Shiraui Tsumugi is a 融合個体 (yuugou kotai, meaning "fusion individual organism") created with the intent of serving as a biological weapon (生体兵器 = seitaiheiki). As such, Ochiai's intent as to whether Tsumugi has a sex and/or gender is unknown.

“Sex” and “gender” bear disparate meanings (though many people accidentally conflate these words). In the technical distinction, “sex” is a neutral word referring solely to physiology including differences in reproductive organs, brain chemistry, and hormones, whereas “gender” refers to cultural constructions/assumptions about what personality traits and behaviors best suit (or are innately connected to) a particular biological anatomy. It is not clear whether or not Tsumugi subscribes to a belief in gender essentialism or what "her" specific concept of "female gender" would include and not include. Tsumugi does not seem to have any focus on or concerns regarding gender identity. However, the creators have implied that Tsumugi identifies as female through the following aspects:

Tsumugi was given a female seiyuu (voice actor) and speaks in feminine Japanese rather than masculine Japanese (more details on Japanese gendered language can be found here at Tofugu)
Tsumugi's mannerisms culturally align closer to the gender norms of Japanese girls and women than to 1) Japanese men or to 2) Shinatose Izana's mannerisms which were intentionally written as gender-ambiguous (since Izana is intersex)
Tsumugi's bodily form features what looks like the shape of a very fluttery dress
Tsumugi likes Nagate from the get-go, which could imply that Tsumugi possesses memories of Hoshijiro, who was both biologically female and mentally identified as female

Tsumugi's sex is unknown (whether or not the body has any female anatomy and could reproduce in kind). Gauna are not understood to bear distinct bodily organs, but on the other hand, Gauna placenta are able to replicate a functioning human uterus. In real life, even plants can reproduce and are labeled in science as “male” or “female,” or even “male” and “female” parts on the very same individual plant, without needing to reproduce by sexual intercourse of the human kind (using the words “male” and “female” for these plant parts makes their reproduction easier to describe). On the other hand, some humans cannot naturally reproduce (infertile, or use in vitro fertilization), but no one is unwilling to call them “male” or “female” due to that limitation
alone, since that is not what verifies whether or not they are indeed male or female (biologically and in identity). So even without organs it is possible that Tsumugi could be biologically female in addition to identifying as female in gender. Interestingly, Tsumugi's tentacle (触手 = shokushu) arguably looks rather phallic, but it does not seem to be perceived this way by the other characters.


How many Tasogare Otome x Amnesia manga chapters covered by anime?

Based on the information written in Mangaupdates page of Tasogare Otome x Amnesia, the anime started at chapter 1 (with different settings) and ended at at chapter 23.


If a killed Saiyan is revived does he/she receive a zenkai boost?

A zenkai boost is given by damage received so not neccesarily a near-death experience. But near death is probably one of the highest possible boosts obtainable. I highly suggest reading this for more info about zenkai. So to come back at your question it depends on how they are revived. For example if they are still damaged and in a near-death state their zenkai boost will be extremely strong. But if they are revived fully recovered with almost no damage then their zenkai boost will be very low. If they are recovered with no damage at all then they wont have a zenkai boost.


Why didn't the Survey Corps just use the top of the Walls as a way to get to Shiganshina?

Standard spoiler warnings here. This information covers Episode 8 of Season 2 of Attack on Titan.

  Towards the end of Episode 8 in Season 2 of Attack on Titan, we do see Commander Erwin travel across the wall. Shortly after, you see  that they have a rather simple lift system to transport them from the ground to the top of the wall and vice versa. From the series of shots that feature the lift system, only 1-2 horses can ride the lift at a time. But they do appear to have more than one lift as three separate lifts can be seen from one particular shot in the episode. That being said, the lift system looked incredibly inefficient and slow.

Also, more spoilers below from the anime and manga, but the formatting prevented me from listing and hiding the content so please read at your own risk.

So, using the information from Episode 8, and from other places within the anime and manga, let's do a recap of the relevant information:

The walls are circular and never connect to each other in any way, shape, or form. Using the photo attached for visual comparison, you can see that none of the walls connect to each other. Ground transportation usually occurs at doors, or entrances, found at certain points along each wall. If you were to look at this mathematically, consider Wall Maria our very own geometric circle that has two circles inside of it (Wall Rose, Wall Sina). And, being a circle that encloses two other circles, we can agree that the center of Wall Maria will also be the center of Wall Rose and Sina. Therefore, the fastest way to travel within Wall Maria, Wall Rose, and Wall Sina, will be along the radius of the circle (through the entrances of the walls, in this case) and not the circumference (along the wall). I think we can agree there would be some exceptions to this, but for the most part, you would want to travel through the radius of the circle, usually in the direction of a wall entrance, as that would be the fastest way to your destination.
The current lift system, or what little of it that we saw, is incredibly slow and inefficient. The lift system could transfer only 1-2 horses at a time. Because of the inefficiency, the time taken to transport horses via lift would lead to time added to your journey. You would need independent operators, aside  from anyone in the squad, to operate the lifts when you want to get to the top or bottom. You would need lifts on either side of the wall, and to make this most convenient you would need them in several locations along the wall. Since you need operators for the lift, the lifts would have to be located near populated areas, and the distance from a lift to very rural area along the wall may limit your operators which may limit your lifts.

I know it seems safer to travel the walls to get to places, but in most cases our heroes are rushing to a location for damage control, and it seems most logical to take the fastest - not the safest - route in these situations.

If it were me though, I'd travel the wall.

A picture of the lift system implemented by the Survey Corps (Vol. 13, Chapter 51, 8):


There appear to be a few religions in Amestris (or potentially a few views or denominations belonging to a single religion), and we can see actions from several people that denote a religious following.
Truth and God

Ironically, the being who is canonically referred to God seems to have little to no religion based around it (the same for Truth). They are essentially all-powerful beings of nature, but garner little attention from those outside alchemy (who are generally atheists).
Letoism

In the town of Lior, a priest, Father Cornello, has been given a Philosopher's Stone by an at-the-time undisclosed party. Leaving his fellow Lior citizens unaware of this, he manages to garner a lot of attention through miracles (smaller ones in Brotherhood, though much more effective and large ones in the 2003 anime). These miracles, according to Cornello, are from the Sun God, Leto, around whom the religion is based.
In Brotherhood, after Cornello is debunked, Letoism disappears. The 2003 anime handles it differently, and one could say that the religion lingers on.
Ishvala

Among the Ishvalans (those who remain, and their society prior to the war), there is a common belief in the Earth God Ishvala, who is said to be the one true creator, much like you could consider a typical god in a monotheistic religion. His teachings prohibit the use of alchemy, though some of his followers have stepped around this teaching and, in some cases, broken it entirely.
A note: The Ishvalan religion borrows many traits from Judaism, but I won't go into detail here.
Other religions

In the 2003 anime, Ed and Al end up in Aquroya, where they meet a woman named Clara. There are signs later that she is not fully committed to this religion (though her churchgoers are), and not much is said about it, except that (according to Clara) Ed and Al's bickering "goes against God's will."
There appear to be few mentions of religion outside of Letoism, Ishvala, and this small religion in Aquroya; I would wager a guess that any other mentions of "God" (by non-alchemists) belong to this same unnamed religion. It appears to borrow traits from Catholicism (or Christianity as a whole), which would line up with early 1900s in Germany, if I recall correctly.
The Eastern Sage and the Sage of the West are also regarded somewhat as religious figures, the latter described as being a man of gold (his hair and eyes, and also a reference to alchemy's properties with regard to gold).
In Xing, a religion similar to Buddhism has developed, it would seem, which talks about chi and the flow of energy in the earth (referred to as the Dragon's Pulse). Likely, being a monarchy, there is also a god atop their structure, though I don't believe he is ever mentioned.


Everyone using Naruto's chakra are linked to naruto as his shadow clones would. And when Minato connected himself with Naruto, he also indirectly linked himself with all the ninjas using Naruto's chakra.


Where can I buy Suzaku Kururugi's sunglasses?

I also were unable to find a direct re-seller for those glasses. I did however find something very similar on Etsy. It also seems this person accepts custom requests, so you could also contact him for a custom design if necessary.


Why the Survey Corps doesn't find a human body inside normal titan?

The titans you are talking about are generic titans, which are different from Shape-shifting titans. Generic titans transformed permanently into titans. Their human bodies no longer exist. They can't transform back into humans. If you cut their nape, they are dead, once and for all.

This is different than titan shifters such Eren, because when they transform, they build a titan body around their human body. The human body acts as a center of control for the titan body. They can power down, whenever they want. They have inherited the Titan shifting power. That's why, if you cut the nape of a shifter, you'll find the human sitting there. And until you hurt/kill that human, they can transform again.


The physics behind walking/running is:

Kyros has a much sturdier and bigger body as compared to luffy and hence the action and consequently the reaction force on him increases. Instead of running, he is actually leaping, and his leaps are consequently bigger, which makes up for the loss of his leg.

Even if people are of comparable sizes, I believe that a one legged person can run just as fast as (or only a tad bit slower than) a two legged person. The main problem that we have when trying to run on one leg is keeping our balance. Kyros has been 1 legged for a long time and hence, clearly doesn't have a balancing problem. This may also be a factor contributing to his fast speed.


Ok, wall of text, so take your time to read.
First, these shows are aimed at teens. Since our society delegates the act of teaching children mostly to women (changing, but still), we have that the teacher is the grown female outside the teenager family circle that said teenager have the longest contact with.
In anime/manga this romantic/sexual tension is explored in several titles, like Onegai Sensei, KissXsis, and others.
So we can infer that several teenager boys have the hots for the teacher. Teenage girls ALSO have the hots for the male teacher, but I will restrain the answer to the boys' universe.
One sub-genre of anime characters regarding teachers is the Sensei-chan:

A common Japanese media character type, the female high school teacher who is fairly young, attractive, even cute, and on friendly terms with her students.
On the other hand, she is still unmarried, and very conscious about it, as well as about the lack of respect she gets.

Then we get another genre of anime characters, the Token Mini Moe:

The Token Mini Moe is a young or young-looking member of a cast designed to appeal to one of two predominant demographics. The first is those who simply find the character absolutely adorable and/or endearing and feel protective towards him or her. The character allows this sort of fan to act as and live out the role as an idealized older brother or sister (or parent) cheering their little sister on and helping her achieve whatever goals the setting deems important. The second are the Lolicons/Shotacons, who take an erotic or romantic interest in the character. Needless to say, these two groups are often at each other's throats over the character.

