Why did Orb, a neutral nation, develop the Gundams? At the beginning of the Mobile Suit Gundam SEED, Orb is shown to be hiding the Gundam development program. They are also later shown to be developing the mass production model's OS and training the first pilots for the frame.

Why is a neutral nation producing the Federation's main weapon and only trump card in the war?

I would think it would be similar to any "neutral nation". In the sense that neutrality is only an illusion. A country like Switzerland was neutral because of their impossible terrain and their trained militia, they held a distinct advantage that made their conquest, 1)nearly impossible 2) requiring immense sacrifice and pain on the part of the aggressor and thus 3) not worth the effort. The simple honest answer is so they can continue to remain neutral. Gundams are super-weapons, the nuclear bombs of their day. If Orb were to not build them and remain "neutral" there would come a point where if an when one of the other two superpower's fell to the other, that they would be helpless against the winner - assuming the world wasn't destroyed by the conflict which I will address in a second. Mutually Assured Destruction, if you attack me I will retaliate to the full extent of my ability, causing you immense damage and equal pain to my own suffering. If I perish I shall mortally wound you with my last breath. Further the looming possibility total annihilation of both superpowers by each other hand's and the rest of the world along with it was a threat to everyone including Orb. It would be a threat that would be diminished by a further third party, with equivalent weapons, who could enter on either side giving a distinct advantage and tipping the balance of power. Thus Orb would act as an anchor, making sure that neither side went off the deep end. In the end it's all about self preservation.


Song playing in Kanon (2006) episode 8 I would like to know what song plays in episode 8 (The Fantasia of Reminiscence
〜fantasie〜) of Kanon (2006) anime starting around 12:50 when snow starts to fall.

That song is called "Yume no Ato", which means "After the Dream". It's Track 2 of the Kanon original soundtrack, which I was pleasantly surprised to find can be purchased on iTunes, along with lots of other great anime music (including the OSTs for Clannad, Little Busters, Charlotte, Angel Beats, Planetarian, and Rewrite).


When does someone receive the Kāma seal? Is Kāma in Boruto granted to someone by an Ōtsutsuki's own will? Or will someone who killed an Ōtsutsuki be granted automatically?
For the case of Jigen and Kawaki, it is mentioned in some sources that they are considered as a "vessel". While for Boruto it's because of killing Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki.
Does it mean that Momoshiki Ōtsutsuki gave his power to Boruto by his own will? When did it happen that Momoshiki agreed to give Boruto his power? Or it was granted automatically after Momoshiki was defeated?
If it is because of the latter, in episode 135 of Boruto, does it mean Boruto or Naruto will inherit Urashiki's chakra too since they were able to defeat him?
P.S. I'm not reading the manga.

Kāma attribution is not automatic, but a conscious act from an Otsutsuki.

As of now, including the Boruto manga, we have been able to observe 3 different Kāmas which I will try to explain without spoiling the scenario. Be aware, however, that for the 3rd Kāma, I will delve into spoiler territory as I will need to talk about a character which has not been shown yet in the Boruto anime.

Boruto : Momoshiki implanted the Kāma on his hand by projecting his soul and chakra, and willingly marking him as a Kāma vessel.
Kawaki : A teenager who has been extensively experimented upon by Jigen and his cronies. Kawaki received a copy of Jigen's very own Kāma through scientific means and chakra transfer, which is a completely intentional transfer.

Jigen :

  3. Jigen : A man of unknown origins. His Kāma (identical to Kawaki's) stems from Isshiki Otsutsuki, Kaguya Otsutsuki's consort. He is a perfect vessel, meaning his personality has now been definitely erased by Isshiki and solely houses the Otsutsuki. Isshiki seeks Kawaki's body because he also is a perfect vessel.

The word "vessel" is crucial, because the main purpose of the Kāma is to create a literal vessel for the Otsutsuki soul which created the Kāma (as confirmed by Jigen himself). It is unconfirmed for now, but Momoshiki could try to take-over Boruto's body later on. We know that Otsutsukis can reincarnate after death, or at the very least transmit their power to individuals they are related to : Naruto and Sasuke were the "transmigrants" of Ashura and Indra, semi-reincarnations influenced by their ancestors. The Kāma bonded Boruto to Momoshiki in death like Ashura and Indra are linked to Naruto and Sasuke by blood.

Tl;dr Kāmas are granted by Otsutsukis who need to hijack a new body


What's the difference between semi-pro and pro heroes? In season 3 of the anime Eraserhead tells the students if they are going to give an exam for obtainig a semi pro license. What's the difference between a semi pro license and a pro license? What are the students who approves going to be allowed to do and what not?

The answer will be based on my interpretation.

Personally, I'd like to think of the hero licenses like driving license.

For the context, a person with a learner's they can only drive under certain condition, whereas a person with a driving license can drive a car regardless with or without permission.

Thus, a hero with semi-pro hero license can take action to be a hero in an emergency situation if the situation permits, such as if there are no pro hero(es) nearby, or
to provide on-site assistance. If they don't even have this license, by their law, they're not supposed to perform any hero activities (This should make sense, else why have a license in the first place - There has to be some sort of legal constraint for them to not be able to use their quirks if they don't have a hero license). To add on, I think that if there are pro heroes on site, they shouldn't be able to freely execute any hero duties unless permitted by the pro hero.
(By law, if they don't have this semi-pro license, they should leave as soon as possible from the site of danger)

Whereas, if a hero has a pro hero license, then they can (by law) perform any sort of hero activities, regardless the situation.

Besides that, another possible reason is the difference in how long their hero license could last. I wasn't able to find an image of a pro hero license, but we do have Midoriya's semi-pro hero license:

At the last line of the image, there is a line which translates to: "You can use this card till ...."
Thus, I believe it is a rather safe assumption to say that their card should expire much faster compared to a pro hero's license (Similar to learner's license and driving license expiry timing as well).


Why does Jushiro Ukitake have an item from Yoruichi's clan? Before Rukia's execution, Jushiro Ukitake took some time breaking the seal on an item which was later used to destroy the Sokyoku.

When Ichigo arrives to save Rukia he is wearing a cape which allows him to fly which Soifon comments during her fight with Yoruichi that the cape came from the Shihoin clan, Yoruichi's clan.

They both have the same insignia on it and I recall when Ukitake appeared with the shield thing someone commented that it had the Shihoin clan symbol on it.

But why does Jushiro Ukitake have it? Shouldn't it be with the stealth force or even Yoruichi's possession? Better yet, since it is able to destroy the Sokyoku, why is it entrusted to another captain rather than Head Captain Yamamoto?

I know this is old, and I don't know if anyone thought of that before, but what if there were two conspiracies ongoing at the same time during that arc? The first one, of course, Aizen's, and the second one involving Ukitake, Kyoraku and Yoruichi.

Think about it, what the hell was Yoruichi doing in Soul Society before training Ichigo? I think that she went to Ukitake and Kyoraku and let them in on the plan to stop Rukia's execution. This involved Yoruichi going to her clan's arsenal where she got the shield, and Ichigo's flying cape. She gave Ukitake the shield (how else could he get his hands on a powerful Shihoin artifact like that?). My guess is that Ukitake was on board with it from the beginning, but Kyokaru was on the fence, hence why he was still not sure of what to do hours before the execution.

Perhaps even Unohana was on board with it because once the execution was stopped by Ichigo, Yoruichi, Ukitake and Shunsui, she leaves and goes to Central 46 where Aizen is. I'm not saying she knew about it, but perhaps Ukitake and Yoruichi also contacted her, noticing how odd Central 46 had been behaving. For instance, that type of execution was reserved to captains, yet they decided to use it on Rukia, despite her not even being a lieutenant. Not only that, but they also ordered the execution to happen sooner, and denied Ukitake's request to cancel the execution, all giving credit to Yoruichi's story.


Is ecchi used for humor or is it sexually playful? The definition of ecchi is sexually playful, right? But I heard it is almost always used for humor. Can someone explain please?

According to Wikipedia the definition of ecchi is:

Ecchi (エッチ etchi?, pronounced [et.tɕi]) is an often used slang term in the Japanese language for playfully sexual actions. As an adjective, it is used with the meaning of "sexy", "dirty" or "naughty"; as a verb, ecchi suru (エッチする), with the meaning to have sex; or as a noun, to describe someone that is seen as lecherous. It is perhaps softer than the Japanese word ero (エロ　from Eros), and does not imply perversion in the way hentai does.
The word ecchi has been adopted by fans of Japanese media to describe works with sexual overtones. In Japanese, the word ecchi is often used to describe a person's conduct, but in fandom, it has come to be used to refer to softcore or playful sexuality, as distinct from the word hentai, which connotes perversion or fetishism. Works described as ecchi do not show sexual intercourse or genitalia, but sexual themes are referenced. Ecchi themes are a type of fan service, and can be found in most comedy shōnen and seinen manga and harem anime.

This imply's that it can be used for a number of situations including those that are humorous or sexually playful.


Why is Suzuha pre-destined to die in 2000? Suzuha inevitably dies in 2000 after traveling back to 1975 to obtain the IBN.

It doesn't create any paradoxes, so there is no reason why she can't live to 2010 as long as Suzuha doesn't interact with her other self and the lab members until "August 9th, 2010" (the date she departs for 1975). Okabe has already demonstrated that you can co-exist with your other self.

Is her death just another convergence of the worldlines? If so, why? What significance does Suzu's death have on the worldline that the "universe" demands that she die at that point in time?

From the wikia:

  However, she dies cause of an illness due to her time travelling in 2000 at the age of 43.

It just seems like the time traveling had a physical toll on her body which caused her death.


Why was Porco Rosso cursed and was there a cure? In the movie Porco Rosso, it's mentioned that he has a curse which made him look like a pig. Why was he cursed to look like a pig and what was the cure, if there was one?

Should have looked harder before I asked the question.
According to Nausicaa.net's "Porco Rosso" FAQ, under the question "Why did Porco become a pig?"

Although it was never mentioned in the movie, a press release states that he was disillusioned with humanity, and cursed himself to be a pig. Miyazaki stated that "When a man becomes middle-aged, he becomes a pig". It seems that Porco is carrying a lot of baggage, and that has something to do with him quitting being a human.
The official story goes as follows: Captain Marco Pagot (named after the Italian animator and friend of Miyazaki - they worked together on Sherlock Hound for Italy's RAI TV) was an ace pilot of the Italian Air Force during World War I. He quit the IFA since he saw fascism on the rise, and he wanted to fly following his own will. He became a bounty hunter, assuming the name "Porco Rosso". He crossed out his own face as a young man in the picture that Gina had hung on the wall of her restaurant, so that no one would know what he looked like as a human.
Miyazaki said that Porco once intended to marry Gina, but then World War I broke out, and Gina was living on an island which was Austrian territory. As a military officer, he could not bring himself to marry an enemy national. Torn between his loyalty to his home country and his love for Gina, he chose his country. But when he witnessed the deaths of his fellow pilots, including that of his best friend (Gina's husband), he started wondering about the meaning of his actions, and the meaning of flying and dying for his country. Unable to resolve the conflicts in his mind, he became a pig.

