What particular anime first showcased crossovers? Well, the question says it all.  I'm really interested in the idea of cross-overs in anime. I want to know which particular company or manga group artists started the idea of cross-overs and what particular anime(s) showed cross-overs (in anime history) and the characters involved in it.

As I have searched from Wikipedia:

  A fictional crossover (short: crossover) is the placement of two or more otherwise discrete fictional characters, settings, or universes into the context of a single story. They can arise from legal agreements between the relevant copyright holders, unauthorized efforts by fans, or even amid common corporate ownership.

I think that defines cross-overs in anime as well 'cause anime and manga stories are mostly fictional, hence, may work the same way in the anime industry. Correct me if I'm wrong but the general idea I have about it is that they can only do cross-overs if they (anime characters and anime) are in the same company or copyright (e.g. Clamp).

So far, most of Clamp animes did cross-overs like the cross-over of the characters of Cardcaptor Sakura, Chobits, Clamp School Detectives (same names and faces but with different roles) to Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle. Another is the popular cross-over of characters and even story of Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle, XXXHolic, Kobato and several Clamp-made animes (that I might have forgot to mention). Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle focuses in the cross-over ideas since they travel different worlds and meet the same people they met from the previous world they've been yet with different attitude and roles.

Another example I know is the cross-over of Lupin III (along Fujiko and others) in a Detective Conan movie, Lupin III VS Detective Conan. And Conan Edogawa's appearance in an episode of Yakitate! Japan (I'm not sure which episode it is). I don't know if Detective Conan, Lupin III and Yakitate! Japan are animes from the same company or copyright. Are they?

P.S. I hope this question won't be closed since this will really be educational for anime fans out there.

It's probably as early as those old Go Nagai shows. There's a couple of movies where several of his franchises were together. To name a few:

Mazinger Z Vs. Devilman (1973)
Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo (1975)
Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo G (1975)
Grendizer - Getter Robo G - Great Mazinger Kessen! Daikaijuu (1976)
UFO Robo Grendizer tai Great Mazinger (1976)

Crossovers consisting of Devilman, Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Getter Robo, Getter Robo G, Grendizer, and UFO Robo Grendizer.

Also, Lupin III is by Monkey Punch and Detective Conan is by Gosho Aoyama. It was a planned collaboration. Both shows are produced by Tokyo Movie.


What if Goku Black is killed before forcefully pulled back by the Space/Time Distortion? During the early episodes of Future Trunks Saga, we remember that Trunk's Time Machine created a distortion in space/time which gave an opportunity for Goku Black to follow Trunks to the past using the Ring of Time but in a limited time.
After a few minutes of fighting with Son Goku, we have seen that Goku Black was being pulled by the distortion because it fixes itself. I wonder if Son Goku kills Goku Black before the distortion fixes, would he be brought back to life?

The answer to this would be yes and no!If Goku destroyed black when he followed Future Trunks, He wouldn't have been brought back to life. However, since Future Zamasu in future trunks timeline has a time ring, He could use it to go back to Goku's timeline and possibly replicated what he did before, so in theory Goku black would still be alive but it wouldn't be the same Goku Black.

When goku and Vegeta wen't to Future trunks's timeline and fought black, when Goku was injured and came back to the timeline, he wasn't automatically alright. So in other words, if goku had tied or had been destroyed by Black, he wouldn't have come back to his actual timeline.When future trunks was killed by super perfect cell in the main timeline, they needed to use the dragon balls(of that timeline), to bring him back to life. Also future trunks uses the time machine to go back to his time line and only one of him exists. So in other words, an alternate of him wasn't created in that timeline.Also, we know all the Kaioshin's have time rings, and it's something which is only owned by them. Future zamasu had killed all the Kaioshin's and had access to these time rings so irrespective of whether black was destroyed along with his time ring, he'd still be able to go to another time line.We also know that when future trunks destroyed the super dragon balls in trunks's universe, it didn't affect the super dragon balls in the mian time line as the prize for the best warrior in the tournament of power, is the super dragon balls


Coating Foreign objects with HAKI In the Epic fight between Luffy and Katakuri , Katakuri creates big donuts from where hands appear that are coated with Haki!!! It can be seen that he isn't directly in contact with them. How is it possible to clad something with haki that you are not even touching?

This effect could be the result of Katakuri awakening his Paramecia Fruit.

  Katakuri has also awakened his Devil Fruit powers, enabling him to transform nearby inorganic material into mochi, enhancing the range of his attacks and using the environment to his advantage (from https://onepiece.fandom.com)

This means that the rings are also under his control and he can use Busoshoku Haki on them.


How did N come to the conclusion that Light Yagami was Kira? Even though L had his suspicions about Light, he was not sure that Light was Kira and he couldn't prove it either. However, N was able to do so.

What evidences led N to believe that Light Yagami was Kira?

Since I only watched the anime and didn't follow the manga, I'd appreciate it if the answer also references episode number.

N researched the past, so much of his conclusions match L's, so I will start from the beginning as to why N (and L) thought Light was the killer.

Chapter 2/Episode 2 (19:11): The killer must be in the Kanto region.
Chapter 3/Episode 3 (3:35): The killer must be a student.
Chapter 4/Episode 3 (10:40): The killer must be a relative of the police.
Chapter 11/Episode 6 (8:45): The killer acts alone and must be among those investigated by the FBI during the first 5 days.
Chapter 15/Episode 8 (5:58): The killer was investigated by Raye Penbar and is thus part of Chief Yagami's family or part of Sub-Chief Kitamura's family.
Chapter 19/Episode 9 (15:35): L's gut tells him Light is the killer.

From this point onwards, L keeps suspecting Light, but could never find any concrete evidence proving this conjuncture. This was mainly due to the false rules put in by Light himself. If it was not for those rules, Light would have been convicted. Then in chapter 58/episode 25 (18:45) L dies and in chapter 59/episode 27 (1:25) N and M come into play and the cat-and-mouse-game starts all over again.

Chapter 60/Episode 27 (13:22) (M): The killer must know about the abduction of director Takimura.
Chapter 63/Episode 27 (20:27) (N): L is a fake and now called L2.
Chapter 75/Episode 30 (1:44) (N): L2 is the killer.
Chapter 77/Episode 30 (10:53) (M): N finds out one of the rules is fake by M.
Chapter 78/Episode 30 (12:16) (N): The 13 day rule is believed to be fake.
Chapter 79 (N): The rule is confirmed to be fake.
Chapter 82/Episode 31 (13:27) (N): The killer must be the son of Chief Yagami, Yagami Light.
Chapter 85 (N): It is confirmed that Light is the first killer and Misa is the second killer.

From this point onwards, N keeps suspecting Light, but again needed evidence to actually convict Light. It took N until chapter 103 to gain this evidence and he only got it by chance too.

Chapter 103/Episode 36 (21:16): Light confessed Victory is mine
Chapter 103/Episode 37: Mikami calls Light a God (2:37), and the only name not written down is Light's (3:00)

This was considered enough evidence to convict Light and the game of the killer is finally over when Ryuk kills Light.


Why was Araragi unable to understand Dramaturgie / Episode / Guillotine Cutter when they first met? Somewhere around forty minutes into Kizumonogatari: Tekketsu-hen, Araragi is set upon by the three exorcists who earlier dismembered Kiss-Shot: Dramaturgie, Episode, and Guillotine Cutter.

As they advance upon him, they speak to one another - but all we (the viewers) hear is a sort of guttural grumbling. Araragi presumably hears the same thing (non-speech sounds), given that he says something about trying to get them - as fellow human beings - to communicate with him rather than kill him.

What's the deal? On the one hand, this was certainly an incredibly stressful situation for Araragi, so he could well just have been on an adrenaline rush that was interfering with his hearing. But then again, this being Monogatari, it's not implausible that maybe they were speaking some sort of secret exorcist tongue.

He was speaking another language.

Going off the English version of the Kizumonogatari novel, page 81 shows that Dramaturgy spoke something that Araragi didn't understand. Vertical displayed this by just having a bunch of black boxes in quotations (dunno how Nisioisin did it in the Japanese novel, but I'm sure it's something similar). Page 82 starts with Guillotine Cutter reprimanding Dramaturgy for not using "the language of the land you're in", meaning that Dramaturgy was speaking a language other than Japanese.


What does the "FG" in the formal name of the Symphogear system stand for? The formal name of the Symphogear system is 「FG式回天特機装束」, which translates roughly as "FG-Type Sky-Returning Specialized Garment". (Maybe? I probably screwed something up, but this is close enough for the purposes of this question)

What does the "FG" in there stand for?

In the manga translator's (http://symphogear.blogspot.com) commentary, the FG is guessed to stand for Fonic Gain (it should be Phonic Gain). However, I'd speculate that it would mean Phonic Gear as it is the more elegant and title-consistent explanation.
As we know, Symphogear could mean Symphonic Gear while Symphonic itself means (etymologically) "Sounding Together/Concomittant Sound" due to the syn- prefix means "together/with" or "concommitant"
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What happened to Homura and Shizuku in "Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black"? At the end of the movie, Homura and Shizuku are giving their goodbyes to Rukia before appearing to pass away. But what happened to them? They are half soul, half hollow, so did they reincarnate to The World of the Living due to their soul half or was their existence completely wiped away?

As explained by Rukia using her Chappy drawings,  hollow are souls who have been corrupted by sorrow.

Shinigami's job is to purify these negative souls so that they becomes plus. A plus soul can enter Soul Society and wait for their turn for reincarnation.

Thus, to answer your question, Homura and Shizuku was purified (forget whether it was Ichigo or Rukia). Thus, they would become plus and wait for their turn for reincarnation.


What is inside the Gate of Truth? In FMA and FMA: Brotherhood, the Gate of Truth is shown to have an eye and a bunch of arms inside of it. The arms drag people into the gate during human transformation. I know that the creature sitting in front of the Gate is Truth, but what is inside of the gate (i.e. the arms and the eye)?

In the manga and Brotherhood, there are two things within the Gate of Truth: God, and all alchemical knowledge that has ever existed or will ever exist. The Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki says it best:

  It is the source of alchemical knowledge and the entrance to God's domain, where no mortals are meant to tread.

As is stated in this answer, this is where mortals end up when they attempt human transmutation. They pay a toll, and are granted access to all alchemical knowledge within.

