This is off the top of my head, so I could be barking mad, but this is how I remember it. Spoilers for Kizumonogatari, Nekomonogatari Black, and Nisemonogatari ahead.

Shinobu, in Kizu, tells Koyomi that head-patting is some kind of intimate act of subservience between a vampire servant and master. Koyomi thinks this is a little weird, but goes along with it.

At the end of Kizu, Tsubasa deduces that Shinobu wanted to die the whole time. Koyomi refuses to grant her this, and instead brings about the situation where he's an asymptotically human pseudo vampire and Shinobu is a mostly powerless asymptotically vampiric pseudo human who has to suck Koyomi's blood to survive. Shinobu is furious, and doesn't talk to Koyomi until Karen Bee.

In Neko Black, Shinobu helps defeat Black Hanekawa. Afterwards, Koyomi goes to pat her on the head as a reward, but finds that she's wearing that strange pilot hat. She got the hat to show Koyomi that she was still pissed at him and wasn't going to let him pat her on the head.

Later, in Tsubasa Cat, Shinobu stops being angry at Koyomi and starts living in his shadow. In Karen Bee, she even comes out to talk to him when he's in the bath. Since she's not mad at him anymore, she stops wearing the hat, since she doesn't need to stop him from patting her head.

Edit: Now with actual evidence.

Kizumonogatari, Chapter 4 establishes that head-rubbing is regarded by Shinobu as a sign of obedience. Koyomi has just allowed Shinobu to turn him into a vampire, and Shinobu has asked him if he understands that he must be subservient to her. The first to speak is Koyomi.

  “Ha, haa”

  “Huh, an ambiguous answer——do you really understand?”

  “Um, umm——I understand.”

  “Then as a sign of obedience to me, rub my head!”

  She said majestically.

  ....

  Rub head.

  Uwa, her hair is really soft.

  Although there is a lot of hair, it‘s really smooth.

  “That‘s enough.”

  “....That‘s the sign of obedience?”

  “You don't know that?”

  She looked at me with contempt.

  Vampires use a different set of rules.

Here's Nekomonogatari Black, Chapter 13, where Koyomi goes in to thank Shinobu for her help and finds her wearing the hat. Oshino also tells Koyomi that he gave her the hat. I massaged out some of the grammar mistakes in the translation.

  I even wanted to stroke her head.

  The sign of obedience—though I wouldn't call it that.

  Still, I thought she could let me do at least that—I thought she
  would certainly let me thank her.

  “............”

  My expectation was largely unfulfilled.

  The sense of omnipotence of the look from above in epilogues didn't
  apply here.

  As I arrived and met her in the classroom on the first floor, the
  little vampire girl was wearing, of all things, an enigmatic helmet
  with goggles, of the type you wear when riding a moped.

  I couldn't stroke her head like this.

  “Ah, that? Vampire-chan badgered me about it. After all she is
  the one who solved the whole cat thing, so I gave it to her as a
  prize”

  Oshino explained.

The quotes don't explicitly say that Shinobu was wearing the hat to stop Koyomi from rubbing her head, but it seems pretty plain from the context. It was her way of telling Koyomi, without deigning to speak to him, that she hadn't forgiven him.


Why wasn't this titan involved in any military operation until at least the 3rd Season of the anime?

Warning: Major spoilers below.

It was explained in Chapter 95.

   Zeke told them that as both honorary Marleyans and aristocrats, the Tybur family followed a policy of non-interference in both politics and war.

Why were they involved in the military operations now, of all times?

Zeke further explained that

  given the recent fears of the future of Eldia and Marley, they finally agreed to take action. So, the current situation (failure of Marley to recover the Coordinate and lose the Colossal) caused the Tybur family to agree to take action after years of not doing so. They now see Eldia as a threat not just to Marley but also to the world.

In later chapters,

   they will use the Tybur family to rally the nations and show to them that they should unite against the growing threat (Eldia). They somewhat succeeded, at the cost of the Warhammer Titan falling into Eldia's hands.


Island society that hunts huge whale-like creatures

I believe Skywhales is what you are looking for. It is a British animated short film in 1983 directed and written by Phil Austin and Derek Hayes, and it is included in the British Animation Collection Volume 1 DVD.

You can view this animated short on Youtube.

A scene during the hunt, where the main character flew towards the skywhale and stabbed it with a harpoon.

The scene where everyone returned from the hunt. You can see a bunch of flying ships anchored on the port.

The main character died and went to throw himself down a hole inside a building.

As he dropped down the hole, he turned into cocoon, then emerged from it as a skywhale.

The characters in this animated film speak some sort of nonsensical language. You probably mistook it for Japanese.


What happened to the Steins;Gate 0 anime?

Did Steins;Gate 0 really end?

Yes. The episode list ends with episode 23, which was broadcasted earliest on Sep 27, 2018.

  The Okabe in Steins;Gate 0 wasn't shown to reunite with Kurisu.

Japanese Wikipedia stated that since the game's premise is replaying multiple times with multiple endings, there are some scenes from the game which are cut, and some anime original scenes added. However, this might not be the reason why that scene was cut (i.e. speculation at best).

  Are there any OVAs of this?

Volume 6 of the Blu-ray set (which according to Amazon will be released on Dec 21, 2018, but possibly earlier somewhere else) contains 1 bonus unaired episode.

  【収録内容】
  第21話~第23話+未放送1話

However, it's too early to know what is the content (there's no detail on that).


What is the sad music/soundtrack played in Digimon Tri Movie 1 Episode 1?

Never mind, I just found out from Reddit that there is no officially released list of soundtracks for Digimon Tri, except for the singles. I hope the OST comes out soon.


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

October, 2024
Although the guild was vanquished during the crusade, PoH, who avoided the crusade, watched Kirito and Kuradeel's duel on the 74th Floor. After hearing that Kuradeel wished to kill Kirito, PoH approached Kuradeel some time prior to Kirito's mandatory training session with Kuradeel and Godfree. PoH then invited Kuradeel to his guild and taught him how to make paralysis poison.


Can any character's magic hurt Kotodama devil?

To answer this question, I'll have to delve into SPOILER territory -- be warned !

First off, just so you know, the Kotodama Devil's true name is Zagred. Zagred was immensely powerful -- and his atypical, magical biology tremendously helped him to power through enemy attacks. Every character who has been able to hurt him or impede him in some way have been connected to his native underworld.

Asta used anti-magic to negate his attacks and slash through his magic-enhanced defenses. His anti-magic powers stem directly from an unnamed demon, so it stands to reason that Asta can hurt Zagred.

Yuno exploited Zagred's magic emissions to enhance his own wind spells and attune them to the Kotodama Magic's "wavelength".  He basically used Zagred's own power against himself.

Lemiel, Patolli and Licht were able to hurt Zagred because they were all tainted in some way by underworld magic. Lemiel had been sealed by a demonic spell from Secre, and both Patolli and Licht had been resurrected by the demon's spell. Their corruption allowed them to strike at Zagred.

Yami's Dark Magic is known to be linked to the Underworld. In Chapter 246, Dante tells us that Dark Magic is necessary to create the Tree of Qliphoth along with William Vengeance's World Tree Magic. The hows and whys haven't been explained yet, however.

In theory, any other character who has been tainted by demonic magic or who is able to use demonic magic in some way (by reflecting it like Yuno, for example) can hurt the Kotodama Devil. Since other devils will intervene in the story, we will no doubt discover new ways to hurt them as Black Clover progresses.


Why do all Marine Vice Admirals (and higher ranking officers) put their coats as capes?

There has been no in-universe explanation as to why the Marines wear the coats over their shoulders.
The only in-universe information regarding those coats is that they are supposedly held up by the Marine officers' beliefs in Justice. As long as the Marine in question believes in the justice of the Marines or World Government, the coat will not fall! ... is what Oda said in SBS Volume 61, Chapter 596

Reader: You know the coat that all those commissioned Marine officers wear on their backs? The one that says "Justice". That thing never falls of no matter how much the guy wearing it moves, but how does it stay on? A snap stopper? Or maybe super glue? My husband says "it's rubber" (making it a circle and passing it through another circle). P.N. Koteni-
Oda: Too bad, nothing is on there. That is a coat that has "Justice" on the back. It never falls off, because to them, Justice never "falls"!! As long as that feeling stays in their hearts, THE COAT WILL NEVER FALL!!!

The out-universe explanation is described by the TV trope CoatCape linked in the comment by mivilar. It states that military leaders (and delinquents aka pirates) often wear their coat as a cape to show how cool the character is. The coat will never fall off despite the situation. The Trope also explains not to confuse the (Marines') Coat-Cape with (Mihawk's) Badass-Longcoat or the Coat-over-the-shoulder.

Sometimes, to show how cool a character is (or just how broad his shoulders are), all he has to do is wear his coat like a cape, as in not bothering to put his arms through the sleeves. This is often a trait of Japanese Delinquents or military leaders.
Don't expect them to slip or fall off, even up against powerful winds, explosions and any amount of running, jumping and acrobatics, unless it's for dramatic reasons.
Compare Coat Over the Shoulder. Not to be confused with Badass Longcoat, which often resembles a cape but is worn normally.


Romance manga where a guy tutors a girl who turns out to be a millionaire

I am sure the manga in question is Billionaire Girl

The guy's name is Takato Kei. He tutors this rich teenage girl for 10000 Yen per hour.

It a complete romance story. In reality she is not a high school girl who has amassed a lot of wealth from stock market. I think this covers the description you gave. Hope this helps :D

BTW Fun-Fact: I just noticed it was written by Isuna Hasekura (of Spice and Wolf fame :D ).


Yes.
The name of the song is "The Cyborg Fights" or it can be found under the name of   "Genos Fight Theme"

Here are some links where you can listen the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D6g0__M3sk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DdhF0XlqJrg

It is present in the official soundtrack of the anime.


Why are "traps" and "genderbending" so common in anime and manga compared to Western media?

I think Euphoric's answer is just one piece of the puzzle. It's a more direct answer to the question in the title, but, to my mind, not quite complete. I'm not equipped to piece together the whole thing, but I'll try to contribute what I can.