Additionally, under the question, "Did Porco become a human again?"

The general consensus is, yes (though whether he stayed human is another matter).
In the last shot of the two of them wading towards their planes, Curtis was insisting on seeing Porco's face, implying something had changed about it. The conversation between Porco and Fio at the camp set up the "kiss the frog prince" theory, so Fio's kiss (and Gina's love) at the end did turn Porco back into a human. He became a pig because he was disillusioned with humanity, but Fio's innocence made him feel that "there is still some hope for humans", as Porco said. This time, he won, and he did not "make another girl unhappy". It seems that he finally overcame his self-hatred.

So I guess the answer's are "disillusioned with humanity" is what caused the curse, being that he cursed himself and that it's possible that he cured it at the end when he regained his faith.


Do Yin Kurama and Yang Kurama have different personalities? In the Great Ninja War, we can see that Minato can easily access Bijuu mode because Yin Kurama is willing to let Minato use it, but as for Naruto, Yang Kurama takes a long progression to let Naruto use his power.

So, does this say that Yin and Yang Kurama's personalities are totally different?

I can see that Yin Kurama's attitude is more likely to be gentle and Yang Kurama's is fierce (in the beginning, we know that Kurama becomes friendly towards the end of the Great Ninja War).

Yes, the personalities of Yin and Yang Kurama are different as it is based on the principles of yin and yang. To balance everything, Kurama has both good and bad sides that are split into two parts. Minato, while sealing him inside Naruto, made sure that the “good” side of Kurama goes to Naruto.
The reason he did was because he didn't want the "bad" Kurama inside Naruto, as we know for a fact that Kurama is the most impatient and angry biju of all. Another reason is because Kurama had loads of chakra. Naruto as a child, even being an Uzumaki, cannot hold that much inside him (that's why Minato split it).
Naruto struggled to gain the trust and friendship of "good" Kurama. It would gave been a lot more tougher if it was the bad and angry "bad" Kurama will be. It is also seen that the "bad" Kurama was surprised that Naruto was able to befriend the "good" Kurama. You can hear him say:

"Looks like Naruto sweet talked my other side."

Since Naruto has already befriended the "good" Kurama, the "bad" Kurama didn't hesitant to give chakra when Minato shared it with Naruto.
Despite Yin Kurama being bad, he does know how to compliment someone and addresses the wielder by his name. Yang Kurama doesn't anything about compliments and he initially addressed Naruto as "brat":

"That was quite the touching speech your son just gave there... Minato"
"He became a nice brat that really loves his parents... Minato"

Moreover, Yang Kurama was surprised that he was able persuade his other half (it might mean that is difficult to reach his thoughts and feelings):

"He was even able to persuade my other half"
"(that was) Enough to move even this(other) half of me"

Both of the Kuramas shared their chakra on the basis of the mental state of the wielder. Yang Kurama's chakra automatically mixed into Naruto's when Naruto was full of hate, anger, and dark thoughts. Minato had access to Yin Kurama's power while being pure hearted, happy, normal good guy.
Source:

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-personality-differences-in-Yin-and-Yang-Kurama
https://www.narutoforums.org/threads/yin-kurama-is-good-nice-friendly.935394/


Are there any Japanese words for "deport" and "incest" that sound similar enough for a bird brain to confuse? In monster musume, Papi the Harpy confuses the word "deport" for "incest" a couple of times in the English subtitles. I could see "arrest" and "incest", but I am aware the work is not natively English, so jokes like that might come through a bit sideways. Is there a similar sounding pair of words for these two terms to explains Papi's malapropism?

In Japanese, "incest" is 近親相関 kinshin soukan, while "deport [to one's home country]" is 本国送還 hongoku soukan. These two terms are not similar enough for a reasonable human being to confuse. But for a birdbrain? I'd say it's plausible.

The soukan in the two items are unrelated; they just happen to be homophones.

(She makes this error twice in episode 2 - at 04:12 and 09:01.)


How different is the story of the Hyperdimensional Neptunia remake? I'm a few chapters into Hyperdimensional Neptunia Re;Birth 1 and I understand the game is a large rework of the previous first Neptunia game. I'm not overly interested in the mechanical changes, but I'd like to know how the story has changed - as it's been mentioned a few times already about being overhauled.

How much does Re;Birth 1's story differ from the original?

Without spoiling you anything, I can say that the main setting is the same in both games; Neptune loses her memory, and starts an adventure alongside Compa and IF.

In Re;Birth 1, the dialogue is the thing that has been radically changed. They made the storyline more steadier and more diverse and included special events which can't be found in the original game. There are also more comical scenes included, due to the success of Choujigen Game Neptune The Animation, which had a rather lighthearted atmosphere.

Vert, Noire, and Blanc have now more impact through the whole story, unlike in the original game in which they only had involvement near the end of the game. New side characters also appear in this remake.

Like the original game, Re;Birth 1 also has two different endings, namely the Normal Ending and the True Ending. Althought these are fairly different from the original, too.

Here is an interview with the director Shingo Onodera and Idea Factory CEO Haru Akenaga, regarding the changes made in the remake.


If Blackbeard removes your power do you regain the ability to swim? When Blackbeard touches a devil fruit user, it is as if they don't have powers. Unlike the sea, when he drains your power, even physical property changes to your body are cancelled out.

The Wikia on Yami Yami no Mi talks about this:

  This was shown when Luffy's stretching powers were canceled on touch, unlike the effect of a body of water or seastone, both of which just inhibit a person from controlling their powers. It was shown earlier when Luffy was stuck underwater that his neck could still be stretched above the water's surface, and that Busoushoku Haki would simply nullify the defensive aspects of a Devil Fruit such as intangibility and the malleability of rubber.

The episode they are talking about is episode 447. In this episode, Blackbeard uses vortex to pull in Luffy and smashes Luffy into the ground. Crocodile notes that there was blood. This is strange since Luffy, being rubber, should be immune to the physical damage caused by being slammed into the ground.

Another use of the Yami Yami no Mi allowed Blackbeard to permanently remove a devil fruit user's power and give it to himself. When Whitebeard died his power was still active in Blackbeard, thus causing the fruit to not regrow. This is proof of the permanent transference of power.

In either of these cases, either the case where the devil fruit user has their power drained temporarily by touch, or permanently like in the case of whitebeard, would the drained user regain their ability to swim?

Doubtful. I think to completely rip off powers from another Devil Fruit user like Whitebeard, he probably needs to be dead or will die in the process. Think about it if that weren't the case, then Blackbeard would have extracted the Mera Mera no Mi's power from Ace when he initially captured him. The thing would've killed Ace and that wouldn't allow for a situation where Whitebeard went to war with the World Government.


Are you considered a "weaboo" if you watch too much anime? Some people seem to think that watching anime is weaboo-ish.  So is that a general perception, or is that perception incorrect?

I wrote about this in more detail on my blog - Weeab.eu, here's a summary version.

A weeaboo is generally an insulting term, a weeaboo is someone who love anime and annoys others with their enjoyment. Generally things like yelling as if you're powering up, screaming when you see your anime-fan friends, etc. You can probably understand why people don't appreciate that.

As insulting terms go, it's pretty standard in that those who usually use it, don't know much about the medium - Just like how you might be labelled as as a goth if you just like shirts with skulls on them, or as a nerd if you like Star Wars - subcultures have a lot more to them than meets the eye.

And if you want to be technical, it literally means nothing - The original term was supposedly coined from the comic from the Perry Fellowship, with no context:

But you can own that term just as much as geeks and nerds can own their labels and make it a positive thing. Just like I've done by taking that blog name :P

Some people like labels, some don't - do whatever you prefer. If you enjoy something, don't let others tell you not to enjoy it! :)

To answer the question you actually asked: Sure they're related - but just as how football hooligans are related to football.


In episode 13, what piece does Kousei play after he plays Liebesleid? In episode 13, after Kousei played Love's Sorrow, he played this one song on the piano. What is the name of that song? I've been looking for it for the past four hours, but haven't been able to find it.

I'm assuming you're referring to the piece Kousei plays at the very end of the episode; this is the only instance where Kousei plays the piano in ep. 13 after his "Liebesleid" performance. I recognised this as a Chopin composition, possibly a nocturne.

After some searching, I found that this was Nocturne no. 2 in D-flat minor, op. 27. (Score, recording by Eric Lu at the 2015 Chopin Competition.) It should be relatively easy to recognise the piece if you have some prior familiarity with it, since Kousei starts playing at the very beginning.

Originally, I wondered if some other piece (such as "Liebesfreud", which is named in another answer as the piece Kousei plays) might have crept into the soundtrack at some point, perhaps in a flashback or in Kousei's reflections. However, after listening carefully to the soundtrack and checking the "Liebesleid" score and some recordings, I've confirmed that everything we hear during the performance segment is from Rachmaninoff's "Liebesleid". Thus, the only music for piano that we hear being played in this episode is "Liebesleid" and the Chopin nocturne.

Note that what viewers hear is a modified, lengthened version of the Rachmaninoff arrangment. (The soundtrack returns to the beginning of the piece right before the first key change, when we see Kousei underwater. This jump does not exist in the original score. There are similar jumps later, during the flashback with Saki after Kousei has lashed out at her, and when Saki reflects on Kousei.)


Is the GoShogun OP being translated correctly? Out of a mix of nostalgia and curiosity (since I watched Macron 1 as a kid), I started watching the ye olde GoShogun anime on Amazon, which I think uses Discotek's localization. The subtitles for the first two lyrics of the opening song (after the "5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0" countdown) seem odd though:

Do you know the red button?
Do you know the blue button?

Is that really what the song says?
FWIW, here's the Romaji of those lyrics according to https://www.virtual-rotation.com/chirlind/others/sentai/goshou.html:

Akai botan wo shitteru ka?
Aoi botan wo shitteru ka?

Yes, the English translation is correct.
For comparison, here is the lyric in Japanese:

(5!　4!　3!　2!　1!　0!)
赤いボタンを　知ってるか
青いボタンを　知ってるか
[...]

Lyrics taken from Uta-Net+ (Japanese)
Which does translate to

(5! 4! 3! 3! 2! 1! 0!)
Do you know the red button?
Do you know the blue button?
[...]


Song played on "Parasyte The Maxim" Episode 6 at time 16min30s I'm looking forward the name of the song played in the 6 episode at 16min30s.
It's when Migi explains that She has to sleep for 4 hours as She has healed him.
This song appears regularily in the episodes, and it is not in the OST (or I didn't find it).

