What is up with the pattern on the fence?

Japanese boards read instead IICHIKO KAWAKITA and are not sure either, but the only trail they got that quotes both words is Kawakita Hideya (河北秀也), an art director out of the Tokyo University of Arts known for making beautiful art designs for a design company called "iichiko".

Another source: http://www.logsoku.com/r/2ch.net/anime/1254234423/


Name of classification/trope of anime with advanced/ancient civilizations

"Precursors" or "forerunners" would be the title given to the society/societies that came before but they are not titles that would be classified as a genre.   The closest thing to an official genre title that you would get is, "post-apocalyptic". Post-apocalyptic settings are those that take place after the end of the world. in certain instances the end of the world does not mean the end of humanity and so they start the world anew. I would recommend searching post-apocalyptic animes if reborn society is what you are into. Attack On Titan, Gargantia on the Verdurous Planet, and Murder Princess, are all examples of animes with functional societies that speak of "technology from the old world", even though the ancient technology is futuristic by comparison to their own. Enjoy


Track that plays during the fight scene in episode 22 of Parasyte

Found it. Apparently there's a special OST and it's the song named "creep".


Is the anime "BTOOOM!" an adaptation of a movie called "The Condemned"?

Both "BTOOOM!" and "The Condemned" are actually using conception of "Battle Royale" novel by Koushun Takami, that's the only reason they share same theme (participants of survival game have to kill each other, so last survivor can leave island).


Why did Nibutani Shinka changed her hair color?

It wasn't mentioned anywhere in the anime, I think. I just chalked that up to "trying to live a normal life, devoid of delusions and thus avoiding encounters with other Chuuni practitioners" by changing her image, like creating a new self - so to say. In addition to that she also arranged her hair in a more lady-like manner, adapted a long skirt and changed her normal black socks to white (gasp!), truly sporting an image change.

It sounds superstitious of Shinka and if you ask me, it was still actually a bit of a Chuuni thing, what she did. And it turns out I was mostly right, it says in the Wikia  that:

  In the second season, Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren, first episode, Shinka dyes her hair black as she doesn't want to be recognized by other students.

EDIT: Sorry about that, I didn't what I was writing. It wasn't explained in the anime, as far as I can recall (maybe in the LN, but they're stories are too different anyway). Again this is pure speculation in my part, but I guess after realizing her futile attempt at it and the fact that she's already attached to the other characters in one way or the other, she just changed it back.


Is there any meaning behind what student's name appears in the episode name and eye-catch?

The names are picked in random order and have no connection to the episode. The name stands for the one who wrote on the board.


A novel where the main character is reborn and killed right after birth 26 times due to his silver hair

I believe you mean the fiction Forgotten Conqueror, which is published on Royal Road.
Here a piece of the novel from chapter 2.

Twenty-seven.
That was the number of times he had been thrown back into this world, only to be promptly dispatched and returned to the empty void to wallow in his own regret at how powerless he was when it truly mattered, and his sorrow.
Memories that the Entity otherwise known as Rhultal did not want to remember yet could never forget flashes through his mind.
Broken and bleeding parents even before he had yet come of age. His life growing up in the hands of those who would step on him and use him for their own purposes. Watching those he love and cherished in agony and mercilessly slaughtered. His hatred that sought out power. his lack of control allowing the darkness to slowly overpower him, his pain at what he had become when that was all over, and the people who allied with the monsters and brought him to his death.
Yet for some reason he did not die. His body may have lost all functions and the body has rotted with the passage of time, but his spirit can recall everything he’s done, and the knowledge of his past remains solely his without dispersing into the ether. unable to move on, eventually his spirit would merge into a being for the cycle of life, but upon birth, for reasons unbeknownst to him, he would most definitely be culled upon the sweet air of freedom; excruciating pain, followed by death.
Over and over this event has already occurred twenty-six times, and this was the twenty-seventh. He had already understood that this was his own private hell for everything he has done.
Bracing himself for the inevitable fate that follows, the thing that was once known as Rhultal falls silent relinquishing his will and anticipation at the prospect of finally being whole. He silently waits for the hands of death to drive him back. He heard shouting and yelling, and at some point it felt like the hands of death were upon him. For what felt like eons, he waited with abated breath. Yet death did not follow. Instead, what he felt were two wavering hands full of warmth, grasping holding onto him. The entity remained in silence, unwilling to make a sound. After an eternity, the hands holding him start shaking, and he felt the atmosphere change. A soft cry could be heard. Suddenly, the arms were clinging on to him as if clinging onto its dear life, and a loud wailing noise erupts.
Surprised at this turn of event and the possibility of life, the entity opens his mouth and starts crying with all the strength that his tiny body could muster.
As if in accordance to his cry, the wailing stopped and a sound of sobbing delight could be heard.
Confused yet elated, he sought to use this chance to once again walk upon Lovis.


There are a few reasons to answer your question.

As Shaymin Gratitude correctly said, Frieza wanted to kill all the Saiyans. The reason being that the Saiyans are a warrior race. They grow stronger after every fight (Zenkai boost). He knew this. He also knew about the legend of a Super Saiyan. He feared that someday, a Super Saiyan will emerge and defeat him. This led him to destroy planet Vegeta and drive the race to the verge of extinction.
When he was at Namek, he was looking for the dragon balls. He wanted to wish for eternal life. As Goku was also looking for them, they crossed paths, fought and eventually he lost his wish and suffered a defeat at the hands of Goku.
After his humiliating defeat on Namek, he swore that he will have his revenge on Goku.

This is precisely why Frieza is always trying to kill Goku.


Change of protagonist or late entry of protagonist

Yes, there are. TV Tropes refers to this as a Decoy Protagonist, although TV Tropes' definition generally seems to refer to when the apparent main character gets killed early on in the series. Some examples of this may include Gurren Lagann, Yuru-Yuri, and Bokurano (I took these straight from the examples page and have not actually watched the latter two).


What percentage of hentai manga artists are female?

The answer is "we do not know".

Now, as others have pointed out, there is the issue of Mangaka using (multiple) pen names for their erotic stuff, but the other half of the story is that Mangaka like to stay anonymous even in a more general sense. Most of them don't like attention, which is why we don't even know who wrote, for example, Death Note. Could be a guy, could be a gal.

For erotic Manga things just get more secretive.

If I had to guess, I would look at the number of erotic Manga aimed at guys (~22.500) and the number of erotic Manga aimed at gals (~2.300) to get a rough estimate of at least 1:10.


How could Obito transport his body parts in another dimension without bleeding?

Obito uses a technique called Kamui.

  Kamui is a powerful Mangekyō Sharingan dōjutsu that creates a unique and specialised form of space–time ninjutsu. It allows the user to achieve two very distinct, yet closely associated feats — teleportation and intangibility.

Intangibility, here refers to making the body or certain parts of body inaccessible to the physical world. Thus, no one could touch him and passed right thought Obito.


Where can I find the dubbed version of Naruto Shippuden? (after Episode 140)

Almost all the episodes from Naruto Shippuden have been dubbed into english.

The final set is set to be released on June 11 and you can check the news here.

Finally, answering "where" you can find them, You might find them on Hulu, Crunchyroll, Funimation. The reason i'm providing multiple websites is some websites are not available in other regions.


Is there some deeper meaning associated with all the religious symbolism in Evangelion?

In a few interviews:
Hiroyuki Yamaga: May 1998 issue of "Evangelion":

On the reasons for use of Judeo-Christian symbology in Eva
YAMAGA: I don’t know exactly why. I suspect that Mr. Anno may have read some book on it, and there was some thoughts he wanted to express on it. I personally am glad that, rather than Christianity, he didn’t express some obscure Buddhist theme, because then it would have been linked more with Aum Shinri Kyo. [LAUGHS]

Kazuya Tsurumaki: Q&A from "Amusing Himself to Death":

Can you explain the symbolism of the cross in Evangelion?
Kazuya Tsurumaki: There are a lot of giant robot shows in Japan, and we did want our story to have a religious theme to help distinguish us. Because Christianity is an uncommon religion in Japan we thought it would be mysterious. None of the staff who worked on Eva are Christians. There is no actual Christian meaning to the show, we just thought the visual symbols of Christianity look cool. If we had known the show would get distributed in the US and Europe we might have rethought that choice.

and from an NHK special "Extra Curricular Lesson with Hideaki Anno", a student asks:

"Why is that robot-looking thing called an Evangelion"?
Anno: "It is a Christian word meaning Fukuin or Gospel and it's supposed to bring blessings. Actually, it's a Greek word. I used it because it sounds complicated"

So it seems the creators didn't mean for there to be any deeper religious meaning from all the religious symbolism. That doesn't mean that there isn't in-universe meaning to the show. For example, the name of the Angels correspond to their features (e.g. "Gaghiel" = "Fish", "Israfel" = "Music", "Sahaquiel" = "Sky", etc), and the symbols themselves aren't haphazardly placed. There could very well be an in-universe explanation for why the symbolism is there at all, possibly inherited from the Angels themselves or created by Seele.
Additionally, there could be meaning derived from the symbolism beyond what the creators originally intended.


To awaken the Rinne Sharingan I believe that you need to:

1.) possess the Rinnegan, and
2.) approach the moon/be near the moon.

Based on the Rinne Sharingan Naruto wiki page, it was written on the stone tablet handed down in the Uchiha clan that "when one who wields the power of Rinne approaches the moon, the eye which can reflect off the moon and grant the infinite dream will open". The eye here refers to the Rinne Sharingan, which Madara was able to acquire after approaching the moon.

You could read the rest on the wiki page about how Kaguya awakened it, if you would actually call that awakening. I'd like to believe that the logic behind approaching the moon to activate it was because the moon is essentially where Kaguya is, after being sealed by Hagoromo and Hamura.


What is the song name played after Kaneki kills dragon (19:30 - 23:42) in 12th episode of Tokyo Ghoul :Re 2?

To be honest, earlier I thought if I asked questions related to soundtracks on this site, I'd get answers. After watching Tokyo Ghoul re episode 23, I posted 2 questions, and after watching episode 24 I posted one being this question only. Till now, I've found 2 out of the 3.

Now, answer to this question:

That song is Won't Forget You by Yutaka Yamada.
https://youtu.be/Iie-omxoyt0


Did Moriko Morioka quit her job or was she fired?

She quit on her own.

