What did the girls from Usagi Team watch on Final Eve?

They were watching Kelly's Heroes.  It's an old war movie in 1970 about a group of American soldier who tried to rob a bank far behind enemy line.

While the original poster looks different, it match with Japanese poster for the movie

The scene they were watching is around 1:56:00 when Oddball and Kelly, the main character, shoot down a Tiger, the same tank with Kuromorimine's tank.

Notes:

The girls seems to use the same tactic against Elefant, they manages to outmaneuver Elefant, and shoot it down from behind in a narrow road. Initially, they shouted, "Operation: Kelly's Heroes".
When Yukari infiltrated Saunders, she called herself "Sgt. Oddball, third class" from the "6th Armored Division." Which I believe came from Oddball from Kelly's Heroes


Based on various image search techniques such as Google & Bing and searching through numberous websites it seems you may be looking for Tsukimi Kurashita from (Princess Jellyfish).

  Tsukimi is an otaku girl who lives in Tokyo and wants to be an illustrator. Influenced by her late mother, she has a love for all kinds of jellyfish and is quite knowledgeable about them. She is the only resident of Amamizukan who knows Kuranosuke's true gender. Like the other Amars, she has a fear of stylish people and will usually petrify in their presence.

She appears in episode 4 when she visits the aquarium.


Why did the Grail try to grab Gilgamesh instead of Shinji?

I'll offer a few reasonable-sounding hypotheses.  Some of which I can support, but others I can't.  Maybe one of us can then find some evidence to either support or dismiss the others afterwards and thus post a more solid answer.

The grail is acting instinctively.  It goes after Rin/Shinji first because they're closest.  But then it gets attacked by Archer, and decides those two must be too dangerous.  It then moves to the next closest target: Gilgamesh.
After the Lesser Grail is destroyed, its targets are now limited to things it has a connection to.  Gil, being a nearby servant with a physical body produced by the mud, is the only option left.  Thus, even though it got curb stomped the first time around, its only choice for survival is to go after Gil.  It may also be aware that Gil is weakened and injured, and so expects less of a problem.
Shinji's body wasn't really doing "just fine".  Rin remarks that the giant fleshy mass is a result of Shinji being too poor a vessel to really contain the Grail.  He was only "just good enough" to get the ball rolling.  We know in the HF route that vessel there has no real problems containing the grail.
On the second attempt, Gil admonishes the grail for apparently not being aware that a servant can't serve as its core.  In particular, this would mean that Gil is actually not suited to be the core at all.  This could be more evidence of the grail's instinctual behavior: it is either too stupid to have reasoned behavior, or it is so desperate that it's willing to gamble that it can make it work somehow (or buy itself time to find a real solution).


Why does the Keijo anime/manga title have eight "!" characters?

Exclamation points in anime/manga titles is somewhat of an ongoing trend, and because of the ludicrous themes in keijo!!!!!!!! they jumped on the trend in a similarly extreme way as a sort of publicity stunt/way to attract attention. Some more toned back shows may use it to denote seasons (like K-ON!!) but for shows like keijo!!!!!!!! they are instead used to show a self aware, extreme and ridiculous nature.


What's the meaning of "collection of unpaid tabs" in Tsukimonogatari episode 3?

At a bar, you can put something 'on your tab', which is a way of saying you'll pay it later (usually next time you come to the bar) which when you do pay later, can be known as 'collecting a tab'

What Araragi is saying is that all the things he has been putting off have come back looking for resolution at the same time.


What does Monokuma's Morse code theatre translate to?

Typing it out and using a tool to translate it reveals the message:

  BE SURE TO DRINK YOUR KUMATINE

Mysterious.

This is in fact a reference to A Christmas Story, in which the protagonist Ralphie gets his decoder ring and feverishly tries to decode the radio's message. The message turns out to be "Be sure to drink your Ovaltine" - a very disappointing advertisement, rather than the 'spy' message he was hoping to obtain.

  "Ovaltine? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch! "

Kuma is Japanese for Bear (Mono kuma - Mono Bear), which is where that part of the message comes from.


Why don't more video games get full anime adaptations?

Data about anime adapted from video games does not always separate out genres as you would like (you seem to be primarily interested in RPGs, but data about anime adaptions may generally group RPGs along with other games such as children's games, dating sims, visual novels, etc.), but according to page 8 of Anime and the Visual Novel: Narrative Structure, Design and Play at the Crossroads of Animation and Computer Games by Dani Cavallaro (Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010) and Manga, Anime and Video Games: Between Adaptation, Transmedia Extension and Reverse Remediation by Stefan Werning,

  manga and anime based on digital games appeared much later [than video games]; for example, series like Fate Stay/Night (2006) have been developed as adaptations of existing visual novels. . . . Sword Art Online (2009-2014), Accel World (2012) and Btooom! (2012) is constructed around a fictional video game. This phenomenon can be partially explained in the context of films referencing (digital) games as plot elements or even as narrative structures. . . . adaptations of popular game franchises such as Super Mario Bros. (Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel, 1993) or Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994, Figure 2) were first produced for an international audience [in other words, not produced for Japanese demographics].

And according to Mélanie Bourdaa's "‘Following the Pattern’: The Creation of an Encyclopedic Universe with Transmedia Storytelling," (Adaptation 6, no. 2, 2013: pages 206 and 211) and Werning,

  Even though many of the anime series represent adaptations of light novels, the games usually do not cover the “canonic” stories from the novels but rather pick up loose ends and elaborate on the characters, often in unusual ways, thereby adding to the “multiplicity” of the franchise.

Wikipedia's List of anime based on video games evidences that the number of anime adapted from video games has been dramatically increasing within the past decade. By "full-length" anime adaptations, if you mean a TV anime of any length, including the current trend of series that are 10 to 12 episodes in total, the number of these has been greatly increasing as compared to the situation in the 90s or the 80s. It is not an overstatement to predict that the percentage of all anime produced which are video game adaptions is likely to rise in the next decade.

See senshin's answer to Are anime that are not based on manga common?: during the 2000s, anime adapted from video games have maintained a sizable chunk of all TV anime produced and has increased in percentage since 2006. You can see in the graph that video games have gotten adapted into anime more often than visual novels have. See also Why does anime air in 4 seasons per year of ~13 episodes? and What are the reasons for producing short-form anime?


How did Naruto learn the Teleportation Jutsu?

I think you are talking about Chapter 505:

  Naruto Uzumaki completes his training of gaining the Nine-Tails'
  chakra inside of him. Before Yamato, Naruto, and Killer B leave,
  Naruto senses Kisame Hoshigaki inside Samehada. Samehada springs into
  action but Naruto used his right hand to smash Kisame.

There is no way that Naruto has used teleportation technique. But when someone does jinchūriki transformation, then according to wiki:

  The user's physical abilities are enhanced while the mode is active,
  with greater enhancements coming from using more of the Nine-Tails'
  chakra.

So by simply doing a jinchūriki transformation, I don't think he will be able to teleport all of a sudden, and there is also nothing in wiki which states that he was able to do teleportation. So it was his greater speed!


Although it is not revealed whether Yamato is dead or not, or will he be rescued or not, it did mention that he is suspended opposite to Hashirama's clone for future use. We still have to wait. I am optimistic that he would come back, since he is one of the major supporting characters of the series. From Yamato's wiki page:

  Kabuto escapes to the Mountains' Graveyard where he and Tobi gather information from Yamato about the Allied Shinobi Forces. Kabuto also studies Hashirama's DNA within Yamato to strengthen the White Zetsu Army. Rather than kill Yamato when he has fulfilled his usefulness, they suspend him opposite Hashirama's clone for future use.
  At some point during the war, his body was encased within Tobi, seemingly using Yamato's altered DNA to strengthen its own Wood Release. After Madara Uchiha activated his Infinite Tsukuyomi, Yamato was freed from within Tobi's body in an unconscious state, as he had no further use for Tobi. He was then immediately caught in the genjutsu.


What exactly is the deal with Black Blades?

Firstly, I would like to reply to this:

  In addition, you can note that both replicas of Yuro we see (Mihawk's mini sword and the one wielded by the Mihawk-like monkey Zoro trained against) have silver blades.

Mihawk's pocket knife, also known as Kogatana is not a replica of Yoru:

  It is an ordinary knife, so bland and small that Mihawk enjoys demonstrating his skill with it.

As for the Human Drill having the same sword as Mihawk, it was a filler. There is no mention of the Human Drills in the manga. Hence, it doesn't have much relevance to the story, and it's assumed that the sword carried by it is nothing but a replica.
From the One Piece Wiki page on Yoru:

  The blade itself is pitch-black with a very strong sheen..

Some conclusive evidence in favor of this is:

It has been black since the start of the series when the blackening effect of Haki wasn't introduced
It is black even when it's on Mihawk's back
As you pointed out, if it were Haki, even Mihawk's short knife would have appeared black in color to the audience.
It's not the only black sword shown in the series. Zoro's Shusui is also shown to be black in color (and in this case, it's definitely not the Haki that makes it black).

Hence, I'm inclined to say that it refers to the sword rather than the  technique.

Based on this image:

It may have been clad in Haki even during the earliest part of the series, but I doubt that he actually used Haki against Zoro during their first fight, simply because he didn't have to. We saw him defeat Zoro using his short knife, so there was no need for him to actually worry about getting his sword nicked.

However, there's no conclusive evidence on this. It may have been clad in Haki or it may have not. I believe that it wasn't.

Yuro being a black sword appears black even in-universe. Tashigi even describes it as a Black Sword, although I don't seem to remember in which chapter. Not only that, the name of the sword is "Yoru", which means "Night" and can also be translated as "Black Sword".


How does the Angel Beats special episode connect with the main storyline?

The OVA is actually set between episodes 4 and 5 of the series. It's part of the main timeline, but it doesn't really have any effect on the overarching plot.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Angel_Beats!_episodes


Shizuo Heiwajima gets shot on which episode I can't find that clip

The scene is from episode 22. It begins around 21:20 and ends at about 21:55, at least on the Japanese bluray.

You probably haven't been able to find it on YouTube due to the content ID system; there is seemingly some background music or something during that scene that causes it to get instantly blocked.


Do we see Mikiya Kokutou after the time leap at the end of Kara no Kyoukai: Mirai Fukuin?

This guy's simply the loan shark that Mitsuru was dealing with. He also stands up at attention when Ryougi, the family head, walks in, like an underling would do.


How could Makoto Shishio break Sanosuke's futae no kiwami?

Well as it was stated in the anime and manga, Shishio has the unique ability to neutralize any and all techniques he's seen before. So having witnessed Monk Anji multiple times over the course of his servitude use the many variations of the Futae No Kiwami, it would stand to reason he knew how to counter the technique.


What's the name of the song in episode 18 of season 3 of My Hero Academia?

