Why is Kong using a Japanese surname? In the epilogue to Ping Pong, we see this newspaper headline.

  Five years after naturalization, finally a ticket to the Olympics for Tsujido Wenge

Now, I don't know Japanese, but I can kind of read this at the very beginning of the Japanese text:

  辻堂文革（中国名 孔文革）

This translates to

  Tsujido Wenge (Chinese name Kong Wenge)

This suggests that Kong Wenge is known as "Tsujido Wenge" in Japan. This is because it doesn't make sense for 中国名 to simply be referring to the Chinese characters (the kanji) for his actual name to me, given the "中国" (i.e. "China" or "Chinese" in the sense of nationality), but again, I don't know Japanese.

Is there any in-universe reason for this discrepancy? Perhaps since he wants to play for Japan, he's better off with a Japanese surname? I think the school Kong played for was Tsujido, and this also seems relevant.

The keyword is in the (Japanese) naturalization.
Kong Wenge took a Japanese nationality by mean of naturalization. After naturalization, he needed to have a Japanese legal name.
From this article,

Do you have to take a Japanese name if you naturalize?
[...]
The simple answer to this question is YES, you do need to take a Japanese name.
The reality, however, is that a "Japanese name" is not necessarily what you are thinking. You have to follow the same rules that a Japanese parent has to follow when naming a baby... [...].
[...]. As you can see, some of us (like me) choose to write our existing names in Japanese characters. Others choose a more Japanese-sounding name that is similar in either sound or meaning to their original name, and others choose something that is altogether different from the name they were born with.
You do need to write your name in Japanese characters. This can include ひらがな (hiragana), カタカナ (katakana), 常用漢字 (jōyō kanji) (kanji for everyday use), and/or 人名用漢字 (jimmeiyō kanji) (kanji designated for use in names), [...]

(Emphasis mine)
While 孔 (kō) is actually an acceptable kanji (it's inside kanji for everyday use), given the privilege to change his name, he chose 辻堂 (tsujido), probably to show his support to his high school.


What's the song when young Kureo Mado is facing the one-eyed owl on episode 2 of Root A? There's a song in Tokyo Ghoul: Root A in the second episode where young Kureo Mado is facing the one-eyed owl, and then Arima steps up to fight.

What is the song that plays?

Took me a bit of time to track it down, but managed to find it.
The song is called FUKUROU off the Tokyo Ghoul Root A soundtrack.

You can listen to it here


What is this bluish "9" thing and why is it embedded in Juna's and Susano-Oh's forehead? As opposed to being worn as a pendant or something?

Magatama (勾玉?), less frequently (曲玉), are curved, comma-shaped beads
  that appeared in prehistoric Japan from the Final Jōmon period through
  the Kofun period, approximately ca. 1,000 BC to the 6th century AD.The
  beads, also described as jewels, were made of primitive stone and
  earthen materials in the early period, but by the end of the Kofun
  period were made almost exclusively of jade. Magatama originally
  served as decorative jewelry, but by the end of the Kofun period
  functioned as ceremonial and religious objects. Archaeological
  evidence suggests that magatama were produced in specific areas of
  Japan and were widely dispersed through the entirety of the Japanese
  archipelago by trade routes.

  The Kojiki and Nihon shoki, completed in the 8th century, have
  numerous references to magatama. They appear in the early in the first
  chapter of the Nihon shoki, which largely describes the mythology of
  Japan. Susanoo, god of the sea and storms, received five hundred
  magatama from Tamanoya no mikoto, or Ame-no-Futodama-no-mikoto, the
  jewel-making deity. Susanoo went to heaven and presented them to his
  sister, the sun goddess Amaterasu, who bit off successive parts of the
  magatama, and blew them away to create other deities. Tamanoya no
  mikoto remains the kami god of magatama, glasses, and cameras.

  In the legend Amaterasu later shuts herself in a cave.
  Ama-no-Koyane-no-mikoto hung magatama, among other objects, on a five
  hundred-branch sakaki tree, to successfully lure Amaterasu from the
  cave.

  In the year 58, in the reign of the Emperor Suinin, the Nihon shoki
  records that a dog kills and disembowels a mujina, a type of badger,
  and a magatama was discovered in its stomach. This magatama was
  presented to Suinin, who enshrined it at Isonokami Shrine, where it is
  said to presently reside. A similar practice is described again in the
  Nihon shoki during the reign of the Emperor Chūai. Chūai made an
  inspection trip to the Tsukushi, or Kyūshū, and was presented with an
  enormous sakaki tree hung with magatama as well as other sacred
  objects.

Source: Wikipedia

I believe that the Magatama in the anime is attached to the forehead/characters instead of a pendant is to show the character's divinity


Are Uchihas affected by Infinite Tsukuyomi? Just wondering if the Uchiha family members are unaffected by Infinite Tsukuyomi, or if it was Sasuke's Susanno that protected him against it?

This link would give you the answer.

Despite the seemingly inescapable nature of this technique, the Infinite Tsukuyomi can be countered through specific means:

The user's Rinne Sharingan only reflects off of the moon for a limited period of time after the technique has been activated, allowing those who avoid its light to avoid being trapped within the genjutsu. Using his Rinnegan, Sasuke Uchiha was able to shield himself and his team by covering them with his Susanoo.

Believing that this genjutsu was cast using a Rinnegan, Sasuke hypothesised that it can be cancelled by another Rinnegan. Hagoromo Ōtsutsuki confirmed this, but revealed that the chakra of the nine tailed beasts is also required, and that a person with said chakra and a Rinnegan user must form the rat hand seal together, though Sasuke claimed he would be able to cancel the technique alone using the tailed beasts under his control. Upon the technique's cancellation, the roots used to bind the victims wither, as do all remaining White Zetsu.

"The user's Rinne Sharingan only reflects off of the moon for a limited period of time after the technique has been activated, allowing those who avoid its light to avoid being trapped within the genjutsu. Using his Rinnegan, Sasuke Uchiha was able to shield himself and his team by covering them with his Susanoo."


Romantic moments for Luffy (and other Straw Hats) Do the Strat Hats actually have romantic moments? Oda sure doesn't focus on love but there should be some hints regardin Straw Hats that love someone, even if is shown briefly.

Usually this question would be very broad but One Piece usually lacks romance.
Sanji doesn't count. Don't talk about him cause it would have no end. He's just on the receiver end (for example you might say Nami likes him because of a certain scene...) unless you suggest there's someone more special to him than all the rest, then again shown somewhere in One Piece.

Actually there is a canon answer... from the Word of God himself... even if it doesn't help.

D: Doesn't anyone on Luffy's crew fall in love? Will there never be a romance among crew members? (Sanji is an exception in this case) I'm just wondering. from Naoko

O: Of course they're in love... WITH ADVENTURE! (good one)

http://www.japanator.com/eiichiro-oda-answers-fan-questions-in-sbs-7443.phtml


What kind of demon is Akura-ou? In Kamisama Hajimemashita, Akura'ou is a powerful demon with an immortal body that has been living for at least 600 years. The manga doesn't say much about the circumstances of his birth,  except that the gods wept when he was born.

Appearance: he is very tall, has long red hair. Looks human except the large horns on top of his head and pointed ears.

Character: He is pretty much the force of chaos, loves war and slaughter.

The origins of other demons in the manga are more-or-less clear: Tomoe is a kitsune, Kurama is a tengu, Mizuki is a white snake, and so on. But it's unclear just what kind of demon Akura-ou is.

What inspired the mangaka? Alternatively, what characters from other manga/anime resemble him?

Akura-ou is an oni, a Japanese youkai that is known for having horns growing on their head, being physically big and strong, and having a wicked personality.

Oni have been used as villains ever since Japanese folklores like Momotaro, which introduces Red Oni and Blue Oni as the main antagonists.

Other characters that are based on oni (warning: TV Tropes):

Dragon Ball - King Enma
Smile Pretty Cure! - Akaoni
Yaiba - Onimaru


Why didn't Eren's eyes change colour when he inherited the Founding Titan? So, after watching the Anime, I noticed that all the people, who inherited the power of the Founding Titan, eye's change from their original colour to a brilliant purple colour, whether they be royal blood or not, as evidence of Grisha Jaeger. It should noted that the holder's eyes change colour almost immediately after consuming the previous holder, as evidence by Grisha again and Frieda Reiss. Based on what is seen and known thus far, it would make sense that the purple eyes of the holder would signify that they are in control of the Founding Titan, when compared to other Titan Shifters, like Annie and Reiner.

Evidence A -- here -- Look under the Titan Tab in the character details box.

This raises yet another question, why didn't Eren's eyes change colour after he ate Grisha in the Woods? Is he not affected by the power of the Founding Titan? Or does the power need to be "activated", like the Ackerman clan, in order to use it at it's full potential?

I don't recall seeing anything about this in either the Anime or the Manga, but I could be wrong and maybe missed something yet again.

If you are not part of the Reiss Family, the founding titan's power impacts eye colour on a case by case basis.

According the the Attack on Titan Wikia:

  When members of the Reiss family inherit the Founding Titan, they are affected by Karl Fritz's will, and at times, their normally light-colored eyes darken and emit a glow.

However, there seems to be no universal rule outside of the Reiss family. The eye colour aspect seems to be tied in with how it affects memory and will but as far as I can tell there is nothing official/canon so all we can do is speculate.

So here is my speculation:

Inheriting the founding titan and will of another is what changes your eye colour. This explains the Reiss Family as every one of them inherited Karl Fritz's will. But (with only a few extra steps) this also explains Grisha Yaeger.

So after eating Frieda Reiss, clearly Grisha did not inherit her will, instead I think his eye colour change was because of Eren Kruger. Kruger had done some horrible things to Grisha but in his final moments he defected, pushing his comrade off the wall to save Grisha. He then went on to justify all his bad deeds and answer any questions, explaining about the history of the founding titan and King Fritz's goal urging him to help the with the restoration project. He then injected Grisha with the titan serum and allowed himself to be eaten. Grisha did go on to help the cause, starting a family and continuing to investigate the ongoings of Paradise Island. My interpretation is that the moment he ate Frieda was the point of no return, where symbolically he truly inherited Kruger's will and thus his eye colour changed.

To answer your actual question:

Finally we have Eren Yaeger who's eyes remain green throughout. I believe his eyes remain the same colour because of his overwhelmingly powerful determination, ie. even after inheriting the founding titan his will remained his own.


How come nobody noticed Chapra's slave brand at the tournament? In the first book of Osamu Tezuka's "Buddha", one of the main characters is Chapra, a shudra (member of the slave caste).
He is marked as a shudra by a brand on his foot; at one point he even considers chopping of his foot to get rid of this mark.

