For how long has Lelouch been the Emperor of Britannia before and after "turning evil"?

As per Wikia, Lelouch ruled for 2 months from July 2018 atb to September 2018 atb before being "assassinated by Zero".

  July 2018 a.t.b.- One month after the Second Battle of Tokyo, Lelouch vi Britannia coronates himself as the 99th Emperor of the Holy Britannian Empire and appoints the title of "Knight of Zero" to Suzaku Kururugi (heretofore the Knight of Seven). With his ascension come many changes in Britannian policies, including the destruction of the Imperial Mausoleum and the abolishment of privileges to nobles. This leads to many attempts of rebellion (one of which is led by the Knight of One, Bismarck Waldstein), each of them futile against the "Emperor of Justice".
  September 2018 a.t.b.- Two months after the battle, using U.F.N. as political tool for forcing E.U. to radicate, Emperor Lelouch vi Britannia declares himself world leader. During a supervision of executions of the Black Knights and U.F.N. leaders, Zero reappears and assassinates Lelouch to complete the Zero Requiem.

Source - Code Geass - Alternate World History

Unfortunately this page doesn't have any reference sources, but I've found finished series's wikia are generally accurate. I'll update once I find the canon sources.


Which music plays in Bleach episode 283 at 10:33 mins?

Soundscape to Ardor, which is in Bleach OST 3, if I'm correct.


Definitive answer as to whether Johan woke up to question Tenma or it was a hallucination?

Compare these two images:

(Click image to enlarge)

The first image is from the scene at 18:31 (before the flashback of Johan's memories)
The last image is from the scene at 21:12 (after the flashback of Johan's memories)

Once you're done comparing them, in the second image, you would notice that not even a single hair is out of place. Johan's face shows virtually no expressions different from the first image. The wrinkles shown over the pillow are identical.

It is simply impossible for a person to take care of all of these things in a time of split-second, specially when somebody is sitting beside.

Johan certainly had masonic charisma, but that doesn't imply that every action of him was perfect. In the words of Hans Georg Schuwald and Julius Reichwein (Episode 36: The Monster of Chaos):

Schuwald:

  How any person could ever be that, perfect?
  I imagine having one sight just confuses the matter. But I can always sense it. Yes, the presence of something so unerringly precise, like Johan. I feel as though he is not of this world at all. I do.

Reichwein:

  Oh he's very much of this world, I assure you. And he has left a paper trail, just like the rest of us. And here it is.

If you also compare the scene at 20:51 and 20:59 of that episode, then you would notice that at 20:59 Tenma's  chin and eyes were in the position similar to where they were before the scene of Johan being awake was showed. But in the scene at 20:51 (during the conversation) the situation was rather different where Tenma had his chin and eyes oriented very differently.

The images are  sufficient evidence for me to consider that the ending was an imitation of the state of Johan in Episode 2, where Tenma was talking to him or rather himself but once Tenma left the room, Johan was shown to came back to his senses and was listening the entire conversation of Tenma.

In short, Johan listened to what Tenma said, but didn't respond and left the room later, which means the conversation between Tenma and Johan was hallucination of Tenma.

I noticed  a bit of conflicting evidence which challenges my proposition. I'm not certain whether it's a design fault or deliberate information introduced in the story. In any case, take a look at the following images.

The first image is from the scene at 21:02 (Tenma was done talking to Johan or rather himself)
The last image is from the scene at 18:24 (Tenma came and started telling about his meeting with Johan's mother)

Anyhow, I'm done!


Why did the Slam Dunk anime stop without animating the Interhigh tournament?

As per here, (not sure how credible the source is but it makes sense). So echoing back your thoughts..

  This series, as some anime are known to do, was cancelled after the
  initial 100 episodes. Most of the time this happens because the
  ratings are not that good, or the manga has not been finished at the
  time. I believe the reason for Slam Dunk not to continue had to do
  with money issues with its developers ...

and the answer also makes mention of the manga

  Concerning the manga storyline it goes along the lines of the anime.
  And yes, the manga continues into the Inter High tournament, right
  until it is finished. It has a open ended finale, but in my opinion
  its one of the best anime endings I have seen. If you enjoyed the
  anime, reading the manga is a must.

Following up this answer, it seems to be a thing. Unfortunately I can't seem to find any ratings, viewership numbers or official source to back this, but for the majority it coincides with what you presumed in your question.


Are Ainz and his servants still leveling in the New World?

Hmmm... To my understanding, Ainz and the high-tier minions (read those that are level 100) don't level up any further, as they are maximum level already. It's never mentioned that they 'get stronger' while others like the lizardmen and that weird hamster indeed do (the narrative comments several times that they are training to get stronger). Now, it is possible the New World has a higher level cap but insofar it hasn't been mentioned at all in the nine LN, the WNs nor the anime and manga.
So Ainz ain't levelling nor are the floor guardians, but some of his minions do.


Which episodes show the battle between Naruto with Madara and Tobi?

Naruto starts fighting with Madara during episode 392 of Shippuuden.

This battle happens during the Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki arc, which spans over the following episodes:

378 to 388
391 to 393
414 to 421
424 to 427

Of these mentioned episodes, most are canon with the exception of the following, although some of these might still be worth watching as they do contain some canon content. Those are marked as such. (source):

388 Mostly filler
415 Mostly canon ← should watch this one
416 Filler
417 Mostly filler
419 Mostly filler
427 Filler


How many brothers does Lady Farnese have?

Farnese has

  3 brothers and 1 half-brother.

In Vol. 14 Chapter 96,

   Serpico, his half-brother, was first introduced. His relation to Farnese, however, was only revealed on Vol. 22 Chapter 185.

In Vol. 29 Chapter 251,

   Magnifico, his brother, was first shown arguing with their father, and he would later on join her and Guts' Travelling Party in their journey to Elfheim:

In Vol. 29 Chapter 255,

  his other brothers, Giorgio and Poliziano, was first revealed, and this is the only appearance they have made so far:


Which S Class heroes can be hurt by firearms?

The one hero that comes to mind is King. As mentioned here, King is actually weak. He has no special abilities whatsoever, aside from being a video game expert.

It is no overstatement to say that he is the weakest among all the heroes in the Hero Association. He's just a normal person and like any normal person, getting shot by firearms would severely hurt or incapacitate him, depending on the type or where he would be hit.


What's the song that plays when Sasuke and Kakashi arrive at round 3 of the Chunin Exams?

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

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


When does Mystogan defeat all of the Phantom Guild's subdivisions?

Mystogan defeated the subdivisions of Phantom Lord during the Phantom Lord Arc.

Manga chapters 47-69 and Anime episodes 21-30.

This is a snapshot from chapter 65 of the manga : Fairy Law. The anime should too have it in the same episode named Fairy Law.

Quote from the wiki linked above:

  Just then, she notices Mystogan sitting quietly not far from her, who
  asks her for apples, and she realizes that the reason Makarov managed
  to heal so quickly was because the mysterious S-Class Mage gathered
  his scattered Magic power. She proceeds to lecture him for not joining
  the battle and helping out his comrades, but then the wind starts
  blowing and scatters numerous flags with Phantom's emblem on them
  around. Porlyusica realizes Mystogan did more than enough by taking
  out all of Phantom's subdivisions single-handedly, and the two remain
  still, discussing the situation enigmatically.

Note: Emphasis mine.


Why is it team JNPR if Ren's name is Lie?

I'd guess because he is culturally Chinese.
According to Wikia, Lie Ren is based on Hua Mulan, a historical Chinese person.

Ren alludes to Hua Mulan.

Monty Oum stated that each member of JNPR alludes to someone who crossdressed in their story. Mulan had to disguise herself as a man to sneak into the Chinese army.
Despite Monty stating that real-world countries don't exist in RWBY, Ren is still based on Chinese culture as his clothing is reminiscent of traditional Chinese clothing and his habit of resting a coffee mug on his palm instead of holding it by its handle, a style seen more often in Eastern cultures, as Eastern-style mugs have no handles.

According to Wikipedia on Chinese name, the name order is surname - given name.

Modern Chinese names consist of a surname [...] which comes first [...], followed by a personal name [...].

Also, Wikipedia on Given name states the different order between Western order and Eastern order.

The order given name – family name, commonly known as the Western order, is used throughout most European countries and in countries that have cultures predominantly influenced by Western Europe (North and South America, North, East, Central and West India, Australia, New Zealand and the Philippines).
The order family name – given name, commonly known as the Eastern order, is primarily used in East Asia (for example in China, Japan, Korea, Malaysian Chinese, Singapore, Taiwan and Vietnam), as well as in Southern and North-Eastern parts of India, but also in Hungary. [...].

So, if his name is written in first-last name order, it will be Ren Lie.

Unfortunately, it's not that simple, because a new question will arise:

Why is Yang Xiao Long's initial Y instead of X then?

Logically, I admit it's hard to counter this counter-argument. Its Wikia article also mentions a trivia on her name:

Despite having a Chinese name, Yang's given name and surname are inverted. "Yang" would be the surname and her given name would be "Xiao Long". Furthermore, Chinese surnames are usually only one character. This can be explained by Remnant not following real-world customs.

One can argue that because her family is not fully a Chinese family (hint: her mother), that her name might not be in the Eastern order, but instead follows the Western order.


How could Rudy be a sorcerer before he was an adventurer?

Landers (or People of the Land) do gain levels, but is very low compared that of an Adventurer.

