How does Gemini have Lucy's keys? When Lucy fights Angel for the first time, Gemini turns into her and has duplicates of her keys. That makes no sense, because there's only supposed to be one of every key. They even say so in that fight?

If Gemini can make duplicate keys, could Lucy hypothetically summon the Spirit King with all of her keys and then just use the Gemini copies afterwards?

Gemini has the power to copy things. So since Gemini can copy the keys doesn't mean that lucy would be able to use them. Duplicating doesn't mean to copy. Copying something like on a printer isn't the real design. It's a "copy" of the real thing. Meaning that she wouldn't be able to use the copy, but she would be able to use the duplicate. Saying that Gemini only uses copies not duplicates. So lucy would not be able to use the fake keys.


Has Ichigo's soul cutter existed before him? I have a problem with the manga Bleach. When Ichigo became shinigami for the first time, it was said that his soul cutter is so big because of his spiritual powers, which means that your soul cutter is a reflection of that. But when they go to soul society it is clearly hinted that the shinigamis there choose their soul cutters and that the soul cutters they have have existed for generations before them. Can someone help explain this to me?

This answer can only be explained with a big spoiler. Those who hasn't read Bleach till the latest chapter and wish not to be spoiled might better avoid reading this altogether.

Note: the way I understand it, there are 3 questions you asked.

The correlation between spiritual powers and Zanpakutou's size.
Zanpakutou existed even before the Shinigami.
Did Ichigo's Zanpakutou existed before him.

Answer to Question 1

A Shinigami's Zanpakutou's (soul cutter in English dub) size reflects the Shinigami's spiritual powers. The more spiritual power it unleashed, the bigger it becomes. This is generally true.

Example 1

Renji's Zanpakutou's normal shape is a normal Katana. When the released into Shikai form (Zabimaru), it unleash more spiritual power and its shape got bigger. It gets even bigger when Renji is in Bankai state (Hihio Zabimaru) and even his body is covered by his power in form of the furry cloak.

Example 2

Zaraki Kenpachi's Zanpakutou's normal form is a long katana with chipped blade. When released into shikai, his Zanpakutou changed form into a chopping axe shape.

Example 3

Madarame Ikkaku's Zanpakutou's normal form is a normal katana. It's shikai form (Houzukimaru) is a spear, it's bankai form (Ryuumon Houzukimaru) is a huge blades linked with chain.

Example 4

Soi Fon's Zanpakutou is a short katana. Shikai form changed it into a smaller shape, but it's bankai changed it into a big rocket launcher like thing. Notice how its shikai form is smaller that its normal form, unlike the previous two examples, which is why I said that Zanpakutou's size reflects the spiritual power is generall true. Also, so far she has never been see using her Zanpakutou in its normal, unreleased state.

Another exception to this is Kurosaki Ichigo. Kurosaki Ichigo's Zanpakutou is always in its shikai form. But its bankai form actually made the blade smaller, and denser, unlike bankai in general, which was noted by Kuchiki Byakuya during their fight. Byakuya also said that he don't believe that such a small sword (compared to Ichigo's shikai and bankai in general) can be his bankai.

Edit:
As mentioned by Ryan and Memor-X, Zanpakutou's size can be controlled. This was mentioned by Kurosaki Isshin to Grand Fisher, that if Zanpakutou's size is not controlled, those with huge Spiritual Power like the Captains, would literally have skyscrapers on their hands.

Answer to Question 2

Normally, a shinigami is given an Asauchi, a blank Zanpakutou created by the creator of Asauchi, Ouetsu Nimaiya. This blank Zanpakutou will develop along with its wielder and make itself unique. This is how Shinigami normally got their Zanpakutou. Therefore, since all Zanpakutou (with the exception of Zangetsu) was an Asauchi, it can be said that it existed generations before the current generation of Shinigami).

Answer to Question 3

Kurosaki Ichigo's Zanpakutou, Zangetsu, is special since Ichigo is a son of Shinigami and Quincy. His father, Kurosaki Isshin is a Shinigami and his mother was a Quincy. What he used to fight until his fight with Aizen Sousuke where he lost his "Shinigami" powers due to the use of Final Getsuga Tenshou, was later revealed to be his Quincy powers. It was confirmed by Zangetsu (old man form) himself. Zangetsu also said that the reason his figure is so similar to that of Ywach was because Ichigo also has a Quincy blood in him. His power is in his blood, thus it can be said that his Zanpakutou existed from the very moment he was born.


Where can I buy raw manga in PDF format? I'd like to purchase the original Japanese manga in digital form but prefer in PDF format as I don't want to be tied down to using a particular website or even losing my purchased manga (I remember buying a digital manga a couple years ago but when I logged into my account recently it was no longer there.)

As far as I know, there are no raw, digital manga being sold in PDF format. You can convert them, however, using applications found in the Internet. Here are some sites I found that sell raw, digital manga (and there are more mentioned in the forum links I posted below):

https://booklive.jp
https://www.ebookjapan.jp/ebj/
https://www.cmoa.jp
https://books.rakuten.co.jp/e-book/
https://sokuyomi.jp
https://bookwalker.jp
https://honto.jp
https://www.amazon.co.jp

Where I found those sites above:

https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/3ekjyj/sites_to_buy_raw_manga_from/
https://www.reddit.com/r/LearnJapanese/comments/212get/is_there_a_way_to_buy_legal_digital_copies_of/
https://www.reddit.com/r/manga/comments/7hg7i6/best_legal_japanese_ebook_sites_for_raw_manga/


How much is sixty billion double dollars worth? In Trigun, Vash the Stampede is wanted for sixty billion double dollars ($$60,000,000,000).  I don't remember any indication of how much money that actually is in the Trigun universe.  I'm sure it's quite a lot, but how much is it really? Enough to buy a house?  A power plant?  An entire city?

So, how much is $$60,000,000,000 actually worth?

Well, in one episode, he buys a bag of donuts, about 10-15 of them, and pays $$30. The average donut costs $1.20 (I literally just looked it up on Google [here]). If you round it to 10 donuts, it's $12. If you round to 15, it's $18. You can safely say that one double dollar is approximately equal to fifty cents ($$1 = $0.50) which, whether on purpose or a total lucky mistake by the author of Trigun, makes a lot of sense, in a weird reverse way. So, by this (way too complicated) logic, he is worth $30,000,000,000.00!


What does Guts have in his left arm and when did he get it? I've just watched the Berserk 1997 series. During the entire series, Guts has both arms,

   until the end where he cuts his left arm in order to try to rescue Casca.

At the beginning of the series, before his story starts to be told, he has an arm that seems to be made of iron or something. It appears to have some firing capabilities, which in this anime series is never explained, or how he got it. What does Guts have in his left arm exactly and when did he get it?

This arm is never explained in the 1997 version of the anime. The arm is a prosthetic arm with a few abilities, most notably the cannon. It was made by Rickert after the events of the Eclipse. I don't think it is ever mentioned what the arm is made of but I believe it was made using various materials. Guts can not move his fingers of the arm, and the hand has a magnet to hold his sword. He can however, move his fingers when he goes into his berserker state, but that is a result of the Berserker armor, not himself or the arms functionality.

I haven't seen the new Berserk anime yet, only the golden age movies, so I don't know if they elaborate on the arm in the new anime. The golden age movies ends just after the Eclipse, before Guts gets the new arm. I would assume they would elaborate on this in the new anime at some point, in a flashback or something.


Difference between Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Stay Night UBW? I'm quite confused and I'd like to know what's the difference between Fate/Stay Night and Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works?

As mentioned by senshin in his answer to the question What is the viewing order of Fate-related works?

Fate/stay night is a visual novel originally released in 2004. The story has three routes: Fate, Unlimited Blade Works, and Heaven's Feel.
The first TV anime series by DEEN in 2006, titled Fate/stay night, mostly adapted the Fate route.

   However, Caster's plan to prematurely summon the Grail was taken from the Unlimited Blade Works route, and Sakura and Rin's fight was taken from the Heaven's Feel route

The movie by DEEN in 2010, titled Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, adapted a highly condensed form of the Unlimited Blade Works route.
The second TV anime series by Ufotable in Fall 2014 and Spring 2015, also titled Fate/stay night: Unlimited Blade Works, is another adaptation of the Unlimited Blade Works route.
There are plans for a movie/series of movies by Ufotable which adapts Heaven's Feel route.


Why didn't Naruto pass the academy exam when Lee was able to? Lee could not use chakra and thus could not perform any of the 3 techniques. However, Lee managed to pass the academy exam, while Naruto couldn't.

Why did Naruto fail when he could easily perform the Henge and Kawarimi and clearly had too much chakra for the Bunshin?

I believe Rock Lee was an exception, he excelled in Taijutsu to make up for his lack of skill in Ninjutsu and Genjutsu. Naruto on the otherhand initially started off bad at all 3 types of jutsus.

There also doesn't seem to be a formal exam, Iruka and the sensei's make the overall decisions hence why Naruto became a Genin despite failing the "true" exam.


Is the Mewtwo in Detective Pikachu a Mewtwo we know? In the first Pokemon Movie we see that Mewtwo is actually artificially created by Team Rocket and not a naturally occurring Pokemon.

According to this answer there are 2 Mewtwo's and the second female one is still possibly artificially created.

In the trailers for Detective Pikachu (I have not seen the movie yet) we see Mewtwo appear in it. I am wondering if this Mewtwo is one we already know from the anime movies? Or are there now possibly 3 Mewtwo's

Spoilers ahead.

Haven't watched the movies or anime, but I play the games, and according to this article, this Mewtwo

   is the same Mewtwo that appeared in the original Pokemon anime and movie two decades ago. The movie referred to here is Pokémon: The First Movie. This was the Mewtwo from the Kanto region which escaped Team Rocket.


What happened with the baby of Lemiel's sister and Licht? The story tells that

   human Lemiel's sister and Licht conceives a child together, hoping that it will unite humans and elfs. Immediately following the wedding of Licht and Tetia, a group of human royals attacks the elves and steals their magic for themselves Licht

What happened with the baby of Lemiel's sister and Licht?

The baby dies before it was born because Lemiel's Sister died.

When all the elves take over humans, the baby takes over Yuno. This is why he was able to break out of the Paotlli's command because the baby's brain was not developed.

This is further evidenced in the manga in chapter 213 when Litch tells Yuno that he was able to fight beside his son who was inside Yuno.


What movie could Trimmau have watched? in Trimmau's Wikia Page it says she's developed a fault where

  she rampages around occasionally thinking that she is a "killer robot from the future" due to the movie she watched in development.