When the two (Sensei-chan and Token Mini-Moe) overlap, you get the kind of teacher you are asking about.
So it is a character designed to fill two roles at the same time. Depending on the needs, the Loli Teacher can appeal more to the Moe side or the Lolicon side


Philosophical meaning on how Ed beat/defeats Truth?

The following is my interpretation of the end of the series. It does not necessarily reflect the original author's opinion.
Unmarked Spoilers Below
The point of Ed's sacrifice at the end of the series is that he finally understood the truth about alchemy, and, more specifically, the Law of Equivalent Exchange.
In the intro, Alphonse says:

To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. That is alchemy's first law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only truth.

At the start of the series, Ed and Al believe wholeheartedly that almost everything can be solved with alchemy. That's why they attempted human transmutation to begin with - they see everything as an alchemical equation. They felt that there must be some way to bring back their mother using alchemy, and that there must be some way to restore their original bodies as well.
However, as the series progresses, the brothers begin to discover holes in this seemingly ironclad (fullmetal?) law of alchemy. They discover that Izumi Curtis had also attempted human transmutation, trying and failing to revive her infant child. Following this, when Edward spends some time in Resembool after visiting the ruins of Xerxes, Hohenheim suggests that the creature they transmuted back at the beginning of the series was not even their mother. Upon examining the remains, he and Pinako confirm that this is indeed the case. Knowing this, Edward comes to the conclusion that bringing someone back from the dead is impossible, which he tells Izumi in Episode 20.

This revalation is significant. If there are some things that are impossible with alchemy, like bringing someone back from death, it implies that there may be some things that do not have a set alchemical value. This throws a wrench into the law of Equivalent Exchange, since if not everything can be quantified by alchemy, Equivalent Exchange cannot be the only truth of the world.
What this other truth is, though, eludes everyone up until the climax of the series, when Edward performs his final transmutation. He realizes how he can get his brother back and keep his body. As he does this, Hohenheim seems to figure it out, too.

At this point, Edward faces Truth, and offers him his own personal gate of truth in exchange for Alphonse's body. They exchange the following dialogue (English sub of Japanese dub):

Truth: You would lower yourself to become just a normal person, unable to use alchemy?
Edward: "Lower myself," nothing. I've been just a person from the start. An insignificant human who couldn't save a little girl who had been made into a Chimera.
Truth: You're sure you'll be okay without it?
Edward (thinking of his friends and family): Even without alchemy, I still have them.
Truth: That is the right answer, alchemist. You have beaten me. Take it with you. All of it! The back door is over there, Edward Elric.

Edward has realized something critical, something that circumvents even Equivalent Exchange. What gives him value is not his ability to do alchemy, but his loved ones. In Ed's eyes, he does not exchange anything of value, yet gains "everything" (his brother, his friends, and his family). He has not been lowered or decreased at all by losing his gate ("I've just been a person from the start"), but has instead increased.
Alphonse expands on this principle when he meets with the Hughes family in the epilogue:

Alphonse: We were afforded a lot of happiness, a lot of happiness, in a lot of places by a lot of people...including Mr. Hughes. And so, now, we feel it's out turn to return the favor.
Gracia: Is that equivalent exchange, like the alchemists say?
Alphonse: No, by taking ten, and giving ten, it all ends up the same. So we take ten, put something of ourselves on top of it, and return 11. It's not much, but it's a new principle we've hit upon. Now we have to go and prove it.

This "new principle" as Alphonse puts it, is that hidden truth beyond Equivalent Exchange. It's what Edward did to get Al's body back - he took what was there (his own body), added some of himself (his gate) and was able to come out with more than what he came in with (his body and his brother).
Winry reinforces this idea again right at the end of the last episode:

Edward: Equivalent exchange! I'll give you half of my life, if you give me half of yours!
Winry: Why do alchemists have to be like this? The principle of equivalent exchange is all nonsense, isn't it?
Edward: What did you say?
Winry: It really is nonsense. Never mind half, I'll give you all of it.
Edward (after some banter): You really are amazing! You turn equivalent exchange on its ear so easily!

Winry, by giving Ed "her whole life" (or at least 85 percent of it) is once again not decreasing or losing anything, but instead gaining something, just as Ed is gaining something by giving her his whole life.
Ed drives this point home with his final line:

Edward: There's no point to lessons that don't bring with them pain. People can't gain anything without sacrificing something, after all. But once you've successfully endured that pain, you gain a heart that is stout enough not to be overcome by anything. Yeah, a heart made fullmetal.

When you go through a painful lesson, you pay the price in pain, and in turn, gain a lesson learned, but you also gain something extra - a heart made fullmetal, able to withstand anything.
So, to answer your question, he beats Truth by realizing that there are things alchemy cannot quantify, things with infinite value, and by choosing them over alchemy, he has effectively gained everything and lost nothing.


Why Oreimo changed the actual brand name in Akihabara

TV Tropes has an entire page dedicated to this phenomenon: Bland-Name Product.

Replacing brand names is a fairly common phenomenon in media. As Dimitri mx mentions, this is probably because the studios want to avoid using trademarks to play it safe. This is why parody names like "WcDonalds" and "EcDonalds" are so common in anime.

Toradora casts a snarky lampshade on this practice:

Sometimes the anime actually does use the real names, if they get the product placement properly arranged behind the scenes. For example, this was the case with Pizza Hut in Code Geass. (Hence the "Pizza Hut supports the Rebellion" memes.) For more detail, see Have there been any anime with actual product placement?

However, taking the steps to formally arrange this kind of thing requires more effort and comes with more risk, so I can see why anime productions tend to go with the less risky parody names.

For example, consider High Score Girl. This manga got into legal trouble because it directly featured lots of 90s video game content, even though its publisher, Square Enix, took steps to secure formal consent for the use of the games' characters from the various companies. In 2014, SNK Playmore launched an IP violation claim against Square Enix because of this manga, which resulted in the recall of all the volume and digital publications of the manga. It took about a year before the two parties reached a settlement and the lawsuit was withdrawn.

This case had more to do with copyright than trademark, but it's still a good example of the kind of trouble that could come arise if you're not careful enough with handling the intellectual property of others... High Score Girl really did include a lot of stuff though, so this was a particularly complex case. For reference, here's the copyright notice in volume 1 of the manga:

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What kind of transformation Trunks used in Dragon Ball Super when fighting Vegeta?

Most likely it was the fondly nicknamed Super (or ultra) transformation. The wiki calls it the Second Grade and Third Grade. It is simply turning power into Muscle mass, which greatly enhances strength, but the bulk lowers speed. Vegeta, Trunks, and Goku learned and used this transformation in the Cell Saga. Vegeta and Trunks specifically used this to beat down Cell in his second form, before Vegeta helped him obtain 18 and get his perfect form.


What's the difference between Toshiro and Ichigo's Zanpakuto lore?

Zangetsu wasn't suppressing Ichigo's powers nor was he hindering Ichigo. Zangetsu only feared that Ichigo would come to him to learn the Final Getsuga Tenshou. Zangetsu didn't want Ichigo to become a Shinigami, because he (and Ichigo) was part Quincy (and not to mention, Hollow as well).

The reason why Toushiro and Soujiro had the same Zanpakuto was explained in the anime. Go watch it.

Ichigo always had the ability to become a Shinigami because he was part Shinigami (from his father). Since his mother was a Quincy, he could have been one too. He could've become a Hollow if he wanted to. Rukia and Urahara only sped up the process.


Why was lord Muu's fissioned clone not affected by the Earth Release: Ultra-Added-Weight Rock Technique?

Mū splitted first (using the Fission Technique) before Ōnoki made him (his fission clone) heavier.

This was the order:

Naruto attacked Mū using Planetary Rasengan
Mū splitted his body while being hit by Naruto's Planetary Rasengan
Somehow no one noticed this
Ōnoki came to his fission clone and made him heavier


What's this manga with girl who does household chores and a guy in piercings and tattoos outside of school?

I think Horimiya is what you are looking for.

Most of the descriptions in your question matches the details in the first chapter of the manga.

Synopsis (From MangaHelpers)

  Hori may seem like a normal teenage girl, but she's a completely different person after school. In her workaholic parents' absence, Hori has been like a parent for her little brother since she was young herself. Between taking care of her brother, feeding them both, and housework, she doesn't have much time for a usual teenage social life. One day, she meets someone else who does not present his true self at school: a quiet, glasses-wearing boy called Miyamura. She'd assumed he was bookish, and possibly an otaku, but Hori couldn't have been more wrong. Outside of school, Miyamura is a friendly guy with many piercings, and he's not very good at academics. Now the two of them have someone with whom they can share both halves of their lives!

Here is the cover of the first volume, which shows both character in their "school mode". Note how Miyamura (the male character) leaves his hair long and has a nerdy look, while Hori (the female character) looks very stylish:

Here is a panel from chapter 1, showing Miyamura in his "after school mode" with plenty of piercing, which he hides by leaving his hair long:

Here is a panel from chapter 2, showing Miyamura's tattoos, which is the reason why he always wears an extra layer of clothes during PE to prevent the tattoos from showing through:

You might also want to check out Hori-san to Miyamura-kun written and illustrated by HERO, since it is the original work that Horimiya adapts from. The art is not as good, though, like the case with One Punch Man's original work by ONE (which looks like it is drawn with Paint) and its awesome adaptation.


How come there is contemporary technology, in addition to samurai-era and alien technology?

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

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

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


Where to watch uncensored Yu-Gi-Oh! in English dub?

There were only 9 episodes released uncensored in the US done by 4Kids and Funimation back in 2004, due a variety of issues some alleged to be licensing and contract issues, such as one with Yugi’s voice actor, Shunsuke Kazama, which was only recently cleared up with the crunchyroll a few years back. You can find them in the first 3 DVD releases.
If you want more "uncensored" English dub episodes, look for the Singapore dub as they keep things like the original's music and dialogue, but they use the dub names and the voices.
For the most part, depending on your region, you can find the dubbed episodes at http://www.yugioh.com/episodes where you can filter by series.


Why was the Sharingan's genjutsu ability not used much in the 4th Ninja War?

Using genjutsu on an enemy is futile, if they have allies nearby, who can infuse chakra to take them out of it. Genjutsu would not work on Bee, since his bijuu Gyuki would easily bring him out of it, as he did when Bee was momentarily trapped in Sasuke's genjutsu.