Japanese culture seems to have been fascinated with gender themes all the way back to its very beginning. Shinto mythology apparently features a transgender deity called Ishi Kore Dome no Kami, and some of the creation myths incorporated homosexual themes. Source.

Japanese kabuki theater originally had both male and female actors, but starting in the 1630s, the Tokugawa shogunate banned women from appearing on stage due to the increasingly erotic nature of the plays, so male actors began playing all female roles. (Kabuki, "Transition to yarō-kabuki"). An all-female theater group called the Takarazuka Revue was established in 1913; women play men's roles in their productions, somewhat like the common anime trope of a class putting on a production of Romeo and Juliet or Sleeping Beauty with a boyish-looking girl playing the male lead and a girlish-looking girl playing the female lead. In more modern times, visual kei street fashion often emphasizes an androgynous look for men and women. The Wikipedia page on Bishounen discusses more about both historic and modern aspects of how Japanese culture views androgyny and gender blurring.

So Japanese culture already had a long-established tradition around gender issues. I believe the prevalence of traps and genderbending in anime is a modern expression of this tradition. As Euphoric says, because anime and manga are drawn, they are beyond the bounds of the physical. They don't need to find an actor who's a little androgynous and dress up that actor to accentuate those features. Anime and manga can actually just draw a girl and say it's a boy, or draw a boy and call it a girl.

As to the last point about potential cultural bias, it does seem that Japanese culture deals with these themes in a unique way, though similar themes are not unheard of in the West. The situation with kabuki during the Tokugawa period, where all parts were played by male actors, is similar to the situation in England during Shakespeare's time: female actors, though not officially banned, were highly uncommon. Young boys often played female roles. (Wikipedia, Boy player). This makes Twelfth Night and other plays with cross-dressing a sort of triple-layered metafictional joke: at the time Twelfth Night was first produced, Elizabethan audiences would have seen a boy playing a woman who was in disguise as a boy.

There are also modern Western works where men disguise themselves as women or vice versa, e.g. Mrs. Doubtfire, Ladybugs. (Whatever you think of their quality, they do exist.) In Neil Gaiman's Marvel 1602, Jean Grey disguises herself as a boy, as does Arya Stark in George R.R. Martin's A Clash of Kings.

However, I hesitate to call any of these "counterexamples" to the premise of this question. Aside from Shakespeare, the Western works I mentioned don't really use this device to explore gender issues. They might, just a little, in a small way, but mostly, it's just for comedy or for practical reasons, like blending in with an all-male mercenary troupe. Ranma 1/2 is also mostly comedic, but other such anime and manga actually explore gender issues at some depth. Traps like Haganai's Yukimura, Mariya Holic's Mariya, and Otoboku's Mizuho are designed to be attractive to heterosexual male viewers, while also provoking a feeling of confusion or discomfort. That discomfort can be capitalized on for comedy, as it is in Haganai and Mariya Holic, but this method is very different from the way Mrs. Doubtfire creates comedy.

There are highbrow works of literature and film which explore gender issues in the same way that these anime and manga do. But the anime and manga examples are not highbrow; they are relatively popular, and created for normal readers and viewers, not for literary critics. Haganai and Otoboku are even aimed at a young, male audience, not an audience known for its openness to discussing gender issues. It does seem that Japan has a unique tradition around gender issues in fiction, and the modern use of traps and gender-bending in anime and manga is a modern continuation of that tradition.


Are anime that are not based on manga common?

Let's take a quick sample of full-length non-children's anime that began airing during the current season (Winter 2014) and see which are based on manga.

Based on a manga: D-Frag; Engaged to the Unidentified; Hoozuki no Reitetsu; Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha; Maken-ki 2; Nisekoi; Nobunagun; Noragami; Saki Zenkoku-hen; Sakura Trick; Seitokai Yakuindomo 2; Silver Spoon 2; Witch Craft Works
Based on a light novel: Chuunibyou 2; Mahou Sensou; Nourin; ImoCho; Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta
Based on something else: Falcom Gakuen (a video game series); SoniAni (a mascot character)
Not based on anything: Buddy Complex; Hamatora (simultaneous mixed-media); Nobunaga the Fool; Sekai Seifuku; Space Dandy; Wake Up, Girls!; Wizard Barristers

As we can see, roughly half of the series this season are based on a manga, and roughly half are based either on a work in some other medium or are wholly original.

To make a broader point, we can take a look at some data collected by user /u/homu on Reddit (link).

As we can see from this graph, manga has historically been the source for at least a plurality of anime adaptations (though never a majority, at least since 2000). However, other sources are by no means negligible. In particular, the rise of light novels starting circa 2005 appears to have eaten into the market share of manga adaptations, and shows no sign of slowing down as of yet.

All said and done, yes - anime that aren't based on manga are pretty common.


How much did Netflix contribute, as part of the production committee, for Devilman Crybaby?

Interesting as it may seem, we likely will never know the specifics, due to the reasons кяαzєя♦'s comment already pointed out.

Non the less, I figured, why not try and ask Netflix themselves?

All though it is not much information, we did however pin down the fact that Netflix only pays for exclusive rights and nothing else.
As the support also suggests, it is somewhat of a trade secret.

I haven't personally tried to mail them as support suggested. However I don't think it is likely that a more descriptive/precise price would be mentioned by the pr team.


Can Mystic Eyes of Death Perception kill Tiamat?

Without a concept of death, Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are useless. They work on the basis that death is an intrinsic part of life, as a living being is meant to end at some point, the concept of death is already inside them, which is what the MEoDP bring about.

From Tsukihime Dokuhon PlusPeriod - TSUKIHIME Dictionary: Mystic Eyes of Death Perception [Unusual talent], p.184:

  "(...) Though they are said to see the form of death, strictly speaking it's more accurate to say they're reading the lifespan of a substance – the existential limit determined at the moment of creation(...)"

Tiamat, as a perfect being has no concept of death in herself for the MEoDP to see. You'd have to make her mortal first. For example with a Conceptual Weapon like the Black Barrel which imposes the concept of mortality upon its targets, Gun God uses it against the Types in Notes.


I don't think it was explained in the series but one of the things most people assume is that Menma returns because she wants her wish fulfilled. This, in turn, could mean that once her wish is fulfilled, she leaves. So the assumption is that she disappears because her wish was fulfilled, but what if her return didn't have anything to do with her wish (or specifically here, the "make Jinta cry since his mother thinks he shouldn’t hold back anymore"). So it's possible either she has returned for some reason unrelated to her wish or she lied about what her wish actually was. Note that these two things are not mutually exclusive.

So the scenarios here are:

Menma lied about her wish, and she returned to have her wish fulfilled and at the end, it was fulfilled and she disappeared. All this time, the audience (and the rest of the cast) doesn't know what the wish is and thus don't know why she returned and why she disappeared.
Menma's wish was actually to make Jintan cry, but that's not why she returned. Thus perhaps even fulfilling the Jintan-cry-wish, she doesn't disappear because the reason for her return is something else, which was completed at the end of the series.
Menma's lied about her wish, but her return was irrelevant to that wish to begin with, leaving her disappearance a mystery. It's possible in this scenario, that the wish facilitated whatever it was that allowed her to leave.

As for what the wish was and why she left, it's probably all speculation. There's a blogpost that speculates about the possibilities of Menma's wish and her reasons for returning. Note that this was written before the ending of the series, but if we are to assume that the final wish (or the reason she came back) isn't what she claims, then a lot of it is still applicable.

It's completely reasonable to assume that the extension of her wish was meant for "Jintan to generally open himself up again to different emotions like enjoying himself with his friends, to laugh when he's happy, to get angry when he is, to cry when he's lonely", and the entire journey of finding what it was the Menma had originally wished for accomplished this. And that sort of mean her original wish wasn't what brought her back and not why she left at the end.

As for how she planned on accomplishing her original wish if she had not died, I don't know.


What does Accelerator say to Dark Matter at the end of their fight?

「——ｙｊｒｐ悪ｑｗ」

Volume 15 (Old Testament), chapter Dark_Matter, section 4 (p. 320).

悪 (あく / aku) means "evil". The surrounding letters don't appear to gain any additional meaning in Japanese - they're probably just gibberish.


No?

  [...] are they Freeware and Shareware?

First things first, we have some terminology confusion here. Nobody describes anything besides computer software as "freeware" and/or "shareware". Manga is not software.

Manga, like other creative works, are generally encumbered by copyright, the entire point of which is that the creator (i.e. not you) has exclusive rights to distribute the works in question. While it is certainly possible to license one's works more permissively (for some varieties of copyrightable material, Creative Commons is popular), I expect that you will literally never see commercial manga with a permissive license.

  Can i just take [..] content without authors prior permission?

larceny (n.)

the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.

  Can i just [...] download [...] content without authors prior permission?

While you probably shouldn't, and while this is against the law in many jurisdictions, I seem to recall there being some jurisdictions (probably Scandinavian, or maybe I'm just making that up) in which only providing (i.e. uploading) copyrighted content leaves one legally culpable.

  Can i just [...] store [...] content without authors prior permission?

Obviously if you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you have the right to store it. Depending on your jurisdiction, you may even have the right to digitize it and/or make backup copies. Consult a local legal professional if you really care.

  Can i just [...] transfere [...] content without authors prior permission?

If you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you probably have the right to give or sell that volume to someone. In the U.S., this is called the first-sale doctrine, and most reasonable jurisdictions have something similar.

The question of whether one can "transfer" a piece of electronic content by sending them a copy and then deleting all your copies is difficult to answer. Depending on your jurisdiction, the law may not have caught up to figuring out how to deal with digital artefacts.

You probably do not have the right to transfer a copy to someone else. Because, you know, copyright.

  Can i just [...] share content without authors prior permission?

If you have purchased a volume of manga from a bookstore, you can certainly let your friends read it, unless you live in North Korea.

If by "share" you mean in the sense of electronic peer-to-peer sharing, this is jurisdiction-dependent. I would suggest that this is a practice of dubious ethicality.

