What would happen if a pokemon died instead of fainting?

I suck at finding specific cannon sources, but here's is my general understanding.

You are asking one of two things. What happens if pokemon (in general) die instead of fainting? OR What would happen if a pokemon (just one) died instead of fainting?

If you are asking the first, that's a bit opinion based, but you would likely see defensive gear for pokemon to protect them more, higher regulations on battles to ensure fights don't go passed certain limits, and more medical items to help critically injured pokemon to prevent them from dying.

If you're asking the second, the trainer's response depends on the trainer. Some continue to fight. (I would assume most. If their goal is to become a master, it's a loss they learn to deal with. Not that they become emotionless, but they learn to remember and move on and fight in their honor etc.) Some would possibly stop because they don't want to lose more people.

This can be seen as something similar to when people command a division in any kind of combat. You either continue to fight when you've lost a man, or you discover that kind of stress is too much for you.

There's always theories like this one that go over whether Red kills his rival's Raticate. This implies that pokemon CAN die and have died, with your rival being an example of someone who continues on anyway. And with a city like Lavender Town and the cemetery and the natural effect of aging (since there are baby pokemon), you can reasonably assume most pokemon can die of old age and, therefore, other causes of bodily deterioration/harm.

Hope that helps out some. It's a bit long because I wasn't entirely sure what you were asking. Feel free to comment and I'll try to explain more or find better sources :)


Did Trunks SSJ2 become much stronger after the sparring with SSJ3 Goku?

Trunks in his SSJ2 state was definitely stronger than Goku and Vegeta SSJ2 in the Buu saga. However, weaker than SSJ2 Goku and Vegeta in super. I would say, his SSJ2 transformation is more or less relative to that of Caulifla's towards the end when she began to master it during her fight with Goku.Trunks attained another transformation called Super Saiyan Rage during the course of battle with Goku Black. This transformation made him strong enough to at least hold his own against SSJR Black and made his power slightly relative to Blue. He easily surpassed SSJ3 Goku at this point. His power would be relative to current Mystic Gohan and Android 17 who are stronger than SSJG and more or less relative to SSJB tier(Not stronger).As for trunks getting stronger,  No, his fight with Goku or Vegeta didn't give him any Zenkai boosts. A saiyan attains a Zenkai boost when he is in a situation where his life is at stake. Goku merely took him out with one shot and Vegeta obviously didn't try to kill his son! The fight against Goku was Super trying to show where Trunks's power stacks up to the Z fighters now, as he hasn't come on for a very long time. His fight against Vegeta, was very likely a throwback to their training in Z and to create a father-son moment between a newly changed Vegeta(In terms of character) and Future Trunks.We know the SSJ transformation is generally caused by rage. We've also seen powerups in SSJ transformations by characters when they are angry or someone's life is at stake. Example: Vegeta in his SSJ2 form against Beerus, Goku in his SSJB form against Black and Zamasu, Vegeta in his SSJB form against G.O.D Toppo. Trunks similarly, attained a very powerful rage transformation in this manner.


Was the Scouting Legion's patch or the character's Military affiliation changed?

After watching episode 13, I realize I misunderstood some things.

  So far in the anime (up to episode 12), from these three we've seen (if I didn't miss any) only the Stationary Guard's patch.

This is most likely wrong, as we'd seen Levi before, and he belongs to the Scouting Legion. See this image from episode 13:

In episode 13, we also see the Military Police's patch, although from a distance:

The patch is visible on the arms of the guards standing by the cell

This means we've seen all three patches (Scouting Legion, Military Police and Stationary Guard), plus the Crossed-Swords patch.

Now, my misunderstanding came from the fact that the characters I mentioned in the question are listed in the Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki as affiliated either with the Scouting Legion (Eren Jaeger, Mikasa Ackerman, Armin Arlert and Jean Kirschtein) or the Military Police (Annie Leonhardt).
However, episode 13 also shed some light on this matter, when Jean identified Marco Bodt as "The 104th Training Corps Leader of Squad 19, Marco Bodt."

Also on episode 13, Levi tells Eren he'll accept his application to the Scouting Legion:

NOTE: The Scouting Legion is dubbed/subbed as Recon Corps in the anime

This would mean that the characters mentioned in the question still belonged to the Training Corps, and that the affiliation mentioned in their SnK Wiki pages (which, in addition to the fact that I was under the impression they had already "graduated" from the Training Corps, caused my misunderstanding) is, presumably, from the manga, which is ahead in the plot.

Basically, as JonLin wrote in the comment below the question, the Crossed-Swords patch belongs to the Training Corps, and no affiliation seems to have been changed.


Who is the general depicted in the ending of Oda Nobuna no Yabou?

She is

   Shingen Takeda

based on the emblems. That is the emblem of the Takeda Clan.

Also I read the novel and that is how she is depicted.


Second Season refers to the light novel series, not the anime

The word Second in the anime title Monogatari Series: Second Season is not based on the number of times the series has been animated (which is the usual practice), but rather based on the fact that the anime adapts the content from the Second Season of the Monogatari Series, which consists of 6 volumes (listed in order of publication): Nekomonogatari (White), Kabukimonogatari, Hanamonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari, and Koimonogatari.

The anime Monogatari Series: Second Season (summer 2013) has adapted (listed in airing order) Nekomonogatari (White), Kabukimonogatari, Otorimonogatari, Onimonogatari, Koimonogatari. And this summer (2014), Hanamonogatari will be animated under the title Monogatari Series: Second Season Hanamonogatari.

Earliest usage of the term

The term Second Season has been in used since mid 2011 in Monogatari Series article on Wikipedia.

It also has been used on an anime news site in March 2011, regarding the release of Hanamonogatari (emphasis mine).

  第変話「するがデビル」を収録した西尾維新『花物語』の発売日が3月29日に決まった。『花物語』は化物語シリーズ セカンドシーズン『猫物語(白)』『傾物語』に次ぐ第3弾。

How the term comes to use

As for why the 6 volumes are collectively called Second Season, according to Wikipedia article of Monogatari Series in Japanese:

  『猫物語（黒）』で当初の予定であった暦とその周辺の人物の物語は一通り終了したが、『化物語』のアニメ化に触発されて「セカンドシーズン」が発表された。

My own translation1:

1 Feel free to edit in a correct translation.

  Although the series was initially planned to end at Nekomonogatari (White), at which point the series have finished telling the story about Koyomi and all the people around him, Nishio Ishin was inspired by the anime adaptation of Bakemonogatari and announced the "Second Season".

The old version of the article noted the date of the announcement being June 2010.

Then, Bakemonogatari (2 volumes), Kizumonogatari, Nisemonogatari (2 volumes), Nekomonogatari (Black) are collectively called First Season for the sake of convenience after the Second Season was announced.

  セカンドシーズン発表後に便宜上「ファーストシーズン」と呼ばれるようになった。

Unfortunately, the article (old or new) didn't cite any source regarding the announcement of the Second Season of the novel.

Reference

〈物語〉シリーズ - Wikipedia. Version July 21st, 2014.
〈物語〉シリーズ - Wikipedia. Version July 7th, 2011.


Kurapika's scarlet eyes allow him to shift from becoming a Conjurer to a Specialist because of their unique nature. This ability, Emperor Time, allows him to utilize all the types of Nen to 100% efficiency.

Kurapika has a Nen blade chain wrapped around his heart. Kurapika imposed a limitation onto this chain, it can only be used to deal with members of the Phantom Troupe. If this condition is violated, Kurapika will die. This condition (a Limitation, a Vow with a punishment) was needed in order to increase the strength of the ability.


Anbu are recruited directly by the Hokage (or, in case of Root, by Danzou). There's no mention of a hard requirement, but generally excellent shinobi are chosen.


What is causing Kirito's eyes to change colour?

From what I have gathered, I couldn't find any information of why his eye color changed, but from what I can see, the most likely reason is as you said, his will was strong enough to surpass the system. The reason probably is of course Asuna.

From the three cases that you have mentioned in your question, Asuna was involved in all of them:

When he was killed, Asuna was killed right before he was, he got too angry and surpassed the system.
The second case where he battled but failed is because Asuna is so close, he is so desperate to see her again and he surpassed the system (maybe even with some help from Yui).
It was also the same with the third case, except this time with more help, he was able to defeat the guardians and reach the World Tree.


What's the origin of spiral glasses as a Japanese stereotype?

There was supposedly a time, before innovation introduced plastic lenses, when glasses were made with the bottom of cow milk bottles.

Bottom of a milk bottle manufactured in Hiroshima, Showa 35 (1960)

As you can see, the bottom of the bottle has concentric circles, and the spirals seen in manga basically come from there, and evolved into spirals later.

Basically, the idea of the spirals is to emphasize the fact that the lenses of the glasses worn by a character are overly thick, so they are similar to these old days glasses. Effectively, one of the stereotypes/means to recognize otakus in late 90s in Japan was their thick-lens glasses.

There is also the idea that spirals are associated to another trope of being dizzy, basically a negative emotion that can be attached to the negative stereotypes surrounding otaku.

This trope is so strong that it's literally called "bottle's bottom glasses" in Japanese (瓶底眼鏡), and if you google "bottom of cow milk bottle" (牛乳瓶の底), you will see countless glasses results, as many opticians use the trope as their business' name.


It seems that several of the other characters and key story points are based upon Greek mythology.  All though this has not been confirmed by the author himself yet.

There is no actual figure in Greek mythology called Edermask/Ethermask/Nenomius, the antagonist Janus does seem to have a Greek counter part. janus, the god of beginnings and passages. Is said to be a 2 faced god. One facing the future, and one facing the past.

This god would fit the image of both the characters as their looks are identical, and behaviour matching that of this particular god. One can not let go of the past, and one only wishes to move forward (very, very roughly transcribed).


Who is this brown-haired witch on a broomstick?

Sakamaki Laito from "Diabolik Lovers": he is wearing the same suit and the the same look on his face also same hair color and eye color. I couldn't find this keychain anywhere but if you look up his name there is the same image on tumblr (he is a boy and a vampire by the way) this must be a Halloween costume. Anyway here is his image on zerochan :)


How similar is Hohenheim (FMA) to the real Hohenheim?

Hohenheim is named after Paracelsus, a man whose name's last portion (at birth) was "von Hohenheim". Paracelsus practiced medicine, alchemy, and other sciences, much like Hohenheim.