If Tobi were to use it on Naruto, Bee would easily bring him out of it. Moreover, during the Kazekage Rescue arc, Naruto already demonstrated that he knows how to cancel genjutsu (although it didn't work). Now he was much stronger, having learned Sage Mode and Bijuu Mode. In short, the chances of a Genjutsu on Naruto succeeding are very small.

Moreover, Tobi now had a Rinnegan, which he considered much more powerful, and wanted to try it out in battle, which he did with the so-called "Jinchuriki of Six Paths" technique.

As for Madara, his reincarnation did not go according to his plan. He wasn't meant to capture the tailed beasts, but even if he did, he did not have the Gedo Mazo to seal them in.

Further, ever since he had been reincarnated, Madara has spent more time showing off his powers, and complaining that the current generation of ninja is so weak compared to Hashirama and him than actually fighting. Casting a Genjutsu on "weak" ninja is probably not as satisfying for his pride as dropping meteors, using Mokuton techniques, Susanoo, and the like. :)


Quote from the 8th volume of the Sword Art Online Light Novel (translation from baka-tsuki):

  Shocked, I turn to look behind, and what was in front of my eyes——
  [...] it's impossible for supernatural phenomenon to happen.

  So is this a bug in the server I see? Or is it an illusion in my breath?
  Not far away, [...] there...was a translucent female player giving off a slightly golden light.

  [...] However, after a while, she extends her right hand over to us to seemingly hand something over.

  Asuna and I reached our right hands out, and as we felt the warmth, we clasped onto it tightly. This warmth entered our bodies, lighting the fire within our chest. We opened our mouths and said out the words the form within us.

  [...]

  Asuna's words rode through the night wind and reached the female swordsman. The transparent face showed a large smile——

  And in that instant, nobody was there.

  We put our hands down and remained spaced out over there for quite some time.

It was described pretty clear that Grimlock killed Griselda. Why she was still visible wasn't explained, but because she disappeared without a trace, it was most likely just an illusion or some kind of hidden feature. She's definitively dead ;).


What is Takumi's position in the Walker Family?

Usui is the son of a woman from the Walker Family, Patricia Walker, and her butler, Yuu Hirose. According to maid-sama.wikia.com:

  Usui's family has started to worry as Gerard is supposed to be the next inheritor of their wealth. So they began to search for Usui to put him under their control (they asked him to transfer to Miyabigaoka) so that they would have another inheritor in case something happens to Gerard.


What does it mean that "One for All" allows to stockpile power?

It would seem that all the unique users of One For All added their own power in the quirk- stockpile (One For All), as the earlier quirk user (his younger brother) couldn't defeat All For One, but All Might did.

It means that all the previous users had some powers of their own, which they passed down with the powers they had themselves received.


Where I can find this anime's ( Kennel Tokorozawa) all English subtitled Episodes? it's an OVA (1992 anime)

You wont, the manga on Anime News Network only has a link to the OVA indicating there is no anime.

Also Anime News Network shows no English companies associated with the OVA so you're most likely only going to find fan subs on illegal sites


Big Mom is arguably the weakest Yonko, but she makes up for this by forming allies with different nation. Hence, the numbers of her offspring.

Shanks is definitely a force to be feared for good reasons.

He has only 1 ship - As we currently know, Shanks only has a caveat of a crew in 1 single ship and that says a lot. Numbers in the OP world can mean a lot and him being in the New World with just a single ship and exceptional crew members who are known to be great at Haki (Beckman, Lucky Roo and Yasopp).
Former Cabin Boy of the Pirate King, Roger - He was known to be a part of Roger's Crew with Buggy, although this doesn't mean much because of the latter's credibility, being part of the crew might help him develop his Haki.
Haki Strength - Shanks is shown to be a master of 2 types of Haki, Armament and especially Conqueror's Haki, greatly depicted when he boarded Whitebeard's ship. He also used to occasionally fight with Mihawk, the World's Greatest Swordsman before his arm got severed.

Just these three alone would make you fear the red-haired Pirate. Also, he interrupted Kaido's attempt to attack Whitebeard during the Battle of Marineford and stopped said battle by just announcing the war is over which prompted Sengoku to do it which proves that Shanks is definitely someone you don't mess with.

If he can stop Kaido, the World Government/Marines, and make Blackbeard shiver then this just proves my point.

TL;DR Big Mom is afraid of Shanks because he's just too powerful for her.


Hmm, I think there's some assumptions in your question that needed to be fixed. First is that Father didn't opened the "Moon" gateway but opened the room for "God" that alchemy presents once there's eclipse, and that's also part of the question.
In ep61, after Father opened "God" gateway in the end of ep60, it's starts with Ed and Al reading in the alchemy book about Sun to be male and present the man specie, while the Moon does it for the female, and their combination (or eclipse) presents complete existence, non-male and non-female. Ed concludes it's not something just incredible but "God" (since God can't have male/female references).*

Backing to ep26, Ed explains the transmutation circle in Gluttony's tummy "Drop God to the ground and become perfect existence". al this coming together to the final events of FMA09 where Father fulfil that purpose, but to gain such power to pull out "God" he needed to open Earth gateway to achieve great power, only to pull out "god".

From here I will make some speculation, but based on above references they'r probably be true.
First of all, I fixed what you claimed to be "Moon gateway", we see that alchemy doesn't treat it that way, and more than that, though Father explained in ep60 that Earth has it's own gateway it seems that it used as you said because the power of alchemy. Once we will take the explanation of the alchemy source, it won't be far to say that even in other planets like Mars there's a gate, but the problem is the price - in order to open Earth gate Father needed to sacrifice the whole Amestris, who you gonna sacrifice opening Mars gate? it's empty of people.
Either than that, because Alcehmy FMA09 presented, it treated only the eclipse as "perfect existence" you wouldn't able to gain "God" powers from Mars like from the eclipse but only as much info the planet have, and unlike earth that contains people using alchemy, Mars gateway may not be strong as earth.
So though there's no evidence for other planets gateway it possible, FMA09 don't treating those beings because there's probably not much point in those, or the other way around - there's no gateway.
Once again, all this speculations based on the above, hope I answered much of your question.
*All the translation from the Anime is from non-english source, if there's some other version I will be glad to be enlighten.


Does air bending have a sub skill, and if it does what is it?

Each sub-skill is a relatively rare skill compared to the population of that type of bending that requires special training (with one exception) to learn.  As the population of air benders has been tiny and many nuanced details of the form have been lost over the centuries. Aang was a good airbender but likely didn't know everything as he was a child.  From this we can speculate that if there was one, it may have been lost.

I have not found an example in Avatar nor Korra but I'm a little behind on Korra (which is why I didn't answer quickly).

We can speculate many different interestng ways manipulating air could be specialized for different uses: sound bending, foam bending, breathe stealing, rapid oxidation, elemental separation, forcible phase transition (that could get gory),  etc. This, however, would not have any canon support.


Is there a manga with a scene where Shinji chokes Asuka?

No, I don't believe there is. The entirety of Instrumentality happens in the last volume of the Sadamoto manga (volume 14) and there was no kitchen scene during instrumetality (where coffee is spilled and Shinji strangles Asuka while standing up) and when instrumentality ended, we were taken to a new stage of the world completely back to normal so there wasn't a beach scene either.

However, there was a scene that wasn't in the anime where Shinji visits Asuka in the hospital and she gets out of bed and chokes him.


As Yuuko explains, people see her how they believe she'll look, it could be that Okonogi  believes ghosts exist but can't be seen unless they're using a medium like with the doll Teiichi exorcised which would be backed up when the "evil spirit" disappeared.

Given that since Teiichi to her is a spirit medium she is probably expecting Yuuko to be invisible and use Teiichi to speak to everyone which would explain why she can't even hear her.


Can you tell me where to find this manga?

You should check out the YesAsia website.

It has several volumes of the manga you requested for sale for around $12 (€9). These releases are only in traditional Chinese and Japanese. As for English copies, I do not believe there are good sources to buy from as of now.


Couldn't the Chimera Ant King be trapped in Knov's Nen dimension?

The plan required the Hunters to somehow force the King to move into Knov's Nen rooms, which would be almost impossible. Knov creating a Nen portal close enough to the King and pulling him into the room is ruled out. As you mentioned, just coming into contact with Royal Guard Pouf's En caused him to suffer a mental breakdown.

The next option is for the other Hunters to move the King into Knov's rooms. The Hunters could not realistically hope to achieve that given the gap in power between Chairman Issac Netero and the King.1 The Hunters were aware of this gap before entering the battle, so they wouldn't consider it.

The plan was also risky because the extent and nature of the King's powers are a big unknown. Even if they succeeded, what if the King's Nen could destroy Knov's Nen once he is inside the room, or if it could "hijack" Knov's Nen, analyze how it works and obtain the Master Key? (and so on) The Nen abilities in Hunterverse vary from compound interest to teleporting gorillas, so the King having some troublesome Nen abilities could not be ruled out.

1 The anime confirmed this gap of power rather beautifully later when one of Netero's strongest attacks scores a direct hit on the King, who was sitting on the ground, but the King just wipes some blood off his cheek.


How accurate is the World Map in The Irregular at Magic High School?

The map definitely isn't accurate (at least in that it doesn't depict quite a number of current borders correctly). For one thing, as you noted, Europe hasn't been depicted well, though it does seem that the part west of Germany is alright. However, the Czech Republic's border with Slovakia is gone, and it seems that the border with Austria is also missing. The Romania-Hungary border is also gone

When you look at South Asia though, the borders are also wrong. While the India-Pakistan border seems ok, the borders with Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan aren't there. There are a couple smaller issues with Central Asia.

I initially thought that this might be a 1900's map because of the European borders, but the North-South Korea division still seems to be there (which didn't exist at the time of Austria-Hungary), and the India-Pakistan border shouldn't have existed at the time - so as far as I can tell, this isn't supposed to be a replica of a map at some point in time in actual history.

Summary: a number of borders here and there have been omitted. I'm not as familiar with the geography of Africa and South/Latin America, but for starters, the Algerian-Tunisian border has also disappeared in this map. But there are definitely a number of noticeable errors with Central/South Asia and with Europe. So this map really isn't that accurate, even if for a lot of the "unaffected" countries it's drawn reasonably well.


Why does Naegi always appear in the closing credits along with the dead characters?