Later on, Chapra manages to pretend that he is a member of the much higher Kshatriya (warrior) caste.

During this time, he participates in a tournament. The tournament takes several pages, and it is clearly shown that his feet are not covered.

So how come nobody at the tournament noticed his mark? Did Tezuka overlook this, or did I miss something?

Calling on the Willing suspension of disbelief trope.

I think it was just an overlooked detail when it comes down to it.

To add on to this, as I recently reread Buddha, there are plenty of other spots where they should have noticed his brand. Like the time he was hung upside down after bragging during training. There really is no explanation. Maybe he came up with some way to mask it, like body paint, or something.


Anime about a girl, who becomes an adult by using magic and starts modeling I remember an anime I watched on Indian television 8 years ago or maybe more. The points I remember are:

The girl gets some soft toys from a toy store. (She doesn't buy them but they follow her)
One soft toy was some kind of a cute dinosaur
The toys have magical powers. They give a notebook and pen to the girl
She somehow becomes an adult by using these magical items, and she can repeat this to turn back to normal
In her adult form, she helps a lady, who helps her to become a model
One day she loses her powers and can't turn into her adult form. The modelling company ends up in trouble because their model disappears
Her adult self has a short hairstyle

Some doubtful points, which might not be completely accurate:

Her hair color changes between forms. Maybe red and blue
The modeling company she works in also has an employee that is a relative to her (mother or big sister)

It can be Fancy Lala

  One day, nine-year-old girl Miho Shinohara is given two stuffed dinosaurs by a stranger. The stuffed dinosaurs come to life and present her with a magic sketchbook and pen. Within limits, and subject to varying degrees of control, she can draw in the sketchbook and bring the drawings to life. Miho can also transform into a teenage girl, whom she names Fancy Lala. Fancy Lala is scouted by Yumi Haneishi, the president of the talent agency Lyrical Productions, and begins the long road to stardom.


Why were Nagato's Six Paths those people who Jiraiya had randomly encountered in his journeys? I find it really odd and confusing that the six paths were all people Jiraiya had encountered randomly in his journeys. Jiraiya recognized them all during that last fight and they were all there in his chronicles.

One or two guys being the same can be thought of as a coincidence, but all six of them?

I don't think a canonical reason has ever been explicitly spelled out, but the following seems the most logical to me:

Jiraiya is an old, well-traveled, highly skilled ninja.  It makes sense that he would have encountered a large number of people and built up a sizable number of memories about many of them.
Having been taught and rescued by Jiraiya, Nagato (aka Pain) would have had ample chances to build up a certain familiarity or even obsession with him: Jiraiya likely related a lot of stories to him, including the various people he had met.  So Pain is likely to have at least a second-hand association with these people, and may have had an inherent interest in those meaningfully associated to Jiraiya.
Nagato had to witness the deaths of his friends and comrades even after Jiraiya left.  Feeling that they could have been prevented if Jiraiya had stayed with them, he blames Jiraiya and wishes to inflict the same misery upon him.  In other words, he wishes to shove the ignominious deaths of Jiraiya's comrades in his face.
Nagato has a keen awareness that Jiraiya is one of the most powerful ninjas around, and expects him to be one of the biggest problems to deal with.  As such, anything that will put him mentally off-balance will be a major benefit.  He knows that Jiraiya is emotional and cares about his comrades, so what better way than to make him fight them (or their bodies, at least)?  As I recall, this worked for a brief period of time.  At the end of the fight, Nagato says that if Jiraiya had just figured out the secret of the Six Paths of Pain earlier he would have won.  So it's possible that even a matter of a few seconds spent in surprise or uncertainty about fighting (the bodies of) his comrades made exactly that difference: if he had remained calm and collected the entire time he may have figured things out sooner.


Why does everyone in My Hero Academia care about how Midoriya Izuku got his Quirk? They wanted to know because everyone knows that Midoriya was Quirkless, and so does All Might.

But why do they care about Midoriya's Quirk so much? Is it because All Might was Quirkless too when he was Midoriya's age?

As we find out in Episode 1 of the anime, most people manifest their quirk by age 4. It would be uncommon for anyone to manifest their quirk after this, and probably unheard of for a quirk to be manifested as late as high school age (15-16 years).

As a result, when people find out that Midoriya miraculously manifested a quirk at this late age, especially one as powerful as his, they are naturally interested as to what circumstances led to this happening. For most people, it's nothing specific to Midoriya, it's just the circumstances of his quirk. Of course, Bakugo is a lot more obsessed, but that's because of his long history with Midoriya combined with his superiority complex.

Edit

As pointed out by @TheGamer007 in the comments, there might actually not be a lot of people that know Midoriya was previously quirkless.

  TheGamer007: ...in hindsight, the attention focused on Midoriya could be because normal quirks aren't as self-destructive as his. I recall someone saying during the Sports Festival arc that "it's like he's just getting used to his quirk".


What is the track that plays at 19:41 of One Piece Episode 84? Heard it and it sounded amazing but haven’t been able to find it. Episode 84 of One Piece, starting at 19:41.

You can listen here: OnePieceTrackList

Starting from 1:31 on the track, the track is named "Anger!!" from "Music & Song Collection 1", track #11. The track starts at 19:41 on the soundtrack.


What is this in-game artwork of Monokuma referencing? I've been playing Danganronpa: Ultra Despair Girls recently and I came across these two pieces of art in game:

You can probably tell from the picture, but the pannels are in a zigzag layout - and you have to look at it from a particular angle to get the full picture.

The first picture looks familar, but obviously it has monokumas in it instead of the original characters/thing - the second one seems to be a picture of Towa City - where the game is set, and might not be related. But seeing as it was the other side of the panels, I thought the text might be relevant.

What is the original artwork that the Monokumas have taken over?

I believe it may be a monokuma version of the official 'Danganronpa Girls' / 'Danganronpa Boys' artworks

I'm not sure if the offical-ness of the male version, but both seem to have the characters bunched up on one side, with some small effect in front of them. In the monokuma version, this is replaced with blood.


Is there any physical difference between Gohan in base form and Gohan in mystic form? The only physical difference I've ever seen between Gohan in base form, and Gohan in mystic form, it's a radiance he displays for a second in the Battle of Gods movie when turning into mystic form. Aside of this minimum difference, is there any other change in his appearence when he is in base form compared to when he is in mystic form?

EXCLUDING/PRE DRAGON BALL SUPER (ANIME)
There is not much of difference or drastic change regarding his physical appearance between his base form and the power Old Kaiōshin unlocks for Gohan if we exclude the Dragon Ball Super anime. Even if there is a slight change in his physical appearance it is unfortunately not noted down by anyone.
This is what Goku says in the manga after Gohan powers up with his new found powers (Tankōbon Volume 41, chapter 496):

Son Goku: “It re-really is incredible… It’s super-duper…! Absolutely unbelievable… Your appearance has hardly changed… And you ain’t even a Super Saiyan… Yet you’ve been taken to su-such an extreme…”
Elder Kaiōshin: “Hmph, transforming isn’t good. That Super whatever-it’s-called is the wrong way of doing things…”

INCLUDING DRAGON BALL SUPER (ANIME)
In episode 88, Toei seems to distinguish Gohan's base form and the power Old Kaiōshin unlocked by adding a "hair bang" while he was using the the power Old Kaiōshin unlocked. Although this may not be a 100% accurate way to distinguish his physical appearance, but we will have to wait till episode 90 comes out and see if Gohan will have that "hair bang" only when he's using the power Old Kaiōshin unlocked or not.
It should also be noted that in episode 88 it is somewhat implied by Piccolo that Gohan has not been using the power Old Kaiōshin unlocked (at least only in the Dragon Ball Super anime) ever since after his fight with Super Buu.
NOTE: By radiance I am assuming you mean the white aura surrounding him. That is actually pretty common (at least for most of the Saiyans, humans and Namekians) when someone powers up in his/her base.


What was the first anime to come out on Bluray/HDDVD? The transition to high-definition DVD players isn't fully complete yet, but it's been in transition for a long time now.

What anime was the first to produce a High Definition release for purchase - whether that be the eventual winner of the HD Media War BluRay, or the loser HD-DVD?

I did some research, and it appears this won't be answered with a simple straight answer. This page has all the release dates for Blu-ray disc up-to-date, and this page (and this forum thread too) has all the HD DVD release dates up until the format was discontinued.

The first occurrence of anime in either format is The Ultimate Matrix Collection, released on HD DVD on May 22nd, 2007. This makes it to the list because The Animatrix is included in the collection. If this means the question is answered for you, then no need to read on. If you wanna try to find the first anime title released on its own, read on.

The second occurrence is Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, released on Blu-ray disc on August 7th, 2007. It does have a page on MAL, but it may not be regarded as anime by everyone given that it is described on most places (including Wikipedia) as an "American computer-animated science fiction film".

After that come two titles, one in each format, released with very little time difference between them.
First, comes a 1987 movie, Royal Space Force: Wings of Honneamise, released on HD DVD on September 11th, 2007. It is also known by its Japanese title, Ouritsu Uchuugun: Honneamise no Tsubasa.
Just 14 days afterwards, comes Tekkon Kinkreet, released on Blu-ray disc on September 25th, 2007. And here's its MAL page.


Can SuperAlloy Darkshine be hurt? It's said that the battles SuperAlloy Darkshine lost was due to running out of stamina , not because his physical body was damaged. Is this true? Can SuperAlloy Darkshine be hurt?

Said by whom?

The only fight you see Darkshine have in the manga at this point is against Bug God, which is an easy victory.

   In the webcomic, he suffers a psychological breakdown in his first fight (ending in chapter 76) against Garou when the thought that he might lose occurs to him.  Even then we see him bleeding from his mouth and nose.  In his second fight against Garou (chapter 85) he is easily knocked down, has multiple minor cuts and a head laceration at least, and ultimately can't even get one word out without coughing blood before passing out.  He's not explicitly shown or stated to have any broken bones, or anything more severe than any of that, though the coughing bit suggests he might have fractured ribs.  He ends up knocked out and unable to continue fighting in pretty short order, one way or another.

Before all that we're told he had never lost a fight before (chapter 76; as a hero at least; before he started training maybe he'd been in a school fight or something and lost), and never really felt challenged.


Can a Rinnegan user use Mangekyou abilities? Since Rinnegan is an "upgrade" of Sharingan, then it should be possible that all the techniques of Sharingan will be carried away to Rinnegan like the Mangekyou.

If not, then why?

To put it bluntly, no, the rinnegan cannot use mangekyou abilities. As you can watch in the anime, Madara can switch between Rinnegan and Sharingan because he awakened both.
Nagato only had the Rinnegan.