As per his wikia:

  He put tremendous effort into this guise; as a Lander, his EXP leveling rate was 1/4 that of an Adventurer, yet he was able to achieve a class level similar to beginning adventurers before his status change


I recently re-watched the episode in question and I noticed that it does not show Guilford actually being consumed by the FLEIJA. Upon close examination the blast actually stops just short of were he would have been floating. This could have easily allowed for a quick ejection or a use of the thrusters, attached to the back of the float system, which he could have used to escape. After that, if Guilfordhad used the thrusters, he would have been caught in the minor vacuum which would most likely have destroyed his Vincent and it would have prevented him from returning.


Why did Shiro have Rin's pendant, if Rin's pendant was returned to her by Archer?

I've only just started the second season, but from a combination of the material here and what I've gleaned from sources like the Wikia, I have something of an answer.

There is no contradiction or omission, in that there isn't only a single pendant involved in the series. In the first episode of the second season, we have this exchange.

[Shiro shows Rin the pendant.]
Rin: Huh? How did you get that?
Shiro: Anyway, you can have it back. I have another pendant like it at my house. After Lancer nearly killed me at school, it was lying next to me. I picked it up, and I've had it ever since.

To this, Rin seems surprised. So barring any weird, supernatural duplication, there must be more than one pendant.
N.B.: it seems that Rin's pendant is unique. Archer tells Rin that she shouldn't lose it again back in the beginning, and that it suits her (and not others). From both my guess and the Wikipedia episode list, it looks like Shiro was returning the pendant from Rin's room, although the English dialogue isn't completely clear on this. (I could not tell if Shiro's explanation for having one of the pendants was supposed to explain why he had the one he was returning. But this is more plausible, and perhaps Shiro didn't realize that the pendant lying next to him after he almost died was necessarily Rin's, even if he remembers her in the hallway.)

However, this doesn't explain where Archer got the pendant he returned to Rin. Now, Archer's true identity is:

 Shiro of an alternate timeline from that of Fate/stay night [...] He is summoned because he still has the jewel pendant that Rin used to save his life after Lancer stabbed his heart. The jewel he owns is the actual catalyst used for his summoning rather than the one that Rin still has at the time of his summoning. (Source: Wikia)

So it must simply be that

 Archer gave Rin his own pendant (which he obtained from her in another timeline in a similar fashion to this one), and implicitly lied about picking it up.

Update: I'm watching the UBW movie now, and Shiro tells Rin when returning the pendant that

I didn't realize [it was yours] until I saw one with the same shape in your home.

So I'm not sure if the conclusion I gleaned from Wikipedia about which pendant was being returned was right. The anime series would suggest that he simply took the pendant out of Rin's chest and is returning that one, but here, it looks like Shiro is returning the pendant that he'd kept after being revived.
Update 2: the visual novel (which I would consider "canon") makes it clear that Shiro is simply returning the pendant he found at Rin's house (i.e. the one Archer "returned"), when he explains to Rin where he found the pendant he's returning:

I found it in your room. Oh . . . You might get surprised when you get home, but I'm sorry. I tipped over your dresser . . . Well, I have the exact same pendant at my house.


What do the oddly positioned letters in "Death Note" title mean?

They're definitely not random. From an artistic perspective, this typographic choice accomplishes 3 things:

The 90 degree rotation of the Ts and the A form the shape of an arrow or a knife tip. The E in front of this "tip" is reversed to make sure this can be seen easily--the back of the letter forms an uninterrupted surface that the "arrow" is striking. If the E was the right way, it would look a little like a knife fighting with a fork, so kinda silly. Overall, the design has the letters of "Deathnote" form a weapon. This echoes the mechanics of the plot, where the letters you write in a Death Note are literally the weapon that kills someone.
The title has "death" in it, and the show in general has people being killed off. In fact, one of the main points is to see who is smart or lucky enough to survive. The typography cleverly suggests this theme. Some of the letters are already "horizontal" because of reason #1 above. Tilting the N slightly makes it look like the letters are keeling over one by one, connecting the typography to the theme of people dying off.
Why is N specifically chosen to be tilted? a) because it's in the middle of a 3 letter block, so for compositional reasons b) it also might be the artist being cute by hinting at the character N and trying to foreshadow his role by drawing attention to that letter.

So basically, one answer is that typography is being used as an artistic device in many ways to suggest themes in the show. There may be other, non-artistic reasons that I'm not aware of, so additional answers are possible. That's the beauty of visual art, it can do many things at once on many levels.


Why are Gantz weapons slow to take effect?

There are two options with the gantz weapons:

1.- shoot
2.- ensure

[spoiler]

   Ih the part when they fight with dinosaurs or when they are going to kill Tae Kojima they said that if you want to avoid the waiting time to shoot or if you want that shot follows target, you have to "ensure" first >!


Why did Madara pose as Tobi when with Deidara?

First of all

  Tobi is not Madara. He claims to be Madara, and everybody believes it, that's all.

Tobi's true identity is:

   Obito Uchiha. He pretends to be Madara because he does not want to reveal his true identity because he should already be dead.

He keeps his goofball attitude so

   that he can pretend to be someone else (Tobi),  but once everyone calls him Madara, he changes his attitude to serious.


Why did Deku get all the past OFA Quirks but All Might didn't?

My guess is All Might might have stopped after having power to beat any type of enemies and he didn't even get to think of the future that at someday he might lose his power or maybe he understood the power given by his mentor whereas Deku wanted to learn where this power comes from and what can make him more powerful... More like that power generates from emotion and doubt


Why does Obito only have 6 reanimated jinchuriki when he fights with Naruto and Bee,

He has extracted the Bijuus with one to seven tails but the former Jinchuuriki of the Ichibi - Gaara - is still alive.
Another reason is that he is controlling them using the Six Paths of Pain

  an Outer Path technique that allows a Rinnegan user to manipulate up to six bodies as though they are their own.

Wiki


In Highschool of the Dead, how long does it take for a person to become one of 'them' (a zombie)?

It's most reasonable to suspect the severity of the bite.

When Hisashi was attacked, he had a layer of clothing protecting him. So it's safe to say that the bite didn't get very deep penetration. Hence why he was able to last the entire episode (several hours)?

Oh the other hand, Tejima-sensei from earlier in the first episode took a large bite directly on his naked arm. He was zombified almost instantly (under 1 minute).


Doya-gao (ドヤ顔) is a slang term for the face made when showing off. Usually they make the recipient irked, though sometimes it is considered cute depending on the situation. It comes from the Kansai dialect version of "dou da「どうだ」", which is "do ya「どや」", a phrase that translates to "How's that?" So, the literal translation would be a "how's that face".  A Google search provides some nice examples.

Age-poyo (あげぽよ) is a slang term used by gals (or kogals), a subculture set of high school girls. The "age" part comes from "age-age (アゲアゲ)", another slang term meaning "in high spirits" or "rockin'".  Basically these terms are used when you're liking something or things are getting exciting. The "poyo" part is an auxiliary suffix that has no meaning. Apparently it was added because it "sounded good".  Note that native Japanese speakers have trouble with understanding this, so I'm not sure if my explanation is 100% accurate. Also, I do believe that the word is dying out since its peak in 2010.


What's on the sign behind the guy with all the weapons in episode 8?

Surprise - it's a subtitling error! The first four characters (完全被甲) certainly mean "full metal jacket" (in the sense of a bullet with a full-metal jacket). But the last two (混乱), which seemingly went untranslated, mean "confusion" or "disorder"... or, perhaps, "Panic". You know, as in Full Metal Panic!.

So, what does Full Metal Panic! have to do with anything?

I have a pretty good guess: episode 9 of Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu features the cast visiting a hot springs resort. Once there, some of the men (led by military man Kurz) attempt to spy on the girls in their party as they relax au naturel in the open-air hot springs. Like Junichi's friends in Hajimete no Gal, Kurz-and-co's efforts are indeed foiled by rather tight security. I suppose this was a homage of sorts.


Is there a reason Yato couldn't summon Nora in the final battle of the first season of Noragami?

The whole cause of the battle was that Nora wanted Yato to use her again and be the god of calamity; he refused to go back to those times and that led to Nora kidnapping Hiyori.

Even if it would disarm his opponent, it would make him a hypocrite because he wanted to prove that he was no longer a god of calamity.


Why does Bartholomew Kuma support the world government?

Maybe he was an informant for Dragon but he was too honorable to betray the government bluntly.
We know that he was a man of reason when he let Zoro take up all the pain instead of Luffy.

Him becoming Pacifista was entirely for different reasons which we still don't know.
He offered himself to be experimented upon but his last wish was to protect thousand sunny which was honoured and his wish was fulfilled.


How Black Star was influenced by the Kishin's hallucinations?

Ok, it took me some time to find it. You are referring to this:

Knowing what kind of person Black☆Star is, I wouldn't take his statement neither too seriously nor too literally.

It is known that it is possible to overcome madness if one has bravity and a strong heart. Black☆Star definitely has those. In fact, it is shown in the Baba Yaga's Castle mini-arc (if you excuse me for calling it a "mini-arc"), that Black☆Start indeed is capable of overcoming Madness, at least to some point. Note that in that mini-arc, after Black☆Star encourages the other characters, they are able to overcome Madness as well after hardening their minds.

We also know that later Black☆Star

   gets the ability to use Madness Release (Hakkyou, 発狂) changing his Wavelength to one of Madness.

However, according to the same wiki that you referenced, even he has a possibility of slipping into Madness if he uses this ability for too long. It is also stated here that the stronger the Madness Wavelength, the harder it is to overcome Madness.

Considering the above, another important note is that in Baba Yaga's Castle mini-arc, Black☆Star was rather far away from the source of Madness, while in the episode you mention he was right near it; more than that, the source was kishin himself.