  I know about the rules like manga content can't and should not be edited without authors permission and etc

Somehow, you've gotten this part wrong, too. You can probably do basically anything you want with manga created by someone else, modulo general restrictions on speech that are applicable in your jurisdiction. If you want to redraw Attack on Titan to be about an actual attack on Titan, have at it!

Issues arise when you distribute this derivative content. Derivative works tend to have the same copyright protections as the original work, save for some exceptions like fair use.

This answer is written in broad generalities because I am not a lawyer and because there is no such thing as "the rules" when it comes to law (besides, like, the Geneva Conventions). If you have specific legal questions, go to Law.SE or find an actual lawyer or something.


Why is Dragon Ball Super's animation quality so terrible?

Anime budget does not have anything to do with the year it airs. It's related mostly to the main animation studio and to internal decisions inside the studio.

In the case of Super, I think it's because the studio making it is Toei Animation. I very similar example, if not the same, is the Saint Seiya anime which is currently airing , Soul of Gold. You can look at several episodes where the animation quality drops to substandard levels.

Each animation studio has its own characteristics that end up defining the brand, and quality consistency between titles and during a title run is one of them.
Toei is just not very good with this.


Why doesn't Korra bend the metal on Kuvira's uniform?

I don't think there's a canonical explanation of how bending works, but the way Earthbenders fight suggests that they have much more control over soil that's near them, and that they work best with sudden, abrupt movements. For instance, it's common for earthbenders to stop large slabs of rock, but they always wait for it to get close rather than slowing it gradually from a distance. Most attacks originate from the bender, and when they act on distant earth it's usually to throw their opponent off balance rather than injure them directly. There's almost no instances of earthbenders pulling rocks as a form of attack.

It's also shown throughout the series that bending heavy loads is not unlike physically lifting them; it's usually done much more slowly and the weight of the rocks causes resistance against the bender's movements.

It's likely that Korra could bend Kuvira's armor, but it would be impractical to do so from the distance they kept from each other while fighting. This seems to be supported by the fact that in the season finale, after slamming Korra against a wall, Kuvira pulls out three chunks of metal from it and brings them close. She then launches small bits of the chunks at Korra very quickly.

It appears Kuvira felt she couldn't have attacked Korra directly using the metal in the wall, or using larger chunks of metal, without a high chance of Korra dodging or using a quicker attack in response. By that same token, I imagine if Korra tried to throw Kuvira from a distance, Kuvira would easily hit her with a small piece of metal before Korra completed the throw. And considering they can both react to small projectiles traveling at high speeds, I doubt Korra would've been able to bend a large amount of metal and surround Kuvira with it quickly enough to actually trap her either.


Simply put, nobody wants to see the vomit of anyone as it is so creepy and disgusting that even children will not like it.
There can be many reasons behind this:
1. Gross and disgusting or creepy
According to me, no one wants see any character who is simply vomiting and taking out all his food.
The vomit chain reaction
It's like when one character vomits then those standing near them also start vomiting. Like as shown in this link,

This is Truth in Television, since vomiting has been known to inspire
vomiting, as part of a prehistoric instinct: if someone from your same
tribe vomits because he ate something harmful, chances are you ate the
same thing and therefore it's best if you hurl it too.

And this thing happens in real life. There are many people who really vomit in this situation and there is this link which shows why we vomit when we see something gross. Which perfectly defines that there are some people who don't like watching some vomiting scene and for the safety of viewers they censor it just because they are creepy and disgusting.
2. For comedy
Since it is disgusting, that's why to make it a bit funny or comedic, they add rainbow puke which looks kind of fine.
3. For safety viewers and broadcasting restriction
Also there might be the possibility of broadcasting restrictions as they don't want any unnecessary problem. They might think that vomit scenes might not be good for children, so to make it safe for viewers, they censor it. I am not sure but they may have shown vomiting scenes in late night anime.

Still, there are so many anime which shows characters vomiting, like in:

Before the deployment in Episode 5 of Attack on Titan, soldiers are shown to vomit due to stress.

In the un-edited versions of Dragon Ball Z, Gohan kicks Cell in the stomach so hard he causes him to puke up Android 18, along with lots
of acid.

And there are many more.

As far as killing someone or blood is concerned, then nowadays these things are pretty much common and only few people are afraid of these scenes. And if they start censoring these scenes of blood and killing, then there is no action (until and unless it's not harsh).
If it comes to nudity, then there are some Vanilla series anime which don't censor anything as they are categorized as adult stuff or late night anime (I am also not sure about anything regarding this).  They don't censor late night anime only because no children are watching them at night time.


Why did Historia see her father's memories?

As far as I know, it was never discussed as of the release of the most recent chapter. That specific scene in Chapter 68 was mostly what happened in the anime. It could be explained in a future chapter.
Looking closely at Episode 9,

   it can be seen that after the flashbacks of her father's memories, Historia opens her eyes as if surprised at what she saw. This might mean that her eyes were closed during the flashback scenes, implying that she saw her father's memories.

In the manga, this was not exactly what happened.

  She just widens her eyes and opens her mouth slightly as he killed him and as her father's memories were shown. From my interpretation, it could be that she was just surprised at what she had done.


Why would Warp go to the enemy headquarters?

Pretty early on we find out that Dada, the leader of Issoudan, is actually three different clones of Warp. These clones are failed attempts at recreating Warp, and thus they do not have Warp's powers.

It seems like it would be really dangerous to walk into your enemy's base, especially without any kind of special powers or defense. However, Warp was not worried about this because this fill-in Warp was actually working with Dada to secure heaven. He didn't feel any danger because he was working with the very leaders of the organization he was marching into!

We find out that Dada is working with this fill-in Warp clone in episode 11, when it is revealed that the fill-in Warp was not killed by Dada.

Finally, Warp did not have fear of Mantle, the collector, but why?

Warp was arrogant and originally was going to kill Mantle after finding out what he had in his collection. However, even though his plan failed, Mantle did not kill Warp. The reason behind this is simple: Mantle did not want to rule. This was the case throughout. Mantle merely wanted a slice of the rewards, not to actually rule.

I've drawn this conclusion off of two events, one in episode 8, and one in episode 11.

In episode 8, Mantle says:

  Don't you want this body? I want to be your helper. I can transfer your memories to this body. Once you're in this body, you'll be the true king.

We can see some more proof of this in episode 11 when Mantle has the opportunity to kill everyone but only attacks Popo and then asks Dada to make him a regent.


Why are there so many instance of young girls falling for older men?

It is something that occurs everywhere and in all media.
Just look at Lolita, which was published in 1955 and features a relationship as you describe it.

I think need to be a bit clearer in your definition of "younger female" and "older male" though. A 16 year old girl falling in love with a 18 year old boy would fit your criteria too.

I take it you mean something more along the line of CardCaptor Sakura's Yoshiyuki Terada and Rika Sasaki, where she is a primary school student and he her teacher?

Things like this actually happen in real life too. Though most people in that kind of situation wouldn't want their relationship to be know for legal and social reasons.

The difference between Japanese and American (as an example) media coverage of topics like this is that in Japan, as long as no real child is harmed it's a-okay (at least as far as I know), and if there were problems they could just as well say it's a 800 year old god just looking like a child.
But in America a lot of people see it as catering to pedophiles and forbid it. Just look at all the interesting discussions about the freshly licensed and heavily censored "Monster Monpiece".

So even if it is an innocent relationship with no intimate contact it would be highly frowned upon in the US, while in Japan they'd just shrug their shoulders because no harm was done to anyone.

More generally speaking though: some people just like a more mature partner. Just look at Hugh Hefner and his girls (let's just all innocently assume they're not all after his money).


Does the Ethics Committee control all of Japan?

In the novel, each reason doesn't have communication channel each other.
(Wikipedia describe it too.)
There are no way to control all regions from one ethics committee.

I think the fundamental rules such as got human rights at 17 years old is same, because it's created by scientist group.


What's this anime with a scene with a large praying mantis?

Maybe InuYasha at episode 28, there is a woman that transforms into a giant mantis.

InuYasha

Synopsis

Higurashi Kagome, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel's power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands.
Source: ANN


Why didn't Ashitaka return to his village after his curse was lifted?

I have a couple arguments on why he no longer returns home.

The first is that his banishment forbids him from doing so. Ashitaka cut his own hair which symbolizes him losing his culture and heritage. Kaya also gives Ashitaka her dagger because she wanted him to have a memento of her. It shows that he is no longer allowed to come back to the village.

Another argument is that he no longer has a way of returning home. In the scenes following Ashitaka leaving the village, it is apparent that he has traveled a great distance from his village. Most likely he has forgotten the way home.

Lastly, he could have stayed behind out of consideration for the others. Mononoke-hime is the person he loves and he wants to stay with her. It is possible he also wants to forge a good relationship between Irontown and the forest so that future demons won't come and attack his village or other villages. Furthermore, his elk was shot and probably can't go as far as it once could. So he stays out of consideration for the elk, since it's possible the elk would not have been able to make the journey.


How did Jiraiya find out Tsunade's breast size?

Maybe Jiraiya transformed into Tsunade using a transformation technique and found the size using traditional measures by measuring himself(!).

He may have used Sexy Technique.


The answer to that question, as far as I know, hasn't been revealed yet. His bounty from when he was alive is unknown for now.

For that matter, Dragon's bounty being 850,000,000 is a false rumor, as no official sources have revealed his bounty either. Besides, a bounty this comparatively "low" would contradict Dragon's status as the most wanted man in the world, as Jack and Charlotte Katakuri both have bounties that equal or exceed a billion.


How is Louise what she is in the Red Garden OVA: Dead Girls?

The answer lies within the OVA's title, Dead Girls. The OVA is a homage to the 1992 debut novel of the same name by British science fiction author Richard Calder, which

  tell[s] the tale of a virus that turns pubescent girls into vampiric gynoid dolls called Lilim, and the doomed love affair between 15-year-old Ignatz Zwakh and a Lilim assassin called Primavera.