In the vein of alchemy, Paracelsus also had a significant similarity to Hohenheim. He claimed to have made a homunculus out of bodily fluids, as described in De homunculis:

  Let the semen of a man putrefy by itself in a sealed cucurbite with the highest putrefaction of the venter equinus [horse manure] for forty days, or until it begins at last to live, move, and be agitated, which can easily be seen…If now, after this, it be everyday nourished and fed cautiously and prudently with [an] arcanum of human blood…it becomes, thenceforth, a true and living infant, having all the members of a child that is born from a woman, but much smaller.(1)

Though Hohenheim himself did not make a homunculus, he did contribute the blood that created the Homunculus, Dwarf in the Flask.

There appears to be little beyond these similarities. Paracelsus's personality was polar opposite to Hohenheim's, being stubborn and arrogant to say the least. (This was bad enough to earn him anger and distaste from others in his field.) Paracelsus was never a slave, nor did he challenge a great villain, nor did he have kids.

While it's clear that Hohenheim's skills, name, and contributions to alchemy are closely linked with Paracelsus, it's safe to say that little more than that connects him to Hohenheim.


Is Hellsalem's Lot a reference to Jerusalem?

Kekkai Sensen's Intended Association: Evil Living Among Humans
Both the fictional town 'Salem's Lot and the real city of Salem, Massachusetts are associated with witchcraft and evil living among regular humans. This fits the ethos of Kekkai Sensen's 「ヘルサレムズ・ロット」, which is the mystically transmogrified version of New York City after a gateway between Earth and the Beyond opened, so that extra-dimensional creatures and humans dwell in the same paranormal melting pot.
Origin of the Phrase 'Salem's Lot
Jerusalem's Lot, Maine is a fictional town created by Stephen King which he has used as the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Within his worldbuilding, the town is nicknamed 'Salem's Lot (including the apostrophe) and the Lot.
The town called 'Salem's Lot first appeared in his 1975 novel 'Salem's Lot, but has reappeared as recently as in his 2014 novel Revival.
According to Wikipedia, the description of the fictional town is:

The town that would become Jerusalem's Lot was founded in 1710 by a preacher named James Boon, the leader of a cult of schismatic Puritans. The cult became notorious in the region for its open embrace of witchcraft and for its amoral sexual practices, including inbreeding. Jerusalem's Lot became an incorporated town in 1765, but was abandoned in 1789 after Boon and his followers mysteriously vanished [...]
When Jerusalem's Lot was incorporated in 1765, Maine was still part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town got its name from a myth about one of the earliest residents, Charles Belknap Tanner, who raised pigs; one of these pigs was named Jerusalem. One day, Jerusalem escaped from her confines into a nearby forest, and became aggressive and wild. Tanner began warning young children who trespassed on his property to "Keep 'ee out o' Jerusalem's wood lot," lest the pig devour them. Eventually, the phrase "Jerusalem's Lot" was adopted as the town name.
[...] Jerusalem's Lot has been identified as a residence for great and mysterious evil, particularly vampires.

Other Derivative Uses
The fictional town is also mentioned in Alan Moore's 2002-2003 comic book series The New Traveller's Almanac, in the 2002 Eminem song Lose Yourself, and in the 1993 Nirvana song Serve the Servants.
Katakana and Pronunciation
Kekkai Sensen's 「ヘルサレムズ・ロット」 (Herusaremuzu Rotto) sounds similar to both the fictional town 'Salem's Lot (「セイラムズ・ロット」 [Seiramuzu Rotto]) and the Japanese word for "Jerusalem" (「エルサレム」 [Erusaremu]).
The Japanese title for the novel 'Salem's Lot is 『呪われた町』 (Norowareta Machi, meaning "cursed town"). In the Japanese translation, the name of the town is katakana-ized as 「セイラムズ・ロット」 (Seiramuzu Rotto), using the spelling of Salem, Massachusetts (「セイラム」= Seiramu), infamous for witch trials, not the Japanese spelling of Jerusalem (「エルサレム」= Erusaremu). The place name Salem (perhaps ironically) is a hellenized form of the Hebrew word for "peace" (שָׁלוֹם = shalom).
In Hebrew, the pronunciation for "Jerusalem" is Yerushalayim:

Conclusion
「ヘルサレムズ・ロット」 is not a reference to the city of Jerusalem, but rather to a fictional town known for housing monsters and named after a pig.


Why was there an 'Immortal Object' sign when Eva shoot LLENN in the 1st Squad Jam?

LLENN has her 'Satellite Scan Terminal'in her left breast pocket, which is in an 'Immortal Object' according to Squad Jam rules. That is why bullets could not pass through it.

This is the same as her using dead bodies as shield, as they were also 'Immortal Object's.


How many students are there at Hagun Academy?

Hagun Academy (破軍学園 Hagun Gakuen) is one of the seven Mage Knight schools -> there are only 7 schools.
We have a rule

  With the competition, six students defeat 10 different students earning them their spot as Hagun Academy’s representatives for the festival.

So looks like we have less students in Hagun.

BTW, it's LN logic !!!


Why was Tobi not proactive after all missing nins got recruited for Akatsuki?

Tobi was the brain behind the plan. But he used Nagato to carry out his plan. He exploited Nagato's hatred towards big countries. He was dead as obito for the world. So he wanted to hide and work behind the scene so that he could keep his identity hidden from all before he could collect all bijuus. Also, Land of Rain was always a secretive nation. And Akatsuki already had strong base. It gave him a perfect place to hide himself. But towards the end as more and more akatsuki members died he was forced to come to limelight.


Anime about a girl found by the lead character in the ruins in the sky who attracted a monster to a village inhabited by spirits

Sounds like Tales of Zestiria: Doushi no Yoake.

It had an OVA produced by Ufotable and aired last December 2014 in order to promote the original game.

  The story focuses on Sorey who goes on a quest to restore peace on their homeland. The woman you might be referring to is Alisha, the brown-haired girl from the picture, whom Sorey, the dark brown-haired guy, and Mikleo, the white-haired one, met when they were exploring these said ruins. They brought her to Sorey's land, which was inhabited by these spirits, where only Sorey could actually see them.

Source: Wikipedia


Well, there are several reasons for the same:For instance, displaying their powers would result in them getting a lot of attention from the media and people, which is something they particularly would want to avoid. We see Bulma mention this to Vegeta before the Martial Arts tournament in the Buu Saga.The planet as a whole has accepted Mr. Satan as their most powerful elite warrior of the planet, if not the Universe. The People already believe Mr. Satan's true power is comparable to that of the Z fighters if not beyond. Having support from the planet doesn't really make a difference. The only time it sort of mattered was when Goku used the Spirit Bomb against Kid Buu, which Mr. Satan helped power up indirectly.Human beings are more of a liability than support. The Z fighters have a sense of justice and care more about solving the problem and saving the lives of people rather than getting rewarded or acknowledged for the same. If a bunch of journalists and media begin to intervene or come watch the Z fighters fight, it is very likely they would get killed or the antagonist could use them as leverage against the Z fighters.As far as crime is concerned, the Z fighters clearly don't have the time to stop petty theft and crime all over the planet. That said, Krillin is a police officer and uses his strength to an advantage against criminals and he is acknowledged very highly by his colleagues. When Gohan was a student, he spent his time-fighting petty crime as Saiyaman. It is also implied that Videl probably helped him as Saiyagirl after the Buu Saga. Adding to this, even Mr. Satan is several times stronger than an average human and he doesn't get involved in this situation. Even Videl, Chi Chi, and several fighters whose powers are nowhere in comparison to the Z fighters, are still strong enough to beat up petty robbers if they choose to. Hence in summary, the only true benefit which the Z-fighters could possibly gain by exposing their power is probably attention from the media, monetary gain and probably expose Mr.Satan. Even if they did reveal their power, it seems very unlikely that people would believe that they are stronger than Mr. Satan. Also, Mr. Satan could also be considered a part of the Z fighters in a way, considering the fact that he's Gohan's father in law. Also, he's somewhat repaying his debt to them in the form of financial assistance at times, or small other ways in which he can help. The Z-Fighters strength is too significant to deal with petty crime and that is the job of the law enforcement and even them revealing their power, wouldn't really make any difference.In conclusion, apart from the monetary benefit and publicity, there is nothing else to be gained from displaying their power to the world.


Why wasn't Arlong in Impel Down during the Impel Down Saga?

We currently have the following timeline of things happening to Arlong:

Arlong gets beaten by Borsalino (Kizaru) and sent to Impel Down.
Arlong is released from Impel Down when Jinbe became a Shichibukai.
Arlong had a fight with Jinbe and started the Arlong Pirates and went to East Blue and settled on Cocoyasi Island.
Luffy and crew follow Nami to Cocoyasi Island where Luffy beats up Arlong.
All of Arlong's crew get arrested (exception: Hatchan) by marines.

I skipped a large chunk between points 3 and 4 because it's irrelevant. You can find all of Arlong's history here.

At point 5 when they got arrested you would assume that he would have been sent to Impel Down again, but it is futher unknown what has happened to Arlong as it hasn't been shown or told in the anime or manga.


Does Sugar remember who she had turned into a toy?

There's a way she can remember about her victims. It's mentioned in the manga chapter 738:

  "Sugar is able to make a contract with her victims and control them,
  leaving them with no control over their own bodies."

Read about her abilities here:  One Piece Wikia - Sugar


Why is it that the majority of Gardes pilots are females?

First, you can't make that assumption given that there are at least 256 pilots and we aren't introduced to them all.

You are most likely referring to the ones that we see around Nagate?

Using pilots we've "met":

Hoshijiro, Yamano, Samari, the 11 Honoka clones and Momose of the Akai squad are female.

(There are actually 22 clones, 2 batches of 11, but only the first batch are in the anime as far as I remember)

Nagate, Kunato,

2 Members of Samari squad - Tsuruuchi, Tonami,

Seii,

3 Members of Akai squad - Midorikawa's Brother, Akai and Aoki.

Shinatose is the neutral gender.

  Female: 15

  Male: 8

  Neutral: 1

  The sole cause of the unbalance is the clones, that's why most appear female.

  [Why was a girl cloned? I don't know]

Note - For argument sake I've ignored all deaths.

I found this wiki to help you with characters.


What exactly is a false minoshiro in Shinsekai Yori?

