Is there a Sword Art Online manga? So I was wondering if there is a Sword Art Online manga, and if so which is the original, the manga or the anime?

Sword Art Online started as a light novel series (in 2009), and spawned five manga adaptations (starting in 2010) and an anime (in 2012). However, to my knowledge, the anime is based entirely on the first four volumes of the light novels and does not borrow from the manga material  at all.


What are the rules of the Shinobi Code of Conduct? I was watching Naruto Shippuden during the Kakashi chronicles, and he mentions that rule 25 is that a Shinobi isn't allowed to cry.

What are the other rules (that have been revealed)?

There are a few more indeed.

  Rule #04. "A shinobi must always put the mission first."
  Rule #25. "A shinobi must never show their tears.
  Rule #??. "A shinobi must see the hidden meanings within the hidden meanings."
  Rule #??. "A shinobi must follow their commander's instructions."
  Rule #??. "A shinobi must prepare before it is too late to."
  Rule #??. "A shinobi must never show any weakness."

There also seem to be war-specific rules

  During the Warring States Period, one of the rules forbade shinobi from revealing their surnames for fear of retaliation outside of combat.

as seen in the Wikia.


What did Shouya want to say to Shouko? During this scene, Shouya tells something like "Ore wa saa..." to Shouko, which I believe translates to something which the subtitles show as well, "You see, I...". But while completing the sentence, he falls, which leads to him being unable to complete it.

Nowhere in the movie further, is mentioned about this thing (at least I haven't noticed it :B).

Is there any sort of official statement on what he might've wanted to say?

In the manga version, Ishida said,

  "It's cold... and it's warm"

The sentence didn't look fit with what Ishida said before. Rephrasing it a little bit,

  "By the way/You see, I... feel cold and warm"

Well, my thought about what the meaning of these words are:

"It's cold" refers to the cold of the river
"it's warm" refers to the blood starting to surround his body when he's in the river. The average temperature of blood is pretty high, and when it's escaping your body that quickly you can tend to feel the warmth before it has time to cool off. You can see in the frame where Ishida mentions "It's Warm" is the same frame where he begins to bleed out. Same goes for in the movie, its voiced over as soon as he begins bleeding out as well.

Volume 6, chapter 43: page 15, 16, 17


Is this an animation error, or just bizarre character design? While rewatching The Flowers of Evil, I noticed this character in episode 2:

The character on the left struck me as very odd - she's wearing braids (which would normally suggest a female character), but she also has sideburns, which seem to be more or less only something men wear. (I'm assuming the character is female from the voice actor who plays at that moment.) Moreover, if the character weren't female, it would be odd for a school to allow him to wear braids.

Reddit suggests that this character also appears in the manga, so is this just intentional character design, rather than an error in the art? If so, who is this character, and is there anything (e.g. personality traits) that might explain this odd hairstyle? (I have not read the manga yet, and so can't easily look this up.)

Update: I remembered seeing some video footage of the live-action filming that the rotoscoped animation was apparently from on YouTube, so I might try to dig that out to see if I can get a better idea of what's going on here. On a second glance the braids struck me as a bit odd in terms of the shaping of their ends (one usually expects the hair to thin out somewhat and possibly curve a bit), so it occurred to me that this might be useful.

Update 2: After reading the entire manga, I couldn't find a character with identical design. (From the uniform -- notice that the character here wears a bow, instead of a tie -- it seems certain that they're probably female.) However, I did notice a presumably female character with very short hair (for a girl) that was in the corresponding chapater of the manga. I don't remember if the character was wearing a female uniform but will look it up later when I have time.

As mentioned in my comment, this doesn't seem to be an animation error. Aku No Hana is rotoscoped, which is essentially drawing over live action sequences. Here's a shot from before it was animated:

I suppose it was intentional if they had this character dressed up like that. I haven't seen the animated show, but the character definitely doesn't appear in the manga, having read it myself also.

Just a guess, but perhaps it was to exaggurate ugliness of a character because the animators couldn't do it that easily with the technique?

So, yes it does seem to just be bizarre character design. Especially as the character barely appears in the anime and only has a single line.


Could Sasuke use the six paths of Pain? I got into a hot conversation with a friend concerning how the Rinnengan works and I'd like to the clarify the requirements for using the 6 paths of pain;

  Just like how Nagato and Obito Uchiha could divide the six paths power accross a bunch of dead bodies, could Sasuke also use that technique in the same fashion, if the need arises?

Also, has it ever been mentioned if its possible to use the six paths technique on living people? (like divide the six paths across different individuals who are already alive?)

From the wiki, The Six Paths of Pain is

  an Outer Path technique that allows a Rinnegan user to manipulate up to six bodies as though they are their own. Since Sasuke is one, he has access to it, although he's only using the Preta Path, as stated in the wiki.  Also since it is based on the six Buddhist Paths of Reincarnation, I don't think this applies to living people.


Are the three Gorgon sisters blood related? Boa Hancock is considered to be the most beautiful woman in the world of One Piece, but her sisters are totally different.

Are they blood related sisters?

   Or perhaps something happened during their time as a slave?

Those 3 girls are definitely blood related. Boa Hancock explains her tragedy in episode 415 in which we can see the 3 girls in their childhood and early teen years and they definitely look similar. Their different characteristics are probably because of,

just being different:- even in real life siblings have different traits which grow as they mature.
different devil fruits:- we know that Boa Hancock ate Mero Mero No Mi fruit (Paramecia type), and her sisters ate Hebi Hebi No Mi fruits (Zoan type), Hebi Hebi No Mi, Model Anaconda (Boa Sandersonia) and Hebi Hebi No Mi, Model King Cobra (Boa Marigold).


What does the number on the Bog's Counter mean in Kaiji? In the second season of Kaiji, one of the games he plays is an extreme pachinko machine called "the Bog".  There seems to be a counter on that game which is confusing:

Inserting a 10 million yen card is shown to set that counter to 1000.
Pressing a button near that counter decreases that number by 100 and allows a large number of balls (it looks like 100) to fill the reservoir.
We are told many times that each ball costs 4,000 yen so buying a 10 million yen card would allow the player 2,500 balls.

If the counter shows how much money is left on the card, it is off by a factor of 10,000.  If the counter shows how many balls the card will still buy the player, it should start at 2,500 instead of 1000.  Everything seems to make sense if we see the counter as showing 1/10,000 the amount of yen the player has left on the card. That, however, seems a very strange way to denote that amount of money.  Am I missing something that would make that make sense?

Your confusion stems from the difference in the number systems used in English and Japanese. Take a look at this chart. Note that where English would be ten thousand, Japanese has a word for that, 万 (man), and from there starts to count similarly to the English "thousand": 10万, 100万, and... 1000万. So it would be a natural cutoff point on a display: Japanese people would understand that the counter is cutting off five 0s.


What DBZ fight lasted a whole season? I've heard that Dragon Ball Z once stretched a fight (sometimes they say one punch) over most of a season.

Which season was it? What are the episode titles? How did they do it, were there flashbacks or cut-aways, or constant fighting?

The Frieza vs Goku battle lasted from the time Vegeta dies to the explosion of Namek spans in episode 87 to 105, the infamous "five minute" battle itself starts at episode 97.

The fight between Goku and Cell at the Cell Games starts at 177 to 180 and Gohan's fight with Cell begins at episode 181 and ends at 191.

The final battle with Buu spans from episode 279 to 287. This is the most varied battle out of all of them.

So technically, the battle between Frieza and Goku is the longest and most drawn out battle between two characters.


Can user attack a shadow clone with genjutsu? If Sasuke is fighting with Naruto & Naruto is hiding somewhere and fighting only with his clones, does the genjutsu of Sasuke has any impact on Naruto's Clone?

The Clone would be affected but will be destroyed soon after. we saw what happened to Kakashis clone when Itachi put it under genjutsu, inside the genjutsu the clone looked like a lifeless man made of paper and the tortures didn't work on it and it puffed out of existence very soon. I think the user of the clone would remember what happened to his clone but it doesn't affect him. besides Sasuke can find the location of the real Naruto with his rinnegan so there is no use in hiding behind a clone


What is the Liquor tax law in Japan? When in the beginning of Kimi no na wa, Yotsuha asks Mitsuha to sell the sake they made in the festival and advertise it as Shrine Maiden sake and use the money to go to Tokyo, Mitsuha refuses saying that it breaks the Liquor Tax Law (or that's what the subtitles said).

What exactly is the Liquor Tax Law and how are they breaking it?

The specific law that Mitsuha mentions is called the 酒税法【しゅぜいほう】(shuzeihou) in Japanese. The Ministry of Justice does not presently have a translated version of this law (possibly because they haven't made translations as far back as 1953), but if it did, it would be located here.

In an article (in Japanese) about this specific scene, a lawyer (NISHIGUCHI Ryuuji) is asked about the legality of selling kuchikamizake. I have translated a part of the article:

  According to Mr. Nishiguchi:

  "Beverages with an alcohol content of more than 1% ABV are deemed 'alcoholic'.

  "To produce alcoholic beverages, one must obtain a license from the director of the tax office within whose jurisdiction the production site falls. Producing alcoholic beverages without a license is a violation of the Liquor Tax Act.

  "Article 54, Paragraph 1 of the Liquor Tax Act states: 'any person who produces an alcoholic beverage, yeast starter, or fermenting mash is subject to imprisonment with required labor for not more than 10 years, or a fine of not more than 1,000,000 yen'.

  "If one were to produce kuchikamizake with an ethanol content of greater than 1%, it is possible that one would be subject to criminal penalties."

  It appears that you can produce anything with an alcohol content of 1% or less without running afoul of the Liquor Tax Law. But some people produce umeshu [plum wine] in their homes. Wouldn't they be deemed to have produced an alcoholic beverage?

  "There are exceptions.

  "If you make homemade umeshu by adding ume [Japanese plum] to shochu, you are indeed deemed to have 'commingled' the alcoholic beverage with other substances and have 'produced' a new alcoholic beverage.

  "However, consumers who prepare these beverages for their own personal consumption are deemed not to have 'produced' the beverage for the purposes of the Liquor Tax Law (Article 7; Article 43, Paragraph 11).

  "That said, the production of kuchikamizake by fermenting rice would not be protected under this exception."


Are the memories still there? If someone from the royal family was to inherit the Founding Titan, then the predecessors' and future successors' memories would transfer to him/her as well.

But,

  Eren's father steals the Founding Titan and then passes it down to Eren.

