Your observation that his human form looks similar to Shizue is spot on. I'm not sure exactly how far the anime has progressed, but based on Wikipedia, they should have just left after meeting the Dwarf King, Gazel Dwargo.

In the coming episodes, we will be introduced to Shizue's character and her backstory. As far as I know she doesn't really have any relation to the imprisonment of Veldora (the wiki doesn't mention anything either). Possible reason for confusion explained at the end.

TL;DR:

   Yes, he absorbs Shizue, and is indirectly the cause for her death. However, it was Shizue's request that he absorb her, and his actions were to save her. So there was no enmity.

Backstory:

   Shizue is also a Japanese, but unlike Rimuru who was reincarnated, she was summoned to this world by the Demon Lord Leon Cromwell. He then proceeds to make her the host for Ifrit, a high ranking flame spirit, in order to let her survive the summoning ordeal. He then proceeds to use her as a tool, a general in his armies. She is later saved by the Hero when Leon Cromwell escapes, and she uses the Anti-Demon Mask to keep Ifrit suppressed.

Meeting with Rimuru:

   Shizue meets Rimuru when she joins a party of adventurers heading to the forest to investigate Veldora's disappearance. This is the same party we see earlier, when Rimuru first escapes the cave as a slime. Rimuru saves them while they are being chased by monsters, and they grow to trust him though he's a monster.

How Rimuru gets the human form:

   Rimuru and Shizue bond a lot over their common nationality, and he shows her visions of how the country has changed since her time. When Shizue whose life force is weakening gets taken over by Ifrit, Rimuru defeats and absorbs Ifrit using the Predator skill, leaving Shizue unharmed. However, with the source of her powers gone, Shizue cannot survive much longer and rapidly ages. She passes on her will to Rimuru, which is to defeat Demon Lord Cromwell who caused her such hardships, and to take care of her regrets - 5 children she was teaching, and 2 individuals. She requests Rimuru to put her to rest within himself, and he absorbs her and takes on a form that is quite similar to her in appearance.

I hope that answers all your questions.

Edit #1:

Veldora indeed mentions that he was trapped by the Yuusha or Hero, who was a pretty girl with snow-white skin and silver black hair in a ponytail. However, this is not Shizue. Shizue is saved by this same hero, as mentioned earlier. I am following the Manga, and no further details have been given about the Hero, but you should be able to find a lot of information on the Wiki.


There's no indication she comes back as a physical being in the manga (although she is Zarakai's zanpakuto spirit so he can talk to her at any time). In Ch 685 ten years after the conclusion of the Thousand Year Blood War Kenpachi bickers with Ikkaku and Yumichika while lost on their way to the appointment of the new captain of Squad 13 where Ikkaku is referred to as second in command which was Yachiru's seat before Quincies happened. Kenpachi himself then explains that his poor sense of direction was Yachiru's fault and now that she "isn't around no more" he won't get lost anymore... he says while lost... as usual...


Are there censored or discarded Pokemon creatures and what are the motives behind it?

Censored creatures:

Likely little. As @Torisuda has mentioned, there's no incentive for them to create pokemon that toe the line - it's a show for kids, they will want innocent monsters.

Sexual content/innuendoes

A definite no go area for a kids show

Violence (gore, mutilations, etc.)

Considering pokemon only 'faint' and there is purposefully no death in the series, this isn't an issue in character design.

The only complaints have been at the presence of fighting creatures from animal and religious groups. But even this is unwarranted - in 2000, Pope John Paul II gave his blessing to Pokémon and said it did not have "any harmful moral side effects"

Religion references

You could draw parallels with pokemon and Shinto, but the show is pretty much ignoring religious references, and quite rightly.

And others (offensive language, stereotypes, political matters, etc.)

There is one instance I can think of this, In Western editions, Jynx is purple-skinned rather than black, as it is similar to blackface:

Most censoring is done before a show hits the market, so if there are more instances, they're probably known only by the production crew - and kept secret.

Discarded Creatures:

There are definitely discarded creatures, but mostly because they were removed for quality reasons. Some of these made their way into later versions of the series (like Ho-oH) and some were simply redesigned.

  At a fan convention in 2010, Shigeki Morimoto (the lead programmer of the first Pokemon games) confirmed that there were originally 190 Pokemon intended to be included in the release of the First Generation of Pokemon games. This is backed up by the fact that for the first 190 of the 255 slots in the hex grid of Pokemon, all slots possess either a valid Pokemon, or the same form of Missingno. All 191 slots and later contain garbage data that produce different glitch Pokemon in each slot.

Reference.


How was the agent of the other research facility saved?

That's a good question, I like it.
Spoilers up to the last chapter of the manga below.

Here is what the Agent says in the last chapter:

I suppose what really saved her was

   the Vector Attack Craft, the same one that save Arakawa on the shore. The Vector Attack Craft was developed in Saseba - a research project of the government, basically ruled by the same people that were the Agent's bosses. So the guys in the Vector Attack Craft had some kind of motivation to save the Agent.


I think you are looking for Tao Tie Jie . The image you posted is from volume 1 chapter 2.


Which Full Metal Panic novels correlate to which Manga/Anime Series?

Each manga series is their own retelling of the light novels. Currently there are 6 manga series that each tell their own story. Currently, there is the original, Overload, Comic Mission, Surplus, Sigma, Another, and most recently, Zero.

The original, titled Full Metal Panic! is the first manga of the series, by Retsu Tateo. This covers the first season of the anime. It follows it pretty closely with the anime, but there are some subtle differences. The series ends after the Tuatha de Danaan hijacking is resolved.

Overload does not follow any of the anime at all and was published as a type of side story that is not related to the anime or the light novels. Surplus is basically the (1 volume) sequel to Overload. None of this is canon, it's essentially an officially-published doujinshi.

Comic Mission is more of a light-hearted side story (by the same artist as the original), like Fumoffu, that deviates from the main mecha story. Each chapters is more or less a self contained short story. Certain stories like "Cinderella Panic" are from the light novel's side stories while other are original scenarios.

Sigma is a continuation of the anime, but illustrated by a different artist (Ueda Hiroshi). It begins around the same time as The Second Raid (Volume 4: Ending Day By Day). This manga parallels the light novels and picks up where TSR left off and deals with the events after it. This series is meant to be a continuation of the original manga.

Another is another story in the Full Metal Panic universe, set 11 years after the events in the original FMP series with Sosuke and Kaname, with a new protagonist, new heroine. Lina (short for: Adelina Aleksandrovna Kerenskaya) is an AS pilot for the PMC, known as DOMS (Dana O'Shee Military Service), which seems to be have been created by Tessa and run by Mao. The male protagonist, who looks like Sousuke, is Tatsuya Ichinose, he is the son of a Power Slave (PS) mechanic. PSes are AS made for civilian use, like construction.

The Zero series, scheduled to be released January of 2013, is a retelling of the light novel by Tetsuro Kasahara, the author of Rideback.  This series starts, like the light novel and anime, just before Sousuke gets the mission to guard Kaname. The only thing new (so far) about this series is the art.


Why can't Alphonse repair Edward's automail using alchemy?

The first step of alchemy is understanding. That means, understanding the raw materials you are going to use, and how to break them down. It also means to understand the resulting item. You can't make something you don't know anything about.

A radio is a very simple device. It contains little to none electronics, and is rather easy to understand.

An automail on the other hand, is a very complicated piece of engineering. It contains engines, circuit boards etc. Which make it hard for a "simple" alchemist to construct.

If Winry for example were to be an alchemist, she would probably be able to fix automail using alchemy, but even that would only be emergency fixes, and not a full repair.


Which mountain did they try to climb over?

Now that my schedule has freed up a little, I reran my search for 聖地巡礼 悪の華. (I don't really know Japanese, but the former seems to be a good search term for pilgrimage.) Maps such as this one came up, and I found this blog post for the corresponding episode (i.e. episode 10). (I had "misplaced" this episode when I commented on this question earlier, which was probably why I couldn't give a quick answer.)

Here's a screenshot of the map. The markers for episode 10 locations are in green and are isolated from the main "cluster"---I am reproducing the section in question below:

So it looks like Kasuga and Nakamura started on Prefectural Route 66 before branching onto Prefectural Route 337. There are also some "real life v.s. anime" comparisons on the blog I linked to, which verify the locations listed here. It is not clear to me if Kasuga and Nakamura are climbing any specific mountain; it looks more like they are travelling north via some mountainous roads. Northwards, there seem to only be more mountains.

(I should note that it isn't entirely clear if the rotoscoped locations in the anime are supposed to correspond to specific locations in the manga---it is possible that some of the locations in the manga were intentionally ambiguous, and that anime producers were forced to choose one location or the other. However, it seems that the best we can do is use the information from the anime; I don't recall any more specific information being released.)

Incidentally, Google maps suggests that it is relatively easy to travel from Kiryu to larger cities such as Tokyo through flat land---it's not even as if the town is completely surrounded by mountains. More likely, the mountains take on some symbolic meaning for Kasuga.


What happened to Homura and Shizuku in "Bleach the Movie: Fade to Black"?

As explained by Rukia using her Chappy drawings,  hollow are souls who have been corrupted by sorrow.

Shinigami's job is to purify these negative souls so that they becomes plus. A plus soul can enter Soul Society and wait for their turn for reincarnation.

Thus, to answer your question, Homura and Shizuku was purified (forget whether it was Ichigo or Rukia). Thus, they would become plus and wait for their turn for reincarnation.


The first thing you need to understand is that the stone does not let you bypass the law of equivalent exchange, it is only an illusion. The stone itself simply acts as an amplifier. Note that when the stone is used, it eventually shrinks and loses his power. If it was able to bypass the equivalent exchange law, why would it?

What really happens when one uses the stone? As we know, the stone

   is made of living souls.

Each time the stone is used, it lets the user to perform better than he/she normally would. Doing so, however, uses the power of the

   souls that were used to create the stone. Basically, each time you use it, you use a soul (well, maybe it's not exactly 1 usage-1 soul relationship, but you get the idea). When all the souls are used, the stone ceases to exist. Note that since one needs a lot of souls to create the stone, it usually lasts long enough.


Why was the world of SAO not dominated by good real-life fencers?