The song you are looking for is the Migi Theme by Ken Arai

You can listen to it here

This song does not seem to be included in the currently released OST


Is the title, Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless, a good translation? I have recently started watching the 2016 anime, Tanaka-kun Is Always Listless ( 田中くんはいつもけだるげ ).  Plugging the Japanese into the Google Japanese-to-English translator, it comes out as "Tanaka-kun is always wonderful".  One possibility is that there is a Japanese homonym that can mean either "listless" or "wonderful".  That seems like a pretty big spread.  But I guess if "bat" can either be a crafted wooden stick or a blind flying mammal, it certainly is a possibility.

Another possibility is that the translation does not capture the full Japanese meaning.  Perhaps the implication is more on the lines of "wonderfully listless", which actually sort of fits the series.

A third possibility is that there is not really a concept in English that matches the Japanese.  Having watched the first two episodes, I know choosing "listless" to describe Tanaka was an accurate choice.  So maybe the translators chose a single English word that fits his personality and did not try to match the Japanese exactly.

Not only it's a good translation, but it's also the correct translation.

Logan has already explained the construction of the word

  けだるげ is technically a combination of けだるい and 気 using this somewhat uncommon construction.

Using this as the base, searching for the definition of けだるい returns:

Jisho: languid; listless
Japanese Wiktionary: listless, lazy

The conclusion is, echoing Senshin's comment:

  The English title is a literal translation of the Japanese title; there's nothing to read into here.


What is negative red/positive blue chakra? Ok, so when Killer B was teaching Naruto the tailed beast bomb rasengan thing he mentioned the negative red chakra and the positive blue chakra. What does that mean? I thought there was only one type of chakra..

They haven't mentioned any negative or positive chakra before have they? Then what is it?

At first I found your question really confusing, but while answering another question I figured out the answer for this one.

In the manga, Yin Release, which is a type of chakra nature, was depicted as black but red in the anime.

In the manga, Yang Release, another chakra nature, was depicted as white but blue in anime.

Yin Release:

  can be used to create form out of nothingness
  genjutsu falls under the broad category of Yin Release.
  Yin chakra is also part of the tailed beasts' chakra.
  Yin Release can be used offensively when combined with senjutsu. However, it is unknown what exact role the Yin Release fulfils in said technique.

Yang Release:

  can be used to breathe life into form.
  Yang chakra is also part of the tailed beasts' chakra.
  Whenever Naruto is in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, Wood Release techniques react to the Yang chakra's vitalising properties and mature into full-grown trees within a matter of seconds, either through contact or close proximity.

Positive/Negative Chakra:

It's another differentiation in chakra, but it's not the same as Yin-Yang.
Black/Red chakra, Yin Release, is negative.
White/blue chakra, Yang Release, is positive.
The Bijuu Bomb is made from combining negative and positive chakra, not Yin and Yang.

Also, there is not just one chakra type.


Is there a trope for exotic-sounding names? I'm talking about names that transliterate poorly to the Japanese tongue such as Light-Raito, L-Eru, Lelouch-Ruruush, Bleach-Bureechu (yes they all have an l, especially our one-lettered detective). Do manga authors place a premium on unpronounceable names because they sound the most foreign?

Apparently people eyes is a symbol of exotic. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PurpleEyes is there a similar documented trope for L-ven names?

Japanese is actually a sound poor language. Unlike English, which can be considered as a sound rich language, Japanese language misses many syllabic sounds like the letter 'l'. There is no specific pronunciation of the letter 'l' from English language in Japanese.

So, the pronunciation for letter 'l' in Japanese is actually eru.

Here is a link to all Japanese sounds possible here.


How are anime seasons released? Are there set periods of time in which seasons start and end? In America, generally, TV shows begin in the Fall or the Summer. Many shows will start within a week or two of each other. Is the same true for anime? If not, what controls when anime seasons start/are released?

It's the same as Japanese Television seasons (or sometimes referred to as "cours"). There are 4 of them each year and each one lasts roughly 13 weeks. The Wikipedia page for Japanese Television Drama says:

  Japan has four television seasons: Winter (January–March), Spring (April–June), Summer (July–September), and Autumn or Fall (October–December). Some series may start in another month though it may still be counted as a series of a specific season.

So while the seasons themselves have a fixed start and end, the shows themselves can sometimes start in the middle month of a season and thus spill over into multiple seasons (given that it's a 13 episode/1 cour show), but it is still considered part of the season that it started airing. There's obvious advantages to always starting at the beginning of a season, the main one being that shows lasting 12 or 13 episodes can continue to fill a time-slot throughout the calendar year without having breaks.

For example, here are the "Summer 2013" shows and their air-times:

07/01 22:25 (AT-X) - Recorder to Ransel Mi♪
07/01 25:00 (Tokyo MX) - Inu to Hasami wa Tsukaiyou
07/02 19:30 (AT-X) - BROTHERS CONFLICT
07/02 25:35 (TV Tokyo) - Senyuu. (Season 2)
07/02 25:40 (TV Tokyo) - Gifuu Doudou!! Naoe Kanetsugu -Maeda Keiji-gatari-
07/03 21:30 (AT-X) - Tamayura ～More Aggressive～
07/03 24:30 (Tokyo MX) - Free!
07/04 25:28 (TBS) - Tokurei Sochi Dantai Stella Jogakuin Koutou-ka C3-bu
07/04 25:35 (MBS) - Dangan Ronpa no Gakuen to Zetsubou no Koukousei The Animation
07/04 25:58 (TBS) - Rozen Maiden (New Series)
07/04 26:05 (MBS) - Ren-Ai Lab -Love Lab-
07/04 26:35 (MBS) - Senki Zesshou: Symphogear G
07/04 26:43 (Nippon TV) - Kitaku-bu Katsudou Kiroku
07/04 27:08 (ABC) - Servant x Service
07/05 22:30 (AT-X) - Rou-Kyuu-Bu! SS
07/06 20:30 (AT-X) - Kiniro Mosaic
07/06 20:30 (ABC) - Genei wo Kakeru Taiyou -il sole penetra le illusioni-
07/06 23:20 (Nico Nico Douga) - Fate/Kaleid Liner: Prism-Illya
07/06 25:00 (Tokyo MX) - Monogatari Series: Second Season
07/06 25:00 (Tokyo MX) - Genshiken Nidaime
07/06 25:30 (Tokyo MX) - Kami-sama no Inai Nichiyoubi
07/06 27:28 (MBS) - Fantasista Doll
07/07 20:30 (AT-X) - High School DxD NEW
07/07 22:27 (Tokyo MX) - Teekyuu (Season 2)
07/07 22:00 (Tokyo MX) - Uchouten Kazoku
07/07 22:30 (Tokyo MX) - Hakkenden -Touhou Hakken Ibun- (Season 2)
07/07 24:30 (TV Kanagawa) - Blood Lad
07/07 25:05 (TV Tokyo) - Makai Ouji: Devils and Realist
07/08 25:35 (TV Tokyo) - Kami Nomi zo Shiru Sekai -The World God Only Knows- (Season 3)
07/08 26:05 (TV Tokyo) - Watashi ga Motenai no wa dou Kangaete mo Omaera ga Warui!
07/11 24:45 (Fuji TV) - Gin no Saji: Silver Spoon
07/12 22:00 (BS Animax) - Hyperdimension Neptunia: The Animation
07/12 25:58 (Nippon TV) - Gatchaman Crowds
07/13 22:00 (Tokyo MX) - Futari wa Milky Holmes
07/13 23:30 (TV Tokyo) - Kimi no Iru Machi -A town where you live-

So, like you said, everything happens around the same time, the first week of July, then we have a few outliers that start during the second week. It's worth noting that Silver Spoon is only 11 episodes, and Hyperdimension Neptunia, Gatchaman Crowds, Futari wa Milky Holmes, and Kimi no Iru Machi are all 12 episodes, so they'd end right at the end of the season.

The real outliers from last season, Spring 2013 (though some sites attach these 2 shows to the Summer 2013 season), would be:

06/08 23:45 (NHK-BS Premium) - Kingdom 2
06/14 17:55 (Disney XD) - Yuuto-kun ga Iku

In some cases, certain channels will start a show in the middle or near the end of a season, sometimes because of a timeslot that needs to be filled. Kingdom 2 is a 39 episode historic drama on a pay satellite channel that doesn't have any other anime, and the other is a 5 minute-per-episode young children's after school show. These are shows that are typically outside of the usual late-night anime demographics.

See also this question: What defines one "season" of anime?


What do we know about Yuri Katsuki's college education? At some point in the period covered in the first episode, between the Grand Prix Final and Yuri's return to Hasetsu, Yuri must have graduated from university.

At the Grand Prix Final, which is in December, Morooka speaks to Yuri and notes that he has not yet graduated.
Afterwards, when Yuri returns home in March of the next year, his mother apologises for not attending his graduation ceremony.1 Mari also notes that Yuri has a college degree, even if it took him an extra year.

Yuri also points out that he has not been back to Hasetsu in five years, and that he spent a period in Detroit:

  I'm one of the dime-a-dozen top figure skaters certified by the JSF. I'm 23. My name makes me sound strong, but I finished last at my first Grand Prix Final. I still can't accept what happened! I even moved to a training facility in Detroit and worked hard to make the final.

Can we infer from this anything about where Yuri went to college? Perhaps he went to college in Detroit and graduated from a university there?

Crunchyroll subtitles write the date as "March, One Year Later." However, based on what Yuri said about crashing through the rest of his skating season, it must only be a couple months after the GPF, rather than more than a year. The original text — 翌年3月 — appears to corroborate this.

I am unfamiliar with how athletic clubs function, how serious competitive athletes who are studying at university manage their time, and how Japanese universities count credits, but here is an educated guess.

It appears that Yuuri was officially affiliated with a Japanese university, although I have no idea whether he put his studies on hold entirely while in Detroit or if he took classes while in Detroit and had his credits transferred. We also do not know when exactly Yuuri moved to Detroit.

In episode 1, Yuuri shows us his JSF page. One entry on the list of biographical is marked with 所属 and thus appears to give Yuuri's affiliation, which is with “紀伊学院大学," which is presumably the name of a fictional university in Japan. (大学 means university, and a search for "紀伊学院大学" does not give results for any educational institution.) In contrast, at the Chugoku, Shikoku, and Kyushu Championship in ep. 5 (past the 15:00 mark, before Yuuri's free skate), Yuuri's affiliation is noted to be "Ice Castle Hasetsu." From this, it is reasonable to infer that Yuuri attended 紀伊学院大学 in some capacity: I would think that someone affiliated with a university's skating club would be affiliated with the university itself, and that Yuuri's affiliation changes to Ice Castle Hasetsu after graduation suggests that his affiliation was tied to his enrolment.

