What happened at the end of Fate Zero, What was the wish The grail is supposed to grant a wish, even in it's incomplete form of not enough sacrifices. Kiritsugu Emiya decided to save the world instead of resurrecting his wife and daughter, so why didn't it happen?

Why did the grail destroy part o the city?
Why was Kirei Kotomine, Gilgamesh, Kariya Matou and Aoi Tohsaka revived?

Kiritsugu Emiya decided to save the world instead of resurrecting his wife and daughter, so why didn't it happen?

because he didn't actually make a wish.

Kiritsugu's wish all along was to save the world, however while "inside" the grail Angra Mainyu showed to him and no matter the wish it would lead to destruction (and in a sense, exactly how Counter Guardians work which is what Shirou would end up becoming if he followed Kiritsugu's ideal of being a Hero)

Following this, Kiritusgu used his Command Spells to order Saber to destroy the Lesser Grail against her will. this prevents the Greater Grail from uysing it's sorted energy which is why the 5th war took place 10 years later as opposed to 60 which was supposed to be the norm

  The Great Grail requires sixty years in order to amass enough mana to summon Servants, making the planning period span over generations. If the Grail is unable to utilize its energy, that which is leftover can reduce the time to as little as a decade, such as in the case of the period between the Fourth and Fifth Wars.

Fuyuki Holy Grail War > Procedure (1st Paragraph)

also to explain some things you mentioned in your question

  why was Kirei Kotomine, Gilgamesh, Kariya Matou and Aoi Tohsaka revived?

Kariya Matou was never revived. Aoi Tohsaka wasn't revived because she was never killed during the war, her death seem to come after it.

  She survives the war, but is confined to a wheelchair and suffers from brain damage, not understanding that Tokiomi is dead and Sakura is gone. Rin takes care of her mother, but feels lonely as her mother's condition leaves her isolated. Aoi appears to have died before the events of Fate/stay night, leaving Kotomine as Rin's sole guardian.

Source: Aoi Tohsaka > Role > Fate/Zero (3rd Paragraph)

Kotomine and Gilgamesh survived because they were both washed over with the Black Mud that spilled from the Grail. Kotomine got a Black Heart and Gilgamesh got a flash body (as Servants aren't actually flesh and blood)

  Kiritsugu's Saber obliterates the Holy Grail, allowing its tainted water to soak Kirei's lifeless body, resurrecting him with an artificial, black heart. Kirei wakes up and finds Gilgamesh near him. He seems to have gained a flesh body from something that flowed to his body through the Master and Servant connection.

Source: Kirei Kotomine > Role > Fate/Zero (10th Paragraph)

  Kiritsugu Emiya decided to save the world instead of resurrecting his wife and daughter

Ilya was never dead and Iris's "death" was by design (due to her being the Lesser Grail). their "death" in Fate/Zero was actually an illusion as at the end of the war what Kiritusgu saw as Ilya and Iris were actually projections that Angra Mainyu created to communicate with Kiritsugu (like the Radio explaining the Passenger Survival Scenario). Kiritsugu killed them because he knew they weren't real and was rejecting Angra Mainyu


Is there any reliable source that explains the Tsugumi Ohba-Hiroshi Gamo pen name? It is said in some sites (including Wikipedia) that based on some cross-references the Bakuman and Death Note, the author, Tsugumi Ohba, is actually a pen name, and his real name is Hiroshi Gamo, another 50-year-old mangaka that was some kind of one-hit-wonder in the 90's.

I couldn't find any reliable source for verifying this, does someone know if this is true from some source (interviews, press...)?

These are still just rumors and speculation.

The most notable are in Death Note and Bakuman.

In Death Note, the seminar Light goes to is called "Gamo Seminar":

In Bakuman, there is reference to a series called Super Hero Legend. Not only is the concept similar, but even the drawings of this are very clear references to the art style of Hiroshi Gamo's 1993 work Tottemo! Luckyman.


Whats the name of this horror anime Here are all the details I remember:

It begins with a guy on a swing warning you to not mess with the supernatural.

Then the first story begins about a girl who is jealous of another girl in her class for being more beautiful than her. She is also having strange experiences in her sleep. She asks her friend to videotape her sleeping to find out what's wrong. The next day he looks at the videotape and she is extremely scared to look at it so he watches it himself, after watching it he is so disgusted that he tells her not to watch it. In the end she watches it and it is revealed that she is possessed by some sort of ancient Japanese jealousy demon and that she stole the beauty of the girl she was jealous of.

And then there's a second part about two girls watching horror movies, one is really scared the other isn't and they go out to an abandoned house for fun, on the way they meet two other girls who come with the crew too look at the house, in the end they invade some kind of demon that brutally kills all but one of them

I'm pretty sure I found what you're describing, in the quest to figure out what's the horror anime from late 80s/early 90s that I'm looking for.

From: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=8211

The Curse of Kazuo Umezu
楳図かずおの呪い (Japanese)

Plot Summary: Two separate stories. In "What Will the Video Camera Reveal", a transfer student arrives from Mexico causing great agitation into the life of a classmate named Masami. In "The Haunted Mansion", four girls adventure into a sinister house on their neighborhood.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipIppmeQwf0


When to watch Akakill Theater? I watched the first episode of Akame ga kill from my plex server and was a a bit surprised that it put Akakill Theater ep 1 as the next episode to watch.
It looks like the air date for each Akakill Theater episode matches the air date the actual show episode from thetvdb.com, so perhaps these shorts aired immediately after each episode aired.
Should these shorts be watched after each main episode?  Are there any spoilers?

AkaKill! Theatre (アカ斬る！劇場) is a short-animation on the official site for a limited time period and it was broadcasted immediately after each episode aired on the TV.
The story mainly reflects the corresponding main episode in a comical way, so there will be no spoiler for future episodes.


In 5 Centimeters per Second, why was Takaki struggling in love? It is quite an old movie. Still...

SPOILER ALERT

I finished watching the movie and manga a few years ago. I've just finished the novel by Shinkai-sensei.

After watching and reading through these, I completely can't figure out why Takaki's relationships couldn't last.

He had 3 relationships, 2 during his university life and 1 with Mizuno. Let's just put the first two aside, I think he's going well with Mizuno. But, at last, when he took Mizuno to the station where he and Akari met each other again, he just couldn't and cried. Why?

Because judging from the novel, it seems like he was not trapped in the memories with Akari when he was going out of Mizuno, not to say that he'd forgotten the memories.

In my opinion, the last scene, where Akari and Takaki passed by each other, only Takaki was relieved and really started to move on.

But what really was Tataki's struggle?

I do not think this has a definite answer.  5cm was about love, growing up, and all that entails.  So in truth only Shinkai knows exactly what was meant.

What I can offer is what I felt was Takaki's issue.

He never quite got over the fact that he failed to send that letter.

In my view, it could have been a self-imposed sense of not worth being in a relationship, or other such things that we do to ourselves when things do not work out.

in other instances he seems to be getting into a relationship trying to fill the emptiness left after losing his first love.  And that is a mistake that a lot of people end up making.  The end lesson in life, is that you cannot fill a void left by one person with a different person.  That void will always be there.  One just has to learn how to live with the pain that happens in love and life.  Takaki does not seem to do that very well.

My answer might not be the kind one can be backed up with research, and you may not agree with it, but it is the only answer that I believe can be given for this specific movie/book.


Is Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku a remake? I've been watching this anime, then while I was watching it, I had no idea what's really going on.

Aftering watch the first season, I started the second one (Episode 1-5), I realized that one or more scenes in Zoku is the same with the first season.
(What I remembered the most is the PSP scene)

No, Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. Zoku is simply the second season of the show Oregairu, and not a remake of the first.

While both are adapted from the original manga, the current two seasons of the anime are chronologically ordered, following directly on from one another.
This is clear after comparing the episode synopses of both season 1 and season 2 on their corresponding MyAnimeList pages.

There may well be some similarities in the two seasons, as shows often provide throwbacks or other references to earlier works, but since the plot itself continues on, this isn't enough to classify it as a remake.


What are the characters that has their own unique abilities throughout the DB series? There are quite a few characters that has their own unique abilities throughout the whole Dragon Ball series. Some of them are mostly forgotten due to their last appearance was on the original Dragon Ball.

Here's some example I can think of at the moment:

Fortuneteller Baba's employees (except Bandages the Mummy and Grandpa Gohan)
Ginyu - Body Change
Guldo - Time Freeze, temporarily stop time
Majin Buu - Change Beam / Chocolate Beam, change any object or person into sweets.
Ebifurya - Freezing Fist, freezes the victims.

I would also add:

General Blue - psychic abilities
Giran - Merry-Go-Round Gum (although it's stated that members of his race can use it)
Man-Wolf - turns into human during fullmoon

There are also other characters like Chiaotzu who can use telekinesis, but I'm sure there were some other characters that could do that as well.


Is Bebe the magical girl that gave birth to Charlotte? In the original universe covered in the anime and the movies, in Episode 3 / Movie 1, Mami is killed by the dessert witch Charlotte.

In the Rebellion movie, Charlotte is in Homura's labyrinth as Mami's partner called Bebe, and we find out that Bebe is actually a magical girl whose attacks seemed like they are based on Charlotte's attacks.

Is Bebe the magical girl who gave birth to the witch Charlotte?

Basically, Bebe, Charlotte, and Nagisa Momoe are three different names for the same entity. Nagisa Momoe was her name in life; Charlotte is her name as a witch; and Bebe is what the characters call her in Rebellion because they don't know that her witch-name is Charlotte.

Here's the thing: the only reason we (the viewers) know the names of the witches (e.g. Charlotte, Oktavia, Kriemhild Gretchen) is because their names show up in the runes. As far as we know, though, the characters in the show don't see the runes, and even if they do, they presumably can't read them. So even though we know that the witch that kills Mami in episode 3 is named Charlotte, the characters don't.

So when Charlotte shows up in Rebellion, the characters need to call her something. In keeping with Mami's fondness for Italian, she seems to have picked the name "Bebe" (which, with some accents in the right place, means "baby"). Of course, they eventually find out that when she was a human, her name was Nagisa Momoe.


