If Naruto can creates one thousand clones, and sometimes he uses them to do his work, why does he always have a lot of work? In Boruto, Boruto all the time complains about Naruto not being with him. And Naruto can create one thousand clones, and sometimes he creates a clone to do his work or to do an interview. Then, why doesn't he create dozens of clones to do his work and have time with his family?

And my future dream is to be the greatest Hokage! Then the whole village will stop disrespecting me and start treating me like I'm somebody. Somebody important!
Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto chapter 4

Ever since the start of the original series, Naruto's goal was to become the greatest Hokage of the Leaf Village. From episode 1 of Naruto to episode 500 of Naruto Shippuden, Naruto spent his entire life gaining the trust and respect of his village, and eventually the entire nation.
Naruto did not want to be seen as a lazy Hokage. While he does on occasion use shadow clones to accomplish various tasks, an overuse of this could eventually turn south and the village elders potentially seeing Naruto as an incompetent leader and unable to handle tasks on his own.
Another reason for this is to look at the original design of shadow clones. Shadow clones can be deployed for intelligence and recon, and all gathered information is returned to the caster when the shadow clone is released. This was explained by Kakashi at one point.
However, based on various events in the series, it is apparent that if too much is going on between the caster and their shadow clones, the casters chakra can become imbalanced. Examples of this are during Naruto's wind nature training and his battle with Pain while having shadow clones in reserve. During the wind training, Kurama's chakra would sometimes leak and take over one of the clones and Naruto was limited on shadow clones during his fight with Pain.
My point above is that if Naruto tried to do too many administrative tasks at once, such as interviews, signing documents, battle strategies, planning Chunin exams, preparing teams for missions, etc... it could be information overload if all that knowledge hit the caster at once.


Is celestial spirit magic exclusive to females? In the fairy tail universe, we see female celestial mages like Lucy, Yukino, Lyla, Sorano, etc, but we do not see any male characters with celestial spirit magic. So is the celestial spirit magic exclusive to females or are there male celestial spirit mages also?

Celestial Spirit Magic is a type of Magic in which the user summons Celestial Spirits by opening their gates through the use of Celestial Spirit Gate Keys. These Keys are separated into two classes: the more common Silver Keys and the rarer Gold Keys. Keys for Celestial Spirits are counted in Units (collectively without regard of Gold or Silver), and a Celestial Spirit Mage is noted by how many Units they have obtained.

Celestial Spirit Magic is not exclusive to women, although the majority of users shown in the manga are women.

For instance Everlue and Zoldio are two male characters who have used Celestial Spirit magic in the manga thus far.

Complete list of users http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Celestial_Spirit_Magic


Why do characters often pull down one eyelid and stick out their tongue? I see characters making this motion frequently in anime.  They pull one (or sometimes both) eyelid down, and stick out their tongue.  What does that mean?  Where does the gesture originate and what's the history behind it?

This is the Eyelid Pull Taunt

This is the act of pulling down one lower eyelid and sticking out the
tongue and saying "Beh-da!" (Japanese) or "Nyaaaah!" (English dub). A
highly ritualized expression of disdain or disapproval, used
exclusively by children and immature adults. Basically the same as the
Western act of sticking out the tongue, cranked up a few notches,
though definitely not profane gesture.
In Japan this is referred to as akanbe (a corruption of akai me, "red eye"), and it's called mon oeil ("my eye") in France and Quebec. This is in fact a Franco-Japanese cultural trope, but you'll see it everywhere in anime.

I could not find a satisfying or credible enough link as to its origin(s) but from the akanbe wiki it seems to date back as far as the 20th century:

The use of the term was first mentioned by early 20th century author
Katai Tayama, in his 1909 story Inaka Kyōshi (田舎教師 Rural Teacher), as
a gesture used by the male students in the story.


Why does damaging something sometimes make it more powerful? For example, the end-of-season fights in Dragon Ball Z, the fights between the Eva and the Angels in Neon Genesis Evangelion. I've noticed it in far more things but these are the most recent in my memory.

When a fight is occurring, the more damage which is done to something, even if it is mechanical,  the more powerful it (sometimes) becomes. That doesn't make any sense to me.

I would prefer an explanation which relates to Japanese culture, if such a thing exists (for example, the reason why anime has a lot of characters / machines with weapons attached to their arms is because the Japanese are of the view that weapons are an extension of the body, not something to be picked up and thrown away like a pistol in an American action movie - that kind of thing). However, any insight at all would be great!

Well in both cases you cited it relates to released energy that was somehow blocked because of the danger of its release.
In Dragon Ball, I remember the scene near the end of the fight with Frieza where Goku tells Gohan something like this: "If the forces inside of me start unleashing, it will destroy this planet. You have to get out".

In Evangelion, we learn that the armor of the Evas are actually blockers to prevent them from going berserk, also hiding the true nature of the Evas, that they are composed more as a human would be, with skin, flesh and organs, than as a robot.

So these two things are common: the released energy that comes from hard, critical situations, near death experiences, and the revealing of the true nature of something, the dark forces inside all of us. I think it could be symbolic of the awakening of the unconscious part of the self.


What is the production order of digimon? What is the production order of the digimon anime? I've seen season 1 with Tai and Augumon and season 2 with Davis and Veemon. But what's the proper order to continue?

The Production Release Order is as follows (these are the Japanese Air Dates):

Digimon Adventure - March 7, 1999 to March 26, 2000 [Series]

Digimon Adventure Movie (Part one of Digimon: The Movie) - March 6, 19991 [Movie]
Digimon Adventure: Our War Game (Part two of Digimon: The Movie) - March 4, 20001 [Movie]

Digimon Adventure 02 - April 2, 2000, and March 25, 2001 [Series]

Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Jōriku / Chōzetsu Shinka!! Ōgon no Digimental (Part three of Digimon: The Movie) - July 8, 2000 [Movie]
Digimon Adventure 3D: Digimon Grandprix! - July 20, 20002 [OVA]
Digimon Adventure 02: Revenge of Diaboromon - March 3, 2001 [Movie]

Digimon Tamers - April 1, 2001 to March 31, 2002 [Series]

Digimon Tamers: Battle of Adventurers - July 14, 2001 [Movie]
Digimon Tamers: Runaway Locomon - March 2, 2002 [Movie]

Digimon Frontier - April 7, 2002 to March 30, 2003 [Series]

Digimon Frontier: Island of Lost Digimon - July 20, 2002 [Movie]

Digital Monster X-Evolution - January 3, 2005 [Movie]
Digimon Savers (Digimon Data Squad) - April 2, 2006 to March 25, 2007 [Series]

Digimon Savers 3D: The Digital World in Imminent Danger! - July 8, 2006 2 [OVA]
Digimon Savers: Ultimate Power! Activate Burst Mode!! -  December 9, 2006 [Movie]

Digimon Xros Wars (Digimon Fusion) - July 6, 2010 to March 21, 2012 [Series]
Digimon Adventure tri. [Movie Series]

Episode 1 - November 21, 2015
Episode 2 - March 12, 2016
Episode 3 - September 24, 2016
Episode 4 - February 25, 2017
Episode 5 - TBA
Episode 6 - TBA

Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters - October 1, 2016 - Ongoing [Series]

Main Source - Digimon on Wikipedia

i would think that Digimon Adventure Tri is expected to be watched together however only half of the series was released before Digimon Universe. plot wise Digimon Universe is set in 2045 while Digimon Adventure Tri is set 3 years after Digimon Adventure 02 which itself is set 3 years after Digimon Adventure. Digimon Adventure was set in 1999 so this means Digimon Adventure Tri is set somewhere in 2005.

this year might be off depending on how much time passed in the previous 2 seasons but even then Digimon Adventure Tri's plot is set a few decades before Digimon Universe

1: these 3 movies were later released in the US as Digimon: The Movie on October 6, 2000

2: this was the first date it aired however as wikipedia says it was later included on a bonus disc in the Digimon THE MOVIES Blu-ray 1999-2006 compilation, released on January 9, 2015


Which series features the most re-occuring named characters? Recently I had a discussion with friends about how hard they find it to follow anime/manga series due to the sheer amount characters that get featured in a series.

They claimed detective-conan featured more than 3000 characters (roughly 5 per episode), which I debunked as most of those characters are never mentioned again.

This statement was followed by bleach having around 250 characters, where it was even important to remember the weapons names, as it might be important.

And Legend of Galactic Heroes which had 660 named characters, of which many where regularly re-occurring or even considered main characters.

With that my curiosity followed, which series features the most re-occurring named characters?

The most I could find was Anpanman which is a Guinness World Record Holder for a having cast consisting of 1768 characters introduced over the first 980 episodes of the TV series and the first 20 films. That doesn't include the entire cast, apparently the producer nominated even more characters but they weren't accepted.

Guinness World Records entry.


Why didn't Jinbe and Ace wear prisoner uniforms? Ivankof and the others also didn't wear a uniform, but they're part of some kind of underworld society, so they're basically running away; but Jinbe and Ace are prisoners, so why they didn't wear uniforms?

Jinbe

Ace

Jimbei was officially a Shichibukai until he verbally told to Sengoku at Marineford that he is resigning. He was imprisoned just because he didn't follow World Government orders. So there is no reason why he should be wearing prison uniform as he was not a convict.

As for Ace, I think kaine must be right. It must be like when Gol. D Rodger was not in uniform when executed. A likely minor courtesy afforded those waiting execution could be the right to wear their own clothes for their final hours.


Can the same potara earrings be used to fuse other warriors after a fused warrior defused? In the battle of Vegito vs merged Zamasu we saw Vegito fused lasted very little because Vegito was so powerful that the power of the earrings were consumed to keep Vegito together. If Goku and Vegeta would use the earrings in the tournament of power to fuse and become Vegito, and after a very short time they defused again, could those potara earrings be used to fuse other warriors, like for example 17 and 18?

Yes.

This image is right after Goku and Vegeta defuse vs Merged Zamasu. We see the Potara earring on Vegeta's right ear and Goku obviously has it on his left ear. Also, even during the fight between Vegito and Buuhan (Super Buu with ultimate Gohan absorbed), there is a scene where Goku and Vegeta defuse inside him and Vegeta breaks the Potara earring. So Goku and Vegeta could give the Potara earrings to say someone like Android 17 and 18 right after and have them fuse if they wanted to.

It has never been mentioned that the Potara earrings require a time limit to be used, like the fusion dance. If the time limit were to apply, it would be on the warriors themselves and not the Potara earrings as the earrings themselves don't provide any additional energy to the warriors and it only acts as some form of a multiplier which fuses the energy between the two warriors.


