What does Headphone Actor represent or mean? On the 6th episode of Mekakucity Actors, there was a scene where Takane was directed by, presumably, her own voice to escape the city, which was falling apart. Now, there was a similar scenario in the song the episode was based on with the same title in the Kagerou Project, which was what the entire anime is based on.

I'm not sure I understand what the purpose of this is. Because it doesn't seem like it's real. The city she lives in is not literally falling apart, I don't think. Otherwise everyone else would have died. So it must be symbolic for something. Am I missing anything here? What is the purpose of the song and the scene in that particular episode?

The town falling apart isn't 'symbolic' of anything. The story premise was that since she was brought into the Haze artificially she got looped in with Hibiya and Hiyori's Haze the same way Haruka/Konoha did. Hence the line from the song "Rioting people, a sobbing girl…" which is accompanied by the image of the classic blue and pink spots that normally represent Hibiya and Hiyori.

The town falling apart was the end of the loop she had entered during and because she was artificially stuck into their loop she wasn't going to enter the second loop in the same manner of repetition that Hibiya would. It is stated in the song Kagerou Days "With that, like a cricket’s sound being disturbed, the light blue of summer darkened away…" Hibiya basically just passes out and wakes up with the previous day repeating.

Because Hibiya followed the standards of normally entering the Haze, the loop was customized to him. Takane/Ene would have to go through the day and upon the town falling apart she would wake up the next day in the same situation in the same spot as the day before to continue the loop. The crumbling town was the destruction of that specific loop that would carry into the next loop upon rebuilding the area from the beginning.

The reason that this wasn't repetitively shown is that she exited the Haze before the loop completely ended, and through which she entered the computer and then the story continues into Ene's Cyber Journey (Ene no Dennou Kikou).


Chronological order of Kiss x Sis anime and OVA The series producers decided to move the more "spicy" manga chapters into the OVAs, and because of this, they are chronologically spread between the anime episodes.
What should be a chronologically correct viewing order of the OVAs + anime episodes?

After rereading and rewatching it, I conclude that the animators just took a random chapter of the manga and put it on anime anywhere they like, there is no chronological sequence of the anime, you can watch it from the anime randomly and will not lose the plot, unless for the last three episodes.
However, there is some important event that can be sorted chronologically based on manga chapter:

Manga chapter one and anime episode one when they're still kids and show how Ako and Riko save Keita from a dog.
Manga chapter five and the beginning of anime episode four (4 years ago) when Ako and Riko start to falling in love with Keita
End of anime episode nine when Ako and Riko made Keita a good luck charm
Anime episode 10 when Keita take an exam and after the exam
OVA episode four when Keita, Ako, and Riko go on a trip after the exam
Anime episode 11 when he receives an acceptance letter from the school from Mikuni (unlike in anime, this is Keita's first meeting with her on manga)
Anime episode 12 when Keita get to the same school with Ako and Riko

And from here, it only happens in manga and hasn't been told in anime, BEWARE SPOILER

 Manga chapter 42 when all the characters go on a trip and manga chapter 67 when Keita starts dating Kiryuu Sensei

Some of the OVA episodes happen before anime, and some chapters in the manga didn't happen at all in anime or OVA.
So, with that being said, this anime doesn't really care about the plot and focus only on the ecchi-almost-hentai theme. You can watch it however you like and just enjoy the show.


In Overlord, did the Slane Theocracy intentionally target Shaltear for mind control? In season 1 episode 10, why did the Slain Theocracy send the Black Scripture into E-Rental? I read that it had something to do with the World Class Item Downfall of Castle and Country but I don't know why they went to that location. Were they targeting Shalltear intentionally for the mind control or did they just happen across her?

No they where not targeting her, they had another target in mind and when they ran into her decided to target her instead because of the threat she posed to them. If I remember right it is explained in better detail in volume 3 of the light novel.

https://www.quora.com/Who-are-the-ones-who-controlled-Shalltear-in-the-Overlord-anime-How-do-they-move-behind-the-scenes-and-why

   The Slane theocracy sent the black scripture on a recon mission to the country of E Rantel to both protect and use the world item Downfall of Castle and Country to prepare for the resurrection of the Catastrophe Dragon Lord. They happened to come across Shalltear after she killed the death bringing brigade and tried to use the item on her, however she was able to fight against the effects long enough to kill lady Kaide, the one who was using DOCAC. This resulted in Shalltear being mind controlled by a dead person, meaning that she was being controlled by no one. As such, she returned to her basic “Setting” if you can call it that I.e self defence.

From what I read it was a case of bad luck for both sides

   The group was sent over behind the scenes as no one but them knew they were there. Similarly to how a country that sends an elite recon group to another country and then that country withdraws, leaving no trace. ainz knows they had to be someone powerful to have the world item, but he doesn’t know who. It could be E Rantel (unlikely cause ainz would know). Baharuth empire, (again unlikely cause ainz would know, so it is only a matter of time until Ainz finds out.


How does Sanji produce fire in Water? As you know, Sanji has a move called Diable Jamble, where he somehow manages to generate fire on his leg by rotating with great speed.

We have seen this move first when he was fighting CP9.

According to science, fire can be generated by friction, but it should be spontaneous. This explains as to how he was able to generate while he was fighting CP9 at Enies Lobby.

But after the timeskip, when the Straw Hat Pirates were on their way to Fishman Island, they encountered a Kraken. How did Sanji generate fire in water?

In water, there is no rough material via which, fire can be generated.

And even if it is somehow achieved, how can the fire not get extinguished by the water!?

As usual, Oda Eiichiro has a "creative" explanation for that too! Oda blatantly disobeys the Laws of our world in One Piece.

In SBS Volume 44, when asked how Sanji could beat Jabra by heating his leg, without burning it, Oda's response was:

  Sanji's leg is not hot!! His heart was burning so much hotter!!

If asked your question, he would probably say something like:

  Learning Haki, spending 2 years chased by Okamas, and being separated from ladies, especially Nami-san and Robin-chan, has made his heart burn much hotter!!! Even water cannot extinguish his burning heart!!!

I know, it doesn't feel satisfying, but this is how Oda-sensei's "explanations" usually are!


Why does the Den Den Mushi look so much like their owner? Seriously, they just look like their owner. For example, Robin talked to Zoro through one in Dressrosa, and even the snail had a scar on its left eye. That is just weird. We even saw Kaidou talk to Scratchmen Apoo, and we know because the snail had braces. Trafalgar Law contacted Donflamingo through one as well, and this one had a hat just like his. Let's not forget Doflamingo himself had one for himself in Vergo's pocket, which was also wearing pink sunglasses.

A long time I came to the hypothesis (because I read the manga only) that with the Den Den Mushi you don't hear the actual guy's voice, but rather, the snail can imitate it perfectly to you with his facial expressions so that it is like an actor, with face and voice. Am I right?

Now I am starting to think my hypothesis was wrong because of this similarity thing.

When a person calls or speaks through a Den Den Mushi, the Den Den Mushi will mimic the person's speech and display their emotions as well as take on the distinctive physical traits of the person on the other end. In other words they don't take the appearance of their owner but rather the one that is calling, and then return to normal once the call has been terminated. Think of it like adding a picture to your contacts to know who is calling.


Why is Naruto's name Naruto? I've been pondering this question because Shikamaru's name is from his dad's (Shikaku), Ino's name is from her dad's also (Inoichi); Shino is from Shibi and Choji is from Choza. Okay, maybe not all of the characters' names are from their dad's, but I'm just wondering. :D TIA

Naruto's father was Namikaze Minato, who had been Jiraiya's pupil.
As we know, Jiraiya wrote, and the main character of his first book was named Naruto.

  Because he enjoyed the book so much, Minato chose to name his then-unborn son after the character of Naruto in the story, in the hopes that his son would too grow up to be just like the protagonist. Even though Naruto was not aware of this until sixteen years after his birth, he nevertheless is just like the protagonist.

From Naruto Wikia.

So Naruto got his name from a character Jiraiya created in one of his books.


How is the ability to use chakra alloted? This might have an obvious answer that I've missed but I'm just checking it out for a fanfiction. I know kekkei genkai are genetic. I know everyone has chakra but not everyone has the ability to use it and this may or may not have something to not with the size of chakra coils? Not sure about this as I've probably read more fanfics than canon. Anyway.
The question is this: Is the ability to use chakra genetic (so basically all ninja are descended in some way from Kaguya Otsutsuki including Sakura Haruno via some kind of recessive gene..) or was it simply available to use (randomly?) after Kaguya ate the fruit of the Shinju? Since Kaguya is named as the progenitor of chakra, I'm assuming no one could use chakra before her.
The genetic theory requires a long period of natural selection, such as the Out of Africa and Eve theories on Earth. I'm not sure of the time skip between Kaguya and Naruto is enough for this.
Anyway, all answers welcome.

The only people who were born with chakra are Kaguya's descendants. However, people got their chakra from the Rikudō Sennin when he created ninshū to make people connect to each other.


Ki suppression control So i was wondering does ki suppression drain energy from the user, since they always need to think about this and maintain focus to some extent.

To start things of we know that not everyone can hide their Ki since it is a skill that has to be learned.
We saw an an example of that when the sayajins arrived on earth and were surprised  by the fact that the earthlings could control their power level and change it on will. Later on Namek, we saw that people are able to track down others who are unable to do that, that is why Dodoria and the others are always "powered up", and why the scouters were able to read their true power level ( i am not taking transformations into the account here).

Usually one of the common reasons besides trying to stay "low", is said to be to preserve energy but if you take into account the examples i mentioned above, that would mean that people are constantly losing energy without doing anything, which seems totally illogical. Even if that was the case somehow the loss should be minimal.

Taking everything into account there just does not seem to be a reason to do that, besides if you want to hide yourself on purpose. I doubt this was anywhere explained in depth, or that there will ever be a 100% verified answer but i would like to see what others thinks about this.

No, suppressing your power level does not exhaust you.

The Z-Fighters keep their power levels low for two reasons:

To hide their true strength from their opponents
To be able to raise their power levels extremely high when a fight does break out.

It's never stated (as far as I know) whether suppressing your power level saves a significant amount of energy. It's also never stated whether it takes energy to do this, either. However, based on the fact that the Z-Fighters go about their day-to-day lives with suppressed power levels, I'd argue it takes little to no stamina to maintain this, and may potentially save your ki reserves (though this is speculation).

I would argue, though, that learning to suppress your power level gives you a greater ability to manipulate your own ki, and therefore raise and lower it as needed. For an example of this, look at Ginyu's fight with Goku.