I was wondering this myself. I think there's a theory that Naegi is actually dead and this is his purgatory. We never find out what the most despair inducing event in history is because Naegi died before he could find out. He's the one who has a pretty generic high school ability. Hopes peak academy could actually be the test whether he makes it to heaven or hell in the afterlife. When they all leave we just see a shining light but no sense of the outside world.

If you think about it, the school is perfectly looked after and the fridges are all restocked daily. But who could do that? If instead we picture it as a purgatory scenario it just sets the stage for Naegi to show he can overcome despair.

I think he shows up in the ending credits along the dead characters to show that he's actually dead and when they all appear at the end it means they were all dead. But they made it to the afterlife.


Yes. It is her variable suit.

(Source: Anime's official site; ヴァリアブルスーツ = variable suit)


The vast majority of the time (easily upwards of 95% of the time, by my estimate), OPs/EDs are produced specifically for the anime they're used in. Reuse of existing songs is rare.

There are counterexamples, though, which by their very rarity prove the rule. A few select examples:

Erased reused Asian Kung Fu Generation's 2004 song "Re:Re".
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (2012 version) reused Yes's 1968 song "Roundabout".
Speed Grapher reused Duran Duran's 1981 song "Girls on Film". (Thanks, @ConMan.)
One Week Friends reused Sukima Switch's 2004 song "Kanade", though in this case, it was re-recorded with Amamiya Sora (voice actor of the character Fujimiya Kaori) as the vocalist.
And, of course, Neon Genesis Evangelion uses a great many different recordings and mixes of the classic "Fly Me to the Moon" as its ending theme.


Why do airing shows have times listed beyond a 24-hour clock?

This is a hypothesis: The time goes beyond 24 hours in order to make it easier for the viewers to identify which day of the week they should stay up late to watch the show. For example, "Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties is aired on Monday 25:35" informs the viewers that they need to stay up late on Monday.

If we write in standard 24 hours format Tuesday 01:35, it may cause some confusions:

Is the show aired at 01:35 in the afternoon, or some hours past midnight?
Some people only take note of the day of the week, but not the time: "Since it is on Tuesdays, there is no reason to stay up late on Monday".

In Japan, both 24-hour format and 12-hour format are used in everyday life activity. Therefore, a time without any indication of the period of the day such as Tuesday 01:35 might be confusing. The confusion may also be partly attributed to the cultural perception about the hours of darkness.

Quoting the Wikipedia article1 (emphasis mine):

1 The Wikipedia article lacks citation, though.

  Times past midnight can also be counted past the 24 hour mark, usually when the associated activity spans across midnight. For example, bars or clubs may advertise as being open until "26時" (2am). This is partly to avoid any ambiguity (2am versus 2pm), partly because 8the closing time is considered part of the previous business day, and perhaps also due to cultural perceptions that the hours of darkness are counted as part of the previous day, rather than dividing the night between one day and the next.

There is another notation that is commonly used, where the day of the week is the day that the viewer has to stay up late, and the time is clamped to 24 hours with some text to clarify the time. Using the same example as above, in this notation, it will be Monday, late night at 1:35.

For the purpose of reference, I do a sampling from the anime of Spring 2013 season (late night shows only):

Beyond 24 hours:

Ore Imo Season 2: チバテレビ4月6日より 毎週土曜 24:30～ 予定
DATE A LIVE: TOKYO MX 4月5日より 毎週金曜日 25:30～26:00
Hataraku Maou-sama: サンテレビにて　毎週木曜日 26:00～
Ginga Kikoutai Majestic Prince: テレ玉 4月4日より、毎週木曜 25:05～
Kakumeiki Valvrave: 4月11日より　毎週 （木） 25:35　放送開始
To Aru Kagaku no Railgun S: TOKYO MX 毎週金曜日 24:30～
Shingeki no Kyoujin: ＭＢＳ 4月6日より 毎週土曜 25時58分～
Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride (it uses both syntax): AT-X リピート放送 (火) 28:30～29:00
Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko: MBS 毎週土曜日 26時28分～

Clamped to 24 hours, but the day of week is the one before:

Arata Kangatari: テレビ東京 2013年4月8日（月）から 毎週（月） 深夜 2時5分～
Haiyore! Nyaruko-san W: テレビ東京 4月7日スタート 毎週 （日） 深夜 1:05～
Hayate no Gotoku! Cuties: テレビ東京 4月8日 （月） 深夜 1時35分～
Dansai Bunri no Crime Edge: TOKYO MX 4/3 (水) ～ 毎週 （水） 深夜 0時30分～
Karneval: ＡＢＣ朝日放送： 4月3日より毎週水曜深夜 2:43～
PhotoKano: TBSにて毎週木曜日 深夜 1時58分～ 放送中！
Yondemasuyo! Azazel-san Z: TOKYO MX 毎週土曜日 深夜1:00～1:15予定 2013/4/6予定
Hyakka Ryouran Samurai Bride (it uses both syntax): TOKYO MX 2013年 4月8日 (月) 深夜 0:30～1:00
Oregairu: TBSにて毎週木曜日 深夜1時28分～ 放送中

The usage of the 2 notations are more or less equally common. We can also observe that it is more common to specify only the starting time, than specifying both starting and ending time. The data might be skewed by the fact that all the shows here are late night shows, and the sample size is quite small (17 shows).


Why don't they complete all anime episode before airing?

As Justin Sevakis mentions in his article on The Anime Economy:

Anime production is an extremely labor-intensive proposition, employing the services of up to 2,000 people per episode around the world. Most of the grunt work is now done in third world countries across Asia, and the use of digital technology has reduced costs across the board. Anime production is now as efficient as it's ever been.
That said, a single anime episode costs about US$100,000-300,000 per episode, according to various producers we've talked to. That might seem like a lot, but in reality it's pretty cheap, about on par with an American deep-cable TV show. (An American prime-time TV show can cost well into the millions.) But multiplied across 13 episodes, that nonetheless turns into a total budget of US$2-4 million.
That's a lot of money. Few companies are rich enough to invest that much in a single show. If it tanked and they lost all that money, most would never be able to recover.

What we understand from this is:

The production of each episode of anime is costly and most often, the studios cannot afford to produce a whole season before they air it.

The truth is, producing an anime is a herculean task: a gigantic amount of money and manpower get poured into every production well behind the scenes, before a single drawing is even created. The stakes are huge for every company involved, and every season will have a number of winners and losers.

They cannot afford to "risk it all" on an anime without airing it and noticing how it is received by the public. This doesn't mean that they can air a special episode before airing the main anime to decide whether the anime has a potential to be popular on not. There are many anime and shows which lose viewership during the course of the anime and all this has to be taken into account while making another episode. As Ross mentions in the comments, "Also, if the show gets cancelled or its run shortened they don't waste money on episodes that will never air."

As mentioned in this article:

While many people describe studios as being cheap, only around half the budget is often given to the anime studio, with the rest going to broadcasters and other contributing companies.
Once things get going, the producer has two basic responsibilities: make sure that the show is made well, and recover all the millions of dollars that the Production Committee spent in the first place.

They need to maintain a flow of money to tackle the loan they've taken and to arrange for the remaining budget of the show.

Note: This answer has been compiled assuming that the adaptation material for the manga is sufficient for the anime in question.

TL;DR: The main reasons that anime production does not involve finishing the production of the entire anime before airing it are:

Anime production needs as many as 2,000 people for the production of a single episode with the price ranging from US$100,000-300,000 per episode. In most of the cases, the studios cannot afford to produce a whole season before airing it because even a 12-13 episode series takes as much as US$2-4 million.

The stakes are huge for every company involved and every season will have a number of winners and losers. Hence, they cannot afford to "risk it all" on an anime without reviewing the reception of the anime by the fans and it's popularity. If the show gets cancelled or it's run shortened, they can avoid wasting money on episodes that will never air.

Only around half the budget is often given to the anime studio with the rest going to broadcasters and other contributing companies. Hence, it's the producer's job to ensure that the show is well received and to recover the millions of dollars that Production Committee spent in the first place. Hence, they need to maintain a flow of money to tackle the loan they've taken/to arrange for the remaining budget of the show.

I've also contacted Justin Sevakis asking him this very question, since he seems to be an expert on these matters and his answers cover almost all points. If he writes back, I'll update this answer to mention the highlights of what he writes as an answer.


What meaning does the phrase "Zawsze in Love" have?

"Zawsze" is Polish for "always."

So it's something along the lines of "always in love." The significance has yet to be revealed.

The original version is written as ザクシャ イン ラブ （愛を永遠に)

Which means more or less "forever in love."


Which episodes of Detective Conan are canon?


Why do cosplay competitions require prerecorded dialogue?

It seems that it is a primarily time-management strategy. From the Oyahocon Cosplay Competition rules (bold text mine):

  The music and/or prerecorded dialogue must be ready to go as soon as it is put the CD player (this means the participant must edit the music and/or prerecorded dialogue before the convention and put it on a CD). Audio file must be exactly three (3) minutes or less. There are NO exceptions to the rule. If the audio file is longer than three (3) minutes, it will be stopped when time is reached (even if it cuts the performance). Please have files recorded exactly as you wish them to be played.

From Anime Midwest competition rules:

  The pre-recorded music/dialogue submitted to the Masquerade staff must be 2 minutes and 30 seconds or less. There will be no exceptions to the "2 Minute" rule, unless you request permission prior to the convention. Any entry over the 2:30 mark will be stopped at that point.

From Anime-Expo Performance competition rules:

  Adhere to the 2 minute time limit.
  MC and video introductions will not count towards the performance time.
  Audio: Any sound necessary to express your performance (i.e. music, pre-recorded dialogue, sound effects).
  Must be comparable to a PG rating– no profanity or offensive language. Bleeps or other forms of censoring are acceptable.
  Should not exceed 2 minutes.
  Must be MP3 format.
  Must have minimum 192 bitrate.
  Try to avoid audio quality defects (audible distortion, overdriven levels, low sample-rate/bitrate).


Are there anime named after a manga, but totally different from it?

Sorry, this is not manga, but I'd like to mention The Idolmaster.

The original game of The Idolmaster is an arcade game about producing girls as idols.

However, the first anime series Idolmaster: Xenoglossia is a robot anime.
Girls ride big robots named "IDOL".

EDIT: Added some background of my understanding.