Does Eraserhead have to be continuosly watching someone to erase their quirks? Sometimes in the anime it would seem Erasehead have to be continuosly watching someone to erase their quirks, because if he stopped watching the target recovered his quirk, but in some of the episodes of the 4th season with Eri and with some of the villains from Overhaul's band it would seem that after watching them once their quirks got erased for a while.

Does Eraserhead have to be continuosly watching someone to erase their quirks?

Yes. As far as I can recall after reading the manga and as mentioned here,

  Erasure requires a continuous focus on a specific target for its effects to be maintained... Erasure is naturally impractical against groups of surrounding enemies, because it's impossible for Shota to keep watching every potential target within a 360º radius.

This has a drawback as eventually, Aizawa would need to blink every once in a while so the effects are not permanent.

If you can cite which episode you are referring to about Overhaul, please do because I haven't watched the 4th season yet, I only read the manga.


What was that giant shadow with the glowing red eyes at the end of the Thriller Bark arc? At the end of the Thriller Bark Chapter 490 in manga and episode 381 in anime. I noticed strange giant shadows with glowing red eyes at the background. What could it be?

Check this image in manga:

In Anime:

As stated in the comments, it's an entity related to the Florian Triangle.

According to Kokoro, many pirate and commercial ships mysteriously go missing every year and, sometimes, a ship will be found sailing without any people aboard. It has also been said that there are many haunted ships with dead bodies sailing across the sea (though, it is revealed that all this is attributed to Brook).

Though, some of the disappearances that have happened in the Triangle can be attributed to Moriah's scheme. Ships have been disappearing mysteriously in it for a long time before he came on his ship, Thriller Bark, ten years before the series. This mystery is confirmed by an unknown ominous entity larger than Thriller Bark that was barely seen by Captain Lola through the fog. It is so large that it completely dwarfs Thriller Bark, the world's largest pirate ship, in sheer size, possibly making it the world's biggest creature to appear in the series thus far.

It may also be possible that it's the trope "Real After All":

If an episode revolves around a haunting (or alien visitation) (or lake monster sighting) (or whatever) that turns out to be a hoax, the episode will end with a shot of a real ghost/alien visitor/lake monster/whatever.

However, knowing Oda, that is highly unlikely. I just stated it as it is possible that we may never get to know what those entities were.


Why is Sailor Moon (2014) not airing on TV? The new Sailor Moon seems to be showing on Niconico exclusively. Why would it not air on TV, or both?

Like senshin mentioned, nobody really knows for sure. One possible speculation floating around is if Toei has another series on TV in July (Say, Precure or Dragon Ball Kai) they wouldn't want it to compete with Sailor Moon Crystal...but even that explanation doesn't make much sense.

Most likely, streaming Crystal on an online service such as NicoNico is the easiest way of reaching an international market, since NicoNico will be streaming SMC with 10 different subtitled languages available. Online streaming could be the easiest way for Toei to keep track of how well Crystal does (internationally and in Japan), either before creating more seasons or airing it on Japanese TV.


Why are Kuwabara and Yusuke's uniforms different from other students? In YuYu Hakusho its possible to see that Yusuke wears a green uniform and Kuwabara a light blue uniform.  Nobody else wears uniforms like that in their school.

Is there an explanation?

This is probably the case of Transfer Student Uniforms as described on Tv Tropes:

  New Transfer Students in places where school uniforms are a cultural default setting often wear their old ones until the school can provide them with a new one. In fiction, this shows the newcomer or outsider. When they get the current school uniform, this indicates they've been assimilated. If the student is meant to be a Fish out of Water, they will keep their old uniform throughout the series. In Japanese media, even rebels don't choose to abandon uniforms entirely; in American media they will do this even if the new school doesn't have uniforms. Compare the Non-Uniform Uniform.

And on that same page, it describes the incident in Yu Yu Hakusho (note Kuwabara's case):

  Yusuke from YuYu Hakusho distinct green uniform annoys the faculty, since while technically acceptable he wears it just to stand out. Even Kuwabara wears a slightly different shade of blue than the standard uniform. This is anime-only, though; manga color images usually have Kuwabara and Yusuke's uniforms matching, even if the colors aren't always consistent, unless the artist was color-coding them. Keiko calls Yusuke on his green uniform in the dub, but the original doesn't really mention it.

It happens in a lot of other anime/manga as well, commonly enough to be considered a well known trope.


Do Rave Master and Fairy Tail share the same world? There's a crossover work for Fairy Tail and Rave Master called Fairy Tail X Rave. Do these two series share the same world or is it just for the sake of crossover? They even have Dark Bring (Rave) and Magic (Fairy Tail) together.

On the left with pink hair: Natsu - Fairy Tail. On the right with silver hair: Haru - Rave

The two series are by the same mangaka - Hiro Mashima - so it was this that allowed for the easy crossover OVA, as there were no copyright or licensing discussions that had to be made.

The two series do not share the same world. Rave master takes place primarily in the Continent of Luka, whereas Fairy Tail takes place in Earth Land.

I'm unsure of the overall world name for Rave Master, but there is no Luka in Earth Land and the maps look quite different.

Rave Master World Map

Fairy Tail World Map


What kind of food is Erina's father talking about? In the latest issue of Shokugeki no Souma, Erina's father talks about food that only selected people can enjoy, but didn't really pinpoint what it is.
I'm kind of confused because nobody from the spectators asked what kind of food it was? He only said that it's some kind of artwork or something like that.

But because her father has a dark atmosphere around him, I can't help but think that it may be some taboo/forbidden style of gourmet.

If I'm not mistaken he's not quite talking about "enjoying" the food as much as he is talking about "understanding" the food. I say this because of two pages in particular. (I believe one is the one that you quoted from.)

Firstly, in Chapter 133 page 12 he states that "True Gourmet Food, It greatly resembles excellent paintings, sculptures, and music." Then he goes on to state "The true worth of all first rate art can only be understood by those who have a certain quality of character." I believe he's implying that most of the people in the room (possibly the world also, he is pretty arrogant) are just amateur spectators and don't really know, and will never know, what "True Gourmet Food" is.

Secondly, in Chapter 133 on page 13 he states that the only thing that should be called "Cuisine"/"Gourmet Food" Shoul be the food for the select few that understand it's worth (The Above Paragraph). Any other food is just fodder. Which further backs my point that I made that says he thinks that majority of people won't know what "Gourmet Food" is. I say this because Fodder is a food for livestock and I'm assuming based on his personality that he is comparing the general public to cattle.

It might be that he is talking about a taboo/forbidden style of gourmet, but I think that it is more likely that he is just talking himself up and talking others down.


In Saekano S2, why does Kasumigaoka and Sawamura leave Tomoya? I thought Kasumigaoka enjoyed being with Tomoya? And Sawamura was his childhood friend...

Originally; both were content just to be with Tomoya, but after being scouted out by professionals far more experienced than them (in the last arc); they realized that they had more to go in terms of experience/skill.

Adding to the fact that a rare opportunity to work in your desired field (being scouted no less) is just too good of an opportunity to pass on.

This is one of the reasons why I liked the second season, it's because the theme: "We can't stay the same forever" or that "Nothing lasts" was very well executed.

In summary: Katsumigaoka, and Sawamura felt that their skills won't improve any further by being with Tomoya, so they left in an effort to improve their skills so they can make even better games with Tomoya in the future.


Is Jiren the strongest mortal character in Dragon Ball Heroes? So apparently a character (which I dont remember the name) reads Hit's mind and he finds out Hit thinks Jiren is the strongest mortal in all the universes. Hit has seen UI Goku and Hit has fought Goku SSB Kaioken. Also supposedly this character which reads Hit's mind is shown to think the same later (perhaps due to what he readed from Hit's mind).

In the anime we see Jiren fighting Cumber at an apparently same level and Cumber claims "they are even". In the anime Cumber is defeated by Ultra Instinct Goku, though he didnt turn into SSJ3. I believe in the manga he did. Also Gogeta SSJ4 Xeno with much struggle managed to win a beam clash agaisnt Cumber SSJ3.

We also see Jiren being in a similar level with Zamasu, but later we see him overpowering Zamasu.

As far as I remember, candidates to be equally or stronger than Jiren are Cumber, UI Goku, Xeno SSJ4 Gogeta, and perhaps some others such as this guy who is able to bring him to the ground with a gravity related power, Fu perhaps, and may be some others I'm not aware right now.

Is Jiren the strongest mortal character in Dragon Ball Heroes?

Hit hasn't witnessed the might of Mastered Ultra Instinct Goku. So it would make sense he would think Jiren was the strongest mortal at that point in time. Taking that into consideration, is he the strongest mortal? Maybe. However, it seems very likely that Goku should be as strong or possibly stronger than him in his Completed Ultra Instinct Form, especially since there has been the indication that he's able to tap into Ultra Instinct. As for the others you mentioned, Jiren didn't seem fazed by anyone he fought apart from Hearts when he lowered the gravity around him. So Jiren, for now, should be one among the top 3 strongest mortals.


Why is the Female Titan after Eren? As shown in episode 17, the Female Titan is after Eren, looking for him in the formation outside the walls. Why is the Female Titan after Eren?

This answer contains major unmarked spoilers if you've only seen the anime.

As you've seen in the series, certain titans have abilities, such as Annie's ability to harden certain points during combat, or the Armored Titan's ability to harden his entire body to smash through solid structures.
Eren too has an ability like this, and given the nature of the world, it's very valuable to control. It's called the 'Coordinate Ability', and has three separate sub-abilities currently revealed - Eren, however, has currently only demonstrated the first:

First and most noticeable of all, the Coordinate power grants the user the ability to control the Titans at will and make them follow virtually any order. [Ch. 50 (p. 35-44)]
Secondly, the Coordinate allows the user to erase or modify the memory of a single person or even those of entire countries if they are skilled enough. [Ch. 63 (p. 8), Ch. 64 (p. 37-38)]
Finally, the power allows the user to inherit the lost memories of mankind and those of the previous users, giving them omniscient-like knowledge about the world, such as the reason the Titans exist and how the Walls were created. [Ch. 64 (p. 39-42)]
Coordinate on the SnK Wiki

Furthermore, there is an answer to another question here which gives some more information on the ability itself.
The Titan Shifters that infiltrated the walls (Annie, Reiner, Bertolt) have the goal of finding and acquiring the coordinate ability, and this is the reason why Eren is kidnapped by the latter two around chapter 45.
Assuming a second kidnap ends successfully, it is unsure what the other shifters would do with Eren. Due to the fact they haven't attempted to gain his ability through eating him already, instead but opted for kidnap, it's likely that they'd prefer to keep Eren alive and attempt to either persuade or coerce him into cooperation with their cause. What plans they have for the coordinate ability after this point is also unrevealed at this time.