According to the wiki, Goku's max power level when he fought the Ginyu Force without Kaio-Ken was 90,000. It was 5,000 when supressed. He used this deceptively low power level to decimate the Ginyu Force, since they constantly underestimated him. However, when Captain Ginyu managed to take over Goku's body, his max power level was merely 23,000. I would speculate that in addition to the fact that this was a new body, Ginyu had no training in manipulating his own power level, so he could not even begin to approach Goku's normal strength without Kaio-Ken.

In summary, suppressing your power level has no notable disadvantages, and allows the user to both conceal their true strength and to utilize said strength to its maximum potential.


How is it that people in ALO didn't recognize Kirito? So, I've been enjoying SAO quite a bit more than I thought I would. My only thing is, why has no one in ALO even questioned if Kirito is the same Kirito from SAO? Especially his sister? I'm going on the assumption that their would have been some sort of news when he got out of the game, and that his character name would be mentioned. I know that if I see a character with the same name in multiple MMO's, I at least ask if they are the same person. I have to believe that SOMEONE would recognize the name at least.

Also, thinking back on it, I remember them reading something, seemingly the internet, inside SAO, that listed the news of what was going on in the game. So surely this was available to the outside world as well?

ALO players
From Volume 3, Chapter 1, during the scene where Kirito first logged in into ALO:

Next I chose the nickname for my character. I didn't put much thought into it, but entered the name «Kirito».
This name was a shortened form of my real name, Kirigaya Kazuto, and there weren't many who knew that. Those who understood included only the rescue team from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and those with a close connection, i.e. Recto's president Yuuki Shoujou and that Sugou. Of course, that also included Egil, and Asuna, who had yet to wake. Even Suguha and our parents shouldn't know of it.
In the SAO incident, none of this information had been made public, especially character names. This was because in that world there was frequent fighting between players and the result was often a horrible death in the real world. If unrestricted publication of this information was allowed, it would not be difficult to imagine a large number of lawsuits being filed.
[...]
With a bit of trepidation I realized the name was known to Sugou Nobuyuki, and because it is a rather well-known name I changed it from its romanized form to its kana form. [...]

According to the cited paragraph, since character names are not made public, the name Kirito is only known to the rescue team from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Recto's president Yuuki Shoujou, Sugou, and fellow players in SAO.
ALO arc takes place 2 months after SAO is cleared. During this period of time, I would assume that it's unlikely for any SAO survivor to play another VRMMO when they had just been through a life and death experience.
Therefore, it would be natural for almost all players in ALO to be unaware of the identity of the person who cleared SAO and set all players free.
I guess that would clear the question of why no one in ALO ever questioned about Kirito's identity.
How about Suguha, then?
Suguha/Leafa
From Volume 3, Chapter 2, when Kirito crash-landed as Leafa/Suguha was surrounded by three Salamanders:

This voice with no tension came from a lightly dark skinned male player while standing up. His black hair stood in natural spikes, and his large eyes gave an impression of mischief. Behind him stretched dark greyish-blue wings that marked him as a member of the Spriggan race.

I guess Kirito's skin color and appearance is a great enough departure from his real life appearance that Suguha couldn't tell that Kirito is actually her onii-chan.
Apart from the appearance, there is also the fact that Kirito distanced himself from Suguha, after knowing that they are not siblings.
From Volume 4, Chapter 7:

Suguha's accusation that I had distanced myself from her because she wasn't my true younger sister was almost correct. I had searched the net for my family registry, but I had found the deletion notice, so I asked my parents about it. I was ten years-old. I began to put some distance between Suguha and myself, but there was no specific reason.
[...]
[...] By the time I was a 5th or 6th grader, I was already addicted to net games, without a side glance I moved straight forward. Finally I was imprisoned for two years, in that virtual world.

Due to Kirito keeping distance and the SAO incident, Suguha didn't have much chance to know Kirito, and there were many sides of him that she didn't know about, especially during the time Kirito was trapped in SAO. I think this contributes to the reason why Suguha/Leafa didn't realize that Kirito is actually Kazuto even after traveling together. She only caught on when Kirito blurted out Asuna's name after he failed to clear the Grand Quest for the first time.


Would Mineta stop producing the purple balls if Eraser Head used his quirk? If Eraser Head tried to erase Mineta's quirk, would he stop producing the purple balls or would it not affect him because it is technically a form of physical quirk?

Similar to what is stated here, Shota Aizawa's quirk do not work on Mutation-class quirk and Mineta's quirk is classified as one.

So no, Mineta cannot stop producing purple balls even if Eraser Head used his quirk.


What software is used for making anime? Is there any particular software or software family specifically designed for making anime?

Are they drawing all the frames of motion scenes, or does a software automatically generate them? For example, consider a soccer player kicking a football. Let the duration of the scene be 0.5 seconds, and let the frame rate of the video be 24 fps; that makes 12 frames in that scene. Do they patiently draw all those 12 frames manually for that scene which takes only half a second?

It depends on a few different things, including the content, the style, and when it was made (i.e. did the technology exist to do it one way vs. another?)

Here's a GREAT example of multiple anime styles used in a single show -- we go from "high quality" level animation for the transformations, to the more "western", flash-friendly style the show is normally in, to a rather garish live-action explosion at the end. These all require different approaches.

If you pay attention, you can also spot where the characters aren't moving much in certain points in the video (like where Panty & Stocking are standing still under the "disco" lighting), so they can get away with only drawing the frame once even though the scene goes for much longer.

When "tweening" between keyframes (to produce moving animation like your soccer ball example), yes, those have to be hand-drawn -- or at least hand-checked, even if a computer is used to extrapolate between keyframes! Using certain animation software like Flash, Toon Boom, or 3D modeling software like Blender may take out some of the work, but none of that software can compensate for a bad animator, or replace an artist at the helm.

There's plenty of shortcuts animators use, but the computer never draws the cartoon for them -- they still have to do that part themselves!


Has Yugi (or Yami) ever lost a duel fair and square? In either the anime or the manga, has Yugi (or Yami) ever lost a duel fair and square? By "fair and square" I mean that Yugi wasn't:

Against an opponent who was flat out cheating using a Millennium Item to gain an unfair advantage (for instance, using the Millennium Eye to see your opponent's cards is unfair, but using the Millennium Puzzle or Ring to draw on an ancient spirit's wisdom and experience is okay)
Coerced into losing because there would be consequences if he won
Chose to lose to prove a point
Losing in a simulation created by Kaiba
Otherwise was not motivated to win
Otherwise was against an opponent who had an unfair advantage or put Yugi at an unfair disadvantage

And no, Yami losing the Final Battle (a.k.a. Ceremonial Duel) doesn't count since the two people were split and one of them had to lose.

I would prefer duels that weren't Shadow Games, since the pressure of that can arguably detract from the game being fair, but won't discount that completely.

As Memor-X mentioned, in the Waking the Dragons Arc, Yami duelled against Rafael and lost. Yami was compelled to use the Seal of Orichalcos that Rafael had given him earlier in the duel because he felt like there was no other way to win (though the power definitely went to his head afterwards!). The episode is a three-parter, but Yami/Yugi loses in Episode 158 - Fate of the Pharaoh - Part 3.

If you don't want to include the Ceremonial Duel, I believe that's the whole list. All other duels where Yugi/Yami lost, he either surrendered, deliberately misplayed (I include Yami duelling against a spirit of Yugi in Waking the Dragons in that) or was against a cheater.


Goku's death counter? Technically Goku did die in the fight with hit. But because he was revived by means other than the dragon balls. Does this mean he didn't actually die?

I'm only going to count the "main" series so gt will not be included.

So there was the start of dragon ball z, in the fight against Raditz,

He did not die against Freeza as he was said to have survived it.

He died when he teleported Cell to King Kais planet as he was exploding.

And lastly in the lasted episode as of now (72) of dragon ball super, it is said that when goku was struck by Hit, he saw King Yemma at the checkout station for a second before being brung back to life by the ki blast he had shot in the air.

So in conclusion Goku died 3 times if you count the last one which could be argued as debatable, otherwise his death count is 2.


In the opening song, who is Rimuru fighting in the town? In the opening song of That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, between 1:13 and 1:29 of episode 8, there's a group of people who appear to be knights of some kind and the slime is fighting what looks like the best guy, but these people are never shown in the anime.

Who are they?

If you mean the bunch in white clothes that are shown right after the Demon Lords Milim, Frey, Carillon and Clayman, and just before the red-headed guy (Guy Crimson), those are the paladins of the Holy Church, the most predominant religion in the Western Nations.

Most of them have yet to appear even in the current official translation of the Light Novel. Only their captain, Hinata Sakaguchi, has made an apppearance so far. She first showed up at the end of volume 4, and if I remember correctly she's shown at the end of the first season of the anime as well, but doesn't take any action unlike in the novel.

So no, they won't appear in the anime, I guess they were added to the OP just to create hype among the LN readers.


Does anyone know what those branches are in Goblin Slayer episode 7? Does any one know what these branches are and what their purpose is (like herbal)? Is it in Japanese culture or any other culture?

NSFW (Nudity) content and manga spoilers ahead.

Those are White Birch Branches. It's also mentioned in the manga during Chapter 20.

I'm not sure of their exact use but according to the Wikipedia page of birches,

  fragrant twigs of silver birch are used in saunas to relax the muscles.

This seems to coincide with what is shown in the manga/anime, as it looks like it is used to relieve exhaustion and provide relaxation.


Can someone explain Leorio's wager with the prisoner? In Season 1 Episode 10, Trick x to x the Trick, Leorio wanted to bet on whether the blue guy was unconscious or not. At the time of the wager the prisoner was down 40-60 against Leorio.

  PRISONER: Now, it's your turn to wager. What would you like to bet on?
  LEORIO: Well... I'd like to bet on whether he's really unconscious or not.

Just before Leorio lets go of the blue guy, the prisoner says:

  PRISONER: I bet 40 hours that he's unconscious. I'm betting all the time I have left.

Leorio lets go of the blue guy and of course he wasn't unconscious yet the prisoner was still awarded with 40 hours!!

Prisoner's time on the left, Leorio's time on the right.

After the prisoner was awarded the 40 hours, she says,

  PRISONER: But now, you only have 20 hours of bargaining chips.

So they definitely made it seem like Leorio lost the wager, but clearly the prisoner did!

Why didn't the prisoner lose right then and there? Shouldn't that have been the end of the match?

You missed some parts. In Chapter 20 of the manga, when Leorio proposed the bet, the prisoner said:

  Prisoner: All right...I'll bet 20 hours...that he really is out cold.