Why does Tokoyami's quirk Dark Shadow goes out of control? In the most recent episode of Boku No Hero Academia, we see that Tokoyami's quirk Dark Shadow loses control. What is the reason behind that and what exactly is Dark Shadow?

I think they explained it well in that episode. When it's in the dark, dark shadow gets stronger but it's harder to control. The dark plus Tokoyami negative emotions contributed to dark shadow growing stronger and getting out of control. Light in the other hand, makes it weaker and easier to control. It's also mentioned in this wikia

  According to Mezo, Fumikage's negative emotions (such as regret and indignation) probably intensify Dark Shadow, making it more unruly and possibly making Dark Shadow stronger as a result, albeit at the cost of Fumikage losing control; Fumikage himself stated that his anger causes him to lose control of Dark Shadow.

http://bokunoheroacademia.wikia.com/wiki/Fumikage_Tokoyami


What happened to Ichigo in Urahara's training area after meeting Byakuya (for the first time)? I understand that during his initial training with Urahara something occurred that gave him (or awoke in him)

   hollow powers,

but hardly anything is said on the matter. And how come nothing like this never happened before, to the point of Urahara trying to make it possible. For Ichigo just happened?

And how does this play into

   Aizen's initial plan. Did he influence this event too?

It's pretty simple. When Urahara starts training him, in the end of chapter 60,

   Tessai breaks Ichigo's Chain of Fate. Urahara explains that the corruption of the chain has already begun, and when it reaches Ichigo's chest, he will become a hollow. The only way to stop that would be to regain his Shinigami powers. Then they throw Ichigo into the hole, and seal him with bakudou 99.

In the end of chapter 62,

   the chain corruption gets to Ichigo's chest, and he starts transforming into a Hollow - you can clearly see his mask appearing (though Urahara comments that the mask forming before body indicates that Ichigo is resisting the transformation). However, Zangetsu helps Ichigo to stop the transformation in the middle and regain his Shinigami powers.

So yes, the reason is simply that

   he was already half-transformed into a Hollow when he gained his Shinigami powers back and stopped the transformation.


What is the name of the song that plays in One Piece episode 722 at 12:28? The question is similar to this one but the song I'm looking for is different. I'm looking for the song that started approximately at 12:28 in episode 722. It begins when Doflamingo begins speaking. The voices cover some parts, but I like the song a lot.

The OST you're looking for hasn't been released as of yet.
As of now, it's named "Doflamingo's Theme" and you can listen to it here.
I'll update this answer once the OST has been officially released.


Is Chapter 66 the last chapter of Rosario Vampire Season II manga? Is chapter 66 the true ending for Season II? According to Akihisa Ikeda, this chapter would be the last chapter and for three months I could not find any more pages after this. However, it seems it's still "to be continued" as mentioned on the page.

Is this the last page/chapter?

Yes that is the ending of Rosario Vampire Season II. There are chapter 66.2 to 66.6 but the picture your showing is indeed the last one story wise.

The chances of more chapters to come is very unlikely aswell as stated on Funimation

  Rosario+Vampire season 2 bombed in Japan. Hard. It did so poorly it almost put GONZO out of business. Because of poor sales, there are no plans at this time for a third season. That's not to say it's entirely impossible, but the way things are going it is incredibly unlikely.
  - See more here


Who do the hands that help form Naruto's Final Rasengan belong to? Here is the video of Naruto's Final Rasengan in episode 477.

The hands of many friends, parents, and teachers of Naruto Uzamaki were shown shaping and enlarging together his Rasengan:

My questions are:

What is the meaning of this scene?
What is the chronological list of characters of the Naruto universe who contributed to his Rasengan (with irrefutable evidence)?

This has been going around Twitter for a while.

This is more or less Naruto's version of the DBZ Spirit Bomb trope where you borrow the spirit of all your allies into one final coup-de-grace. Then hands represented are as follows:
Left column (clockwise):

Jiraiya
Minato
Kushina
Shikamaru, Ino, Chouji

Middle column (clockwise):

Hinata, Kiba, Shino
Lee, Tenten, Gai (charred by the 8 Gates), Neji
Gaara (Fifth Kazekage), A (Fourth Raikage), Bee, Tsunade (Fifth Hokage), Mei (Fifth Mizukage),  Ohnoki (Third Tsuchikage)
Hiruzen (Third Hokage), Iruka, Konohamaru

Right column (clockwise):

Sai, Yamato
Obito
Kakashi
Sakura


How are anime soundtracks made for a story? So say there is a manga. Now who comes up with the soundtrack and composes that according to the anime?

Many many soundtracks (instrumental) are masterpieces, and just as equally or even more amazingly they are composed with story to have even more effect. I want to know more about the whole process.

I know how they draw manga from a story, and animate (which is extremely tedious in itself).

But when it comes to soundtrack I am completely clueless. Obviously a studio or an artist is paid to create soundtracks but what's their process?

So I want to know:

How do they decide what it should sound like?
How do they actually create it and is there a process?
How do the people who create this get training for it?

In the soundtracks that I have heard, they don't seem limited by instruments. Melodies are perfect, or composed perfectly. They often have human voices mixed with them, like this, this or this.

An anime's soundtrack is usually made specific for the show. The same cannot always be said about the anime's opening or ending themes, though.

When it comes to producing an anime, multiple companies work together to make a show happen; these multiple companies make up what's called a Production Committee. Depending upon the show, a show's production committee will include a music label (such as Aniplex or Lantis), and this label can provide a composer to make music for the anime. There are cases and times, though, where a specific composer can be brought in from a certain label (such as Yuki Kajiura being brought in to work on Madoka Magicka), if someone in the production staff has a connection or something like that.

A computer can synthesize a lot of instruments pretty dang well, and it's assumedly cheaper to hash out a soundtrack through computer software rather than finding an orchestra/band, teaching them the music, and then recording the performance. Using live instruments for anime isn't unheard of (such as for higher-production films), but I couldn't tell you a percentage of how much certain anime shows use what. For vocal stuff, I don't specifically know how that gets managed, and I wouldn't want to lead you astray by even more conjecturing.

Finally, to answer your question about how they decide the feel of the sound, I'm led to believe that it's hashed out at meetings during an anime's creation (usually a bit closer to the end stage of things), with the composer (or someone representing his/her label) talking with the anime's production staff. Words could be thrown around that depict a certain feeling, or a certain genre of music or something to go for. If the production staff knows more about music, more specific terms may end up being used.

When it comes to how the music itself is created, and how composers get the training to get their jobs, just look up "music composition" and "digital music composition" on Google and it'll start to point you in that direction. A lot of the same general composition and creation processes apply, although I can't really tell you if they do something specifically unique in Japan composition-wise. Anyway, people can go to college to study music theory and music composition, and from there, they may choose to work specifically for anime, or choose to work anywhere else (like composing for live-action TV, or for movies, or commercials, or for the entertainment industry, for example). It's a career and profession like any other.

Sources:

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2012-03-05 - Justin Sevaki's "The Anime Economy" series. Doesn't really delve into the specifics of how an anime is made, but it explains the production committee bit fairly well.

http://web.archive.org/web/20081002032241/http://gabrielarobin.com/279/newtype-yoko-kanno-and-shoji-kawamori-macross-f-ost-1-interview-translation - An interview with the chief director and composer for Macross F (provided through the Wayback Machine). The translation isn't the easiest to follow, but it provides some information about how the music came to be (Macross F also had a lot of vocal music too!)

Interview contained in the DVD release of the 2nd half of Zaion: I Wish You Were Here. Show wasn't that memorable, but it had some great music! The music composer for Zaion was contacted and brought in while the show was still in its planning stages and they talked about what feel to attempt for the series. However, that being said, Zaion may have been a bit different because it was made for Internet distribution, an unheard of thing at the time.


Who were the previous "Emperors of the Sea" Just like the way there have been multiple Kage's over the centuries (in the Naruto-verse), have there also been yonko's for previous generations? What i'm trying to grasp is if the Yonko title started with the "Big 4" (Whitebeard, Kaido, Big Mom, shanks). If that were the case then Shanks would have been the youngest,and most likely the newest addition at that time.

Or Did Shanks replace a previous Yonko just like how

  Blackbeard replaced Whitebeard?

I don't think previous Yonko have ever been mentioned in One Piece. It would actually be quite odd if there were always exactly 4 strong pirate crews. Especially since they have already added Luffy to the bunch so it's technically not even Yonko anymore.

The title probably originated after Roger died and a few of the pirate crews dominated everyone else. But there isn't much to cite from the manga as Oda hasn't really revealed anything about Shanks' rise to the top.


Why do the humans that can turn into titans kill other humans? In one of the episodes in the anime, the armored titan is breaking one the walls and I'm still trying to figure out why he did that instead if the helping the humans.

That's a really huge question here because to answer it you have to reveal a lot of the anime's secrets which would be really sad but if you really want the truth, I'll strongly summarize :

Explanations

This is a map of the actual world of Shingeki no Kyojin. The little island on the upper-right corner is Paradis : the land where the anime takes place. Its habitants are the Eldians. The huge continent is Marley, the land of the Marleyan people. In short, Marleyan and Eldians used to live on the same place, before an Eldian of royal blood, Ymir Fritz, made a contract with the Earth Devil to gain a power. The power of the Founding Titan.

After Y. Fritz

When she died, her power was split between her 9 descendants who were given the possibility to shift into powerful titans like the Female, the Colossal, the Armored or the Beast Titans. Because of that power, the great nation of Marley felt threatened and waged war against the Eldian. The Eldians became too powerful utterly and destroyed the Marleyan nation and obtained complete rule over the continental mainland.

After the War

Many centuries after Eldia's ascension to power, the 145th King of the Fritz family inherited the power of the Founding Titan, the greatest of all Titans. Rather than maintaining order in Eldia as his forebears had done, the King chose instead to relocate the capital of Eldia to the remote island of Paradis. In the King's absence, the surviving peoples of Marley rose up against their oppressors, starting the Great Titan War. At this time, Marley succeeded in obtaining seven of the nine Titans in Eldia's possession, drastically turning the tide of the war. Over an unspecified amount of time, Marley gradually gained control of the continental mainland that once was ruled by Eldia until only Paradis remained as King Fritz's undisputed territory.