Note also that Yuuri did not participate in any competitions after he crashed through Japanese Nationals at the beginning of the series and that Yuuri must have graduated at some point between December and March. Yuuri must have recently graduated when he returns home:

If he was thinking of taking a break and had no obligations, perhaps he would have returned sooner. (Yuuri notes in ep. 4 that he had not spoken to Celestino since after the GPF, and he is out-of-shape by the time Victor arrives.) That said, Yuuri could have simply avoided going home for a period.
A March graduation fits in with the Japanese academic calendar, which begins in April and ends in March. Mari's comment that Yuuri had to take an extra year also fits in with that, although it is not necessarily impossible to reconcile a March graduation with taking an extra year at an American university.


Has there ever been a Holy Grail War where the victor got their wish? Generally a Master and Servant participates in a Holy Grail War with the promise of a wish to be granted. in some cases like with Tokiomi Tohsaka and Waver Velvet the wish granting of the Holy Grail isn't their goal (the former sought the Root which is the main function of the grail, the latter just wanted to prove himself by winning) while other's like Diarmuid Ua Duibhne had their wish granted by being in the war.

However to my understanding with the Fuyuki Holy Grail Wars (Fate/Stay Night), the Moon Cell's Holy Grail War (Fate/Extra) and Tokyo Holy Grail War (Fate/Prototype) there has never been a victor and in later iterations something would actually prevent the proper granting of a wish (Fuyuki = Angra Mainyu's corruption. Moon Cell = Twice telling Masters to make his wish or be destroyed. Tokyo = Questionable if wish granting was ever possible, the true purpose was to summon Beast)

However i'm not entirely sure about some of the other Holy Grail Wars like the Subcategory Holy Grail Wars (Fate/Apocrypha, Fate/Labyrinth), the false Snowfield Holy Grail War (Fate/Strange Fake) or any other Holy Grail War i have missed as to whether or not they could and/or ended up granting someone's wish.

So has there ever been a Holy Grail War where the victor got their wish?

Yes, one: the only Holy Grail War in the world of Fate/Grand Order, whose victor was the founder of Chaldea and its first director Marisbilly Animusphere with his Caster Servant,

   Solomon.

As for what he wished for, it's not clear but Servant Sherlock Holmes (yes really) speculates in the Camelot chapter of the game that it was a wish for Chaldea, the work of his life, to succeed:

  Sanzang:

  Umm… Can I ask something?  I’m not trying to complain that I’m tired
  of keeping quiet all this time, but… You said that Marisbilly guy got
  the Holy Grail, right?  What did he wish for?

  Holmes:

  Unfortunately, Hermes has no record of his wish. It only shows the
  results.  According to Hermes, Marisbilly flourished as a magus after
  the war.  In the Clock Tower, Chaldea and the Animusphere family’s
  theories had heretofore been regarded as abstract and impractical.
  But, a string of successes reversed the Animusphere’s fortunes. The
  Heroic Spirit summoning system was established.  Virtual experiments
  were conducted that allowed one to not only observe the future, but to
  interact with different time periods through rei-shifting.  Around
  2004, Chaldea, previously a mere astronomical observatory, was built
  into a research facility.

  Conventional reasoning would conclude that Marisbilly wished for
  prosperity.  He had no reason to wish for the incineration of the
  human order. According to documents, his personality was
  “hard-working.” He had ordinary desires, ordinary envy, and he loved
  ordinary fortune. That’s the kind of man he was.


What does Tom mean when he said “If you're a man, then do it with a 'Don'”? In episode 313 of One Piece, there was a scene referencing Tom said in the past,

  If you are a man, then do with a "Don".

What does this mean?

I found an alternative translation of the anime:

  If you're a man, do it resolutely.

I also looked into the printed volume I own and there stands (translated in English):

  If you're a man, do it with ambition.

Those two translations are quite consistent so I'm not quite sure if Ivan's answer is actually correct.

Beside that, the manga translation I found the most online is also the one given given in the OP:

But I also found the translation suggested in St. Pat's comment:

  If you're a man, do it with a bang.


What is the card that other Yugi draw in the end of the Yu-Gi-Oh movie? In the movie Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Dark Side of The Dimensions, the true Yugi fainted because the result of the last battle. After Yugi fainted, the other Yugi appeared and he drew a card, summoning one of his priests in Egypt, Mahaad. And surprisingly, he could beat his "last boss" with just one card.

What is the card the other Yugi drew at the final battle?

The only card he appears to draw is Palladium Oracle Mahad. As this portion of the duel is not narrated, nor is the 'card's' effects described in any way, there is no guarantee the in-movie card matches its real-life counterpart exactly, but the real card's effects suggest they are played similarly.

Picture taken from Deviant art
Updated answer based on wikia summary
It's all explained in this wiki, see the summary section on that link.
Below is the recap when Yugi fainted on turn 4, until he summoned Mahaad.

Turn 4:
face-down "Metalhold the Moving Blockade", letting him target any
number of Level 4 Machine-Type monsters he controls and Special Summon
"Metalhold" as a monster (0/0) in Attack Position, then equip those
monsters to it to increase its ATK by the combined ATK of the equipped
monsters. "Silver Gadget" and "Gold Gadget" are equipped to
"Metalhold" (0 → 3200).
"Metalhold" prevents other monsters from being
targeted for attacks, so the attack is redirected to "Metalhold". As a
monster he controls would be destroyed by battle, Aigami activates his
face-down "Cubic Defense", preventing its destruction and letting him
Special Summon two monsters from his hand with the same name.
He Special Summons two more "Crimson Novas" (3000/0) in Attack Position.
The second "Crimson Nova" attacks and destroys "Pandemic Dragon"
(Kaiba: 4500 → 2000). As it was destroyed, the effect of "Pandemic
Dragon" activates, reducing the ATK of all monsters on the field by
1000, but the "Crimson Novas" are unaffected as "Pandemic Dragon" had
less than 3000 ATK ("Metalhold": 3200 → 2200). The third "Crimson
Nova" attacks and destroys "Metalhold" (Yugi: 5000 → 2800).
As two of his "Crimson Novas" destroyed monsters by battle this turn,
they may both attack again via their effects. They attack directly,
but Yugi activates his face-down Continuous Trap Card "Spiritual
Swords of Revealing Light", letting him pay 1000 LP to negate an
attack. He pays 2000 to negate both attacks (Yugi: 2800 → 800).
Aigami activates his face-down "Unification of the Cubic Lords", letting him
Fusion Summon a "Cubic" Fusion Monster using monsters from his hand
and field as Materials. He fuses his three "Crimson Novas" to Fusion
Summon "Crimson Nova Trinity the Dark Cubic Lord" (4500/3000) in
Attack Position. "Crimson Nova Trinity" attacks Yugi directly, with
its effect activating as it attacked, halving his opponent's LP (Yugi:
800 → 400; Kaiba: 2000 → 1000). As an opponent's monster declared a
direct attack with a monster whose ATK is greater than or equal to his
LP, Kaiba activates his face-down "Krystal Avatar", Special Summoning
it as a monster with ATK equal to his LP (1000/0), then changing the
attack target to it. "Krystal Avatar" is destroyed (Kaiba: 1000 → 0).
The effect of "Krystal Avatar" activates as it was destroyed by
battle, inflicting its ATK as damage to the opponent. (Aigami: 5000 →
4000). Aigami activates the effect of "Crimson Nova Trinity" to
inflict damage to Yugi equal to the damage he took, but Yugi activates
the effect of "Clear Kuriboh", sending it from his hand to the
Graveyard to reduce the damage to 0. Since it destroyed a monster by
battle this turn, the effect of "Crimson Nova Trinity" lets it attack
again. "Crimson Nova Trinity" attacks directly, with its effect
activating, halving Yugi's LP (Yugi: 400 → 200). The attack continues,
but Yugi activates the effect of the "Clear Kuriboh" in his Graveyard
as an opponent's monster is attacking directly, banishing it from his
Graveyard to draw a card. If it is a monster, he can Special Summon
it, then the opponent's monster will be forced to attack it.
At this point, Yugi cannot continue, but Atem returns to the world and takes over.
Atem draws "Palladium Oracle Mahad", then Special Summons it (2500/2100) in Attack Position via the effect of "Clear Kuriboh",
redirecting the attack to it. "Crimson Nova Trinity" attacks "Mahad",
with the effect of "Mahad" activating as it battling a DARK monster,
doubling its ATK (2500 → 5000). "Crimson Nova Trinity" is destroyed
(Aigami: 4000 → 0).


What does the seal on Meliodas's forehead mean? How did he get this seal? In episode 5, when the enemy tried to steal his sword, this seal appeared on his forehead.

What does it mean?

SPOILER UP AHEAD!!!!!

   It is the symbol of the demon clan. Meliodas is a demon. This advancement is explained in the Manga. Although it is hinted throughout the series, but it is never really explicitly shown that he really isn't human until after the Kingdom Infiltration arc has ended. The Ten Commandments, a group of the most fearsome demons are revived. They were sealed 3000 years ago, yet Meliodas knows them all by their names. King confronted him claiming he was a demon. Although he didn't answer, it is obvious from the situation. That also accounts for his never aging body.The Ten Commandments know him well too. And Meliodas actually calls them his brothers in chapter 135. So, yeah, he is a demon. Later on in the manga, his past and identity is explicitly revealed to be one of the Ten Commandments.


What does "I will be back" mean in Shingeki no Bahamut? At the end of the series, one of the characters said "I will be back," then the credits started.  Was that just a cool way to end the show or was that saying that there might/will be another season?

There is no green-lit at the moment for a sequel of Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis. It's based on a card battle game for iOS and Android, so there's an endless stretch of coverage to adapt here.

The best we could assume is that it's "prophetic" for anything Shingeki no Bahamut-related since it is peculiar enough there are no explicit green-lit announcements yet. Anime usually do make the green-lit announcement after the series ended with a hint for a sequel. I take it they meant for something coming, but that's the best everyone (I've searched around) can count on. It could be a sequel, a spin-off (since it's wrapped up), movie, or OVA.

I'm confident, however, that in no way would they be making a senseless "I'll be back" hint without actually following up anything. Not once, in the hundreds of anime I've watched, would that happen. They could, however, announce a termination of whatever project they originally intended to continue the Bahamut hype.


Why Kefura didnt defuse after releasing so much power? In the "Future Trunk" arc of Dragon Ball Super, Vegito didnt last an hour fused because he had so much power he consumed all the energy to stay together. But now we've seen Kefura released a huge amount of power, probably close to Goku Ultra Instinct, and probably over Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken since we've seen her having an even match with Goku in that state and now she turned into super saiyan 2 meaning she multiplied that power by 2. Then why Kefura didnt defuse after releasing so much power?