While an alchemist is within this realm (the realm of non-reality), they will inevitably learn something about alchemy, and in fact anyone in the series who recalls this information gains the ability to perform transmutation without a circle.

In the 2003 anime, there are some differences. Notably, the realm itself is the source of alchemical energy (rather than knowledge), and the Gate acts as a portal between that energy and the FMA universe. You can read more about the differences on the FMA Wiki.


How did Joseph inherit Hamon from Jonathan? I was watching JoJo's Bizarre Adventure and on the episode where Jonathan dies, Erina takes a random child.

When Part 2 started, how did Joseph "inherit Hamon from Jonathan" if he isn't directly related to him?

He inherited the Hamon ability from

 His mother, Lisa Lisa. She is an expert in Hamon. Well, since they have another Hamon's user other than Joseph in his family, the percentage Jonathan inherited the Hamon's is quite huge. Also his father, Goerge Joestar II was the son of Erina Joestar. However, George Joestar II did not inherit Jonathan's Hamon ability. Instead, his son, Joseph Joestar, had the ability of Hamon.

But from Wikia, it stated that he got Hamon's ability from

 Jonathan Joestar.

 The young Joseph developed early an ability to use the Ripple inherited from his grandfather, first displaying it when Speedwagon was being kidnapped.

Here is a video on YouTube when he used Hamon for the first time
A user from the JoJo's Wikia page explains that too.

 His father is Jonathan and Erina's son, George II. Lisa Lisa is the one who isn't related. Though I expect having some of Lisa's blood helped with learning it faster.


What is the music playing in One Piece episode 644 when Hajrudin encounters Lucy aka Luffy? What is the music playing in One Piece episode 644 when Hajrudin encounters Lucy aka Luffy?

The song which starts playing at 22:00 and continuing on to the scene where Lucy/Luffy stands back up and faces Hajrudin is ルフィ猛攻! (Luffy's Fierce Attack!) from the album ONE PIECE THE MOVIE Norowareta Seiken Soundtrack.

The song can be sampled on Amazon and YouTube.


What is the name of this manga with the survivors of an epidemic gaining super powers? A strange epidemic comes and it starts to kill everyone, but the survivors gains "super powers". A boy's sister gets infected with the disease and survives, but her newly gained "power" makes her less human. To save his sister, the boy later injects the illness into himself and gains the power to take another person's power away. There is also a side character who survived the disease, and he becomes sort of immortal because nothing can hurt him, but he cannot sleep or eat. The sister's previous mutation looks like a cat.

I think it could be Absorb; Ability

  Japan wields the power of a new form of influenza so lethal that only one person out of a million can survive an infection. Kazuma, a man able to withstand the infection of the unknown virus, "Cherubim", has obtained the power to save his twin sister from facing the influenza! While Kazuma saves other people's suffering by using his new power, he will also encounter many surprising and painful things... A serious and comedic story of new abilities begins!!

This could be the cat-like mutation you are referring to:


Who is this green guy? While watching episode 114 (Erza vs Azuma) I noticed a little green (pig samurai?) guy in the background.  Any idea who or what this is?

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The person (Well technically not people) you spotted are called "easter eggs".

  Src from here: fairytail.answers.wikia.com

  In every episode, at least once, a little creature is placed somewhere.... These creatures are known as "easter eggs", as they appear in the anime but serve no purpose. They are not part of the plot, nor an important factor in the anime.....

Here is a YouTube video of all the easter eggs that appear in fairy tail. If you want to see the scene that you referred to, just skip to 3:26.

Different types that appear (Sometimes multiple times are)

Green one's with a white square with arms and legs
An Exceed
A little pink mouse

And some others too like these:

Oh yeah, and look, I found the green "easter egg" from the photo you provided too. ^^


Were there ever plans for a "Bastard!" TV series in Japan? Bastard! Is one of my favorite OVA series, and I've even read some of the manga. From what I can gather, an OVA series is either a precursor to or a result of a TV series of lower quality. Was there ever a plan to make such a series based on the manga?

Only those involved will know if it was ever intended to have a tv release, but I imagine it probably was initially aiming for such.

After testing the waters with the OVAs, they presumably didn't move forward with any plans to that extent as the OVAs did very badly and didn't even finish production.


How was Heathcliff able to use the 'assist mod' mid-battle? Heathcliff explained to Kirito that he had to engage the system’s assist mod when defending (against Kirito's attack) because he's (Kirito) so fast. But how was he able to automatically access it? I know that he is the GM but we’ve seen that even GMs have to either utter a voice command or navigate through the menu in order to instruct the system.

I think the reason why Heathcliff was able to do so lies in the fact that NerveGear works by scanning the brain wave. It receives input by reading the brain wave as the person equipping it thinks about something. For example, when we talk, the words are formed in our mind and the brain sends pulses to our mouth and voice cord to produce sound matching the words formed. This pulses is what the nerve gear receives as input, and at the same time, prevents the actual organ from receiving it.

It is possible that for his account, he has a feature where he can activate or deactivate game feature simply using his mind. That is, he can command the system by thinking about it. No need for him to think of moving his hands and access the control panel.


What does this symbol that looks like a stylized "P" mean in each of Hajime no Ippo's matches? What does the symbol resembling a stylized "P" in each of Hajime no Ippo's matches mean? Is it a Japanese symbol for cheering maybe?

The symbol that looks like "P" is actually "ア", a katakana for letter "A".

According to Jisho, "Aaa" could mean:

  Aah!; Ooh!; Oh No!; Oh Boy!; expression of despair, resignation, boredom, disgust, etc.

though it could also mean yelling, shouting, cheering (depending on the situation).


Why can't Zoro cut Seastone? In chapter 402, page 8, Zoro and Usopp got cuffed together with a Seastone cuff, but Zoro didn't cut it, and instead he suggested to cut one of their hands.

At first I thought that maybe it's impossible to cut Seastone, but then I read chapter 677 page 9, where Law can easily cut another person's Seastone cuff (he is the only one that get caught by normal cuff). So why didn't Zoro cut his, was it because he not strong enough?

Zoro

Law

Kairoseki is as hard as diamond, as stated in Chapter 400 p 11, so it is unlikely for Law to have cut it. However, it is a chain and nobody said that the chain consists just of Kairoseki. It is highly likely that at most every second chain link is effectively Kairoseki, since it is as hard as Diamond, you could barely made it into a chain without any other material and after all it is a rare material.


Why does The Invincible take the form of an eye? In Final Fantasy IX Kuja's most powerful summon was Invincible which he usedto enslave Bahamut. however during the attack on Alexadria when Kuja tries to use it to enslave Alexander, Garland shows up taking back control and revealing that the Eye that appeared in the sky was actually an airship.

at first i thought that it was because Garland took control but when Madain Sari was destroyed The Invincible took the form of an eye here and this time Garland wanted to destroy the summoners, fearing their Eidolon.

But why does it take the form of an eye? if it was just to hide the fact it's a machine it's not like an Eidolon can't be a machine as Ark and Alexander are machines and Eidolons

The Invincible does not take form of an eye - it contains an "eye" built into the ship.

  According to ancient Terran recordings at the ruins of Oeilvert, the Invincible was developed many times to refine it into a perfect tool of war. The final version was entrusted to Garland, who recognized its potential as a weapon. The Invincible's underside contains a large, crimson "eye" that fires a devastating energy beam and can enslave eidolons.


Does the anti-Titan artillery exists in the anime? Reading conversations about Attack on Titan I've heard about the anti-Titan artillery, which supposedly is a very powerful weapon against Titan more than the regular cannons. I dont remember seeing it in season 1 and season 2. Have they appeared in the anime? If so, which episode? or this only exist in the manga?

As far as I remember

  The anti-titan artillery is developed by other nations (other than Eldians and Marleys) to counter Marleys titans. since we are not introduced to Marleys and the world beyond the walls in the anime, I'd say it's too soon to say there is no anti-titan artillery in the anime.


Regarding Shirou and Kiritsugu's attempt to destroy the grail So, I just finished Fate/Zero, and since Fate/stay night happened, clearly Kiritsugu was unable to destroy the grail to end the cycle (as I understand his intentions to be).  However, it seems like Shirou and Saber did the same thing, but this time without the massive devastation, and it seems like maybe he succeeded.

Why did Shirou succeed while Kiritsugu failed?

I would also appreciate any links to resources to better my understanding of the Fate universe regarding the animes' endings.

The Lesser and Greater Grails

What we see in Fate/Zero and the Fate and Unlimited Blade Works Routes of Fate/Stay Night is the Lesser Grail, this is just a vessel to summon the Great Grail which is hidden beneath Fuyuki. so long as the Greater Grail exists the Wars will continue.

  Why did Shirou succeed while Kiritsugu failed?

It depends on which route you take in Fate/stay night.

Kiritsugu's plan

He knew that he wouldn't be able to destroy the grail for good. After the Fourth War, Kiritsugu knew that the war would begin again and planned for that

  Kiritsugu had planned to demolish the ritual as of the proper scheduled time of the Fifth Heaven's Feel by arranging for the physical collapse of the Great Grail System before the originally estimated date. The process involved utilizing stocked dynamite and the manipulation of ley-lines to ensure a severe localized earthquake in the targeted area within thirty to forty years of the Fourth War.

But this plan failed as there was a build up of Prana in the Greater Grail that was not spent after the Forth War because of how it ended. In the previous 3 Wars, it would take roughly 60 - 70 years to build up the Prana again because it would have been spent. However, since it wasn't spent in the Fourth War, Kiritsugu's plan would have failed to stop the Fifth War (but may have stopped a Sixth War though).

Fate/Stay Night - Fate & Unlimited Blade Works Routes

In both of these routes from the visual novel (adapted in the Fate/Stay Night Anime Series and Unlimited Blade Works Movie and Anime Series), we only see the Lesser Grail manifest, so Saber only ever destroyed the Lesser Grail even with Archer's help in Unlimited Blade Works. As such, a Sixth War can still happen.

However Lord El-Melloi II and Rin (now the proper head of the Tohsaka Family) return 10 years later to take apart the Greater Grail

  He arrives in Fuyuki and, together with Rin as the head of the Tohsaka clan, sets out to completely take apart the Greater Grail. They are opposed by members of the Mage's Association wishing to retrieve it instead, leading to great turmoil of the same magnitude as the Grail War. His side eventually is victorious, and the Greater Grail is completely dismantled, marking the conclusion of the Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars.