This would mean that Leorio's bet automatically is that he's not out cold. When Leorio was about to let go of the guy playing dead, the prisoner changed his mind.

  Leorio: Look, if he yells out while falling...we'll accept that Kurapika's lost on a foul. You'll get the win. That seem fair to you?
    Prisoner: Yes, quite fair. But I'd like to change my bet. Let me put 40 hours on him waking up.

So, Leorio's bet was changed to the guy not waking up due to this last minute proposition. Therefore, he lost.


What are all of the quotes in the OP of Eden of the East from? In the Eden of the East opening, there are a lot of quotes from different sources. The only one I know the origin of is "The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power," which is from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. I don't know what the other quotes that show up on the screen are from or are in reference to. Can someone tell me?

This blogpost has a transcript of all of the text from the opening. Not all of them are famous quotes.

  "I saw you in Heaven
  and heard of your glory
  You saved our world from the fallen angels
  I saw Messiah standing
  Standing before me with no words
  Nothing but "Hope"
  When we lost dread, a Demon was laughing
  But now you are showing us wonder
  Giving your love
  With awe, down on my knees again
  I've got to know you're the one
  The only one reveals the world"

This is repeated multiple times throughout the OP and seems to be part of the song 東のエデン挿入歌「Reveal The World」

  "The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power."

As you've noted, it's Brutus from Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.

  "Mail
  Own date
  Media tool
  Appli
  Camera
  Phone book
  Iseg
  Music
  Service
  Setting
  You've got mail
  Calling
  Talking"

These seem to be options (partially obscured) of the phone.

  "Let me walk with you when I'm lost in the wild
  I know you always lead me to another Eden
  Let me bless your name, O Lord, O Lord
  Your words will never fade away
  Since we believe you're the light on earth
  Reveals the world"

Also from the "Reveal the world" song lyrics.

The rest seems to be proper names and instances from the show itself, like "noblesse oblige", and "Juiz", and "Selecao system
12 persons selected in Japan". So the only real quote I guess is from the Julius Caesar play.


Was Puella Magi Oriko Magica Another Story ever translated into english? If not, are there plans to translate it? I looked on amazon.com and on the internet and I couldn't find any references to there being an english version. I would really like to read so if anyone had any information on this it would be great if they could share it.

Puella Magi Oriko Magica is licensed in the US by Yen Press. The two volumes were released on July and October 2013. The continuation chapters: "Noisy Citrine," "Symmetry Diamond," and "The Last Agate" are collected in Mahou Shoujo Oriko Magica: Betsu Hen (Another Story), and the newest continuation, "Sadness Prayer" have not yet been licensed.

Additionally, Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Different Story has been licensed by Yen Press. Three volumes are expected to be released March, June, and October 2014.


Can I increase my lifespan by killing myself using the Death Note? Suppose I wrote that I will be killed by a UFO falling from space in the year 2315 while I am lifting.

Will the Note increase my lifespan? In other words, will I still be alive by then?

No. There are some rules that prevent this. From the Rules of the Death Note wiki:

The 23-days rule

  How to use: XXVII

  [...]
  If you write, “die of disease” for the cause of death, but only write a specific time of death without the actual name of disease, the human will die from an adequate disease. But the Death Note can only operate within 23 days (in the human calendar). This is called the 23-day rule.

Situation/cause of death is impossible

  How to Use: LIV

  [...]
  In the occasion where the cause of death is possible but the situation is not, only the cause of death will take effect for that victim. If both the cause and the situation are impossible, that victim will die of heart attack.

While an UFO falling on your head is technically unlikely, but not impossible, the fact that you'll be naturally alive by 2315 is impossible. You'll just shorten your life, not make it longer.
Setting death after original lifespan

  How to Use: LVII

  In the Death Note, you cannot set the death date longer than the victim’s original life span. Even if the victim’s death is set in the Death Note beyond his/her original life span, the victim will die before the set time.


Is Koro-sensei fireproof? Koro sensei is super cool and ultra powerful. Although he has many weakness like water, special knives and bombs. I want to know if he is also fireproof?

So far there has not been any sign of a fiery attack or his ability to resist it, besides the hot weather. Which seems to cause him a quite extreme fatigue. He also is said to handle hot food pretty badly.


How can Itachi use his Mangekyō Sharingan after death? When Naruto was forced to fight Itachi for the first time when he was reanimated by Edo Tensei, you could clearly see that he could still use the power of his Mangekyō Sharingan. How is this possible if Itachi no longer had his original eyes (which Sasuke took it)? Does this mean that Edo Tensei can also restore certain aspects of a ninja even after death?

As it comes straight from the Naruto wikia:

Edo Tensei

  The Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation binds the soul of a deceased
  person to a living vessel, restoring them as they were when they were
  alive in order to do their summoner's bidding.

So that's why Itachi had both of his eyes, because he was restored in the state before he died, which he had both of his eyes.


How can Jiren fly when meditating in the tournament of power if flying was disabled? In the tournament of power the flying technique was disabled so only characters with wings could fly. But after the fight with Goku , Jiren started meditating in the middle air flying. How is this possible?

To be fair, some of the fighters like Jiren and even UI Goku are fighting at the levels of a god of destruction. The world of void is infinity and Jiren's mere presence caused infinity to shake and even when Goku emerged during his UI transformation, it was stated that the world of void is shaking. I think when their power is as enormous to ripple across infinity, such rules wouldn't apply to themIt was stated that time itself meant nothing against Jiren's strength so I don't see why a rule like the no flight would apply to him when he is at the level of strength.*An alternate explanation: We see android 17 use his energy to create a form of footing and he stands on that to eliminate Kakunsa. The special force or special gravity responsible for stopping flight, should have in theory stopped that layer of footing from existing but it didn't. So in other words, android 17 could've sat on that for as long as he wanted and it would appear even as though he was floating. Jiren's energy is obviously a lot superior to android 17 so whatever special forces of gravity responsible to prevent flight aren't strong enough to hold Jiren in place.


Is the English Pokemon theme song more well known than the Japanese version? I was watching this video of the Japanese-YouTuber Hikakin beatboxing the first English Pokemon song. It made me wonder: was the English dub theme song more well-known than the original Japanese opening?

The following answer is based on the results I got on Google [from my country (France)].

Keeping the following elements in mind, one can say that their popularity level is more or less the same.
The comparison is made between the first Japanse theme めざせポケモンマスター (Aim to be a Pokemon Master) and the first English theme "Gotta catch them all." I take into account only the official versions.
Google Trends

In red : the English, in blue : the Japanese

Except for the year 2005, the search trends looks to be pretty similar.
Surprisingly enough, the countries which searched the English opening on google were the following ones :

For the Japanese opening, the searches come only from Japan.

Youtube
The most viewed youtube video of the Japanese opening (in my country) views ~1 million views.
The most viewed youtube video of the English opening (in my country) views ~1 million views


Can someone explain to me the ending of Guilty Crown? I read some threads related to Shu case, for example that he took all the voids and illness of each people to save them but then Inori in some way she took them and die instead of Shu. And after that Shu becomes blind because Inori was like that before she dies?

I am not sure..

During episode 22 after Shu defeats Gai and both he and Mana crystalize, Shu then uses both his original King power and Gai's power to absorb every single void and Apocalypse Virus remaining on the planet. After this action Shu becomes fully crystalized and has a vision of Inori offering him the Guilty Crown and Shu accepts. By this acceptance of the crown Shu and Inori switch places. A trade happens and Inori receives all of Shu's illness and he receives hers. ref(Guilty Crown Wiki)


What is the process of making vivre card? From One Piece wikia for Vivre card

  Vivre Cards, also known as the "paper of life" (命の紙 Inochi no Kami), are a special form of paper made in the New World. A Vivre Card is made from part of a person’s fingernail which is then made into paper.

Sabo made one. He made it himself or gave someone to make it.

I want to know the process of converting finger nail into paper.How they do it? And is it made only in new world also?

The only explanation we have on Vivre Card so far is from chapter 489, when Lola explained it to Nami. At that time, Lola was pretty vague, but that's the only thing we know so far. We are about to meet Vegapunk in a few days (a few years in real life probably), so we might know more when Smoker and Tashigi reach him.
How are they made?
Lola explained that there are indeed specialized shops that make those cards and that the process to make such cards is just to put the owner's fingernail in a mix and create a special sheet of paper with them, but she did not specify the mix that is needed or the way to transform the mix into the actual sheet of paper.
Are they only made in the New World?
The translation I have used in the below screenshot says that

Bibli Cards only work in the New World,

which we know to be false, since the Strawhats used Rayleigh's Vivre Card on the Grand Line. I have found a different translation that says that

Vivre Cards are only available in the New World.

So to me that sounds like only the New World has specialized shops to create such cards, but if you know the process to making them, you could make them anywhere.


Are anime streaming sites legal? I don't think it should concern me, but I am still curious as to how legal anime streaming sites are. A popular site being AnimeUltima, I've watched probably 300+ different anime just from there. However, when asked if the site I use is legal, I usually respond with, "yes," despite not knowing the answer; this is sort of annoying in itself.

AnimeUltima as an example, is this site legally subbing and uploading anime?

There are a number of legal streaming sites: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Manga Entertainment, Daisuki (which is relatively new), and some Youtube channels associated with legal sites (such as Funimation or Manga Entertainment), possibly among some other sites that I haven't heard of yet or am not completely sure about. Some of these are very region-specific (e.g. a lot of Funimation videos on Youtube can't be accessed outside of North America (I think)).

Most other streaming sites (including some pretty popular ones, it seems) are actually not legal (using, as stated by @Oded, rips of videos from elsewhere, illegal fansubs, etc.).


What is the Morocco Gate? In Gintama episode 349, Agomi mentioned that the gate "she" is guarding is called "Morocco Gate"?

What is the joke here? What "Morocco Gate" is supposed to mean?

I don't know for certain, but my best guess is that it's a reference to a Japanese actress called Maki Carrousel, who got a gender reassignment operation in Morocco in 1972.  Back then, gender re-assignment surgery wasn't legal in Japan, so  people wishing to have it performed had to travel abroad, and the most common location for it as first was Morocco.  In fact, it wasn't for another 3 decades that Maki Carrousel had her official documents labeled as female.

I would suppose this gave the public perception of a connection between going to Morocco and changing one's gender.  Put the fact that just prior to this line, Gintoki was just chasing his own testicle and runs into Agomi, the joke (while obscure to us that don't live in Japan) writes itself.