So I think that while Black☆Star indeed has some sort of resistance to Madness, his statement in that episode was partly bragging, partly overestimating himself and underestimating the enemy, which eventually let him susceptible to the (quite powerfull themselves) illusions.


At this time, Goku had let down all of his defenses as he was not expecting an attack. Lowering his defense when he felt he had the upperhand is one of Goku's downfalls that Whis kept pointing out throughout the movie, indicating it could be his downfall. This blatant foreshadowing hits its mark when Goku feels that he has won and is hit by Sorbet's surprise attack.

Goku's skin as a Saiyan is tougher than a normal human's skin as we saw in the Dragon Ball scene where the bullets miraculously bounce off him like he was Superman. However, for Ki attacks, the person defending must be prepared to defend the attack.

An example of this is when Krillin was able to pierce Vegeta with a Ki blast during the Frieza saga of Dragon Ball Z. Normally, Vegeta would be able to withstand this type of attack, especially by someone as weak as Krillin. However, he had lowered his defenses, albeit purposefully, making the attack effective.

Also, these aren't bullets, it's a high-powered ray gun blast; moreover, it's likely the most powerful ray gun in the universe, seeing as it is being wielded by the fill-in leader of Frieza's army with the purpose of killing Goku. Goku was completely unprepared, with no Ki defenses raised and thus, the high-powered laser was able to pierce him.


Does Fate/Strange Fake take place in the same timeline as any of the Fate/Stay Night routes?

From the afterword of the first volume:

  I suspect many Fate fans are wondering, "This is set after the
  original Fate, but which route's future is it?" I hate to say this,
  but, "It's a fake, so it follows a mystery route." I'll leave the rest
  to your imaginations. In the extra chapter, the two "Observers" leaf
  through a lot of pages. You can assume that the "world's route"
  changes with each of those pages.

FSF is set in a parallel world, some years* after the Fifth Holy Grail War, as constant references are made to it: Shirou is obliquely mentionned as a creator of relics, Francesca Prelati took the mud of the corrupted Grail for her own purposes, etc.

*By my own estimation, maybe 2008. It was the year the April Fool's one-shot version of FSF came out in, but Flat Escardos's age is also an hint: in FSF and in El-Melloi Case Files, he is respectively 19 and 15, and El-Melloi Case Files take place during the year of the Fifth Holy Grail War, meaning 2004.


Where can I find and watch Black Butler Season 3 Episode 1 legally online?

Thanks to @アズーサ, Hulu is streaming Season 3

You can also watch it on Funimation's Site

CrunchyRoll have also got the series for streaming. (Without English subtitles for the moment however)

Season 3 or "Book of Circus" has only started releasing (July 11, 2014) at the time of writing, so there's no physical product to buy. Perhaps someone will pick it up once the season is over.


How did Sasuke survive the Tsuchikage's particle style?

You've answered this one yourself - Obito intervened and teleported Sasuke to the Kamui dimension, thus preventing his death.


There are quite a few manga magazines that started before Shonen Jump. Going off of this list, the earliest published manga magazine was Monthly Manga Shounen (Gekkan Manga Shounen), which started in 1947.

There are manga magazine publishing companies that predate 1947, such as Shogakukan, which was founded in 1922; Kodansha, which was formally founded in 1938; and Kadokawa Shoten, which was founded in 1945. As far as I can tell, though, none of these companies published manga magazines before 1947.

Toward the Terra was one manga published in Monthly Manga Shounen.


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

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


What is the battle music for Ace vs Aokiji?

Is the OST From Movie 7: Karakuri's Castle's Mecha Giant Soldier
the Duel of Zoro VS General Maji.
Here's the YouTube Link:
Movie 7 OST


At the end of Tokyo Ghoul: Root A, is Yoshimura still alive?

First, there is an after credits scene where we see One eyed Owl spit Yoshimura out and then release its kajuka kagune for that big reveal that she was his daughter as pointed out in the question.

After that, we do not see him again in Root A. Season 3 continues the story a few years later and closely follows the mangas overarching story. We do find out some of what happened to him, which simply was that he became a new Kagune farm like Rize was. This is best shown by a new Ghoul introduced in RE:, named Owl as well for having Yoshimura's Kagune. For those who haven't seen season 3, spoilers, but this new Owl's true identity was never hidden and it is

   Seidou Takizawa, the side character eaten by Noro at the end of Season 2, and Akira's friend and classmate.

A few others were also given his Kagune as well, and we do see one of them who escaped but is unnamed and hidden in Season 3. Code-name Floppy by CCG and a cannibal ghoul killer, though most people already know or have a good guess who it is.

Yoshimura is however, never seen in season 3. As for his fate in the now ended manga, and spoilers for season 4 when/if it comes out,

   he is never seen again. There is one picture of him suspended in fluid in one of those human sized vats commonly used for experimentation, but he is at best unconscious, possibly dead around the Rose extermination which Season 3 ended with. Truly never seen or even mentioned again after that and presumed dead.


Taking the answer Oda gave in SBS 62, we can safely assume that the scar is indeed from Akainu.

If we take a look at some various things, we can come up with a fairly good estimate as to why the scar takes the shape that it does.

Firstly, Luffy most likely took less damage due to the attack being blocked by Jinbe. This means there is a chance that there was less burn damage.

Luffy is made of Rubber, rubber melts before it burns, and with Jinbe taking the a portion of the attack, there is a chance that rather than burn, his skin would have melted, possibly creating points, rather than a round hole.

From here, we know that he received medical treatment fairly quickly. Once the internal damage was rectified, the hole would need to be sewn back together. If we assume that the skin was melted in the way stated above, it's not out of the realm of possibility for Law to have only had the option of stitching it back together in this manner, thus leaving a sort of x shaped scar.

This is the best I can figure, based on speculation.


I've only watched the anime (and a few months ago at that) but truth be told, I'm of the opinion that she did know that Arima had feelings for her. Take what I'm about to say with a grain of salt though as I do think that Kaori's true goal at the end was to get Arima to love himself somehow by whatever means she could. I don't think her true intention really was to get him to fall in love with her either but become a part of his life that would would galvanize his restoration.

Here are my thoughts:

Throughout the series, Kaori shows immense respect towards Arima's skills having admitted at some point later in the series that he was a source of inspiration for her. As a result she seems overwhelmingly distraught at the state of disrepair that Arima has fallen into. She initially enters his life by the first performances together and using Watari.

As this goes on its easy to see by everyone in the series that Arima has formed a dependency towards her (especially Tsubaki), and whether or not these are romantic, Kaori seems to realize this or even if she doesn't the scale of meddling and pushing Arima to strive towards reclaiming some former glory increases. Unfortunately Kaori is doomed, and then realizes that all her effort to push him to revitalize him is at stake and gives him her final wishes etc in an effort to convince him to move on with his life after her. I think this acknowledgement of dependency and her trying to help him move on from her as a result is key to the idea that she knows he loves her.

I know I'm making Kaori seem manipulative (or unknowingly manipulative) and maybe I'm putting too much confidence in what she's capable of doing but at the least that's how I interpret it. As with the shows name, she lied. Kaori told Aroma, Watari, Tsubaki, and everyone else, that she loved Watari. By telling everyone this it was known as a fact. But then you realize she loves Arima instead. Resulting in," Your Lie in April," because she lied in the month of April by using Watari.


Is this the correct translation of what Tomoko is saying?

The Japanese is:

  ニ学期ずっとこの席だと？ストレスで胃が蜂の巣になる！

More or less literally,

  I have to sit here for all of second term? The stress will turn my stomach into a beehive [i.e. thing with many holes]!

The subtitles you have there are from [Commie]; their subtitles for Watamote were edited by one of their more, um, liberal editors.


If I recall correctly, what happens to Alyssa is not explicitly mentioned in Final Fantasy XIII-2. This is, however, explained in the book Final Fantasy XIII-2: Fragments After.

The purpose of Fragments After was to cover any loose ends or potential plot holes that were not touched on within the game itself. Fragments After also didn't get an English release until October 2019 (a solid 8 years after the initial release in December 2011).

The paradox that occurred for Alyssa to exist is also not explicitly shown in Final Fantasy XIII-2, but it occurs off-scene during the events of Final Fantasy XIII. As Serah and Nole begin fixing the timeline and paradoxes that occur in Final Fantasy XIII-2, they in-turn correct Alyssa's paradox as well.

  During the events of Final Fantasy XIII, Alyssa became involved in the Purge when she visited her friend, Nena Stein, in Bodhum. She and Nena escaped and hid from the army with other Purgees, but they got buried under a pile of rubble in a cave-in. When the goddess Etro released the Pulse l'Cie who fought to defend Cocoon from crystal stasis, the resulting distortion of the timeline revived Alyssa. Since then, Alyssa has been having nightmares of her original fate and knows deep down she is living a lie.

[...]

Final Fantasy XIII-2 Fragments After reveals that after betraying Serah and Noel, Alyssa accompanies Hope to the Augusta Tower in the guise of aiding in his investigation of an intruder in the system; in actuality, Alyssa is setting up a trap for Hope with the duplicates. After disposing the attacking duplicates, Hope finds a digital diary belonging to Alyssa that reveals her hate-filled thoughts towards the Pulse l'Cie, her fears of being erased with another taking her place, and her plotting to kill Hope. When she holds Hope at gunpoint Alyssa begins to disappear as Serah and Noel have fixed the paradox that allowed her to survive the cave-in. Alyssa begs Hope not to forget her before she ceases to be.

Nearly everyone's memories of Alyssa are erased with only Hope and a few people in Academy headquarters having vague memories of her. In Fragments After, it is revealed that a century later at 500 AF, Alyssa has been replaced by an intern named Aina Stein, an implied descendant of her friend Nena.