Mushi Production

Mushi Production
is one of first animation studios in Japan.
Mushi Production is known for Tetsuwan Atom which is the first Japanese anime series.
Mushi Production was founded by Osamu Tezuka who is "Godfather of Anime" and the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney.
This studio was created by manga/anime creators (animators).

At Mushi Production, animator's opinion was most important and business-side people didn't have a voice.

Lacking business sense, Mushi Production bankrupted in 70's.

Sunrise

Sunrise is a spin-off company from Mushi Production.
The founders of Sunrise knew why Mushi Production failed, so they decided a new policy that have strong business executive members and animators can't poke to the business side.
For example, animators can't become board members of Sunrise.
At Sunrise, it moves in the opposite way: animator's opinion is NOT adopted.

Sunrise had a big success in robot anime.
For example: Gundam,
Code Geass
and My-HiME.

Namco

In 2007, Namco (the game company that created Idolmaster) finished acquiring Sunrise and merged executive members.
In that time, Idolmaster was one of the most successful games by Namco.
The executives gave an order to the animator team that created My-HiME to create an anime version of Idolmaster.
Animators at Sunrise were professionals of robot anime, they weren't fit to make idol anime, but they had a policy. Therefore, they created robot anime that used characters of Idolmaster.


There are multiple factors to it:

1) Distance: Gon and Pitou were a substantial distance away from the main combat areas.

2) The varying use of In and En by the users.  During combat scenario this is very crucial vs the election which was a more friendly environment. Most of them were in their own active battles concentrating on either sneaking or fighting.

3) I believe they tend to pick up the largest active source of nen.  When the king was born, Pitou was on the look out and used her nen (En) to channel it out in a defensive grid surrounding the nest.  Everyone was so afraid to get near the nest that they wouldn't have been close enough to feel his nen in his passive state. Pitou could also have potentially masked or partially masked Gon's nen in their fight since she was fleeing away from him towards the others.

4) Gon in an enhancer, they fight by concentrating their nen into their own bodies, along with everything else on the list this would contribute to why they couldn't feel it since he tends to concentrate his nen more inwards.

And I maybe be wrong about this last one (been a while) but I thought Killua who was closest did feel the difference.


When or in what part did Milly Ashford (the school president) admit that she has feelings for Lelouch?

It has never been show if she has or ever had feelings for Lelouch. However she is very caring as demonstrated in Episode 9 - Refrain when talking to Kallen about her parents.

The Wikia does says she cares deeply for him

  Milly cares deeply about Lelouch, but realizes the need to restore her family's status by marrying a noble. She is aware of Lelouch's identity as a former prince of Britannia, since her family were close supporters of his mother, Empress Marianne. This relationship however, would lead to the family's nobility status being stripped.

"this relationship" refers to supporting Marianne who was a commoner at birth and already looked down upon by members of the royal family (though it was more jealousy that she became a wife despite being a commoner).

I remember reading somewhere (though I don't remember where so don't hold me to it) that Milly spent time with Lelouch and Nunnally as children before Marianne's death which is why despite knowing they are royalty, she can be very forward with them, making her probably the closest person alive to them to date.


Well, in chapter 436 it is revealed that, ...

   Natsu is about 400 years old. Give a few years between the flashback  and his birth and take seven years during the time-skip. He was born 400 years ago as the younger brother of Zeref. He died soon thereafter, but his body was kept intact by Zeref during all those years. The body Natsu is using in the current time-line is the exact same as that of Zeref's younger brother. More can be read at this related question about how this all came to be.


Difference Between Limited Edition and Standard Edition

There is normally an obvious difference between Limited and Started Edition anime normally defined by the content they come with, the actual episodes however aren't different.

Limited Editions of Code Geass Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 and Tales of the Abyss came with Manga and the first volume of Galaxy Angel on Amazon came with figures, pencil boards and a book.

On RightStuf the first volume of My-Z-HiME came in a special box, not like the one where you have the spins of the disk cases sticking out, this had a lid and also on one side it had the cast printed on a sheet of plastic and was positioned slightly in front of an image of the academy while the other side had Arika's jewel, there's one of it on Amazon. the Zwei OVA came with a shirt and there's one on Amazon (images say it also comes with Pencil boards, i haven't opened by box yet and i missed that note on the box about what was inside)

Puella Magi Maodka Magica on Madman the only bonus was with Volume 1 and was a box to put the other 2 Volumes in, on RightStuf you got the Soundtrack, Cards, Art Book, all glittery and shiny, also there's 2 more Limited Edition Volumes while Madman never went further than a box.

Fate/Zero subbed on RightStuf original came with a Translation book on developer interviews which was missing in the Dubbed Limited Edition.

Sword Art Online on RightStuf, along with the soundtracks, came with limited edition Weiss Schwarz cards. i also remember getting a card in each volume of Fate/Zero dubbed but i can't remember if i did with the subbed (the subbed ones went into storage for safe keeping)

NISA's Premium Editions normally come in a large box with an art book inside however Love Live! School Idol Project has 2 Premium Editions. a standard one and the Concert Set which comes with the OST.

also, NISA will oftern include a bonus item like tear resistant posters (Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress), Student Council Armbands (YuruYuri Season 2), Ties (Daily Lives of High School Boys) and RightStuf sells NISA stuff though i have yet to get a NISA Premium Edition from them since the PAL Lockout on NISA's store (Hanasaku Iroha the Movie ~ HOME SWEET HOME ~ is going t be the first). it should be noted these bonus items are in even limited supply than the Premium Edition themselves as Arakawa Under the Bridge used to come with a Kappa Mask of Chief however were out of stock by the time i started buying them

Generally a standard edition will just be a normal case with the disk inside, however Hanabee's stranded edition of Nisemonogatari DVDs are like little art books with the DVD inside while RightStuf Limited Editions includes cards, posters, soundtracks, of cause more expensive. it seems to be the same with other Monogatari releases between Hanabee and RightStuf since all the Monogatari DVDs i've brought from Hanabee has been the same book thing and i always notice a better limited edition on RightStuf

Also, Hanabee's Standard Edition of Dusk Maiden on Amnesia came with the soundtrack though i still torrented it after because like most soundtracks ripped from disk, unless you have a net connection you don't get the Meta data (Album Name, Artist, Cover Art etc.)

So as you can see it all depends on the series and where you buy them. Limited/premium editions are normally worth buying because you get something in them you don't get with a standard edition, and great for collectors since they are limited for a reason, but you should always look up both and see exactly what is different and how much more your paying for the extra stuff

NOTE: i can't get any RightStuf Links due to it being blocked at work


Why did Warren need to invent communication lacrimas?

A reason could be that the usual Lacrima crystal, which is shaped like a crystal ball, looks a bit bulky.

Why did they need to "invent" what were basically cell phones when they already had lacrimas to communicate over long distances? The Miniature Communication Lacrima invented by Warren which, as you pointed out, is shaped like cell phones are much smaller in size but has the same functionality. This makes it easier to carry around.


Are some unusual honorifics used in Shougeki no Soma actually used in regional dialects?

Those are not honorifics per say, they are suffix you can add to make nicknames, same as -chan. And they are certainly not limited to a prefecture, aka, they’re not from a dialect.


Does Yuu Otosaka remember everyone at the end of episode 13?

Sadly, he does not.

From the Charlotte Wikia:

  "Plunder" has a side effect. The more people he loots abilities from, the more memories he loses.

After absorbing tens of thousands of different abilities from people around the world he lost all of his memories.

The only thing he knows is how precious the phrasebook was to him during his journey, thus why he could never get rid of it.

The title of the episode itself, Memories to Come, foreshadows the idea that he will now be living for the memories he's yet to create. At the end of the episode he's reunited with the student council and his sister but is lost for what he should say because he doesn't share the same memories as them.

And with that, the foreshadowing from the episode title is underlined with when Takajou prompts him to be honest and Yuu responds with, "I'm looking forward to what's to come."


How did Itachi awaken his Mangekyou Sharingan?

The Mangekyou Sharingan is activated once its user experiences great loss, especially of someone close to him.
This means that Itachi did not have to kill Shisui in order for the Mangekyou to activate. What is most important for the activation is that the user feels the loss, which causes their brain to release a special kind of chakra that affects their optic nerves (chapter 619), thus awakening the Sharingan, and the Mangekyou, depending on what 'level' you were before, and on how much loss you have experienced. The more loss you experience, the more powerful the Sharingan gets.

Probably, just witnessing Shisui's death to protect the village was traumatic enough for Itachi to awaken his Mangekyou.
Also, if you remember, Sasuke's Mangekyou activated when Itachi died. He did not kill him either, but witnessing his death, even though he hated him, was traumatic enough to activate it.


Was the names of the hot springs in ep8 of Gugure! Kokkuri-san a joke/reference to another anime?

I noticed these two signs:

To me, that's a clear reference to the classic Ranma 1/2, as that series features a male protagonist who fell into a cursed spring, which made him turn into a woman whenever he got splashed with cold water. His father likewise received the same curse and turned into a panda after falling into a different spring in the same area.


HamtaroWarrior's claims that it doesn't have much to do with anime and that "It just seems to be a way to translate "Itadakimsu"." [sic] miss the point.

There is, in fact, a clear anime-related reason that "rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub" has become emblematic of over-localized translation: the abortive [gg] fansub of Toradora!! back in 2008 featured this very line as a translation of Minori's "itadakimasu" in episode 4 (around 08:52). This is an absurdly over-the-top translation choice, as any American could attest - Minori is certainly a cheerful and quirky character, but this goes well beyond that.

This was widely hailed as an innovation in trollsubbing on [gg]'s part, and was one of the factors that cemented their reputation as the leading trollsubbers of their time. I mentioned that the fansub was abortive - indeed, [gg] stopped subbing Toradora!! after episode 4, and I guess they decided to go out with a bang (all of the relevant blog posts I'd like to cite appear to have bitrotted out of existence, unfortunately). I emphasize this again - almost surely nobody actually thought that "rub a dub dub, thanks for the grub" was a good choice here. Rather, it was presumably chosen to get a rise out of its viewers (and succeeded quite well at it!).

It is as a result of this particular incident that images like this one exist (the "gg" column, at least). Likewise, the Sasami-san@Ganbaranai image in the question is a deliberate "homage" (if you can call it that) to [gg]'s Toradora!! subs of auld.