"Cavalry battle" boku no hero academia season 2 :

https://youtu.be/IjBhS8MQSMs


As for whether or not Amon died in Tokyo Ghoul: Root A is unclear as the events you describe is all we get with regards to Amon's injury.

However, in Tokyo Ghoul:re manga:

   Amon is reported "killed in action" however his body is never recovered. Later it is discovered that Amon was captured by Aogiri and is experimented on by Dr.Kanou. He is given the name "Owl 27" as he inherits Owl's kagune, with a kakugen in his right eye. Just like Kaneki, Amon is now a half-ghoul and is in fact not dead. Source


She's Natsuno Himiko, from the one-shot Dangan Tenshi Fan Club, from same author and artist from One Punch Man.
So, sadly, she won't appear in One Punch Man.


What does the term "Kage" in "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" actually refer to?

The word "Kage" means "shadow".

That's why they call it the "Shadow Clone Technique" in the English dub (or at least the early ones).

The suffix "kage" in "Hokage" also means "shadow" ("Hokage" = "Fire Shadow", I believe).


Do you mean the music from the scene where Kakashi is out with Inari out on the pier at night?

It sounds to me like a guitar-only version of Alone (OST 2 track 18). I don't think there's an official release of this variant, but there are imperfect fan-spliced versions.


For the people inside the walls, these very walls constitute a wonder. No one knows where they came from, only that they protect the residents from a mortal thread. And the walls did a pretty good job for about 100 years.

Now, when people cannot understand something, often they tend to interpret it as a result of divine intervention, especially in times were science isn't as advanced as today. Wall cultists are those who think of the walls as holy. In the time shown in the anime, they got increased influence over the population.

Additionally:

   Science wasn't exactly encouraged within the walls.


Why do manwha more oftenly have colored pages then manga?

There's the so called WebToon, which is most likely the one you refer to (and you are reading). Frankly speaking, printed color pages are not cheap. They cost a lot more than B&W page and are difficult to print correctly. With webtoons there's no such thing as "printing", everything is done digitally.

Manwha that is done in B&W completely due its distribution method (printed) which you will not see color pages (like Chevalier of the Absis, or ID which has some color pages as bonus), there's also webtoons that could be printed later on (like The Breaker/NW) and there are those that are not printed (almost all webtoons).

Is difficult to see a Manwha (or any printed media) in full color. The only case I know of is To Love る which is released later on after the black and white pages are released.

Is a matter of cost of distribution of the media, which is cheap for webtoons so artist can offer color pages.

In the example you gave, "Magician" by Kim Sarae, this is an original webtoon that is published using Naver.

A list of manwha that are in full color (MU): ~250 titles
All kind of manwha (full color and B&W) (MU): ~1500 titles

There are lots of black and white Manwha, just that are more difficult to find since they are distributed physically.


Tokyo Ghoul re: Season 2 - What did Orca notice about Arima in his fight with him?

There are spoilers ahead for the Tokyo Ghoul:re manga.

What did Orca notice about Arima in his fight with him? In Chapter 65, during their fight,

  Orca noticed something about Arima's eyes.  He also notices Arima's strange timing and uneasy feeling.

It was revealed in Chapter 83 that

  Arima is a half-human, with a ghoul and a human parent. There are two possible outcome for the child when a ghoul and a human copulate: a half-human or a one-eyed ghoul. Half-humans are indistinguishable from humans (they can eat normal food, unlike ghouls) except they have improved physical capabilities and shorter lifespans. Arima, along with many others, were 'failures' raised by the Sunlit Garden.

What does this have to do with Arima's eye?

  Since Arima is a half-human, he has a shorter lifespan than a normal human. This also brings about the effects of accelerated aging. Arima revealed after his fight with Haise that he has glaucoma and that his eye is close to not being able to see anything.


I think some of this is not revealed in TSR, so I've spoilered it.

   Yes, he is a Whispered. Not only that, he exceeds his sister's abilities both physically and mentally, and he used his knowledge to produce Arm Slaves for Amalgam. I don't think we know for sure how/why he became the leader of the opposition, though it's implied at some point that primarily he wanted more freedom.

Source: Wiki


What's the proper reading order for the manga in the Steins;Gate series?

if you read them in order of publication date, you should be fine.
All of the manga to date (excluding the multi-artist anthologies), listed in order of publication date:

『STEINS; GATE』11/2010~9/2013 (the main storyline)

『STEINS;GATE 亡環のリベリオン』(Rebellion of the Missing Ring) 2/2010~9/2011 (side story, focused on Suzuha in the 0.000000, 0.337187, and 0.409431% World Lines)

『STEINS;GATE 史上最強のスライトフィーバー』 (The World's Strongest Slight Fever) 2/2011~10/2011 (the main storyline, focused on Kurisu)

『しゅたいんず・げーと!』(Steins・Gate!) 3/2011~5/2012 (parody of the main storyline)

『STEINS;GATE DROPS』8/2011~3/2012 (a 4-panel gag comic, the storyline of the comedic Xbox360 fandisc game『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のだーりん』[Loving Vows' Darling], set in the 3% World Line)

『STEINS;GATE 星屑のデュプレット』(Stardust Duplet) 8/2011~3/2012 (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Mayuri)

『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のスイーツはにー』 (Loving Vows’ Sweets Honey) 10/2011~3/2012 (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Kurisu)

『STEINS;GATE 恩讐のブラウニアンモーション』(Braunian Motion of Love and Hate) 4/2012~7/2012 (side story, focused on the past of Mr. Braun)

『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のフューチャーはにー』(Loving Vows’ Future Honey) 5/2012~? (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Suzuha)

『STEINS;GATE もっと比翼恋理のスイーツはにー』(Even More Loving Vows’ Sweets Honey) 6/2012~12/2012 (spin-off from the storyline of the fandisc, about Lab Members going to school)

『STEINS;GATE 変移空間のオクテット』(Variant Space Octet) 6/2012~1/2013 (the storyline of the game of the same name, which is a non-canon crossover with Chaos;Head)

『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理の+ニャン2 くらいしす☆』(Loving Vows + Meow2 Crisis) 6/2012~1/2013 (the storyline of the fandisc, focused on Feris)

『STEINS;GATE -哀心迷図のバベル-』(Babel of the Grieved Maze) 6/2012~2/2014 (the storyline of the CD drama『STEINS;GATEドラマCDα「哀心迷図のバベル」ダイバージェンス0.571046%』, which is the main storyline focused on Kurisu)

『STEINS;GATE 比翼恋理のスイーツはにーふぁいなる』(Loving Vows’ Sweets Honey Final) 1/2013~6/2013 (sequel to the fandisc storyline manga)

『STEINS;GATE 閉時曲線のエピグラフ』(Epigraph of the Closed Curve) 2/2013~12/2013 (side story, the storyline of the light novel  of the same name, set in winter 2010 in the Beta Attractor Field around the 1.129848 and 1.130205% World Lines)

『劇場版STEINS;GATE 負荷領域のデジャヴ』(Loading Area of Déjà Vu) 5/2013~12/2013 (the storyline of the movie of the same name, set one year after the events of the TV series)

『STEINS;GATE -無限遠点のアークライト-』(Arc Light of the Point of Infinity) 3/2014~present (the storyline of the CD drama 『STEINS;GATEドラマCDβ「無限遠点のアークライト」ダイバージェンス1.130205%』, focused on Mayuri)

『STEINS;GATE 永劫回帰のパンドラ』(Pandora of Eternal Recurrence) 5/2014~present (side story, continuation of Epigraph of the Closed Curve, set in the Beta Attractor Field in 2010)


What is the song that plays in Naruto Shippuden when Deidara fights Gaara?

It's called Deidara's theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Kd4mOSrTh8

At 0:42, the strings start playing.


Who are the Heroes that Sweet Mask acknowledged?

Sweet Mask has acknowledged:

King (S-Class) - Chapter 93
He acknowledges King's split-second decision-making and fearless actions and even went so far as to say that there are S-class heroes serious about their jobs after all.
Feather (A-Class) - Chapter 94
He says that Feather is good and that he has star potential.

So, no, he not only acknowledges S-class heroes but A-class heroes as well.


The starlight breaker actually gathers energy from the surrounding area - either left behind by Nanoha herself, or by other mages/combatants.

So it basically works like this:

Gather energy from the surrounding environment into a ball.

Nanoha hits the ball, which fires it.

Typically in a battle, all the mages will leave behind excess energy as a result of using their spells. So the starlight breaker is most powerful near the end of a long battle when a lot of energy has accumulated.

That said, Nanoha is not the only one who can use the Starlight Breaker. Reinforce does it near the end of Nanoha A's - mainly because she gains the abilities of those who's linker cores she has captured.


When was the start of the multiple story-line?

Short answer: Amagami SS was probably the first anime of this type.

Long answer: First, let's get some terminology down. Anime in which multiple storylines without shared continuity are released as a single production are typically referred to as "omnibus" anime. Omnibus anime are typically (though not necessarily always) adapted from visual novels or other computer games, which lend themselves well to separate continuities,* and typically have each continuity correspond to the protagonist's relationship with a particular person.

To clarify what "omnibus" means, let me point out some anime that are not considered omnibus by this definition.

Clannad is not an omnibus anime because there is a single continuity. Everything Tomoya (the protagonist) experiences during Kotomi's arc (episodes 10-14) stays with him (and everyone else) from episode 15 onwards.
Amnesia is not an omnibus anime even though the timeline gets reset every few episodes, since the protagonist remembers what happened to her before each reset.

With this definition of "omnibus" in place, the question, then, is: which was the first omnibus anime?

There is strong evidence from the archives of /a/ that the term "omnibus" only began to be used in this sense starting in July 2010. This is the same month that Amagami began airing. A perusal of those discussions strongly suggests that the omnibus format was a novel innovation in anime at the time. Furthermore, I cannot find any references to omnibus-style anime existing prior to Amagami SS. Taken together, all this evidence leads me to believe that Amagami SS was the first omnibus anime.

Aside: as Logan M noted in a comment, omnibus-style manga have existed for a long time. Amagami SS's use of the omnibus format was novel only for its medium, not for Japanese popular media in general or anything like that.

*For example, most visual novels tagged "Multiple Endings" on VNDB (including Amagami) have separate continuities. There's a lot of them.


Why 'glowing green sweat' is visible when lee opened the third gate?

The Anime does not always pay attention and replicate the same details from the manga.

The wiki is based on all Manga information whereas the pictures are generally from the Anime.

The author of Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto, primarily focuses on his manga while he let's other people create the Anime. From time to time, the makers of the Anime don't follow every little meticulous detail that Kishimoto has illustrated in his manga. In this case, the Anime Rock Lee starts glowing green early as a graphic effect even though he isn't supposed to yet.

Another example of this is when Danzou uses Izanagi. In the manga, he can sacrifice an eye for a 1 minute duration of the skill. In the anime, each blow he receives from Sasuke requires an eye sacrifice.