I am wondering if this is a real movie or a reference to Type-Moon's 2012 April Fool's joke?

i have chosen Fate/Zero as the tag because Trimmau was originally Kayneth's  Volumen Hydrargyrum Mystic Code until Waver reprogrammed it after the forth war

Since her features resembles a certain liquid metal Terminator, it's very likely this is a reference to Terminator 2.

From IMDB:

  A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her young son, John Connor, from a more advanced cyborg, made out of liquid metal.


What song is playing when Eren cries in episode 2? What is the name of the song about 13:00 into episode 2, when Eren is crying? I've searched in many places but I can't find it.

Disregard my comment on the OP; this song is on the first OST. It is called Kyojin Shinkou (track 9, also titled as "凸】♀】♂】←巨人"), and the part you asked about starts around 0:50 into the song.

Unfortunately, I cannot find a YouTube video or any other legal source of the track, and the OST itself is very expensive.


About Lelouch and Nunnally during and soon after the invasion of Japan From what I remember: Lelouch and Nunnally were given as hostages to Japan. Britannia invades Japan. Lelouch and Nunnally somehow live.

Why exactly are they alive and not announced dead?

I thought the whole point of taking or giving hostages is to ensure a certain agreement. When Britannia invaded Japan, it seems whatever agreement Britannia and Japan had was breached so why didn't Genbu or whoever execute Lelouch and Nunnally? Is it that someone tried but failed to do so?

Alternatively, if for some reason the relevant legitimate or de facto authorities of Japan didn't want to execute Lelouch and Nunnally (pity, morality, attempt at using them as double agents or whatever), why didn't Lelouch or someone decide to have his and Nunnally's (fake) deaths made known rather than making Clovis, Euphemia, Cornelia, et al merely presume or suspect their deaths?

Could be remembering the series wrong, but it seems like they guessed Lelouch and Nunnally were dead rather than, say, found out from Japanese news. If I were one of them, I would find it suspicious that the Japanese authorities didn't execute or announce that they executed them.

Lelouch and Nunnally being sent to Japan as Hostages was itself another ploy. In Season 2 when Charles is explaining everything to Lelouch when they are trapped in the Sword of Akasha he revealed that he sent them away to protect them for V.V who had already murdered Marianne.

Also at the start of the series we see C.C watching a young Lelouch and Suzaku probably before the war so given the connection Marianne had with C.C during the series it's possible C.C (before being captured) was sent by Marianne to look out for her children.

Prior the start of the War Britannia haddn't fully developed their Knightmares which was one of the key pieces of technology which gave Britannia an edge

  However, when Britannia finally developed its Knightmare Frames fleet and decided to invade Japan to seize control of the Sakuradite mines, consequently discarding Lelouch's use as a diplomatic tool

Source: Lelouch vi Britannia - Character Outline (2nd Paragraph)

This means executing them would have no merit. remember also that Lelouch had forfeited his claim to the Throne and before doing this the background chatter by the Nobles talked about them being lucky if Nunnally could be married off for political gain in her condition. their value as hostages were already much lower and Japan's main bargaining chip was their Sakuradite which, now with their Knightmares, Britannia could take by force and stop the other super powers from getting it.

Also i would think Suzaku and Todoh would have done something to save them if someone got the idea to punish Britannia by executing them (and i suspect at the start of the series were we see Lelouch vow to destroy Britannia it was Todoh who we see at the fire).

As for making Lelouch's and Nunnally's deaths known to be false this would probably just insult Britannia. the first thing that would be done if this happened was to denounce Japan's claims and because most Britannians look down on foreigners chances are that Charles would claim that Lelouch and Nunnally were impostors withother probably voicing their disgust that the Japanese have the audacity to use foreign commoners to pose as members of the Imperial Family.

Lets not forget that the heirs to the throne were fighting one another, while there are some would would want to protect Lelouch and Nunnally there are others who would use the war as a cover to kill them permanently removing them from the line of succession. weather the Japanese knew is or not doesn't matter as Lelouch would be opposed to it because it would be putting Nunnally in greater danger.


What's with the timing of the OP and ED in Minami-ke? I've seen other anime where opening sequences are placed much later in the episode, sometimes as far as halfway through. Rarely endings begin a bit early, with a short (cliffhanger) scene following. In Minami-ke Okaeri endings are placed a good third of the episode away from the actual end, acting like a scene breaker. What's up with that? Why such odd timing?

I'd say the late opening is to grab attention and open the viewers mind as to what's going to follow in the rest of the episode without showing an opening which some people may immediately skip if it doesn't seem like their kind of show.

As to the show having more after the ending, I believe its put there as scheme or reward for sticking through the credits, and give people a bit more of the show to finish off.


Where can I watch the original Atashin'chi with English sub? Crunchyroll streams Shin Atashin'chi (2016), but where can I watch the original Atashin'chi, at least with English sub?
I live in India if it's relevant.

Atashin'chi Official YouTube Channel was launched on 30 April 2020. As of now, the channel has uploaded many episodes of the original Atashin'chi as well mini-episodes of Shin Atashin'chi. Almost all of them have English captions.


An anime about toy dolls which can be controlled when the player wears a headset In this anime, I recall there being little people (toy dolls, perhaps) that could be bought in stores. If you put on a certain headset, you could move them around and play with them. There were competitions that you could enter these dolls in.

The main character is a girl, who has friends who enter the dolls in competitions. In addition, there is a male character (who may have had black hair, though I'm not certain). He enjoyed reading, and in either the opening or ending song, he could be seen falling asleep on his books.

What is the name of this anime?

This is Kidou Tenshi Angelic Layer

  12-year-old Misaki Suzuhara has just gotten involved in Angelic Layer, a battling game using electronic dolls called angels. Even as a newbie, Misaki shows advanced skills as she meets new friends and enters Angelic Layer tournaments to fight the greatest Angelic Layer champions of the nation.

Below is are 2 pages from chapter 3 of the manga showing the head set and how the doll can be controlled when the player wears the headset:


When is the Blue Exorcist movie set? When is the Blue Exorcist movie set, chronologically?

I'm sure there were cues in the movie to indicate where the movie falls relative to the TV series, but it's been ages since I watched the series, so I didn't really pick up on anything.

Short version

It probably takes place between episode 19 and 20.

Long version (spoilers)

   I was wondering about this as well. It clearly takes place after episode 15 when Rin reveals his powers, and after Konekomaru begins to accept him as a friend after episode 18 or 19. So I'd say it takes place before episode 20, because the next few episodes seem to happen concurrently and all are more serialized leading up to the finale. Also, Yukio doesn't have his pointy demon ears in the movie like he does in the after credits scenes of episode 25, so I don't think the movie takes place after the series.


Is the "Manabi Line" a correct way for estimating anime profit/loss? Reading up on anime sales, I came across the term 'Manabi Line', which is said to be the amount of DVD sales that an anime needs to break even. The article in question quoted it to be about 2,899 sales.

Seemingly, the figure is based off of the amount of sales that the anime 'Manabi Straight' made, and barely broke even.

Considering that there are large ranges of production value and other cost focuses, Is 'Manabi Line' still a reasonable figure for how a series is doing?

This started as a joke on 2ch. The "Manabi Line" represent Manabi Straight's disc sales, which reported barely broke even. Nowadays, people tend to use a a point to indicate a show made money or not. It's not an accurate statistical representation of any series due do how old it is comparatively to modern serials and how much was vested in a production.
Alternatively there's also the "Anime Saving Line," (it's reportedly started by /a/ on 4ch) which is how much Yakaman's Fractale series, he proclaimed was going to save this medium -- it sold 883 units.
Generally these numbers just take in account first week (domestic) disc sales.
This post offers a good breakdown of volume anime disc sales with respect to how successful a series is:

< 1k: Complete failure for late night anime, but is common among mainstream/daytime anime, which rely on other methods to produce revenue such as ratings and merchandising. Examples of this would be Naruto, Bleach, OP, Fairy Tale, Detective Conan, and most noitaminA slot anime.

1k - 2k: Pretty much same as above. Some examples of recent late night anime that bombed like this would be LOLH, B Gata H Kei, and Ookami-san.

2k - 3k: Still a failure, but the show has at least some fans but didn't sale well for various reasons, whether they be not enough hype, relatively boring plot, or too :deep:. Some recent examples would be Occult Gakuin, Shin Koihime Musou, and UraBoku.

3k - 4k: This is around break even point for most anime, or as 2ch calls it, the Manabi line. It's not exactly a failure, since no money was lost, but it's not successful or a hit either, since no money was made. An example of this would be Arakawa Under the Bridge and Ichiban Ushiro.

4k - 5k: This is around where you start to see profit being made. Anime that sale in this area aren't what you would call hits, but it's still a decent accomplishment for late night anime. Recent examples are Ikkitousen Xtreme Xecutor and Mayoi Neko Overrun. An older one is all seasons of Zero no Tsukaima.

5k - 6k: This is where some of the more prominent anime among the niche market sale. By that, I mean the more memorable titles of a year. They aren't exactly hits in the sense that they're known among outside of otaku circles, but within them they're common names. Recent examples are Motto To LOVE-Ru, Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Girls, Amagami SS, and Kissxsis here.

6k - 7k: Very good for late night anime. Once again, not hits, but they're doing very well and are moderately popular among the niche market of otaku. This is still within the realm of the 5000-6000 area. Here you have your Seitokai Yakuindomo, BakaTest, and Sekirei ~Pure Engagement~.

7k - 8k: This is where you start to go from being niche within a niche to being broadly popular within the otaku niche. Could be considered a hit among otaku, although this is a sort of gray area in the the sense most anime don't sale exactly in this range, they're either with the 5000-7000 range or skip into double digits. The only anime that comes to my mind immediately that sales in this range are Katanagatari and HOTD.

8k - 10k: This is where you start to see the most memorable anime over years sale, extremely good for late night anime and a mile stone. Still a bit hesitant to call series in this area hits, but their at least extremely successful. The first DARKER THAN BLACK and Sengoku BASARA seasons sold in this area.

10k - 12k: Where you start to see anime staple marks at. These are the series that even people who aren't otaku will at least have seen or heard of somewhere. This are is ambiguous in the sense that stuff that sales higher initially end up here from sales tapering off a bit. Anime in this are usually have initial sales of around 15000-16000 or higher. Stuff like Strike Witches, Durarara!!, and the first season of Toaru Majutsu no Index end up here after the first few volumes. Toradora! and both seasons of Shakugan no Shana sold around this area. DARKER THAN BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini also sold here.