I'm sure the other people that answered are much more informed than myself, but I just wanted to say that back in 2000, Tokyopop was putting out 'Americanized' shojo manga (they changed the left-to-right format over to right-to-left, they changed character names to English names, and they often changed names of Japanese food or places to American food or places), and they put them out under a line of books they called 'Chix Comix'.
These versions were pretty much forgotten when the better ones came out later, but since they did introduce a lot of people to manga, I heard some women and girls still refer to shojo as 'chick's comics' for a few years after. Just thought I'd mention that.


The movie does not address much directly outside Tokyo. But the novelization gives a bit more context.

 It's mentioned that undoing her sacrifice means the rain resumes, flooding Japan for years to come. By the time Hodaka returns in 2024 to see Hina, most of Tokyo has been one third submerged, affecting the shape of the Kanto Plain.

This implies that the primary impact was on Tokyo and the Kanto region.


What is the plot in "Yukiochimura ni Oujosama!"?

Yukiochimura ni Oujosama! is basically a crossover epilogue from 2 of Hiro Fujiwara-sensei's work that is Kaichou wa Maid-sama! and Yuki wa Jigoku ni Ochiru no Ka (Does Yuki Go to Hell).

If you try to read the plot or summary from the Wikia, there's a 100% chance that you'll be still confused. Why? Well, you might want to read the other manga if you want to know the whole story and get the emotional investment that Hiro-sensei put there. You're basically spoiling yourself for Yuki wa Jigoku ni Ochiru no Ka manga if you read the crossover first.

However, if you still want the explanation about the whole story of this special edition, you'll need a quick back story for the other manga:

   The dude, the black-haired high-schooler one that speaks English also the newly transferred triplet's classmate you saw, he's Takaya. The 5 other people that you saw later in the chapter is his friends and the blond waitress is his girl. Long story short, the dude sacrificed himself for the sake of his village (the Mutsuji Village) and friends. He died 16 years ago. That dude was reborn again as an infant straight after his sacrifice. His memories are still intact and decide he's old enough to be with them again back at the village. That's the whole premise.

Meanwhile, we have Usui and Misaki's kids: Usui Sara and Usui Rui.

The story starts as the family of four went for a trip to Kyoto. Usui and Misaki albeit reluctant, let those chibis on their own while they're on a date with sort of a deal that Rui is constantly communicating with his parents.

Sara is restless. The girl hates mundane things, is a huge mystery geek and wished for something exciting happens instead (supposedly, Kyoto is a Japanese mystery shack in her eyes).

Then they stumble into 'Enma-kun's Lodge', a shop where the mascot of Mutsuji village resides in the city. There, they met the triplets. They see the triplets struggling with foreign visitors due to their lack of English speaking ability, and Sara lits up thinking she can do something interesting by helping them. Her moment, however, was stolen by Takaya. Yes, the Takaya (the formerly dead-dude Takaya).

Sara senses something is off with Takaya's vibe. Takaya decides to help the triplets with their 'Trip to Enma-kun's Hometown, a Day-trip to Mutsuji village' travel guide job. That's when Sara said "I finally find something interesting" and thus forcing Rui to embark on her mystery journey as both Holmes and Kindaichi towards the mysterious Mutsuji village.

After watching Takaya's interaction with the triplets' twin younger sisters, Sara confirms aloud to her brother that she does find Takaya's aura suspicious and sensing there are incidents in Mutsuji village, while her brother complained about her character inconsistencies.

Upon arriving, you'll find places that's an Easter egg for the other manga, as Sara sense Takaya's wistful aura while they're sightseeing. the group arrived at a cave (those Japanese creepy caves), and Sara's mystery senses went overboard, Takaya then said "I wonder... It's possible, isn't it? For there to be a corpse or two." (is both teasing Sara and subtly hinting manga trivia)

Takaya then ask about the roads which the triplets explain about villagers believes that there is a god living in the cave that protects Mutsuji. The triplets then wish them to have a break and stop by Mutsuji's famous local cafe, while Sara on the other hand, shamelessly address that Takaya has some sort of revenge plot, and try to interrogate him. Takaya bluntly said he has no means to play along with her plot and states that he's here simply to meet his girlfriend.

Sara is deflated and utterly discouraged by the revelation that her 'mystery journey' was in fact a mere romance or fantasy story. The triplets then after securing seats in the cafe by phone, proceed the group to the infamous cafe Mutsuji.


How do the visions happen when Itami hits his head on EP.1?

It is not known if he really saw them or if it was a flash shown only to the viewers. Itami never acted on these visions, not did he mention them or even showed any deja vu towards the girls.

My bet is on the something else hypothesis:

1:

   The gate main function is to bring different species into the special region. It is revealed when they visit the wizard's cities, and the grand master delivers her report to Ruri.

2:
There are gods in the world of Gate, and several of them are very powerful. Rori is a (probably old) demigod, you can put the gods' powers a level of magnitude above Rori's.

From 1) and 2), we can speculate that:

   some deity linked the gate to Japan, for some undisclosed purpose. That same deity could have sensed Itami and sent these visions to him, to guide his path.


The instrumental music during Midoriya's monologue on My Hero Academia season 3's prologue

This one is about the first 30 seconds of "Combat Liscense!".

It's the 5th song of disk 2 for the third OST (My Hero Academia 2018 Original Soundtrack)

Link to Amazon MP3 JP for preview, proof and a possible where to buy.

Note: track is about half way down under the Kanji 戦闘許可!


Is it possible for Gohan to transform into a super saiyan while in his ultimate form at the same time?

When the Old Kai used his Unlock Ability to released Gohan ultimate form, he actually released his full potential.
Meaning, this is the best that Gohan could get at this time been.

Although it's only my opinion and not an official resource, Gohan could not transform into super saiyan not only because it's a weaker form, also it's because a new individual form entirely.
And that's why he didn't transform into a super saiyan when he reached this level at the first place.


Where is it mentioned that Gon didn't get his Nen back after being healed by Something/Nanika?

I believe that Gon's aura is still there just not nearly as much as before. i think he gets it back or something because after Gon meets his dad and he and Killua split ways, Gon and his father fight together in the Dark Continent Arch. I'm not sure what happens in that arch yet because I haven't read the manga just yet.


Which chapters from the manga that haven't been made as anime yet in "Detective Conan"?

According to this list the anime adaptation of chapter 975-980 is scheduled to air in the next four weeks (March 3, March 10, March 17 and March 24), while chapter 984 and above are not scheduled as animation yet.

To go the other way around as of now the following manga chapters have aired as anime:

Everything up to chapter 974
Chapters between ch. 981 and 983

Note: My answer shows the state of releases on Fepruary 28, 2018. I'm also assuming the asker has watched every episode released as of this date, so up to episode 893.


How did the Incubators start making Magical Girls?

Witches are not needed for the Incubators. Witches are needed for the survival of the magical girls. The Incubators could not care less about what happens to the magical girls as long as there are enough girls to turn into Puella Magis.

The sole purpose of the Incubators making Puella Magis is to generate energy. There would be no need to have witches.

Of course, there is another explanation. Familiars can form from Puella Magis before they turn into a witch. Since Familiars can become witches themselves, it's possible for the first Puella Magis to encounter witches.


What does it mean that Gintoki and his friends are "Yorozuya"?

Yorozuya means Jack of All Trades. Other subs translated Yorozuya into Odd Jobs.

They are called so because they would do any job at all for money. Any jobs ranging from chasing after run away cats to saving the world.


The anime covers the encounter with the water spirit in episode nine of season one.
While asking the spirit about getting the ingredient (a part of her body), Montmorency informs Saito that the spirit is immortal, and so has a different perception of time. After later learning that she is seeking the ring of Andvari, Saito immediately promises to find and return the ring.
Guiche mocks him, saying a spirit won't trust some non-mage commoner it's never met. The spirit immediately agrees, saying that Gandalfr has kept his promises before, so he can be trusted. She hands over the ingredient in the same action.
At this stage they do not know what "Gandalfr" really is, but the mission is accomplished. When Montmorency questions him why he would so casually agree to it, saying how he'll find it one day, he points out that since the spirit is immortal it won't really mind if it takes years for him to complete the quest.
The ring remains unreturned in the novels. You can expect it to remain that way forevermore:

We regret to report that Zero no Tsukaima's creator has passed away from his long battle with cancer. May he find rest in Halkeginia.
Noboru Yamaguchi R.I.P
11/2/72-4/4/13


This is expanded on more in the manga, in this instance he had been testing his abilities for hours and had transformed three times with his titan form being smaller and weaker each time and with little control over himself on the second attempt.

The third transformation resulted in the opening scene of the anime episode.


What is the significance of the symbol in Tanaka's eyes?

That's a "doubleware" crest, meaning that aside from Tokio (from //Link and //Versus) Tanaka is the only other doubleware revealed up until now.

Doubleware humans can withstand Real Digitize themselves within the virtual world without worrying about "Outer Dependency Syndrome," the gradual erosion of their mind and digital body.


Who is the person in the Akatsuki cloak in Chapter 702?

He is Shin Uchiha

   Shin Uchiha  is a shinobi who was once Orochimaru's follower and also a test subject for genetic experimentation. He intends to revive Akatsuki and return conflict to the world so that humans can once again evolve through it. Despite his surname he is not truly a member of the Uchiha clan. At some point Shin became intrigued by Itachi Uchiha and began to imitate the Uchiha Clan, adopting their surname and customary clothing, as well as numerous Sharingan which have been implanted all over his body. His Sharingan-embedded right arm was harvested by Orochimaru and transplanted to Danzō Shimura along with some of Hashirama Senju's cells. Some time after this Shin left Orochimaru's side, taking most of his clones with him. His treats his clones as son as well as organ donors.

Some speculation say he can be Shisui Uchiha, his body didn't got found yet. He has the reason to hate sasuke because he killed his friend. Maybe Orochimaru helped him to get this eyes in his arm and head, as he done something similar to Danzo.


What is Gin and Matsumoto's relationship in Bleach?

With regards to Gin and Rangiku's relationship, the anime does not significantly deviate from the manga. I do not recall all the details of every chapter, but the Bleach wiki pages for Gin and Rangiku does not mention anything different from the anime.

   Given how Gin spent 100 years and even betrayed Soul Society to get revenge just for making Rangiku cry, it is very unlikely this was "just friends". Likewise, Rangiku seemed to be having feelings for Gin, though there is less evidence of that.


What were the two siblings referencing in episode 5 of No Game No Life?