Do ghouls also live outside Japan? In the universe of Tokyo Ghoul:

Do ghouls exist only in Japan, or do they thrive in large numbers throughout the world?
Is there any body such as the CCG in those parts of the world
Is there any known history of their communication/collaboration with the CCG?

There are in fact ghouls outside Japan.

There's the Chinese terrorist organization, Chi She Lian
There's also a group in Germany studying ghouls, Ghoul Forschung Gesellschaft
There's also ghouls from Russia, e.g., Donato Porpora


Did Dragon Ball Heroes introduce a new super saiyan transformation? Episode 26 of Super Dragon Ball Heroes showed this state of Goku and Vegeta

It looks like Super Saiyan 4 but with red / grey aura. Is this supposed to be a new transformation? Or is it just a power up, a technique or a state?

That's Super Saiyan 4 because it has red fur. The gray is possibly the transformation/fight (whatever they're doing).


Why is Takatoshi Tsuda still in second year? I read till chapter 190 and I noticed that in the manga, many sesones passed. Then doesn't that mean few years have passed in the manga, why is Tsuda still in second year, and why aren't Aria and Shino graduating from high school aren't they third years ?

anime and manga are sometimes like that, they want to add certain features for example onsen or hot spring but people don't exactly go to hot springs in summer, same as how they don't go to the beach in winter.

This might not be right but hope this helps


Why did Kichimura know Kaneki was going to mutate into Dragon and why did he say he provoked it? In the anime series of Tokyo Ghoul:re 2 , episode 12, Kichimura says he provoked the appearence of Dragon. In some former episode, when Kaneki mutated into Dragon , he was expecting it, as if he knew it was going to happen, he called it "dragon" and he said something like he expected dragon to destroy everything.

Why did Kichimura know Kaneki was going to mutate into Dragon and why did he say he provoked it?

Kichimura is of the same family as Rize (the washu) but Kichimura is a demi human that got the Q surgery or the surgery like ken's from Kanou to have a kagune. he grew up where Arima and and Rize did, in the hands of the washu Rize was made to reproduce because they wanted a strong blood line and did not want to have kid with humans and have kids like Arima and Kichimura anymore so they made or cloned girls like Rize to bare the chair mans babys. Kichimura fell in love with Rize, as kids they played together and as he started to grow feelings he could not stand the fact that his disgusting old father would be with her and she would have to hold his child so he let her escape and she loved her freedom to much (binge eater). He then watched her for a long time until he pushed a bunch of falling pipes onto her and some school boy (ken), just to keep her closer to himself. It seemed as if Kichimura and Dr Kanou were working together with v as well. We all thought Rize died after that but she didn't and she was used to make Ken into a half ghoul first then Shiro and her sister then she was used to make army's. she was split up in little pieces everywhere but Kichimura knew he could bring Rise back to life through ken eating some more of rize, he would some how get rize back for himelf and the ccg would be taken care of by the dragon so he the leader of v and the last of the washu clan could have the only one he ever loved by his side finally. The 'dragon' seemed to have given life witch is hard to understand but there was also kanou who devoted his whole life to ghoul medical use on humans because he wanted to bring his mum back to life.


Why do people sneeze when someone talks about them? Where did this trope originate from and why sneezing? It must be something only in Asian culture because I have never seen this in any US television shows. And yet sneezing when being talked about occurs in both anime and dramas.

This is something that got featured in the Book of songs, this was a poem book out of ancient china (1000BC) and still is occasionally found in Anime/Manga now a days

  In certain parts of Eastern Asia, particularly in Japanese culture and Vietnamese culture, a sneeze without an obvious cause was generally perceived as a sign that someone was talking about the sneezer at that very moment - a belief that is still depicted in present-day manga and anime. In China, Vietnam and Japan, for instance, there is a superstition that if talking behind someone's back causes the person being talked about to sneeze; as such, the sneezer can tell if something good is being said (one sneeze), something bad is being said (two sneezes in a row), or if this is a sign that they are about to catch a cold (multiple sneezes).  source

Small side note to "It must be something only in Asian culture because I have never seen this in any US television shows". Although not used as often in movies/series nowadays, they still feature this trope once in a while and is mainly used in a comedic sense. A sample would be Scrubs and NCIS where it got featured a few times.


What does the Death Note consider as "original lifespan"? I was reading this question and it got me thinking about what a person's "original lifespan" really was.

Does the original lifespan mean the amount of time a person has from birth to death, ultimately caused by old age (e.g. the longest a person could live barring abnormal health problems or unusual circumstances (e.g. murders, accidents))?

What if the person contracts a lethal disease? Surely it would shorten their lifespan, but would it affect their original lifespan?

So, take for example:
John has a lifespan of 93 years (as seen through Shinigami eyes). He works for the CIA, though, and at one point comes into contact with a high dose of radiation from a nuclear device. Doctors tell him he only has a couple days to live.

In this case, John's lifespan has been shortened from 93 years to 2 days. If he writes his own name in the Death Note, set to die from a different disease that takes years and years to develop, would he have effectively beaten radiation poisoning?

Note that the 23-day rule (XVII) would not apply here thanks to rule XVIII.

The original lifespan is the time you are supposed to have alive at the moment of birth, unless someone, Shinigami or human, use their Death Note on you, or you make a deal with a Shinigami shortening your lifespan, or a Shinigami sacrifices themself to allow you to live incrementing your lifespan.

  What if the person contracts a lethal disease?

Once you spent your lifespan you will die, the reasons of death doesn't matter. If you contract a disease you will live until your lifespan allows you to live.

To illustrate this, Amane Misa was supposed to die when the fan attacked her. Gelus knew her life will end, and decided to intervene. Since her lifespan was spent and she didn't die when she was supposed to, Gelus dies transferring his lifespan to Misa, hence she no longer lives with her "original lifespan" but the shinigami's.

  would he have effectively beaten radiation poisoning?

He could be died because a indirect effect of the use of the Death Note, which caused him to be affected of radiation poisoning, as can be seen in this other answer, but if there isn't Death Note involved, no matter what he should die when their lifespan exhaust, so he could just get lucky and not being poisoned or something happened before hand that prevented him from being poisoned.


What happened to the other androids in Dragon Ball/Dragon Ball Z? In Dragon Ball Z, we are well acquainted with Androids 16, 17, and 18. In addition, we met Androids 19 and 20 (Dr. Gero) before 16-18. There may have been mention of others, but they were not developed or mentioned much to the extent of my memory.

I also think that we were introduced to Android 8 in Dragon Ball (the episode where Goku is ascending up the Muscle Tower with a new foe on each floor, one of which was Ninja Murasaki who on finding himself outmatched, ordered Android 8 to fight Goku, if I remember correctly).

However, I do not remember any mention of Androids 1-7, 9-15, and 21+, if they exist. Do they exist? Do we ever find out or know what happened to them? Is it further discussed in the manga?

According to the Wikia and my memory, Androids 1-7 and 9-12 were useless due to them being faulty (design problems) and some were too emotional and the kind.
As for Android 8 a.k.a. Eighter or Hat-San, as you rightly said, he had been depicted in the Dragon Ball manga, anime and the movies.
Now, Android 13-15 were introduced in the 7th movie, Dragon Ball Z: Super Android 13! and were the first few killing machines built successfully with the aim of killing Goku.
Regarding Androids 21+, I'd like to state the Wikia. They have been portrayed in Dragon Ball Fusions, Dragon Ball Heroes etc.
Android 44

An Android in Dragon Ball Fusions whose design bears resemblance to Android 20.

Android 8000

A highly advanced variant of Android 8, utilized by the Time Breakers, comes in several different models including Mk. II and MX.

Android 19000

A highly advanced variant of Android 19, built by the revived Gero and utilized by the Time Breakers.

Other than this, there's the Android A-B-C section which was in the DBZ manga if I recall correctly, which has all the information about the Androids up till Cell.

That's pretty much all there is in the manga.


How did Ivankov and Inazuma survive Magellan? So, in Chapter 545, Ivankov and Inazuma hold off Magellan. And they get covered in poison (at least Ivankov does for sure).
How do they survive that? Maybe Ivankov I can understand, but how can Inazuma be defeated by Magellan and still be able to feel better enough, even with Ivankov's help, to help in the Marineford War?

The following details are taken directly from the wiki page on Inazuma: (emphasis mine)

  After a brief fight between Luffy and Blackbeard, Inazuma and the others managed to reach Level 3: here, he cut the stairs to level 2, following the instructions of Ivankov, who stayed to battle Magellan. Refusing to follow the other prisoners to Level 1, Inazuma stayed in front of the stairs waiting for Iva, but he was reached instead by Magellan, who easily defeated him with poison.

  Fortunately, Inazuma was picked up by Ivankov. Though both of them were barely alive after being defeated by Magellan's poison, they quickly caught up with the rest of their allies on the top of Impel Down using Iva's Hell Wink to propel them up the prison. Having caught up with the rest of their allies, Inazuma and the rest were not given a moment's rest as Magellan came at them with his most powerful technique. Heeding the advice from Jinbe over the Den Den Mushi, they all hung on to Iva's huge head and using another Hell Wink, blasted their way into the ocean just as Magellan cornered them all at the pier. Though this move seemed foolish due to the waters surrounding Impel Down being a Sea King's nest, they were fortunately saved by a school of whale sharks that Jinbe called for aid.

So yes, they both were defeated by Magellan's poison, and barely escape to the ship. Now, the next section in the page, about the Marineford War states: (emphasis mine)

  Inazuma was treated for his poisons on the escape ship to Marineford. Ivankov decides not to use his healing and tension hormones, claiming that Inazuma is a very important revolutionary and this process shortens the lifespan and may cause various after-effects. Iva decides just to wait until Inazuma is recovered.

  Near the end of the battle at Marineford, Inazuma emerged from Ivankov's hair, having been hiding in it all of the time since the boat crashed into the battle. He then used his Devil Fruit powers to create a walkway to Ace's Execution platform for Luffy.

