In Attack on Titan, what differs royal blooded people from Subjects of Ymir? Subjects of Ymir are all descendants of Ymir. What differs the so called royal bloodline from the rest?

That's actually a really good question. I suppose you are talking about how only the royal bloodline can use the full potential of the Founding Titan. My theories as a somewhat mediocre fan to solve this apparent plot hole are as follows:

 It actually doesn't matter from what we have seen in the manga. Eren was able to seize control of the Founding Titan by convincing Ymir, the First Titan, to make her own choice as she was a slave to the will of the royal bloodline since the days of the founding king, Fritz. Hence the royal bloodline wasn't really special. They just had the advantage of manipulating a nigh-omnipotent girl to do their bidding.

The first theory can be shot down when you consider the fact that Zeke's spinal fluid can be used to turn Eldians into pure Titans. Thus perhaps the royal bloodline is special.
I'm no geneticist, just a hyperactive high schooler, so what I'm about to propose may be scientifically preposterous. I think because since the royal family is directly descended from Maria, Rose, and Sina, the first humans to eat Titan blood raw I might add, it's possible that there's a higher concentration of the original power in the royal bloodline hence their abilities. How you might ask? They may have taken a page from the Targaryens.

I hope this answer is ok. If I'm wrong somewhere, please correct me.


Which characters in One Punch Man have regeneration abilities? I was reading the One Punch Man wikia and it apparently claimed Metal Bat has some sort of regeneration abilities which I don't know if it's true. I actually didn't think he had those. If it's true and he actually does have them, it made me wonder if there could be several more.

Which characters in One Punch Man aside from the well-known ones like Melzargard, Boros and Zombie Man have regeneration abilities?

The wikia actually has a page which lists all characters from the manga/anime that have regeneration.

Boros
Deep Sea King
Demonic Fan
Elder Centipede
Melzalgald
Mosquito Girl
Pureblood
Sludge Jellyfish
Super Mouse
Zombieman

Characters from the webcomic include,

Black Sperm
Fuhrer Ugly
Garou
Sweet Mask

It is noted that each regeneration ability varies among each being, some having a weaker versions that is 'able to regenerate fractured bones or mutilated body parts'. Furthermore, each

  has had different types of regeneration, different ways they have regenerated, how much time it takes to regenerate their bodies, and whether they recreate cells in their body or regroup cells back together.


How is an anime based on western-literature made? I just saw some anime that are based on western literature. I was just wondering how is it done. I mean, does the anime production company have to ask permission from the author of the books? If so, what if the author has passed away? And what kind of permission do they have to take? Like some anime that are based on western-books have modifications to the real story, so do they inform the author about all the modifications? Thank you.

If the piece of literature is not part of the public domain, they will have to obtain the rights either at the original author or publisher, as the author may or may not hold actual rights over the product after publishing.

In the case of a deceased author whom holds the rights, it might get a little bit more complex. Considering Dead artists can be kept alive, and make a killing

The actual permissions / allowed modifications are usually decided upon during the inquiring of a license. Here they can either determine that no changes are allowed, or they are free to do as they please.

Usually if somebody wishes to obtain said rights, they would hire a lawyer, as obtaining the rights, setting the terms and options, and the costs that come with it are surrounded by a lot of legal rump slump


Which are all the S and A class heroes whom Garou fought? So far in the anime Garou has fought Tank Top Master, Heavy Tank Loincloth, Blue Fire, Magic Trick Man, Golden Ball and Spring Mustachio. From video segments of the manga I've seen he fought others such as

   Genos.

Which are all the S and A class heroes whom Garou fought  ?

This will include spoilers of necessity.  I'll mention the webcomic appearances for S-class (I think the manga covers all of the A-class he fought in the webcomic already, but I won't quite guarantee it).  Though keep in mind there are differences between the webcomic and manga.

S-class

Metal bat
Genos
Bang
Watchdog Man
Tanktop Master
King (sort of)

In the webcomic he also fights:

   Everyone else except Blast, Metal Knight, and Drive Knight.  In several cases he fights three or more of them at the same time.

A-class

Blue Fire
Heavy Tank Loincloth
Magic Trick Man
Golden Ball
Spring Mustachio
Death Gatling
Smile Man
Stinger
Chain'n'toad

There's also a smattering of B-class heroes and even Mumen Rider, and a host of monsters that were classed as Demon or Dragon level threats.  A list of manga battles Garou has fought can be found here.


What is happening in the first episode of Black Rock Shooter? I've been trying to get into Black Rock Shooter but I can't get passes the first 3 episodes because I get really confused. Could someone explain what the first episode is about? It sorta goes all over the place and I'm not sure what they are trying to show.

They are showing fighthing between.... I suppose those creatures are something like mental entities or something at another dimension but still connected to the humans. When there's a problem with the main character, for example tension between her and her friend, the representation of them in another dimension are shown fighting. The story itself doesnt really make sense, but if you stick to the actual human character's story, i think it'll be more understandable and enjoyable.


What is Kotetsu trying to parody with the fundamentals of photography? What is Kotetsu trying to parody in this scene from chapter 495?
Apparently its really old.

This is a reference to the manga Kyuukyoku Chojin R (究極超人あ〜る), a gag manga running from 1985-1987 published in Shuukan Shounen Sunday (the same magazine Hayate runs in) about a robot student named R who joins a photography club.
More specifically, it's a reference to the somewhat well-known scene in the first chapter of volume 8, titled 「これは基本だ」 ("These are the fundamentals"), in which a couple club members get into an argument about what the most important principles are to follow during photography. Here's the relevant 2-page spread (click for full-size):

You can see that the third panel on the left page is obviously a similar posture to the one in the image from Hayate. The text there and in the next panel translates to:

These are the fundamentals of photography!
"Triumph through backlighting!"
"Divide the world in thirds!"
"Never use direct sunlight!"
"Overhead empty margins are the enemy!"

This is basically exactly what Kotetsu says as well. I don't have access to an untranslated version of Hayate no Gotoku chapter 495, but it's clearly the same principles being said, and quite possibly the exact same dialogue in Japanese.
Incidentally, this scene itself has a reference to Kodak Tri-X film. The right page contains the phrase 「トライＸで万全」 ("Perfection through Tri-X"), which is used a bit satirically to refer to people who believe that film quality alone will lead to great pictures. This part of the scene is probably a bit more well-known, an has been referenced as well, most notably in Genshiken Nidaime:


What happened in the final episode of Amnesia? I watched the last episode of Amnesia about 3 times but I still can't understand what it is talking about.

Can someone explain it in a simpler way?

It has been a while since I watched it so forgive me if this is not entirely accurate, but here is a general idea:

At the start of the episode we have realised that Ukyo has a split personality between wanting to protect Heroine by letting himself die or kill Heroine in order for him to live.

It was either in this episode or the one before that it was revealed that Ukyo was being transported between dimensions by the spirit king (or equivalent individual, I can't remember their name anyway) but was no longer able to do so, hence Ukyo had to decide if Heroine in this dimension will live or die with Ukyo having the opposite fate.

In the end Ukyo either stabbed himself or didn't kill Heroine in time (I think she had to be killed by a certain time as her original fate was being killed due to an explosion), she was then saved from the building by aforementioned spirit king who explain the whole situation and transported her back to her original dimension, in which she gets to choose to be with based on whichever door/card she chooses.

I hope that helps, if I'm still missing something let me know.


Which episode in season 3 showing Eren having to seal a rock with hardening? I can’t remember when they showed Eren having to seal a rock with hardening, flashback or not. It was in season three of Attack on Titan.

What episode is it?

In Attack On Titan season 3, episode 8. Eren uses the titan hardening ability to protect his comrades in the underground of the Reis Chapel.

He isn't sealing a rock thou


Why wasn't Naruto able to sense Black Zetsu? If Black Zetsu was commanded to be with  Obito while Madara was fighting the 5 kages,

How come, Naruto was not able to sense Black Zetsu in his Kyuubi mode while fighting with Obito??

One might be able to look at it from the philosophical point of view that there was no evil to sense.

The rest of this answer may include spoilers

   Black Zetsu is essentially Kaguya's will incarnate. That being said, Kaguya's goals were not inherently evil. Technically, her goal was peace. While it may have been a peace forced upon the entire world, in a manner they did not agree with, in her mind, it was still an act of good. It's true that she did want the power of her chakra back from all those it had been sewn into throughout the centuries. Even still, it is difficult for mere mortals to understand what drives a being that could be consider god-like. Good and Evil being matters of perception, maybe Kaguya truly believed in the good of her actions. Of course, this is all speculation, but one has to wonder, I mean when Kaguya initially thought that Naruto and Sasuke were Hagoromo and Hamura, she wept, so she can't be all bad.

 All that considered, and Black Zetsu being an extension of Kaguya himself, maybe the whole "sensing evil" didn't work because there was no evil intent. But this all hinges on the philosophy of good and evil, and deciding if there is a difference between knowing something is evil and not caring, or not believing something is evil because of the eventual good, it will do.


Was Picollo/Kami a special case of Namekian Fusion or this could be done by anyone? Some time ago I asked this. Potara fusion limit

In DBZ, we see Picollo fuse with Nail and exponentially increased his power. Then again he fused with Kami to further enhance this.

Was only Picollo/Kami able to do this type of fusion? I mean if you're on the verge of Genocide, you'd think some of the warriors may try fusing.

So was this due to knowledge (Nail new from the old Namek, Kami cos he divided his body) or physical limit of Namekians.

Associated, how many times could this be done?

Was Picollo/Kami a special case?
No, Picollo didn't even know about the fusion and it was Nail who informed him how it works. That means it's limited to Namekians race and any two Namekian can do it.
How many times could this be done?
Nobody knows it happen twice in anime series and it's still running, so future might tell.
From dragonball.wikia.com

It is more of an assimilation (the alternate title of this type of fusion) than fusion, as one Namekian absorbs the energy, strength, memories, and intelligence or thought pattern of another. Both participants must willingly consent to fuse in this manner and usually the pair agrees to the stronger of the two to serve their body as the host; the reason for this consent is that the body of the absorbed Namekian disappears during this fusion and the consciousness ceases to exist as a body. The agreed host places his hand over the chest of the other one and through unknown thoughts, a flash merges them. After the fusion, the non-host's consciousness lives inside the body of the host from this point onwards and their life span as a body ends. The host's consciousness dominates the body, while the non-host serves to aid him by supplying information, thereby meaning that the absorbed consciousness remains separate from the host's.
The largest difference with this type is that once fused it cannot be undone even by methods that can undo Potara fusions (such as being absorbed inside Buu, evidenced by the fact that Piccolo was found in Super Buu's body, but not Nail or Kami). Both the host and his partner maintain separate consciousnesses: while the host has control of the body, the partner can watch from inside and is capable of speaking with the host's consent; during his fight with Imperfect Cell, Piccolo gives Kami credit for coming up with the idea of playing possum in order to extract information from Cell.