Judging by how they said "Laputa is real" as soon as they see it, I googled 'Laputa', and it seems to refer to Laputa: Castle in the Sky, which is a Studio Ghibli film. The poster on the Wikipedia page has the main characters who seem to match the attire that Sora and Shiro change into.

As for the partly censored word they say later, when trying to figure out how to get up to Avant Heim, I am not sure if it is linked to the movie since I haven't seen it. However, considering they comment that "the servers here are better", it seemed like they were using an abusive/offensive word to see if something would glitch. MMORPG games usually kick out players who use such speech, and while I can't recall exactly which game / instance this might be referring to, I have heard similar references before.


Colossal Titan is much much bigger than the Armored Titan, yet both of them are of the same or at least similar age.

As another comparison, Jaw Titan is of the same if not older age than Eren yet much much smaller.

So there is no relationship between their age and their size.

Another example Connie's mother. Despite being old, she didn't turn into a huge titan. In fact she only became a small titan.


Which is Kraft Lawrence's familiar name, and which his surname?

I'm pretty sure "Lawrence" is intended to be his surname/family name and "Kraft" his personal name. My recollection from the anime is that he is occasionally referred to as "Lawrence-san," which while permissible for a personal name would be unusual enough to be remarked.

Moreover, he's frequently referred to as "Mr. Lawrence" by people who would have absolutely no reason to call him something cutesy like Mr. Personal-name. For example, in the Vol. 1 of the light novel (Yen Press translation), Marheit (head of Milone Trading, features in the silver trenni arc) calls him "Mr. Lawrence" on pp. 238, 243, 248, 260... pretty much throughout their interactions.


How much does the Chuunibyou anime differ from the light novels?

According to this post, the Director, Tatsuya Ishihara mentions in a NewType article that:

Shinka Nibutani appeared in the novel, but Kumin Tsuyuri and Sanae Dekomori are anime original characters. The reason they were created was that there wouldn't be enough characters for a TV series. Similarly, the story has been arranged to have many new elements added.
"The amount of novel material we had was insufficient even though it was published via Kyoto Animation's KA Esuma label. In short, it feels more like an original series from our company. Because of that, we put so much effort into this series. 'Make it entertaining until the very last scene!' We put in every entertaining moment we could think of and arranged them together. The end is also different from the novels. We hope you enjoy watching it until the very end."


Why did Wraith disguise herself as a man?

No particular reason is ever given for why Wraith chooses any particular disguise throughout the anime series or novels. Her M.O. involves cycling through an entire range of different disguises, male or female. The overriding purpose is that she blends into whichever environment she is seeking to infiltrate. That, and to ensure her true identity is as concealed as possible: in that case, pretending to be a man is doubly useful, in that it makes her less likely to be identified as the notorious (female) Wraith.


How come islanders don't have knowledge to create titan serum even though Reiss family have them?

This might be the knowledge that only the Fritz family knew about, which Grisha Jager killed in the first place. or maybe, only the wielder of the founding titan from a royal bloodline knows how to make it. As you might know, every royal who inherits the founding titan also inherits the previous wielder's memories and king Fritz's will of peace.


What's the tune that Noel is humming in Sora no Method?

I got it. The title of the OST is Hoshi no kakera. Hoshi no kakera is 2nd ending theme by fhana. It is the ending theme of Episode 7.


What is the name of the song that plays at ~7:25 in Episode 18 of Try?

Jumped the Gun(dam) here. Show finished Airing 4/2015, and looked for OST around then. OST was released in Dec-2014. However in 2015, a Second OST was released. Found the track: "New Dimension Overlord Flow".
Interesting that the 2nd OST isn't listed on Gundam Wikia.


Where can I buy High School DxD English-translated novels?

The novels do not have a official English translation.


Is there a Sword Art Online/Accel World crossover?

There is a crossover, but it is still just a Special Chapter called Versus. It is just a fight between Kirito and Silver Crow, caused by a special dive machine. You can read a english version here.

  Kazuto (Kirito) was on a part-time job to test out the 4th generation FullDive machine created by Rath. He was told that other users had seen a ghost and so he was there to check if it was true. During the dive he saw a robotic figure. He instinctively grabbed the sword hung on his back, only to discover that he was his avatar from Sword Art Online, Kirito the Black Swordsman. He looked up and saw a timer, health bar, stamina gauge on both sides of his vision, his login ID "KIRITO" on the left side and his opponent's ID, SILVER CROW, on the right.


What is the meaning of the title "Bad Apple", and which characters appear?

The song "Bad Apple" was originally the stage 3 theme from Touhou 5 Lotus Land Story. The popular version by Alstroemeria Records is a lyrical remix of that. Because Elly was the boss for stage 3, she makes an appearance towards the end of the video despite being a minor character.

There isn't any real explanation in the game as to why the song would be called "Bad Apple". Many original Touhou music pieces have names that don't really match the plot in any way, and as far as I know ZUN has never specifically explained this title. However, it is true that the popularity of the remix may be in part because it casts the series in a somewhat darker and more serious tone than the ordinary moe artwork, as the name would suggest.

As for the characters, I'll list them in order of appearance. The times correspond to when they first appear, and the names link to the relevant articles on Touhou Wiki.

0:00 Hakurei Reimu (博麗 霊夢)

0:15 Kirisame Marisa (霧雨　魔理沙)

0:28 Patchouli Knowledge (パチュリー・ノーレッジ)

0:36 Remilia Scarlet (レミリア・スカーレット)

0:45 Izayoi Sakuya (十六夜 咲夜)

0:50 Flandre Scarlet (フランドール・スカーレット)

0:58 Konpaku Youmu (魂魄　妖夢)

1:03 Saigyouji Yuyuko (西行寺　幽々子)

1:11 Onozuka Komachi (小野塚　小町)

1:18 Shiki Eiki Yamazanadu (四季映姫・ヤマザナドゥ)

1:25 Fujiwara no Mokou (藤原　妹紅)

1:32 Kamishirasawa Keine (上白沢　慧音)

1:39 Yagokoro Eirin (八意　永琳)

1:45 Houraisan Kaguya (蓬莱山　輝夜)

1:51 Prismriver Sisters (プリズムリバー三姉妹), from left to right, Lyrica, Merlin, and Lunasa

1:59 Chen (橙)

2:00 Yakumo Ran (八雲　藍)

2:01 Inaba Tewi (因幡　てゐ)

2:02 Reisen Udongein Inaba (鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ)

2:05 Inubashiri Momiji (犬走　椛)

2:07 Kochiya Sanae (東風谷　早苗)

2:11 Kagiyama Hina (鍵山　雛)

2:12 Yasaka Kanako (八坂　神奈子)

2:15 Moriya Suwako (洩矢　諏訪子)

2:22 Yakumo Yukari (八雲　紫)

2:27 Hinanawi Tenshi (比那名居　天子)

2:36 Shameimaru Aya (射命丸　文)

2:41 Ibuki Suika (伊吹 萃香)

2:48 Alice Margatroid (アリス・マーガトロイド)

2:54 Kawashiro Nitori (河城 にとり)

3:02 Kazami Yuuka (風見　幽香)

3:09 Elly (エリー)

3:20 Hakurei Reimu, PC-98 appearance

3:24 Kirisame Marisa, PC-98 appearance


Apart from Momotaro's Sea Eagles, did any other animated propaganda survive WWII?

"Toy Box Series Episode 3: Picture Book 1936" (オモチャ箱シリーズ第3話 絵本一九三六年) could count, depending on when you regard WWII and the second Sino-Japanese war as starting. (1934 in Anime English Wikipedia page listing it)

Here's a YouTube link. Warning: some of the comments in the comment section are racist.

From Boing Boing: 1936 1934 Japanese cartoon with evil Mickey Mouse

  Mickey Mouse flies in with a squadron of mouse-headed pterodactyls to
  attack an island populated with cute Japanese animals, including a
  surreal Felix the Cat with sausage-link arms. Link (Via Pink Tentacle)

    [I]n the aftermath of the Mukden (Manchurian) Incident and Japan’s
    announced withdrawal from the League of Nations after the League
    concluded they were the aggressor, right wing elements in the country
    started an opinion campaign that once the Five Power naval limitation
    treaty ran out in 1936, America was planning to attack Japanese
    possessions, so Japan needed to expand its military… just in case..
    Apparently, this cartoon was an attempt to stir the pot."'

Browsing Wikipedia's XXXX in anime list, I came across Sankichi the Monkey: The Air Combat in the 1942 year. Here's a YouTube link featuring English subtitles.


Why was Neji Hyuuga surprised to see Naruto's Kage Bunshin no Jutsu in the Chuunin Exams?

I'm not sure if Neji was exactly surprised, or if it was more of a realisation of the how the technique worked and of its potential.
But anyway, my take is that this is something like a "minor plot hole". I say this because although, as you said, Naruto performed this jutsu in his fight against Kiba, no one seemed to give any attention to it. In that fight, Naruto's accomplishment (somewhat) was the fact the he mastered the Henge no Jutsu.

In the beginning of the fight, Kiba remembers watching Naruto at the academy trying to perform Henge no Jutsu and completely failing it. Then, during the fight, Naruto is able to transform into Akamaru, and that seems to be the main focus of the battle. This flashback and transformation are shown in chapter 75, called "Naruto's Growth". In this chapter, although everyone sees the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu, only Shikamaru seems to notice that it is Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. He is the only one that makes a remark about the combination of this jutsu and the Henge no Jutsu. Plus, in this scene, Neji does not have his Byakugan activated, a relevant piece of information for the point I'm about to make.

Naruto's fight with Neji begins in chapter 100. In this chapter, Naruto begins by realising he cannot get near Neji to attack him, so he'll have to attack from a distance, and thus he creates some clones with Kage Bunshin no Jutsu. Here, this technique plays a central part in the actions about to occur, which is accentuated by the fact that shinobi in the audience (unlike what happened in Naruto's fight against Kiba) take notice of the fact that Naruto is able to use a Jounin level jutsu. Plus, here Neji has his Byakugan activated, which means he can see chakra flow and tenketsu and all that. Possibly, this was the first time he laid eyes upon such a technique with his Byakugan. I say this because, unlike what you say in your question, the Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is not such a popular technique, taking into account that it is a forbidden jutsu. It may be used often in the battlefield, but back then, Neji would probably never have seen it in action.