Similarly, from the page on Ivankov:

  Ivankov revealed he used Healing Hormones and Tension Hormones to save himself from the poison, but he did not want to put Inazuma through the same thing.

So, Iva cures the poisons to ensure Inazuma is out of danger, and then doesn't use the hormones on him. Hence, Inazuma is out of action till the end of the war, and even then doesn't really fight head to head with anyone.


At what age did Kakashi Hatake become a Jounin? This answer on Yahoo! says he became a Jounin at the age of 13, which makes him the youngest Jounin.

I have heard a lot of chatter on the subject, but I've never seen the answer stated outright (or with any proof). The youngest I've seen reference to was Kakashi. He was a chunin at 6, a jonin at 10, and joined ANBU Black Ops at 13.
Itachi, on the other hand, became a chunin at 10 and became a Captain of ANBU Black Ops at 13. He's still pretty amazing, but Kakashi was younger.
Sources:

http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Kakashi_Hatake
http://www.absoluteanime.com/naruto/itachi.htm

Is it true that he is the youngest Jounin? What is his real age when he became a Jounin?
The magic number starts from at the age of 5

Kakashi became a Genin at the age of 5 and Chunin at 6.
Obito became a Genin at the age of 9 and Chunin at the age of 11.
It was around the time when Obito became Chunin that Kakashi was promoted to Jonin.
Obito then "died" at the age of 13, which was almost two years after his promotion to Chunin.
From this thread on narutoforums (emphasis mine):

It is impossible for both Kakashi and Obito to have been 13 during the Kakashi Gaiden, because there is at least a confirmed 4 year age difference between Kakashi and Obito when they were confirmed to both be Genin teammates during the Chuunin Exams. They entered the academy the same time, and they all graduated the academy together as teammates. Kakashi was at least 4 years younger than both of his teammates at all times. There is no possible way that Kakashi was a 13 year old Jonin during the Kakashi Gaiden.
At this idea that he was 13 isn't even supported in the databooks, either. It's time we all got our facts straight. If Obito died at 13, then Kakashi was most likely 9 during the Kakashi Gaiden. It is impossible for these two teammates to have ever been the same age.
Kakashi was 13 during the Kyuubi attack on Konoha. There is a 4 year difference between the events of the Kakashi Gaiden and the events of the night Naruto was born.

Also, from the talk page of Obito Uchiha on Naruto wiki

Obito-Kakashi timeline is based on the anime mostly and pre-chapter 599 manga/databook stuff. Kakashi graduated the academy as 5 years old, Rin and Obito as 9. Obito is 3 years 7 months older from Kakashi. They all took the same Chunin Exam, with Kakashi having managed to become a Chunin in it at the age of 6, while Obito age 10 failed. Obito trainer hard, took the next exams and became a Chunin at 11. Obito got crushed by boulders as 13 years old, that means Kakashi was 9-10 at the latest in the Gaiden. Kakashi is now 31 so Obito died as 34.

As for the youngest Jonin part, no one really knows how many official Jonin are there. If I remember correctly, Itachi wasn't officially declared as a Jonin. He got into the Anbu after he became a Chunin. So Kakashi might be the youngest Jonin. There is no definitive answer.

Edit (courtesy of @Merrice Henderson):
There is evidence that Kakashi made Jonin the same year that Obito and Rin made Chunin. This is an exert from Obito's wikia page:

Eager for Rin's attention, Obito trained relentlessly, eventually rising to the rank of chūnin himself. His excitement was short-lived as Kakashi soon afterwards became a jōnin, once again earning Rin's praise and Obito's resentment."

So, Obito was confirmed 11 when he became Chunin. If we go based on the theory that Kakashi is 4 years younger (which I am more inclined to believe), then he was 7 when he made Jonin. That would effectively make him the youngest Jonin of all time. If Kakashi was the same age as Obito and Rin, there are a few years that need to be accounted for, like:

"Who was he teamed with after graduation while Obito and Rin were still in the academy?"

"What happened to Kakashi's other teammates, or was he on hiatus for that time?"


Which episode is this where Saber dress in white and bounded? In Unlimited Blade Works, which episode was Saber bounded up and was in a white dress being raped by Caster?

Saber wears - or more exactly is made to wear - those clothes in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works episode 13, 14, 17 and 18. (Or season 2 episode 1, 2, 5 and 6, if you count the series as two seasons.)

The screenshot itself is from episode 13 (or S2 episode 1).

By the way she isn't being raped (not even in the visual novel). Caster just tortures her to make her lose her mind so she would want the pleasure by herself.


Who from the staff is in charge of selecting the music for each scene? I've been watching a lot of anime recently and realized whether the music fits a scene or not affects a lot in how much I like it, so... who's in charge of doing so?

Is it the Episode Director, the Series Director, the Sound Director or someone else? Or maybe it depends on the series?

You might want to read this article by Justin Sevakis because it really varies and depends on the type of production committee.

TL;DR

Director or
Production Committee or
A music publisher (which is part of the production Committee) or
An entirely separate business unit within the production Committee.

  Anime opening and ending themes are a big deal not only for fans, but
  for the creators, and the companies producing anime. Opening themes
  are a show's "best foot forward," and the staff will usually put quite
  a bit of effort into coming up with an impressive sequence for
  whatever song is chosen. Anime production committees, the group of
  companies putting up money to produce the show, often include a record
  label or music publisher, and so those theme songs are valuable places
  to promote their artists. Ads by Kiosked

  In some cases, the director will go into the project already wanting a
  certain existing song, or wanting to work with a particular artist to
  compose something specifically for their new project -- regardless of
  whether that artist has anything to do with the companies on the
  production committee. That's how we very occasionally get English
  artists doing opening or closing themes. Other times, the production
  committee will insist on using the songs to push a specific artist,
  and the director just has to deal.

  The business of anime vocal tracks is nearly always facilitated by the
  main production company or another business on the production
  committee. Many major anime producers also have affiliated record
  labels -- for example, Bandai Visual owns the record label Lantis,
  while Aniplex itself is a division of Sony Music Japan. At an early
  stage, the production committee has a meeting with the director of the
  anime, and presents him with a pile of pop songs that are in
  production. These songs are at "demo" stage -- meaning, they're not
  done, and usually have a temporary vocal track. The director usually
  just picks a song from that pile and uses it. They might tweak the
  lyrics a little bit to fit the show better. The record label will then
  go back and finish the song with the artist of their choosing, who may
  or may not be a voice actor featured in the show. If a famous
  (expensive) composer is doing the music for the show, they will often
  be asked to contribute the theme songs, as they're likely to be hits
  no matter who sings them.

  The business of anime songs is a huge one, and operates as a market
  separate from the rest of the Japanese music scene. The selection of
  song and artist is therefore usually a business decision.


Why doesn't Kakashi use his copy ability that often? Kakashi is known as "the copy cat ninja". The Ninjas from the other countries call Kakashi the Copy Cat Ninja because of his Sharingan and how he uses it for his advantage (Copying moves). But he does not use his power to copy very often (or at least not anymore). It is only shown around 3-4 times that he actually copies and uses it against somebody.

Why does he not use this power more often?

What everyone was saying was partially correct. The Sharingan is a kekkei-genkai made for the Uchiha Clan. Since Kakashi isn't native to this clan, he's only able to use his Sharingan after once in awhile. As said before, he used it in the beginning of the series and was out for about a week or two from using too much chakra.

Consumption of all of your chakra will cause you to die.

Now with his Mangekyo Sharingan, he cannot use it much. The example that comes quickly to my head is when Kakashi and Naruto were chasing Deidara during the Gaara Retrieval arc. Kakashi specifically quoted that, "We have to end this soon. I can only activate the Mangekyo probably one more time."

In the current manga, he can only keep up with using his Mangekyo Sharingan with the help from the Kyuubi's aura/chakra.

It consumes way too much chakra for him.


Are the rooms in "Aoi Bungaku" and "Mouryou no Hako" related or a real place? I was watching Aoi Bungaku episode 9 "Run, Melos" plot when I saw this scene which reminded me of an episode of Mouryou no Hako.

Notice that it's the same room and painting on the upper right. They are both in Showa era and the protagonists are look-a-like.

Is this related or a real place?

The painting on the upper-right is just a cover for a fictional magazine, 近代文藝 published by 稀譚舎, from the source novel.
Apparently, the background art and the music that plays during that scene had been reused and recycled. In fact, if you compare the staff/cast behind Mouryou no Hako and Aoi Bungaku (for episode 9–10), you see they have a lot in common:
Staff

Director: Ryosuke Nakamura
Art Director: Hidetoshi Kaneko
Sound Director: Yasunori Honda
Music: Shusei Murai

Cast

Tatsumi Sekiguchi/Takada (the protagonists): Hidenobu Kiuchi
Yoriko Kusumoto/Melos' Sister: Mikako Takahashi

which explains the protagonists looking and sounding alike, and the recycling of the room design as well as the fictional magazine. However, Run, Melos! has got nothing to do with Mouryou no Hako, so the similarities might only confuse people.


How can Kazakiri Hyouka appear in a photograph but not be seen in surveillance camera footage? As we know about Kazakiri Hyouka, nobody has seen her and knows about her appearance.In episode 21 at 16:15, Yomikawa tries to confirm the existence of the 2nd outsider with Tsukuyomi Komoe. Later, in episode 22 14:25  Tsukuyomi Komoe states that Hyouka didn't appear on any surveillance cameras in the school, but later, in Game Center, she appears in a photograph taken in the photo booth, with Index. It might be possible because she manifested in the real world when she touched Index. But she should have before after that, while getting leaving the school.

Tsukuyomi Komoe does say that nobody knows how she entered the school, but doesn't talk about how she got out without appearing on camera. But Yomikawa's question does imply that she didn't appear at all.

Yomikawa might have viewed all the footage and looked for info about the outsiders but didn't find anything on Kazakiri Hyouka.

So why wasn't she seen in the surveillance camera footage after she manifested in the real world?

Well, she's unstable, so her qualities change every once in as while, making it possible that she was observable by a surveillance camera at one point and not another...

Surveillance cameras may also work differently from photographs, making her able to be seen in the latter, even if her qualities were the same.