The false Minoshiro (lit. ミノシロモドキ, minoshiro-modoki, monoshiro-mimic) they encounter identifies itself as "Panasonic Automotive Archive, Autonomous Evolution, version SE-778H Lambda." About 890 petabytes of data is stored within it using holographic memory; this includes all 38,242,506 volumes published in Japan since 2129 AD and 671,630 reference books in other languages. The novel describes it to be a sort of flying transportation and search engine.

Because it allows easy access to the large cache of information, the intellectual elite are afraid that this forbidden knowledge might get leaked to the general public through it, and have made it a taboo to touch or even speak to it.


Does Black Butler have other OVAs or seasons?

What you have listed are the only animations with:

Season 1 containing 24 episodes and 1 OVA
Season 2 containing 12 episodes and 6 OVA's
Book of Circus containing 10 episodes
Book of Murder as 2 OVA's.

Ref: List of Black Butler Episodes.


Why doesn't Naruto have/use his Six Paths power?

Naruto did not lose his Six Paths senjutsu because he can still manipulate truth seeking balls, and his eyes also exhibit that he is using it in battle (tailed beast eyes crossed with sage eyes with no eye shadow).

Sasuke awakened the Rinnegan because Kabuto used Hashirama's cells to heal him after Madara impaled Sasuke with a sword. Thus, Asura's chakra mixed with Indra's chakra, becoming Hagoromo's chakra, thus allowing Sasuke to awaken the Rinnegan.

Basically, nothing has changed, except that Naruto and Sasuke can't use the Six Paths Sealing jutsu anymore because it can only be used once per lifetime and the two already used the jutsu to seal kaguya


Why is "I won't forgive you" a commonly used threat?

It's a culture thing, and it's kinda like a fixed phrase, which is not translated accurately into English. If you can understand a little Chinese, its true meaning is 我饶不了你, in which 我(means I) 饶不了(means won't forgive) 你(means you), and the meaning is perfectly translated.

Its true meaning in English is more like this: I will not absolve you from guilt or I will not remit your punishment! (but these are too strong)

For your better understanding, this phrase suggests that if you do anything unpleasant to me, I will remember that one and find a way to make you pay.

PS: Even so it's supposed to be a threat, but this phrase is used between "frienemies" in many cases. For a instance, A doesn't want his partner-like rival B risks his(B's) life to save him(A), then A may say I will never forgive you if you risk your own life to save mine.


What was Akamatsu Ken's role in creating Negima!? Neo?

I'd say that the info on MAL's page would be the accurate one.
You can see in Amazon's page for the first volume of Negima!? Neo, that both the information on the authors (right under the title) and the cover state that the story is by Akamatsu Ken and that Fujima Takuya is the illustrator.

Also, Amazon.co.jp's page on Negima!?Neo too states Akamatsu Ken as the author (赤松 健 appears under the title followed by the kanji 著, which means author).


Why do animes have this "milky"-like texture?

This happens if you encode a video with a lossy codec. In each frame the solid colors are actually drawn solid. But at the moment where they get converted into a video, a lossy compression is used. Lossy data compression discards some data from each frame so it becomes small (within the meaning of computer memory) enough to be stored on for example a DVD or so it is possible to stream them over the internet.

  Compression artifacts occur in many common media such as DVDs, common
  computer file formats such as JPEG, MP3, or MPEG files, and some
  alternatives to the compact disc, such as Sony's MiniDisc format.
  Uncompressed media (such as on Laserdiscs, Audio CDs, and WAV files)
  or losslessly compressed media (such as FLAC or PNG) do not suffer
  from compression artifacts.

If you look close to the image you can see some kind of a square pattern (two are highlighted with circles), also called artifacts, that appears if you use lossy compression.

A other effect that occurs is that the color is changing. Here is a example where the left image is a lossless png file and the right image a very high compressed jpg image:

The image to the left needs 168 KByte on the disc while the right only needs 2 KByte. If you want to know the reason why these artifacts are appearing, read the articles I provide below.

Information and image from Wikipedia and more information from Wikipedia.


Where can I buy or download the soundtrack for Fairy Tail?

You can buy it from sites such as Recochoku. As for payment method you can choose Webmoney and buy the Japan Webmoney prepaid code from another site (just google for it - there are quite many choices). It's a roundabout way but probably cheaper than buying it imported at wherever you're living in. Oh, and being able to read Japanese is a must, since most of these sites don't have English translations.


What are the episode titles of Boku no Imouto wa "Oosaka Okan" parodying?

After some googling, it turns out that all of the episode titles are parodies of the names of light novel series that have a big brother ― younger sister theme:

  ある朝、ヒーローの妹ができまして。 [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 1: ある朝、大阪おかんの妹ができまして。

  妹がゾンビなんですけど！ [スマッシュ文庫] [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 2: 妹が大阪おかんなんですけど！

  妹ホーム（マイホーム） [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 5: 大阪おかんホーム

  あるいは現在進行形の黒歴史 [GA文庫] [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 8: あるいは現在進行形の大阪おかん

  女子モテな妹と受難な俺 [ガガガ文庫] [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 9: 大阪おかんな妹と受難な俺

  妹はラノベの女神ちゃん [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 10: 妹は大阪おかんの女神ちゃん

  最近の妹ブームはどうやら俺のおかげらしいですよ [Amazon] [Screenshot]
  ⇒ Episode 11: 最近の大阪おかんブームはどうやら俺のおかげらしいですよ

I still don't know whether the special episode (episode 1.5) is parody of any existing work or not.


How does Gilgamesh have a futuristic fighter plane?

This "airplane" is the Vimana. It is recorded in several epic Hindu texts, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In fact, in the original Sanskrit works, there is more than one vimana, but in any case it is a flying contraption that gods would ride. There is no record of them in Babylonian literature as far as I know, but of course Gilgamesh owns the prototypes for all of the technology that appeared in later cultures, which presumably includes this.


Does Kaido possess any other power other than just being physically strong?

All these information that you've posted are detailed and relevant to what had been released in the manga and also what has been shown in the anime.
Currently the manga is in an arc which is focusing on something else. If you would like to know, you can read from the manga.

SPOILERS

   Currently due to the Sanji situation, in the manga, it will focus on the development of Big Mom's character and the adventures to be on whole cake island. As we know from the impel down arc and marineford arc when the crew splits up the story will follow Luffy as he is the protagonist. Zoro and the others have split to Wano and are likely to engage Kaido first. So just stay tuned and your question should be answered sooner than you know it.


Why does Sailor Moon Crystal not air weekly?

Sailor Moon Crystal is not expected to make money among the Japanese (its main hope to turn a profit is to make it available to viewers outside of Japan, such as by selling a license to stream it). (Please also see my answer to a similar question, which Toshinou Kyouko linked in the comments, for details on why.)

Airing episodes weekly would mean that either 1) the series ends after only 26 weeks, or 2) that the animation company would need to animate 2 to 3 times as many episodes to run for the same number of weeks.  Since it is not necessarily profitable to produce the series, animating more episodes would be too costly.

Only the first 2 episodes were made available to view for free on NicoNico Douga in Japan; to see all subsequent episodes, Japanese are required to buy a subscription to NicoNico. Spreading out the episodes more sparsely over time forces the fans who buy a subscription for the sole sake of watching Sailor Moon Crystal to pay for about a year's worth of subscription, rather than only 26 weeks' worth. The number of such fans is probably low, but the company needs to milk the amount of money it can get from them. Stretching it out also can provide a longer time frame in which said fans could decide to buy some collectible merchandise before it ends and they move on to avidly watching another series.


Yes, there is. According MAL, it seems like it started publishing on Jan 10, 2013.

  A manga adaptation began serialization in the January issue of the Newtype Ace magazine. It is produced by the Oceanos team and drawn by Wataru Mitogawa. (Wikipedia)


Why has no one except Bakugo figured out that All Might passed his powers to Deku?

Bakugo wasnt the only one to notice similarities between Midoriya and All Might.
Asui pointed out when they were traveling in a bus that Midoriya quirk was like All Might's in season 1 episode 9. Later in season 2 episode 10, before fighting with Midoriya , Shoto Todoroki told Midoriya than since his father was Endeavor who wanted to defeat All Might, if Midoriya had something from All Might (One for All?) he had more reasons to defeat him. The difference between them and Bakugo are

As pointed in another answer, Midoriya told Bakugo he received his powers from someone else
Bakugo noticed the enemy of All Might was All for One who had the hability to transfer quirks.
Bakugo knew All Might met Midoriya (who was quirkless at the time) (and him) when he was captured by a monster in episode 2 or 3 of the first season. After that Midoriya started to show All Might's powers.
Bakugo saw that Midoriya was crying when All Might consumed all his powers and said "Now is your turn" to the camera.

So in conclusion Bakugo and several others noticed similarities between Midoriya and All Might, but only Bakugo was exposed to additional information who made him conclude with almost certainty that All Might transfered his powers to Midoriya


What's the difference between Tobi's transportation jutsu and the teleportation jutsu used by the Fourth Hokage?

I assume you are referring to Obito's Kamui and Minato's Flying Thunder God.

The basics of both Jutsu's is kind of similar. In both the Jutsu, the user can transport himself from one place to another (normally known as teleportation).

Let's begin with Minato's Jutsu. According to Flying Thunder God Technique article on the wiki:

  The Flying Thunder God Technique is a technique created by the Second
  Hokage, Tobirama Senju, which allows the user to transport themselves
  to a given marked location instantaneously. To activate this technique,
  the user places a special seal or "technique formula" (術式,
  jutsu-shiki) to mark an intended destination. After this is done, they
  can enter a dimensional void at will that instantaneously transports
  them to the location of the seal.

Now we come to Obito's Jutsu. According to Kamui article on the wiki:

  Kamui allows the user to transfer anything to another dimension. Once
  a target is sent to this dimension, it is unable to escape. This
  technique, when used through Obito's right eye, is also able to make
  the user "intangible" by transporting portions of their body to the
  same pocket dimension.

Differences:

Kamui doesn't need any Mark or special seal for it to work.
Kamui can only be performed if the user is using MangeKyou Sharingan,
whereas Flying Thunder God doesn't need Mangekyou Sharingan.
Kamui creates space in different dimensions where the user can
transfer objects or himself and can stay in that dimension for
as much time as the user wants to, but in Minato's technique, the
user is immediately transported to a marked location.


