Why the sisters dont have the same power than Railgun if they have exactly the same DNA?

Because Tree Diagram showed it was actually impossible to clone a Level 5 "Railgun" which was the original plan

  Before mass production of the clones could begin, the simulation that the Tree Diagram produced showed that it was impossible to create a level 5 clone of Mikoto despite genetic manipulation and use of the Testament. It showed that the clones' specifications reached less than 1% of that of the real Mikoto's, which was equal to that of a level 2.

Source: Radio Nose Project > Failure of the First Production Plan (1st Paragraph)

The original plan was to make "Railgun" clones for military purposes.

the Level 6 Shift program, the one to make Accelerator a Level 6, reused the previous work by calculating how many Level 5 "Railgun" it would take and then calculating the equivalent with the SISTERS

  However, the Level 6 Shift program – an experiment designed to make Accelerator, the strongest level 5 in Academy City reach level 6 – reused the project. The project began after Tree Diagram calculated that Accelerator killing Mikoto 128 times in battle, would allow him to achieve level 6; however, since 128 level 5 Mikoto clones could not be prepared, it was calculated by Tree Diagram that Accelerator killing 20,000 clones at level 2-3 would achieve the same results.

Source: Radio Noise Project > Second Production Plan: Level 6 Shift (1st Paragraph)

i suspect that the Level 2-3 range is because the Misaka Network is similar to the  Level Upper Network and Tree Diagram probably accounted for this (while Last Order is listed as a Level 3 while all the other clones are listed as Level 2-3, given she was made as a fail-safe to stop the SISTERS i don't think she was planned to fight as her ID is 20001 and outside Tree Diagrams 20000 calculation)

however from the beginning the second plan was designed to fail anyway because

    Aleister Crowley purposely wanted it to fail so he could have the sister clones distributed all around the globe for the massive AIM-field, which was a crucial part to his plan to eliminate magic

  but her "sisters" only are level #2, #3 or #4

Actually the only Level 4 SISTER is Misaka Worst who was shown to be difference in physical appearances (as noted by the linked Wikia, Misaka Worst is taller and have a larger chest compared to the SISTERS or Misaka). Misaka Worst was also created after Index accidentally destroyed Orihime 1 and Tree Diagarma and outside the Level 6 Shift Program


Would Eri be able to restore Lemillion's quirk?

Yes, she could.

As mentioned in Chapter 162,  Mirio said that he plans on asking Eri to rewind his body back to a state where he still has his quirk if she figures out how to control her quirk.


Are people from Shandia originally from Sky Island?

The Shandia were once called the Shandorians. They lived on the moon along with the fellow moon races, the Birkans and Skypieans. The three races had also built a robotic race called the automata. However, when resources on the moon wore out, the three races had to leave the automata behind as they headed for Earth.
while the Birkans and Skypieans settled in the Sky Islands, the Shandorians made it as far as the Blue Sea. They settled on the island of Jaya. They used to be one of the more powerful societies on the Grand Line, but their city of Shandora was invaded during the Void Century by the Twenty Kingdoms. Their kingdom fell and only a small tribe was left.

Though the Shandorians disappeared, they left their descendants a legacy, including the ruins of the golden city of Shandora and the Shandorian Golden Belfry Bell. This was also one of two poneglyphs, containing the details of Poseidon which they had guarded with their lives for generations.

They are related. Plus you can see on the moon tablet that the also had wings from the start since they all are moon races.


How many chapters does the Toradora! manga have so far?

According to this list: List of Toradora! there are 81 chapters. If you would like better descriptions of each chapter you can try the wikia on this page: Chapters - Toradora! and select the chapter you would like to learn more about.


How Itachi was able to use Shadow clone?

It was never confimed in the cannon of Naruto-verse. However it can be inferred that such a technique can be self taught.

Naruto did it.

With a shinobi as good as Itachi, who mastered the art of Sharingan at the age of 8, and having joining Anbu at the age of 11 Itachi wiki, it shouldn't be hard to self-teach the B-ranked Shadow-clone jutsu.

Shadow clone Jutsu not imposing any blood-line limits (kekkei genkei)- and  Itachi being a prodigy above all others-  he could have copied the jutsu with his activated sharingan.


Can Tatsuya use Material Burst in the tactical/strategic scale without the Third Eye CAD?

Yes, he can maintain strategic class levels of range and potency, even without the Third Eye.

There are two parts to strategic level magic - range, and strength.

Tatsuya can successfully cast Decomposition on objects with the size and mass of Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC's), and material burst is merely an differentiation of that (the conversion of matter to energy, rather than base elements). A flag of 1kg is the cause of the destruction in Zhènhai Naval Port, so while he would find no trouble in casting Material Burst on something like a car, the destruction caused would be far greater.

Being near the activation point of such a cast would be, as mentioned in Saphiric's answer, suicide. But, this is just hypothetical - Tatsuya has the potential to cast that kind of magic if he wanted to, and that's all that matters for the question.

So his scale, naturally, is still of strategic class even without the Third Eye.

Range is a more awkward matter.
While it's more difficult for him to activate magic on a strategic scale without the Third Eye CAD - mostly due to the necessity of finding a suitable target - it is still possible for him.

It's important to remember that magic isn't bound to the physical plane, instead using a separate dimension where trivialities like distance aren't issues. Since magic is simply a phenomenon rewriting the data of a specific Eidos (information body) that exists in the real world, as long an information body's coordinates are known, it can be targeted.
Only a very small number of spells (such as Gram Demolition) physically travel through the real world, and therefore only those spells are restricted by physical distance.