Paradis

At this time, in the year 743, King Fritz used the Progenitor Titan to guide countless Colossus Titans in the raising of three concentric Walls, Maria, Rose, and Sheena, around Eldia's remaining territory. In order to force peace between Eldia and Marley, King Fritz gave the ultimatum that any further act of war against Eldia would be met with the releasing of the countless Titans hidden within the Walls. With this, the Great Titan War ended.

What really happened this day

Then here comes the answer for you question : the Titan Shifters who are standing against the Humanity are actually Marleyan Soldiers whose goal is to defeat Eldians because the King of Marley is looking for the resources that Paradis still have underground. Because of the King Fritz's threat, they act sneaky instead of sending a front attack with their advanced technology and incredible power.


Why do rich people laugh like they do in anime? I've found that whenever an evil rich character laughs in anime they raise their hands to their mouth and let out a 'ohohoho' or similarly annoying laugh.

Where does this mannerism come from? I can now tell someone is rich if they have this style of laugh, but that's because of association rather than understanding

There seems to be a YouTube user called ohohojuo-sama which posts lots of these http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MM_k1MZB4Ak

The hand raising part comes from old Japanese traditions where refined women were not supposed to show their mouth when they laugh. The fact that a character uses it can indicate that they place a high importance on manners and such which is one of the traits of stereotypical posh characters.

Women covering their mouths as they laugh at the lady falling over after pulling bamboo from ground (Scene of the Twelve Months - Fifth Month (Toyoshiro and Teyokuni) ) 1801

The Ohoho! is intentionally high pitched and annoying - this is to make it sound both artificial and bitchy (which is usually the character's personality)

Kodachi from Ranma 1/2 was the first instance of this trope occurring in anime, however this trait was already in use in film by this stage.

TVTropes page


Does Sasuke have only one Rinnegan eye because he only got half of Hagoromo's chakra? To awaken the Rinnegan, you need Hagoromo's chakra, the first user of Rinnegan.

Madara had acquired Asura's chakra, which let him awaken Hagoromo's chakra. Even though the chakra eventually gets depleted, his Rinnegan still functions while it feeds on Madara's chakra. In this case now the six path chakra is not in half, it was full.

Sasuke only received half of Hagoromo's chakra. His Rinnegan also has tomoe, and consumes chakra when it's active, even without been used.  That is something which doesn't happen with the normal Rinnegan.  This suggests that Sasuke still retains the Sharingan in his left eye, yet has access to the normal powers of the Rinnegan, despite that eye not being "fully" evolved.

Because Sasuke only got half of Hagoromo's chakra, is this the reason that his Rinnegan is imperfect and in only one of his eyes?

That is partly the case. You see, Hagoromo is the son of Kaguya, the fruit of chakra. So, he is the descendant of the creator of chakra. He creates the yin release and yang release. Naruto gets the yin half, while Sasuke gets the yang half. Anybody with the yang half can get the special type of Rinnegan, called the Magatama Rinnegan (I think).


What does Onii-Chan mean? I watched Himouto!Umaru-Chan and Umaru calls her brother Onii-Chan. Since Chan is a suffix after female names I was confused. At first I thought that it meant big brother, but I turned on a dubbed version and it still said Onni-Chan. So what does it mean?

You were actually right, Onii-chan means pretty much the same as Onii-san as in older brother. The difference is the former is informal or "cuter", while the latter is more formal, as "-chan" is an informal honorific, while "-san" is a formal one.
According to this short Japanese honorifics lesson:

–chan
This is an endearing female honorific. While it’s most commonly used for children, it’s also used fairly widely among family and friends


What is the name of anime about warrior that has to collect crystal sword, ball, mirror? I am completely sure that I watched this anime before 2006, and I'm quite sure that I watched it before 2003, probably around 2000. Those were strange days when the cable TV showed amines and movies that you can find now (almost).

I'm not sure which country the anime is from, but the warrior did look somewhat like a samurai.

I watched at least 3 episodes, and in each episode, the warrior found an object which gave him a new ability.

In the first episode, he got a sword after defeating a boss (something that looked like Jabba the Hutt from Star Wars, but motorized like a rocker). He gained the ability to change his size and became big. He also found a girl in the first episode.
In the second episode, I remember them walking in some woods and some people were tailing them. After that, they met the second boss and he defeated him. Both became big in size as they were fighting. The boss had a yellow armor and he had a spear (?). The warrior received a mirror after defeating the 2nd boss.
In the third episode, I vividly remember some of his friends escaping around the end of the episode. The guy was in Egypt and 2 sphinxes started to move and fight him, but he and the girl started to sink in quicksand, and that's the end of the episode. In this episode, they were supposed to acquire the crystal sphere.

It would be great if someone can help with name, year, country or anything.

There is an anime that fits your description. It's called Master Mosquiton 99. The third episode takes place in egypt. In this episode at least one sphinx comes to life. It's also about defeating a boss in every episode and collecting treasure that has magic powers. It originally aired from 1997 to 1998.

http://en.anisearch.com/anime/2030,master-mosquiton-99


Can wearing sunglasses prevent sharingan? If one is wearing dark black sunglasses, then how will eye contact work? Sharingan user won't be able to tell when he has eye contact? I haven't finished shippuden yet, so may be answer lies ahead but I am curious.

The only known way to avoid the effects of the Sharingan have been to avert or completely cover one's eyes, or at least be able to block out the vision/chakra reach of the technique.  However, it's not necessarily the case that just doing that alone will help.

Given that the Sharingan's main strength are powerful genjutsu (illusion tactics), it's well within the realm of experienced/expert Sharingan users to be able to control more senses than just vision, and thus, averting eyes alone isn't quite enough to protect from the illusions.  I don't think sunglasses would help - you can still see through them, after all, so you would be able to have your vision compromised just as if you weren't wearing any.

Since you're still getting through the series, I won't spoil anything for you, but the fact that averting eyes isn't enough to avoid the powerful genjutsu produced by it plays a pivotal role towards the end of the series.


What has Montblanc Noland done for the Tontatta Kingdom for him to be called a hero? Dwarves from Tontatta Kingdom said that Montblanc Noland is like a hero for them, but what has he done for them that makes the dwarves say that he's a hero?

Any explanation from manga or anime?

From One Piece Chapter 713 Page 19

From the Wikia article on Montblanc Noland:

  Sometime in his journeys, he entered the New World and encountered the island of Green Bit, protecting the Tontatta Kingdom and its people from the humans who were ravaging their homes. However, Noland's tales would forever be labeled lies after one unlucky event around a friend he made.

Unfortunately, this is all we know about Noland's act which earned him the title of a "hero".


Are Homura's wings witch wings in the end? At the end of the anime where Homura is in a wasteland, she grows wings. The texture is almost the same as the art style that is used for witches and their lairs, so I'm wondering - at the end of the anime, was Homura becoming something of a witch/magical girl hybrid?

Pictures of Homura's wings:

The Rebellion movie seems to hint that

  Homura's wings in this scene were indeed witch wings, or rather, the beginning of Homura's transformation into a witch.

The biggest clue is the landscape. The last time we see Homura in the series she is about to confront a bunch of wraiths in a desert landscape. The Rebellion movie reveals

  that the Incubators tried to trap Homura and interrupt her witch transformation in order to draw out Madoka. When the Incubators' barrier is broken, Homura is still in the desert.

If you assume the two deserted landscapes are one and the same,

  you would conclude that Homura was about to turn into a witch at the end of the series. Presumably, that's where her transformation began before it was interrupted, setting the events of the Rebellion movie in motion.


Why aren't most of the phones in anime smartphones? For example:

Gintama:

Oregairu: I can't think of any examples I can back up right now, but for Oregairu you just need to watch any episode and you'll see Yui's flip phone.
Haganai

Black Rock Shooter

Is it because the authors are just from an older generation than the fanbase? No way, right? They have to have smartphones.

This says it's because smartphones aren't popular in Japan. I don't think that's true (bad evidence alert).

Several Reddit posts also agree that flip phones are more popular. Why are flip phones still so popular, (if you can endeavor to answer) in both society and anime/manga?

Of the shows you cite, Haganai was animated in 2011; Black Rock Shooter was animated in 2012; and Oregairu was animated in 2013. The source material for each is even older (albeit kind of irrelevant for Black Rock Shooter). I omit Gintama because it's long-running and I don't know when your screencap is from.

Smartphone adoption in Japan is hugely up between 2013 and now, and even more so between 2011 and now. According to the CIAJ (as cited in a whitepaper titled "Japan’s Smartphone Surge and Its Impact on the Mobile Marketplace"), smartphone penetration in the Japanese market was a mere 9% in 2011, rising to 39% in 2013, and skyrocketing to 84% in 2016.

Is it any wonder, then, that anime set in "the present" that aren't from the past year or two would tend to have more non-smartphones ("feature phones", as they're called) than smartphones?

(I specify "the present" because we should exclude from discussion any shows set in the future. They tend to have fanciful notions of how telecommunications would work that don't tend to involve feature phones or what we would consider "smartphones".)

  Is it because the authors are just from an older generation than the fanbase? No way, right? They have to have smartphones.

This effect may exist - according to the Pew report "Smartphone Ownership and Internet Usage Continues to Climb in Emerging Economies", in 2015, Japanese people age 18-34 were about 2.5 times as likely to own a smartphone as Japanese people age 35+.

I doubt it is a substantial effect, though. Any animated production involves multiple people with creative input (not just the author of the source material), and I would imagine that at least some of them would know what kind of technology youngsters use.

  I don't think that's true (bad evidence alert).

Best Korea is proud of the way you confirm your priors.

  Why are flip phones still so popular, (if you can endeavor to answer) in both society and anime/manga?

The article @Maroon linked in the comments is a good overview of why smartphones were not common in Japan (prior to 2014 or so).

And why were smartphones not common in anime/manga? Because smartphones were not common in Japan. Simple as that.


How did Dragon Ball “break the internet”? Having a discussion with some people who are saying Gokus MUI transformation and DBS are the best in all of anime because it broke the internet. What does this even mean? Did manga sales reach some sort of high or was there a huge amount of viewers or something?

Somewhat a hyperbole but not far from the truth.
Due to simulcast nature of streaming sites like Crunchyroll, sometimes, a surge in views can break a streaming service.
Here are just two news reports I found in 2018 and 2017 at a cursory search. Both refer to the Dragon Ball Super's hour-long special, although it may have happened elsewhere.


Can anyone tell me what manga this is It's the first full pic, and I seem to be reminded of it but I just can't recall the name of the manga or the story line

It seems to be depicting a character from Soul Eater.

It is the main antagonist, Asura, towards the end of the manga.

