What's up with glowing Naruto? While watching some Naruto fights on YouTube out of context (not seeing previous episodes or movies), I noticed that Naruto now has the ability to (what looks like) catch fire, and give his Nine-Tailed Fox chakra to other people just by touching them.
Now normally, when using his Nine-Tailed Fox chakra, he turns red and stuff, but this time he looked less like a fox, had a robe, and was bright orange instead of red.
I could have sworn I also saw another flaming ninja, but it might have been his clone move.
Anyways, I'd like to know when, how, why, and what this is and how he discovered that power.

This would be the Nine Tailed Fox Cloak that Naruto learned to control just before/during the Fourth (I believe) Great Shinobi War.


What kind of animal is Chiko? The pet of Kyuuta (Ren) is a fluffy ball of hair-like animal. Though Kyuuta thinks and says it is a mouse, I didn't find anything to confirm that Chiko is a mouse.

So what animal (if it is an animal) is Chiko?

Officially, Chiko is a mysterious, small animal.
The official site (Japanese) lists Chiko as,

チコ
九太と【渋谷】の路地裏で出会って以来、いつも一緒に行動している不思議な小動物。
Chiko
A mysterious, small animal that always with Kyuuta after their meeting on a back alley in "Shibuya".
(Emphasis mine)

In contrast, the official site lists some characters with their animal characteristic:

Kumatetsu: Bear (kuma)
Tatara: Old monkey
Hyakushuubou: Slim pig

Out-of-universe, it looks like a Kesaran Pasaran, a Japanese mythical creature (youkai) that looks like a white fluffy furball. While it has many renditions, one of them looks like this:

(Image posted by Ein on Serenes Forums)
PS: I only found Answers.com as the best definition in English, but it doesn't conflict with Japanese Wikipedia.


Where was Shukaku when Naruto was taken to the Bijuus' Deep Psyche? At the start of Naruto's fight with Tobi during the Fourth Shinobi World War, Naruto attempted to remove the chakra stakes from the bodies of the Bijuu (tailed beasts), and was taken into the Bijuus' Deep Psyche, where Bijuus and Jinchirikis were present.

However, the following were missing:

Son Goku, whom Naruto had already met, had been absorbed by Tobi into the Gedo Mazo.
Gyūki, who was still inside Bee.
Shukaku. I have no clue of his whereabouts, and I don't remember he joined the fight. Where was he?

If he had been present there, Naruto could have taken the chakra from Shukaku, and used it for the "tug of war" that he got into later during the Juubi Revival arc.

Shukaku remained sealed in the Gedo Mazo. It was the only Bijuu that Tobi did not reseal into its (reincarnated) former Jinchuriki, for his version of the Six Paths of Pain technique. He needed only six Jinchuriki-Bijuu pairs for this technique, while Akatsuki had sealed seven into the Gedo Mazo, so someone had to be left behind.

Moreover, Shukaku's known former Jinchuriki, Gaara, was still alive. Its previous two Jinchurikis were failed experiments according to Chiyo, so Tobi/Kabuto may have decided it was not worth the trouble trying to reincarnate them with Edo Tensei.

Tobi's version of Six Paths of Pain


When does this image of Shinji Ikari sitting in a folding chair appear? I'm referring to this image:

At the very beginning of episode 25 a very similar image occurs:

However, even after re-watching the final two episodes a few times, I can't find the image.

Is there some specific release of the episodes that the first image occurs in, or does it even not occur in the series at all?

Using WAIT to identify the screen gives us EP#25, 02:31

Preview of the scene can be seen here:
https://whatanime.ga/?url=http://i.stack.imgur.com/ScRR6.jpg

Edit:
Never mind, you meant the first one.
This doesn't seem to appear.


How can I get The Irregular at Magic High School's English-translated novel? I have just finished the anime version of The Irregular at Magic High School and I would really like to read the light novel. I've been trying to find a legal way to do that but to no avail.

I've tried to search for the books in Amazon but typing "Irregular at Magic High School" into the search box didn't really give much (it only shows Volume 1 and Volume 2 of the light novel series but I think it has until Volume 17 now). A simple Google search only resulted in (I assume) unofficial (or illegal) translation of the original Japanese light novel series e.g. its Wikia page.

I am also having a hard time finding updates of translated materials for the light novel i.e. as in which volumes have been translated and which have not. MAL is the only source that I found useful for anime-related stuff, but it doesn't have much info on light novels.

To all masters of anime out there, is there an official site that allows newcomer like me to check about the official English translation updates of Japanese light novel series (especially the novel in this question)? Or is there a website out there that can direct me to the correct place to purchase the book? Thanks!

Yen Press has the license for the light novels. As of this moment, there are exactly zero volumes translated, but volume 1 is scheduled for April, and volume 2 is scheduled for August. I advise you to check their New Releases page for future updates about when they release additional volumes.

There is not really an "official" site for this sort of thing in general, as far as I know. Your best bet is probably to identify the licensor for whichever series you're interested in (check ANN, or just Google), and then look at the licensor's website.

(Yes, this is significantly behind Japan, which is actually at volume 19 as of March 2016. This is perfectly typical for English-language light novel translations. Compared to manga, there is relatively low demand for light novels, and they are relatively more labor-intensive to translate, so, honestly, you're lucky if you can even get a licensor to translate an entire series rather than stopping half-way through.)


Where do the terms "Law of Wheels/Cycles" come from? In Puella Magi Madoka Magica, before Ultimate Madoka's universe, I read that the system where a Magical Girl would become a Witch was referred to as the "Law of Wheels", while after that, the new system and Madoka herself is known as the "Law of Cycles", this term actually being used by Homura and the Incubators in the Rebellion movie.

I am wondering, where did these terms come from? Neither system seems like a wheel/cycle as in neither one does a Magical Girl ever return to normal (the origin).

EDIT: I seem to have made a mistake as Mami may have said "Law of Wheels" in Episode 12 in Ultimate Madoka's Universe, but still it doesn't change my question of where these terms came from.

By interview of Gen Urobuchi, Law of Wheels/Cycles is a folklore talked between Magical Girls.

Following idea is my (and some Japanese anime fan's) guess.

Law of Wheels/Cycles is translated from "円環の理".
理 is principle or reasonable.
I think 円環 is circle or ring instead of Wheels/Cycle.

Madoka is officially written as "まどか", but most Japanese have a name in kanji.
By a naming dictionary,
most common kanji for the name "まどか" is "円"(circle).

By this two facts, I guess 円環 means Madoka.
In the rewritten world, most people forgot about Madoka, but Homura found some affected things from Madoka.
I guess the folklore was named Law of Wheels/Cycle because of such a effect.


Is it true Gilthunder statement about Meliodas and Ban being the strongest nanatsu no taizai members? In OVA 2 of Nanatsu no Taizai, Gilthunder says about Meliodas and Ban, "They arent simple holy knights, it is said the 2 of them are the strongests of The Seven Deadly Sins"

Is this true? I thought Escanor was said to be the strongest. Moreover, the power levels figures which appears for Ban dont look any special (it's said that after the Hunter Festival he's stronger than that, probably higher than a weakened Galand, with this he still could be weaker than several members) , and also if I recall correctly in the first season it's mentioned Diane it's the physically strongest.

Is it true Gilthunder statement about Meliodas and Ban being the strongest nanatsu no taizai members?

The tricky thing with calling someone the strongest in any show is that it is very quickly opinion based. One could say that Escanor is easily the strongest member of the group because he just obliterates everyone he sees. Meliodas has his full-counter move which is also a feature one could use to call him the strongest. Ban is immortal. He litterally can't die. This feature of Ban could be used to argue that he is the strongest member (he also has the whole muscle buff mode thingie).

The point I am trying to make here is that (in the way i see it) Gilthunder believes Meliodas and Ban to be the strongest members based on things he knows/has seen. I don't believe that you should take his statement 100% at face value when it comes to actual power level scaling.


What is this smoking item in Beyond the Boundary? This is set on one of the tables in episode 9/10 and seems to burn inwards, pieces falling off as it goes - creating the spiraled chunks on the plate.

I've never seen anything like this before, is it something that exists outside of the show and what is its purpose?

This is what is commonly known as a "mosquito coil." These are mosquito-repelling incense, in spiral-shaped (this particular shape was popularized in Japan) and made up of a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.
I japan it's called "katori senkou" and it's usually green-ish swirly incense-like item, that you set on light and burn slowly. The smoke/smell that comes from it keeps the mosquito away.

As you may or may not know, just about all chemical repellents and insecticides contain pyrethroid, which is a chemical imitation of Pyrethrin, found in pyrethrum.


Why does Gilgamesh's casual appearance look different in different routes? In the actual Fate Route (after Saber is summoned) we see Gilgamesh in casual attire when he confronts Saber and Shirou before getting into his golden armour. However, in Unlimited Blade Works and before the start of the Fate Route, his casual attire is different, particularly his hair and that he's not wearing earrings.

(left: Unlimited Blade Works; right: Fate)

Now I can understand that in Unlimited Blade Works the reason he doesn't wear his armour when fighting Shirou in the end is in part due to his ego in thinking he won't need it on someone like Shirou. However, I don't think it's his ego which is the cause of his change in appearance.

So I am wondering, why does Gilgamesh's casual appearance look different in these two routes, considering his Unlimited Blade Works appearance was also seen when he was talking to Sakura?

I never play Fate/stay night until the end but know a little, I think it's more like "he has anything in his vault and willing to wear casual clothes, so let's make him stylish" sort kind of thing. Because as I know, other servants don't even wear "normal casual" clothes as much as Gilgamesh, they pretty much always use their astral dress/clothes which is very(?) strong/sturdy (in the case with Saber's dress that can block certain magical attacks).

As for the reason why Gilgamesh wear casual clothes much, I think it's to emphasize his arrogance, I mean he is a king and think himself the most powerful entity in their universe, and mostly because he is ranged-type because most of the time he just throw whatever in his vault, even his strongest weapon Ea isn't melee-type weapon like Lancer's noble phantasm Gae Bolg: barbed spear that pierces with death or even Caster's Rule Breaker or Assassin's Tsubame Gaeshi.


How did Madara pull the Meteor stunt? During the 4th Great Ninja War, Madara caused a supersized meteor to fall on the entire battlefield.