Basically, the Rinnegan isn't an upgraded Sharingan, it's what comes next, but it's a completely different eye.


Which character names come from Spanish words? Recently, it's been revealed that the god of destruction from universe 9, the dwarf-like one is named Sidra which comes from the Spanish name for cider. My question is: are there any other characters in the Dragon Ball universe with a Spanish name?

The fan wiki for Dragon Ball has a page where they've compiled a list of origins for character names in the Dragon Ball universe.

This page lists three with connections to Spanish.

Pan

  Pan means "bread" in both Spanish and Japanese, which may continue the food theme of Gohan's family.

Chi Chi

  Japanese for "milk" (which also refers to breasts by extension and are a slang term for breasts in Latino Spanish). Named like this because her father is the Ox-King.

Salza

  The English verbal translation is a pun on the Spanish sauce "salsa".

I'm doubtful the first two were intentional, since the Japanese word for bread being the same as the Spanish word is merely a coincidence, and Chi Chi being a slang for breasts also seems very coincidental.


What are the names of the characters in Gurren Lagann derived from? And how do they relate to the characters? The second DVD of the first movie Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood's End, and also one of the disc in Complete Bluray Box Set feature a quiz session between the voice actors for Youko (Inoue Marina), Shimon (Kakihara Tetsuya) and Kamina (Konishi Katsuyuki) about various details in the anime.

In the first quiz of the show, it is mentioned that one of the special features in Gurren Lagann is the names of the characters: [シモン]{Shimon} comes up [下]｛Shimo｝ (down), [カミナ]{Kamina}　comes up [上]{Kami} (up), and the answer to the quiz reveals that [リーロン]{Leeron} comes from [論理]{Ronri} (logic).

How about other characters in Gurren Lagann? What are their names derived from, and how do they relate to the characters?

Feel free to explain the relation between the names and the characters already mentioned above.

Nia

Nia's name has multiple potential origins.

Her name in Japanese could also be read as Near. Referring to her relationship with Simon.
Nia's name by itself can also be seen as a short version of other feminine names ending with Nia such as Antonia or Stefania.
Her name is also present in the Swahili language, where it means purpose. Referencing her role as the Anti-Spirals' messenger. It could also possibly refer to the fact that, in one way or another, she motivates Simon (and by extension, the rest of Team Dai-Gurren) to overcome impossible odds time and again.
Nia's name could also be considered as a Welsh variant of the Irish name Niamh (pronounced "neev"), which means bright or radiant. Possibly referencing her appearance and/or her personality prior to the Anti-Spiral War and during her captivity on the Anti-Spiral homeworld as well as events that follow. The name Niamh, in turn, originates from the Irish mythological figure Níamh Chinn Óir. (Also known as Niamh of the Golden Hair, and known by the Welsh as Nia Ben Aur.) Who, according to legend, is said to be the daughter of the Irish sea god Manannán mac Lir, the wife of Oisín, the mother of Plor na mBan and Oscar, and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, The Land of Youth.

Viral

Viral's name comes directly from the word "viral", tying in with the Beastmen's genetics theme, but there are other theories about his name's origin.

One is the fact that it can also be an anagram for "rival", referring to his constant rivalry with Kamina, which transferred to Simon throughout the series until near the end.
Another possible theory comes from the Nikopol Trilogy of comic books written by Enki Bilal, as Enki is the name of Viral's first Gunmen and "Bilal", pronounced in Japanese, sounds like "Viral". Supporting this theory is Viral's theme song, which is titled "Nikopol", on the anime's soundtrack.

The name of Viral's Ganmen may be tied to the Sumerian deity Enki, though it is much more likely that there is a deliberate connection between his second Gunmen, Enkidu, and the character of Enkidu from the Epic of Gilgamesh. The myth consists of Enkidu ('Enki's creation'), a man of the wild who seeks to challenge King Gilgamesh, a mighty warrior, but who later befriends him and assists him in in his travels, which may be a reference to Simon and Kamina, as he initially wanted to beat them but later joined Simon to save the universe.

Lordgenome

Lordgenome's name comes from the English "lord" (a male noble) and "genome", the blueprint for an organism found in its DNA. For this reason, many people spell his name as "Lord Genome". The name is meant to tie in with theme of biology for Lordgenome's inner circle with each of his generals getting his/her name from one of the nitrogen bases that make up DNA, as well as reflecting upon his position as a king on Planet Earth. Lordgenome's name was combined by Gainax to reduce confusion among Japanese readers about "lord" being a title, rather than a part of the character's first name.

Kiyal Bachika

Kiyal's name comes from yaruki meaning 'willingness'

Thymilph

Thymilph's name is based on the DNA chemical thymine and the elemental Sylph. His Ganmen, Byakou, is based on the mythical White Tiger, Byakko.

Adiane

Adiane's name (pronounced "Ah-DEE-NAY") is based on the DNA chemical adenine and the water elemental, Undine. Her Ganmen, Sayrune, is based on the mythical Azure Dragon, Seiryū.

Cytomander

Cytomander's name (pronounced See-toh-man-dra) is based on the DNA chemical Cytosine and the elemental Salamander. His Ganmen, Shuzack, is based on the mythical Vermilion Bird, Suzaku.

Guame

Guame's name is based on the DNA chemical Guanine and Gnome, the earth spirit. His Ganmen, Gember, is based on the mythical Black Tortoise, Genbu.

Source: Gurren Lagann Wiki.


What OST is playing? I wanted to know is somebody knows what OST is playing in the anime "Boku no hero Academia" in S3E23 at 11:00. It seems to be the beginning of the Track "United States of Smash" but it sounds different and I can't seem to find it

The song at 11:00 in S3E23 is called AllMight with UA Students which is basically United States of Smash. I think this is the song that your looking for


Who is the narrator in Rainbow? In the anime Rainbow Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin, there is a narrator throughout the series who has the voice of a young female. And in episode 1, she starts the story stating that it all began 50 years ago, implying that she is neither Lily nor Meg. So who is the narrator?

I know this is kinda late and by now you probably have the answer but I thought I should answer it for the sake of other people the narrator is Megumi Hayashibara


Why don't titan shifters keep their napes hardened all the time When Levi took down the beast titan in season 3 part 2, the beast titan mentions that Levi is too fast and that he won't be able to harden his nape in time. So why don't all titan shifters keep their napes hardened all the time?

The first ever hardening was seen in the female titan (Annie) which is not a natural which is learnt by the titan holder by doing some modification to the titan. Only armored titan is the one who has the natural hardening. So other titans who has hardening technique (As of now artificial hardening is learnt by Beast, Female and Attack titan.)
Well in the Anime you must have seen the Eren learns the hardening technique using the fluid which was given by Hanje. And Eren doesn't learns it right away, even though he had created a huge hardened titan body sculpture at the first time.
Later he used it to misguide Bertholdt when Armin was sacrificing himself so that eren will get some time to harden the whole titan body. That time Armin was buying some time so that eren will get enough time to do his job and also not to mention Bertholdt could only partially see Eren's titan because of the smoke caused by his own colossal titan.
So the main point is, if the titan doesn't has natural hardening then titan will take time to generate the artificial hardening. And whole process is time consuming, and causes energy drain to the titan holder.
Remember, titan holders have limitations on how many time they can transform throughout the day.
In manga, there is one scene which is not happened in the anime yet, its minor spoiler though:

In manga at one point, Reiner confirms that he will not be able to transform into titan because of energy drain.

To preserve their energy, so that if in case anything goes wrong in the fight and by mistake they get detached from the titan they will get another chance to transform into titan, but if they end up using all their energy they won't be able to transform into titan and will lose their life as well as the titan.
Even though if you think, when Levi attacked beast titan, Zeke lost his arms and legs so he won't be able to transform into titan anyway, but also remember that he had cart titan on his side to save him from Levi, which eventually happened!

Well this hardening is not much of the use when scouts use Thunder spears which destroys all the hardening (chapter 113). In below image as you can see Levi is overpowered here against beast titan. Not to mention that Levi is faster, has more skills than any scout, so it's really hard to get out alive for the titan holder when they face off Levi.


Is Super Saiyan Green an official name or not? According to the Dragon Ball Wikia, this transformation of Kale is called "Super Saiyan Green". Is this an official name or it was made up by fans?

Super Saiyan Green was never official.

The transformation Broly makes is called Legendary Super Saiyan, which has some background since that's what it was called in the movies featuring Broly.

Since Kale resembles that transformation, it's better to call it that, but if I recall correctly, no official name was given yet. Or it's Berserk Super Saiyan.


Does Manga Video still do films? Does the production company Manga Video, still produce films? For instance they produced the Ghost in the Shell movie. Do not produce films any more? If so, what happened?

Manga Video is just the distributor and co-producer of the anime Ghost in the Shell. The production company is, as hungerartist pointed out, Production I.G.. Manga Video only helped in production by contributing money.

To answer your question: Yes, Manga Video sill exists and yes, Production I.G. still produces anime.


Where does the 'lewd' meme come from? Occasionally someone posts a ecchi/H picture on the internet and users reply with a prudish anime/manga girl with a sign saying 'LEWD'.

Definition of Lewd:

  crude and offensive in a sexual way.

Where does this meme originate? what was the original lewd picture?

Etymology

Etymologically speaking, the word takes its root from the Old English lǣwede : ignorant, unlearned.

Then in the Middle English it got transformed into leud/lewed (found those two ways to write it): belonging to the common people, vulgar.

It then derived into the mean worthless, vile, evil, leading to its current usage and connotations.

Meaning

Even thought there are a lot of slightly different definitions of the word lewd, I decided to provide the KnowYourMeme's definition because it does correspond to the meme definition and not the word definition :

  Lewd is an adjective often used to describe something of erotic nature, or otherwise obscene or indecent. It is generally being used to represent the reaction of a character who is ingenuous or timid.

Origin

The first known meme use of this word is, like a lot of Western memes, on 4chan in 2008.

On the chans /jp and /a (Respectively the Japanese Culture and Anime & Manga 4chan communities), the word was used in several conversations.

In 2008, the chan /jp was created in order to split general Japanese Culture from /a which then became the Otaku board.

On /jp, the meme was associated with pictures of Eiki Shiki from Touhou in order to criticize lewd anime content which was judged as "not suitable" for the board.

The post on November 19th, 2008 that most likely created this meme, according to KnowYourMeme, is this comic and its reaction :

The comic:

The reaction:

Other details

Google Trends

According to Google Trends, the peak of research of the word lewd is in 2011. I didn't find any rationnal explanation; I will edit the post to add things if I find anything interesting.