First and foremost, the amount of people actively playing the game was really low. From 10000 people at the start, 2000 died in first month and 3000-5000 stayed in starting city from fear of being killed. That leaves only some 3000 who actively played the game and of those only 300 were "on the front lines", with rest lagging behind.

Second, most people who bought the game were hardcore MMO players. Overlap between experienced kendo/fencing players and MMO players is quite small. So the probability of experienced swordsman being dragged into it is small, but not impossible, Kirito being prime example.

But even if such player was found, It wouldn't help him. From the anime adaptation, it might seem that SAO is almost-perfectly realistic simulation. That couldn't be far from truth. In novels, it is stressed multiple times that SAO's physics simulation is actually quite crappy. For example, player cannot just "put on" a coat or "grab" a weapon and liquids are pretty much an eye-candy with minimal physics interactions. I would argue same system would apply to sword fights. SAO sword fights would not be as flashy with people almost flying around. It would be mostly two guys standing still against each other and spamming sword skills and letting those do all the movements. And just hitting someone with sword is not that great if sword skill is not involved. So player's real-world sword experience would be practically useless in this scenario.


Medical ninjutsu can be used to heal wounds, such as those cause by kunai. It is used for a number of purposes, including:

Healing: Healing Chakra Transmission, Healing Resuscitation Regeneration Technique
Treating internal and external injuries: Mystical Palm Technique
Treating poisons: Delicate Illness Extraction Technique
Performing autopsy or surgery: Chakra Scalpel
Healing oneself: Creation Rebirth, Strength of a Hundred Technique
Offensively in several ways: Body
Pathway
Derangement,
Poison Mist Needle
Shot.


How accurate is the cooking in Food Wars?

Like with Yakitate! Japan, the recipes in the manga are supervised by an actual professional, in this case, chef Yuki Morisaki.

As for the cooking techniques you mentioned, the crushed "something" breading for fish is "kaki no tane" (柿の種), essentially soy-flavored rice crisps made to resemble Japanese persimmon seeds. When crushed there are more or less like breadcrumbs or panko crumbs, the only differ is they have a distinct soy flavor to them. Koromo-age is an actually popular batter frying technique in Japan.

As for honey being a tenderizer, the food science behind it is not very well explained. While cooking with honey is a technique that spans back to the middle-ages, where they did honey-cured ham and baked gammon coated with honey and mustard. I don't believe the proteins are actually broken down by the honey. While honey is said to contain enzymes that help digest both protein and carbohydrates, such as amylase, sucrase, and proteases (a group of enzymes that break down proteins into amino acids), there more of something that helps your body break down the proteins than have an active process in cooking.

You see, honey is extremely hygroscopic, which means it absorbs moisture really well. If you pull water out of a piece of meat, that meat will end up less stiff and seem more floppy, but the collagen and tough tissue aren't actually affected. It's common to find marinades containing honey and vinegar that make meat more tender and supple.

So while the recipes are actually recipes developed by a professional chef, the food science behind them might be a bit questionable. Such things aren't explained well in the anime and manga as the intended audience is supposed to be Japanese. Some terms and techniques are probably more commonly understood to native audience than ones overseas. Such as "A5" meat being pure Wagyu beef from the Kagoshima Prefecture, such a designation does not really exist in other countries.


What is the piece played when Luffy uses Gear Third in Episode 288?

The piece is Luffy vs Ratchet Round 1, composed by Kohei Tanaka.

It was first used in Movie 7: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle, which was released on March 4, 2006.

Youtube Link


Which volumes are covered by Oregairu season 1 and 2?

The first season covers the first 6 volumes, and the second season will adapt volumes 7-11.

Source:
https://kyakka.wordpress.com/2015/06/12/oregairu-zoku-episode-12-and-13-synopses/


Why is everyone affected by Infinite Tsukuyomi?

The Infinite Tsukuyomi uses the moon to reflect the user's Rinne-Sharingan. Sharingan based genjutsu can be avoided by avoiding eye contact , yes. But not all. However the working of the Infinite Tsukuyomi differs from that of normal Sharingan genjutsu. The user's eye is reflected on the moon's surface. And then the moon shines or illuminates.

From Infinite Tsukuyomi wiki article :

  This technique can also be reflected off the moon, upon the technique's activation, the light from the moon's eye illuminates the entire planet, turning it bright as day and making it impossible to escape. All living things are bathed in its penetrating light and immediately placed under the genjutsu.

Remember the part where Sasuke puts up the Susanoo to protect the team from the light produced by the Infinite Tsukuyomi moon? That was because the Infinite Tsukuyomi activates when the light falls upon the individual. The Susanoo blocked the incoming light rays and prevented the genjutsu. The moment the light penetrates the body, the person falls under the genjutsu. So, in order to avoid the Infinite Tsukuyomi, the person has to avoid the light given off by the moon. That is why the others couldn't escape it. Not looking at the moon doesn't help because it's the light that induces the genjutsu and not the moon's surface.


It's likely to be yuzu, a sour, tart, graperuit-like citrus fruit that have a very distinctive fragrance. In Japanese cuisine, their juices are often used as seasoning, and their rind as a garnish. It's tradition to a take a hot bath with yuzu during the winter solstice, for the fragrance and various health benefits.


How lucrative is being a psychiatrist or MHP in Japan IN PSYCHO-PASS?

SEVERAL SPOILERS ALERT

I don't know how to answer this question, honestly, but I think at least I can put forward some ideas. From here, please feel free to elaborate, refute, agree or disagree.
My idea is that there is a wide demand for psychological and psychiatric services in the psycho pass universe. It is observed that in the second season

   they confirmed how much the pharmaceutical industry profits in this universe, with the investment in remedies for the "control of the psycho pass".

However, when we speak of psychological services, we are not referring to the prescription of remedies, but the use of therapies to deal with problems of psychological order / origin (at least this is where I live, but how a psychologist acts tends to vary widely in several countries). This leads me to reflect a few things: in the psycho pass universe, most people, with a few exceptions

   (akane, Makishima, and the enforces possibly),

would tend to live with the fear that their psycho pass may be overcast, so investment in therapy and remedies would tend to be more accepted and even encouraged. From this, it could be concluded that the profession in Japan of psycho pass would be much more valued and, consequently, much better paid than it is today. Now, I do not know how to estimate values, since I have no idea of current values, but it can be assumed that I would be in a top 10 occupations well payed. HOWEVER, there are some other facts that make me think that, although well paid, the profession might not have so many interested parties. My argument is based on the character of

   Saiga Jouji. Formed in psychology, he is supposedly responsible for making people's psycho pass up just by talking

and this probably has a very simple explanation:

   people are not prepared to do what he says.

Fear of stress

   (which is actually the fear of clouding the psycho pass)

causes people to avoid exposing themselves to stressful situations

   (some, as shown in the anime, until they become lethargic / vegetative)

and because of that they would be ill prepared to cope with stressful situations. Now think: how will you be a therapist or psychologist if you do not know how to handle it? Your job is to listen to your patient about your fears and problems, and lead him to clarify these issues, the best possible way.
Well, to summarize everything I think, my answer would be: yes, it would be a very well paid profession (because it is necessary), but I do not think there would be a lot of people wanting to be a psychologist. More than that, even if the system selects people who have the profile to be psychologists, there would be few people who could actually be.
By the way, the second season opens an interesting question. In this world, would people tend to bet more on remedies than on psychological treatment? Therapy presupposes that you would have to face certain things it's hard for you to handle yourself, but doing so, at least temporarily,

   the meter of your psycho pass could rise.

Anyway, that's what I think. Sorry for any mistake in english and if you please indicate that I will try to fix it!


Where did the trope of yaoi hands start?

This answer might be inconclusive due to lack of information on the topic.
According to Know Your Meme, the term "Yaoi Hands" was originated from MangaFox Otaku message board.

Origin
The earliest known mention of Yaoi hands appeared on the Otaku message board MangaFox on March 23rd, 2010, in reference to art featured in the manga Junjou Romantica: Pure Romance. While the image is no longer accessible, the description pointed out the oversized hands depicted on the characters Usami and Misaki.

So.. yes, the term was not originated from Japan. In fact, Japanese might not have heard the term, as shown in step55524's Togetter (Japanese) consisting Japanese tweets by カラサワ about an encounter to an image of "yaoi alpacas" to the revelation of 「やおいの手」 (yaoi no te, yaoi hands).

According to anime-planet, the earliest manga with "Yaoi Hand Syndrome" was Touzandou Tentsui Ibun (1998), a shonen-ai manga by Shungiku Nakamura.
She's also dominating the category with 4 other manga:

Mangetsu Monogatari (2001, shoujo ai)
Junjou Romantica (2002, shonen ai)
World's Greatest First Love: Ritsu Onodera's Affair (2008, shonen ai)
Junjou Mistake (2008, shonen ai)


Why couldn't Mitsuha and Taki remember each other's names?

Losing the associated memories is one of the effects of this mysterious phenomenon that the entire movie is based around, it happened in the scene you are asking about, but it also happened in reference to Mitsu's grandmother. All the supernatural occurrences in the movie are supposed to be caused by the shrine god, comet, the shrine maiden (Mitsu) or some combination of those three. Losing the memories associated with the body-swap/time-travel was quite simply just one of the effects of the supernatural phenomenon surrounding "Kimi no Na wa".

Going into specifics as to why it was that moment, exactly what memories they lost and why it happened so suddenly starts to enter the territory of artistic interpretation, this reddit post explains a few useful plot moments for understanding this and comes up with quite a good interpretation for why it happened at that moment because it had just reached twilight and they had just left the shrine which holds the symbolic meaning of leaving behind your most precious thing (their memories of each other).

The issue that I think you noticed with your theory is that it limits the forgotten memories to be specifically about death when really it was about much more. The reddit post is just one interpretation, exactly why is really up to the viewer.


As of right now there is no information disclosed about the other two members of Team Jiraiya.

  This was a genin team led by Jiraiya of the Legendary Sannin at some point after he left the Ame Orphans and returned to Konohagakure. Its only known member is Minato Namikaze, who Jiraiya took special interest in. Minato would later become the Fourth Hokage. The names of the other two members, as well as their statuses, are unknown.

However we did actually see one according to the wiki:

  In a flashback that Kushina Uzumaki had, one of Minato's black-haired teammate can be seen sitting behind him at the Academy.


What is the target of censorship in Library Wars?