Which chapter of the manga does Season 1 of Kimetsu no Yaiba anime end in?

From the wiki, the 26th Episode adapts parts of Chapters 51-54.

The upcoming movie, Kimetsu no Yaiba Movie: Mugen Ressha-hen, adapts the Infinity Train arc or Demon Train arc from Chapters 53-66.


How much do the live-action Nana films cover?

The live action goes up to episode 19 of the anime series, which in turn is shorter than the manga (only goes up to the 12th volume out of 21).

There's a lot of plot and relationship changes that happen in the future chapters, rather than spoil them here you should read to find out :D

Unfortunately, the manga does not have a conclusion just yet as it was put on hiatus in June 2009 when Yazawa became ill. So just be aware that there is a lot of loose ends in the current final chapters


From the Death Note Wikia:

  Ryuk offers to make a deal with Light for the “Shinigami Eyes.” Light refuses the deal, stating that he needs to live in order to rule over his utopian world. He asks Ryuk if there is anything else that he should know about the Death Note, and Ryuk says probably not.


How is Mystogun able to eat apples through his scarf?

Mystogan is pretty wary about revealing his face to anyone in any situation. His first appearance was at the beginning of the the arc, where he put all of the guild members to sleep, before he took a mission and left, leaving the guild quite mysteriously. If he goes as far as to do this, its safe to assume that:

Either he freezes time so that he can remove the scarf, have a bite and then unfreeze time. (Quite unlikely)
He wears a glamour charm that allows a mask like covering over his face which is just an illusion, through which he may be able to eat at will


Where is Maria's "Double Contract" referenced?

What you're looking for is GX Zesshoushinai 4, segment 9 「ガングニール、再び４」 "Gungnir, Once Again 4".

Segment 7 ("Gungnir, Once Again 2", two segments prior) is set during the events of episode 4 - Chris watches from SONG headquarters as Maria fends off Garie using Hibiki's Gungnir. This leads her to idly wonder whether she, too, could use other people's gears. Chris imagines up some wonderful things:

In segment 8 ("Gungnir, Once Again 3"), Chris brings this idea up with Tsubasa -or, at least, she tries to, before being shot down. (Tsubasa, too, once had the same idea, it seems.)

This brings us to segment 9. Tsubasa explains to Chris about how only certain relics will respond to any given person's song, and that in general, a person's song will match only one relic. Maria's "double contract" (she says, using the loan phrase ダブル・コントラクト daburu kontorakuto) is an exceptionally rare exception to this general principle.

As you surmise, this has to do with Maria's affinity with both Gungnir and Airgetlam, and is special simply because it's so rare. Why can Maria pull it off? Who knows - no explanation is given. I don't recall any of the keywords having anything to say about this state of affairs.

To wrap up this segment, we get a peek into Tsubasa's imagination:


Is Mobile Suit Gundam (The Origin?) heavily influenced by Dune?

While it's not impossible (Dune was published in 1965, and Mobile Suit: Gundam was first released in 1979), it really doesn't fit.

MSG(and all the surrounding storylines) is centered around basic human ambition. The Zabis, for instance, range from the naive Garma Zabi, to the ruthless and even sadistic Gihren Zabi. All of this stems from Degwin Zabi, and the mysterious death of Zeon Zum Daikun (which MSG: Origin doesn't resolve).

A better correlation here is actual human history.

Zeon is more like Vladimir Lenin. He wants to foment a rebellion, but mysteriously dies early into those efforts
Degwin Zabi doesn't have any real correlation (Degwin laments many of the atrocities his family commits), but he seems to look the other way when things are done that benefit him. That later exacts a toll on humanity because it empowers his son...
Gihren Zabi is Adolf Hitler. Degwin even makes that comparison himself in MSG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlJ5j-hSUmQ

Gihren would later prove the point when he

   murders Degwin while he is trying to negotiate an end to the war with the Federation

Casval is no better than any of them. He's out for revenge against the Zabi family for what he perceives to be their murder of his father, Zeon. He's shown to be almost as ruthless a Gihren, murdering people who stand in his way by manipulating them.


Why did Karin keep the umbilical cord, if she's not Sarada's mother?

A hypothesis is for this question is that sasuke took in too much of Karin's chakra when healing himself. You can obviously hear her say on the episode of capturing the eight-tails"He took in too much chakra". We know that chakra may influence living beings, so it is possible that Karin's chakra may affect Sasuke's child. Or because Karin helped deliver Sakura and Sasuke's baby, so she might've just kept it. (We know how obsessed Karin can be with something.)


What’s the song playing in the background during Todoroki’s flashback of his fight against Izuku in season 3 episode 1 of My Hero Academia?

This is the one you're looking for
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aYjvc72T50&list=PLwhhprTdWbG494QOyVrMaSpYRa9NjKf4s&index=28


There has not been any information about the Gol D Roger power. Though there are some episode where part of Gol D. Roger are connected but information about him is very low. Main information about him are about family member, some crew, cause of death, very few information about his treasure One Piece but information of power has not been revealed. There are some more information about him in this wiki page.

As the story is progressing lots of thing are untold or unknown which may be revealed in future.


Confusion on Meliodas' clones' power level

They have a power level of 420 each because, when a clone is made, it has half the power of the original. But if multiple clones are made, then this power that was halved, is split into the multiple clones. Meaning that the clones receive power split up from the original's half and not from the original itself.

ie, 420 x 4 = 1680

It is detailed by Merlin in Chapter 112 of the manga:


Could Dita really shut down Chi with her Trans mode active?

In theory, Dita was manufactured for that purpose.

You need to know about OS on Chi to get these response. The problem aren't if Chi are on Trans mode or not, the problem are if their OS have some backdoor for access. If these backdoor are present, there isn't important the trans mode, it's only the difference between ability of the attacker and the defender.

On real terms, think on that scene as two hacker working. One are attacking and another one defending. Probably the most important question here are the computer power itself, because Dita and Chi are AIs, the better processor can react before and do better.

Also, you need to think about the methods. Taking into account the above, probably Dita have more processing power than Chi (Because if you made a persocon for defeating another one, you need more power on them), but, Dita only have a basic AI and programming routines for doing their work, but Chi have some knowledge (Because have their learning program), and some feelings.

Probably no, Dita cannot defeat Chi, because Chi can learn about the attack, and use these knowledge for doing something.

But, there isn't any fact about this.


Is the grip shown in Hikaru no Go really used by expert Go players?

It is the proper way, and is used by most (if not all?) very strong go players (and many beginners as well!).

It allows you to easily place a stone in the middle of many others without touching them, and same to pick one up (when stones are captured you need to remove them from the goban (the playing board)).

In addition to this practical effect, pros and strong amateurs have a very gracious way to handle stones using this finger placement. You can see examples by seeing professional players on the net. I recommend Japanese players, as the whole ceremonial is quite precise, but also in the anime Hikaru No Go (especially Saï).


Code Geass - What is the song playing in Episode 1: The Day a New Demon was Born

I found the song. it's "The First Signature".


Why was The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya broadcast out of sequence?

As far as I can tell (and admittedly this is a bit speculative), the reason was to spread out the plot to avoid having the second half be entirely episodic. The creators knew that the main plot (episodes 1-6 in chronological order) would not take a full season (14 episodes), but the next major storyline was not for a while, so they had to insert some episodic content. However, these 6 episodes don't leave much room for breaks, and equally importantly they would rather use canon content from the light novels than make up their own.

So the creators used content from future light novels. This let them intersperse the plot with the episodic material. The 6 plot-related episodes are all in order among themselves, and the others are placed in whatever order the director thought was best (e.g. in terms of character development).

I'm looking for something official to confirm this, but I've had no luck so far. Barring that, this seems to be at least the prevailing opinion of most people on the internet.


How are Kars' features described in this image?

This 2ch post has bigger image.

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


Has there been a study or documentary on the influence of Ani-song themes on Japan's music scene?

Unfortunately, I couldn't find a documentary specifically on the subject you requested, purely because I do not think that one currently exists. I did, however, find a number of articles that conducted largely unofficial research on such a topic. In general, has anime music affected the Japanese music industry?

Yes.

How?

I think the most significant effect is the broader audience. Due to anime's rapidly growing international fanbase, and with more and more shows being dubbed in languages other than Japanese and English, the music of anime is being broadcast across the globe. Anime allows the artists of this music to take their songs to the international stage. I think the effect of this globalization if you will can be see across many different anime.

For example, consider the music artist Linked Horizon. Before 2013, Linked Horizon produced a number of smaller projects, including a song for a Nintendo 3DS game. However, it wasn't until 2013, when the band composed the opening to Attack on Titan, that they truly took off in popularity. Their song rocketed to the top of the leaderboards and was and is a fan favorite across the world. This would not have been possible without anime.

In addition, there are examples of people changing their whole music tastes and playlists due to their newly found interest in Japanese music from watching anime. You can read here about anime watchers in the US and their changing tastes in music.

It conclusion, the largest effect anime has had on the Japanese music industry is its internationalization. Anime has helped to significantly broaden the audience of Japanese music.

Here's a very good article about anime's affect on Japanese music.


Why was the "Anime no Chikara" project interrupted?

One thing that Koichiro Natsume said was that it was a one year project. It's difficult to tell from what he said if it was planned to be one year from the start or if it ended up being one year, but if it was planned to be one year, then it wasn't aborted but instead just ended.

One thing that he said was that there were supposed to be four projects. Only three were released, which may have been the failure that he was talking about.