Fate/Stay Night - Heaven's Feel

This time we don't see the Lesser Grail. Rather, Shirou comes to the Greater Grail in order to destroy it to prevent Angra Mainyu's birth and to save Sakura, while destroying the Lesser Grail would have done nothing. Depending on your choices in the route, there are 2 ways it ends.

Normal End

   Shirou defeats Kotomine and sacrifices himself to uses one final Projection to destroy the Greater Grail. Sakura waits for him in the Emiya Estate because of their promise and grows old before passing away.

True End

   Shirou defeats Kotomine but he is about to die before Ilya, wearing the Dress of Heaven, arrives and assumes the role she was created for and uses the Greater Grail and closes the gate, sacrificing herself in the process. The final scene is told by Rin 2 years later. She is called to Trail at Clocktower in London because of her actions in the route, but Zelretch intervenes and she spends the 2 years in London before returning to Japan. She also reveals that before closing the Gate, Ilya used the Third Magic, Heaven's Feel, to save Shirou's Soul, which was later found by Rider and put into a Puppet Body made by Touko Aozaki.

Now since you are asking "regarding the animes' endings.", I should point out that the Heaven's Feel Route, at the date this answer was posted (10/9/2014), has yet to receive an adaptation, however there is a series of Heaven's Feel Movies planning to come out yet currently we don't know what ending they will choose to go with. that aside, apart from reading the Wikia you'd need to get the Visual Novel (and Translation Patch if you want English). In the link to Lord El-Melloi II, there is a citation note to Fate/complete material III: World Material, which to my knowledge is only in Japanese.

With that said and done, from just the anime (Studio Deen's anime and move + ufotable's Unlimited Blade Works series), Shirou and Saber had only destroyed the Lesser Grail just like what Kiritsugu and Saber did previously, and a sixth war was a possibility. However, other material will explain how the Greater Grail is later destroyed/dismantled/shutdown.


What is the name of the background music that plays before Kaori and Kousei's performance? In Episode 4, right before their performance, Kaori headbutts Kousei, and then some BGM starts playing. In the next episode, episode 5, as Kousei is running home in the rain, the same song plays again, and continues into the flashback. What is the name of the song?

I've transcribed the first part of the song, it gets pretty inaccurate towards the end but should still be recognizable.

http://www.noteflight.com/scores/view/e958304d60b8f1a61108335f228623a5e0084cef

Adding to my previous comment on the question, the official website now has a page for the "Your Lie in April original song & soundtrack" (「四月は君の嘘 ORIGINAL SONG & SOUNDTRACK」). They have a full listing of the soundtrack there, but you cannot listen to it, nor even preview it.
So I did a quick search, and found this Amazon.co.jp page for the cd, where you can actually listen to a preview of every song.

Three songs seem to fit the one you want, given that two of them are only variations on the same theme. The one that does seem to be the exact match is called 友人A君を私の伴奏者に任命します (something in the lines of "I appoint Friend-A-kun as my accompanist"), and is the 18th track on the first cd. You can buy it individually here. The first variation is the 12th track on the first cd, called 今日のことは忘れられないよ (something like "I cannot forget that day"), which, once again, can be bought individually here. And the last one is 7th track on the second cd (or the 40th if you count them continuously, like Amazon does), called 分かりやすいヤツ (something like "Easy-to-understand guy"), which can also be bought individually, here


Why didn't Netero use vows and limitations like Kurapika? Why didn't Netero use a limitation and vow like Kurapika to beat Meruem? Kurapika was able to chain the Phantom Troops by making a vow that she would only use the chains on the Phantom Troops or else she would die. Why didn't netero do something similar?

Simply put, one can't just add a Limitation or a Vow to an ability.
Specifics of developing a Nen ability are left a bit vague in the story, but it's rather clear that Vows and Limitations are inherent part of each ability that are added to them as they are created. And since Netero didn't create any new abilities to fight Meruem, those would have needed to be already present.
Also, most hunters dislike adding Limitations to abilities. The enhancement of power they provide is inconsistent and the conditions need to be very severe for the benefit to be significant. Kurapika is able to use as severe Vows as he does because hunting the Phantom Troops is literally his life's work. He's willing to sacrifice a lot of the general power of his abilities to make them really powerful in specific situations.
Now, there is one powerup that Netero could have perhaps used. General emotion of risk. This is sort of the basis of where Limitations and Vows get their power in the first place, but more primal. It is the risks that Limitations impose that give them their power and it is possible tap into the same source without imposing a formal Limitation. Shoot used this when he covered one of his eyes while fighting Youpi, sort of imposing a temporary limitation on himself. It could also be argued that Gon's Jajanken gets a bit of a powerup from the risk that its long windup and general vulnerability present.
Of course, Netero was already going to fight possibly the strongest living being on in the known world, so I'm not sure how much of an extra risk there could be.
Side note: I haven't read the Dark Continent Expedition arc or the Succession Contest arc, so if there are any exceptions to these, they'd be there.


Are there bands specifically dedicated to anime? The example of the Seatbelts, led by Yoko Kanno comes to mind. All of Cowboy Bebop's soundtrack was composed and performed by them.
Looking at their discography, their albums are all from the Cowboy Bebop franchise, except their live DVD. However, I am unsure as to whether they were created for this purpose, or if they were just a perfect fit.

Are there any bands that dedicate themselves specifically to composing and performing for anime? Or that may be created specifically for a certain series/franchise?

Yes.

Though they are not actually an actual and active band in Japan but Houkagou Tea Time (HTT) (composing of the K-On!'s characters' voice actresses) were created for the anime's purpose itself. Toyosaki Aki (Hirasawa Yui), Kotobuki Minako (Kotobuki Tsumugi), Hikasa Yoko (Akiyama Mio), Satomi Sato (Tainaka Ritsu) and Taketatsu Ayana (Nakano Azusa) actually performed (sung while playing their character's respective instruments) some of K-On!'s OST live during two of their live concerts, Let's Go and Come With Me. The voice actresses were taught how to play their characters' instruments for the live concert so I think HTT was specifically created in dedication for the anime K-On!.


If Uraraka can turn weightless anything she touches, why she didnt use her quirk to get out of the debris in the episode where Midoriya saved her? If Uraraka can turn weightless anything she touches, why she didnt use her quirk to get out of the debris in the episode where Midoriya saved her? Is this a plot mistake or is there another explanation?

She was in shock from the explosion. as we see when she was stuck under the debris, she is struggling to get up.
Also, Midoria acted on an impulse and without thinking and jumped in to save her so even if she was able to get out of the danger, she simply did not have the time to react before Midoria.
The scene is not showing her weakness, it is showing that the test is not as easy as we think and anything might happen. in addition, we see that Midoria acting without hesitation to save a person in need is part of his personality and not just a one-time thing and not just for his friends.


Can Logia Devil Fruit Users get hot or cold? Can Logia Devil Fruit users get hot or cold?

Examples:

Mera Mera No Mi (Fire Devil Fruit) - If this user were to be walking on an island of snow, would they be able to control their body temperature and stay warm (internally)? Or would they get cold like a normal person?
Yuki Yuki no Mi (Snow Devil Fruit) - If this user were to be walking on a desert island, would they be able to control their body temperature and stay cool (internally)? Or would they get hot like a normal person?

I don't think they get hot or cold. Some of them can even change the climate around them

When Ace came to Drum Kingdom (Snow Island) there was no snow.

Chapter 154 To Alabasta

Also remember Akainu and Aokiji battle, they divide the climate on the Island. In ten day they permanently changed the weather on Punk Hazard, turning one side into a frozen wasteland and other side left in a blaze

Smoker also doesn't seems to get hot or cold in Alabasta or Punk Hazard. He wore his jacket the same way on those island - he left it unbuttoned. The same goes to Crocodile when he was in Freezing Hell floor and Blazing Hell floor in Impel Down. Although he only there for a moment.


Shouldn't Naruto's RasenShuriken be a forbidden Jutsu if it's so powerful? Naruto's RasenShuriken can usually kill average shinobi in one shot. If it's so powerful shouldn't it be forbidden?

It's not typical of strong techniques to be forbidden. Forbidden jutsu are often techniques that either damage the user, require a sacrifice (other than just Chakra), or is generally immoral.

Incidentally, Tsunade did declare Fuuton: Rasenshuriken as a forbidden jutsu after seeing the damage it caused Naruto's arm. Whether or not it's still forbidden after Naruto perfected it and managed to throw it (thus, nullifying the damage to himself).

Other examples of forbidden jutsu:

Izanagi - Because it sacrifices an eye.
Tajuu Kage Bunshin (Massive Shadow Clone) - Because the user might die from chakra loss
Edo Tensei - Because of living sacrifice and immorality.


When/Why did Nagi move out of her mansion and into the apartments in the anime? In the first episode of the 4th season (Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties), Nagi is shown living in the apartment building with all of her friends.

(You can't really tell this is the apartments from the screenshot, but note the rather plain looking Japanese-style room compared to her Western-style room in her mansion which definitely had a fancy bed rather than a futon)

When did she move out of her mansion and into the apartments in the anime? I don't remember this happening.

And is there a reason she moved?

Update: In the following episodes, she is shown back in her mansion sometimes as well. This would imply that the current anime season is not fully following the manga which is why I have not accepted the answers giving manga-based answers.

All of the events leading to Nagi moving out to the Violet Mansion (the apartment building) happens during the Golden Week arc, which is not (yet?) animated.

In chapter 220, on the trip during the Golden Week, Aika delivers a mail from Mikado to Hayate:

   Mikado sets a new condition of inheritance, which is to defeat Hayate and either retrieve or destroy the King's Jewel that he is currently carrying. This King's Jewel was given to Hayate by Mikado in chapter 14, during his first visit to the main mansion.

In chapter 244 to 248

   Hayate and Athena meets again. Athena is possessed by King Midas, and King Midas wants the King's Jewel that Hayate carries to re-enter the Garden Palace and obtain god's power. To save Athena, they must break the "agreement" between Athena and King Midas which allows King Midas to possess her, and the only (safe) way to do it is to destroy Hayate's King's Jewel.

On the last day on the trip to Mykonos during Golden Week. In chapter 252:

   Hayate was troubled over whether to destroy the King's Jewel he has to save Athena, or to keep it to protect Nagi's inheritance. Nagi, seeing Hayate troubled face, decided to break the King's Jewel herself, henceforth loses her rights to the inheritance. She decides to abandon the money that has protected her so far and entrust herself to Hayate to protect her.