The premise of Toshokan Sensō involves the Japanese government passing the Media Betterment Act (MBA) as law in 1989 which allows the censorship of any media deemed to be potentially harmful to Japanese society by deploying agents in the Media Betterment Committee (MBC) with the mandate to go after individuals and organizations that are trying to exercise the act of conducting freedom of expression activities in the media. - wikipedia

My interpretation is that the censorship is for everything you mentioned and anything else anyone can think of that would be "harmful to society". Just look at the list of frequently challenged books.

This is the top 10 list for 2012:

Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey.
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie.
Reasons: Offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

Thirteen Reasons Why, by Jay Asher.
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited for age group

Fifty Shades of Grey, by E. L. James.
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson.
Reasons: Homosexuality, unsuited for age group

The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini.
Reasons: Homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit

Looking for Alaska, by John Green.
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited for age group

Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
Reasons: Unsuited for age group, violence

The Glass Castle, by Jeanette Walls
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit

Beloved, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Sexually explicit, religious viewpoint, violence


Can Sasuke's Amaterasu go through windows?

Yes, Amaterasu can pass through clear glass.

To quote the wiki

  Amaterasu produces black flames at the focal point of the user's vision.
  - chapter 390 page 3

The focal point of a users vision is located at the back of the on the retina as seen on the image below.

This means that whatever is being 'seen' by a user at that time, will be cast ablaze. Comparable to how you can either focus on something beyond a window, or if the window is dirty, the window it self.


Anime where a boy is transported to a world with a different sun and enrolls in a magic school?

The show you are looking for is probably Trinity Seven.

Kasuga Arata lived a normal life together with his childhood friend, Hijiri Kasuga, in a small town. However, everything changed on the day of the Black Sun, and a magus (mage) appeared before him. The Black Sun caused the Breakdown Phenomenon which destroyed the town where he lives. Because of this, his normal life was artificially reconstructed by a grimoire that his childhood friend had left. The appearance of the magus led him to a new life in the Royal Biblia Academy and meeting the members of the Trinity Seven.


How Can so many weapons from Saito's world exist in Halkeginia?

People and items cross over all the time.

Siesta is a descendant of a Japanese person who wound up there. She actively uses this in her attempts to win Saito over.

There's a Japanese girl's school uniform he gets a hold of (which he has the Princess put on, I think, since it fits her). There's a naughty magazine, as well. The girl who gave it to him thought it was some powerful, forbidden tome.

Saito tries to use the plane to cross over during an eclipse, but turns back to help Louise. The plane probably came through on a similar link between worlds. I vaguely recall the anime suggesting it was probably the exact same event, which occurred periodically every few decades.

In other words, the worlds are intrinsically linked by their nature, and the summoning spell just created a particular forced link. These crossed over relics are used to connect Saito to his old home, let him use Gandalfr powers on exotic (to the others) weapons, and comedic relief (forbidden tome = dirty magazine).


Where did Danzo get his first Sharingan?

Its not clearly stated but from Shisui Uchiha article it states that Danzo have stolen an eye. Possibility him killing Kagami is very slim as, Danzo owes Kagami many times his life.

Quote from Naruto Wiki:

  "Later, as Shisui prepared to make his move, Danzō Shimura, believing that simply manipulating the Uchiha's leader wouldn't end the conflict, chose to take Shisui's eyes for himself in the desire to protect the village in his own way. While Shisui effortlessly subdued Danzō at first, the ruthless elder caught Shisui off guard by using the forbidden Izanagi with another Sharingan already in his possession to break free and steal Shisui's right eye. As Danzō and his men surrounded Shisui to take the left eye, Shisui managed to escape."

I would say that Danzo have obtain the eye from somewhere else since in manga there was no shisui and danzo fight scripture. It was more towards fillers in shipudden. We all could only speculate, because in manga we just know that Danzo stole an eye from Shisui and that is the source of Danzo's sharingan when he fought with Sasuke. The part where and how Danzo obtained the eye from Shisui was not explained.


What is the proper order to watch Hakuouki in?

Hakuouki was released in this order:

Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan (or just Hakuouki), Hakuouki Hakketsuroku, Hakuouki Sekkaroku OVA, and Hakuouki Reimeiroku.

Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan is the original series. Hakuouki Hakkesturoku is the sequel to the original series. The "episode zero" of Hakuouki Hakkesturoku (Memories in Kyoto) is a recap of the first series. The OVA series was released between the second series and Reimeiroku. Reimeiroku was the third full series released and acts as a prequel to the original series.

To conclude, if you want to watch in chronological order of the show (as opposed to release order), the correct viewing order would be:

Hakuouki Reimeiroku
Hakuouki Shinsengumi Kitan
Hakuouki Sekkaroku OVA
Hakuouki Hakkesturoku

Edit: First, I actually made a mistake originally. The OVA is actually set in between  episodes 8 and 9 of the first season of Hakuōki Shinsengumi Kitan, so chronologically it would really be before Hakkesturoku.

In regards to the movies, their roles are a bit more confusing. According to Wikipedia:

  Two new films are scheduled for 2013–2014. Film 1 was released in August 2013 and is released on DVDs February 2014. The film is supposed to be a retelling of both seasons in greater detail and with a slightly different ending.

However, ANN states:

  Production on a two-part Hakuōki film project that will open [2013] has been green-lit. The film will tell an all-new story.

Having not seen either of the films, I cannot say for certain where they fall in the timeline.

Sources:
Wikipedia

Anime News Network


There is a lot of debate that the reincarnation cycle began because Hagoromo knew that sometime Kaguya would be free of the Planetary Devastation seal, and restart the Divine Tree ritual which would consume human-kind. But that is just in terms of giving the plot a direction.
Scientifically speaking, energy can neither be created nor destroyed. All it can do is transform. Kaguya initially attained massive amounts of chakra/energy due to being a member of the Otsutsuki Clan, and that energy exponentially grew larger after she consumed the Chakra Fruit. When she had kids, which were Hagoromo and Hamura, they inherited part of her energy. After they sealed Kaguya, the only people who wielded destructive energies were Hagoromo and Hamura. But, Hamura left Earth to live on the moon to keep guard on Kaguya, and the older brother Hagoromo stayed on Earth, and then had two kids, Indra and Asura, who also inherited part of their parents energy. They then grew up and became able-bodied adults who could use Hagoromo's power of Ninshu, not Ninjutsu, as Hagoromo said. While Indra retained and focused the power to himself, and used it destructively, Asura, however, used it to help people, thus forming the earliest concept of Yin and Yang. They were beings wielding enormous power and when they died, their chakra/power were transformed into their reincarnates, and like how opposite poles attract, so were the reincarnates drawn towards each other.
It is also evident that Hagoromo could transcned his consciousness over time, as he did with Naruto and Sasuke. It was just that his chakra wasn't being transformed and remained as a silhouette over generations.


What is the complete story of King Artoria in Fate?

I have decided to edit this question to remove the huge quote text from the Wikia and sum it up in my own words. you can read up on the original from of this answer here

Artoria (or Arturia as the common mis-translation) was born during the war-torn Dark Ages after Britannia lost it's protection from the Roman Empire. During this time Uther Pendragon was the King of Britain and he had already fathered a daughter (Morgan le Fay) with the wife of the wife of the Duke of Cornwall, Igraine.

Merlin, an Human/Incubus Hyrbid and a powerful Magus, had prophesied that their next child would be Uther's successor as king and Uther believed this. However when Arturia was born Uther despaired as she was born a girl, not a boy. in those times a King could not make a child that was not male his successor even if she was fated to one day become a king. Merlin was delighted because the sex of the child had never mattered and he was confident that if Arturia was separated from the castle until the day of prophecy it would be proof that she would become king.

At the age of five, Arturia was entrusted to one of the king's vassals, Sir Ector, who while he did not believe in the prophecy he did feel the same air from the young Arturia as he did his king. Arturia was then adopted and raised with Ector's own son Kay training them both as simple knight apprentices.

Kay could tell that Arturia would grow up to be a beauty woman but his father told him to guide her like she was his brother and decided to treat her in that manner, though he did not believe it would be kept secret. Initially Arturia was raised under the belief that she and Kay were related by blood, but she was later told the truth while growing up. Despite this their relationship did not diminish from the truth, and they still felt they were true siblings.

Arturia acted as Kay's squire and received training from him while also doing other chores such as pulling along his horse. During their sparring Arturia was the greater in terms of swordsmanship however Kay would use "warped reasoning just on the verge of being correct" to make her feel like she had lost despite winning, reasoning like

"You lose since you threw away your sheath!"
"I'm still alive so don't act like you won!"

During one rainy day while Artoria was sick, Kay's mother had to leave so only he was available to tend to her. Telling Arturia "it would be troublesome for me if you were to die now", he promised to do anything she requested in exchange for getting well quickly. Being very persistent in having her request something Arturia said she wanted to "dream of a lion running across plains." To fulfill this Kay carved a wooden lion. The carving was poor as Kay was hoping to make an old, dying lion unable to hurt a mouse so as to not have it harm her in her dreams and Arturia compared it to a cross between a dog and a cat, but she appreciated it and was able to see the dream.

While being raised by Ector Merlin also visited teaching Arturia and acting as a sort of foster father figure to her. he also also revealed Arturia's gender to Kay making him swear to secrecy.

When Arturia was 15 the day of prophecy arrived and Merlin prepared Caliburn for the selection of the next king. when the Knights and Lords gathered for the selection of the next king they expected the selection  to be through jousting to select the most superior one to become a king, but they were presented with Caliburn stuck in a stone with the inscription on the hilt reading

  Whosoe'er pulleth out this sword of this stone is rightwise king born of England.

While many knights grabbed the sword trying to follow the command, none were able to pull it out. With no successful attempts they began the expected jousting to make the selection. at this time Arturia was still an apprentice and thus not qualified to joust. she neared the now deserted stone and reached out for the sword without hesitation.

Before grabbing it, Merlin appeared before her to tell her to think things over before taking it. He told her she would no longer be human upon taking the sword, but she had been prepared for the fact that "becoming a king means no longer being human" ever since she was born knowing that a king is someone who kills everyone to protect everyone, having thought about it every night and shuddered until morning came with not a day passing where she did not fear that fact. to Merlin her response was a nod saying that the fear she has felt would end then

Arturia pulled the sword out effortlessly as per her fate and in that instant She became something not human. to everyone else there so long as she acted like a good king no would care for her appearance of gender. Taking the sword also had an effect on her body stopping her from aging as such from then on the King would have a body of a 15 year old.

After that Arturia, Merlin and Kay went through various adventures while training eventually calling herself the rightful King of the country while reclaiming the country and the 3 of them formed the original Round Table but later was joined bu Bedivere and Gawain who along with Kay becomes the most senior knights.

At some point during their adventures Arturia came to care for a lion cub for a month. While she claims that it wasn't because she liked them (most probably due to the carved lion she was given by her beloved brother) she formed a bond with the young cub who had become attached to her. the lion cub was very energetic, often biting or scratching, but experiencing the happiness she felt from this she wished to be able to stay with the sub until the end. while it's not documented on when this occurred given the images we have seen of Arturia as King and in battle where she wears the same blue attire under her armor i suspect it was during this adventures due to what she is wearing in a flashback image in the Visual Novel

Morgan le Fay, who was born as the proper, recognized daughter of King Uther and Arturia's older sister of the same status, in her eyes believed Arturia received the love and hopes of their father that should have been hers, became witch queen who craved for vengeance. during their adventures Morgan executed a trap which saw Arturia loose Caliburn to which afterwords Arturia goes to Vivian, the Lady of the Lake (and Morgan's polar opposite).

After the final battle against her uncle Vortigern, Arturia claimed her kingdom Camelot and spent ten years in peace. during this time Arturia had to deal with the problem of being able to produce an heir. to "help" Merlin used his magecraft to make Arturia into a pseudo-male capable of producing sperm for an unknown duration of time. during this time however Morgan le Fay got her sister drunk used her magic to enchant her sister to take some of Arturia's sperm. using her own ovaries Morgan developed the sperm and have birth to a homunculus clone of her sister. this was Mordred.

Arturia met the daughter of King Leodegrance, Guinevere, and the 2 wedded to make an outward appearance of a "kingdom" in Britain. They even held a grand wedding ceremony that lasted close to seven days and was celebrated throughout the land. However it was marriage out of necessity rather than love, where Arturia, the "husband" was not a man and the marriage would never be consummated.

During this time Mordred was raised by Morgan to believe it was her right defeat the King and inherit the throne. Through her mother's recommendations and a presentation of her own swordsmanship, was able to be counted as one of the Knights of the Round Table. despite her mother's obsessive hatred for Arturia Mordred never hated Arturia yet idealized her as the perfect king. she later learned of her heritage of being Arturia's "son" and was happy in learning that she shared the same blood as the king she idolized, however Mordred also felt ashamed of her twisted birth.

As Arturia continued to be king she kept to the oath that a king is not human and that one cannot protect the people with human emotions. never narrowing her eyes in grief while on the throne and settling every problem while working hard in government affairs, Arturia managed to balance the country without any deviations, and punished people without a single mistake. this however lead one of her Knight, Sir Tristan to leave Camelot saying

  The King does not understand how others feel

hearing this Lancelot wished to lessen the burden for his King, a wish that Guinevere also held. While they conversed with each other they came to recognize each other as friends and rely on one another and it was then that Lancelot began to fall for Guinevere. it was though Guinevere that he learned of Arturia being a woman and the true meaning to Guinevere's marriage to her.

At some point in time Mordred approached Arturia about her identity and her "son" but rather getting the acceptance she had hoped for Arturia rejected her stating that while Mordren was her child born from her and Morgan's plotting she could not recognize Mordred as her "son" or give her the Throne. Mordred believed this however was because Arturia hated Morgan and no matter what she did, the moment she was born from Morgan she was a dirtied child and the shame of her birth began to become hatred.

Lancelot and Guinevere began to have an affair and this was discovered by Agravain, one of Arturia's Knights and an assassin hired by Morgan who he hated. Agravain was loyal to the King however he hated women due to Morgan and when he uncovered the affair he also learned of Arturia's true gender. he tried to threaten Guinevere with the fact of her affair but failed. before his death and seeing Mordred's growing hatred (while probably not knowing Mordred was a woman as well) he revealed the affair to her who used it to sow mistrust in the Knights of the Round Table and destroying the prestige of the King in the eyes of the people.

When Arturia learned of the affair she did not blame anyone but rather understood knowing Guinevere's and Lancelot's sacafrice. however still acting in the capacity of a king and this times adultery was a serious crime, Arturia discarded her emotions and had Guinevere executed. Lancelot tried to stop to save her, killing several of his fellow knights including Gawain's brothers, Gareth and Gaheris but ultimately failed and fled back to his homeland of France.

When Arturia left for the Rome expedition Mordred became the leader of the rebellion representing the national discontent towards the King. when Arturia returned Mordred raged and proclaiming her hatred of the king and that only she was fit for the throne. the truth was that she only wanted to be accepted by Arturia as her "son". this sparked the civil war that would later claim their lives.

shortly before the final battle of Camlann Avalon, the sheath to Excalibur that gave Arturia immortality, was stolen due to the machinations of Morgan le Fay. Lancelot, even after being excommunicated, wanted to participate in the Battle of Camlann to serve his King but Gawain hostilely rejected him due to his hatred.

Merlin left Arturia before the final battle because of his own love affair problems claiming that an evil witch (Morgan?) tried to murder him so he fled to the Reverse Side of the World and thus the land of Avalon where he thought the witch wouldn't reach him, however the gate he encountered was a trap which created a sealing "tower" called the Garden of Avalon and having transcended death, is trapped for all eternity and thus can never enter the Throne of Heroes.

During their final battle Mordred hated the "Son of Morgan" but Arturia replied

  Not once did I despise you. There was only one reason I would not give you the throne. You didn't have the capacity of a King.

In their battle Mordred was fatally wounded by Rhongomyniad but because of a curse on her, after death still swung her sword and fatally wounded Arturia.

Arturia's dying body was escorted to a holy isle by Sir Bedivere where she ordered a grieving knight to dispose of Excalibur by throwing it back to the Lady of the Lake, an order he failed twice beliving that the moment Excalibur was returned to Vivian Arturia would die.

In Bedivere's absence, she reflected on her personal failures, regretting her life as king. Before her last breath, she appealed to the world; in exchange for services as a Heroic Spirit, she asked to be given an opportunity seek the Holy Grail to save her country.

i emphasize the last bit as after this is when Arturia made her contract with the world and started to be summoned to the Holy Grail Wars. unlike the other Heroic Spirits who are effectively clones of their real selves in the Throne of Heroes, Arturia never made it there which is why she can retain her memories of previous times she has been summoned.

after the events of Fate/Stay Night, depending on the route Arturia' fate different. i summarize it in this answer but to sum that up

   - In Fate we see Arturia accept things when Sir Bedivere returns for the final time
  - In -Last Episode- because Arturia terminated her contract with the World by destroying the Holy Grail by her own will she goes to Avalon in the Reverse Side of the World, waiting for Shirou who eventually reunites with her as apart of a miracle Merlin talks about

   - In Unlimited Blade Works:
   - In the Good End she remains with Rin as her Servant
   - In the True Ending Arturia fades away however we don't know if her contract was terminated or not and if it was if she ended up in Avalon aswell

   - in Heaven's Feel, regardless of the ending Arturia is corrupted by Angra Mainyu and is killed by Shirou close to the final battle. we don't know of her fate after this

   - in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia she is summoned for Angra Mainyu false Holy Grail War. because Angra Mainyu was trying to recreate the 3rd war Arturia is summoned as if she was summoned by the Edelfelt sisters who used their sorcery trait to summon 2 Sabers (2 sides of the same Hero) Arturia is summoned with the ability to swap with her Alter personality (the Arturia corrupted by Angra Mainyu)

Also while we do not know when about in Arturia's own timeline this occured

in Fate/Labyrinth she is summoned as Norma Goodfellow's/Manaka Sajyou's Servant during the Subcategory Holy Grail in Caubac Alcatraz's labyrinth. she forms a party with 3 other Servants, Archer (Robin Hood from Fate/Extra), Caster (Medea from Fate/Stay Night) and Assassin (Hassan-i-Sabbah from Fate/Stay Night). because of a fading contract with Norma/Manaka and the uses of her Nobel Phantasm during one battle Arturia fades away but not before saying her goodbyes to the other 3 Servants and entrusting them to give Norma/Manaka a Mystic Code she found

i would also add that at some point Arturia's Bloodline survived somehow as in other Type-Moon Works Lord El-Melloi II (Waver Velvet's name after the 4th Holy Grail War) meets with Gray who becomes his assistant. aside from her appearance being like that of Arturia which bring up unpleasant memories of the 4th Holy Grail War for Lord El-Melloi II Gray also can wield Rhongomyniad.

while not something special in itself Rhongomyniad is passed down through the generations with it's mystery preserved similar manner to the Tradition Carrier trait held by the Fraga family (Bazett Fraga McRemitz) which is passed down to a single successor from generation to generation through a pathogen in the Fraga bloodline. (similar manner as it's not know if there is a pathogen in Arturia's bloodline like that of the Fraga).

currently all we know is that Gray was born in a cemetery. we don't know from who she descends from or if the bloodline tied to Rhongomyniad starts from Arturia or from Uther (in which the bloodline could continue with Morgan who in the Nasuverse (according to the wikia) is Uther's daughter not the Duke of Cornwall unlike in other Arthurian Legends)

Sources (all the Type-Moon Wikia)

Saber (Fate/Stay Night)
Guinevere
Berserker (Fate/Zero)
Archer (Fate/Grand Order - Tristan)
Avalon
Kay
Caster (Fate/Grand Order - Merlin)
Morgan le Fay
Rhongomyniad
Gray
Vortigern
Agravain
Fragarach
Saber of Red
List of minor character - Vivian


Generally, a manga/anime doesn't have to complete the story set out by the original material it was adapted from. Some examples are Accel World, Bleach, and Bodacious Space Pirates.

Some reasons are obvious, like key changes in the plot making it impossible to follow the original plotline set out in the source, while other times it's not so obvious such as events involving members of the production team, such as work disagreements, licensing problems, or people getting sick for an extended period of time.

This isn't just for adapted works as these problems can affect the source material: Kaze no Stigma's light novel has been left incomplete due to the author dying.