What's more, it appears that the TV series has also drawn inspiration from the Dead Girls novel, as the Animus-Doral feud and the conditions affecting members of the two warring clans match well with the rivalry between Cartier and Kito and the conditions affecting their dolls:

  years ago during a trade war Cartier infected Kito's fake dolls with an impotence STD and in response Kito sent her own virus to infect the genuine Cartier dolls in Paris - a virus that Morgenstern thinks responsible for the doll plague.

To answer my own question, Louise was probably born a human, but was turned into an android upon contracting a virus similar to that in the novel.


Is "Naruto Box Set 2" (or "3") equal to Naruto Shippuden anime?

No. Naruto Shippuden is a new series, taking place after the conclusion of the original Naruto series, with older characters and some new ones.


Song from final episode of Your Lie in April

I haven't got the episode in front of me to confirm, but I'm pretty sure you're talking about "Kirameki (Kaori and Kousei version)", a piano/violin duet version of the first ending theme. Here is a YouTube version you can check against.


Is the version of Madoka Magica on Crunchyroll the DVD version?

See below for some comparison screenshots from episode 2, at the beginning of the first scene on the school roof (the one where Homura comes and gives a mysterious warning to Madoka and Sayaka).

Judging from the railings surrounding the roof area and the floor tiles, Crunchyroll is using the Blu-Ray/DVD version of Madoka Magica. Not the TV version.

TV

Blu-Ray

Crunchyroll


Has Kaido eaten a devil fruit? If so, what is its power?

SPOILERS AHEAD

It has been confirmed in Chapter 921 of One Piece, that Kaido has a Zoan Devil Fruit ability (mostly Mythical). His Devil Fruit lets him change into a huge

   Dragon

Reference:


Why is the release of season 2 of Attack on Titan delayed?

What is this lacking two-story arc referring to?

I recall reading that and I believe it should have read "lacking a two-story arc", meaning there either wasn't enough material in the manga for the anime creators to do a second season, or the material present hadn't yet concluded any identifiable second "arc".


Did Itachi Uchiha want to be Hokage when he was young?

Itachi may have reasoned like a hokage, but he didn't actually want to be Hokage... He would have made an awesome hokage though. Itachi was very intelligent for his age and has the basic ethic to become hokage. I agree with Hirizun on this one. He had the intelligence, logic, curiosity and the will and heart to become hokage.


Origin of the phrase "Hyuga are Konoha's strongest"

It was seen first in the Chūnin exam, when Kakashi said this during the battle between Hinata and Neji. That path was followed in the fight between Naruto and Neji.

The reason is, that the members of the Hyūga can manipulate the chakra of their enemies and thus can win against most ninjas. And since the massacre of the Uchiha-clan, who could be better than the Hyūgas?


Why did Saber choose to return to her original timeline in Fate/stay night (Saber route) anime?

I don't remember the exact details from the anime adaptation, but in the original Visual Novel, Shirou gets tempted by Kirei into using the power of the Grail to change his past, but he refuses, choosing to stay on the path he's chosen. His resolve makes Saber rethink her wish, and ends up accepting her past. Also, the grail was tainted by Angra Mainiu, it had to be destroyed. It could NOT grant proper wishes, it'd twist any wish and manifest it as destruction.


Where can I watch seasons 2 and 3 of Danganronpa?

Hulu and Crunchyroll may have it I'm not exactly sure now though
[1]: https://www.hulu.com/series/danganronpa-the-animation-cea65c1b-85df-43b2-bb88-341e0ec1074b


Which reasons does Endeavor have to think having a freezing/fire quirk would make you stronger than having a fire only quirk?

Just having one of freezing/fire quirk has a major weakness. Your own body is not immune to the effects of your quirk. We see this in the sports festival when Todoroki's body starts to freeze because he wasn't using his fire quirk.

We also see the same thing much later in the manga when Endeavor's body gets too hot while fighting the new and stronger Noumu.

Endeavor has always been aware of his weakness and knows what the solution is. If someone had both fire and freezing powers, then he could reverse the adverse affects on himself. This is what Todoroki did at the end of his fight with Deku.


Were the players able to communicate with the outside world?

Were the players of SAO able to communicate with the outside world? Could they get any info from the outside world?

If I remember correctly, no, they cannot communicate with the outside world nor was it hinted that they were able to. Regarding the information brokers, I think they only deal with information inside the SAO world, not with information in the real world. As seen here, Argo sold information between players but the information sold was restricted to information found in the game world.


Where should I start My Hero Academia manga after season 4?

I did a little research and found that season 4 of My Hero Academia ends at chapter 190 in the manga, so for those who want to read the manga after season 4 ends, start from chapter 191.

Season 5 will probably start from ch.191 onwards.


Where can I get the sheet music for the song Crescent Moon Dance?

According to the official website, the official sheet music for Crescent Moon Dance 「三日月の舞」 was given as extra on purchase of the Volume 1 of BD/DVD at certain stores in Japan1. Unfortunately, Volume 1 already went on sale on Jun 17, 2015.

Likewise, the sheet music for the opening 「DREAM SOLISTER」 and the ending 「Tutti」 will be given as extra on purchase of BD/DVD Volume 2 and 3 respectively.

1 The stores as listed on official website: 玉光堂、バンダレコード・ライオン堂、ＪＥＵＧＩＡ、十字屋CROSS、新星堂、山野楽器、ヤマハミュージックリテイリング

The advertisement, as posted by one of the stores on Twitter, inviting people to reserve a copy of the BD/DVD for the sheet music:


Just like in this answer, let's take a look at /u/homu's data.

This basically answers your question right here: between 8% and 15% (avg. 10%) of anime in each year from 2000-2013 were based on a video game of some variety. Games are a minor but not insignificant source for anime.

Now, if you're asking "what percentage of video games get turned into an anime", the answer almost certainly rounds to 0%. There are a lot of video games out there (probably in the high hundreds per year, at least), but less than 200 anime per year, only a fraction of which are based on video games.

This data set only covers TV anime (thus excluding ONAs, OVAs, and films), but I see no reason to expect that an unusually large percentage of any of those media would be based on games.


Which are the magic system of YGGDRASIL?

No spoilers, perhaps I even misunderstood the question, but here are the 4 types:

Arcane: these are simply elemental magic like Lightning and such
Divine: these are healing type magic that can be used to heal themselves or their allies
Spiritual: these contain abstract magic
Alternative: as the name implies, these are every other magic


Anime with a woman in a skimpy, futuristic suit?

After doing a Google image search I found that the gif comes from Platinumhugen Ordian episode one at about 4:55. If you were going for the fanservice, you might be disappointed as I hadn't seen much other scenes like these, while scrolling through the series.

Synopsis

Kananase Yu is just an ordinary high-school student. Since he has mysterious inside knowledge about piloting a mecha, he is recruited by the International Military Organization as a potential test pilot for a new mobile armor. However, apparently there are other young recruits around his age, including one of his classmates, were recruited as test pilot as well. Now Kananase Yu must prove that he is the best to be the test pilot.

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From the website : http://tokyoghoul.wikia.com/wiki/Mask

  Masks (マスク, masuku) are worn by ghouls to prevent their identities as
  "humans" from being discovered by the CCG. Several masks bear a
  symbolic attachment or representation to their owner. They heavily
  influence the alias of some ghouls filed under by the CCG.

Ghouls wear those masks because they want to live alongside with the humans without the fear of getting caught by the CCG. This is the only reason for wearing the masks. They aren't afraid of being identified as specific Ghouls while fighting the CCG. Changing the mask will be like changing your very identity. It will be clever for a Ghoul to change masks from time to time but as mentioned earlier, it's difficult to change your identity (and everyone is proud of being themselves).
This seems to be the only explanation!


Why did Walter want to kill Alucard in Hellsing Ultimate?

You have 2 questions here, and so there are 2 answers to provide.

Your first question, Why did Walter want to kill Alucard, has little to no real revealed reasons. The Wiki article for Walter C Dornez Has one quote that offers Alucards belief why.

  Alucard goes on to present what he believes is the reason for Walter's betrayal; his fear of becoming old and useless. To prove his abilities to himself, Walter desired to destroy Alucard, and allowed this obsession to consume him.

This however has one flaw, in that Walter planned to die regardless of success or not in the end. proving oneself to not be obsolete, but then becoming obsolete instantly afterwards is counterproductive. Why he planned to die is unknown, but it was guaranteed for reasons I will mention later. This means that this reasoning was not the truth when Walter attacked, but it may have been the reasoning when he began. It was heavily hinted that Walter began his betrayal when he was about 14 years old, and first witnessed Alucard's power. It could be that he had that kind of reasoning at that time, but later on changed his mind, wanting to surpass or kill Alucard regardless of his death after success. That would satisfy half of the origional goal of beating Alucard, and in his older age allow him to die, at least satisfying his obsession.

It could also be that he saw Alucard as a real monster, a threat, and decided Alucard had to die, one way or another.

A third reason is hinted at by one of his quotes

  "We are the evening's entertainment. And I... just wanted to do something with my time on the stage worthy of applause..."

if this one is the truth, it could be that he did have an obession with killing Alucard, but it was so that he could have the Legacy of being the one who killed Alucard the Neigh immortal and undeniably evil monster, to feel that his life truly had meaning.

We never truly got a straight answer out of him though, So this will probably forever be shrouded in that mystery unless someone else has stuff I missed.

As for your second question, How he got younger, it is a fairly simple one. He had the Millennium Doctor perform a special version of the Vampirification Surgery on him. He became an Artificial Vampire , and what made it special was that it's modified but flawed regeneration regresses his body as it activates. That tidbit is hidden in the wiki in the third paragraph of Walters Millennium Secret weapon part of his history Section. The down side was that it was not a perfected surgery, and was rushed, so permanent damage was done to him. He was literally deteriorating as he fought Alucard. His deterioration would cause his Flawed regeneration to kick in, and he would heal, and regress in age. As such, the surgery doomed him to only have hours or days left alive, no matter what he did.


Why was Aladdin not aware that he is a Magi?