From the Soul Eater wiki page for Asura:


Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime? Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime? He could be much stronger because it was believed that he already surpassed the previous Kage of Konoha. At that point, he knew all the techniques in Konoha.

There are a couple of possible reasons for this, though as far as I know, it hasn't been explained in the manga.

The first possible reason is that Sasuke hadn't mastered it well enough to bring him back at his full power. As is stated on page 10 of chapter 620, if the summoner doesn't have full mastery of the summoning, the reincarnated individual might not be brought back with the full power they had in life.

Also, according to here:

  As a downside, the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical limitations they received during their lifetime.

This could include aging. The First and Second Hokage also seem to appear the same way as they did whenever they were shown in flashbacks.


Why does Yomi relate 3661 with "Samurai"? In the last episode of Azumanga Daioh, Yomi relates 3661 with samurai word.

I know is a mnemonic technique to remember things, so things should be something like:

3 ~> sa ~> san
6 ~> mu ~> ??? (maybe shape of hiragana? む )
6 ~> ra ~> ...roku??
1 ~> i  ~> ichi

But I couldn't guess at all why relates 6 with both mu and ra. Any idea?

Japanese speakers may remember numbers by taking the prominent syllable from how they read numbers (語呂合わせ goroawase). There are more than one way on how to count: one that descended from Old Japanese (大和言葉 Yamato kotoba) and one borrowed from Chinese (漢語 kango). In the order of Yamato / Kango:

ひとつ hitotsu / いち ichi
ふたつ futatsu / に ni
みっつ mittsu / さん san
よっつ yottsu / し shi
いつつ itsutsu / ご go
むっつ muttsu / ろく roku
ななつ nanatsu / しち shichi
やっつ yattsu / はち hachi
ここのつ kokonotsu / きゅう kyū or く ku
とお tō / じゅう jyū

and so forth. Therefore, a syllable that corresponds to 3 can be either み mi, さ sa, or ざ za (the last being the voiced variation of sa).

For 3661,

3 = sa from san
6 = mu from muttsu
1 = i from ichi

The second 6 requires explanation. Notice that in the list above, "ra" does not appear. In fact, most of the syllables do not have a direct corresponding number, given that there are 48 basic syllables (plus 25 voiced variants and 21 digraphs). To force any given syllable into a number, people use various techniques.

Use English. つ tsu = 2, せ se = 7, え e = 8
Use modern Chinese. す su = 4 (written sì in pinyin but sounds like su), り ri = liù = 6
Swap vowels. This is what happened to the second 6 in 3661. Of all the syllables in the ra-line (ra, ri, ru, re, ro), only re (0 from rei) and ro (6 from roku) are defined. The Chinese technique also suggests 6 for ri. Therefore, 6 may be extended to ra and ru also. (The same thing happens in the ko/go-line where 5 fills in for ka/ga and ke/ge; and in the ma-line where 6 fills in for me and mo.)

An example of this extended list can be found at http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~b-jack/kouza/s-3.html

With these techniques in play, people might remember the first 30 digits of pi as follows:

San ishi ikoku ni mukau. Sango yaku naku,
3 . 1 4  15 9  2  6 5    3  5  8 9  7 9
Obstetrician goes to a foreign country. No misfortune after birth,

sanpu miyashiro ni. Mushi sanzan yami ni naku.
3  6  3 8 4  6  2   6 4   3  3   8 3  2  7 9
the new mother heads to a shrine. Insects chirp in the darkness severely.


What is this anime about people who can transform themselves into giant robots with the help of a device/talisman? I only saw the last part of this Anime. A few minutes. So, I cannot give many details.
I think it was a movie and I think it was around the 2nd half of the 1990s. Because it was on a weekend program where they showed Anime movies and once "X (1999)" was one of them.

What I remember from that short scene:

The Anime is about people, who can transform themselves into giant robots with the help of a device/talisman (?). However, the transformation rips their clothes apart and when hey change back, they are totally naked.
The protagonist is a girl. She has straight, shoulder-lenght, brown(ish) hair and she wears it in pigtails maybe. Anyway, her hair is tied up somehow. Either she cannot transform till the end of the movie or she has problems with fighting... but in the end she transforms and fights well.
There is and older guy (not old!), who may be her "teacher", who teaches her how to transform(?) He has brown hair and glasses I guess. In that end scene he came to help the girl out but she did well on her own, so he just watches and changes back. Being experienced, he brought spare clothes with him, but there is a giant dog (I think it is his) that takes them. So the guy ends up chasing the dog naked. They were under a bridge that time.
The art was great and detailed.

This is ALL I remember.

The series that OP was looking for is Moldiver, a 6-episode 1993 OVA anime series.

The female protagonist is Mirai, the brown-haired girl in the middle. And the glasses guy on the lower right corner is Hiroshi, her brother and inventor of the Mol Unit - the transformation device.

Plot summary by ANN:

  Hiroshi Ozora invents the Mol Unit, a device that makes its user invincible. His plans of becoming a super hero are short lived however when his sister, Mirai, accidently modifies the suit configuration. Now she is forced to save Tokyo by herself from the evil Machinegal and his gang of all-female androids.

Below is the screenshot 18 minutes into episode 2 showing Mirai getting her clothes ripped off when transforming with her clothes still on.

Below is a series of screenshot of Hiroshi getting naked inside the tunnel of the stadium to prepare for the transformation but failed (17 minutes into episode 2), after which he contacted Mirai and asked her to transform (above). When he was instructing Mirai (21 minutes into episode 2), a dog came and took his clothes away behind him.

There wasn't any scene of him chasing the dog, though.

When I first tried to identify the anime in question, I checked through the list of anime and manga in Clothing Damage trope, and Moldiver's screenshot kind of matches the description for the female protagonist.


Why did Hisoka want to kill Panthom Troupe's members? I am not quite understand why Hisoka tried to kill all Phantom Troupe member after he was lost from its leader, Chrolo Lucifer. That fight, Chrollo vs Hisoka i think is reasonable because Hisoka always intended to beat a person that more powerful than himself,

   but in the end he was lost and also confirmed death by Shalnark.

From the very first Phantom Troupe's Arc, Hisoka seems didn't have that kind of urge to kill all Phantom troupe's member. After his rebirth from that battle between Chrollo Lucifer, he suddenly have urge to kill all Phatom Troupes' member, this is just escalated quickly mood from Hisoka. His first Victim from the group were

   Shalnark and Kortopi, in chapter 357

What's his motive to kill all Phantom Troupe's member ?

The thing is, it's quite hard to interpret or understand Hisoka's motives. So, as to the reason behind Hisoka's seemingly abrupt decision to kill or hunt down all Phantom Troupe members, we don't know yet as of now unless it will be revealed in upcoming chapters. Chapter 357 also surprised me as his decision was so sudden.

What we do know, either from reading the manga or watching the anime, is that Hisoka is someone who gets off or is 'turned on' when fighting someone who is strong, either stronger than him like Chrollo or someone with potential like Gon. This could probably mean that he either has Agonophilia or he's an adrenaline junkie. He probably wants to fight all of the Troupe members, believing it would give him great arousal or excitement since he probably realized they could be worthy opponents after his fight with Chrollo. But again, this is just a possibility based on his actions. We can't be sure unless Togashi explicitly shows this in the future.

It would be, however, hasty to immediately conclude that he did it 'just because' with no reason or plan. He's not like that and he plans all his moves, as can be seen, for example, in his fights during the Heavens Arena arc. As to his exact plans for antagonizing all of the members of the Troupe, it also has yet to be revealed.


Why so few Iwatobi Swim Club members? In the first season of Free!, the three main swimmers of Iwatobi Swim Club could only manage to add one new swimmer, Rei. (Gou, while a member, was not a swimmer.)  In the second season, even though it was an active and ongoing goal, they never managed to add anyone else.  While the issue was not actually central to the plot, it bothers me that these likeable guys could not find anyone else.

I can think of two possibilities.  The first is production-based -- the folks doing the anime chose not to complicate the plot with any more characters.  To counter that, though, the Samezuka Acadamy, with already at least a dozen on their team, added two more significant ones during the 2nd season. The other possibility is that there is an underlying reason within the story that the Iwatobi High School Swim Club is supposed to die.  It will do so after this school year, due to the graduation of Haru and Makoto.  With only three members (two swimmers), the team would be auto-disbanded.  Why can they not get any new teammates?

It is not that they didn't try getting more members, but it's just that no one showed interest in joining the swimming club. In one of the episode, it is shown that the club members put on a show to recruit new members, but fail drastically.

I don't remember the episode number as of now. I will add the reference when I find the episode. It was like a stage in which each club showcases themselves to get new members from the first years.


Can Formula One prodigies like Haruka (Sailor Uranus) drive younger than Japan's legal driving age? Japanese can drive cars from age 18, though many don’t (many who even bother to get their licenses are called “paper drivers” — meaning they can drive on paper but don’t make use of them and don’t have behind-the-wheel experience); they can drive motorcycles from age 16.

Is there an exception for Formula One prodigies, allowing Haruka (Sailor Uranus) to legally drive both on racecourses and on regular roads?

Taiki Kou (Sailor Star Maker) is seen driving a car in episode 178.  This is illegal since he’s 16 years old, correct?

(Japanese legally become adults at age 20; this is when they can start to vote, drink, and smoke.  They have a seijinshiki [成人式, Coming-of-Age ceremony] on Seijin no Hi [成人の日, or Coming-of-Age Day], a national January 2nd holiday on which most individuals return to their hometowns.  See episode 160 for more information.)

No, There are no legal way for a 16-year-old to drive on public roads.
As Memor-X pointed out Wikipedia has a sentence about it.

Haruka is a racecar driver, even though she is barely sixteen years
old when she appears. However, the timing of her birthday to the
Japanese school year means she is one grade ahead of the Sailor
Soldiers.

And the Japanese version of Wikipedia has a annotation.

高校一年なのだが、制服姿でスポーツカーを愛車として公道で走らせている[4]。
She is first grade of high school, but she ride a sports car as beloved car.
4^ 国際運転免許証をもっていると考えれば合法であるが日本国内においては18歳までは公道では運転できない。北米版では留年しているという設定。
Legally she can drive a car with an international driver's licence, but in Japan, she can't drive on a public road until the age of 18. In the North American version, she has a scene where it's stated that she repeated a grade of school.