Lewd but I approve

A trend emerged from the meme lewd, to express the fact that a user finds the below content lewd but still approves of the content. It is presented the same way as the lewd meme, but on the pancart there is written: Lewd but I approve

Bonus: Gardevoir

The pokemon Gardevoir has became a meme because of the feminized look it has. The meme is used at different ways (Tsundere Gardevoir, Shy Gardevoir, Totally NSFW Gardevoir). A lewd version of Gardevoir frequently used on 4chan :


What is the oldest "original" anime series? Note: I am not asking about the oldest anime series. I am talking about "original anime series" i.e. anime series not adapted/based from manga/LN/VN/games but an original story that went straight into animation and then to the general public.
From my knowledge, the earliest I know is Mobile Suit Gundam (1979-80) which makes it approxiamtely 41 years old. Are there any original anime series older than Mobile Suit Gundam?

Sazae-san began airing in Japan in October 1969 and holds the Guinness World Record for the longest-running animated television series


Who is the main character of Fairy Tail? Who is the main character of Fairy Tail? Would it be Natsu or Lucy? Natsu is like the hero of the whole anime, but I think the main story revolves around Lucy, how she met Natsu and how she joined Fairy Tail etc. I read the description of Fairy Tail and it says:

  Lucy is a 16-year-old girl, who wants to be a full-fledged mage. One day when visiting Harujion Town, she meets Natsu, a young man who gets sick easily by any type of transportation. But Natsu isn't just any ordinary kid, he's a member of one of the world's most infamous mage guilds: Fairy Tail.

Preferably if we could draw an in a canon answer (e.g. interviews with the authors etc.), who would be the main character of Fairy Tail? Natsu or Lucy?

Introduction in first chapter
Usually the main purpose of a manga is explained in the first chapter, being the introduction to the complete story. In that sense both Natsu and Lucy would be the main protagonists. Both Natsu, Lucy (and Happy) are introduced in the first chapter. Natsu, who is searching for Igneel, while Lucy wants to join Fairytail and become a great Celestial mage.
Introduction of Natsu (and Happy)

Introduction of Lucy

Both Natsu and Lucy mention their goal in the story

Title
On the other hand, the title usually points towards the main story too, like with One Piece, where Luffy is searching for the One Piece. In that sense Lucy should be more considered as being the main character as her story actually revolves around Fairytail, since she doesn't just want to be just any mage, she wants to be a FairyTail mage. Natsu just happens to be in Fairytail, but his story doesn't really revolve around his guild. He just wants to find his father.
Wikipedia
The Wikipedia page on Fairy Tail agrees on this, saying:

Fairy Tail follows the adventures of Lucy Heartfilia, a teenage wizard (魔導士 madōshi?),1 who joins the titular wizards' guild and teams up with fellow guild member Natsu Dragneel as he searches for the dragon Igneel.

Natsu is an important person to the story, and he is also introduced first of all, even before Lucy, but going by this Wikipedia quote I would say Lucy would be the main (and only?) protagonist.


Why if Endeavor solved more crimes than All Might, he isnt considered the number one hero? In the anime version of My Hero Academia it's said that Endeavor solved more crimes than All Might, but he isnt considered the number one hero in spite of this. Why it is so? What does it make people to consider All Might the number one hero and not Endeavor?

I don't think there is a clear reason stated for that, but I think it has to do with what heroes are supposed to be in the MHA world: they're not just cops, they're something more than that.

They're supposed to inspire people

In MHA, most children hope to become professional heroes themselves, which mean that, most likely, heroes are idolised, and many people see them as much as heroes as they see them as public figures.

Their behaviors, the way they treat their fans, all of that will play a part on how a hero is perceived, if he is better or worse than another hero. And as we have seen multiple times, Endeavor's behavior is not that great. I can see why some people would not see him like a great hero (Heck I'd even say that he is closer to a villain than to a hero).

They're supposed to do other things than just resolving incidents

When Tsuyu goes to do her internship, we can see that heroes can be doing other things that doesn't always involve apprehending villains, patrolling water, patrolling streets, etc etc.

Rescues is one other of the major points of being a hero, and, with Endeavor's ability (and personality) I'd wage that rescuing people from a disaster is not what he's the best at (fire isn't really suited in most disastrous situations), while All Might is known to be able to save tons of people quickly.

Number of incident, against gravity

While he solved the most incident in MHA, we don't know the severity of those incident, while we have seen him at work, and we know that he is not weak at all, he could very well have solved hundred of small incident involving petty criminals.

So in short, the reason why he isn't the number 1 hero, is because he is the best in only one area of his work, All Might is better everywhere else.


Why did Orochimaru go for Sasuke instead of Naruto? During the second test of the Chunin exams, Orochimaru goes for Sasuke and even gives him power. But why does he avoid cursing Naruto like he did to Sasuke? Wasn't Naruto as powerful as Sasuke? Or was he too powerful to be controlled?

Also, why does he use the Five Elements Seal on Naruto?

The main reason why Orochimaru wanted Sasuke rather than Naruto, was Itachi Uchiha.

Sasuke Uchiha, was developing into the prodigy that his elder brother Itachi was. Orochimaru had experienced Itachi's power first hand. And it proved too great for him.

Another reason, was the Uchiha clan's famed Sharingan. Itachi's prowess with his Sharingan was outstanding. Orochimaru expected the same from Sasuke.

Since Orochimaru couldn't take control of Itachi's body, he decided to settle for his younger brother's.

As to why Naruto wasn't chosen, Orochimaru favoured Sasuke over Naruto. Because at that time, Naruto was at the back of the class, and Sasuke was the Uchiha prodigy. Also, the fact that Sasuke is Sharingan abled and Itachi's brother, outweighed Naruto's overall.

The two reasons as to why Orochimaru used the Five Elements Seal:

He wanted to disallow Naruto from using the Kyubi's chakra.
And to tamper his control over his own chakra.


How strong is Freezer now? Just watched Dragon Ball Super episode 95th (best episode ever some people says, last episode made record in ratings surpassing One piece ).
In it, (spoilers)
EDIT: If someone can, please edit the spoilers area which isnt working

! Freezer was able to handle with little damage a hakai energy ball mean to wipe out anyone not only from life but from existence and to control it.
! Later he threw it to Goku who wasnt able to control it and who got damage from it.
! Sidra says that if Freezer betrays him, he would take care of him, but a kaioshin commented it wouldnt be so easy for him to do it.
! Goku and Freezer sparring knocked themselves simultaneously , Goku was using super saiyan blue though he wasnt using super saiyan blue kaioken.
! Beerus comments Freezer is even with Goku

How strong is Freezer now? Is he stronger , equal or weaker than Goku? Is he in the level of Sidra?

 (since he was able to control Sidra's hakai energy?) . Beerus was able to remove Hakai's energy from Goku easier, so I take Beerus is still stronger than Freezer

Based on Goku's and Freiza's double K.O. I think it can be concluded that SSJB Goku is as strong as Golden Freiza. Goku on the other hand,  has the ability to stack kaioken *20 on top of SSJB which would make him significantly stronger than Freiza and UI Goku manhandled toppo and dyspo like it was nothing. Toppo is stronger than SSJB Goku and Dyspo is almost at the level of SSJG Goku. So I think it's fair to assume Goku is stronger than Freiza.


Why make filler episodes? The general rule seems to be that filler is made when an anime is being produced faster than the manga. The thing I just can't seem to figure out is

How an entire freaking episode takes longer to produce than a manga which practically only equals a story board.
Why would they start producing random filler rather than just overtaking the manga with their own story.

I mean, is this some Japanese cultural thing where a lot of credit is given to the author of the manga and he isn't allowed to collaborate with others to speed up production or is this a cultural thing where Japanese actually like those fillers or what? After all, there are a lot of economic incentives not to produce filler episodes as they tend to irritate fans a lot and still cost a lot to produce.

TL;DR - It's because financially, it pays off for longer, more popular anime series. It allows them to retain broadcasting slot, as well as sponsors and advertisers, by sacrificing a bit of quality.

First, it needs to be pointed out that many anime don't have filler. Filler episodes are only common in long-running popular anime such as One Piece, Naruto, or Bleach. This is because of the particular profit model they have. These long-running shows make a profit through sponsorships and advertisements. In contrast, shorter works, especially late night anime, only make a profit through sales of blu-rays and other merchandise. Hence, for long-running shows, the quality of individual episodes is somewhat less of a concern.

Given that the episodes need to be around 20 minutes long (excluding OP and ED sequences) and air once a week to fit into TV programming schedules, the anime almost always needs to go faster than the manga. Hence, there are essentially 3 options for what to do. Most commonly, they will just add a few irrelevant "filler" episodes occasionally. This does tend to make viewers unhappy if they're too common, but production studios have determined that viewers are less likely to stop watching if fillers air than if the anime just takes a break.

Another option is to take a break whenever the anime gets close to the manga. This is the strategy Gintama takes as well as most late-night anime that are popular enough to be adapted fully (e.g. To Love-Ru). It results in higher quality, but it's harder to keep sponsorships and TV slots when the show airs infrequently, and viewers may drop it during the break. One Piece has done this at times and aired fillers at other times. The third option is to abandon the manga entirely and write an original story. Some works that did this are Fullmetal Alchemist (the original), Hayate no Gotoku (1st season), Hunter x Hunter (original) and Soul Eater. This used to be much more popular, especially in the 1990s, but it makes it more difficult to continue the anime and fans usually aren't happy with the changes, so these days it's become very uncommon. Notice that 3 of these 4 ended up needing to be rebooted or have large retcons to have anime continuations, and the fourth hasn't been despite a large following simply because of the difficulties involved.

So, to put it simply, these long-running shows have filler because that's their best option to keep their TV slots, sponsors, and viewers. It does cost a bit of quality, but that's acceptable for highly popular shows like this where quality is somewhat less of a concern.

As for why they can't just speed up the manga production to accommodate the anime, that wouldn't really be feasible. Manga production is mostly done by a single mangaka with an editor and sometimes one or more assistants, while a single anime episode may have dozens of animators working on it. In the case of popular works, essentially everything that can possibly be is left to the assistants. Apart from splitting up story and artwork, there isn't much that could be done to speed up the process, and few mangaka want to do that (though it has been done in some cases). Furthermore, managaka are already ridiculously overworked; the rate at which manga is produced right now is basically as fast as it can possibly be produced. To get rid of fillers, production would need to be sped up significantly (roughly 50-100% faster for most works), and it's hard to imagine any way to do that.

In addition, it wouldn't really help the manga to be produced faster. Most of these manga are released in weekly magazines which contain a chapter of several works. If production was sped up drastically, this would mean fewer works could be included in a single issue. It's likely that this wouldn't really increase revenue, since these works typically target younger children and adolescents without a large amount of disposable income, but it would drastically increase the production costs per series. Given that the manga and anime are produced by two completely different companies, that relatively few manga ever get adapted to anime, and that the manga is often more profitable than the anime, there's really no reason (and no realistic way) to speed up the manga just for the sake of eliminating anime fillers.


Why we rarely see magic circle during battle in Fairy Tail : Final Series? I remember couple years ago, the thing that made me fall in love in Fairy Tail is they way they always summon magic circle in almost every battle which is very cool. See this epic magic by mystogan

But in Fairy Tail : Final Series I don't remember those kind of things exist. Are they so rushed to finish this series by skipping this battle element? Or is there any specific reason for that? I also realize the battles in this final series are so lame and quickly ended compared to the first series.

I found this reddit post from 4 years ago that addresses this issue. Relevant comments from the thread:

u/AjStarGG: Well, the new studio is following the manga even closer than the old one and the circles are not in the manga.
u/GrumpySatan: The origin of the magic circles was to allow for them to reuse animation sequences. This saves a lot of time and money for anime studios since it helps extend the length of episodes without additional costs. Most animes based on popular and on-going series will use techniques like this. But it has become less popular as it generally degrades quality or breaks up the story.
It was actually fairly popular for fairy tail since they kept it consistent and it made some scenes (Mystogan v Laxus is my personal favorite) really good.

That might also be the reason why you feel the fights ended more quickly.


Why did Bibidi seal Buu? Bibidi sealed Buu away after Buu absorbed the Grand Supreme Kai. The Dragonball Wikia page for Majin Buu notes that he becomes easier to control after he absorbs the Grand Supreme Kai:

  Of note, absorbing Grand Supreme Kai granted Majin Buu the ability to speak fluently, although he usually refers to himself in the third person. Buu became calmer and easier to control after absorbing the Grand Supreme Kai, and Bibidi then decided to seal him in a Sealed Ball.

Why would Buu need to be sealed up if he had become easier to control?

Bibidi did not seal Buu right away. When Kid Buu absorbed Grand Supreme Kai, Buu's personality and behaviour pattern changes. Along with the ability to speak, he brings out a childish innocence. Bibidi took advantage of this innocence and brought Buu under his control.

From Wikia article on Bibidi:

  However, as Buu tends to become disobedient from time to time, Bibidi devises a Sealed Ball that can be used to temporarily trap the monster. Bibidi decides to reward Buu with sweets when he behaves himself and reseal him in the Magic Ball when he becomes disobedient. Bibidi also uses the Ball to control Buu while he is traveling to another world.

Since Grand Supreme Kai didn't completely take over Buu's personality, Buu's original evil side sometimes gets the better of him, combined with his childish nature. When that happens, Bibidi seals Majin Buu inside the Magic Ball.

Therefore, most of the time, Buu is easy to control. But when his dark persona along with his childish behaviour shows, he disobeys. Bibidi seals him away only then, and also while travelling.


Is Plue in Fairy Tail and in Rave the same? Plue exists on both Hiro Mashima's manga Rave Master and Fairy Tail. Is Plue the same in Fairy Tail & Rave?

Plue in Rave:

Plue in FT:

Plue of Rave Master is a stout, white creature, reminiscent of a snowman, that only comes up to three feet in height. Plue was born in the Kingdom of Symphonia, signifying he is a creature of some sort. (Source: Rave Master Wiki)

In contrast, Plue aka Nikora, "The Canis Minor" (ニコラ Nikora) is a Silver Key Celestial Spirit that has no obvious combat abilities. It is stated to usually be kept as a pet for low-powered Mages who is in contract with Lucy Heartfilia. (Source: Fairy Tail Wiki)

Since both series have the same author, Mashima must've decided to use his own design again. But they are different, as one of them is a creature, while the other is a celestial spirit.


How strong is Magellan? He was trusted to guard the World Government's maximum-security prison from the most dangerous criminals and pirates from all over the world, he must be extremely strong. The main reason for the mass breakout success was because he was tricked but not defeated.
Is he at par with the Admiral? Or maybe somewhere lower than that?

You cannot go by status alone to indicate someone's actual power.

   After the great breakout out of Impel Down, he was demoted to Vice-Warden. Probably because of his pride. So based on status alone you would think Hannyabal to be stronger than Magellan, which we know he is not.

 Well he wasn't before the timeskip. We haven't seen either of them after that, so it's hard to say where they stand now.

In the One Piece power system, it is actually hard to say who is stronger in general, since it depends on lots of factors, like who you are up against. For example, Crocodile was much stronger than Luffy, but Luffy still beat him by using the water trick. In my opinion I think he wouldn't be far off the admiral's level, since he beat Blackbeard's crew with just one hydro attack. Actually Magellan's power and ability makes him the perfect guy for the job and wouldn't be a good admiral. He would have a hard time arresting someone without mortally poisoning him.


How could Tosen know that Kenpachi was smiling? When Tosen fights Kenpachi in the Rescue Rukia arc, Tosen uses his bankai to combat Kenpachi.

A while later, Kenpachi figures out how to defeat Tosen's bankai and smiles. Tosen somehow knew that he smiled (Because we heard his thoughts: "He's smiling?")

However, Tosen is blind. How could he have known?

When Tōsen attacks with Enma Kōrogi, He is not affected by it as anyone else (he can still smell and hear).
So when he asked why Kenpachi laughs it was because he could hear him laughing.


What is secret dragon slayer art? In fairy tail, during the fight between Natsu and Rogue and Sting in the Grand magic games, Natsu finally uses an attack called Crimson lotus exploding flame edge.
He says that it is a secret dragon slayer art. So, what is so secret about this attack?

I can guess that they are called as secret because only Natsu can use those secret attack , As shown here attack like Dragon Roar are pretty similar to other dragon slayer and those secret attack are very powerful comparing to other attack.

Here you can see , Gajeel also have Dragon Slayer's Secret Art like Karma Demon: Iron God Sword. And Wendy also, like Shattering Light: Sky Drill and Milky Way

As you mention, while fighting with Rogue and Sting ,Natsu was playing with them and when he became serious he use his secret attack which is one of the important attack for a Dragon slayer. Which are very powerful, even Laxus and Gildarts had hard time handling that attack.


Why is there a difference in number of episodes between anime and TV broadcast of Haruhi? I am planning on re-watching The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, and all of a sudden I see that there are 28 episodes now when I was pretty sure the anime had ended at around 14 episodes (?).

Is there a sequel or did I just not see the other 14 episodes being released?

Officially, Season 2 is a sequel to Season 1; it was released after Season 1 and doesn't repeat any material. The US DVD releases for the two are completely separate. But because of the jumbled continuity of the Haruhi Suzumiya series, the Japanese TV broadcast of Season 2 included a rebroadcast of Season 1. That's why when you looked it up, your source said there were 28 episodes; it was going by the TV broadcast, and wasn't being careful about the distinction between Season 1 and Season 2.

Since the timelines of Seasons 1 and 2 are interleaved, when Season 2 was broadcast on Japanese TV, it was shown along with a rebroadcast of Season 1, with all the episodes in chronological order. For example, The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya (in Season 2) was played before "Live Alive" (in Season 1) because The Sigh takes place before "Live Alive". (The movie the Brigade shows at the culture festival during "Live Alive" was filmed during The Sigh.)

The merging of Season 1 and Season 2 was only for the TV broadcast; if you buy the DVDs, they're separate, so if you haven't bought the Season 1 DVDs yet, make sure to get those along with the Season 2 set. The Season 2 DVD set only includes the new episodes. The DVD sets don't have the episodes chronologically ordered; they have their own ordering for the episodes which is different from both the chronological ordering and the TV broadcast. You can read more about that on the Wikipedia page, but I'll give a little summary:

Season 1 was originally broadcast in weirdo order, then later broadcast in chronological order without the Season 2 episodes.
When Season 2 came out, it was shown along with the episodes from Season 1; the entire series was shown in chronological order for this broadcast.
The US DVD sets have their own ordering. The Season 1 DVD sets are ordered chronologically amongst themselves, except that "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00" is the first episode. The Season 2 DVD sets are ordered chronologically amongst themselves.

(I'm not even going to go into whether the various repetitions of "Endless Eight" have a chronological ordering or not--the metaphysics of time is off topic here.)


Is Sasuke's teleportation technique just substitution jutsu? Sasuke's new teleportation technique feels like Body Replacement Technique

What is the difference between these two techniques?

Sasuke's new teleportation technique is called Amenotejikara

  With his left eye, Sasuke instantly shifts the location of himself,
  others, and objects, within a certain range. This range can be
  increased if he swaps himself with an object, as seen when he switched
  places with Sakura Haruno's discarded flak jacket. Using the chakra
  of the nine tailed beasts allowed Sasuke to extend the range of this
  technique even further, as seen when he shifted him and his Susanoo
  behind Naruto Uzumaki, who was a considerable distance away.

  Due to its speed, this technique has proven to be especially useful
  for launching surprise attacks against enemies.

In  Body Replacement Technique you have to replace your body with an object but in Amenotejikara it's not compulsory. Body Replacement Technique can be learned by any ninja but Amenotejikara seems to be limited to Rinnegan user only.

Few more points to be noted here:

  At certain times, the technique has to be recharged and cannot be
  used.
  This technique not only switches the position, but the momentum and
  direction of the switched targets as well - src


Who's the girl Panther Lily's with in the wedding dress pose off? In the Fairy Tail anime during the Grand Magic Games when Jenny fights Mirajane they decide to do a pose off and girls from all the guilds start posing. When they start posing in wedding dresses panther lily is with some tiny girl who is that? this is in episode 163 of the anime

That is the daughter of Bisca and Alzack, Asuka Conell.

One year after the disappearance of the Team Tenrou, Fairy Tail Mages Alzack Connell and Bisca Mulan married each other and their relationship blossomed, eventually resulting in the birth of Asuka ("A" came from Alzack and "-suka" from Bisuka, the Romaji version of her mother's name).

I couldn't find the image, but I am sure it was Asuka in a wedding dress.


What is an "Enchousen situation"? I came across this phrase in this r/Gintama thread about the Porori Arc mentioned in a "new season" announcement. The original poster said:

  Now this could STILL turn out to be an Enchousen situation, which I am hoping, but for now all we know is that we'll be getting a pool episode rerun.

A commenter also said:

  im sure its an enchousen situation
  at least i hope!

What is an Enchousen situation?

At that time, it was still not clear exactly how many new episodes will be in the Porori Arc and I believe they are just referring to the possibility of Porori Arc being a full cour of Gintama like the Enchousen instead of just a couple of extras like Aizome Kaori.


Is it explained anywhere how the Nine tails biju was kept in control by all its jinchuriki? In Naruto, it is shown that Gaara’s One tail used to frequently take control and rampage the Sand village. Similarly, in Shippuden, it is shown that the Eight tails also used to go on rampage till Bee masters the tailed beast transformation.
How was it that the Nine tails only went on rampage when it was controlled by Obito? It is understandable that Hashirama maintained control as long as he was alive. But how did his wife and Kushina manage to control the beast when they were the jinchuriki?

Hashirama's wife, Mito and Kushina both belonged to the Uzumaki clan. It's as Kabuto said, the Uzumaki had life forces “as tenacious as a cockroach's”, because they were able to survive situations which would otherwise prove fatal for other people: Having a large amount of chakra was never what the Uzumaki were known for. They were always revered for their vitality.
The Uzumaki were also extremely skilled in sealing jutsu. In fact it was Kushina who taught Minato about fuinjutsu(along with Jiraya). All this enabled the Uzumaki to behave as the perfect Jinchurikis.


Shouldn't the biju be allowed free if Naruto really wants to help them? The tailed beasts are forced to serve shinobi, and in the four tails talk with Naruto, they obviously hate doing it. Son Goku asks Naruto what he would do, and he says he would want them to be partners with their jinchuuriku like bee and the hachibi. My question is, if Naruto really wants the solution best for the biju, shouldn't they be allowed to exist outside of the jinchuuriki? Even partnering with jinchuuriki is implying that the beasts cannot be trusted to themselves, which is a shinobi quality kurama hates. Granted, they will probably be used and may even run a rampage, but part of the deal is to get them to be "kinder," like the gyuuki now. In such a case, the humane thing is to ensure that they are "tamed" and then to let them be free, not restricted to a jinchuuriki, even if they are friends with that jinchuuriki.

You don't have to be a Jinchuuriki to befriend a Bijuu. According to Naruto, he wants to partner up with all the Bijuu, even though not all of them are sealed inside of him.

He can't really change his situation with Kurama since extracting Kurama from him will mean the he would die, however Naruto means that Shinobi and Bijuu can be allies/friends like Shinobi and other Shinobi.


Does Nao ever realize that Pastel Ink is Ink? In Moetan, Nijihara Ink gains the ability to transform into a magical girl called Pastel Ink through the powers of Arcs, a magician turned into a duck. She uses this ability so that she can help Nao (who she has a crush on) learn English without getting embarrassed.

Does Nao ever realize that Pastel Ink is just Ink? In the first episode it's implied that he might have already realized, as he asks Ink to translate something to the effect of "Magical girls look the same after they transform" but that very well could have just been them breaking the fourth wall for comedic purposes.

By the end of the series, this is still unclear, perhaps deliberately, but the evidence points a bit towards Nao having realized.

After episode 10, Ink can no longer transform into Pastel Ink, but she decides to cosplay (poorly) as Pastel Ink anyway in episodes 11 and 12 and help Nao with his studies. Mio, who had not seen Pastel Ink before this, immediately recognized her as Ink. However, when Nao sees Ink wearing this outfit, he first calls her "Ink" but then immediately changes it to "Pastel Ink-sensei", the same way he called her before. Mio is annoyed by her brother's apparent cluelessness at this. However, given the context of the scene, it's also quite possible that this change was out of consideration for Ink.

Furthermore, at the end of episode 12 (the last episode to have this Nao and Ink), Nao also says ambiguous lines to Ink, to the effect of "I haven't seen Pastel Ink since then, but I'm sure if I ever needed her help she would show up again." Given that he was talking to Ink, this could be an acknowledgement that he knows Ink was Pastel Ink in a way that remains ambiguous. He could still just be clueless, but the way this statement is phrased, it seems like he's thanking her in a way that doesn't give away the fact that he knows she is Pastel Ink. Nao's actions in all of these scenes are of a slightly different character than his interactions with Ink and Pastel Ink in the first 10 episodes.

Exactly when he realized is difficult to determine. There is one scene earlier in the series in which he sees Pastel Ink and has a vision of Ink. There are also several scenes between the two in which he seems like he's going to say something important, but backs out at the last moment and says something relatively trivial. At any of these points, it's possible that Nao is actually aware that the two are the same, but it's also possibly just a running gag that he is clueless.

With that said, there's nothing in the series which explicitly refutes the idea that Nao is just incredibly clueless and never realized even after episodes 11 and 12. But at the very least, it seems like a reasonable interpretation that by episodes 11 and 12, Nao is aware that Pastel Ink is Ink, and that he's only playing along to avoid upsetting her. There unfortunately just doesn't seem to be any more definitive statement that can be made based on canon sources here.


Why weren't the Uchihas brought back with the Edo Tensei? Why didn't Kabuto bring back the entire Uchiha clan? It was one of the four noble clans of Konohagakure, and was also reputed to be the village's most powerful clan, producing shinobi that were exceptionally talented and battle-oriented. -Naruto wiki

Sasuke and Obito were still alive and only Itachi and Madara were brought back. I don't see a reason why Kabuto did not bring back the entire clan. I know these four are exceptionally strong, but there were other promising member like Shisui Uchiha.

Edo Tensei needs the DNA of the person to be reincarnated. (Chapter 520)

Kabuto could not bring back the Uchiha clan because he could not get their DNA.

Danzo, who commissioned the Uchiha clan massacre, must have had their bodies thoroughly destroyed to prevent enemies from misusing the Sharingan. Given Danzo's character and principles, we can be certain he would take such measures. For instance, he was very upset on knowing that Kirigakure's Ao had taken Konoha's Byakugan.

Kakashi also makes a mention of this rule in Chapter 16.

Madara's death was independent of the Uchiha Clan massacre, and Konoha thought he was dead anyway, so the possibility of Danzo destroying his body does not arise at all.

After Madara's death, Tobi must have taken great efforts to make his body inaccessible, because otherwise it would ruin the plan of him falsely assuming Madara's identity. However, he probably did not destroy it completely, and Kabuto (or Orochimaru) may have found the body or its parts somehow. Tobi was understandably shocked when Kabuto showed him the Edo Tensei Madara in the sixth coffin, since it meant his plan was ruined.

Itachi's dead body was easier to obtain, since he died just a few weeks before in his own hideout.


In what order should I watch Afro Samurai? Should I watch the movie first or the start with the first season?

And if I start with first season then should I watch the movie and then the resurrection?

Please tell me what should I watch, in what order and why?

Afro Samurai movie is basically the summary of what happens in the first season with a flashback of young Afro, whereas Afro Samurai season 2 is a sequel to both.

Hence, the recommended order of watching is:

Afro Samurai
Afro Samurai: The Movie
Afro Samurai Season 2


What happens if Uzumaki and Uchiha married each other? Will their offspring have Rinnegan? Ok, I'm wondering .
If Uchiha and Uzumaki have a child together, there are possibility that the child inherited Sharingan right?
Since Uzumaki have ties with Senju then, can the child awaken Rinnegan?

No, just an average/general Uchiha and Uzumaki marriage cannot give birth to a child who is capable of activating Rinnegan. In order to activate Rinnegan one requires chakra of both Indra and Ashura which enables Hagoromo's chakra. Please refer the below url. http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rinnegan


List of manga chapters animated in Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties If you have been following the manga, you would notice that Hayate no Gotoku! - Cuties (season 4 of the series) has been using material from:

"Filler" manga chapters (where plot stalls for character development) for most part of the episodes.
4-koma style manga from Colorful Hayate no Gotoku! or from the flaps of the dust-jacket of the tankōbon for the CM Connecting Theater (CM Matagi Gekijou).

Can anyone provide a list of manga chapters that is animated per episode?

The titles of the chapters are arrange in order of appearance in the anime. The anime also added some original content to create smooth transition between unrelated chapters.

In order not to confuse viewer (?), even though the anime draws material from various arcs in the manga, they are modified (sometimes heavily) to fit the pretext that all characters have known each other, and with all the details involving the plot (from where the chapter comes from) removed.

Chapter titles are taken from Wikipedia - List of Hayate the Combat Butler chapters. Title of 4-koma manga are taken from scanslation.

Episode 1

Hayate episode.

Chapter 303: "An Ordinary Life That KyoAni Wouldn't Turn Into an Anime" (京アニがアニメ化とかしない方の日常?)
Chapter 352: "Illness begins in the mind. That means you will get sick if you neglect your mind." (病は気から。気を抜くと病気になると言う意味)
4-koma ??
4-koma Colorful Chapter 24: Hermione and The Secret Clothes
Chapter 353: "He Caught A Cold Because He is No Longer An Idiot" (バカじゃなくなったからカゼをひく)

Episode 2

Nagi episode.

Chapter 197: "If You Feel Like You Have Become a Little Greater When You Wake Up Early in the Morning... Then You Are Imagining Things" (朝早く起きるとちょっと自分がエラくなったような気がする…という気のせい)
Chapter 174: "Even if the Law Says You Can't, You Still Want to See it" (法律でダメって言われても、観たい気持ちは消えない)
4-koma Colorful Chapter 16: Sanzenin Nagi's Less Than Beneficial Information
4-koma Colorful Chapter 5: The Wild Kingdom
Chapter 339: "A Single Yen Can Make One Laugh or Cry" (１円に泣いたり笑ったり)

Episode 3

A-tan (as Alice) episode.

Chapter 306: "It's an Option That Comes Default on Little Blonde Girls" (金髪幼女にはデフォルトでついてるオプションです)
Chapter 316: "Don't Move Another Step" (もうお前一歩も動くな)
Chapter 317: "If it's Important, Keep it with you" (大事なら持っとけ)
4-koma ??
4-koma ??
Chapter 318: "Sign"
Chapter 346: "And The Butler Made Them" (そして執事はそれを作ったとさ)

Episode 4

Isumi and Sakuya episode.

Chapter 341: "A Maid Will Not Be Found For Isumu-San Until 23rd Century" (伊澄さんのメイドさんは２３世紀まで見つからない)
4-koma Volume 29 (Front): Hi-tech Isumi-san ~Eps. Smartphone~
4-koma Volume 29 (Back): Hi-tech Isumi-san ~Eps. App~
Chapter 175: "You Bump Into Everyone You Need in Life" (人生に必要な人とはだいたい出会うようにできている)
Chapter 309: "The Honorific "Onee-san" is Filled With Romance" (敬語お姉さんが恋愛で満たされて)

Episode 5

Hinagiku episode. The anime didn't follow chapter 340 too closely (only around 50% of manga stays the same in the anime), but it makes the story better. For chapter 220 to 223, which occurs during the Golden Week in the manga, all the inheritance related stuffs are excluded in the anime.

(Up to just before the end of) Chapter 340: "Hinagiku-San's Wish Does Not Seem As If It Will Be Granted Even If She Uses The Holy Grail" (ヒナギクさんの願いは聖杯を使っても叶いそうにない)
(Start from near the end of) Chapter 220: "The Time to Forget Your Troubles Has Come. The Memory Mechanism Is Still Scientifically Unclear" (トラブルは忘れた頃にやってくる)
Chapter 221: "Because You Go to the Beach, There's Something You Have to Do" (ビーチに来たからにはやる事がある)
4-koma Volumn 12 (Front): Into the Dream, Into the Dream
4-koma Volumn 12 (Back): Don't you want to go?
Chapter 222: "Love Makes People Run in Odd Directions And Then They Want to Die" (恋は人をおかしな方向に走らせる。後で死にたくなる)
Chapter 223: "Winning And Happiness Are Equal But Not Linked" (勝つことと幸せはイコールで結ばれない)
(The rest of chapter 340)

Episode 6

Izumi, Miki, Risa (Idiot Trio) episode.

Chapter 356: "Even with Three Heads, 'Hmm...I Dunno' is all the Three can Come up with" ( 三人寄ってもう～ん…どうなんやろ…って三人で悩むだけ)
Chapter 373: Pros Are Amazing In My Field
4-koma Volume 28 (Front): If you can't concentrate, you can't do anything.
4-koma Volume 28 (Back): With the ability to concentrate, you can do anything.
Chapter 308: "Carelessness Means Acting Carelessly in Careless Moments" (うっかりは、うっかりしている時にうっかりする)
(Plus the first page of chapter 309, which is animated after the ED sequence).

Chapter 6

Ruka episode. There are quite a number of differences between anime and manga in the second part. In the manga, chapter 292 to 299 covers the first meeting between Hayate and Ruka, and the first meeting between Nagi and Ruka. These chapter also involves Housen Yozora (法仙 夜空) chasing after Hayate to destroy a fragment of photo that Hayate is holding on to. In the anime, which animates content of chapter 298 and first half of chapter 299, the story has been modified under the pretext that Ruka has known everyone else in the apartment, and Housen Yozora is replaced by Gilbert Kent.

Chapter 357: "Cycling Yahoo!" (サイクリング ヤッホー)
Chapter 358: "To be Blunt, I am an S at the Core. Also, Never do what I do!!" (ぶっちゃけ根はどSなのです。あと絶対マネしちゃダメ！！)
4-koma ??
4-koma ??
Chapter 298: "Idol Master" (アイドルマスター?)
(First half of) Chapter 299: "Don't Stop! Dreamer on the Road!"


Can Black Sperm return to be as powerful as he was? After the battle with Garou in the webcomic,

   Black Sperm becomes Saitama's pet in a weakened state

Can he regrow his cells and become as powerful as he was, or all the cells he lost can't be recovered?

Black Sperm certainly seems to think so, and he should be the authority on how his cells work, but only time will tell if he's right.

In Chapter 85 he initially expects to have to start over from scratch and expects to begin by getting protein from eating bugs.  But he ends up being more like someone's pet and by chapter 109 he seems happy to wolf down dog food to get him started on the path of recovery.


Why weren't Gigai used for Spearhead? When Rukia was explaining how Mod Souls were created for Project Spearhead, she said the project was scrapped because forcing corpses to fight was immoral.

But why weren't Gigai considered? Unlike corpses, Gigai are created so they are more readily available and a Mod Soul would inhabit a corpse in the same way as a Soul Reaper inhabits a Gigai with the exception that a Gigai was never alive to begin with.

So why wasn't it considered to use Gigai instead rather than scrap Spearhead altogether?

Two words: Plot armor.

All jokes aside, this is never really explained.  It is touched upon, however, in the anime during the non-canon Bount filler arc.  The three special mod-souls created by Urahara to help Ichigo regain the power of his bankai, all used their own custom made Gigai.  Once again, this arc is non-canon and so are the characters.

This one may never have a satisfactory answer.


What was the point of the game in Future Diary? In Future Diary, the justification for the game was that Deus was dying and looking for a successor.  That's an easy enough premise to understand.

But then it turns out that this is not the first time that this has happened.  Yuno had previously won the game and used her powers to enter the reality that we observe so that she can be with Yuki.  That is a little complicated but still relatively easy to follow.

Then when Yuki wins he ends up in his own reality, and we see that Deus is alive and well and it is around here that I begin to lose the plot.

What is the point of the game?  It shows absolutely no evidence of achieving it's stated goal, and by all appearances the stated justification for the game itself is false.

I realize that this question may seem confusing, but that is only because the subject matter is immensely confusing.

So, in short, what was the point of the game?

You're completely right in the reasoning that Deus is looking for a successor, and that is what happens in each case of the game playing out.

The survival game the anime covers is that of the second reality, which Yuki ends up winning. What isn't revealed until near the end of the story is that there was initially a first reality with it's own survival game, which Yuno won.

In the first reality, Yuno becomes so close to Yuki that after he dies and she wins, she can't bear being alone without him, so abuses the powers of the first reality's Murmur to enter the second reality to be with Yuki once again. Her plan was to do this repeatedly, winning the game in multiple iterations over numerous realities to be with Yuki for, essentially, eternity. Of course, this comes to a halt after the initial victory, as Yuki wins the second game.


Why didn't Ranma just tell Akane that P-chan is Ryoga? I just finished the first season of the anime and this question has been bugging me. There's no obvious incentive for him not to tell Akane, and Ryoga doesn't have any dirt on Ranma to use as collateral as far as I can remember. So why didn't he spill it?

Here is my thought. Because Ryouga will be hurt, if Ranma spills it. I don't think Akane will hate Ryouga even if she knows that he's P chan, from her personality, she may be angry for a few days but that's it. But to Ryouga, he kept thinking that if Akane finds out that he's P chan, she will hate him. It can be seen in a few occasion where Ranma threatens him that he will spill it out.

But after all,  Ranma is Ryouga's friend. He wouldn't do this if he knows that it's gonna hate Ryouga.


When did Kuradeel join Laughing Coffin? In Episode 10 - Crimson Killing Intent it is revealed that Kuradeel is a member of Laughing Coffin.

In Episode 8 - The Sword Dance of Black and White during Kuradeel's and Kirito's Duel there was a member of Laughing Coffin in the crowd watching the the fight.

I am wondering if Kuradeel joined Laughing Coffin before or after this Duel. if it was after was there any other reason for him to join aside from him wanting to get back at Kirito?

If it was before what purpose was there to have a member of Laughing Coffin inside the Knights of the Blood Oath?

Based off of the Chronological timeline, Laughing Coffin recruited Kuradeel after his dual with Kirito. Aside from Kuradeel wishing to kill Kirito, no other reason for joining Laughing Coffin is mentioned.

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Although the guild was vanquished during the crusade, PoH, who avoided the crusade, watched Kirito and Kuradeel's duel on the 74th Floor. After hearing that Kuradeel wished to kill Kirito, PoH approached Kuradeel some time prior to Kirito's mandatory training session with Kuradeel and Godfree. PoH then invited Kuradeel to his guild and taught him how to make paralysis poison.


Is Amber still alive after season 1? She was supposed to be dead. However, I was still wondering because she reappears in season 2 and seemingly so in season 3.

I suppose she's really gone. According to the wiki (spoiler for 2nd season),

   In Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor, Misaki discovers a reversed message left by her on a disc, which informs her of what lies ahead. Another message left by her also informs Misaki of the true nature of Izanami and Izanagi, and Amber's goal, once again, appears to be preventing the end of the known world. She also briefly appears behind Misaki, seemingly in physical form, as Misaki turns around to see her, as if registering her presence, but finds nothing. This is most likely Amber prior to her death, traveling into the future depicted in the second season to observe it.

So I believe that what she did in the end of the first season was what it seemed to be: a noble sacrifice in order to help Hei realize what he had to do. Too bad, as she was a really interesting character.


Is this image from an anime or manga? Is this image from an anime or manga? Which one is it from? I found it from a banner of an anime website.

That looks like "Naoto Fuyumine" from Dogs, which has a manga and anime.


Why do so many character names start with あ I'm on Episode 5, but so far with the exception of one character, all the other named characters start with あ, like Aika, Akari, Alice, Ai, Allan.

This seems to be done on purpose because the Undine who's training Aika in Himeya is named Akira when it could have been easier to give her a different name so as to not confuse her with Akari who Alicia trains.

It also seems to not be limited to Undine or their customers because Akatsuki is a Salamander.

So is it on purpose that all the characters are named starting with あ? If so, why? And why is the Sylph from Episode 4, Woody, the exception?

Aria and its precursor, Aqua, came about because the author, Amano Kozue, wanted to write a story about her experience in Venice and her favorite pet cat at the time, Aria (title drop!). In fact, according to the Japanese Wikipedia article, the manga was introduced as 「水と猫の物語」, a story about water (aqua) and cats, in its early serialization.

Because Amano loves cats so much, she incorporated many cat-related elements into her story: Cait Sith, Night on the Galactic Railroad and Alice Carroll as a homage to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland which features the Cheshire Cat. There, another character whose name doesn't start with あ; the cat mascot of Himeya also doesn't have a name that starts with あ (Hime happens to be the name of one of Amano's cats).

So yea, sharing the same initial with her favorite pet cat, as well as having Alice as a main character and aqua and acqua alta as an important theme, are probably enough to set the mangaka on a naming craze.

References

http://ariapokoten.sakura.ne.jp/


How many times was the nine tailed fox used to attack the leaf village? Since the beginning of Naruto, I know that the fourth Hokage (his father) had sealed the nine tailed fox into Naruto. But now I am at the part where Madara Uchiha comes into play and I understand that he used his Sharingan to control the beast and attacked the leaf village.

So was the nine-tailed fox used 2 times to attack the leaf village, during the first and fourth Hokage?

We can use deduction to answer this with a few givens: the Leaf was created by Madara so it didn’t exist before him, and extracting a Bijuu kills its host, even Uzumakis (it just takes a little longer).

Okay, so going from that, we know that Madara was the first attack, that makes one. In response to the Madara attack, the first Hokage put the Kyuubi into his wife, Mito Uzumaki. We also know that it was directly given to Kushina Uzumaki from Mito. This means it never left Mito because she would’ve already been dead. While Kushina was in possession of the Kyuubi, it was extracted by Madara again, the second attack. Immediately after, it was given to Naruto, and 12 years later the events of Naruto began.

Thus, we can conclude that the Nine Tails was used to attack the Leaf exactly 2 times.