How was this possible? The wiki states that he summoned a meteorite, but that can't be true, he never weaved any signs for summoning, or at least the Susanoo's hand seal does not resemble the ones for summoning.

Can anyone clarify how this happened? Is this a Susano'o-only Jutsu? Or is it more like Madara's Sharingan ocular power?

He used the Rinnegan Deva path to pull the meteor out of space. The Deva path uses push and pull so you can push rocks from the earth to the sky making a black moon, meteor, or meteorite thing whatever. He then uses the pull part to crash it down making chibaku tensei. Maybe he pull the meteor towards earth but it would have destroyed his chakra if he did it so he used some of the susanoo chakra to pull of this stunt.


Did Minoru die because of the Death Notes' new rule or because Ryuk wrote his name in a Death Note? There is a one-shot manga for Death Note that was published on Mangaplus, on February 3th, 2020 (you can read the manga officially here.

In the final scene of this one-shot manga, Minoru Tanaka, the new owner of Death Notes, was selling the Death Note through an auction online and it sold for 1 Quadrilion Yen. The person who bought it was the President of the US at that time. The money will be transferred to the account of every person in Japan that has an account registered with Yotsuba Bank of Japan, 1 billion Yen in each account.

When Minoru gave the Death Note back to Ryuk, Ryuk got yelled at by the King of Shinigami, who said it's forbidden to sell Death Notes to humans. So for the first time, the King of Shinigami added a new rule for Death Note usage:

  A Human who buys or sells the Death Note in the human world will die.
  The seller will die when they receive the money and the buyer will die
  when they receive the Death Note.

This canceled the transaction, but the money was already transferred to every person in Japan that had an account with Yotsuba Bank of Japan. But at the end, Minoru still died when he withdrew the money one month later after he gave up the Death Note's ownership because Ryuk wrote his name in the notebook below Light Yagami's name.

What makes me confused is does Minoru Tanaka die because he withdrew the money since the new rule said "...The seller will die when they receive the money..." or does Minoru Tanaka die because Ryuk wrote his name in his Death Note just like when Light Yagami died? If so, why does Ryuk have to wait for one month and start to write Minoru Tanaka’s name in the Death Note?

Minoru died because of Ryuk, similar to how Yagami Light did.

Through the original Death Note Series Ryuk mentions that when the owners life would come to an end, he would write down the name instead. However, Ryuk has also shown that he is impatient in that sense.

As Minoru has broken the new rule, and obtained his payment Ryuk wrote down his name, as Minoru was set to die anyway.

The One Shot however does not cover whether this new rule would actually kill Minoru off even without a Shinigami writing his name down. However, knowing how Shinigami themselves have also died from breaking the rules set upon them, there is a high likelihood this would have happened non the less. Where I would speculate that the Shinigami King himself would be the one to pass down the punishment for breaking the rules.

  You have lost, Light. Didn't I say in the beginning… when you die, the one who'll write your name down in a notebook will be me. That is… the deal between the Shinigami… and the first human to get their hands on the note in the human world. Once you enter the prison, I don't know when you'll die. It's annoying to wait… Your life is already over. You'll die here. Well, it was good while it lasted… We killed some boredom, didn't we? We did some various and interesting things…” - episode 37


Are there races other than human? In Boku no Hero Academia, there are many people who have a special appearance, different from a human appearance, like Tokoyami for example.

Is this something normal in the world of My Hero Academia where someone can have a different appearance caused by their quirks? Or is it more like in Dragon Ball where there are many races that if someone isn't human, other people see it as okay?

They are quirks. Mostly, transformation quirks. They are human. Though there is a real rat (an animal) character I know. The principal. He was a product of experiments. I don't know if there are other kinds like principal.


What novel does Teshigawara allude to in chapter 2.2 of "Earthbound"? In the spin-off novel Kimi no Na wa. Another Side:Earthbound, chapter 2 takes a look at the events of Kimi no Na wa. from Teshigawara's perspective. The second section of that chapter has him thinking about how he's so fed up with the corruption in Itomori that he just wants to blow the whole place up. Then, this thought occurs to him (on p. 88):

  そういえば、大好きすぎて辛いから、もういっそなくなってしまえ、と思いつめて、どこかの寺に火をつける小説があったはずだ。

  Come to think of it, wasn't there a novel where someone is so deeply in love that it hurts, and gets it in his/her head that he/she should just make it all go away, so he/she sets fire to some temple? [translation mine]

What novel is he referring to here? The description makes it sound like some classic of Japanese literature, which is a thing I don't know much about.

(It is presumably a novel that actually exists, given that all the other allusions so far (Michael Jackson, "Muu" magazine, a few others) have all been to real-world things that exist.)

I believe he is referring to The Temple of the Golden Pavilion by Yukio Mishima.

  The novel is loosely based on the burning of the Reliquary (or Golden Pavilion) of Kinkaku-ji in Kyoto by a young Buddhist acolyte in 1950. The pavilion, dating from before 1400, was a national monument that had been spared destruction many times throughout history, and the arson shocked Japan. The story is narrated by Mizoguchi, the disturbed acolyte in question, who is afflicted with a stutter, and who recounts his obsession with beauty and the growth of his urge to destroy it.


How was Future Okabe sure that Kurisu's death wasn't a convergence point that would inevitably happen? We saw in the VN that when Okabe tried to completely isolate Mayuri from danger, she would simply die of a heart attack. So why was future Okabe so sure that it was possible to save Kurisu? Her death could very well have been a convergence point like in Mayuri's case.

HEAVY STEINS;GATE 0 SPOILERS, IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE VN, DON'T READ THIS!

The answer is not that simple, but here it is in a nutshell:

   In the story of 0, Okabe somehow finds himself in 2036. But, as we know, in the Beta attractor field, he was supposed to die in 2025 no matter what. So, him being in 2036 shouldn't be possible at all. However, after being endlessly tortured by a certain someone, he essentially became brain dead. Later, Daru got hold of Okabe's body, which was still functioning. Without letting anyone find out, Daru and a few other labmems maintained Okabe's body in a hidden facility all the way to the point where they could find Okabe's digitized memories that were saved before. The memories were found in 2036 and loaded back into Okabe's body. Okabe was able to walk the (very much destroyed) earth in 2036. He was alive.

So, THE WORLD WAS DECEIVED. And this is why Okabe knew Kurisu could be saved:

   he himself was alive when he was destined to die years before.

That meant that there was a way to save Kurisu, too. Daru deceived the world, so Okabe decided that he will deceive the world, too.


In which anime characters fight using top-toy like objects? The anime is more or less like Pokemon. Except in matches instead of Pokemon, the characters use objects that look like top-toys and while the top-toy-like object spins, spirit-like creatures come out of it, Which anime is this?

Sounds like you are talking about beyblade.

From Wikipdia:

  Beyblade, known in Japan as Explosive Shoot Beyblade (爆転シュートベイブレード Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo?), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki in order to promote sales of spinning tops called "Beyblades"

(emphasis mine)

Here is a picture of one of the main characters holding a beyblade (taken from fanpop):


What song plays when Kaguya asks Lelouch "what are you really after?" at the UFN meeting at Ashford in 22nd episode of season 2, at timemark 16:10? It plays for some time when Lelouch is trapped inside the geass countermeasure walls, a few moments after Kaguya's image appears on the TV screen inside the dome before Lelouch, and she asks him "What are you really up to, treacherous Emperor Lelouch?" and continues until Xingke offers Lelouch to either break up the empire or limit his votes. It has a sort of quiz timer feeling to it.
I've searched for it for ages on youtube

I found it finally, it's called Birthplace and I found it after a long time of unsuccessful consumption of code geass music. I decided to, perhaps ironically, attempt to look it up by looking at the names at the Code Geass Wiki, in hopes what a theme of the title will match the required song. It's not on youtube, so I could not possibly have known of it's existense before, and I did relatively less research on other sites, the wiki helped here.
The moment I was looking for actually begins at 0:22 second timemark if you listen to the OST, unexpectedly. It's actually the same song that plays before and after the marked scene, when UFN member discuss whether they were right in trapping Lelouch in the walls, and when Lelouch asks Kaguya what is the most important trait for governing the world. It's one of these "composite" Code Geass OSTs


Anime set in the future where naturally born and artifically created humans coexist Some years back, I've seen this anime at a friend's place ...

I was about a city in the future where "pure" (naturally born) humans were only a few and the rest were created artificially, I don't remember if this was the case about the entire world or just located in one geographical point.

What I do remember is that the city was ruled by a council of old men (naturally born humans), that one day decided to give the artificially created humans the ability to procreate and thus to actually kill the entire remaining naturally born humans.

Probably it was about the entire world...

And I think I'm getting a bit confused here but, I think in this anime there was in the 1st episode a car that wasn't using wheels like any other, but was hovering instead.

And this anime didn't have the gloomy feeling like ergo proxy... it was rather busy and filled with life (the city at least)...

It could be that the water level had risen but I'm not sure...

Toward the Terra 2007 remake: "Under the rule of Superior Dominance all humans are born in vitro and given to carefully selected parents".


Are Mikasa and Levi the only two Ackermans alive? Supposedly the Ackerman were a clan, so at some point there must have been many of them, and we knew Kenny who died during the series. But what about other members?
Are Mikasa and Levi the only two Ackermans alive?

As quoted at attackontitanwiki

Only two known members are left.

It looks like only Mikasa and Levi are alive
Also, some other members are listed here


What was Eren's vision about? I can't believe I missed this three times. I went back to the beginning of AoT in episode 1 and noticed these scenes that occurred at the beginning of the episode. Eren is having some type of daydream or nightmare before waking suddenly with Mikasa leaning over him. Here are the still shots of it.

What exactly were these visions? Were they some type of compressed/hidden memories? What was the farm house we saw? I am also pretty sure this wasn't in the anime but manga answers are welcome also. ;)

Note: I couldn't find a video link to give but there is a animated GIF version of it that I made here. Also helpful but it is quite easy to see the scene if you want to since it occurs straight after the opening of AoT in episode 1.

I agree with @Maroon. It's basically just a foreshadowing dream/bad feeling he had which combined his existing knowledge with his aspirations/dreams.