In chapter 268 to 270 (after Golden Week arc)

   They are now back from the trip to Mykonos. Having lost the rights to the Sanzen'in family's inheritance, Nagi has to move out of the mansion in a week. After a series of events, Klaus shows Hayate the apartment building called Violet Mansion, which was given to him by Nagi's mother due to a misunderstanding. Klaus decides it is time to return it to Nagi. Nagi later moves into the apartment building starting from chapter 277.


What is the Keijo manga release cycle? Not sure if my phrasing is correct but does anyone know the manga release cycle of Keijo!!!! (Hip whip girl)?

I haven't seen an issue for it in a while and the source I use to read it seems to only update monthly.

Does the manga actually release monthly? And how can I find this information for future series that I read?

Keijo is published in "Shuukan Shounen Sunday", which is a weekly magazine.

To figure out what cycle a manga follows, you can use mangaupdates, which will show you the serialization magazine for each manga. From there you can just google the name of the magazine, and usually the english title will be an answer by itself, like in this case where "Shuukan" translates to "Weekly".

https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=101987


Where can I find ratings of anime OPs and EDs? I'm looking for ratings of opening and ending animated sequences (aka OP and ED). Usually an anime has multiple OP and ED sequences for each season and sometimes even more than one of each per season. It would be interesting to compare the ratings with other viewers.

I've seen rating sites for anime characters, character songs, music videos and soundtracks, so I suppose there must be some for OPs and EDs.

Gendou's Anime Music has ratings on the opening and ending songs and offers links to buy the songs.

You commented that you are looking for something for something rating the animation as well as the music, and I don't know of anything like that, but Gendou's Anime Music site is a good reference for finding opening music based on anime title and for rating the songs themselves, so I figured it was worth a mention at least.


Which magic stage is Mereoleona Vermillion? In Black Clover, supposedly magic knights are ranked from stage zero to stage nine, and those who has unconventional magic are considered Arcane Stage.

How about Mereoleona Vermillion? Is it ever mentioned whicn magic stage is she?

It's not mentioned in the manga but she must be at stage zero , If Noel at stage one   so the lioness Mereoleona must be at stage zero


What are those crystals Goku Ultra Instinct Omen was attacked with? In Dragon Ball Heroes Goku Ultra Instinct Omen, who showed to be very powerful, was attacked and put in danger when being attacked with some crystals. What are those crystals?

The glass shards and the crystals are created by Lagss. Lagss has the ability to heal people by enacasing them in the glass to heal them. She does this to Cumber in the manga.The initial attack used against Goku was mainly Hearts's Gravity Burst attack which was strong enough to even restrain Jiren in DBH Episode 9. Hearts used the attack on the glass and forced it against Goku which the latter shattered. The crystals  which you're referring to is just glass which was created by Laggs. We Don't have any information as to whether they are any different or have any unique special properties.


Why did Cardinal block Yui from relating with players? I just finished watching SAO, and I'm not sure if this is ever explained:

Yui is a program that supports the psychological health of the players. She states that, for some reason, Cardinal did not permit her to relate with the players, and was limited to observing them.

Why did Cardinal block Yui? Is this explained in the novel perhaps?

If Kayaba created SAO, I'd guess that he also made Cardinal and Yui. I doubt that he'd want to block his own creation from doing its job, so I guess that the fault is entirely Cardinal's.

I just searched for the part in the novels - It's the third part of the second novel. But I'm sorry to disappoint you, there's not much explained:
(Source: Baka-Tsuki)

"Although I am unaware of the complete details of what exactly happened as well, Cardinal handed down an unplanned order to me. A complete prohibition from interfering with all players[...]"
Asuna reacted reflexively; she guessed that "unplanned order" was due to the manipulation done by the only GM of SAO, Kayaba Akihiko.

I guess it was developed by many people who planned to add this feature but Kayaba just decided to disable her without letting the other developers know.


language consistency in anime credits The languages used in displaying anime credits varies from series to series. The second season of Big Windup brought my thoughts on this issue to a head. It is Japanese dub with English sub. The credits during the opening are in Japanese, while the credits in the ending are fully in English. From my experience, this is rare. Subs tend to credit in either the subbed language or Japanese plus other languages.

The latter appears to be the most common choice, at least nowadays.  In this case credits tend to be given in the language of the person or company being credited. Japanese nationals will be credited in Japanese, Korean folks in Korean, Filipinos (and other countries using Latin alphabet) in English, etc. I'm not sure about Chinese folks, because I haven't learned to tell the difference between Chinese, and Japanese with a lot of kanji. If a Thai graphics studio worked on the CGI, their credits might well be given in Thai. Anyway, frequently one sees multiple languages on one page of credits.

Is there a style for giving credits that is developing over time, or are they portrayed however the individual studio (or licensee) feels at the time?

My opinion is that from what country the studio originates from has that language, and let us say a Japinese movie is going to be dubbed. Well, they aren't going to redo everything or it wouldn't be the same... So they change the voices and the ending maybe because of the intro. If it stays in the Japanese language, maybe it shows where it originates and they add the subtitles so some viewers know what the song is saying.


What are the similarities and differences between Reiatsu and Chakra? What are the similarities and difference between Reiatsu from Bleach and Chakra from Naruto?

I've felt that they both are similar, like it's a part of the individuals' insides/spirit/soul and also it can be sensed from a distance. Generally, the higher the person's Reiatsu or Chakra levels, the stronger that person is. Another similarity is how Chakra and Reiatsu diminishes to zero while dying. However, there are some significant differences which don't make them the same thing with different names.

I want to know both the differences and the similarities between them.

Well, one of the main differences is most likely that chakra in Naruto seems to be a power exclusive to living things (like animals, plants and humans) while reiatsu in Bleach is more of a general form of energy (as all of Seireitei is made of reishi). Also, chakra can only be used through a medium (a body, tool etc.) while reishi can just be collected from outside and then used (like the way quincies collect reishi to form their arrows)

Also, later in Naruto, Madara explains that

   chakra was not actually a power of humans. They "stole" it from the God Tree (神樹, Shinju), which then became the Ten-Tails. And the Sage of the Six Paths inherited chakra from his mother, defeated the Ten-Tails and gave chakra to living things as a mean to connect each others hearts. Only later they started to refuse to connection to each other, and instead train their own chakra to use it in battle. So while reiatsu is a ever present form of energy, chakra is more of a foreign power to humans

In my personal opinion, I think that reiatsu is a symbol of "the power of one's Soul" while chakra is "the power of one's body".


Why Trunks doesnt turn super saiyan rage in the Dragon Ball Heroes anime? In the Dragon Ball Heroes videogame animated scenes, Trunks is able to turn super saiyan rage. But in the anime he doesnt transform into it, not even to fight Oozaru Cumber, he only turns into super saiyan. Now I havent read the Dragon Ball Heroes mangas, but if the manga and the anime are based in the videogame, why Trunks doesnt turn into super saiyan rage in the anime?

The only possible answer for this question is the writers decided he would use his Super Saiyan form.If you rewatch the Episode, Goku and Vegeta also turn Super Saiyan against him at the start despite witnessing his power and fighting him fused before. Plus, they weren't out of stamina or anything as Goku transformed to SSJB when Cumber tried to crush him and he follows it with Kaioken times 20. The transformation does exist within Dragon Ball Heroes. Hence, there is no other specific answer or logical reasoning why.


What is the relationship between Subaru and Rem after he confesses his feeling in episode 25? After the end of episode 25, Subaru confesses his feeling for

   Emilia.

So, are Subaru and Rem just friends now? Or does Rem or Subaru have any feeling for the other?

On the re:zero wiki description of the episode 18, it is said :

  Listening on, Rem listed on the reasons why she loves him. From the way he brushed her hair, held her hand, and walked together, she gently continued the daily things about him that she adored. As Subaru asked why, Rem told him that listening to him say he hated himself made her want to tell him all of the wonderful things she knows about him. Subaru retorted back that his behavior was phony, as he knows himself best. Finally raising her voice, Rem retorted tearfully that if all he understood was himself, then he knows nothing about how she views him. To her, he is a hero who saved her by saying the words that melted her frozen heart and allowed her to move on from her past. With the acknowledgement that someone else believes in him and is willing to support him, Subaru slowly regained his resolve. In the process, Subaru confessed that he loves Emilia, with his goal being able to see her smile. Rem joked that it was cruel of him to ask of this from a girl he just rejected.

So it is clearly stated that Rem loves Subaru and that Subaru rejected Rem as he loves Emilia, but they are still friends.


Is Jiren stronger than a God of Destruction? There have been several references to a mortal that might be stronger than a God of Destruction, both in the anime and manga. Is this person supposed to be Jiren and if so, is he indeed stronger than a God of Destruction, or is it still unknown exactly how strong he is?

The answer to this question would be a yes and a no.

Firstly, it has to be noted that all gods of destruction are equally strong. In the anime, it was stated by Vados that Beerus is stronger than Champa and right before the tournament, Whis stated Vermouth might be stronger than Beerus although Beerus said that he only lost a wrestling match.Even in the manga, when we see the exhibition match square off, we see Beerus being able to fight off multiple gods of destruction at the same time and he along with Quitella were the last 2 standing(It has to also be noted here that in the manga, Quitella is the fighter who defeated Beerus in the arm wrestling match). Vermouth also didn't seem that injured at the end of the fight. According to the official description release on Jiren, it states that he is at the level of a god of destruction. In the anime, while Jiren was effortlessly pushing off the spirit bomb, it was stated by Whis that Jiren is as strong as a God of destruction or possibly even stronger than his.  So by this, we can conclude that Jiren is >= Vermouth, definitely not way stronger but it is indeed possible he is stronger.At the same time, there do exist multiple gods of destruction and Jiren might not be stronger than the strongest god of destruction across the multiverse.

So I think the best way to represent Jiren's power is to state that it is at the level of a god of destruction. Just like we see Champa hold his own against Beerus despite Beerus being stronger, Jiren would easily be able to hold his own even against the stronger God of destruction across the multiverse.