(I found a pretty decent paper that goes into more detail on the history of transgenderism in Japan here for further reading, it's possible I've overlooked some more important details)


Why are tentacles prevalent in anime? What is the reason/motivation for the prevalence of tentacles (possibly NSFW Wikipedia link) in anime (esp. hentai)?

Did the anime subculture lead to it or does it stem from various aspects (possibly obscure) of Japanese art/culture?

Toshio Maeda, the manga artist who did Urotsukidoji, one of the first shows to use tentacles, said in an interview that he used tentacles to circumvent the Japanese censorship laws which prohibit the depiction of male genitalia.

  Why tentacles? For some reason there were some issues about censorship about the sex scenes. When I was drawing sex scenes, sensual scenes in bed, editors always asked me not to be so extreme. Of course we couldn't depict genitals, and if you can't see their genitals, it's not so good. And why they are so fussy about that was because they were the ones who would get arrested. We are not, always we have the freedom to express ourselves – freedom of speech, I think you really respect that in America (laughs). So actually we mangaka didn't give a shit about that, but the editors, they really cared about that, so they always said, “Please, not extreme.” But when we toned ourselves down, they said, “Come on, you should do more.” So that's why I did the tentacle thing. Because tentacles are not genitals. They are parts of the body, and some creatures have more than one. Because they are not genitals, they are like hands and legs or like uh, just body parts, so it's ok to go there. And attacking ladies with tentacles is not just part of a sex scene, you can see that. It's just outdoor things. So it was kind of a flimsy excuse for drawing that. (laughs)

After that, it caught on and is memetic in anime. It's phallic and can be used to imply something sexual, cue something "naughty", or even as fan service to poke fun at the culture.


Has there ever been a Pokemon battle with a time limit? Rewatching the series again with my kids and I noticed that they persistently introduce Pokemon battles this way:

  "This Pokemon battle will be between Ash and PersonChan. Each trainer will use 3 pokemon. There will be no time limit."

I've yet to see a battle that has a time limit. Does one ever happen?

The main concept of Pokemon battle is to fight the opposition's Pokemon until his or her Pokemon is unable to battle (Which is usually determined by a referee). A time constraint is only seen in Contest Battles. In Contest Battles, there is a bar which decreases based on the appeal of the opponents attack more than the actual power. So in other words, it is no technically a HP bar. However, in regular Pokemon battles, a time constraint wouldn't technically  be possible because:There's not actual HP Bar to determine which Pokemon has more health.Battles generally allow trainers to switch Pokemon and hence one Pokemon might start off with lesser health compared to the other and the time constraint wouldn't be fair while determining which Pokemon has more health left.Finally, most anime battles(Ash's battles), involve Ash having trouble in the start and then overcoming the difficulty and beating his opponent. This concept wouldn't work again with a time constraintHowever, in the games, a time limit exists because trainers could potentially keep stalling, keep spamming the same moves etc in a repetitive manner causing the battle to go on for hours.


Why does Rin in blue exorcist have an eye bigger than the other when uncontrollable? Why does Rin in blue exorcist have an eye bigger than the other when uncontrollable?

It also happens in Naruto, when he doesn't want to use his powers to fight Amaru when Amaru is possessed for example.

because his evil side is taking over and besides in every anime when their mad one of their eyes get smaller than the other


Why is Toyohisa OK with Olmine contributing to the fight, but not Jeanne dArc? In episode 7, in the well, Toyohisa tells Jeanne to go home and act like a woman after he determines that she is a woman.  However, he was OK with Olmine providing support through magic spells.

Why is Toyohisa OK with Olmine contributing to the fight, but not Jeanne?  Is it the manner in which they contribute?  Is spellcasting OK, but fighting with a sword not OK?

You have to keep in mind that Toyohisa comes from Feudal Japan (16th Century) where armies are comprised of solely men, and where the social structure basically forbids Women anywhere near a battlefield.

Having a Woman fighting him to the death breaks his "code of conduct", and what was "socially acceptable" for him, which is why he told Jeanne to basically go back to the kitchen.

There are two main reasons as to why Olmine was not treated the same by Toyohisa:

She saved his life (at the start of the engangement; before knowing that Jeanne was a woman).
and Unlike Jeanne, Olmine had no intention of killing anyone (directly).


Why did Angel and Otonashi want to pass on and make others pass on? The characters think passing on makes them re-incarnate. They are not sure what happens after passing on.

Consider these points on why a sane person would not want to pass on:

You live in a world where you don't die (pass on) as long as you don't attend classes or be a model student. That means you don't need to study unlike in the real world where you are even beaten (happens where I live) or punished by teachers if you don't get good grades. You won't be humiliated by others for being dumb.
You can get superhuman powers just by writing a computer program. You could copy, share and edit programs and probably fly and double jump. You can become a super hero. You can. Deadpool has only regeneration and became a super hero, but in Angel Beats, it's the minimum power you have. What Kanade did was just the tip of the iceberg.
There are computers. You can play video games and program your own. You could create and share videos on sites or social networks like Youtube and Facebook. You can probably integrate websites or software into your powers and automate them. Free internet and computers which is a limited in the real world to the previliged few. Especially not computers which you can use to re-program yourself.
You could reincarnate into something or someone who is way worse off. The characters' lives are not really that unfortunate compared to many in the real world. You could be reborn as a holocaust victim or an activist who is tortured or a young girl in forced prostitution or a terrorist in Guantanamo Bay or a pig raised for meat in a closed cage.
You get free food and every other basic resource you need. You can create everything you want from dust. Consider being born in an impoverished nation during a famine.
You're probably going to lose your memory. Even if they reincarnate into someone like a Rich Kid who is always happy and enjoys his/her life (Which is very less likely in the real world) you'd still lose your memories. People by nature are afraid of memory loss.

I think senshin makes a lot of good points in the comments, but I can also see where you're coming from with this; from a certain perspective, it does seem like it would be better to try and stay in purgatory forever.

I would give two major reasons why the kids decide to pass on anyway, both based on senshin's comments:

It's philosophically, culturally, and narratively necessary that they don't squat in purgatory for all eternity;
They can't really stay there anyway, because the place is constructed as a giant trap for exactly that kind of thinking.

Regarding point 1, think of it this way: in a Christian setting, God would not allow people to just live fantasy lives in purgatory with no intention to pass on. It would go against the philosophy of the Christian religion; in Christianity, either you go to Heaven, or you go to Hell. God sends people to purgatory to give them a second chance at Heaven, and if they don't take it, they go to Hell. The very construction of the universe forbids people from permanently living in purgatory. It's kind of like being someone with no citizenship in any country; purgatory is like an airport, where you can stay for a while but not forever.

Angel Beats uses more of an Eastern-style religious philosophy, but the same idea applies. Who knows what happens to them if they don't take their second chance, but in the Buddhist philosophy, escaping from the cycle of rebirth through some backdoor like remaining permanently in purgatory is just as unfathomable as escaping both Heaven and Hell by the same mechanism would be in Christianity.

This is simultaneously an in-universe and out-of-universe reason. Out of universe, the writers would have written it like this because that's what their cultural background would lead them to. In universe, the characters would want to pass on for the same reason: their culture is telling them that it's unthinkable to just linger in purgatory forever, ignoring their problems. (Since some kind of afterlife explicitly exists in the Angel Beats universe, there probably are safeguards of some kind to prevent permanent squatters in purgatory, but we never see proof of this in the series since no one tries to remain in purgatory with the express purpose of remaining in purgatory.) They do all seem to decide, very quickly and suddenly, that they're ready to face their problems and pass on, but the latter half of the show had all kinds of pacing issues, so I count that more as a writing problem than an actual inconsistency in the universe.

Regarding point 2, it's not only becoming model students that will cause them to pass on; it's becoming fulfilled, in any way that allows them to move past whatever was haunting them. This is abstract enough that it seems like no matter how you tried to avoid it, you would eventually become fulfilled and end up passing on. The SSS didn't because they were purposely holding on to their rage, turning it over and over in their minds, dragged on by the charisma of Yuri. But how long could they have actually stayed like this?

As we saw in Episode 3, all it took to send on Iwasawa was a really great performance. She had no idea it was coming and didn't consciously seek it out at all; she just happened to stumble on something that made up for whatever she'd missed out on in life, and it sent her on. The things we saw send the characters on in the last few episodes probably aren't the only things that would have worked. For each of them, there is most likely a wide spectrum of events that would have caused them to become fulfilled enough to pass on. Even locking yourself in a windowless room might not have been enough to prevent passing on; for all we know, if Yuri had sat in a dark room and thought long enough about what happened to her siblings, she would have eventually come to the same conclusion she reaches towards the end of the series, and would have been contented enough with it to pass on. It's entirely possible that becoming superheroes with all the food and Internet they wanted would be enough to content them and send them on. There are traps everywhere for someone who's trying to enjoy themselves in purgatory without passing on. The only surefire way to stay in purgatory is to stay tormented and miserable, and where's the fun in that?

To end with, I'll address a few of the specific points mentioned in the OP:

"You won't be humiliated by others for being dumb." Yuri does quite a lot of humiliation of the dumb. They don't mind because they like her, but bullying and social ranking can still exist in this world. I guess you can at least settle your differences in a sword fight or gun fight, though, since no one can die. The pleasure of repeatedly stomping down the people bullying you, though karmically a little iffy, might even be enough to send you off into the next life.
"You can become a super hero." Sure, but to what end? There's no one to save and no one to fight. You could have fun leaping around the buildings for a while, until you think "This is so much fun! I love being a superhero!" and then poof, off to your next life.
"You can play video games and program your own. You could create and share videos on sites or social networks like Youtube and Facebook." We don't know how much of an Internet actually exists. There might not even be an Internet; you might be limited to desktop apps that you burn to discs made from dirt. Even if there is, there might not be any Facebook or YouTube, and you'll have to make them yourself. Then you'll feel all satisfied that you recreated YouTube, and then poof, off to the next life. On the other hand, the only operating system available is Macrosoft Winding, which seems to be based on Windows, so using the computer might be a good way to stay angry and miserable so you don't pass on.
"You could reincarnate into something or someone who is way worse off." I actually think this is pretty unlikely. In Buddhist philosophy, what the kids are really doing when they come to terms with their bad memories is getting rid of a negative karmic seed and ridding themselves of an attachment to the physical world. These are good things in Buddhism; they help you reincarnate into a better state and bring you closer to breaking out of the cycle of rebirth. So if anything, they would probably reincarnate into a better life than the one they left. (And the "terrorist in Gitmo" scenario is unlikely because reincarnation in Hinduism and Buddhism starts you as a newborn, so even if you began as a newborn Yemeni villager, you would still have the choice not to be a terrorist.)
"You're probably going to lose your memory." They probably were afraid of this when they chose to pass on. Kanade and Otonashi certainly were, anyway. But the other reasons for passing on were persuasive enough that they overcame this fear.