There is the Vienna Convention on Road Traffic.
Japan and US both signed this convention.
For example, I can drive a car in US with a Japanese driver's licence but without US driver's licence.
But the converse is little bit more difficult.
In Japan, the registration is required before driving a car.
(The convention says that the government can't have a test, but can have a registration.)
And Japanese government can't accept registration from people younger than 18 years old.
Thus a 16-year-old girl who has a US driver's licence can't drive a car in Japan.
Added: more research.
The author Naoko Takeuchi misunderstand the law; she thought a 16-year-old international driver licence holder can drive on public roads in Japan, and created the character and scene.
But the law doesn't allow it.
To fix the problem, in the North American version, Uranus was stated to be 18 years old.
For racer licence.
In Japanese law, there are no restrictions for driving inside private space.
For example, most Japanese get driver's licences in driving schools that have large space with fake road. You can get training to drive inside the school before getting your licence.
If the racing course allows it, children of any age can drive.
But (according to the Wikipedia article) most racing courses require racer licence.
Racer licence is certified by a company or agency (not the government).
The requirement is different between each company.
From Wikipedia's example, JAF (Japanese Automobile Federation) requires a normal driving licence to get a racer's licence, but MFJ (Motorcycle Federation of Japan) doesn't require a normal driving licence.
And racing course will accept international racer licences.


What does the Namekian password for the Dragon Balls translate to? In the Namek Saga, we found out that the Namekian Dragon Balls need a password to be activated, which Dende uses on behalf of the Z Warriors. Since he says it in Namekian, I am wondering if there is a translation of what he is saying?

There is no known explanation for the password in manga AFAIK. According to the Dragon Ball Wikia, only a few words of the Namekian language are explained. Piccolo and Porunga are the two words really explained and the others are in filler episodes.

The password is "Takkaraput pop porunga pupiritt paro!" . As far as you make it out, Porunga is part of the password. And the episode is named as "Password is Porunga". So the best guess is something like calling Porunga. Also for Shenron, replace Porunga with Shenron in the password. So the password isn't a randomn mystery but some sort of calling to the dragon's name. It is however a guess as there is no official translation.

To quote the wikia on this:

  The Namekian language is a fictional language spoken by Namekians,  individuals native to Planet Namek. "Piccolo" and "Porunga" have been defined in the Dragon Ball manga; other words appear as filler material in episodes of Dragon Ball Z. In Dragon Ball, Piccolo and Kami speak in Namekian language to each other during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament; although their actual words are translated, Namekian letters appear on the screen.

Here is a list of known Namekian words, some translated:

  "Avishta" – never explained, although it may have some relation to 'hello', as Krillin says this during the Namek greeting gesture he  makes to Raiti.
  "Butla antu" – "bed", literally "sleepy time"
  "Dablirobe" – never explained
  "Dorigelop crafca" – ''fly to''
  "Onska ropeca" – never explained, although it has some relation to 'turn around', as the phrase causes the Namek spaceship to turn while in flight.
  "Piccolo" – "from another world" or "open"
  "Porunga" – "dragon of dreams" or "dragon of law"
  "Seata belta" – "toilet"
  "Stando boomsca" – never explained, although it has some relation to 'fire', as the phrase activates the Namek spaceship's beam cannon.

According to Naroka's Namek to English translator, these are the remaining words that have been translated from Namek to English in the whole manga
"

  "Stando boomsca" – Relation to 'blast' or 'fire'
  "Pikonatto" – "good day"
  "Kistan" - *"Guardian" *
  "Dimo" - "I'm" or *"I am" *
  "Matto espen" - *"What is your name" *
  "Kado" - "Hey"
  "Ba soun" - "Over there"
  "Ne sinti" - Phrase, "He/She seems well/nice"
  "Sinti" - "Nice/Well"
  "Kabo ko" - "Still"
  "Bäsa" - "Unsure"
  "Horou" - "Do you"
  "Sä" - "It/It's"
  "Irra Pokabo" - "Possible"
  "Kogata ro sa shikohama" - "Do it or die"

As you can see, the Namekian password has never been translated in the manga too.

Source: http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Namekian_language

http://wodsouls.freeforums.net/thread/1299/naroka-ukares-namekian-english-dictionary


How is the post-credits scene for the original series connected to Rebellion? In the post-credits scene of the series

   Homura is seen wandering the desert where the scene concludes with her sprouting dark wings and flying off.

After seeing Rebellion, this seems connected in that

   it takes place in Homura's rewritten universe after she becomes a demon, which is what the wings represent.

I'm not too sure though, what confuses me is that Homura is

   still wearing Madoka's ribbon in the post-credits scene, while in Rebellion she gave it back in the end after her "we may end up enemies" speech.

Ultimately, what does this scene represent now that Rebellion exists?

As far as I understand, this scene is supposed to show

  that Homura has begun transforming into a witch at the end of the series. This explains why the wings look like something out of a witch labyrinth. It would also explains her ribbon: it still takes place in the universe with adjusted laws that Madoka created. Additionally, it would explain why she was able to hear Madoka - it was because Madoka would be coming to claim her soon.

If you go by this, then it can be assumed

  that the Incubators trapped Homura in their barrier pretty much immediately after this scene, and then the plot of Rebellion takes place.

So the wings would actually be

  witch wings, not demon wings. However,  there seem to be some similarities between the powers of a witch and Demon-Homura. For example, in her redone universe, she is shown to have bird familiars that look suspiciously like witch familiars. We could also see that Homura also had her soul gem transformed into something - not a grief seed though, because it wasn't despair that transformed her, but love - or so Homura says.

So it would make sense that

  her witch wings look similar to her demon wings at the end of the Rebellion movie.


Was Goku bad before coming to the Earth? My friends and I have a discussion if Goku was bad or not before coming to the Earth, how can illuminate us?

Goku was a Saiyan, a warrior race whose desire was to be the strongest race in the Universe. He was sent to destroy the human race and sell the planet to another race. After falling into a ravine and injuring his head, Goku ended up losing his memory and was hence raced as a Human by Grandpa Gohan, which is why his overall personality is very comparable to that of Humans than SaiyansSo to answer your question,Yes. Goku was indeed sent to the earth initially, to carry out an evil task. However, his head injury and care from Grandpa Gohan was the reason why that didn't go about happening.


Why don't characters teach each other techniques? In the Dragon Ball series, characters have had their own special abilities/techniques. For example, the Instant Transmission. During the Buu saga, Cell saga and tournaments etc characters such as Piccolo or Vegeta may have needed to use such techniques. Also, the fighters are so fond of getting stronger. So why is it that the characters do not teach each other moves that may be extremely helpful in battle and never seem to change their set of techniques?

This isn't necessarily the case. It depends heavily on the personalities of the characters using the technique and the character who wants to learn the technique.Krillin wanted to learn the Kaioken at the time Goku first revealed it. Although, he never followed through.Vegeta is too prideful to have Goku teach him how to use instant transmission or any technique for that matter. However, if you recall, after Namek, the latter was in search of Goku to ask him how he managed to turn into a Super Saiyan. It would be against Vegeta's character to ask Goku to teach him very simple techniques when Vegeta himself is a battle prodigy and could figure them out or come up with variants himself. That didn't stop him from asking Whis to train him as the Vegeta clearly knew how strong Beerus was and the former's teacher would be very experienced and significantly more powerful.Goku on the other hand, despite having the power of a God in Dragon Ball Super, still goes to Master Roshi to learn the Mafuba. He later adopts a technique he watches Krillin use in his fight against Jiren. His character has been written in such a way.In conclusion, it simply comes down to fighter's particular character. That said, the only convenient technique Goku has which the other fighters could find useful is instant transmission. Not to use during battle as it can be easily countered "We watch Frieza easily counter the Yardrat using Instant Transmission in the tournament effortlessly". It could be convenient for travel. The show has kind of adapted the attack as one of Goku's signature attack for the sake of plot convenience. That said, Goku says it took him  1 year to perfect instant transmission. It makes sense for Goku to have spent a year to master the technique based on the circumstances he was in at that point in time. Goku is also superior to the rest of the Z fighters as far as the technical aspects of Combat is concerned(Disregarding Whis and maybe Beerus of course, if you consider them to be a part of the crew). So it doesn't really make sense  for the rest of them, to spend a year or possibly much longer, to master a technique simply for the sake of travel.


Does the Edo Tensei caster need to know all the hand seals to use the reanimated person? Is it necessary for, for example, Kabuto (the Edo Tensei user) to know all the hand seals and adequate knowledge on other techniques to control and fully utilize the reanimated person per his wish?

Or is it just a matter of "controlling a person somehow and use him"? What I observe is even when being controlled physically, mentally the reanimated character is reluctant (sometimes except few exceptions). Then, if the mind is not under Edo Tensei user's control, how does controlling work?

No, it isn't needed.

Neither Kabuto nor Orochimaru can use the Wood element, they don't know and cannot use all the Kekkei Genkai of the users they reanimated.

Controlling works by setting a goal for the reanimated person. "Kill them all", "Fight to hold them off", "Go to that point in the battlefield". The reanimated person will now do anything on his own to complete that goal, even if it is against his own will.


Actually how deaf is Shouko in Koe no Katachi and is it revealed why she is only wearing 1 hearing aid? As it's already been stated in a similar question, Shouko's not completely deaf, but it's still very severe as she wasn't able to understand people clearly. It seems to be very blurry as shown in chapter 51 of the manga.

But e.g. the scene on the Ferris wheel in which Naoka talks to Shouko, it seems that Shouko is able to understand what Naoka's talking (I'm not sure though, as she only answered "I'm sorry" which Shouko says a lot). Naoka deliberately talked very slowly. So, is it safe to assume that Shouko is and has always been able to understand people when they're talking slow enough?

If it wasn't the case when she was still a child, has her sense of hearing been improved until now to the point in which Shouko's able to understand people clearly when they talk slow enough? If I'm not mistaken, depending on the type of deafness, it is possible to stimulate the regeneration of the hearing ability through medicaments, clinical interventions or sometimes even without any interventions.

And why is she only wearing one hearing aid? Is it a repercussion of the time where Shouya damaged her ear? If yes, how badly injured is that ear?

1.Actually how deaf is Shouko ?

Actually, it's already been stated in this question. Well, just some part of it that answered your question. But from your state on the question above comes out a new topic to discuss. But there's another topic to discuss deriving from your question.

  If it wasn't the case when she was still a child, has her sense of
  hearing been improved until now to the point in which Shouko's able to
  understand people clearly when they talk slow enough? If I'm not
  mistaken, depending on the type of deafness, it is possible to
  stimulate the regeneration of the hearing ability through medicaments,
  clinical interventions or sometimes even without any interventions.