As you can see, the Anime isn't very diligent in their Naruto facts.


Why does Kyoko come to the city in Madoka Magica?

Why does Kyoko come to the city?

We learn quite a bit about this in The Different Story, a sidestory manga that basically tells us about Kyouko and Mami prior to the events of the series (mostly before the point where Homura wakes up in the hospital, meaning that most of what we learn is timeline-agnostic).

There is an informal system among magical girls whereby each one has their own "territory", so to speak, within which they and they alone can hunt witches. This is because having multiple magical girls work together in a given area requires them to split the proceeds (the Grief Seeds) amongst each other, which nobody really wants to do.

Upon learning that Mami has perished, Kyouko ― who, until that point, had the neighboring city of Kazamino as her territory ― presumably saw this as a good opportunity for her to expand her range.


Why do some anime characters never grow old?

The creator of Pokemon wanted children watching the show to be able to relate to the main protagonist, Ash/Satoshi (personally I believe the protagonist is Pikachu).
Keeping the character around the age of ten is a good way to get kids that will be this age (ten) soon to watch the show.


Where did the "# years of pain" originate from?

It is actually a Japanese prank known as kancho.
From the Wikipedia article on Kancho.

Kanchō (カンチョー) is a Japanese prank performed by clasping the hands together in the shape of an imaginary gun and attempting to poke an unsuspecting victim's anus, often while exclaiming "Kan-CHO!".
The word is a slang adoption of the Japanese word for enema (浣腸 kanchō).

According to Naruto Wiki:

This technique's full name is "Konohagakure Hiden Secret Taijutsu Technique: One Thousand Years of Death" (木ノ葉隠れ秘伝体術奥義・千年殺し, Konohagakure Hiden Taijutsu Ōgi: Sennen Goroshi, Viz: Konohagakure's Most Secret and Sacred Technique: One Thousand Years of Death, English TV: Hidden Leaf Village Secret Finger Jutsu: One Thousand Years of Death, UK DVD: Secret Ninja Technique of the Hidden Leaf School, Death for 1000 Years, English Games "Sacred Taijutsu: 1000 Years of Death").

It is mentioned that Akira Shiotome (Miuna's brother) loves playing kancho:

He enjoys playing kancho with Hikari Sakishima and Shun Sayama and after Manaka awakens, the two enjoy playing with each other.

Also, in the scene where Akira played the prank in the 15th episode of Nagi no Asakura, he only said "Kancho". The person who subbed it in English probably wrote it as "# years of pain" as a tribute to Naruto.


How long did it take Meowth to learn to speak?

As far as I am aware of, there is no evidence on the internet that tells exactly how long it took for Meowth to learn how to talk. But based on the episode (70) as he was learning how to talk, the window showed changes in the season. It changed four times so it can be concluded that it took him at least a year. After he learned how to talk and walk, he went over to the Madonna (the female Meowth that he likes) to tell her that he is now like a human. But Madonna recognizes her straight away. Therefore, it was at least 1 year, but only a bit over a year because she took no time to think about who he was.


Why weren't the four Hokages reincarnated by Kabuto in the Shinobi war?

Actually, Kabuto can't revive the 1st and the 2nd Hokage simply because Hiruzen Sarutobi (3rd) sealed them away using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

While the reason Orochimaru can revive the two is because he ripped the belly of the Demon (Shiki Fuujin) who consumed their souls in Naruto chapter 618, page 4.


What was Ging trying to accomplish at the election of the 13th Chairman?

From Ging's actions I like to think he wanted to have some fun. He just wanted to manipulate people into doing something he had already predicted. Like Pariston he didn't have his eyes on the presidential seat. His interactions with Cheadle, Leorio etc. seem to be always aimed towards creating chaos.

I think this line sums up his motivations in the 12th election

  "If I can get my target to move as I want, I've succeeded as a Hunter." - Ging Freecs


What type of Sage Mode does Hashirama enter?

Before I deliver my answer, we must ask ourselves what Sage Mode is.

What is Sage Mode?

From Sage Mode article:

  Sage Mode is the empowered state humans enter when they learn to draw natural energy inside them and blending it with their chakra. By doing so, the human creates new senjutsu chakra that allows them to enter Sage Mode.

The next question is: Where do shinobi learn it from?

  Thus far, Sage Mode has been shown to be taught in two places: at Mount Myōboku by the toads, and Ryūchi Cave by the snakes.

The articles clearly states that Sage Mode is achieved when the user learns to draw natural energy and mixes it with their chakra, and Mount Myoboku and Ryuchi Cave are two known places where they can learn to do so.

Now, the requirements for learning Sage Mode:

  According to Fukasaku, only those who already possess "extreme chakra levels" can utilise natural energy to invoke senjutsu.

Hashirama Senju's Sage Mode

Let us move onto Hashirama Senju.

  Because of his large chakra reserves, Hashirama is able to use senjutsu by entering Sage Mode, a feat he could perform instantaneously; it is not known where he learned it.

If we look at his abilities section:

  He is similarly knowledgeable of skills he has no training in, being able to recognize the Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique.

Taking into consideration the aforementioned details, in conclusion, it is possible that Hashirama learned Sage Mode by himself. Since it is self-taught, it is not animal-influenced. Hence it would be something-like a "Normal-Without-Animal-Influence-Sage-Mode".

What led me to this conclusion?

  Learning Sage Mode at Mount Myōboku or Ryūchi Cave grants the user with a toad and snake-influenced Sage Mode respectively,

That is the explanation for the toad/snake techniques used by Jiraiya/Naruto and Orochimaru/Kabuto.

However, Hashirama's Sage Mode hasn't shown what animal-influence it possesses so far. Therefore, he couldn't have learned his Sage Mode from Mount Myōboku or Ryūchi Cave.

His Sage Mode strengthens his Wood-Release techniques and his overall performance drastically.

From Naruto manga, Chapter 657, Page 08:

Madara-sama's line: "Only this much power... This will be easy to handle.", shows that an experienced and powerful shinobi can use Senjutsu within mere moments.

Wrapping up

Since there is no official details about what Sage Mode Hashirama uses, my conclusion is classified as a possibility.

Another possible conclusion is detailed in this answer: Is there a slug based Sage Mode?


What is the skill Naruto used in the last movie?

That technique which Naruto used has no special name, not even at Wikia.
It is stated that :

  Toneri took Hinata to the Room of Rebirth, letting his puppets to deal
  with Naruto. As they arrived at the Room of Rebirth and Naruto went
  after them, Toneri controlled Hinata to attack Naruto only for him to
  render her unconscious by taking the green chakra sphere out of her
  body. After Naruto took out the green sphere, Toneri took her back
  from Naruto.......

However, the technique which Toneri Ōtsutsuki used, it is called Puppet Cursing Sphere.
It can control, read minds and also has other functions.
It is also mentioned at Wikia article on Toneri Ōtsutsuki :

  Toneri moulds his chakra into the form of a green-coloured sphere. The
  sphere can be used various purposes such as controlling targets by
  sending it into their body, reading their minds, absorbing chakra from
  a distance, checking if a target has a dormant Ōtsutsuki chakra, and
  detonating the orb if needed.


How did they know that some Psychobuster still existed?

They are not sure that there are any weapons left, but the information regarding the existence of the Psychobuster itself is given to them most likely by a False Minoshiro.
As seen in the next episodes, it also helps them navigate to the presumed location of the Psychobuster.

It all about the hope of finding one. Similarly, the Queerats previously attempted to search for weapons to use against the cantus-users, with Kiromaru willing to sacrifice a large part of his expedition.


Please help me identify this show about a time-travel romance similar to The Girl who Leapt Through Time.

The music video you mistook for an anime is called Owari no Sekai Kara, written by Maeda Jun and sung by Yanagi Nagi. Here is a page with the lyrics.


In the manga chapter 27 page 41, it was shown that Ciel Phantomhive was born in 1875. Googling with the key phrase "the first cell phone" tells us that the first mobile-phone was created in 1973 by Motorola, which is 100 years after Ciel was born.

Since Ciel was 13 (12 during the first 14 chapters) in the story, mobile phones should not have existed. Thus, like lentinant said in his comment, it is likely that the story takes place in an alternate reality.


A picture is worth a thousand words...

This is from page 12, chapter 150.


While there's no official statement from the author, it's possibly a combination of nonbiri (のんびり, carefree) and hiyori* (ひより, 日和, fine weather), which can be interpreted as "fine weather (or fine days) to be carefree."
This is strengthened by the fact that:

Outside of the manga/anime, there was also 「のんびりくえすと！」(Nonbiri Quest!) radio corner
The ending theme was 「のんのん日和」 ("Non Non Biyori"; here, hiyori is read as biyori due to rendaku/sequential voicing)

From the lyric of the ending theme,

のんびりと歌うから　のんきな風が吹いた
nonbiri to utau kara　nonki na kaze ga fuita

it might even imply that Non Non Biyori is a combination of nonki (easygoing), nonbiri, and (h/b)iyori.


Can an EVA kill it's pilot through harm caused during battle?

After doing some reading on the Evangelion Wikis, I stumbled upon an article that answers this question.

An Evangelion can kill it's pilot with shock from the injuries, and therefore Central Command has to watch the sync rate between the pilot and the Unit to ensure that the pilot does not die during combat, as was nearly the case with Unit 02 and Asuka vs Zeruel.

Source --> https://wiki.evageeks.org/Evangelions (See The Effect of Damage to the Evas upon their Pilots)


Why does Bakemonogatari exclusively use katakana?

I strongly suspect the use of katakana here is just to give an archaic flavor to the typography. Historically (pre-WW2 or thereabouts), katakana was actually used in many contexts where hiragana is used today - not just for loanwords (note, though, that even today, katakana has other uses). In the same vein, the show's typography exclusively uses pre-simplification kyuujitai kanji rather than their modern shinjitai counterparts.

Formal pre-war documents were frequently written in the "Monogatari style", so to speak - look, for example, at the 1890 Imperial Rescript on Education, which uses exactly the same style: kyuujitai and katakana.

I don't think there is any deeper meaning to the use of katakana, in and of itself. Maybe there is something to be said about the archaic-flavor thing viewed as a whole, though. (Personally, I suspect the thing to be said is just "Shinbo thought it looked cool this way".)


Will the Japanese version RWBY remake the animation or just be changing the voice actors and actresses?

I have compared the animation and dialogue in the English and Japanese versions of the first episode of RWBY ("Ruby Rose"). The dialogue and voices have been set to match the flaps of the character's mouths rather than the other way round.

The dub is purely audio, no animation changes were made. This is typical of most localisation dubs both in the western world and in Japan also.


Would Nyu have developed murderous tendencies after enough time had passed?

Fyi: The snapshots are nsfw, so they are put spoiler tags.