Do many anime play the main theme during the final battle? While watching an anime series with a friend, he pointed out that "all anime play their theme song during the final fight." Now, I doubt it's "all", but sure enough, the main theme song of Digimon Tamers and the (first) OP of Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood play during the final epic clash in their respective series. (And I'm sure there are many other examples.)

Do most anime do this? Is there a reason for it (as opposed to just playing a new epic piece)?

Tvtropes call that a Last Episode Theme Reprise, and mentions that it is used in video games as well:

  Since it's standard practice to make a Theme Song as awesome as
  possible, said theme likes to find its way into a privileged position
  in the final battle. At The Climax of the series, when things are at
  their most epic, the theme gets played over the show itself. Typically
  we'll get to hear the verses not played in the opening, and sometimes
  the whole song is strung together for once.

  The opening or closing theme can be used. Often this serves as an
  ultimate Theme Music Power-Up. Often it serves in this capacity for
  the show itself. The creators seem to be claiming their own Crowning
  Moment of Awesome with this music.

  This is also common in Video Games, the most common being a reprisal
  or orchestral version of the main theme over the final dungeon or
  ending sequences.

I would say that it is at least not uncommon, since the page has an extensive list of titles that use this trope, to name a few:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Dragonball GT
FMA
Eureka Seven
Witchblade

and many others. As for Is there a reason for it (as opposed to just playing a new epic piece), usually there isn't. If it is significant, however, it rather seems to be the Title Theme Drop trope;


Do you have to say anything to activate a NerveGear? I was wondering if you had to say anything to activate a NerveGear. I remember Kirito saying something before he went into the SAO world but I can't remember what. I thought he might have said something to activate the NerveGear, but I don't know if he actually did or if my memory is playing tricks on me. Can someone please help me figure this out?

To use the NerveGear, the player wears the game console over the head. Then it is recommended for the player to find a comfortable position to station the body, commonly a bed. Afterwards, the game will load upon utterance of the initiation words, "Link Start".

(Emphasis mine)

Source.


Where is this image of a girl in a black top kissing a boy from? Today I have found that little picture and I really want to know where it is from. I tried reverse image search but nothing useful came up.

Thank you for the help.

After searching for an hour I found in a YouTube comment on the seventh page the name of it. I found out that it is not any anime or manga. It is a artwork from Sano Toshihide from the visual novel Queen Bonjourno! (Queenボンジョルの！).

If you like the picture, here is a bigger one...

This is a jpg image from a vector graphic from ZeroChan. If you want the same image you posted use this from ZeroChan.

  Juliet, a princess, was in love with the main character. But she took
  over the throne, and needed to work for the people, holding back her
  love toward him. One day, she finally crossed the line, and slept with
  him without knowing the impending threat from the neighboring
  countries…

  One thousand years later, they all meet again at a high school, as a
  student or as a teacher or as an older sister. The main character
  lives a peaceful life. But triggered by a meeting with a transfer
  student, his life changes dramatically. "I've been looking for you."
  The curtain on the battle for the main character raises...

Information from Visual Novel Database.

The female character is called Sakurazaka Meguru (桜坂 めぐる) and she is one of the main characters in the visual novel.

Image from ZeroChan.

The male character I could not find... Maybe you are the main character yourself? Or because they are often "uninteresting" for such type of games... If you know what I mean ;)


Trying to recall an anime name I remember waking up in the early morning as a child and catching the last few minutes of this one anime on Toonami. From what I remember, this anime took place both in a simulated environment and in the real world. I recall a main character who, if I'm remembering correctly, had spiky silver hair and wielded two shortswords. I seem to recall him finding a giant tree stump amidst a simulated forest that, upon him standing on it and pulling two new blades from it, was teleported to a dark area before some godly figure of light. Next, I believe an older man followed this character's path the same way, found a Greatsword within the tree and also went to find the godly figure. I seem to recall a woman on a computer speaking to the man through a headset and soon the show went on to the credits, where, if I am recalling correctly, the main character was upside down, floating down the screen, and he was hit with a ball of black energy and completely ripped apart.

For all I know, I could just be loosing it and this could've all been in my head. But if not, I'd love some help in deducing which anime it was. Thanks.

The anime is .Hack//ROOTS

  In 2015, CC Corporation's datacenter caught on fire destroying "The World". By splicing in data from what would have been another project, CC Corp. was able to rebuild the game. In 2016, "The World R:2" was released. .hack//Roots covers the time Haseo spent with Shino and Ovan in the guild known as the Twilight Brigade, before the .hack//G.U. PS2 games.

as per the description, it's the prequel to the PS2 game Series .Hack//G.U. particular it goes though the events that occur between the scenes of the intro to the first game (from when Haseo is first saved by Ovan until his fight, defeat and re-initialization at the hands of "Tri-Edge")

the scene you refer to is Episode 17 - Painful Forest and Episode 18 - Limit

   Set during the Forest of Pain event players are tasked to reach the deepest part of the forest. upon reaching it Taihaku (the one who finds the Greatsword) and Haseo (who finds a pair of Twin Blades) are teleported to another area outside the game
 Within this area each one encounters a red figure who asks if they have seen it's Daughter. those familiar with the previous games/series will recognize this has Harald Hoerwick, the one who first developed the Beta of The World called Fragment and the "Daughter" he asks about is Aura, the AI Child he created in the previous games
 Taihaku answers that he does not know Harald's daughter but wishes that she is ok to which Harald bestows onto him the sword he found. Haseo, consumed by rage in his quest to destroy "Tri-Edge" who turned Shino into a Last One answers he doesn't care about Harald's Daughter and demands to know where "Tri-Edge" is. Harald refuses to give him the weapon and Haseo is struck by something.
 before the Forest of Pain is deleted Tabby is waiting for Haseo to return and when he does she finds that he no longer looks the same. Haseo's Class, the Adept Rouge, can be powered up by obtaining new Forms and after what struck him Haseo has gone from the original 1st Form to the 3rd Form

i can't remember the woman on a computer but i assume this would be

   Ender/Pai - Real name is Reiko Saeki, a Member of the Guild, Raven, who's members are apart of Project G.U and are Epitaph Users who wield Avatars, the manifestation of one of the 8 Phases of Morganna

i believe is her as at the time the only other female character is Tabby however i don't recall her talking a man outside the game and i believe the man is

   Naobi/Yata - Real Name is Takumi Hino and is the .hacker Wiseman from the previous series of games. he is the leader of Raven and assists Reiko as they both work for CC Corp while he has deeper knowledge in the original Project G.U which Reiko's missing brother took part in


How does an Element based Chakra release work Only a few specific people are able to release elements across their entire body to form Chakra modes of that nature. Examples being Raikage and Kakuzu. The 3rd and 4th Raikage were able to pass Lightning release accross their entire bodies while Kakuzu could do the same with earth style.

What i'm trying to understand is why the Lightning release that the 3rd and 4th Raikage used never seemed to affect or harm them in any way. I'm asking this because During Sasuke Vs Deidra, Sasuke did lightning release on his entire body and he took a lot of damage. But on the other hand the 4th and 5th Raikage's could do this without any problems or damage from coming in contact with the lightning.

Is there some kinda explanation as to why that is? I'm thinking that those 2 probably had a lot of Immunuty to lightning but nothing like that has ever been mentioned before.

PS: All forms of Kekkai Genkai and Jinchuuriki are excluded from this conversation

It's easy, the Raikages use the Lightning Release as a cloak to increase their physical prowess when using Taijutsu or using any movements.

While Sasuke uses Lightning Release technique like Chidori to attack himself to disintegrate C0 bomb that already inside his body. When using chidori, chidori's lightning only happen outside the body, not inside. In order to disintegrate C0 bomb, Sasuke must channel his chidori's lightning to all of his body including inside body. Even though Sasuke able to use Lightning cloak chakra mode, it also happens only outside the body, not inside. So Sasuke must attack himself with chidori to channel the lightning to all over his bodies.


What song is played during Attack on Titan season 3 episode 40 when Erwin is telling his story? It's the background song that plays when he's telling the Commander his childhood story. Specifically the part I want to know about happens from 18:52-19:23. It sounds familiar to another song that may be used in AoT as well, albeit slowed down maybe?

Full song seems to be from 18:02-20:50

Well I figured it out. It's "Attack on D" from Disc 1 of the Season 2 OST. Track 7 I believe. It seems slightly modified but it's definitely the same song. The specific part I mentioned being at 18:52-19:23 is actually the same part of Attack on D from 00:52-1:23, just with certain layers of audio excluded.


An emperors daughter who collects her dead fathers body parts? I am looking for an anime that had recently came out maybe in the middle of last month. I watched this maybe around that time, but I cannot find it again and had accidentally cleared my history on Firefox.

The synopsis of the story goes like this-

A young girl with perhaps maybe long hear, probably really noticeable eyes is carrying a large coffin which contains a magical weapon/gun presumably similar to perhaps weapons in the RWBY universe. This girl is the daughter of a emperor who ruled the world in fear or tyranny or both.

In episode one from what I remember, she runs into this boy who uses some type of hunter magic. He has a sister who also uses this same type of magic. From what I remember this girl runs into him as she was crawling around behind bushes trying to make her way to a town. When this boy decides to help her, they are attacked by a deer antelope which she eventually kills. Later on she buys this boy that helped her lunch. It so happened to be owned by his own sister who destroys some tables in an attempt to maybe hurt him seriously for not helping out. The girl with the coffin eventually hires them soon after for a job, but doesn't reveal what it is she is looking for.

Later on in the episode she raids a general or very powerful adversary who was there during the battle which defeated her father. I also remember that the boy she runs into comes along with her including his sister. Eventually both brother and sister encounter this man who has the ability to control anything inside his mansion at will and maybe has physic powers too.

It may help but they refer to this adversary as a real mage which would indicate that they may not be actual mages at all but use some type of borrowed magic. At the end of the episode it is revealed that what she was after was her fathers body parts so she could give him a proper burial. The part of her father they obtained in question was the left or right hand of her father. Before they leave the raided mansion, the man insists that it is a source of great power, assumes that they want to sell it and in desperation is willing to pay anything to get it back. Please note that this desperate adversary was soundly defeated after the hand/item was taken out of this vault. After this happened he could not call upon his physic powers. It also was apparent that the hand powered the mansion and his magic potentially.

Finally all I can remember is that after the successful heist on the mansion, they are encountered by a group that wants to prevent the worlds destruction. They are then tailed by them in a truck and eventually escape in mist.