So, are the memories gone? Or will they come back if a true member of the royal family

  retrieves the Founding Titan back?

Spoilers from up to Chapter 107.

According to the wiki,

   only those with royal blood—the Fritz or Reiss royal families—are able
 to use the true power of the Founding Titan. However, if the Founding
 Titan is inherited by someone outside of the royal family, the power
 can still be used if the inheritor is in physical contact with a
 Titan with royal blood. This is demonstrated when Eren Yeager
 temporarily used the Founder's power after striking the hand of Dina
 Fritz's Pure Titan. It is implied by Zeke Yeager that it does not
 matter if the Titan of royal blood is a Pure Titan or one of the Nine
 Titans, such as the Beast Titan.

 If the inheritor touches a human of royal blood, although the full
 power of the Founding Titan is still locked, some snippets of the
 previous inheritors' memories can be realized. The touch of Historia
 Reiss and her father Rod occasionally resurfaced the memories of
 Grisha Yeager. However, these memories are erratic and do not always
 come.

So if

   a true member of the royal family regains the Founding Titan, I assume that they will be able to see all of the previous memories again. Naturally, they will be subject to the First King's Will.


How do Salamanders keep Aqua warm? At the end of the first season, when Ai-chan meets Akatsuki, she says that Salamanders work to keep Aqua warm by fighting one another inside the floating building seen in the series.

However, I can't really believe that Salamanders just fight one another all day and night to keep the planet warm. So what is it Salamanders actually do and why does Ai-chan think they fight one another? (because Akari can't have been the one to put that in her head.... right?)

From Wikipedia:

  Salamander (火炎之番人 Saramandā)
      A person working at controlling the weather and adding heat to the atmosphere as part of terraforming Aqua. Salamanders live in floating islands tethered at high altitude.

Basically, the Salamanders live up in large floating islands and use some kind of technology to regulate the weather of Aqua. Since Aqua used to be Mars, it's naturally colder than Earth (Manhome), so regulating the weather mostly comes down to adding heat to the planet. Akatsuki, the only Salamander we see in the show, lives up in Ukijima, which floats above Neo-Venezia.

We see the technology used by the Gnomes, who regulate Aqua's gravity, in Volume 2 of the Aria manga, but I'm pretty sure we never actually saw how the Salamanders create heat; we just got a few oblique references to their role when Akari met with Akatsuki.


What's the name of the song played in season 3 episode 14 at about 21:15-21:57? What's the name of the song played in season 3 episode 14 at about 21:15-21:57 when Deku saves All Might from the falling rock?

I found out it's name and it's called Jet Set Run


Are the ice skaters in Yuri On Ice based on real life counterparts? I watched the first few episodes of Yuri On Ice! and my girlfriend who iceskates said that she thought that the character Yuri Plisetsky really reminded her of Yulia Lipnitskaya in that they shared similar features and backgrounds.

Are they connected? What about the other characters?

Yes, most skaters in Yuri!!! on Ice are based on real-life counterparts.
There are some official sources regarding the model of Yuri!!! on Ice's characters. According to this article,

Yuri Plisetsky and Yulia Lipnitskaya
Sharing the same name as the show’s protagonist, fifteen-year-old Yuri is a extremely talented and at times foul-mouthed Russian skater. He is making his senior debut during the series and is by far one of the youngest skaters in the Grand Prix.
Yūri!!! on Ice's storyboarder Kubo stated in an interview published in the October issue of PASH that Yuri is modeled after Russian figure skater Yulia Lipnitskaya. Currently eighteen years old, Lipnitskaya is also a young powerhouse skater and the youngest skater to ever win a gold at the Olympics at fifteen years old.
Victor Nikiforov and Evgeni Plushenko and John Cameron Mitchell
Victor, winner of five consecutive World Championships, Grand Prix, and many other competitions, is the rockstar-esque and legendary retired Russian figure skater who decided to coach Yūri. With that record, isn’t difficult to find discern Victor's potential real life counterpart.
Plushenko, four-time Olympic medalist, three-time World Champion, and four-time Grand Prix Final champion, is a legend with an attitude in his own right. Notable as well is how Victor rests his forefinger like he is signaling "hush" that appears to be a nod to Plushenko hush of the crowd in Sochi 2014 Olympics. However, Victor as Plushenko could be up for debate. According to a tweet from Victor's voice actor Junichi Suwabe, Plushenko is not a model for Victor. Is Victor so legendary no one in real life can touch him?
Victor is also partially based on American actor John Cameron Mitchell. In a tweet from Kubo, when she first thought about Victor’s visual design last year, she thought of Mitchell, an actor she saw during a trip to New York.
Yūri Katsuki and ???
Who is Yūri's real life counterpart? According to Kubo, Yūri is not merely one Japanese figure skater. Rather, she wanted him to be a character that could reflect all Japanese figure skaters and also be appreciated as a character on his own.
However, it is easy to find bits and pieces of other skaters in Yūri. As seen in numerous fan made videos, Yūri's short program Eros matches Japanese figure skater Yuzuru Hanyū 2014 Sochi Olympic Short Program. Beyond Hanyū, figure skater Tatsuki Machida influenced the series and potentially Yūri. The retirement of figure skater Tatsuki Machida's retirement partially inspired Kubo to create the series and make it successful.
(Emphasis mine)

From Topic Station (Japanese), regarding Yuri Plisetsky's model,

When Kubo was interviewed regarding Yuri Plisetsky's voice actor, she mentioned a little bit about him,

Why Russian athletes are difficult to approach, it's because the appeal(?) is great. When I saw (Yulia) Lipnitskaya, I thought "If she was a man, it'd be the best", then directly used her as Yuri's image.

Nobunari Oda, a Japanese figure skater, requested to participate in the anime. He appears as a commentator in episode 11 and voiced his own character.
From Oricon News (Japanese), regarding Nobunari Oda,

Oda, who watched the anime every week from episode 1, quickly pleaded, "I want to appear as myself and commentating Yuuri's skate program even only for once!"

Stéphane Lambiel, a French commentator in episode 12, was also a real-life figure skater. While he was born in Switzerland, he also speaks French, English, German, and Portugal. His outfit was also traced from 2016 NHK Trophy.


Anime about a girl found by the lead character in the ruins in the sky who attracted a monster to a village inhabited by spirits I stumbled across a really interesting anime which starts out with two young men exploring the ruins floating in the sky, looking for relics of the ancient heroes. They stumbled across a girl who passed out and, when she woke up, refused to tell them who she was.

They brought her back to the village, only to be explained that she couldn't see the lead character's friend or any of the villagers as they were "spirits", and the lead character was only able to see them because, having grown up there, he has become accustomed to their "presence".

The girl ended up attracting a monster, which broke through the barrier protecting the village, forcing the villagers to defend themselves.

That's as much as I can remember, unfortunately. Hopefully this is enough information.

Sounds like Tales of Zestiria: Doushi no Yoake.

It had an OVA produced by Ufotable and aired last December 2014 in order to promote the original game.

  The story focuses on Sorey who goes on a quest to restore peace on their homeland. The woman you might be referring to is Alisha, the brown-haired girl from the picture, whom Sorey, the dark brown-haired guy, and Mikleo, the white-haired one, met when they were exploring these said ruins. They brought her to Sorey's land, which was inhabited by these spirits, where only Sorey could actually see them.

Source: Wikipedia


How to find the full version of a song Recently I've heard the song Play The Game's by Asaka, which is the ending theme of the visual novel Occultic;Nine.

But I can neither get the proper full version of it in YouTube, nor a proper download link. How to find the full version of a song like this one?

As far as I can tell, the song is not available on Spotify although a few of Asaka's other singles are. Additionally, it looks like the single is for sale on the Japanese iTunes, but possibly not elsewhere.

Your main legal option, it seems, is to purchase a physical copy of the single. It is available on CDJapan and Play Asia, and possibly other import sites (but not Amazon US).


Is the uniform worn by Tatsuya during the Nine Schools Competition banquet a mistake or formal wear? I recently rewatched the series and noticed that in episode 10, Shiba Tatsuya was wearing a course 1 uniform in the ball. I'm thus confused whether this is a formal wear, or to prevent discrimination from occurring in the ball, or perhaps a mistake by the studio.

It is intentional and is emphasized in the light novel. As representatives of First High to the Nine Schools Competition, all participants wore school uniform with the school's emblem to the competition.
From Volume 3 - Chapter 3, right before the ceremony to send off the representatives to the Nine Schools Competition, Tatsuya was handed the uniform for the technician team, which was to be worn during the ceremony and for the full length of the Nine Schools Competition:

"This is the uniform for the technician team. Please put that on during the ceremony in place of the actual uniform."
The one who answered was Mayumi.
[...]
Tatsuya was largely aware of why his sister was in such a fantastic mood.
Her happiness was likely caused by the school emblem embroidered over the jacket's left breast.
The emblem was styled after a flower with eight petals.
[...]
The emblem of First High.
And not a replacement either, but the symbol of a Course 1 student.
[...]
The intramural competition uniforms were largely the same as the normal ones, which was natural since it was only intended to identify which school the contestants belonged to.


Was there an animation mistake between 3:17 and 4:19 in the second episode? In the second episode, at about the minute 3 mark (October 1st), Airi Hasekura lends Yui Furukawa a spare uniform she had in school. Airi's bow-tie is orange, and I think the bow-ties' colours have something to do with either the students' year or their class. If that were so, it'd be reasonable to assume that the spare Airi had would have a orange bow-tie. However, the first image we see of Yui shows her with a green bow-tie:

That would have been fine, if for the next minute or so the bow-tie didn't change its colour from green to orange and back four times:

So the bow-tie is green when first seen at 3:07, orange at 3:16, green at 3:30, orange at 3:44 and green again at 3:53.

On the next day (October 2nd) Yui's bow-tie is consistently green. I'm assuming the bow-tie was supposed to be orange on the first day and green on the second, presumably because she would've gotten a green bow-tie meanwhile. This assumption also comes to the conclusion that this was an animation mistake.
However, since there was a "time-quake" at the end of the first episode, it came to my mind that this could have something to do with the plot. But since that minute was the only one where this change was seen, I was more inclined to believe this was a mistake.

So basically my question is: Were the switching colours of the bow-tie accidental or were they intentional (thus being plot related)?

After watching the whole season of the series and reading some other viewers' opinions (namely on MAL fora), I've come to believe this and other (one in particular I noticed, but others may have occurred) "errors" are actually intentional, because of the fact that the series makes use of different timelines as a plot device.