What did Osaka mean by "floaties you get in your eyes"? What did Osaka mean by this 4-koma manga ?

Those are called floater, you know the thing that look like worm and when you move your eyes they also move away (usually done by a kid or childish person, they're chasing the floater). They look like this


When did otaku become a derogatory term? Related: Is the term Otaku derogatory?

I have been reading The Moe Manifesto lately, and noticed in a lot of the interviews, the term otaku was never really used in a derogatory form.

One of the interviews in particular mentioned something about otaku only becoming a derogatory term after some serial killer, which was found vaguely related to the anime culture, killed a bunch of children. However I could not find any credible online sources to confirm this.

This does however raise my question, when did otaku become a derogatory term?

Edit

  Actually now that i started to look into it a bit it seems it has always been a derogatory term at least in Japan, but the situation seems to improve nowdays - Proxy

During the interview with Otsuka Eiji

  patrick w galbraith
  how should we define otaku?

  Otsuka Eiji
  To tell the truth, I dont really know. The word otaku was first used by writer Nakimori Akio in manga Burikko, back in 1983 when I was in my twenties and working as the magazines editor. It was the first time the term was publicly used to refer to enthusiastic manga and anime fans...

  patrick w galbraith
  Why do you think Nakamori chose this particular word to refer to Japanese fans?

  Otsuka Eiji
  The term otaku is a second person pronoun equivalent to you. It was used among scifi fans in the 1970s. By the 1980s the market for manga and anime had expanded and it supported a wide variety of specialty magazine, which provided space for new artist to work in niches.

According to the first paragraph of the Wikipedia article (emphasis mine):

  Otaku (おたく/オタク) is a Japanese term for people with obsessive interests, particularly in anime and manga. Its contemporary use originated with Akio Nakamori's 1983 essay in Manga Burikko.[1][2] Otaku may be used as a pejorative; its negativity stems from a stereotypical view of otaku and the media's reporting on Tsutomu Miyazaki, "The Otaku Murderer", in 1989. According to studies published in 2013, the term has become less negative, and an increasing number of people now self-identify as otaku,[3] both in Japan and elsewhere.

The first two sources are references to Nakamori's essay, where source 2 is a translated rendition of that essay.

Wikipedia goes on to mention that two animators, Haruhiko Mikimoto and Shōji Kawamori, had used the term お宅 (おたく|otaku) as a formal, second person pronoun ("you"), which allegedly "some fans used... past the point in their relationships where others would have moved on to a less formal style."

The jisho.org entry explains:

  お宅（おたく）

  Pronoun

  you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close)

  Honorific or respectful (sonkeigo)

This awkward use of the pronoun led to Nakamori choosing it to refer to anime fans, seemingly to characterize their social awkwardness (Though Wikipedia cites the Chinese edition of a book called Otaku Shijou no Kenkyuu, this appears to be backed up by Nakamori's second essay on otaku, from what I can understand of it).

So what does this mean? Was the term otaku derogatory from the start? It seems like it was. According to Lawrence Eng, who completed a PhD dissertation on the topic of otaku culture (emphasis mine):

  In 1983, the first published report appeared on the usage of "otaku" amongst fans. Akio Nakamori wrote a series of articles called "Otaku no Kenkyu" (Studies of Otaku) in Manga Burikko. He called those hard core fans who called each other "otaku" the "otaku-zoku" ("zoku" meaning tribe). His was perhaps the first article stereotyping otaku as being anti-social, unkempt, and unpopular. I've heard that the column was short-lived, and it didn't have a large impact on otaku culture (who pretty much ignored or was already used to such unfair stereotyping and discrimination).

Following the coining of the phrase, the so-called Otaku Murderer came into the public mind, which certainly didn't do the otaku crowd any favors, as you have already mentioned.

So back to that third source cited by the Wikipedia article. In 2013, in a study of 137,734 people, 42.2% answered that they think they are in some part "otaku," and the other 57.8% said they did not. The article continues by breaking down the results by age range (teens, twenties, thirties, and so on):

  10代：62.0％
  20代：55.6％
  30代：46.4％
  40代：44.8％
  50代：36.7％
  60代：26.9％
  70代：23.1％
  80代：23.3％

From this data, we can guess that somewhere during the '80s and the '90s (when people who are in their 50s and 40s now were in their 20s, and had grown up with anime and manga), the term otaku became more popular, and that trend has increased such that a majority of today's (Japanese) teenagers would consider themselves in some part otaku, and thus it would appear that the term is no longer considered quite as derogatory as it once may have been. The article also offers three examples of answers given by people who responded that they identify as otaku, which may shed some light on the reasons behind the mentality shift (translations mine, take them with a grain of salt):

  「サッカーオタク。熱中できる趣味というより、熱中できる気力があるの良いこと」

  "[I'm a] soccer otaku. Rather than being about an enjoyable hobby, it's having the energy to be passionate about something"
  「好きなゲームの話題だと、何時間でも話してしまいそう」

  "If there's a game you like, you'd probably end up talking about it for hours"
  「海外ドラマ＆その声優オタクでっすw」

  "im an otaku for foreign dramas and their voice actors lol"

This is just my speculation, but it's almost as if the term otaku has become diversified from its original connotation of an obsessiveness over anime and manga specifically. In other words, nowadays one can be an otaku for just about anything, which may be the reason for which it's become more of a popular term.

Conclusion (TL;DR)

The term otaku seems to have initially been coined to characterize certain negative stereotypes about anime and manga super fans, but over time has become more accepted—to the point that a majority of Japanese teens would say they identify as being, in some part, otaku.


Anime identification request about guy with invisible pills (hentai) I'll just describe it as I don't want to post NSFW links (plus I can't find them anyways).
I just saw it on some fishy site somewhere, and the story was interesting, at least for me.
The video was raw, so I didn't understand any of it.

This is what I remember of it:

The MC is a guy who is a store employee together with two girls
One girl is a harsh manager of sorts, the other a shy-type
One day an old guy appeared suddenly, giving him pills that can make him invisible
He tested it and sure enough, he became invisible
Forgot some of the "meaty" parts, but one involved doing it with the harsh manager, and one doing it with the shy-type. There were other girls involved, but I can't remember them.

That's all I can remember.

As OP describe It sounds like The Invisible Stud contain nsfw image.

Synopsis:

  Mie happened to pick up medicine that an old man dropped. When he took the medicine, his figure disappeared. Soon he went to a public bath to peep, and began to molest. Then, he went to an all-girls school.

And there only three character Fujisawa , Mei and Suzu.


What song plays at Naruto Shippuden episode 119 that sounds like Denkousekka? In episode 119 of Naruto Shippuden, especially at 15:28, there's a song that sounds like "Lightning Speed" (Denkousekka) but with another instrument and another song playing over it.

What's that song?

This is Kouchaku ("Stalemate") from Shippuden OST 1, track 21. The part at the timestamp you refer to appears about midway through the track.

For reference, another memorable scene where this track plays (or at the very least, a variant without drums) is during the Kakashi vs. Deidara fight (at 6:30 of Shippuden episode 29). Whenever I hear this track, I'm always reminded of that scene in particular.


Are Sword Art Online and Accel World related? Recently, I have been hearing loads of theories about Sword Art Online and Accel World being related due to the fact that they refer to NerveGear and such in Accel World.

I have also been hearing that the plot of Accel World was made by Kirito.

Is there some sort of confirmation of this? Or trustworthy speculation?

The author, Kawahara Reki, didn't clearly say whether they are in the same timeline or not. During the Sakuracon Festival Interviews, he answered like this:

  When you were creating the Alicization arc in Sword Art Online, was the technology used in the Alicization arc carried over as a foundation to Accel World?

  It is true that the technology used in Alicization could be, or is the foundation of the technology being used in Accel World, but at this point, like I said, it might be similar technologies having a similar technological chain, but it hasn't been made clear that it is in fact the same world. The two worlds could just have a similar technological advance. Also, as I noted before, if I were to clearly state the two worlds are the same, the number of things that need to be resolved in order for such a thing to be clearly possible is, the numbers are tens of thousands of times greater than I can even hope to do right now! Seeing a movie like The Avengers, where it took a bunch of properties into one cohesive title, I have to say that the creative staff on that movie is quite amazing.

Original link is "Interview with Kawahara Reki" on Sutoraiku Anime.


How did Nagato gain his Rinnegan? How was it exactly that Nagato came upon his Rinnegan?

Madara states that it was his, and that he gave it to him: how did he do that? Did he transplant it into Nagato, or did he transfer it otherwise?

Note: I do not recall whether this was explained in the manga or not.

Well,

   Black Zetsu, which is the embodiment of Madara's willpower and thought (Yin), stated that he had indeed transplanted these eyes into him when he was a boy. When or how isn't stated, one can only speculate that Madara used White Zetsu or some other Zetsu for it.


Which god of Japan is actually portrayed by Yato in Noragami? As far as I watched, Bishamon and Kofuku are portrayals of the Seven Lucky Gods (七福神 shichi fukujin). But it wasn't clear about Yato. Bishamon mentioned him as a God of Calamity, but there is no such god among the Seven Lucky Gods. So, which god might Yato be a portrayal of? Is he a new character altogether?

Kofuku is not the goddess of luck, and as explained in the series, she is the goddess of misfortune. She is not a part of Seven Gods of Fortune. The Seven gods are Hotei, Jurōjin, Fukurokuju, Bishamonten, Benzaiten (Benten-sama), Daikokuten (Daikoku) and Ebisu. Her surname, Ebisu is shared with the god of fortune as he will appear later in the series or you can just read the manga (which are raws) to find out more.

As for Yato, well, I think it's obvious that he is a fictional character based on the images of the gods of war in Japanese mythology.


Did Yggdrasil players have an extradimensional space to use as an inventory? Every MMO I have played gives the player an inventory to keep the items they find on themselves, however, I am not sure whether that was the case in Yggdrasil as it was a VRMMO which meant the players could actually carry the stuff they collected rather than having to stuff it somewhere. So did Yggdrasil players from Overlord have inventories?

Ainz at least has some kind of Inventory pocket dimension. Throughout the anime, he is seen pulling stuff out of thin air, like the potion for Enri, or the hourglass in his fight against Shalltear.