You are comparing the power of Vegito Blue to Kefla. We know from the start that Goku is extremely fatigued so he wasn't at full power when he was using SSJB. Also Goku didn't have the power in him to use SSJB+Kaioken*20 which would've been sufficiently enough to defeat Kefla. Vegito SSJB Is a lot more power than SSJB + Kaioken*20 Goku and is on a completely another level compared to Kefla. Vegito SSJB was sufficiently strong enough to force a god of destruction to fight seriously based on Whis's comments where she said that Goku and Vegeta together could go toe to toe with Beerus. Kefla, on the other hand, is not at the same level.


Is there any other character with a quirk evolution? I haven't read the manga, but I've seen in YouTube videos that

   Eijiro Kirishima got an evolution, the second form for his quirk.

Is there any other character with a quirk evolution?

Based on my opinion of what quirk evolution is, it's a yes. However, consider to also read the manga because there is a possibility of a different interpretation to 'quirk evolution'.

In my opinion, there are some in both pro heroes and students. I believe that the biggest quirk evolution happens to

   Kirishima and Endeavor.

In the anime, we already see

   Todoroki and Midoriya's quirks

somewhat evolve and I can't really recall whether in the recent chapters they evolve even more.

I can tell you this though, there is a lot of character development and events in many of the characters that will possibly lead them to evolve their quirk or personality changes, which is shown more in the manga.


Who are those people with shark teeth in GTO? In GTO, some character faces transform into weird/creepy faces.

In episode 35, when Onizuka attend a wedding and fakes to be the groom, he ask the bride if it doesn't bother her. She and her whole family makes this strange shark face :

In episode 40, when a little girl that we know in love of someone, comes and knock at Yoshikawa's and Uehara's door (during the Okinawa's trip):

What is the signification on this transformation? Who are those people with shark teeth?

The girl of the episode 40

The girl of the second episode is Kumiko Fukada.

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The reason why she does have shark teeth is because Fukada is written 鱶田and 鱶 means "(large) shark", therefore the author is making a pun (Source)

Even thought she only appear this time in the anime, she is more present in the manga :

In both the anime and the manga, there is an episode where  Murai receives a letter from a girl which the name start by the letter F. The girl playing the mediator, Kujirakawa Fuyumi, is in fact the one who sent him the letter, while Murai is attracted by another girl.

In the anime, this girl is named Aoi Fukada while in the manga this girl is Akane Fujita.

At the left, Aoi Fukada. At the right, Akane Fujita

At the end of the chapter, in the manga, we find out that Murai has been confounding Aoi Fukada and Kumiko Fukada. Because Aio is not named that way in the anime, there was no such pun, therefore we never saw this part of the story animated.

The presence of this girl in the 40th episode may only be a reference of the manga.

The girl in the episode 35

As long as this wedding does not happend in the manga, we can only presume, but as she really looks like Kumiko Fukada so we can guess that this is the same girl.

The pun is the same as for Kumiko : because everybody is Fukada's family is named Fukada, everybody has the same shark teeth as Kumiko as if the name caused this family trait to be hereditary


Are all animals called by summoning jutsu able to speak? I remember that all toads summoned by Jiraiya or Naruto were able to speak. I know that Tsunade's snail or Orochimaru's snake is able to speak, too. But what about the Ninken? I know that Pakkun can talk, but what about Kiba's Ninken and the others (I know around 3–4 dogs out of 9)? I know that the Pain summonings aren't able to talk.

Is there a rule that every animal can talk, or something like this?

Although they didn't explicitly show whether they can talk or not, but one thing is for sure: that Pakkun can talk.

Kiba's Akamaru can't talk, so we can assume that other dogs of Kakashi also can't talk (since there is no evidence in the manga or anime).

So in order to answer your question: "Is there a rule that every animal can talk, or something like this?" I would say "No, it is not mandatory for animals to talk."


Who's the character in the middle of this WIXOSS cast picture? Take a look at this picture, which I have not embedded in this post because it contains some spoilers for the end of season 2 of WIXOSS. It turns out that this is a drawing by Yakou Hiroshi (posted here on Twitter and here on pixiv), who was an animation director for WIXOSS. So not quite "official art", per se, but very close to it.

Who is the person in the middle of the picture (to the right of Hitoe, beneath Hanayo, and left of Yuzuki)?

I can identify everyone else in the picture, but I have no recollection of seeing this person. I think every important character in the series is in the picture, too (heck, even Ruuko's brother and the card shop lady are in there). The most important person I can think of who isn't in the picture is Hitoe's mom, and that clearly ain't her...

Her name is Honoka. She's a part of Kazuki's circle of friends. In episode 6 of the first season she and a couple of other girls confront Yuzuki about her relationship with her brother. In episode 8 she leads Kazuki out from the card shop where they're playing together in order to confesses her feelings to him. When she's rejected, she tells him what people have been saying behind his back.


Anime movie about a guy going to hell and being reborn as a boy in middle/highschool I think I saw this movie about a year ago, but I can't remember much of it and only watched part of it.

It started off with this guy in hell, and he met this young boy and the boy said something like the guy had been lucky and had been given another chance in life to redeem himself.

He then wakes up in a hospital as a boy who I think was in middle or high school - he had committed suicide by overdosing and was supposed to be dead, and the guy had taken over the dead body.

The now reborn boy was good at art, and his family gets worried about him as he doesn't talk with them after overdosing - I think it was said that he didn't talk much before, though.

The young boy that told the guy that he was going to be reborn follows him around, and the guy is the only one who can see him. The guy speculates a lot about whether the young boy is an angel or devil, and tries to find out what the now-dead boys life that he inherited was like.

I think the guy - when reborn as the boy - was wearing school clothes a lot of the time, and had short brown hair. I don't remember what anyone else looked like, as what they were wearing was pretty plain.

From what I remember, the art style was plain and didn't have much colour, I think everything was pretty saturated.

I believe you're looking for Colorful.

  "I" died and was kicked out of the cycle of reincarnation because of the sin "I" committed. An angel told me that "I" won a lottery and he gave me a chance to remember the sin. My spirit possessed the body of the 14-year-old boy Makoto, who committed suicide and "I" tried to recollect my memory. "I" felt distressed by the terrible circumstances of Makoto and the fact that "I" was borrowing his body. "I" have started to realize that people are hurting each other because the world is too colorful to distinguish the true color of themselves from others.


How does Nunnaly get crippled? From rewatching the Code Geass series, I understand that Charles zi had used his geass to cause Nunnaly to believe that she was blind.

Did his geass cause her to become a cripple too? When I checked the Wikia, it was not made very clear.

No, Nunnally was injured by V.V's attack as indicated in her Character Outline

  When her mother was assassinated, Nunnally was paralyzed by bullet wounds on her legs, and went blind due to the geass of her father making her believe that she is blind.

and infact her physical injuries were planned but not by Charles but by V.V

  When Lelouch converses with Charles and Marianne in The Ragnarök Connection (episode), it is revealed that Nunnally's injuries were orchestrated by V.V., who set her up to be a witness to the murder of her mother. Her blindness, which was thought to be psychological, was actually the result of Charles' Geass, done to protect her against possible reprisal by V.V. Charles then chose to send them both away, arguing that he was doing so to protect them from V.V., whom he felt he could no longer trust.

Source: Nunnally > Character History > Season 2 (4th Paragraph)

also if you look at all the Geass Abilities none of them caused any outward physical damage to their targets.

Charles could manipulate Memories and seal Nunnally's Eyesight (by what we could suspect would be manipulating her memories thinking she was blind)
Lelouch could control people's minds and make them obey him
Mao could read minds
Rolo could affect people's perception of time making them think time had frozen
C.C could make people fall in love with her

as you can see, all of these could actually be linked to only affecting a person's mind or how they thought and ofcause with the exception of Mao's power all of these powers were temporary as such Charles's Geass couldn't have caused any permanent physical damage to any other part of the body


Which was the first anime to receive a English dub? With this question and this question both receiving some attention recently, it made me think - which anime was the first to receive a dub?

Some of the first anime available in western countries such as Astro Boy had dubs produced in the 1960's as stated in the linked wikipedia article, but which show was the original one to have an officially produced English dub?

According to Wikipedia, the earliest anime to air dubbed in English is Tetsujin 28-go (known in English as Gigantor), which started airing October 20th,  1963 in Japan on Fuji TV and then the dub started airing in 1964 in the United States on WPIX New York and, according to page 319 of Watching Anime, Reading Manga: 25 Years of Essays and Reviews by Fred Patten, was distributed by Trans-Lux Corporation. Since the English dub was so heavily re-written, 13 of the English episodes were dubbed back into Japanese and aired in Japan from September 1st, 1965 through May, 1966 as if they were a reboot or sequel.  It was subsequently broadcast in Australia and New Zealand.

According to Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs Manga, Animation, Games, and Media Art Information Bureau's Japanese Animation Guide: The History of Robot Anime, Tetsujin 28-go is considered "the ancestor of all giant robot anime shows." The anime was black and white, and a radio drama and a live-action series had been adapted from the manga previously.

Whether the dub was recorded first or not is unknown, as four TV anime were dubbed into English and started airing overseas in 1965 (in other words, they could possibly have been voice recording at the same time). These are Tetsuwan Atom (known in English as Astro Boy), Jungle Taitei (known in English as Kimba the White Lion), Wonder 3 (known in English as The Amazing 3), and 8 Man (known in English as 8th Man): 3 out of 4 being from the "god of manga" Tezuka Osamu.


Can you manipulate someone's memories? So. I now know that you can manipulate someone's thoughts. For example: Naomi Misora.

But what I'm asking myself is, whether or not you can manipulate someone's memories. For example, Bob and John are best friends, right? So what if I write this:

  Bob Shneizel forgets who his best friend is, and then dies of diabetes.

The rule was that the Death Note user can make people do anything s/he wants them to, as long as it is possible. For example, let's say Kira wrote

  September 7, 2015 8:30 A.M. Mr. A dies of a heart attack in Kyuushu. Mr. A starts running from Tokyo at 6 A.M. on the same day, before dying of said cause in Kyuushu.

Since this is impossible, it won't happen as written. He will still die of a heart attack, but not in Kyuushu. Now, would it be possible for someone to forget his best friend? Yes, it would. Amnesia. If you write it like that, then Bob will experience amnesia before dying from diabetes.


What is the original text of Black Hanekawa's tongue twister? Bakemonogatari episode 14 has a fairly famous tongue-twister in it, which Black Hanekawa recites with her cat voice. It was translated as: "Can you imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie?". The scene is here (potentially NSFW):

Bakemonogatari - Neko Hanekawa Tongue Twister | HD |

Translating tongue-twisters is notoriously hard, so I suspect this is done fairly liberally.
What is the original Japanese text which is being spoken? Also, what does it literally mean (not worrying about making it a tongue-twister)?

Yes, huge liberties were taken with this phrase. The English phrase roughly corresponds to: "Can you think up a group of caged animals who are dreaming of handling fictional caged animals?"
The Japanese one, however, is more or less the following:

斜め七十七度の並びで泣く泣く嘶くナナハン七台難なく並べて長眺め
Naname nanajyuunana-do no narabi de nakunaku inanaku nanahan nanadai nannaku narabete naganagame. (And of course, you can insert nya in place of na for the kitty effect.)

Now, very roughly, this translates into English as something like...

I have been watching these seven 750cc motorcycles (nanahan) which are noisy like horses, and are placed beautifully at an angle of 77°.

It's very clear the English and Japanese tongue-twisters are nowhere close in meaning. What I can say about why they were chosen is that the English one plays off the sound mee as mew, the sound of a kitten meowing; the Japanese one plays off na as nya or nyan, a common way of making onomatopoeia for a cat's meow.


What type of chakra element does the Aburame clan possess? Among the five basic elements of chakra (earth, water, wind, lightning and fire), what type of chakra does the Aburame clan possess to control insects at their will?

I don't think it matters. The insects live under their skins in symbiosis with their host. The shinobi and the insects both benefit from this: the insects feed on their host's chakra (and I don't think they care about its type), and the host can use ninjutsu involving the insects.

Note that ninjutsu must not necessarily be bound to a specific element. For example, Shadow Clone Technique is a ninjutsu which can be used by a lot of shinobi with different chakra types. Therefore, I think that Aburame clan members can have any chakra type.


What rank does Edward Elric hold? Ed is a State Alchemist, but what's his rank within the military hierarchy?  Col. Mustang explicitly mentions a few times he's his 'superior officer', so he's a bit lower than that, but how does he compare to Maj. Armstrong or some of the staff Lieutenants?

Are State Alchemists commissioned at some rank (e.g. Capt.) a la physicians in the US military?

According to Maria Ross (episode 9, 3:42), all State Alchemists carry a military rank equivalent of Major.


Why weren't some of the original Digimon able to evolve into their Ultimate/Mega forms in season 1? Up until Digimon Tri, only two people from the original Digi-destined were able to evolve their Digimon to their Ultimate/Mega form (and even go beyond that, see Omegamon). All the other characters were stuck with Digimon that could only go up to Perfect/Ultimate form. I get why, it's explained in episode 38 of season 1.

But why has that changed in Digimon Tri? How can Joe and Mimi evolve their Digimon into Ultimate/Mega forms so easily? What made it possible for them in Tri that wasn't possible for them in the original season?

Based on the Digivolution wiki, Agumon and Gabumon didn't quite perform a Mega Digivolution - they performed a Warp Digivolution.

  Warp Digivolution is a digivolution process where a Digimon can reach a higher level directly bypassing any intermediate phases

When Tai and Matt were shot with the Angelic Arrows, Agumon and Gabumon wrap digivolved to their Mega forms. During the digivolvution scene, they say

  Agumon/Gabumon warp digivolve to WarGreymon/MetalGarurumon

Furthermore, Warp Digivolution and Mega Digivolution are not the same thing. While see Mega forms in season 1, regular Mega Digivolution is actually not seen in Season 2

  Mega Digivolution is a Digivolution method that allows an Ultimate Digimon to digivolve to Mega. It is initially used by Paildramon to digivolve to Imperialdramon in Digimon Adventure 02.

In the episode Determination, the digidestined were also shocked to see the fact that Gomamon was able to achieve his Mega Digivolve of Vikemon.

  Joe realizes that his relationship with Gomamon is the more important thing, and so he charges back to the battle. This rebirth of confidence allows Gomamon to achieve his Mega level, Vikemon, much to everyone's surprise

Explained in Season 2 a strong bond between two individuals is required to perform DNA Digivolve, and it is possible such bond is able to achieve Mega Digivolution.

  Seeing Joe's resolve, Mimi regains faith in herself as well and helps Togemon her own Mega level in Rosemon.

As we see in the following episodes, there is a continuation of strong, emotional connections between the digimon and digidestined.

Confession

  Izzy pleads with Tentomon to enter the shield, but Tentomon refuses to do so while his friends are suffering. He digivolves to his Mega form, HerculesKabuterimon

Loss

  Sora risks her life to protect Biyomon from Machinedramon, digivolving her into her Mega form, Phoenixmon


What is the name of this anime i watched in 2004? I do not know whether is is an anime or cartoon because the channel i watched on only shows dubbed cartoons.
Here are the details

Its a robot-based show
The only robots i could remember are three of them - One was a police themed robot , Another one is an ambulance themed robot and the last one i could remember is a firetruck themed robot.
Each robot is made up of 1 main robot and 4 smaller ones( all of which could turn into vehicles ( police car , ambulance and firetruck respectively))
these 5 robots would combine into one awesome , cool-looking robots. The main bot will be the torso and the head while the 4 smaller ones would be the limbs.
All the robots are piloted by kids and together(with the help of the robots) , they became are the firefighters , policeman and the paramedics of the country

These are all the details that lingered in my mind. Sorry for the limited information . Please help me:(

Please note that it is NOT transformers. The robots are controlled by (about) 10 years old paramedics , policeman and firefighters.

Sounds like Brave Police J-Decker. Here's a summary from the wiki:

Brave Police J-Decker was the fifth anime of the Brave Series and aired in Japan during 1994 and 1995.
Brave Police J-Decker returns the series to a subtly lighter tone, focusing more on the concept of "robot as human-built AI construct" emphasized by the previous season's series, Brave Express Might Gaine. Grade schooler Yuuta Tominaga stumbles upon Deckerd, a humanoid robot under construction by the Japanese police, built to fight advanced forms of crime. Yuuta's constant contact with Deckerd gives the robot a "heart", or personality; when Yuuta is recruited as the "boss" of the "Brave Police" as a result, a true human/robot partnership occurs.

It's got mechas that are Police, Firetruck, and Ambulance themed.

Deckerd: The sentient police robot that transforms into a police cruiser.
Duke: A sentient robot that transforms into an ambulance.
Fire Roader: A massive firetruck that serves as Duke's support vehicle.

They combine in various combinations as well as the "Fire J-Decker Max Cannon Mode", a combination of all the vehicles.


What is the name of this song used in the "shed tears of scarlet" scene of Cowboy Bebop? I am curious to know what the song in this video is (the song in the "And you will shed tears of scarlet" scene from Session 25: The Real Folk Blues (Part I)). I have traversed the Cowboy Bebop OSTs but to no avail. I hope one of you here could help me out.

It looks like I missed a track while scavenging through the OSTs. The name of the song is Road to the West and is by Yoko Kanno/The Seatbelts (track 15 from OST 3: Cowboy Bebop Blue).

This is the Youtube video for the song.


Gender of person who sings Bleach's eleventh opening (Anima Rossa)? My favourite Bleach song is the eleventh opening: Anima Rossa by Porno Graffiti. My sister, who is a big fan of Bleach, says it's a male who sings it. I, who is only on episode 86, believes it is a female. It just sounds like one.

Despite the song sounding as though a female sings it, I too have reasons to believe it is sung by a male. My reason is because, I remember noticing that Fullmetal Alchemist's (2003 series; not Brotherhood) first opening theme-Melissa- is also by Porno Graffiti... but the singer is audibly male. You can just tell. Although, I don't want to believe a MALE sings Anima Rossa.

I need to know, because I imagine certain characters singing my favourite anime songs (but the character has to be from the same anime as the song :P ), and I imagined Rangiku singing it. I have no idea why; I just did (and still do). But if it's a male who sings it... I have to change that.

I'd appreciate it if you could give me unquestionable evidence.

According to Wikipedia

  Porno Graffitti (ポルノグラフィティ Poruno Gurafiti), also known as Porno (ポルノ Poruno) is a Japanese male rock band from Innoshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan.

Current and Past Members only lists 3 names and Wikipedia only has a link to the past member Masami Shiratama which says:

  After leaving the band in June 2004, he released the album Great Pleasure in December 2005.

Akihito Okano (who does vocals) and Haruichi Shindō (who does background vocals) have profiles on generasia and both lists to have wives. Considering that same-sex marriage is not legal in japan and their images on generasia look like men, I would conclude that your sister is correct and that it is a Male singing it.

If you are still in doubt, I checked to see if I could find a live performance of Anima Rossa on Youtube and here is the Link


Where are the reanimated four hokages? The Hokages have been reanimated by orochimaru. but i didn't see the jutsu being released. did i miss something? where are the reanimated hokages now?

Rikudou Sennin or The Sage of Six Paths released the edo tensei or reanimation justsu cast upon them by orochimaru.
There was an emotional scene between Naruto and Minato , the fourth hokage.
where the release is evident. Watch episode 474 and 475 .


When was Shion's flashback of him and his father camping set at? In the first flashback, we see a meteor shower; since Shion was a contractor since he was born, this would mean that the false sky was already in place. To my knowledge, there are only two events that had a lot of contractors die (thus showing a lot of stars falling): One was Heaven's War, and the other is the events at the end of the first season.

When Shion's flashbacks occurred, was it during Heaven's War, or the end of the first season (which I like to refer to as Hell's War)?

The original Suou died 8 years before Ryūsei no Jemini, which is set two years after the first season. Izanamis stopped awakening in the OVA, which was 6 years after human Suou died. Logically, Suou has to have died during Heaven's War.


What is the status of the Valvrave the Liberator English Dubs? Since last licensed to Aniplex of North America, there has been only one English dubbed episode of Valvrave the Liberator. What is the current situation surrounding the English dubbed production of the anime? Will the entire series be completed? What is taking so long for the series to be completed?

Aniplex of America is dubbing other new animations, so it will take some time to dubb this work.


How can Tsunade recover that fast with just a bite from Karin? What is the technique from Karin that made Tsunade recover that fast? Even the side effect of her technique subsides after the bite?

That's one of Karin's powers - biting her lets people absorb her chakra and its healing properties.

From Karin, in Narutopedia:

  she not only has incredible healing capabilities, but can also heal others by letting them bite her and absorb her chakra. The potency of her healing chakra is great enough to even restore a bisected Tsunade to full health.


Why didn't APE create more clones of the princess? Considering how important 002 is to operate Star Entity, APE tried to clone her to create more candidates resulting in the Nines. However they were not good enough due to their blood being human.

Well, having taken a big chunk of hair from the Klaxosaurs' Princess, they probably had enough material to create more proper clones (or at least record said genetic code). Why did APE stop with just one clone?

With the amount of hair Dr. Franxx obtained, APE did attempt to create multiple clones. However, 002 was the only klaxosaur clone to survive.

  Zero Two was created by Dr. FRANXX out of the Klaxosaur Princess's DNA. Many specimens like Zero Two herself were born but failed to survive; making her the only successful human-klaxo sapiens hybrid
  (emphasis my own)

This is explained in Episode 21, in a conversation between Dr. FRANXX and 002.

  Zero Two wakes up and says that 001 called her a fake. Dr. FRANXX says that 001 is the sole survivor of the klaxo sapiens, and she is her clone. She was created to operate Star Entity on behalf of the human race. He says that she was the only success


Why are there holes in the ocean? In One Piece, there is a hole which appears in the ocean.

Why is this hole here? Is it known what created it? And, are there other holes like it?

The hole in the ocean from your image is from the first One Piece special.

As for the reason why it was there, this is what I could find:

  She opens it only to find just a skull inside. Usopp reads the back of
  the skull, which engraves about a treasure that can make anyone's
  dream come true. It lies deep in the ocean's naval. Then a large hole
  begins to form near the crater they crashed into, so Usopp, Nami, and
  Sanji prepare themselves in a diving barrel to explore the cavity in
  the sea.

So far we have seen two other "holes" in the anime.
The first of them being the whirlpool that is formed by the Knock Up Stream.

The second one is seen in the Maubeugemour Sea in episode 575 (this is a filler for the One Piece Film Z).


Why didn't Jiraiya use reverse summoning as a way to escape? We know that animals can reverse summon humans who have a contract with them. So, my question is: why didn't Fukasaku reverse summon Jiraiya to Mount Myoboku while fighting Pain? If Jiraiya had enough time to write on Fukasaku's back then a reverse summon could be performed easily in that time. This would end up giving Jiraiya intel on pain and leaving the Sannin alive.

Why was reverse summoning not used to save Jiraiya? Are there any limitations on the technique that prevent its usage?

Simply said he could have, and Fukasaku even recommended Jiraiya to do this. But Jiraiya decided not to since he already got too close to find out Pain's ability and identity. Also there would be no second chance in finding out his ability after this anymore, because Pain would be more careful afterwards.

  When Jiraiya originally summoned the elder toad couple they also asked him why he was fighting1. A few chapters after, when Jiraiya already got gravely wounded2 and orders the elder couple to retreats he gives his reasoning for staying

1(chap 376 pag 3-5)
2(chap 381 pag 10-11)


Why did Midoriya come last in the quirk assessment test when there were others worse than him? In season 1 episode 3, Midoriya is said to be placed last when compared to all other 20 candidates. Although I agree with him losing to most, I fail to identify how he could lose to a few of the candidates like Hagakure (the invisible girl).

I mean, which activity could she have done better than Midoriya considering that Midoriya had even trained for 10 months and that her quirk doesn't give her any apparent advantage in this test?

We don't know for sure.

As far as I'm aware, this is never explicitly addressed later on in the series.

However, I think we can hazard a guess based on a few other factors seen during the quirk assessment test.

While Midoriya may have performed as well or even better than students like Hagakure that gain no real physical advantage from their quirk, we have to remember that Midoriya's quirk injured him severely during the ball throw. While it was not as bad as Aizawa may have expected (just his finger versus his whole arm) it's entirely possible that Aizawa deducted points due to this injury. This is a quirk assessment test, after all, and breaking a finger after merely throwing a ball is a severe disadvantage to a quirk no matter how you look at it.

Hagakure, meanwhile, may not have had any real major advantages like Midoriya, but her quirk had no disadvantages either. I would assume she's also fairly strong herself, as mentioned in the comments to your question, so it's not unreasonable to think she had a similar (or even better) performance when compared to Midoriya in the contests that neither had any advantage in.

This would apply to the other students with quirks that do not enhance their physical strength as well, like Koda, Shoji, or Jiro, among others.

Considering that Aizawa was going to expel Midoriya before he thought to use only his finger, I'd say Midorya actually did quite well to be placed last instead.


Which episode did Kyouko gave the charm to Tsuna? In which episode did Kyouko gave the charm to Tsuna in Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn?

The episode is Target 55: Resolution. At 17:45 she gives to Tsuna. YouTube

In case the video is deleted, below is the picture where she shows the charms she made for everyone.

I wanted to add a screenshot when she was giving charm to Tsuna, but I cannot find Tsuna,  the charm and Kyouko all in a single picture.


Which anime it is? (from description) Few months ago I was watching anime on kissanime.com. In Latest update section I found interesting anime. I watched 2-3 episodes and then left site (forgot to bookmark). I thought that was airing anime, because it only had 2 or 3 episodes at that moment. After a month I tried to find it (MAL, google, browser history), but I couldn't. So lets give a try to find that dam anime :).

Story:

Nowadays. Two guys (cool looking teenagers, like a gangsters) was standing near the river. One said that life was boring. Then suddenly they had been teleported to abandoned city. They went to explore what is going on. When they ware wondering, they met women. After that they all together reach temple. In the temple game of death started. They all had to draw card with question. The answer- number. And if you guest wrong the temple are bombarded with fire arrows (arrow count is difference between correct answer and wrong answer). Finally MC (one of the guys) figured it out and escaped temple. Although his friend was shot with arrow in the leg. After then (or maybe later), someone explained all situation. That they must participate in those death games. And if they win, they can live X days more. Otherwise satellite will kill you (if you run out of time). MC was quit exited, so he suggested to participate in another game. His friend was injured, so he went with that women. The next game was in multistory building. There was about 5 levels with a lot of rooms. And outside stairs and balconies connected to each room. There were a lot of participants and all of them had to find room with red button. They they press it, they will win. Although there was walking a tough guy with MAC smg. And killing everyone.

  Some information can be inaccurate. I watched this anime long
  time ago and I remember it poorly.

Okay, I think that is enough story. Please help me find this anime. Thanks.

Imawa no Kuni no Alice
I haven't seen the anime, but what you describe is more or less the same as the first chapters of the manga going by the same name.
Synopsis from MyAnimeList:

The story follows a high school boy named Arisu and other youths who are transported to a devastated alternate world. Trapped, they are forced to play a deadly game of survival.


Why didn't the children of the Rikudo Sennin inherit his surname? As revealed in Chapter 646, the surname from Rikudo Sennin (Sage of the Six Paths) is "Oosutsuki."

Why do his two sons have different surnames (Uchiha and Senju), instead of inheriting their father's surname?

Taken from the Naruto Wiki:

  His bloodline was divided into the descendants of his two children, which would eventually form the Senju clan — and through distant relations the Uzumaki clan — and the Uchiha clan.


Asking a ninja to hide in the ceiling and get pierced by a spear? In One Piece, Chapter 817: Raizou of the Mist, there's a scene right after Luffy and his crew first encounter Raizou, where they all start asking him to perform some stereotypical ninja techniques.

In this scene, many different characters have requests that mostly parallel Naruto and old Japanese lore, seen in this panel:

Zoro asks for a different request, asking that the ninja "hide in the ceiling and get pierced by a spear".

This is the part I'm most confused about; what kind of reference is Zoro making when he asks for the ninja to hide in the ceiling and get pierced by a spear?

This is a common trope in period dramas involving samurais and ninjas.

You see, when ninjas hide under floors or in attics, they need to be wary of spears and swords from samurai. It's routine in many dramas to stab the ceiling and walls to check for concealed ninja. If you stab and get blood, you got your ninja.

A very well-known story is of a figure called 穴九右衛門 ("Hole" Kuemon). Kuemon was a ninja sent to assassinate the Lord of a castle. In the process of infiltrating, he got stabbed in the head by a spear and almost got caught. However, he was able to lie still, wipe the blood off, and await another opportunity. Eventually, he succeeded and he returned with a scar on his head, earning him the moniker "穴" (hole).


How can I subscribe to Weekly Shonen Jump outside Japan? Do anyone know how to get a Weekly Shonen Jump subscription in Europe?

Check out Viz Media! This is a Japanese-American company that sells dozens of manga magazines in many countries and they are the company publishing the Weekly Shonen Jump.

They also have a European subsidiary for, I believe, UK and Ireland. However, I believe you can't have a paper version in another country than Japan. You'll have to read it on your computer or phone.


Are Kaguya's attacks fueled by Natural Chakra? From my understanding, the God Tree produces chakra fruit once every thousand years by absorbing the natural chakra in the earth. After arriving on Earth, Kaguya bit into the chakra fruit and gained immeasurable power, using it to liberate all war and conflict.

So if the fruit was produced by the God Tree, does this mean that Kaguya ate a fruit of natural chakra?

Every individual on Earth has chakra. That chakra initially originated from the Shinju (a.k.a Ten-Tails). However, Natural chakra (or Senjutsu chakra) is the ever-present unlimited energy on the planet. Its usage depends on the shinobi's ability to draw and maintain it during battle.

Kaguya's chakra is not the same as natural chakra but it is the same chakra that is present in all the shinobi or rather, the original form of chakra present in all the shinobi's.

Hagoromo's chakra is a combination of the Ten-Tails as well as Senjutsu chakra. Which was why, when he shared it to Naruto and Sasuke, they were able to inflict damage to Madara, who was the host of Ten-Tails at the moment.


Why doesn't Trunks sense Cell when Cell uses Solar Flare just before absorbing android 18? After Vegeta lets the incomplete Cell go to absorb Android 18, Trunks attempts to stop Cell. When trying to escape Trunks' onslaught and get closer to Android 18, the incomplete Cell used the Solar Flare technique to blind Trunks and the others.

Solar Flare is a good technique to be used when the fighter attempts a quick getaway. However, in this case, Cell is still in the same area and it is made obvious that he attempts to absorb Android 18. Why can't Trunks sense Cell's energy level at this point? Why can't he sense Krillin's energy level to judge where Cell will end up going and prevent Cell's completion?

You are right, Cell ends up using Solar Flare.

It is hard to get a definitive answer (because the question is pretty speculative), but I will argue that:

Solar Flare has been shown to be incredibly disruptive every time it was used - in the manga, everyone affected by it was made helpless for at least ten seconds - having Trunks stop in mid-air because of it is not inconsistent with previous uses of that ability;
I do not remember any character in Dragon Ball that could fight effectively while blinded, or without using his eyes - by implication, it means that there is nothing to suggest that ki sensing could replace eyes if someone was blinded. However, even if you find an example of someone that did fight without his eyes, you would still have to find something that Trunks would be capable of doing it;
The time that Cell took to absorb Android 18 was extremely short - I mean, if you look at the sequence depicted in the manga, it goes:

Trunks blasts Vegeta to distract him;
Trunks begins flying towards Cell, who is a few steps away from Android 18;
Cell uses Solar Flare;
Everyone is blinded;
Cell gulps Android 18 down;
The cloud generated by Trunks' blast around Vegeta dissipates;

I mean, damn, how long did it take Cell to absorb Android 18 after blinding everyone? 3 seconds? The disruption from Solar Flare clearly seems to be enough for this purpose.

However, I agree that the scene, as depicted in the anime, does not really make sense, as Android 18 and Krillin attempt to fight against Cell, while Trunks and Vegeta are completely forgotten about. It could be argued that they were affected more strongly because they were closer to Cell when he used Solar Flare, but that explanation seems dodgy.


What causes the Susano to morph into more advanced stages During Sasuke's "evil phase", the anime shows us his advancement along the different stages of the Susanoo. The most noticable thing is that Sasuke's Susanoo responds with his feelings, more like it feeds of his anger. During his fight with Danzo, sasuke becomes really enraged at how Danzo talks about itachi and his Susanoo starts developing flesh and its eyes light up. Later on in the fight, Sasuke screams and his  Susano further develops an offensive weapon and even starts using arrows. (His Susanoo had 2 major powerups while he was against Danzo [flesh and an offensive weapon]
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During that moment obito even mentioned that "His hatred has matured and gained in power" (he says it a bit differently from how the manga does. Shippuden Episode 210).

So does this mean that the only way to advance the Susanoo is through negative emotions? I want to clarify this cause the Wiki doesnt explicitly state how the Susanoo morphs from bones to full clothed Armor. The only Sharingan user that the anime really focuses on in terms of Susano development is Sasuke. SO its hard to actually generalize this concept of hatred feeding Susano for all sharingan users. (I'm not sure if i missed something)

The hatred part was more of an exaggeration,which the Uchihas love to do(like Itachi and Obito).If that really was the case,how did Itachi become so powerful?He wasn't consumed by hatred.

Sasuke was only discovering and learning the powers of his Mangekyou Sharingan,which we know takes time.Although it is true that his negative emotions aka hatred forced him to use more chakra for his Sussano,thus giving him the complete "half" form.

After learning to activate this version,Sasuke never really needed to become that enraged before using it.

Most of the discoveries of the Mangekyou were by chance,just like Itachi did(Amaterasu Vs the fourth Mizukage)."Hatred" has nothing to do with it(only needed for activating the Mangekyou for the first time of course).


What is the necklace that Hina is wearing? In Weathering with You, Hina is wearing a blue crystal thing necklace.

Click the image to enlarge it

What is the necklace that she's wearing? Is it just a decoration or...

   a talisman of some sort?

I don't know if it's official or not.

They're called "Clavis".
Following to this movie called "Children Who Chased Lost Voice" or as known "Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo", in some scene as refer:

   giving Asuna his clavis, a crystal, and fights back. The Arch Angels interfered, annihilating the gate keeper and the Arch Angel commander captures Asuna and uses the clavis to open a gateway to Agartha.

So they're called Clavis crystal / stone.
The main power itself may vary in different characters and the movie itself, as we known like :

 Ryuuji used clavis to attract god of death, when to bring alive her wife, Lisa and also a key that allows entrance into Agartha, the actual underworld featuring the gate between life and death (in Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo / Children Who Chase Stars)
 Mitsuha and Taki switched their bodies in over time (in Kimi no Nawa / Your Name)
 Hina controlled the weather by praying to the god (in Tenki no Ko / Weathering with You)

References: link1, link2.


What is Idepon in Shirobako a reference to? I think this might be a real life reference. Is there a real life counterpart to the Idepon series that is being talked about in shirobako?

It's a reference to an Anime of the early Real Robot genre called Space Runaway Ideon.

Space Runaway Ideon (伝説巨神イデオン Densetsu Kyojin Ideon, lit. Legendary Giant Ideon, also The Ideon) is a 1980 anime television series produced by Sunrise, created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, produced immediately following his most famous work, Mobile Suit Gundam.
[...] At one time it was rated #10 among the greatest anime series as compiled by famous anime magazine Animage (counting popularity, influence, and opinion). On the other hand, the series has never been very popular, even among Japanese mecha fans.
Space Runaway Ideon is a predecessor-of-sorts to Hideaki Anno's Neon Genesis Evangelion and deals with many of the same issues.
[...] Space Runaway Ideon shares a number of similarities to Tomino's Mobile Suit Gundam series. As well as similar initial fates for both series (cancellation followed by films – though Ideon never became a long-running franchise as Gundam did), there are several broad similarities in the make-up of the characters and some reused plot devices. [...]
Wikipedia: Space Runaway Ideon


Questions about nationalities and languages in Death Note In the Death Note 2015 series, some people sometimes speak English. For instance when Raye Penber and Bell talk and when Lind L Tailor comes out on TV, it's in English.

The Death Note anime of course acknowledges the existence of the English language, like in the first episode, when people with English names are written down in the Death Note and when Near says 'Mister' Aizawa, but a lot of English speaking people instead speak Japanese.

So this got me to thinking,

Are L, Mello, Near, Watari, Beyond Birthday et al Western people who just so happen to be fluent in or at least sufficiently speak and understand Japanese?
L once adopted the alias Ryuga Hideki. How would anyone think that a Western-looking person has a Japanese name? Is his cover story that he was adopted by a Japanese family or something?
Are they necessarily British just because Wammy's House is in England?
In general, is there anyway to know for sure what language is being spoken between a Western person and an Eastern person in the Death Note anime? For instance, when Light and L talk, are they talking in Japanese or English? How about when Near and Light talk?

At least for L, his official profile says that he's fluent in Japanese, Chinese, English, German, French and Russian. I wouldn't be surprised if the other high-IQ guys were multilingual as well.
The author says L is quarter Japanese, and since he has black hair and black eyes, introducing L as Japanese shouldn't be that strange, I guess.
Again, at least for L, his profile says he's British (イギリス国籍).
Dunno.


Why isn't Frieza permanently in his golden form? In Dragon Ball Super, Frieza is shown to have surpassed the limitation of his golden form, the stamina drain.

Why isn't he permanently in this form? Is there anything stopping him from doing so?

Using any form of transformation requires some amount of Stamina irrespective of however well you adapt to the form and you master the form.For example, an exhausted Goku or Vegeta, wouldn't be able to turn into a Super Saiyan if their stamina is completely depleted. One good example is in Dragon Ball Super Episode 128, Vegeta's stamina is completely depleted and he isn't even able to turn into a regular Super Saiyan during his fight with Jiren,  which you can see here. And it is obviously fair to say, Goku and Vegeta should have perfect mastery of the Super Saiyan forms by now.Frieza's Golden form is immensely powerful and the stronger the transformation, it wastes greater stamina and usually has a greater toll on the body. Further proof of this is when Frieza fights Cabba. After Frieza turns into his Golden form and completely overwhelms SSJ2 Cabba, he says something along the lines of,  "Spending excess stamina on trash is such a waste", which you can see here.When Frieza mastered the transformation, what he basically did was begin to use the transformation as optimally as he could. In other words, you could compare it to Goku and Vegeta using Super Saiyan Blue as optimally as they can. Even though you could say they have the Super Saiyan Blue transformation mastered, they would rather use the Super Saiyan forms or fight in their base against a weaker opponent than waste excess stamina in a much more powerful form. This is why Frieza only transforms into his Golden Form when he has an opponent who he cannot defeat in his final form.


What is the connection between Cave being nimble and nothing being able to touch her "hitbox"? In Hyperdimension Neptunia Mk. II/Re;Birth 2 - Sisters Generation one of the characters, Cave, was able to nibbly weave though a crowd which kept squeezing and crushing Nepgear and in a Chipper event after that she also pointed out how nothing will touch her "hitbox".

How does these 2 things relate?

Like other characters Cave is a personification of a company, in this case CAVE Interactive Co., Ltd or just CAVE (Computer Art Visual Entertainment).

CAVE Interactive is know for developing Danmaku games, ie. Bullet Hell. the same kind of game the majority of Touhou games are. some of CAVE's Danmaku games are

Mushihimesama Futari

Espgaluda

Bug Princess

in Danmaku games the player normally has a very small hitbox which allows them to squeeze though the tiniest of gaps in the bullet curtain. Cave's mention of her hitbox and her nimble abilities getting through the crowd is a reference to here where the people of the crowd are like the bullets of a bullet curtain.

it's also worth noting that infact it was CAVE which ended up inventing these kind of games from an initial prototype template that initial template that was created by another company that some of CAVE's employees had came from.

  Toaplan's Batsugun (1993) provided the prototypical template for this new breed, with Cave (formed by former employees of Toaplan, including Batsugun's main creator Tsuneki Ikeda, after the latter company collapsed) inventing the type proper with 1995's DonPachi


What's significant about a full moon on the fifteenth? In Joshiraku, Marii enters the room dressed as a Yankee, proclaiming that she's gonna break a load of windows since it's a full moon. Tetora responds with:

What's the significance of the 15th and why would she break a load of windows?

The dialogue here goes:

で、窓硝子はどこだい？
So, where are the windows?
なぜ？
Why do you ask?
壊して回るんだよ。
I'm going to go around breaking them.
魔梨威さん、十五夜と十五の夜は違うから。
Marii, it might be a full moon night, but it's not the fifteenth.

The last quoted line is the one depicted in your screenshot. There's a difficult-to-capture joke in this sequence, which I will nonetheless try to capture below.
Here, 十五夜【じゅうごや】 (character-by-character "fifteen-night") is translated as "full moon night". It literally just means "full moon". This originated as a reference to the lunar calendar, but now is just an ordinary synonym for "full moon".
十五【じゅうご】の夜【よる】 (the same thing with the genitive particle の interposed) is translated as "the fifteenth". A more direct interpretation of this, however, would be "a night at the age of fifteen" (an age when people are prone to "Yankee" antics).1 The joke, then, originates from the fact that 十五の夜 (Juugo no Yoru) is also the name of an 80s song, the debut single of popular singer OZAKI Yutaka, and one that has great affection for the Yankee ideology/ethos. The song's chorus reads:

盗んだバイクで走り出す 行き先も解らぬまま
暗い夜の帳りの中へ
誰にも縛られたくないと 逃げ込んだこの夜に
自由になれた気がした 15の夜

Translated loosely as prose:

Riding the bike I stole, I dash off into the curtains of the dark night, knowing not where I'm headed. I don't want anyone to chain me down as I run off into the night, feeling free at last - the night of the fifteenth.

This is why Tetora's backdrop changes from a full moon (十五夜) to a guy riding a bike when she says 十五の夜.

Alternate possibility (and probably a more likely one): Marii's lines could be a reference to a different Ozaki Yutaka song: 卒業【そつぎょう】 (sotsugyou, "Graduation"; lyrics), which contains the following line:

夜の校舎 窓ガラス壊してまわった
I went around the school building, breaking all the windows.

Note also that Gankyou's line a few seconds later may be related:

つまらない大人にはなりたくないね。
I don't want to become a boring adult.

This is an almost-direct quotation of the penultimate line from the song ガラスのジェネレーション ("Glass Generation"), by SANO Motoharu, on his album "Heart Beat" (lyrics).

つまらない大人には　なりたくない
(same as above, but without the concluding interjectory particle ね)

Notes
For more information about Joshiraku obscurata, see vale's translation notes.
1 This is probably an elision of the construction 十五歳【じゅうごさい】の夜【よる】, and is literary or poetic in nature.