Lastly, the surveillance cameras are likely monitored by Aleister, especially the ones in That School, and he erased Hyouka's presence because he didn't want her revealed or something, but a photo camera isn't connected, and so he can't hide her presence there.

If your question is "Why didn't Yomikawa find any info on Hyouka?", perhaps its just because there was no information to find. She's totally new. There wouldn't be much, if any information on her generated in less than a day out in public?


Does Natsu have an known actual age? Whilst looking around the Fairy Tail tag, I was looking again at a question here asked by Shinobu, I finally decided to pop the question "How old is Natsu". I thought it would have been revealed further on in the series, but from the looks of it they haven't although the ages of Lucy, Erza and Gray have been revealed which is as follows

Lucy- 17yrs
Erza- 19yrs
Gray- 18yrs

Has an age ever been given in the mangas to how old Natsu is?

Well, in chapter 436 it is revealed that, ...

   Natsu is about 400 years old. Give a few years between the flashback  and his birth and take seven years during the time-skip. He was born 400 years ago as the younger brother of Zeref. He died soon thereafter, but his body was kept intact by Zeref during all those years. The body Natsu is using in the current time-line is the exact same as that of Zeref's younger brother. More can be read at this related question about how this all came to be.


How did the society where the story of Shin Sekai Yori takes place come to be? How did the society where the story of Shin Sekai Yori takes place come to be? i.e. How did Saki's Society came to existence from the societies of the Dark age?

I am curious about how Saki's society came to be because, in her society, there is knowledge about science (implied from their knowledge about genes). However, part of it is also mixed with aspects of less modern societies, which makes me want to know how these different aspects came about, from previous societies during the Dark age.

Furthermore, there are these "creatures" called false Minoshiro which seem to be some kind of very advanced bio-technology, which suggest very advanced technology (but their society doesn't really live that way). With these different aspects of ancient Japanese societies and much newer societies, how did Saki's society came to existence? Why does it have this mix of modern technology and more ancient aspects? What happened to the previous Dynasties during the dark age? Did they combine/converge to form the modern society which Saki lives at? From which dynasty from the Dark age did they come from and what do we know that explains their present society?

As a refresher, here are some of the dynasties from the dark age:

1st, Slave Dynasties, Where PK users controlled those without PK capabilities.
2nd, non-PK users who escaped the Dynasties and lived as hunter-gatherers.
3rd, Bandits who used PK to attack other settlements.
4th, a group of those who managed to preserve some remnants of the technological age.

It's actually explained a bit at one point, though I can't remember the episode exactly.

Essentially, humanity got really violent and started destroying each other, probably via nuclear warfare or maybe previous people with supernatural powers. Shin Sekai Yori takes place on one of the remaining human colonies, where the elders are the only ones that know of the leftover science, knowledge from the previous era.

This explains why they're super paranoid about these kids with powers, because they're afraid that everyone will get destroyed again.


What reason was Madara talking about in Chapter 661 ? Madara says that there is a reason why Hashirama and Tobirama can't bring out their true strength, what was he talking about ?

He was talking about that they are weak because they have their friends to hold them back. He's saying if they could just remain in solitude then their true potential will reveal itself.


Why is there a time limit on Tobi's dematerialization technique? This question contains spoilers for early manga readers and anime viewers

Konan mentions during her fight with Tobi that Tobi's dematerialization technique can last for only 5 minutes. This can be confirmed as true since Tobi resorts to Izanagi to escape her ultimate technique, Kami no Shisha no Jutsu. It is later revealed that Tobi's dematerialization technique is actually just teleporting himself into his alternate dimension with Kamui.

However, earlier during the Five Kage meeting arc, he had teleported Sasuke and Karin and kept them in the alternate dimension for quite a long time. He also kept Fu and Torune in the alternate dimension for several days. This shows that he does not face any significant side-effects, like draining chakra, by keeping people in the other dimension. Also, staying in the alternate dimension did not seem to have any adverse effect, on at least Sasuke and Karin.

Why can Tobi not keep himself in the alternate dimension for more than 5 minutes? In particular, why could he not just escape Konan's ultimate technique by staying in his alternate dimension for 10 minutes, rather than use Izanagi?

There's no definite answer yet.

The technique is about sending parts of yourself to the other dimension, to avoid being hit.

Two reasons I can think of are:

Since it's an activated mode type technique, it constantly drains his chakra. Five minutes are his limit.
He cannot keep parts of his body separated for so long, because there could be some sort of biological limitation of transferring oxygen and blood to the organs in the alternate dimension.

The first sounds more feasible to me, but since it isn't explicitly specified, we can't give you a definite answer.


What is this song from Episode 78 of Hunter X Hunter? It plays during Episode 78, at about 12:06, but also on a lot of other occasions during the series.
Does anyone know what song it is?

its not a OST soundtrack since in episode 78 like you said, its not in the link below for the 2011 hxh OST list. If it was, it would be in between these times
11:25-12:04 : Nowhere to Escape (O3 - T13)
and
12:57-13:38 : The Stalwart's Glaring (O1 - T12)
https://sites.google.com/site/hxh2011ostlist/arcs/6-chimera-ant-arc
so what im saying is im not sure how you could find it, but its not an original sound track for sure, so you wont be looking there


Need help identifying school anime with short, blonde female character Sorry for vague question. All I remember is:

School anime
Pretty sure not harem
Funny
Centers on small group of students, both male and female, maybe a club.
Normal, yellow and white, sweater and tee style uniforms.
Short, blonde female character, flat chested. Not a boobilicious anime.
Not a children's anime, crude humor involved.

Please let me know any suggestions at all! :3

I'm going to guess Seitokai Yakuindomo.

School anime

Yes.

Not harem

Well, harems are in the eye of the beholder, but pretty much yes.

Funny

Allegedly.

Centers on small group of students, both male and female

One guy and three girls in the student council

Normal yellow/white uniforms

　(their shirts are white beneath the blazers)

Short, blonde, flat-chested female

See above (Hagimura Suzu)

Crude humor

Oh good lord yes.


Who is George, the manager of Ahnernebe? In All Around Type Moon spin-off, the cafe Ahnernebe is run by George.

He has the main antagonist aura behind him.

So who is George? Is he a reference to anyone?

In my guess he refers to the voice actor Jouji Nakata, the CV of Kirei Kotomine(in Fate), Souren Araya(in Kara no kyoukai) and Nero(in Tsukihime). When he is angry the image of the three characters will show up behind him. Besides, Jouji in Japanese sounds very similar to George in English.


Does Hajime Isayama have an ending in mind for Attack On Titan? I have read somewhere that Isayama already knows the final ending of the Attack on Titan manga, but the route which he will get there is unknown to him.

Are there any interviews where he specifies this?

There are high chances that the answer is Yes.

He does have an ending in mind even though it is a different one and not the original end which he planned when he started the manga. As you can see here:

  In an interview with White-Screen.jp, Isayama has said that he's been evolving his manga, with new elements being added.
  However, one of the more substantial changes to the series' direction is that he has abandoned plans for an audience traumatizing ending..... With all the support that the series has received, he didn't want to slam the fans with a traumatic conclusion.

The interview is here (only in japanese) and another source of information can be found here.

In another interview he says:

  It seemed like my editor wasn’t going to let the series start to be published unless I had an ending in mind.

There are high chances that the situation is like this:

He had the dark ending planned up, then he abandoned it due to the reasons above and changed the route of events to a happier end but he may or may not have a clear and set in stone happier end with all of the characters' fate decided, only a general idea which is still left to be polished.


Does the light novel tell of the passing of time during Itami's missions? In the GATE anime (ep. 3-4), Itami goes to Coda village, then returns to Arnus Hill with the children and the left-behind refugees.

From the time he left to when he returns, the JSDF camp went from a tent park to a fortified pentagonal structure with buildings.

Now XXI century building tech can make a 57-floor-tall building in 19 days, but we are talking about reinforced military-grade structures with materials being shipped through a portal, so YMMV.

The anime never tells how many days Itami was away during his Coda Village reconaissance sortie.

Does the light novel tell of the passing of time during Itami's mission?

I believe that it is never told. However, it is possible to make a fair estimate, while keeping in mind that it was never like that in the manga.

In the anime and manga alike, Itami travels to the Elven forest from Coda village, so roughly 7-13 days, if they were able to make peaceful contact and even were able to learn basic rules of the language. The 7-13 here refers ro the time spent at Coda.

Travelling to the Elven forest would take roughly 1-2 days. The time they spent searching for survivors in Tuka's village adds 1.

When they return to Coda, presumably in a similar timeframe as when they travelled to Coda, the entire village began to evacuate, so roughly 1 day passed at the start.

It is mentioned that rain and several other problems were exhausting the villagers, so presuming that, we can add 2-3 days there. The fire dragon also arrived, so that would add half a day.

So while it is never revealed, I believe that roughly 13 - 21 days were spent in the Coda area. However, I seriously disregard against using the anime' timeline because there are multiple mistakes made while speeding up the sequence of events. But if you like, this is my estimate.


Did Lucy Heartfilia and Zeref meet before the Eclipse Gate arc? I'm currently writing a fiction about Lucy Heartfilia and Zeref. I believe that she doesn't know what he looks like and that they didn't meet during the Tenrou Island Arc but I'm not 100% sure of it.

Did they meet before the Eclipse Gate arc?

No, Lucy never got the chance to look at Zeref.

Only Natsu, Elfman, Evergreen, Happy and Gray (in chapter 522, "Gray's Trump Card") have seen him. Lucy has heard of Zeref but never got a chance to see him.

However, towards the end of the manga series, Lucy does meet a Zeref look-a-like in chapter 545 (way after the Eclipse Gate Arc), "Friends you Can't do Without". The way he is portrayed was that he was a young writer attempting to meet with Lucy Heartfelia after her award ceremony. He picks up the handkerchief dropped by, what looks to me, Mavis Vermillion. They both engage in a conversation then leave, never to be seen for the remainder of the chapter.


Did the D-Gray Man manga cease publication? Whatever happened to D-Gray Man? The manga just stopped... I want to know what happens to Kanda and Alan. Things were just getting crazy.

The D-gray man manga has not finished yet. It is on hiatus once again for an indeterminate period of time. This most likely due to her illness, but there is no proof of this right now.