Most magicians can't perceive a target more than several hundred meters away, simply due to the limits of the human body.
But, this is Tatsuya. With his Elemental Sight, he can perceive things in the information dimension, or the dimension of magic, where distance is no issue:

  This was not looking down from a bird’s eye view, he was looking at things from the point of view of the information dimension. It was not an elliptical sphere around the double focal points, it had nothing to do with physical distance[...]

  Volume 10 - Visitor II, Chapter 12

Even so, he can't just pick a random target to cast Material Burst on - he has to know the coordinates of the Eidos. This is the main purpose of Third Eye, to pick targets at huge physical distances, so Tatsuya can easily manipulate them in the information dimension.
However, this isn't the only way he can find a target. If he picks out an information body he can perceive at close range and follow it as it travels, he can cast magic on it at any distance:

  By his own hands, using the magic he alone could wield, he had decomposed then
  rebuilt the bullets. However far away they flew, he would not lose sight of their information structure.

  Volume 8 - Reminiscence,Chapter 16

As proof of this, the first time Tatsuya uses Material Burst is without any sort of CAD, and he casts it at a target 20km away, one of the aforementioned bullets:

  Tatsuya stretched out his right hand towards the west, and forcibly unclenched his palm.

  The bullet broke down into energy.

  In that moment, the mass conversion magic ‘Material Burst’ was used in anger for the first time.

  Volume 8 - Reminiscence,Chapter 16

Granted, it's not quite as far as the distance he casts it in Episode 26 of the anime, but it's still a considerable distance that's far beyond the realm of normal human perception. Furthermore, he states that he could cast it at a greater range, but in this instance, he is limited by the range of the sniper rifle's bullets he uses as a medium to cast Material Burst on:

  Sanada’s murmur was drowned out by the boom of the sniper rifle.

  Tatsuya’s eyes seemed to chase that supersonic bullet which should never have been seen.

  At length he shook his head, disappointed.

  "……It’s no good. It could only reach 20 km."

  Volume 8 - Reminiscence, Chapter 16

So although practically very difficult to recreate without proper planning and requirements, it is theoretically possible in the right circumstances, meaning his range too, is still that of strategic class without Third Eye.

In conclusion, yes, Tatsuya can cast Material Burst unassisted at a range and scale similar to that which he achieves in Episode 26 with the Third Eye, but he would require a very specific set of circumstances, and would need to rely solely on Elemental Sight for targeting. That's the main reason for that CAD - to make Material Burst far more practical to cast.

With or without Third Eye, he's still very much "Strategic Class"


In what order were the Servants summoned for the 4th Holy Grail War?

Based on skimming the light novel and the Wikia, this is what I could come up with about the summoning order of the Servants in the Fourth Holy Grail War. Fate/Zero doesn't give actual dates, but it does count down the hours until the start of the Holy Grail War, although the novel only gives them at the start of a chapter, so there's a certain amount of imprecision. We also don't know exactly when Assassin and Lancer are summoned, since those summonings happen offscreen, although we have some pretty clear indications of where their summonings fall relative to the other Servants.

Assassin is summoned first. This is mentioned in Act 1, Part 3 of the first novel. It happens offscreen, sometime before that chapter, so we don't have an exact time, but Kirei tells Tokiomi that according to Risei, whose ability to detect Servant summonings is infallible, no other Servants have been summoned.

Rider, Berserker, Saber, and Archer are all summoned in Act 1, Part 5, which takes place at -268:22:30. Their summonings are stated to be "almost simultaneous" and no exact times are given.

As far as I can tell, Lancer is summoned near this time as well, but we don't see his summoning onscreen. I give my reasons for thinking so below.

Caster is summoned in Act 2, Part 3, which takes place at -222:24:48, about two days after the summonings of Rider, Berserker, Saber, and Archer.

It isn't clear exactly where Lancer's summoning falls. We know it was after Assassin's, but we don't know how much time it took Kayneth to discover that Waver had stolen his artifact and prepare a different summoning. But after stealing the scrap of Alexander's mantle from Kayneth, Waver runs off, flies to Japan, and sets himself up in a house before summoning Rider. It probably took Kayneth around that much time to make his own preparations. Also, the first time we see Lancer is just after Saber and Irisviel arrive in Japan. Saber is summoned at the Einzbern Castle in Germany, and she and Irisviel arrive in Japan by plane in Act 3 Part 2 at -167:27:03. They meet and battle Lancer that very night, so Kayneth, who flew in from England, must have arrived around the same time or a little earlier. So my sense is that Lancer was summoned around the same time that Rider, Berserker, Saber, and Archer were summoned. It may have been a little earlier since Kayneth was already in Japan when Iri and Saber arrived, but I don't think it could have been later.

So, in the end, we arrive at this list:

Assassin
Lancer (?)
Rider / Berserker / Saber / Archer ("almost simultaneously")
Caster (two or so days later)


Why was Pikachu chosen to be the main Pokemon of the anime?

Ash did have the choice of choosing from the starter trio. But he wasn't able to, since he arrived late. The starter trio had been chosen by other trainers and Professor Oak gave Ash a Pikachu.

This plot was shaped in a clever manner to bring Pikachu up as Pokemon that will represent the Pokemon series.