Kaede has been able to use her vectors in Nyu-mode and is also able of speaking properly. During the 6 months timeskip of chapter 72, Nyu was able to learn speech and in chapter 87 she unlocked her vectors in Nyu-mode. See below for more details. It hadn't been three years, but you were right in thinking that she would be able to grow her second personality the same way she did her first. I guess she could learn faster at this stage, as her brain was fully grown by now, compared to when she was still a child. Kaede was also always seen as the more intelligent Diclonius, because she was able to reach a high age without being found out. And if it wasn't for her friend, she would have never been caught, despite being a child.

When Kaede was taken hostage by Chief Kakuzawa in chapter 86, he claimed that she had a split personality and that her Nyu-side could not use her vectors, just as you claimed.

This argument was countered in the next chapter though. In chapter 87, we can see Chief Kakuzawa push Nyu to her limits, claiming that she has no place to go to and that they should create a new world together filled with real demons. Getting fed up with his story, she snapped and Nyu became able to release her full power, despite staying in Nyu-form. Chief Kakuzawa (and thus Lynn Okamoto himself) confirmed that she hadn't changed back to Lucy-form, despite releasing really powerful vectors.


What did Archer learn first, The Sword or Archery?

since Shiro started to use swords first

That is incorrect.

This is not clear neither from the anime nor from the VN, but Shiro is highly skilled in archery way before the story starts. This is why he is hanging around archery range early in the story.

Somewhere I read that Shiro was so good, he had to put effort into actually missing the target. He stopped practicing archery because he was bored of succeeding while putting no effort into it.

It was only after Holy Grail War started that he began to actually use swords and copying Archer's style.


Is the age restriction lower in Japan than in western countries?

The television rating system in Japan is the same as the movie rating system.

Their regulations are as follows:

Unrestricted

G: General audiences
PG12: Parental guidance suggested. Some content may be unsuitable for children under the age of 12.

Restricted

These are regulated, and all movie theaters are required to check for ID. Allowing in an underage child is a criminal offense.

R15+: Restricted to teenagers 15 and over only.
R18+: Restricted to teenagers 18 and over only.

It is a lot more difficult to regulate television watching than to regulate movie-watching, so just because a rating is given for a television show, it doesn't mean that it is being followed, whereas in a movie theater, at least, it can be regulated. Frequently, in America, for TV-MA, a warning will be given that the show may not be appropriate for children under the age of 17.

Darker than Black was actually rated TV-MA in America, not R. R is only used for movies, and Darker than Black is a TV series. The rating is given here.

I cannot (at the moment) find what the Japanese rating is for Darker than Black, but presumably it was either R15+ or R18+.


In which Lupin III film did Fujiko Mine get possesssed/brainwashed by a cult?

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farewell_to_Nostradamus

This is probably it

After the mishap, Jigen and Goemon arrive in a helicopter and try to help Lupin escape, but Lupin is shot in the arm by Chris and falls into the ocean. The next day, Lupin wakes up on an island and is being nursed back to health by a boy named Sergio and his grandmother. While on the island, he discovers that Fujiko is there as well, but Sergio's grandmother says that she's really a handmaiden of the Nostradamus Sect named Tanya. Lupin follows Fujiko to a cathedral where the sect is located. When he sneaks in, he finds out that Julia is being kept prisoner there and Fujiko has lost her memory. Before he can find out anything else, Lupin is discovered by the sect and they throw them in a cell.


How did Shisui activate his Susanoo with only one eye?

Is this real or not?

This is a real image, albeit not from the manga nor anime series. Shisui's Susanoo makes its appearance in the video game Naruto Shippūden: Ultimate Ninja Storm Revolution. In fact,  Shisui's Susanoo was designed by  Masashi Kishimoto himself. So from that perspective, it is canon.

Why was Shisui able to activate Susanoo with just one Mangekyō Sharingan (one eye)?

Unfortunately, there is no canonical information regarding this and may have been a simple oversight from the developers of the game.
However, the answer to the question "How can Madara use Susanoo without any eyes?" may shine some light on the matter.


Why did Ash need to go back to Pokemon School?

As I said in the comments, Pokemon is a series which has been on air for a long time. But it's still mostly aimed for kids.

Whereas kids watching the first ones are now adults, it would be strange to have a Ash kid, pro at Pokemons and already knowing everything.

So at each beginning of a new series, they explain everything again for the new kids watching and because it's important to see a progress. If Ash knew already everything, had all the Pokemons from various regions, then it would become boring to follow him on his journey as he will certainly be a lot stronger than most of his opponents.

By doing as if Ash knew nothing at the beginning of each series, you can then follow again is evolution and grow up with him.

(Sorry for bad English as I'm French, and hope that you still understand)


As of 2014, are there any people at Gainax who worked on Evangelion (the TV series)?

In 2011, many main creators did drop out from Gainax. They are the members of the 'Gurren Lagann' and 'Panty & Stocking' creator.

Panty & Stocking with Garter Belt Wikipedia

After that, those members build a new company named 'TRIGGER Inc.' as the anime studio of course.

Trigger Company

When they make the anime 'Kill la Kill', answered the question of the 'Gainax drop out'.

ガイナックスを辞めた理由。新作「キルラキル」トリガー大塚雅彦代表に聞く１ - Why they dropped out from Gainax. We asked Otsuka CEO of the Trigger of new anime 'Kill la Kill'.

---Japanese---

  ガイナックスを飛び出し、身軽さを手に入れたかった

---English---

  We want to spring out from Gainax, and take the free from the burden for the new challenges.

In fact, they have continued the new challenge.

Little Witch Academia 2 Crowfunding

You can interpret this as the fall of Gainax. But I do not think so. There is no doubt that Gainax has grown them. When the grown birds leave the nest, their parents should be relieved. However, I think I might be the minority, but I think that they ought to be praised.

Today, Gainax is too large. I think that their current essential work now, grow the people, and make the affiliates. Studio Color, A-1, Trigger, those are the works of the Gainax I think.


Did Kirei know about Kiritsugu's Origin Bullet, or was he just lucky?

Most of Kotomine's Command Spells are actually inherited by his father and the previous supervisors of the Holy Grail Wars at the end of the war, since a Master can only obtain 3 from the Holy Grail.

  In addition to his own Command Seals on his lower left arm, he also has Command Seals inherited from his father that cover his right arm from the elbow to the wrist. The supervisor of the Holy Grail War is entrusted with the Command Seals recollected from previous Holy Grail Wars, so he has access to a great number of them.

He of course got all of the Command Spells that Risei Kotomine had after Kayneth Archibald El-Melloi killed him. And because his Magic Circuit is still underdeveloped by the time of the Forth Holy Grail War, he uses Command Seals as makeshift Magic Circuits and sacrifices them, similar to how Shirou sacrifices the Magic Circuits he made during his training when he does Projections (as noted when he projects Excalibur).

The Origin Bullets utilizes Kiritsugu's Origin of "Severing and Binding"

  The "Severing" aspect will cause prana stored within the Circuits to ignore the paths within the body, flowing chaotically and destroying it in the process. Afterward, the circuits will be bound together again with the "Binding" aspect, albeit in a chaotic and useless manner, thus rendering them permanently inoperable and destroying the target's magecraft abilities.

However, since Kotomine is using Command Spells as Magic Circuits, the Origin Bullets affects the Command Spell Kotomine used and leaving the others intact. Kotomine doesn't fight like an orthodox magus which Kiritsugu has fought in the past, and the fact he was even born with with Magic Circuits is abnormal by itself, so Kotomine isn't your typical Magus.

As for what Kotomine knew of Kiritsugu's abilities, while he probably didn't know them at the time he was still a skilled Executor, it's noted that he's skilled enough to judge the type of bullet by the sound of gunfire and able to analyze the situation calmly. Coupled with his own physical prowess and how he uses the Command Seals to reinforce his own body and equipment, he probably figured out Kiritsugu's bullets weren't normal and prepared a suitable Anti-Magus Defense (devised from experience hunting strange Magi in the past for the Church) backed by Command Spells as replacement for a Magic Circuit. And as we can see, he quickly worked out how to defend against Kiritsugu's bullets.


Why does Puck refer to Emilia as 'My Daughter'?

Puck is a spirit contracted to Emilia.
His identity was revealed during the royal election speech,
where during her speech (which was shortened in the anime) Roswaal provoked Subaru to instigate a few of the elders and the knights for her being a half-elf with silver hair.
Puck, sensing danger and Emilia's distraught, appeared and threatened to freeze the whole court.
The elder stopped his ruckus after seeing and recognizing who Puck was: one of the Four Great Spirits (in term of being old and powerful), the Beast of
the end of the Eternally Frozen Land who was created to destroy the world (there are many biblical comparisons in the series, the title basically makes him a comparison to the four horseman of the apocalypse).
A few years before the series began, Puck found a young Emilia and decided to stop his intended plan in destroying the world and care for her by making a pact/contract with her. Thus accidentally stopping the world destruction by him.
For seven years, Puck cared for Emilia like a father, choosing her clothing, hairstyle, speech and manners like a father would. The 7am-5pm appearance was also just part of the contract, as you can see in episode 18 that he appears at night.
The death of Emilia causes Puck to continue what he is destined to do: to destroy the world, knowing, however, that Reinhardt the current master swordsman will end him if not the Royal Protector Dragon, Volcanica.


Which virtue did each Heartiel stand for?

According to the Precure wikia, the list of Heartiels and Virtues are:

╔══════════════════╦══════════════╦════════════════╗
║       Name       ║    Virtue    ║     Symbol     ║
╠══════════════════╬══════════════╬════════════════╣
║ Eternalun        ║ Eternal      ║ Pocket Watch   ║
║ Lovelun (rabrun) ║ Love         ║ Ring           ║
║ Prosen           ║ Prosperity   ║ Pear           ║
║ Pyuan            ║ Purity       ║ Snowflake      ║
║ Inteligen        ║ Intelligence ║ Book           ║
║ Wishun           ║ Wish         ║ Mirror         ║
║ Braven           ║ Bravery      ║ Crown          ║
║ Harmonin         ║ Harmony      ║ Treasure Chest ║
║ Hapinen          ║ Happiness    ║ Bell           ║
║ Horpun           ║ Positivity   ║ Key            ║
║ Pation           ║ Passion      ║ Torch          ║
║ Seekun           ║ Seek         ║ Telescope      ║
╚══════════════════╩══════════════╩════════════════╝


What happened to Dana and the 15th Armored Battalion?

Dana appears in the comics Robotech: Love and War and Robotech: Prelude to the Shadow Chronicles so it would seem that she survived the destruction of the 15th Armored Battalion and may have continued the war against the Invid in some capacity, but after that her fate in unknown.


Does Shiba Tatsuya have two Magic Calculation Areas?