At the time of writing, on Jump SQ site, the series' status is displayed as 「一時休載」 which means something along the lines of "temporary non-appearance in print." and they will most likely announce the continuation there. In case you are not a fluent Japanese reader (like myself) you might just want to follow this forum thread by manga helpers They keep a close watch on sites such as Jump SQ and try to announce it in English A.S.A.P.


Who are the basis for the characters in Shikkoku no Sharnoth Looking at VNDB's character page for Shikkoku no Sharnoth ~What a Beautiful Tomorrow~ some of the characters have under their Role section, either "Based on a Real Person" or "Based on a Fictional Person"

Character's like Sherlock and Churchill i get who their basis is just from their name's. Mary's basis is revealed at the end when she signs the book she finished writing with the pen name Agatha Christie (though it's mentioned a number of times at the start that she's a writer if that wasn't a bug enough clue)

but there are character's like Charlotte Brontë who are based off real characters who i don't recognize while there are characters like Sebastian Moran who are based off fictional character who i am interested in knowing if they fictional basis is any different with how they are presented in Shikkoku no Sharnoth

So i am asking for a List of all the characters of Shikkoku no Sharnoth ~What a Beautiful Tomorrow~ who have a Based on a ______ Person tag and who their character basis is. completion wise also include obvious characters like Sherlock and Churchill

I haven't played this game, but I recognize a few of the references.

Mary Clarissia Christie is a reference to mystery novelist Agatha Christie.
Angelica Derleth may be a reference to horror writer August Derleth, who wrote stories set in HP Lovecraft's fictional universe.
Bram Stoker is the author of Dracula.
Charlotte Brontë is named for the author of Jane Eyre.
Colonel Sebastian Moran was a character in the Sherlock Holmes universe. He was the henchman of Holmes's nemesis, Professor Moriarty, and an expert marksman; in "The Adventure of the Empty House", he tries to shoot Holmes.
Elly Beinhorn was a German aviator. She would have been a child in 1905, when the game takes place; her period of activity was in the 1930s.
Henry Irving was an English stage actor which Wikipedia claims was the inspiration for the character of Dracula in Bram Stoker's novel.
Josef Čapek was a Czech painter and brother of Karl Čapek, the playwright who introduced the word "robot". According to Wikipedia, Josef invented the word "robot".
Winston Churchill was British Prime Minister during World War II.
Baron Munchausen is, according to Wikipedia, "a fictional German nobleman in literature and film, loosely based on a real baron, Hieronymus Karl Friedrich, Freiherr von Münchhausen".
George Lestrade is based on Inspector Lestrade, a police officer from the Sherlock Holmes stories who acts as one of Holmes's contacts with the police force.
Heinz Heger was the penname of the author of the book The Men With the Pink Triangle, which is about the experience of homosexuals in concentration camps under the Nazis.
Howard Philips is probably a reference to horror author HP Lovecraft, whose full name was Howard Philips Lovecraft. He is the author of "Call of Chthulu" and "The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath". Lovecraft's Wikipedia article also makes this claim, without citation.
Keynes may be a reference to economist John Maynard Keynes.
Marie Hudson may be a reference to Mrs. Hudson, the landlady of 221B Baker Street, where Sherlock Holmes and James Watson resided.
Sherlock Holmes is the famous fictional detective.
Arthur Conan Doyle is the author who created Sherlock Holmes.


How did Dante or the Homonculus seal Greed the first time? In Full Metal Alchemist, Greed was imprisoned for 140 years (I think, please correct if wrong). My question is:

Who sealed Greed? How was he sealed/what type of transmutation/technique was used, and why was he sealed away for so long?

I am pretty sure I'm missing something, but I don't understand what.

Greed was sealed by Evny under Dante's orders because of his namesake, he got too greedy and rebelled against her.

How he was sealed was that a Transmutation Array was drawn on the walls of his cell and the skull from the body of the human he once was is centered on one of the walls, i think the array is different to the one Dante uses to drain Greed of the Red Stones and more of an amplifier for the paralysis inducing effects of a Homonculi's remains has.

When the array shuts down because of the damage to the lab (seen when the array isn't lit up) Greed is able to move around more freely and even takes his skull with him so while me may have still been weakened from having his remains nearby he's not as weak as he was when the array was active.

However that's speculation on my account of the array in the room, we do know in the 2003 anime Homonculi are weakened when they are in the presence of their remains (or in Wrath's case a reminder of when he died), Greed's skull is used to keep him trapped and that the array made him weaker when it was active than what just the skull did.

We also know the array in lab 5 doesn't work in the same way as the one in Dante's residence when Greed visits her as when it activates he vomits up the Red Stones, considering how long he was trapped he would have been near death if he had kept vomiting Red Stones as we see just how bad of a shape he is in when he was in Dante's trap for even a few minutes.


Does a story book need a manga before it can be made into an anime? I am a young writer of a fantasy-romance book and I have a dream of turning this book into an anime once it is finished.

Would I need to draw/write a manga before I turn it into an anime, or I could just write and publish the book then make it an anime?

Original anime adaptations aside, anime productions are traditionally funded by major publishers to promote their particular products (novels, manga, games, merchandise) or talents (singers, musicians, voice actors). Anime production is not necessarily limited to manga. Recently there has been an increasing trend in the adaptations of light novels over manga. One of the biggest and most compelling reasons is that light novels have much more content to work with for 1 to 2 cour series.

The specifics vary between production commitees, but adaptations of non-japanese are very rare, unless the work is very well-know or respected within the Japanese community. Partially due to the costs and complications involved in costs and licensing and negotiations, if you don't have a big well-known label backing you.

If your country has an established animation industry, you're more likely to have them do an adaptation of your work than in Japan, assuming your work is well received enough to merit one.

However if you still are deadset on pursing such a course. One approach Korean companies have been doing however is the use of webtoon comics to promote a particular novel series. Notable examples within the English scanlation communities are Solo Leaving and Legendary Moonlight Sculptor. With enough traction from audiences there is a slight chance for your particular series to catch the eyes of publishers.

Webcomics are a very viable way to promote your work to a wider audience as they tend to make things easier to digest for the masses, assuming you are or can find a company artist willing to collaborate in your vision. Webcomics can also provide you with the opportunities to experiment and dabble in concepts you would not usually be able and see how your audience react in a faster matter. How well or poorly your work is received relies heavily on your ability to manage, plan, and collaborate. With enough traction maybe one-day you can achieve what you are striving for.


Can 3 people fuse using the potara earrings? Consider the following scenario.

We have Goku, Vegeta and Trunks. Amongst the 3 they have 2 pairs of potara earrings.

Can Goku and Vegeta fuse using 1 pair of potara earrings and then using the other pair of earrings can Vegito and Trunks fuse ?

I understand potara earrings can only be used once in a lifetime, but here we have 2 pairs of potara earrings. So does the rule still apply ? If it does then Goku and Vegeta both use the potara twice, once in the buu saga and now in the next DBS episode. Or does this mean that Goku can only now fuse with Vegeta using the potara earrings ?

After doing some research to be sure, I came to the conclusion that there is simply nothing that proves or disproves this possibility. The potara may retain their power to fuse people multiple times over, or just as likely may not.


How far along is the anime compared with the manga? Episode 596 came out today, and I am having a hard time placing this in the manga's time-line.

Around which chapter would the anime be right now? And would watching the anime spoil the manga for me?

If you want to start reading the manga from where the anime is right now, the last thing you see in the anime is Luffy grabbing Caesar (episode 597), which corresponds to Chapter 670, page 19.

The last manga chapter right now is Chapter 709 (710 will be coming out either today or tomorrow), so the anime is about 40 chapters behind the anime.

If you translate it into arcs, the anime right now is in the Punk Hazard Arc and the manga is in the Dressrosa Arc.


Do we know if Ginyu is in his real body? When Ginyu first shows up he appears to be of a similar race to that of Freeza and King Cold but later we learn that he can swap bodies.

Do we know if, when Ginyu first arrived on Namek, was he in his original body? or has he already stolen that body from someone else?

You can't. He could have switched bodies several times before we saw him. Ginyu's Wiki notes

  Only a few people have seen Ginyu's true form, and Salza is among them

Which implies the form we saw was not his original.


Has anyone tried to condense Naruto? It occurs to me that Naruto suffers from the fact that although over the entire series a lot happens, in the average 20 minute episode there is usually 5 minutes of content and 15 minutes of pointless filler (I'm talking about repeating frames of combat, and scenes where not much is happening or previous episodes are recapped)

I was wondering if there was an abridged Naruto effort to cut all this chaff out?

There are abridged versions available online though I can't guarantee you their ingenuity. I'd suggest reading the manga and from personal experience I can tell you that I finish at least about 7 chapters (that's like about 10 episodes on an average considering fillers) in the time it takes me to watch one episode.


Did Kakeru stay, leave to travel abroad, or is there really no closure by design, at the end of Glasslip? Vague ending. What happened?

I am looking for credible, canon / official / source material / word of god sources. For this question, Wikia, wikipedia, reddit, myanimelist, boards or the like will be disregarded as pure speculation. DVD bonus material, showmakers' interviews, etc... is what I am really looking for.

What are the whereabouts of Kakeru as of the first day of school of the second semester shown at the ending of Glasslip?

I think he left because the tent is gone and i thought he went into his room not his tent after that touko heard kakeru called her name and they mentioned they want to meet each other so they can see the  same thing like calling each other name in the first and last episode


Do auras really have color and movement to them? Throughout Hunter x Hunter we see a variety of auras, with the majority of them differing based on color and the way that they move.

For example, Gon and Killua's are white and emit from their bodies fairly rapidly, similar to Saiyans from DBZ. But then if you consider Hasuka's and Killua's brother's auras, they're purple and kind of ooze. Lastly, there's also the chimera king's royal guard's aura which is red and really tentacle-like, and the chairman of the hunter association which is every color and radiates outwardly in all directions.

So, are these characteristics just for the audience to tell a difference, or do the characters also see these differing attributes? I know they can see auras, but do they see it the same way the audience does?

As we know, Gyo can be used to see aura. Assuming it has color, then yes, Nen users should be able to see an aura and its color.

It is quite hard to tell if there really is a distinct color to aura depending on the user since manga is just black and white. Looking at Volume 33's cover, however, you'll see the following:

Notice how there's a faint red aura surrounding Kurapika. The animals are from his ability called Emperor Time and you'll see that it is also surrounded by a whitish aura. With this, I think it's safe to say that aura do have color and that they should be able to see it as it is since it was never specified that Gyo users cannot see the aura's color.


Why did the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime change the dueling boxes/tables used in Duelist Kingdom to large platforms? The Yu-Gi-Oh! Duelist manga series depicted the duels during the Duelist Kingdom arc with the players sitting at dueling tables that were surrounded by a box which projected holographic images of the battles, whereas the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime series depict Duelist Kingdom duels on the large field-sized platforms where the players stood a very large distance apart.

Is there any reason why the anime producers decided to make such a noticeable (but non-impactful) change to the way the duels took place?

Sitting down in an enclosed box that displays holograms of a small size doesn't spruce up the intense battle scenes that the manga wants to convey to the audience. Also sketching huge monsters as holograms in manga comics is difficult keeping in mind that the dueling field needs to showcase both the monsters and the duelists. It would take up a large space on the page.

Also when the anime was being created, the emphasis was made to make duels more interactive than just showing monsters screaming. Like monsters could now be launched from canons, Gaia the Fierce Knight could now gallop and much more.


Why is Kimblee the Crimson/Red Lotus Alchemist? Most alchemist title's make sense, e.g. Mustang is the Flame Alchemist, Armstrong is the Strong Arm Alchemist, there is Freezing Alchemist that uses primarily ice, Sewing-Life Alchemist that made human/animal chimera's, etc.

What, if any, is the reasoning behind Kimblee's title?

According to the wikia article for Kimblee...

  In the manga, Kimblee uses this array to transmute ordinary matter into explosives by clapping his hands together. By combining the contradictory symbols of the sun and moon, gold and silver, water and fire, the Crimson Lotus Alchemist creates an unstable imbalance of energy in whatever matter he touches, causing it to explode violently.

The trivia section below then states:

  The kanji that makes up Kimblee's State Alchemist name in Japanese (紅蓮 Guren) is a source of contention among translators. While the word "Guren" can be translated as "Crimson", the kanji (紅蓮) suggests another possible translation that reads "Red Lotus" or "Crimson Lotus". As the Crimson Lotus is often used as symbolism for fiery explosions, it is most likely that Red Lotus or Crimson Lotus is Kimblee's true name despite Guren having been translated as Crimson in the subtitles of the first anime series and both English dubs.

So the answer appears to be that because his alchemy is know for large, fiery explosions, he was named after the Red Lotus, which can symbolize the same thing.


What is the longest anime title? So I was browsing around, finding a new anime to watch. And came along, Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru OVA and found it to be a very long name.

Is this the longest anime name or is there an anime with a longer name out there?

Okay, so I have been able to find a definitive answer!

  Naruto Narutimate Hero 3: Finally a Clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indescriminate Grand Melee Tournament Meeting!!

is the longest titled anime with a large 107 characters or 87 characters without non-alphanumeric characters

Second Place goes to:

  Digimon Adventure 02: Zenpen Digimon Hurricane Jouriku!! - Kouhen Chouzetsu Shinka!! Ougon no Digimental

With 104 characters, 85 alphanumeric

And Third,

  Dragon Ball Z Special: Tatta Hitori no Saishuu Kessen - Freezer ni Idonda Z Senshi Son Gokuu no Chichi

102 characters, 82 without.

I discovered this by writing a small Python script to iterate through a dump of AniDB's database of anime titles and check each one, which you can find on their site

If anyone is interested, you can find the script here: https://gist.github.com/ianfhunter/43599d30384b9b7aa0c6 (but I only hacked it up in 5 minutes, so it's nothing special)

(The shortest is C)


Where did Jiraiya obtain important information? Jiraiya knows some information that is not easily obtained, such as the fact that the Akatsuki clan were hunting Naruto, or that Orochimaru will be using Sasuke for three more years. How Jiraiya get that important information?

Jiraiya has a spy network. His spy network is one of the best in the ninja world second to only Akatsuki.

Sasuke couldn't be used as Orochimaru's new body because Orochimaru already had switched bodies. Why? Sasuke couldn't be delivered to Orochimaru in time. Sasuke and the Sound 4 were delayed by the Konoha Genin.
It is said that Itachi Uchiha had revealed some info on Akatsuki to the third Hokage,


Can Mikumo Megane-kun be considered a shonen anti-hero? When you think of a shonen action show, you picture the protagonist being of the "It's over 9000" kind of hero. He has some secret/strong power that is imbalanced and makes him unique.

Examples could be Goku (the sourced of the over 9000 meme), current season's Asterisk war's Amagiri (his sister had to lock his power), Guilty Crown's Shuu, UQ Holder's Tôta, Ranma Saotome, etc etc etc...

But World Trigger's Mikumo is the exact opposite. He is weak, cannot defeat any but the weakest enemies by himself, and after 50 episodes even though he is a bit stronger now, he is still the weakest individual in his team and the weakest on his league.

Can he be classified as an anti-hero?

"An antihero or antiheroine is a protagonist who lacks conventional heroic qualities such as idealism, courage, and morality."-Wikipedia

Mikumo definitely does not fit this definition of an anti-hero.  Those would generally be characters such as Deadpool, Punisher, etc from Western Comics.  I feel this is probably the well understood definition.

Apparently (according to TVTropes which I gave into looking up)  a Classic Antihero is plagued by self-doubt and a mediocre fighter. While Mikumo is brave when needed and clever, he clearly fits that (less familiar to me) definition. There are several more sympathetic heroes in Shonen who have uber super powered friends.  In these cases, this definition would call this character (Elizabeth, Lucy, Ussop, Ganta, etc) the Classical Antihero while they have a contrasting Classical Hero (Meliodas, Natsu, Luffy, Shiro, etc).


Who is Julius Kingsley? In the second episode of "Code Geass: Akito the Exiled" a man calling himself "Julius Kingsley" exites a train of the royal family. To understand this episode and not getting spoiled by my question you should have seen Code Geass R1 completely, the beginning of Code Geass R2 and the first episode of "Code Geass: Akito the exiled".

(Note that "Code Geass: Akito the Exiled" takes place in the year beetween Code Geass R1 and Code Geass R2)

   The man exiting the train looks like Lelouch, his behaviour is also similar to Lelouch's (except Lelouch is less arrogant). The facts that Suzaku accompanies him and he wears an eyepatch on his left eye (the source of Lelouch's Geass) made me think whether this really is Lelouch or not. My first thought was that Lelouch lost his memories of the time before he was send to Japan (maybe he lost more memories too) and sees himself as a member of the royal family. Also, Julius Kingsley takes complete control of the troup planing. As Lelouch is a great tactician, I came to the conclusion that Julius Kingsley has to be Lelouch. Am I right? If so, why does he call himself Julius Kingsley? And what happened in the train, when he desperately begged for water?

Thanks in advance.

In episode 3 of the OVA series it's revealed that Julius Kingsley is infact a brainwashed Lelouch. the brainwashing however is somewhat unstable as when Julius is seen on the train cluching his eye this is a sign that the brainwashing hasn't fully worked and "Lelouch" is trying to come back. he reappears briefly later on showing also that his Geass has yet to be sealed as it is at the start of R2


How different are the manga and anime versions of Bakuman? I've been meaning to start watching/reading this series for some time now. However, I am unsure as to what media to choose.

Is there many filler material in the anime?
Does the plot get better explained in the manga?
Or are they absolutely the same? (meaning watching the anime or reading the manga will always leave me with the whole story)

If there are differences, provided that they do not compose an extensive list, please enumerate them.

I've only seen the first season of the anime, but based on that I can point out that the manga didn't flesh out Mashiro & Moritaka's works. When they created a new manga the anime would usually show you most of its story, whereas the manga generally only went for a vague overview. I'm not sure how that worked out after they became serialized though.


How could Uchiha Madara suddently use a new Jutsu he never used before? Well, I'm talking about the Senpo: Inton Raiha and the Senpo: Ranton Kouga.
To perform these two jutsus, one must have the Sage of the Six Paths senjutsu.
These are not common jutsus and I don't believe Madara has ever saw someone using them.

At first I would like to quote this from wiki:

Intelligence of Madara Uchiha

  Madara's years of experience on the battlefield honed his strategic
  ingenuity. He could quickly devise a number of approaches and could
  switch approaches immediately. He could form and verify any theories
  he comes up with using small details. In addition to his sheer
  adaptability, Madara was knowledgeable on a large variety of individuals and abilities, and thus could identify techniques when used and react with the most appropriate counter to them.

Means he was knowledgeable and he was having so much of knowledge that he can perform various types of technique by simply observing them. There is no doubt that he was one of the kind with such a great observation skills.

There also one point which is worth noticing that :

  Madara do not use certain techniques more than once

Also you may think that performing those technique it take more than 1 year of practice before it can be use in real fight. But Madara has large chakra reserves which allowed him to fight nonstop for twenty-four hours before collapsing. He was skilled in chakra control as he could perform complicated techniques with a single hand seal. This is partly because he inherited Indra's chakra.

This point is also worth noticing which explains a little about how he can perform various technique :

  He is able to identify people and their powers by sensing their chakra
  and masters the mightiest fire-based attacks in existence:
  overwhelming streams of fire, gigantic clouds of searing ashes, and
  powerful fireballs shaped like dragon heads, just to name a few

There are few more possible explanation which proves that Madara has some real observation skills :

  When Madara awakened his Sharingan as a child, with one tomoe in both
  eyes. With brief eye contact, Madara could place targets under
  genjutsu and paralyse them or relay information.

So while fighting he used to gather enough information about the technique which his opponent uses. You must also note that Madara was in so many fights so just think how much experience he is having.

  Madara and his brother Izuna were the first Uchiha to awaken the
  Mangekyō Sharingan. Madara knew about other users Mangekyō
  techniques, and was also capable of discerning the mechanics of these
  techniques with brief observation.

So he was able to learn all those techniques with brief observation.

  Madara Uchiha noted that the Sharingan can only be used to its full
  potential when both eyes are together.

This proves that he observe everything carefully.