In regards to episode 7, they actually played a replacement episode (episode 7.5) the same day that episode 7 would be released, so they actually did have an episode that day. From reading about it, it doesn't seem as though they were forced to stream it online but chose to instead, but it is difficult to tell.

It is difficult to tell exactly how voluntary ending the program was, but Koichiro Natsume at least implies in his interview that it was intended or at least ended up more as a learning tool than anything else.


Hellsing Organization: Is it Anglican or Protestant?

The Hellsing organization is part of the Anglican Church. Whether the Anglican Church is Catholic or Protestant is a bit of a complicated question.

To start with, while there is a "Catholic church" (it's the common short name for the Roman Catholic Church in English), there's no corresponding "Protestant church". There are multiple Protestant denominations, many of which have sub-denominations, many of these having multiple churches within them: Lutheran, Presbyterian, Baptist, Pentecostal, Methodist, and lots of others. All of these groups have their roots in Martin Luther's Protestant Reformation, which began in the early 16th Century in Western Europe in response to perceived corruption and doctrinal inconsistency in the dominant Roman Catholic Church. All the early Protestant churches had certain Roman Catholic practices they objected to; Wikipedia has a good summary, but in general the Protestants thought religion should be less focused on worldly matters and more focused on faith and prayer. They also rejected the authority of the Roman Catholic pope and focused on the Bible as the single defining document of Christian belief, whereas the Roman Catholic Church had elevated various commentaries by popes and other prominent figures.

Anglicanism existed as the English branch of the Roman Catholic Church until 1534, when the English parliament declared Henry VIII, the King of England, as head of the church. This split the leadership from the Roman Catholic Church, but theologically, the Anglicans continued to keep the Eucharist, which most Protestant churches had abandoned. Whether this makes them Protestant or not is a bit hard to say. They are often considered Protestant because they split from the Roman Catholic Church in the same period when the Protestant Reformation was going on, but the split had no real connection to Luther's movement; it was a political maneuver by the English government to weaken the power of the Roman Catholic pope. Theologically, they're more similar to the Roman Catholics than most Protestant churches are (though as we see in Hellsing, they still find enough differences to keep them arguing).

As a point of interest, there are Christian churches which are neither Catholic nor Protestant: for example, the Eastern Orthodox churches, which include the Greek Orthodox and Russian Orthodox; Ethiopian; Coptic; and various modern movements such as the Jehovah's Witnesses. So you could argue that Anglicanism is neither Catholic nor Protestant, but something distinct, like these other churches.


Although never explicitly stated (till now), it seems Kabuto's upgraded Edo Tensei allows him to revive a shinobi with a mix of attributes from different portions of their lifetime. Shortly after showing the last coffin to Tobi, Kabuto exclaims that he had surpassed the Second Hokage and Orochimaru. It is very likely this is what he was referring to.

It is possible to have multiple copies, and this has already been exploited with Itachi's Sharingan and Madara's Rinnegan.

Both Itachi and Sasuke had Itachi's Sharingan at the same time. The revived Nagato and Tobi both have Madara's Rinnegan. If Itachi had not sealed Nagato, there would indeed be three copies of Madara's Rinnegan active at the same time.

The Madara's Rinnegan case shows how it could be exploited multiple times. If Obito dies and is revived, while his Rinnegan is transplanted to someone else, you could then have four Rinnegan, which are all really Madara's Rinnegan.


When does someone receive the Kāma seal?

Kāma attribution is not automatic, but a conscious act from an Otsutsuki.

As of now, including the Boruto manga, we have been able to observe 3 different Kāmas which I will try to explain without spoiling the scenario. Be aware, however, that for the 3rd Kāma, I will delve into spoiler territory as I will need to talk about a character which has not been shown yet in the Boruto anime.

Boruto : Momoshiki implanted the Kāma on his hand by projecting his soul and chakra, and willingly marking him as a Kāma vessel.
Kawaki : A teenager who has been extensively experimented upon by Jigen and his cronies. Kawaki received a copy of Jigen's very own Kāma through scientific means and chakra transfer, which is a completely intentional transfer.

Jigen :

  3. Jigen : A man of unknown origins. His Kāma (identical to Kawaki's) stems from Isshiki Otsutsuki, Kaguya Otsutsuki's consort. He is a perfect vessel, meaning his personality has now been definitely erased by Isshiki and solely houses the Otsutsuki. Isshiki seeks Kawaki's body because he also is a perfect vessel.

The word "vessel" is crucial, because the main purpose of the Kāma is to create a literal vessel for the Otsutsuki soul which created the Kāma (as confirmed by Jigen himself). It is unconfirmed for now, but Momoshiki could try to take-over Boruto's body later on. We know that Otsutsukis can reincarnate after death, or at the very least transmit their power to individuals they are related to : Naruto and Sasuke were the "transmigrants" of Ashura and Indra, semi-reincarnations influenced by their ancestors. The Kāma bonded Boruto to Momoshiki in death like Ashura and Indra are linked to Naruto and Sasuke by blood.

Tl;dr Kāmas are granted by Otsutsukis who need to hijack a new body


How different are the anime and manga versions of Death Note?

There are some minor differences.

For example, when L loses his life in the Anime, he doesn't say anything. But in the Manga he says something like "I knew I was right".

But the main difference is the ending.

In the Anime

  Yagami Light, Near, Matsuda and all the squad are in a sort of warehouse. When Light tries to get the piece of paper of his Death Note from the watch, he gets shot by Matsuda in non-fatal points, both times. While the other guy kills himself, Light runs away, and ends up in another building of what looks like an industrial area. Ryuk is on top of a chimney and speaking to himself, he "reminds" Light about his first promise, i.e. that he would be the one to write Light's name on the Death Note. And that's what he does.

In the Manga

    Light is still in the warehouse and he sees Ryuk (Near sees him too since he has the Note as well) and he begs the Shinigami to write their names. Ryuk says "Ok Light, I'll write..." and while everybody tries to shoot him, he adds "...your name, Light." Light doens't want to believe it but when Ryuk shows the Note, his name is written there. Light sees his entire life and remembers the same sentence Ryuk told him when they met (i.e. that he would be the one to write Light's name on the Death Note). Ryuk adds "it would be hard to see you in prison and your life is over anyways" or something similar. After 40 seconds, Light dies in front of the two detective teams.


The special ability of Kyōka Suigetsu is Kanzen Saimin (完全催眠, Complete Hypnosis).

It controls the five senses to the point where it can make the target misinterpret another person's form, shape, mass, feel, and smell to be an enemy's. The initiation condition for the hypnosis is to show the enemy the release of Kyōka Suigetsu. After seeing it just once, this person will completely succumb to the hypnosis. Afterwards, every time it is released, this person will fall under the thrall of the hypnosis. The hypnosis is long lasting; the Visored are still affected by Kyōka Suigetsu even though they were hypnotized at least 110 years ago. Because the spell works when one see the ritual, those who cannot see are consequently immune to the hypnosis.

When Aizen turns off the hypnosis by force of will, the image shown melts away or shatters. The complete hypnosis of Kyōka Suigetsu is absolutely flawless; even if the target is aware of being under the hypnosis, they cannot resist its influence. The hypnotic abilities of Kyōka Suigetsu make it a highly useful tool in combat, for Aizen can create simple or complex illusions to deceive his opponents.

For example, by creating a decoy of himself, or other illusions to distract his opponents, Aizen can hide his own movements and attack with impunity. His opponent will remain focused on the illusion until it is too late to react.While the illusions Kyōka Suigetsu creates are quite powerful, those with considerable power and skill themselves may be able to note slight differences in the illusions compared to the real thing, even if they are not able to determine what exactly is different.

4th Division Captain Retsu Unohana detected something was amiss with Aizen's fake corpse, even though she did not realize what it was until seeing Aizen alive.The Reiatsu of Kyōka Suigetsu gives it away to those keen enough to sense its actual presence past the illusions created by its complete hypnosis.The sole way to escape the ability of Kyōka Suigetsu is to touch the blade itself before complete hypnosis is activated.


Is there definite proof that Beerus is stronger than Champa?

For the manga, I would say there is. Beerus participates in a fight with all the other gods of destruction. He's attacked by all the other gods of destructions together, and he manages to be one of the 2 last remaining fighters along with Kitela. For the anime, I can't comment since I dont recall statements or hints that shows he is.


Did something change for the final episode of Hana Yori Dango?

I can't answer your question with certainty. No, there doesn't seem to be anything off about writing, production, or art direction in the last episode:

The last 3 episodes were all written by the same person, 影山由美 (Yumi Kageyama).  影山由美 was in charge of series organization/composition and wrote more episodes than anyone else.
The producer, 山吉康夫, also produced episodes 3, 9, 15, 20, 26, 32, 37, 42, 46, and of course 51.
Art direction was performed by 馬越嘉彦 (Yoshihiko Umakoshi), who was actually in charge of character design for the whole show. He also provided art direction for episodes 1, 16, 25, 32, 43, and of course 51.

This is all from the Wikipedia page on the anime, which lists all the details by episode: 花より男子 アニメ TVシリーズ
Personal speculation:
I've seen the whole anime, have read the manga all the way through a couple of times, and watched two of the live actions (Japanese and Korean), I was really into Hana Yori Dango back in the day. I felt like the end of the anime was unexpected/unforeseen and that they just rushed an ending together.  The show did a pretty good job of following the manga ... right until those last few episodes/last episode.  My guess is they were told,

were cutting the show, end it.

so they did and things didn't turn out quite the same as usual.
According to HMV Online, the average rating for the TV show was 9.9%, max was 12.1%. I don't know much about TV ratings, but the Japanese TV Drama was never lower than 17% in season 1 and 19% in season 2 (same Wikipedia page).  To me, this looks like a cut due to ratings.