12k - 15k: Most anime that end up in the 10000-12000 range overall start out selling around here. As stated above, first season of Index and both seasons of Strike Witches started out here. First season of Hakuouki and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood also sale around this range. Sengoku BASARA Two sales in this area.

15k - 20k: Pretty much same as above.

20k - 30k: Durarara and Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood started out in this area but tapered off later on. This area is ambiguous in the sense that the only anime that consistently stay in this area over every volume are heavily otaku supported. Still, some of the most popular anime sales around here. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, Azumanga Daioh, and Fate/stay night are the only anime I can think of that consistently sold in this range.

30k - 50k: Godly and legendary. This is where the household name or super popular otaku anime sale. First Fullmetal Alchemist, Macross Frontier, Code Geass, Gundam 00, Haruhi, Angel Beats!, Lucky Star!, K-ON!, etc.

50k - 80k: Nearly impossible. Only TV series that have sold here are Bakemonogatari, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, and Gundam SEED.

Take note that these numbers are arbitrary and success and profitability may vary depending on the production.


Why are the DD Girls called that? Why are the DD Girls named such?

Their name in katakana: [ディーディー・ガールズ], has no meaning, other than just being "DD Girls"...

How do we even know that they're called the DD Girls?

The DD Girls only appear in the original anime; they are not in the Sailor Moon manga or consequently, Sailor Moon Crystal. In their first appearance in the anime (in the first half of ep. 45), they identify themselves as the DD Girls:

Queen Beryl: In moments, Queen Metalia will be fully resurrected. I will allow no one to interfere. Anyone who can finish these girls [the Sailor Senshi] off, step forward.
DD Girls: Please let us, the DD girls, take on the task.

(For reference, the line spoken by the DD girls sounds roughly like その役目、我がデイーデイー・ガールズに, but my Japanese skills are extremely lacking and I may well be wrong.)
There does not appear to be an official explicit explanation for their name; if there were, I would have expected someone to point it out already somewhere. However, if I had to take a guess, I would suggest that it is simply a matter of themed naming: consider that the DD Girls show up when the Sailor Senshi are at D Point. (They also work for the Dark Kingdom, but the correspondence between the letters is less overt there, so that seems less likely.)


What does the NEC in anime soundtrack CD catalog numbers refer to? I've noticed that soundtrack CDs for anime have pretty systematically a "catalog number" of NECx-NNNNN, where N are digits and x is a letter, usually A, but sometimes also M or Y. What "Catalog" is this? Who assigns these numbers?
I have been completely incapable of finding any information whatsoever on this despite extensive googling—in English, anyway, as I speak no Japanese. I thought it might be somehow connected to NEC Interchannel (which was a major player in the field until it was sold off and renamed), but that's as far as I've gotten, and their older releases have a much broader range of prefixes such as KIDA, KICA, MMDM or NEDL.

The Standard Product Number is defined in the Record Industrial Standard (RIS) and assigned by the Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ).
The Recording Industry Association of Japan (RIAJ) is an organization representing the Japanese music recording industry. It also defines the standard known as the Record Industrial Standard (RIS) (Japanese only).
RIS has 5 categories:

RIS100~: Basic terminology
RIS200~: Audio disc recording
RIS300~: Audiotape recording
RIS400~: Video recording
RIS500~: System information

RIS204 (Audio CD Label Content and Format) (Japanese only) explains how to display the audio CD, including the Standard Product Number (規格品番), which is explained more in RIS502 (Recording Product Number) (Japanese only).
The format is defined as XXYZ-12345, where:

XX: company code (2 digits)
Y: media format code (1 digit)
Z: genre code (1 digit, arbitrary by the company, usually to separate between labels or genre)
12345: serial number (5 digits)

The list of company code, media format code, and genre code is further referenced in RIS504 (Online Data Interchange Format for Master Data of Record Product), which is also listed in the Japanese Wikipedia (company code and media format code) and its English translation by user 'eeepi' on rateyourmusic.com.
For the codes mentioned in the question:

Company code:

NE

NEC Interchannel → Interchannel → I.C. Avenue → Index Music → T.Y.Entertainment Inc. → DREAMUSIC Inc (FEEL MEE Label).
Nest → Onkyo Entertainment Technology

KI: KING RECORD CO., LTD.
MM: Marine ENTERTAINMENT Inc.

Media format code

C: 12cm CD
D: part of Digital Audio Tape → 8cm CD → part of downloadable single/album


Music of My Hero Academia season 2 episode 22 I’ve been having trouble finding this one track and it’s driving me INSANE. It happens when yaoyorozu is tracked down by Aizawa, and the timestamps are about: 13:04 to about 13:57. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

This is the one you're looking for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwtMpGBBq9I&list=PLPaN6Wrl_xE09LFKm7Bwm1qeOZ-Kmgyz3&index=29


What is Natsu's Birthday? I did some digging and found that Natsu, or atleast the Natsu we know, is around 20 years old but I want to know his birthday which I can not yet find an answer for.

I believe that Natsu is a year older than Lucy. The year they came from was 377 to be exact, if you then add the year 777 it's exactly four hundred years so Natsu would have been 11 years old as Lucy was 10.
So if Lucy was born 767 that means Natsu was born 366, as to the exact day it's unknown but because his parents named him "Natsu" (summer), as the first day of summer is around the middle of June and not July we could say Natsu's birthday is June 20th 366.
http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Lucy_Heartfilia

↑ Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 465, Pages 11-13
↑ Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 468, Pages 2-14
↑ Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 468, Pages 14-18
↑ Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 400, Pages 15-19
↑ Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 414, Pages 8-17


What does Naruto mean when he said that Sasuke is the one that accepted him? Well, I've really been thinking for this for a long time now and still I can't understand what Naruto means when he said that Sasuke is the one that accepted him and his existence more than anyone.

The quote you are talking about,  most likely is this one used in Shippuuden

  Way back, I used to hate Sasuke... But once I got used to being with him I realized he's really a lot of fun... to be around...he's the person that, more than anyone else accepted me and my existence. Sasuke is my friend... and he represents bonds that I waited so long to receive, so that's why... - Uzumaki Naruto

By this point in the story you should already know how hated Naruto was in town, and how nobody would acknowledge him as he was the scary nine-tails. But then Sasuke came along, which in Naruto's eyes was similar to him as they where both 'alone'. They started to build up a rival like relationship, pretty much the same as Kakashi and Gai have a rivalship. At this point Sasuke did no longer see him as the "dangerous  9 tailed", and slowly started to acknowledge Naruto as an equal, a rival, and as a friend.

   In episode 132 just after Sasuke says that skilled shinobi can read each others minds during combat, without even saying a word. There is a insight on how Naruto looks at Sasuke from 13:07 ~ 18:28 . Something similar happens in Shippuuden as well, just after the battle with Danzo.


What book is Saten reading to Febri in episode 19 of Railgun S? In episode 19 of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S, Saten is shown reading a book to Febri, presumably as a bedtime story.

Transcribed:

国の中央部には、立派すぎる建物が並んでいました。
豪華な化粧石をふんだんに使った、どっしりとした石の建築物です。必ず尖った屋根や、装飾でついている変な生き物の石像が目立ちます。整った区画の中に、それらは丁寧に並んでいました。
道路は車なら十台ほどが並んで走れそうな幅で、きれいに十字に交差しています。薄い土埃を上げながら走るモトラドがとても小さく見える、壮大な都市部でした。
そして、そこには誰もいません。車も走っていません。
エルメスを止めて交差点の中央に立ったキノが、視線と体をぐるりと回します。
「…………」
建物は音もなく磧へと流れていき、また別の建物が現れ、また流れていきます。その向こうには、変わらない蒼い空があるだけなのでした。

Loosely translated:

In the heart of a certain country, there stood buildings altogether too splendid.
They were built from solid stone, much of which was beautifully decorated. They invariably had peaked roofs and stone figures of strange animals that drew the eye. They stood side-by-side in an orderly manner, within their orderly city blocks.
The roads were so wide that ten cars could drive in parallel, and they intersected at perfect right angles. Vehicles would kick up a thin cloud of dust as they drove. They were tiny by comparison with the grandeur of the city.
And there was nobody there. Neither people nor vehicles.
Kino stopped his Hermes in the middle of an intersection and looked all around.
"..."
The buildings silently flowed towards the waterfront as new buildings emerged to take their place, and then those new buildings too flowed away. Beyond them was nothing but the unchanging blue sky.

The first line does not appear anywhere on the internet, so it doesn't look like this is pre-existing Japanese fiction. It could be pre-existing non-Japanese fiction that has been translated into Japanese for the first time (or differently) by somebody involved in the production of Railgun S. Alternatively, it could be original Japanese fiction.

The pages shown in the picture are exactly pages 12 and 13 of the Kino's
Journey picture book mentioned in the other answer. Here are
some photos of my own copy:

キノの旅 -the Beautiful World- 「記憶の国」 -Their Memories-,
Pages 12-13

Cover and obi

Pages 0-1

Pages 2-3

Pages 4-5


What happened to Black Clover? Was the anime canceled? A few days ago (March 30, 2021), what seems to be the "last" episode of Black Clover aired. MyAnimeList now shows it as Finished Airing. However, it is clear the story is not over. Black Clover has been airing every week for over three years. Why did it stop now? Was the anime canceled? Is it changing into the standard "release by season" with gaps of several months (like Boku no Hero Academia for example)? Is there any official declaration about it?
(please don't give spoilers from the manga)

Black Clover is trying to avoid having a lot of fillers by giving the anime a break. During the past few months, the anime sped up the storyline which led to it coming close to the manga's ongoing story. Once an anime finishes its manga's ongoing story, it most of the times runs out of source material for newer content. So them deciding to stop the anime was a good choice. All of this is in the black clovers comic book. They are making a currently a black clover movie that continues the series, so that the author of black clover can have some time to write the manga.


What are the dots on Danichirou's forehead? In the Sankarea manga and anime, Rea's father, Danichirou has a row of dots on his forehead:

What are these dots for and why are they there?

I believe those are called bindi. They signify the third eye or the chakra of wisdom.

According to wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindi_%28decoration%29, people wear it as a fashion statement nowadays...


How could the four Hokage be reanimated by Orochimaru? In Episode 264 of Naruto Shippuuden, Kabuto clearly states that the four Hokage can't be reanimated because their souls were sealed away in the Reaper Death Seal.