On episode 10, for instance, we get to see the scene from the second episode once again, but this time the bow-tie does not change colours any time, being consistently orange:

On the scene shown on episode 2, the bow-tie colour change was actually accompanied by a rather "robotic" by the other characters. This was particularly noticeable on the exact moments the bow-tie changed colours. This other viewer suggests (on two different instances)that this was all done on purpose , so as to draw the viewer's attention to the "error" of the colour changing bow-tie (and of other particular scenes described on that post).

On episode 10, there was another particularly noticeable "error":

Notice how Yui's dress changes colours once she walks out the door. This viewer (incidentally, the same one from the other posts, though apparently more aggravated on this post) defends once again that this was all done on purpose, so as to show the viewer that several iterations have been made by Yui while trying to save Kaori (capitalisation from the original post, not me):

  (...)YUI IS NOT TIME TRAVELING, SHE IS TRAVELING THROUGH MULTIPLE DIMENSIONS TRYING TO FIND THE COMBINATION THAT WILL SAVE KAORI. THE CHANGES IN DRESS (ALSO THE CHANGES IN HER TIE FROM THE SECOND EPISODE) WERE BOTH DONE ON PURPOSE TO SHOW THAT MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN MADE. THEY ARE NOT "MISTAKES" OR IN NEED OF QUALITY CONTROL. THEY ARE A CREATIVE WAY OF SHOWING THE VIEWER THAT WE ARE SEEING THE SAME EVENT FOR YUI OCCURRING MULTIPLE TIMES.

So, after all this, I've come to believe those "errors" are actually intentional, as explained in all of the above. However, I have no official word on this.

There were, in contrast, some minor inconsistencies on the animation/drawing quality sometimes, and these ones are (most certainly) not intentional. I refer these only to have some comparison between what seem to be intentional and unintentional "errors". Here are some examples (the faces are poorly drawn on the first one, and the distance between the hands and the body completely off on the second one):


Why is it that all Kuki family members have X scar on their forehead? In the original Majikoi, only Kuki Hideo and Kuki Ageha was shown. The other members of the Kuki family wasn't shown. In Majikoi S, the rest of the family was shown. Interestingly it is not only Kuki Hideo and Kuki Ageha that has the X scar on their forehead.

My question is, how come that everyone, including the elderly Kuki Marple, Kuki Abone, and the young Kuki Monshiro has that scar too?

In Majikoi S, Kuki Moshiro's route, it was explained that the scar was carved on the Kuki family member forehead when they were baby. Monshiro was an exception in that hers was carved after she was a little bit older. From the way she said it, this is a family tradition of the Kuki family.


What does Playmaker mean when he says "Arrowheads confirmed!"? Whenever Playmaker performs a Link Summon in Yu-Gi-Oh VRAINS, he starts by saying

  アローヘッド確認！！！
  Arrowheads confirmed!

What does that mean? I know that some characters in the Yu-Gi-Oh series have their own catchphrases they sometimes say during special kinds of summons, but what is the meaning behind this one specifically? Does it have something to do with confirming summoning conditions? What does the "arrowhead" have to do with this?

The number of arrow heads on a Link Monster corresponds to its link number, so I've always taken this as a declaration that Playmaker is about to perform a Link Summon and that he has the correct materials to do so. Other characters use the phrase as well. From what I've seen of VRAINS, Playmaker sometimes follows the "arrowheads confirmed" statement by saying what link materials he needs.

It is like in Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal and onwards, how some characters when performing an Xyz Summon will say "I'll overlay level X monster1 and monster2 to build the overlay network". It could just be for our clarification and the duellists.


Is Genta also immortal? In episode 4, when the special forces infiltrated Rin's office, they shot Genta and he was obviously killed.

However, after that, when Mimi and Rin revived and returned to their office, Genta was seen alive again.

Does the forbidden fruit of immortality also apply for dogs as well?

Yes, Genta is immortal. As described on Wikipedia:

  Rin and Mimi's female dog who lives at their office. As an immortal, she does not age throughout the series and survives being shot on multiple occasions without any visible lasting injuries. Mimi takes her with her after the Asougi Consulting office is demolished in episode four. Genta is killed in episode five, leaving only ashes behind, just like human immortals whose time spores are removed.


What happened to Dr. Cid in Giruvegan? In Final Fantasy XII We know that Doctor Cidolfus Demen Bunansa (AKA Dr. Cid) found The Ancient City of Giruvegan where he met Venat, learned how the Occuria control the world by selectively distributing Deifacted Nethicite to control historic events and formed a partnership to "return the reigns of history back to the hands of man".

However for Vann and his party to enter Giruvegan they needed to summon Belias, as Esper they only obtained from Raithwall's Tomb having been King Raithwall's esper, i doubt Dr. Cid found the entrance to Giruvegan, went to the tomb to grab Belias and put him back after he opened it. i also doubt that Occuria would let Venat roam around Giruvegan on it's own given they know Venat knows what they know and is opposed to them.

So what happened to Dr. Cid in Giruvegan? How did he get in? why didn't the Occuria try and stop Dr. Cid and Venat from leaving?

After doing a little bit if research, I came to the conclusion that Dr. Cid never entered Giruvegan; he merely only discovered it.
There is not much knowledge to Cid's history prior to the events in Final Fantasy XII, but Cidolfus Demen Bunansa sheds some light on his past

Not much is known about Cid's life before the events of Final Fantasy XII. He fathered three sons, one named Ffamran mied Bunansa, but his other two sons and wife are never seen or mentioned in the game.
Six years prior to the start of Final Fantasy XII, Dr. Cid traveled to the Jagd Difohr on an expedition into the Mist-covered waste. It is not known whether it was a primarily exploration-driven mission, or whether he already had some idea of what he was looking for and what he would find there. Either way, he stumbled upon the Giruvegan, where he met the rogue Occuria Venat, and discovered the nature of the stone of the gods, nethicite. Venat took Cid as their pupil and taught him how to synthesize artificial nethicite, which came to be known as manufacted nethicite.

Why didn't the the Occuria try to stop Cid and Venat from leaving? The Occuria abandoned Giruvegan centeries prior to the events that take place. For that reason, they were not present to stop Cid and Venant from joining forces.

Once the center of Ivalice centuries ago, Giruvegan was ruled by the immortal Occuria. For reasons known only to them, the Occuria closed the gates to the city and let it fall into ruin. As such, not much is known about the once great city. Now, a dense Mist covers the city, and monsters wander its many corridors.

Seeing how the Occuria abandoned Giruvegan, that brings into question why Venant was there in the first place. Venat did not agree with the Occurian's points of view and believed all races should be able to write their own history.

At some point in the intervening time, one of the Occuria went rogue, disagreeing with the Occurian philosophy. Venat felt all races should have control over their own history and concocted a plan to create nethicite that was not under the control of the other Occuria, manufacted nethicite. Venat accomplished this with the aid of Dr. Cid of Archadia, with the Emperor's son Vayne Carudas Solidor aiding them by setting up the Empire's war against Rozarria and taking the shards cut by Raithwall from the locations they conquered. Enraged at Venat's heresy, Gerun and the other Occuria decide to bring forth a new Dynast King to destroy Archadia and restore the status quo they had created.


Source for Perfect Blue's camera negative being destroyed According to the IMDB trivia on Satoshi Kon's Perfect Blue:

  The film's original 35 mm camera negative was accidentally destroyed. As a result, all copies are sourced from lower-quality prints.

However I can't find any supporting source that this is true. Could someone find the source of this information (probably in Japanese)?

The closest source that exist on the internet is hearsay, according to an internet user on a forum post on the topic of the Bluray:

    What's the source on this? I've never heard of this before.

  The disc compressionist, privately to me.
  - professorwho

All copies were sourced from telecine transfers (i.e. digital copies of the film), which is why you see certain artifacts and overall decreased quality.


Are there any non-Japanese manga/anime authors or studios? Manga and anime famously originate from Japan, and the vast majority of the big names in manga and anime are Japanese; Hayao Miyazaki, Hideaki Anno, Hiromu Arakawa, and Masashi Kishimoto come to mind.

Outside of Japan, I can really only think of one creator who had their work become an anime/manga: The Deltora Quest series was adapted into an anime and manga and was created by an Australian writer, Emily Rodda.

Aside from Rodda, however, are there any* international creators, particularly from the Western world, that have successfully published manga (or anime) in Japan, manhua in China, or manhwa in Korea? Have any Western studios created and produced** anime (or rather, anime-influenced) series?

* - An exhaustive list is not necessary; a few examples from various countries and maybe some stats versus Japan, if possible.
** - Not as a result of outsourcing.

Don't know of a non-Japanese studio that produces only anime, but the series Oban Star Racers was produced by a French studio, "Sav! The World Productions" along-side Bandai and Disney.

The Studio 4C production "First Squad" has writing credits to Russian studio Molot Entertainment Film.

As far as mangaka, there's a lot of Korean manwha artists/writers that get published in Japanese serials. I don't think that necessarily makes them "mangaka". The series "Blade of the Phantom Master" by Youn In-wan was serialized in "Monthly Sunday Gene-X" in Japan (published by Shogakukan). Shin Yong-Gwan also had his first couple of works published in "Young Champ".

As far as the western world Frederic Boilet is probably the most well known, born in France but draws comics in Japan.


Can a human survive inside a titan? In Attack on Titan, it is said that titans do not have any digestive organs and the only way they get stuff out of their stomach is by puking it out.

Now, if a human is swallowed whole by the titan, will the human survive inside the titan? Yet no one is said to have survived this way.

As far as I know, there was no case where a human was swallowed whole by a titan. Most of the time the titan would give a fatal bite on the human before swallowing him/her. As such, even if the inside of a titan was just an empty bag, the eaten human would die from blood loss.

Now, assuming that somehow the human was swallowed wholly by a titan, and the human is in perfect condition, with the standard gear of the scouting legion, then he might be able to survive if someone were to kill the titan immediately after he was swallowed. If it took too long, then he won't survive. The reasons are as follow:

The titan would keep eating other humans, thus human bodies would come raining down on the already eaten human, potentially injuring them. If injured then his chance of surviving would get even lower due to the panic the injury caused him and the injury potentially hindering him from avoiding the next batch of dead bodies which could injure him even further. I doubt anyone who knows that he was inside the stomach of a titan and is injured would be able to stay calm.
The inside of a titan's stomach is not an empty bag. It has a liquid there. I'm not sure whether it has an acidic properties or not, but if it is then the eaten human would have his body melt due to the acid. If it is not, then being in the liquid itself would hinder his movement, which would disable him from avoiding dead bodies raining down on him as the titan eat more humans.
It was shown that after eating humans, titan would vomit them back since they lack digestive organs. The vomit was a crystal with the dead bodies inside. Assuming that somehow he was able to avoid getting injured while inside, he won't survived being crystallized since it means that he won't be able to breathe.