Like you've mentioned, the game versions give Pikachu a minor role but it was enough to gain popularity among the players. An interview with the creator of Pokemon, Satoshi Tajiri, states so:

  TIME: Pikachu is sort of marginal in the game. But it's now the best-known character. How'd that happen?

  Tajiri: When they did the anime, they wanted a specific character to focus on. Pikachu was relatively popular compared with the others and potentially both boys and girls would like it. They heard a lot of opinions about this. It wasn't my idea.

The youngsters who had played the Pokemon games were attracted to Pikachu. The reasons to why Pikachu, out of all the other Pokemon, could be because of its characteristics. Ikue Otani (voice of Pikachu) responded in a similar way when asked the same question:

  Why do you think Pikachu is so popular with young people?

  IO:I think it’s like being the owner of a pet dog; you’re always wondering what your dog is thinking, but you also believe that you understand your dog better than anyone else could ever hope to understand it. You can tell its thoughts just by looking at its face or how it is behaving. Whether it’s hungry, happy or sad. That’s exactly how Satoshi and Pikachu communicate. Because Pikachu can’t say anything other than its name, the audience has to think about what the “Pikachu” noises mean and learn to understand the character. Ultimately, I think kids feel like they are Pikachu’s owner.

The reason Pikachu was chosen to be the mascot, was because of its popularity. It was a brilliant marketing scheme, by taking advantage of the popularity of Pikachu from the games, and incorporating it into the anime and merchandise, sales had soared. The dynamic yet cute relationship between Ash and Pikachu was also another factor to bring up the sales.

  TIME: How does that translate to the U.S.?

  Tajiri: It's interesting, because in Japan, everybody goes for Pikachu. In the U.S., the characters Ash [Satoshi in Japan] and Pikachu are grouped together. American kids seem to like that. In America there are more products sold with Ash and Pikachu together, not just Pikachu alone. I think Americans actually understand the concept of Pokémon better than the Japanese. The Japanese focus on Pikachu, but what I think is important is the human aspect--you need Ash.


Where can I buy the English translated of Monogatari light novels?

For North America, I believe Monogatari series novels are released by Vertical. For example, Kizumonogatari was released in December 2015.

Amazon appears to also have Monogatari series novels.

As for the rest, I'm not sure for legitimate sources.


Where did Jiraiya obtain important information?

Jiraiya has a spy network. His spy network is one of the best in the ninja world second to only Akatsuki.

Sasuke couldn't be used as Orochimaru's new body because Orochimaru already had switched bodies. Why? Sasuke couldn't be delivered to Orochimaru in time. Sasuke and the Sound 4 were delayed by the Konoha Genin.
It is said that Itachi Uchiha had revealed some info on Akatsuki to the third Hokage,


How does a series go from manga to anime?

Anime might be produced based from many types of different stuff, not limited to manga, but also other stuff, like light novels. There are also some anime that aren't based on any manga.

  From my understanding an artist or mangaka creates their comic called manga and it gets published by a major studio if it's deemed worthy.

Yes, this is pretty much correct. The mangaka can release their own manga too, but it is less likely to be as popular.

The mangakas usually work together with magazines like Jump where they have someone they can show their ideas, drawn simply. If their idea gets accepted, they start on producing it with more details.

  From there if it cultivates a big enough fan-base it becomes licensed by a studio like viz, funimation or bandai. And from there it becomes a game, movie, t-shirt, toy etc.

Yes, this is also correct. The mangakas license their manga with some companies to make it an anime, and swags of it.

I really recommend you to read the manga or watch the anime of "Bakuman." which tells the story of 2 teens producing manga (and aiming to get one produced into an anime), with very good amount of details on every part of the production cycle.


Is the person who appeared at the very end of Fate/Stay Night UBW (desert scene) Archer or Shirou?

First of all, I know Japanese (even though I usually read light novels just in English). However, I just play visual novels in Japanese (I can't bear hearing one thing and reading a mistake in the translation).

  it seems it was only a suggestion or request to ufotable which hadn't been accepted by this studio

You're wrong there, it wasn't a suggestion, it was part of the way it was supposed to end.

http://www.typemoon.org/bbb/diary/log/201506.html

This is Nasu's blog just after the episode was released. He says that the production of episode 25 started from a manuscript created by him (as the original author). Afterwards Ufotable had to trim/change things as it was too long/ too much of a novel.

This is the most important part that says that:

  と。感謝の気持ちを高円寺方面に送りつつ、
  きのこはきのこで恒例のネタバレ含む裏話を始めるのであった。#25の制作は「ほぼオリジナルなので、まずは原作サイドで書くべし」と始まりました。
  そしてできあがったきのこによる脚本モドキを前に頭を抱える制作陣。
  そう。分かるね。つまりきのこはまた尺をオーバーしたんだ。ファック！

The manuscript he creates is 11 pages long (just text) and appears in Blu-ray box II booklet, which I happen to own.
It's not much but here's a summary (I can confirm it is good): http://kurozu501.tumblr.com/post/131376500337/kyuubi-hime-fateubw-bdbox-ii-booklet-scans

Proof that he didn't like the ending Ufotable made is that when it was released he basically said: This is what they did, and this is part of what I wrote as the actual ending.

Now, what do those 11 pages say about the ending?

Basically that Rin and Shirou will have their happily ever after. The part where Rin says that in the anime, that her priority is Shirou's happiness, that she will follow him, that they will suffer together but eventually they will get their happily ever after. All that was in Nasu's manuscript.