So how come Orochimaru can suddenly use the reanimation jutsu on them?

I kind of get the feeling that everyone just forgot that this shouldn't be allowed, or am I missing something that suddenly allows it?

Indeed Orochimaru could not reanimate the Hokages while their soul were not in the "Pure World", in other words, while they are sealed inside the Shinigami's stomach.

But at chapter 618, Orochimaru summoned and controled the Shinigami with the help of Shinigami's mask:

So he was able to remove the seal if he cuts his on stomach, using the technique: Dead Demon Consuming Seal: Release.

With the Hokage's souls relesead, he could reanimate them.

At Naruto Wiki, this technique is well explained:

  This technique involves invoking the Shinigami using a mask from the
  Uzumaki Clan's Mask Storage Temple. From there, the summoner is
  possessed by the Shinigami allowing them control over it, they can
  then force it to cut its own stomach resulting in the release of the
  souls sealed inside. Due to the possession however, the same damage
  will reflect on the invoker's own body.

  After the souls are released, however, persons are free to do as they
  please with the souls. Orochimaru used this technique to free the
  souls of the Hokage along with that of his arms and then reincarnate
  them.


Why did Naruto cut his hair? Naruto cut his hair first in The Last: Naruto the Movie and kept it.

Does it have sentimental value, or does he just not want to look like his dad?

He is now the Hokage and the father of two children. I think the designer wanted to give Naruto a mature old look with all of his responsibilities and stuff.

Also don't forget that there is a main character (the new main character), Boruto, which looks like exactly like old Naruto.

But the new look has removed the mischief smile I loved about him.


What language is the song "Fallen Heroes" in Akame ga Kill? So just as the title says, what is the language of the song "Fallen Heroes", also known as "Le chant de Roma"? (YouTube link)

I have done a bit of personal research before posting over here and what I came up with is that it is not any of the following languages: Italian, Greek, Spanish, Lithuanian, Roumanian, English, German, Portuguese, Hindi. I don't feel like it should be Japanese nor Chinese, and if it is Latin, then it's sung pretty badly...

I could not find any lyrics, so if someone knows where to find them it would be helpful. Otherwise, I have posted a link for the song in case any native speakers of languages that I have not mentioned above could check whether it is their own language.

My best hypothesis is that it's Roma, although I do not know the language.

The vocalist on "Le chant de Roma" is Maïa Barouh. After dredging through her various social media accounts, I found the following exchange on her Facebook page:

  Antoine Prt Maïa Barouh, quelle est la langue utilisée dans ce morceau ? :)

    Maïa Barouh Du gromeleu :p une langue inventée

"langue inventée" - that is, an invented language. Straight from the horse's mouth.

(Of course, the piece's lyricist certainly would have taken inspiration from various real languages, but I think it's fair to say that the text of "Le chant de Roma" is not, itself, in any real language.)


Is there a recording of Chopin's "Winter Wind" with the drums added, as heard in Your Lie In April? I've looked everywhere for that Etude in A minor Op. 25 No. 11 with drums, as that song sounded so epic in the anime!! Any idea if that version of the song is purchasable or located anywhere online?

There is an album of the pieces actually from the show, called Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso: Our Music Book. Unfortunately, based on a version I found on YouTube, it seems like the Winter Wind on that album is just a standard rendition of the piece (presumably from the main recital). On that basis, I suspect that there isn't an officially released copy of the version with drums.


How to catch up on Dragon Ball Super? I've watched DBZ, and ready most of the manga but for the last 3 years I've forgotten about Dragon Ball as I haven't had time to watch DBS or the movies. Well I really want to catch up. But I don't know how. And yes I'm aware how ridiculous this is considering the series is nearing its 100th episode. Please what's the fastest or most reliable way to catch up on it?

Other than just flat out watching it there are two major routes.

A) Just read the manga, it's kind of close and gives a good summary in broader strokes,

B) Watch the movies battle of the gods and return of freeza then you've just got the zamasu arc and the current arc to watch :-)

For the record questions like this don't really belong here. Since it's so heavily opinionated, and can have no factful approach.

Conversations like that are better on forums like my anime list or other places.


What's this picture of a smiling character with blue eyes and light hair from? I wonder where is this image from. Does anyone know its origin?

I am aware this post is old, but people looking for this same image is going to stumble upon this so I might as well just end the frustrating search.

Here you go :)

The picture is from the cover page of Magicians Don’t Turn Back!, a Touhou doujinshi by Saku Saku Tei.

I spent so many hours I don't even want to say how man.


Who are these people in the Kuzu no Honkai drama CDs? The first track on the first drama CD for Kuzu no Honkai is titled "Nyan Nyan Prelude". It features characters named "Checo"(?) and "Shuu", the former of whom might or might not literally be a cat.

To summarize: the track begins with them doing lewd things (as is Kuzu no Honkai's wont). Checo says she'll get a job, but Shuu says she can't, because she's a cat. Shuu forgets her birthday, and they get into a fight. They reminisce about the days when their relationship was all sunshine and roses. At the end of the track, they reconcile.

I don't know who these characters are. Nothing in this track (nor the next one, "Nyan Nyan Serenade") has anything to do with any of the characters or events featured in the anime, even though the narrative "feels" like that of Kuzu no Honkai. I'm thoroughly confused. Who are these people, and what does any of this have to do with Kuzu no Honkai?

I have seen neither the Kuzu no Honkai anime nor the drama CD's, so I'm basing this answer on my recollection of the manga. The manga features a bunch of extras involving cats or cat-like people. (The last paragraph in this review verifies my shaky memory of the manga.) None of these have anything to do at all with the main story. MyAnimeList gives the titles as being Nyan Nyan $foo, $foo being a musical form, which roughly matches my memory, so it seems likely the drama CD tracks are related to the extras.

In particular, your description of the drama CD track matches the story in the "Nyan Nyan Prelude" extra, which is after ch. 5 in vol. 1. In the manga extra, there is a human named Shu and a cat (or cat-person, I am unsure) named Chako. They have a physical relationship, but later, tensions between the two emerge. As in the drama CD, Chako speaks of getting a job, but Shu says she cannot since she is a cat, and Shu forgets Chako's birthday. Later, Shu apologises, but Chako is already convinced that:

  Because Shu-chan is so forgetful, he's already forgotten about me.


What is Akito's Geass? He seems to be able see and talk with dead people, which can be a coincidence as he is mentally unstable.

Other than that, he shines in battle and yells "die" while fighting, and this behavior seems to spread to other Japanese as well. However, the EU commander isn't affected by this at all.

So what exactly is his Geass?

Akito doesn't have a Geass, but he is under a Geass.

  Akito is under the effects of a Geass that he appears to control at
  will, allowing him to savagely kill his enemies in the battlefield. - Codegeass.wikia.com

His eyes also don't have the Geass Sigil inside, but his pupil is encircled red like a Geass has been casted on him.

For the ability to talk to dead, I think it has something to do with him coming back from dead, maybe he defeated death somehow.


Why does Suzuki speak in both English and Japanese? In Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, one of the "steam smiths" speaks in Japanese with bits and phrases in plain English. His name is Suzuki, and he is one of the steam smiths that fixes damage to the train:

As you can see here in this video, he mixes in regular English words like "captain," and "tank," with the rest of his Japanese dialogue. There are no other characters that do this. Why does he include random English words in his sentences (it seems that the English words may even be voiced by someone else, as they sound incredibly out of place with the Japanese dialogue)?

In the Kabaneri universe, the steam technology that powers all their steampunk stuff was initially developed outside Japan. The particular system that drives the railforts is named the "McRucky engine", and is of British design. The first major outbreak of kabane was reportedly somewhere in eastern Europe.

It seems plausible that most steamsmiths would be from Europe (perhaps Britain in particular) given that that's where steam technology originated. Suzuki could well be a steamsmith from Europe who ended up in Japan, perhaps fleeing the kabane (Japan, being an island on the periphery of Afro-Eurasia, is about as far as you can get from eastern Europe without hopping over to the Americas). In this case, it would be unsurprising that his speech is 1.) heavily accented; and 2.) has a heavy admixture of English.

(Don't be fooled by his Japanese-seeming name - in the real world around the time of the Industrial Revolution, it was common for Westerners in Japan to take Japanese names. See, for example, Lafcadio Hearn, who was known in Japan as "Koizumi Yakumo".)

It is likely that the manga and/or light novels will have more detail about this, but I have not read any of them. Likewise, if they ever release one of those production-notes compilations, that'd be a good thing to have a look at.

  it seems that the English words may even be voiced by someone else, as they sound incredibly out of place with the Japanese dialogue

Suzuki's voice actor, Maxwell Powers, is fluent in both languages. His YouTube channel has some examples of his non-anime voice work. According to his Japanese Wikipedia article, he grew up in the US, so he's clearly a native speaker of English, and his mother is Japanese and he went to college in Japan, so it's no surprise that his Japanese is pretty good too. It's pretty clear to me that he voices all of Suzuki's lines.

(Incidentally, he apparently is emceeing the live event "Koutetsujou no Utage" which is happening as I type.)


How are Kars' features described in this image? When Kars becomes the ultimate life form, There is an image which points out each of Kars' new features - 400 IQ, 18m jumping etc.

Can someone help translate what his other skills are?

This 2ch post has bigger image.

Intelligence: IQ is 400.
Haptic sense: Can feel the movement of heat and air.
Hearing ability: Can here the ululation of animals from bats to whales.
Visual acuity: Like astrometric telescope.
Born: Breakdown to each cell and transform into many breeds.
Muscle: Recuperate from wounds very soon, then can transform/heal very quickly.
Gripping power: 900 kg/cm^2
Jumping power: 18m
Favourite food: Humans that became bloodsuckers. (Can survive without the need of any food and drink for 1 year.)
Sleep: No need.
Objective of breed: Other breed has a objective that creates descendants. But in his case creates a world that he thinks.
SEX: No need. lower forms of life need many children. It's easy to die. No need for child or friend for perfect life. "Top" is always only one.
Baby of the human was transformed 9 hundred million evolution in 10 month.
DNA know it. Like this, cell of his body know all DNA of all breed. he can transform to any breed.


Why didn't the hero association use Hitoshi the guy with the brainwashing quirk to make AFO leak information? Why they didn't use him which such a strong quirk? Did it got explained in the anime or manga, or did the author just forgot he even existed?

Since there isn't any objective answer to this, we can only speculate on the matter. Probably the obvious and simple reason is that Shinso isn't a fully fledged hero and exposing a kid to AFO interrogation isn't quite the most ethical thing to do and also AFO probably has barriers and others countermeasures to prevent brainwashing or mind reading.