What does Senjougahara refer in the first novel?

As I haven't read the Japanese edition, and don't have a copy laying around to reference with. I can't say it with 100% certainty. But it seems to be a play of words.

Mugem Mamiya (無限 間宮) Infinite Momentum
Kudan Kumiko (件 久美子) Matter Forever
Touge Miroku (峠 みろく) pass (to) Maitreya

Which would turn the sentence into

  This world may be bizarre, but it has neither Infinite momentum or matter(s) forever. The best it can manage is pass (to) Maitreya.

Maitreya being "The Buddha of the Future"

  One mention of the prophecy of Maitreya is in the Maitreyavyākaraṇa. It implies that he is a teacher of meditative trance sādhanā and states that gods, men and other beings:Will lose their doubts, and the torrents of their cravings will be cut off: free from all misery they will manage to cross the ocean of becoming; and, as a result of Maitreya's teachings, they will lead a holy life. No longer will they regard anything as their own, they will have no possession, no gold or silver, no home, no relatives! But they will lead the holy life of oneness under Maitreya's guidance. They will have torn the net of the passions, they will manage to enter into trances, and theirs will be an abundance of joy and happiness, for they will lead a holy life under Maitreya's guidance.

Where the (to) pass Maitreya might refer to the Three ages of Budhism, (to) pass the age of Degenerates


Why are there sometimes darkened scenes in new anime?

Upon thinking about this again, I decided to do some research into this phenomenon. You correctly identify that there is some unusual darkening of scenes in TV broadcast anime that is not present in Blu-Ray releases. It looks like you are also correct that this has something to do with laws1 requiring broadcasters to avoid airing content that may cause seizures in people who suffer from photosensitive epilepsy (though I don't think you could reasonably construe this as "censorship").

As you probably know, the issue of photosensitive epilepsy became prominent following the airing of the Pokemon episode Electric Soldier Porygon back in 1997. For more about this, see this article on Bulbagarden: Japanese Episode 038.

That was then; nowadays, all major broadcasting companies impose restrictions on broadcast television as a sort of countermeasure to epilepsy.2 For example, a page on TV Tokyo's website says the following:

  Guidelines for the production of anime/etc. with regard to the effects of video

  As part of TV Tokyo's efforts to do everything possible to avoid exposing viewers to dangerous stimuli, we have developed the following guidelines. By producing and broadcasting anime in accordance with these guidelines, risk associated with viewing television can be almost entirely eliminated.

  Avoid displaying more than one flash of light per one-third of a second (8 frames on film, 10 frames on TV).
  Since abrupt scene changes and rapid motion produce the same effects [as in (1.)], avoid using these techniques more than once per one-third of a second.
  Flashes of light and scene changes mostly or entirely in red are dangerous. Scenes of equal brightness using colors other than red are acceptable.
  Patterns with regions of differing brightness (e.g. stripes, spirals) should, in general, be avoided.

It seems to be the case that, rather than producing anime that meets these guidelines, anime is produced however the production studio wants it, and then post-processed for TV broadcast by darkening bright scenes and (temporally) smearing out flashing.

As to why you don't see the same alterations on Blu-ray: Blu-ray is not a broadcast medium, and so the laws pertaining to the nature of broadcast television do not apply. If you think about it, that makes sense - it isn't really possible to inadvertently view a Blu-Ray, whereas it certainly is possible to inadvertently watch broadcast television, and so the government steps in to protect viewers in the latter case but not the former.

1 I am not actually sure whether the practices I have described here are backed by force of law, or whether they are just voluntarily undertaken by broadcasting corporations.

2 These restrictions are most commonly relevant for animated television, since live-action television typically won't contain the sort of flashing patterns that trigger seizures (since the real world itself typically doesn't either).


Does Okabe meet Maho in the Steins;Gate world line? If he does, how?

I would assume so seeing as his plan was always to continue on to a higher-up university and being together with Kurisu he most likely would have crossed paths with her sooner or later.
Although the difference of that timeline after Okabe saves Kurisu has infinitely differing events seeing as the timeline has shifted, there is no telling what might actually happen but my assumption would be the former alternative where he does meet her seeing as Maho would sooner or later meet up with Kurisu because she is Salieri just as Kurisu is Mozart.
Maho lives her life striving to become the equal of Kurisu so she would ultimately find a way to meet with her and go over Kurisu's findings while also striving to attain what she, Maho feels is attaining equal standing with Kurisu.
There is a possibility that Okabe and Kurisu don't stay together but I would hope that timeline wouldn't have to exist because of how downtrodden Okabe became in Steins;Gate 0 without Kurisu.
But to wrap this up I would say that no one could know unless they came out with a continuance for Steins;Gate because the changes could be infinite and we can never truly make time move the way we want it to.


Who is the leader of the pride troopers?

The leader of the pride troopers is Toppo himself , it was confirmed in episode 82 , When toppo jumps down into the ring after Goku's fight with Bergamo . Toppo introduces himself as the leader of the Pride troopers of Universe 11 .

Another thing , Toppo refers to Kahseral as General , his second in command . The General in this context doesn't mean leader.

On Toppo and Kahseral , Taken from the Dragon Ball super wikia :

  Toppo suddenly jumps to the ring and confronts Goku, wanting to talk to him. He then introduces himself as the leader of the Pride Troopers of Universe 11

Later ,

  Some time after the fight, he decides to go to a bar, eating snacks with a concerned look in his eyes, realizing how much of his world's safety is at stake. His General, Kahseral, enters and asks why he is so upset.


What's the meaning and motivation of Izaya's behavior in Episode 2: "Highly Unpredictable"?

I think you're over-thinking this.

Izaya, for lack of a better word, is a troll. Period.

  One who posts a deliberately provocative message to a newsgroup or
  message board with the intention of causing maximum disruption and
  argument.
  (taken from Urban Dictionary)

But for real-life personal interaction instead of on the internet.

In fact, he is an amazing troll - as evidenced by his ability to read people's minds and predict their actions. Which in turn gives him a great ability to "toy" with people how ever he pleases.

For pretty much the entire show his actions are always to provoke responses in other people without regard to their well-being (or rather to intentionally hurt them in specific ways).

  he is being somewhat inconsistent when telling her about all the people who jumped from the roof. At first, it seems that his actions are directed toward helping Kimichika by showing her that her case is neither special nor too bad, and it is not worth to jump.

Since he admits to trying with people to see their responses, this type of inconsistency could very well be intentional to provoke a reaction from Kamichika.

  When Izaya sees Celty helping the girl, he doesn't act surprised at
  all, much as if he was expecting this scenario.

That's most likely because he knows Celty pretty well and it's common for her stick around and save people.

  Kimichika will jump nor that Celty will save her (I think he didn't
  even know that Celty didn't leave)

As a troll, it probably doesn't matter to him. But it's very possible that he knew Celty will save her and he wanted to see Kimichika's reaction after thinking she would die only to be saved.


How old were Minato and Kushina when they died in Naruto?

Both Minato and Kushina died at the age of 24.

Minato's birthday is estimated to be around the 1st of January/31st of December. Following this up using the timeline as provided on reddit

Minato enters the academy at the age of 9, Kushina at the age of 8
Minato became a Genin at 10, under Jiraiya's lead
Kushina is abducted at the age of 13-14, and saved by Minato at around the same age
The 3th Shinobi war starts, where Minato is around the age of 20.
The Kannabi Bridge is destroyed by Minato Namikaze at the age of 23, shortly followed by the end of the war, where he also became the Yondaime
Minato defeats Obito, seals Yin Kurama in his body and Yang Kurama in Naruto
Minato dies at roughly at the age of 24, Kushina Uzumaki dies at age 24

These ages are based upon the mentioned dates mentioned through out the series, and the Naruto Wiki timeline.


What is the soundtrack that plays in Tokyo Ghoul root A, episode 9?

If you are talking about the fight scene of Kaneki and Amon the song's name is Glassy Sky  from Donna Burke : link


I am going to present my personal viewpoint regarding this question.

Firstly, there is a common assumption that just like Whis serves Beerus, Daishinkan also serves Zeno and therefore by this analogy, just like Whis is stronger than Beerus, Daishinkan "could" be stronger than Zeno. The problem with this analogy is it doesn't consider the differences regarding the services provided by the Angels and the Grand Priest.

Whis serves as a mentor trains Beerus in combat. But Zeno is not a fighter. So there is no need for Daishinkan to train Zeno. Thus Daishinkan plays a role which could be considered akin to a secretary/butler/advisor/minister to Zeno.

Now since Daishinkan is Whis's father and much much stronger than Whis, the question is Why would Daishinkan serve the Omni-king if not to train him?

The only plausible explaination then would be that he was created to serve Zeno in an advisory role (that is the Grand Priest's purpose).

Secondly, nowhere in Dragonball Super it is mentioned that the Angels are indestructible or free from Zeno's wrath. It is only mentioned that the angels will not be wiped out after the TOP.

Why?

Maybe because, Zeno didn't feel like it.

Or maybe Daishinkan talked him out of it.

Maybe the other angels are also related to Daishinkan and he doesn't want to see his kin erased like the previous 6 universes, so he persuades Zeno.

Maybe the angels have been kept alive because there is a chance Zeno might ressurect all the wiped universes.

We don't know. We only know that there are too many maybe's here and no definite answer. The only safe option here is to assume that the previous angels were also probably erased along with the previous 6 out of 18 universes but this time the remaining angels have been spared this fate.


What happened to Miss Dunya's skin when she died?

She turned into metal coal after she died. This happened due to the side effect of turning into a black djinn.

The Magi wikia gives you more information on her.


Why was Yamakan replaced by Takemoto as director of Lucky Star?

The official reason given has been a very vague "He has not yet reached a level required of a director."

  「らき☆すた」監督の山本寛は、監督において、まだ、その域に達していない

Because of that, people assume because the 4 episodes he produced for Lucky Star were of such poor quality, he was sacked. That said, no one else has been fired from KyoAni or AniDo in this manner ever since, so the situation left many puzzled.

Shortly after his firing, people speculated he was fired for sexual harassment instead, especially after an anonymous person claiming to be staff posted that he had stalked her several times. Nothing was directly confirmed, but his behavior after getting fired didn't help in this either. During production for Wake Up, Girls!, he harassed the female seiyuu (who were of high-school age at the time) to the point she had to tell him to cut it out. He's also criticized the #MeToo movement, claiming he would proudly continue to tease/harass women.