Yep, upon further research this sounds like Chaika the Coffin Princess. The anime came out a month ago in Japan, so it's relatively new (so I'm not completely sure, but Crunchyroll did for starters also start broadcasting it online at around the same time.)

The eponymous Chaika is the daughter of Arthur Gaz, who apparently was the former ruler of the Gaz Empire, according to the fan-made wiki. I haven't seen the anime or read the light novels, so I'm not sure, but judging from the list of names he has it seems reasonable to conclude that he was a bit of a tyrant.

Moreover, as might be suggested by the title, Chaika carries a coffin around most of the time. In the first episode, she runs into Toru Akura and his sister Akari, which is consistent with your description.

Here's the Anime News Network link.


What ayatori pattern did Yukko make that made Mai-chan shocked in Episode 17? In episode 17, Yukko trying to stop tsukkomi-ing Mai. At the end of this scene, there is a part where Yukko made an ayatori (a traditional Japanese game for children) like below:

And after that, Mai-chan seems to be shocked.

What pattern is this? What's the meaning of it?

Relevant video on YouTube.

This apparently the "Gunma prefecture with the shape of a soaring crane" （鶴舞う形の群馬県）. You may not know this but the shape of the prefecture somewhat resembles a crane flapping its spread wings.

The purpose is likely to add absurdity as so many people heard the tsukkomi she put all of her heart in. Take note that the school is based on the high school the original creator attended, Isesaki Commercial High School located in the Gunma prefecture. This seems to be a meta joke on how the tsukkomi was loud, everyone in the Gunma prefecture heard her.


Does Sasori control Sharingan-wielding puppets? If you look at Naruto Shippuden Episode 26, in the episode, you can see that one of Sasori's puppets have the Sharingan in its eyes.

Is there any reason for this?  Can one of Sasori's puppets use the Sharingan? Wouldn't a lot of chakra be used up to manage a Sharingan, and could Sasori manage that too?

Can a puppet made by Sasori use abilities like Sharingan?  Yes, provided that they were actually Human Puppets.

  By removing the internal organs of a foe and preserving the body to prevent decomposition, as well as adding weapons and defences, Sasori can make powerful human puppets. These puppets are different from normal ones, as they retain their use of chakra and any kekkei genkai that the human host once had.

The likely scenario is that the chakra cost isn't incurred by Sasori himself, but rather by the puppet, so the abilities used by the puppet would be limited to the former original person's own chakra strength.  If they were actual members of the Uchiha clan before being transformed instead of shinobi which transplanted the eyes into themselves, then the likely case is that the chakra cost is negligible.

Interestingly enough, a handful of them (according to Narutopedia) are actually former Sharingan users, and are part of his Hundred Puppet Army (likely a part of what you're witnessing), although the fact that they have Sharingan isn't exploited in any media, according to any existing sources.


What are the anime censorship laws in the United States? I have a similar question to ask. What are the anime censorship laws in the United States? There appears to be major culture difference between United States and Japan and I am not sure if that implies a difference between their respective anime censorship laws.

The FCC, the government body responsible for broadcasting media, does not have any specific laws against animation that comes from Japan, otherwise known as anime. Because the 1st amendment protects the Freedom of Expression, the censorship laws that are in place and enforced by the FCC in the U.S are concerned with obscenity, indecency, and profanity. The short summary of the law is that, for media to be prohibited to be aired on television from 6 a.m to 10 p.m, it must:

Not be acceptable to the average person.
Depict anything that violates other existing laws, such as child
pornography.
Lack any artistic, scientific, political, or literary values.
Contain greatly offensive language or otherwise known as profanity.

This is arguably vague, but usually if it meets some of the criteria above, it would be permitted. For example, a satirical anime on U.S politics would probably not be acceptable to the average person and can be offensive. However, if it contains a good amount of political value in the work and does not violate any other existing laws, it would be permitted. Even lolicon material is permitted as it meets some of the criteria above, although it is a murky territory and can land you in legal trouble nonetheless.

Note that this is also the criteria used in courts for media in general, also known as the Miller Test.

Censorship are also in place for libel and slander, but it would be extremely difficult for anyone creating anime to be prosecuted for such things as it would have to lack any artistic, scientific, political, etc. values.

The censorship that you see in anime imported from Japan and translated into English are self-imposed. Different studios handles it differently. For example, the infamous 4Kids Corporation would blatantly westernize the anime it imports, replacing Japanese food with American food, removing highly emotional scenes, and much more. There are also non-governmental ratings made by independent organizations such as the MPAA and government imposed ratings such as the TV Parental Guideline. Theaters and TV stations would follow these ratings to show what is and what is not appropriate to show in what timeslot, in addition to the FCC rules described earlier. Keep in mind that these ratings have no legal weight. A TV-MA rated content can be shown at any time of the day and no one would be prosecuted for it. People would probably think less of your network and so TV stations follow these ratings to keep their audience, but it is not illegal to ignore the ratings.

In summary, as long as it passes the Miller Test, it should be legal.


Inconsistency with regard to an event in the Resurrection of Freiza Arc and the Future Trunks arc During the ROF arc, we see Gohan powering up to his maximum (to an extent capable of almost of destroying himself), to allow Goku to detect his energy and use the instant transmission and get back from Beerus's world.

In episode 47 right before the Future Trunks arc, while Goku and Picollo are picking lettuce off the field, when Goku tries to go to Beerus's world, we see him not being able to detect Vegeta's energy until he turns SSJB. Him not being able to the first time, when he found out that Vegeta had gone off training on his own makes sense because Vegeta had gotten a lot stronger and it was stated that his ki was completely different. This time around, it didn't. It's obvious base Vegeta was a lot stronger than what Gohan powered up to during the ROF arc.

To top it all off, once Bulma contacts Vegeta and Goku regarding Future Trunks, we see Kid Trunks turning SSJ and barely powering up which was sufficient for Goku to find. Kid Trunks wasn't obviously stronger than Gohan or powered up to the extent Gohan did during the ROF arc. Which again doesn't make sense.

Many might argue that this is because Goku is now used to travelling to and fro and he wasn't then but you have to realise that instant transmission has nothing to do with being familiar with the place. It has to do more with detecting ki.

Is this in general bad writing and inconsistencies? Or is there a particular reason for the above listed events?

Maybe it was to show how out of touch Gohan had become with Martial Arts and fighting, that he had to power up to the point of self destruction for Goku to detect him.

It also helps because of the fact that he knew where he had to look for the ki.

Like you, I think it is lazy writing. Like Krillin going up against SSB, however much Goku was holding back, that was just pure bs.


Are there any prominent non-fan dubs of "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" in other languages? Remembering that there was a dubbed version of one of the OP's from the 2003 FMA in Cantonese, that seems to have been popular in Hong Kong (judging from YouTube), I wanted to know if there was anything similar for NGE's "A Cruel Angel's Thesis".

I found this song on YouTube - there was at least one other upload of a song with the same voice, and I also found a set of lyrics that approximately correspond to what is sung there. However, I haven't really been able to locate the singer's identity from a quick Google search. Moreover, there doesn't seem to be mention of a singer or a dub of the song on the Chinese Wikipedia, although perhaps my Chinese skills aren't just good enough for me to pick this up. I also managed to find a different recording with a female voice that was in Cantonese, but had different lyrics, which makes me somewhat suspicious as to the existence of an "official" dub. (It's of course possible though that a song will have multiple covers in the same language by prominent artists, as happened with a popular Angela Aki song.)

I also looked up the Cantonese dub of the first episode of NGE, and the one I found kept the OP in the original Japanese.

Is there an actual, reasonably prominent dub of "A Cruel Angel's Thesis" in languages other than Japanese? I'm particularly interested in whether or not there are any Chinese dubs. I'm looking for something comparable to Eason Chan's dub of the FMA OP, in the sense that it should be reasonably "prominent" and done professionally and not, say, a amateur fan-made production.

There's also an OP sung in Mandarin, but it looks like my old link to that has been removed from Youtube by Bandai.

There's this Spanish Full Opening that I believe is sung by Jessica Toledo.

And this appears to be (the song at least) a Korean version of the short OP.


Why is Shanks a Yonko? In One Piece, Shanks doesn't have any Devil Fruit power.

Also, he lost an arm while saving Luffy.

What makes him a Yonko ?

For Example

  Whitebeard had a powerful Devil Fruit. But even without that, his physical
  strength was tremendous.

Can anyone please explain what made Shanks a Yonko?

I've been reading this manga from it's beginning. I think we can all agree that we haven't seen enough of Shanks powers. But, let's see some examples of him demonstrating his powers:

When we first saw him with Luffy (in the first episode) and we see little of his fighting skills, mostly just his spirit, which he demonstrates against Higuma and then to the Sea King where, he demonstrates his Haki.

Then after 10 years, with only one arm left, he is been visited by Mihawk on an island. We all know Mihawk is the best swordsman in the OP world. A guy won't just cozy up to any ordinary pirate after all for a drink, in celebration of Luffy's first bounty.

After which we learn that they've had regular matches with one another, which means in terms of powers he has to be very strong to be a match for Mihawk. Also then he demonstrates that he can take a blow from the Yonko. And when he entered the Whitebeard's ship his haki not only knocked out a lot of Whitebeard's crew, but also damaged the ship. Also this caused Whitebeard's scar to ache and have Marco and Jozu commend about his spirit.

Also before the Summmit War Arc he was fighting another Yonko, Kaido, which According to Law, he is "the strongest creature in the world" and an ally of Donquixote Doflamingo.

After that events, we saw him in Summit War Arc where he stopped Akainu with Armament haki. And then he asked Blackbeard which until then he didn't fear anyone to fight (Whitebeard, was an exception) and he said that it's not time yet for them to fight. He understood on that moment he isn't ready to fight Shanks, which it means a lot, since he stopped the war, even Sengoku respects.

While Shanks hasn't been in a lot of fights and Oda haven't show us yet Shank's skills, from the above mentioned facts, I think we can all agree that he deserves to be amongst the Yonko.

Also It's not just him that's strong, his crew members are too, Ben Beckman was able to make Kizaru stop for a moment during the Summit War Arc.


What's written in Ayatsuji Tsukasa's notebook? I'm talking about the notebook seen in the episode 21 of Amagami SS. She said it contained something that could make her leave the school (maybe being expelled?).