As of chapter 175, little is known of this situation.
However, it is known that Aladdin does not have the memories of his early childhood. Thus, he would not remember his rank as a Magi until he was reminded.

Not much is known about Aladdin's past, but he has found out who he is and where he came from thanks to Solomon and Solomon's Wisdom. The first memories he has are being in the Room of Fortitude with Ugo, where he was taught everything he knows by him.
  — Aladdin, Magi Wiki

That said, there are some speculations as to why this may be the case:

 - Because he is likely a descendant of Solomon, or some reincarnation of him, the memories may have been hidden to prevent some potential goal.  - It may also be the case that Aladdin is not actually a Magi, but something else that appears as a Magi. Thus, he may never have known his purpose prior to losing his memories, either.

However, none of these are confirmed nor backed by substantial proof, so take them with a few (read: several) grains of salt.


From an early age, Kanon disliked skating and found it boring. She was only doing it because her mother wanted her to and/or forced her to do it.

However, her mother encourages her to stick with figure skating until she can truly understand the joy that it brings.

As you progress through Kanon's route, she slowly realizes that since skating has been her whole life, it has also greatly shaped her life. Thanks to her ability in skating, she was able to finally meet her father.

There was another scene where she spends Christmas Eve at a home for the elderly. Most of the people living there were lonely since they hadn't seen their children for so long, and Kanon was genuinely glad that she, a well-known figure skater, could brighten their Christmas Eve just a little bit.

Eventually, in her Good End, Kanon admits that she loves skating due to all of the life occurrences and experiences that it has brought her.

In her next performance after this scene, she dazzles the crowd with her ability and emotion to the point that everyone is cheering for her, even despite the fact her poor attitude in a previous performance made everyone dislike her. The genuine reaction from the audience, as well as the support she receives from her friends and mother, allow her to finally understand her mother's advice from many years ago.


At the end of the manga "Sundome", what happens to Kurumi Sahana?

It is left up to the reader, but I think we can draw a conclusive answer from the hints given to us.

Theory #1: She doesn't die

The woman we see him with at the end could be Kurumi grown up. She is of the same build and may just have longer hair:
Even if it's not her, she could still be around - just not with the main character

Theory #2: She does die

Towards the end of the manga, she is very ill, more than we have seen in the previous chapters. There's also a lot of dialogue alluding to the fact that death may be near:

As you pointed out, the woman he is with at the end of the manga has a different personality from Kurumi, laughing at the Roman Club and the main character's request, as if she hadn't been around them in that time period:

The title of the manga, Sundome means stopping the moment before. This is significant as in the final few chapters, Kurumi admits to having a dream where she had sex with the main character - the one thing that the main character so desired, but was not allowed. It would be fitting if the manga 'stopped just before' they could do so.
When with the woman in the final chapters, the main characters says "You still exist", but, it sounds more like that character is remembering Kurumi as a fond memory. The orbs of light and the character's expression in the panel before the statement seem to indicate this.

Other information:

He is shown as becoming a resident doctor. He told Kurumi in earlier chapters that he would become one so that he could take care of her always. This doesn't indicate much either way about what happened, but it's interesting to take into consideration.

Anyway, there's no concrete proof either way, unless the mangaka reveals it. So everyone can believe what they want to believe :)


Which episode is spoofed in this section of opening sequence?

It's from Episode 13, "Tactics without Guard / S / Midterms / Formation / Ability", specifically the Midterms / Formation portion.

Even more specifically, it's the 'Idiots' / 'Numbnuts' / 'Bonkuras' formation discussed when comparing midterm grades to the others (where their combined scores add up to 103, but Chiyo's and Yomi's are of course much higher).


Why did Saruhiko Fushimi cross over to the side of the Blues?

I am not sure if this can help you, but I can at least give you my opinion from what I read in K -Lost Small World-. This may be a long explanation so if you go to the bottom, you can see my short-term answers.

   Before Fushimi and Yata, joined HOMRA, it was their own small world; both were really close and happy. Until they joined HOMRA. Yata started to have his own world with other people, that it had lesser and lesser time with Fushimi. Lesser and lesser until Yata wasn't Fushimi's light anymore. One time, the blue king asked for a meeting with them; and one of the representatives was Fushimi which Munakata took notice of. Though Munakata did show that he wants Fushimi to work for him, Fushimi didn't agree just yet, though he did ask if it is possible to change clans.

In the manga that I read, it was only until chapter 11, but feel free to check if it's been updated. The chapters 12 to 17 are just story strips. It ended with Munakata telling the green king to pull back from attacking Fushimi.

So I have a few answers:

He betrayed HOMRA to get Yata's attention. (Cause of Yata)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because Munakata gave him a choice. (Cause of Munakata)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because he knows he can be of use to the society and doesn't want to end up like his father. (Cause of Nikki)
He went to SCEPTER 4 because he thinks that he belongs there, and is not fit to be called a Red Clansman. (Cause of Mikoto)

This is my opinion:
He did it for him, SCEPTER 4's, HOMRA's, and for other people's own good. If he stayed in HOMRA, nothing will progress for him. Yes, he is a skilled fighter. But if his brain is put to waste I think he can feel himself becoming like Nikki. So that helps himself, SCEPTER 4, and other people. Now, what about HOMRA? What I like about him going to another group was that he could be a bridge that can lead HOMRA and SCEPTER 4 to an alliance.


What does the water in the hallway represent in the Erased opening?

SPOILERS:

There's no objective answer that I've encountered, however this is my interpretation;

Literal: Satoru being drowned.

Figurative: Satoru's old life being "washed away" after nearly being drowned and losing his memory.


Jotaro vs Dio: How can Jotaro both move and stop time in road roller fight?

It's correct that Jotaro can move in frozen time. And by that logic, DIO can also move in frozen time for 2 seconds.

Jotaro can stop time for 5 seconds and he uses it (refer to time stop) in the 9th second of DIO's time stop, and at this moment, Za Warudo's time stop has been replaced by Star Platinum's and DIO can only move for 2 seconds. He ended up being frozen in the 11th second after Za Warudo was activated, but since it has already been replaced by Star Platinum's (refer to time stop), DIO has used up the 2-second that he can move in frozen time.

I don't really know how road roller work.


Why is Suzaku able to see C.C. through the Knightmare?

This was never explained in the anime.
According to show staff they originally had plans to elaborate on Suzaku's connection to geass, but that story point eventually got dropped later on.


How does Gankutsuou compare to the original book?

The book doesn't take place in the distant future (5053) and starts in Rome as opposed to the Moon. The focus of the book is on the count and not on Albert and the anime tells the events of the book out of chronological order. Additionally, there's a significant change around episode 18. From this review on Amazon:

  With Edmond's character being key to the story, Edmond only caring about revenge in the anime was the reason behind the change of direction towards the end. In the novel Edmond was persuaded by Mercédès to alter his plans, yet in the anime Edmond turned a deaf ear to her and continued... This one seemingly minor change had a huge impact on how the story progressed beyond that point.

Some other minor differences:

Albert and Franz weren't that close in the book.
Abbé Faria from the book saves Edmond from suicide, is omitted from the anime
The novel doesn't have the same supernatural transformation of Gankutsuou possessing Edmond's body like in the anime.
Edmond and Fernand were originally good friends in the anime, not so much in the book
Fernand is trying to become the president of France in the anime, but not in the book


Why can't Houou tell that Hinako isn't actually his brother?

Since every episode of the anime is very short, a lot of details are left out. In the game it is mentioned by others and Houou himself that although they are brothers, they don't live together and didn't see each other much.


Why don't the citizens use the underground port and factory to escape the Birdcage?

It would not make sense for them to go down there. Most of the citizens don't even know about the underground port and everybody also witnessed Pica's strength. If they would go down there they would be sitting ducks. Doflamingo would be able to throw attacks at them and use Parasite until they all die, or Pica would be able to just bury them all alive.

Keep in mind that we know more than the people in One Piece know. Most people don't know about the port and a lot of people don't know about the sharpness of the cage. Normal citizens in general don't know about the port, because it was always kept secret, while those that were turned into toys, have a big grudge against Doflamingo and would be going straight for him to take revenge. There was also a short time period where the citizens believed Doflamingo and wanted to end the game by capturing the criminals.

Dressrosa is a pretty big country and is in a state of confusion. Aside from the fact that they just wouldn't all fit in there, most citizens take the most logical decision and that is running away from the most imminent treat. Those at the suburbs would notice the cage coming closer and would run towards the city center, while those at the city center, would see the Donquixote family being close and would try to run towards the cage as they don't know it is closing in and is as sharp as it is. The citizens are powerless and would just run until this is all over.

Additionally, the tunnel under Dressrosa is filled with water, so they either have to swim out of there, or take a boat. Since there are many people that cannot swim (elderly, kids, even adults, Devil Fruit users), they should all be carried or taken on a ship. Yet most citizens don't even know how to navigate a ship and there just are not enough ships available to carry everybody. So in any case many would have to be left behind.

When they would eventually reach the outskirts of the country, they should go somewhere. Yet they are in open sea, so there is nowhere to go. The only thing they could do is, build a tunnel upwards or make a net to climb the huge boulders and wait until the fight is over. While this on its own sounds very unlikely to be done, when they get out, Doflamingo would just redo the birdcage over the entire island, destroy the tunnel/net and start over from the beginning.


Are Kale and Broly's transformations the same?

Most likely Yes. Based of the characteristics of the transformations, they seem comparable indeed. This is because the character of Kale was based off Broly. During a story conference, it was mentioned that the character of Broly was very popular. Hence, it was suggested to include a Broly like character in the Tournament of Power. This resulted in the creation of Kale. You can read more about it here.Broly is just overall strong and tends to grow stronger at a very rapid rate during battle. Kale displayed something similar(Mainly in the manga) but obviously not to the same extent to that of Broly. However, two fighters using the same Transformations don't necessarily have to be equal in strength. Like for example, Super Saiyan Goten, is nowhere close to Super Saiyan Goku. Although, while Kale's initial Berserker form can be compared to that of Broly, she did manage to control her power into a  less bulky version of the transformation. It was implied that Broly was out of control from the point he began using his wrathful form. So I think it is pretty obvious that Broly doesn't have real control over his power. Hence, it is quite possible he might once he manages to use his true power more effectively.