Just recently, an anime adaption of a light novel got canceled for racism against Chinese being prominent in the story. Yamakan complained it was the end of anime and stated in his blog that he also has racist views.

Generally, bad director or not, he's consistently proven himself to not be a good person, and it's highly likely that him "not being ready to be a director" was just the nicest way KyoAni could put it as their reason for firing him.


Why did One Piece chapter 750 come out late?

One Piece has been on hiatus for 2 weeks (Weekly Shonen Jump issue 28 & 29) since Oda was getting some sort of surgery done. It should be back in the next issue (issue 30).


In Soul Eater, does Soul ever become a death scythe? If so, which episode?

No, in the anime of soul eater a death scythe is more of a conceptual goal than a visible state of progression, however, as the anime progresses a character who is an actual death scythe is introduced and it's power is displayed to reinforce that goal.

Keep in mind that the anime also ends at the internal investigation arc (chapters 38-40) as the Kishin arc - Arachnophobia vs DWMA - is anime only. I will leave out details if you haven't seen it to avoid spoilers but I do recommend watching it.

My source is that I watched the anime fairly recently and recall the details.


What episode does this particular scene with a Takoyaki "song" occur?

I think you are referring to this short gag in Episode 386 when Luffy & Co. decide to save Hatchan so that they can get free Takoyaki.


MMO RPG anime are great! Is this a new trend, or are there older anime in this genre?

The earliest show I can think of where a character is trapped inside a video game is .Hack//Sign, which aired in 2002.

However, this isn't purely an anime feature - I read many books with similar situations, some dating before 2002. Example 2002, Example 1998

Presumably this genre is a type of mutation of the 'Trapped in the TV' trope.

It's an easy way to legitimize a fantasy world for an author, so it's become a common staple in teen/young fiction.

Whilst not exactly the same, there are earlier media like The 1980's Dungeons & Dragons cartoon that have characters magically transported to a fantasy world. Or even books like Type Writer in the Sky (1940s) in which characters are transported to a foreign land through the pages of a novel. It's simply modernization of this trope.

So, to answer your question - 2000s and onwards is a good starting point, but you might find similar shows with a slightly different approach earlier than that if you want.


When did the practice of having multiple series for a world begin?

It started at least 2000 years ago with works like Homer's Illiad and Odyessy, and lost works, Hesiod's Theogony, and later, Virgil's Aeneid, among other things.

Most notably, the Illiad showcased the seige of Troy, focusing mostly on Achilles's role and his dispute with Agamemnon.

The Aeneid focused on Aineas, who fought in the Trojan War, and escaped Troy to found Alba Longa, where the founders of Rome were from (they presumably descended from Aeneas).

It is also known that there are lost works about the Trojan War, which describe other parts of the war such as the sack of Troy.


What is this promotioner giving out all year round?

Although I agree with you based on the size of the item in her palm that it looks like the size of a smartphone, it makes most sense to assume this is supposed to be a packet of white tissues (which should be drawn slightly smaller than it is in the close-up shots) because 1) tissues are the most common of such items to be handed out in public places throughout Japan, 2) many Japanese blatantly ignore and walk past the people giving out tissues without taking them, 3) they are often carried in a small plastic basket (though her basket visually looks like it might be wicker or some other material I've never seen one of these workers use in real life), and 4) they are given out year-round. I have on a couple of occasions seen clear files or lotion samples given out, and of course flyers without a take-home goodie, but I have never seen something on offer that looked like a white cell phone slightly larger than a packet of tissue.


What are the poltergeists whispering in Episode 11?

Here (1, 2) are the YouTube videos by 333ユグ playing the scenes for Part A in reversed.

Here are the reversed conversations for both Part A & B (source: Mr_BlueSky's Hatena Blog (Japanese)):

When passing the window:

  「さっ、さむ、さむ…」
  "Co, cold, cold..."

  [BBゴローがうるさい為聞き取り不可]
  (Because Blackboard Goro is too noisy, it's impossible to be comprehended)

When peeping the girl doing makeup

  「ちょ、見えない！ちょ、じゃっ、ちゃっ、ちょっ、どーいて！」
  "Wait, can't see! Wait, jya, cha, wait, out of my way!"

  [BBゴローがうるさい為聞き取り不可]
  (Because Blackboard Goro is too noisy, it's impossible to be comprehended)

On the hallway

  「どうする？どっちが声かける？いっちゃう*？」
  「え、いや、どうする？」
  「え、ど、ちょ、ちょ二人…」

  "What will we do? Who will call out? Should we go*?"
  "Eh, no, what will we do?"
  "Eh, what, wait, wait both of you..."

  *いっちゃう, which is an inflected form of いく, has several meanings. In general case, it means "to go", but it can also mean "to die".

  「メガネ新しくした？」
  「え？へへへへへー分かっちゃったー？」

  "New eyeglasses?"
  "Eh? Hehehehehe... you realized?"

When appearing in front of the car

  「それギアバック*に入ってんでー」
  "Put that to the "gear back*."

  *It's "back gear", in reversed reading, while the whole conversation is also in reversed.

  「今日は青汁にする？」
  "Today is aojiru?"

While showing the photograph

  「仲間って…いいよね」
  「そうだね」
  「野球チーム…作りたいね」
  「あと…三人だね」

  "Having friends are... good"
  "Looks like it"
  "I want to create... a baseball team..."
  "Need... 3 more people"

  「あのー…人間ドックとか行ってますか？」
  「あのぜ～んぜん行ってない」
  「え？でもめっちゃ痩せてる…」
  「あー…だけどー」
  「どこも悪くない？」
  「いやそこまでぇ…」
  「ハハハッ」

  "Umm... have you been to ningen DOKKU?"
  "Well, I have never been there"
  "Eh? But you're so slim"
  "Ah... well..."
  "Anywhere is okay?"
  "Well, that's a bit..."
  "Ha ha ha"


How does Dragon Ball Super's anime release before the manga?

The reason is that this time around, the anime series is the original work, while the manga is the adaptation.

This is of course in contrast with the original Dragon Ball series, which were written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama and published in Weekly Shōnen Jump, and only latter adapted into anime.

The precedence of the anime in the case of Dragon Ball Super has been widely reported, even though the first issue of the manga was published first (June 20, July 5 the first episode of the anime). Here are some sample sources (limited to 2 links for new user, I'll edit later)

Dragon Ball Super TV Anime Gets Manga Adaptation 2015-05-18
Dragon Ball Super getting companion manga 2015-05-19
DB Super getting ahead of manga? 2016-04

Also, the manga series is credited to Toyotarō, both story and art (see for example here), with Akira Toriyama credited variously with original concept/story, or as original creator. Wikipedia goes as far as to say "Written by Akira Toriyama / Illustrated by Toyotarō", but that seems to be an overstatement. The cover art of chapters 1 reads: "Manga by Toyotarō. Created by Toriyama Akira".

This means that it is unlikely that the manga has any particular input from Toriyama, other that the one that goes to the storyboard and the animation team.


Is it possible that Madara could have used the Izanagi after his "death"?

Although we dont know what happened to his body , we are almost sure that his death this time was in absolute certainty .

First , only a sharingan can cast the izanami [ taken from naruto wikia ] ;

Izanagi can be used only by those with the genetic traits of the Sage of Six
Paths. The Uchiha, descended from the Sage, are able to perform Izanagi with
their Sharingan. Even with such an eye acting as a medium, gaining the power
to temporarily control reality's flow as the user sees fit comes at a price;
one has very limited reserves of time within a single eye for invoking this
technique. This technique would normally be used for only the most dire of
situations and for but a brief moment as after the Sharingan with which
Izanagi was casted exceeds its limit, the said eye becomes powerless and is
rendered blind permanently, with the rare exception that its sight and power
can be restored to the said eye by further evolving it into a Rinnegan.[5]

Madara could switch between both the sharingan and the rinnegan effortlessly . but there is one thing we know for certain and that is when a tailed beast extraction occurs the jinchuriki faces certain death . when we saw that kaguya had burst out from madara we saw something similar happen , and the beast was extracted from him into kaguya and wasn't spit out until later when kaguya was about to be defeated . Madara was ultimately out of chakra and he couldnt even switch between the eyes at the end as we could see . If he didnt have the Tailed beast extracted maybe he could've.

There is another argument i have , after madara became the sage of six path's i think madara could no longer access the dojutsu powers of his sharingan . But this is only mere speculation.


Was Re:Creators originally planned to feature fictional works that actually exist in the real world?

As cool as it sounds, I find it highly improbable. Someone might have gotten the idea at the start of the production, but simple thought about it makes it extremely difficult to pull off.

The major hurdle is licensing. Getting licenses to all the shows and characters would be massive undertaking and would take massive amounts of time, effort and money.

Next is getting authors of other works agree to have someone else write official story with their own characters. I'm sure most authors would not be fine having their own characters being written by someone else.

There is also a problem of fitting the characters into the story. Many popular characters have clearly defined personality and fitting that personality into the story might not be easy. And while many characters are clearly influenced or based on other fictional characters, there are none who would fit into the story exactly.

Another thing is fan perception. If characters from existing stories would be used, it would change canon as seen by fans. And it is not something authors of the originals might want. And it might take some twisting of the character's personalities to fit them into the story, resulting in outrage of fans at clearly out-of-character depiction of their favorites.

So no, I don't think this was ever a worthy idea during production of Re:Creators.


This has not been revealed yet in the manga but there have been further clues than are available in the anime.  Please note that this contains major spoilers.

Some Titans can turn back into humans.

   This ability can be obtained by eating a human with that ability.  Some other titan powers can be transfered in this way.  Some lineages of humans have special powers and most of humanity is from a single related lineage. Most of the memories of this family were erased by the "true royal family". One Titan has the ability to hold the memories of some past Titans including the Titan who built the walls and erased the memories. This ability can only be unlocked if a member of the true royal family has that Titan power. As this was said by a member of the true royal family trying to convince his family member to eat the current holder of that power (who wasn't a member of that family) this information is somewhat suspect. At one point in time, Eren's father had this ability (though possibly could not unlock it).  In addition, the member of the royal family demonstated the ability to inject himself with a syringe which turned him into a specific titan of his choosing.  Eren's father showed familiarity with this family and that ability.  In the basement, Eren's father has left some information either about the syringes, unlocking the Titan memory, what he learned via the Titan memory, why he betrayed the true royal family, or simply what we have already learned about Titans and the royal family but what Eren wouldn't have known at the time the key was given to him.