How did Luffy get the scar on his chest? There's a debate going on how Luffy got the scar on his chest but I recently seen episode 223 where Zoro and Luffy we're fighting and Zoro gave him that scar. Then for what reason is there a debate on how he got his scar?

I think Luffy got the scar during Marineford War. It's on Vol. 59 Chapter 578 and Episode 487.
After his brother Ace died, Jinbe carried him and tried to escape to Akainu. Jinbe jumps into the sea but finds the water below to be frozen. Akainu manages to strike Jinbe and harm Luffy at the same time. Jinbe apologizes to Luffy for letting him get injured.

It can be seen in this image that Luffy's chest is burning after Akainu's punch past through Jinbe's body.
One Piece Wiki also did mention how Luffy got the X-Mark after the time skip

After the Timeskip
After those two years, a few things have changed. Luffy wears an open, long-sleeved red cardigan with four buttons (which shows the X-shaped scar covering most of his chest he received by then-Admiral Akainu), with a yellow sash tied around his waist, somewhat reminiscent of Gol D. Roger's outfit. He has grown slightly taller and is shown to be significantly more muscular due to his training. This can be seen in his slightly thicker neck, more pronounced deltoids, and better-defined chest.
(Emphasis mine)


What is the connection between Amagi Brilliant Park and Full Metal Panic? In Amagi Brilliant Park, the mascot of the titular theme park is a mascot named Moffle.

For anyone who knows Full Metal Panic!, this no doubt bears a strong resemblance to Bonta-kun, the suit that Sosuke designed.

Of course, they don't look exactly the same, but they're similar enough that this is definitely not a coincidence, and viewers are expected to catch this reference.

I know that both Fumoffu and Amagi are animated by Kyoani, based on light novels written by Gatoh Shoji, and directed by Takemoto Yasuhiro. That's already enough to establish a connection between these series, so that this sort of reference isn't out of place.

Is there any in-universe connection between these two series, or is the reference just a throwback to remind viewers of the earlier work and the staff connection between the two?

It seems that the author liked Bonta-kun's design so much, so he reused (with Shiki Douji's appoval) it in this series.

From a summary of the afterword of LN Vol. 1:

  As for the secondary main character "Mofuru", I ended up borrowing Bonta-kun of FMP. I just couldn't separate the two characters in my head, so I had the idea of just using Bonta-kun directly. I thank Shiki Douji for giving his approval.


Looking for a special Death Note chapter I read Death Note for the first time about 10 years ago. I remember of a special chapter at the end, which I was not able to find, even in the manga (I own them all - or I think I do):

   Some of that chapter takes place in the Deathgod's world. After Light's death, we see him atone for every single name he wrote in his Death Note. After a while, he tells Ryuk the exact number of people he's killed with his Death Note. Then, he asks Ryuk to bring bring to the Deathgod's King: his world has gone to waste and Light would like to make it prosper once more. The chapter end with Ryuk being impressed once more of Light's tenacity and mental strength.

Answer:

Anki Sharma's answer is correct. The chapter I was looking for is indeed fanbase, I found a youtube link here.

Are you referring to the rumored alternate ending of Death Note?

From deathnotefanon.wikia.com:

  The Death Note alternative ending is a possible ending to show
  something else that might have happened to Light Yagami after his
  death. It is unknown if the ending is real or fake. There is a lack of
  evidence to prove the ending to be real. It has really only been seen
  on the Internet and there are mainly English versions of the ending
  circulating, but it has become popular in the Death Note fandom.

  Due to the fact that there is no proof, it’s left to fans to decide
  for themselves. The ending only exists in manga form; there is no
  anime adaptation for the ending.

But in this ending Light decides to die in old age and tell Ryuk to kill him. After his death he appears in the Shinigami Realm and starts dying again and again in the ways his victims died. Then Light tells Ryuk to take him to their king, so that he can make deal with him. He even tells that he will kill their kind if he doesn't agree. But the end just shows the start of their journey, there's no interaction with the king.


What is the contract between Calcifer and Howl? In Howl's moving castle, there's a fire demon named Calcifer who heats the wizard Howl's hearth. He tells Sophie that he has a contract with Howl which binds him to the hearth. He also says that he'd help Sophie if she broke the contract between him and Howl.

What exactly is the contract between Calcifer and Howl? What's the source of this contract?

As stated on his MyAnimeList page:

Calcifer is a fallen star who was caught by Howl. He didn't want to
die, so he struck a deal with the wizard. Calcifer got Howl's heart
and a prolonged life, and Howl received full access to all of
Calcifer's considerable powers.
As it turns out, neither of them liked it after a while, but it
couldn't be broken by people who were part of the contract. When
Sophie Hatter comes to Howl's moving castle, Calcifer recognizes that
she is under a curse thanks to the Witch of Waste and that Sophie has
considerable powers of her own of which she is unaware. To break his
own curse, Calcifer offers to lift the curse placed on Sophie once she
manages to break Calcifer's contract with Howl.

Clacifer is also bound to the hearth, and cannot leave it because of the contract. He also can not explicitly talk about the contract, so he instead gives Sophie hints about it when she agrees to help him break the contract.


Excalibur and Calibur in fate stay night, which one is King Arthur using in history? So in fate stay night Saber her Noble Phantom is called "Excalibur" which is the same name as her sword. But when Shiro trace the Excalibur, it turns out that is the one that Saber lost forever.

So my question is, did King Arthur in History own two sword called Excalibur and Calibur?

First, there is no "history" to speak of, as the tale of Arthur and Excalibur is fictional.

Otherwise, after looking at the Excalibur article on wikipedia, it appears that:

The Sword in the Stone is the sword that proves Arthur's right to rule after Uther Pendragon;
Caliburn is always an alternate name for Excalibur;
According to the Vulgate Cycle (A 13th-century set of poems in french), Excalibur is explicitly identified as the Sword in the Stone;
According to the Post-Vulgate Cycle (A revision of the Vulgate Cycle, with a lot of changes), Excalibur is the sword given by the Lady of the Lake, and was returned to her after Arthur's passing;
Thomas Malory later compiled a number of Arthurian legends in his 1485 compilation called Le Morte D'Arthur. In it, he mentions both versions of Excalibur's origin. Thomas Malory's work has been the main source for many modern Arthurian authors;

In the end, Excalibur is the Sword in the Stone in some versions of the story, and in other versions it is not. In Fate/Stay Night, the latter option was chosen.

However, the act of using the name "Caliburn" for a sword distinct from "Excalibur" seems uncommon. I suspect however that it is done so that it can be referred to by name instead of always having to call it "The Sword in the Stone".


How did Cell survive and teleport back after blowing himself up? In the episode where Cell (in his 2nd form) was trying to blow himself up along with the others, Goku teleported him to King Kai's planet to prevent him from destroying Earth.

How did Cell get back to Earth after self-destructing, while Goku and King Kai were killed? Not only that, how he was he able to stay alive in his 3rd or perfect form?

Along with Piccolo's regeneration, he has Frieza's ability to survive in space; after Cell achieves his Super Perfect Form due to his brush with death when he self-destructs, he explains in the original English dub of the anime that this is because each individual cell in his body has a life-force of their own. When he self-destruct along with Goku in King Kai planet, he stated that there were remaining cells that were not destroyed and had stored the state of his final form. The same cells merged with Goku's cells, thus enabling him to learn the Instant Transmission technique and initiate it.


How does one, if it is possible, destroy a death note? I know that the death notes have certain, almost magical, attributes to them (unlimited pages, the fact that you can kill someone by envisioning their face and writing their name down, etc). Given that, I was wondering if these properties apply to their destructibility too and if that was the case, whether Light's plan to burn the Death Note if someone opened his desk incorrectly would even have worked in the first place.

I remember in Episode 2 - Confrontation, Light and Ryuk are in a secluded area where Light explains to Ryuk how he will devise a way to prevent others from touching the death note, pouring flammable liquid on a book and lighting it on fire.

The purpose of the experiment was for creating a trap for the Death Note because Ryuk warns Light that if Saya were to touch the Death Note when she came in to get help on her homework, she would be able to see him. this blows Lights original plan to claim to have been taking notes as practice for becoming a detective should someone discover the death note.

Later in the Episode light is explaining to Ryuk back in his room about how he has hidden the Death Note, i can't be for sure what light says but he does say the explosion from his booby trap will "destroy the evidence" so he may be hinting that the Death Note would be destroyed aswell.

In the Rules it makes references to the Death Note being destroyed, in How to use LXII, it says

  If the victim’s name has been written and then the Death Note is destroyed in the middle of writing the cause of death, the victim will be killed by heart attack in 40 seconds after writing the name.

Finally the second live action film of Death Note "The Last Name" however, when Rem dies from killing Watabi, to prevent Light getting his hands on another Death Note Rem destroys it aswell, however since the live action movies play out differently to the anime i'm not sure how close they are to the canon on how the Death Note works.

With all of this, it seems like the death note can be destroyed, however i'm unsure if How to Use: XXXI is still in effect if a page is ripped out before the note is destroyed, it is after Light creates this booby trap he starts to rip out pages and use them instead like when he was being watched


What defines one "season" of anime? From what I've been able to follow, the seasons of anime shows have been tied to thirteen week blocks, directly correlating with the actual season in Japan (for instance, this is the Winter 2013 season).

However, there are instances in which shows with more than 13 episodes are considered to have only run for one season.

Which is the correct definition - are seasons 23-26 episodes, or are they 11-13 episodes?

The 13 week "season" that refers to a time of year or when a show starts airing is sometimes referred to as an "airing" season or a "television" season. This is like "Winter 2013 season". But since shows sometime span different television seasons, even if it's 13 episodes long, this run of a series can also be referred to as a "season".