While Moriko's introduction in the beginning of the story in the original source (web manga, Japanese) doesn't explicitly state that she quit,

  高校卒業から名前の通りモリモリ働いて説サラニートになった。
  After graduating from high school, as her name suggests, she worked hard (morimori), then became a rumored "salary(woman) NEET".

  その辺の無職とは格が違う。自らその道を歩んだのだ。
  The unemployment is different from the usual. She chose that path on her own.

  (Emphasis mine)

her character profile in the anime's official site (Japanese) does, instead of "fired" or other reasons.

  高卒から働いた会社を辞め、ニートになった30歳、独身。
  Single, 30-year-old NEET, left a company she worked at after graduating from high school.

  (Emphasis mine)


What happened to Aeka during the Nekoko and Mizuki stories?

I had forgotten that I took notes as I was playing the game. I shoved them off in a corner of my Dropbox and forgot about them, but they contained the answer to this question.

In both the Mizuki and Nekoko stories, Aeka attempts to commit suicide by jumping off the roof. She survives, but is hospitalized. She leaves behind a note accusing her tormentor, Kyouka Nanjou, which seems to lead to Nanjou's expulsion.

In the Mizuki story, after Mizuki leaves school, Kouhei becomes the student council president. Because of what he saw happening to Aeka while they were classmates, he makes bullying his signature issue and tries to end the culture of silence where bystanders protect the bullies for fear of being targeted.

As far as I can tell from my notes, the Nekoko story says nothing further about Aeka's fate.

In the bad ending, where you don't complete anyone's story, the narration states that Aeka just disappeared all of a sudden from school. Interestingly, you can get this bad ending even after Aeka has already attempted suicide and jumped off the roof. So she attempted suicide, was hospitalized, and then just disappeared all of a sudden from school.


Why did Asuna apologize at the end of the Aincrad arc?

As you know Asuna and Kirito are madly in love with each other and that the game is deadly (quite literally). As any lover would do, they promised each other to survive the game and meet up in the real world, fall in love again and get married and so on. You know who he was fighting with but she thought that he was about to die from a lethal blow and decided to jump and save her man and eventually breaking the promise.


What is Christmas present Tohru gives Miss Kobayashi in episode 10?

This is just how anime shows "a very disgusting thing vaguely shaped and colored like this".  It's not a new thing, off the top of my head I can remember one other instance for which we have a question here: Why are there censored/retracted art when there is no problem and here's the video of that fragment. Also see this question and its answer: Why do they censor vomiting in anime?


Why do the top 10 heroes in Boku no Hero Academia only come from Japan?

The Hero Billboard Chart that is usually mentioned in the manga is not the world rankings. This should be obvious since only Japanese heroes are in there and since it is named Hero Billboard Chart JP in the manga.

To quote from the wiki,

  The Hero Billboard Chart JP is an event that presents the official rankings of Japanese Pro Heroes.

If I have to guess, no top heroes from other nations are mentioned since mentioning them would not be relevant to the story as it is for now.


Dragon Ball Super Goku Black vs Majin Buu?

It isn't really a Plot Hole. Goku and Vegeta grew absurdly strong in Dragon Ball Super in comparison to Dragon Ball Z. In the Planet Potafu arc which was before the Goku Black Arc, we see Base Vegeta completely toy around with Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks.Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks was comparable to a Super Buu who is the strongest version of Buu(Disregarding the fusions). The current Majin Buu is the weakest iteration of Buu and clearly doesn't have the strength the hold his own against a Base Goku and Vegeta, let alone a Super Saiyan Blue tier character.With regard to his regenerative abilities, Buu can regenerate. However, he can be destroyed if he's hit by an attack of intense magnitude. The Spirit Bomb for example, was strong enough to defeat Kid Buu. Super Saiyan Rose Goku Black is more than strong enough to easily destroy Buu if he desired.Finally, With regard to being absorbed, A much stronger version of Buu (Buuhan), struggled to absorb Vegito and only managed to do the same when Vegito let him to. Goku Black is much stronger than the Vegito in the Buu Saga and Majin Buu is much weaker than Buuhan. So even that wouldn't have been possible.


What are Shiina's and Tsuyuko's last names?

Some characters in anime are not ever given surnames by the production company. This is the case for Shiina and Tsuyuko, according to Staff and Cast page of the official website:

キャスト

町子リョウ：佐藤利奈
森野きりん：大亀あすか
椎名 [Shiina]：小松未可子
内木ユキ：井口裕香
露子 [Tsuyuko]：小林ゆう
町子明：野中 藍

You can see in this list how these two names do not have surnames, whereas the rest of the characters' names in the list do.
It is not standard or commonplace in anime to start a character without a surname in the cast list and add a surname for the character at a later point. As such, we can have no reasonable expectation of this happening for these characters, and thus, it is not the case that the surname is simply "not yet revealed."
In other words, the surnames are not "missing" or "kept secret." They simply do not exist.
The only chance of the characters receiving a surname is if the mangaka adds mention of one into a currently-running manga: for example, by creating a character profile printed in the tankoubon (graphic novel volume release) or printed in a special feature page in the manga magazine it runs in, or if it comes up incidentally within the manga itself, such as meeting/greeting a character's parents, or showing the character's name on their shoe locker at school (even if this happened, it would not retroactively give a surname to the anime version of the characters). However, Koufuku Graffiti is a yonkoma (four-panel comic strip type of manga), in which it is commonplace for supporting (and even some protagonist) characters not to have any surnames. Here are some examples of such: Animal Youkocho's protagonist has a surname but none of the other characters do; Kiko-chan Smile's protagonist and her family share a surname, but other characters bear either a given name (i.e. first name) or a surname but not both; Sazae-san has three main families who have surnames but supporting characters are a mix of 1) those who have only given names, 2) those who have only surnames, and 3) those who lucked out with both.


How did the young man take his turn? (spoilers)

Sure it was the old man's turn... except he was incapacitated at the time, so he couldn't do anything, which is why the bartender allowed the young man to continue the game. In a normal game of billiards, if a player is knocked out and no one is able to substitute for them, then the game would naturally end. In Death Billiards, however, ending the game was not an option, so the young man decided to take over the old man's turn and finish the game


Technically speaking, yes, the Sage of the Six Paths could be revived using this technique.

the technique targets either all the individuals recently killed, or a single person from long ago.
This technique can also be used on people brought back to life using Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation, transforming the debris and ash that forms the corpse vessel into a real body of living flesh and blood; even if they have been dead for many years.

But it seems to take a huge amount of chakra and be close to impossible to revive people without giving up your own life.

This technique seemingly requires a massive amount of chakra, risking death in the process, as Konan feared the worst for Nagato when he used it after having previously expended so much chakra. After using the technique, Nagato became severely weakened; his hair became white due to overexertion of his chakra. Obito's usage of the technique (even on a single target, as opposed to Nagato's use on a village's population) brought him to his inevitable death, as Black Zetsu noted. source


Is Yamori's change of hair color caused by torture?

In the wiki,

  In Tokyo Ghoul: Jack, Yamori was slimmer than he was in the Tokyo Ghoul manga and had black hair.

In the Tokyo Ghoul manga, he already has blonde/white hair. Since he was also subjected to torture similar to Kaneki, and since he was also depicted in the manga standing over his torturer with blonde/white hair, it can be said that the same thing that happened to Kaneki's hair also happened to him. Might also be useful: Why did Kaneki's hair change color?


Why only female can pilot IS ?

The reason why only females can activate the IS (and why Ichika
Orimura is the only male who can do the same) is currently unknown.
But it is hinted in the novel that Tabane Shinonono, the creator of
IS, did not deliberately configure IS to be a female-only platform.
She mentions that it was a accidental side-effect, and since she
didn't really care about that factor, she didn't see any reason to
bother with it.

Source
Why Ichika is the only male IS pilot ?

A speculation on why Ichika can pilot IS.
By ShadowFiend1000
This is my theory behind it, I think the reason why Ichika can pilot
IS is due to Tabane pulling strings at the back. One possbility is
that Ichika is not related to Chifuyu, and like Adam Jensen from Deus
Ex Human Revolution along with JC Denton of Deus Ex, is genetically
altered. This truth is possibly known to Chifuyu, Madoka and maybe
Tabane only.
For those who never played the game. In Human Revolution, mechanical
augmentations require the user to use a drug for life to prevent
gilial tissue build up in order to use the augmentation. Adam was
genetically altered (unknown to himself) by White Helix resulting his
body would not form any gilial tissue. This is a secret only David
Serif and his girlfriend Megan knows about. And it plays a big plot in
the game as well.
Do you guys see the link here now? You might ask who altered Ichika?
My guess, is Phantom Task.
If this is true, it might serve as a massive plot point considering
how many leaders of the world would want to bio mod their soldiers to
wear IS.

Source


Why do characters in One Piece have weird signature suffixes to their lines?

In One Piece, many characters are known to laugh in unusual ways by either adding to the typical "haha" or using different syllables entirely. These laughter patterns are often unique to individuals and may be based on their personalities or appearances. Some of the especially weird laughs are different in translated versions; for example, Caesar's "shurororo" becomes "shuhohoho" in the English manga. It should be noted that laughing style of "Fufufufu" or "Ufufufufu" is a common Japanese laughing style used for mature women in anime and manga. In addition, the common phrase "Arara" is not a laugh, but rather the Japanese version of "Oh my, oh my, oh my".

Source link below

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Who leaked info on section 9's kidnapping of Mr. Serano?

Secretary General Yakushima would have feelers out to pick up on any operation like the one Section 9 were pulling off. The universe also doesn't set up the enemies as inert - they are active and have skills - at that level of espionage, the Secretary General would totally have the resources to uncover what Section 9 was doing.

Interestingly, one of the possibilities is that Aramaki leaked it himself, or left a trail to put the whole death-to-rebirth, process into action. However, it is more likely he just reacted to the situation and any small member of Public Security could have had some type of tap on Section 9.


Where does the word "Kira" come from, or what does it stand for?

In episode 2, at around 12 minutes, Light explains that the name Kira was taken from the English word "killer".


What is the name of the music at S1E3 09m:07s of Domestic Girlfriend?

You're looking for 夏生の想い, or Natsuo no Omoi


Is Digitamamon a parody of the tamagotchi?

That's an interesting hypothesis, but I don't think it's right.

As the Digimon enthusiast will recall, the eggs from which Digimon hatch are called "Digi-Eggs" in English. However, in Japanese, they are called "Digi-Tama" (デジタマ), from which the English is basically directly translated, since tama means "egg", as you pointed out.

It seems rather more likely that the name "Digitamamon" derives from "monster that is a Digi-Tama/Digi-Egg", rather than "digital monster that is a tama/egg". The latter interpretation might suggest a connection to Tamagotchi, but is unlikely, since (as you pointed out) it doesn't look particularly digital at all. However, it does look a lot like a Digi-Tama/Digi-Egg - see below.

That said, I think there still is a connection to the Tamagotchi in a different way: it's widely acknowledged that the Digimon product line is basically "Tamagotchi plus battles".

Recall that both Digimon and Tamagotchi are Bandai products. It's thought that the Tamagotchi sold well among girls but not boys, leading Bandai to introduce Digimon to capture the other half of the market. As such, even if Digimon and Tamagotchi aren't explicitly referencing one another, it shouldn't be too surprising that they will have some features in common, being produced by the same company and all.

An aside:

  Digimon (which preceded Pokémon)...

Not quite. The chronology here is as follows:

Feb 1996: Nintendo releases Pokémon Red and Green
Nov 1996: Bandai releases the first Tamagotchi
Jun 1997: Bandai releases the first Digimon virtual pet device

The Pokémon anime (Apr 1997) also preceded the Digimon anime (Mar 1999).


Who's this person in the middle of the auditorium supposed to be?

I believe this scene is a parody of Negima!?, the Shaft reboot of the Negima anime, which I like to refer to as Pani Poni Negi due to its strong stylistic resemblance to Shaft's Pani Poni Dash. (Plus, when you're speaking, it's really hard to distinguish Negima from Negima!?.)

This is a classroom shot from Negima!?

The characters in the shot from Zetsubou-sensei also resemble the characters from Negima!?. In the shot above from Negima!?, the characters aren't all sitting at their usual positions, but of the ones who are, several appear to be in the same position in the Zetsubou-sensei shot. Starting from the top left in the Zetsubou-sensei shot and and going left to right, top to bottom, we seem to have:

?
Yuuna Akashi; we can see her trademark side ponytail
?
Yue Ayase; her high forehead, small ahoge, and the two braids stand out.
Haruna Saotome; she has long hair with two small antennae
? (Could be Zazie Rainday in glasses)
Satomi Hakase; she has two thin braids.
Ku Fei; she has two spiky twin tails.
Probably Konoka Konoe; she has long dark hair like this character, and as in the Negima!? pic, she's seated next to:
Asuna Kagurazaka, who has long, thin twin tails tied with bells. The character in the Zetsubou-sensei shot seems to have two little buds on her head, though it's too far away to see if they're bells.
Misa Kakizaki; the bangs are similar and she's in the same position as she is in the Negima!? pic.
? Based on the Negima pic, probably Mana Tatsumiya.
The Negima!? pic shows Chizuru Naba in this position, but the Zetsubou-sensei character doesn't really resemble her.
? I can't identify the character in the Negima!? pic either.
Misora Kasuga, who has a short, spiky buzz cut.
Chao Lingshen, who has buns and braids.
Fuka Narutaki, although the character in the Zetsubou-sensei pic seems to have glasses. But she shares Fuka's pointy twin tails.
Akira Okouchi, who has a long black ponytail.
Madoka Kugimiya, who has short hair and stylish angle-cut bangs.
Setsuna Sakurazaki, who has a spiky ponytail and straight bangs. It's hard to tell who's sitting there in the Negima!? pic since they're turned to the side, but it's pretty clear in the Zetsubou-sensei pic.
Nodoka Miyazaki, who has short hair and long bangs and sits in the same position in the Negima!? pic.
Ako Izumi. In the Negima!? anime she had bluish-grey hair like we see in the Zetsubou-sensei pic, although in the manga and other anime she had purple hair. She's the one on the right in this picture from my rather large collection of screenshots that I obsessively gathered for some reason when I was watching Negima!?:

This is the character you were asking about in particular. According to the sound effects (ira ira) she's angry, and I can't really say why. My only guess is that it's a reference to the Negima manga; in the manga, Ako confesses her love to Negi when he's magically aged up to 16 and later suffers heartbreak when she finds out who he really is, so maybe she's offended that Nozomu is implying that she shouldn't have said anything. That's kind of a stretch, though.
Kaede Nagase, who has a distinctive pyramid cut.
The short-haired Natsumi Murakami.
? The Negima!? pic shows Makie Sasaki but the character in the Zetsubou-sensei shot doesn't look anything like her. She does somewhat resemble bit character Kokone from the Negima manga, though.
A much taller version of Fumika Narutaki; she retains the trademark buns.
Sakurako Shiina, who has spiky twin tails and appears at this position in the Negima!? shot.
Ayaka Yukihiro, whose long blonde locks are unmistakable, and who appears in the same position in the Negima!? pic.
Kazumi Asakura, who has a spiky ponytail similar to Setsuna.
Sayo Aisaka, who has long hair.

The only Negima characters who aren't accounted for are Evangeline, Chachamaru, and Chizuru, and none of the mystery characters really resemble them, but otherwise it's a pretty striking match. Plus, we know that Shaft has done this before.


Can user attack a shadow clone with genjutsu?

The Clone would be affected but will be destroyed soon after. we saw what happened to Kakashis clone when Itachi put it under genjutsu, inside the genjutsu the clone looked like a lifeless man made of paper and the tortures didn't work on it and it puffed out of existence very soon. I think the user of the clone would remember what happened to his clone but it doesn't affect him. besides Sasuke can find the location of the real Naruto with his rinnegan so there is no use in hiding behind a clone


What's the anime about a redhead whose friend uses magic?

The anime you're talking about is Zetsuen no Tempest (or Blast of Tempest, as Crunchyroll translates it).

It begins with TAKIGAWA Yoshino meeting his long-time friend FUWA Mahiro, who has gained magic powers from KUSARIBE Hakaze (a magician stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere) as part of a deal in which Hakaze will help Mahiro figure out who killed his sister, FUWA Aika. Unbeknownst to Mahiro, Yoshino and Aika were lovers. Drama unfolds thereafter.


Dio just wants what is rightfully his. And damn those that happen to stand in his way.
At first, he wants a warm meals, and damn those idiots for thinking they're better than him at chess. They don't deserve their coins if they can be beaten by him.
(Oh, and if his father, Giorno, could die so he would't have to look after him anymore, that would be swell.)
Then, when he gets adopted by George Joestar, he wants the Joestar family fortune. And damn that idiot Jonathan. That bratty upstart, who hasn't had a hardship in his life, doesn't deserve to have that just handed to him.
(Oh, and if George could die to expedite the process, that would be swell.)
An finally, once he becomes DIO, he wants... Well, it doesn't really matter any more. What ever he happens to want, he certainly deserves. He's no lowly human anymore. He's the most powerful being on the planet and what ever he wants (including human life, which he views at the level of cattle at the time) should rightfully be his. Since might makes right. Right? And anyone who got in his way, well they just damned themselves, didn't they?
(And if the pesky JoJo would finally die and stop pestering him with that annoying Hamon of his, that would be swell.)
That would answer the direct question, but I don't think that's quite the answer that would satisfy you.
No, Dio isn't exactly a complicated character. He doesn't have some almost but not quite justifiable reason to do his evil. He barely has a tragic backstory. (Well, it is quite tragic, but it doesn't really factor into his character or motivations.)
But that's not what people adore about him as a villain. Dio is a pure, uncompromising and utterly unredeemable force of nature villain. And his sheer confidence and utter dominant force is what draws readers to him. We know that by all accounts Dio should win.
Not because we want him to (I think that's what you are looking for from him when people said he was "an amazing villain"), but because we know just how powerful an entity he is. The heroes shouldn't stand a chance against him. And damn is he stylish and confident when is tossing the heroes (and random bystanders) around.
Who else, but Dio, would compare human lives to break?
Who else, but Dio, would torment Polnareff by repeatedly carrying him down some stairs?
Who else, but Dio, would command a random store assistant to bring him his severed leg? (And then kill her.)
Who else, but DIO, would think to finish his opponent by dropping a road roller on them?
He may not be the most complex villain there is, but he's far from a boring one.


What are the dimensions of the State Alchemist pocket watch?

Here are some images of the watch as it appears in the hands of various characters, this should give you an idea of the size of watch you want:


How can a Pure Titans recover the full body after extended period?

There is no specification on the manga or anime about that. But it seems that any "pure" titan as long it gets the spinal fluid of 1/9 titans is able to go back to being a human no matter how long it takes then in their pure titan form. Yet again, all of Ymir's people seem to see the invisible roads or at least the people that turn into one of the  1/9 titans. Time pass different in that place, seems to take years or thousands of years[forever]. Ymir, just mentioned that it was like a never ending nightmare to be in the pure titan form.

Another way of putting it is, all pure titans are female eggs, and the 1/9 are the sperm, when of of the 1/9 titan gets eaten by an egg, it becomes a human, no matter how long it was in that place.


Is Rascal correctly wearing a real type of backpack?

I believe it's the same type of bag that the other students have, but he is wearing it on his back, wrapping his hands through the straps instead of holding it over his shoulder.

User Gorzius illustrated this for us below!

I'll admit it looks slightly disproportionate in the photo from the opening.

To answer your question then, I would say yes, handbags like this are real.


This is a question where we will mostly likely never get a proper answer on.

  the publishers no longer liked cage of eden so the author was forced
  to rush everything. Therefore leaving a bunch a plot holes and having
  to come up with a conclusion as fast as possible. source

  It probably has a rushed ending because the manga may have lost the
  required ranking to keep being published, which means they more than
  likely only gave for a few more releases to wrap the series up. source

Due to not making enough sales the manga has had a rushed ending forcing the writer to close it up as soon as posible. There for leaving indeed a bunch of plot holes and unused potentionals such as hades.


Why All for One never stole One for All?

First, What is One For All?

  One For All is the union of two Quirks: A Quirk that stockpiles power, and a Quirk that could be transferred to others. This mutation was caused by the Quirk, All For One.

One For All cannot be stolen by force:

  One For All will not transfer to a new recipient unless its user wishes it, thus One For All cannot be forcibly stolen. For example, the Hero Killer Stain ingested Izuku's blood, but did not inherit One For All because Izuku did not wish it. However, this does not mean One For All cannot be forcibly passed on.

Why All for One doesn't steal One for All and let All Might quirkless to be able to defeat him?

Apart from the reason why can't One For All be stolen, you can see that:

  After One For All is transferred to the recipient, the previous One For All user can still use the "leftover embers" of One For All, and thus can still access One For All's power. However, these leftover embers will not last for long, and the previous One For All will slowly run out of the embers, resulting in the previous user losing One For All completely.

All Might has the "leftovers" of One For All but soon or later he will loose One For All completely, the user with One For All now is Izuku, if the Quirk was to be taken it had to be from Izuku and not All Might.

Source: Wiki


What is the status of the Valvrave the Liberator English Dubs?

Aniplex of America is dubbing other new animations, so it will take some time to dubb this work.


How did Madoka essentially become the universe when all she wished for was to erase the witches before their creation?

It's because it was told to her in Episode 11.

  Madoka visits Homura's house, where she asks her if it is really not possible to defeat Walpurgis Night alone, as Kyoko said. Homura denies Kyoko's words, but Madoka finds it difficult to believe her. Homura then reveals her true identity and history to Madoka, hugging her.

Source: Episode 11 - Summary (6th paragraph)

you can also see a transcript of their conversation on that page aswell.

Later on in the episode Madoka leaves the shelter to talk to Kyubey who tells her that Homura fights because she has hope and if the worst case scenario occurs Homura can go back in time again. this more or less confirms to Madoka what Homura has gone though proably already assuming then Homura's been though a lot due to how she acted when they were together at Homura's Place

Also remember that at the very beginning of the series Madoka had a dream of the a timeline and it's confirmed later when she meets Homura. one can assume that Madoka has the knowledge/memories of all the previous timelines inside her has her karmic destiny builds up but probably not understanding what they mean at least until she learns about who Homura is

Also her wish did reach all of the universe as her wish was

  to erase all witches from existence before they're even born. Every witch in the universe, from the past and the future, with my own hands

which means she is everywhere in the universe from past to future. you could consider the alternate timelines Homura terminates as apart of the universe given it is all these timelines that Madoka got her god like power from (as originally she was a normal Magical Girl)

However if you interrupt the "everything" Madoka knows as being more than her and Homura's fates then you need to know how Madoka seeks out Witches. My assumption is that there isn't another system or force guiding her rather Madoka exists in every moment in history all over the universe observing and waiting for a witch to appear.

also her perspective of time will no longer be linear like everyone else such as when 2 Magical Girls become witches, she must exist in both places at the same time to ensure that there is no chance a Magical Girl becomes a witch as her wish is to erase Witches before they are born


Why didn't Hashirama, Tobirama and Minato use rinne rebirth?

Because the jutsu requires a Rinnegan to use it and there wasn't one available on their side.
It is also unclear whether someone summoned by Edo Tensei could use it on themselves.
Madara had Black Zetsu force Obito to perform the jutsu to revive him.
Source


How come there are so many Dragon Slayers?

There being so many Dragon Slayers despite it being a Lost Magic is an element central to Fairy Tail's plot. Dragon Slayer Magic is extremely rare since the only modern way to learn it is to embed Dragon Lacryma into the body as Laxus, Cobra and God Serena did. Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Rogue and Sting are completely different cases as they were taught by dragons themselves more than 400 years in the past and were later send through time to year 777 as part of The 400 Year Plan. Back in the past, Dragon Slaying magic was far more common.


What animes or trends in anime was Evangelion a response to?

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2002-06-11
Anno is not really critique anything in particular.  He came up with the concept of EVA when he was going through depression.  It is a coming of age story and offers ideas of living the life that he and Gainax thought were important for life.  The show does play homage to series like Ultraman; and is littered with hidden references. Most of the food in the vending machines were discontinued favorites that the animators liked (the junk food market has a quick turn around with many flavor varieties being limited edition).

I would recommend watching Blue Blazes (Aoi Honō). This J-drama has Anno and other members of Gainax and does show a little about who Anno is and how Gainax made the Daicon (Diacon 4 in particular) opening that made them famous.

I would look at ME! ME! ME!
This recent music video is a much straight forward critique on how anime is consumed by Otakus in Japan.

Otaku no Video
is another cool OVA to check out. Made by Gainax it is something of an autobiography into how the studio was created.


What's so important about "Comptiq, october issue"?

This year's October issue of Comptiq magazine was in extremely high demand because it came with a bonus artbook for Kantai Collection, a web game featuring naval vessels as cute girls,1 which is the latest mega-craze among otaku in Japan.2 Apparently, tons of people were hoarding this issue in order to get multiple copies of the artbook.3 The character on the right side of the cover is a parody of Kongou, a popular character from Kantai Collection.
Quite a timely joke, really.

Addendum: here are the covers of the parody of Comptiq ("Comptiqle"?) shown in the show and the actual Oct 2013 issue of Comptiq. (Click to view full-size.)

Notes
1 Not to be confused with the other thing featuring naval vessels as cute girls, Arpeggio of Blue Steel.
2 It's getting an anime soon.
3 See, for example, this piece: Havoc Ensues Over Battleship Bishoujos (warning: SeventhStyle; NSFW). Because SeventhStyle is awful (but unfortunately the only English-language commentator on this I can find), here is some episodic commentary that mentions the joke (in Japanese): some blog; some other blog.


What's the order of Saint Seiya anime series and movies?

The main series is Saint Seiya which is an adaptation of first part of the homonymous manga by Masami Kurumada.

The second part of that manga was later adapted in three different series of OVAs which tells about the Holy War fought at the end of the 20th century between Athena and Hades:

Hades: Chapter Sanctuary
Hades: Chapter Inferno
Hades: Chapter Elysium

This is the core of the story and is set in the 1990s. In the same period of time are set the four OAVs: Jashin Eris, Kamigami no Atsuki Tatakai, Shinku no Shounen Densetsu and Saishuu Seisen no Senshi-tachi.

Then there are the prequels:

Episode G is set a brief time before the main story and tells stories about the youth of the Gold Saints.
Next dimension is both a prequel and a sequel (it involves time travel): it is written by the same author of the original story and it tells about the Holy War fought 243 years before the main story.
Lost Canvas is an alternative prequel (who was adapted by into a two series of OVAs) written by another author, which tells an alternative version of the Holy War fought 243 years before the main story.

The sequels are:

Next dimension (see above)
Soul of Gold is set in parallel to the ending of the main story and tells about the Gold Saints who are resurrected after their sacrifice at the end of the main story.
Tenkai-hen an OVA set after the ending of the main story and sees as the main antagonist the God Artemis.
Omega is set 25 years after the main story and tells about the "new generation" of Saints who will have to fight agains Mars and his warriors.

There is also a spin-off, called Saintia Sho set more or less in the middle of the main story, where the main antagonist is the Goddes Eris.

The following is a scheme showing how the various series are related.


Nope, we see a wizard who is pretty clearly male in episode 25 at timestamp 21:26. (Behind Croix, wearing glasses.)


Song playing in Naruto episode 114 when Choji survives the fight?

The song's name is Kimimaro's Demise (also known as Choji's Theme):
Sources:
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTqWX6Vc1Fo
-https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_S-axfok8g (Piano Cover)


Why did Haruma Yamazaki become the student council president?

Heads up. Spoiler from the manga.

  Haruma Yamazaki became the president of the student council to save the Supernatural Studies Club from being abolished. Because only he and Leona Miyamura are the members of the club.

Source: Chapter 84


You're looking for the light novel and manga series, Ore ga Heroine o Tasukesugite Sekai ga Little Mokushiroku!?


Were Luna and Artemis the only (sentient) cats in Sailor Moon?

There is also Diana, who was born on Earth. She first appears in episode 126 or 133 (English and Japanese dub respectively) of the anime and is revealed to be the daughter of Artemis and Luna. In the manga, she first appears in Act 18. She comes from the future and so when Luma first sees her (in the anime) she is confused because Diana refers to Artemis as Daddy. She is the advisor to Chibiusa, as Artemis and Luna are Usagi's advisors.


How can Mjolnir Hammer joins the Far Eastern Magic Nap Society of Summer?

Based on Wikipedia,
The school is escalator school in anime version only.
Dekomori is anime only character that problem is not exist LN version..

Club system in escalator school is depends on the school.

Some schools have totally separate clubs.
Some schools have shared one club between junior high and high.
Some other school have joint club for cultural club and separate club for sports related club.

I'll try to add some reference about clubs in escalator school. (sorry links are in Japanese.)

From answer of this question(Does escalator school have shared club?), most school share the club between junior high and high. (The answer said they also have shared "seitokai" Student council)
Son of this blog author "graduated" baseball club in junior high, and joined high school club next day. so in this case clubs are separated.
This article said one of good thing of escalator school is share the club.


After researching in the Naruto wiki I got this explanation that the left eye and right eye have similar but not identical abilities.

  Left Eye

  Kamui
  Obito's left eye is able to utilise a long-range version of Kamui, which can transport targets anywhere in the user's line of sight. The target is surrounded with a barrier space, the location and size of which can be specified at will, and when the user concentrates on the target within, the space at the barrier's centre distorts and draws everything within into another dimension.1 The size of the barrier can be expanded, as Deidara was forced to fly further away in an effort to escape its effects.[13]

  Right Eye

  Tobi Chains
  Obito's right eye uses a short-range version of Kamui, which can only transport targets in close proximity to the user; physical contact with the target is seemingly required.[14] However, this eye can utilise a unique variation of teleportation akin to intangibility. When activated, any part of the user's body that overlaps with another object is seamlessly warped to Kamui's dimension, making it appear as though the user can phase through solid objects.[15] By overlapping their entire body, the user can completely conceal their presence and erase all traces of their chakra. This also allows the user to freely travel through the ground, enabling them to ambush opponents from below.[16] This intangibility can be extended to anything the user is touching at the moment of activation,[17] so long as they are able to maintain physical contact with at least a portion of the desired object.[18] This ability also allows the user to bypass even the strongest barrier ninjutsu.[5]

The Picture that I attached with the question is the ability of the left Kamui eye that Kakashi had. It had the ability to only teleport and hence Diedara's hand was cut off. Here is the link for reference.

Thanks.


How much is A.K. willing to pay for Mirai's nude photos?

The exact amount was never disclosed. speculation is as far as you can go with that question but id say more than 50k


Why does everyone in My Hero Academia care about how Midoriya Izuku got his Quirk?

As we find out in Episode 1 of the anime, most people manifest their quirk by age 4. It would be uncommon for anyone to manifest their quirk after this, and probably unheard of for a quirk to be manifested as late as high school age (15-16 years).

As a result, when people find out that Midoriya miraculously manifested a quirk at this late age, especially one as powerful as his, they are naturally interested as to what circumstances led to this happening. For most people, it's nothing specific to Midoriya, it's just the circumstances of his quirk. Of course, Bakugo is a lot more obsessed, but that's because of his long history with Midoriya combined with his superiority complex.

Edit

As pointed out by @TheGamer007 in the comments, there might actually not be a lot of people that know Midoriya was previously quirkless.

  TheGamer007: ...in hindsight, the attention focused on Midoriya could be because normal quirks aren't as self-destructive as his. I recall someone saying during the Sports Festival arc that "it's like he's just getting used to his quirk".


Were there any significant differences between Space Battleship Yamato 2199 and the original series?

The question is deceptively simple, deserving a thorough answer. Read on...

Yamato 2199 is neither a slavish remake of the original, nor a "reboot" or "re-imagining" in the vein of typical TV and cinematic returns of older shows. Instead, it might be best described as a careful, even loving, reconstruction of the series for the modern era. Even the music is composed by Akira Miyagawa, the son of the original composer Hiroshi Miyagawa -- that gives an idea of the sense of continuity embraced by the series. (And, interestingly, the younger Miyagawa recreated the scores note-for-note by ear from recordings because the original sheet music has been lost.)

I'll try to avoid any significant spoilers...

The familiar characters are all present, with many new ones added and minor characters re-defined and in many cases fleshed-out in much greater detail.

There is really no significant gender-bending. One fighter pilot character who was basically mashed-up out of two different ones during the original two series due to haphazard editing and re-writes from the TV series to the movies, (though in different ways in Japan and in the American re-release) has been retconned into two different individuals, one of them female. That's about the extent of it.

There is also a retcon/rework among the Garmillan/Gamilas/Gamilon cast of Talan/Masterson into two individual, related characters which eliminates the occasional who's-who debate there.

There is a subtle re-work of the characterizations of Kodai (Wildstar) and Shima (Venture) that balances their natures more. Shima is more aggressive, Kodai more introspective from the start. It allows both characters to play out a wider range of motivations and reactions, altogether for the better -- they are multi-dimensional characters now, less cartoonish.

Yuki (Nova) is much more complicated of a character than before. The romance that blossoms between her and Kodai gets off to a far rockier start, but the characters' discoveries of each other also play out to greater effect than a simple boy-gets-girl tale.

Mamoru Kodai's (Alex Wildstar's) martyr role is still there, still a deep emotional motivation for his brother, and is taken several steps beyond into a greater significance as well.

Captain Okita (Avatar) is still the steadfast, introspective ship's captain, still motivated by deep sadness and a sense of loss tinged with unfailing hope and determination. His bold tactical skill plays out even better than before; he is authentically the ship's "Old Man" captain in every way.

Interestingly, a few characters from the Comet Empire story arc make an appearance here. Should the new series progress, there are a few anchors for it placed already.

Entirely new characters, many female, have been added on both sides of the conflict to add depth and to dig out of the male-dominated rut of the original shonen anime style of the original series. There are also an additional Iscandaran, female as all others have been -- Isacandar is still a dying race.

The Garmillans (as the latest translation goes) are treated to much greater detail. They're not the cardboard-cutout bad guys save for Dessler/Desslok as before. They still maintain their WWII-era Nazi overtones, though it's rendered in a richer, multidimensional style. There are reasons behind their motives, political and otherwise. In fact, the Garmillan subplots delve into internal power struggles, questions of honor and of right and wrong, and conflicts that drive the main story. Dessler's pride and hubris are explored more deeply -- and we even see (extremely) fleeting moments of doubt an self-examination in him -- making him every bit as intriguing as ever, and with new insight. Other Garmillans become interesting characters in their own right. There are still a few fawning lackeys and boastful idiots among them, but they server the plot well.

This time around, the Earth forces aren't 100% in the right. Earth's political factions exist, and have contributed to the Garmillan conflict. There are shades of gray this time, even among the Yamato's crew, which add some very good subplots of self-examination and redemption.

Over-arching themes abound, and are more complex. The dualities of right/wrong, oppression/resistance, twin worlds Garmillas/Iscandar, even Yuki's (Nova's) mistaken identity for a certain Iscandaran are woven through the story in ways that add depth and introspection that was barely hinted at in the original series.

There is also a deep, underlying and very Japanese theme of the question of the use of great military power. The spectre of WWII runs deep in the new series, and is examined thoughtfully. The dates of the Yamato's launch and return revolve around the date of the Pearl Harbor anniversary. The Yamato launches, secretly armed with an adaptation of peaceful Iscandaran technology (the Wave Motion engine) turned into the most powerful weapon in the galaxy -- the Wave Motion Gun. How the crew of the Yamato use that power leads to both ruthless self-examination by the Captain and crew, and by Starsha of Iscandar. The honor -- or lack thereof -- versus necessity and bravery of covert attacks by both Earth and Garmillas are replayed and examined with much soul-searching by characters on both sides. Combatants from both sides meet, sometimes unexpectedly, and must come to terms with their own motivations, and even similarities. These scenes play out in an amazingly unblinking philosophical tone.

There is a clear attempt to ground the story in better science than before, without diminishing the original concepts. In some cases, the early theories that the original played on have simply progressed, and the new story takes the advantage. There is a cleaner presentation of how the new Yamato is truly a new ship built inside the hulk of the old -- though throughout we see details of the old ship retained (such as a WWII-era builder's plate on the interior armor skirt of a gun turret) that have been retained, lending a realistic sense of history and shipbuilders' tradition.

Instances of deus ex machina that made for pivotal plot points in the original are carefully played out with all the sense of wonder as before -- but -- by the end, they all have an explanation, scientific and spiritual. The way these critical scenes are handled is often startlingly philosophical and cinematically masterful. The story telling technique banishes any underlying weakness in the original plots and instead injects a sense of wonder that re-captures the impact of the original for a modern audience. This alone makes the series well worth watching.

Certain pivotal scenes play out nearly exactly as the originals or are improved upon, if it's possible. For instance, the death of Captain Okita (Avatar) is scripted and timed virtually frame-for-frame to the original -- the impact simply can't be improved upon. Others, such as the Yamato's blast-off from Earth are both tightened and given added detail. The Rainbow Galaxy battle is fleshed out with even greater detail of the Garmillan carrier plane launches -- depicting them intentionally with all the details of a real deck launch, with deck crew signals, catapult operations, and signal lights for the pilots -- all to drive home how the "enemy" isn't so different from "us".

If there is any complaint to be made at all, it's probably that the gratuitous fanservice could have been cut back. But -- the originals weren't without it, and there is a sort of tradition for it to stand on. And in some instances, it's used to good effect to break up dramatic tension where any other form of comic relief would have come off weak or forced. In other words, humans will be humans... despite life-or-death circumstances. So, even the fanservice manages to nudge its way into the duality thread that runs so deeply through the story. I'll give it a pass this time...

All in all, Yamato 2199 succeeds brilliantly as a modern update that does not diminish the original, yet stands on its own as a definitive interpretation. This is truly a worthy Space Battleship Yamato series that earns it's right to carry the name. In fact, it goes so far and does so well that it virtually defines how a remake should be done with respect to any movie or series, anime or otherwise. It is that good, startlingly so, even.


Is there any "Word of God" or solid references proving that Parasytes cannot reproduce?

The fact that it was mentioned in the show means that it is canon reference. So in fact, no, parasytes cannot reproduce. At least technically so...
If you remember, Tamura Reiko did in fact reproduce via the human body and gave birth to human offspring. However, what about parasytes? Well, no, parasytes cannot reproduce, however, there isn't anything against them splitting into multiple organisms.
The below answer is contradictory to the show, see the answer below by Mindwin.

For example, Tamura Reiko can split into two separate parasytes. So let's consider that if a parasyte split into two separate parasytes and both latch onto two separate organisms, or parts of the same organism. Both would cultivate and grow from the nutrients, and both would have different experiences, and thus develop different personalities. In this sense, parasytes can multiply like cells via cell division and in the process creating successful offspring. Sources? None for this, it's hypothetical, however highly possible and an interesting concept.
What supports this idea though? Both the fact that Tamura Reiko split into two separate parasytes with two separate personalities, and the fact that the parasytes can indeed grow - as seen when a parasyte infects a human and takes over that human or part of that human's body.
The parasytes are made up of cells which is explained by Dr. Yui. In this sense, this supports my hypothesis since cells can perform cell division, which ultimately is a form of reproduction. So we can't necessarily rule out the fact that parasytes have the ability to divide.

In case you're wondering, reproduction is covered in episode 15. Tamura Reiko splitting into two happens in episode 17. Dr. Yui explains the neuron idea in episode 10.
Short Answer: No, parasytes cannot reproduce, and there is nothing that supports that they can reproduce via sex organs.


Why do producers translate some anime titles?

Since you don't specify who is "they" I would like to give some insight:

"they" the English Comercializator:

Promotional/Marketing desition which take into account the public, if the program/title has an extensive fan-base that knows the name by the Japanese title, it would be counter-productive to translating the title and maybe lossing buyers that don't know the "product" by the english title.
Attractiveness: some titles are more atractive if they have mixed/full english translation, again a marketing move.

There could be others reasons but most of them will boil down to marketing tactics to sell, through the Japanese trademark holders may like to commercialize under a specific name, or, at petition of the author, use a translation.

"they" the fan:

Fans most of the time are purist, and call series by the original Japanese pronunciation which in some cases is rather painful (any long/big title almost impossible to pronounce out there?). Short names are also used (ex. PapaKiki) but most of them are stablished by the Japanese fans rather than the english-speakers. Through, some fans knows the title both by the translation and original Japanese, when distributing/discussing the most popular name takes precedence over the other possible uses.

other cases:

Some titles are already in English (or attempt of English), so no translation is made and is pronounced with correct english. Example of this, english-speakers may use Death Note instead of Desu Nōto as they would know the correct pronunciation and was what the author tried to convey.

In this cases, english marketers normally just use the correct english spelling when commercializing, and the only exception I know is 'Cardcaptor Sakura' which was commercialized as 'Cardcaptors'.


Do the specials of the manga Zetsuen no Tempest continue the story after the end of the manga? Are Yoshino and Hakaze going to end up together?

The end of chapter 6 of the extra story shows that Yoshino starts to open up to Hakaze while he was walking her home after her job (Mahiro suggested him to do so).

On their way, he says to Hakaze, if she has a boyfriend one day she should introduce him to Yoshino and he'll be happy for her from the bottom of his heart. But Hakaze replies that those things don't make her feel better at all.

Then Yoshino suggests holding hands as its dark and late and she might get lost. Hakaze refuses and says that it only applies to kids. Yoshino tells her that he can't walk as confident as Mahiro, but if there is a one in a million chance that he could get lost, he wants to hold her hand. Then both of them intertwine their fingers and walk together.

Thus, I think it's indicated that they will end up together.


Harry wanted to take leadership of the syndicate, and the only way to do that was to assassinate Big Daddy, a way that Brandon does not approve with as he was still very loyal to Millennion's founder and leader. Brandon even left Maria when her dad, Big Daddy, disagreed with their relationship. So Harry betrayed both Brandon and Big Daddy, killing them both, in order to take control of Millennion.


Why didn't Shirohige rescue Ace when he was still in Impel Down

Good question and a bit difficult to answer. I think the following things might have influenced White Beard to not save Ace in Impel Down:

The whole Whitebeard crew, including alliance partners, are said to be in New World, not in Grandline. And to come to Marineford, the only way is through Fishmen Island, and mobilizing such large pirate group does take time.
As we now know, the weather of New World is too unpredictable to travel quickly. Although it is not known whether Whitebeard was far away, but weather must have affected his travel time significantly.
Ace was 2 division commander of Whitebeard pirates. So if such a strong character can be captured, then I don't think Whitebeard would risk any more of his family to intercept/rescue Ace in Impel Down or Enies Lobby.
Reaching Impel Down/ Enies Lobby is considered to be difficult as it has natural protection in the form of circular waves which are used exclusively by marine only. Marineford is the remaining area where one can reach easily without going through the circular waves.
Also it is not known but as Kaido tried to block movement of Shanks, a marines tried to stop Whitebeard, so there must be other factors which tried to stop Whitebeard from moving, which stalled Whitebeard from coming quickly.
If he would have been able to save Ace earlier, then there won't be any fight and Ace would be alive right now. And that's not how Oda imagined it to be. ;)


In the past, did Goblin Slayer rescue Sword Maiden?

Goblin Slayer has been an active adventurer for 5 years at the beginning of the story. Sword Maiden defeated the Demon Lord with the Heroes and became gold-rank 10 years prior to the events of vol. 2. So, for Sword Maiden to be captured and then saved by Goblin Slayer, it would have happened way after she's famous as a gold-rank adventurer. I don't think it's been explicitly revealed WHEN was she captured, but I find it hard to believe it happened after defeating the Demon Lord, so the one who saved her was probably not Goblin Slayer.


Which is the song Kanako (Meruru) sings?

That song seems to be called "Planet ☆ Burst", "Planet ☆ Bust", or "Planet ☆ Buster". Here's the screenshot from the ending credits where I got that name.

The hiragana say "Puranetto ☆ Baasuto". It's not clear to me exactly what the second word is supposed to be. My first thought was either "burst" or "bust", but I found a Reddit thread that refers to the song as "Planet ☆ Buster". This is also the name given on the Youtube video of the song linked by the Reddit thread. However, I would have expected "Planet ☆ Buster" to be written "Puranetto ☆ Basutaa" in hiragana.

Kanako is singing this song in Episode 15 when Kyousuke enters the concert hall, just before she confesses her love to him.


Where can one learn about viewership ratings for anime?

The closest thing you can probably find to something like Nielsen is Video Research. It's in Japanese (of course) but google translate does pretty well with the anime titles.

Also, there is this site which lists historical ratings that go back to 2000.

As for anime movies, DVD/BD rankings, there's Oricon.


If you read how the reverse mountain works, you will find out that the top of the mountain has 4 paths towards the surrounding seas and 1 path that gets you to the Grand Line.

I made a aproximate map of the OP world here OP MAP some time ago and I had studied quite alot about how the world is connected in One Piece.

Good question anyway :D


Kotaku says in its post here:

Increasingly, Japanese authorities have been cracking down on drugs and celebrities. Instead of letting these famous individuals off, like police seem to do in the U.S., the Japanese police and the country's media appear to make examples of them, stringing them out to dry. This might be a good thing! It also might be a bit much.

As Justin Sevakis puts it in his post here:

In Asia, it is expected that "talent" (singers/actors/show hosts/etc.) should be role models for society at large. When one gets in major criminal trouble (usually for drugs), what happens next is part of a very well-worn ritual.
Step 1: It's almost unheard of for the talent in question to fight the charge. Things will proceed as if they are completely guilty. If they're famous enough, there may be a press conference, in which they will apologize for letting down all of their fans, and cry a lot.
Step 2: The talent's management agency, record label(s), and any and all companies contracting that person to do work or appearances will immediately drop them from their rosters. Stores will remove their music, merchandise, and other media bearing their name from their shelves. Their listings will be removed from websites. I've never heard of whole anime series being pulled due to a voice actor getting in trouble, but it's fairly rare that a voice actor in prominent roles gets in trouble like this.
Step 3: Time passes, usually at least a year. The discs and merchandise that were pulled earlier quietly get put back on store shelves (and, presumably, streaming services). The talent works through the legal system, and once their debt to society is paid (any jail time, house arrest, or probation ends), the artist is free to try and restart their career, or go work at a convenience store. The artist is not re-instated at their old agencies, but is free to try again somewhere else and make a new start.

There are a few more such cases that have taken place in Japan such as the case with actor Shunta Nakamura, Manabu Oshio and others but the ones related to anime industry are as follows:
1. Noriko Sakai

Noriko Sakai, 44, was found guilty of possessing and using amphetamines in August 2009 and was sentenced to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years. But unlike stars in much of the rest of the world, Sakai's conviction was marked as effectively the end of a career that made her popular across much of Asia.
Her record label, Victor Entertainment, had cancelled her contract and withdrawn all her albums from sale, while Toyota Motor had scrapped a lucrative advertising deal. However, in 2012 she returned to the entertainment business, and began performing in a stage play. She's since released new albums, and both it and a few of her older releases are back up on iTunes.

2. Ryo Aska

Ryo Aska of Chage and Aska was arrested for drug posession in early 2014, which caused Walt Disney Japan to remove the music video for the song "On Your Mark." Walt Disney Japan also removed the video from Studio Ghibli collection of short films that was previously released on DVD. In a way, Disney erased the short film from Studio Ghibli's back catalogue. It's as if it never existed. All Chage and Aska websites and social media accounts have either been frozen since then, or taken down, and are not active as of this writing.


Why is King Arthur female? Why is Iskander tall?

Firstly, Altria. what we see in Fate/Stay Night is not originally what Kinoko Nasu first wrote, the original version was called Old Fate (旧Fate) or Fate Origin which was re-imagined into Fate/Prototype, in this Altria's character would have been a man (Arthur) and Shirou's character would be female (Ayaka Sajyou). Of course, this is no longer part of the Canon that is the Nasuverse but I thought I point out that originally Altria would have been a man.

As for Altria herself being a woman, Merlin's prophecy never indicated the gender of the future king, it was just a common view that a King would be a man; the inscription on Excalibur (or Caliburn, I can't remember which it was) also didn't indicate that a man had to be the one to pull the sword out.

As Altria acted the part of the king, she dressed and acted much like one, even to the point that Merlin made her into a pseudo-male and Mordred's identity was concealed, so because of that, their genders are normally concealed and were thought to be men. There is also ambiguity with the Arthurian Legend as in the Visual Novel, Shirou says that some legends portrayed "Arthur" as a woman or a group of people, which is why he wasn't surprised that "Arthur" was a woman (more so that he summoned her).

Also, "King Arthur" became more of a symbol than anything else. Merlin was clearly aware of this when he warned Altria before she pulled the sword from the stone that if she did she wouldn't be human anymore.

One thing you may have missed is that Altria isn't in the Throne of Heroes like most heroic spirits. Those who are in the Throne of Heroes are in there because they made a contract with the world to receive the strength to be a hero so it's their price. Altria became a hero on her own, but on her death. She desired the Holy Grail to redo the sword-drawing Ceremony and find someone whom she believed to be more capable of being a king than her. She made a contract with the world to become a heroic spirit if she got it. Therefore, while Servants like Iskander or Gilgamesh who are copies with their original still at the Throne of Heroes, Altria is always herself. This is why she can remember the events between wars when normally even if a heroic spirit is summoned again they won't remember any other wars they were in.

Now, let us move on to Heroic Spirit EMIYA, who is a Counter Guardian. Before I begin, I should point out Altria is not a Counter Guardian. Counter Guardians are a special group within Heroic Spirits who made a contract with Alaya and as such they are incorporated as part of humanity’s Counter Force summoned whenever a factor in the extinction of mankind is detected.

Regarding EMIYA's summoning, he is summoned from another reality which is entirely possible for the Holy Grail. One of the key things in the Nasuverse is that there are alternate timelines which are all still Canon because of the Second Magic which is the Operation of Parallel Worlds. The 5th Magic's Domain is unknown but it's abilities are related to Time Travel. However, Touko Aozaki claims there should be more to it because time travel is also governed by the Second Magic. Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg who wields the 2nd Magic was actually present when the Holy Grail System was first created, so being able to get Heroes and the such from other times and realities would then be possible if it incorporated principles of the 2nd Magic (which I would do in order to crystallizes a Servant's feats in the from of the Nobel Phantasm).

Now in EMIYA's timeline, the 5th Holy Grail war was a disaster:

   In Heaven's Feel route in the visual novel, Archer recognized Sakura's Shadow and how it was attributed to Angra Mainyu. Whether it acted during his 5th Holy Grail War is unknown but it is clear that Angra Mainyu and the Greater Holy Grail was not destroyed/shut down before a major disaster occurred.

If EMIYA came from the same reality that Fate/Stay Night was in, then he would have known that he would have not been able to kill himself and by killing himself he may have caused more destruction. Practically, Fate/Stay Night occurs in a separate timeline/reality to the one EMIYA existed and the Grail summoned him because of Rin's Pendent which he still kept. So if EMIYA's strength comes from how popular his legend is, then it will be unaffected because his Legend is from a separate reality which will still be known.

   Also Rin is shown to be able to draw Mana from other realities in Heaven's Feel by using an implantation of the 2nd Magic

Now I haven't read all too much into Iskander so I can't vouch for the difference with his legend. However, this could be explained because the Holy Grail System is damaged. Rather that rehashing what caused it because it could be spoilers, you can read the 3rd and 4th Paragraphs here to read up on the discrepancies with the Servant Summons or look up on the wiki on how the system was originally created. However, since Mordred's legend is unaltered in Fate/Apocrypha, and in that timeline the Einzbern's summoned Ruler rather than Avenger, we can safely say that Altria wasn't altered when being summoned.


What's the reason Yuuki employs only male spies?

Joker Game is set from 1937 and later. During this time, Japan was in its Imperial Era, where every male was required to serve in the Imperial Army. Many women were forced into gender roles that would not allow them to become soldiers in the war. You can read more about Japanese women's role in WWII here.

However, D-Agency is definitely under different leadership than the rest of the Imperial Army, as evidenced by most of the show. I think that despite their variance from then traditional ways in military leadership, Yuuki still was not at the point where he could employ a woman as a spy due to the conservative and rigid gender roles at the time. I do agree that for certain missions, a female spy would have been beneficial to D-Agency's goals, but I think the concept was too 'ahead of its time' for the late 1930s/early 1940s in Japan.


Is Santa Company available to non-backers?

According to the Santa Company Twitter account (@santa_company), for a limited time (not sure why), it can be purchased from this website.

http://santa-company.jugemcart.com/


When and where can we order/buy region-free DVD/Blu-Ray of Digimon Adventure tri.?

Amazon Japan ships to the US, and I assume to most other places where Amazon does business. Even if you don't know Japanese, it's fairly easy to purchase stuff from Amazon Japan - when you go to the website, you should see a link that says "in English".

Click on it, and most (though I don't think all) of the interface gets changed over to English. Product descriptions and stuff don't, though.

Once you've done that, you'll need to make an account, even if you have an account on Amazon US or Amazon UK or whatever. The process is the same as making an account on any other Amazon site.

The product you want to purchase is either this one for BD, or this one for DVD. In either case, you can pre-order it. If you do place a pre-order, the product should leave Amazon's Japanese warehouse on release day and get to you probably less than a week later.

As far as I know, there is only one option available for global shipping from Amazon Japan. You will be charged probably $10-12 for shipment to the US. I don't know about other countries. If you are in the US, you should choose to pay in USD, so as to avoid foreign transaction fees on your credit card.

Incidentally, you can also preorder the second movie (BD, DVD) for when it releases on 2 Apr 2016.

Much of the advice above is generally applicable to purchasing any BDs and DVDs from Amazon Japan. Amazon Japan isn't always the cheapest option, but it is definitely the most convenient, at least for US-based buyers. However, if you are planning on purchasing a large number of items in a short period of time, you may be able to save on shipping by using a proxy service like Tenso. (I assume there are other such services, but I haven't really looked.)


Can a person killed by Death Soul Reaper be brought back to life through Reanimation?

Yes and no!

The Death Soul Reaper Jutsu (aka Dead Demon Consuming Seal) (aka Shiki Fūjin) is a sealing technique. While the soul is sealed with the Death Gods belly, it can not be resurrected using Impure World Resurrection.

However, like most sealing jutsu shown in the series, there is a way to release the seal. This is done by the using the using the releasing jutsu along with a particular mask from the Uzumaki clan. After the soul is released, it is possible to revive them using Impure World Resurection as shown by Orochimaru when he revived all the previous Hokage and his arms after the Third Hokage had sealed them using Dead Demon Consuming Seal.

source:
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Dead_Demon_Consuming_Seal:_Release


Which anime really started the explosion of new isekai anime? Why didn't previous entries in the genre succeed in doing this?

According to Gigguk's video Isekai: The genre that took over modern anime, paulnamida's comment is basically correct - there were isekai shows in the 90s, but they were mainly shoujo-focused, and the recent boom seems to mainly stem from the boom in light novels that came after the popularity of Sword Art Online (which was not itself technically isekai, but it set things up well for them).


What chapter is the episode 413 of Naruto Shippuden

Naruto: Shippuden episode 413, titled Hopes Entrusted to the Future, is a filler episode. The entire arc, In Naruto's Footsteps: The Friends' Paths, is a filler arc. Meaning, none of the episodes from the arc has a manga equivalent and is anime exclusive.

However, if you want to check the manga equivalent of an episode from the main arc, you can get the episode details from Naruto Wikia.


What is happening to Nasa here when Tsukasa does something adorable?

As Aki Tanaka has said in the comments, this is most likely the Spit Take trope.

A Reaction Shot to an unexpected event that involves spraying food or, more commonly, a drink from a character's mouth. ... A common Lampshade Hanging for this trope is when a character pauses to take a drink just so he has something to spit out in reaction.
(emphasis mine)

This trope is also used for comedic purposes, as seen in the image of Ryuuji Takasu above. This trope is also used when someone is surprised or excited, similar to the nose bleed trope that is commonly found within anime and manga. You've said that Nasa Yuzaki reacts that way whenever Tsukasa does something he sees as cute. It is possible that this spit take trope is being applied the same way a nose bleed is.
Source


Is this a COVID-19 reference in Kaguya-sama: Love Is War season 2?

Unlikely.

The anime is an adaptation of the manga, which is the canonical source. According to Fandom Wiki, episode 18 (season 2 episode 6) adapts chapter 67-69 of the manga. This particular scene is from chapter 68 titled I Want to Make Miko Iino Smile which was published on 22 June 2017, long before the COVID-19 outbreak happened.

Regarding the term "hot spot", it actually means "conflict hot spot". The original text in Japanese is 紛争地域 which means "disputed territory; conflict area".

The fan translation of this scene is

  My mom's giving vaccines in a war zone,

which gives more context than a general term "hot spot".


I think recommendation to become Jōnin ninja are send by villagers and the hokage has the final decision of a making a one.

I'm not sure about this but I think that the candidate has to create a new jutsu in order to become a Jōnin (like Kakashi with Chidori, Minato with Rasengan).

We don't get any other details other than this. Same for the exam. I think that the created jutsu will be examined.

My answer is based on the anime.


Why are Kuwabara and Yusuke's uniforms different from other students?

This is probably the case of Transfer Student Uniforms as described on Tv Tropes:

  New Transfer Students in places where school uniforms are a cultural default setting often wear their old ones until the school can provide them with a new one. In fiction, this shows the newcomer or outsider. When they get the current school uniform, this indicates they've been assimilated. If the student is meant to be a Fish out of Water, they will keep their old uniform throughout the series. In Japanese media, even rebels don't choose to abandon uniforms entirely; in American media they will do this even if the new school doesn't have uniforms. Compare the Non-Uniform Uniform.

And on that same page, it describes the incident in Yu Yu Hakusho (note Kuwabara's case):

  Yusuke from YuYu Hakusho distinct green uniform annoys the faculty, since while technically acceptable he wears it just to stand out. Even Kuwabara wears a slightly different shade of blue than the standard uniform. This is anime-only, though; manga color images usually have Kuwabara and Yusuke's uniforms matching, even if the colors aren't always consistent, unless the artist was color-coding them. Keiko calls Yusuke on his green uniform in the dub, but the original doesn't really mention it.

It happens in a lot of other anime/manga as well, commonly enough to be considered a well known trope.


Why don't Evangelion Pilots need to pump the LCL out of their lungs after exiting an Eva Unit?

I think maybe LCL is absorbed into the body going by what happens during Third Impact. to quote the wiki (spoiler because it is end of the original anime series stuff)

   LCL shares similar properties with the hypothetical "primordial ooze" from which life on Earth first evolved. This is because non-Angel life on Earth actually originally evolved from the LCL spread by Lilith when she landed on Earth. During Third Impact, Lilith's Anti A.T. Field causes the A.T. Fields of human beings and all other Lilith-based life to collapse, reverting their bodies to puddles of LCL.

Source: LCL (6th paragraph)

in real life the human body can absorb water after it enters the body and in the first X-Men we see

   Senator Kelly's body de-molecularizes into water due to the unnatural mutation Magneto caused breaking down Kelly's cellular structure

so in a sense one could think of LCL like Water in that

   out bodies are made up from it but unlike water we do not require to consume LCL to live as everyone on the planet was effected by Third Impact, not just Eva Pilots and we can assume that everyone outside of NERV would have zero contact with LCL


Would Kakashi go blind if Obito overused his sharingan?

I would argue that he wouldn't.
First of all, we can see Kakashi turning weak every time he used Kamui, although Obito uses it as much as he wants and seems to be alright each time.
Now, if Obito using the Mangekyou were to weaken Kakashi, then we could conclude that Obito overusing his Mangekyou would blind Kakashi. However, nothing happens to Kakashi while Obito uses Kamui. The only connection between the two eyes apparently is the dimension that the Kamui transports to.


What anime is this video featuring girls wearing Nazi armband from? (NSFW)

I did a reverse image search on one of the frames in the video. It's an hentai anime from 1986 called Cream Lemon. I haven't watched it and I am not going to, but if you want to know more about check its Wikipedia article.

This is what the reverse image search turned up.


What song plays in the beginning of Noragami episode 12?

This is "M28" from Noragami Aragoto OST (disc 2, track 15). However, this track is only on the reprint version, not the original version. Here is a 20-second extract from the beginning of the track.


The central theme of Majo no Takkyūbin is about self-belief and being yourself. This message is explained to Kiki early in the film when she complains about having to wear the drab witches' dress. Her mother explains that it is her inner self which is important; her outer self is just a shell.

Even before she leaves home, people question how Kiki will be able to survive as the only thing she seems to be good at is flying (and even that is a little suspect). And after she leaves home, she is repeatedly plagued by more incidents which batter down on her self-worth. These include:

Meeting the snooty apprentice witch who pooh-poohs her skills.
Meeting girls wearing pretty colourful clothes who look down on her.
Even Tombo comments on her clothes at one point.
She also stares longingly at a dress in a shop window.
She inwardly does not think much about her chosen profession or her skill level either.
She feels unappreciated and underwhelmed by the response of the granddaughter to the freshly baked cake she has flown over in a storm.
She also feels really out of place when she meets Tombo's friends.

etc., etc. (Personally, I think Jiji's negativity either doesn't help much or is a reflection of Kiki's inner self.)

All these incidents chip away at her inner self until she collapses into a depression, something which her artist friend, Ursula, compares to an artist's block. She explains to Kiki that she has been through a similar situation herself when she lost interest in her art as she was modelling her approach on what other artists were doing or what her audience was expecting rather than believing in herself to come up with her own style.

This brings us back to the early scene where Kiki's mother tells her that it's her inner soul which is important.

All that said, this is also a coming of age story, and as the OP puts it, the loss of power could well be something that all witches go through as they mature. The fact that Jiji doesn't speak to Kiki even after she recovers her powers is telling. In many ways, it is only the childish Kiki who is able to speak to her childhood companion. Kiki, the mature independent witch, is still friends with Jiji, but does not need the cat as a confidant.


What is this anime which started with a boy and his sister riding on a train to another dimension to search for their scientist parents?

The anime is Final Fantasy: Unlimited. It was my favorite back then.

Synopsis from MyAnimeList

  Ai and Yu, after reading their parent's research and after their parents' disappearance, they decided to go on search for them. They ride a strange train to the Inner World in search of their parents and meets up with Lisa in the train and together they begin their journey within the Inner World.


What is the name of the song playing in Attack on Titan season 3 episode 13 when Levi attacks Reiner?

The song is Armoured Titan theme 2019 extended version
Here a link to the whole song

https://youtu.be/B9294y_H1nI


Bleach episode 539 has some answers.

Komamura is talking to his great grandfather:

   Who is a huge canine himself. From this it is clear that a canine appearance is a family trait. The conversation also reveals that they do have a special status, though it is not clear what exactly their role in Soul Society is. It is, however, clear that Komamura was born this way.

Bleach 556 has some further information - in a flashback to his previous encounter with his great grandfather, who says:

    So, he is not a wolf, but a werewolf. The clan originated in soul society, were banished, but did come back.


How did Eren Jager transform into a titan from inside another titan's belly when he had his limbs torn off?

Titan shifts can transform if their limbs are cut off, as with Erin's tranformation during the titan invasion in season 1. However, if a transformation has recently occurred, they are unable to transform until they have fully recovered.

The ability to transform into a Titan can be hindered by injuries inflicted on the human body. A human can transform into a Titan with injuries as severe as a missing limb, but only if a previous transformation has not occurred recently. If a human emerges from their Titan form and receives severe injury, this person cannot transform into a Titan again until said injuries have healed.
Power of the Titans

Erin also openly asked Reiner why he severed his limbs. Reiner responded to Erin's question by stating he did it because of the short time table he had after capturing him.
Seeing how they just had a battle not to long before this had happened, a transformation had just occurred. Severing Erin's limbs in this manner prevent him from transforming, because

He recently transformed
Received a serious injury shortly after coming out of his transformation


What happened in episode 11 of the Little Busters Refrain anime?

Simply put the world that Kyousuke, Masato and Kengo created was one semester being looped endlessly.

While they were repeating, it was not a full reset, where you rinse and repeat. Rin and Riki were able to subconscious keep the experience they gained, making them stronger every loop.

They were friends even in the real world and got also involved in the bus crash of the original Little Busters.

Also to note, Kurugaya's loop was basically a loop within a loop. It was her wish to stay forever with Riki, because she knew she would never see him again.

It was believed that the gang saying farewell at the end implies they think Riki is the strong one who will have to protect Rin from now on. While direct at Riki this probably applies to Rin as well. The main loop was for both of them to get stronger in order to overcome that of what is to come for them (i.e. their actual future).

I don't believe the fate of everyone was explicitly mentioned here, but keep watching to find out.


What are Sage Beans in Dragon Ball Super?

Sage Beans are simply another name for Senzu Beans, they are not a separate category of power-items.

The kanji for senzu (仙豆) is simply 'wizard' or 'hermit' (仙) and a generic 'bean' (豆). As such, it is only a broad name, and could be variously translated as Wizard/Hermit/Sage Beans. The wizard/sage/etc is possibly a reference to Korin who grows them, since he is both brilliant and reclusive.


Why is there less action anime every season?

Looking at the MAL Lists for 2017 by their definition of action genre:

Winter
49 of 243 anime released were action genre (20.1%).
Spring was 43 of 237 (18.1%).
Summer was 37 of 249 (14.9%).
Fall is 36 of 206 (17.5%).

2016

Winter was 52 of 252 (20.1)%.
Spring was 51 of 235 (21.7%).
Summer was 56 of 241 (23.2%).
Fall was 61 of 278 (21.9%).

2015

Winter was 58 of 227 (25.6%).
Spring was 55 of 222 (24.7%).
Summer was 54 of 249 (21.6%).
Fall was 64 of 265 (24.2%).

Lets jump to 2010

Winter was 42 of 177 (23.7%).
Spring was 37 of 171 (21.6%).
Summer was 41 of 171 (24%).
Fall was 50 of 181 (27.6%).

And another jump to 2005

Winter was 24 of 138 (17.4%).
Spring was 27 of 131 (20.6%).
Summer was 34 of 147 (23.1%).
Fall was 29 of 154 (18.8%).

Final jump to 2000

Winter was 14 of 88 (15.6%).
Spring was 15 of 87 (17.2%).
Summer was 15 of 103 (14.6%).
Fall was 21 of 107 (19.6%).

From looking at these lists - and I'm probably going to look into the time between 2005 and 2015 in more detail when I'm not at work, it seems more like we got an upsurge of about 5-10% in action anime that's either taken a slight blip now, or has trended back towards year 2000 levels.

One of the main things to happen between 2000 and 2005 is the anime releases of both Naruto and Bleach. Their take off and massive surge in popularity both in the east and west could have sparked an anime boom in getting action manga (and just action ideas) to production; however this is just conjecture without sources to back this up.

It would be interesting to know if this was a trend followed when Dragonball  first went to anime too.

Just in general though, we've seen a large increase in the amount of anime being released. When the most popular (and safest bet) action anime stems from the adaptations of shows from Shonen Jump and other shonen manga, who only have space for a certain number of different manga in their magazines, then it would follow that an increase in total manga should see a decrease in the percentage these manga adaptations take up.

If I get time I'll also look into whether I can find any stats on take-up of anime outside of the "teenage boy" demographic, and look to the success of the non-action genre releases (such as the stand out hits that came from the Slice of Life genre).


I've actually questioned this myself in the past, here's what I've basically found so far

After digging for a while on Japanese Q&A sites and forums, most people seemed to have concluded that it's referring to a "Paddle", as in an implement to whip the reindeer with.

However like the Western community, they have about as much of an idea as we do on what it's actually supposed to mean as I don't think there's even been an official comment on its meaning, there's even a difference between how people think it's supposed to be written, as パドル or パドる, the difference being the later is a verb and the former being just a noun.

Either way, this song is completely made up, it's just for TYPE-MOON ACE, so it could just as easily be utter nonsense gibberish to fill in the tune.

To add more context, here's a thread about this: http://フェイト-fate-grandorder攻略速報.com/lite/archives/50387834/comments/5642764/

The OP opens up asking what the Padoru (パドル) part means and some correct him that it's normally パドる, some say otherwise, however as far as I can see, パドる is more a widely accepted way of writing it, with pixiv dic and many YouTube videos seeming to have this spelling.

Post #5 on the thread sums it up kinda well:

  「パドル」ではなくて「パドる」であって、パドる＝パドリング するってことなんだろうと解釈してた

  It's not the noun "Paddle", it's the verb "Paddle", as in the act of Paddling, or at least that's how I interpreted it.


When did Kakashi and Obito awaken their Mangekyou Sharingan?

Kakashi and Obito awoke their Mangekyou at the same time: when Kakashi killed Rin.

Obito (left) and Kakashi (right) awakening their Mangekyou. From chapter 605, pages 4 and 5.

Now, as for why Kakashi never used it before his fight with Deidara, I think there's no definitive answer. However, I can think of two different educated guesses: one is in-universe, while the other is out-of-universe.

In-universe explanation: As you said, Kakashi was either unaware of or unable to control his Mangekyou Sharingan. I tend to think the former is the case, since he passed out as soon as he awoke his Mangekyou, and probably had no memory of awakening it (Kakashi's page on Naruto wiki seems to agree with this explanation). If this is the case, after his fight with Itachi he most likely tested to see if he had the Mangekyou, finding out he did, and thus trained in order to perfect its use.

Out-of-universe explanation: Kishimoto hadn't thought the whole story through. Since Tobi had not made an appearance in the first Naruto series, Kishi had not yet thought about who he would be. If this is the case, then Kakashi's back story had not yet been planned, as well as Obito's. This would make it plausible that Kakashi was not initially planned to have a Mangekyou, since his is transplanted. After the Kakashi Gaiden, however, the important characters are all introduced, which means he had most likely planned for Obito to be Tobi, and about the link between his and Kakashi's Sharingan.


In Reincarnated as a Slime, what are the approximate distances between locations, aka the scale of the map?

This might not be approximate but I'll mention it anyways. Before rimuru tempest showed up it might have taken them the time stamp of:

Dwargon - 2 Months
Beast Nation - 5 Months
Demon Lord Milim's Place - Fastest pace - 8-9 Months Slowest Pace - 11 Months
Holy Reuben Empire - Fastest pace - 10 Months Slowest Pace - 12-13 Months
Kingdom of Ingrasia - Fastest pace - 7 Months Slowest Pace - 9 Months
Barren Lands - Fastest pace - 13 Months Slowest Pace - 15 Months

Again this is not approximate but hope it eases the minds.


Where can I find Saikawa Sensei's shirts for sale?

I was able to find the パン shirt available on Crunchyroll's store as a Crunchyroll exclusive product.

They do not have the other shirts available on their store though.