After noticing all these points there is no doubt that Madara got some serious observation skills and also he always try to use new techniques every time. It might be true that he may have never known about few Jutsu and also he have never used it or seen it anywhere but he may have observed it and may have learned about that new Jutsu before he have tried it.

Source -

http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Madara_Uchiha

http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rinnegan

http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Madara_Uchiha


Why can Naruto use Rasengan more than Kakashi using Chidori? Shinobi using Rasengan can often use it more times in a battle as compared to a shinobi using Chidori. Kakashi on one hand, could only use Chidori upto a maximum of four times a day in Part 1. Naruto, however, even when he is using Shadow clones (meaning that he would have only a fraction of the chakra he normally has) still has no trouble using the Rasengan more than that and still have plenty of chakra.

The Rasengan is almost equally, if not more, powerful than the Chidori. So the Rasengan should require the same or more amount of chakra than the Chidori.  Naruto is also said to be very inefficient in using jutsu. So even though he has more chakra than Kakashi, his Rasengan would be less efficient than Kakashi's Chidori.
I do not believe that Naruto chakra levels are so vast, that even with the use of shadow clones and being inefficient while using jutsu, he can use it multiple times while still retaining plenty of chakra.

So why can Naruto use the Rasengan more than Kakashi using the Chidori?

If I recall correctly, at one time, Kakashi commented that Naruto's chakra is about 4 times of what he has. With addition to Kyuubi's chakra, Naruto has about 100 times what Kakashi has. Suppose that Kakashi's chakra is 4, Chidori then costs 1 chakra for each use. Naruto has 4 times what Kakashi has so he has 16. Kage Bunshin actually costs small amount of chakra. The problem with Kage Bunshin is that it splits the chakra of the user which makes it appear as if it costs a lot.

But, when the jutsu is cancelled either by when the Bunshin gets hit, or the caster cancels it, the chakra comes back to the caster along with its experience. Suppose that Naruto doesn't cancel and re-cast Kage Bunshin, there won't be additional chakra cost for casting the jutsu.

Chidori cost = 1

Rasengan cost = 1

Kage Bunshin cost = 0.5 <- assuming it cost lower than Rasengan

Kakashi Chakra = 4

Naruto Chakra = 16

Inefficient chakra usage modifier = 200% (was 125% but changed as per ThatOneGuys's comment)

Kakashi Max Chidori = 4 / 1 = 4

Naruto Max Rasengan = (16 - 0.5 * 200%) / (1 x 200%) = 15 / 2 = 7.5 -> 7 (rounded down)

Without using Kyuubi's chakra, Naruto can do about 2 times more Rasengan than Kakashi can use Chidori. With Kyuubi's chakra, Naruto would be able to do about 100 times more. Of course, since with the training Naruto improved his chakra control, the current Naruto can do more Rasengan than this simple calculation shows.

The reference about Naruto's and Kakashi's chakra pool size and the fact about Kage Bunshin splitting the user's chakra and returning it when the jutsu was cancelled is from the episode where Kakashi train Naruto to develop Rasen Shuriken.


Does tanuki hot pot actually exist? Searching on Google, I found some food related to tanuki like tanuki udon (not sure if they really use tanuki). But I can't find anything like tanuki hot pot. Does this kind of food actually exist? Do they actually eat tanuki?

Makiko Itoh answered the question "Do people in Japan actually eat tanuki in hot pot?". A side information of her shows "I write about Japanese food and cooking and am Japanese".
I quote her answer below:

A long, long time ago it may have been more widely eaten, but these days it rarely is. Even when it is eaten it's limited to certain regions, and to certain seasons. Tanuki are omnivores, and the meat of omnivores is supposed to be very unpleasant.
You do see a lot of dishes that are called tanuki, e.g. tanuki udon, but that usually means it has some tenkasu (tempura batter crumbs) in it. The 'tanuki' part of such dishes has nothing to do with the animal - it comes from 'tanenuki', or 'no main ingredient/filling' - i.e. tempura batter without the shrimp or vegetable or whatever.

Another article, which writes about interesting names of food, says:

Do Japanese people eat fox and raccoon dog?
“No way!”
Don’t worry!  They are  just a name of foods and any fox and raccoon dog are NOT cooked.

(Raccoon dog = Tanuki)

Another answer by bluemoonmemory for the question "Do people really eat tanuki?":

Because raccoon dog is not cultivated but just hunting game in limited
official hunting season, the supply is scarcely limited. Most of
Japanese never eat tanuki but rabit or sort of fake instead actually.
In addition, tanuki soba or tanuki udon is just name only. It doesn't
contain any tanuki meat or tanuki extract. It is soba or udon with
topping something non-animal products deep-fried that old people long
time ago once had thought it as if tasted like tanuki or much better.
Raccoon dog meat has heavy animal smell urinal. This modern society of
Japan people prefer beef, pork and/or chicken much more to wild animal
meat. They don't need to eat tanuki anymore.

With these information, I would say that Japanese generally do not eat tanuki. Only the food is called like that, but it is actually made from other animal or even vegeratarian. But I would not deny that it is eaten in some regions, and especially a long time ago.


Who was the first person Kazami killed? After Chibiki stops Akazawa from killing Kazami, it's mentioned that Kazami had killed 2 people. The second was a girl who was in Sakakibara's arms before he stabs her through the throat and asks Sakakibara if he remembers her (almost like randomly killing someone to see if they were the Extra). But, who was the first?

The two people that Kazami killed were apparently named KANEKI Kyouko and MATSUI Aki. Here's a picture of them together:

Right after the above shot, Kyouko (left) falls to the floor, apparently stabbed in the back by Kazami. He then chased after Aki (right), which is why she was running when she bumped into Sakakibara. Here, we see Sakakibara coming across Kyouko's body:

Shortly thereafter, Aki runs into Sakakibara's arms.

Then, Kazami stabs her in the neck, raising his kill count to 2.


Why are wolves associated with regeneration? In the manga Noblesse, wolves' main attribute is their regenerative abilities (like Wolverine). Same with Ban (fox) from Nanatsu no Taizai.

Are there some explanation on why fox or wolves are associated with healing or regeneration abilities?

In Ban's case, the fox is linked to his sin of greed, because he drank the fountain of youth. But I guess in Japan, their ability to heal comes from the Fox Demons called Kitsune which have a variety of powers.

And I would guess the wolves' healing comes from the Werewolves Tales where they would heal any wound immediately if it wasn't inflicted with a silver weapon.


What are the original sculptures of the Sekko Boys? In the anime Sekko Boys, the members of the idol group at the center of the show are all sculpture busts:

Where exactly in the real world do those busts come from though?

Medici
Medici is a bust originally sculpted by Michelangelo dating 1526-1516. Giuliano de' Medici lived from 1479 - 1516.

Michelangelo and the Medici

Michelangelo, had a complicated relationship with the Medici, an Italian noble family of prominence in the 14-18th centuries. The House of Medici rose to prominence as Florence's preeminent bankers, amassing a fortune to be used for patronage of the arts.

You can see this sculpture in the Medici Chapel, San Lorenzo, Florence.

Hermes

This statue is a bust of Hermes and the Infant Dionysus. Dionysus was the Greek god of wine and theatre
Wikipedia Reference

Hermes is considered a god of transitions and boundaries. He is described as quick and cunning, moving freely between the worlds of the mortal and divine. He is also portrayed as an emissary and messenger of the gods: an intercessor between mortals and the divine, and conductor of souls into the afterlife. He has been viewed as the protector and patron of herdsmen, thieves, oratory and wit, literature and poetry, athletics and sports, invention and trade, roads, boundaries and travellers.

You can see this sculpture at the Archaeological Museum of Olympia, Elis.

Mars

Mars is a Roman god, who is thought to be an adaption of Ares - the Greek god of war. This bust is from the statue Ares Borghese and it can be seen in the Louvre, Paris.

St. Giorgio

AD 275–281 to AD 303
Know as St. George in English, he is a christian soldier who, according to legend, leashed a dragon and slew it in front of the townspeople after they swore to baptize themselves.
Read the legend
Donatello's St. George Sculpture can be found in Orsanmichele, Florence.


Why did the Hunter x Hunter anime stop in episode 148? The Hunter X Hunter anime stopped in episode 148. I wonder why?

Is it because Hunter x Hunter is already finished?

Hunter X Hunter Anime is not yet done. According to Togashi, he says he's on hiatus and that he's eventually continuing but the demand from the manga company is too much stress for him and he doesn't want to continue. The quota he has to fill is a chapter a week which is a lot for anyone in the manga industry.

From a blog post by AlyZoldyck on Hunter X Hunter Wikia.


In which order R1, R2 and Akito the Exiled need to be watched? I am planing to watch R1, R2 again with Akito the Exiled but will be joined by a person who have no idea about Code Geass before.

I know Akito the Exiled take place between R1 and R2 from the similar question but I have no idea how much they are related to each other in details.

So what is the best order to watch R1, R2 and Akito the Exiled without getting anything spoiled in advance?

Story of R1 and R2 isn't affected by Akito the Exiled enough to be considered a spoiler of any sort.

AtE is an Alternate/Side-story and thus you can watch it whenever you want, though I'd advise to watch in the release order (and not just for Code-Geass, but almost every series out there) because that's how they are made and that's how you're supposed to be watching it.


What effect does Kairoseki's have on Haki? When a Devil Fruit user is locked with Kairoseki, is there any affect on his Haki abilities.
Like in episode 627, couldn't luffy use Conqueror's Haki when he was in the cage made of Kairoseki?

Kairoseki has no effect on haki. Rayleigh could use Haki while being chained in the auction house ( during the sabaody archipelago arc).Also haki is inborn quality in every living thing in one piece world as said by Rayleigh. And kairoseki only affects devil fruit users. Non devil fruit users are not affected by kairoseki. So they can use haki however they like still being chained.


In Black Clover, is Yuno is an elf? In the latest episode of Black Clover (ep100), Yuno seems like he's still himself even having his body used for the reincarnation magic of the elves.

Does it mean that he is an elf and his true power just awoken because of the reincarnation magic?

No yuno is not an elf and not Licht child.

Black clover Season 3 Episode 120

   Yuno realises the elf possessing him was Licht and Tetia’s unborn son,
 and Licht thanks Yuno for allowing him to meet him.