How does Araragi know Ougi in Mayoi Jiangshi? In the beginning of Mayoi Jiangshi, we meet Ougi when she talks to Araragi in the traffic light conversation (i.e. "Did you know that there is a time when all lights at an intersection are red?"). I didn't really think much of the fact that it was this random girl talking to him, thinking it was a friend from school.

Once I saw Ougi in the other ones in 2nd season / tsuki, I realized that that was also Ougi. Now that Owari is out, we see where he first meets Ougi. Because of that, I thought that this part of Owari was at the very beginning of 2nd season.

However, this site puts it after Mayoi Jiangshi. How is this possible?

We learn in the first episode of Mayoi Jiangshi that Araragi time-travels the night of the end of summer break, which is August 20th.
However, in Ougi's conversation with Araragi at the beginning, both are wearing school uniforms and clearly are at school. So the conversation cannot have taken place right before the events of Mayoi Jiangshi, since the "present-day" events of the arc take place during the summer holidays.
Moreover, after the conversation, Araragi says in his narration:

In the end, Ougi just wanted to teach me some trivia that all intersections have a three-second period where all lights are red [. . .] And I'm reminded of that trivia alongside memories of Mayoi Hachikuji. I'm reminded of those words along with a lost young girl. Every traffic light in the way was red. And in the instance she crossed on green, she was run over.
I recall it with the memories of that girl who died over 10 years ago. That summer's epic adventure. Along with that story that started as a petty concept but in the end grew into a giant tale that almost engulfed everything that was real.

(Paragraph breaks are mine.) This is before a break in the story and the subsequent introduction of the events of August 20th.
Here, Araragi cannot only be recalling the story of Hachikuji's death; he must also be recalling his time-travel adventure in this narration of his thoughts. (The appearance of a number of frames associated with events late into Mayoi Jiangshi in this section provides additional support for this.)
The conversation must then take place at some unspecified point after the events of Mayoi Jiangshi. Thus, there is no inconsistency with Kanbaru's introduction of Ougi to Araragi "on a certain day at the end of October" in Owarimonogatari.


What did Elsie type at the first try? On first episode of The World God Only Knows Season 2, Elsie types something like a game, but her first try is wrong.

This is a picture of what she type:

What did it says? And how can she mistype that? It looks really different with the right one, which is 'kami nomi zo shiru sekai' (神のみぞ知るセカイ), but I don't know anything about Japanese so I might be wrong and Google translate didn't help much...

It is the Dragon Quest 2 log in screen (hence the DQ2 password).
The first thing she types in is a resurrection spell from the Dragon Quest series

The Spell of Restoration (復活の呪文, ふっかつのじゅもん, fukkatsu no jumon) is the name of the password system used in the Famicom and MSX versions of Dragon Quest and Dragon Quest II. Similar to other games of the time, the player's accomplishments were converted into a password, which was then written down and entered later to resume the game from the point at which the player left off. With the advent of battery backup (first seen in the series in Dragon Quest III), password systems became obsolete, and the Spell of Restoration was never used again. It differs from the passwords of other games in that it is recognized by some characters as a convention of the game world and not simply a means of resuming gameplay.

"Kami nomi zo shiru sekai" follows the same pattern used, which is 3-3-4:

Ka-mi-no
mi-zo-shi
ru-se-ka-i

Dragon Quest II
Due its broader scope (three-member party, multiple flagged plot events, and a wider array of equipment), Dragon Quest II employed a larger 52-character Spell of Restoration: Four lines of 3-3-4, followed by a final line of 3-3-4-2.

As to why she mistypes, it is most likely a reference to the fact you load a life. A life only you know of, hence The world god only knows, Keima's world.


Has Kakashi ever failed any other students after Team 7? Part of Kakashi's reputation was that he was a ruthless teacher at the academy; refusing to pass even one student because they didn't qualify as ninja in his eyes.

However, ever since Team 7 passed, I've not known Kakashi to personally fail any other teams.

Has Kakashi reversed course and passed every team that he's encountered since?

Kakashi did not fail any students after Team 7 in the original and Shippuden series, but he came very close in the Boruto series.

In the Boruto series, Kakashi offers to be the proctor during the graduation exam and the only student to pass is the one who takes the bell from him. Kakashi states this because he does not want an entire generation of students with defiant attitudes to become shinobi during the time of peace.

  Iruka suggested that Kakashi not be too hard on the students come the final exams. Kakashi clarifies that even in peaceful times, they can't allow students with contemptuous attitudes to become shinobi, and as such will be as challenging as ever.

With that, Kakashi stated during the exams that only one student will pass - the others will fail.

  During the practical test of the exams, the students were left awe-stricken that he was to be their head proctor. It was explained that while Shino Aburame, Anko Mitarashi, and Konohamaru Sarutobi would be evaluating the students' respective performances in a 24 hour field combat, ultimately only one student could pass; that student would be the one who takes the single bell from Kakashi's hip

However, much like the original series, they all learn the true lesson of the exam and Kakashi passes every student

  Ultimately, time ran out before anyone could get the bell. Despite Boruto's plan failing, Kakashi passed everyone, noting that they succeeded in the true goal of the test: team-work and loyalty.


How come there is contemporary technology, in addition to samurai-era and alien technology? As far as I understand, in Gintama, aliens invaded Edo (Tokyo) in the times of the samurais and defeated them. Then, we not only see samurai-era (Edo period) buildings, weapons, etc., but also alien-made buildings, weapons, and technology.

However, there is also technology from the current era in it, like cars, TVs, electricity cables, bazookas, motorcycles, etc., like if the current era would be also mixed with their time.

How come there is contemporary technology in Gintama universe?

While it is true that aliens did conquer edo and enforced their rules and regulations, the bakufu reserved the right to rule their subjects while conforming to the alien government. By preserving the current era's tech they may try to make it seem like the humans of current edo may have some control over their land.

It can also seem like a form of resistance. This can be seen in the episode where the Dango shopkeeper hasn't closed his shop despite being the only one in the vicinity and all the other shops have either adapted the new alien sweet technology or have closed and moved on.

The other explanation I could think of is that they wanted create a story line that wasn't too complex and kept the series lighthearted like with the episode where Gintoki wants to buy an old fan because he is too cheap to actually invest in an AC. All of this is just my interpretation, I'm not sure if anything about this is actually specified in the manga.


Who is the voice actor of Scissor Runner in Fairy Tail? Does anyone recognise the voice of the ancient dragon called Scissor Runner?
I'm pretty sure I've heard it before but I can't seem to find any information on that matter, except for one person saying it is Kamikawa Takaya, but in comparison they sound very different to me.

I continued searching and this is what I additionally came up with:

I know only some french words but as far as I understand it, the person here asks the same question like me and someone suggests Ikeda Shuuichi.

While my personal theory, after comparing several voices, is: it's the same voice as Laxus. Konishi Katsuyuki.

Unfortunately still all of them are mere guesses.

Although not officially confirmed, the rumour on MAL is that it's Takaya Kamikawa.

He's mostly known from the voice of Anti-Spiral in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.


Did Kyouko fight Sayaka in the new universe? After Madoka recreates the universe so that magical girls disappear before they become witches, there is a scene where Mami, Kyouko, and Homura come out from a battle and Kyouko is upset about Sayaka being gone.

Did Sayaka "disappear" during that fight, or did the three just come out from fighting her witch (thus Madoka not getting to Sayaka in time)?

There are, definitionally, no witches in the post-Madoka universe. As such, it is not possible that Kyouko fought Sayaka's witch.
Besides, Mami says:

行ってしまったわ。円環の理に導かれて。
ミキさん、さっきのあの一撃にすべての力を使ってしまったのね。
She's gone. Taken away by the Law of Cycles.
Miki used up all her energy in that last attack, didn't she?

And furthermore, we see that they have just set a wraith/demon/魔獣 on fire. It is very clear from this that Sayaka just disappeared after running out of energy in a fight with a wraith/demon/魔獣.


Can Gai use ninjutsu or genjutsu? It has been mentioned that Rock Lee can't use them, but I don't remember Gai using them either. I haven't read the manga.

From Naruto-wiki:

  Unlike Lee, who specialises in taijutsu because he cannot use ninjutsu and genjutsu, Guy is fully capable of using the other two forms of ninja abilities, as he is proficient enough to dispel a high-level genjutsu.

actually he summons this turtle multiple times in the manga


Would a water manipulating Devil Fruit user be able to swim? If all Devil Fruit users in One Piece anime are not capable of swimming, what about a Devil Fruit user whose ability is to control water? Can such a person able to swim or evade the Devil Fruit's curse?

Most of this answer is speculation as there is currently no answer to this question.

I think that the possibility of the "Mizu Mizu no Mi" existing somewhere in the One Piece universe is highly possible, since we have already seen multiple states of water being Devil Fruits:

Moku Moku no Mi (Smoke - Gas state)*
Hie Hie no Mi (Ice - Solid state)
Yuki Yuki no Mi (Snow - Solid state)

* I know this one is disputable

The only problem with the "Mizu Mizu no Mi" is that it will create a paradox.
Since Devil Fruit users are weak to water, if a Devil Fruit user transforms into water, he would be rendered powerless and transform back to his normal form.

But all in all, I don't think the person using this Devil Fruit will be able to circumvent the "curse" Devil Fruit users get from eating them.


Where does Owari no Seraph leave off in the manga? I recently finished watching the two seasons of Owari no Seraph. A new season seems unlikely to happen, so I want to pick up the manga.

Where does the story continue in the manga, after the 12th episode in the anime (second season)?

According to Japanese Wikipedia, Wikia and many Reddit threads (e.g. this), the anime ends at chapter 41 (volume 11).

For the sake of completeness: season 1 ends at chapter 25 and season 2 ends at chapter 41.

However, as it has been mentioned on Reddit and explained on Wikia, the anime adaptation has some differences compared to the original work (manga).


What Mangekyo Sharingan power does Itachi have? Kakashi and Obito, have Mangekyo Sharingan powers but what power does Itachi have?

I tried researching it but nothing is helping.