Yes he does, and yes it is - an experiment performed on the 6-year-old Tatsuya replaced his emotions with another Magic Calculation Area, which means he has two when combined with the one he was born with. This is confirmed in the light novels:

While visiting FLT to deliver the newly developed flying magic, Tatsuya and Miyuki run into their father, Shiba Tatsurou, and a butler, Aoki. After a confrontation between Tatsuya and Aoki, a segment of writing briefly covers the experiment that gave him his second calculation area:

  [Shiba Miya] used the forbidden Non-Systematic Magic 'Mental Design
  Interference', forcibly altering the area in the consciousness, most
  likely to create strong emotions called the limbic system by inputting a
  Magic Calculation Model, creating an artificial Magician. The one
  who designed this experiment was Yotsuba Maya [...] while the one who
  conducted this experiment on her six year old son that had no magic
  skills was Shiba Miya.

   Volume 3 - Nine Schools Competition I, Chapter 2

The detail on the experiment here is limited to this, and instead more emphasis is put on the fact that the inclusion of an additional Magic Calculation Area replaced his strong emotions:

  Tatsuya's heart did not possess the ability to "hate".
  He could not feel any strong emotions like fury, despair, envy, hatred,
  disgust, gluttony, lust, sloth, and...... love.

   Volume 3 - Nine Schools Competition I, Chapter 2

While this meeting at FLT is shown in episode 9 of the anime, it skimps on the details on Tatsuya's background, and instead just focuses on the interactions between the four people present.

Additionally, this is also covered in chapter 4 of the NSC arc manga (Mahouka Koukou No Rettousei - Kyuukousenhen), where visual proof of a second Magic Calculation Area is provided:

Manga Page http://2.p.mpcdn.net/25603/440080/32.jpg


What is that manga about an elf who made swords out of his hair?

It's Übel Blatt.

  The story of Übel Blatt takes place in a medieval, fantasy-like landscape. It follows the steps of Koinzell, who appears to be nothing more than a mere half human child most distinguishable for the scar over his left eye. He is on a quest of revenge against those who betrayed and killed him and now call themselves the seven heroes of the land.

  Beginning some twenty years prior to the start of the manga, the story narrates on how Koinzell, then named Ascheriit, was a young, prodigious swordsman whose skill granted him the fabled title of Blatt Meister (literally Blade Master). His deeds made him one of the fourteen chosen by the ruling emperor of the Empire of Szaalenden to venture into a dangerous quest to defeat a powerful enemy invader known as the evil nation of Wischtech, of whom the many powerful engines of destruction and dark sorceries made a dangerous foe. Each armed with a lance blessed by the Emperor himself, and thus known as the Fourteen Lances, the chosen traveled far into the enemy's wasted landscape, losing three of their ranks to the perils of the land, until they arrived into a forest where seven of the eleven remaining decided to forfeit their mission, fearing for their lives. Nevertheless, Ascheriit and three of those still bent on following the Emperor's will continued, and incredibly succeeded in their deed, returning victorious. It was then that the seven who were left behind ambushed their comrades and massacred them. Back home, they told the Emperor that the four they killed turned traitors against them, and after dispatching them the seven completed the task. Thus, they were hailed as heroes and dubbed the Seven Heroes, while the four who were killed became symbols of treachery and received the spregiative moniker of Lances of Betrayal.

  Thus, the story tells of the voyage of Ascheriit, who indeed survived the slaughter and vowed to take the head of his traitorous companions, now powerful nobles and warlords hailed as saviors by the people.


Is Gaara able to control sand because of his mother or shukaku (the 1 tails)

Sand manipulation is not something limited to the Shikaku. Throughout the series we have seen several sand controllers.

One of the most notable applications of sand manipulation would be Kankurō's manipulation. Where he masks his puppet as another person, in chapter 42.

However, the Shikaku does help. Just as how the nine tails allows naruto to tap into it's chakra, the shikaku allows something of a similar sort. Which effectively allows Gaara to manipulate more sand.

So to answer your questions

  Is Gaara able to control sand because of his mother or shukaku

No, as several others have also shown control of sand.

  friend of mine told me that the sand is Gaara's mothers will and that's why he carries it around cause the sand is special

This is correct. Upon dieing his mother imbued the sand which Gaara carries along in the gourd with her will. This sand will protect Gaara regardless of his will, a technique also known as sand shield


What is the song that plays in Sirius the Jaeger EP. 4 at 20 minutes 40 seconds?

It is Track 6 of the Original Sound Track: "Theme of Agatha".


Why does Goku still train with King Kai?

In King's Kai planet, he can train under 10 times gravity, plus King Kai can magically add weights of several tons to him like he did when he was training with him after being killed by Cell.

King Kai can also make big weight rings appear and many stuff like that


There doesn't seem to be any "official" announcement for that, but I think it's safe to say that since Manga and Anime make heavy use of symbols to re-create a concept or a situation, the sweatdrop functions the same way. In other words sweatdrop (see image below) is a reference to the fact that when people feel uneasy or feel similar emotions, they usually get sweaty. You don't get that sweaty in real life, but again, they're symbols.

More symbols that might prove this point:

The cruciform popping veins are a clear reference to the veins that pop out and can be seen pulsating when you're nervous or you're about to lose it.

 Source

The red cheeks when you're embarrassed (blood flowing), the red nose when you're drunk (yes, nose has that tendency sometimes when you get drunk).
The saliva drop when you're hungry. Your mouth does get watery in that situation, because it anticipates the food you're about to eat. Mastication is the first stage of digestion.
The eyes shaped like >.< that indicate nervousness or excitement. (I bet everybody can picture this face expression).

And so on. There is more (as a start) on the Wikipedia page for Manga Iconography.


When did Conan first met Haibara's sister?

Akemi Miyano actually was in a previous case, in episode 13, "The Strange Person Hunt Murder Case."
The problem is that the anime didn't do that episode according to the manga, so they had to change some things later to make the show follow the correct storyline.
Here's a summary from Detective Conan World Wiki:

In the manga version of the story Gin and Vodka are the masterminds of the case (rather than Okita), and they end up killing Masami Hirota/Akemi Miyano who informs Conan of the organization's existence and that they dress in black. Her death is the motive of Shiho Miyano's defection which leads to Ai Haibara's appearance later in the series. Furthermore, Shiho makes a silhouetted appearance when Akemi is demanding for herself and her sister to be free of the organization, which is also omitted. To repair the storyline, Episode 128 The Black Organization: One Billion Yen Robbery Case was written with a similar ending to the manga version.


I don't know how far you are in the story therefore I don't want to spoil it for you, but Itachi did not plan to kill Sasuke.

He poked his forehead because when he was young he would show his affection towards his younger brother this way.

Since Sasuke was finally able to keep up with Itachi in their fight at the very end Itachi poked his forehead to let Sasuke know that he is still this Itachi, and he still loves him more than anything.


Why does Zoro's "1080 Pound Phoenix" use the term "pound" instead of "kilogram"?

As was pointed out to me by キルア, the reason Zoro uses "pound" in "1080 Pound Phoenix" is purely an artistic choice. The original Japanese uses the furigana ポンド (pondo, "pound") reference.

Also, as the wiki points out, the choice to use pound incorporates a sort of pun.

  The attack's name is actually a very heavy pun — it is written out as "Phoenix of the 108 Earthly Desires" in the manga with a skewed reading attached that makes it "108 Pound Hō" when read out. Ho means both "cannon" (砲 Hō?) and "phoenix" (鳳 Hō?), however the attached kanji is for "phoenix", making that the literal translation and the "cannon" reading a pun on that, both of which are correct. The "pound" part is a skewed reading of the kanji for "earthly desires" (煩悩 Bonnō?), and it is referring to the caliber of a cannon (a 108 Caliber Cannon would fire a 108 Pound Ball).

Thank you again to キルア for pointing this out to me.


What things and objects uses Blood Ability in Graveyard floor?

The Graveyard is the second Labyrinth. You don't have all the Blood Maidens when you enter, as such not all the Blood Abilities are required to progress through it...

Characters you should have at this story point:

Jack - Mary gun (Used in combat to Purge corruption...Later on will gain various buffs, Mary Reverser)
Alice - Rabbit Hole (Makes a save point and a one way "town portal")
Red Riding Hood - Scissors (Cuts chains on chests, cuts wall hearts, cuts Bamboo walls)
Sleeping Beauty - Bow (Triggers buttons, dispatches dangerous plants, puzzle flame arrows)
Snow White - Explosive (Destroy crumbling walls and topple tree obstacles)
Thumbelina - Shrink (Shrinks key items or shrinks inventory items to change their stats)

So in the graveyard you should find:

Crumbling walls, Wall hearts, Trigger buttons, Flame arrow puzzle, Dangerous plants, Tree obstacles, and also

   Dash (level 5 has a wind wall) not required to complete the chapter.

If you select to explore Temple before Downtown, you only get

   Cinderella a chapter later.

But you can revisit any labyrinth, which means you can blither back into them with any of the Blood Maidens as the game progresses, to either complete higher levels or just for farming.

Other Blood Maidens:

   - Cinderella - Dash (Increased Speed, move against wind walls, run over crumbling floors)

 - Kaguya - Bamboo Defense (Protects versus trap damage and 1st hit nightmare damage)

 - Rapunzel - Hair (Reach objects at a distance or grips overhead rails that move)

 - Hameln - Iron Piccolo (Reaches objects at a greater distance, moves iron floor blocks)

 - Gretel - Bread Crumbs (Short range Teleport)

Graveyard allows access to the following areas as the story progresses:

   City Streets, Tower Base and Downtown

Graveyard can be good for Farming Blood Crystals later on.
A key is required for a locked chest on level 2. By the time you get it, the item is worthless. :o\

If you are part of the Steam community, check out some member guides.


What is the song's name of One Piece cap 717 min 15:02

New World One Piece ost - the time of promise (dressrosa)
That's what i have found


Where in the Dragon Ball timeline is the Super series?

In the last episodes of Dragon Ball Z, the Tenkaichi Tournament takes place 10 years after Buu's defeat.

Pan is one of the tournament participants, at the age of 4.
Goten and Trunks are teenagers.

In Dragon Ball Super, Pan is still in Videl's womb.
Trunks and Goten are still kids.

You can say that Dragon Ball Super takes place before that tournament and after Buu's defeat.

Mind-blowing fact: Goku can already transform into SSG in that same tournament eheheh :D

EDIT: Here's the timeline from the Wikia:

  Dragon Ball Super
   Age 778
   Around August 18 Beerus awakens from a
  slumber and searches the Super Saiyan God.
   Bulma's birthday party is
  held on a cruise ship.

  Dragon Ball Z
  Age 781, May 7
  The 27th World Martial Arts Tournament takes place. Mr.
  Satan wins. Buu comes in second place.


What card game are they playing in S02E12?

This game is called Capitalism and each player is assigned a social class ranging from president to 'scum'.
It's also sometimes called President which is a westernized verison of the japanese game "daifugō" (perhaps that is the actual game, but localized) where it ranges from the daifugō (Grand millionaire) to the Daihinmin (Extreme Needy).
There is a variant which allows "revolutions"

If a player leads out with four of a kind, the hierarchy of all the cards will be reversed.
For example, if 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,J,Q,K,A,2 is the typical order of power (from left to right), after four of a kind is played it would be the reverse of that: 2,A,K,Q,J,10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3.
If another four of a kind is played, the order would switch back. Revolutions are typically utilized in the game to create better balance and avoid having the same player remain in first position indefinitely.

The object of the game of course is to be the highest ranking person :)


What is Yotsugi Ononoki reading in "Hitagi Rendezvous"?

Do we know what she is reading?

You're correct, she is reading アガジソ (Agajiso) magazine. No doubt about that.

  Does it correspond to any work that exists in real life?

Just like you, I googled アガジソ and there's no obvious result if it's a real magazine or not (no official site, no Wikipedia link, etc). However, it's interesting that it's sometimes referred in 2channel (Japanese BBS) on unrelated topics:

Since there's a free time, should we talk? (part 8436)

  951 ：優しい名無しさん：2012/03/14(水) 21:30:35.84 ID:JVhZ/yD/
  サッカー飽きた (I'm bored with soccer)
  マガジソよむお (Let's read Magazine)

  958 ：優しい名無しさん：2012/03/14(水) 21:31:40.53 ID:dTAPK6Vg
  >>950
  こんばんは～
  >>951
  アガジソ読めお (Let's read Agajiso)

How to earn money by resale (part 1903)

  937 ：名無しさん（新規）：2016/10/28(金) 10:39:23.84 ID:7o+oUknk0.net
  週間ザンテー 週間シャンプ 週間アガジソ (Weekly Sunday Weekly Jump Weekly Agajiso)
  どうぞ (Go ahead)

Last but not least, the site that Senshin mentioned on the comment also has this caption on the image:

  アガジソ（マガジン？）
  Agajiso (Magazine?)

Apparently, there's a magazine called... Weekly Shonen Magazine (週間少年マガジン)

It's a Japanese word play involving similar kana substitution.

アガジソ (A -ga-ji-so)
マガジン (Ma-ga-ji- n)

In this case:

マ (ma) and ア (a) have the same top stroke and similar voicing (ending in -a)
ソ (so) and ン (n) are almost identical, and it's a popular character pair to be substituted

The conclusion is, no, there's no Agajiso magazine, but it seems to be a parody of Magazine magazine.

Even Google seems to know the reference... googling 週間アガジソ (Weekly Agajiso) shown the result for 週間マガジン (Weekly Magazine) instead


Note that, like many things in Evangelion, this answer would fall under the category of educated speculation.

The point of the Angels largely seems to be to drive other points of the plot. It seems that the plot of Instrumentality itself does not really need the Angels—and I think you're right in this respect. The Angels themselves are a Monster of the Week trope embodiment, but you'll notice that each one (except perhaps Matarael) has a large influence on the events of each episode (and often the whole series).

Consider Leliel, Arael, Armisael, and Kaworu. Each of these caused a great psychological trauma in the characters. Leliel was really the first to probe Shinji's mind and break him down to nothing; Arael and Armisael followed suit and brought forth even more trauma and, along with it, character development. Kaworu, the pinnacle of all of this, essentially brought Shinji to the verge of suicide, but then made his choices in The End of Evangelion all the more human and relatable.

The Angels also achieve one of Anno's goals of telling us that, well, humans are even worse. The fact that the Angels are actually just acting on instinct—the instinct to return to Lilith—and not actually destructive (with a couple exceptions) shows us that humans are really the strongest villains in the series. (A nice bit of grey area there.)

So, to answer your question: No, the Angels weren't strictly necessary. But the plot points they drove and the scenarios they created were critically important parts of the series.


The title "Barakamon" means "cheerful/energetic person" (元気者) in the local provincial Gotou Island dialect (this seems to be the case with just about all the episode titles), where most of the series takes place, on one of the islands off the western coast of Kyushu.

The first episode of the anime is titled "ばらかこどん" (Baraka kodon, meaning "[a] cheerful/energetic kid"), which is obviously referring to Naru.


What is the significance of Asuna's heterochromia?

There is no significance
Asuna Vesperina Theotanasia Entheofushia, a.ka. Asuna Kagurazaka, has one green eye, and one blue eye, as depicted in every canon appearance except in Negima!? There is no real known significance as to why she has heterochromia, though it may have something to do with the fact she is of royal descent. She is seen as having heterochromia before she looses her memory, so that isn't the cause.
As far as why Negima!? is different, it is because it is a different studio who worked on this project, and they did redesigns for many of the characters. Negima!? actually has a number of differences from the original manga.
That we know of...
Mahou Sensei Negima (the manga) was canceled, so there were many stories that went unexplored. There is a possibility that this is something that the author was unable to reveal because it involved bigger plans around Asuna. Sadly, without speaking with the author himself, there isn't any way to know.


She actually does not have dark skin tone. It is fashion called Ganguro.

As MAL Describe her character as:

  The cat-eared ganguro student that is spying Konoe and Kinjirō.

Below is the defination of ganguro as described by Wikipedia.

  Ganguro (ガングロ?) is an alternative fashion trend among young Japanese women that started in the mid-1990s, distinguished by a dark tan and contrasting make-up liberally applied by fashionistas.


Why does Itoshiki-sensei always wear a kimono?

The show uses a lot of traditional Japanese cultural imagery, including the characters' clothes. Wikipedia says the style is supposed to be taken from Showa period (most probably 1926~1989 years, less likely 1312~1317).

It's a comedy and satire show, so naturally, the main protagonist would wear something noticeable as a traditional kimono. But because characters are usually seen in modern environment, things like this keep us from forgetting the older-timey setting.


Is there a manga based on Dragon Ball Heroes?

Yes, there is an spin-off manga called Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission that has been running since October 20, 2012.

Beat appears a lot throughout the story, the only reference I could find on Broly was in chapter 9 when a Super Saiyan 3 Broly card is played. I couldn't find any licensed English translation. However there are some fan-translations.

The story takes place after the events of Dragon Ball GT.


What are the order of events between Fuka, Desco and Des-X?

Desco was probably built with the image of Fuka in her mind from the get-go; she was intended to be her little sister after all. Plus, even if she wasn't, Genjuro (Fuka's dad) showed Desco photos and videos of Fuka as a little girl, so Desco knew roughly what her Big Sis looked like before meeting her in person. As for the order in which those events happened, it's hard to say, but I assume Des-X killed Fuka then defeated Desco, causing her to end up in Hades; otherwise Desco would have found and met Fuka before ending up in Hades.


For how long were Accelerator and the Sisters doing the Level 6 experiment?

In a nutshell, Accelerator went through almost 10K sisters indoors. As a result of this, he was able to efficiently kill many sisters.

Assuming he "works" for 12 hours, killing a sister every 8 minutes on average, he would go through 9800 sisters in 4 months.

Source: http://toarumajutsunoindex.wikia.com/wiki/Level_6_Shift

  It is unknown how long the experiments went on, however, seeing as Nunotaba Shinobu has talked to a clone wearing a winter uniform, and that Accelerator has killed the first clone who wore a summer uniform, one can assume that the experiments went for several months during the autumnal, winter or spring seasons—at least the preparations of the clones—before being stopped. Furthermore, several experiments have been executed within the premises of research facilities until being moved during May of the contemporary year.
  ...

  In May of the current year, the experiments moved to the outside and empty places. This is because of the requirements of the battlefield, as such experiments 1 to 9802 have been performed inside, while the remaining 10198 experiments would be dealt outside.


What's this music used when Lelouch is giving new orders in ep. 2 of R2?

I think it's unreleased album, the #9 song Knightmare Assault. Unfortunately I don't have a download link because I haven't found one myself =/.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEK28DBU2_I&index=9&list=PLb4mticUuCmQSnQpXJDttkzbhOxAdnGWf


Can you release your zanpakuto if you are mute?

Yes.

Ichigo does it here when he fights Grimmjow

And again when he fights Ulquiorra for the first time in Las Noches

So yes, you can conclusively silently activate your Bankai.

The only other disability I can remember reading of, is Tosen's Blindness. Not only can he wield all of the blade's powers, but it actually adapts to him and his Bankai blinds (among other things) his opponents. No canon source can answer this question about a mute shinigami, none has ever been shown.

Names are important, yes, but it is more about knowing than actually yelling them. Otherwise, top-tier Shinigami fight strategies would be to silence your opponents.


What is the meaning of this 'fox' hand gesture?

The origin of it's recent popularity is likely linked to the female metal band Baby Metal which popularized it, potentially as a variation (perhaps accidentally) of the Sign of the Horns (Maloik sign in Japanese). Often referred to in Japanese as キツネサイン or Fox sign. Associations to Shinto shrines and fox masks are present in some of their works, so it might have been capitalized later on as part of their brand.

In the given context, there is likely no deeper meaning besides a cute greeting between girls. Perhaps used like the Peace sign. The sign itself probably predates the band. As it's see used in various places including the WWE, as the "Too Sweet Sign".

It probably not like one of those campaign that catch on via social media for promoting a specific purpose.

The gesture itself predates modern pop culture and can be see in Buddhism or Hinduism as mudras called the Apan or Simhamukha, depending on who you ask.


What's true main story of "Yu-Gi-Oh" series before it was about TCG?

In the initial stages of the manga, Yu-Gi-Oh was more or less supposed to be a horror manga. Although the end result was a manga about games, it was clear that some horror elements influenced certain aspects of the story. It was later decided that "battle" be the primary theme. Since there were a lot of "Fighting/Combat" based manga, it was in a way difficult to come up with something original. Hence it was decided to create a fighting based manga where the main character does not hit anybody.

Hence, the early chapters of Yu-Gi-Oh feature a variety of different games; but from chapter 60 (volume 7) onwards, the most common game that appeared as a plot device was the Duel Monsters card game (formerly known as Magic & Wizards) through the Duelist Kingdom and Battle City tournament arcs; receiving elevated plot relevance in the latter arc.

Other games still appear during the DDD and Memory World portions of the manga and gaming, in general, is often referred to; the modern card game being a recent fad in Japan imported from the United States within the original story.

Reference


Well, if you really want to know, you can watch the arc to the end since everything will be "explained" there, or you can read the spoiler.

If you really want to know ahead, Darjeeling's comment told you what happened:

   The whole reason Blackbeard took the title (Shichibukai) is so he can gain access to Impel Down and recruit some new members. He descended to the last level (6) where the most dangerous criminals are held (for the info, even the existence of this level is unknown to the general public) and recruited the members there. However, he made a competition. He told the prisoners to kill each other in their cells and he will rescue the winners (take them into his crew). At the end, there were 4 prisoners left: Vasco Shot, Avalo Pizarro, Sanjuan Wolf and Catarina Devon. Alongside them, another person joined the crew,  the former chief guard of Impel Down, Shiryu (Shiliew). (From Wikia)

Anyway, I recommend you watch the anime/read the manga and find out this on your own.