Sometimes shows get cut off, go on hiatus, or for whatever reasons (e.g. financial) have a significant break between certain episodes such that the TV series runs through multiple "television seasons" (e.g. Girls Und Panzer) yet the show itself is still referred to as the "first season", and this is sometimes referred to as a "cour" or "series". The usage of "season" comes down to semantics. Multiple "seasons" of a TV series can also be called "series", like Galaxy Angel and it's multiple (different lengths) "seasons" are sometimes called "series 1", "series 2", etc. "Cours" however, usually refer to a 12 or 13 stretch of episodes. So a 26 episode series can be referred to as "2 cours".

But as far as the length of an anime "season", a 12 episode series run can be referred to as a "season", yet sometimes a 26, or 36, or 201 (Gintama) episode run is called a "season". It's technically not tied to a specific length, which is why some people prefer to use "cours".


What does "tsukkomi" mean? Once, I read a manga with the following description:

  A perverted President who likes girls, a tsukkomi Vice-President, an over-zealous Treasurer and a quiet, brooding Secretary. This unlikely quartet form Shirayuri Girls' High School's Student Council.

What does "tsukkomi" mean? Are there any examples of tsukkomi characters besides the one in the above-mentioned manga?

There is one particular style of traditional Japanese comedy called manzai (漫才), which is a type of two-man act. One man is called the boke, who is the buffoon; the jokester; the funny guy. The boke will make jokes, many of which (to American audiences at least) are groan comedy. The other member of the pair is called the tsukkomi, and his job is to react to the boke's jokes (often critically), taking on a role very much like "the straight man" in Western comedic practice.

The usage of tsukkomi in the description you quoted is derived from this. It does not mean that the Vice President is literally the straight man of a comedy duo, but rather that the Vice President is sort of the uptight kind of guy who doesn't laugh at jokes and always shoots down other people's jokes. It's a sort of character archetype that translates only somewhat well into English as "straight man", so you will sometimes see it floating around untranslated.

The tsukkomi is a very common archetype in modern anime and related media (irritatingly common, if you ask me, especially in schlocky light novels). Well-known examples off the top of my head include:

Kyon from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (often playing off of Haruhi and sometimes Koizumi's boke)
Koyomi from the Monogatari series (playing off against most of the girls at some point or another)
Basically everybody in Gintama (against everybody else)
Chiaki from Nodame Cantabile (mostly against Nodame herself)

You can see more about this trope at the TVTropes entry Boke And Tsukkomi Routine.


What makes the mannequins different from the results of the sacrifices' human transmutation attempts? In the manga / Brotherhood, we learn that the reason human transmutation is forbidden is because it would otherwise allow people to create their own private armies (at least according to the man who talks to General Armstrong after she's transferred to Central). Right after that, we're shown the mannequin "soldiers", implying that they're the results of some form of human transmutation.

But it's pretty obvious that the mannequins are different from the products produced by Ed, Al, Izumi Curtis, and Roy when they attempt (or are forced to attempt) human transmutation - in the case of the mannequins, the transmutation has actually produced what the alchemist probably wanted and is "successful".

Given this, what's the difference between the human transmutation referred to in the context of the mannequins and human transmutation as attempted by the sacrifices? Is the difference in result simply an issue of having a different intended result and/or maybe philosopher's stones, or is there potentially a different explanation for this?

It's very simple. The so called act of "human transmutation" means that the intent of such alchemy is to create a fully functional human being, complete with memories, emotions, capability to feel and think. In other words, a perfect copy of a person.

The mannequins are mere cannon fodder. They don't have the ability to feel or have complex thoughts. They are just war machines following the order. That was the original intent with which they were created.

Compared to transmuted people, mannequins are much simpler, and as a result pose a much lesser threat to the world. Imagine if human transmutation went perfectly every time, and that you could create any number of smart, ingenuous people. What would bad alchemists do? Recreate evil geniuses of the past maybe, which would be much more dangerous than a bunch of brainless soldier mannequins. That's one of the reasons why human transmutation is forbidden, aside from being impossible to perform perfectly.


How much of the original Sailor Moon anime isn't from the manga? While I went through the first 7-8 episodes of the original Sailor Moon, I noticed a few episodes that didn't really advance the plot much. (An example of this would be the episode where Jadeite poses as a radio announcer and sucks the energy out of women who receive fake declarations of love.) I have also found lists of filler episodes on the internet, such as this one, for the original Sailor Moon.

I've also noticed that a lot of "unnecessary" plot seen in those episodes of the original anime is cut from Sailor Moon Crystal, though to some extent this also just makes sense given that they have a limited number of episodes to work with.

How closely does the original anime follow the manga? (I understand that they are probably more or less similar in terms of plot, but is there a significant portion of episodes or "filler" that's original material and not from the manga?)

Edit: I am referring to the original Japanese anime, not the English (or European) dubs - I already know that those involved quite a bit of censoring of things like nudity or same-sex relationships. I should also add that I just got into Sailor Moon, and so am not too familiar with it.

You are correct that, overall, the classic anime has more non-plot advancing material (i.e. filler) than the manga does. On the other hand, in many cases, the anime boasts more plot and depth of storytelling, whereas the manga plows through each story arc in a more bare-bones, brief, and (arguably) flat style. As a couple of examples: 1) whether villain or ally, many characters in the manga are introduced and then promptly killed off in order to move on to the next character. Only in the anime are enduringly popular minions such as the Witches 5, Amazon Trio, and Animamates developed into personable and sympathetic characters. 2) In the manga, it's not as clear as to how the Starlights enrolling as students at Juuban High School is very necessary to advancing the plot, whereas in the anime, as a result of their schoolmates friendship with Usagi, Ami, (Rei: actually, she attends a different school but she usually comes over to their campus to hang out), Makoto, and Minako, which took the span of a whole season to develop to the point of mutual trust, leads the Starlights to end up being the only ones who stand with Sailor Moon and protect her until the end; without their encouraging pep talk, she would have given up her star seed to Sailor Galaxia in episode 198 (if she had done so in order to escape her grief, everyone in the galaxy would die permanently, the end).

(While it is the case that Sailor Moon Crystal has, for the most part, avoided filler, the storytelling is arguably lower in quality than that of the classic anime [Crystal's viewer numbers have sharply crashed, a drop of 77%]).

The number of changes in the classic anime from the original manga is so high that it would take an online encyclopedia to list them all. As just one narrowed example, consider the LGBT content:

The classic anime invented the following popular LGBT-related content which was NOT present in Takeuchi’s original manga (and thus, is NOT present in the reboot):

~ Kunzite/Zoicite: in contrast to serving as the 1991 anime’s sole canon gay couple, in the original manga, Kunzite had a straight romantic relationship with Sailor Venus (Codename ha Sailor V volume 3), and Zoicite is shown in a manga illustration with his arms around Mercury, implying that they were also a heterosexual couple on the Moon Kingdom.  The live-action Sera Myu (Sailor Moon musicals) incarnations follow these pairings.  The 2013 La Reconquista musical paired up the male generals with each of the female sailor soldier guardians at a ball, and particularly highlights a prominent and cute relationship between Zoicite and Mercury.  The completed 2003-2004 Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon live-action TV series does not include any romances for Kunzite or Zoicite.

~ Fiore: one of the classic anime’s original characters, featured in the R movie and the Another Story video game, could be interpreted as liking Mamoru, though this was never explicitly affirmed or denied.

~ Fish Eye: a gay cross-dresser who fell for Mamoru in the classic anime, is, in the manga, merely an mildly-effeminate monster-of-the-day (the same could be said of Hawk’s Eye and Tiger’s Eye - all three of their outfits are… unique).  In the manga, he never cross-dresses or expresses any homosexual interest.  He only attempts to seduce Ami (Mercury).

~ Sailor Starlights: in the classic anime, this trio flipped back and forth between female and male when they transformed from sailor soldiers into civilian guise and developed intriguing relationships to varying degrees with the Earthling sailor soldiers but, in the manga, there are no fun Taiki (Star Maker)/Ami (Mercury), Taiki/Makoto (Jupiter), Yaten (Star Healer)/Minako (Venus), or Yaten /Luna vibes.  Those were introduced in the anime along with the sex-switching that challenged gender norms.  In the manga original, Ami hates Taiki, Michiru (Neptune) hates Yaten, and Haruka (Uranus) hates all three - that’s really the entire extent of the interaction between these extraterrestrials and the solar system soldiers.  Usagi, Minako, and Makoto blush and get heart eyes when the Three Lights transfer to their high school, that’s it.  Even Yaten’s passionate and undistracted devotion to Kakyuu Princess is original to the classic anime, and the anime’s Haruka vs. Seiya rivalry and Seiya/Michiru flirting were not in the original manga… heck, basically anything you liked about the Starlights in the classic anime wouldn’t show up in a reboot.  Taiki’s softening toward his astronomy teacher and his sweet hospitalized fan or laughing for the first time in years; Yaten as a cat person who constantly flips his bangs in annoyance; Seiya’s boy-next-door softball training, amusement park date, and conflicted, unrequited love in the vein of Taylor Swift’s You Belong With Me that spanned 28 episodes (82% of the final season) with Usagi?  That’s all original to the classic anime.
The manga Three Lights are always female and demonstrate zero personal preference for passing as male.  Manga Yaten and Taiki are merely girls without any sexual preferences indicated, who disguise themselves as boys for a mission.  Since neither of these characters display any attraction to anyone, they’re not lesbians.  Since they’re not particularly masculine by any stretch of the imagination, don’t identify as male, don’t evidence any interest in gender identity whatsoever, and wear feminine clothing in private, even attempting to identify them with cross-dressers is a little shaky - in their minds, their boy band costuming is just a disguise rather than a conscious lifestyle choice.
That leaves us with Seiya (Star Fighter) alone, who is attracted to Usagi in the manga.
Seiya (Star Fighter)/Kakyuu: it can be interpreted that manga Star Fighter had feelings for Kakyuu Princess before arriving on Earth but this is not overt.  Kakyuu resting her head on Seiya’s shoulder was only shown in the classic anime, not in the manga.

In contrast, in the original manga, there was:

~ Sex-switching Usagi (Moon) and Minako (Venus), which was not included in the anime.  Many English-language websites bemoan the fact that Takeuchi-sensei was shocked that, in the classic anime, the Starlights were male in civilian form - but she’s the one who thought up sex-switching in the first place.  In the manga, Usagi uses the Hensou Pen (Disguise Pen) to transform herself into a man (a groom [pages 190-191 of volume 1 of the Kanzenban {Perfect Edition}]) and Minako uses her compact to transform into a male in BSSM itself (a Mugen Gakuen [Infinity Academy] student [pages 167-169 of volume 5 of the Kanzenban]) using the phrase “Moon Power!” (「ムーン・パワー」).  As an aside, Minako also twice used her compact to transform into male form in Codename ha Sailor V (a teen idol [pages 115-118 of volume 1 of the Shinsoubon {Reprint Edition}] and a samurai [pages 140-141 of volume 2 of the Shinsoubon]), both using the phrase “Mikazuki Power Transform!” (「三日月パワー・トランスフォーム！」).

~ Haruka (Uranus)/Michiru (Neptune): yes, they have a romantic relationship in the manga, BUT very little is shown or said of it when you contrast it with their classic anime version: although you would see a good amount of Haruka/Usagi action including their manga kiss, manga Haruka/Michiru romantic scenes and dialogue are sparse.  Almost all of their suggestive lines, Haruka’s clearly stated answer to what her koibito’s name was ("koibito" is a Japanese word which can mean either simply "girlfriend"/"boyfriend" or can mean "lover"; usually in the context of shoujo anime, it refers to the former), and their moving interlude after Galaxia removed their bracelets originated in the classic anime. Fans who met Haruka through the anime might also happen to be surprised to discover that her manga version wears a high school girl’s school uniform, mini skirts, girly blouses that show off her cleavage, and a polka-dotted scarf - in the manga, sometimes she presents as a man, but other times she’s rather feminine; it was only in the older anime that she consistently dressed masculine.

~ Haruka (Uranus)/Usagi (Moon): Haruka/Michiru fans may be disappointed to realize that there’s a lot more Haruka/Usagi than Haruka/Michiru visuals in the manga, and there’s also a brief Mamoru/Michiru vibe.  People who like the idea of Haruka/Michiru being monogamous would be challenged by manga Haruka’s amorous advances toward Usagi in full knowledge that Usagi has a boyfriend and while being in an apparently open relationship with Michiru.  The classic anime Haruka flirted with Usagi and Minako, but it was only in 2 episodes accompanied by Michiru’s bemused comments which indicated she didn’t consider it anything serious, whereas the manga Haruka pursued Usagi a lot more seriously.

~ Seiya (Star Fighter)/Usagi (Moon): in the manga, there’s some chemistry and a kiss, but most of what Seiya does in the manga is send Usagi anonymous postcards.  The duration in which the Three Lights attend school with Usagi and friends is all too brief.

So that's just one example of the countless large and small differences between the manga and the classic anime.

There are positive changes (Serenity/Sailor Moon committed suicide twice in the manga, whereas in the anime, she didn't), neutral or disputed ones (some fans like the serious manga Rei [Mars], whereas others like the anime Rei who teases Usagi as a friendly sort of love/hate rivalry), and generally-received-as-negative ones (the manga Shitennou had served Prince Endymion in the Silver Millennium and returned to loyalty, giving him strength, whereas the anime version had no backstory of their being loyal to him). The aspect where the manga/anime difference is greatest is that the end of the manga and the end of the anime are completely different. Some fans like the manga version better, some like the anime version better.


What is the name of the character who always smiles but could not express any other emotion in the anime "monster"? In the anime Monster, there is a character who always smiles, but could not express any other emotion.

He watched a super hero cartoon, which influenced him as a child and made him a saviour. He kills people when he thinks he can save people but always blacks out and it is always bloody as hell.

May I ask what is his name?

You're looking for Wolfgang Grimmer. (Can be found in this list of characters.)

  First seen in chapter 78, Grimmer is a freelancing journalist researching Kinderheim 511 who is drawn into the search for Johan when he helps Tenma. Nearly always smiling, he is an apparently friendly, polite man who is good with children.

Just a note for the future: I found his name just by searching "monster anime smiling character" on Google.


Does Mirio Togata have superhuman speed? Supposedly, Mirio Togata was able to defeat half of the Class 1A students in less than 6 seconds. How is this possible? His quirk is supposed to be permeation, does he for some reason also have superhuman speed as part of his superhero habilities?

There are two reasons why Mirio won with that level of ease against Class 1-A.

First, he trained his quirk extensively, and has extremely fine control over it. He avoided all long range quirk attacks by letting them pass through him, but solidified at the right moments to deliver powerful punches.

But this alone wouldn't explain how he managed to do that in 6 seconds. The real reason for his "speed" is a side effect of his Permeation quirk, which is explained at the end of the fight.

His quirk allows him to pass through solid objects, but if he releases the quirk while there is overlapped with another solid object, he is randomly catapulted out. This instantaneous repulsion effect is what he takes advantage of to mimic 'teleportation'.

It is not an additional or hybrid quirk, and he still has to angle his body correctly in order to appear where he wants. As Ashido rightly puts it "It's like a video game glitch".

Sources: Chapter 124 of the Manga, and Episode 25, Season 3 of the anime.

Edit:

As raised in the comments, this doesn't fully explain how he was able to 1 hit KO Kirishima, who has hardening, with just normal strength.

While unclear exactly why he is so strong, the wikia does list "Enhanced strength" as one of his abilities. Tamaki mentions that he's been strong since childhood, but that he doesn't know to hold back. Nejire also says his "permeation form" has gotten stronger. And Mirio himself mentions he has trained to counter his weakness (people attempting to attack him when in close combat).

It is also possible he was too fast for Kirishima to react in time. Even assuming his catapulting adds momentum to the punches, it seems unlikely that he'd be able to 1-hit a hardened Kirishima.


Can you tell me where to find this manga? Where can I find this manga: Ginga Sengoku Gun Yuuden Rai, also known as The Heroes of Galaxy Wars or Thunder Jet? I've been looking online for a place to buy this, but cannot seem to find it anywhere.

You should check out the YesAsia website.

It has several volumes of the manga you requested for sale for around $12 (€9). These releases are only in traditional Chinese and Japanese. As for English copies, I do not believe there are good sources to buy from as of now.


What is the significance of the title "Ro-Kyu-Bu!"? In Ro-Kyu-Bu!, high school student Subaru begins teaching an elementary school girls' basketball team.

However, I can't seem to find any relationship between the syllables ro (ろ), kyu (きゅ), and bu (ぶ) with anything basketball- or coaching-related.

What is the origin of the name Ro-Kyu-Bu, and what does it mean?

Translated from the Japanese Wikipedia article for Ro-Kyu-Bu:

  The title comes from "roukyuu" (籠球, the Japanese name for basketball)
  combined with "kyuubu" (休部, Japanese for a club whose activities have
  been suspended).

The Wikipedia article cites a Dengeki interview with Aoyama Sag, the original light novel's author. I've translated the relevant question below, with explanation in parentheses:

  Dengeki: I wanted to ask about the title. Shigusawa-sensei (author of
  Kino no Tabi) wrote in a review, "Is it OK to just combine roukyuu and
  kyuubu?" But is this even a correct interpretation (of the title)?

  Aoyama-sensei: It's just as Shigusawa-sensei said. He is 100% correct.


If the anime came first, what is considered "canon"? In the case of many anime where the manga came first, things that are included in the anime but not the manga (such as filler arcs) seem to be not considered totally canon to the series, indicating that manga is generally what is considered to set canon. One example of this is the Quincy arc in Bleach. For series where the anime came first, such as Code Geass, is the anime then considered to set canon?

What is considered canon is generally decided by the author(s) or license holder. I think you need to get a better idea of the definition of canon.

  the original work from which the fan fiction author borrows

or

  a descriptor of specific incidents, relationships, or story arcs that take place within the overall canon

Wikipedia (Original revision where definitions came from)

So, to directly answer your question, if there was only a manga and anime, and the manga came first, then the manga is canon. I say only, because many manga and anime are based off of light novels or visual novels. In that case, the light novel or visual novel would be canon.

If the anime came first, then it will probably be whatever the license holder decides is canon. This is an assumption, because I think anime writers give up the rights to their work.


Which chapter of the manga does Season 1 of Dr Stone anime end in? At the end of Season 1 of the anime Dr Stone it says season 2 confirmed (at least where I watched it), so if you want to keep following the story after that, you need to know which chapter of the manga the anime ends.

Which chapter of the manga does Season 1 of Dr Stone anime end in?

Weebchan was correct, to save you a few second it ends on middle of 60. So start from there, but starting from 61 like Weebchan said is also correct since there is not anything important in the second half of 60.


What determines the Abilities of a Contractor? What determines the abilities of a Contractor?  In the anime two contractors have the same ability.  Both dealing having the powers of electricity.

So does this mean that there can many contractors with the same ability?

It seems to be randomized as to what kind of power you get. If you could "pick" your power, every Contractor would logically choose things like shooting giant laser beams. Same with the remuneration, although it sometimes seems to be things that the Contractor hates, like the woman who hates smoking who had to eat cigarretes.


How was the Dai-Gurren improved in episode 12? In Gurren Lagann, Episode 12, The group take a break on the beach as the Dai-Gurren has to undergo some changes so that it can become sea-worthy.

In the picture we can see that it's been given a kayak-like paddle, but the ship never seems to use it throughout the episode. Presumably it's just for fun.

What actual improvements did the ship go under that set them back?

Is the paddle actually used (perhaps in the manga)?

The pre-episode 12 Dai-Gurren:

In addition to the paddle, the Dai-Gurren was equipped with flippers on its "feet" which can be seen in the original image.

Reference Link

When Adiane attacks with the Dai-Gunkai, Kittan tries to fight back and dives into the water, but realizes that his Gunman isn't suited for underwater combat, as the cockpit starts letting water in.

Assuming that the machines are similar, there must have been some adjustments made to the Dai-Gurren's hull to make sure that it wouldn't let in water. Perhaps it drew from the regenerative abilities of Gurren Lagann, allowing it to seal itself.


In Highschool of the Dead, how long does it take for a person to become one of 'them' (a zombie)? In the anime and manga of Highschool of the Dead, the world is going through a pandemic of a lethal disease which kills a person, makes them rise from the dead, and seek to eat their own kind - infecting the persons the devour with the disease.
In the first episode,

   When Hisashi is bitten by one of 'them', he has a wound for a long time. It takes more than 2 hours for him to finally die.

During the first 9 minutes of episode 3 or 4, there are annotations on the bottom of the screen stating the time of the events that occurred. When we see the scene with Takashi, Hisashi and Rei are running through the school trying to make it through to the roof - you can easily see

   the wound on Hisashi's arm - which is a bite mark that made him infected, and death inescapable. He coughs and splutters blood, and it takes him from around 1:00 PM to 3:05PM to die.