Mangekyou Sharingan users have three abilities. Two unique ones in either eye, and Susano'o, which can only be used if you have Mangekyo Sharingan in both eyes. Itachi had Tsukuyomi in his left, and Amaterasu in his right. Sasuke had Amaterasu in his left eye, and could extinguish and control the shape of the flames in his left, as he did during his fight with Killer B, stopping B from being killed by the Amaterasu. Obito's Mangekyo both used different forms of Kamui, the left one he gave to Kakashi could uses a long range form that could teleport objects within the user's line of sight to the Kamui dimension. The right one he kept could only teleport himself and people he had physical contact with to the Kamui dimension. It also allows the user to become intangible, by teleporting the parts of themselves hit by attacks to the Kamui dimension. The full extent of Shisui's abilities are unknown, but both the eye that Shisui gave Itachi and the eye taken by Danzo could use Kotoamatsukami. The abilities of Madara and his brother were not revealed, but we know Madara was able to use Susano'o, meaning he unlocked the power of both his eyes.

However, Amaterasu and Tsukyomi are not generic Sharingan powers. While Sasuke had Amaterasu like Itachi, I believe that was due to them being closely related, and not because it was a generic power, because no other Mangekyo Sharingan user has demonstrated the ability to use either Amaterasu or Tsukuyomi, apart from Madara using Infinite Tsukuyomi, but I think it's safe to say that's a special case because of the Rinne Sharingan on his forehead.


Why are most people in anime white or European-looking (instead of Japanese)? Anatomically speaking Europeans don't look like that either. But most of the people look more European than Japanese, at least it seems to me ... Maybe it's the round eyes? And the non-black hair in some cases?

Just like @senshin stated in his comment, for the Japanese people, their characters do look Asian.
There is a really nice article written about this on thesocietypages and as stated there:

Why do the Japanese draw themselves as white? You see that especially in manga and anime.
As it turns out, that is an American opinion, not a Japanese one. The Japanese see anime characters as being Japanese. It is Americans who think they are white. Why?  Because to them white is the Default Human Being.
[...]
Americans apply this thinking to Japanese drawings. But to the Japanese the Default Human Being is Japanese! So they feel no need to make their characters “look Asian”. They just have to make them look like people and everyone in Japan will assume they are Japanese – no matter how improbable their physical appearance.

In your question, you also said "Maybe it's the round eyes? And the non-black hair in some cases?"
The article above also pointed out something about that:

[...] the Default Human Being thing is so strong that lacking other clear, stereotyped signs of being either black or Asian she defaults to white.
When you think about it there is nothing particularly white about how anime characters look:

huge round eyes – no one looks like that, not even white people (even though that style of drawing eyes does go back to Betty Boop).
yellow hair – but they also have blue hair and green hair and all the rest. Therefore, hair colour is not about being true to life.
small noses – compared to the rest of the world whites have long noses that stick out.
white skin – but many Japanese have skin just as pale and white as most White Americans.

Of course, there are also exceptions. A nice example is indeed Dan Eagleman, as stated by @senshin. The moment they need to make somebody look non-Japanese, they will try to design the character more to the American/European stereotype, i.e.

Bigger noses
Blond hair/blue eyes/white
Speaks fluent English


Did Luffy know who Sogeking is? In Ennies Lobby arc when Luffy and his crew members trying to save Robin, Luffy order Sogeking (Usopp) to burn World Government's flag.

How can Luffy know that Sogeking can make something like flamethrower to burn the flag? He only know that Usopp that can burn the flag.

In that time, if I'm not mistaken, Luffy doesn't know about Sogeking's power, he also seems never notice Sogeking is Usopp before and even after the arc.

Anime Reference:
As you can watch in this scene, it's not that Luffy finds out that Sogeking is actually Usopp. It's just that he introduces himself as:

Luffy and Chopper: Sogeking from the Sniper Island?
Sogeking (Usopp) : That's right! I'm one of Usopp's close friends. I'm here to help you out on your journey.

Manga Reference:

Hence, when Luffy asks Sogeking to burn down the flag, he asks this to him as a sniper, assuming him to be nearly as good as Usopp.


Why did the Rokka no Yuusha opening song change after episode 4? After episode 4, the opening song for Rokka no Yuusha changed from "Cry for the Truth" by Michi to "Black Swallowtail" by Uroboros and Tom H@ck.

Why did Passione (the studio) change the song? It seems weird since the visuals in the intro are the same and it's still the first season of this anime.

Update: Episode 12 seems to use the first opening again.

"LOOK AT ALL THIS MONEY WE HAVE!!"
"Should we make more episodes?"
"Don't be ridiculous, 12 episodes is the anime standard!"
"So what should we do with the extra budget money?"
"What episode are we at again?"
"4"
"Okay, for the next one, CHANGE THE OPENING THEME!!"
"What about the visuals"
"Do we have enough money to change those too?"
"No..."
"Well those can stay the same."
And that is why something like that happens, there's no meaning behind it, they do it because they can.
To be honest, there might have been a disagreement from the start about the opening theme and they just decided halfway to switch, or maybe the majority didn't like the first theme so they decided to try to do what was best for the anime.  All this to say, it has nothing to do with the anime itself, I watched it too, and nothing really changed from episode 4 to 5.


What is this anime about a green-haired robot named Sophie? In around 2010, I remember watching an anime that was sort of based in the future after some type of explosion happened.

I think there was a green-haired girl robot thing named Sophie, and she stayed with a man named Ryo, who lost his daughter in the explosion.

It ended with the robot girl going into outer space to save everyone.

What is this anime?

You're definitely thinking of SoltyRei.

There's Roy Revant (right), a bounty hunter who lost his daughter in the Blastfall (when a large building exploded).

Solty (middle), a Resemble (or artificial human), unlike anything the world has seen before...

And finally Rose Anderson (left), a thief who is revealed to be Rita Revant (Roy's daughter), shortly before her death.


Why do Yuko's poems always end in 'Mogami River'? Several times during the anime, Yūko Aioi ends her short haikus with 'Mogami River'.

I've read on the Wikipedia page for Mogami River that Matsuo Bashō used it in at least one of his poems, but I can't much written about it, so it seems to me to be not a well-known feature of his poems.

Is this the correct reason for the inclusion of the line, or is there an alternative reason?

(I couldn't find an image with subtitles, so hopefully this is a correct example)

According to this academic site, while it is not a kigo (season word), the mogami river is well known in Japanese haiku.

I imagine Yuuko has trouble thinking of an entire 5-7-5 poem, and so she just reuses this famous line for that reason.


Why are there so many cross-over episodes of One Piece and Toriko? I've noticed that there has been many cross-over episodes involving One Piece and Toriko.

In fact, Toriko's first episode has One Piece characters in it.

Is there any kind of connection between both of the two series?

Some possible reasons:

The manga each is based on are run in the same magazine.
The anime are aired on the same TV channel in Japan on the same day.
The anime are made by the same company.

Sources:
anime info: http://www.mahou.org/Showtime/?o=ET
manga info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weekly_Shounen_Jump#Series


Which is the first D-Mail? I think the common explanation for the shift in timelines is that "In episode 1, Okabe sends the 1st D-mail, changing the world to the Alpha world line where Kurisu lives instead of dying."

However, the mail Okabe sends is just an ordinary mail (have they even invented the D-Mail yet?), it is directed to Daru, and it only contains information from the past that anyone could have witnessed. How does this message turn into a D-Mail and tip off SERN?

(Answer edited to fit what was discussed in the comments as well)

TL;DR: Whether or not the message Okabe sent is a D-Mail isn't something he has control over, at least not at the beginning of the series. The conditions just happened to be right when he sent the message that ended up becoming the first D-Mail.

First condition/coincidence:

We are told early in the story that Daru was experimenting on the microwave, having his own cellphone wired to it instead of the dedicated one, when Okabe sent him the message. It is safe to assume that he was trying to get the microwave running with its door open, because it is one of the key conditions to sending a D-Mail (learnt in episode 3), and nothing would have happened otherwise.

It has been pointed out that Daru tells us about his experiments on the microwave in the second timeline, not in the first one, which is true. However, given that the first ever D-Mail was complete gibberish and was dismissed by Daru, we can speculate that the livelihood of the group was not impacted at all by it.
The only impact this D-Mail really had is:

  The SERN caught on it, which eventually led to them developping a functionning time machine as well marking the start of the "Time War", and finally to Suzuha's abrupt landing on the rooftop of the conference center.

It would then be safe to assume that the group's actions, from the D-Mail being received and dismissed by Daru to Okabe wandering alone in the evacuated area, haven't been impacted at all and that therefore Daru has been conducting the same experiments on the microwave at around the same time in these two timelines.
This is only speculation, but it is realistic and coherent with the rest of the story.

Second condition/coincidence:

Later in the show you learn about the second conditon for sending D-Mails which explains why they can only be sent during a certain period of the day:

   The shop owner recently placed a cathode ray TV just in the right spot below their microwave. This is the reason why D-Mails weren't happening before, and can now only happen when the shop owner turns it on and it fires electrons into the microwave.

Since we assume that Daru was conducting experiments on the microwave around that time it is also safe to assume that the second condition was fulfilled, as otherwise Daru probably wouldn't have been conducting these experiments in the first place.


Who is the blonde woman in the opening of "Slayers NEXT"? In the opening of Slayers NEXT at around 1:20, there's a blonde girl.

However, there is no female character that has blonde hair. I am sure it is not Filia since she appears only in TRY. It isn't Lina's sister since she appears in the opening as well (similar to how she appears at the beginning of NEXT).

Who is she?

She is Lina Inverse, or to be exact (spoiler from the last episode of Slayers NEXT)

 The Lord of Nightmares, possessing Lina Inverse.

From a Japanese Q&A site OKWAVE answered by l_gaim_mk1 on August 2008,

ＮＥＸＴ放送当時（１９９６年）にも言われました。そのネタ。
最初は、当時まだ姿が登場していなかった獣王ゼラス＝メタリオムとも、ルナ・インバースとも言われました。
結局、原作者やアニメスタッフから出た回答が、リナ・インバースです。

但し、ロード・オブ・ナイトメアに乗っ取られたヴァージョンである。と。

そういう風に議論が飛び交うのが狙いだったとか。
当時のアニメ雑誌の記述より。

Rough translation

This was also told at the time NEXT was being broadcasted (1996). That topic.
At first, it was speculated to be Luna Inverse or Greater Beast Zelas Metallium, who has never appeared yet at that time.
In the end, the answer that came from the author and the anime staff was, Lina Inverse.

 However, the version that was possessed by The Lord of Nightmares.

Maybe it was aimed for the discussion to fly about like that?
Taken from an anime magazine at that time.


Do the Quincy know of the consequences of their power? We know that when a Quincy kills a Hollow, they destroy its soul and cause an imbalance that could destroy Soul Society and the material world if done enough.