Since the writer is dead, the story won't continue on from the point where it prematurely ended, but I think it's very likely that the arcs that would've followed (chasing down Rhodes and Lapis/Tsui-Ling) the ending would feature Water mages sooner or later, otherwise mentioning it to begin with would've been pointless.


Why did the skinned chickens fear the camera?

I was correct in my earlier comment - The skinned chickens don't want to be revealed to humankind so they avoid being photographed.

This is revealed in the first dialogue with the chickens:

If they knew of their existance, humanity could easily overpower them because of the chickens' feeble bodies. Hence they try to avoid the assistant.

Don't worry, the main character missed it too:


Which demon slayer rank is needed to be able to defeat a Twelve Demon Moon Lower Moon?

I think it's not depend on demon slayer's rank like Tanjiro. He has abilities and skills adopt from his father and his experience and succeed from Sakonji Urokodaki's training. Higher rank than Tanjiro has only have more experience in battling with demons than him that's why they're high rank. Therefore, it depends on demon slayer's skills and abilities.


What kind of modifications the AE86's have had in Initial D?

To put them simply I list them one by one (these are the things that are mentioned or can be seen in the anime, so things like brands of wheel rims for example which are not mentioned in the anime I will not mention them):

Takumi's AE86
Before his engine blowout, he used a modified 4A-GE engine. After his engine blowout, his dad changed it to a Group A engine and changed his tachometer to cope with the high-revving environment of the engine. During his time in Project D, his suspension is also changed to a new one after he 'won' his battle with God Hand, although it wasn't stated what modifications are made to the suspension if I remember correctly. Also his change from stock to carbon hood before his battle with Tachi Tomoyuki from the graduate of Toudou School
Wataru's AE86
Wataru's AE86 is an interesting one as it has the most apparent or mentioned changes. First he uses a turbo for his engine. After he lost his battle with Takumi at the end of stage 2, he changed from turbo to supercharger since he felt unsatisfied with his turbo performance. At the same time, he also changed from stock hood to carbon hood.
Shinji's AE86
Shinji's AE86 is a stock sedan AE86. It doesn't have any performance change as far as I'm concerned.

And to answer your question regarding the replica, I suggest to use a black-painted hood as the carbon hood in some games is too gray-ish instead of black-ish like Takumi's.


What is the chronological order of watching Berserk?

Berserk Anime is pretty loyal the manga so watching it first is no brainer. Movies are up for grabs, there is no need to watch them if you are watching in continuity since they are basically recap of the original anime.

You should watch the current Anime AFTER the original.

I personally haven't seen any of the three movies, and have heard that the CGI is pretty horrible in action sequences. However, I and many other fans would recommend you to read the Manga (again) after watching the original series.
The original series allows you to have a foothold in Berserk. Manga has beautiful artwork and you can skip the Golden Age Arc if it seems boring to you.

If you don't mind the CGI animation, Berserk movies do take the story a bit further and don't spoil anything from the Black Swordsman Arc which the First Episode of the original series does.

TL;DR Since Both movies and Anime tell the Golden Age Arc only they you can watch Either/both, but people mostly prefer the anime even if aged. The newer iteration of Berserk comes after them


What is the difference between Haki and Conquerors haki?

The Conqueror's Haki is a subcategory of Haki.

  Broadly speaking, there are two types of Haki available to everyone, given the proper training; however, there is a third type that only a certain group of "chosen ones" are said to possess.

Observation Haki

  Kenbunshoku Haki, also known as Mantra on Skypiea, is a form of Haki that allows the user to sense the presence of others, even if they are concealed from view or too far to see naturally.

Armament Haki

  Busoshoku Haki is a form of Haki that allows the user to use their spirit to create, in essence, an invisible armor around themselves. Notably, this form of Haki can be used to injure Logia Devil Fruit users.

Conqueror's Haki

  Haoshoku Haki is a rare form of Haki that cannot be attained through training. Only one in several million people have this ability. This type of Haki allows the user to exert their willpower over others.


What manga is this image with a depressed girl from?

This is from the manga Watashi ga Motenai no wa dō Kangaetemo Omaera ga Warui! (often translated as "It’s Not My Fault That I’m Not Popular!"), which incidentally is getting an anime adaptation starting in July. Wikipedia offers the following synopsis:

  Having been well-versed in the world of otome games, fifteen-year-old Tomoko Kuroki believes herself to be popular. However, upon entering high school, she discovers this is far from the truth as she winds up being an unsociable loner and is forced to take a long hard look at herself for the first time in years. The story follows Tomoko as she attempts to improve her social status as she progresses through high school.

This particular panel is from chapter 7, page 6. Here's a scan of the full page to compare:


How can Inuyashiki and Hiro hear voices from Earth?

My opinion:
They are very advanced machines, and as we know, they can communicate with all the networks on earth. The phone network doesnt reach the space but they on the space can reach the earth. That is why they even have their phones inside them.
Good luck!


How was Takuto be able to become a shinigami if he was in a coma?

Takuto was only a "shinigami in training" rather than a full shinigami. It is never explicitly said, but I think it is safe to conclude that he was never a full shinigami because he was never dead, but because his near-death condition was caused by an attempt at suicide, he was very near to becoming a true shinigami, hence, "shinigami in training."


Most probably not.

As you've mentioned by yourself, it was said that most Ackermans are immune to effects of titan powers, such as memory manipulation.

It is still not clear, what exactly was done with Ackermans, but apparently their bloodline is so modified, that they can't be considered as Eldians anymore. In one of the recent chapters (I'm not sure, 108 or 109), it was mentioned, that Survey Corps are not even sure if Mikasa can become titan at all, but it wasn't explicitly menioned, is that due to her being Ackerman or due to asian blood mix.


No she doesn't, this is show later in the series which going by how the question is worded, indicates that the evidence to this would be a spoiler.

 in Episode 24 when she retrieves the Death Note that Light buried as apart of his grand plan to exonerate Himself, Misa (to save himself from Rem) and to kill L.

 After Misa recovers the book her memories return, however she had forgotten L's real name which she saw back when she was at University with Light and L and so makes the eye deal again

 "After the Task Force says goodbye to Misa, Light orders Misa to recover the other Death Note he had hidden and buried at a particular site a few months earlier. Misa goes to the site and regains her memories, while also finding a slip to write down the true name of "Hideki Ryuga," only for her to have forgotten (later revealed to have also been planned). Returning from the Shinigami Realm, Ryuk greets Misa, who makes a second deal for the Shinigami Eyes in order to find out L's true identity (and also trading a human apple for a Shinigami one, which Misa finds sandy). Misa and Ryuk then return to the headquarters and reunite with Light out front, where Rem notices via a security camera that Misa has again halved her life, and now has less than a month to live."

 Source: Revival > Synopsis (3rd Paragraph)


Who is the main character of Fairy Tail?

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

Introduction of Lucy

Both Natsu and Lucy mention their goal in the story

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

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

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


Are any animation studios open to the public for tours?

Studio Ghibli museum
The Studio Ghibli museum in Tokyo is open to public tour, for me and probably for other regions too, you have to book three months in advance to purchase tickets.


How does the Devil Fruit user know how to activate their power?

There seem to be 3 different ways to learn this:

Experimentation

If a user has no idea exactly how his fruit can be used, he can play around with different motions movements or just live his life.  Brook never figured out what his fruit could do until he was already dead.  Hypothetically, Bartolomeo could have lived his life without finding out if he hadn't happened to cross his fingers the right way (assuming that is required).

Reason

Some users have some idea what their fruit is when they eat it. Others only have partial knowledge of their abilities. The Barrier Fruit is based off a children's game. If Bartolomeo knew that he had this fruit, they could have tried to enact that game to see if it worked.  This can be combined with experimentation to improve fruits.  Bartholomew Kuma and Law seem to have decided to try appying their abilities to abstract concepts and studied their ability to learn how to do this.  Other fruits may have simular unusual uses that are never noticed as the users aren't as smart as those two.

Historical Research

Devil Fruits are not single use.  They are reincarnated into a new fruit to be eaten when the user dies.  This means, for instance, that Law knew exactly what fruit he had before he knew how to use it. There are records and second/third hand sources stating what some fruits can do. That is exactly why he knows that you can make someone immortal with it despite having never done so.  For our repeated example, Bartolomeo might know he has to cross his fingers because he could have read that it was required.  This means, of course, that someone else must have learned it by on of the first two methods and there may be other unknown uses.

Final Note

Devil Fruits do not change during the person's life (with Brook as the possible exception).  A Logia fruit does not itself get stronger as the user does but the user can get more creative, more practiced, and more experienced in combat in general. This means that training can't make the fruit itself more powerful or generate new powers that previously were impossible (only undiscovered).


Is the Hyuuga main family's juinjutsu a Swastika?

It is probably intentionally a swastika, though it is definitely not referring to Naziism. I don't know anything about Naruto canon, so I have no official source, but swastikas are often highly stylized and this certainly fits the bill. Googling for "Hindu swastika" or "Buddhist swastika" will yield plenty of images, some of which are pretty distorted (more than the image you've posted), so it's very likely not a coincidence. For instance, this Hindu swastika is very common:

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Swastikas are common in Buddhism, Hinduism, and many other eastern religions (Buddhism being the most common in Japan), and are well-known in both the East and West, though with different interpretations. In particular, in Buddhism, the swastika is usually counter-clockwise (Nazi swastikas were clockwise, and the seal you have posted is counter-clockwise as one would expect of a Buddhist swastika). It doesn't have quite the same meaning as you've described in Buddhism; most Buddhists think of the Swastika as a symbol for eternity, protection, and good luck.