Well, this is kind of true, but in chapter 32.5 there was a scene in which Shouko practiced a lot to improve her sign-language with her grandmother. She is doing this because of Yuzuru. Here are the pages in which Yuzuru confronts Shouko with her voice. (Read from right to left)

Page 1-2

  Shouko : Uyuu!(Yuzuru!)... Ah oohh(???)

  Yuzuru : I don't think you should speak in front of other people.

What Yuzuru told her has (somehow) motivated Shouko to improve her pronunciation and sign language so it will make her sound not so bad for other people. You can see her practicing a lot with her grandmother. While Shouko was learning the sign language with her grandmother, we can see that they faced each other. I think the reason behind it is that Shouko wants to learn to understand people talking normally and how they pronounce certain words by reading their lips. The result of those practices can be seen on page 3.

Here, i.e. after the time skip, she's almost able to say "Yuzuru". Her pronunciation has improved a lot. You can mostly understand what she's saying, but it's neither grammatically correct nor phonetically correct.

And on page 6 you can see her practicing JSL with Yuzuru just like her grandmother did.

To answer your question

  So, is it safe to assume that Shouko is and has always been able to
  understand people when they're talking slow enough?

In the Ferris Wheel scene (chapter 27-28), Ueno said that she will speak slowly, AND she said that she will make sure that Shouko will understand what she's going to say.

The question is, did Shouko really understood what Ueno said?

In chapter 28 Shouko writes a letter for Ueno. This scene happened just after the Ferris Wheel scene. If Shouko didn't understand what Ueno said in the Ferris Wheel, she wouldn't have been working that hard to write the letter.

You can see the content of her letter on chapter 44, page 11-12. The content of that letter really fits with Shouko's conversation with Ueno back then, so it is likely her response to that conversation.

Based on this, it is correct to say that Shouko did understand what Ueno said in the Ferris Wheel.

2. Is it revealed why she is only wearing 1 hearing aid?

It's not revealed officially, yet. I don't know if it has been revealed, but a user said on the MAL forum which discusses a similar topic:

  I'm surprised that no one knows the answer, considering how obvious it
  felt. Near the middle of the movie, there was a scene with Shouko and
  her grandmother talking with a doctor. After that scene, we see Shouko
  crying with one hearing aid taken off. This basically means that
  Shouko lost hearing capabilities completely in one ear. That's why she
  doesn't use a hearing aid on that ear anymore.

I haven't watched the anime so I can't prove if this is true or not, yet in manga versions, they never mention anything concerning why Shouko only uses one hearing aid. And I think it's a bit different between the manga and the anime version since there was no scene in the manga in which Shouko and her grandmother were talking with a doctor.


Why isn't Subaru allowed to tell anyone about his "return by death" power? In Re:Zero, Subaru has the "return by death" power, but when he tries to tell anyone about it he is stopped by what I assume is "The Witch". Why does this happen? Why can't Subaru tell anyone about his power?

The witch seems to have given him his Return by Death power and stops him when he tries to reveal it. The witch's motivations for giving him the power or keeping it secret have not been revealed yet. It seems pretty clear that there's no way for Subaru to overcome the witch and reveal the power -- when he tried to overpower the witch and reveal his ability to Emilia, the witch killed Emilia.


A shoujo manga about a girl who cuts a guy's hair in the middle of class and later fixes it This manga is about a high school girl who loves doing her sister's hair in the mornings, but she doesn't do her own hair because she thinks it won't suit her. One day at school, she cuts a guy's hair in the middle of class. Later she fixes it, and then the story progresses. That's all I can remember, thank you.

I'm quite sure it is Kyou, Koi o Hajimemasu. Your description matches the details from chapter 1 of the manga.

Synopsis from mangaupdates (emphasis mine):

  Tsubaki is a girl who loves making her younger sister's hair pretty every morning, but she doesn't think that kind of style suits herself! The day of her High School Beginning Ceremony, after she failed in being the top student (who usually makes the ceremony speech), she finds herself sitting next to the actual top student of the first years, the worst rude guy ever, Kyouta. She ends up cutting his hair on purpose because of the bad things he says to her. Kyouta demands that Tsubaki pay him back with her body, but Tsubaki fixes his hair instead--making it even shorter! After that, Kyouta unexpectedly kisses Tsubaki and swears that he'll make her his woman.

Reference

Wikipedia


What kind of modifications the AE86's have had in Initial D? I am not that interested in automotive (aviation all the way DC-3) but after seeing "Pimp My Reich" (I strongly suggest you to watch it, the ending is great) I learned there is a manga and an anime called Initial D. As I learned, there were 3 AE86's in the whole series but what about the modifications? Were "performance" modifications ever used in the series? They can be simple engine part replacements or whole engine/aspiration type replacements.

Simply put: did anyone of the AE86's had any kind of performance mods? Also I want to make a replica of it in racing sims. So should I use carbon fiber or black painting for the hood? What is the history of hood part replacement throughout the series?

To put them simply I list them one by one (these are the things that are mentioned or can be seen in the anime, so things like brands of wheel rims for example which are not mentioned in the anime I will not mention them):

Takumi's AE86
Before his engine blowout, he used a modified 4A-GE engine. After his engine blowout, his dad changed it to a Group A engine and changed his tachometer to cope with the high-revving environment of the engine. During his time in Project D, his suspension is also changed to a new one after he 'won' his battle with God Hand, although it wasn't stated what modifications are made to the suspension if I remember correctly. Also his change from stock to carbon hood before his battle with Tachi Tomoyuki from the graduate of Toudou School
Wataru's AE86
Wataru's AE86 is an interesting one as it has the most apparent or mentioned changes. First he uses a turbo for his engine. After he lost his battle with Takumi at the end of stage 2, he changed from turbo to supercharger since he felt unsatisfied with his turbo performance. At the same time, he also changed from stock hood to carbon hood.
Shinji's AE86
Shinji's AE86 is a stock sedan AE86. It doesn't have any performance change as far as I'm concerned.

And to answer your question regarding the replica, I suggest to use a black-painted hood as the carbon hood in some games is too gray-ish instead of black-ish like Takumi's.


How does Getsuga mode works? It is said that in order to release Final Getsuga Tenshou, Ichigo has to be Getsuga himself. But, what does it mean? How this Getsuga mode worked? Is it only Zangetsu exclusive? Is it cancelable and be reused?

To understand how Final Getsuga Tenshou (FGT) works, we need first to understand what happened with Ichigo when he wanted to learn it.

Ichigo and Isshin was in the Dangai (Precipice World) a tunnel that connects Living World and Soul Society. Isshin stopped Ichigo and noted that the train was not there and that while it usually is a bad thing, it was a good thing for them since because the flow of time is different in the Dangai than that in Real World or Soul Society, it is a good time for him to teach Ichigo the FGT. Isshin then told Ichigo that he can only attain the technique by asking his Zanpakutou to teach it to him. He then told Ichigo to sit crossing his legs and start communicating with his Zanpakutou, which is similar to what meditation is.

What happened with Ichigo when he entered his inner world is that he found that all the tall buildings are under water. He was surprised but then Tensa Zangetsu shows up and tell him that he can breathe just fine even under water since its just his inner world. Ichigo asked Tensa Zangetsu to teach him, but Tensa Zangetsu refused. Hollow Ichigo shows up and then fused with Tensa Zangetsu and then fight Ichigo, claiming that if he persist on trying to learn the technique, Hollow Tensa Zangetsu will kill him. They fought, but Ichigo keeps getting beaten.

Then Ichigo realized that there is something wrong with the fight. Hollow Tensa Zangetsu could have killed him from the first strike, yet he didn't do it. He then understands how he can learn the technique, that is by accepting Hollow Tensa Zangetsu's blade. Thus he let the blade pierce him. Hollow Tensa Zangetsu then told him that that is the right answer for Hollow Tensa Zangetsu is Ichigo himself. Ichigo then proceeds to fight Aizen using his newfound power.

Now what does all this means? This means that to learn (to use) Final Getsuga Tenshou, Ichigo needs to understand himself and accept it as is. That's why it was said that to use Final Getsuga Tenshou, he needs to be Getsuga itself.

How does it works? If we see how he attained it, he probably need to enter a special state of mind, which he can reach by meditation. In Zen teachings, there are some special states of mind, namely, Shoshin, Fudoushin, Mushin, and Zanshin. Mushin in sports is often called as "Zone". If you watched Kuroko no Basuke (The Basketball that Kuroko Plays) you will see that when in the "Zone", all abilities goes up drastically, which in Ichigo's case would be his reiatsu goes up so high that even Aizen no longer able to comprehend it.

Is it Zangetsu exclusive? Maybe. That question cannot be answered with exact answer. The only thing that we know is that Isshin knows about the technique, and quite possibly has used it before, and that Ichigo was able to learn it as well. If we go by how Ichigo attained it, then it is very possible that others might be able to learn similar technique although it won't be called Final Getsuga Tenshou since they only ones who has been shown to be able to use Getsuga Tenshou are Isshin and Ichigo.

Is it cancel-able and reusable? If we go by what Kise Ryouta did during the match between Kaijo and Seirin in the semi-final of the Winter Competition, then yes, it can be canceled, assuming that FGT works by entering a "Zone", and that it works the same way in Bleach universe. What we know for sure is that Isshin/Tensa Zangetsu (I forgot which one) said that once he used the technique he will lost all his powers. He will turn into a normal person. This means that it is not reusable.


The name of the anime movie about apes This anime is about a world inhabited by apes and there are two kinds of them : the civilized apes living by the sacred sea/lake and uncivilized apes living in the mountain.

The apes cannot travel to the distant city at the other side of the lake/sea since their God will get angry if they get in the water. They'll find at the end that this is lie and they can go wherever they want to.

The civilized apes wear hats all the time, because they're not supposed to show their ears in public.

There are no humans in the anime, so the main character is an ape who fell by accident from the mountain, home of the uncivilized apes, to the city, home of civilized apes. This ape (I forgot his name) came out to be a very clever and intelligent. I don't remember what he did, but I think he started to learn and became a brilliant savant, but I am not sure.

I watched the movie 3 or 5 years ago on TV and I think it was new at the time, but again, I am not sure.

The "style" and the atmosphere of the movie resembles to that of Spirited Away of Miyazaki. Though, it's not a Miyazaki movie.

Anyone knows this great movie ?

Thanks.

I believe that the movie you are looking for is A Monkey's Tale.