What is meaning of colon in Nisekoi second season name? Nisekoi second season has a ":" in the name like "Nisekoi:". What is the meaning of that colon?

It's become something of a pattern that anime series will have some kind of notation to indicate sequel seasons. Obviously "Season 2" or variations thereof happen a lot (e.g. "Shokugeki no Soma The Second Plate"), but several shows add a small extra detail to the title instead. Besides Nisekoi:, here are a few:

Working!! became Working'!! became Working!!!
K-On! became K-On!!
Gintama became Gintama' became Gintama° became Gintama.


Did manga from North Korea undergo the same audience changes as in the rest of Asia? I was looking at Tongil Tour's website and saw that manga is sold on the streets of the DPRK:

I was able to find one manga that was translated into english and a site that sells books from the DPRK, but all ones that looked like they were manga (manhwa?) were targetted at young children.

The Gekiga movement in Japan started surfacing in 1957, which brought about manga targetted at older audiences and dealing with more gritty subject matters. However, Korea has been divided since 1945

Nowadays both Japanese manga and South Korean manhwa target several audiences. Did North Korean manga miss out on this development and continues to target only children - or are there manga for other readers too?

Of course, North Korea is pretty secretive so not much information is out there in the open - but I did contact the owner of this North Korean manhwa collection and he gave me some insight of his own.

  You'll see that "Blizzard" is clearly for an older readership than the others, but most of them are aimed at children. There are also manhwa explicitly used in schools for instructional purposes (how to detect and report spies, for example, along with ones about being a good
  citizen, student, etc.). It looks like a large percentage of the comics are actually geared for export and are sold in China.

  Culturally, it is still somewhat of a stigma, I think, for North Korean adults to be reading comic books, and that's in keeping with their general conservatism. In South Korea, adults began reading comics on a large scale only in the late 80s with the explosive popularity
  of "The Alien Baseball Team." When I grew up in SK in the 60s, adult readers were either delinquents or women (who would read rented romance series the way we used to get videotapes at Blockbuster).

Part of the appeal of Gekiga works were that they were gritty and covered topics like sex and murder. A big feature was that they were drawn like a movie - scenes were dramatic and authours experimented with different angles for the best effect.

Ironically, their comic style for action seems to be similar to american war comics.

I think because of the North Korean's conservatism (and the preference of socialist thought over freedom of expression), North Korean artists decline to veer far from the status quo - especially with the threat of 're-education' camps.

A lot of visitors to North Korea liken it to a South Korea in the 60s & 70s that stagnated. Even though Blizzard seems to target an older audience - I believe it is still targetted at young (army-age) boys, much like the Western comics from that time period.

Other manhwa he linked me to were similarly nationalistic - including one of the most popular titles - Great General Mighty Wing - a thinly veiled advert for juche ideology, a family-based society and a war against evil enemy (in this case, wasps).

So, just as North Korean society has evolved much slower than the outside world, manhwa seems to have also.

== Update ==

A question of mine got featured in NKNews' "Ask a North Korean" - "Do North Koreans like reading books".

From someone who lived in the regime:

  one day, North Korea put a new show on TV on which they read children’s stories from other countries during the time when they used to air animations. This new TV program was so popular that all children and adults began waiting for the show.
  [...]
  The books adult readers rented were mostly fiction rather than comic books. As far as comic books for adult readers were concerned, they were mostly about Chinese fantasy or stories set in the historical Koryo and Chosun Dynasty.

It seems while some comics were targetted at adult readers, they still did not go near the topics dealt with in gekiga manga.

  The government ban on comic books was loose. As a result, it was easier for vendors to sell or lend them for profits. But foreign novels usually contained and revealed aspects of capitalism. So vendors wouldn’t display them out in public. Instead, they would only lend them to people they were close to in order to avoid any trouble.

Traditional books on the other hand were monitored more stringently and shared via familiar connections. One of her favourites was 'If Tomorrow Comes'

  The American book, “If Tomorrow Comes,” was a story about a man during his imprisonment. Rape and homosexuality were depicted in the story, both of which were topics inconceivable in North Korea at that time. This is why I’m certain that this story wasn’t written by a North Korean.

Further info:

I recommend checking out this interview


Can a soul that is normally freed from the Edo Tensei be resurrected again? This Edo Tensei looks pretty complicated and annoying, since the revived one is immortal and powerful. As we've seen, every soul was freed and moved to the afterlife (by this I mean normally freed from the jutsu), so if someone decides to use this jutsu again, could it be possible to bring back again a dead person (meaning that until you run out of DNA samples and vessels, you can bring back anyone an infinite number of times)?

Being an exception, I'm not reading the manga, but unfortunately I know that the Hokage's are revived, and in the cases of Hashirama and Tobirama, they were revived a second time, BUT they were sealed in the Shinigami, so their souls aren't brought back from the pure world (again, I have no idea about their second arrival, please, no spoiler, just I've mentioned that they came from somewhere else).

So for example, could be Itachi brought back again and again with the Edo Tensei, or after his first revival and after his soul sealed, his soul would be "blocked" somewhere in the pure world, forbidding another resurrection of that soul?

In order to answer your question, whether a freed soul from ET may be resurrected again or not, I will those points which has been aired on telly so far.

Yes, you can resurrect it.

Before I answer this question, you need to understand how ET works. For this, please refer here. Since you specifically said not to use any spoilers, you can visit the link which I shared.

For more proof, visit Edo Tensei wiki page. They did mention that:

  It is possible for a reincarnated shinobi to be revived into a real living body again. Madara, however, was resurrected without his original eyes, having died without them.


How exactly were the brothers tortured? In Hyperdimension Neptunia Re;Birth after Vert reveals that the Brothers are in the torture room all we see is that they are playing games.

Sure the younger brother apparently hates the games that much but how is this torture?

The games the Brother's were playing was BL games. BL is the acronym for Boy's Love which is Shounen Ai/Yaoi

  Yaoi (/ˈjaʊi/, Japanese: [ja.o.i]), also known as Boys' Love (BL), is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on romantic or sexual relationships between male characters, typically aimed at a female audience and usually created by female authors.

Source: Wikipedia - Yaoi

The Brothers are Oppai Fanatics where in they idealize breasts to the point they

they ignore "small chested" women unless they suddenly gorw much larger as is the case when Neptune enters HDD
they would betray their Goddess, Blanc, and worship Vert because she has a much larger chest
they would knowingly follow a fake Vert because she too has a large chest

Playing BL Games hit the Brothers in 2 weak points. firstly most men would be "flat chested" and BL games would have echii scenes of half naked men showing off their flat chests.

Secondly the Brothers are real ladies men as they did try and woo Compa and Vert in the beginning so seeing nothing but men would devoid them of women, particularly that it seems the older brother seemed to develop feeling that are more than familial to his younger bother


What does the disk that fell on the ground contain? I’ve watched Chobits years ago and was curious.

The first episode/chapter tells us about how Hideki found Chii in the dumpster.

According to the plot description in the Wikipedia article Chobits (bold emphasis mine):

  The series centers on the life of Hideki Motosuwa, a held-back student attempting to qualify for university by studying at Seki prep school in Tokyo. Besides a girlfriend, he dreams of having a persocom (パソコン?): an android used as a personal computer, which is expensive. On his way home one evening, he stumbles across a persocom in the form of a beautiful girl with floor-length hair lying against a pile of trash bags, and he carries her home, not noticing that a disk fell on the ground. Upon turning her on, she instantly regards Hideki with adoration. The only word the persocom seems capable of saying is "chi" (ちぃ Chii?), thus he names her that.

What does the disk contain?

The contents of the disc were never mentioned in the anime. However, in the manga, it was mentioned in Chapter 82, Page 23/24:

                                       Chapter 82 Page 23

                                       Chapter 82 Page 24


What Bankais exist within Soul Society? Bankais are the zanpakutōs' ultimate form. They have their own name and usually a special ability. Apparently, not everyone has a zanpakutō with this form. And it looks like bankais are exclusive to captains, since Ichigo can use this form as well.

So what are the zanpakutō with bankai form that have already appeared in the anime/manga (along with their names and abilities if possible)?

As SingerOfTheFall pointed in his answer Captain Byakuya stated that:

  Even the four noble families, whose members are always exceptionally
  talented, have only a member capable of bankai every few generations.

At wikipedia states that:

  Only 4 non Captains in the Gotei 13 to have achieved Bankai

First Division

Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto (山本元柳斎 重國 Yamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni)

  Ryūjin Jakka's bankai "Zanka no Tachi" (残火の太刀?, lit. "Long Sword of
  the Remnant Flame") upon release causes all of the flames produced by
  Yamamoto to disappear into the blade. The bankai is comprised of four
  abilities based on the cardinal points:

  "Zanka no Tachi - Higashi (East): Kyokujitsujin" (残火の太刀･東　旭日刃) in which all the flames are concentrated on the edge of the blade,
  incinerating everything it touches
  "Zanka no Tachi - Nishi (West): Zanjitsu Gokui" (残火の太刀･西　残日獄衣) where Yamamoto envelops his whole body in flames, reaching up to
  15,000,000 degrees
  "Zanka no Tachi - Minami (South): Kakajuuman' Okushi Daisoujin" (残火の太刀･南　火火十万億死大葬陣) - this techique resurrects the burned and
  incinerated dead which were struck down by the blade using its burning
  state, it is roughly translated to "great army of the 10 trillion
  buried by flames".
  "Zanka no Tachi - Kita (North): Tenchi Kaijin" (残火の太刀・北 天地灰燼) - a powerful slash attack, incinerating everything in one fell swoop.
  Translated as "heaven and earth are burned to ashes".

Chōjirō Sasakibe (雀部 長次郎 Sasakibe Chōjirō)

  His bankai is "Kōkō Gonryō Rikyū" (黄煌厳霊離宮, lit. "Yellow-Glittering
  Royal Villa of the Stern Spirit") can produce a bolt of lightning from
  the blade which extends and transforms into a dome of lightning,
  stationed far above the users head and fastened to the ground by a
  large number of lightning pillars. These pillars can be controlled at
  will to shock the opponent.