In Japanese, this Buddhist symbol is called manji or 卍字 and is used as a sort-of official symbol for Buddhism similar to how crosses represent Christianity. Maps usually indicate Buddhist temples with these manji. While Japanese people (as well as most other Eastern cultures) would recognize the Nazi swastika by it's design, they would not associate all swastikas with Naziism as many would in the West. In short, I'd be extremely surprised if anyone coincidentally drew one in a manga without intending some symbolism, and it's a common enough symbol that there may not be any official mention of it. The Wikipedia article has a lot of information on the subject, so it's worth a read.

As a note, swastikas are used in a number of other manga, including Yu Yu Hakusho and Blade of the Immortal (the latter retained the swastikas in the English versions).


What is the meaning of the title Trinity Seven?

This is what I currently know about the term Trinity Seven and Trinity in the context of this manga.

The accuracy of this post depends largely on the fan translation of the manga series.

When writing this answer, I confirmed all the facts by checking back on the manga. However, I didn't check out the whole series from start to end. I only picked out the chapters which I remembered to have the relevant content and cited from it.

Trinity Seven

Trinity Seven refers to the 7 strongest mage in a world (there can be many parallel worlds).

In Arata's world, the Trinity Seven are the 7 girls: Asami Lilith, Kannazuki Arin, Kazama Levi, Yamana Mira, Fudou Akio, Kurata Yui and Lieselotte Sherlock.

According to Liese in chapter 17, to be a member of the Trinity Seven means that

   one has acquired the Lost Technica in one's archive. In Liese's case, it was "Last Crest".

As explained in chapter 36 of the manga, the magic king is closely related to the Trinity Seven. Below is the summarized definition, based on  the fan translation by VISCANS:

   There exists an infinite number of worlds, with each world connecting to each other by causality. Worlds begin and end, are born and destroyed over and over again. Magic king exists for such system, and his mission, his fate is to reduce his world to nothingness. A magic king is born human, a baby with the secret of unlimited magic power. Regardless of the circumstances of the magic king, he will encounter the Trinity Seven and begin his transformation into a proper magic king.

Trinity

In chapter 36 of the manga,

   ... after Arata copied Lieselotte's Logos Arts in Acedia archive, along with Lilith's Outer Alchemy in Luxuria archive and Akio's Matra Enchantment in Gula archive, he was confirmed by the sword Judecca to have attained Trinity.

However, the condition for Trinity is quite ambiguous. At the beginning of chapter 35,

   ... Arata found the Black Imperial Sword Judecca. The sword identified Arata's Magic King element and confirmed his Superbia archive and Impero thema, then it went on to recognize Outer Alchemy in Luxuria archive and Matra Enchantment in Gula archive. However, the sword concluded that Arata did not meet the Trinity requirement, and it started to initiate Magic King Berserk Mode.

It was quite clear from chapter 5 of the manga that there are many thema (research topic) in an archive. From my personal impression, it seems that different mages working on the same thema may study and master different magics.

   And along that line of reasoning, I speculate that Arata had yet to come up with or mastered any magic under Imperium thema, so it was not counted towards the Trinity requirement.

Apart from the likely direction of Arata eventually copying the magic from all members of Trinity Seven, and thus in control of magics from all 7 archives named after the 7 deadly sins, it is not clear how the Trinity requirement works. We know "trinity", from Christian doctrine, has tri- meaning three in it. However, it is not clear three of what (archive alone is incorrect, as seen above), and whether it requires the mage to have certain level of mastery.

To make the matter more confusing, according to chapter 37 of the manga,

   Arata attained power of a Trinity when Akio, Liese and Arata himself connected to their archives.

And at the end of the chapter,

   Abyss Trinity, Lilith's father and antagonist in the arc, was surprised by the fact that Arata exceeded Trinity after Lilith reconnected to her archive, which means Arata had 4 archives executed at the same time.

So there seems to be a further distinction between achieving the Trinity status and actually performing magic in Trinity mode.


No, there will be no second season. There is no more story than the one which was released.

List of all the episodes and one OVA here


What was the relationship between Whitebeard and Roger?

They're just friendly rivals. Similar in vein to Shanks and Mihawk.
Knowing Roger (he had a similar personality as Luffy, noted by Rayleigh and Shanks himself) he was free spirited. If there was a Yonko at that time that would be Roger, Whitebeard, and Shiki. The only difference was Roger rose to the top and became Pirate King before his execution.

Being the top dogs during their era, it's without question that they would engage each other in fights against each other but end up settling it with a laugh after the fight. Roger trusts WB and likewise, WB trusts Roger hence the drinking scene.


When Wrath discloses his nature to Mustang, he describes what happened after the incident. First, keep this quote of his in mind:

  The Philosopher's Stone is created from the life force of countless human beings; it contains their souls.

Now, consider that Father was attempting to put all of his wrath within one being; this would require that he removed not only any wrath from within himself, but also every single wrathful soul that composed him. That means we now have a Philosopher's Stone made from dozens of wrathful souls. What does wrath do? It gets revenge.

Wrath states,

  Countless souls have battled for dominance within me. And only the most wrathful one survived.

This means that he had no healing powers because he basically had no souls to regenerate from; only one soul remains within his body (his own or someone else's), and it is not enough to both regenerate and sustain him. He is basically a human with homunculus-level skills.

I also agree with Madara's conclusion that Father would want the public figure to age and appear human, so he may have been perfectly okay with Wrath being composed of only one soul. Pride's disguise was already conspicuous enough; you can imagine the uprisings if the military leader was also accused of such things.

With regard to why he is different from Greeling, his soul was pushed aside from the infusion, whereas Ling's was strong enough to coexist with Greed's.


Is "The Vision of Escaflowne" a shojo anime?

Yes, The Vision of Escaflowne anime is actually a shojo anime.
According to Japanese Wikipedia, the original draft of the anime was to mix robot anime with elements from shojo manga and transforming military vehicles with the title 「空中騎行戦記」(Kuchuu Kikou Senki, lit. Mid-air Trail Riding War Chronicle)
However, when the anime was localized for the TV broadcast in the USA, it was heavily edited. According to the Wikipedia,

[...]. In August 2000, Fox Kids began broadcasting the series in the United States. Produced by Saban Entertainment under license by Bandai Entertainment, these dubbed episodes were heavily edited to remove footage, add new "flashback" sequences to remind the audience of the events that just occurred, and to heavily downplay the role of Hitomi in the series. The first episode was skipped altogether, and the series soundtrack produced by Yoko Kanno was partially replaced with more techno rearrangements by Inon Zur. This modified version of the series was canceled after ten episodes due to "low ratings". Fox explained that they edited to meet their own target audience, to comply with broadcast standards, and to fit the allowed timeslot. [...]
(Emphasis added)


How did the Dragon King's Eye ended up inside Nanami?

Spoilers ahead...

   TL;DR: Nanami is a direct descendant of Yukiji. So the eye mystically passed from parent to child until it ended up inside Nanami.
 After a girl of Yukiji's lineage gets pregnant (and they can only have girls) The eye passes on to the child, leaving the mother's system. Since Yukiji's bloodline is very weak, this means the mother dies soon after childbirth, but the child becomes quite healthy due to the eye's properties.

There is a deeper backstory in the Manga, and I will quit here in order to spoil the least possible.


How come Goku was defeated by Frost of the 6th Universe?

Its been revealed in ep. 34 that frost contains a needle within his wrist that allows him to poison his opponents. This is how he defeated Goku .


Can you extend your own life with the death note?

No, because of several things:

A human with the Shinigami Eyes cannot see the lifespan of other Death Note owners. (How to Use: XVIII)
If you write your name and a cause that cannot be possible (being stabbed by a dead man), you will die of a heart attack. (How to Use: LV)
Writing your own name in the death note bypasses all lifespan calculations. If you wrote that you die at a certain date, you will die at a certain date, regardless of how much lifespan you have remaining.


How could Uchiha Madara suddently use a new Jutsu he never used before?

At first I would like to quote this from wiki:

Intelligence of Madara Uchiha

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

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

There also one point which is worth noticing that :

  Madara do not use certain techniques more than once

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This proves that he observe everything carefully.

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

Source -

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

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

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


Why is Kyoko not present in Madoka Magica's official artwork?

There are many other official artwork for the series. That is the cover of the DVD box set and like you said, the other image where Kyoko is not included is the cover for the first volume of the manga.

This is probably also the reason why Netflix used that artwork as its listing.

I think iconic is subjective in this case. Someone more familiar with the movies will think differently, as you'll see later, but there are a lot of other official artwork where only two magical girls are featured at a time:

I do think that the reason why she's not included in that artwork is because she's not involved in the first three episodes (there's 12 episodes and the set contains 3 discs, assuming the first disc only contains the first three episodes). At least Sayaka is introduced in the first episode, which is presumably the first episode the viewer will watch after purchasing the discs set. Bear in mind that the cover for the discs set differs from region to region.

Finally, the artwork for the disc for the first movie, as well as the movie posters, includes all of the magical girls:

In the first movie all of the five characters are introduced and played significant roles. So this theory is not that far-fetched.


Where does Little Red Riding Hood appear?

Very near the beginning1 of Fate/hollow ataraxia (the sequel VN to Fate/stay night), Mitsuzuri tells a ghost story to an audience including Makidera Kaede, Sageusa Yukika, Rin, Sakura, Issei, and Shirou.2

The gist of the story is basically what the Type-Moon wikia says on the page for Mr. A - some dude named "A" lives next to a little red-hooded girl whose parents are abusive. One day, the girl's parents are found murdered, and the girl herself is nowhere to be found. Later on, a spoopy apparition of the little girl appears before him, and drives him mad.