It is also possible (with the way this amazing manga preceeds) that the basement pertains to some secret that hasn't even been hinted to us yet.


Why the lifespan of Giftia is only 10 years?

According to the Plastic Memories wikia the Giftias' programming becomes corrupt as it fails to overwrite old information after 81,920 hours of service.

There aren't any specifics for why this happens, but from an IT viewpoint this could happen either because the data storage in Giftias are designed to work for this long and it starts to break down (in today's terms, the drive starts to have bad sectors), or the storage can only be written once while the data fills it up at a steady pace over 81,920 hours, and after it's full the OS makes attempts at overwiting old data which isn't possible, but this process might the old data or even the storage itself. But of course, this is just guesswork.


Why do drama CDs and anime series of the same franchise use different voice actors sometimes?

In the case of Lucky Star, this is because the drama CD predates the anime by about two years, and was produced by a completely different group of people. When Kyoto Animation took on the Lucky Star anime project, they decided to cast new voice actors. Why? I don't know in this specific case, but one possibly contributing factor is that drama CDs are likely to have a smaller budget than anime, meaning that there are probably more constraints on which voice actors can be hired. Then again, maybe the producers just didn't like Hirohashi Ryou as Konata, or maybe Hirohashi had scheduling issues (because, after all, the Lucky Star anime wouldn't have been part of her contract to do the drama CDs). Who knows?

This is a pattern you will see from time to time - there are some manga/LN franchises that get drama CDs before getting an anime adaptation. In these cases, the drama CD cast is likely to be replaced when it comes time to make an anime, simply because the production staff for the drama CDs and anime are different, and so there's nothing really necessitating that the anime production staff use the drama CD cast. Kara no Kyoukai is another example of this - there was a drama CD back in 2002, but the entire cast (besides glorious Nakata Jouji as Araya) was replaced for the movies.

On the other hand, when the drama CDs are a tie-in to the anime, you'll almost invariably see the same cast used for both, since they're both being produced by the same people/companies. I know of no exceptions to this, though I wouldn't be too surprised if there were some exceptions out there.


Name of song in Episode 8 of No Game No Life at around 6:05

The song you are looking for is Choisies, produced by SuperSweep. It's the 11th song in the OST list of the anime. Here's the youtube link for the song and the rest of No Game No Life's OST.


its probably the jutsu he is most known for... the flying rajin jutsu... its why they call him the yellow flash. bascially this jutsu works by sending somthing minatos chakra is in contact with to another location using a specialy placed seal or marked kunai. minato has already placed several seals around the village in case he ever needs to move somewhere quickly and he sends naruto to this seal when he places his hand on him... as for the no handsigns minato is a hokage level ninja.... his hand signs are too quick for average ninja to see.


Was there any hint of the year before it is revealed?

What I first noticed as a discrepancy and wrongly attributed as an animation mistake turned out to be foreshadowing of the three-year gap:

 Taki's and Mitsuha's phone screens at around 28:32 and 29:08, showing September 12 as a Monday and a Thursday, respectively.

If we were to assume the time in Kimi no Na wa. corresponds to ours in real life, then we can reason that

   the only years in recent times in which September 12 was/will be a Thursday or a Monday are: 2011 (Monday), 2013 (Thursday), 2016 (Monday), 2019 (Thursday) and 2022 (Monday). However you look at it, there is a three-year gap, except between 2011 and 2013, but we can rule that one out. In fact, we can pinpoint the exact years (2013/2016) in the anime before the revelation of the time gap if we make the following observations:

  Taki's smartphone is an iPhone 6s Plus in space gray (the only finish with black faceplate). Notice the home button on the smartphones is unique to Apple's iPhones. iPhone 6s Plus was first released on September 25, 2015.
  Mitsuha's smartphone is a white iPhone 5 protected with a rose-gold-like color case. Makoto Shinkai is perhaps cunningly trying to deceive us into thinking that it is an iPhone SE, which has about the same dimensions (123.80 x 58.60 x 7.66 vs 123.80 x 58.60 x 7.60, units are in mm) and appearance (the power button is located on the top right of the phone in both models) as an iPhone 5. The first time we got a glimpse of Mitsuha's smartphone was in the previews 予告・特報2 uploaded on April 7, 2016, a week after the release of iPhone SE, so it was entirely possible that Makoto Shinkai, thinking on his feet or due to pure coincidence, took advantage of the similarities of the iPhone 5 and iPhone SE to mask the time gap by further encasing Mitsuha's iPhone in a protector in the rose gold color that only became available as a finish since iPhone 6s. iPhone 5 became available in Japan on September 21, 2012.
  The only meteor confirmed to have resulted in a large number of injuries is the 2013 Chelyabinsk meteor, which, like in the movie, also split into two main fragments after the primary airburst disruption.

 (As a reminder, the fictional Itomori Accident occurred on October 4, 2013.)

However, the first true hint was given much earlier, in

   the fascinating OP.

 Notice that Taki suddenly grew taller while Mitsuha remained the same height. Here, Makoto Shinkai is again playing tricks on us with the changing apparel (some of which are seasonal uniform switches) by pretending that Mitsuha also moved up in grades when in fact she did not. The sweaters are not part of the school uniform, but her own (see the "Sweaters and Vests" section of Everything you wanted to know about girls’ school uniforms in Japan, gray and beige would be the basic colors).


Why does Kasumigaoka get attracted to Tomoya?

In Episodes 4 and 6 we find out about the history between Utaha and Tomoya. Tomoya was a superfan of Utaha's book series, and wrote a ton of praise for it on his blog. Utaha was impressed with how thorough his knowledge of her books was, and developed tremendous respect for his opinion, to the point that she tried to give him her unfinished draft. He refused on principle, which led her to start calling him "Rinri-kun".

As she developed respect for Tomoya, Utaha's feelings also deepened into something like love. She often seems unsure herself whether she loves him, though, and possibly she's afraid of being rejected as she was when she asked him for feedback on her partially finished novel, so she always makes light of it and flirts with him playfully so she can back out if she needs to. The upcoming sequel will probably expand on Utaha and Tomoya's relationship.


What does Headphone Actor represent or mean?

The town falling apart isn't 'symbolic' of anything. The story premise was that since she was brought into the Haze artificially she got looped in with Hibiya and Hiyori's Haze the same way Haruka/Konoha did. Hence the line from the song "Rioting people, a sobbing girl…" which is accompanied by the image of the classic blue and pink spots that normally represent Hibiya and Hiyori.

The town falling apart was the end of the loop she had entered during and because she was artificially stuck into their loop she wasn't going to enter the second loop in the same manner of repetition that Hibiya would. It is stated in the song Kagerou Days "With that, like a cricket’s sound being disturbed, the light blue of summer darkened away…" Hibiya basically just passes out and wakes up with the previous day repeating.

Because Hibiya followed the standards of normally entering the Haze, the loop was customized to him. Takane/Ene would have to go through the day and upon the town falling apart she would wake up the next day in the same situation in the same spot as the day before to continue the loop. The crumbling town was the destruction of that specific loop that would carry into the next loop upon rebuilding the area from the beginning.

The reason that this wasn't repetitively shown is that she exited the Haze before the loop completely ended, and through which she entered the computer and then the story continues into Ene's Cyber Journey (Ene no Dennou Kikou).


I just came across this question and just finished the manga myself.

Maya was plotting a revenge against Falcon and Otoya by hiding a gun inside the flower basket.

As you recall during the final moments before the Storyteller's death, Maya's background detailing her childhood days training to be an agent took place. She was contemplating about life after that mission - maybe a housewife etc.

However, looking at the happy faces of the 2 girls she was about to shoot, she could not bear to pull the trigger and left it as it is while leaving behind a relieved Kanou, who saw the letter bidding farewell from Maya.

Hope this clarifies. When I first saw Maya during the wedding, I expected the worst but glad to see a happy ending =)


Why couldn't Chiaki go to the future to get more time leaps?

I'm literally over a year late, but, why not?

I just watched the movie. As a good engineer (for better or for worse) I needed to know what had happened at the end of the movie. So I went to the internet and looked for answers. At first, as always, I just assumed everything they say is correct, but then the ideas sank in, and I made my own conclusions, which evidently lack complete information, since the film itself doesn't let you see things I'd need to confirm my interpretation. But here it goes:

Here are the theories I'd like to debunk:

Chiaki convinced the aunt to take care of the painting.
Chiaki couldn't have gone to the future anytime he wanted.
Makoto is the aunt, grown up.
Chiaki wouldn't actually see Makoto in the future.

To do this, we need some basis. Here are some ideas that many people don't consider.

Chiaki never said he had travelled through time both ways. All he says regarding his leaps is that he knew that the painting had records during the period in which the movie is set. Secondly, he stated clearly that "tomorrow" he would return to the future. Here we have a problem, because this might have two reasons.

The first one is that when the count reaches zero, the leaps end (literally physically end) and the user of the time travel goes back to the first jump, since for all we know he was forced to return until he reached 0.
The second one is that in the future they found out that he revealed the secret of time traveling, and he would be forced to return. It is a wild guess, but completely stopping time and now just jumping, as he saw at the crossroads, doesn't seem something that may be done with the charges. That would have meant that Chiaki had one charge to avoid the crash as well as to stop time, which doesn't sound logical, yet is a possibility.

Some people actually mentioned that Makoto didn't see herself in the past. This means that she can't be the aunt given the fact that the logical conclusion from before is that there can't be two of the same person in one reality.
We get an interesting scene that most commenters overlook, which is the one of the jump at the lake. Makoto went back in time and returned! Even a child screamed that he saw the girl disappear and reappear. (Although circumstantial, it supports the point.) This leads up to the idea that for every time travel you do, as we might relate with the movie Inception, at the end of the physical jump, the traveling ends.

Now to the point.

  "Chiaki convinced the aunt to take care of the painting."

This can't be true given that Chiaki can't bend the story. For this to be possible, he would have had to convince Witch to take care of the painting. This means that he went to a time before Makoto and did this. He would then have had to return a few years later to convince Makoto to do this. This implies that he went back, returned, back again, and returned. Finally, if history can't be modified, the moment he returned to his time would have reset whatever he did with the aunt. Therefore, that couldn't have happened.

  "Chiaki couldn't have gone to the future anytime he wanted."

At the crossroads we get that he would be forced to return to the future. He would be forced. In practical terms, that gives him an "extra" one-way leap. Why else would he worry so much about his forced return? He actually contradicts himself by stating at the crossroads that we would be gone by tomorrow and, during the same stop, saying that he could no longer go back to his time. Here we have to decide which statement is true since they are mutually exclusive if Chiaki never lied. The way I see it, he could jump to the future. (He would be forced back to the future due to the end of the leaps/count 0.)

  "Chiaki could have gone to the future anytime he wanted."

Same argument as above, except for the final point.

  "Makoto is the aunt, grown up."

Simple and without using a reference to the picture: no double person per reality.

  "Chiaki wouldn't actually see Makoto in the future."

I bet this is the one every-fucking-one is waiting to read. Feeling romantic? Well, you're lucky. I can't believe so many persons overlooked this tiny little detail: Makoto has all her jumps restored. Well, that sound great, and this is why this is probably true! First of all, jumps all the way before the books fell on her. Let's say we get a 50/50 of having the device giving her the full count again. Second point: Chiaki gives Makoto time-travelling advice. Sounds promising to me.

Now, this is going to get complicated, but try to follow me, even though I might be wrong. The way Chiaki would go to the future would be by going even further into the past. As confusing as it may sound, going back in time would take him back to the future. Follow this thread, backwards now: the end of the movie, the beginning of the movie, the moment Chiaki leapt into the movie's time, Chiaki's original time. Therefore if he jumps back enough to go to the moment before he went back in time, he'd be back in the future! Time traveling actually goes one way here.

Now, if we want to extrapolate, we find that Chiaki used a hell of a ton of jumps to get to the movie's time. He would have needed to jump from the stratosphere to get to that time, as I see it. He jumped bit by bit until he hit the right time. That explains his single leap left at the end. The way we followed the reasoning here, taking the idea that he could time travel and was stuck when his count hit 0, he would have been able to go back enough to get another time-travelling device.

Being still in the same reality, his jump would eventually end and would find Makoto there. If this doesn't sound good enough for you and believe that Chiaki is not evil, he would go back to the future, get leaps, and go back to Makoto on his timeline, while Makoto on her timeline would eventually see his jump's end and find him again.

In the end, the movie might actually be talking about creating parallel realities, which diverge with every jump, as well as there being separate realities for each person who leaps. The way you take these arguments, which I believe are most of the relevant ones, may lead to take different conclusions.

Either way, I believe that Chiaki got scared or something and dropped the device. The whole thing happened and the guy got stuck in time. Having different leap counts for each person, Makoto returned when he still had count 1. She jumped far enough to get her full count, too. Finally, Chiaki is an asshole for jumping back in time knowing he could have seen the painting, movie-time. Apparently he did disappear, but will eventually end his leap and reappear in Makoto's reality. And she will hate him for being a jerk who instead of waiting for the restoration to be finished, preferred to go to his no-river-no-nature-not-many-people-without-blue-sky time.

Sucker.


How does Ymir turn back into her human form?

The answer contains heavy spoilers to anime watchers. You have been warned!

It's been heavily hinted (almost confirmed, really) that titans are created by transforming humans in some way. Ymir was transformed to a mindless titan over 60 years ago, and was unable to return to her human form for a very long time.

We already know that several powers (such as titan shifter powers, titan control powers, and "The Memories") can be transferred by eating. This conclusion was reached by Hanji in chapter 57.

When Ymir ate Reiner's and Berthold's friend (who was also a titan shifter), she gained his titan shifting abilities, and was able to return to human form.


Can Goku activate Mastered Ultra Instinct at will?

As far as Dragon Ball Super goes, he clearly mentions it at the end of  Super to Vegeta, after the T.O.P, that he cannot tap into UI and also tells Vegeta that he hasn't been able to tap into it after the T.O.P, in the new manga chapterAs far as Dragon Ball Heroes is concerned, we don't know whether Goku trained with the Grand Priest. We only know that the Grand Priest gave Goku a new set of clothes and Healed him.He most likely figured out how to tap into the Defensive part of UI on his own as he utilizes it to save Trunks.Hearts comments on the fact that Goku hasn't still mastered the form. Whis clearly stated that the attack version of Ultra Instinct is significantly harder to master compared to the defensive portion. If Goku did have the attack version, he would've used it against KamiOren or to destroy the glass as Goku attacks are significantly more powerful in this state.Hence, I think it is safe to say, Goku is yet to master the ability to tap into the Completed Ultra Instinct form whenever he wants to.


I found these sites while browsing the net:

Sailor Moon:

Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/sailor-moon-4e1c9108-f973-48fb-8824-a69280ca0438
Viz: https://www.viz.com/watch/streaming/sailor-moon (Country Specific)

Sailor Moon Crystal:

Bandai Channel: https://www.b-ch.com/ttl/index.php?ttl_c=4233
Hulu: https://www.hulu.com/series/sailor-moon-crystal-f8ab94ad-27b1-416b-a463-
Crunchyroll: https://www.crunchyroll.com/sailor-moon-crystal (does not require membership)

I was unable to personally try the sites that are restricted by region or country, so, if you want to see more options, you can browse through our community curated list of legal online sources.

Sources:

Quora: Is Sailor Moon on Netflix or Hulu?
Tonepoet: (Verified the Viz U.R.L. with a screenshot)
Maroon (Mentioned Crunchyroll)


Most of them: if it's not manga canon then it's filler. I think there are less then 20 cannon episodes.


A couple of things to explain your question. Hamura never sealed any part of the juubi in himself, he was sealed entirely in hagoromo. Also, I don't know if you're talking about the anime or the manga. If anime, no, you haven't seen the full power of the juubi yet, as the resurrection was incomplete due to lack of the hachibi and kyuubi. In the manga, its full power is shown.


Can Byakuya overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu as easy as he overcomed Koga since both of them are based on illusion?

If Byakuya's Senkei will always find illusion based shinigami, does that mean he can overcome Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu illusion just as easily with his Bankai?

Not even close. Here's why:

Both illusions are water based however while Byakuya's Senkei uses his reiatsu, Aizen's Kyoka Suigetsu is just it's power.
We also have to note that Kyoka Suigetsu manipulates 5 senses which is something Senkei  can't do.
You can't see Aizen activating his Kyoka Suigetsu in a verbal way. That is because you as the viewer and characters in the show can't see. The moment he activates it you are done. You are in Aizen's world now. Sad thing is you don't even know it.


When did Conan's glasses get zoom functionality added?

according to the detective conan wiki:4
Agasa updated the glasses so they can zoom in on a distant target and enhance visibility, even in the dark.
As of the anime episode The Unsmashable Snowman and Volume 54, Conan's glasses can only have some form of magnifying lens. This lens is on the right, according to the manga, while the Criminal Tracking Glasses feature is on the left lens. Movie 8 and Movie 11 are the only appearances that uses the left lens for the telescopic feature. Because movies are non-canon, it is unknown whether Conan's glasses have this modification on both lenses in conjunction with the criminal tracking feature, or if one modification would instead interfere with the other.

it was never stated when Agasa updated the lenses, and there is only a few appearances.
Hope this helps


Does Lelouch vi Britannia speak with a Japanese accent?

This is a suspension-of-disbelief issue within Code Geass. Also pretty much every other anime. "Foreigners" speak better Japanese than they do English, like the two British girls from Kiniro Mosaic. It's rare that a "native" English or German speaker is used for such characters.

Everyone, even the Britannian nobles, speak perfectly unaccented Japanese in Code Geass. Nothing in the anime or its manga adaptions suggests the Brits have any kind of "foreign accent". You can read this as a plot whole, but I would take it more as a concession to the format.

Like any other SciFi anime. Did people in Gundam go into space speaking perfect Japanese despite using strangely western names like Aznable and naming cities Von Braun and companies Anahiem? Did the Soviet Union and the United States suddenly start speaking Japanese in the Muv Luv series? If you watch scifi anime I think you need to suspend your disbelief and accept Japanese as the lingua franca. The original creators certainly did.


Does Mirio Togata have superhuman speed?

There are two reasons why Mirio won with that level of ease against Class 1-A.

First, he trained his quirk extensively, and has extremely fine control over it. He avoided all long range quirk attacks by letting them pass through him, but solidified at the right moments to deliver powerful punches.

But this alone wouldn't explain how he managed to do that in 6 seconds. The real reason for his "speed" is a side effect of his Permeation quirk, which is explained at the end of the fight.

His quirk allows him to pass through solid objects, but if he releases the quirk while there is overlapped with another solid object, he is randomly catapulted out. This instantaneous repulsion effect is what he takes advantage of to mimic 'teleportation'.

It is not an additional or hybrid quirk, and he still has to angle his body correctly in order to appear where he wants. As Ashido rightly puts it "It's like a video game glitch".

Sources: Chapter 124 of the Manga, and Episode 25, Season 3 of the anime.

Edit:

As raised in the comments, this doesn't fully explain how he was able to 1 hit KO Kirishima, who has hardening, with just normal strength.

While unclear exactly why he is so strong, the wikia does list "Enhanced strength" as one of his abilities. Tamaki mentions that he's been strong since childhood, but that he doesn't know to hold back. Nejire also says his "permeation form" has gotten stronger. And Mirio himself mentions he has trained to counter his weakness (people attempting to attack him when in close combat).

It is also possible he was too fast for Kirishima to react in time. Even assuming his catapulting adds momentum to the punches, it seems unlikely that he'd be able to 1-hit a hardened Kirishima.


Why Orochimaru's Edo tensei gives summons white eye but the recent edo tensei has the black eye?

When Orochimaru used that jutsu against 3rd Hokage, he hasn't mastered it yet, which is why both 1st Hokare and 2nd Hokage were that weak. With weak I mean they were not revived with all their power available for them to use.

Later, Kabuto mastered the jutsu, thus enabling him to summon the dead with all their power available for them to use. It seems that this also makes their appearance change quite a bit like you noted, in that they have different eye color and cracks.


What is this bubble thing next to Marco's face?

I can only see three possible things causing this as it's an anime.

It's common for small bubbles like that to be in mangas to express a sigh, sometimes it occurs in animes too, but it's more common for that to happen when characters enter a more comedic and less serious stage (it tends to be fairly obvious).

Another reason is the above mentioned bubble-gum bubble, no further explanation required (you will know by observing the context if he put something in his mouth).

The third possibility (that I can see) is that it's a part of his soul. In Japanese culture the soul can exit through your mouth, normally through great shock or near death experiences. It is also fairly common that some characters have special powers that lets part of the soul slip out through their mouths for various reasons.

I haven't watched this anime so I can't tell for sure since I don't know the context. My answer could however be of use to anyone else wondering in general about bubbles from the mouth. Just by looking I'd place it more likely that it's a gum-bubble.


Who is the first school idol group ever featured in anime?

It's been 3 months since the question existed, well, if you still haven't found the answer yet, here it is.

  1983

Magical Angel Creamy Mami is the oldest Idol anime I could find. It has 52 TV epsidoes + 4 OVA aired back in 1983. It's a school idol group, but unfortunately I can't find the name of the group.

  Creamy Mami is about a young girl, Yuu, who after seeing a spaceship is given the power to use magic for one year. She is also given 2 cats, Poji and Nega, to watch over and guide her. Using her magic powers to transform into the idol Creamy Mami, Yuu must work hard at acting, singing, helping her parents at their crepe shop, fighting aliens and bad guys, going to school, plus try to get the affections of her childhood friend Toshio.

  2003

Wandaba Style is the possible oldest Idol anime with a group name, yes, finally, but wait, it is not a school idol!

  A J-pop group named Mix Juice consisting of four girls: Ayame, Yuri, Sakura & Himawari attempt to make it big by playing the first concert on the moon. Bankrolling this endeavor is the 13 year old billionare Susumu Tsukumo and his android, Kiku 8 who propose to go to space in an eco-friendly way.

  2006

Lemon Angel Project is about a group of high school girls forming a new Lemon Angel Idol Group, I think that is it, I'm surprised that the first school idol group was created only 10 years ago.

  Lemon Angel was once the greatest girl band of Japan, but then it broke up and most of its members vanished. When a music producer decides to put together a new Lemon Angel, average high schooler Tomo Minaguchi is approached to audition for the group. Little does she know of the mystery behind the original Lemon Angel...


Why did Kirito's coat change during Christmas?

The layout of the anime is extremely non-linear, and in one episode, the whole storyline jumps 2 years into the future. This was intentional by the producers (obviously), but it does make it very hard to follow. There are always enough subtle references made by the characters in order for us to work out the timeframe of the episode.


Does Naruto know that Boruto has a curse mark on his hand?

Yes, Naruto does know that Boruto has the Kāma seal.

 Naruto at this point definitely knows about the Karma mark on Boruto. He also knows it is on Kawaki and has them train together causing their marks to resonate with each other in an attempt to learn more about it. (emphasis mine)

This point is also proven respectively in the manga, during Naruto and Boruto's Shinobi Hand-to-Hand Combat:

Considering Boruto using it right in front of Naruto, as well as him being able to identify it's name, he obviously knows Boruto has it.
Source


How do Natsu and Happy get into Lucys house?

What you have heard is not a rumour, this reason is mentioned in Fairy Tail manga volume 6 Q&A.

  Mirajane has an extra copy of her house key which she gives to the other members so that they can enter Lucy's house.

I don't have a copy of this volume now so I cannot confirm it myself, but it has been posted on the Fairy Tail wiki, and a number of other sites.


Is there any humor or meaning to the conversation about Yuri's dream and how many Hinatas there were?

The joke here, I think, is that before this conversation, Hinata showed up in front of Yuri and behaved very differently from yesterday (before Yuri dreamed about him), so Otonashi said that the warning came true: Hinata really changed. Since Hinata said, "don't think that the me from today and tomorrow will be the same", tomorrow, he might change again, making Kanade say that there could be more than three of him.


Where was Shukaku when Naruto was taken to the Bijuus' Deep Psyche?

Shukaku remained sealed in the Gedo Mazo. It was the only Bijuu that Tobi did not reseal into its (reincarnated) former Jinchuriki, for his version of the Six Paths of Pain technique. He needed only six Jinchuriki-Bijuu pairs for this technique, while Akatsuki had sealed seven into the Gedo Mazo, so someone had to be left behind.

Moreover, Shukaku's known former Jinchuriki, Gaara, was still alive. Its previous two Jinchurikis were failed experiments according to Chiyo, so Tobi/Kabuto may have decided it was not worth the trouble trying to reincarnate them with Edo Tensei.

Tobi's version of Six Paths of Pain


Why is Jewelry Bonney crying after Whitebeard's death?

Still, it is not clear whether she is crying because of whitebeards death or Ace death.
But as per this theory she is crying because of the Ace's death.
Also you can read this.


What is Shikizaki Kiki's final completed Deviant Sword?

In episode 11, Kiki Shikizaki said that the final purpose of the 12 Deviant Swords was to help Yasuri Shichika perfect the Kyotoryu fighting style in order to forge himself as the ultimate completed Deviant Sword (虚刀「鑢」; Empty Sword "File"). So Shichika himself is the final sword and forged through the Kyotoryu fighting style.

The other purpose of the creation of the swords is to prevent Japan from being destroyed by foreigners. Something that one of his ancestors told him would happen.


Difference between Kumiho(Gumiho) and Kurama

The Naruto wiki
points the Mount kurama as a possible source of the name Kurama in Naruto series

  "Kurama" (九喇嘛) literally means 'nine lama'. Kishimoto was mainly inspired to create Kurama based on the character with the same name from the manga series Yū Yū Hakusho. The name may also reference Mount Kurama (鞍馬山), the sacred mountain said to be the home of the Tengu Sōjōbō who taught people ninjutsu and other Japanese martial arts.

and the name has nothing to do with the nine tail fox or fox spirit other than in the series

Whereas Kumiho(Ghumiho) is said to be the fox spirit in Korean legend

Wikipedia:

  A kumiho (gumiho) (Korean pronunciation: [kumiho]; Hangul:  구미호; Hanja: 九尾狐, literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the oral tales and legends of Korea. Deriving from ancient Chinese myths and folklores, a fox that lives a thousand years turns into a kumiho, like its Japanese and Chinese counterparts.It can freely transform, among other things, into a beautiful woman often set out to seduce boys, and eat their liver or heart (depending on the legend). There are numerous tales in which the kumiho appears, several of which can be found in the encyclopedic Compendium of Korean Oral Literature (한국 구비문학 대계).

So if we talk mythology ....there is no connection between Kurama and Kumiho(ghumiho). As kurama is a fictional name for nine-tails in naruto series and has nothing to do with the mythology


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

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

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


Working off of some manga / Brotherhood details, we can reach some sort of approximation. I am not sure if there are any details in any of the guidebooks to give a clearer answer and so am only working off what I've seen in the series itself.

Ed borrows 520 cenz from Roy. He uses this to make a phone call (via a pay phone) to Winry. Admittedly this may be a costlier "long-distance" phone call, but this doesn't matter much - from later details we can still reach a similar conclusion.
When Roy asks for the money to be returned, Ed first gives him 500 cenz. Roy gets annoyed, and Ed tells him he's stingy for caring so much about 20 cenz. Ed also pays back Roy in coins.
In the Hong Kong dub of FMA, 520 cenz is translated to be $5.2, which isn't much in Hong Kong dollars.
According the Wiki (which argues that cenz is approximately equal to JPY), cenz comes both in paper bills and coins. This, along with the fact that we see Roy with a bunch of coins when he calls Hawkeye, implies that the coins should be of lesser value (which is usually the case in real life currencies that also use paper). After all, pay phone calls within the same city can't cost that much.

Given that Ed gets 520 cenz coins from Mustang (as seen at the end of this video), and taking the considerations in the last point into account, 520 is a relatively small value.
Some people have argued that Ed was mad about having to pay 100 cenz for coffee in Briggs, which might imply that he finds it too expensive. But given the above and the context (him being given a cup of coffee by a doctor, which he finds out afterwards that he's to pay for), it's more reasonable to assume that Ed is annoyed by the fact that he has to pay for (bad) coffee in the first place (without warning).

Consequently, the value of a single "cenz" doesn't seem to be much. Given that this is a Japanese manga, the most reasonably assumption would be that "cenz" is approximately equal to the Japanese yen in terms of value and/or worth.


Is the Super Saiyan 4 transformation from Dragon Ball GT confirmed non-canon?

He didn't confirm it, but he didn't create the design either. It was created by a guy named Nakatsuru. Up to today, in Dragon Ball, canon is considered what is based on Akira Toriyama's original ideas. The 80's and 90's movies weren't canon because Akira Toriyama wasn't involved in them. The 80's manga was canon because it was drawn by him. The fillers in the 90's series weren't canon because they weren't based on Akira Toriyama's ideas. So yes, you can say it isn't canon, that doesn't necessarily mean it is completely ruled out, though most likely it is. The final kamehameha was an idea from the video games which wasn't canon, yet it still appeared later in the Dragon Ball super series.


What's the song at the beginning of episode 40 of Assassination Classroom?

解き明かされる謎
Tokiakasareru Nazo

https://soundcloud.com/xlukis/02-tokiakasa-reru-nazo

A quick note... On Youtube this claims to be from the Second Season OST, which i could not find on Amazon or in fact any of the usual places i go for track lists. there is a version on the First Season OST (track 19 not 2) which is a slower version of the same thing but is not what you're looking for. Sorry i couldnt find you a purchase link but hopefully this will help you in some way.


How was wall Rose breached in season 2 of Attack on Titan?

Heavy Spoiler!!

   The wall hasn't been breached. The titans didn`t came from outside the wall but have been created inside the wall.  This should be answered in one of the next episodes and has been shown in the 38. chapter of the manga.


Why was the American flag censored in Excel Saga?

It was likely a joke. It's much the same as when people from Japan censor Mickey Mouse in ways you can obviously tell it's still Mickey Mouse, partially I'm sure as a joke on America's strict copyright laws (Japan allows doujinshi, which as far as I know never get attacked on copyright grounds).


503 day is supposed to be the 3rd of May (5/03), which is the Edward x Winry day, or Edwin day in short.

There are two reasons for this coming into existence.

First, there's a jeans brand called Edwin and one of their logos contains the number 503.

Second, when Winry goes to Central City she's in room 503 of the hotel.