Is there a single member of the Einzbern family who is a human being?

The Einzberns from the beginning were a factory of homunculi. Per the booklet released alongside the DVD for the Unlimited Blade Works anime:

  • The origins of Einzbern

  A factory originally created by the students of the magician who
  realized the third magic. Began in the year 1 AD.  They attempted to
  reproduce their master’s miracle, but couldn’t do it themselves, so as
  an alternate plan they tried to recreate a specimen identical to their
  master and have it reproduce the magic.

  After nearly 900 years of effort, Justeaze—the homunculus who would
  come to be called the Winter Saint—was forged.  She was a model that
  strayed from what the magi had intended, created completely by
  accident, but her abilities were equal to or above those of their
  master.  The magi should have been elated about Justeaze, but they
  couldn’t be happy. After all, she was a mutation that was born
  regardless of their own techniques or skills.  Even if that specimen
  was to reproduce the third magic, that conclusion would be harder for
  them to bear than 900 years of failure.

  The magi deperately attempted to create a homunculus that excelled
  Justeaze by their own techniques.  The artificial intelligence created
  to act as the castle’s central management—the golem Jubstacheit—was
  the pinnacle of their craft, and became the father of all homunculi
  created at Einzbern.

  Justeaze succeeded at proving the third magic.  However, it was not
  cost-effective. Justeaze’s use of the third magic was like careful
  knitting. It would take several years to save just one person, making
  the salvation of the entire human race virtually unattainable.  In
  addition, while Justeaze herself did not age, her body was so frail it
  would take little to kill her, so she could not leave the castle.
  Since her intelligence and mentality were also unaging, she did not
  develop at all. From an outside perspective, it was as if she was
  repeating a single day for all eternity.  If she were to leave the
  castle she would be freed from this “single day,” but the act of
  leaving the castle signified an easy death for Justeaze.

  In the end, they accepted that humans could create something that
  surpassed humans, but not something that could save humans. … Or
  perhaps they would not have failed if a miracle like Justeaze had not
  occurred.

  The magi despaired the limits of their abilities. Some abandoned the
  castle, while others took their own lives.  The homunculi left at
  Einzbern were abandoned by their creators, but in their purity, they
  continued to operate the factory for the sake of the creators’
  ideology—the salvation of humankind, the reproduction of a miracle.

  From then on, all homunculi created at Einzbern were based off of
  Justeaze.  Jubstacheit created a humanoid terminal unit, and used it
  as the manager of Einzbern. Though by the end he operated even Acht
  (the eighth humanoid terminal), he did not possess a personality.  He
  only included the necessary “humanity” to operate the castle and
  reproduce the third magic into each of his humanoid terminals, and
  made them act like humans.  Jubstacheit is essentially an automaton
  that cannot progress, but continues operating in perpetuity. His way
  of existence is just like an old clock ticking away, being forgotten
  by people before running down.


If one could easily use Mangekyou Sharingan even without being an Uchiha why only Kakashi use it?

The part within your title stating if one could easily use Mangekyou Sharingan even without being an Uchiha is not fully accurate.

While Kakashi does have the [Mangekyou] Sharingan and can use it's abilities, it is not without a cost. Because Kakashi is not an Uchiha, using the Sharingan takes a huge toll on him.

  Because he isn't an Uchiha, he can't deactivate the Sharingan and it rapidly drains his chakra whenever he uses it, leaving him bedridden after extended use
  (emphasis my own)

Orochimaru did not want only the Sharingan - he wanted the full power of the Sharingan. It is for this reason why Orochimaru was interested in an Uchiha's body as a vessel rather than the eyes by themselves. If Orochimaru had only taken Sasuke's eyes, he likely would have experienced similar side affects as Kakashi.

Orochimaru could have done some experiments to give himself the ability to deactivate the Sharingan at will in the same way as an Uchiha. However, due to the lack of Uchiha to harvest DNA, Orochimaru saw taking the entire body as the solution.


Are there any references to the OK Corral or Wyatt Earp in Trigun?

To answer this quite bluntly, No. There are no references to OK Corral or Wyatt Earp nor any town sheriffs that had their background even briefly revealed. But there are some things that might be indirectly related or referenced to these. I'll explain.

While there are no solid references in the anime to these, there are some what after images or familiar presences to them.

Yasuhiro Nightow, the creator of Trigun series and manga, was in-fact inspired by western films genre. He created the character Vash in a similar way to those he idolized in these films. More specifically a "Gunfighter". Now when someone says Gunfighter to you, there are a few key names that pop into your mind like; Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett and of course Wyatt Earp. Whether these people had any direct influence on this anime is something that is unknown. Only way to know would to ask YN himself.

Also during this time there were other anime and manga taking the same approach. Such as Kino's Journey or Cowboy Bebop.

So basically the answer is "No" but watching Trigun may send vibes from some of the characters or locations or pretty much anything that may relates to the old west.

(These answers were based off personal knowledge and having watched and loved the Trigun series, so much that I just watched it again like 3 days ago.)


Yes, whatever happened with the reactor probably caused it.  I don't think radiation poisoning is the exact condition, if only because an advanced, experimental technomagical mana reactor shouldn't be using nuclear fission, but the symptoms and progression seem to match media portrayals of that — and of tuberculosis, more closely; the "beautiful pallor", the exhaustion, and coughing up blood were originally markers, in prose and poetry, then later in film, of what was generally referred to as "consumption".  Tuberculosis is no longer a major killer in the developed world, but its symptoms remain in media as the go-to nonspecific slow, wasting death.

As for the time factor, I think her disease was the determiner there; Alicia wasn't going to get any more dead.  Whatever the actual cause of her illness, I believe that it was exacerbated by her throwing herself into Project Fate; as you say, she spent 22 years on that before Fate herself was decanted, presumably working at all hours and neglecting her health; she probably knew she was dying slowly before she realized Fate wasn't Alicia and moved to her mad attempt to reach Al-Hazard.  She gave Linith a hard (and near-impossible) deadline by which to build Bardiche and train Fate as a top-flight combat mage, so she certainly knew she had little time by then.


I think so, although it's never revealed - the name Platty (and in Japanese Kamo - short for Kamonohashi [platypus] ) and his appearance is pretty indicative of it.

If we use the Duck Test:

  if it looks like a duck, swims like a duck, and quacks like a duck, then it probably is a duck.

Platty:

Looks like a platypus
We don't really get to see Platty swim, but he does enjoy a hotspring - where platypuses can reside. article about an investigation of Platypuses in Lake Kinrin hotspring water

He sorta sounds like a platypus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsd7ZfdZcNU , but it's more of a quack noise.

Conclusion: Maybe? (I don't think we're supposed to know)


Why did Dracule Mihawk become a Warlord/Shichibukai?

Seeing how there is no motivation stated in the canon for Mihawk becoming a Shichibukai, I assume his reason to ally with the Government was to be able to access assets that would be reserved for members of the World Government only, such as the Tarai Current or passing from Paradise to New World via Mariejois, thus allowing him more freedom of movement. Mihawk reminds me of the wandering swordsman, so more freedom of movement sounds like something he might be interested in


In Naruto Shippuden episode 467, how was a normal villager able to use jutsu?

Yes you are right but :

  Hagoromo travelled across the land, giving chakra to everyone in the
  world as well as spreading his ideals and religion

so it is possible that Ashura might have just shared his chakra just as his father Hagoromo did.


In Kuroko no Basuke, are the characters ever compared to professional players?

Kuroko no Basuke (manga) never references any actual NBA pro by explicitly stating a name, but they have shown panels of professional basket ball players insinuating that they are from the NBA. The characters depicted don't actually resemble any specific pro, but rather a generic player - tall, built, and African-American.

It does seem like the Generation of Miracles could beat real life NBA teams, but the manga does indirectly explain how the Generation of Miracles will not prevail.

Take Kise's copying ability for example. He can only copy people's techniques that he is capable of executing, but because NBA players are so much bigger, faster, and better, his copying won't work.

Or in Midorima's case, he might have the insane accuracy as usual, but an NBA player can easily block his shot.

In the end, however, I don't think Kuroko no Basket will ever mention and compare with top NBA pros. There are certain things that are completely impossible, like Kuroko's phantom shot. It doesn't even theoretically work in real life because NBA plays man to man defense, where each member playing has to always follow their assigned opponent. You can't just misdirect someone following you and not see you shooting.

And don't even get me started on eagle vision...

UPDATE: In one of the latest chapters (242) that I haven't read yet, Ray Allen of the Boston Celtics is shown as the first NBA player in Kuroko. This is somewhat inaccurate though, as Ray Allen has been part of the Miami Heat for 2 years now.


The producer David Shore mentioned that Dr. House ins at least partially inspired by Sherlock Holmes and partially on his own experiences. Many connections and references are given throughout the production an series.

This is most likely a advertising campaign by Generon Universal to cross promote Dr. House and the Tezuka anime. Furthermore there is no citation on the connection that Dr. House was inspired by the Tezuka series, just one about the showdown between the two. With no mention of the former being inspired by the latter.


What is the song that plays when Clovis indirectly orders the Purebloods (Jermiah, Nu) to board their Knighmares in Episode 1?

Edit/update: I found the song what is identical to the one I was looking for. It's titled Out of the Ordinary. The one below is somewhat similar to this track, though.
I found one that appears to be similar to the one I was looking for,  it's called Cold Nobility, I suppose it might even be supposed to be  the same song, despite some differences.


What or who is "Minami" in "Search for Minami"?

The Minami means Minami Asakura in the anime Touch.

When the anime aired, it was very very famous and everyone knew the character.
She is a heroine in the manga and she likes sports.

One daily news show called Super Time started a new corner "Search for Minami!" which finds sports girl every day and interviews them.

It's an 80's show, no one knows that now, but the author of Kare Kano likes these kinds of random jokes.


Who is the voice actor of Scissor Runner in Fairy Tail?

Although not officially confirmed, the rumour on MAL is that it's Takaya Kamikawa.

He's mostly known from the voice of Anti-Spiral in Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.


Why did not Conan tell Haibara about the liquor that made him restore to his original size as soon as possible?

Remember that once your body develops an immunity against baiju thus you can't grow twice. Conan was probably thinking that it might be useful in the fell clutch of circumstance.

Plot-wise, if Haibara already drank baiju and so, if Haibara wasn't in adult form, Conan and Haibara will be unprotected and might die. Since they have this plot immunity, then that won't happen.


Why is the series "Trigun" titled as such?

It's not related to the number of barrels of a gun, but the number of guns Vash has.

1st: Is the silver 45 named 45 LONG COLT AGL FACTORY. This is the one we all see him carry.

2nd:

   the hidden gun inside his arm that we see in Episode 12 This hidden gun also gets upgraded into a machine gun in episode 19.

3rd:

   the transformation of his arm into the Angel Arm that we see in Episode 16


At the moment (10-10-2019) there is not explication in the manga, he just can. Like some other powers in the blood on others pjs.


Why don't Nobuchika Ginoza and Tomomi Masaoka share the same last name?

Most probably it's because otherwise his name would raise too much suspicion and intervene with his life. Many people in real life carry their mother's maiden name for similar reasons, so it's not surprising.


This is actually two, or even three, questions in one.
Movements in anime start and end with keyframes, everything else are inbetweeners.
How both keyframes and inbetweeners are drawn up is not just a matter of preference (which may impact how the final drawing comes to be), but also one of efficieny.

In your example, drawing the persons separately will allow much easier change in composition even though there is nothing against drawing the frame 'as-is' right off the bat.

For example, if the director decides that the girl needs to be a tad more to the left, of that her hand needs to be higher, it's much easier to just move the girl or reposition the hand than to draw everything from scratch (including the boy, the background, etc).

Distance as such as little to do with anything and is only used to create a sense of depth. Clouds, traffic, etc moving at different speeds to create a parallax-like effect.

Ultimately, regardless of whether or not layers are used and regardless of overlap, all characters, every single stroke even, are drawn separately.


Was Kyoko and Chizuru's first meeting ever shown in the manga?

Yes, this was shown in Chapter 35 of volume 4 of the original Japanese manga. The anime adaption only made minor changes, such as the place of their meeting is changed from the school library to a local public library, and Yui's Kanji exercise book is seen with different contents.

You can refer to this page for detailed information. I personally find this "Yuru Yuri database" site very useful in answering questions like yours, so please allow me to recommend it to any of the Yuru Yuri fans here.

Also, since a long time has passed after this question is first asked, it is highly possible that amateur English translations are out there right now. Maybe I should not provide a link for copyright reasons, but googling will certainly lead you to one.


According to the author:

In no particular order Ophis, Shiva, Vishnu, Brahma, Śakra, Thor, Typhon (Or Fenrir), Hades, Aten, and Lugh.
That's how it is. Great Red isn't included because it is a creature who basically doesn't fight (I get many claim that this isn't true!), and it is the ranking before Ophis and Fenrir lost their powers. What you will have to pay attention to are the Hindu mythology which hasn't appeared in the series yet. Well, those who know about their mythology know it, but the Hindu Gods all have cheat-like abilities. If I make them appear in DxD, it will turn out like the battle in Dragon Ball, so I controlled myself. The Hindu mythology will be placed in the higher ranks of the Top-10 strongest that Vali spoke about. It truly is terrifying. If DxD continues to go on for much longer, I'm thinking of doing "The Destruction God Shiva arc" as a last resort. So I have no plan to make them appear until then. By the way the true Sirzechs and the serious Ajuka will be placed among the ranks.

the above comes from a fan translation of the Afterword found in High School DxD: Volume 13
In an interview, he also mentions Azazel is likely to be in the top 10 once he powers up enough (he's a genius that creates gears and stuff so it doesn't come as a surprise).
I can tell you the top 3 are: Ophis (before what happened in volume 11. Poor girl...), Trixeha and Great Red. The Hindu Gods would come afterward After that the rest of the list
So basically there are 3 tiers between the strongest beings.
All of them are over the top though. Remember how tough it was to defeat Loki? (Vali + his team + Issei + Rias team + Azazel + Akeno's father, leader of Fallen angels) and still, they needed Thor's hammer. Well, Loki isn't even among the strongest beings.


Does Shirou ever learn about Illyasviel being Kiritsugu's daughter?

In the Heaven's Feel route, yes, as she says she is in the True End:

   After Shirou kills Kotomine and is about to sacrifice himself to stop the Greater Grail, Ilya appears wearing the Dress of Heaven planning to shut it down herself. Here she tells Shirou that it's her duty as his older sister to protect him.

In the Unlimited Blade Works route, however, she doesn't

   as when Shirou and Rin go to recruit her to help fight Caster, Gilgamesh has already arrived before them, defeated Berserker, and ripped out Ilya's heart, killing her.

I am unsure about the Fate Route; to my recollection, Shirou doesn't find out (am currently replaying) and I have yet to play Fate/Hollow Ataraxia. However, because it also has hints of all the Fate/Stay Night routes in it, I would assume the knowledge of Ilya and Shirou being adopted siblings is assumed.

   Of course, Ilya won't admit this to Shirou anyway in Fate/Hollow Ataraxia as the Shirou in it is not actually Shirou but Avenger assuming Shirou's form and Ilya seems to be aware of the False Grail War.


Is Dracule Mihawk really the strongest swordsman?

If you look at the wiki page of Mihawk

  Dracule Mihawk is a member of the Shichibukai and the first one to
  be revealed. He is also the current holder of the title, "Greatest
  Swordsman in the World.

This should answer the title question.

As for the relationship with Shanks (it is listed under the Friends list),

  In the past, Mihawk was a rival to one of the most powerful pirates in
  One Piece, Shanks. However, Mihawk lost interest in him after Shanks
  lost his left arm. He retains a neutral, though somewhat friendly
  relationship with Shanks, and is able to track him down if the need
  arises. He and Shanks do manage to get along, regardless of the fact
  that the two are opposites in personalities. Shanks is also able to
  get Mihawk to join in when he threw a party to celebrate Luffy's
  coming, even when moments beforehand Mihawk had scorned how laid-back
  Shanks was.

  Mihawk even mused out an apology to Shanks during the battle at
  Marineford, where he declares that he will not be holding anything
  back against Luffy right before going after him. When Shanks
  showed up during the Whitebeard War, Mihawk left the battle, stating
  that battling Shanks was beyond the scope of the World Government's
  agreement.

So its not that he's really scared of Shanks, but just that he relishes the Frenemy kind-of relationship with him, and that's why moves out of the battle, when Shanks enters the scene.


What is the name of song that plays in Naruto Episode 29?

It's Orochimaru's Battle/Fighting theme (Orochimaru no Sentou theme)
from Naruto Original Soundtrack 2.

Here's a Youtube link for the full clip.


Does the Naruto: Ultimate Ninja Storm series miss any of the Manga's plot?

So there is a Naruto wiki which has a lot of info worth checking, but I'm not sure if what you want is in there. I have played the game completely and have read all the manga and I could not find any missing bits apart from that they would (this happens in every Naruto game) make the story a bit shorter and sometimes just a tiny bit, they would take some speech out. That's all I know but I could be wrong. I shouldn't though, I'm pretty sure I remembered it right.


Why is Tokyo Ghoul's second season called √A?

√A ("root A") is a reference to and pun on the Aogiri Tree organization, which is the focus of the second season. "A" is simply the first letter of the organization, and the root is a pun on tree root (since it's the Aogiri Tree).


Which LN volumes are covered in season 1&2 of "Konosuba" anime?

According to Japanese Wikipedia:

Volume 1 covers Season 1, Episode 1 (S1E1) - S1E6
Volume 2 covers S1E7 - S1E10 and S2E3
Volume 3 covers S2E1 - S2E5 except S2E3
Volume 4 covers S2E6 - S2E10

So, you might want to start from Volume 5.
However, take a moment to read Is the Konosuba anime a close adaptation of the light novel? to decide whether you want to read from the beginning instead.


Where are the other 7 Bijuus after the Shinobi World War?

We don't know the exact location of the bijuus, but they have returned to their homes!

In the chapter #692:


Yes.
Check out episode 38 when Deku and most of his classmates go to the mall! It's mentioned that there are clothing products for every unique body type.


Deciphering the runes was by no means a simple task. And as such there was quite a bit of history behind it as different people attempted various ways to decrypt it. In the end, the runes were found to be a substitution cipher for German.

A full guide to deciphering the runes in Madoka as well as a complete translated list of all their appearances throughout the Puella Magi series can be found here.

If you want to take a shot at decrypting them yourself, use the chart below. This will transliterate the runes into German - after that you're on your own. :)


It is revealed in Chapter 222 that the hands are from the remains of his family.


Did Lucy ever recover her consciousness?

Before Lucy's body completely melted away and was about to be shot in the head, she went berserk. So it is safe to say that she indeed recovered her evil side. Although on the other hand, we could see her DNA protect Kouta unconsciously, so the memories she made after becoming "Lucy" were real, and despite recovering her true self, she could not forget about those happy memories she had with Kouta and the others.


Whose drugs are actually being kept in the storehouse?

That would be drugs that do belong to Lau's operation to handle within England. But since they are being stolen and trafficked it was Ciel's job to track down and eliminate them.


Can a single dragon ball be destroyed? What would happen to the rest of them?

While Super Saiyan 3 Gotenks fought Super Buu, Piccolo stated that if a single ball was destroyed the entire set became useless.

It makes sense to think that the set just stays there looking like pretty trinkets. The balls turn to stone because (I assume) their magic was used up, but breaking a ball doesn't affect the magic of other balls.

This only applies to the Namekian copy balls. For the planet sized super dragon balls, we don't really have enough information


What did Shouko say to Ishida in the coming of age ceremony that made Ueno jealous?

Four fingers raised, thumb pulled in is "ke", while full fist means "sa".

Together they are "kesa", which means "this morning".

Shouko is referring to the hardships they had that morning with putting on their kimono, doing their hair, etc. We know Ishida knows about it because Shouko's mother has shown him a picture about the girls getting ready,

so he reacts with "beautiful".

Explanation for the sign he makes :


Is the Tenshinhan's Shin Kikoho technique, a triangle or square?

Though he put his hand in the form of triangle, the hole is in square/rectangular form. The answer is quite scientific. A Reuleaux triangle can be rotated to create a square shape. This YouTube video and this site explain it in more detail.

Tenshinhan's hand shape is similar to the Reuleaux triangle. Due to its shape, while it rotates, its cutting edge cut the hole in a shape of square which is shown in the gif below.