However he does have legitimate flashbacks/dreams he doesn't know anything about later in the show/manga and discovering what it all means is part of the plot. He also keeps dreaming about a "female" he doesn't know.  His memory is hazy, and there are

   the lost 3 years when his father experimented on him

which I feel they will reveal over time. He also probably has memories/dream issues associated with

   being the controller

though it wasn't revealed if he became that

   during the 3 year break or was like that before,

which could impact whether his dreams were induced by or related to it.


Why weren't Puck and Emilia surprised when Subaru called out Emillia's spirit to protect her in episode 3? Why weren't Puck and Emilia surprised when Subaru called out Emillia's spirit to activate the crystal shield?

After Subaru returned after his death, he hadn't made any contact with those two, Puck and Emilia, whatsoever. In that situation, how come Emilia never asked about how Subaru knew what her spirit companion's (Puck) name was and for how long it could stay active/on duty.

It is discuss by Emilia and Pack in the after event of the fight with Elsa (Chibi Short 3). Where Emilia ask Pack how come he respond to Subaru call and ask if they knew each other. Pack answer with a no but hearing his name being shouted upon cause him to be quickly summoned to aid Emilia.

Pack also answer that Subaru was sincerely just there to aid her noticing no sign of malevolent and ill intent on Subaru. and if he ever did, Pack will annihilate Subaru himself.


Why does the use of CGI in anime seem unrealistic as compared to other western animations? In recent times more and more series are animated with CGI, mostly a combination of 3D objects with 2D illustrations. For example, Berserker in Fate/Zero.

More recent examples include Ajin and Kingdom, etc. God Eater also used CGI techniques for animation. However, except for a few scenes, I always feel the movement of objects is slow, unsteady and frankly quite unrealistic. Take an example of sword fights in Kingdom and let's say something like Bleach (not the overall animation, just some action sequences). Though both require suspension of disbelief the ones in Kingdom are way below.

Comparing this to many western animations we can see they do a great job with 3D animation. Why is this a problem in anime? Is it related to costs or the decision to use lower fps or something else?

If by western animation, you mean movies made by studios like Pixar, the major factors in play is the budget and technical expertise. Budget-wise, Pixar has a $200 million budget for "Finding Dory":

Budget numbers are usually pretty hard to come by for anime but there's been some research on the matter by the Media Development Research Institute. At this link, it breaks down the budget for a 30 minute timeslot anime episode, which really boils down to about 21-22 minutes minus the commercials and OP/ED.

  Original work - 50,000 yen ($660)
  Script - 200,000 yen ($2,640)
  Episode Direction - 500,000 yen ($6,600)
  Production - 2 million yen ($26,402)
  Key Animation Supervision - 250,000 yen ($3,300)
  Key Animation - 1.5 million yen ($19,801)
  In-betweening - 1.1 million yen ($14,521)
  Finishing - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)
  Art (backgrounds) - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)
  Photography - 700,000 yen ($9,240)
  Sound - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)
  Materials - 400,000 yen ($5,280)
  Editing - 200,000 yen ($2,640)
  Printing - 500,000 yen ($6,600)

Even if we lop all of the production plus animation and photography, that's still maybe around $100k of budget for 22 minutes. Compare that to Pixar's average budget for "Finding Dory" of maybe $500k per minute.

The other thing is the expertise of these studios. Pixar has been, for quite some time now, the top studio for 3d CGI. Their movies are almost entirely CGI and they've got over 600 employees. Most Japanese studios don't have anywhere close to this level of technical expertise and skill, or the size of an organization that can pump out this kind of work consistently and regularly. Probably an apt comparison would be Japanese animation studios vs animation studios in China.

Some other factors to consider:

Since there's a lot of mix between traditional 2d vs 3d modelled CGI, the CG can stand out a lot more. Even if it is done in a very high quality, it's still noticeable. Compare it to shows/movies that are entirely 3d modelled, where even if the modelling/textures isn't all that great, the consistency makes it appear to look better eventhough the CGI isn't that good.
Time constraints, though not so much for movies and OVA, a weekly release schedule for anime episodes doesn't leave a lot of time for a modest CGI team (or an outsourced firm) to create the work, send it in for review, any integration work, anything that gets sent back to get redone, repeat, etc.
To some degree, there's a notion of "good enough", especially when we're comparing 24 minute long anime episodes to a Pixar movie. If the episode isn't over budget, it's finished on time, it looks decent, then it's probably "good enough" and the average viewer, though the CGI is noticeable and acknowledging its quality, won't find it that unexpected. Keep in mind that CGI in anime has improved quite a bit since it was first more widely used.

As for why they use CGI at all? The biggest reason (though I can't seem to find any sources to cite) is probably that it costs less, though that sounds like irony. The idea is that doing "ok looking" CGI and making the subject matter (or action) look a bit more realistic is cheaper than spending a lot of artists trying to make the same subject matter look better (or in most cases, just as good) completely by hand. If you're going to have a mecha show where there are hundreds of mechs that all look exactly the same, it's probably cheaper to just model it as opposed to having someone draw them all. If there's going to be a lot of panning, rotating camera shots, it's easier to model the subject and just move the camera as opposed to hand drawing the subject to imitate such movement.


Who are Rogue and Sting and when were they first revealed? My friend is really into Fairy Tail and I watched a really good fight from it with Rogue and Sting vs Natsu and Gajeel. But he said that he didn't know who Rogue and Sting were. So I was wondering who they are and when they first showed up.

Rogue and Sting are members of the Sabertooth guild. They make their debut at the start of the Grand Magic Games arc, in anime episode 151 (Title: Sabertooth) and manga chapter 258 (Title: Sabertooth). Rogue is a Shadow Dragon Slayer, while Sting is a Light Dragon Slayer.


Can Blackbeard consume more than one Devil Fruit? Can Blackbeard consume more than just one Devil Fruit? If yes, then what is the upper limit?

When he reaches the maximum number of Devil Fruits, can he change them, i.e. can he lose one of the Devil Fruits to consume a new one?

I think he used the same technique that dr vega punk used to creat (lasso, an Frankfurt) he must have place the fruit in his rings some how to been able to use 2 devil fruits. With that being said BB technically only has one devil fruit in his body an he place the other one in his rings on his hands.


Is there any anime series of Dragon Ball after Dragon Ball GT? I am a great fan of Dragon Ball, and I have watched almost every series and movies of Dragon Ball. However, I'm not sure if there is any other series after Dragon Ball GT.

There is no anime series of Dragon Ball after Dragon Ball GT.
Dragon Ball Kai has no independent story but is basically the story of Dragon Ball Z itself.

Instead of an anime series, the movie Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods was released which is in official continuity with Dragon Ball Z and therefore, before the events of Dragon Ball GT.

This year (2015) the sequel to Battle of Gods - Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection 'F' will be released.

Update

A new anime series Dragon Ball Super is going to be aired from July 2015 onwards. It's story will pick up after the events of Resurrection 'F'.

Since the story of Dragon Ball Z has taken a significant turn by introducing the Super Saiyan God ability and other plot events, the fate of Dragon Ball GT is left hanging in the balance. At this minute, there is no official word about whether it will still exist in the continuity of the Dragon Ball Universe or not.


Who is the Earth Bender in the OP? In the opening of Avatar: The Last Airbender when we see Benders of each element we see that

Air = Aang
Fire = Azula
Water = Pakku

but i don't seem to recall who the Earth Bender is. they look too manly to be Toph and loo too young and sane to be Boomi. so i am wondering who is this Earth Bender

His name is Sud

Just compare this images

btw he was the first result in google search :)


Why does Konoha have only 1 tailed beast? While others have 2 considering 1st hokage distributed it to other villages.

It doesn't make sense to give other villages to have advantage of having more power. I haven't read manga so have no clue if it's been addressed somewhere.

Their power levels are not equal. Nine-tails power level is equal to every other tailed beast combined. It is stated in no plainer words. However, a beast's power is not determined by the number of tails it has, e.g. two- through eight-tails have a comparable power level.

Check this out for more info.


Is a talisman still usable if the Tree of Genesis is destroyed? In Zetsuen no Tempest we encounter Hakaze bestowing talismans that make you a substitute mage/magician, although this has some limits due to the fact that unlike a real mage, it eventually becomes unusable, and requires a blessing of some type from Hakaze Kusaribe before it can be used.

Because it stores the power of the Tree of Genesis in it, would it still be usuable even after the Tree of Genesis is destroyed? I was thinking that the talismans are almost like batteries and could possibly be used even after the Tree of Genesis is destroyed.

No, the talismans will not work.

It's stated at the end of the story that all magic in the world disappeared along with the Trees.

As for why this happens, it's because of how magic works (described in Chapter 3 of the manga, pages 17-18). When a mage uses magic, their powers are being borrowed directly from a Tree. None of the mages ever have their own magical power.

Basically, talismans are conduits, not batteries. Any magical power that's being stored would still be owned by the Tree of Genesis until it's actually used, with the talisman acting as a conduit between the Tree of Genesis and the person whose skin is touching the talisman.

To give a relatable example: It'd be like if you (the mage) went out and got a refillable Visa card (the talisman) and then put some money (magical power) on it in case of an emergency. The Visa card is "storing" your money, and anyone can use it as long as you're there to sign for it (the mage's voice activation). However, if Visa (the Tree of Genesis) suddenly ceases to exist one day, your Visa card is completely worthless, and all the money it was storing will be gone forever.

This was alluded to near the beginning of the manga, when Hakaze had to ask the Tree of Genesis for power in order to use the talisman to find Aika's killer (chapter 2, page 21 in the manga).

Later (chapter 3, page 18), Hakaze explains that talismans still require voice activation, because the Tree of Genesis won't supply its magical power unless the mage asks for it verbally. It's explained that the main characters are able to use the worn talismans without Hakaze's voice because Hakaze verbally asked the Tree of Genesis for that magical power ahead of time, and then asked for the given power to be activated when the wearer of the talisman invokes it mentally.

So unfortunately for them, the characters of Zetsuen no Tempest won't have the ability to use magic anymore, with or without talismans.


Whats is the theme from Attack on titan when Erwin talks with the judge? Do you guys know the name of the theme that plays in the background of the court scene when Erwin talks with the judge?