What is the text in the intro of Cowboy Bebop

It seems to be a blurb of some sorts

  Once upon a time, in New York City in 1941... at this club open to all comers to play, night after night, at a club named "Minston's Play House" in Harlem, they play jazz sessions competing with each other. Young jazz men with a new sense are gathering. At last they created a new genre itself. They are sick and tired of the conventional fixed style jazz. They're eager to play jazz more freely as they wish then... in 2071 in the universe... The bounty hunters, who are gathering in the spaceship "BEBOP", will play freely without fear of risky things. They must create new dreams and films by breaking traditional styles. The work, which becomes a new genre itself, will be called... COWBOY BEBOP

it's suggested here, that it may be a manifesto - a "verbal declaration of the intentions, motives, or views" of what the show will entail

It's also clear that it's playing off the theme of jazz within the text to fit the opening theme.


The short answer is no, it is never revealed. The series is more interested in poking fun at the foibles of animals and everyday life in general, than examining the strange physical dimensions of its protagonist(?).

The most likely reasons are for the Moe and the lulz; that round cat design is aesthetically cute, which is sufficient reason for inclusion within a light comedy. Also the roundness gives all sorts of opportunities for rolling away gags. Plus, the shape of the cat probably reminds its viewers about balls, pork buns and rice balls. Any one of these things that are animate would be rather amusing :)


Throughout the series we have seen Whis demonstrate different special abilities and some which we haven't seen before. Some of those would be: Being able to travel across Universes (The episode where Whis takes Goku and Beerus to Universe 10).Healing abilities and ability to create physical items like clothes.(We see Whis demonstrate this on Beerus's world during the course of Goku and Vegeta training).Being able to revert back time.(We see Whis demonstrate this twice after when Zamasu kills Gowasu and Freiza blows up the earth).We also see Whis having the ability to create an entire stadium and also undo all damages(In the Universe 6 vs 7 tournament and baseball match).So in other words, Whis is indeed a being who possesses lots of special abilities. In terms of physical combat alone we know Whis's power is off the scale. Jiren was said to be God of destruction tier and his power alone was strong enough to shake the world of void ie infinity and Whis is strong enough to knock a God of destruction tier character like that out without even trying. If mere Namekians have the ability to create Dragon Balls strong enough to create creatures that have the ability to bring someone back to life, I don't see why a character associated with the  highest hierarchy across the multiverse not have this simple ability.So to answer your question, I am fairly certain that Beerus has nothing to do with Whis having the ability to bring a character back from the dead. Beerus has known Whis for centuries and it would only make sense that he knew the full extent of Whis's power and abilities which is why he asked him to go about doing the same. I expected Whis to reveal this ability at the end of the show to revive both Android 17 and Freiza(When we thought he died), because the  Earth's Dragon Balls can only bring a person back to life once, and both Freiza and Android 17 have been resurrected with the Dragon Balls before. So I'm guessing they didn't want to retcon that theory or have sufficient time to include the reviving those 2 with the Dragon Balls bit, so decided to have Whis use this ability considering the fact that it makes a lot of sense based on who he has and some of the prior abilities he has demonstrated.


How does the director's killer get back on to the roof?

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   He was already stabbed by the time Nishinosono and Professor Saikawa greeted the Director and Miki. The Director already has a knife stabbed at his back and he's acting like nothing is happening while talking to Nishinosono. This was shown on the latter episodes of the anime.


What if a Poké Ball was lost and couldn't be opened?

There have been several instances in the show where a Pokémon was in its Poké Ball for a long time, such as in Sandshrew's Locker. In this episode, Ash and friends helped Mira recover Sandshrew's Poké Ball from the bottom of the lake, where it's been for a long time. Additionally, Mira and her friends discovered Sandshrew's Poké Ball themselves. In the episode Two Degrees of Separation! James found his Carnivine's Poké Ball inside a box containing one of his bottle cap collections, where he left it as a child. So, the precedents in the show indicate that Pokémon can survive a long time unattended in their Poké Ball, though it is unclear as to why since how the Pokéballs work is not well explained.


Which chapter of the manga does Kirishima unbreakable form appear?

Kirishima unbreakable form appears in Chapter 133. The anime is currently at chapter 110 and will likely end just before the arc in which this happens.


Does the Japanese The Last Mission DVD have English subtitles?

No.

The Japanese version has no subtitles embedded for English. The only way you could get around this is buy the movie, rip the image, mux in some subtitles, and then re-burn a "backup". This is no advocating doing so -- check your local law.


What's the name of this vehicle in Code Geass?

it's the Raikō which, as the Wiki says, literately translates to Lightning.

It's a Japanese Seige weapon which was originally developed by the Japanese Liberation Front, first seen in the JLF's Hotel Hijacking which saw Euphie held hostage and the rise of the Black Knights. it was later used by the Black Knights duing the Assault on Tokyo Settlement in the Black Rebellion.

As it's translated name suggests, it's a lighting cannon, more precisely it's an Electromagnetic Cannon using the 4 Knightmares to move it around and to stabilize when it's being fired, in the anime we only see 2 crew members so there isn't one in each Knightmare. only Suzaku and the Lancelot is shown to be able to destroy it.


How does Mai from the Pilaf gang become younger?

The Pilaf Gang gathered the Dragon Balls and wished for youth before the events of the Battle of Gods Movie. Though, it is never shown on screen, but it's mentioned in the movie and the series.

  Mai: Earlier, when we were finally about to get Shenlong to grant our wish, Pilaf-sama, you said "Make us young again!"
  Pilaf: Y-Yeah, but... there's no point in dominating the world when we're old, if we're going to drop dead right away.
  Mai: Maybe so, but we're too young like this!
  Shū: It was a relief for me. My life has been greatly extended, in dog years.


From the wiki under Personal

Part I: 12 - 13
Part II (Shippuden): 15 - 16

It is also worth noting that when Minato asked him his age after stoping naruto from releasing the Kyuubi's seal, Naruto told him that he was 16.
On the wiki, it also says that he graduated from the Academy at age 12, some time passed and we know he spent ~2.5 years away training with Jiraiya so accounting for any time that may have passed, it eventually adds up.


Why was the nudity not censored in Dragon Ball?

First, in Japan, it was a non issue. Different culture. Check out all the different animes and mangas that pull off similar or even worse moves.

Once it went to the western world where it is an issue... Networks did not realize (sold as kids show -> didn't bother checking the tapes).

Back here there was an issue where, at a kids show on national tv, the host presented the newest show!, ranma 1/2's first episode. Turn out it was the uncensored version, after the episode was over and the camera returned to the host, she was evidently quite upset and embarrased. Myself and my brothers were watching along with our parents, all of us were quite embarrased as well (and most likely everyone that watched that show). It was only then that more attention was put on these shows :)


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

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

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

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


Is super saiyan god a "super saiyan" transformation, or does just it have a missleading name?

The Super Saiyan God transformation requires the power of 6 pure hearted Saiyans. However it is not mentioned anywhere that the 6 Saiyans must be Super-Saiyan themselves, (since Videl's unborn child was able to contribute as well).

I think it gets very confusing though because all the Saiyans during the ritual including Goku were super-Saiyans(except Videl's child) and yet Videl's hair-color also changed to Golden. So I think the name Super Saiyan God is a misnomer and it should have actually been Saiyan God.

It would also make sense that way, since Super Saiyan Blue would then technically be a "Saiyan God" who does a Super-Saiyan transformation. That would be more accurate, but I guess we have to accept Akira Toriyama's naming convention, since it is his creation after all.


Takagi Akito's parents are shown in a flashback in chapter 8 of the manga which is titled Ame to Muchi, in which Takagi explains that his dad was laid off from a bank and his mother pressured him to become a banker, but he stood up to her and she never commented on his choices after that.

Takagi's mother calls him "Acchan":

Takagi's father:

In chapter 76 titled Daisuki to Hitei, a scene takes place during Takagi and Kaya's wedding reception, but though the venue looks to be a large room at which the happy couple sit at a special table on an elevated stage facing the guests, it does not show who any of the wedding guests are other than 1) the one round table of the Shounen Jump crowd and 2) two other tables (in which none of the figures are shown in detail). It is impossible to know whether Takagi's father is one of the seated guests in the illustration since his face was never shown, or whether his parents were seated at another table. In Japanese culture, it is most likely that they would be present at the wedding, dressed in the expected attire for parents of the bride and groom according to contemporary Japanese culture, would be presented with a present and/or speech from the married couple during the reception, and would participate in some fashion that honors them, such as standing in the receiving line, giving a speech, and/or pouring drinks for guests before the toast. For parents to be absent would cause the parents to be looked badly upon, so unless the parent is deceased/hospitalized or the parent/child relationship is completely severed, it would be extremely rare for a parent to not be there. In the flashback, Takagi's mother indicates a desire for her family to be viewed positively in society/to follow societal norms, so she would likely want to take her customary place in her son's wedding.


Does Haki also eliminate Devil Fruit users' weakness against water?

Luffy would lose his power, because Haki does not seem to negate the power of the sea at all. In chapter 603, we could see how Luffy put his hand into the ocean without coating it in Haki. He said to be powerless in the ocean, yet he was able to draw Sanji back to the boat. This would make it seem that due to his training during the time-skip, he has become able to withstand the power of the sea for a short while.

Then, in chapter 605, we could see how Luffy put his hand back into the ocean, but this time he coated it in Haki. Despite being fully coated, he still lost his power at the same rate. Luffy got a lot stronger during the time-skip and it might even be that, since he has more power to drain, it might take a bit longer, but it is safe to say that coating yourself in Haki does not negate the effects of the sea.


Why is there an entire Death Note if only one page is enough?

It says that when you run out of room to write you can ask your Shinigami to bring you another Death Note.

The manga pilot is non-canon. However, nothing is explicitly stated about it in the main series, so this rule may or may not be valid for the main series.

Rule is not valid in the main series.

In this case, the Death Note somehow "grows" more pages once you use up all the pages, as described in this answer.

  How does the Shinigami tell that the Note is filled or not?
  When do we say that the Death Note had run out?
  What if I fill my Note, ask the Shinigami for another one, then erase what was on my first Note again, will I have made two Death Notes for my self?
  Why didn't Yagami Light do that to get six Death Notes?

Under this assumption, these questions are not applicable.
Rule is valid in the main series.

  How does the Shinigami tell that the Note is filled or not?
  When do we say that the Death Note had run out?

Just like how we, in real life, tell if a notebook is filled or not! If the owner tells the Shinigami that the notebook is filled, they would probably glance over the pages to see if all pages appear to be filled up, or maybe, they won't even bother doing that, and just hand over a new notebook.

It has been explicitly stated and seen that the Shinigami are generally lazy and not very smart. I cannot picture them telling the owner, "Hey look, there's a little space here in the corner, why don't you write there for now?"

  What if I fill my Note, ask the Shinigami for another one, then erase what was on my first Note again, will I have made two Death Notes for my self?
  Why didn't Yagami Light do that to get six Death Notes?

The assumption here is that either the owner hands over their used notebook and then gets a new one, or the used notebook becomes ineffective and is excluded from the count. This is a reasonable assumption because otherwise there would be a contradiction when Light asks Ryuk for a 7th notebook.

  Can you kill people after writing on an erased page?

There's a Death Note rule regarding erasing names:

  How to Use: XLII

  1. It is useless trying to erase names written in the Death Note with erasers or white-out.

The word useless in the above rule could be interpreted to mean either of two things:

Don't bother trying to erase a name in the hope of saving the person whose name you just wrote because that isn't going to work.
Erasing itself isn't going to work. Anything written in the Death Note cannot be physically erased.

If the interpretation 2 is correct, end of discussion, obviously.
If interpretation 1 is correct, you could theoretically keep reusing the pages by writing with pencil and erasing with an eraser, or writing with ink and washing it with water, etc. However, it is probably not worth the trouble because you have endless pages anyway.

Lastly, to answer the title question:

  Why there is an entire Death Note while only one page is enough?

For convenience, that is all. With more pages, you can avoid the hassles of having to erase every few days, erasing with care to prevent damage to the page, etc. Moreover, the Death Note was not "designed for humans", it was "designed for Shinigami". The product design generally caters to the preferences of its primary customer base. :-)


What was the inspiration for "Many copies, no original"?

This was a comment first, but converted to an answer.

The hole idea is called Simulacra and was investigated by Jean Baudrillard. The original inspiration was Salingers short story "The laughing Man".

The concept is now also known as "Stand Alone Complex", but it's not frequently used, except (for example) for the group Anonymous.

Also, this question may have some additional information.


What is the necklace that Hina is wearing?

I don't know if it's official or not.

They're called "Clavis".
Following to this movie called "Children Who Chased Lost Voice" or as known "Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo", in some scene as refer:

   giving Asuna his clavis, a crystal, and fights back. The Arch Angels interfered, annihilating the gate keeper and the Arch Angel commander captures Asuna and uses the clavis to open a gateway to Agartha.

So they're called Clavis crystal / stone.
The main power itself may vary in different characters and the movie itself, as we known like :

 Ryuuji used clavis to attract god of death, when to bring alive her wife, Lisa and also a key that allows entrance into Agartha, the actual underworld featuring the gate between life and death (in Hoshi wo Ou Kodomo / Children Who Chase Stars)
 Mitsuha and Taki switched their bodies in over time (in Kimi no Nawa / Your Name)
 Hina controlled the weather by praying to the god (in Tenki no Ko / Weathering with You)

References: link1, link2.


Are there bands specifically dedicated to anime?

Yes.

Though they are not actually an actual and active band in Japan but Houkagou Tea Time (HTT) (composing of the K-On!'s characters' voice actresses) were created for the anime's purpose itself. Toyosaki Aki (Hirasawa Yui), Kotobuki Minako (Kotobuki Tsumugi), Hikasa Yoko (Akiyama Mio), Satomi Sato (Tainaka Ritsu) and Taketatsu Ayana (Nakano Azusa) actually performed (sung while playing their character's respective instruments) some of K-On!'s OST live during two of their live concerts, Let's Go and Come With Me. The voice actresses were taught how to play their characters' instruments for the live concert so I think HTT was specifically created in dedication for the anime K-On!.


What part of Tiger & Bunny do purple, white, and green plastic bins refer to?

It's related to the color-coordination of each superhero's costume. Each characters has a color they identify with:

Barnaby Brooks Jr., a.k.a. "Bunny" is White (with Red).

Kotetsu T. Kaburagi, a.k.a. "Wild Tiger" is Yellow (with White and Green).

Antonio Lopez, a.k.a. "Rock Bison" is Green.

Yuri Petrov, a villain known as "Lunatic," is Black.

Side note: the fried rice is a reference to how Bunny finally learns how to make fried rice (Kotetsu's favorite food).


How does the Install Port appear when a girl becomes a Reyvateil?

From the data the Exa_Pico Wikia gathered form the agmes and the Toukoushpere (a segment where characters answered questions sent from users), it seems to be concluded that, after a server mistakenly recognizes a 3rd generation human as a Reyvateil, it begins a long process of correcting what it sees as a somehow ignored Reyvateil that ended up with irregular development, and starts using this human's memories ands senses to develop a soulspace.
The process of developing this soulspace takes about ten days, in which the human enters a comatose state. At the end of the process, the human will have awakened as a Reyvateil, with a Install Port appearing in their body.
So, the Insatll Port appears automatically, after a girl awakens as a Reyvateil.
Unfortunatley, it is not clear of the Install Port is a hole, but from the way it is depicted, the symbol may work as a kind of portal for specific materials (data crystals).


What is the reference to Kiba's speech and Issei's flashback in episode 2 of High School DxD Hero?

That's referring to the events in one of the short stories from Volume 8, Extra Life: The Fun Gremory Family. It was never adapted in any form, so the only way to know what happened is to read the novel. Fortunately, Volume 8 is a collection of short stories, so they can be read in any order; you could even read that short story alone and not feel lost at all as long as you've watched the first 3 seasons.

I'd still recommend reading the whole series in its novel form, as the 3rd season really butchered the series, pretty much mixing the stories from volume 5 and 7 into a single arc, and then closing the season with the events from volume 6 but with an anime original ending that was scrapped by Episode 0 of the 4th Season. It was THAT bad. Especially since mixing vol. 5 and 7 ended up in cutting the Rating Game between Rias and Sona, which Issei references in the latest season when he talks about wanting to pay back Saji after "losing" against him.

TL;DR read the books.


Why is Suigintou's title "Mercury Lamp?"

I think it refers to the metal mercury (水銀)　which is silver as Suigintou's hair.

It is fragile, it breaks easily (think of thermometer) and when it breaks it is very poisonous. Just like her. She's not bad, just a bit unfortunate and later became evil and poisonous.

It's hard to guess why the kanji for lamp is there though, but during the victorian era, there were lamps with mercury glass reflectors, so it would emit more light


Is Plastic Memories adapted from a manga/light novel?

Plastic Memories (プラスティック・メモリーズ Purasutikku Memorīzu?) is a Japanese anime television series produced by Doga Kobo and directed by Yoshiyuki Fujiwara. The story was conceived by Naotaka Hayashi, who also wrote the screenplay, with original character design by Okiura. The series premiered in Japan on April 4, 2015 - Wikipedia

The anime premiered in 4/4/2015 with no manga adaptation as its an original anime only story with original anime only character designs.

There is a manga spin-off that's planned for 6/2015.


Can Obito's ocular jutsu acces multiple dimensions?

No.

As far as I know,Obito has only 1 dimension.Both Danzou's subordinates and Sasuke,Karin were in the same dimension.

You are forgetting that Obito has a dimension under his control.An entire dimension.Not a room.A dimension.That's another parallel universe.Read more about dimensions here:  https://profmattstrassler.com/articles-and-posts/some-speculative-theoretical-ideas-for-the-lhc/extra-dimensions/how-to-look-for-signs-of-extra-dimensions/how-big-could-an-extra-dimension-be/

Danzou's subordinates could be anywhere in Obito's dimension,maybe millions of miles away,so they would never make it to Sasuke and Karin.


In Death Note, what happens to Light Yagami after he dies?

Ryuk once commented that users of the Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell. (Though one source claimed that this was only a fake rule that Ryuk wrote/spoke.)

No, the claim/source is incorrect. Anyone who uses/writes in the Death Note can neither go to heaven nor hell. This can be seen as Purgatory or 無 MU/Nothingness

  This suggests Light becomes a Shinigami.

Wrong. :) The rules of the Death Note have been explicitly stated in both the anime and manga as stated by Braiam which was...

  The human who uses the notebook can neither go to Heaven nor Hell and die an unfilling and unhappy life.

Finally touching the Death Note does not make you a Shinigami, although touching it allows you to see the Shinigami.


I re-watched that episode because I also did not notice this. But it looks more like a friendly joke to me, given the events in that episode. If I remember correctly, Klein does not show any hints that he has romantic feelings to Kirito nor men in general throughout SAO.

Why was I able to say it was a friendly joke? Klein probably meant it as a joke that Kirito's face looks like a girl's that's his type. Also, as stated here, 'Klein is also a "bachelor" and is shown trying to get together with various women in the series, such as Asuna, Freyja, and even Kazuto's sister, whom he had yet to meet.' If he was gay, he would be going after men or would have at least an episode or two to discuss his backstory as to why he felt that way.


What are the differences between a half Ghoul and a Ghoul other than having one human eye and a Ghoul eye?

According to wiki article, differences are close to minimal:

Only one eye becomes red;
They may have different smell than common ghouls;
They seem to be more powerful than common ghouls, particularly increasing their power while taking damage.

No other differences were ever noted during series, and last difference was not really elaborated so far.


What would happen if the NerveGear was yanked from someone's head?