When is Naruto using Kurama one tail In which episode is Naruto using Kurama one tail mode for the first time?

Naruto first manifested a one-tail chakra in manga Chapter 231, which is Episode 133 A Plea from a Friend in the anime. This is during Naruto and Sasuke's fight as Naruto tries to stop Sasuke from leaving the village. If I recall correctly, there were no other similar occurrences preceding this.


What is Katakuri's power? Katakuri is one of the sweet generals in big mom army and the strongest one of them.

we saw him

  growing extra limb or moving them like an octopus. At some point he even performed the Elephant Gun move that is a signature move of Luffy with rubber body. He can also predict the future to some degree.

So what is his powers exactly? is he a devil fruit user or this is just some other race in One Piece world?

His power comes from a devil fruit, a "special" type of the paramecia called Mochi Mochi no Mi. Although this fruit is a paramecia type, so far its characteristics have been more inline with the Logia, as the user can become "intangible" to avoid attacks. An example is when Ichiji tried to hit Katakauri

Also worth of nothing is that in the first translations, the fruit type was labeled as Logia but was later changed to a special type of paramecia(i would say because mochi is not a natural element).

Regarding to his ability to predict the future, its just a further developed observation haki. Usually this type of haki was shown to enable the user to perceive what kind of attack the enemy will use, so its a natural extension to be able to predict the movement of your surrounding in the future.

Info about mochi mochi no mi:
http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Mochi_Mochi_no_Mi

Wiki about mochi, if you want to eat some cake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mochi


How can Madara still stick around even after the Edo Tensei had been ended? Edo Tensei is a technique to revive the dead, and bind their souls into living bodies. However, after releasing the technique, all of the dead should get back into being dead.

How can Madara still stick around even after the Edo Tensei had been ended? I am not sure if it was something that we needed to think about and figure out by ourselves or is it yet to be revealed?

When Edo Tensei ends, the summoned soul is freed from the Edo Tensei's control, and then the soul ascends to the pure world (afterlife). However, there is a small "grace period" between the two. During this grace period, the soul can act freely.

   During that grace period, Dan used the Reika no Jutsu to go meet his girlfriend. Itachi shared his memories and feeling with Sasuke (though granted he had been freed from the Edo Tensei's control long back). Most other shinobi stood around doing nothing significant.
 However, during that grace period, Madara released the Edo Tensei's summoning contract itself. As such, his soul is no longer bound to "ascend to the pure world" and can continue to stay in the impure world.

He could have done the same thing even before the Edo Tensei was released, if Kabuto had let him, and the effect would be the same. Also, if others knew the seals and chose to use them, they would be able to stick around too.


What was inside Yuuko's wallet? Mio was carrying Yuuko's wallet in her bag for some reason (why?). Then the moment comes and Mio realizes that the wallet is not there. They go to the lost and found department. They found the wallet and we see inside of it as in the screen shot below. Yuuko's day is ruined after see that paper and the green thing inside.

What was that paper and the green substance that put Yuuko in such a bad mood?

Inside the wallet:

Yuuko's mood for the entire day after this event:

(Location: Episode 12; at the beginning of the second half.)

( ͡° ʖ̯ ͡°) It's a piece of snakeskin and a receipt from a store in front of a certain station she frequents.
The wallet is Yuuko's because she identified it by the color and unique contents (the snakeskin). The empty face is one of shock and perhaps angst because all her money is gone. The gag here is not the contents but her reaction after looking in her wallet.
In Japan, there is a superstition that goess if you put the cast-off skin of a snake into your wallet, your wallet will be able to accumulate more money. In Japan and other asian countries as well, snakes are a traditional symbol of money and wealth (amongst other things), in Japanese myth some notable ones associated with snake gods are Ugajin and Benzaiten.


Why doesn't Sasuke use his Sharingan to learn Naruto's Rasengan? In the hospital rooftop fight between Sasuke and Naruto, why didn't Sasuke use his Sharingan to learn Naruto's Rasengan? Is it because the Rasengan doesn't use any hand signs? (But Sasuke learns Rock Lee's moves with the Sharingan even if it doesn't rely on hand signs).

Sasuke's chakra affinity is Fire and Lightning.

In the anime, it is speculated by Kakashi that the best chakra affinity to combine the Rasengan with is Wind.

With this in mind, it was probably best for Sasuke to focus primarily on electric or fire based attacks, such as Chidori/Raikiri and Katon. He would be able to elevate these jutsus far more than he can with Rasengan.


Weren't the names in Edolas and Earthland the same? As in like Lucy, Wendy, Natsu and all, their edolas friends had the same name. How come, then, that Makarov and Gerrard were different? There are official sources (can't remember where I saw that) that their Edo-characters were named "Faust" and Mystogan repectively. What makes these 2 different than everyone else, whose Edo-name was the same? (Natsu, cana, lucy, elfman, sugarboy, hughes, coco, etc.)

I think that is a plot hole. The thing is, there is no way everything can be opposite in Edolas. Like you said, Faust really is Makarov and Mystogan really is Gerrard, but in Earthand Makarov is not the father of Gerrard. You assume that the names are coincidences for everyone (even that is very unlikely) and do not forget that some characters were not so different in Edolas, like Gajeel. They were very similar in personality, and also Coco seems very similar in both cases. (Note: Earthland Coco was a filler in the anime. Along with Sugarboy, Hughes, and Byro)

Also, remember how in Fairy Tail Battle with Laxus Natsu and Gajeel were for some reason considered "over 80 years of age"? Well the reason for that is revealed up ahead in the plot, which is that:

  They are actually over 400 years old. Including Wendy as well.

If you see things this way, there is no way Edo-Natsu (or Edo-Wendy or even Edo-Gajeel) would have been there when Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla visited Edolas, since we are sure that with Edo-people, they don't have the same circumstances as the actual Fairy Tail members.

In Conclusion: I think that is an unplanned mistake; unless it is intended, but say if Gajeel, Natsu, and Wendy weren't in Edolas then that would raise a question too early, since the answer is revealed quite a long time after. Perhaps Hiro had to make things that way.


Why did Cell and Frieza keep their bodies after they died? I thought only kind people who have great achievements could keep their body in hell or heaven so that they can continue to improve; Kami said that when Goku died the first time. But why did people like Cell, Frieza, Dr. Gero (and this one can't even fight!) keep their bodies? What's more, Baby didn't show up in hell. Why did all of this happen?

And why did Chi Chi keep her body when she died? She was sent to heaven in a flower ground with some other people when Goku was fighting Majin Buu.

That's an inconsistency introduced by the anime. They introduced them in fillers, to be able to make more chapters from the manga. As with other fillers, that was inconsistent with the more coherent manga.

In the manga, only a few warriors are allowed to have their bodies in the alterlife. Other souls were shown as little clouds. Specifically, evil souls were punished, purified and removed of any memory before reincarnation.


Where does Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito fall in the story line? I just finished the second OVA, and I have some doubts. Are the OVAs a spin-off of the series? If not, when in the story line are they set? Are they before R2 or after?.

There is a scene in the second OVA where we see Lelouch and Susaku in a train. Lelouch seems to be pretty hurt, and Suzaku looks at him with indifference. At the end of the second OVA they get out of the train and Lelouch calls himself as "Julius ...something." This actually blew my mind. I thought that the first scene was a connection with the end of the first season (when Suzaku and Lelouch fire each other), but apparently not.

What is the connection with this scenes? Or are the OVAs an spin-off?

In answer to your question, Code Geass: Akito of the Exiled (Code Geass: Boukoku no Akito) is set during the 1 year gap between the 2 Anime Series of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion set during the time when Britannia was putting pressure on their EU Front

Another peice of evidence to show that Code Geass: Akito of the Exiled is set in between the 2 series is Suzaku's apperance as he is a member of the Knights of the Round at this time and also

   at the end of R2 Suzaku is supposedly dead in the public and assumes the role of Zero. this ruse would be foiled if Suzaku is seen alive in puiblic

As for Julius Kingsley, he is infact a brainwashed Lelouch as revealed in Episode 3. the brainwashing however is somewhat unstable as "Lelouch" reappears briefly, also his Geass has yet to be sealed


What's the correct order in which to watch the Yu-Gi-Oh! seasons/episodes? I am wondering what the correct order in which to watch the Yu-Gi-Oh! seasons is.

As Peter Raeves points out in the comments, a useful listing is available at Wikipedia's List of Yu-Gi-Oh! episodes article. In brief:

Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters (the first series, not the "zeroth" series), which is 224 episodes / 5 seasons in length. At any point after episode 144, you can, if you'd like, watch the Pyramid of Light movie.
If you'd like, watch Capsule Monsters, which is 12 episodes in length. This mini-series was created exclusively for US release (so I guess it's "non-canon" if you care about that), but it's pretty enjoyable nonetheless. It is best to watch it after episode 198 of Duel Monsters as it takes places between 198 and 199. Also since this comment was written another Yu-Gi-Oh! movie Dark Side of Dimensions has been released which takes place 6 months after the end of Duel Monsters. So be sure to watch that before starting GX.
Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, which is 180 episodes / 4 seasons in length. Note that you'll have to hunt for subtitled episodes if you want to watch the fourth (and final) season of GX - it was never dubbed.
Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's, which is 154 episodes / 5 seasons in length. At any point after episode 86, you can, if you'd like, watch the Bonds Beyond Time movie. Note that large segment of seasons 4 and 5 were never dubbed. Again, you'll have to hunt for subtitled episodes if you want to watch these in their entirety. There is also a special ("Shinka suru Kettou! Stardust VS Red Demons") that was never dubbed.
Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (series 1), which is 73 episodes / 3 seasons in length. There is also a special (the one featuring Kouhei Uchimura) that was never dubbed.
Watch Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL (series 2), which is 73 episodes / 3 seasons in length. Since this series only just ended in Japan (Mar 2014), dubbing is still in progress. As of this writing (13 Jun 2014), it looks like the first 40 episodes have been dubbed, with more coming out at a rate of one per week. Once you've caught up with this, you'll be up-to-date with the dubs.
If you don't mind watching subs, start watching Yu-Gi-Oh! Arc-V, which is ongoing as of Apr 2014. Konami has licensed it for dubbing, but the dubs presumably won't start until the dubs for ZEXAL series 2 are complete.

I didn't mention the "zeroth" series (the one released in 1998) anywhere in there because it's sort of orthogonal to the rest of the Yu-Gi-Oh! anime franchise. As such, you can watch it at any point, though I would recommend watching it just before or after you watch the first series (just to see the contrasting ways in which the two series evolved). The "zeroth" series is 27 episodes in length, and was never dubbed, so you'll have to hunt down subtitles. Note also that a short film (titled just "Yu-Gi-Oh!") was produced, which you might want to watch after you've finished the "zeroth" series.


How is Reinforce's name supposed to be said? In season 3 of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha, Hayate calls Reinforce "Rein", and near the end of season 2 she renames Dark Book to Reinforce. However, looking at the text, it looks like "re-in-force" rather than "rein-force".

So, I am wondering if "rein-force" is actually how Reinforce is supposed to be called or if it's supposed to be "re-in-force", which however sounds different due to it being said by the Japanese.

Converting my comment into an answer, thanks to textual support from Dusk252's comment...

The character's name in Japanese is リインフォース riinfoosu, which is basically how the English word "reinforce" would be rendered into Japanese. So, if you were talking about Nanoha while speaking in English, you should pronounce the character's name like the English word "reinforce"; that is, "ree-in-FOHRS", not "RAHYN-fohrs" or anything else like that.

As seen in the topmost speech bubble in this excerpt from chapter 2 of Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force, Reinforce's name is abbreviated as リイン riin. Thus, you should pronounce the abbreviated form of her name as you would pronounce the correspondingly-abbreviated form of the English word "reinforce": as "ree-in".


Rather then a company published manga, can a self-published manga become an adapted anime? Did it ever happen before when self-published mangas become adapted into an anime without having mangas published by companies?

There are a few anime adaptations of doujins and Artist CGs, like Z-Ton's "A Beautiful Greed" and Maron Maron's "Yareruko! Densha Ecchi", both of these are NSFW. Also that short anime "Getsuyoubi no Tawawa" was based on illustrations Himura Kiseki posted on pixiv that later got released as compilations on Comiket, so this is a doujin as well. Those are the only ones that come to mind at the moment but I'm pretty sure there should be a few more. It doesn't happen that often though, it's more of an exception to the norm.


How does a shadow clone identify itself as shadow clone? All shadow clones have the same memories as the original (from birth until the Jutsu cast time). Which means all the shadow clones also should think of themselves as the original.

If an action needs to be done by only the original, all the shadow clones also would try to do the same. Because they all think that they are the original.

Is it valid? Do shadow clones know that they are just clones?

At the beginning of the series, Naruto's Shadow Clones did confuse and fight amongst themselves about who's the original one (before realising that all they had to do was to release the jutsu to figure it out).

I'm guessing that as you get more proficient in the technique, both you and the clones begin to recognize who they are.

  In Naruto's most recent case, the original has Gudoudama behind him, while the clones do not.


Why the title "Second Season"? So, the Monogatari series has four season, and soon will be five, and if we look at the production order, based on this question, and this Wikipedia page it will be:

Bakemonogatari (2009–2010)
Nisemonogatari (2012)
Nekomonogatari (Kuro) (2012)
Monogatari Series: Second Season (2013)
Monogatari Series: Second Season + α or Hanamonogatari (2014)

As you can see, "Second Season" is the fourth and fifth season of anime, so why the title "Second Season"?

Second Season refers to the light novel series, not the anime

The word Second in the anime title Monogatari Series: Second Season is not based on the number of times the series has been animated (which is the usual practice), but rather based on the fact that the anime adapts the content from the Second Season of the Monogatari Series, which consists of 6 volumes (listed in order of publication): Nekomonogatari (White), Kabukimonogatari, Hanamonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari, and Koimonogatari.

The anime Monogatari Series: Second Season (summer 2013) has adapted (listed in airing order) Nekomonogatari (White), Kabukimonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari, Koimonogatari. And this summer (2014), Hanamonogatari will be animated under the title Monogatari Series: Second Season Hanamonogatari.

Earliest usage of the term

The term Second Season has been in used since mid 2011 in Monogatari Series article on Wikipedia.

It also has been used on an anime news site in March 2011, regarding the release of Hanamonogatari (emphasis mine).

  第変話「するがデビル」を収録した西尾維新『花物語』の発売日が3月29日に決まった。『花物語』は化物語シリーズ セカンドシーズン『猫物語(白)』『傾物語』に次ぐ第3弾。

How the term comes to use

As for why the 6 volumes are collectively called Second Season, according to Wikipedia article of Monogatari Series in Japanese:

  『猫物語（黒）』で当初の予定であった暦とその周辺の人物の物語は一通り終了したが、『化物語』のアニメ化に触発されて「セカンドシーズン」が発表された。

My own translation1:

1 Feel free to edit in a correct translation.

  Although the series was initially planned to end at Nekomonogatari (White), at which point the series have finished telling the story about Koyomi and all the people around him, Nishio Ishin was inspired by the anime adaptation of Bakemonogatari and announced the "Second Season".

The old version of the article noted the date of the announcement being June 2010.

Then, Bakemonogatari (2 volumes), Kizumonogatari, Nisemonogatari (2 volumes), Nekomonogatari (Black) are collectively called First Season for the sake of convenience after the Second Season was announced.

  セカンドシーズン発表後に便宜上「ファーストシーズン」と呼ばれるようになった。

Unfortunately, the article (old or new) didn't cite any source regarding the announcement of the Second Season of the novel.

Reference

〈物語〉シリーズ - Wikipedia. Version July 21st, 2014.
〈物語〉シリーズ - Wikipedia. Version July 7th, 2011.


Why Meliodas regenerations abilities didnt work in his first fight with Gilthunder? In Meliodas first fight with Gilthunder, he gets injured and he's taken by his friends with his doctor. But he is a member of the demon clan who's even capable of reattaching a cut arm, and it's shown later in the anime.

Why Meliodas regenerations abilities didnt work in his first fight with Gilthunder?

His powers were sealed, because back then his power level was significantly lowered.Back then, his powers were sealed because he couldn't control his emotions after he destroyed Danafor because Liz died.
In chapter 29, Melodias has a flashback about Danafor, which he destroyed in his wrath.


Is Fullmetal Alchemist based on Nazi Germany? It may be because I'm Jewish (yes, Madara is Jewish), but I couldn't help but noticing the similarities between Fullmetal Alchemist to the German Nazi regime.

German names (Edward, Alphonse, Olivier, Bradley)
A Fuhrer
"Dogs of the Army"
Very militarized
Blond hair and blue eyes
Extermination (Ishvals)
War on multiple fronts
Human experimentation
An obsession with the occult among high ranking officials

Is it just me? Or is there a connection? Is there some written reference to that? Has the mangaka said anything about it?

The FMA Wiki states that:

  When creating the fictional world of Fullmetal Alchemist, Arakawa was inspired after reading about Europe during the Industrial Revolution period; she was amazed by how different the people from different countries were, in terms of their culture, architecture and clothes. She was especially interested in England during this period and "added to it her own original flavor to turn it into a fantasy world".

"Fullmetal Alchemist the Movie: Conqueror of Shamballa" — the movie that follows the first anime series — is set in 1923 Germany, and depicts the beginning of the Nazi Party within German politics, being only an extremist group at that point.

Other than that, I know of no such inspirations. But it may well be that Arakawa has said something more concrete about that.


What type of training was Class E's Yuuma going to say, before he corrected himself? Assassination Classroom - Chapter 24, page 18, second panel

What was the character about to say?

In Japanese, the panel reads:

ありがとねぇ　ジャマな枝　切ってくれて
それにしても　君達えらく　身軽だね～
いえいえ
待ち伏せ…いや　木登り特訓　してるので

The translation in the OP post is a little bit off; a better translation of the last speech bubble is "It's because we were preparing an ambu-... er, practicing climbing trees." That is, they weren't doing "ambush training"; they were just lying in wait to ambush someone. (In other words, it's not 待ち伏せの特訓 that was elided - just 待ち伏せ.)
Anyway, the word in question is ambush.


Who used Izanagi first? I have been asked a question I can not seem to figure out regarding who used Izanagi first. I first thought it was Rai Uchiha, but when I give that answer, many stated that I am wrong.

Who used Izanagi first?

Multiple hours of confusion later:

True answer

"According to Itachi, there was a point in time where members of the clan abused the abilities granted by Izanagi, instead simply casting the technique as a means of escaping the undesirable results of their actions. Whilst this resulted in little issue if only one person were using Izanagi, if there were two or more casters, they would begin to fight amongst each other over personally favourable outcomes. Thus, as dōjutsu users were unlikely to succumb to ocular genjutsu, Izanami was created as a method to reprimand such clansmen, as well as save them from their own arrogance. By imprisoning them within an unalterable loop of events, the victim was forced to accept the reality they had created if they ever wished to escape the illusion."
- So really we don't know who the first person was.

Information about Izanagi:

Users:
 1. Danzo Shimura 2. Madara Uchiha3. Obito Uchiha (anime only:)5.  Baru Uchiha6.  Naka Uchiha7. Rai Uchiha #: Unknown blokes/blokettes from Uchiha

Naka is described to have been "able to awaken his Mangekyō Sharingan and became obsessed with the technique Izanagi, which he used to kill some of his own clansmen."
While "Baru was of its few members who were able to awaken the Sharingan in his youth" along with Rai who "was able to awaken the Sharingan in his youth".
We don't know the age of Madara when he was able to use Izanagi, even roughly, though he doesn't seem to have it in his youth?

If you take the anime as definitive it is between Baru and Rai who are the first, It is not clear which person used it first as they both awakened to the power in their "youth", no more description is given.

The Izanagi is a genjutsu that is cast on the user instead of others and is the most powerful amongst this type of genjutsu.

Izanagi can be used only by those with the genetic traits of the Sage of Six Paths. The Uchiha, descended from the Sage, are able to perform Izanagi with their Sharingan. Even with such an eye acting as a medium, gaining the power to temporarily control reality's flow as the user sees fit comes at a price; one has very limited reserves of time within a single eye for invoking this technique. This technique would normally be used for only the most dire of situations and for but a brief moment as after the Sharingan with which Izanagi was casted exceeds its limit, becoming powerless and permanently blind, though its sight and power can be restored by further evolving it into a Rinnegan. For this reason the Uchiha labelled it a kinjutsu.

Danzō Shimura, in an effort to make practical use of the technique, had ten Sharingan embedded into his right arm. To use Izanagi to its full potential, users must also have the genetic traits of the Senju, who are also descended from the Sage. Partially for this reason Danzō had some of Hashirama Senju's DNA transplanted into his arm, which extended the time span of each Sharingan's Izanagi to a minute, allowing him to use the technique for up to ten minutes in total, with breaks in between to conserve time. However, because Danzō is not an Uchiha, his chakra levels drop substantially every time he activates this technique.

(Since the timeline and plot is so muddled and tangled I could be wrong on the answer)

Sources:(There are a lot, its to help your eyes)

  http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Izanagihttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Uchiha_Clan_Downfallhttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Naka_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Rai_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Baru_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/First_Shinobi_World_Warhttp://narutofanon.wikia.com/wiki/Era_of_the_Warring_Stateshttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Warring_States_Periodhttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Third_Shinobi_World_Warhttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Izuna_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Tajima_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Madara_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Obito_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Shin_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Itachi_Uchihahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Izanamihttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Hashirama_Senjuhttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Danz%C5%8D_Shimurahttp://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Izanagi_and_Izanami


How did Gon and Killua know they were being spied on when entering Greed Island? At the beginning of episode 61, how did Gon and Killua know they were being watched when they entered Greed Island ?

Even ignoring their (barely trained) Nen abilities, Gon grew up very close to nature, and Killua was trained as an assassin since he was a toddler. We see Gon realize he is being watched at time code 0:20 of episode 61.  After the opening song, we see other newly arrived hunters mentioning being watched (tc 2:20). One of the hunters says to his ally, "Well they can't be too good if we can sense them from here." Finally Killua says the same thing on his arrival, tc 2:42.

I think enough was shown to conclude that awareness of being watched is a common trait of advanced hunters.  Also, remember that Gon was able to shield himself from Hisoka's awareness during phase 4 of the Hunter exam.  This was before even learning Nen, just the skills he had learned growing up on Whale Island. Also during the Hunter exam, we saw Killua use the Rhythm Echo assassination technique.  With training in skills like that, I'm sure he could sense being watched even without his Nen.


In session 23 at 14:45, is Ein hacking or is Ed? In session 23 at 14:45, is Ein hacking or is Ed?

Ein has the head band interface on that Jet was using to interface with the cult's net presence and Ed doesn't have her hands on the computer. It looks like Ein is hacking the cult's access point; is this the case?

If I'm remembering this correctly, I'm pretty sure that it was Ein doing the heavy lifting:

Anyone who hooked into this website got brainwashed (Ein had saved Jet from this by biting him), so I guess they figured if a Dog's brainwaves were used, the website won't be able to brainwash them. So it's Ein that's doing the controlling (you can see him twitching and moving) and it looks like everyone else was just monitoring his progress:

When the site comes up, Jet says "Ed, that's absolute perfection!", thinking that this was Ed's doing, but then it pans to Ed in front of her computer confused, and she wasn't typing on the keyboard at all while all these windows were opening/closing on the website.

Also, from the bebop wikia page about Ein

  In order to avoid having a human member of the Bebop crew be enlisted into the radical religious cult, S.C.R.A.T.C.H., Ein is put into the headgear that is used to link to the cult's website. Within seconds of being logged into their virtual lobby, Ein himself hacks into the underground portions of the site.


How did Tobi suck in Foo using Kamui without touching him? In Naruto Shippuden episode 208, when Tobi fought Foo and Torune, he grabbed Torune by the shoulder and used Kamui to suck him in, but then when he sucked Foo in (at 14:14 in the episode), he didn't make contact with him.
It's been said that Tobi needs to become tangible to suck someone in because he needs to make contact. They say it in the anime and I read it on Narutopedia which I find to be right on all the time.

How did Tobi suck in Foo using Kamui without touching him?

This can't be possible since Tobi must materialize and touch his opponent in case he wants to absorb him. This is a mistake that was made by the animators. See the quote below from narutopedia:

  Occasionally, in the anime, when Tobi goes to absorb his opponent he does not touch them, this is a mistake that the animators made as in the manga there is always bodily contact. A notable occasion of this is when Tobi fights Danzō's bodyguards, he does not have any physical contact with Fū when he absorbs him.


Why those "magical names" sound so much like forum handles? Magicians show that they are serious by shouting their magical names. Poster child of this behaviour is shown in Endymion no Kiseki, when

   Touma is still unsure of what is going on, when Stiyl shouts Fortis583 right before going all out. Touma's expression changes radically, as he understands that Styil is an enemy, at least for the moment.

Is there any rule in making the magical names, or are they intended to look like forum/internet nicknames?

The magic names are Latin and they are chosen to represent the wishes of the magic user. The numbers at the end serve as unique identifiers in the case that the term has been used previously as a magic name.

This is a quote from Tsuchimikado from page 112 of volume 4 of the Yen Press translation of A Certain Magical Index:

  "Sorcerers-particularly the kind who assumed a foothold in the nineteenth century, or 'advanced sorcerers'- engrave our own desire upon our souls. I'm talking about magic names. We carve into our hearts the Latin for the reason we study magic, the one wish for which we would give our lives for. For me it's Fallere825, and Kanzaki's is Salvere000, nya~. The numbers afterwards are in case there're doubles of the same term. It's kind of like an email domain in that respect."

This is the same quote used by looper in his answer, but the official translation differs significantly. The official translation compares the inclusion of the numbers to an email domain rather than to email authentication. This means the two translations are offering completely different explanations for the numbers. In one case, the numbers are for the purpose of authentication so that others cannot repeat the name. In the other case, the numbers are simply for differentiating magical names that use the same Latin term.

It's easy to just offhandedly say the official translation is the correct one, but we'd have to check the original Japanese to be sure. Thanks to senshin's comment, we have this: the original Japanese is:「そこらへんはメールの登録名【ドメイン】と同じだぜよ」. The phrase "登録名" means literally "registered name", and refers to a type of name used for persistent and ideally-unique identification (a la an email local-part); he then adds furigana ドメイン domein "domain". (Again, thanks to senshin for the original text and translation)

So it turns out the Yen Press translation is more accurate to the original Japanese and makes the most sense.

Kamijou hears the full magic names, so there is a flaw in using the numbers for authentication. If the purpose of a magic name is to tell opponents, then it doesn't make sense to give them the authentication as well. Also, at the point I've read to in this series, there hasn't been any mention as to why it would be bad that someone knew your magic name, so I question why authentication would be needed in the first place.


How does Edo Tensei Madara get back his Rinnegan? Madara gave his Rinnegan to Nagato. But after Kabuto brings him back using Edo Tensei, he still has the Rinnegan. How is this possible?

Narutopedia:

  A reincarnated individual will have all the abilities they had during their life, including kekkei genkai and kekkei tōta. They are psychically restored as they were at the time of their death, including any physical handicaps they may have possessed, such as Nagato's damaged legs.

Since Madara had the Rinnegan when he died, he is resurrected with it again (with the help of Kabuto's modifications, if you remember).

However, the Edo Tensei Rinnegans are fake. Although Edo Tensei Madara can use them to absorb ninjutsu, he can't use it to summon the Gedo Mazo, or use Limbo. It's kinda the same with Nagato's Rinnegan or Itachi's Mangekyo Sharingan.

For further proof, when Madara was revived in flesh through Rinne Rebirth, he lost his fake Rinnegan.


How come Mumei's pistols can kill Kabane? In episode 5 of Koutetsujou no Kabaneri, the jet bullets are presented — freshly developed based on Ikoma's explosive-steam hybrid gun. However, Mumei has her steam-powered pistols from the beginning and is also able to kill Kabane with one shot.

Since the blades on her pistol are reinforced with Kabane "fabric" I assume someone else had similar ideas regarding the improvement of anti-Kabane weapons, and that this is the reason why Mumei's pistols are that strong, though I'd say using explosives to improve the gun force is still quite unusual idea for a steam powered world. But even if we say Ikoma wasn't the first one with these ideas, why isn't anybody else using this technology?

As you know and heard of, Mumei is a kabeneri (half- human and half- kabane). And apparently, once you become a kabeneri, your abilities as a human increases vastly. For example, your speed and strength increases. Remember, when she talks with Ikuma inside the train, she says "if I remove the ribbon around my neck, I could use my real abilities". But she doesn't usually removes it, because as a side effect, she get's exhausted and sleepy. And also Mumei is seen in the anime as one skilled with martial arts. Therefore, due to her enhanced abilities- thx to kabane virus, it helps her to get Insta kill with her pistols. And also the ammunition which she uses are normal bullets and they are limited.

I think this helped you in finding your answer and for more information about her, visit the link below.

http://koutetsujou-no-kabaneri.wikia.com/wiki/Mumei


Are non-Tokyo dialects common in anime? Spoken Japanese has a number of dialects that vary regionally throughout the country. From my (moderately limited) Japanese language experience, most of what is spoken in anime is Tokyo-ben (aka Standard Japanese). I'm not great at telling the difference between dialects, however, so I was wondering, are non-Tokyo accents/dialects common in anime, or used at all? In shows like Yuri!!! on Ice, which is set in Kyushu, is a Kyushu accent being used or a Tokyo one? Do shows set in Kyoto use a Kyoto accent, or is everything standardized to a Tokyo-ben?

The answer depends on your definition of "common". Most anime don't include dialects or accents, so in that sense it's not "common" however it's not unusual for a show to do so. There are quite a number of shows that include characters with dialects, most often Kansai/Osaka-ben, but when they do it's almost always for a direct purpose.

Some examples:

Igarashi Tora from Maid Sama! will occasionally speak in his native Kansai-ben (he's from Kyoto) when he's not acting like a perfect gentlemen as a sign that he's showing his true colors
Ebina from Himouto Umaru-chan who, when nervous or flustered, occasionally slips into Akita-ben
Mitsuha from Kimi no Na wa, who has a dialect to signify her status as a "country bumpkin" and it becomes relevant because she initially keeps her dialect when in Taki's body

Of course, it's not always that significant, as far as I can tell, the only reason Natsume from Inu x Boku SS speaks Kansai is to indicate his upbeat, outgoing nature.  Perhaps for stereotype reasons?

That aside, it's rare for anime set entirely in another region to use said region's dialect.  This is because all Japanese people can understand and speak Standard Japanese, aka Tokyo-ben, as that's what's taught in schools and show most on television.  Therefore it's easiest to have Tokyo-ben speaking characters to ensure the whole audience can understand.  The reason why Kansai-ben is the second most common is because a lot of comedians come from Osaka and so most Japanese people are quite used to hearing Kansai-ben and can understand it compared to others.

For reference, my mother's father's family lives in Aomori (most northern part of Honshu) and neither my mother (native speaker) or I can understand those relatives when they speak with the full dialect


Where does the term "Blutz Waves" first come from? Trying to determine if this originated with GT, in a manga, an interview or I just missed hearing it in DBZ. As far as I'm aware the only discussion in DBZ and earlier referred to them simply as moon light.

To add a bit of backstory. Blutz Waves are defined as the following

  An energy source emitted by large celestial bodies such as a full-moon or the Earth when it reflects rays of sunlight. They are alternatively called Bruits Rays, Fruits Rays, or Green-spectrum Radiations (in the English manga). When a Saiyan absorbs at least 17,000,000 zenos (ゼノ Zeno, unit used to measure waves of full celestial light) through the retina,[1] a reaction occurs in the tail that causes the Saiyans to transform into ruthless Great Apes. If a moon is not present, the Saiyan, if he/she knows how to use it, can also create an artificial moon to allow themselves to absorb the necessary amount of Blutz Waves needed for them to go Great Ape to compensate.

Note that this concept of B.Waves existed in the manga, of DBZ in the saiyan arc. It was explored a bit heavier in GT and the term Blutz Wave was only used in GT but the concept was introduced as early as Dragon Ball but unexplored.

In Dragon Ball Z Gohan and Goku both had adverse reactions to seeing the attack ball(the ship Goku came to earth on) in the first arc against Raditz. Goku mentioned it felt familiar and Gohan flat out cried on site.

The attack balls used a similar form of the technology to produce artifical moons to trigger the reaction in combat. This is elaborated on further here:

  Spaceships used by those under King Cold, Cooler and Frieza for interstellar travel. When the Saiyans were a part of the military, these vehicles also sent low-class Saiyans to distant locations, so that they would one day conquer and destroy worlds throughout the galaxy.

In short the moon simulator was kind of a last ditch defense given that the saiyans they send around flying at Faster than light speed for between 1-3 years are kept in suspended animation. If they were to be attacked immediately after exiting their ship they may have a hard time defending themselves.

The saiyans were also known for sending infants to conquer planets,the moon simulator for the transformation helps to aid that.

In summation

The concept has been around since the original DB and is cannon the concept being that moon light from a full moon makes saiyans transform, the term blutz wave came out of GT and is not cannon but it extends the concept with a term and definition. The story of why the ships had simulation engines to product moonlight/blutz waves is cannon and given that it comes with different details from Vegeta and Bardock. Bardock being a movie character but confirmed as cannon.

Though with super out and more saiyans on the scene. There might be a new term and explanation that comes out making Blutz waves a full on full non-cannon detail.


Please help me identify my childhood manga about a boy fighting in a tournament It is a martial art themed manga about a boy fighting in a tournament. One of the character fought using only legs.

If I recall correctly, the main character turned into girl if he got splash with water, though I'm not sure how he turned back into a boy.

There is a vivid image of a panda back in my head but really not sure if it is related.

I believe this manga came out during Dragon Ball era.

I think it's Ranma 1/2

  On a training journey in the Bayankala Mountain Range in the Qinghai Province of China, Ranma Saotome and his father Genma fall into the cursed springs at Jusenkyo (呪泉郷). When someone falls into a cursed spring, they take the physical form of whatever drowned there hundreds or thousands of years ago whenever they come into contact with cold water. The curse will revert when exposed to hot water until their next cold water exposure. Genma falls into the spring of a drowned panda while Ranma falls into the spring of a drowned girl.


Has Zoro attacked with "Three Thousand Worlds" in the time between Baratie and Dressrosa? Zoro confessed that he got defeated by Dracule Mihawk using his "Three Thousand World" attack in the Baratie Restaurant, when he first met him. I was wondering if he used this attack anytime after that before we see him use it again on Pica in Dressrosa. If so, in which fight?

As Qiri mentioned, he did use it against Oars in thriller back. This takes place in chapter 480. Below is a picture showing the attack, with the "Three thousand worlds" editor's translation.


How did Mello know about the fake notebook in Death Note? I've read a lot of posts explaining the ending to Death Note, but they gloss over how Mello realizes the notebook Mikami used was fake. I don't think the anime mentioned it specifically either?

I was confused how Mello came to the conclusion that Kira's henchmen, Mikami, was using a fake notebook, but after reading that and a few other posts, it may have just been his intuition. I think Mello kidnapped Takada betting on the fact that the real notebook will be used to make Takada commit suicide. Since the suspected Kira, Light, and Mikami were being watched, the location of the notebook would be revealed. I might be wrong, but I think if Mikami had a scrap of paper on him like Takada, the team may have never found the second notebook to tamper with.


What's Ban power level when he gets out of purgatory? Supposedly purgatory's harsh conditions and Ban regeneration would make him to stay there for long, making him a lot stronger. What's ban power level when he gets out of purgatory?

Ban's power hasn't been calculated after his exit from Purgatory.

However, we can roughly estimate his power level. In the battle against Demon King!Meliodas, Ban manages to hold his own and fight him one-on-one for an extended period of time. On the other hand, Mael (whose power level is greater than 200 000, according to chapter 279) was effortlessly pushed back by Demon King!Meliodas in a previous assault.

We can thus conclude that post-Purgatory!Ban's power level goes far above 200 000.


Meaning of the symbols used in Milky Way? In the new episode of Fairy Tail for 2014, Wendy uses a secret Dragon Slayer Art, Milky Way which grants her the power to communicate or call upon lost souls of dragons.

I couldn't help but notice the symbols. Is there some meaning behind it, are these required for this to work and is this a type of language?

What exactly are they? Are they suppose to mean anything, or are they just there for decoration?

Answers are appreciated. :)

They aren't just symbols for decoration, but actual words. You can see how Wendy said she had made a mistake while writing a certain word, thinking it was an offensive spell at first. Since Milky way isn't your average spell, it looks like you need a very specific magic circle to use it. I couldn't find what language they were written in though.


Which episodes of One Piece are filler? I want to watch One Piece, but the anime has a lot of filler content not in the manga. I'd rather not watch the filler content and only watch the episodes which are directly related to the plot. To be clear, I'm defining a filler episode as one which is not based on any story in the manga or based on extra manga chapters which have nothing to do with the overarching story.

Which episodes are filler?

This question is taken from this question. I was curious about this myself after completing the One Piece manga, but to keep uniformity between similar questions, I took the same wording as Logan-M had used in his question about Bleach filler.

There seems to be alot less filler in One Piece than in Naruto or Bleach.  That being said, there have been 12 filler arcs:

Warship Island Arc (episodes 54-61)
Post Alabasta Arc (131-135)
Goat Island (136-138)
Ruluka Island (139-143)
G-8 (196-206)
Ocean's Dream (220-224)
Foxy Returns (225-226)
Lovely Land (326-335)
Spa Island (382-384)
Little East Blue (426-429)
Z's Ambition (575-578)
Ceasar Retrieval (626-628)

Episodes 50, 99, 102, 213, 280-283, 291, 292, 303, 317, 318, 336, 406, 407, 492, 499, 506, 542, 590 are also listed as filler on the wiki.

There are additional episodes that are part of main arc that spend time on (sometimes non-canon) details that aren't significant in the manga.  As this is subject to opinion and doesn't take an entire episode, I don't have a simple list for this.


What is Acnologia's element? Okay so all the other dragon slayers have an obvious element to their magic. Even with Acnologia's roar on Tenrou Island, there was no direct element to his magic. The only thing I could think of is just that his name is "The dragon of the apocolypse". So do we know what it is yet or not?

The dragons we have seen so far do follow a unique theme and magic which is not necessary an "element". This table on the wiki sums it up pretty nicely. Acnologia is known as "The Black Dragon". (There is also a white dragon, Weisslogia). So the theme of Acnologia is "Black". What exactly are the limitations of its "black" magic are haven't been shown in the anime/manga.

However, there is a reason why Acnologia is "different" from other dragons.

   Acnologia is a cataclysmically powerful Dragon Slayer that can take the form of a Dragon.  Born over 400 years ago, Acnologia was one of the first Dragon Slayers to come into being, entering the Dragon Civil War on the side supporting coexistence. Acnologia and a group of other Dragon Slayers, however, disregarded the cause their comrades fought for, and killed every Dragon they could, bathing in their blood. Due to the overuse of his Magic, Acnologia's physique eventually turned into that of a Dragon's, and he proclaimed himself to be the Dragon King. This event was forever etched into history as the Dragon King Festival.

You can read more about Acnologia's history and the Dragon King Festival on the wiki (it has a decent summary) or read the manga. This is discussed in Chapter 301 of Manga.


When Tsunade told Naruto to not use the Rasenshuriken, couldn't he have just used a clone? He used a clone as a distraction against Kakuzu, so couldn't he do that again without using sage mode?

The Rasenshuriken was originally told to be off-limits due to the physical damage inflicted by its use.  Because Naruto used it like a traditional Rasengan, which requires that the jutsu make direct contact with the enemy, the damage done to his person couldn't be avoided.

The reason that a clone could not work in this scenario would be due to the fact that clones are dispelled once sufficiently high physical damage is inflicted to it.  It would be my belief that a clone could never sustain its form long enough to sustain a hit with the Rasenshuriken before it - and the jutsu - were dispelled.


Why is the title Punchline? Why is the title Punchline? How does it relate to the series itself?

According to dictionary.com, punchline means

  the climactic phrase or sentence in a joke, speech, advertisement, or humorous story that produces the desired effect.

So do we have to wait until the end of the series to understand the meaning of the title?

The title Punchline in Japanese パンチライン contains the terminology [パンチラ]{Panchira}, which means "the instant of miracle granted by the god of chance when the panty becomes partially visible" according to Nico Nico Pedia, or simply panty-shot according to Wikipedia.

This is inline with the theme of the show, where the main protagonist has to avoid all those moments when the girls inadvertently expose their panties, or he will become excited and somehow cause an asteroid to collide with the Earth.

The relation between the title and the term panchira is prominently displayed in the OP of the series, and also in the lyrics of the OP 「しょこたん♥でんぱ組」:

  パンパンチラ　パンパンチラ　パンパンチラ　パンパンチライン
  パンパンチラ　パンパンチラ　パンパンチラ　パンパンチライン

  [...]

  Why not look at my panty line?
  女の子に恥かかせないでね

The line before last in the lyrics also gives rise to another interpretation of the title: Punchline = Panty Line, since the sound of panty and punch in Japanese is very close （[パンテーィ]{Panti–} vs. [パンチ]{Panchi}）.


Does Gon Have Feelings For Retz? In a few YouTube videos, there is a a girl called Retz. It's kind of obvious she has slit feelings for Gon, and so I was wondering, does Gon had feelings for Retz?

Nop. There is no evidence to support Gon has feelings for Retz. Killua is jealous of the fact that Gon and Retz hit it off as good friends that quickly. But later its revealed Retz is infact

   Just a Puppet!

The Wikia entry for Retz summarises it in the trivia

   - It is hinted that she harbors feelings towards Gon. When Omokage cynically asks her whether she is in love with Gon or not, she remains silent.  - Given that she herself is a puppet, it is safe to say that instead of deceased, she simply ceased to be.

You should watch the movie to know more. HxH : Phantom Rouge


Why Saitama was so poorly promoted after he defeated this insanely powerful enemy? So, in the battle between the Hero Association and the Monster Association,

   Saitama defeated Garou.

Why was he only promoted to Class A?

In short, Saitama is the opposite of King: King gets credit he shouldn't get, while Saitama doesn't get credit he should.  The latest chapter of the webcomic involves Flashy Flash and makes things pretty clear: Flashy Flash thinks that Garou had been "weakened" by fighting with the S-class members, and so that diminishes Saitama's accomplishment. While Flashy Flash acknowledges Saitama's speed and power as "top class", and that he's far stronger than he appears, he seems convinced that he was still reliant on Garou being "weakened".

That's been the recurring story behind Saitama's advancement within the association: people assume that he's just piggybacking on the efforts of S-class heroes, as there have often been one or more such present in his fights. Sea King had Genos and several A-class and lower heroes. Saitama even encouraged people to think of him as a vulture after this so that they'd think better of other heroes. The meteor involved Genos and Metal Knight, and Bang was also present. Genos (and I think Metal Knight, too) got a promotion within S-class over the meteor, despite having been wholly ineffective. Boros had most of the S-class involved, and no one even witnessed what Saitama did there. And Garou and the Monster Association also involves much of the S-class heroes.


How far did Ash travel across Kanto in total? I've been trying to find out how far Ash traveled across the Kanto region in the anime. But I haven't been able to find a good way to do so.

I wouldn't mind if reference to the game is required to get to a proper answer.

Interesting question and strangely enough, I've been asked a variation of this question several years ago, and this is how I tried to estimate the size of the Pokemon World in the games at least. The biggest challenge would be to scale something in the Pokemon Universe to something in real life. An easy and trivial approach would be is to first, slice the picture into squares. Then, the obvious thing to do would be to look at the number of squares covered by a particular character or object that you have an accurate distance for, and then, it is simply a matter of converting those figures into the number of squares you have remaining. Now the question is to find that particular object or character. One interesting way of doing it, would be to use a Legendary Pokemon or some of the Pokemon that appear on the map like Poliwrath in Celadon City or Slowbro in Cerulean city. Since these pokemon have a fixed height, we could simply look at the number of squares they take up. Then we basically see the number of Slowbro or Polywrath we can Place on a map. An example would be something like, a Slowbro takes up 2*2 squares = 4 squares. Now suppose we can split Cerulean city into a 1000 squares, we can technically fit 250 Slowbros on the map.  Then we can simply multiply the distance with the final value you have. That said, the value would obviously be incredibly inaccurate. However, it is a decent enough strategy to accomplish the task at hand. However, your question with regard to the anime, would be impossible the answer because, in the anime, the map is obviously significantly more extended and has lots of new places which isn't present on the game maps. To top it off, the characters also get lost and take several detours to reach a particular destination and, since they do most of their traveling on foot, a huge chunk of their travels is often cut out or skipped until they reason a particular decision.


What's the difference between Sky Walk and Geppo? Is the technique Sanji learnt during the timeskip different from the one CP9 members and other Rokushiki users performed to stay in the air? If yes, what's the difference? If no, why did it take so much time for someone so talented at fighting with legs to learn it?

Geppo translates to 'moon walk'. There's really no difference between Sky Walk and Moon Walk.

You can check One Piece Wiki which lists Sky Walk as a variation of Moon Walk. The only difference it mentions is

  After the timeskip, Sanji demonstrates this ability by kicking the air to jump higher, giving the appearance of flight.

However, when we see Sanji using Sky Walk here, Robin says that it's the moon walk of CP9.

I guess the only difference is in its naming or maybe the ability to jump a bit higher in Sky Walk.

As for it taking Sanji time to learn Sky Walk, I don't think it took him that much time. It's not like Sky Walk was the only thing he learned in the 2 years he was on the Momoiro Island. But it's hard to specify how long it took him to learn the technique because nothing about that has been revealed yet.


Touhou Song Identification Request? someone knows the exactly name of the song that is hearing in this video? The creator says that is a remix from Touhou called Eletric Cat but I can't find any song related, hope its okay.

Here's the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nERXaTVy9fU

Yesterday, one person told me that he doesnt know the song name but he's sure that is an arrange from Chen's Theme, So based in this, someone knows who could be the Circle/Artist made this?.

According to video OP, it's from this album:
http://touhourecords.blogspot.fr/2016/03/kyandoru-raito-no-konran-emotional.html

Title: Electric cat
Album: Emotional Catastrophic Wind
Circle: Kyandoru Raito no Konran

I think I'll go against Gagantuous and saying that the original is not Withered Leaf but Fantastic Tales from Tohno (遠野幻想物語):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09FE5mEg-Mg


Is it common for a character to sing in OP/ED? Some anime used their seiyuu (voice actor/actress) for their opening or ending song, I know there's some anime that used their seiyuu to sing OP/ED like The World God Only Knows, Monogatari Series, or Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.

Is it common for them to sing OP/ED?

The simplest way to answer this question is to take a look at a sample of anime and see how many of them have OPs/EDs sung by the show's voice actors.

For the sake of argument, I will look at all shows with at least 10 episodes that began airing in winter 2014, excluding children's shows. I will only examine those OPs and EDs that were aired at some point between January and March 2014.

Buddy Complex - neither
Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren - ED by VAs
D-Frag - ED by VAs
Go! Go! 575 - OP by VAs; no ED
Hamatora - neither
Hoozuki no Reitetsu - OP and ED3 ("Caramel Peach Jam") by VAs; ED2 ("Parallax View") features a VA
ImoCho - OP and ED by VAs
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. - episode 9 ED by a VA
Mahou Sensou - neither
Maken-ki! Two - OP by idol group that includes some of the VAs
Mikakunin de Shinkoukei - OP and ED by VAs
Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen - [note: no ED]
Nisekoi - ED1 ("Heart Pattern"), ED2 ("Recover Decoration") by VAs
Nobunaga the Fool - OP by a VA
Nobunagun - ED by VAs
Noragami - neither
No-Rin - all OPs/EDs by VAs
Onee-chan ga Kita - no OP; ED by a VA
Pupa - OP by VAs
Pupipo! - [note: no ED]
Robot Girls Z - OP and ED by VAs
Saki: Zenkoku-hen - ED3, ED4, ED5 ("Kono Te ga Kiseki..."; eps 3-6, 8) by VAs
Sakura Trick - OP and ED by VAs
Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 - OP and ED by VAs
Silver Spoon (2014) - neither
SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation - all OPs and EDs by VAs
Space Dandy - neither
Strange+ - OP by a VA; no ED
To Aru Hikuushi e no Koiuta - OP by VAs
Tonari no Seki-kun - OP by a VA
Wake Up, Girls! - both OPs and ED by VAs
Witch Craft Works - ED by VAs
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil - ED by a VA
Wooser no Sono Higurashi 2 - [note: no OP]
World Conquest Zvezda Plot - OP by a VA
Z/X: Ignition -  OP and ED by a VA

Counting episodes with both an OP and an ED as worth 2 theme songs and episodes with only one of them as worth 1 theme song (and giving full-length episodes and short episodes equal weight), we find that roughly 50% (±5-10%, say) of all theme songs for winter 2014 shows were sung by one or more voice actors of the same show. My sense is that this is more or less what you would expect if you picked a random season from the past 3-4 years.

However, it is important not to be misled by these data, which don't tell the whole story. A number of these theme songs are sung by voice actors who also have an independent musical career. The best example is Sakamoto Maaya (Zvezda OP), but there's a few others in there, too, e.g. "petit milady", which is a new idol unit consisting of Aoi Yuuki and Taketatsu Ayana, initially formed to do the OP for Koiuta (in which they both voice-acted), but which now does other things as well.

What I'm getting at here is that there's a qualitative difference between Sakamoto Maaya's OP for Zvezda on the one hand, and the ED for Chuunibyou Ren on the other, which is sung by the four female leads of the show, only one of whom (Maaya Uchida) has an independent musical career.

I basically don't know anything about how anime producers arrange for theme songs to be sung, but I strongly suspect that there are factors that suggest the use of a proper singer from the VA cast (a la Sakamoto Maaya) in some cases, and just glomming all the lead VAs together and having them crank out a song (a la Chuunibyou) in other cases. (And of course, there are still other cases in which you'll bring in an otherwise-uninvolved band or artist, but that goes without saying.)

I haven't gone back and collected any numbers, but in my experience, I have found that shows with primarily-female casts that are targeted at men (e.g. moe shows like Kiniro Mosaic and harem shows like Infinite Stratos) and shows with primarily-male casts that are targeted at women (e.g. otome game adaptations like Diabolik Lovers) are far more likely to follow the glom-all-the-VAs-together-and-have-them-sing model than other shows.


What song is playing during the first encounter with Granzeboma? During Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen (the second movie), the protagonists encounter Granzeboma at about 01:32:30 into the movie, and a battle begins. (A clip of the scene can be found here; the music begins about 10 seconds in.)

I've listened to as many of the songs in the OST as I can find, and none match this noble, battle-laden theme. What music is it that plays during this scene? Is it even available?

It is from the second OST, track 6, titled BafBaf! そんなに燃えるのが…好きかい ("BafBaf! Sonna ni Moeru no ga...Suki Kai?", "BafBaf! Being Fired Up Like This... Don't You Like It?").

The scene in the question starts playing from around 02:28 into the track.

The song was also featured in Gurren Lagann Parallel Works music video #2.


Where does all the chakra of Edo Tensei shinobi come from? Where does all the chakra needed for the reanimated shinobi come from? It certainly cannot come from the caster, because the scale of the chakra being used for techniques is huge. In Kabuto's case, he was controlling several Edo Tensei shinobi at once. So all the chakra they were using couldn't possibly be coming from him.

Also, when Madara broke the Edo Tensei's contract, he mentioned about "limitless chakra". Where did the chakra come from?

There is a limited amount of chakra, however, chakra replenishes so fast making it seemingly limitless. Similarly, body regeneration is also fast in Edo Tensei form.

Everyone naturally regenerates chakra. Edo Tensei people regenerate at a faster rate. We know chakra is limited, however, because the Mizukage was drained and tired after using his infinite explosion jutsu - Joki Boi


Is Beelzebub's main focus on comedy or storyline? I have started watching Beelzebub anime. The anime is very funny, and I feel there is a plot in it.

Does this anime have a real plot or is it just a comedy like Gintama?
By a real plot, I mean that the story is more important than the comedy (One Piece for example).

So, is it leaning towards One Piece or Gintama in terms of plot?

It's plot is given quite early, but is often overlooked. The plot it that Oga is supposed to raise Beelzebub into the new Demon King. Simple as that. This includes everything from Oga and Beelzebub growing stronger, to gaining minions and so forth. The anime and manga are quite easy going, but slowly and with no rush, it's moving further against the goal.

You may ask yourself what Oga feels about having his "son" to become a powerful and merciless Demon King, however thoughs regarding this hasn't been mentioned more then a couple of times with no further talk about it.

Personally, I prefer to read the manga due to the anime being cancelled. I've yet to get tired of the manga due to all the awesome and funny things occuring in it. I gave up on the anime once I knew it wouldn't continue.

To answer your question;
Beelzebub is a comedy with a (slim) story.


Why did Heiji's mom have to lie to Mouri and Conan in episode 220? At the end of episode 220 of Detective Conan, "The Client Full of Lies", Heiji appears and explains the reason behind the fake name "Reiko" to Conan that it was to conceal the fact that his mom is from Osaka.

But that doesn't explain why she has to lie about her being good at cooking and her allergy to dust. If she were to hide her identity, she need not lie about the cooking and the allergies. Conan wouldn't be able to find out even if he knew that she was from Osaka since it was his first time meeting Heiji's mother.

Why did she have to go that far? Or was it part of her test for Mouri to figure out her real identity?

Even if it's the case, I bet no one's going to be able to deduce that she is Heiji's mother because first, it's impossible to even know the true identity of a person just by knowing her hobbies or skills. Unless she has a distinctive quality in which the Hattori's are famous for.

Second, Conan did not even know a thing about Heiji's mom. The test was actually for Shinichi but since he wasn't there, she tried Mouri instead. No matter how good Conan's deductions were, it was impossible for him to expose her real identity as Heiji's mom and her real intentions. They were even surprised when she revealed her true identity as Heiji's mom since Heiji didn't even look like her.

So, why did she have to lie about all the stuff?

Her first three lie about her cooking skill, allergies, and the fact that she is married was intended from her to test Mouri whether he noticed it or not, not to hide her real identity as Heiji's mother. But her third lie came unintentionally from her when she was about to say cold coffee. Maybe she did it accidentally and has to cover it with saying "Reiko".

So she lied to test Mouri, not to hide her real identity.

Another possibility is maybe she didn't know whether Heiji told his friend about her hobby and others or not, and she did that because she didn't want to know that she is Heiji's mother and make all her lies vain.


Are there any major difference between Season 1 and 2 of Dragon Ball Super and the Dragonball Z movies they are named from? Season 1 of Dragonball Z Super is Battle of Gods and Season 2 is Resurrection F, the same names as 2 Dragonball Z Movies.. now if we assume 20 minutes air time each episode for both series (- OP and EDs and possible ad breaks) this means

Battle of Gods

Series = 14 x 20 = 280 Minutes footage
Movie = 85-105 Minutes footage (theatrical-Fuji TV)

Resurrection F

Series = 13 x 20 = 260 Minutes footage
Movie = 94 Minutes footage

this shows that both season have more footage than their original movies. Are there any major difference between Season 1 and 2 of Dragon Ball Super and the Dragonball Z movies they are named from that would warrant someone who has been the 2 movies to watch the first 2 seasons.

I'm talking about what I remember but generally if you watched the movies, skip the first two seasons because they are just a time waster and for the most part really boring.

In the first movie when Goku encountered Beerus he immediately switched to SSJ3 to fight him, where in the anime he fought in the SS1 and SS2 forms first. Also after the battle, in the movie Beerus mentioned that he was using 70% of his strength while in the anime he simply said he was not using all of his power. I'm sure there are some more details I have missed (oh yeah maybe another important one: in the movie they were fighting at the Capsule Corp headquarter while in the series the battle was on a cruise ship.

The second movie: most notable changes in the anime are that Ginyu swapped bodies with Tagoma and that Piccolo had died. Also there is a difference in how the dragon wishes were used but I don't remember how it went right.

If you plan to watch the series, as I said before you can skip the first 2 seasons, nothing major was changed and it is a real slog. Almost an entire episode was dedicated to Goku's transformation to a God. They literally stand in the circle for 10 minutes while he was transforming.


How exactly were Madara and Obito able to control Kurama? Madara and Obito could control Kurama with their Sharingans. My question is how exactly did they do it? What is required to control this beast? Is the Sharingan enough to do that? Can they control any other beast with the same technique?

I remember Kurama once said Madara's chakra could summon it, but how was Obito able to summon and control it on his very first attempt? There's no way he could've practiced it because it was sealed inside Jinchuriki since Madara's defeat against Hashirama.

So how exactly were Madara and Obito able to control Kurama?

Okay, in order to understand the answer, you need to understand the links between the Tailed Beasts, the Uchihas and the Senjus.

The Sage of Six Paths was powerful enough to subdue the Ten-Tails, store it within himself and even split it into the nine Tailed Beasts. His two sons, Indra (whose descendants formed the Uchiha clan) and Asura (whose descendants formed the Senju clan), inherited his powerful chakra and also his power to control the Tailed Beasts.

Therefore, members of these clans who had evolved to a certain upper level like the Mangekyo Sharingan (Madara and Obito) and the Sage Mode (Hashirama Senju with his wooden dragon) also inherited the Tailed-Beast-controlling abilities which originally belonged to the Sage of Six Paths Hagoromo and was later passed on to his descendants.


Where can I pick up the World Trigger manga after watching the anime? I am guessing that the anime is ended by the way it looks on Crunchyroll's Episode 73 - "To The Future" of World Trigger.

If anyone has seen the anime and read the manga, if the anime is indeed cancelled, where would i pick up the story in the Manga?

According to BakaUpdates the anime starts at chapter 1 and ends at chapter 122 of the manga.

https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=92323


How Julius tarnished his career after fighting Subaru? I didn't get how Julius tarnished his career. Also it was not mentioned how he went out of his way to save Subaru?

Julius challenged Subaru, someone who is clearly below his rank, then during the fight he practically started bullying Subaru, who was obviously greatly inferior to him regarding fighting abilities.

Julius is a knight, meaning he should live by the Knights Code of Chivalry, but his actions mentioned above are clearly violating it.

The duel had a lot of witnesses, so these events ruined the public view about him while leaving a stain on his whole knighthood for a really long time.


Will there be another Avatar series? Will DiMartino and Konietzko make another Avatar series now that Avatar: The Last Airbender and Avatar: The Legend of Korra have both ended? Will Korra be the last installment in the Avatar franchise?

More than likely we will see more continuations of both The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra but these won't be animated.
In regard to The Last Airbender, there have been a number of comics that have been released since the end of the original series such as

The Promise
The Search
The Rift
Smoke and Shadow

all of these were released in 3 parts by Dark Horse Comics with the latest one being Smoke and Shadow Part 3 released in April 2016.
There is another The Last Airbender comic to be released called North and South with Part 1 expected to be released in September 2016 and the last part, Part 3, to be released in April 2017
In regard to The Legend of Korra, there isn't anything out yet however in 2015 at the San Diego's Comic-Con it was announced that The Legend of Korra would continue

According to the co-creators, they have three volumes of Korra comics planned, with DiMartino taking point on the writing. Don't worry Konietzko will be involved just with a limited role. He wrote on Tumblr:
"The Legend of Korra will continue as comics written by Michael DiMartino, published by Dark Horse! I’ve been working on the story with Mike, and I’ll be consulting on the art (once we secure an artist/artists). I made the images above for our announcement at the Dark Horse panel, which just finished up. Exciting stuff!"

Source: Latin Times
The link also showed there was artwork for these new books and a hint of what the story might be like.

Dark Horse also revealed new key art for the first volume, which you can see below drawn by Konietzko. The artwork features Korra and Asami walking back out of the Republic City Spirit Portal we saw them enter at the end of the series. "We're definitely going to focus on Korra and Asami's relationship," DiMartino said.

Like the other Avatar Comics the new Legend of Korra Comic, titled Turf Wars will be a 3 part title with Part 1 set to be released in June 20, 2017 according to the pre-order on penguinrandomhouse. As indicated by the Wikia page. Turf Wars is set after Korra's and Asami's honeymoon trip in the Spirit World which began at the end of Book 4 of the anime.

22/1/2019: after the posting of the above answer The Legend of Korra: Turf Wars has been fully released in 3 volumes and according to Wikipedia's list of Graphic Novels there is a new Korra trilogy coming out starting May 21, 2019 called Ruins of the Empire which according to Rightstuff Anime

Korra must decide who to trust as the fate of the Earth Kingdom hangs in the balance!
On the eve of its first elections, the Earth Kingdom finds its future endangered by its past. Even as Kuvira stands trial for her crimes, vestiges of her imperial ambitions threaten to undermine the nation’s democratic hopes. But when Korra, Asami, Mako, and Bolin don’t all see eye-to-eye as to the solution, drastic measures will be taken to halt a new march to war!


Will Prism Nana be an actual anime? Last I knew, all the PVs were for a Pachinko game. Will SHAFT actually turn it into an anime? If so, does anyone know when are they planning to release it?