That's from the track called 'Female Titan Extermination' or 'Megata Kyojin Kuchiku'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Vs2beUh3k8&list=PLpI7ls08WIzjkLd13vWnKSbIhcpPiybOT&index=11


Anime series about a main character gaining power from blue blob on his arm I'm looking for the title of an anime I've watched several years ago (I think the anime should be from 5 to 10 years ago). I don't remember much about it, just a few scenes from the first episodes. I think it was some short anime series (12 to 26 episodes).

I remember the main character getting his power form something like a blue blob that wrapped around his arm (making it somehow looks like Chad's arm from Bleach).

There were also other people getting powers (or weapons I don't remember) in a similar way. In particular I remember a fight with an evil guy in a park who was trying to kill random people there.

The story was set up more or less in the present.

You might be looking for Ayakashi (2007, 12 episodes).

  Adapted from the 2005 adults-only superhuman battle action visual novel game Ayakashi. Ayakashi is a parasite life force that gives superpowers to its host, taking in return the host's entire life force. Kusaka Yuu is a student that lost his will to live after the death of a dear childhood friend, until the day a mysterious girl, named Yoake Eimu, appears. From that moment on, his life would never be the same again. Hunted by Ayakashi and their hosts, the power within Yuu awakens and a never ending battle begins.

Yuu KUSAKA in his OP mode.

In episode 2, an evil guy killed many random people in a park and harmed Yuu's classmate in order to provoke him and awaken his powers. He got totally pwned by the enraged protagonist.


Why did Yoshihiro Togashi recycle designs from Yu Yu Hakusho for his characters in Hunter x Hunter? Although Gon doesn't look similar by facial design, he is similar to the green schemes that Yusuke has, and his hair color is similar.

Killua is similar to Hiei's demeanor.

Both Kurapika and Kurama have androgynous appearances

Personalities are similar.

As you can see from these comments by me, @seijitsu, and @eha1234, there's a considerable amount of skepticism over how "recycled" these designs really are.

  Me: Personally, I don't think the characters in this question even
  look that similar, not compared to Ken Akamatsu's Naru and Asuna, or
  the Ai Yazawa and Naoko Takeuchi characters that seijitsu mentioned in
  regard to the "same faces" question.

  eha1234: Yusuke and Gon have very different personalities and I think
  the green scheme is only present in the anime - the manga is black and
  white. Hiei and Killua's demeanour isn't the same. Killua, when
  relaxed, is quite playful whilst Hiei is silent. They've both got
  tragic pasts though. Many of Togashi's characters have androgynous
  appearances, especially in Hunter x Hunter: Kalluto Zoldyck and Pitou
  for example. I would say although the character designs are similar in
  some respects, they're all unique and different too.

  seijitsu: Yuusuke does arguably wear a green seifuku in the manga, but
  otherwise I agree with eha1234 that the characters' personalities are
  not very similar and with Torisuda that the characters do not look
  very similar.

If Yusuke and Gon both had hair which was a particular shade of periwinkle only expressible in the CMYK color space, I might agree that the similarity was significant, but black hair doesn't quite make it. You can see characters which are much more similar in appearance in seijitsu's answer to "Why do anime and manga use the same faces?". And if having multiple characters with androgynous appearances constitutes recycling, then all shoujo artists have been recycling the same male character design at least since the 1990s. If anything, Togashi is doing better than many mangaka at not recycling character designs, as eha1234 points out.

There are answers to the question "Why would a mangaka recycle the characters' visual appearances?" over at "Is it common for mangaka to maintain the same character design between different titles?", so I'll focus on the personality issue. At this point we're really talking about writing, which cuts across all media. If you follow the works of individual writers of any medium—literature, manga, Western graphic novels, visual novels—you'll notice that it's quite common for writers to have characters with similar personalities across several works. For example:

Stephen King often has a tough, brassy guy who swears a lot that everyone looked up to; he also likes to have a kid or intellectually disabled man with psychic powers.
Gen Urobuchi likes to have an idealistic character whose ideals are a little too rigid, and slowly destroy everything the character believed in before sending them to a miserable death (Sayaka in Madoka and Kariya Matou in Fate/Zero). I asked a question about whether the similarities between another pair of Urobuchi characters was intentional.
Ken Akamatsu had three manga starring an energetic, caring, somewhat tsundere girl with thick eyebrows (Cindy in AI ga Tomaranai, Naru in Love Hina, Asuna in Negima). Two of these manga (AI and Love Hina) also had a young blonde troublemaker, and two of them (Love Hina and Negima) had a shy and quiet girl with short hair and a secret, passionate crush on the main character.

There are lots of reasons why writers do this. Sometimes it's because of a theme that cuts across all of their work. Sometimes the character represents some portion of the author's personality that keeps seeping into their work. Sometimes the author wants to put similar characters into very different situations and see how this changes things. I haven't read or watched Hunter x Hunter, but from what I understand it's more lighthearted than Yu Yu Hakusho; perhaps Togashi wanted to explore how similar characters would behave in a more lighthearted story. From what eha1234 says in the comment quoted above, there are also some quite profound differences in personality between the Yu Yu Hakusho characters and the Hunter x Hunter characters; it's possible the purported similarities are a complete coincidence. We can't know exactly unless Togashi stated in an interview somewhere why he did it, or whether he even intended to do it.

Of course, in a visual medium like manga, if the writer reuses a certain personality, it often makes sense to give that character a similar appearance as well, because appearance and personality are closely related in anime and manga.


What's the difference between the Full Moon wo Sagashite manga and anime? I read a lot of the Full Moon wo Sagashite manga a few years ago and recently started watching the anime. It's been so long since I read the manga that I can't tell how much is different, but I remember my friend telling me a few years ago that they are very different.

Is there a lot of filler in the anime? Is the plot/story significantly different?

Please mark any spoilers as corresponding to either the manga or anime so those who have only seen one or the other don't get spoiled if they don't want to.

(If my friend was blatantly wrong and they are pretty darn close, I apologize and don't mind having the question closed.)

Here are the differences, there might be some spoilers. (If you know the story and you think something is a spoiler, please let me know in a comment so I can fix it).

Anime: Mitsuki claims to be called FullMoon during the audition.
Manga: This happens in another moment.

   In the Manga, Meroko's past is revealed: When alive her name was Moe and she was Mitsuki's grandma's best friend. She killed herself believing her friend had accepted the marriage proposal by the guy she was in love with.
 In the Anime, nothing is revealed except something about her Shinigami past, next to Izumi whom she loved.

   In the Manga, also Izumi Rio's past is revealed: When alive his name was Lio. He had a hard childhood. His father died when he was still very young, while his mother went crazy for the suffering and started to mistreat him, despising him and accusing him to be the reason why her new man left her. For this reason, in order to see his mother smile again, he kills himself being run over by a train.
 Farther in the Manga, we discover that Izumi's vision of his past is slightly wrong...

Manga: Fullmoon single is "Angel".
Anime: It's "Myself" by Myco (singer and Fullmoon's voice).
Fullmoon's second song Eternal Snow (always sung by Myco in the Anime only). The history of the carillon, that contains the song's melody, written by Aoi for Mitsuki and that the girl finds in a closet outside of the house (where her grandma locks her for punishment), is told by Takuto when he regains his memory.

   Anime: Another difference about Eternal Snow, appeared in the anime only, is the challenge with Madoka who, after a snitch, decides to make her debut too using the same song. Mitsuki feels sad about this since the song was written by her father and so it belonged to the Route L. But Takasu-san, the producer, refuses to produce it and worse, decides to produce Madoka in its place. So Ooshige and Fullmoon end up being without a producer. Ooshige is however a Route L's fan and so he askes Wakaouji to produce this song. He initially refuses, because he swore to stop having any relation with music. In the Anime Mitsuki runs away but she comes back after a day.
 Manga: Something similar happens in the manga, where a song, written by Mitsuki is then found and sung by Madoka because of Izumi. The song's name is "Princess Marmeid". Furthermore, Wakaouji is not contacted by Ooshige, rather he spontaneously proposes himself as Mitsuki's producer, since he was searching her that ran away from her house. In the manga she doesn't come back until almost the end.

   Manga: Takuto Kira, the Shinigami, "dies" jumping from the hospital's roof, seeing by Wakaouji. Takuto Kira received a surgery to his vocal chors, because of a cancer. They are removed and since he lost his voice and cannot sing anymore, this brings him to kill himself.
 Anime: When the throats problem is found out, Takuto rides a bike as fast as possible, deciding not to turn at a bend he encounters.

   Manga: When Takuto was alive, he had a girlfriend named Hikari, a beautiful model, that will meet Mitsuki too.

   Anime: Meroko is promoted from Shinigami to Angel.

Another big difference is about Eichi-kun (huge spoilers):

   He was Mitsuki's first love.
 Anime: He dies two months after he arrived to America. Mitsuki knows nothing about his death and will find out during her trip to America, when she decides to visit him along with Ooshige, Wakaouji, Takuto and Meroko.
 Manga: She knows about his death but she refuses it, so she talks as if he was still alive. This reactions sprouts from her feeling guilty because of the lack of reaction when he confessed his love for her, after kissing her.
 In the manga, this guilty feeling is much stronger and dramatic than the anime's, this is because she runs away after they kiss, the day before he went to America, while in the anime the kiss is not shown.

There are more differences in the Wikipedia page. If you want I can include them.


Who is stronger, Asta or Noelle Silva? I just want to know: who is stronger? Based out of these two since they are in the league of learning new type of control magic. That's why

If you didn’t watch the captain Yami and Asta fighting with Dante (one of the most powerful out of the Dark Triad), don’t read this becuse this has some spoilers. This also has spoilers about The queen of the heart kingdom, Noelle, and the bird on astas head vs Megicula (the weakest one of Dark Triad)
Alright so,
Asta and captain yami are both arcane stage (the highest level).
The queen of the heart kingdom is arcane stage, as well as Noelle and Secre (the bird that is always on Astas head) Noelle, The bird, and the queen of the heart kingdom all lost the battle against Megicula even when Megicula was one of the weakest one of the dark triad since she can only go up to 70%
Asta and Captain Yami won the battle against Dante. As I have said before, Dante is one of the strongest of the dark triad because him and Zenon can go up to 80%.  I don’t know how much Astas devil possessed hand him, but remember that even when Noelle, the queen of of the heart kingdom, and the bird were all arcane stage which means that they have the equal power of asta and captain Yami, they all still lost to Migicula which in turn was one of the weakest of the dark triad. Which leads me to think that Asta is clearly stronger than Noelle.
You can see all of this in the black clover Manga/anime.
Source where you can get the manga: https://www.viz.com/black-clover
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Does Durarara have NSFW scenes? I wanted to know if Durarara!! has NSFW scenes because I am thinking in watch the show in my tv in the living room. It would be very embarrassing if someone enters the room in the wrong time.

Not sure if you're counting with Durarara x2, but as far as I remember, there's at least on scene less appropriate to see in public ( with public, I mean not covered ). It's not anything showing off, but rather some actions between two characters.


What caused Ruka to change? What caused

   Ruka to become a girl?

In episode 8, they jokingly try to alter

   Ruka's gender to make her a girl

with a D-Mail, but what they do is scientifically crude and unlikely to do anything.

Then, they send another D-Mail which

   changes Akihabara drastically

and it is after this change that Okabe discovers that Ruka has changed.

I thought it was the latter D-Mail that caused Ruka to change because it was the D-Mail directly before the change was realized, when people started behaving as if Ruka was

   a girl all along.

However, when this latter D-Mail, which had an effect on the city,

   is cancelled out,

Ruka is still

   a girl.

Was it the former or latter D-Mail that caused Ruka to change?

Relevant episodes:

Episode 8

   D-Mail sent to change Ruka's gender. Likely a failure as it just told Ruka's mother to change her diet.

Episode 9

   Faris's unknown D-Mail which changes Akihabara.

Episode 10

   Okabe discovers Ruka's gender change, spurred by how people treat her as a girl.

Episode 17

   Okabe reverts Akihabara to its prior state.

Episode 18

   Okabe has to revert Ruka to a boy.

It was the D-Mail Ruka sent that changed Ruka to a girl.

When Okabe sees Ruka, he doesn't realize Ruka has in fact become a girl. He only realizes after Faris' D-Mail that Ruka has become a girl.

Also to support this, Faris' D-Mail wasn't sent that long back to have affected Ruka's gender, as Ruka was born well before Faris' D-Mail was sent.


What references to psychology exist in Evangelion? I've noticed from time to time, references to psychology and psychoanalysis, for example the ironic Hedgehog's Dilemma, as well as the Human Instrumentality Project, which seems just a solution to a fundamental psychological human flaw. Even the last two episodes are a complete psychological de-construction of the main characters.

What another references, maybe even implied ones, exist in the Series? Why the focus, especially on psychoanalysis?

What another references, maybe even implied ones, exist in the Series?
Wikipedia's page on the series covers this pretty well. It states that its references range from episodes' titles ("Mother Is the First Other", as a reference to the Oedipus complex) to the characters' deep psychological traumas towards their parents (see the Wikipedia page for details on each character's traumas).
It also states that the ultimate goal of the Human Instrumentality Project and the connection between the Evas and their pilots strongly resemble Freud's theories on internal conflict and interpersonal communication.
The subtitle in episode 4 (the hedgehog's dilemma, as you referenced) is a concept described by philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer and is mentioned in that episode by Misato as descriptive of her relationship with Shinji.
Wikipedia goes on to say that besides the references to Freudian Psychoanalysis there are also some minor references to the theories behind Gestalt therapy.

  In episode 15 there is a reference to Gestalt's theory of change (...). Episode 19 is entitled 'Introjection', a psychoanalytical term used by many Gestalt Therapists to indicate a neurotic mechanism used for the mental processing of experiences.

Why the focus, especially on psychoanalysis?
The series has been said to be a deeply personal expression of Hideaki Anno (the author)'s personal struggles, since it followed a four-year period of depression, which may have been the main source for many of the psychological elements of the series, as well as its characters.
Wikipedia states that the author became disappointed with the Japanese otaku lifestyle during the show's production. For this reason (among others), despite the fact that it was broadcast in the children's timeslot, the series' plot gets darker and more psychological as it progresses.

  Anno felt that people should be exposed to the realities of life at as young an age as possible, and by the end of the series all attempts at traditional narrative logic were abandoned, with the final two episodes taking place within the main character's mind.

In the author's page on Neon Genesis Evangelion Wiki, there is also this quote:

  I tried to include everything of myself in Neon Genesis Evangelion—myself, a broken man who could do nothing for four years.  A man who ran away for four years, one who was simply not dead. Then one thought. "You can't run away," came to me, and I restarted this production. It is a production where my only thought was to burn my feelings into film.


When can Overhaul reassemble a living organism? Supposedly Overhaul can bring back from death to people by reassembling their broken biological parts. But in the animated series he said to the league of villains he owed them an arm of their own people, since he took off Mr Compress's arm, but he never tried to re-assemble his arm when theorically he might be able to do it?

When can Overhaul reassemble a living organism?

Overhaul can use his quirk whenever his hands touch the specific thing he wants to disassemble or assemble, including living organism.

   In the past, when he recruited Kendo Rappa, a heavily experienced brawler, into the Shie Hassaikai, Kendo proposed that, in order to gain his servitude, Overhaul has to defeat him in battle. But just as Kendo prepared an attack, the Yakuza leader effortlessly disassembled, then reassembled Kendo.

This means that he can reassemble any living organism that he touches back to it's former state, although the series didn't point out if there is a time limit for reassembling "living" things giving that organisms die after a short time.

So I am inclined to believe that he can reassemble living organism in the short span of time that they are "alive". For exemple, if Mr Compress's wound would heal then it could not be reassembled anymore.


What is the power order of the Straw Hats? I know it's quite difficult but I'd like to know the power level order between the Straw Hats. Currently I am assuming that the order is something like this:

Luffy
Zoro
Sanji

I'm aware from place 4 onward it gets really difficult, but maybe some hints exist. For example, Oda said that Usopp's current power equal that of Zoro before time skip. That would be a good example of a great hint.

Some measurements could be the opponents they have faced, their individual power, devil fruits and for those that have it, their haki.

This is after the dressrosa arc:

The bounties are a good representative of the strength of each member of the strawhat crew.

The only odd ones are Sanji, Usopp and Chopper.

Chopper because he is viewed as a pet instead of a full member
Sanji because he didn't participate that much and Usopp because he was said to be the one who instigated everything but that was wrong.

So for power range according to posters (with dismissing odd things):

Luffy
Zoro
Sanji
Nico Robin
Franky
Brooke
Usopp
Chopper
Nami

Usopp, Chopper and Nami are also called the weak trio so saying those three are the weakest is a pretty good assumption.


Why are almost all anime episodes 20 minutes long? Why are all animes around 20 minutes long? Sometimes less or more due to the opening and ending, and some recap from last episodes...etc, but it's always around 20 minutes.

Why is that?

Presumably it's to fit into the standard 30 minute time slot allocated for the show.

20 min. episode
3 min. OP + ED (90 seconds each)
Commercials

And it's about 30 minutes.


Is Doraemon supposed to end in volume 6? In sixth volume, in last chapter it shows that

  Doraemon goes to the future and didn't come back again. The chapter shows how Nobita trying his best to do anything without Doraemon, he got beaten with Giant and still refuse to call Doraemon. Doraemon find him still fighting Giant and help him to get home. It end with Nobita looking at his desk, where Doraemon come at the first time through his drawer. His drawer become a regular drawer without Doraemon's Time Machine.

This is the picture of that chapter

With that, it looks like Doraemon is supposed to end at volume 6. But we know that it didn't happen because it still continue and they didn't make an ending for Doraemon.

So, is Doraemon manga series are suppose to end at sixth volume or it just another story from Doraemon?

Doraemon returns in the next chapter in the next volume.

The regular manga has 45 volumes. The Plus manga has 5.


How does Koro-sensei fly? I am latest in the manga chapter. So I know the history behind Koro-sensei. But I wonder how can he fly? I mean, I know he is super fast. But being fast doesn't mean you can fly. And he don't have any psychic or esper powers to levitate or fly.

He may be fast to run in the air or something like that. But when he is flying he is not upright, he is laying down like super man.

He may also use his tentacles as propulsion, but as seen whenever he is flying it seems his tentacles are just there.

How Koro-sensei can fly has never been mentioned in the manga or the anime, so I can only explain it based on my inferences from the manga.

Koro-sensei has been referred to as an octopus on multiple occasions in the anime and the manga (eg episode 10 at around 10:40 in the anime).
So it is fair to assume that Koro-sensei's body behaves like an octopus.

When you read about the locomotive system in octopi and the like, it's a jet propulsion system that they use to move around in water. Koro-sensei should be able to use similar methods in the air. As all his cells are tentacles1 and he can freely control his tentacles2, Koro-sensei should be able to fly with a jet propulsion system like the octopus.

1 Chapter 140, page 14.
2 Chapter 137, page 17.


How did they put Shiryu in his cage? In the Impel Down Arc, it was said that Shiryu (also known as Shiryu of the Rain) is on par with Magellan in terms of strength. How did they put Shiryu in his cage if he is on equal strength with the Chief Warden Magellan?

From One Piece Wikia:

  His strength is also said to be equal to the Chief Warden Magellan. However, since Magellan's work hours are limited by his diarrhea, Shiliew was considered more dangerous. Despite this, Magellan was still able to suppress Shiliew and place him in a cell in Level 6.

So you are right about their strength. But I could imagine that they trapped him, or Magellan asked an Admiral for support.

About their strength: I believe Shiryu has no chance against Magellan, because of his Venom-Venom Fruit. He just has to hit him a few times, or maybe just once to poison him and that would be Shiryu's end.


Does Ban feel any pain? Everytime he receive fatal blows his reaction looks like he’s in pain but when he fought the needle guy of the six knights of black even having a needle throughout his body he still able to defeat his enemy by hugging it to death disregarding the needles throughout his body.

Does the fountain of youth had the ability to make the wielder immune to pain?

Yes, he feels pain, but most of the time he tends to enjoy it especially when he fights the captain. See season 2 episode 2 which was named "Futari no Ken'ka Matsuri".


What is Azula doing differently which causes her fire to be Blue? When Azula does her firebending the flames are blue rather than red/orange that every other firebender has. we know that the fire is only blue when it''s came from her firebending as when she is fighting Aang and Zuko in that abandoned town (shortly after Toph joins when Appa is molting) she uses her firebending to set the walls of a building of fire but the flames are only blue for a moment and return to the normal colour.