I can think of two reasons:

Plot.
They wouldn't want to risk someone's life for an experiment with EMP, who knows what kinds of backups does the NerveGear has, and EMP can be guarded against.

As for yanking, a computer would have a much faster reaction time than you.


Is the Ship Spirit (klabautermann) based on any real legend?

Yes it is, Klabautermann in One Piece world described as a marine holding an hammer, the real story about Klabautermann is a small sailor in yellow with a tobacco pipe and woolen sailor's cap, and often wearing a caulking hammer. (source)

Klabautermann from German folklore (left) and Klabautermann from One Piece world (right)

  A Klabautermann often assists sailors and fishermen on the Baltic and North Sea in their duties, and he is known to be an expert of understanding most watercraft.

When Usopp first meeting with Klabautermann, he was fixing Going Merry and revert it to its original shape, not to the flying model when Going Merry got damaged.

  Despite the positive attributes, there is one omen associated with his presence: no member of a ship blessed by his presence shall ever set eyes on him. He only ever becomes visible to the crew of a doomed ship.

Usopp saw Merry's spirit when it was already heavily damage, and the boat was beyond repair.

  Soon enough, the boat sinking, and the spirit say goodbye to Luffy's crew.


Where is the divergence in Fate/Apocrypha?

One cause was Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia, who aided the Nazi's during the Third Holy Grail War by locating the greater Grail and stealing it.

  Seventy years ago, he participated in Fuyuki's Third Holy Grail War in an unknown capacity, aiding the Nazis to supposedly help them further their own goals. He found the location of the Greater Grail, and with the power of the Nazi army behind him, plundered it. He betrayed the Nazis as it was being transported to Germany without their knowledge, leading to the only details being known that the Grail disappeared without a trace and the magus aiding them also vanished.

However, there is also another deviance which dates back earlier than Darnic.

In the original timeline that Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night follow from, the Einzberns summoned a new Avenger Class for Angra Mainyu. However, its early defeat and storage in the Greater Grail corrupted it, causing the abnormalities we see in future wars (non-Heroic Spirits being summoned, wishes becoming destruction).

In Fate/Apocrypha however, the Einzberns summoned Ruler, which in the Great Holy Grail War is Joan of Arc, but in the Third War, it was Shirou Tokisada Amakusa who we know in Apocrypha as Shirou Kotomine

  As the third war drew to a close, the Einzberns clearly stood closer than any other to the Greater Grail. However Darnic Prestone Yggdmillennia successfully stolen the Greater Grail, the only survivors in Fuyuki City were Shirou and Risei Kotomine. While his Master was killed in action, Shirou remained materialized due to Shirou came in contact with the Greater Grail and he managed to receive flesh.

So we can assume that what caused the timeline to split is when the Einzberns chose to Summon Ruler instead of Avenger.


Why are anime characters usually drawn without lips?

The reason seems to be more historical and technological than some kind of art or costumes. Realistic lips are hard to draw. The lips has certain singularities that prevent creatives from trying to imitate them. In cases where they need a close up (focus on) the lips, the quality/relistic could be increased (this depends greatly on the production) but in most of case whereas there is another more important elements in the scene, some realistic details are just dropped.

Of course, some technology could allow producers to pimp up all realistic features (lips included) so they picture more realistic lips.

In a single line, the answers is: if they are not pictured, is because it results a pain to produce them; if they are pictured is because all other details are also realistic, why not lips.


What does the scene where Shino holds a baby above her head refer to?

its the lion king or for a real stretching it could be referring to the scene in ROOTS where Toby is proclaiming his son to his dead wife.


Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime?

There are a couple of possible reasons for this, though as far as I know, it hasn't been explained in the manga.

The first possible reason is that Sasuke hadn't mastered it well enough to bring him back at his full power. As is stated on page 10 of chapter 620, if the summoner doesn't have full mastery of the summoning, the reincarnated individual might not be brought back with the full power they had in life.

Also, according to here:

  As a downside, the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical limitations they received during their lifetime.

This could include aging. The First and Second Hokage also seem to appear the same way as they did whenever they were shown in flashbacks.


Which anime story came first, Accel World or Sword Art Online?

Accel World came first. According to their Wikipedia pages, Accel World light novel started in February 2009 while Sword Art Online started in April 2009. If you are referring to anime release, then the same can also be said since Accel World anime started airing in April 2012 while SAO anime started airing in July 2012.

As pointed out by @Memor-X, some people say that SAO came first but this most likely refers to the chronology of the events in both stories and not to the release order of light novels/anime because as mentioned here, the events in SAO happened before the events in Accel World on the same universe/timeline.


Why do anime discs cost so much in Japan compared to other countries?

From what I could gather from this ANN article (from the "The High Prices... Explained!" part), the high price is due to rental pricing. Basically the home video industry was originally "set-up" so that only a few thousand sales were made for niche releases, and these were made to video rental shops. The prices were around $89.95 (in America, which also used this model), but it worked well because with just a few thousand sales one could make over a million dollars in revenue, and the video shops also benefited because they had a semi-exclusive item (since it was too expensive for "normal" people to buy).

Initially, video industry people didn't think there was much of a market in selling to collectors.
But the fans proved them wrong. Otaku of all kinds (not just anime fans) started buying the videotapes and laserdiscs, and they bought them at those high prices that were intended just for video stores. There was no reason to lower it. In fact, there were a few experiments to drop the price to a more affordable amount, but that usually resulted in a slight increase in sales -- not enough to make up for the drop in revenue.

(emphasis by me)
The article goes on to say that since we are talking about a specialty market (since only the hardcore fans really want to own the products), and not a mass-market, the prices stayed astronomically high.
Basically, a few thousand fans buying a certain anime are enough to nearly support the whole budget of a show, and disc sales are basically the only way in which a show can make profit.
For these reasons, even as the rest of the home video industry lowered their prices, the anime industry stayed at the same high prices (they basically had no reasons no lower them).


Which was the first anime to feature a transformable robot?

As Makoto already mentions in the comments, depending on what you count as transformable the answers might differ a bit.

But with the current scope the first anime to feature transformable robots would be Mighty Atom (Astro Boy) in 1963, shortly followed by Tetsujin 28 in the same year.

However, the first Japanese comic to feature this came out in the year 1934  strip was called Tanku Tankuro, which also is the name of the main character.

There is a very interesting topic about it over at the superherohype forums Which has some more in depth insight on transforming robots in Japan.


According to the Ni no Kuni article on Wikipedia, it literally means Second Country or Country of Two.

So the final title is either:

The Country of Two: The Wrath of the White Witch
Second Country: The Wrath of the White Witch

Despite the difference in wording, they generally mean the same thing, which in essence is a country with two sides to it, e.g. two faces, dimensions, etc. This makes sense since the premise of the game is to travel between Oliver's world – world 1 and the parallel world – world 2 – world of magic (which is magically linked to Oliver's world) in order for Oliver to find a way to save his mother.


In Fate, why do some male historical figures get turned into females, but not vice versa?

The in-universe explanation for this is that these characters WERE female in history, it's just that the legends that became their legacy portrayed them as male.
In the case of Saber she was seen as a young boy whose ageing was halted when 'he' pulled the sword from the stone.
(Her full story is up on the F/SN wiki, some parts of it are pretty ridiculous though)

With Saber being the flagship Heroic Spirit of the Fate universe her backstory is by far the most elaborate and fleshed out, but it is assumed that other supposed-to-be-male characters have similar backstories/explanations.
One notable exception / edge case is Astolfo (The Rider for the Black team in Fate/Apocrypha) who is supposed to be male in the Fate universe as well, but just looks feminine, even though the wikis insist that this is androgynous:


Why didn't Weather become a soulless husk after losing his memories like Jotaro?

It is because when Pucci claimed Jotaro's disc, he already had a stand, and by taking his stand along with his memories, there is no way for him to recover said memories, as his stand is also taken away from him, this is also linked with the fact stands are basically the representation on a person's soul, getting your stand revoked is essentially as if somebody tore your soul  away from your body, leaving you a husk. That did not happen to Weather Report, because his stand was not yet awakened, and if you do not have a stand at the time where your disc gets stolen, there is only a memory disc, however your potential to acquire a stand is still there, meaning your soul has still not yet given up, which was the case with Weather, after his memories disc gets stolen, he awakens his own stand, making him capable to live even without his memories.


How rare is it to find an anime script from the late 1990s for purchase?

Since I posted the question half a year ago, I've been tracking Sailor Moon scripts on Yahoo! Japan Auctions more regularly. If you are looking for a script of a specific episode, you should act when it becomes available, because there are always some scripts up for sale, but not scripts of most of the episodes of such a long series. At a given time, about 10~30 episode scripts are on auction. Scripts from the Sailor Stars season (season 5) rarely go up on auction (I've only seen 2 listed in the past year). The Japanese used (i.e. pre-owned) merchandise store called Mandarake (online shop, plus branches in Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sapporo, etc.) sells scripts from a variety of series.


Has Bang ever used the abandonment in the anime?

The Wikia states:

And it's written clearly that:

  Bang is seen utilizing this to prepare for his fight with Elder Centipede, so Bomb and Genos could escape with the unconscious heroes.

Which is right when King interferes the fight. He doesnt state the technique's name. But he powers up:


Here are images of the badges that I believe are clearer (taken from blogsuki.com):

So, what do we see?

A rising Sun, a traditional motif for Japan;
An 'R';
A mask with two colored halves, smiling;
A geometric pattern;
A yellow-green thing that I do not even know what that is;

Apart from the rising Sun, and maybe the 'R' could stand for Ryou, I do not really have an idea of what these symbols would mean.


Piece of clothing Kakashi wears under his grey Anbu flack jacket

It's categorized as a Jockey or Vest, according to their respective sales listing on Amazon. However, a Google search returns more relevant results when searching for '暗部ベスト'. Also, on Chiebukuro, Japan's Yahoo Answers, it is referred to as a 'vest'.

You can get it from Amazon Japan here. Use a shipping forwarding service like Tenso if you live outside Japan.