Are the Quincy aware of this fact? If so, why do they persist in killing Hollows?

They were acutely aware of this fact.  From the Bleach Wiki, emphasis mine:

  Since the origin of the Quincy, many years passed within Soul Society trying to appeal to the Quincy that the handling of Hollows should be left to the Shinigami. The Quincy refused to accept the situation. As time went on, the number of Quincy increased and the cycle of souls became more unstable, forcing the Shinigami to reluctantly wipe out the Quincy in order to maintain the balance of the world.

From this, I gather:

The Quincy may not have originally been aware of what their powers were doing.
They learned the true consequences after the Soul Reapers attempted some kind of negotiations with them to get them to leave Hollows to them.
They disregarded the consequences and continued to use their powers against Hollows, due to (often) slow responses from Soul Reapers.


Why is Saber the "strongest class"? Characters in both Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night refer to the Saber class as "superior" or the "strongest" of all Servants but don't seem to explain why.

Is there something about how the summoning works that makes Sabers stronger or is it just that heroic spirits that qualify as Sabers tend to be more powerful ones?

The Saber class has the highest overall base parameters of any other servant class. It is part of the original three Knight classes. The other two being Archer and Lancer. The three Knight classes were intended to be used by the Three Families, Tohsaka, Einzbern, and Makiri. The four Calvary classes came later as they needed seven Servants. Basic parameter-wise, the three Knight classes are stronger.
Of course the strength varies depending on the individual Servant.
According to Rin in the UBW route - Day 4 Contract Established:

"There is a change in one or two of the classes every Holy Grail War, but we have a basic lineup this time. The standard opinion is that Saber is the best Servant.
Each class has their own special characteristics, but the abilities of the Servants differ according to the rank of the heroic spirit summoned."

The prologue of Fate/Zero mentions that the Saber class made it to the final battle in the first three Fuyuki Grail Wars (and also the Fourth).
The Saber class skill Magic Resistance gives it an advantage against the other classes, especially against Caster, for obvious reasons. The weakness of the class is probably it's straight forwardness in attacking things head on, compared to other classes that can resort to other tactics with their skills. Like Assassin with it's Presence Concealment.

Base servant container stat comparison breakdowns for each class. Stats for the actual heroic spirits may very drastically, especially for the Berserker class.


What are the stats in DanMachi? The following is a screenshot of Ais Wallenstein's stats taken from DanMachi Gaiden Sword Oratoria Ep. 2.

From top to bottom we get

Ais Wallenstein

Lv 5

Str 549 -> 555

Vit 540 -> 547

Dex 823 -> 825

Agi 821 -> 822

But what is the last stat (the one with the value of 899)? What stat is that?

While at it, what does flipped V and that rotated Omega sign means? Considering that the same symbol is used in her name, the flipped V must be A, which I believe is her stat's rank. But what about the other one?

The last two letters of the last stat looks like 'ag', as they start with the same letters as 'agi'.

Knowing the other letters on the paper are: A, D, E, G, I, L, N, R, S, T, V, W, and X. (You say what the letter is called in the question.)

Without knowing the Anime we know that it can then be one of; Bag, Cag, Fag, Hag, Jag, Kag, Mag, Oag, Pag, Qag, Uag, Yag, or Zag.

However looking online, it seems the last stat type is 'magic' and so it's probably 'mag'.

The two symbols next to the ranks if using the same letter system would be a D for; Str, and Vit, as they're between 500-599, and a A for; Dex, Agi, and Mag, as they're between 800-899. Which seems to correlate with the earlier link.


Did the following characters of Gotei 13 make it alive? Did ...

  Kisuke Urahara and Yoruichi Shihōin

survive the Thousand Year Blood War Arc?

The manga did not mention anything about them in the last chapter. They are both very important characters to the Bleach universe.

I am wondering if there were any subtle hints left by the author of Bleach  manga, Tite Kubo, to assert their death (or survival) in anyway.

Urahara's status is unknown; however it is safe to presume he is dead. During his fight with Askin, although he defeats Askin (with a little help from Grimmjow), he collapses at the end and says that he apologizes for leaving. everything to Ichigo and Rukia.

Yoruichi is also unknown; after Askin activates his Vollstandig and approaches both of them, she does not appear after that. Her drug was wearing off, but Kubo did not reference back to her after that. With her, it isn't safe to assume her death or survival.


Is the amount of Christianity portrayed in anime representative of Japan? There are a large number of anime shows that portrays Christianity. Neon Genesis Evangelion shows a lot of Christian symbolism, such as crosses. Shows such as Trinity Cross and Chronos Crusade have nuns/people from the Church. Is the percentage of shows containing strongly Christian elements representative of the percentage of Christians in Japan?

I'm not expecting exact percentages, but more of a general ballpark idea.

No, not at all. As looper mentioned, the amount of Christianity in Japan is around 1% which is a really small percentage.

Evangelion assistant director mentioned that they originally used Christian symbolism only to give the project a unique edge against other giant robot shows, and that it had no particular meaning:

  "There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our
  story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because
  Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be
  mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There
  is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual
  symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get
  distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice." source

This is the case in a lot of other anime series which have religious symbols: they are placed there to give the show a distinct look and feel, or to add a thin coat of mysticism.

Note the "we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool" part of the above quote. I think (I may be wrong though, this is my personal opinion) that most of religious symbols in anime are there for that reason.


whats is the song that plays in naruto episode 479 when sasuke talks about naruto when the infinite tsukuyomi? I can't seem to find that song but it's when the tailed beasts are released and sasuke talks about naruto in episode 479

I had also been searching for this for a long time and finally found it. It's a little fast-forwarded version of "Departure to the Front Lines". Here is a Youtube link for it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ISfifczkgM


What book was Hanekawa reading while Araragi tries to find where Tsunade lives? On episode 8 of Monogatari Series: Second Season, when Araragi tries to find where Tsunade (Hachikuji's mother) live. He met Lolikawa - young Hanekawa, and she was reading a book

What book is it?

She was reading "On the Banks of Plum Creek". It is a children's book written in 1937 by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The book is based on Laura's childhood at Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota in the late nineteenth century. It describes the family's move to Minnesota, where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.


In which episode of Sailor Moon S did Michiru meet Mamoru? In which episode of Sailor Moon S did Kaiou Michiru (Sailor Neptune) and Chiba Mamoru (Tuxedo Kamen) meet each other in civilian form for the first time?

Note: I don't recall any earlier points where Michiru and Mamoru interact in civilian form, and I've been keeping an eye out for this since I started watching this season a week ago. It's possible I may have missed something though.

In episode 4 of Sailor Moon S, Michiru and Haruka observe Mamoru from a distance during and after the concert. (They are sitting some distance away from the five "confirmed" Sailor Guardians and Tuxedo Mask, and they have opera glasses. Haruka points out Usagi and her boyfriend, whom Usagi had been complaining of feeling inadequate for, to Michiru.)

In the beginning of episode 9, Mamoru explicitly interacts with Michiru. He has gone with Usagi and the other girls to watch Haruka at a motorcycle race. After the race, Usagi talks to Haruka and Michiru, bringing her friends and Mamoru. (It's worth noting, however, that there is no introduction---"This is Mamoru; this is Haruka and Michiru"---in this episode. Either the introduction is simply handwaved, or they were introduced at an earlier point, before they are shown explicitly interacting for the first time.)


I'm looking for an anime/movie that involved a plot with 2 boys and 1 girl. Had a piano. Something about different dimensions? This was either a short anime or animated movie.

3 main characters, as far as I remember. I remember that out of the 2 boys, one was a boy who was from a different planet(dimension?). He played the piano and it had strange effects on those around him. The other boy was human. The human boy and the girl were friends. This anime probably had a school setting.

I remember there being a lot of scenes involving the alien boy going into another dimension where there was always a bed(?) that he talked to. The boy's mission was probably (not sure!) to bring humans back to his home planet...

In the end, the 2 boys decided to leave earth so that alien guy could return to his home and the girl was left behind. As soon as the boys left, the girl lost all her memories about them.

Have been searching for ages now, but I always get Piano no Mori as a result back and that's not it.

Thanks for your help!

I found it!!! It's Nerawareta Gakuen. Man, did I get the summary wrong, haha...

Nerawareta Gakuen

Synopsis
Spring marks the start of another new school year at a junior high school in Kamakura. A new transfer student, Ryoichi Kyogoku joins the 8th grade. Kyogoku has a very special proficiency in telepathy and has been ordered by his father to use this ability to scan other people's minds and take over the school.
He instantly gains popularity at school from his good looks and charisma and he sets about taking control of the school. As people begin to fall under Kyogoku's spell, he covertly manipulates his followers and pushes aside anyone who gets in his way.
With the school almost completely under the control of Kyogoku, only one boy seems unaffected—Seki. Does Seki have what it takes to save everyone from the clutches of mind control?


Is there any other episodes of Naruto after Episode 220 before Naruto Shippuden Episode 1? I watched all Naruto episodes on Netflix. I want to know if episode 220 leads right into Naruto Shippuden. I only watched a few minutes of episode 1 in Shippuden, but just watching it, I feel like I'm missing more episodes that lead into Shippuden.

Is there anymore Naruto episodes after Episode 220? Like, do they show Pervy Sage actually training Naruto or does his path of training leads into Shippuden?

No, you haven't missed any episodes. There is a time skip between the end of Naruto and the beginning of Shippuden, where Naruto goes off and trains with Jiraiya and the other characters do various other things as well, some of which are shown in flashbacks but most are just referred to.


What's happen to yugi's otherself deck when he disappear? At the final chapter of yugioh, yugi have to defeat atem so the after life door will open, they fight with their own decks. Short story, yugi finally defeated his other self. When other yugi disappear, what's happen to other yugi's decks ? Since they bring their own deck...

It was implied that Atem's (Yami Yugi's) deck and the Millenium Puzzle were left inside his tomb in Egypt.

But in the Movie, Yugioh: The Dark Side of the Dimension, it was shown that the Millenium Puzzle got reassembled again, but nothing happened.

In Episode 086 of Yugioh GX! (which is set years after YGO: TDSotD), Pegasus said that the Egyptian God Cards are gone.

Now, how did Kaiba summon Obelisk in YGO: TDSotD? The Power Vision disk didn't utilize actual cards. Instead, it created holograms from his mind.

Yugi uses his own deck.

TL;DR Atem's Deck is in his tomb.