So i am wondering what Azula is doing differently with her Firebending to make her flames blue?

So I'm going to get all physics-y here, but bear with me.

Thinking in terms of real world physics, some flames will burn blue depending in what it is that you're burning. Certain elements burn blue, other burn green, etc. The reason for this is a little bit long, so I won't write it here. This wouldn't be the case with Azula, since we can almost definitely inffer that she's burning the same thing every other firebender burns: the particles in the air.

So why are her flames blue? Basically, the color of something you see relates to the frequency of the light coming from the object, which is directly proportional to how much eletromagnetic energy that thing is emitting. Basically, red light has low frequency (low energy) and blue light has high frequency (high energy). So if something burns blue, it means it is being burned with lots of energy: AKA it's really fucking hot.

So to summarize: Azula's fire if blue because it burns hotter, which follows along well with the whole "she's a genius" thing.

You can also think of it from an emotional view point: since lightning is called "fire without heart", maybe you could think that Azula's fire being blue relates to that. Since she is quite heartless and mentally deranged, her emotional state is shown via her flames' colors.


What's up with people's regeneration in One Piece? So, pretty clear question I think. I am asking this because everyone seems to regenerate super fast. Is this just because this is a different world and so people heal differently, ie. much faster? Because that's a bit too crazy for me to accept.

Like, for example, in Alabasta, when Usopp was fighting the mole woman and the bat guy, he supposedly got so many of his bones broken. But I am pretty sure he was running around like 30 minutes later lol. Like, come on. I can accept Zoro getting his chest cut and still being able to fight a man on a unicycle, but Usopp's case is too crazy. I am sure there are other examples of this happening I can find if necessary.

So, what's up with people's regeneration in One Piece?
I don't remember it ever being explained in any way.

You answered your own question:

  he supposedly got so many of his bones broken

It's anime world we are talking about, unnatural things are only explained by the lack of detail in the scene. Or maybe turning it into comedy of some sorts. If you have been watching anime frequently you should have seen it's a common thing with most anime.

For example: when Nami was sick there were a lot of details because writer wanted you to focus on that. Where as in Ussop's case he wanted you to focus on rebellion and were trying to hype the climax. I am pretty sure they never even gave it a second thought. They also wanted you to see how much people/characters were struggling to survive.

  I can accept Zoro getting his chest cut and still being able to fight a man on a unicycle, but Usopp's case is too crazy.

This just proves how on point Oda is as per his illustrations, that he makes you believe and visualize the difference in characters. He wants you to see usopp weak and scared. But you need to understand as supporting character to luffy there will be times when he will stand up and defy odds.  Oda isn't just depicting a seen every arc he draws, he picks up a theme, a moral, a life-lesson and a statement. To be delivered via his plot.

On a second thought, he was with chopper and he did put bandage on him. And chopper got skill bruh. That's really more than what anime characters get.

Mostly anime tend to show injured and wounded for less time. Or they just timeskip it/ fast forward it somehow.

In anime it is more about will than health. Specially if you consider the one piece world. There are numerous examples justifying it. Example: White Beard during marine ford, Shanks when he saved luffy, Luffy of course everytime when he is in a fight

Also, He is

SogeKing
God
Warrior of the sea
Sniper of the future pirate king
...To be continued. Sorry my hand got tired ;(


What is the Juralian referring to by "that day"? In episode 3 of Chargeman Ken, a Juralian speaks to some of the flesh-eating butterflies that have been plaguing Japan (and perhaps, elsewhere):

Oh, my lovelies. The Earthlings are in a panic over you. According to the Earthlings, you went extinct 50 years ago. My lovelies, until that day comes, be my power!
Nobody knows that I saved you 50 years ago, and that I improved you to eat human cells and multiply! All so that you would destroy the Earth!

[Text taken from Crunchyroll subtitles; paragraph breaks are my own.] What does the Juralian mean by until that day comes? Normally, it would seem to refer to the day 50 years ago when the Earthlings thought that species of butterfly extinct. However, this is not a good reading, since the Juralian indicates that this day has not come yet.
Does it perhaps refer to the day when that species of butterfly does in fact become extinct, or to the day when the Earth will be destroyed?

From what I pick out of the Japanese dialog, it seems that translation is quite word-for-word literal. What's interesting though is in the Japanese he uses the words "sono toki" instead of "ano toki" to refer to "that time" and I think that makes all the difference.

By Japanese 101 definitions, when referring to objects, you use "ano," meaning "that", to refer to an object far away from both the speaker and the listener. "Sono," also meaning "that", is used when the object is far from the speaker, but close to the listener.  Mind you, beware of Japanese 101 definitions of words because they hardly ever give the entire context to the word.

Throw in the context that you constantly hear in anime, when the speaker is trying to be vague and mysterious, they will say, for instance "ano hito," (literally meaning "that person" or you could just translate it as HIM, meaning that person we all know because he's that important, but I'm not going to name) often referring to some mysterious big bad who has yet make an appearance, and wasn't mentioned before in the conversation.

The use of "sono" then feels significant, likely implying that he's referring to the time he was just talking about (their extinction), rather than some other time that they all know about but aren't naming.

I also lean to this interpretation over the time when Earth is destroyed, as the subject of Earth being destroyed hasn't come up yet in his speech either.  Japanese is a very contextual language.  You generally will say a thing once to establish the current topic of conversation, then leave out the topic in following sentences until the topic changes.


What is the magazine the Dark Lord reads? In Hataraku Maou-sama!, there is a magazine that appears in the Dark Lord's apartment on more than one occasion. It seems to read something like "yoride-FF".

Is this any existing magazine, or a reference to some existing magazine, with a distorted name (like MgRonald)? If so, what is its genre/target audience/content?
Or is it a completely non-existing magazine?

Based on the textual factors, the magazine shown is very likely a reference to 月刊サンデージェネックス (Monthly Sunday Gene-X), which is also known as 月刊サンデーGX.

Let us have a closer look at the magazine in the picture:

"月刊" printed at the top, and "Monthly Yonday" printed vertically at the side of the spine of the magazine tell us that it is a monthly magazine.
The text at the bottom of the spine reads "Kougakukan", which is most likely a reference to Shougakukan (小学館), which is the publisher of the actual magazine 月刊サンデーGX.
The logo of the magazine (月刊ヨンデーFF) has close resemblance to the logo of 月刊サンデーGX. There is also the fact that there is only a difference of 1 Katakana, and how 2 English alphabet is used at the end of the name.

Logo is taken from http://sundaygx.com/

However, the logo as seen from the spine of 月刊サンデーGX magazine doesn't perfectly match up with the image from Hataraku Maou-sama. The screenshot below show how the spine of the magazine in 2006/2007 looks like (can't find a more recent image). The word 月刊 is separated from サ in the actual magazine, compared to the fictional magazine in Hataraku Maou-sama, where 月刊 is placed on top of ヨ. There might be a second reference here that I do not know of.

Image taken from http://blog-imgs-27-origin.fc2.com/n/a/0/na005/20070204-1.jpg


That reoccurring heavy metal song in Fairy Tail... what is it? In episode 61, after they announce the name of the episode, what is the song that plays as Natsu is about to lash out?

It is more common in fight scenes, in tense situations. I thought it was going to be in the first volume of the Fairy Tail soundtrack, but I did not hear it from there.

According to OP themself,

  It's the 13th track off of Volume 2, Haja no Sen Kaze.


What did Hisoka whisper to Bodoro? In episode 20 during the Hunter Examination, after knocking down Bodoro, Hisoka whispered something to Bodoro and conceded after. I don't know if it has shown what Hisoka said or whispered that i might've miss or it never did showed it in the anime.

So what exactly did Hisoka whisper to Bodoro?

No one really knows, as it has never been revealed.

But a common theory is that Hisoka whispered something to him along the lines of "If you don't forfeit, I am going to fight the children", as Bodoro doesn't like to fight or harm children. You can read up more about him and form your own theory here.


What's the deal with Gowther's concealed identity? All 7 of the deadly sins were once a team before. It seems Gowther is able to identify everyone on the team, so why isn't anyone able to identify Gowther?

An additional question is why didn't Gowther reveal himself to the group sooner? I don't see why he would hide his presence from his closest allies.

According to the story, the appearances of some of the Sins changed after all that time like Ban, King and Gowther himself (well, Ban did say that he didn't know how Gowther looked in the armor), and besides, since the guys knew about his armor, and since the monster was big and wearing the armor, they probably didn't gave it a second thought.

As for the second question, it was because he was waiting for the Sniper (the guy with bow and arrow, for whom Ban went in the beginning), since that was an illusion, he was waiting for him to reveal himself.


Why don't Saiyans age? I have seen many Dragon Ball series like Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Dragon Ball GT. One thing remains same is that Saiyans never look aged.
The last episode of Dragon Ball GT shows Pan as a grandma, but Goku was looking as young as he was in Dragon Ball Z. Why don't Saiyans age?

To my knowledge, they do age, just very slowly in adulthood. This is a genetic trait, I assume, to reach longer duration of physical demands. They are designed to be fighters, and longevity of a lifespan is only practical. Vegeta confirmed this towards the end of DBZ: "So they can fight longer".

From a quick Google search:

  According to the Daizenshuu, Saiyan's lifespan is about the same as an average Human (70 to 90 years, with exceptions, of course), but keep in their peak longer. Unlike Humans, Saiyans remain in their youth and prime much longer. As explained by Vegeta near the end of Dragon Ball Z, they stay young longer because they live for and are built for battle

From Saiyan article on Dragon Ball wiki. (Visit the link for more examples, and a more definitive explanation).

Something else to consider: they stay in their prime longer because they are full Saiyans, whereas Pan is only quarter Saiyan.


Music when Luffy first used haki against Fujitora? In the Dressrosa arc there is a scene where Luffy is carrying Law and Fujitora steps in front of him.

Luffy then drops him, coats his right arm and takes a stance. During this scene there is a track that plays but I can't seem to find it anywhere.

I'll be back later to add the following information:

Episode name and number
Youtube clip of the scene I am referring to

But if anyone knows off hand, please let me know? I'd like to find an OST version of it but I can't seem to locate the track name.

It's episode 683
With a Rumbling of the Ground - The God of Destruction, Giant Pica Descends
Here is the youtube clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rorWM9d5F9g

Music plays from 0:55-1:21

The track is called Preemptive Strike you can find it here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gpt9sSs4qOA

I have pasted the website that allowed me to find this OST below, it could be useful to use in the future:
http://onepiecetracklist.com/


Does this Arboretum Rooftop Building exist? In Uchouten Kazoku, episode 06, there is this scene. Does this building exist?

The actual rooftop garden does not seem to exist, but there is a likely model for this building, which is located northwest of this temple.

It seems to be a private building this is a school that teaches Ikebana/華道. It's likely this rooftop area is not open to the public. This seems to be the closest match to the building depicted in the anime.


Why does Ban call Hawk "Master?" Is Ban just trolling or is there some hidden meaning behind that?

Hawk is The Great Leftovers Knight. And at the party when Ban first joined, Hawk rams Ban and said "respect the The Great Leftover Knight". And Ban said (I think) "I'm sorry for not recognizing you, master". It's like when you're good at something, and I admire you and call you master.


What should a university-level course about manga and anime culture cover as part of its curriculum? This question is not asking about a course that teaches how to create manga or anime, but a curriculum of a course similar to English literature. Such course would teach the history and culture of anime and manga by studying representative works of different periods and genres and their cultural and social impact.

The answer should consider the following:

No previous manga and anime exposure nor Japanese language required.
The course should take one or two semesters (8-16 weeks). Each week, students should spend 3-4 hours at school weekly and some additional time doing homework.
The format of the course should be lectures + seminars, where lectures take form of presentations by the lecturer and seminars consist of reading, watching and analyzing selected works. Homework should be just about reading and watching the selected works to prepare for seminars.
The course would probably be best suited for online education, but that should not be a limiting factor for the answer.

After finishing the course, the students should:

know what anime and manga is, where it began and how it become popular
have watched and read the most notable examples works in anime and manga (not necessarily full series)
understand different periods, genres and styles of both anime and manga
catch the obvious references to the anime and manga classics in other tv shows, movies and books and graphic novels
be able to select manga and anime for themselves that they could read/watch and enjoy

What format should be given in the answer?

A syllabus of the course
Each week's description should have a title (such as: "History of Manga and Anime" or "Miyazaki's work and influence") and description itself, a short paragraph and notable recommended works to read and watch.

Existing courses

The following courses can serve as an inspiration:

https://www.coursera.org/course/comics

Some Notes Before Reading

This is an imaginary course that I have created. I think it gives a broad enough overview of the subject for a single term, but I think it could be extended easily to a two term course if a more in-depth knowledge was required.

I'm assuming 1 hour lectures twice a week, enough time in seminars to do full screenings, and a knowledgeable lecturer. There are 8 weeks to a semester, as described by the original question.

The course could be an elective for new students studying film, media studies or a similar subject.

It could be easily enough adapted for an online course through discussion forums and recorded lectures/seminars.

Course Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction to Anime/Manga Culture

Lectures

A - Introduction to course and its aims, Brief overview of syllabus and related items
B - Anime vs Cartoons, Brief description of differences and history

Seminar - Watch an episode of both a distinctly "cartoonish" show and an distinctly "anime" show - (Suggested Looney Toons Vs Cardcaptor Sakura) . Discuss and follow up with a less clear-cut comparison (Suggested: Avatar: The last Airbender)
Homework - N/A :)

Week 2: Anime in the Western World

Lectures

A - Mainstream anime - Ghibli, Pokemon
B - Broader interest - Crunchyroll, Vertical Publishing

Homework - Watch and review one student-chosen translated animated film that displays distinct cultural differences from western shows.
Seminar - Watch lecturer-chosen film and have an interactive discussion cultural differences and etc with the class (Suggested: My Neighbour Totoro for both its popularity and contrast of culture [beliefs in spirits, etc])

Week 3: Genres of Anime/Manga and their development

Lectures

A - Anime/Manga genres & their associated tropes & features
B - Gekiga Movement, Moe and the history behind some of these genres

Homework - Read and review a work by a Gekiga author (Suggested Osamu Tezuka)
Seminar - Screenings of episodes of well-known titles within different genres. (Suggested "Sailor Moon", "Naruto", "Gundam")

Week 4: Anime & Manga during Wartime

Lectures:

A - Background information about Japan & WWII
B - Manga as a political medium

Seminar - Screening of "Grave of The Fireflies", "The Wind Rises", or other suitable item
Homework - Read lecturer-selected war-themed manga from this period (Suggested MW by Tezuka).

Week 5: The evolution of Artistic style

Lectures:

A - History of artistic style - Humble beginnings to 1999's
B - Recent Changes in style - 1990's to Present

Seminar - Comparing and contrasting recent shows with ones from different time periods (Suggested: "Saru Masamune", "Doraemon", "Ranma 1/2", "Akira", "K-on")
Homework - Essay comparing a modern anime to a pre-1990's anime

Week 6: The anime production process

  Note: Week 6 could be replaced with extended discussion of week 5 if the lecturer so desired

Lectures:

A - Acquisition of an anime, pitches, support.  Second half of lecture to describe the production process
B - Production process cont., Sales & Promotion

Seminar - An inspection of different works, analyzing the reasons why they greatly succeeded or failed (Suggested "Neon Genesis Evangellion", "Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water" for successes)
Homework - Write report on contributing factors to anime commercial success

Week 7: Akibahara, Otaku and the obsessive culture surrounding anime

Lectures

A - Cosplay, Conventions
B - Otaku, Social stigma, "Weeaboos"/"Wapanese"

Seminar - Screenings of convention recordings (both East & Western) and otaku interviews (There are several documentaries that cover this topic) - With optional discussion afterwards.
Homework - N/A

Week 8: The increasing ubiquity of anime

Lectures:

A - Anime stylism in government posters, advertisement, increasing appearance in everyday japan
B - Revision Lecture (Assuming an exam at the end of term)

Seminar - N/A
Homework - N/A

Assessment:

Personally I would have a 50:50 ratio of coursework to exam marks in order to attain a final grade. This exam would consist of a 2 and a half hour exam covering topics from each section of the course. Coursework would be graded on the quality of the deliverables, with additional marks for novelty.

With an online course, this may be adjusted to suit the setup accordingly.

Suggested Additional Reading Materia

Selected volumes of http://mechademia.org/
Anime: A history by John Clements
A Geek in Japan: Discovering the Land of Manga, Anime, ZEN, and the Tea Ceremony  by Hector Garcia
Starting Point by Hayou Miyazaki
A Drifting Life by Yoshiro Tatsumi

What will I get out of this Course?

The students will, after this course, be able to:

Appreciate differences between anime and western media
Understand the culture around the media
Understand the genre types within the media
Be able to identify and discuss the different periods of anime
Recognize many anime references within other media


What does the sign language near the ending mean? Close to the ending of Koe no Katachi, Nishimiya Shouko did a motion with one of her hands below the other and her pinkies intertwined. What does this mean?

Before the sign in your picture, which stands for promise (約束) also known as 'pinky promise', Shouko puts two hands together. Which stands for friends (友達).

Which would come down to: "friends promise"
And can be inteprated as "Promise to be friends forever"


What does Hondo Eisuke mean when he says, "I think I stood up on the wrong leg as a child." In Episode 462, Hondo Eisuke says, "I think I stood up on the wrong leg as a child."

I tried searching for this idiom online but couldn't find anything, most likely because I was searching the english text that the translator put and not the Japanese. However, the Japanese is quick for my beginner ears, so I wasn't able to write it down.

Hondo is a rather unlucky guy, and this happened right after getting coffee poured on him, so from the context I'm assuming it has to do with bad luck but I'd like to know if there is more info I can read about this idiom.

The translation is incorrect but was probably trying to convey a joke on Hondo Eisuke's bad luck in this show since every time I see him, he seems to suffer from some sort of event.

Anyway, what he said here was "Bou to tsutate ita boku ga doji de noruma data desukara." which translates to something like "Me standing here and daydreaming being careless and slow is at fault here." if I do it without caring for English Grammar.

However what I would translate it as would be like "It was my fault for standing here daydreaming and thus being a careless idiot."


What lays beyond the walls? I've always wondered what really lies beyond the walls. The most we've seen of the area outside is the Female Titan arc and the scene that played before the theme in episode 1 of the anime. Both times, we didn't get to see much of anything besides lots of trees.

What else is out there? Old remnants of villages existing before the titans? Other walled countries?

The Female Titan arc (57th expedition) DOES NOT take place beyond the walls. It takes place in the area between Wall Maria and Wall Rose, so anything we see there is just a part of the lost territory within the walls. This also includes when we first met Levi and his squad, because the 56th expedition took place from Trost since Maria had already fallen.

MAJOR SPOILERS FROM CHAPTER 85 AND 86 OF THE MANGA

   As it turns out, the walls are on an island called Paradis, with a sizeable amount of land between the walls and the island's coast, but a mainland off the west coast of Paradis is home to humans (the Eldian and Marleyan ethnicities) and is not infested with Titans as Paradis is.


Can English people (American Writers) produce anime shows and write manga? This question has been asked between me and my friends for centuries. We were trying to make tiny novels of manga and produce an anime show for the art club we own. Seems as it is their culture and their talent. Can we really make only English anime/manga and dub it to Japanese?

Yes. an example of this of an English Book becoming an anime is Deltora Quest

  The Deltora Quest series is the collective title for three distinct series of children's fantasy books, written by Australian author Emily Rodda. It follows the adventures of three companions as they journey across the fictitious land of Deltora, endeavoring to recover the seven gems stolen from the magical Belt of Deltora and defeat allies of the evil Shadow Lord.

under Adaptations it says

  A 65 part Deltora Quest anime series of the first eight books began its broadcast season in Japan on January 6, 2007. Rodda chose this option because she and her kids "love Japanese anime, and want any adaptation of Deltora to be cool".

this is backed up by it being on the anime's entry on Wikipedia under Production

  The series was produced by Genco and the animation production at OLM and SKY Perfect Well Think. Rodda was originally approached with many film offers, but it was only this studio that promised to not change the story. The first episode was aired on January 6, 2007 in Japan.

  ...

  Deltora Quest was originally licensed in North America by Geneon as one of their final licenses, but shut down before doing anything with the series. The series was then rescued by Dentsu's newly established North American branch, and they produced an English version of the series in association with Ocean Productions in Vancouver, British Columbia and recorded at their Calgary-based Blue Water Studios.

and since the anime only started being aired in the west in May 2010 this is an instance of an english written book being made into a japanese anime. while not American Emily Rodda is Australian and thus English

however making an "english anime" and dubbing it in japanese we have 2 close examples to this

Avatar

  The series is presented in a style that combines anime with American cartoons and relies on the imagery of East-and-South Asian, Inuit, and New World societies.

however i don't know if it was ever subbed in Japan, though if not the possibility that it could be exists as Japan does localize western movies like Toy Story (it all depends on the licensing). i included this because fan still debate if this is anime or not where it was created in english
a better example however is RWBY

  RWBY (/ˈruːbi/, like "ruby") is an American anime-style web series and media franchise created by Monty Oum for Rooster Teeth.

unlike Avatar we know it's been localized in Japan having been dubbed in Japanese

  The series has also been dubbed in Japan and broadcast by Tokyo MX, in partnership with Warner Bros. Japan.

and also it's spawned a manga too which unlike Avatar's comics, was produced in Japan

  The November 2015 issue of Shueisha's Ultra Jump magazine announced that Dogs manga author Shirow Miwa would be illustrating a manga adaptation of RWBY, which debuted in the December 2015 issue on November 19, 2015

however as кяαzєя pointed out this is rare. aside from the costs of the license to reproduce and distribute dubbing also increases the costs over subbing because of hiring Seiyuu and as we see with RWBY it had the backing of major companies like Wanner Brothers who do operate in Japan to (you'll see alot of Disney stuff gets localized because Disney operates in Japan too)

however, just like кяαzєя said there is always the doujinshi route. admittedly in the west (to my knowledge) it's not entirely the same where there are large conventions centered around presenting and selling doujinshi however as doujinshi (manga and light novel wise) are really just self-published work and self-publishing books has been made easier1 with the internet and digital distribution

1: some publishers like Amazon which facilitated self-published works have been trying to regain the control traditional publishes had since with self-publishing, traditional publishers doesn't have nearly as much control over gaining profits and intellectual propriety rights as they used to


How is Orochimaru able to use his arms? How is Orochimaru able to use his arms? Didn't the 3rd hokage cut them out of his spirit?
So even if he did jump between bodies, he shouldn't be able to use his hands because it wasn't his physical body's arms that were cut but spiritual ones.

Orochimaru prior to he 4th Shinbo War

If you are referring to Orochimaru before the war he was unable to use ninjutsu. Hiruzen used the reaper death seal to take the part of Orochimarus soul that contained his arms.

Orochimaru during the 4th Shinobi War: This answer contains spoilers.

   Orochimaru regains the use of his arms after he summons the shinigami ?>! and cuts open its stomach releasing the trapped part of his soul.
 "Orochimaru proceeded to don the mask which invoked the Shinigami to
  possess his body. Orochimaru then proceeded to cut open the
  Shinigami's stomach, a wound reflected on his own body, to release the
  trapped contents inside the Shinigami."
 "With his arms restored as well."
 Also before the Shinigami was able to trap Orochimarus soul he switched places with a white Zetsu allowing him to escape.
 "To escape death, Orochimaru transferred his being in the White Zetsu Suigetsu was holding down"


Does someone need to be a reincarnation of Indra to get the EMS? I'm asking this question because I think it is crazy that the only people who ever got the EMS in Naruto series are reincarnations of Indra.
Does someone need to be a reincarnation of Indra to be able to get the EMS?

No, you do not need to be a reincarnation of Indra to get EMS (Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan). To obtain EMS you must take the eyes of another Mangekyo Sharingan user, but they must be family, most commonly a brother. Examples would be Sasuke taking Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan, or Madara taking Izuna's Mangekyo Sharingan. You have been confused because Madara and Sasuke are the only people in the Naruto-verse to have EMS, and they are reincarnates. Itachi's "Goal" was to obtain EMS from taking Sasuke's eyes (He is not a reincarnate).


Who's this person in the middle of the auditorium supposed to be? During the teacher's monologue (s01e04 @13:30) about how sometimes it's better to not say anything (or to say less), this scene is shows which doesn't look like the class usually looks, and I'm fairly certain this is supposed to be a reference to another anime or manga, where a character with hair brighter than black appears just above the blonde girl in the middle:

Something tells me that classroom/auditorium should be familiar to someone who watched this anime/manga. What is this a reference to?

I believe this scene is a parody of Negima!?, the Shaft reboot of the Negima anime, which I like to refer to as Pani Poni Negi due to its strong stylistic resemblance to Shaft's Pani Poni Dash. (Plus, when you're speaking, it's really hard to distinguish Negima from Negima!?.)

This is a classroom shot from Negima!?

The characters in the shot from Zetsubou-sensei also resemble the characters from Negima!?. In the shot above from Negima!?, the characters aren't all sitting at their usual positions, but of the ones who are, several appear to be in the same position in the Zetsubou-sensei shot. Starting from the top left in the Zetsubou-sensei shot and and going left to right, top to bottom, we seem to have:

?
Yuuna Akashi; we can see her trademark side ponytail
?
Yue Ayase; her high forehead, small ahoge, and the two braids stand out.
Haruna Saotome; she has long hair with two small antennae
? (Could be Zazie Rainday in glasses)
Satomi Hakase; she has two thin braids.
Ku Fei; she has two spiky twin tails.
Probably Konoka Konoe; she has long dark hair like this character, and as in the Negima!? pic, she's seated next to:
Asuna Kagurazaka, who has long, thin twin tails tied with bells. The character in the Zetsubou-sensei shot seems to have two little buds on her head, though it's too far away to see if they're bells.
Misa Kakizaki; the bangs are similar and she's in the same position as she is in the Negima!? pic.
? Based on the Negima pic, probably Mana Tatsumiya.
The Negima!? pic shows Chizuru Naba in this position, but the Zetsubou-sensei character doesn't really resemble her.
? I can't identify the character in the Negima!? pic either.
Misora Kasuga, who has a short, spiky buzz cut.
Chao Lingshen, who has buns and braids.
Fuka Narutaki, although the character in the Zetsubou-sensei pic seems to have glasses. But she shares Fuka's pointy twin tails.
Akira Okouchi, who has a long black ponytail.
Madoka Kugimiya, who has short hair and stylish angle-cut bangs.
Setsuna Sakurazaki, who has a spiky ponytail and straight bangs. It's hard to tell who's sitting there in the Negima!? pic since they're turned to the side, but it's pretty clear in the Zetsubou-sensei pic.
Nodoka Miyazaki, who has short hair and long bangs and sits in the same position in the Negima!? pic.
Ako Izumi. In the Negima!? anime she had bluish-grey hair like we see in the Zetsubou-sensei pic, although in the manga and other anime she had purple hair. She's the one on the right in this picture from my rather large collection of screenshots that I obsessively gathered for some reason when I was watching Negima!?:

This is the character you were asking about in particular. According to the sound effects (ira ira) she's angry, and I can't really say why. My only guess is that it's a reference to the Negima manga; in the manga, Ako confesses her love to Negi when he's magically aged up to 16 and later suffers heartbreak when she finds out who he really is, so maybe she's offended that Nozomu is implying that she shouldn't have said anything. That's kind of a stretch, though.
Kaede Nagase, who has a distinctive pyramid cut.
The short-haired Natsumi Murakami.
? The Negima!? pic shows Makie Sasaki but the character in the Zetsubou-sensei shot doesn't look anything like her. She does somewhat resemble bit character Kokone from the Negima manga, though.
A much taller version of Fumika Narutaki; she retains the trademark buns.
Sakurako Shiina, who has spiky twin tails and appears at this position in the Negima!? shot.
Ayaka Yukihiro, whose long blonde locks are unmistakable, and who appears in the same position in the Negima!? pic.
Kazumi Asakura, who has a spiky ponytail similar to Setsuna.
Sayo Aisaka, who has long hair.

The only Negima characters who aren't accounted for are Evangeline, Chachamaru, and Chizuru, and none of the mystery characters really resemble them, but otherwise it's a pretty striking match. Plus, we know that Shaft has done this before.


Is the book "Anyone Can Easily PK" by Punitto Moe real, or does it only exist in Overlord? In episode 8 of the anime Overlord, ~10:37, Momonga/Ains refers to a book "Anyone Can Easily PK" by Punitto Moe.  Is that book a fictional work, or is it a real work?

In other words, does this book exist in the real world (i.e. for use with MMORPGS such as World of Warcraft, Guild Wars, et al), or is it something that only exists within the Overlord anime/manga universe?

After looking through multiple book sites and also just typing in the author it seems that it is only a fictional work for the series. Reading the character bio for Punitto Moe it states:

  He created the basics of "Anyone Can Easily PK" for Ainz Ooal Gown which includes taking drastic measures to learn as much information about the target player as possible when doing Player Kills, as well as maintaining a constant discretion from the target player.


Does Nosferatu Zodd help Gatsu in the manga? I've just watched the Berserk 1997 series and now I'm watching the 3 part (movie?) from 2012. In the 1997 anime series,

   When Gatsu sword is broken fighting with Boscogne, Nosferatu Zodd gives Gatsu a weapon to continue fighting.

In the 2012 anime,

   Nosferatu Zodd doesnt appear and Gatsu wins the fight on its own

I was wondering how it is the story regarding this in the manga? It's like in the 1997 anime or it's like in the 2012?

In The Battle of Doldrey Chapter 5,

  Zodd throws down a weapon from somewhere up high, which Guts picked up after Griffith yelled at him to take it.

Also, a quick search on the wiki and looking at the notes on Boscogn's character page will tell the same answer.


Do other users of One for All live inside Midoriya somehow or are they just memories? Midoriya is frequently seeing or feeling former users of One for All since season 1 of the anime when he was able to break Hitoshi mind control. Now in season 5 the first owner is telling Midoriya he can't show him more of his past because he only can handle 20% of One for All. What are these feelings/ images supposedly?
Do other users of One for All live inside Midoriya somehow or are they just memories?

From what it looks like is that "One For All" is showing Midoriya the memories of each previous owner or clues that might help him. I believe that they are just memories not actually other people living inside him because if you look back at it all Might had a similar vision to him, but not to the same extent as Midoriya and the original owner never talked to all might he only talked to Midoriya.