Yes, this is going to be an anime, though details are still rather sparse. If you go to their website, under the About section, it says:

  新アニメーション企画が遂に始動！

or, in English, "A new animation project is starting!". They would not describe the series that way if it were solely a Pachinko series. Anime News Network and Wikipedia both confirm that this will be some sort of anime.

At this point, that's essentially all we know. We don't know when it will be released (the "final PV" was 3 months ago, so it's probably nearing release, but there's still no date). We don't know what format it will be released in. They will be present at Comiket 84, so we're very likely to get more information in another week or so, but for now as far as I can tell they've made no definitive statements regarding release dates or format.


What's the difference between ki control and spirit control? So in the manga,

   A yardrat is teaching Vegeta spirit control

How is this different from ki control? Supposedly ki is "the circulating life force", and spirit in many beliefs refers to our life force energy.

What's the difference between ki control and spirit control?

"Spirit Control" is an advanced form of ki manipulation.
At its most basic, we can perceive spirit control to be a sharper, more precise method to manipulate ki. In a way, spirit control is the Dodonpa to the ki control's Kamehameha : sharper, more refined, more efficient, but also more complicated to master.
The wiki states :

"Spirit Control allows its user to achieve a multitude of potent
abilities through their ki, including Instant Transmission (a basic
ability), Cloning, Gigantification and Healing (an advanced ability).
These abilities achieved through Spirit Control are used by shifting,
splitting and growing the user's spirit."

Some of these techniques are already Dragon Ball main-stays ! Healing has been regularly practiced by Dende and other Namekians Supreme Kais can also heal other individuals (Dragon Ball Super, chapter 20). Likewise, we have seen numerous other characters pratice Gigantification ; Piccolo became a giant during the final rounds of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. Cloning was used by Tien Shinhan against Goku in the 23rd World Tournament (Dragon Ball, chapter 178) and against Hermila (Dragon Ball Super, episode 106).
Spirit Control appears to drastically improve ki flow for practitioners. Vegeta's ki output has been shown as massively stronger without actually tweaking the amount of ki released (Dragon Ball Super, chapter 55). The in-universe explanation is that the user's body is "synced up" with their mind, thus dramatically improving their ki manipulation efficiency.
You could consider Goku and Vegeta as extremely muscular men... who couldn't throw a good punch and efficiently use their muscle power before learning Spirit Control.


What territory would the Aozaki Clan have? The Tohsaka have Fuyuki, and it was because of that they were apart of the Heaven's Feel ritual at first (because Fuyuki was a spritual land that the Makiri (Matou) and the Einzbern needed).
The Aozoki, while not as great of a Magi Clan as the Tohsaka, was still a good clan.
Did they become Second Owners of any territory?

According to a Q&A with Nasu Kinoko in Fate/complete material III, the Aozaki territory that the family are administrators of, while currently unnamed, resides in Japan.

It's mentions that these lands are the only place where True Magic can be activated and considered the greatest spiritual land in Japan.

Mahoutsukai no Yoru reveals that this land is indeed Misaki Town. It's mentioned in Fate/complete material III that the distance between Fuyuki City and Misaki Town is equivalent to the distance of Kanto and Kyushu.


What counts as a hug in Fruits Basket? Near the end of the chapter in which Momiji first appears, he put his arms around Tohru's waist, but didn't transform. And many of the events that transform the zodiac members look more like tackles or bumps than hugs. So what, specifically, are the specifications for a "hug" that will transform a member of the zodiac?

From my recollection, the determinant seems to be the non-zodiac member's arms going around the zodiac member's body.  Intent doesn't seem to matter -- that's why you'll get tackles and bumps in there -- just the specificity of action.  So that's how Momiji can hug Tohru -- it's just that she can't hug him.


Can Chopper's rumble ball be used on other Devil Fruit users? We all know that chopper was able to extend the capability of his devil using his rumble ball. But I wonder if other DF users can also use this rumble ball.

While it doesn't look like anyone else has tried the rumble ball that Chopper created yet, modifying your devil fruit power through science is possible.

The One Piece Wikia on the rumble ball has it written:

  Through his development of the Rumble Ball, Chopper is the first Devil Fruit user to artificially augment his Devil Fruit powers. However Chopper is not the only one to do so, as Caesar Clown (by his own admission) used his chemical and scientific expertise to artificially augment the Gasu Gasu no Mi to grant himself new offensive abilities.

While the Wikia also implies that the Rumble Ball can enhance any Zoan type, I have not seen this evidenced by anyone else's use in canon sources.


What is Yue's relationship with Toya? In Cardcaptor Sakura, Yukito and Toya are romantically involved, or at least shown to have romantic feelings for each other. Yukito tells Sakura of his love for Toya. Has it ever been expressed or officially announced what Yue, Yukito's alter-ego, feels towards Toya?

As you have said, Toya and Yukito has romantic feelings for each other. As for Yue, it can be implied that he has no romantic feelings for Toya (since he knew ever since everything about Yukito, he probably had known that Yukito has feelings for Toya and wouldn't interfere). And according here,

  Yue was in quite a strong and close intimate relationship with Clow
  Reed.

Yue was even against Sakura, as he strongly believed that no one succeed Clow Reed, but later on accepted her as his new master. So if there's somebody who Yue has romantic feelings for, it probably would be Clow Reed.

In addition, as far as I can remember, the only specific event that Yue and Toya had a conversation was when Toya gave his power to Yue and made Yue promise to protect Sakura and Yukito.


What manga chapter is episode 219 of Naruto Shippuden from? What manga chapter is episode 219 of Naruto Shippuden from? I think there are differences between the manga and the anime and I want to check them out.

Episode 219 is towards the end of the Fourth shinobi world war: countdown

This arc lasted from volume 52 to 55. Or chapter 484 to 515.

IIRC they covered roughly 2 chapters per episode during this arc. Leading me to believe that episode 219 should match chapter 493-494


In Madoka Magica, are the girls' powers related to their wishes? Some of the Puella Magi seem to have magical powers related to the wishes that they made. Sayaka has regeneration abilities, and she wished to heal someone. Homura has time manipulation abilities, and she wished to go back in time.

But other magical girls, like Mami and Kyouko, don't appear to have powers related to their respective wishes.

So, is there a connection, or is it only a coincidence for Sayaka and Homura? If it's the former, how do Mami and Kouko's wishes relate to their powers?

From an interview in the July 2011 issue of Megami, as translated on the Puella Magi Wiki:

  There's a few place in the script that I'd like to touch on, first about Mami and Kyoko. How is their "wish" connected to their powers when they became magical girls?
  In Mami's case, her wish "to connect to life" [editor's note: she wanted to live] gave her the power to "tie" and "combine" things together. That's why her power comes from the ribbon. By using the ribbon as a weapon, she can use that to produce guns that are useful in a battle. In ep3, Homura is stopped in her tracks by being tied up. That is her true magical power. She has the most experience so has a lot of different magical powers beyond those of her original powers.

And as for Kyouko (same source, different section):

  Regarding Kyoko, it [her magic power] is really very special. Because she got her wish of "getting people to listen" while in fact it was something like charming or hallucination, she got the magic power related to those things. However, because she lost her family, she totally negated those power with her subconscious mind. As a result, she fought only with the magic power she learnt later. This is the "hidden setting" (ura-settei) for her, although we never got to tell it in the anime.

These answers were given by Urobuchi Gen, the writer for Madoka. Since he is explaining the relationship between Mami and Kyouko's wishes and their powers, I'd say it's safe to take this as official confirmation there is indeed an intentional relationship.


Does Lelouch vi Britannia speak with a Japanese accent? Jun Fukuyama obviously has a Japanese accent, and we don't necessarily know about Johnny Yong Bosch's Japanese accent from the Code Geass dub alone. Regardless, I'm talking about the character Lelouch from Code Geass, specifically when Lelouch has been masquerading as Zero from Season 1 Episode 1 until half of Season 1 Episode 12.

In Episode 12, everyone is surprised Lelouch/Zero isn't Japanese when Zero confirms Kirihara's guess (I originally watched the sub and not the dub, but I recall it went similarly in the sub, where I recall I thought 'They really thought Zero's Japanese?'). Does this mean that for the past 12 episodes, Lelouch, as Zero, had been speaking perfectly fluent Japanese with a Japanese accent, which he learned from his days with the Kururugi family and his other days in Japan thereafter probably with Sayokopter? If so, then is there any indication that he indeed had been speaking Japanese fluently with a Japanese accent? I believe that Lelouch is definitely N1 JLPT-level, but I'm not sure that means he has a Japanese accent, much like how not all fluent English speakers have an English (whether British, American, Britannian or European) accent.

My guess for the accent:

Since no one has suspected Zero is not Japanese whenever Lelouch, as Zero, has spoken Japanese publicly during the first 12 episodes, it follows that he, as Zero, must have had a Japanese accent while speaking Japanese in the first 12 episodes (and thereafter). Also, the indication may come after episode 12: If he later spoke Japanese publicly, then presumably he had a Japanese accent all along unless he had recently obtained one.
Alternatively, if Lelouch, not as Zero, has a Japanese accent when speaking Japanese, then of course Lelouch, as Zero, will have a Japanese accent when speaking Japanese.
Other possibilities include voice distortions like in Death Note (I don't think there was indication of this) or that Lelouch has come to mainly speak with a Japanese accent even when speaking English, as some kind of force of habit.

To compare Raye Penber from Death Note speaks Japanese, but his accent isn't Japanese, as Light pointed out. I like how the nationalities were pointed out like this even though the American characters in Death Note had their lines delivered in Japanese. Given that some other anime had addressed accents, I consider Code Geass unrealistic in this regard if Code Geass has not addressed things like this i.e. if indeed there isn't an indication of an accent, but of course, Lelouch had stayed in Japan more than Raye Penber had.

This is a suspension-of-disbelief issue within Code Geass. Also pretty much every other anime. "Foreigners" speak better Japanese than they do English, like the two British girls from Kiniro Mosaic. It's rare that a "native" English or German speaker is used for such characters.

Everyone, even the Britannian nobles, speak perfectly unaccented Japanese in Code Geass. Nothing in the anime or its manga adaptions suggests the Brits have any kind of "foreign accent". You can read this as a plot whole, but I would take it more as a concession to the format.

Like any other SciFi anime. Did people in Gundam go into space speaking perfect Japanese despite using strangely western names like Aznable and naming cities Von Braun and companies Anahiem? Did the Soviet Union and the United States suddenly start speaking Japanese in the Muv Luv series? If you watch scifi anime I think you need to suspend your disbelief and accept Japanese as the lingua franca. The original creators certainly did.