Why didn't Dabura attempt to turn Buu to stone?

In the episode Meal Time, Dabura actually did try to turn Buu into stone by using his spit. But when he did, Buu dodged the attack, then turned him into a cookie and ate him.

If Buu was hit by the stone spit from Dabura, he would be able to regenerate after breaking like Piccolo did.

  In desperation, Dabura tries to turn Buu to stone with his spit. Buu
  dodges and turns him into a huge cookie with his Chocolate Beam,
  eating him afterwards.

This is found on the same page that you posted in the question.


Is there any biographical information available about Yoshihisa Tagami creator of Grey?

Here's all the information you can find on the internet about Yoshihisa Tagami:

Birthday: 09-12-1958 (DD-MM-YY) Source
Hometown: Komoro, Nagano, Japan Source

  Born in 1958, Tagami first achieved manga success in the early 1980s with Karuizawa Syndrome for Big Comic Spirits. What followed was an extremely prolific decade, with nearly 20 titles released over a 10-year span. Of these, GREY (1985), Horobi (1987) and Frontier Line (1987) would all eventually be translated and released in the U.S. Beyond manga, Tegami did character designs for Super High Speed Galvion (1984) and promotional artwork for the Famicom game Ikari (1986). While both GREY and Horobi got slick, squarebound books in English from Viz in the late ’80s (the former was even included a foreward by Harlan Ellison), Tagami has long since slipped from the lexicon of modern fans.Source

This excerpt seems to imply that he has lost his fandom in the recent times and may have left the manga/anime industry. His publications and active part as a staff in the production of any anime indicate that he has not been active in the anime/manga industry for atleast 10 years.
Appearance:Source

You can find find two other pictures of him: First one on Zimmerit, and the second one on Skynet
List of published manga (in alphabetical order):

4 Spirits Plus 2
Black Jack Alive
Frontier Line
Grey
Horobi
Karuizawa Syndrome
Kaseki no Kioku
Under Ground


What is the song in My Hero Academia that begins when Midoriya and Todoroki fight in Season 2 Episode 10 (before Todoroki uses fire)

I finally found it!

The song name is "Boku no Hero Academia Season 2 OST - Go Seize It"

Go Seize It


How could Beyond Birthday read lifespans?

On the wiki about Shinigami Eyes it says in L: Change the WorLd L himself presumably could read it (though i haven't read the novel so i don't how L Would see it)

One reason which would explain how L and Beyond could read lifespans is expressed in the Wiki and that the numbers are infact apart of a complex mathematical algorithm which Shinigami intuitively know. while i can't say anything about Beyond if L could read lifespans then this theory would relate to him as L was practically a genius (though the method he would use to confirm his finding is unknown), as such, because Beyond was to be made as L's Successor one could assume he may be just as smart and having the eyes he worked out the formula.

Another reason is that the understanding of lifespans are engrave into a Shinigami's Eyeballs. when the eye deal is made the Shinigami isn't rendered blind and probably can still read lifespans so the person who made the deal has their power, not their understanding. It's mentioned on the wiki about Beyond Birthday that

  Mello wonders if a Shinigami dropped its eyeballs to Earth (instead of a Death Note)

without knowing who the Shinigami is and what has happened to them the line says it dropped it's eyeballs, not it's eyes which the latter is normally used to describe the power gained from the eye deal. now assuming that Mello's thinking is correct and the understanding is engraved in the eyeballs then Beyond, from birth, had the understanding to read them.

This also doesn't necessarily contradict my previous assumption or the wiki as the understanding of the formula may be engraved into the eyeballs.

Ofcause, it should be noted that Tsugumi Ohba states that Light's lifespan was actually a complex mathematical formula while the rest seen are just random numbers, this is where the assumption of the lifespan being a formula came from, aside from that it's not know how even Shinigami can understand a humans's lifespan


Divergence numbers in logo: Steins;Gate easter egg?

As Eric notes in the comments, 0.571024 (the number down the side of the "i") is the divergence number of the worldline Okabe is in at the very beginning of the show.

The numbers hidden in the letters (0 in i / 4 in n / 8 in s / 5 in G / 9 in t / 6 in e) form "048596". I bet there's a "1" hidden somewhere I'm not seeing (maybe in the first "t"?), since 1.048596 is also an important divergence number: that's the divergence number of the Steins;Gate.


Does Marco need to flap his wings to fly?

I'm pretty confident that the reason here is indeed limited animation and not the actual way Marco flies. In exactly the same way, you don't see Monet flap much her wings in episodes 612-613 for example.

It might result from or just be confused with laziness, as you mention. Don't forget, though, that anime isn't just a story, it is also the entire team behind it, their short deadlines (often one episode a week!) and limited budget, artistic considerations...

  Originally limited animation was not only a budget-saving choice, but
  a stylistic one as well.

...cultural aspects and a few more relevant parameters, all of which influence the final product.


Are there other "elemental based" Chakra modes aside from Lightning

Earth Release: Earth Spear (Doton: Domu) which was used by Kakuzu could be seen as an earth variant.

  The user flows earth-natured chakra through all or parts of their body, causing it to become noticeably darker, all while increasing their defensive power to become as hard as diamond. As such, this allows the user to easily be able to withstand most attacks with little to no damage, with the exception of Lightning Release ninjutsu. Furthermore, the destructive power of physical attacks is increased, making this a great all-purpose technique.


Does the Magical Star Kanon 100% spinoff fit canonically within the main series?

It's just a spinoff because Kanon is extremely popular in Japan. You can't call it canon (or should I say, kanon), because it is not based off the material from the manga. However, Wakaki has drawn a few bonus chapters based off Magical Star Kanon, but does not hold the premise for the OVA's story.


Is the Ginjo shown in chapter 681 of Bleach a 100% Shinigami?

The Wikia states that he gained his powers by stealing them from other soul reapers (according to  Suì-Fēng). He had to steal Ichigo's powers to get himself a Bankai. Simply going to Soul Society wouldn't mean that he would gain soul reaper status, since unlike Ichigo, it is not indicated that he had innate soul reaper family history and has not been given soul reaper powers after Ichigo got his back from him. However, the Wikia also states that

  When souls with exceptional spiritual energy train their bodies, they reach the level of Shinigami.

so since Ginjo is already trained and has exceptional spiritual energy, technically he should be a soul reaper as a soul. So, humans need to have soul reaper family history or someone to give them their powers to become soul reapers, but souls are innately able to become soul reapers with training and strong spiritual energy.


Why do SMPTE colour bars block part of Ryou's face in episode 13?

They don't explain this well in the manga either (they are irregularly-shaped panels), but it's assumed to be related to Himeru's social anxiety from the previous episode. It's possible that this is a way for her to cope with speaking to Ryou, by imagining his face to be covered.


Why didn't Eraser Head just cancel out Kurogiri's quirk when he attacked the USJ?

From the scene (the ending of episode 9), Aizawa noticed the warping of villains immediately, however,  his main priority were the students who he was responsible for.

He firstly had to alert everyone  because, apparently, no one else noticed until the first batch of villains started to came out. He was also smart enough to call for backup and instruct N0 13 to protect the students right before the decided to engage the enemy.

I'm pretty sure that the element of surprise worked against them, and since he was with a bunch of newbie students, his thought process was much more conservative.

A lot of times, while under pressure with little time to react, the best options might not come to our minds until way after such event has occurred. Nevertheless, his call was still very good since his students were his number 1 priority.

  An example that compliments this; imagine a Samurai fighting while protecting his students compared to that same samurai fighting without any clear distractions. The exact same setting, moreover, you can expect his thought process to be very different in those 2 situationns.


How closely does the World Trigger anime follow the manga?

It appears that there is little to no major plot differences, with 1 of the 7 story arcs being anime exclusive. However, there are 15 characters exclusive to the anime and 1 area that is exclusive to the anime. Considering that you claim to be at the 2nd Large Scale Invasion part (lasts episodes 22-38 and chapters 44-85), assuming that the second part is halfway through the large scale invasion arc, then you would be around episode 30, doing a simple ratio calculation:

(16 / 2) + 22 episodes = (42 / 2) + 44 chapters;

And you would probably be around Chapter 65 in the manga.

Further Reading:
Here's an article on the Story Arcs
Here's a general article about World Trigger on Wikipedia


Why doesn't King use Fossilization on Hendrick and The Albion?

King tried to use Fossilization on Dawn Roar's member, Hugo in manga chapter 54 (anime season 1, episode 14), but Simon just cut the arm off.

Hendrickson would just cut it off then heal himself with his new Demon powers. The Albion probably would just smash its own arm off before it fully petrifies him, since it spreads so slowly. So, petrification wouldn't be all that effective.

In the Capital of the Dead, it worked on him because he didn't care about being petrified. He was smiling the whole time, remember?


Is the dialog in the One Piece opening unique?

This is unique in this opening

There hasn't been any opening before with text between two characters. I've seen every opening and haven't seen it in earlier openings, that being said I don't know every ending of OP so I don't know if it was used in those before.

The piece of dialogue is just flavor, nothing more nothing less. It isn't shown anywhere in the anime or the manga. This is probably just to spice up the opening and set a premice for the opening battle that follows suit.

If any other anime did this please let me know or correct me but I haven't seen it anywhere before, but I haven't seen every anime so I can't say


How and why do the characters speak Japanese?

The people from Ente Isla do not speak Japanese.
They are simply shown speaking Japanese for the convenience of the audience during the flashback.

The moments where they are shown speaking their own language instead of Japanese are when they are chanting spells, which might not be able to be cast in other languages, or when it is necessary to remind the viewers that they come from a different world.

When Maou and Alciel had just arrived in Japan, they did not know the language, so it is important to demonstrate the language barrier to the audience.

During Emi's flashback, all the parties involved spoke the same language, so there was no need at all to show a language barrier, instead it is easier to make the whole scene in the audience's language.


Time period between the use of dragon balls during Namek Saga

According to the Dragon Ball's timeline's wikia page:

November 2nd, Age 762: Goku is revived on November 2nd, Age 762 by the Earth Dragon Balls
Age 762, December 24: Every one killed by Frieza on planet Namek is revived by the Earth Dragon Balls

So (much) less than one year has passed between these two uses of Dragon Balls. I don't know if there is a canon explanation for this, but maybe the death and resurrection of Piccolo and Kami reset the Dragon Balls. This is the only explanation I could think off.


What is the size of the crater left by the explosion in episode 26?

The easiest solution to this would be if the light novels gave us a concise answer, but of course, nothing in life is that easy.

But while the light novels don't give us an accurate size of the crater, they do give us the equivalent energy - 20 megatons (20,000 kilotons) of TNT:

  Repeating Kazama's order, Tatsuya pulled the trigger on Third Eye.From within Tsushima Base, across the strait, directly into Zhènhai
  Naval Port. Tatsuya's magic transformed 1 kg of matter directly into energy.

  In accordance with Einstein's Formula, the heat energy equated to
  approximately 20,000,000 tons of TNT.

  – Volume 7 - Yokohoma Disturbance II, Chapter 13

Now using this, we can approximately calculate a blast radius.

To get my results, I used this simulation here - http://nuclearsecrecy.com/nukemap/. First off, I ran a couple of tests by plugging in the data from real-life detonations to see how accurate it was:

Test 1: Ivy Mike Test - Actual crater diameter: 1900m Result from simulation: 1680m - 88% accurate
Test 2: Castle Bravo Test - Actual crater diameter: 2000m Result from simulation: 1900m - 95% accurate
Test 3: Sedan Test - Actual crater diameter: 390m Result from simulation: 360m - 92% accurate

Given this information, we can assume that the simulation is roughly 90% accurate, giving an error margin of ±10%.

Setting the yield as 20,000 kilotons, with an airburst of 17m (the beam height of a typical modern Chinese ship, or the height at which the flag would be flying) leaves us with a result of a crater diameter of 2100m, which, accounting for error, could be anywhere between 1890m and 2310m.

As for the blast itself, the simulation lists the fireball as having a diameter of 6400m, which following the previous error margins could be between 5760m and 7040m. These and other statistics are all from the simulation and are viewable upon following this link.

In the picture below, the blast is still only just beginning, and if we assume the ships in the shot are the same length as a typical modern Chinese ship (~155m), these numbers seem definitely feasible.

TL;DR: The crater would be approximately 2.1km across.

Granted, this simulation is for a nuclear blast and not a mass of pure energy, but since the energy released is the same, the results should be more or less equivalent.


Is the circle-script used in Rokka no Yuusha decipherable?

Multiple presumably-independent decipherments have been conducted by denizens of the internet (>>128296467 on /a/, >>128297371 on /a/, and /u/justinlam3 on /r/anime), all of which arrived at the same conclusion: the circle-script is a simple substitution cipher for the Latin script, and the underlying plaintext happens to be coherent English.

Adlet's letter reads:

  TO NACHETANYA
  I MET OUR
  COLLEAGUE FROM
  THE SIX FLOWER
  IM GOING AFTER
  HER SO YOU
  JUST GO AHEAD
  FOR YOUR
  [...]

And indeed, this is essentially what Nachetanya says when she reads the letter out loud (in what sounds to us like Japanese).

The cipher appears to lack a majuscule/minuscule distinction, and also appears to lack punctuation. Adlet's letter didn't have enough text to allow us to identify the circle-script equivalents of all 26 English letters, but >>/a/128297371 did construct a partial substitution table based on Adlet's letter:

Luckily, we get more ciphertext to work with in episode 12:

   The text on the tablet with the instructions for activating the temple became marginally readable after I spent over 9000 hours in Photoshop GIMP enhancing it: link (you might like to try running it through waifu2x for increased readability). It reads as follows:

       TO ACTIVATE AGAIN THE
       BORDER BETWEEN INNER
       AND OUTER CLOSED AREAS
       AS FUNCTION OF
       SANCTUARY REPEAT THE
       SAME OPERATIONAL
       PROCEDURE AFTER REMOVING
       THE TREASURED SWORD AND THE
       BROKEN LITHOGRAPH THAT IS
       GRASP THE TREASURED SWORD
       AND LET THE BLOOD
       PASS THROUGH IT AND DESTROY
       INTONING FIXED WORDS

 This accords what Hans tells the rest of the group.

Using this information, we can decipher a few more letters.

Alas, there is no information available to us beyond Adlet's letter from episode 3 and the ciphertext from episode 12. While there are other ciphertexts large enough to be readable (mostly close-up shots of the map of the continent, which has labels on it), none of them give us any letters that we don't already have from these two sources, meaning that we will never know what the circle-script equivalents of "Q" and "Z" are. And that, my friends, is the real mystery of Rokka no Yuusha.


What is the motive behind the Titan Shifters' actions?

Since there isn't much revealed in the manga, this answer is going to be a speculative one.

It's known that the royal family has been trying to wipe out the titans. They prepare someone to become the "Carrier" of the Coordinate, but each time a new titan gets the power, they accede to the demands of the 1st king, that is to allow the titans to dominate human, i.e. Titan rule.

The primary motive of the Titan Shifters is to recover the Coordinate, unknown to the fact that only someone from the royal family can use it's powers optimally.

This leads me to think that

The ape titan, is somehow related to the royal family and wants to fulfill the 1st king's wish.
Or, he just wants to convert all humans to titans, thus creating an only titan nation and annihilating humanity.


Is there a reason for the discrepancy in the length of the Serpentine Road in the Japanese and English versions of Dragon Ball Z?

There does not appear to be an officially stated reason for changing 1,000,000 kilometers to 10,000 miles, and it is likely just another case of localization. For some, it may be easier to imagine distance in miles rather than kilometers, and would likely cause less confusion for American children who would be more familiar with miles. This distance is used for the Ocean dub, as well as the FUNimation dub.
Interestingly enough, this also differs for the dub for Dragon Ball Z Kai, which states that Snake Way is 1,000,000 miles long (or about 1.6 million kilometers).


Why did Airi say "Whose eyes are those eyes" at the end of the first episode?

This is indeed a meta-reference, that spans across the three games in the series.

The reference starts in Chaos;Head with Takuto, he spreads the phrase and is surprise how it catches on and becomes a meme.

One of the reasons is a serial killer that leaves behind this message at the scene of their crime.

I don't believe that there's an actual reference in Steins;Gate, but there is a reference to in the non-canonical 8-bit version:

In Robotics;Notes, "Airi" is an "automated data collection engine," so it would makes sense that she would pick up a meme such as that.


Do we know if Ginyu is in his real body?

You can't. He could have switched bodies several times before we saw him. Ginyu's Wiki notes

  Only a few people have seen Ginyu's true form, and Salza is among them

Which implies the form we saw was not his original.


Could someone transplant the Rinnegan from one of Pain's paths?

I have to say NO.

My reasoning is based on the time when Tobi is hunting for the Rinnegan after the death of Nagato. After he kills Konan, he finds the corpses of Yahiko (who was also the Tendo's body) and Nagato, and pulls only the body of Nagato to his dimension and leaves the body of Yahiko in the same place. If he would have been able to use Yahiko's eyes, I reckon Tobi would've picked that body as well. Seeing how he chooses to ignore Yahiko's body would suggest that only Nagato's eye truly matters and it's the real Rinnegan.


While Rido possessing another body, will their bite turn the victim into a vampire?

No, they wouldn't because what Rido does is possession where he is controlling another's body, as such he can only do what the other body can do. This is shown with Shizuka Hio when she was possessing the body of her relative Maria Kurenai and was able to use Maria's abilities

She could also possess the bodies of other vampires like Rido Kuran, resulting in obtaining their powers, such as using Maria's body to see through the eyes of birds.
Shizuka Hio > Powers and Abilities

Also, while Rido was in Senri's body, Rima was able to attack Senri, indicating that the forced obedience the lesser vampires have to Purebloods does not apply, rather the hesitation to attack Senri at first was because it was still Senri's body that they'd be hurting. If Rido's status as a Pureblood was transferred to Senri and thus allowing him to create Level D's, then this obedience would have been transferred as well.


What's the name of the song from My Hero Academia season 3 episode 9?

Referencing against Episode 1 of Season 3 around 15:55, I believe it's included in the soundtrack for Boku no Hero Academia 2, Disc 2, Track 5: Kimi wo Koete (君を超えて).


What does "crossing one's palm with fingers and gulping" signify?

This action that Megumi is doing signifies anxiety and stress. It is a nervous habit, as explained in the show and manga. From the wiki:

She has a habit of tracing the kanji for "person" (人) on her hand then motioning, as if to eat it, whenever she is stressed.

I'm not familiar with the culture of Japan on this matter, but according to this article on the University of Southern California's site, it is part of the culture. Here's a quote:

In Japan, students nervous for a presentation are often told to draw the Chinese character for “person,” 「人」three times on their hand. They are then supposed to pretend to eat those “people” by putting their hand in front of their mouth, in the belief that this will ease their anxiety.

Furthermore, according to the same article, the rationale is:

The idea was that those three 「人」characters represented the audience in the palm of her hand, and eating them made them seem irrelevant, undeserving of her anxiety

I'm not familiar with Minoru Mineta doing this, but if it's really the same action, then everything still applies. And I'm fairly certain I've seen similar things done in other manga and anime, but I'm drawing a blank right now. I'll update if I remember any.


Is it physically possible to turn a mahjong tile white with a super grip?

The average human hand cannot produce enough grip force to do such a thing. In this study on grip strength, the maximum key grip (holding an object like you would a key) force listed is 42 pounds.

Wood will probably be the softest material a typical modern mahjong tile is made of, from the link in your post. Looking at the compression strength properties of wood, the softest wood listed compresses at 193 pounds per square inch. Keep in mind that hardwoods like maple (456 psi) or oak (778 psi) would actually be used rather than softwoods.

Plastics take things to an entirely new level. This chart shows the compressive properties of some common polymer plastics. Note that the values are given in MPa, or megapascals. 1 megapascal = 145.037738 pound-force/square inch (PSI).

As for materials such as pulverized bone, the only references I could find involved using the materials as partial replacement for concrete. I'd say it's safe to infer that the compressive strength for the compound used in making mahjong tiles would be at least as strong as hardwoods.

Keep in mind these figures only talk about the compression strength of the material. Just compressing the tile alone would not be enough to remove the engraving and paint of the characters on the tile face. Some shear force would also need to be applied as well. I don't think it's necessary to go there at this point, though.


Presumably to both keep himself safe and give himself business.

L has presumably put away a lot of people.  Probably incredibly smart people, given that it required someone at L's level to catch them.  It's easy to see at least one of these people holding a grudge or having friends who would want revenge.  Keeping his name and face secret offers him protection.  Good luck trying to kill a garbled voice coming from a computer.

Also, remember other measures L used to keep safe.  Anyone wanting to contact L had to first go through Watari (who also used an alias).  This further cements the idea that L just wanted to stay safe.

Furthermore, by keeping his identity secret, it allowed him to move freely.  He could live a normal life, possibly fit in at a college (say to try and trap Kira, for instance).  If he was publicly known, this would have been impossible.

On top of all of this, he used other aliases for himself (also for safety and possibly for business reasons).  Remember Eraldo Coil, the number 2 detective in the world that the Yotsuba group hired to find out who L was?  That was L too.  It gave him a way to deflect someone looking into who L really was.  It also was a good way to generate business.  If you couldn't afford or get the interest of the almighty L, maybe the number 2 guy would be good enough?

I don't currently have access to the shows or wiki to be able to confirm some of this, but this is what I remember from having re-watched it somewhat recently.