Neji's realisation that it is Kage Bunshin no Jutsu is used to make the reader understand (or to remind him, since I cannot recall if it was explained before) the difference between this jutsu and the Bunshin no Jutsu in terms of chakra flow and its physical properties. Also, strategically, the fact that Neji understands this is essential, which leads him to, after being surprised, state that "In the end, there's only one true body".


What is the song that plays at the end of episode 3 after Yuri finishes his performance?

This appears to be an edited version of the track known as "Circles" in the newly released OST album YuTra. Here's a link to the Spotify upload of it. The resemblance should be clear if you start listening to the track from the beginning and compare it to the BGM in the episode.


Well, somebody has to do the grunting.

It may sound like I'm joking, but I'm really not. I don't know if canned grunts or grunt SFX packages exist, but I don't think the producers would want to use them - Seki has to grunt in a number of different ways and in a number of different contexts, and when you get down to it, Seki's grunts can really be quite emotive.

You could, in principle, have Seki be completely soundless, but that would be unrealistic - unlike the dude from Non Non Biyori, he does interact with the other characters to a substantive degree, and if he didn't make a single noise, it would be kind of weird.

For illustrative purposes, I have compiled a collection of Seki grunts and related noises from episodes 1 and 2 (http://vocaroo.com/i/s0PuflktAAbw; do forgive the shoddy editing). I hope you will agree that this stunning performance on Shimono Hiro's part is reason enough to have a voice actor for Seki. For an even better illustration, watch episode 16 from roughly 4:20 until the ending credits (the part where Yokoi is messing with him) - he vocalizes a lot there.


That's clearly a translation error. from what I read, Kurama says that he's merging the disseminated chakra into one.And since there is no Gedo Statue, he's using the Susano'o as the receiving vessel.


Was Croix and his party the only ones to enter Frelia's Binary Field?

They aren't Diving into Frelia: Shurelia has free access to the Binary Field due to being the Tower Administrator, so she was merely playing along with Mir's game. But as for Aurica and Misha, they aren't actually there: what you saw there are replicas of them created from data copied from the Beta-6D SH Server where their Cosmosphere are located (according to the Garden of the Goddesses Visual Book).

Also, their proper names are Miu and Leila (the latter being another reference to AT1's Binary Field), so NISA failed once again with the names.


Why does the use of CGI in anime seem unrealistic as compared to other western animations?

If by western animation, you mean movies made by studios like Pixar, the major factors in play is the budget and technical expertise. Budget-wise, Pixar has a $200 million budget for "Finding Dory":

Budget numbers are usually pretty hard to come by for anime but there's been some research on the matter by the Media Development Research Institute. At this link, it breaks down the budget for a 30 minute timeslot anime episode, which really boils down to about 21-22 minutes minus the commercials and OP/ED.

  Original work - 50,000 yen ($660)
  Script - 200,000 yen ($2,640)
  Episode Direction - 500,000 yen ($6,600)
  Production - 2 million yen ($26,402)
  Key Animation Supervision - 250,000 yen ($3,300)
  Key Animation - 1.5 million yen ($19,801)
  In-betweening - 1.1 million yen ($14,521)
  Finishing - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)
  Art (backgrounds) - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)
  Photography - 700,000 yen ($9,240)
  Sound - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)
  Materials - 400,000 yen ($5,280)
  Editing - 200,000 yen ($2,640)
  Printing - 500,000 yen ($6,600)

Even if we lop all of the production plus animation and photography, that's still maybe around $100k of budget for 22 minutes. Compare that to Pixar's average budget for "Finding Dory" of maybe $500k per minute.

The other thing is the expertise of these studios. Pixar has been, for quite some time now, the top studio for 3d CGI. Their movies are almost entirely CGI and they've got over 600 employees. Most Japanese studios don't have anywhere close to this level of technical expertise and skill, or the size of an organization that can pump out this kind of work consistently and regularly. Probably an apt comparison would be Japanese animation studios vs animation studios in China.

Some other factors to consider:

Since there's a lot of mix between traditional 2d vs 3d modelled CGI, the CG can stand out a lot more. Even if it is done in a very high quality, it's still noticeable. Compare it to shows/movies that are entirely 3d modelled, where even if the modelling/textures isn't all that great, the consistency makes it appear to look better eventhough the CGI isn't that good.
Time constraints, though not so much for movies and OVA, a weekly release schedule for anime episodes doesn't leave a lot of time for a modest CGI team (or an outsourced firm) to create the work, send it in for review, any integration work, anything that gets sent back to get redone, repeat, etc.
To some degree, there's a notion of "good enough", especially when we're comparing 24 minute long anime episodes to a Pixar movie. If the episode isn't over budget, it's finished on time, it looks decent, then it's probably "good enough" and the average viewer, though the CGI is noticeable and acknowledging its quality, won't find it that unexpected. Keep in mind that CGI in anime has improved quite a bit since it was first more widely used.

As for why they use CGI at all? The biggest reason (though I can't seem to find any sources to cite) is probably that it costs less, though that sounds like irony. The idea is that doing "ok looking" CGI and making the subject matter (or action) look a bit more realistic is cheaper than spending a lot of artists trying to make the same subject matter look better (or in most cases, just as good) completely by hand. If you're going to have a mecha show where there are hundreds of mechs that all look exactly the same, it's probably cheaper to just model it as opposed to having someone draw them all. If there's going to be a lot of panning, rotating camera shots, it's easier to model the subject and just move the camera as opposed to hand drawing the subject to imitate such movement.


Who are the Baby-looking villains attacking universe 6?

They are Oren and Kamin and are main antagonists of the "Universal Conflict Saga". The characters have been referred to as twin artificial life forms (Source). They share the appeareance of a Neo Machine Mutant Tuffle(Source)(Source).


Do Yin Kurama and Yang Kurama have different personalities?

Yes, the personalities of Yin and Yang Kurama are different as it is based on the principles of yin and yang. To balance everything, Kurama has both good and bad sides that are split into two parts. Minato, while sealing him inside Naruto, made sure that the “good” side of Kurama goes to Naruto.
The reason he did was because he didn't want the "bad" Kurama inside Naruto, as we know for a fact that Kurama is the most impatient and angry biju of all. Another reason is because Kurama had loads of chakra. Naruto as a child, even being an Uzumaki, cannot hold that much inside him (that's why Minato split it).
Naruto struggled to gain the trust and friendship of "good" Kurama. It would gave been a lot more tougher if it was the bad and angry "bad" Kurama will be. It is also seen that the "bad" Kurama was surprised that Naruto was able to befriend the "good" Kurama. You can hear him say:

"Looks like Naruto sweet talked my other side."

Since Naruto has already befriended the "good" Kurama, the "bad" Kurama didn't hesitant to give chakra when Minato shared it with Naruto.
Despite Yin Kurama being bad, he does know how to compliment someone and addresses the wielder by his name. Yang Kurama doesn't anything about compliments and he initially addressed Naruto as "brat":

"That was quite the touching speech your son just gave there... Minato"
"He became a nice brat that really loves his parents... Minato"

Moreover, Yang Kurama was surprised that he was able persuade his other half (it might mean that is difficult to reach his thoughts and feelings):

"He was even able to persuade my other half"
"(that was) Enough to move even this(other) half of me"

Both of the Kuramas shared their chakra on the basis of the mental state of the wielder. Yang Kurama's chakra automatically mixed into Naruto's when Naruto was full of hate, anger, and dark thoughts. Minato had access to Yin Kurama's power while being pure hearted, happy, normal good guy.
Source:

https://www.quora.com/What-are-the-personality-differences-in-Yin-and-Yang-Kurama
https://www.narutoforums.org/threads/yin-kurama-is-good-nice-friendly.935394/


In Blend S Episode 7, why were strawberries sold out in every market?

I watched this particular scene again and it was never elaborated as to why. The only reasons I could see of a fruit going out of stock are:

Unusually high demand from the public, which could be for any reason.
It is not in season. According to this site, Japanese strawberries are in season for half the year, from December to June. It could be that this particular episode was set after these months or when the strawberry season was ending. In which case, the supply of strawberries would, understandably, be low.


In which episode does Tsuna get stronger?

He gets stronger in episode 25, and the story takes on a shonen-ish type of twist.

The episode is aptly named too:

  "I Want to Win! Moment of Awakening"

He can use the Hyper Dying Will Mode which is a calmer version of the Dying Will Mode.


The answer hasn't been officially stated, but we do have elements that allow us to narrow the Shichibukai down.

According to Volume 1000, the pirate who cut off Z's arm was promoted to a Shichibukai "one year ago", which means during the timeskip. This rules out any of the original seven as well as Blackbeard, and only leaves Buggy, Trafalgar Law, and Edward Weevil.

From there, only speculation can be used, as no further official details have been revealed. Since Buggy is relatively weak even in the present day, compared to Z who was already Admiral-level when his arm was cut, it can be assumed he didn't do it, unless he got extremely lucky.

Still according to Volume 1000:

  Zephyr became an Admiral at age 38, during Gol D. Roger and Edward
  Newgate's golden age. By this time, he had become very popular with
  his subordinates. He got married, and a year later, his son was born.

  Zephyr's happiness was ended prematurely when a pirate murdered his
  wife and son three years later. Zephyr wanted to resign from the
  Marines, but he was eventually persuaded to stay as an instructor. He
  trained many cadets, most of whom would ascend the Marines bureaucracy
  in both power and status.

  Twenty-three years after the death of his loved ones, Zephyr's arm was
  cut off by a pirate who had a Devil Fruit power, and his entire
  division was massacred with only Ain and Binz surviving.

(Source: One Piece Wikia article on Zephyr)

This means Z's arm was cut off nine years ago, which means in turn that Law was around 17 years old. While it is likely Law was strong even back then, it is unlikely that he was the one who did it, as Z was already a former Admiral, and Law couldn't defeat Vergo until present day, after Vergo became Vice-Admiral.

This leaves Weevil, whose past is still largely unknown and whose strength is immense, as the most likely man to have cut off Z's arm, but until there is official proof to confirm or deny anything, it can only remain speculation at this point.


I bet you're planning to make a fan-based naruto game, so instead of searching for API, you should first gather information such as character's stats. These websites provide detailed information about each ninjas:

Full characters' biography and stats
Full characters' biography, history and stats (Naruto wikia)

And then, you can apply those stats and info just like http://pokeapi.co/ do.


What is the music playing in the background of the fight scene in episode 7?

It's "run rabbit junk" by Yoko Kanno from the first OST.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXSgnsnu8ro