How Senku made Carbonated water? In order to create cola and the sulfa Drug Senky needed to create carbonated water via a laborious bamboo construction to the river. How this structure works and how it makes carbonated water?

As we see in chapter 40 Senku has made something resembling a bamboo barrel on a spit sitting in a waterfall turning thanks to some spokes reaching into the falls and is hitched to what appears to be a jar of wine.

The design is never explained in the manga but from what we can see it seems quite clear. The jar labeled wine contains some sort of sugar rich liquid undergoing fermentation whose 2 byproducts are alcohol and carbon dioxide. The jar is sealed aside from a hose which runs from the lid to the bamboo pipe through the barrel which is perforated with many holes and is open on the far side. Carbon dioxide is produced by the alcohol, goes up the hose and through the pipe where some will bubble though the water in the spinning barrel before escaping the far end of the pipe. The pipe seals the spinning barrel (we know because the water hasn't all leaked out of the raised barrel) as it sits in the waterfall which allows the bubbling carbon dioxide to carbonate the water. Carbonation is the process where carbon dioxide CO2 (g) in water H2O (l) in low temperatures and under pressure will react to form carbonic acid H2CO3 (aq). Senku knew what he was doing as he tells Gen the water will be their source of carbonic acid for the creation of the sulfa drug a few panels later. At higher temperatures and/or lower pressure the amount carbonic acid that can stay dissolved decreases and the reaction happens in reverse producing CO2 bubbles and H2O which is how we usually picture carbonated water.


When does Tony Tony Chopper officially join the crew? When does Tony Tony Chopper officially join the Straw Hat Pirates crew?

Chapter 152 "Full Moon". On the last double page Luffy shouts "Just shut up and come with us!" and Chopper answers "OK". That's the moment when Chopper joined the crew.


What anime, fanart, or random art is this girl with a gun from? I don't know which anime/manga/fanart this is, but if you could help me, thanks in advance!

Original link: http://www.imgbase.info/images/safe-wallpapers/anime/anime_girls/35522_anime_girls_anime_girl_with_gun.jpg

Image from shuushuu. Click to enlarge!

This image is from the video game Soul Worker Online. Your image is mirrord and the Soulworker Lion Games watermark is removed.

  Soul Worker is an anime action MMORPG which takes place in the
  Cloudrealm, a now vacant city which only harbors the psychics and a
  horde of monsters. Players will learn about the fate of the city and
  the reason for the disappearance of all inhabitants through the course
  of the game, as well as possibly finding a way to reverse this
  catastrophe.

Image from liongames. Information from freemmostation.


What's this old school anime with a badass green-haired Sephiroth lookalike? So I remember this scene from an anime for many years now but I can't find it no matter what I searched for.

Here's what I remember:

Green (maybe blue? not sure) long-haired badass guy, with dark clothing. He really resembles Sephiroth from Final Fantasy.
The setup is in a futuristic city/world, the city I remember resembles the city from Akira: flying cars, full of roads, light etc.
It must be an old anime, late 80s or early 90s.

The scene I remember clearly is this guy walking an empty road on that city, but the screen is full with roads on all heights, buildings etc. I think this guy is accompanied by someone else on that scene but I'm not sure.

I tried to find it many times for 5 years or so, but I cant remember anything else at all.

What is this anime?

Is this possibly the Escaflowne (film)? It was made in 2000, adapting a TV anime from 1996.

Folken in the film version has long sky-blue hair and dark clothes, and is the main antagonist (he was born as Dune of Adom but became the leader of the Black Dragon Clan).

Allen Schezar in the same film, the leader of the Abaharaki (a group of refugees),  also has Sephiroth-style bangs with long hair and dark clothes.

The film includes airships, roads, and lights.


Why couldn't he simply turn into fire and repair the damage? Spoiler alert, stop reading if you're not past One Piece episode 483.

When the guy (Akainu) put a hole in Ace, why couldn't Ace just turn into his element like all of those elemental Devil Fruit users? I get that magma was able to burn him, but how does that stop him from just dispersing like the other elemental fruit users?

You can read here that:

Users of Busoshoku Haki can strike Logia users as if they were human; Rayleigh describes it as the ability to "force into solidity the fluid bodies of the near-invincible Logia Fruit users" when he explains it. When Haki is applied to a Logia user while they are intangible, rather than nullifying the powers completely; it turns the user back to their physical form. It also allows the one using Haki to grab the person in their transformed state as if they were tangible.

From the manga:

Chapter 597 Page 18.


Who are the five elders, and how much power do they hold So in episode 642 there is a call between navy HQ and the new guy (sorry forgot his rank/name) and Saka says the following

Who exactly are the five elders, and how much power do they hold? As they managed to fool navy HQ.

The five elders are the Gorosei, Japanese for "five elder stars" (go means five) who form the council that run the world government. Below them is the commander-in-chief of the world government, and below him is the fleet admiral of the marines. They have pretty much unlimited power over the world government.
Very little information has been given, but many speculate (based on nothing) that they are five of the direct descendants of the 20 kings who formed the world government (making them celestial dragons). If they are just normal citizens, they may in theory have to answer to the celestial dragons, if they are celestial dragons themselves then they answer to no-one.
It isn't really that they fooled Marine HQ, it's more that they withheld information, as Marine HQ follows their orders anyway. If Sakazuki had found out, he probably wouldn't have had a choice but to go along with them anyway, as when Sengoku wanted to get the wanted posters out for the escaped Impel Down prisoners as soon as possible, but was overruled and told that it was being kept secret. All he could do was resign, they can overrule literally anyone in the world government whenever they want.
Update:
At the time of this answer, the above was true. Since then, we've now seen Im, the man who sits on the Empty Throne in Mary Geoise and who stands above the five elders.
It seems that they are the second highest authority in the world government.


What was happening to Joshu Kasei at Sybil's core? Spoilers for the latest episodes of Psycho-Pass.

During the riots, Kagari and Choe enter Sybil's core. There, Joshu Kasei forces a dominator into lethal mode to kill Choe. Then, she kind of melts down before killing Kagari as well.

Why was she melting down (her chin kind of falls down)? At first I'd have guessed it was because she was forcing the dominator, but later we see she can change their behavior with ease.

Choe attacks her with some acid just before that. It obviously didn't work quite as expected.


Can a Demon Slayer use Multiple Breath Styles? Can Demon Slayers use multiple breathing techniques like fire and water or are demon slayer corps all capable of just 1? Also is the ability to use certain techniques passed on by the parents through genetics or does it just depend on what the Demon Slayer learned first?

It is shown that Tanjiro can use the water and the 'fire god' style, which probably is the original sun style. In the same figth Tanjiro says that it is hard to switch from one breath to another, so the styles may be somewhat incompatible.

For the same reason, it seems that other slayers use only one style because of their deep specialization, and not because they cannot learn another one, as it is a physical skill, not a passed supernatural ability. Later in the story Tanjiro explains how to push oneself to use the marks, so the styles are transferable in some sense.


Where was the Seven Blood Stains Incident detailed? In Ar Tonelico Qoga, in the glossary under the Necrohouse of Ayatane, it talks about that some of the Teru Clans began to hate humans after something called the Seven Blood Stains Incident that was caused by Sol Ciel. It was this event that led to the Necrohouse allowing Garthnode Infiria to occur hoping that humans would destroy themselves.

But I don't know what this incident is. The only incident involving the Teru Tribe in Sol Ciel I am aware of was when Bourd kidnapped Misha from the Crescent Chronicle resulting in a battle between the Teru Tribe and Tenba which resulted in the destruction of Aurica's hometown Skuwat. But this was way way way after Garthnode Infiria so this can't be it.

The way it's worded seems as if this Seven Blood Stains incident is supposed to be matter of fact for players of the previous game (since it also clarifies that Mir's Son Ayatane is unrelated to the Necrohouse of Ayatane). So I am wondering where was the Seven Blood Stains Incident detailed? Was it in a drama CD or manga?

It was detailed in the setting encyclopedias for AT1 and AT3. You can read translations for both of them here:

http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/ARM_Backup/Settei_book_translation http://artonelico.wikia.com/wiki/ARM_Backup/Settei_book_3_translation


What's the song that plays when Sasuke and Kakashi arrive at round 3 of the Chunin Exams? What's the song that plays when Sasuke and Kakashi arrive at round 3 of the Chunin Exams (when they replay it in Shippuden episode 258, at 19:18)  I don't think this is the only time it plays but it's the first example I could think of.

This sounds somewhat similar to Sarutobi, from Naruto OST III, track 12.

However, there are some differences, so it's not the exact same track. The song in that episode doesn't seem to be in any of the officially released soundtracks. There are some unofficial versions online though, usually titled Sarutobi Remix or Surprise Attack. For example, here.


Why does Uosuke say "Tai" at the end of every sentence? In Fairy Tail 2014, Uosuke is a member of the Garou Knights, the most powerful executioners of Fiore (per the Fairy Tail Wikia). Apart from the fact that he loves fish or has a strange obsession with fish, is there any other particular reason why he says "Tai" at the end of every sentence.

I have a feeling that tai could be inferring/referring to fish tails (per his obssession/love for fish). Are there any other reasons as to why he adds "Tai" at the end of every sentence? If not, is it just for entertainment purposes? E.g. to be funny?

Tai is the japanese name for the sea bream, a fish known for its taste. A lot of anime characters add suffixes to their sentences, to give the character a little uniqueness, like Naruto's -ttebayo. So, since Uosuke really likes fish, he suffixes -tai to his sentences.


Which anime is this woobie taken from? I saw this image on TV tropes:

Which anime is it taken from?

This image is from the third game in the In'youchuu eroge series, In'youchuu Etsu ~Kairaku Henka Taimaroku~. It does have an OVA adaptation, but I've linked to the first OVA in the series rather than this one as the image for this one is not work-safe. If you do intend to search for information regarding this, keep in mind that this series is literally pornography and that most of the content related to it would not be appropriate to  post here.

VNDB has the following description of the game:

  One day, Yamato, Mikoto and Takeru visit a village in the mountain for the training to be monster hunters. They have various hard trainings and finally become the monster hunters. But there is something wrong with Yamato's body.... His body gradually changes into a monster.... What is happening to his body? Who can stop it? To save Yamato, Mikoto and Takeru make every effort. What is a secret of Yamato's body? What will happen to Mikoto and Takeru?

The characters in the image are Yamato and Mikoto. Yamato's body has a sealed demon inside him, which is released at this particular moment in the story. This image is an image of Yamato from the OVA: