskip, her new size were revealed to be 98/58/88, J cup. It seems like she had grown a bit more. I wonder when her growth phase will end.

Reader: About the mystery of Nami-san's New World bust size from volume 66, I would like to provide my opinion as an employee at LADIES' INNER. Nami-san's bust size is most likely a "J Cup". There is a possibility that she may have even grown bigger than this. ...If my calculations are correct, her band measurement is 63cm, and her bust is 98cm. If we were to use these measurements, she would end up being a "K"; however, right now in Japan, there is no such thing as a "K" cup. She'd have to order from overseas. Oui, in other words, non-standardized!!! Well, personally, I'd say that Nami-san is a "Nami Cup". (Boiing)
P.N. Shimizu Chageburo's secret fan
(Translator's Note- LADIES' INNER is a Japanese female underwear chain store.)
Oda: Alright. Boys, the day has finally come. This fire that readers started on volume 66. Thank you all for submitting these countless letters. Sanji-kun! Has your nosebleed stopped yet!? Now, give them the presentation!
Sanji: Yeah... sorry about last time. So it's Nami-san and Robin-chan's current 3 sizes, right? They did in fact grow in size, but don't be tricked!! In these 2 years, what really improved is their "sexiness"!
Nami- B: 98 (J Cup), W: 58, H: 88
Robin- B: 100 (J Cup), W: 60, H: 90

Disclaimer: I am no expert on women's sizes and measurements, so if I had made a wrong interpretation somewhere, please forgive me.


How much of Kimi no Iru Machi is adapted? I want to know how much of the Kimi no Iru Machi anime is adapted from the manga, and whether or not the anime skipped any content from it.

The anime series skipped the Hiroshima part and goes straight to the Tokyo part where Haruto was chasing after the disappearing Eba. It ended with Haruto breaking up with Asuka and going back with Yuzuki. Haruto moved out from his sister's place to live together with Yuzuki.

The OVA animated the Hiroshima part of the story and ended with Yuzuki moving back to Tokyo, thus the OVA should be watched before the serial. Since the OVA is only 2 episodes long it omitted many small detail.

There is also a gap between the OVA and the serial in that it skipped Eba breaking up with Haruto. The serial started with they already breaking up.


When did Victoria Seras figure out she can make her blood do things? I noticed she was able to do this after drinking Pip Bernadotte's freely-offered blood. when she was about to die from not wanting to drink blood. after she drinks it her left arm is replaced by a mass of chaotic black and orange shadow matter that usually manifests as a whip-like tendril.

When in the world did she learn how to do that. I have watched it over and over again trying to figure out when she knows she is able to have that happen.

As far as I have read the manga, I think it's not a learned ability, but rather a power to show that by drinking Pip's blood, she became a full-fledged vampire, so her body started to heal and she became more powerful. Also it seems that the tendril acts on instinct rather than her direct will. Hope this helped.


Where and how does the Bleach anime diverge from the manga? I've seen almost all of the Bleach anime (at least what's been released dubbed), and I'm now interested in reading the manga. However, when the manga closely follows the anime I've already seen, I tend to get bored quickly. Thus, I'd want to pick up the manga at a point right before the anime began to diverge.

At what point in the manga is this?

Bleach anime ended in March 2012, with the episode 366. It ends after (spoiler if you haven't finished the anime yet)

   Ginjo dies in his battle vs Ichigo

In manga, that arc ends with chapter 479, "Goodbye to our Xcution!!". The anime is not airing now, but the manga goes on, with the new arc starting with chapter 480 called "Final Arc - The Thousand Year Blood War".


Are there real life counterparts to the characters in the anime? Has there been an official credible reference that there are real life counterparts to the characters in shirobako?

I heard from a friend today that there are real life counterparts to the cast just like there are real life counterparts to the studios in the anime. My friend said that he knows that at least the director and the mohawk production assistant had real life counterparts.

Oh boy, this is going to be a big answer eventually. There's a lot more than I have here so far, but I need to go back and rewatch some of the episodes to re-find some of the references. I'll continue to update this answer every so often as I rewatch the show.

I don't know that there is an "official credible reference" (in fact, I suspect that there is not and never will be such a thing because of how Japanese media tends to pussyfoot around references to real-life people/media/etc.), but some of the references to real-life people are incredibly transparent if you know who they're referencing.

Miyamori and her four friends don't have real-life counterparts, but many of the other characters most definitely do. Here are some of the ones I'm aware of.

So, first off, Shirobako director Kinoshita Seiichi looks a lot like real-life director Mizushima Seiji (and their given names are eerily similar). I'm told that the director of Shirobako (coincidentally named Mizushima Tsutomu) is buddies with Mizushima Seiji, hence his appearing in the show as the director.

The three Exodus lead voice actors - Nakaharu Mei (Akane), Kayana Mui (Alpine), and Itou Suzuka (Aya) - are voiced by real-life voice actors Nakahara Mai, Kayano Ai, and Itou Shizuka.

And, of course, veteran director Kanno Mitsuaki, the man behind Avangelion, is none other than the master, Anno Hideaki.


Why should I skip the first episode of Gungrave? I've seen advice on the internet indicating that one should start watching Gungrave at episode 2, and possibly come back to episode 1 at some later point in the series.

Before I start watching this show, I would like to know whether this advice makes sense. In a spoiler-free way, can someone explain why I should skip episode 1? (Feel free to include more detailed explanations in a spoiler block.)

And should I come back to episode 1 at some later point in the series?

The first episode is almost exactly like the eighteenth episode. What it does is confuse the viewer with out of context content in addition to spoiling a lot of the anime.

Many animes like to show an ambiguous later scene in the first episode, and then build towards that story line, like in Psycho-pass. Gungrave is an example of where this failed miserably. The episode is detailed to the point where it is just plain confusing and spoiled.

It's best to watch episode 1 after episode 17.


Is there hard proof for the Curse of Ymir? As far as I know, the Survey Corps (and other relevant Elderians) learned of the Curse of Ymir (that a titan shifter only has 13 years to live and if not eaten, will die to have his titan power born again with a random Elderian) from the memories of Grisha Jäger, who in turn learned it from the Owl. The Marleyian army seems to be aware of the course as well. Owl probably got his information from the army or the Taybar family.

Now I wonder, is it guaranteed that this information is correct? From a narrative POV I don't believe the author will just wave his hands and say "The curse never really existed, sorry!", but from an POV from within the world, it would make sense that this is misinformation, deliberately given by King Fritz to protect Elderians outside Paradise (so they are not deliberately killed off as long as they can be used).

I want to know if there is hard proof that the curse is real? This can be witnessing it in the main series or spinoffs (I didn't really follow AoT - After the Fall so much) or in interviews with the creators.

Something ominous, deliberately question-dodging like "Well, the characters got told so." in the interviews would be interesting too. After all, the characters got also told that titans are mankind's enemy, that you die if eaten by a titan, that Paradise Elderians' are devils etc. Information given in AoT through characters cannot be trusted, as we know after all these years :D

I noticed that Grisha Jaeger did not suffer the rapid aging that other titan shifters experience in their later years. There is one major variable however, Grisha didn't use his powers nearly as much as the others, or suffer major injuries very frequently.
  Aging is caused by the inevitable genetic screw-ups that occur during cell division. The Matter and Energy may com from Paths(whatever they may be). But instructions for building the titan titan bodies and growing back limbs? That comes from the shifter.

Grisha Only used his titan form twice(Getting to the walls and supper with the Reiss family), and he doesn't get major injuries like a soldier(You know, like Eren Kruger) might experience. It would also explain why Grisha slacked off on his mission for 12 years until he heard about some big-ass titan kicking a hole in the wall.


What is the difference between the 1st and 2nd NCOPs for Symphogear (season one)? The BDs for Symphogear (season one) came with three creditless versions of the OP (Synchrogazer). One difference between the second and third versions of the OP (I think the only difference, in fact) is that Yukine is added to this shot, which makes sense, since the third version of the OP is first used in episode 11, by which point Yukine is one of the "good guys".

But I cannot, for the life of me, tell what the difference between the first and second versions of the OP is. I even played them side-by-side, and still couldn't notice anything different between them. How do the first and second versions differ?

I ended up going through the OP with a fine-toothed framestepper, whereupon I finally sighted the differences between the two.

At 00:51-00:52, NCOP 1 has a body shot of Yukine in Nehushtan, followed by a face shot of Yukine in Nehushtan...

...while in NCOP 2, there's a body shot of Finé in Nehushtan, followed by a face shot of Yukine in Ichaival.

The shots last for 8 and 10 frames, respectively.

(And one's probably traced off of the other, so they look pretty similar if you're not specifically looking for them as they flash by, which is why it took me a while to notice. Unexciting answer, but it is what it is.)


Anime about a little girl who lives in a cabin by herself in the middle of the forest/woods I remember watching it in the early 2000s. The style was unique. It barely had any dialogue (the girl doesn't speak at all since she is little), only narration since I think it was a kid show. I think her grandma/parents who raised her in the cabin passed away, so she lived by herself and was really young. She would go outside with a hat on and find stuff like water, and explored many areas in the forest. I remember a scene where something was shaken and a snake appeared. And the narration told us that she was afraid of snakes so she stood very still until it moved away. I think later on, in the next episode or so, she met new friends and they were all little girls. I also think it was an OVA? I really want to see it again.

This sounds a lot like Binchou-tan, though it looks like a children's show, there's some pretty heavy moments in the show.

She lives in a cabin out in the forest by herself. It's hinted at that she used to live in the cabin with her grandparents and they've died (she visits a tree like it's a grave). She also wears a piece of charcoal on her head, that's sort of a play on words with her name (binchou=charcoal). I think in the very first episode, she encounters the snake. Although she does speak, a lot of the anime is narrated by a woman. Every once in a while, a bunch of her friends (all girls, sometimes animals) come to visit her, but for the most part, she is completely alone.

It's about 12 episodes long at about 12 minutes per episode and was adapted from a 4-koma manga.

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Why is their power called the "Branch of Sin"? It's been a long time since I read the manga and now I'm wondering about their power's name. Is it because they're prisoners and they are considered sinners?

As stated on the wiki (under trivia)

  The name of this power refers to its origin, as the Wretched Egg represents the original sin or roots and the branches that later came from them. It also refers to how insignificant amount of power one Branch possesses compared to that of the Wretched Egg's. source

What is the original sin it came from ?

  The Wretched Egg refers to the original sin, which is the sin of Adam and Eve in Christianity, resulting in the fall of man. source


Which episodes of Fairy Tail are anime-exclusive? Up to episode 175, I know Fairy Tail has some episodes which are not in the manga.

If I want to watch the series again but not the episodes that are anime-exclusive, which ones should I skip?

This question is inspired by Which episodes of Bleach are fillers, I just decided to do the same for Fairy Tail

These following episodes list the content which are only present in the anime of Fairy Tail, not in the manga.
This is a list of episodes defined as anime exclusive in the Fairy Tail Wikia

Compactly, it gives episodes: 19, 69-72, 74-75, 125-150, 204-218, 221, 223-225

Galuna Island Arc

Episode 19 - Challenging!

Daphne Arc

Episode 69 - Call of the Dragon
Episode 70 - Natsu Vs. Gray!!
Episode 71 - Friendship Will Overcome the Dead
Episode 72 - Fairy Tail Wizards
Episode 74 - Wendy's First Big Mission?!
Episode 75 - The 24-Hours Endurance Road Race

Key of the Starry Sky Arc

Episodes 125-150 - This whole arc is anime exclusive

Eclipse Celestial Spirits Arc

Episodes 204-218 - Stake My Life on Hospitality - Believe
Episode 221 - The White Silver Labyrinth
Episode 223 - Kemokemo Arrived!
Episode 224 - The Place You Came Before
Episode 225 - The Thunder Man

The series currently ends with Episode 235


Which characters are featured in the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood eyecatches? In every episode in the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood series, about halfway through the episode there is an interruption in which two images (eyecatches) with characters are displayed.

Which characters are featured and how many times?