This little girl is also alluded to in Fate/strange fake - F/sf's "player" character is explicitly named "A" at one point, and his backstory matches up with the story told by Mitsuzuri in F/ha. The text indicates that the player character will sometimes see visions of a bloodstained little girl, who is presumably this little red-hooded girl.

I'm not sure where that picture comes from, though. The PS Vita release of Fate/hollow ataraxia just came out last week; maybe it's one of the CGs from that.

1 I haven't played F/ha, but I have had the pleasure(?) of looking at the .po files for it; this particular scene occurs in 真・冒頭-08, which I would estimate is about 20 minutes from the beginning or thereabouts.

2 Mitsuzuri, Makidera, and Saegusa appear a lot more frequently in F/ha than they do in F/sn (where they're basically background characters that vanish after day 3-ish of the VN).


In in-universe time, how long did the "first" part of the movie last?

It's never stated. However, judging by the amount of different coloured diary logs in Taki's phone, it's likely to be that they switched for at least 2 months. The section where Zen Zen Zense plays can't be used as reference as it is unlcear as to when each event happened.

In terms, I'd say that they took a week of switches to realise the changes, and took another month getting completely used to it. Add a month after that, and that should fufill the timeline.


Why do people keep comparing Shinji to Yesod?

I'm a native Hebrew speaker, and "Yesod" (יסוד) literally means foundation or an element (like the table of elements). I'm not an expert when it come to Judaism (FYI that's because not all Jews are religious, Judaism is also a nationality), but in the Kabbalah Yesod is one the ten "Sfirot" (plural, ספירות). "Sfira" (singular, ספירה) literally means a count or to count, and in the kabbalah the Sephirot are the ten different ways or levels in which god 'reveals' itself in our world.

The Wikipedia page on the subject is much clearer in Hebrew than in English, so don't feel bad for not understanding it. It uses a ton of religious terms that even I do not recognize...

If you're wondering how does all of this relate to Shinji, beats me idk, maybe it is a reference to something else in the bible that I don't have the time to explain, but in short it could mean that Shinji is influenced by god and possesses some of his powers.

I do find it hard to believe that a Japanese writer/director would know all of this, and if they do then wow. The writers and director of the series do seem to be very knowledgeable, though.

I hope that answered your question!


What were the desires that lead to the Euphorics' powers?

As @Hakase has mentioned, Father Kanada's power is likely to be based on his religious beliefs. A lot of religious texts - biblical or no, mention smiting which is usually portrayed as lightning.

As for Ran Yurigaoka's power, A common phrase among tattoo artists is that skin is a canvas . With his obsession with skin, he probably considers it art in a way also - and tattoos a further extension of that.

Most likely though, the character designers simply thought that these powers would be the most impressive for the personas they had, and there wasn't significant deliberating on the preciseness of the connections.


Who is in charge of the monster association, Gyoro Gyoro or Orochi?

Orochi is the leader of the association. Gyoro Gyoro is just a close adviser. While he may have created him, that does not immediately mean he is more powerful or the immediate leader. Remember those two brothers in OPM, where the weak older brother created a really powerful and gigantic younger brother via his serum?


Who was the first anime character to be on a body pillow?

I can't find a specific character, but I can give you a company!

According to this Wikipedia page, the company Cospa was one of the first companies to begin printing anime characters on Dakimakura. They started in the late 90's, however it's notable that non-anime Dakimakura have been around for a long time, in the form of what the Wikipedia page calls "security objects" (some object providing psychological comfort, especially in "unusual situations"). However I cannot find any pictures of cospa's early pillows.

That said I feel that the Wikipedia source on the country is probably reliable, because it cites Patrick Galbraith's "Insider's Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan" which, along with his book "The Moé Manifesto" are great sources for answers to any other questions you might have similar to this one.


Does Nausicaä wear underpants, and if not, what outside-universe reason is there?

We don't actually know if Nausicaa wears underwear, but no, I do not believe we're staring at her naked bottom throughout the entire movie.
In the manga covers, you can see pretty clearly that she's wearing white pants under her skirt:

Not only is the manga the original work that the movie was based on, it was written and drawn by Hayao Miyazaki himself. (It's right there on the cover—story and art by Hayao Miyazaki. Wikipedia also confirms.) I don't know why he would have changed that between the manga release and the anime.
However, I won't deny that her pants in the anime are cream-colored and seem to be tighter fitting, which definitely makes it look like she's not wearing anything under her skirt:

I have seen the DVD release and can also attest that this is the same in the DVD. According to this review, it's actually the Blu-ray release that cleans up the colors:

Having never acquired the DVD release of Nausicaä due to it being a low priority. The faded quality of the version I first saw years ago probably had a lot to do with it. In 2011, Disney released the Blu-ray and last year I decided to fill a gap in my collection. That turned out to be a great decision.
Disney’s first Studio Ghibli Blu-ray release includes the movie on DVD and is of the digitally restored version. Suffice it to say this is the best the movie has ever looked in the States. The movie is presented in anamorphic widescreen in 1.85:1 ratio for both discs while the Blu-ray is in 1080p High Definition.
It is absolutely gorgeous with the colors finally being faithful. This is important due to prior releases making it look like Nausicaä wasn’t wearing any pants or underwear! The color of her pants were too close to the skin tone used and got lost in the mastering before this release.

Here is a gallery of images from the Blu-ray release. We can see that, while the pants are still not as white as in the manga, they are definitely a different shade from her face:

I wouldn't say that Ghibli films have "a bias against prudishness". They'll show underwear or a bath scene if it makes sense to show it, but by anime standards, they're quite sparing with nudity and sexual themes. Miyazaki himself is usually considered a feminist; here is one of many articles I found praising the feminist themes in his work. Even without all the other evidence, it just doesn't feel in character for Miyazaki to draw a heroine with no pants and no underwear running around exposing her naked rear end through an entire movie. So even if all we had was the DVD release and didn't have the Blu-ray or manga to suggest it to us, my vote would still go to "no, she's wearing pants".


What does this grinning gesture signify?

My understanding of it is basically that they are making a face, except it's different to how we usually know it. These are how they do it nowadays:

They are all making a face and saying "bi~". It is exactly the same as how we make a face, but Japanese style. I don't have research evidence to support this, but I have consulted quite a few Japanese people who lived in Japan for quite a while and they all agreed to my statement, so I do think it's very reliable.


Which musical piece is this from Code Geass?

It's an unreleased piece from the soundtrack called Path of Decisions. You can find it here:

Code Geass: Unreleased Album - 30 Path of Decisions


Name of the song that Conan played in Season 1 Episode 11: Moonlight Sonata Murder Case

The song is "Shave and a Haircut, Two Bits".


Is the Super Dragon Ball Heroes special part of the Super Dragon Ball Heroes anime story?

Super Dragon Ball Heroes is an fan-made anime going with great popularity and anything can happen in fan-made animation. Although the release date of Dragon Ball Super 2 is not known yet but if you can read the manga for that if you are excited for that. Current arc if of Goku UI vs Moro is going on in that manga.


Can the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan affect people without direct eye contact?

I am going by the assumption that you mean, techniques that required eye contact previously, but after obtaining the EMS (eternal mangekyou sharingan) no longer do.

In which case, the answer would be no. The EMS allows users to tap into more techniques at less chakra cost. And more importantly, without the side effect of turning blind. But does not, for example, allow the Amaterasu to burn people without making eye contact. All though It does not have to be direct eye contact.


Is there a Naruto and One Piece crossover manga?

Kishi and Oda make reference to each others works from time to time.

For example, One Piece made a reference to Naruto in chapter (766):.
Nami's dress with has symbol on it, and how there's a fox eating ramen with a whirlpool on its back.
Kishi also put a One Piece skull and crossbones (along with the straw hat) on the very last page of the last chapter of Naruto.

Although there are no offical crossovers, there are many fanfics about this.


Why are Ghouls worried all people from Tokyo become Ghouls?

During the last arc all investigators, as well as ghouls society, were joined together to defeat the main villain. During that time everyone were convinced by Kaneki that ghouls and humans should leave in the same place happily without harming each other.
So from the above explanation, you may have noticed that the Goat organization created by kaneki has one and only single policy to protect others as well as humans.
It's fairly straightforward that goat does not want more ghouls to be hunted by CCG and so to happen that, they were afraid of all humans becoming ghouls and more severe hunting would be there and CCG will not cooperate with them for sure.


Why did Goku recruit Frieza but not gotenks

Gotenks has a time limit plus we dont know if fused characteres are allowed. Probably not, since fusion would end before the tournament and you would have 11 members in the arena when 10 members are allowed.

Freezer is way much stronger than Gotenks. Gotenks SSJ3 was less strong than duplicate Vegeta in base form https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1Jxo4gDdzs . Vegeta and Goku are in a similar level. Freezer is said by Beerus to be in the same level than SSB Goku.

Roshi can beat Raditz by far now. He could handle many Freezer soldiers, he could beat Tien who was able to defeat Burter and Jeice who were over Vegeta's 30000 power level of that time (probably between 40000 - 45000) . Tien could also hold second form Cell, deflect a Majin Buu Gohan absorbed attack, resist a punch in the stomach from mystic Gohan and not pass out, etc. Also Roshi, Krilin and Tien experience are taken into account. In a sparring match, Krilin defeated Gohan by pushing him outside of the arena, outsmarting him. He almost outsmarts Goku in a sparring match too, in spite of being much less weaker than them just like Tien and Roshi are.