It's a French Animated Cartoon.
It's better known as Le Château Des Singes.
It was released in 1999.
The protagonist is Kom.

  Kom- the protagonist, a rebellious, cheeky, but brave young Wonkoo monkey.

It's story is -

  Kom is a member of the Woonkos, a tribe of monkeys who live in a canopy and they live in obsessive fear of falling into a nearby pit, which is inhabited by other monkeys they believe to be demons. Kom refuses to believe these superstitions and claims bravery and is rude to the elder of the Woonkos. However, on the way home, he accidentally falls from the trees into the land below. When there, he meets the Lankoo tribe and finds they are in fact very similar to his own tribe. He befriends Gina, a young maid and Master Martin, the librarian and they help teach him to behave like a Lankoo. The Lankoo king is impressed by his actions, although Gina doesn't like it when he tries too hard for popularity, and briefly forgets her. However, there is also evil afoot. The chancellor Sebastian, the governess and their dim-witted side-kick, Gerard the Gormless, are up to evil plans: they will find a way for the King to die and they are poisoning his already sick daughter, Princess Ida. The King, along with most of his army, die drowning while attempting to reach the "promised land" on the other side of the poisonous lake when it was frozen. Sebastian believes his plan has worked, but the governess (who was giving the princess the poison) is given it herself by Gina and the one remaining soldier, however it is believed she is tough enough not to die, but will remain a "sleeping ugly". The film ends with Sebastian and Gerard in cages, Princess Ida as the new queen and Kom and Gina returning to the land of the Woonkos, while it is clear that the two tribes will unite. It features the song "We Are One" by Westlife.


Who are the "black" and "white" characters? In a TYPE-MOON Ace 7 - 10 year Anniversary interview, Nasu Kinoko, Takeuchi Takashi, Urobuchi Gen were asked a number of questions. while i was looking up for any interview about Alexander's name choice for another answer here i came acorss this (may have to expand Reference 8)

  Q: Having the "black" one as the main character and the "white" one as the villain is a refreshing idea. Then, how about the red Saber (Saber Extra), who appeared in Fate/Extra?

  Uro: That character is completely disconnected from the other Sabers. Personally, she looked like a female Gilgamesh to me.
  Nasu: If I had written Fate/Zero, then Iskandar would have been a character like Red Saber. In my mind, I can only see Iskandar as a worthy opponent to Gilgamesh, but the Iskandar Urobuchi created was an excellent, wild, and unprecedented character that I could have never thought up. But I want to surpass him somehow, so maybe Red Saber was born out of my drive to create a different tyrant from Iskandar.

Just from the comments made by Nasu and Urobuchi i would suspect that when the question talks about "black" and "white" they mean the alternate forms of Saber-Arturia, Saber-Alter (black) and Saber-Lily (white) however i don't know any Fate/ work which has Saber-Alter as the main character and Saber-Lily as the villain.

Also i am aware of Saber of "Black" however because Nasu's comment i believe is talking about Saber-Nero given her reputation rather than Saber of "Red" i'd assume he's not talking about Fate/Apocrypha characters

I'm wondering who these "black" and "white" characters are and where they appear in the roles mentioned in the question?

Reference:
Left is Saber-Alter, the right is Saber-Lily

By taking the previous question into account, the meaning is pretty clear.

OK then, we'll change topics. Saber has a lot of alter egos like Saber Alter and Saber Lily. How do you see them, Urobuchi?
Uro: What I imagine is that for the Saber Lily storyline, in Fate/stay night, Saber was completely beaten by Caster, and so she became one of her Servants. Like, she thought "I'd be way better off with Caster than with Shirou." (Laughs)
Nasu: I never thought of that. Interesting. So in other words, the white dress represents how both her body and soul have been tamed by Caster. So Lily is truly like a "lily" to Caster... you crazy bastard, you did it again...
Takeuchi: Lily's design was inspired by the dress she wore when Saber was captured by Caster. Then, we just filled it with feminine qualities that Saber lacked and it became what it is now. So basically, I think Urobuchi really hit it close to the mark.
Uro: Really?! Lily looked like a villain to me from the moment I saw her. Imagine her appearing from behind Caster, really working those heels! Just thinking of it gets me excited!
Takeuchi: But in terms of villains, don't we already have Alter?
Uro: No, she isn't a villain, she's a dark hero.
Nasu: Alter is an idealist who clings to her own values even though she's been blackened. In that respect, she isn't a pure villain.
Uro: For example, Alter's like how Hakaider was in Mechanical Violator Hakaider (*8). And Lily is the enemy she would face. The wrinkles in the corners of her eyes are proof to that. She'd shine as a villain.

^ (This part is most pertinent in the hypothetical "Black vs. White" scenario posed between Urobuchi and Nasu)

Nasu: Then after defeating Lily in battle, Alter would jump on a motorbike in the last scene and ride off into the sunset. Then the narration would come in: "She is a modern knight, who lives in a world of darkness!" (*9)
Takeuchi: Motorbikes aside, (laughs) I do think it'd be interesting to add meat to Lily's character in that manner.

It is indeed a you assumed, but the interviewer merely mentioned hypothetical possibility of series where Saber Alter as the protagonist and Saber Lily as the antagonist would be a refreshing story idea.


What song is playing in DBS episode 130 at 4:22? (UI Goku vs Jiren) I've been searching for that legendary guitar rift for a while now and can't seem to find it in any OST.
(starts at exactly 4:22 in ep 130)

I used Shazam, it kinda worked but not really. The result I got was:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03YISiMdtFE
which is the music but it's a different version with singing, while the version used on the show had no singing. < that's the one I'm looking for

The song is 究極の聖戦 (kyūkyoku no battle in romaji[1] or Ultimate Battle in english). There are two versions of this song:

The one performed by Akira Kushida (the version Shazam found)
The one without vocals (the version you are looking for)

According to Anison, the version without vocals is named 究極の聖戦 (カラオケ) (where "カラオケ" means "karaoke").

I searched on YouTube that exact term and found it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9P2caRnjXP0

1. J-Talk translates "聖戦" as "seisen" but many sources use "battle" instead. I have no idea which one is correct.


In the Bleach manga, does Byakuya really die in Bleach 502? In the Bleach manga-volume 57, chapter 502, page 56-you see

   Byakuya on a wall with blood splattered everywhere, and a man with white hair (sorry for me not knowing his name; I have yet to actually read the manga, besides the first three volumes) says, "It seems Byakuya Kuchiki is dead."

My question is: is Byakuya really dead, here, or does he come back and whatnot? This scene looks as though he is, but we've seen desperate situations-like this-in the past chapters (or episodes) of Bleach where the character isn't truly dead; they come back later making a dramatic entrance, looking even more badass than before. See what I mean?

This CAN'T be the end for Byakuya Kuchiki. It just can't!

You should probably just live with the dramatic tension as you keep reading through the series.  That being said...

The short answer:

   He gets better.

The slightly longer answer:

   He gets better.  And gets a power-up.

The longer, more detailed answer:

   He hangs on by a thread.  And then Squad Zero--recall we heard about them during the Turn Back The Pendulum arc--shows up when the Quincies leave.  One of them takes Byakuya and a few others with them up to the Royal Palace.  Byakuya and a few others then get healed up, equipped, and trained in the Royal Palace.

I left a fair amount of details out of the above, so some things won't be spoiled, but it still spoils a fair amount even in its vague brevity.


Does Yachiru ever come back? In the Bleach anime, Yachiru disappears because she is Kenpachi's Spirit, but does she ever come back?

There's no indication she comes back as a physical being in the manga (although she is Zarakai's zanpakuto spirit so he can talk to her at any time). In Ch 685 ten years after the conclusion of the Thousand Year Blood War Kenpachi bickers with Ikkaku and Yumichika while lost on their way to the appointment of the new captain of Squad 13 where Ikkaku is referred to as second in command which was Yachiru's seat before Quincies happened. Kenpachi himself then explains that his poor sense of direction was Yachiru's fault and now that she "isn't around no more" he won't get lost anymore... he says while lost... as usual...


is Vegeta's new form in manga chapter #40 super saiyan blue evolution? So Vegeta in chapter #40 powers up to another form. Is this form supposed to be  super saiyan blue evolution? Is it supposed to be a different form?

no, it is a evolved form the the original SSB/SSJB (Super Saiyan Blue). This is noted, because of the darker blue around the edges of Vegeta's aura, and the regular SSB has no darker blue around the edges. This new SSB evolved form was never reached by Goku,at least in the anime series of Dragon Ball Super.

The evolved form of SSB has the FULL abilities of SSB, which the regular form only has for the first few seconds. Although SSB evolved is good, it is not as fast as SSG (Super Saiyan God).

So this is not the same form, it is an evolved form, and has the FULL potential of SSB, with no limitations whatsoever.

the following is a evolution chart for all of the Dragon Ball transformation (Saiyans only) (Includes all forms used by both Goku AND Vegeta)

Kaioken --> Super Vegeta --> SS1 --> SS first-grade --> SS second-grade --> SS2 --> SS3 --> SS4 --> SSG --> SSB --> SSR (Super Saiyan Rose, used by Goku Black) --> SSB Evolved (Vegeta was first to use this evolved form of SSB) --> UI --> MUI (UI exhausts the user, and MUI furthur exhausts the user, but when Goku used it, he would've died if he came out of it then)

I did my research on the Dragon Ball Wiki

Links:

SSB: https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_Blue

SSB evolved: https://dragonball.fandom.com/wiki/Super_Saiyan_God_SS_Evolved

SS flow chart: https://comicbook.com/anime/2017/11/28/dragon-ball-super-saiyan-flowchart/


Why isn't Digimon consistent with its rule mechanics per story/season title? After reading this review about Digimon:

While the general basis of relationships between the show's kids and their digital companions remained constant over the course of the series, almost everything else went through many makeovers.
Some seasons feature seven human visitors to DigiWorld; others,
as few as three. In early episodes, the kids can't get back home; later stories show a new cast of youngsters effortlessly
journeying between the two worlds. And while in most stories each
kid has his own specialized Digimon sidekick, a full season of
episodes featured humans who could transform into the digital
beings rather than just summon them for battles.
Youngsters will certainly find this lack of continuity confusing, and
parents may be wary of introducing their kids to yet another marketing
conglomerate looking to rival Pokemon. (Digimon boasts a similar
assortment of tie-in video games, trading cards, virtual pets, and
other toys.) And it's worth noting that although the show's violence
is mostly of the flashy, fantasy variety and battles are reserved for
the digital beings, those who are seriously injured dissolve into
pieces that are said to regroup and reincarnate at a later date.