I will refer to the first eyecatch of each episode by the number of that episode suffixed by the letter a, and to the second by appending the suffix b.
I have considered the names displayed along the images for this count. Thus, some characters may appear more than once referred to by different names, like King Bradley and Wrath (since these may be regarded as alter-egos), and some may only have reference to the fact that the name appear shortened or something similar, like Winry and Winry Rockbell. The only debatable choice is that I differentiated between Greed in his first body and in Ling Yao's body. But then again, you just need to add one to your count if you'd rather count them as only one character (since Greed only appears once in his first body).
The list follows the order of first appearance, appending the number of the episode a character may have been re-featured after the name.

Edward Elric - 1a, 2b (as Edward Elric 11 years old), 20b, 26a, 35a, 41b, 44b, 45b, 63a, 64a (as Edward)
Alphonse Elric - 1b, 2a (as Alphonse Elric 10 years old), 20a, 26b, 35b, 51b, 64a (as Alphonse)
Cornello - 3a
Rose - 3b
Nina - 4a
Alexander - 4a
Shou Tucker - 4b
Roy Mustang - 5a, 10b, 17b, 29a, 31a, 53b, 62a (as Mustang)
Scar - 5b, 21b, 22b, 59b, 61b
Tim Marcoh - 6a, 29b, 43a
Winry Rockbell - 6b, 9b, 22a (as Winry), 23b (as Winry), 39a, 44a, 46a, 60b, 64a (as Winry)
Sheska - 7a
Maria Ross - 7b, 18b, 50a
Denny Brosh - 7b
Slicer - 8a
Barry The Chopper - 8b
Hughes Family - 9a
Maes Hughes - 10a
Paninya - 11a
Dominic - 11b
Sig Curtis - 12a, 12b (without name)
Izumi Curtis - 12a, 12b (without name)
Roa - 13a, 14a
Bido - 13a
Martel - 13a, 14b
Dolcetto - 13a, 14a
Greed (first) - 13b
May Chang - 15a, 25a, 60a
Shao May - 15a, 25a, 60a
Ling Yao - 15b, 28a
Focker - 16a
Gracia Hughes - 16b
Henry Douglas - 17a
Alex Louis Armstrong - 18a, 43b (as Alex), 45a (as Alex), 52b, 55a (as Alex)
Jean Havoc - 19a, 21a, 50a
Lust - 19b, 25b
Lan Fan - 23a, 24a, 48a
Envy - 24b, 53a, 54a
Van Hohenheim - 27a, 42b, 50b (as Hohenheim), 63b
Pinako Rockbell - 27b
Greed (Lin Yao) - 28b, 45a, 47a, 56b
Riza Hawkeye - 30a, 30b, 58b, 59a (as Hawkeye), 62a (as Hawkeye)
Solf J. Kimbley - 31b, 33a, 41a, 49b (as Kimblee)
Grumman - 32a (as Mrs.(?) Grumman), 47b
Selim Bradley - 32b, 37a
Olivier Mira Armstrong - 33b, 36b, 43b (as Olivier), 45a (as Olivier), 55a (as Olivier)
Miles - 34a
Sloth - 34b, 54b
Raven - 36a
Pride - 37b, 42a, 49a
Yoki - 38a
Zampano - 38b, 39b
Jerso - 38b, 39b
Slave Number 23 - 40a
The Little One Inside the Flask - 40b
Wrath - 45a
King Bradley - 46b, 56a, 61a
Gluttony - 48b
Mannequin Soldiers - 51a
Heinkel - 52a
Karley - 55b
Fu - 57a
Gold-Toothed Doctor - 57b
Buccaneer - 58a
Darius - 59a
Scar's Brother - 61b
Our Father - 62b
Trisha Elric - 63b
Roy's Team - 64b

The number of times each character that is featured more than once appears, in decreasing order:
Edward Elric is featured 10 times, Winry Rockbell 9 times, Alphonse Elric 7 times, Roy Mustang 7 times, Scar 5 times, Alex Louis Armstrong 5 times, Olivier Mira Armstrong 5 times, Van Hohenheim 4 times, Greed (in Lin Yao's body) 4 times, Riza Hawkeye 4 times, Solf J. Kimbley 4 times, Tim Marcoh 3 times, Maria Ross 3 times, May Chang 3 times, Shao May 3 times, Jean Havoc 3 times, Lan Fan 3 times, Envy 3 times, Pride 3 times, King Bradley 3 times, Sig Curtis 2 times, Izumi Curtis 2 times, Roa 2 times, Martel 2 times, Dolcetto 2 times, Ling Yao 2 times, Lust 2 times, Grumman 2 times, Selim Bradley 2 times, Sloth 2 times, Zampano 2 times, Jerso 2 times, and every other featured character appears only once.

This count may differ if one decided to count the number of times a character is seen, since some characters appear without being referenced by their name, like in the case of Roy's Team in the last eyecatch. If one decides to count those, one should add: 2 to the count of Maes Hughes (9a as Hughes Family, 10b back facing camera), 1 to Gracia Hughes (9a as Hughes Family), 1 to Elicia Hughes (9a as Hughes Family), 2 to Roy Mustang (10a back facing camera, 64b as Roy's Team), 1 to Envy (16a shadow can be seen behind Focker), 1 to Riza Hawkeye (64b as Roy's Team), 1 to Jean Havoc (64b as Roy's Team), 1 to Kain Fuery (64b as Roy's Team), 1 to Vato Falman (64b as Roy's Team), 1 to Heymans Breda (64b as Roy's Team) and 1 to Black Hayate (64b as Roy's Team).

All the image files are contained in this Google Drive folder (it contains a full-sized and a thumbnail for each of them, 'cause it's the same folder I used to upload the pics to Taisho).


Did Caulifla learn super saiyan and super saiyan 2 in the same day? Note: we're already in episode 98 of Dragon Ball Super, yet, if it's considered this topic has to be hidden with the spoilers invisible tag, edit the parts you consider relevant.

Details from episode 92 and 93 behind:

In episode 92 of Dragon Ball Super Cabba teachs Caulifla how to turn into Super Saiyan. And in episode 93, Caulifla, to save Cabba from Kale's attack turns into Super Saiyan 2. Is this supposed to happen all in the same day? Did Caulifla actually learn super saiyan 2 by her own and in the same day she learnt super saiyan?

I'm afraid this is becoming a habit on Dragonball Super questions, but the current answer as of Episode 98 is that we do not know.

The Saiyans from Universe 6 don't seem to have names for their forms. One could guess that is because they're currently only Super Saiyans - just as we didn't have the name Super Saiyan 2, or Ascended Saiyan until our Universe 7 Saiyans reached those forms.

Outside of the Universe 6 Saiyans saying "I feel I've reached a level above Super Saiyan"/"I feel I can change form again!" or a Universe 7 character saying "I can't believe you've already reached Super Saiyan 2!" we won't know for sure.

I would say we'll need to stop using Aura's as proof of forms. Not only do we not know if the Universe 6 Saiyan transformation is completely analogous to Universe 7 (since Universe 7 Saiyans never transformed by focusing on a single spot on their back), we also have seen Goku and Vegeta create a Ki-Aura to stop Lavender's poison attack yet was thought in at least one question on this site to be some new form. Plus, IRL we have the animators using new animation styles - they may just like using lightning around Caulifla to visually represent how she is a "cut above" the average Super Saiyan even in base form.

Edit: as of episode 100, we have Caulifla specifically say she went Super Saiyan 2 in the same day however she did say that she was unable to return to that form until Goku went Super Saiyan 2 to show her, so I'd say she didn't "learn" Super Saiyan 2 on that day. This is backed up by her going into what a Dragonball Wiki calls Super Saiyan Third Grade (The big-muscle "power but no speed" SSJ form) instead of going SSJ2 - just like when Goku and Trunks did when they hadn't reached SSJ2.


Are there any significant differences between Boruto the movie and the corresponding arc in the anime? The recent arc of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations seems to completely cover the plot of that movie.
Are there any differences (in terms of the story, animation, fight sequences, and drawing style) between that arc in the movie and the one in the series?

There are several differences. Especially the character design of transformed Momoshiki Otsutsuki. Kishimoto's design was used in the movie, and Ikemoto's design was used for the series.
As far as fighting Momoshiki, which had several difference between the movie and anime, The Chuunin Exam's final fight from anime also differs from the movie. Some fights were a bit more expanded like Chou Chou's fight with Shinki.
Some of Boruto's fight scenes are also different from the movie, and most of the scenes from the anime left something more for the people to talk about, especially between Shikadai and Boruto, which is not shown from the movie.
A new Otsutsuki member was also shown in that arc, Urashiki Ōtsutsuki. The fish hook guy, this one did not appear in the movie.
Mitsuki's abilities were not shown too much in the movie as much as the anime did, and Katasuke's part is also slightly different in the anime.


Does handwritten speech indicate anything? I'm reading the manga for Fate Stay Night, and there's a part on page 15 of chapter 1 where the speech bubbles are handwritten and rather than in the normal manga font. As you can see, this is only for speech, not for the other text boxes, and is only on this page.

Other font styles (like bolded font) are used to indicate things like intense speaking, but it's not clear if this is supposed to indicate something like that. Is it? If not, why is just that dialogue handwritten?

I read the VIZ translations and from what I can understand, the handwritten speech denotes 'drowned-out' dialogues. During this time, the character, Emiya, seems to be in an internal monologue. This is meant to tell the reader that the focus or the important parts were not on his 'drowned-out' (the handwritten ones) dialogues but rather on his internal monologue.

This is also seen in an anime where the character is thinking to himself/herself. The scene around the character would have its volume lowered down (but still hearable) to give focus to what the character is thinking.


Episode 309: Who saved Usopp on the bridge at Enies Lobby? Does somebody know what happened on the bridge at Enies Lobby after Usopps speech to Luffy (This isn't hell!), when the three Marines attacked him and he didn't manage to hit them?
Suddenly he got rescued, but who did that? I guess it was Dragon but is there any proof?

In the manga Usopp was saved by Zoro, but in the anime it seems Usopp was saved by a stray Rankyaku Gaichou shot from Lucci. He got extremely lucky that it hit the three of them.

Below are screenshots from chapter 309. At 15:43 Lucci releases the shot. At 15:46, Luffy dodges the shot and it goes upwards. At 15:56 it hits the Marines next to Usopp.


How did Mei Chang use Alchemy when Father stopped it? When father stopped Alchemy , Ed and Al were unable to use it. But mei chang still used it.

How is this possible?

it's because Mei used Alkahestry

  Alkahestry (錬丹術, Rentanjutsu), also called Purification Arts (連弾主, Rendan-nushi), refers to the slightly different form of Alchemy used in the country of Xing. Alkahestry differs from Alchemy in both its practice and its goal. Whereas Amestrian Alchemy claims to have its roots in the energy of tectonic shifts and practices manipulation of matter toward scientifically practical ends, Alkahestry is centered on a concept called the "Dragon's Pulse" which speaks of the Earth itself having a constant flow of chi (life energy) which flows metaphorically from the tops of mountains down to the land, nourishing everything it passes with that energy as does blood coursing through the veins.

Following the events in Xerxes, Van Hohenheim went East to Xing and helped develop Alkahestry. Father on the other hand headed west to Amestris and Developed Alchemy purposely to be flawed, with the difference between them (being discovered by Scar or maybe his brother) being that Father was the source of Alchemy.

  After the circle is activated, Scar explains to Lan Fan how his brother had learned about alchemy and how Alkahestry had intrigued him. Scar's brother had been mystified as to why the National Library contained no books on the subject and was forced to rely on caravans from Xing to learn about Alkahestry. In his studies, he discovered to his horror that alchemy did not come from the energy of tectonic plate movement, but rather from a far more sinister source.

Source: Scar/History > March Toward the Future (5th paragraph)

The Wiki points to Father's wiki entry as the "far more sinister source"

  However, to ensure his teachings would not be used against him, he placed himself under what would become Central Command and used himself as a buffer against tectonic energy so alchemists would actually use energy derived from the souls of Xerxes contained within himself.

Source: Father > Part in the Story (6th Paragraph)

Also pointed out on the wiki. while Mei is the only one to use Alkahestry. Scar's Alchemy uses alkahestry principles allowing him to use it while Alchemy was sealed


What happened to Touka's mom? We know what happened to Touka and Ayato's dad, but what about their mom? We don't hear anything about her at all.

In Tokyo ghoul:re ch. 70-71 it is revealed that Touka's mother (who was also Renji Yomo's sister) was killed by Arima. I believe the exact incident was not shown, but presumably she held off Arima while Arata (Touka's dad) escaped with the kids.


Was Croix and his party the only ones to enter Frelia's Binary Field? In Ar Tonelico 2: Melody of Metafalica in the final episode of Frelia Binary Field when Miwa and Miora face off it appears Miora calls Miwa Mir

Miora: Hey! Mir! That's not fair! you didn't convert this story again, did you?
Miwa: Hehehe... Who knows.
Miwa: Talking Trash, I found some nostalgic data. why don't i input it into my system?
Miora: what are you up to!?
Miwa: Hehehe... you'll cry out og nostalgia, too. Now, let's go

At this point the background becomes that of Shadow Mir. the final boss or Ar Tonelico: Melody of Elemia and Miora seems to recognize it.
it almost seems to me that Miora, who has the same image as that of Shurelia when Mir connected to Shurelia's tower with Raki, became Shurelia as she seems to be referencing what Mir did her Binary field in the first game when Lyner dove into her.
However when Mir suggested that they enter Frelia's Binary Field she said that only 4 would be diving into her, that would be Croix, Mir, Luca and Cloche.
So i am wondering, is Shurelia, Misha and Aurica diving into Frelia as well? if so how?

They aren't Diving into Frelia: Shurelia has free access to the Binary Field due to being the Tower Administrator, so she was merely playing along with Mir's game. But as for Aurica and Misha, they aren't actually there: what you saw there are replicas of them created from data copied from the Beta-6D SH Server where their Cosmosphere are located (according to the Garden of the Goddesses Visual Book).

Also, their proper names are Miu and Leila (the latter being another reference to AT1's Binary Field), so NISA failed once again with the names.


Is Violet inspired by Saber? You can easily see the resemblance here:

On the left: Saber from Fate/Stay Night, on the right: Violet Evergarden

And her usual blue outfit is somewhat similar to saber

On top: Saber from Carnival Phantasm, on bottom: Violet Evergarden

Note that the original violet didn't have the ahoge, it's edited on her first picture here with her blue necktie. So is Violet design inspired by Saber from Fate Series here?

Yeah, Violet is probably inspired by Saber. I sort of have proof:

They look exactly alike.
They were both involved in a war.
If you think about it, Gilbert is Violet's version of Shirou because of how much he means to her.
They are both badass


What was Mithos's vow(s) to the Summon Spirits? during the events of Tales of Symphonia where Sheena is making the pacts with the Summon Spirits they all talk about already having a vow with the Hero, Mithos (with the exception to Volt)
I am up to breaking out of Welgaia and have learned that Mithos is

 Lord Yggdrasil, who's real name is Mithos Yggdrasil

now given the above and how Sylvarant and Tethe'alla work i could assume that Mithos's vow is something along the lines of

 keeping the world split in 2 and/or to protect Martel from the Great Seed

however when Sheena went to make a pact with Volt, Volt said that Mithos broke his vow and this lead Volt to lose faith in people and not want to make a pact again.
Now Sheen's vow has changed over the course of the game so they don't all have to have the same vow, however all the spirits but Volt have not nullified their pact with Mithos so one would suspect that their vow is vastly different to Volt's
So what was Mithos's vow(s) to the Summon Spirits? particularly the one with Volt  which was broken

It was a promise that he would restore the Great Seed to the world so that it could grow again, thereby restoring mana to the land. Instead, Mithos took it to Derris-Kharlan in order to revive and protect his dead sister, thereby breaking his pact with the Summon Spirits.

The pact that Mithos made with Volt was not one of a promise, Mithos's pact with Volt was to use his power. Because of how Mithos acted after gaining the use of Volt's power via the pact formed, Volt became angry at the misuse of his power. This is similar to how Lloyd's group uses Volt's power to energize the Rheairds.

The other Summon Spirits are able to communicate with Mithos with forming the pact, and didn't accept a "use my power to do whatever you want" pact - he had to be more specific. The only reason Lloyd's party was able to communicate with Volt was the addition of Raine.

Since Mithos technically didn't do anything but use Volt, he didn't break a vow.