If it's that serious, could it be a crime? Did I miss an important plot detail that explains it? Do the contents even get explained in another adaptation of Amagami like the manga or the VN, or are they completely unknown?

There is no mention of the exact contents of the notebook in the original VN or the anime. There are a couple of short sequel games which I have not gone through, so in principle there could be some explanation there, but given how important this is I doubt they'd want to relegate it to a side-game. Hence, the authors have definitely and deliberately hidden what is in her notebook.
However, there are some good theories. The most common viewpoint is that she was using the notebook as a diary to vent her frustration with everyone else, particularly her sister. Despite the fact that Tsukasa is harder-working, her sister always seems to be more popular. Of course, she has more to vent about than that, and it's pretty safe to guess that the diary contained all sorts of things about everyone. That's why, if it ever went public, she wouldn't be able to go to school any more.
This forum post provides a pretty complete and fairly consistent picture of Ayatsuji from a psychological standpoint. The segment about her notebook is quoted below:

The Birth and the Function of her Diary
We believe that [having someone/something to listen to her] was the function of her diary, which she so desperately guarded. Here, the Inner Tsukasa was writing down her life, her frustrations, and her thoughts which she couldn't share with anybody. In a way, it was her way to deal with whatever gave her a hard time. Some kind of offline-blog, talking to herself. It also explains why the contents would be damaging enough that she "couldn't come to school anymore" if they'd ever come out.
We could see in episode 3 how much she was annoyed at the laziness and pettiness of the three bitches. Her Facade would have never allowed to show her anger - instead, it rather demanded that she would go through a humiliating insincere teary apology, sacrificing her (absolutely justified) anger and pride for the sake of ultimate success. In the past, she probably would have made an entry in the diary - this time, she did it in person, with disastrous results.
This is how Junichi uncovered the "Inner" Tsukasa - when he picked up the diary. Tsukasa believed that he had actually read it, and that there was no need to maintain the Facade towards him anymore. It also proves that Ayatsuji has no split or bipolar personality: The Inner Tsukasa is always in control - she was able to drop the Facade in a second.


What are some animation techniques used to drastically reduce the number of frames in a video? What are some animation techniques used to drastically reduce the number of frames in a video in the anime industry? I am thinking reducing the number of frames is the best way to drastically reduce production cost, so I am wondering what are some of the techniques used by the industry.

If you mean reducing the number of frames you have to draw, one method is that you can have a computer interpolate in between some of the frames. Most animation softwares have this feature, including free ones like Blender.
Another tip is to keep the background static and only reanimate the characters. Also, Partial Animation is a great technique to reduce how much you have to redraw. For example, if a character is speaking, only move the mouth, eyes, and maybe one or two body parts of that character, while keeping the other characters static until the speaker is finished talking. Most animation studios use Partial Animation. You can also reuse previously animated chunks of non-flashy things that people wouldn't notice, such as the waves flowing in the background of a beach scene or maybe the clouds blowing in the sky.


How did Kaneki discover Touka was a ghoul? I've previously watched the anime and have just now started the manga (I know I'm terribly late) My mind is blown away by how different the manga is from the anime. (I'm even questioning if I'm reading the right thing due to the detail and differences) I feel like the question presented as my title will help resolve some of my suspicions. Did Studio Pierrot really cut so much detail out as well as change some parts of the story/events? Have I really been missing out on so much?

If someone could explain I'd deeply appreciate it

Thanks!

I've only watched the anime, but Kaneki discovered that Touka was a ghoul when he had just become a ghoul and entered Nishiki's territory. Touka had saved Kaneki from him.


Why does cutting out part of Orochimaru’s soul cause him to lose the use of his arms? When Orochimaru and the Third Hokage fight after the Chunin exam, the Third Hokage has the Shinigami cut out part of his soul, "taking away his jutsu" by making him lose the use of his arms. How does that work? Why does it specifically make his arms not work? Logically, it would pull from the part was the farthest from the chest where it was being pulled from, which would be the feet. Why is that not what happens?

I've just re-watched the scene in the anime where that happened, and it looked to me like the death god was clearly pulling on the part of Orochimaru's spirit that controls his arms(you can see hands at the end).  That just happens to be where the death god was pulling on, and it happens to only have been pulled out to his elbows or so.

Maybe the 3rd drew the arms out on purpose because he deemed that to be the easiest or most effective thing to pull out first in-case he only had to partially do the job.

There's really not much more to it than that.


Is distorted calligraphy used in the season 1 opening of Ushio to Tora? The opening sequence of the first season of anime series Ushio to Tora contains a series of images which might be distorted calligraphy, sort of like what Picasso might have done. There are a set of 6 varied-color frames, a short vertically scrolling sequence, and finally the title, which is clearly calligraphic and much less distorted. After that, the credits actually begin, now in a normal Japanese font.  Here some are:

First:

Second:

Seventh:

Title:

You can see them all beginning at time mark 4:30 of episode 1. The Seventh one is partial, a single shot from a short, vertical scrolling sequence.

I don't know if these are distorted calligraphy or not.  But going backwards beginning at the Title plate, there certainly appears to be a commonality of design. If they are calligraphic, are they legible?  If so I imagine they would be concepts such as courage, fate, etc.

If they are not calligraphic, what are they?  Do they symbolize something I should recognize?

I guess you could describe this as calligraphic. I don't know enough to say whether this is what a calligrapher would consider genuine art vs. just being writing with bold and swishy brush strokes.

This writing doesn't "symbolize" anything, though - it's just the lyrics of the first verse of the OP theme as they're being sung.

混ぜんな mazen na
危険な kiken-na
やつらが会いすりゃ yatsura-ga ai-surya
土壇場 dotanba
土壇場 dotanba
じゃないか janai ka
混ぜるな危険のねんごろ mazeru na kiken-no nengoro (written bottom-to-top)

I don't want to venture a translation here, but see e.g. Lyrical Nonsense for one candidate translation.


Is the location of "A Bridge to the Starry Skies - Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi" a real place? One of the strong points of A Bridge to the Starry Skies - Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi is the location. The countryside town, with all that pure air, water and greenery really sets the mood and works as a contrast with the Tokyo grown protagonist.

  Shibuya? Is it something to eat? - Ui, ep 7

Is it a real place? Or was it inspired in some real world location? Bonus points for google maps link.

I've never seen Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi, but I was able to find a blogpost by somebody who seems to have found the model-location for the countryside part of the show: Hida-Takayama, Gifu.

If you want to explore the area, here's a Street View from just outside the Hida-Ichinomiya station (the one whose signboard is shown below), and here's a Street View from on the red bridge (also shown below).

Here's a couple of the comparison shots from that blogpost:

For the dedicated anime pilgrim, anime-tourism.com may be of particular interest - it includes a list of locations for quite a few anime, including Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi. And not only do you get the locations, you get a map with pins for all the sites you should visit! The pins are, in order:

Hida-Ichinomiya Station
Miyanaka School, old building (now demolished)
Kanzaemon Inn
Bridge on the way to school
Bus stop
Hida-Ichinomiya Minashi shrine
Liquor store (?)
Bagpipe Cafe
Nakabashi / central bridge
In front of the pickler's


Can Capacity Down disrupt Accelerator's esper powers? Capacity Down is a device that produces a sound that can disrupt an esper. It was used in the anime series against Kongou Mitsuko, Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko etc.

My question is, does this device work against Accelerator, whose power can deflect any vectors who reachs him, and being sound waves used by the device also vectors?

Seeing as Capacity Down functions off of sound waves the answer actually depends.

If Accelerator is aware of it or is for any other reason reflecting sound waves away from him then no, it won't have any effect. If however he is taken by surprise and is not reflecting sound waves then it would work. He would hear it and it would prevent him from using his abilities to reflect it away from and also shut down his other abilities as well.


What is the relationship between the Byakugan, Rinnegan, and Sharingan? Can anyone brief a little about the link between the Byakugan, Rinnegan, and Sharingan? I know the meanings, but I don't know the relationship between the eyes.

The progenitor of chakra, Kaguya Otsutsuki, was the first character (historically) to have Byakugan on Earth.

After eating the Chakra Fruit, she awakens a third eye on her forehead, the Rinne Sharingan.

Now the Rinne Sharingan is completely independent of the Byakugan's influence. This is because the Rinne Sharingan is the result of the manifestation of the powers of the Chakra Fruit on a person.

  The Rinne Sharingan possesses the ocular power of the Sharingan, and can be used to cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi, an extremely powerful genjutsu which can only be countered by the Rinnegan and the chakra of the nine tailed beasts.

When her two sons, Hagoromo and Hamura were born, they had their mother's Byakugan. As time progressed, Hagoromo awakens a new dojutsu, the Sharingan. In the anime, Hagoromo awakened the Sharingan after finding the corpse of his love interest Haori.

The Sharingan is a derived form of the Rinne Sharingan, meaning, weaker. But powerful nevertheless. He goes on to attain the Mangekyou Sharingan also, but that is not shown on screen.

Hagoromo then achieves the Rinnegan, after nearly killing his brother (and thereby freeing him from his mother's control).

The Rinnegan is a much more advanced form of the Sharingan and it has a wide range of powers. The Rinnegan is stated to be something that is unique to the Sage of Six Paths, which is why, to obtain the Rinnegan, shinobi mix the chakra of Ashura and Indra (thereby getting Hagoromo's chakra).

While the Byakugan doesn't have any direct link to the Rinnegan and Sharingan, it does play a significant role in their creation, along with the Rinne Sharingan.


Identification about a manga with a VR game that results in "IRL" gender changes So i remember once reading a mange where theres is an online VR game. Two classmates play it without knowing that either plays it, Both of them hate eachother in real life but in game are very close.
Both of them play the opposite genders.
The girl playing as a male and vice versa.
One day they get stuck in the game due to a "bug" and i believe one of them turns into the gender they were in the game.

Any help would be appreciated.

To further add, The male character is a so called "loner"

Thank you for your time.

Edit: I remember that when the male character was later "attacked" in the manga. his game persona took over his real life body for a little while.
2nd Edit: Found it, Check answers.

Found it, Trans Trans by Ruen Rouga. For some odd reason it is simply listed under RUEN Rouga however.

  A girl playing a male character in a video game falls in love with a female character in the virtual world while unaware the player is actually a boy. Meanwhile strange distortions begin to happen in the real world...