What is the significance of Rio Poneglyph?

It's important because it's said that it contains information about One Piece history including the Void Century.

  The Rio Poneglyph (真の歴史の本文, literally translated as "True Text of History") is the message carried by all the poneglyphs along the Grand Line. It contains the true history of the One Piece world (including the "Void Century" of which research is forbidden). In order to find it, one must take all other passages from the other Poneglyphs with them on their travels, and it is only completed upon reaching the end of the world; in other words, the island Raftel. Gol D. Roger seemed to have accomplished this task, according to Rayleigh, though it is uncertain if the other members of the Roger Pirates (i.e. Shanks, Buggy) know the world's history.

Source: Poneglyph - The One Piece Wiki

Why is it important to Robin?

  Nico Robin was born on the island of Ohara , and came from a family of archaeologists. Her mother, Nico Olvia, went out to sea to find the True History. But she along with the archaeologists of Ohara were killed by the World Government through a buster call.

Source: Nico Robin/History - The One Piece Wiki

So naturally, Robin became an archaeologist to finish the work started by her people and to know the true events of history, thus exposing the World Government.

Why is the Void Century important? Let's take a look at few events that occurred during the Void Century:

Birth of the World Government

  800 years ago, at the end of the Void Century, the World Government was born and took political control of the entire world, uniting all countries and forming the Council of Kings. For the World Government, the events of the Void Century were better left unknown as information linked to it is considered far too dangerous.

The Great War

  The most important event during the Void Century seems to be the Great War. It ended with the fall of Shandora [City of Gold]

Source for blockquotes: Void Century - The One Piece Wiki (emphasis added)


What is this smoking item in Beyond the Boundary?

This is what is commonly known as a "mosquito coil." These are mosquito-repelling incense, in spiral-shaped (this particular shape was popularized in Japan) and made up of a dried paste of pyrethrum powder.
I japan it's called "katori senkou" and it's usually green-ish swirly incense-like item, that you set on light and burn slowly. The smoke/smell that comes from it keeps the mosquito away.

As you may or may not know, just about all chemical repellents and insecticides contain pyrethroid, which is a chemical imitation of Pyrethrin, found in pyrethrum.


From http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra:

  Chakra is created when two other forms of energy, known collectively as one's "stamina", are moulded together. Physical energy is collected from each and every one of the body's cells and can be increased through training, stimulants, and exercise. Spiritual energy  is derived from the mind's consciousness and can be increased through studying, meditation, and experience.

So, in case of taijutsu, the user uses kicks, punches, etc to fight. To perform these actions the user definitely requires normal energy produced by the cells in the body. Now this part of chakra (physical energy) is required to produce chakra. If the user uses this "physical energy" faster, which is the case for taijutsu, the amount of chakra produced will be less. So the user doesn't use chakra, just its production gets limited. Now in case of the 8 gates also, no chakra is used. Opening the gates removes the physical limitation on the body like more muscle movement.


What Did Basara Do to Mio to relieve the curse?

The Scene you want to see is showed in the restaurant scene as flashback while Basara and his friend is talking about the Master- Servant Pact.

Are You sure you have the Uncensored version. I watched the anime and here is the screenshot of scene flashback from the episode following the restaurant scene.

Also there is also a special Episode, ShinMai Maouno TEstament Special 3 one of the Specials included on the Blu-ray/DVD volumes. Chibi versions of Mio and Maria narrate Basara's various erotic encounters.

Here is a Screenshot of the Third Special Episode (Narration of Episode 5's Erotic Event)

ALso Zhi Heng's Observation and answer is quite Correct. Basara did what he have to do to stop the activation of Mio's curse.


Why is shonen manga's goriness these days abundant?

I haven't seen firsthand proof that shounen manga are getting more violent, but let's say it's true. It does happen; popular media seem to follow weird cycles where the average level of violence rises steadily for a while, until you get to peak violence, and then there's a violence recession and things calm down for a while. In American film, the major peak was in the 1960s–1980s with movies like Night of the Living Dead and Cannibal Holocaust. In anime, peak violence was achieved in the 1970s and 1980s with titles like MD Geist, Violence Jack, Wicked City, and Urotsukidouji. It's entirely possible that anime is headed for another violence apex. It does seem like Western media might be heading that way too; the most popular Western works are violent stories like Game of Thrones and Breaking Bad.

These violence apexes have complex cultural and production causes at their roots. For instance, OVAs were an extremely common format for anime in the 1980s. Since OVAs are direct to video, they catch a lot less heat from censors than stuff that broadcasts on TV where anyone can see it, and it's probably no coincidence that many of the extremely violent anime of the 1980s were OVAs. In the West, cable TV and streaming have made it easier to get violent shows out there.

You could write whole books about the cultural side of this (and I'm sure someone has), but I lack the expertise to go into it too deeply. But there are a few social trends that seem to correlate with increasing violence in popular media:

Widespread societal cynicism. This was true of America after 9/11; Saw came out in 2003, and Hostel came out in 2005. This was also true of America in the later years of the Cold War; Cannibal Holocaust came out in 1980.
Widespread influence of militaristic groups. This was also true of America after 9/11, and in the 1970s and 1980s. In modern Japan, there has been a rising trend towards militarism; you can see the effect of this in anime like GATE, which glorifies the JSDF. The JSDF even tried to use moe as a recruiting tool in the same way that the US military uses first-person shooters.
Fear of military, cultural, or economic invasion by enemies. True of America in the late Cold War and after 9/11, and also true of modern Japan, which fears the rise of China as an economic and military power.

So it does seem plausible to me that newer shounen manga is more violent than older material. But let's keep in mind that older shounen manga isn't necessarily as clean and wholesome as we remember. I haven't read The Promised Wonderland or Hunter x Hunter, but even the older stuff that I have read got pretty violent at times. Yu Yu Hakusho in particular had some pretty graphic sequences (and it's probably no coincidence that Hunter x Hunter is also violent, since they share an author). Rurouni Kenshin started out bloodless but got pretty graphic towards the middle of the Kyouto arc. Naruto and One Piece both have their moments. Even Dragon Ball Z featured Frieza getting cut straight in half during his final battle with Goku. I recall some fairly bloody scenes from what little I read of Saint Seiya. Even Yugioh, which definitely aims for the younger side of the 8-18 age group, had some scenes that were at least brutal if not actually gory. For that matter, shoujo has also historically been pretty violent—X and Ayashi no Ceres are hardly sugar, spice, and everything nice.

As to the last point, the audience for shounen manga is not uniformly young children. The most common audience is boys from eight to eighteen years old, though shounen manga is also often enjoyed by men, and women and girls as well. But even if we restrict ourselves to ages 8 to 18, it's not that shocking for boys ages 15 to 18 to be watching or reading extremely violent material. In the US, movies rated R are recommended for people 17 and older, but growing up, I didn't know a single person who waited until 17 to see an R-rated movie. I saw violent R-rated movies like Blade Runner and Aliens when I was 9 and 10. I've known kids who saw gore porn garbage like Saw and Hostel when they were 7 and 8 years old. I found that excessively young for such violent material, but I don't find anything particularly shocking about a fourteen-year-old potentially reading or watching Attack on Titan, at least as far as the violence is concerned. Also, keep in mind that Attack on Titan is a bit of an anomaly: Isayama pitched it to Shounen Jump, who passed on it because they felt it was too mature. It was snapped up by Shounen Magazine. Anecdotally, I've always found that Shounen Magazine manga of all genres have more sophisticated writing than Shounen Jump manga, so they probably lean to an older audience anyway.


As @Alchemist already pointed out the first figurine is Erika Sendou from the anime series Fortune Arterial.

The second figurine is a swimsuit version of the character Al Azif from the anime/game Kishin Houkou Demonbane.


How did Alphonse recover his pre-gate memories?

Personally, I think it's just the blood splatter itself that "jogged his memory" so to speak in a similar way as to how the blood splattered from the transmuted body Al's soul failed to latch onto.

Usually selective amnesia like Al's memory of everything involving the trauma itself can be brought back into one's conscious memories using a trigger which is usually something similar to something happening in the lost memory in the first place (I.e. saying an otherwise insignificant word in the right context that would explicitly be tied to that 1 memory or catching a smell similar to the environment that the event took place)

In this case, the trigger that would affect Al and tie his mind only to that incident is the death that HE experienced when his soul had been so violently and near immediately rejected from the body. (Which I'm pretty sure would be the trauma which caused his mind to suppress the whole memory in the first place. Who wouldn't be traumatized by actually dying?)

Also, the reason it happened when it splashed on his seal and not say...any other time they might have been fighting and gotten blood on his armor is because he can't feel it. The blood seal is a direct link to his soul, is the only thing grounding him to earth. Since his rejection occurred in a different body he's no longer attached to, it would stand to reason that such a trigger could only be felt directly by his soul or the body he harbors. The blood seal acts as that direct touch to his soul. And this is because blood is ones 'life fluid' and often thought to hold the soul and its direct energy within it (like our unique DNA and Mei's explanation of the dragon's pulse flowing in our bodies). But Al's seal is made with Edward's blood, not his own.

As such the defining reason it even managed to latch onto Al's specific soul and hold it so well and for so long is because their souls were mixed during the transmutation as Ed explains later. In brotherhood this is even easier to see with the brief flashback to Al inside the body they made when it bleeds out rather similarly under an outstretched hand.

That's my take on it anyways.


What's the reason why "Shokugeki no Souma" has so many color chapters recently?

The manga is normally published in the Shonen Jump magazine in black and white format, like the others, but the magazine has a new website called Shonen Jump+ where you can buy the official color chapter to view online.

Only One Piece and Naruto eventually also have chapters in color on the web, and it's because Shokugeki no Souma is quite popular and as an extra for the final arc autumn election.


Database of legal sites that allow the download of Anime Soundtracks?

There's a Japanese website, CDJapan, from where you can order CDs. However, here's the catch: they focus more on offbeat and non-mainstream-anime related things.

For some miscellaneous and also filterable (like in English, Bestsellers, Great Deals, New Releases), I recommend YESASIA. I'm giving you the link that points to its English anime page.

PLAY-ASIA is epic. Trust me. It is. I buy things from there as it accepts my currency too (INR). Here you can find exclusive and good amount of foundational soundtracks. If you feel adventurous, there's more! Like Frozen's Japanese (or was that Korean) version and K-pop songs, etc. But that's not what you asked for, so sorry.

If you can read Japanese, HMV Online is a Japanese website that gives good deals but may be limited in offers and variety of payment.

If you're a resident of Japan, check the comment by another user. Also, it may be that the above mentioned HMV only lets Japanese people buy.

If you're American, you should know about Right Stuf Anime and The Anime Corner Store.

Finally, I recommended you try the mighty Jungle. The prices can sometimes be very well placed.

I've picked the links that will land you at appropriate places. Most websites will accept PayPal too.


Whats the music that plays in Naruto ep. 48 on 16:10?

I remember this theme also playing in that one filler episode in Shippuden after the Pain arc where they flash back to Naruto's pre-timeskip days, when he went on a mission with that old eternal genin guy (who makes really good soup) and two other jounin. Anyway, the mission went awry, and the team got chased by enemies. The two jounin stayed back to delay the pursuers, but three of the enemies slipped through and caught up to Naruto and the eternal genin. The eternal genin then did a wavy with his arm and did some kind of willow genjutsu technique. And this theme played when that happened.
This track is an unreleased track. It doesn't show up in Naruto Original Soundtrack I, II, or III.
There are some unofficial, imperfect fan-spliced versions floating around on the interwebs, though. For example, this one, titled "Eerie".


What does Minato's teleportation kunai say?

忍愛之剣 (にんあいのけん 又は しのびあいのけん)

Sword of Shinobi's Love

That image is not accurate. The person who drew the picture clearly didn't pay much attention to the characters.

There is a YouTube video called "Did Naruto lose his six path sage mode" The cover photo has these four characters

Also, if you google these 4 characters, you will see there were a lot of people that have asked this question before


Where did Decim send Chiyuki? To reincarnation or to void?

She went to

   Reincarnation  . This scene happens immediately after her elevator door closes.


Are Japanese-language anime scripts available on line?

I found the following searching for "learn japanese from anime".
https://nihongoshark.com/anime/
This describes, well, a similar learning method, where one can do things with a subtitle file (if available).
From there I found a link to
https://kitsunekko.net/
which has a reasonable selection of material.
Lastly, there is always text ripping using
https://ytmp3.cc/en13/
then
https://convertspeech.com/processing.php
(Disclosure: nothing to do with either of these, just tried them once)
You only get three free conversions (which I suppose can be subverted with multiple computers or multiple IP adresses).  It gets some things wrong and the reading level is not that good, but it's infinitely better than nothing.


What was Tohsaka doing watching the dojo lately?

I would assume it was because of Sakura. She knew full well of the dealing between her father and the Matous, and it's revealed in Heaven's Feel that despite Sakura's changed appearance (due to the brutal abuse Sakura suffered), she still knew Sakura was her sister.

For comparison's sake, this is how different Sakura looks before and after she was adopted.

(Left - Pre-adopted Sakura. Right - Post-adopted Sakura)

Also Rin turned up at the dojo after Shirou left, so we can rule him out. The only other person in the club Rin has a relationship with is Ayako Mitsuduri, so it could be her. Nevertheless, Rin cares very deeply for Sakura despite the deal between their families, and I think I remember her mentioning she could only watch Sakura from afar and would have rather protected her if she had the chance.


Why did Pariston Hill leave the election stage out of a sudden?

Pariston indeed won the election as Gon picked him because he knew Leorio afterall wanted to be a doctor. Also, take a look at the final result.

After that, Cheadle confronts Pariston in the hallway. These lines by Pariston might make you understand more about his action.

  I didn't become vice chairman because I wanted to become chairman.
  I just wanted to hinder the chairman.
  When I said silly things to tease Netero, he always looked so happy...
  I wanted to play with him some more.

  After he wipes his tears off...

  Cheadle-san, if the Association becomes a dull place under your leadership...
  I'll get serious about toying with you next time.

He likes to play around and enjoy himself, of course on the election too. According to Ging Freecss, Pariston's personality is similar to Netero's and his own. He's still care about the Association, like in the lines saying if Cheadle makes the Association become dull and boring, he will really make fun of her. But, instead of becoming the chairman, he prefer be the vice chairman and make fun of the chairman to satisfy himself.


What happened between episodes 7 and 8 of Konosuba

According to the manga, it wasn't her quest. Wiz took pity in the souls of the people who hadn't enough money to pay the priest to cleanse the souls of their friends and relatives. These souls would wander around. So she cleansed them for free.

Kazuma and the rest just took the quest to cleanse the cemetry, because the party thought, it would be the ideal job for Aqua to level up. After defeating some undead, they notice Wiz and want to fight her. But then they hear her story.


Mangaka often use assistants to help them complete drawing the manga within schedule. The mangaka decides the number of assistants and their roles in the manga production. The assistants may help the mangaka in a number of ways, such as:

Filling up the artwork details (such as screentones, hair, clothing, special effects) after the mangaka has drawn the basics.
Drawing the time-consuming elements, such as scene backgrounds and crowds, allowing the mangaka to focus more on the plot and character development.
Drawing specific things. For example, Go Nagai mangaka employed an assistant to draw helicopters and military vehicles.
Cleaning up any artwork that goes out of the panels. Mikio Ikemoto helps Masashi Kishimoto with this, among other things, in producing Naruto.
Being the mangaka's sounding board for ideas, but the assistants almost never help with the plot itself.

Some mangaka do not employ any assistants at all choosing to do everything themselves.

References

Mangaka on Virtual Japan
Mangaka Assistants on Wikipedia
Assistants on Bakuman Wiki
Who creates Naruto? on LeafNinja.com


When was the first usage of 'white light' censorship in anime?

TV Tropes has a page on the shadow censorship, which is essentially the same thing. The basic idea comes from overall censorship laws, such as exist in Japan. As this article mentions, a common means of censoring genitals is a "mozaiku" or mosaic, which is pretty much just a pixelization of the area. This page talks about the airbrushing over of female genitalia in pornography magazines.

The white bars (or shadows) seems to be, from what I can tell, attempts to censor genitalia (and sometimes violence/gore) in relatively unobtrusive ways. Shadows and light flares can more easily pass for being just a part of the scene than random people's faces, black bars, blurring, or pixelization. Similar things happen in this, for example, where clouds obscure Naruto's jutsu.

The light flares are also sometimes used to block faces or people, especially in pictures, though that it more of an in-universe censorship (when they're dead or need to be kept a secret, etc.) than censorship because of the law.

As for why not all of them are done in the way that the Neon Genesis Evangelion scene was done, I have two answers. The first is that it is often done for laughs or to add comedic effect, which is not necessarily what is being aimed towards in gory or sexy scenes. The second is that it is not always practical. A lot of work would need to be put in to making some scenes be able to always have something in front of the genitalia or wounds of the character, while light bars, shadows, or clouds are a lot easier.

As for which anime had it first, I currently can't find that, but I thought it would be more helpful to post this at least.


Anime where teenage girl's growth has stopped

To my knowledge, it is as someone already mentioned, The Friendly Winter.

  A 19 year old girl with a rare growth disorder that leaves her in the body of a small child meets a boy with a mental disorder, who has the mind of a small boy in a 17 year old's body. A Friendly Winter shares with us the endearing story of their day-to-day lives, joys and tribulations.

You might have mistakenly remembered it as an anime because it is fully coloured. It is actually a Korean Webtoon. Her hair is close enough to be misremembered as pink.

In the end,

  she is proven a capable business woman who runs a children's apparel fashion line.


Is code in episode 1 of New Game 2 actually an infinite loop?

The code is not an infinite loop but it is a bug.

There's two (possibly three) issues:

If no debufs are present no damage will be applied at all
Excessive damage will be applied if there is more than 1 debuf
If DestroyMe() immediately deletes the object and there are still m_debufs to be processed the loop will be executing over a deleted object and trashing memory. Most game engines have a destroy queue to work around this and more so that may not be an issue.

The application of damage should be outside the loop.

Here's the corrected function:

// the calculation of damage when attacked
void DestructibleActor::ReceiveDamage(float sourceDamage)
{
    // apply debuffs
    auto resolvedDamage = sourceDamage;
    for (const auto& debuf:m_debufs)
    {
        resolvedDamage = debuf.ApplyToDamage(resolvedDamage);
    }
    m_currentHealth -= resolvedDamage
    if (m_currentHealth <= 0.f)
    {
        m_currentHealth = 0.f;
        DestroyMe();
    }
}


At what point did the Kurama stop sucking Naruto's chakra?

I think it was somewhere between the conversation when Naruto said that he will take all Kurama's hatred and when Kurama heard him say that he doesn't regret being Jinchuuriki when he fought Tobi and other Jinchuurikis in the forest. Because till then at one point Naruto runs out of the Kuramas chakra so at that time he was still taking it from him. So definitely after real Madara showed up. I think.


How works the eleventh water breathing technique?

So how does it work?

Eleventh Style: Lull (拾じゅう壱いちノ型かた 凪なぎ Jū Ichi no kata: Nagi?)

Giyu engages a skill that disables and nullifies incoming attacks. However, its effectiveness is limited as fast and numerous attacks can break through - Link

So why didn't Tanjiro know about this?

Tanjiro doesnt know this because the 11th style is an original attack created by Giyu Tomioka but somewhere in the episode they said that every user can be able to have its own unique extra form.


Why does Kuzen not have red eyes when wielding his kagune?

Most likely, it's a mistake.

If it isn't, it could be a sign of weakness. Eyes manifest on extremely RC dense Kagunes like kakujas, and I believe the kakugan is when RC cells enter the eye and turn it black due to concentration.

Since his eyes aren't black while his Kagune is manifested, it means he doesn't have enough RC cells in his body to manifest Kakugan.


Can a Demon Slayer use Multiple Breath Styles?

It is shown that Tanjiro can use the water and the 'fire god' style, which probably is the original sun style. In the same figth Tanjiro says that it is hard to switch from one breath to another, so the styles may be somewhat incompatible.

For the same reason, it seems that other slayers use only one style because of their deep specialization, and not because they cannot learn another one, as it is a physical skill, not a passed supernatural ability. Later in the story Tanjiro explains how to push oneself to use the marks, so the styles are transferable in some sense.