However, later in the series, you can see that those bitten can also become 'them' instantaneously. For instance,

   in episode 6 or 7, we see a swarm of 'them' trying to attack the police at the first bridge. A live woman is amongst the crowd pleading to be saved and protected, with her daughter 'alive' in her arms. But the daughter rises as one of 'them' and bites her Mother. For a brief second, you see the Mother in shock - and then only seconds later she turns into one of 'them'.

Is there any real way to tell how long it takes for a live person to turn into 'them'?

It's most reasonable to suspect the severity of the bite.

When Hisashi was attacked, he had a layer of clothing protecting him. So it's safe to say that the bite didn't get very deep penetration. Hence why he was able to last the entire episode (several hours)?

Oh the other hand, Tejima-sensei from earlier in the first episode took a large bite directly on his naked arm. He was zombified almost instantly (under 1 minute).


Why is "bioroide/bioroido/bioroid" used in different animes? In the 1984 anime series Super Dimensional Calvary Southern Cross, there are some alien mechas called "bioroid/bioroido/bioloyd" (depending on the translation) Bioroids SDC. In Appleseed there is an artificial species called bioroide Appleseed Bioroid. And apparently in this anime I don't know Armitage III there is also a song called Bioroid so I assume there is something called Bioroid in this anime. Where does this word come from? Does it come from anime, does it come from japanese or does it come from sci-fi? Personally I've only heard it in japanese animes.

Bioroid is a word depicting a artificially created, cybernetic or biologically organism. Where the roid stands for android and bio for bio.

This term is mainly used within the sci-fi genres, one which is broadly covered by anime's as well.

So to to answer your question Why is “bioroide/bioroido/bioroid” used in different animes?

It is term used within the sci-fi genre to depict artificially created cybernetics.


Does the Ethics Committee control all of Japan? According to this answer it appears that each of the districts are in each of Japan's Regions

Tomiko, who lives in Kamisu 66 is the head of the Ethics Committee and she wanted Saki, who also lived in Kamisu 66, to take her place one day.

I am wondering if the Ethics Committee's Tomiko is the head of control of all of Japan, or if each region/district has their own Ethics Committee. If the latter, do they all share the same ruleset (particularly regarding the age a child can be terminated being changed to 17 years)?

In the novel, each reason doesn't have communication channel each other.
(Wikipedia describe it too.)
There are no way to control all regions from one ethics committee.

I think the fundamental rules such as got human rights at 17 years old is same, because it's created by scientist group.


How can saiyans have Freezer army-like armor when they first met Freezer? In the last trailer from the movie Dragon Ball Super Broly, saiyans have Freezer army-like armors when they supposedly meet Freezer for the first time. How is this possible? Did saiyans and Freezer army got their armors from other race or is this a continuity mistake?

As per the release of the Broly movie, this is not a continuity error.

   The Saiyans actually served King Cold before Freeza took over the empire. This scene is King Cold introducing Freeza to them as Freeza is beginning his reign. Thus, we can easily conclude that the Saiyans acquired this armor from King Cold when the army was still known as the Cold Force.


Anime with kawaii cat girl being patted Sooooo Kawaiiiiiii

Does anyone know what anime this is

This is Ao Nanami from Yozakura Quartet

You can find this by using IQDB and then going to a result (some sites may not be SFW) and look at the image tags. You can see that the gif is tagged as "Yozakura Quartet".


What actually happened with Diavolo? At the final battle between Giorno and Diavolo in episode 38. Diavolo got punched many times, and almost drowned in the river.
He survived that and able to catch the edge of the sewer stairs, which kept his body floating. Poorly, he met a burglar/homeless man that stabbed him, and then he lost consciousness. Just after that, he looks like he's in a hospital bed, and a female doctor suddenly performs an autopsy on his body while Diavolo's alive. In the middle of the autopsy he suddenly teleports to a downtown area where he gets hit by a car, and last, he met with a child and for no reason Diavolo got scared.
What happens to Diavolo in episode 38 exactly? According to Jojo's Wiki,
such stated

Gold Experience Requiem is a close-range Requiem Stand that boasts an
incredible increase in both speed and power compared to its previous
form. It also wields the arcane power of reverting anything to "zero",
effectively undoing their actions; a power that trumps even the time
erasure/nullification of King Crimson.

What I understood from the show was that Giorno's Gold Experience Requiem put Diavolo in a state where he constantly had to experience death over and over again forever. He would die in a particular scenario, wake up in another place and experience his death in that place as well and then proceed to wake up in another place... and so on. From the Diavolo page of the Jojo wiki under the section Final Moments, it is stated that

  Due to the ability of Gold Experience Requiem, Diavolo is trapped in
  an infinite death loop; He continues to experience death over and over
  for eternity due to dying and subsequently returning to point zero
  (before his death), starting with drowning in the nearby river,
  followed by being stabbed to death, autopsied alive, and hit by a car.
  Panicked in anticipation for where the next source of his never-ending
  fatality is going to come from, the last of what is seen of Diavolo is
  him begging a harmless child to get away from him.


Why do Terminal Services employees need to work in human-Giftia pairs? Why is it that Terminal Services employees need to work in pairs of one human and one Giftia?

Nothing they do as part of their jobs seems to strictly require the presence of specifically a human, nor specifically a Giftia. (And, I mean, given that humans and Giftias are virtually indistinguishable until near the end of the Giftia's life, what difference would it make, anyway?)

It is possible that this sort of pairing is for the preservation of human life. Once a Giftia becomes a Wanderer they start to act on instinct alone which sometime leads to violent confrontation.

In the pairs the human is referred to as the "spotter" and the Giftia is the "Marksman". The Giftia are as close to humans as SAI Corp has been able to make with the current technology but they are not human. If one reads Isla's character bio its states that she "often has difficulty understanding how social situations work" this minor flaw could potentially cause a team of two Giftia's to miss a Wanderer if it's in the beginning stages.

The human is because overall the human will have more experience with human/android interaction so they will be able to pick up on the subtle signs that could start showing when a Giftia's time is almost up.

Also having the Giftia there can provide a buffer in between the human and Wanderer, granted the Giftia is still limited whereas the limiting functions on the Wanderer are off. Terminal Services would probably rather have a Giftia injured in a retrieval rather than a human.

This is a potential reason for the pairing of the two but I could be wrong, not much is stated as to why the pair has to be like that. ref from Plastic Memories Wikia


Looking for manga apps which filter out mature content My son is into manga and anime. When I look for 'kid-friendly' sources for him to read and watch, I make sure that they filter out the mature stuffs. Currently, he has the Crunchy Roll app, and it seems to be pretty kid-friendly and filtered. If I am wrong, please let me know.

He asked me to check out an app called "Manga Rock", but from the first page, the results were not the kind of stuff I want him to read due to the heavily mature content. (If you know what I mean...)

Any recommendations for a manga app that I can feel comfortable with?

CrunchyRoll also has a manga app for Android and iOS. You can also view their manga selection on their main site.

You can set a filter to block mature content in your profile settings. Unfortunately, you can't password protect this from change, so if your son found that the filter was on, he could potentially turn it off.

Access to manga is exclusively for paying members.


What's the "right" order to play the Grisaia Spin-offs? I just played through the main branch of the "Laybrinth of Grisaia" game, and afterwards went looking for the following game ("Eden of Grisaia" or something like that) in the steam store.

It seems it isn't released yet but I found three spin-offs:

The Leisure of Grisaia
The Melody of Grisaia
The Afterglow of Grisaia

My question is, is there any order that I should take in playing these? I guess "Leisure" should be first, since the other two are spin-offs to the labyrinth and this to the original, but especially for "Melody" and "Afterglow" I'm not sure which to read first...

I'm sorry if this is off-topic for this side, but arqade didn't seem like the right place, either...

EDIT:
I found this graph showing the relation between the different games but it didn't help me in deciding which of "Melody" and "Afterglow" to play first.

Leisure of Grisaia = Grisaia no yuukan
Melody of Grisaia = Grisaia no senritsu
Afterglow of Grisaia = Grisaia no Zankou
Le fruit de la grisaia = Grisaia no kajitsu
Le laberynth de la grisaia = Grisaia no Meikyuu
Le eden de la grisaia = Grisaia no Rakuen

Right order

Parent game: Grisaia no Kajitsu.
Side story: Grisaia no yuukan
Sequel: Grisaia no Meikyuu.
Side stories: Grisaia no senritsu and Grisaia no Zankou. Since you completed the main game the side stories can be played in any order.
Sequel: Grisaia no Rakuen


Whose autograph is this on a Sailor Moon pencilboard? Whose autograph is this on this Sailor Moon merchandise (it looks like a shitajiki [pencilboard]) from the SuperS season? Is it a seiyuu, or a production company staff member such as an anime director, a SeraMyu musical actress, or is it supposed to be one of the characters' own signatures from an kigurumi live-action stage show? It looks to me like "Amさぎ" or "Smさき♡" but these combinations don't ring any bells...

(Here is a sample from a kigurumi show where the actress signed as Sailor Moon instead of her real/stage name in the same way that Disney costume characters at Disneyland sign as if they were the character)

nhahtdh's comment is correct.

  I guess it's Usagi, where the A part is actually 月.

A photo of a merchandise from Sailor Moon S shows that the first character looks like 月【つき】 (moon).

Image taken from のり's yaplog, a Japanese blog

However, the signature seems to be a corrupted version of 月【つき】のうさぎ (Moon rabbit), as clearly shown in another photo of SuperS' merchandise.

Image taken from ゆかりん's Twitter


Who is this man whose face appears randomly? Throughout Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, there's a picture (not animated) of a bald man's face that appears randomly (often as a censor). Who is he and what is his relation to the show (or their creators)? Does he randomly appear in other Studio SHAFT shows?

He is the mangaka's assistant, Maeda-kun.

From the TVTropes page Manga: Sayonara, Zetsubou-Sensei:

  Fan Disservice: Some fanservice scenes can be a little awkward when they're censored by the face of Maeda-kun, Koji Kumeta's assistant, who sometimes is even facepalming disapprovingly. Shame on you.


What does this haiku in The World Only God Knows mean? In the episode where Keima is pursuing Shiori Shiomiya (the bookworm), there's a discussion about how Keima can't read her heart, because she doesn't talk much. He then concludes that instead of reading her heart, he will read her liver.

Perhaps this is something that was lost in translation, but what is meant by observing someone's liver?

Keima is using the liver as a metaphor. In that scene, you can see a diseased liver on the screen. That shows that the liver has to be operated on. That operation will lead to a change so that she can live. The liver, being an internal organ, is a metaphor for her inside voice. Keima is using it to illustrate how though Shiori is quiet on the outside there is a lot more going on the inside and significant changes could be taking place with out people realizing it. Keima needs to perform an "operation" so that Shiori will be able to express herself and "live".

Why they chose to use the liver is uncertain and never explained. Please look at nhahtdh's comment as it does provide some insight into this.


Why wasn't there an OP for Shinobu Time? Each of the arcs of the Monogatari series through the end of Second Season (Hitagi Crab, Mayoi Snail, ..., Hitagi End) has had an OP theme sung by the arc's heroine1, save for Shinobu Time (i.e. Onimonogatari), which did not have an OP theme at all.

What gives? Shinobu's voice actress is Maaya Sakamoto, who is probably the most talented singer out of the entire Monogatari cast! Why didn't she sing an OP for Shinobu's arc?

1 Well, the OP for Hitagi End (Koimonogatari) was sung by both Kaiki and Senjougahara, but I think we can agree that they were both the heroines of that arc.

Well, it turns out that Maaya Sakamoto doesn't like mixing her career as a singer with her career as a voice actress, as she pointed out in an interview with director Masaaki Oosumi1:

Sakamoto: [laughter] [...] I'm old-fashioned - I don't want my work as a voice actress to get mixed up with my singing.
—What exactly do you mean by that?
Sakamoto: To me, my job as a singer is not so much a job, as it is a way of expressing myself - which is why I should write my own lyrics and sing under my own name. That's why, as a rule, I don't sing character songs.

Of course, all the OP songs for the Monogatari series are character songs in the usual sense (e.g. Nadeko, rather than Kana Hanazawa, is listed as the singer for "Mousou Express"), and so it makes sense that Maaya Sakamoto wouldn't sing an OP for Shinobu's arc.
Note that there are shows for which Maaya Sakamoto has both sung an OP/ED and voice-acted a character, e.g. RahXephon - but in these cases, it appears that she is credited as herself, rather than as her character. (This is certainly the case for RahXephon's OP "Hemisphere"; I imagine it is also the case for the other anime in which this occurs, but I haven't checked.)

All that said, the Blu-ray version of Second Season does, in fact, have a minute-long opening segment for Shinobu Time. But it's set to the song "white lies", which is not sung by Maaya Sakamoto - it's a non-vocal piece, aside from some choral chanting. (Though I should like to mention that it's an incredible song in its own right, especially if you listen to the full 3'23" version.)

1 To find the bit I've translated here, Ctrl+F for 私も古い考え方.


Is there a manga with a scene where Shinji chokes Asuka? I'm trying to find the manga where Shinji chokes Asuka.

Does it exist? If yes then please help me find it.

No, I don't believe there is. The entirety of Instrumentality happens in the last volume of the Sadamoto manga (volume 14) and there was no kitchen scene during instrumetality (where coffee is spilled and Shinji strangles Asuka while standing up) and when instrumentality ended, we were taken to a new stage of the world completely back to normal so there wasn't a beach scene either.

However, there was a scene that wasn't in the anime where Shinji visits Asuka in the hospital and she gets out of bed and chokes him.


What piano piece is Emil Nekola skating to in his short program? In episode 8 of Yuri!!! on Ice, Emil Nekola skates his short program to a piano piece. (This is around the eight-minute mark in the episode.) The music sounded like a classical work that I have heard before, but I was unable to place it. The most I have been able to gather is that if this is indeed a classical composition, it would have to be from the Romantic period in music at the earliest. (I also have a sense of which composers wouldn't have written something like this, but that's less useful.)

Is the music in Emil's short program an original composition? If not, what is its title and composer?

I found an answer after some additional guesswork and checking with some music recordings.

The piano music is an excerpt from Modest Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, specifically "The Hut on Hen's Legs" section. The soundtrack before the episode cuts away to the end of Emil's performance clearly matches this; the piano music starts where this section of Pictures at an Exhibition begins and follows it (before the cut) without any alterations.


Is Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters Part of the Adventure Timeline? The reason I ask is due to the fact that the series, Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, is advertised as being set in the future of 2045 and the last moment in time (for now, at least) for the Digimon Adventure timeline is 2026, the infamous Epilogue at the end of Digimon Adventure 02. This would leave 19 years in between the Digimon Adventure 02 Epilogue and Episode  1 of Digimon Universe: Appli Monsters, "The Search Result is Haru Shinkai! Gatchmon Appears!"
The six-part Digimon Adventure tri movie series is said to be set in 2005, with the final film, Digimon Adventure: Last Evolution-Kizuna set in 2010.
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated

No, it's not. Digimon (not Appmon) in Appmon are explicitly fictional, though an Agumon leaves its video game at one point. Additionally, the Adventure epilogue shows a world where everyone has Digimon, but in Appmon it's a world much like our own.
(Another note: That 'in the year 2045' thing at the beginning of each episode is quoting a certain AI researcher, not establishing the setting. Appmon is implied to be set in 2016.)


Why is King Deviluke in his chibi form? Why is King Deviluke in his chibi form when Lala, Zastin, Nana and Momo (his offsprings) are on their normal forms? I thought it was because he was on Deviluke planet, but even when he came to earth, he was still on his chibi form. Was it ever explain in the anime?

According to this Wiki:

Lala states his current appearance is due to him using too much power
during the "Galaxy Unification Wars", which desized his body.

If I recall correctly, It was mentioned on the anime by Lala.


Does Reiner suffer from split personality or DID? I noticed that during two situations he behaved in an unusual way, which might mean he suffers from split personality.
I noticed this in the following scenes:

When Reiner and Bertholdt kidnap Eren, they sit on a tall tree in the forest with Ymir.
Also when Reiner asks Annie to take the ODM gear from Marco, then cries when he gets devoured by a titan

In a sense, yes.

Reiner's psychological issues resemble those of dissociative identity disorder, in which a person's identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personality states, producing behavior changes and lapses in memory

Reiner's DID type personally started shortly after the untimely death of his old comrade. Reiner began taking on some of their personality and entwining it with his own over time.

 Following Marcel's death, Reiner began incorporating elements from his personality into his own. He became more decisive and assertive, even willing to threaten Annie and Bertolt to ensure they followed his orders, yet also deeply caring and genuinely desiring to protect them
 [...]
 By the time he joined the 104th Training Corps, Reiner had completely incorporated Marcel's personality into his own

Source


Where should I start reading the manga of Attack on Titan after season 4 (The Final season Pt.1)? Since first phase of the Shingeki no kyojin - The Final season ended... I want to read the manga for it ahead, I can't wait for a whole year. Where should I start?

I did a little research and found out that the last episode of the Final season (season 4) of Attack on titan ends on chapter 116 of the manga. the next season (Attack on titan - The Final Season Pt.2) will probably start from chapter 117, so start reading from there.
But, for more convenience and understanding of the proper situation and the story, read chapters 115 and 116 as well, because there are some things, and certain scenes that they didn't include in the final episode, but can be seen in the manga.


Is Miss Monochrome's voice computer edited? In the Miss Monochrome anime series, Miss Monochrome is depicted as an android and thus talks like a robot. Is this computer edited or does Horie Yui actually speak like that?

Basically everything I've found indicates that she's autotuned, including TVTropes and THEM Anime Reviews. You can hear Horie Yui speaking normally here and Miss Monochrome's autotuned singing here. It's possible to hear some of the autotuning behind her singing.


What happened to the Dragons? Dragons are assumed to be myth or somewhat a legend in someway in Fairy Tail. They also disappeared in Fairy Tail. But what was the reason behind them disappearing. We have seen in an episode that Grandeeney and Igneel are still very much alive, but seem to look as though they are in hiding. Also what's up with all dragons disappearing on the same day and the same year?

Answers are appreciated :). If there's anything from the manga, please include in answer. I do not think they have covered it in the anime.

There were several reasons why the Dragons disappeared at that time and it was revealed in chapter 415.

In the end, the dragons were indeed still alive. They hid themselves inside the dragon slayers' bodies. The reasons behind this were threefold:

The dragons were afraid a new human would become so powerful that he would transform into a dragon, just like Acnologia. To prevent this from happening they went inside their bodies to slow down their power increase.
The second reason was that the dragons were waiting for the right time to defeat Acnologia. Despite this reason clearly being stated by Grandeeney, I have a hard time believing it. Especially since the dragons did not fight Acnologia at all. They just watched Igneel get defeated. If they had attacked together, they might have been able to do more damage I believe.
The third and probably main reason why the dragons all disappeared was that Acnologia used his magic to extract their souls from their bodies. In order to prolong their lives, they retreated their souls (and apparently their bodies too) inside the dragon slayers they had once raised.


How could Doraemon make money? In many episode of doraemon (oldest and newest) or even the movie, he always buy so many tools from department store, mostly his "magical"/future gadget that will be used by Nobita. Where did he got all of the money ?

I never seen him working since his duty and goal was to make Nobita have a happy future.

It not clearly mentioned anywhere that how Doraemon earns money. But by watching Episodes of Doraemon we can come to conclusions of earning resources.

1. Owner of Doraemon (Nobita's great-great-grandson - Sewashi) is funding Doraemon.

The reason for which Doraemon came from future is that to improve the academic performance of Nobita. Because of this reason Nobita's great-great-grandson was getting very less pocket money. If Nobita's great-great-grandson was rich then he did not required to have send Doraemon back into the past to Nobita. That means Nobita's great-great-grandson would have not been funding much to
   Doraemon. That cut out this funding possibility.

2. Through money making gadgets.

Doraemon possesses quite a few money making gadgets like rice cake maker, time cloth, multiplying bank and so on. Since he is from the future, he knows how to use these gadgets to support himself. Also, he has the ‘Devil’s Passport’ which is the ‘Ultimate Credit Card’ as you can use it to get anything for free, absolutely.
But sometimes Doraemon also runs out of money as these gadgets does not provide a lot of money, as if they did Sewashi (Nobita's great-great-grandson) would have not send Doraemon on the first place.

So, I think point number 2 is the answer to your question.

Note : Name of characters has been referred from this link https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Doraemon_characters


What manga is this picture of a couple kissing from? What manga is this image from? I found it on Tumblr, but I couldn't find the name of the manga.

It's from a hentai manga by Otsuka Kotora. The tankoubon title is Angraecum. The story title is Phalaenopsis. It's the third story in the tankoubon.