Anime titles that has certain rules like Pokemon's battling system, Bakugan, B-daman and Yu-Gi-Oh's Trading card Game. With every season or Arc those anime change the concept and lot but not the "in-universe rules". See Zoids for example,
we see different Zoid Titles but still stays consistent with the rule that there's an MC that has a Zoid as the Mech Pilot fighting other zoid pilots. Yugioh battle with cards. and Pokemon with its concept of Gotta catch them all, battle with other trainers and wild pokemon and compete in a league.
However in Digimon, as a season / title ends, they make these Make Overs in the story's scenarios and mechanics of the rules of battle.
for example, in the first season of Digimon (Digimon Adventure 00) We see 7 Chosen Ones who where transported to the Digital World. In there they meet their seven companion Digimons (one partner for each).
The Second season, continues the first with the 2 veterans and 3 new Digi-destined. Nothings wrong there then they throw in Frontier in which the Humans transform in Digimons (as armor) and they were the ones fighting instead of digimons (Power Rangers style).
Also in Digimon adventure and Digimon Xros Wars the "Chosen Ones" were having difficulties returning to the Real World, but the other titles can cross easily between worlds right?
Is this because they were being called Pokemon's "Rip-off" ? or is it marketing strategy because like pokemon they also sell merchandise and Trading Cards.
Are there any detailed explanation for this?

I am incapable of giving a very good answer for this question, but I will try my best. As I have mentioned in my comment, the Digimon series is rebooted every title except for the Adventure series. The reason for this is most likely due to the fact that they feature a ageing cast instead of a Sazae-san type of show, where the characters never age, Pokemon falls into this category, so they follow Ash around for nearly 20 years.

After a little more thought, there is actually a very logical explanation for why Digimon was rebooted every time, it is mainly to keep it fun. For example, Pokemon has kept Ash at 10 so it is relatable to the children of every generation and thus keep it running for years and years, however, the defect is that Ash can never mature beyond a certain extent. Introduce Ash to new region, tell same story.

In Digimon's case, it is different, in every series, a large world threatening evil appears and the children grow and mature into near adults in their journey that spans the entire Digital World, the entire part is important as that means they are exhaustive, unlike Pokemon, which can just give a new region. Therefore, if it was Taichi and his group just going around defeating world threatening evil in a new region as they age, how horribly boring and awkward will that feel. Imagine a 20 year old jumping around shouting: "Me and Agumon will solve this with friendship!"

Therefore, to keep the Digimon series interesting while keeping the part of a world threatening evil and a journey that covers the entire world still existent and thus attract its audience, innovation is needed, so it is rebooted.

Therefore, with every series, they only thing that remains the same is

Main character: Stereotypical Hot-blooded Shounen Guy
Problem is solved through friendship and all that other rubbish
Main Digimon is also a Stereotypical Hot-blooded Shounen Guy that follows main character's ideals

With every reboot, a new creation mythos is made for the show, therefore, each series features a different Digital World with its own unique origins. The traversing part about between the worlds in the shows is actually fixed, the main thing is you need a key or a great enough power in the form of a portal is required to traverse between the worlds.

Adventure 01: Portals
Adventure 02: D-3 Digivice + digital platform such as a computer = Portal
Tamers: Portals
Frontier: Trains + Portals
Savers: Portals
Xros Wars: Xros Loader + Power = Portal

The thing about Frontier is different  only in the form of having Humans as the Digimon instead but this is most likely to be an innovation for the show in order to attract a larger group of audience, a cheap market trick.

One more thing, the concept of the DigiDestined is not present in the other series, it is only in Adventure that this concept exists as a plot device. The children in the other series is still referred as such mostly in the west only. Therefore, the point is do not think the other main characters are "chosen" like Taichi and his group. They are just a bunch of random  shounen-esque children that had a meeting with the Digimon that forever changed their lives.


Which manga chapter of Natsume Yuujinchou has a mask youkai that possesses people? Which chapter was the chapter where Natsume pretends to be Matoba's blind shiki so that he can feel people's faces and determine whether they are being possessed by a youkai?
From my memory, the youkai was a mask that attached itself to people or something...

Manga chapter 53-54. Anime season 5 (Natsume Yuujinchou Go) episode 4.


Why is Nanatsu no Taizai : Seisen no Shirushi only 4 episodes? Why does episode 4 of Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirusi state this as the end of the series?

In the opening song, there's a scene where Meliodas is fighting the devil, but it's never shown in the story line. Also at the end of each episode, there's a scene, which I think, is the main story for this season.

Is there's any explanation why Nanatsu no Taizai: Seisen no Shirushi is only 4 episodes?

TL;DR This was never intended to be a full season. This is just an intermediary series to keep the audience's interest while the real season 2 can be finished once the Manga is sufficiently ahead.

MyAnimeList: New 'Nanatsu no Taizai' TV Series Announced for 2016.The page clearly states,

  The announcement does not specify whether the new series is a sequel.

This has been done before for example with Magi. Post season 2, several episodes relating to Sinbad's history were released so that the Season 3 had enough source material.

This is a original mini arc written by the author himself. According to the discussion on MAL.

  This is basically a movie, but instead of releasing on theaters, it’s been released on TV in 4 episodes....
  Anyhow, I’m cool with that as long as it is written by the mangaka (which it is). Hopefully we will get an announcement later this year (or maybe next) about a possible sequel in 2017.... I doubt there won’t be one given the great success of this franchise.
  Also, this was never announced as a second season to begin with, so I’m not sure why some of you’re surprised by this... It was announced as Nanatsu no Taizai (2016), not Nanatsu no Taizai Second Season (2016) from the very beginning. If this was indeed a second season, they would have added that to the title the day it was announced, simple as that.
  Anyway, looking forward this original mini arc story written by Nakaba Suzuki himself.


Can the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan affect people without direct eye contact? I was in a discussion today with a friend of mine about the strength of the Mangekyo Sharingan, and the question of "can the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan affect people without direct eye contact?". We weren't certain, and lacked the materials to get an accurate result. Could someone help answer this question?

I am going by the assumption that you mean, techniques that required eye contact previously, but after obtaining the EMS (eternal mangekyou sharingan) no longer do.

In which case, the answer would be no. The EMS allows users to tap into more techniques at less chakra cost. And more importantly, without the side effect of turning blind. But does not, for example, allow the Amaterasu to burn people without making eye contact. All though It does not have to be direct eye contact.


Why did they decide to eliminate Mamoru? Warning: spoilers of the second season.

The education committee decides to eliminate Mamoru, and sends the Impure Cats against him, but fail.

   It then leads to him and Maria escaping and triggers the whole mess with the monster rat revolution.

The Education Committee is scolded for attempting to eliminate Mamoru and also for failing to do so.

But why did they decide that Mamoru had to be eliminated in the first place?

Before trying to eliminate Mamoru, the committee had already gotten rid of a girl named Reiko, who belonged in the same group as Saki and the others.

The reason they killed her was due to her poor control of Cantus, out of fear of Fiends and Karma Demons. In this particular case, it's the fear of Karma Demons and their inability to control their Cantus, leading to unconsciously and involuntarily destroying their surroundings.

Mamoru had similarly weak Cantus. Though not quite as bad as Reiko's, the committee feared he might become a Karma Demon because of this.


What happened to Eren that made him unable to turn into a Titan in chapter 53 of the manga? I am referring to when he has trouble turning into full-sized Titan after he underwent intelligence and endurance testing. It happened in chapter 53 of the series, during the Uprising Arc.

This is a quote from the Attack on Titan Wiki:

  During an experiment to test Eren's hardening abilities, a severed Titan form of Eren falls to the ground. Hange is unable to get a response from him and because Levi notices that this Titan is underdeveloped, Mikasa and Hange remove Eren's body from the Titan. [...]. A day later, Eren finally wakes up. He doesn't seem to remember anything from the experiment and is upset to find out that there were no signs of the hardening ability. Hange explains that since Eren transformed without being able to employ the hardening ability, they decided to run intelligence and endurance tests. [...]. However, after one hour of testing, Eren suddenly, after writing something about his father, became unable to perform the tasks and eventually left his Titan body. After thirty minutes of rest, he transformed again. However, this time his Titan form was only 13 m tall, contrary to the usual 15 m, and couldn't perform any of the intelligence tests. For the third time, the Titan was only 10 m tall and was incomplete, with his human body being attached to it more firmly than before. Eren takes this news as a proof that the operation to retake Wall Maria cannot be performed at the moment.

Why did this happen and how was it resolved?

I'm pretty sure this is due to the fact that turning into a titan requires energy.  Serially turning into  one like that was wearing him down, such that he couldn't turn into the normal full-sized titan of normal titan intelligence.  If he burned enough energy as a titan or through regeneration, he would not be able to turn into a titan at all for a while, as established much later in the manga.


Is there any explanation on how Z fighters control the power of their ki based attacks? I personally find this to be one of the major plot holes on dragon ball which makes any intention on defining their real powers pretty hopeless, although if there's something that explains it, which I'm not aware of, then it's not a plot hole.

I mean, depending on the situation if their ki based attacks hit something the effect can greatly change according to the situation, it can destroy just some landscape, a huge amount of it, a planet, a solar system, a galaxy...

If their energy attacks just destroy some landscape then there's no point in using them against enemies that could stand to something that would destroy a galaxy, so there's no reason for them to be used and it would be pointless. If they cannot control their destruction output everytime that there's a fight with their current power level the whole universe would be destroyed if some amount of ki based attacks are used in the fight and don't exactly go directly to one of the fighters.

But maybe they can control it according to their will of how much destruction they want them to cause.

Is there something that explains that seemingly relative destructiveness of their ki based attacks?

Thank you.

I do not think they are any in-universe explanations for that. I have actually noticed some inconsistency in the damages the Z fighters can generate when fighting.

However, it is important to note that Dragon Ball is an old Shonen manga (first chapter was released in 1984). Back then, authors were not so rigorous and consistent with the plots and power levels as in other more recent mangas. Akira Toriyama regularly (and casually!) admits he has introduced many plot-holes in the Dragon Ball series.

On a side note, when Goku defeats Frieza, he is about 150,000 times stronger than when he fought Raditz. How much stronger is Goku in Super Saiyan Blue form? I reckon it can be difficult to be consistent when such exponential strength growths are involved.

From the latest Dragon Ball Super episodes, I suppose it is safe to say Akira Toriyama has not changed his approach to mangas and does not pay much attention to such minor inconsistencies.