Does Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan make him invincible? When Naruto, Kakashi and Guy had a battle with Obito. Obito was able to phase through Naruto's attacks, But Kakashi found a weakness, since his own and Obito's Sharingans were connected.

If Kakashi's Sharingan wasn't connected to Obito's. Would Obito have been invincible?

No, Obito has another weakness.

He cannot keep the "Everything goes through me" mode for more than 5 minutes straight. So if they kept going at him without letting him a chance to rest, he should have been dealt with.

However, this is a very hypothetical question, and thus can't be factually answered.


Is the religion in Shingeki no Kyojin supposed to resemble a real-life religion? In the religion in SnK, they worship the walls as their protectors and a number of times say that the walls were put there by God. The walls are also at least once referred to as Goddesses, though that is from subtitles and may not be entirely correct. Is this supposed to be based off of or mirror any real-life religion? Have the creators made any comments about this?

Although I can't find a source stating this, I presume this might be based on the Jewish religion. In the Jewish religion there is the Kotel. This is a old wall located in Jerusalem which is used for prayer.

  The Western Wall, Wailing Wall or Kotel is located in the Old City of Jerusalem at the foot of the western side of the Temple Mount. It is a remnant of the ancient wall that surrounded the Jewish Temple's courtyard, and is arguably the most sacred site recognized by the Jewish faith outside of the Temple Mount itself. source


Who is Itou Makoto (producer) and how is he related to the character with the same name? Itou Makoto (伊藤 誠) is a main character from 2005 0verflow's eroge School Days that later (2007) got an anime adaptation. However, the protagonist name appears as an actual staff member in the credits of the anime as of Anime News Network, credited in other more recent works too.

Who really is Itou Makoto? Was the character named after a real person or the name of the character used as a pen/collective name?

As far as I can tell, this is just a coincidence. This producer wasn't part of the original School Days visual novel production team, and he worked on anime before the School Days anime or VN (the earliest apparently being Meine Liebe (2004)). The School Days VN came out in 2005, which seems to rule out it being a pen name chosen because of the character. He made a brief joke on the 39th episode of the radio show "Radio School Days" regarding their names which seems to confirm that they aren't related.

According to School Days Wiki, the basis for (the fictional character) Makoto's name is actually from Itou Hirobumi, who was prime minister of the Japanese empire for four terms.

As a note, Itou Makoto (written as 伊藤 誠) isn't an uncommon name. Itou is the 6th most common surname, and Makoto is the 18th most common given name (these figures may change somewhat depending on the source, time period, etc. but are just meant as demonstrations of commonality). This Wikipedia disambiguation page lists 6 real people with that name. While it's still a pretty big coincidence that a producer would end up having the same name as a character, it's not unbelievable.

Source (for everything unsourced above): jp.wikipedia article


Could Goku have been revived if he really wanted, after dying fighting Cell? After defeating Cell, they revived all his victims using Shenron. But Shenron could not revive Goku, as he already revived once. Then, Goku contacted them using King Kai's telepathy and asked them not to revive him.

The question is, would it have been possible to revive him somehow (at that point of the story) if he were not against it?

Unlike the Dragon Balls on Earth, the Dragon Balls of Namek are not restricted to reviving someone once. During the fight with Kid Buu, Goku and all the people Buu killed on Earth as well as the planet itself were revived by having the Namekians collect the Dragon Balls.

So yes, Goku could and was revived again by the Namekian Dragon Balls.


Are items that are gained during evolution part of the Pokemon? Pokemon such as Mankey and Abra gain items after evolution. Primeape has metal rings around its wrists and ankles, and Kadabra gets a spoon. What I'm confused about is that Braixen gains an item during evolution as well, the stick on its tail, but in the anime it is shown that Serena's Braixen broke her stick and found a replacement afterwards. So are the items gained during evolution part of the Pokemon? If not, does it count as a held item?

The items were most likely not intended by the developers to be a part of the Pokémon, but rather, a part of the Pokémon's design. For instance, the entry on Braixen from the Pokémon X game is:

  It has a twig stuck in its tail. With friction from its tail fur, it sets the twig on fire and launches into battle.

Source: http://serebii.net/pokedex-xy/654.shtml

So, do all Braixen have twigs? Yes, they do, but this is just because it is a game, and that is how Braixen was designed. And the anime reflects the designs in the games, and sometimes the anime tries to give some reasoning as to why the Pokémon have these items.  But is this twig a part of Braixen? No. As evident by the Pokédex entry, the twig is just something that is stuck in its tail for whatever reason. It is also evident in the anime because they were able to replace it when it was broken in the episode Mending a Broken Spirit!  (Japanese episode title: A Broken Twig: A Broken Heart! Braixen's Strong Feelings!!)

Edit: If we reference Pokédex entries, we see that they tell a narrative that's a little different from what we see in the games and in the anime. For instance, from Braixen's entry, I think the narrative is trying to say the twig in it's tail is just a twig it picked up on a stroll through a forest. If we look at what actually happens in the game and anime though, the twig magically appear as soon as Fennekin evolves. The point I'm trying to make is that there is a lot of hand-waving going on when a Pokémon evolves.

If you'll also recall in the first season of the Pokémon anime, Ash's Caterpie did not evolve in the same manner as all subsequent Pokémon. To become Metapod, it encased itself in a cocoon using string shot, and to become Butterfree, it broke the shell. This means of evolution makes more sense, but it wouldn't be feasible to come up with a unique means of evolution for every Pokémon. I suspect that the white glow method was adopted from the games as a convenience since so many Pokémon were going to evolve during the series and it introduced this inconsistency with items appearing out of nowhere.


Why Tsunade-sama did not have wood element even though she was direct descendant of Senju Hashirama-sama? Most of the time in Naruto I have seen that the descendants of a particular clan will inherit the elements from their clan.

For example, Uchiha clans mostly have fire element in them.

But why didn't Tsunade-sama inherit the wood element from her grandfather?

Hashirama's Wood element is, as far as the series goes, completely unique to him. It was not inherited to his descendants, and even his own brother didn't have it.

There were only a few exceptions:

Yamato, who is the sole survivor from an experiment to inject Hashirama's DNA into babies.
Danzo, who injected himself with Hashirama's cells to be able to use Izanagi, but was too unstable to actually use it.
Madara, who injected himself with Hashirama's cells after acquiring them from their battle.
Zetsu, who has been born of the Shinju's power.
Obito (while wearing Zetsu).

Madara is the only other person capable of using the actual Wood element large scale techniques like Jukai Kotan and Kajukai Korin.


What anime is this grey-haired character from? Does anyone know which anime this character is from?

The name of this anime is Yosuga no Sora:

Yosuga no Sora (ヨスガノソラ?, lit. Sky of Connection) is a Japanese
romance/drama adult visual novel developed by CUFFS ("Sphere"). The
game was originally released for Windows PC on December 5, 2008. It
was adapted into a serialized manga and an anime TV series. A
sequel/fan disk titled Haruka na Sora was released later on October
24, 2009, which contains new and expanded scenarios for several
characters from the original game.

Plot

Haruka Kasugano and his twin sister Sora have lost both their parents
in an accident, and with them all their support. They decide to move
out of the city to the rural town where they once spent summers with
their late grandfather. At first everything seems familiar and
peaceful, but changes come as Haruka starts to remember things from
his youth.

Read more here.
The guy in the image is Haruka Kasugano:

This image is larger comparing to the one you post in you question:

Their hair look the same in both pictures, so I think this is the anime you are looking for.


Which volumes are covered by Oregairu season 1 and 2? According to this news article on ANN, Oregairu is going to get a second anime season.

How many volumes have been covered by the first season? And which volumes will be animated in the second season?

The first season covers the first 6 volumes, and the second season will adapt volumes 7-11.

Source:
https://kyakka.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/oregairu-zoku-episode-12-and-13-synopses/


How was Sasuke able to summon 2 different types of creatures? Summoning is a technique which is used to summon creatures. Most of the time, many of them were able to summon only 1 type of creature only (like, for Naruto, it's frogs).

But Sasuke is able to summon snakes and hawks. So my question is, how he is able to summon 2 different types of creatures?

Well officially, only Pain and Sasuke are able to summon more than one creature. Pain's ability seems more realistic since each summoned animal had the black rods (he may have gotten control of their dead bodies and utilized them during battles with his vast chakra).

Sasuke is a different issue. There's no evidence that he ever signed off a contract with the hawks. Seems like Kishimoto pulled it off just to blend with the 'Taka' group name.


Can Pokemon aside from Meowth learn how to talk? Meowth can speak like a human, but can other Pokemon also be taught to speak?

Pokemon can be taught the human language as stated on Bulbapedia

All Pokemon in the Pokemon anime, with no exceptions, can understand human speech. Moreover, judging, for instance, from Larvitar in Hatch Me If You Can, they are able to do this immediately after hatching, without having to learn.
The anime generally does not focus on language problems, so as a result, there is some confusion about Pokémon language and the Ability of Pokémon to understand humans. Although it is obvious that all Pokémon can understand each other, Meowth in the episode Go West Young Meowth once mentions Meowth language, and Jessie in Who's Flying Now? mentions Chimecho language, so it is not clear whether there is a common Pokémon language, or every species has its own.
As far as human language is concerned, Meowth in the same episode was shown learning pronunciation, not the language itself, what implies that all Pokémon have innate knowledge of human language, so they can understand human speech, and only have to learn how to pronounce its sounds, or be able to establish telepathic contacts to speak. Despite this, Misty in Whichever Way the Wind Blows once asked Meowth to translate her words to other Pokémon, and May taught her Bulbasaur the meaning of the word town in Grass Hysteria. Therefore, this ability of Pokémon is not well-defined in anime canon.

Beside mewtwo and meowth there are several other pokemon that can also speak. They are also listed on the link provided


Who is the guy that Shirou passes in the Clock Tower that he mentions he recognizes? In the Epilogue episode of UBW, who is the guy that Shirou passes in the Clock Tower that he mentions he recognizes? Is his appearance significant in anyway? Like Luvia's or Waver's appearance (as El-Melloi II)?

It seems to be Twice H. Pieceman or someone that looks like him at least.

As for why they decided to show him... I'm not sure, but...

It would seem that he and Shiro (or rather EMIYA) shares some common viewpoints about war (orphaned by conflict), but ultimatly came to different conclusions on what to do.