A Manga About Four Princesses in A Kingdom around the Middle East In my childhood (around 8-14 years ago), I remember reading a manga about a small kingdom located around the Middle East where the leader is not a king but a queen. The manga follows about four princesses. The four princesses are sisters.
Things I remember about the princesses:

The first princess (who later becomes the Queen) is married with the second princess' boyfriend. Later, they had a son. She reject her son since a boy couldn't inherit the throne in that kingdom. She has long hair and a tall figure.
The second princess married a nobleman from another country and left her Kingdom. Later, she was sentenced to death after being suspected of having an affair. She has curly hair and large eyes.
The third princess is waiting for her lover (which I remember is a slave) until she becomes old. She has long dark hair and plays musical instruments (I don't remember what instrument).
The fourth princess is loved by God of War and has have some problems with the kingdom. She is considered short by her sisters and has wavy hair. She is expelled from the kingdom though I don't remember why.

I couldn't recall the title of this manga. Please help me if any of you know about it.

It's Four Daughters of Armian.

Once in Armian, Re-Manu XXXVII is awaiting her death. As it goes for years in history, the dying queen foretold the fate of her four daughters. Divination that would lead them toward their fate, and significance to determine the successor to rule Armian.
The beautiful Swarda is fated to marry a throne man of Persia. The smart and calm Aspasya will encounter a great leader of history.
But fate has its own plan to fool with their destiny. The first and the fourth daughter have their fates entangled, to both inherit the title of Re-Manu. There can't be a country with two leaders, so one has to given way to another. And of course it won't be the cold-hearted and ambitious Manua to give up the crown, who decides to exile her youngest sister.
Little Re-Syahrina has to start her journey to find a phoenix's feather to get back home, while the story is also concerned in Swarda's pain of being betrayed by her lover and sister, Aspasya relationship with a slave called Bahel, and the new Re-Manu who would sacrifice anything to fulfill her ambition, and her sisters aren't excepted.

The description you gave for each princess' fate really matched their story in the series, thus why I immediately reminded of Armian. Below is the daughters picture, started from the eldest (the first) to the youngest (the fourth).

First and eldest daughter, Manua, who later became the next Re-manu (Re-manu is the queen title in their country) after their mother, with second daughter's lover, Rihal (that later, just as you said it, became the father of her son).

Second daughter Swarda. She married Keser Keses (who is still related to Rihal), that became the King in another country (Persia according to description). I can't remember the motive of her death in Keses' hand, but IIRC, it happened very fast, the setting was a party, and Keses was kind of drunk. I only remember Keses was really, really in love with Swarda, but his love didn't seem to be reciprocated, and that became the seed to the tragedy.

Third daughter Aspasya, with Bahel. I forgot the detail, but yes, they met when they were young and Bahel was in lower position such as slave. Later, many events happened, and they're separated. Bahel became a man with a very important status in his homeland (I forgot whether he's a mere rich man or even someone with the status of a king/emperor. But, well, in description their mother also said it's "great leader in history"), and only reunited with Aspasya many, many years later. IIRC the instrument Aspasya played was harp.

Fourth and youngest daughter, Re-Syahrina, later became the last Re-manu, with what you describe as God of War. I forget his name actually, but searching and searching, I found the name was Eilius. I forget what God Eilius was exactly, but rather than war, it's something more general that descripting chaos. Further search, turned out to be he's God of Destruction, according to this source.


What are the positions "CA", "TK", and "AP"? The credits for each episode of Kowabon feature credits for the positions "CA", "TK", and "AP". For example, from episode 11:

What are these positions? The official website for Kowabon doesn't list these positions on its staff page, and I don't believe I've seen them in the credits of any other anime I've watched. (With these being two-letter acronyms, I have no idea how to search for them effectively.)

I suspect that they might have something to do with Kowabon being rotoscoped (note: the topmost position in the screenshot above is "cameraman", which is something you're only likely to find when rotoscoping is involved). Though, then again, I had a look at the credits of an episode of Aku no Hana, and didn't see these particular positions credited (though they could've been there under some other name).

I didn't know about kowabon, but In general.

CA: Camera assistant.
TK: Time keeper. (who check length of script that match to scene.)
AP: Assistant producer.

Evidence:
CA is positioned next to カメラマン"Camera Man".
TK is positioned next to 音声"Voice"
AP is positioned to last.


Can you help me find out where im stuck with Naruto Shippuden? So I've already restarted Shippuden twice and I would love to continue watching, but I can't remember at which episode I left of.
So here is what already happened maybe some of you might be able to help me out.

Sakura and Chiyo fight Sasori.
Sasori's childhood story.
Kakashi and Naruto following (I think) Pain/Deidara to wherever.
Pain/Deidara fighting against Gaara.

I don't know which of these was the latest, but maybe you could help me find the closest episode.

You are on the Kazekage Rescue arc. This arc spans between Naruto Shippuden episodes 1 through 32.

Since you have watched the episodes where Sakura and Chiyo face Sasori, which is around episode 26, you are probably somewhere between episodes 27 and 32


What is the song in episode 3 when the girl gets attacked at the train tracks? The beat/song/tune starts at 16:20 in episode three (the past before the girl gets attacked at the train tracks).

What is that song? I was curious if there was a longer/full version of if it was just made up by the editors.

The tune is also played on season 2 episode 2 at 17:09

I think it is the song "Shadow Dancing" from the Original Soundtrack (15:56).
The next song in episode 3 is "Wild Speech" (17:26).

On Wikia, you can listen to it (and the other songs).

I've added the times where the music starts with the version that I have because nothing starts at 16:20.


Were the lure towns in Wall Maria evacuated? I was re watching season 1 because season 2 started airing not to long ago. As I watched it got me thinking.

With the lure towns in Wall Maria, 1 out of 4 got breached but the other 3 were in theory safe. Did they get evacuated or did they stay in those lure parts of the wall? because even if they stayed they wouldn't have much food.

As the Wiki specifies (my apologies; I'm too lazy to look up specific manga chapters page by page):

  Shiganshina District was the first city to fall when Wall Maria was
  breached, leading to a massive slaughter and prompting humanity to
  abandon the entire perimeter and the remaining cities along the Wall
  as they attempted to consolidate their losses. After the fall of Wall
  Maria, humanity was pushed into Wall Rose.

So yes, they are empty. Probably not as damaged as Shiganshina but considering most of the loss in human lives was due the insufficiency of evacuation vacancies, it's fair to say, people might have met a slower and more prolongued, but equally bloody, end as those in Shiganshina.


Why is sanity a recurring theme in Haiyore Nyaruko-san? In several episodes, sanity is discussed by the characters. There is even a sunscreen to protect sanity from UV rays.

What is the purpose of sanity in the anime? Why is it a recurring theme?

Haiyore Nyaruko-san is based on Lovecraft's mythos, which includes the concept of Eldritch abomination. It has been said that when one gazes at or even think about such abominations, they will slowly lose their sanity as they are beyond comprehension. Many of the characters in his works regularly succumbs to insanity, slowly but surely. It is a common theme that these characters are vulnerable and fragile, keeping up with his other theme of humanity being insignificant when compared to the grand scheme of the universe.

It's a recurring theme in the anime because it is based on a work that has the loss of sanity as a recurring theme.

It should also be noted that Nyaruko is a satire of the mythos. Many of the tropes and themes in the anime are greatly exaggerated because of this. They are hyperbolic to achieve a comedic effect.

As for the Sanity points, it may refer to the many board games that has a Lovecraftian theme. Board games such as Betrayal at House on the Hill would be just one example, as it uses sanity checks as part of its gameplay.

Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lovecraftian_horror
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nyaruko:_Crawling_with_Love


Could titans suffocate? In the last episode I believe of the first season of Attack on Titan, they showed a titan in the wall. In addition, it looked like there was not much room between the actual wall part and the titan's face. So do titans breathe? Do they need to breathe?

Possible spoiler alert (depending on how accurate some of the interpretrations in the anthology were)!

So, late last year, Kodansha Comics released the Attack on Titan Anthology. If you're unfamiliar with it, the creators of Attack on Titan and some famous western artists basically got together and created this mash-up anthology with all of their interpretations of the AoT universe. Some of the pieces in the anthology were just straight up cross-over style pieces like the ones created by Evan Dorkin, featuring references to characters in other universes and such. But, for a lot of the pieces in the anthology, the material was actually extremely relevant to the series and revealed some interesting things. For those of you that have not started in on the Anthology yet, there's a spoiler for it below.

  On page 7 of Volume 1 of the Attack on Titan Anthology, a Q&A section reveals that one of the main subject pieces for Michael Oeming was a titan featuring transparent skin. Moving to page 8 of the same volume, you will find the see-through titan. As you might imagine from the story, it did have a digestive system but it was poorly developed and had absolutely no exit. The entrance and exit to the digestive system were the same place: the mouth. What would be of interest to you here is that when this titan was drawn, it featured only a poorly developed digestive system, no heart, no lungs, and no other major organs. We know that at least the digestive system was drawn to reflect knowledge found in both anime and manga, and it would not be a far leap to say that this is an accurate rendering of all organs within the titan's body, not just the digestive tract. Since the titan has no lungs in the picture, the titan likely does not need to breathe to survive.

But it's not enough to make assumptions, and on page 8 Michael Oeming states:

  There is a lot of nuance to the story. The history is rich and deep, both with the characters and the actual history of the Survey Corps, the geography, and even the different Walls. So writing a fresh story that hopefully expands the world when it is already so tightly written was a challenge. Luckily, my editors were a big help with the history and specifics.

So, from his answer in the Q&A session, this rendering of the see-through titan wasn't just a re-interpretation or a cross-ever, it was a segment that expanded on the current AoT universe using existing knowledge of the universe.

And, from episode 25 of Attack on Titan we see that, as mentioned above:

  There are titans literally hanging out inside the sealed walls. So, it makes perfect sense that they didn't suffocate inside the walls. They have no need to breathe since they have no lungs with which to breathe!

This means that it is highly likely that the see-through titan is an accurate representation of what the titan's organs would look like if the skin were transparent. That is to say, titans likely have no lungs and therefore can not breathe or suffocate.


What's the right english translation of the name of Hit's new technique in the manga? In the Dragon Ball manga, Hit shows a new technique, but it's been translated different in different sources. Some calls it "time shift", and other calls it "time lag". What's the right english translation of the name of Hit's new technique in the manga? Apparently the japanese name is Toki-Zurashi.

Both are technically correct translations for 時ずらし (Toki Zurashi), as 時 (Toki) means time, and ずらし (zurashi) seems to mean a shift or delay (based on the verb ずらす, to shift or to delay). As the technique slows an enemy's time to slow the enemy, it stands to reason that either definition would work. Time lag seems like a somewhat odd way of translating it, because the phrase generally means a period of time between one thing happening and the next, but it could mean the time lag between what is happening for Hit and what is happening for the enemy.