Shunsui Sōzōsuke Jirō Kyōraku (京楽 次郎 総蔵佐 春水 Kyōraku no Jirō Sōzōsuke Shunsui)

  Unlike other Soul Reapers, Shunsui possesses paired zanpakutō called
  Katen Kyōkotsu (花天狂骨?, lit. "Bones of Heavenly Blooming Madness").
  While the blades are normally two daisho swords, their Shikai state
  resemble dao or falchions. When released with the command "Flower Wind
  Rage and Flower God Roar, Heavenly Wind Rage and Heavenly Demon Sneer"
  (花風紊れて花神啼き 天風紊れて天魔嗤う Hana Kaze Midarete Kashin Naki, Tenpū Midarete
  Tenma Warau), Katen Kyōkotsu gains the ability to "turn children's
  games into reality." One such game, Bushō Goma (不精独楽?, Lazy Spinning
  Top), involves spinning around wind like a top. Another, Takaoni (嶄鬼,
  Mountain Demon), declares that whoever is the highest is the winner. A
  third technique, Kageoni (影鬼, Shadow Demon), forces the players to
  alter their own shadows; whoever steps on a shadow, even their own, is
  declared the loser. The fourth game is known as Iro-Oni (艶鬼, Colored
  Demon) where players call out color and then slice the enemy where
  that color is displayed. However, if the color is not on the body of
  the person who called it out then the damage given is minimal; the
  more that the declared color is prevalent on the declarer's body, the
  more damage the attack will commit. A fifth game is called Daruma-san
  ga Koronda (だぁるまさん が こぁろんだ, The Dharma Doll Fell Down), a game
  similar to "Red Light Green Light". The sixth and final game is called
  Kageokuri (影送り, Silhouette Sending) which is a game where if a person
  is staring hard enough at another person's shadow, then their opponent
  creates after images of themselves. Katen Kyōkotsu's bankai is called
  Katen Kyōkotsu: Karamatsu Shinjū (花天狂骨枯松心中, "Heavenly Bloom Madness
  Bone: Withered Pine Lovers' Suicide"), which he uses only when his
  allies are at a safe distance from himself. When released,
  Shunsui's bankai covers a large area around Shunsui in an aura. This
  aura changes others' perception of the surrounding environment, making
  them perceive it as darkened, bleak and gloomy, and causes others to
  feel varying levels of melancholy and despair. While it maintains
  its shikai form, its bankai allows Shunsui to manifest various
  stories, which can kill opponent easily. It also manifests the spirit
  of Shunsui's zanpakutō, a Feudal-Japan-style mistress referred to as
  "Sakuranosuke" who created a silent kunoichi bodyguard from her being
  to hold Shinken Hakkyōken until Nanao eventually asks for it.

Second Division

Soi Fon (砕蜂（ソイフォン） Soi Fon, pinyin: Suì Fēng), born Fon Shaolin (蜂 梢綾（フォン シャオリン） Fon Shaorin, pinyin: Fēng Shaolíng)

  Soi Fon's Zanpakutō is Suzumebachi (雀蜂?, literally translated as
  "Hornet").

  Suzumebachi's Bankai, Jakuhō Raikōben (雀蜂雷公鞭, lit. "Hornet Whip of the
  Thunder Immortal") composes of a greatly enlarged version of the
  shikai form that encases the entirety of Soi Fon's arm, which she
  mentions as being bulky and incapable of concealing, and thus unsuited
  for use in missions requiring stealth. In this form, Suzumebachi
  becomes a long-range weapon and looks like a large rocket launcher;
  its main offensive capability allowing Soi Fon to launch a high-speed
  projectile that resembles a large missile. The thunderous recoil
  produced by the weapon requires Soi Fon to be anchored to a nearby
  stationary object via an enhanced cloth-like material (which doubles
  as armor) called Ginjōtan (銀条反, lit. "Stripe of Inverted Silver").

Third Division

Gin Ichimaru (市丸 ギン Ichimaru Gin)

  Gin's Bankai is "Kamishini no Yari" (神殺鎗 which means "God Kill Spear.")

  By adopting a stance where he firmly grips Kamishini no Yari with both
  hands and places the Zanpakutō's hilt squarely on the center of his
  chest, Gin is able to utilize the tremendous extension and contraction
  properties of his Bankai to an even more terrifying extent than its
  normal state. This occurs in the form of a piercing maneuver where the
  extension and contraction of the blade becomes almost completely
  unseen to even the most diligent of observers.

Shūsuke Amagai (天貝 繍助 Amagai Shūsuke)

  Amagai's Zanpakutō is Raika (雷火, roughly "Flash of Lightning").

  Raika's Bankai, Raika Gōen Kaku (雷火豪炎殻, literally "Lightning Flash
  Flame Shell"), enlarges the blade and creates a giant conch-shaped
  guard worn across Amagai's arm, with the handle of the blade hidden
  inside it. This form gives him greater control of his fire attacks,
  his most powerful technique creating giant dragons of fire to encircle
  and crush his foe.

Fourth Division

Yachiru "Retsu" Unohana (卯ノ花 烈 Unohana Retsu)

  Unohana's Zanpakutō is Minazuki (肉雫唼, roughly "purify the flesh").

  Her bankai is Minazuki (皆尽?, "All Things' End"). When activated it
  releases a thick, oily substance from the blade. Its powers have yet
  to be revealed. Minazuki appears as freed Zanpakutō spirit in the
  Zanpakutō Unknown Tales anime arc with Minazuki's form being a mute
  figure of unknown gender in a hooded robe, pretending it was
  imprisoning Yamamoto. Unohana has a scar on her collarbone inflicted
  by Zaraki Kenpachi when they fought prior joining the Gotei 13. She is
  also a skilled swordsman and have mastered all kind of swordsmanship
  techniques. In a new release of the manga, she is still shown fighting
  Zaraki Kenpachi. She then calls forth her Bankai, saying "Minazuki"
  and it appears that her blade is releasing blood as she slashes
  Captain Zaraki. It also appears that in an illusion, their flesh is
  peeling away from their bodies, and they are still fighting but as
  skeletons. It is still difficult and to early to truly understand what
  her Bankai actually does.

Sixth Division

Byakuya Kuchiki (朽木 白哉 Kuchiki Byakuya)

  His Bankai is Senbonzakura Kageyoshi (千本桜景厳, "Vibrant Display Of One
  Thousand Cherry Blossoms")

  When released, his blade disappears, and a thousand blades, resembling
  sakura petals, come upon his opponent and slash them multiple times.

Renji Abarai

  Hihiō Zabimaru turns his sword into a skeletal giant-snake like sword that
  has a head. It can dissemble and reform at Renji's will and can shoot
  focused reiatsu at the head.

  Sōō Zabimaru is compacted into form predomately worn by Renji
  with the snake skull smaller and affixed over Renji's right hand as a
  combination blade gauntlet and shield while a skeletal simian arm
  hovers just slightly above Renji's right arm. Sōō Zabimaru's signature
  technique Zaga Teppō is a close range attack where Renji uses his
  spiritual pressure to conjure a large snake skull that incinerates
  whatever it bites down on.

Source about Renji's bankai

Seventh Division

Sajin Komamura (狛村 左陣 Komamura Sajin)

  Komamura's Zanpakutō is Tengen (天譴, literally "divine punishment",
  translated in the English manga as "sword of heavenly retribution").

  Tengen's bankai, Kokujō Tengen Myō'ō (黒縄天譴明王, roughly "vidyarāja of
  black-roped divine punishment", translated in the English manga as
  "divine retribution, black ropes of ruination") brings forth the
  entire giant, which also copies Komamura's movements.

Eighth Division

Shunsui Kyōraku (京楽 春水 Kyōraku Shunsui)

  His bankai is unknown, but when asked by the Espada Coyote Starrk to
  show it to him, Ukitake warns him not to reveal it where so many
  people could witness it. Katen Kyōkotsu (花天狂骨) appears as a free Zanpakutō
  spirit in the Zanpakutō Unknown Tales anime arc as two separate female
  beings: a Feudal-Japan mistress and her silent ninja bodyguard,
  wielding Shunsui's swords.

Ninth Division

Kensei Muguruma (六車 拳西 Muguruma Kensei)

  Kensei's bankai is named Tekken Tachikaze (鐡拳・断地風, lit. Iron Fist
  Earth-Severing Wind). The combat knife transforms into two bladed

Kaname Tōsen (東仙 要 Tōsen Kaname)

  The Zanpakutō Tōsen uses originally belonged to his now-deceased
  friend and is called Suzumushi (清虫, literally "pure insects", but read
  as "cricket"; translated in the English manga as "bell bug").

  Suzumushi's bankai, named Suzumushi Tsuishiki: Enma Kōrogi (清虫終式紅閻魔蟋蟀,
  literally "Suzumushi, final style: Enma cricket") creates a large,
  black dome centered at Tōsen's location and anchored to the ground
  with ten rings. Anyone within the dome loses four of their five
  senses, retaining only the sensation of touch. The weakness of this
  technique is that whoever is touching Suzumushi's hilt is immune to
  the dome's effects, so anyone able to grab Suzumushi recovers their
  senses for as long as they remain in contact with the hilt.

Eleventh Division

Ikkaku Madarame (斑目 一角 Madarame Ikkaku)

  Ikkaku's Zanpakutō is Hōzukimaru (鬼灯丸, referring to the Japanese name
  for the winter cherry, meaning "demon light").

  Hōzukimaru's bankai, named Ryūmon Hōzukimaru (龍紋鬼灯丸, literally
  "dragon-crest demon light"), takes the form of three oversized weapons
  connected by a thick chain: two blades in each of his hands and a
  fan-shaped blade, adorned with a carving of a Chinese dragon, which
  floats behind him. Aside from the increase in power, his Bankai offers
  no special abilities, and is noted to be unusual for a bankai in this
  aspect.

Twelfth Division

Mayuri Kurotsuchi (涅 マユリ Kurotsuchi Mayuri)

  Mayuri Kurotsuchi's Zanpakutō is Ashisogi Jizō (疋殺地蔵, roughly
  "leg-cutting Buddha").

  Ashisogi Jizō's bankai, named Konjiki Ashisogi Jizō (金色疋殺地蔵,
  literally "golden leg-cutting Buddha", translated in the English manga
  as "divine leg-cutting Buddha"), takes the form of a giant caterpillar
  with a baby's head and a silver halo. The creature breathes a
  poisonous derivative of Mayuri's blood which is lethal to anyone who
  breathes it, aside from himself and Nemu.[45] It can also run through
  and skewer opponents with the multiple blades that erupt from its
  chest. Mayuri has physically modified his bankai so that it will
  self-destruct and return to its sealed state if it attacks him. It is
  also shown that Mayuri changes the poison he uses every time he shows
  his bankai.

Thirteenth Division

Rukia Kuchiki (朽木 ルキア Kuchiki Rukia)

  Hakka no Togame increases the area of influence of Rukia's
  ability to reach the temperature of absolute zero. Upon release, a
  pillar of cold mist rises up into the air from where Rukia is and
  covers a wide area in her vicinity. Anything within the area of
  influence of the mist is frozen. Once frozen solid, victims crumble
  away within seconds. Physical contact with Rukia herself causes other
  people to begin freezing solid because of how cold she is. While it is
  a powerful Bankai, it is also a difficult one, as the slightest
  mistake could kill Rukia. Because Rukia is physically affected along
  with everything else in her vicinity, the amount of time she can use
  her Bankai appears severely limited, as prolonged use can potentially
  cause her damage, so she is required to melt slowly when leaving this
  state, otherwise she would risk damaging herself.

Source about Rukia's bankai

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As SingerOfTheFall pointed out in his answer about the one that appeared only in the anime.

  Shūsuke Amagai (天貝 繍助, Amagai Shūsuke)

  Raika Gōen Kaku (雷火 豪炎殻, Lightning Flash Flame Shell): Amagai holds
  out his Zanpakutō in front of him as fire swells around him. Raika
  becomes a large and more detailed version of its former self. Raika
  Gōen Kaku takes the form of an enlarged sword, and turns the edge of
  the blade a crimson red color, with a hook at the end. The inner side
  of the hook-blade sports several jagged edges. A large white shell
  with a light-purple trim covers the hilt. A massive hollow
  pauldron/shield with the handle is hidden behind it. The sword is
  about as tall as Amagai in this form.


What anime is this girl kicking someone from? I found this image on an AMV called ♪ Clarissa ♪ at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gje-xf8liWM. The girl appears at 1:43 in the video. I think she might be from Kiddy Grade, but I'm not sure.

Wow, this was (and is) a hard one to find but you made me curious!

TL;DR: It's Kiddy Grade.

The character pictured is indeed Éclair from Kiddy Grade. She normally looks like this.

However, this is a younger version of her, and it's really hard to find information on where she comes from - I wanted to find an episode number she appears in, but couldn't track one down, or even a proper screenshot.

This was the best I could do: via some reverse-image searching with various terms, I found this image, which has a filename equating to 'Éclair in Star Year 0318 - Kiddy Grade'.

It's pretty believable that this is the same character as in the screenshot, and you can see from the earrings that she may well have some relation to Éclair. I tried to find more pictures similar to this one that would provide more information, but though there are a few, they don't really help much.

On a whim, I went on pixiv and was able to find this in the Kiddy Grade tag:

Credit to this artist. I think you'll agree this is the same character. The picture is entitled '幼エクレール', or, in English, 'Young Éclair'.

Anyway, I think this has to be from Kiddy Grade, and hope this clears up why. She definitely doesn't look like this for most of the series though! If anybody who's actually watched the series would like to provide more details that would be great, but anyway, hope this helped.


How did Log Horizon members find out Tetra's real gender? Before the raid on Depths of Palm (Gold of the Kunie) in Susukino where Shiroe looks for full party members, Naotsugu and Regan find Tetra. Later on in the raid of Depths of Palm, Tetra joins (or is permitted to join) Log Horizon.

It seems that all members of Log Horizon, except Naotsugu, know that Tetra is actually male. How is that?

Shiroe learned Tetra's secret by intuition, but he left it up to Tetra to tell Naotsugu that he's a dude. I doubt Shiroe kept it a secret from anyone else but Naotsugu since Tetra only said that he wants to tell Naotsugu himself.


Is Broly canon now? (Dragon Ball Super Broly movie) So everybody in Youtube including those Dragon Ball Youtubers with over a million suscribers are saying the new Dragon Ball Super coming in December is called "Broly" and that's going to be written by Akira Toriyama (who didnt create Broly). Does this mean Broly is canon now? How about the 3 old Broly movies, do they become canon too?

I believe so, based on the Toriyama's comments, it was his design from the beginning. I guess we should consider Broly as canon now.
The following is his comments, translated and tweeted by @EmperorBigD

COMMENTS FROM AKIRA TORIYAMA
Everyone, are you familiar with Broly?
He's an incredibly strong Saiyan who only appeared in the old anime movies, and I apparently at least drew the designs for him, but I had practically no involvement with the anime at the time, so I had totally forgotten about the story content.
So, about Broly, I hear these days, he's still very popular not only in Japan, but also overseas. Based on that, my editor suggested we have Broly appear in this next movie.
I went ahead and watched the movies from back then, and I felt this could be quite interesting once I rearrange some things. I got right to work trying my hand at a story that incorporates him into the Dragon Ball Super series.
While keeping in mind Broly's classic image so as not to disappoint his fans, I updated him and added a new side to his characters, and I think this has resulted in a more fascinating Broly.
Naturally you'll get to see fierce combat, but also, the paths of destiny that lead to an encounter between Goku, Vegeta, and Broly. It also involves the Frieza Force and the history of the Saiyans, which end up having a major connection to everything. The story content turns out to be very large-scale and dramatic.
Here comes that almighty Saiyan, Broly! I'm also including lots of other content all you fans will enjoy, so look forward to it, and be patient a while for it all to come together!!
(Source)


What is the name of the song in episode 116 of Naruto? It starts around 16:02 when Neji flashbacks him beating Lee. I've tried Shazam and listened to the start of every song in 2 different playlists (around 200 total, 150 different songs) so it's either in the middle of one of them or not listed. Thanks for the help!

The song was unreleased,  called Broken Bonds
https://youtu.be/x9K_phEPt2Y?list=PLjUUDZUvksbQ7x6Slux61wqUqf9_GhU3b


Where does the Future Boy Conan movie fit in? Future Boy Conan is a 26 episode TV series and a hour or so long movie. Where does the movie fit into the TV series? Is the movie a retelling of the series? Is it a side-story or a sequel?

The 1979 movie is a re-edited summary of the 26-episode 1978 TV series.

Google translation of the above link:

  World 20 years after the world war broke out in 2008, the earth had undergone a transformation. On the island of strained island-living the grandfather and wild boy Conan, girl Lana strange day was washed ashore. Rana helped two people become friends with Conan, but it would have been taken away from the work-employee Montsouris we aim to dispatch in the world to show off the civilization of the old era of "Industria". Conan you lose your grandfather in the fight at that time, and after the island is left to follow the Rana. It is a grandson of Dr. Rao to hold the secrets of solar energy, Rana found myself being chased by administrative director Repka attempt to dominate the solar energy of the "Indus Rear". Adventure of Conan stood up to save Lana began. Movie re-edit the TV series.


Why is Tajū Kage Bushin no Jutsu a secret? In the first episode/chapter of Naruto, Naruto steals the scroll containing secret jutsus and, from it, learns Tajū Kage Bushin no Jutsu, the multiple version of the corporeal alternative to Bushin no Jutsu (which they learn in school). While Kage Bushin no Jutsu seems to take way more chakra and is a lot harder on the user than Bushin no Jutsu, it doesn't seem particularly egregious. Additionally, a decent number of characters seem to use it, if the Wikia article is to be believed. While most characters who use Kage Bushin no Jutsu don't make multiple clones, it doesn't seem like a massive leap from one to the other. So why is it kept secret and sealed away in the Scroll of Seals when other jutsus that are incredibly hard on a person or even potentially fatal (like opening the Eight Gates) aren't?

It’s a forbidden jutsu because of the amount of chakra it requires. Along with that with certain users of the jutsu it could increase their numbers from 1 to 1000 creating a small army.


What's the Piechart about in the Character Panel of Cyber City Oedo 808? In the intro of Cyber City Oedo 808 we get a character panel for each of the three main characters, depicting their profile, ie main stats etc. What does the pie chart indicate? What's it about? I can't make out the words exactly. Seems to me like "NEGRIDE", "MONGOLIDE". My guess is it is related to the origin (as in "Caucasian"), but I don't understand it, not sure. Check out the image to see what I'm talking about.
If anybody knows kindly share.

It's their origin/race.
The labels on the pie chart are:

Mongolide (Mongoloid)
Europide (Caucasian)
Negride (Negroid)

which are actually in German.
The respective kanji is:

人種 (race):

黄色系 (Mongoloid)
白色系 (Caucasian)
黒色系 (Negroid)
その他 (others)


Have "Operation Victory Arrow" or "Brave Witches" been released officially outside Japan? Have Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow and/or Brave Witches (and its OVA) been released on Blu-ray or DVD with either English sub or dub?

I can only find Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow in Japanese exclusively while only finding Brave Witches DVD from Malaysia which I believe is technically a bootleg and of poor quality.

If not, has a release been scheduled for them?

You'll find the info for bd-dvd release for brave witches here.

Meanwhile , the operation victory arrow dvd's are only in japanese , although they may be in subbed format so you should check them out , there has been no official info on the dubbed release of dvd's.

Although crunchyroll seems to be streaming these series so you can check that out as well.


What's up with Mioko's speech pattern? Mioko (voiced by Kana Hanazawa) uses some kind of unusual speech pattern which the subtitles translate into vaguely US Southern dialectal English:

Specifically, I can hear her using ora to refer to herself and ending her sentences with de gasu instead of desu. Wikipedia says ora is an informal pronoun with rural connotations, and this Google Books result says de gasu is a contraction of de gozarimasu, a very polite form of de aru.

You can hear it for yourself in Episode 7 starting around 24 seconds in.

Is Mioko's accent a specific regional accent, or is it just one of those made up bizarre speech patterns that anime specializes in?

The dreaded TV Tropes has some pretty good notes on Japanese dialects.  The use of ora instead of ore and being used by women in particular is an element of the Tohoku dialect.  It also compares the dialect to US English 'hillbilly' accents, which matches with the subtitling.

It does not list the use of de gasu in place of desu, but the notes are hardly comprehensive.  Or it could be a personal thing for Mio5.


How is Clow Reed and Fei Wong Reed related in Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle? Considering that Clow Reed and Fei Wong Reed have the same surnames and that they both have magical powers, how are they related? It was not clearly stated on the anime series and the manga on how they are related (Or I just overlooked it?). Are they brothers or relatives? Or they just coincidentally have the same surnames? (Though, Yuko said that there is no such things as coincidence, there is only inevitability.)

I'll appreciate any details. Thanks a lot.

According to the Tsubasa Wikia:

  Fei Wong Reed also mentions Clow quite frequently, and he's also a descendant of Clow.

This is shown in chapter 64, which appears in Volume 9 of the manga. He is described as somewhat of a distant relative of Clow Reed.

Information for this can be found on: Fei Wang Reed's Wikia page and Fei Wang Reed's section on Wikipedia. The citing is provided on the Wikipedia page.