Nasu's saying that Rin will be with him (she doesn't abandon him) and that she knows that after some suffering together (as Rin says both suffer, Rin took part of that burden for him) Shirou will achieve his goal and they will live happily ever after.

Why do I know he doesn't become Archer? Because Nasu says so himself. At the end of the manuscript Rin puts her amulet in a box. She was touching it nervously and puts it there as a goodbye. Then Nasu says it means Shirou won't become Archer as he doesn't have the amulet. The sad goodbye symbolises her goodbye to the other Archer, the one that was her servant in the war.

The good ending is happier because Saber will also be there with them in their happy ending. I guess it is difficult to understand from the episode, but this is a literal translation of 2 paragraphs from his manuscript:

"The same library, a wide solemn space. I'm going searching for Shirou. On the walls and walls, heavy bookshelves stand side by side and contain huge numbers of books. Those books are all thick and thick, they are only periodical books. Shirou was alone in the reading seat. He is reading books eagerly. Image that seems to be studying judicial exam rather than studying magic. Shirou, on his way to self-study, raises his face from the desk and indulges in thought. The face of anguish, anguish, anguish is painful to watch. Rin watches it and calls out with the usual lightness. Dear "Thank you for your work, you were here after all." Shirou, I was a little surprised when I saw Rin. Shirou "Tohsaka? Not yet in class ......" Rin "I have finished the practice early" I Look at the book that Shiro was reading. A book of language, history, politics. Rin "Next to English is Italian? Magic to convey intentions"

"Even though you only have to master it, you are honest, is not it? "Shiro" Maybe, but I wonder if there is something that can not be conveyed unless I speak with the people of the country properly in the language of that country ". It is because Shirou 's honesty seems to be hunted down. Rin takes the textbook from Shirou and returns it to the bookshelf. Shirou protests with eyes only saying "What you are doing", Rin looks backwards and backwards, Rin "Freeze tomorrow, do not go out for a moment"

The next days Shirou waits for her in the lobby and they go to one of Saber's fake grave (yes, there are many of these as Rin says in the manuscript).

It's very funny Shirou has an "anguish, anguish, anguish" look while in thought and Rin comes to the conclusion: Ok, you need Saber..., I'm gonna take you there tomorrow...

The episode changes this as well. I'm not very happy with the episode actually.

Anyways, the answer is NO, he's not Archer. Nasu blatantly says so in the manuscript. In interviews he says the chance is so close to 0 it isn't worth mentioning. Here he just says he won't become Archer and before that he says Shirou and Rin will have their happily ever after.


Why did Cardinal block Yui from relating with players?

I just searched for the part in the novels - It's the third part of the second novel. But I'm sorry to disappoint you, there's not much explained:
(Source: Baka-Tsuki)

"Although I am unaware of the complete details of what exactly happened as well, Cardinal handed down an unplanned order to me. A complete prohibition from interfering with all players[...]"
Asuna reacted reflexively; she guessed that "unplanned order" was due to the manipulation done by the only GM of SAO, Kayaba Akihiko.

I guess it was developed by many people who planned to add this feature but Kayaba just decided to disable her without letting the other developers know.


Who is this silhouetted figure in the first OP?

Looks like Atsune Hirata who turn out to be a spy for the Twin Horn Syndicate.


I agree with @Maroon. It's basically just a foreshadowing dream/bad feeling he had which combined his existing knowledge with his aspirations/dreams.

However he does have legitimate flashbacks/dreams he doesn't know anything about later in the show/manga and discovering what it all means is part of the plot. He also keeps dreaming about a "female" he doesn't know.  His memory is hazy, and there are

   the lost 3 years when his father experimented on him

which I feel they will reveal over time. He also probably has memories/dream issues associated with

   being the controller

though it wasn't revealed if he became that

   during the 3 year break or was like that before,

which could impact whether his dreams were induced by or related to it.


Why is Haruhi Suzumiya considered shonen?

The terms "shounen" and "seinen" are assigned to a work for many reasons, none of them really having to do with how intellectual or difficult the work is. The most common criteria are the age group and gender that a work is aimed at and the magazine in which a work is published (for manga and light novels), but the definitions for these terms are fuzzy rather than precise.

According to Wikipedia, the age range for shounen works is between 10 and 42 years old, although the largest portion of the audience is between 10 and 18. Even 10–18 is a pretty wide range, and the interests and abilities of boys between 10 and 18 are not at all uniform. As a personal anecdote, I first watched the Haruhi Suzumiya series when I was 18 and had no trouble following the conversations; I expect there are lots of eighteen-year-olds capable of following the series. On the other hand, the ten-year-olds would probably be more comfortable with something simpler, like One Piece. But then, there might also be some ten-year-olds who would enjoy the series; I first watched Eva, an extremely difficult series, when I was eleven, and although a lot of it went over my head, I still got something out of it. (Fifteen years of loving anime, among other things.) Given that variability, there's basically no way you can expect to neatly categorize works according to what age group and gender they're aimed at. You'll always end up with works too smart for some of the audience, works too dumb for others, and works that a lot of people don't quite get, even though they still enjoy them for other reasons. (People who watch Eva just for the shipping, who bug Hideaki Anno to no end.) In many cases, the designation of "shounen" or "seinen" is somewhat arbitrary, often made for business reasons like what magazine a manga runs in or what time an anime broadcasts.

And if we look at the content of the works themselves, things become even less clear-cut. Typically, we think of shounen as including works like Naruto, One Piece, and Dragon Ball. But Love Hina, Attack on Titan, and even Aria are also considered shounen. (Aria ran in Comic Blade, which is considered a shounen magazine.) Those three series have about as little resemblance to Naruto and Dragon Ball as Haruhi does. Wikipedia lists Maison Ikkoku as a representative seinen work, but Love Hina, which was heavily influenced by Maison Ikkoku, is shounen. (I even remember Love Hina being racier than Maison Ikkoku, though it's been a long time since I read Maison Ikkoku.) Granted, Akira, Berserk, Battle Royale, and Ghost in the Shell are definitely more mature than Naruto and One Piece, both in their themes and in their depiction of graphic violence. But so is Attack on Titan, and so is Eva, whose manga version ran in Shounen Ace. Shueisha found Attack on Titan a little too dark for Shounen Jump, but Shounen Magazine, which also carried Love Hina, consented to publish it. (Source). The cases of Attack on Titan and Maison Ikkoku show us how fuzzy the border is between shounen and seinen. It's more a matter of what one editor thinks of the work, and what's best for business, than any hard and fast rules.

In short, Haruhi is considered shounen because the editing department at Kadokawa Shoten thought it would appeal mostly to males between the ages of 10 and 18. They were making a judgment call, filtering out all sorts of conflicting information about the differences between ten- and eighteen-year-olds in general, the variation among individual ten- and eighteen-year-olds, and how similar it was to other works classified as shounen.


Can hunters change their specialization through training? No, they can't, simple as that. The manga also doesn't show that they can (I've read up to the Succession Contest arc). I also have yet to see a Nen user who has an affinity on one aura that changed it via training, showing that currently, it is impossible to change Nen affinity via training. Nen users only have a single affinity towards one of the six aura types.

As explained by Kurapika in Volume 12, Chapter 108, if, for example, a Conjurer tries to learn abilities other than his/her own affinity or own type, the maximum level of skill or mastery he/she can attain on these other skills (Emission, Manipulation, etc) would be lower compared to when using skills as a Conjurer. This means that a Nen user who is a Conjurer can still use abilities outside of Conjuration but with lesser strength and effectiveness. Shown below is Kurapika's maximum level of mastery on all aura types.

Kurapika, however, is one of the exceptions. He can change his affinity when his eyes become scarlet, as shown in Volume 9 Chapter 83, so he becomes a Specialist from being originally a Conjurer, making him able to access all six Nen aura types. Thus, someone can change affinity by being born as a Kurta, which has the scarlet eyes. Then again, like having an affinity towards a certain Nen type, this is not achievable through training or via other means but by being born with it. If I recall correctly, Kurapika was the only one shown in the manga like this.

How come Franklin can shoot aura from his hands when he was born with human hands? His hands are human. I have no idea where you got the assumption that his hands are anything other than human. His fingertips was the only thing he cut (Volume 9 Chapter 76) up to the distal phalanges. This, as noted in the wiki,

  ...was not required...but since self-imposed limitations can greatly enhance Nen abilities, the power of each bullet increased dramatically

He is only shooting aura from his fingertips. His hand is not mechanical or hollow and this would be pointless since the aura is from the body, not from a storage in the hand. Frank just chose to emit it in his fingertips rather than in other parts of the body.

How did Chrollo acquire spell stealing when there is no one to train with at the city of wasteland? Again, I have no idea where you got the information that no one lives in Meteor City. There are people there, that is where the Phantom Troupe originated, but they only don't exist in any official records. That doesn't mean they also, physically, do not exist. As to how Chrollo acquired his ability, that was never discussed in the manga.


Why is Furuya's grandfather called "Professor Boil"?

The answer is in the same page of chapter 10 in the original Japanese version.

Furuya's grandfather's full name is 降谷 茹五郎 (Furuya Jogorou), and his nickname "Professor Boil" comes from the character 茹 in his name, since 茹でる means "to boil".


What happens when Naruto is talking to the Kyuubi?

It's like thinking while running, or making a phone call.

His mind is there, but he's also aware of his surroundings, he's not gazing into space.

Also, it's very likely that these interactions happen much faster than we see them (in the real world), just like thoughts and dreams are experienced by the brain in a flash, while to us it seems as if it took minutes (in reality it took less then a second).


As far as we know, he can only be weakened by light. However, this has never been shown as damage, just his abilities become less powerful and he has less defensive power.

He also can only be outside of Fumikage for so long, after his energy is out he must return.


Slice-of-life-ish random comedy manga with interconnected vignettes

This is Nickelodeon by Douman Seiman. The latter word game you mention is probably the shiritori game in chapter 6, and the former story with the two guys is from chapter 7.


What board game is being played in the early episodes of Steins;Gate?

The game is called "Rai-Net Access Battlers" and here's a detailed description of the game and rules (Japanese). It's a made up game but it's loosely based off of the German game Ghosts! from the 80's. The gameplay is similar. As for it existing in the real world, there seems to be an official version of this game in the real world, it was sold at Comiket.

Reference: Stein's Gate wiki. There's a short description of the gameplay in the wiki that's been translated from the above Japanese link:

  Each player receives 4 Link cards and 4 Virus cards and arranges them as he/she wishes in their setup zone. Those Online cards (Link cards and Virus cards) all look the same from the face, so only you know and can see the alignment of your own Online cards.

[A's Stack Area]
A A A S S A A A (B escapes from A's S)
. . . A A . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . .
. . . B B . . .
B B B S S B B B (A escapes from B's S)
[B's Stack Area]

  (S stands for Server Port)

  No card is placed in Server Ports or the Stack Area in the setup phase.
  Both players have 4 Terminal cards in their hand at the beginning of the game. Terminal cards from Basic set include LINE BOOST, FIRE WALL, VIRUS CHECKER and 404NOT FOUND.

  Before starting the game, players, the referee, and the audience are encouraged to shout "DUEL ACCESS!".

  Alternate turns. On your turn, you must move exactly one of your Online cards 1 space forward/backward/sideways (never diagonally). If you land on an opposing Online card, you capture it, reveal its Link/Virus alignment and move it to your Stack Area. An Online card in one of the opponent's Server Ports can use its move to escape the board. Escaped cards are stacked to your Stack Area. If an unrevealed Online card escapes, it stays unrevealed in the Stack Area until the end of the game.

  You can use a Terminal card instead of moving an Online card. In other words, you have to consume 1 turn to use a Terminal card.

You win by either:

You stack 4 Link cards in your Stack Area, regardless of whether they are your cards or the opponent's cards.
Your opponent stacks 4 Virus cards in their Stack Area, regardless of whether they are your cards or the opponent's cards.


What happens to tailed beast if jinchuriki dies?

When the jinchuriki dies, the tailed beast gets "reborn", sort of.
It is not well explained in the series, however, it is mentioned (Raikage vs Naruto & Bee) that should the jinchuriki die, the tailed beast would be resurrected.

From the wiki:

  Because the tailed beasts are pure chakra, they cannot actually be killed; if they or their jinchūriki die, their chakra will re-coalesce in time.
  This is also mentioned when Minato seals the Kyuubi, see chapter 503, pages 14 and 17.

As for Sanbi's jinchuriki: May contain spoilers: (As I did read the manga to the end, but I've yet to catch onto the anime)

   We know of two jinchuriki that Sanbi had. The first being Yagura, being resurrected by Obito during the war. The second is Rin, which, after her capture, was forced to become Sanbi's jinchuriki, and it was planned to send her back to Konoha where Sanbi would break loose. (Since Rin died, and Sanbi didn't, it further proves what I said earlier, the bijuu comes back)


which ost was played in naruto episode 6 "a dangerous mission! jouney to the land of waves" at 18;40?

I'm pretty sure this is an unreleased track. It doesn't show up in Naruto OST 1, 2, or 3, in any case.
It sounds like a slow version of the main Naruto theme. I searched "Naruto theme slow" on YouTube and this unofficial version popped up.


Does Wata no Kunihoshi manga have a continuation after chapter 6, or an anime adaptation?

Wata no Kunihoshi has a total of 24 chapters, divided in 7 volumes, which were published between 1978 and 1984. There was also a movie, released in 1984.

Fortunately, someone might have heard your request, and chapter 7 got a fan translation just a few days ago (August 10). I'm sure you can find it. Hopefully the rest gets translated too, at some point.


How did Hagakure pass the UA entrance exam?

The test gave the option of either destroying or disabling the robots. I can't find the original statement, but the general consensus is that Horikoshi at some point said that there was a button to disable the robots. This would allow Hagakure and such to disable the robots by sneaking around them and pushing the button. However, Shinso's quirk only works on human beings, he had neither the combat nor stealth abilities to disable the robots.


Which of the character quirks are based on real life, and which are purely fictional?

This is all I've been able to find:
Yuudachi

~poi
According to the Kancolle Wikia and a few other sources, ~poi can roughly be translated as 'supposedly', 'seems like', 'perhaps' - all words of uncertainty.

The main reason behind Yuudachi's speech pattern is because no one actually had a clear record of what she actually accomplished in the Guadalcanal Campaign.
It was technically a huge mess during the fight and no one actually knew what was happening. Even though Yuudachi did wreak havoc in the battle, there are other ships who also claimed the kills.
Since her battle records were unclear and involved a lot of guess work from naval historians from both sides after the war, the game version of Yuudachi landed with the "poi" catchphrase just to reflect that little piece of history. (You can see from her introduction line that she wasn't so sure of her battle result in Guadalcanal either.)

The Guadalcanal Campaign was fought between 7 August 1942 and 9 February 1943 in and around the island of Guadalcanal in World War II. It was the first major offensive by Allied forces against the Empire of Japan.
The Yuudachi was disabled on the night of 12-13 of November, 1942 and the crew made some makeshift sails out of white hammocks. This was mistaken by the Americans to be a flag of surrender causing much confusion as they were still fighting back.
It seems that the Yuudachi is surrounded with a lot of confusion and vagueness which I image is what poi is referring to.

Naka

I can't see anything related to idol culture in Naka's history, but it did go through a repetitive change in leadership and was at the Battle of the Java Sea which had the most amount of ships taking part in battle since 1916.
So possibly there's been some parallels drawn between that and the larger idol groups like AKB48. (She does reference the group in some of her game lines)
Shimakaze

There are two Japanese destroyer Shimakazes, the one built in 1942 was enormously powerful and one of the fastest destroyers in the world: her designed speed was 39 knots (72 km/h; 45 mph), but on trials she made 40.9 knots (75.7 km/h; 47.1 mph). The 1920 ships were also record-breakingly fast for their time.
The ship does have 3 powerful twin-turrets. I'm not sure why they are separated from her body though. They did seem to be very powerful - perhaps the original designer thought they deserved their own characters.
Sendai

There's not much information about the Sendai light cruiser, but its most famous naval battle was when it attacked Malaya as part of the Second Sino-Japanese War (according to Imperial Japanese Navy Light Cruisers 1941-45, Mark Stille) at 23:45 on 7th December 1941 under the cover of darkness. Presumably, that's why she loves night battles.
Fubuki

Again, not much relevant information here. However, there were some accusations that the Fubuki destroyer accidentally sunk a Japanese minesweeper and four transports - perhaps as an anime girl that makes her clumsy? (It is now thought that the ship Mogami was the culprit) [Mark Stille again]
Akatsuki

I couldn't find anything that was lady-like about this ship.
Hibiki

Her tendency to include Russian words in her speech (not just "khorosho", as seen in the game) is a reference to the fact that she was turned over to the Soviet Union as a prize of war in 1947, and placed in service with the Soviet Navy under the name Verniy (Russian: Верный "Faithful"). She was renamed again in 1948 as Dekabrist (Russian: Декабрист "Decembrist"). She was retired from service in 1953.
In the game, on her second remodel (Kai Ni), her name is changed to Верный/Verniy, and her hat is changed to a white hat with a star and hammer-and-sickle symbol, which are references to the Soviet Flag.

Ashigara & the other Myoukou class ships

Again, I think this is a seniority thing, Ashigara was one of the very first 10,000 Tonne ships produced by any nation, according to All the World’s Fighting Ships 1902-1920. The Myoko cruisers were also built fairly early.
Another question asking about seniority in Kancolle: Do seniority relations among the fleet girls have any basis in properties of the actual ships?
Carrier Divisions 1 and 5

While the reason for the dislike isn't mentioned explicitly, on the Kancolle wiki page for Kaga, this excerpt can be found under Quotes > 'Battle start':

Quote: 五航戦の子なんかと一緒にしないで。
English translation: Don't put me together with 5th Carrier Division's kids.
Historical note: By "kids" she refers to their air wings rather than the 5th Division's ships themselves; historically 1st Carrier Div's crew looked down upon 5th Div's (Shoukaku and Zuikaku) as they were newly grouped during the early stage of WW2.

Additionally, the ships originally in Carrier Division 5 (Zuikaku and Shoukaku) along with the light carrier Zuihou were moved into Carrier Division 1 after Kaga and Akagi were sunk.
Yamato
Yamato Hotel and Yamato huge appetite

I couldn't find anything related to Akagi huge appetite but as Sakurai Tomoko mentioned on comment Yamato were the heaviest and most powerfully armed battleships ever constructed and she has a high fuel consumption which explain her huge appetite.
It is mentioned on wiki, Yamato was once dubbed "Hotel Yamato" by the Japanese cruiser and destroyer crews. The battleship spent only a single day away from Truk between her arrival in August 1942 and her departure on 8 May 1943.

She remained here (Truk) throughout the Guadalcanal Campaign because of a lack of 460 mm ammunition suitable for shore bombardment, uncharted seas around Guadalcanal, and her high fuel consumption

Mamiya

Mamiya is often seen to runs a cafe in the naval district. In real life, Mamiya was a food supply ship of the Imperial Japanese Navy and was in service from 1920s-1940s.
Ryuujou

Unlike most aircraft carrier, her small figure look different than the likes of Kaga or Akagi. She's totally flat on top and use a scrolls instead of bow.
In real life, Ryuukou was classified as light aircraft carrier. She was the only light aircraft carrier of her type to be completed by Japan. She was small and lightly built compared to other aircraft carrier.
Tenryuu and Tatsuta

Known for using a melee weapon, both Tenryuu and Tatsuta are unique compared with other kanmusu who mostly only use their guns (with an exception for aircraft carrier). In real life, both ship were renovated with a modified bow superstructure, replacing the canvas sides of the bridge with steel plate. The bridge was then further reinforced with steel plate as protection against shrapnel.
Their weapon also look similar to their bow:


What is the meaning behind the colors in the episode titles of Kyoukai no Kanata?

Several of them are actually explained in the list of Kyoukai no Kanata episodes that the OP links:

Mirai's blood sword is carmine in color, hence "Carmine".
The defeated youmu drops an ultramarine stone, hence "Ultramarine".
The Hollow Shadow causes the moon to glow purple, hence "Purple Moonlight". (This is also an artistic touch we see throughout the series.)
Mitsuki set up chartreuse lanterns in her room as a child when she couldn't go to the festival, hence "Chartreuse Light".
Mitsuki gets splashed with pink liquid that imparts a horrible stench to her, hence "Shocking Pink".
"White World" takes place partially in a snowy world inside Kyoukai no Kanata where Mirai battles it.
In "Black World", a black sphere appears above the city and sucks up all the youmu.

Close inspection of the episodes might reveal more such references.

KyoAni did a similar trick with musically themed episode names in Kanon (e.g. Berceuse of a Baby Fox, A Dangerous Trio, Lieder Ohne Worte of an Elder and Younger Sister; see more). While the general music theme comes from the title of the series (which is related to the musical term canon, as in "Pachelbel's Canon", for instance), the individual titles don't have much to do with their episodes beyond the occasional shallow parallel (e.g. "A Dangerous Trio" focuses on the trio of Yuuichi, Mai, and Sayuri).


As per the wiki

  Although the power to turn trash into trees may seem weak, Ueki can be
  creative with it, making wood darts, wood clubs and wood vines. He is
  able to win most battle which may seem impossible, beating someone
  with 299 talents when he only had 11. He can even make trees strong
  enough to travel directly through cars.

  Its seen that he can make any tree he wants, making a chestnut tree to
  counter Taira's fire attacks with the chestnuts flying out of the tree
  and shooting at the opponent(but really wanted to make them hot enough
  to eat).


How did Galfa make Maria temporarily lose her powers?

When I watched the anime long ago, I also had the same question and discussed it in online forums. There were mainly 2 opinions regarding this.

First was that Galfa only beats her up and pretends to sexually assault Maria, and combined with the smoke drug it makes Maria think that she has lost her virginity, sort of like a mental block.

The second, more crude theory was that he actually did violate her, but uhh..only with the finger of his artificial metal hand so it did not count as losing her virginity.

I prefer to believe that it was the first.


What does the end part of the Tales titles mean?

Sometimes there is a connection between the title and the "Characteristic Genre Name" of the game,

  which is essentially a short subtitle or phrase that outlines the game's overall theme. Source

Tales of Phantasia (Legendary RPG):
The story was based on an unpublished Japanese novel called Tale Phantasia written by the game's programmer. Probably it is just a derivation of fantasy. Source
Tales of Destiny (RPG of Destiny/RPG to Release Destiny):
It refers to the preordained meetings between the characters and their Swordians as they pursue their destiny. Source
Tales of Eternia (RPG of Eternity and Bonds):
Derived from Eternity it is the name given to the world network in Tales of Eternia. It is a universal-like plane comprised of the worlds of Inferia and Celestia. Source
Tales of Symphonia (To Resonate With You RPG):
A symphony can be described as being a composition of different elements which would tie into the main plot of the two worlds and the party's goal to reunite them as well as the resounding connection between everyone's hearts. Source
Tales of Rebirth (RPG Where You Will Be Reborn):
The game's title "Rebirth", was meant to represent the rebirth and reconstruction of harmonious relations between different peoples. Not so much a physical rebirth as a spiritual/mental one. Source
Tales of Legendia (RPG Where Bonds Spin Legends):
The legends surrounding several ingame elements(Teriques, the Legacy, their connections to the Ferises). Source
Tales of the Abyss (RPG to Discover the Meaning of Life):
There is a giant underground area called Qliphoth. It is a massive void that contains an ocean of deadly miasma and mud. Source
Tales of Innocence (RPG to Tie Thoughts Together):
The game's title was inspired by the main character Luca's portrayal as an innocent young boy thrust into the world's troubles. Source
Tales of Vesperia (RPG to Enforce "Justice"):
Vesperia is the name of a star ingame after which the guild of the main characters Brave Vesperia was named. The name is derived from the Roman name for the evening star Venus/Vesper. Source
Tales of Hearts (RPG to Meet the Heart):
The game's central theme is the uniting of people's hearts to overcome strife and two of the main characters have Hearts as last name. Source
Tales of Graces (RPG to Discover the Strength to Protect):
Unsure about this one.
Tales of Xillia (RPG of Unwavering Convictions/RPG where Choices Spin the Future):
Producer Hideo Baba says it’s derived from million and billion, in English. He wanted to have a huge number and started with "Xillion" which eventually was changed to Xillia. The significance is within a persons life there are many events and encounters with people. Source
Tales of Zestiria (RPG of Passion that Illuminates the World):
Derived from Zest standing for the passion of the characters. Source
Tales of Berseria (RPG of Discovering your Own Reason to Live):
The main theme of Tales of Berseria is the conflict between emotion and reason, with main character Velvet being the incarnation of emotion and rage. This theme is represented in the game's title, which stems from the term "Berserker", legendary warriors who were imbued with uncontrollable power. Source

Main source is this reddit thread.


How did the shipwright Tom get the blueprints to the Pluton?

Franky explains this, before destroying the blueprints. According to him, the best shipwrights of the world created Pluton to counter the ancient weapon "Poseidon".

I don't think any names have been mentioned, but it is safe to assume that the blueprints were handed down to Tom from his master.


You're looking for Mardock Scramble. There are 3 movies that tell one story.


What would have happened if Brook Died from eating a Second Devil Fruit?

From my interpretation of your question I believe that according to what we know about what happens to people who eat two fruits. I will reference a few things as I go about answering your question.
First
The Revive-Revive Fruit that Brook possesses, also called the Yomi Yomi no Mi, is a Paramecia class that can bring the user back to life after death. But later in the series it is declared that the fruit has "further" capabilities and can enable several other things as referenced here. Brook uses these abilities in later episodes after the timeskip. As he found the "true nature of his fruit". Now whether or not that means he awakened his power or not is still up to speculation at this point, but I suspect we will see more at the next arc.
Second
As shown here and here, there are a few special exceptions where a particular person can have more than one fruit, so it is theoretically possible for Brook to have multiple fruits.
Conclusion
Given that most folks can't have more than one Devil Fruit and that Brook's power IS NOT "used up", and referring here I will follow the fact from here:

Myth: When you eat 2 Devil Fruits, the second fruit will replace the first fruit's power.
Fact: Eiichiro Oda stated in one of his SBS that you cannot transfer the fruit's power to another person, if you take one bite of it the fruit becomes normal. This caused fans to think he meant if you eat the second Devil Fruit it will replace the first fruit but in Enies Lobby Arc, Lucci and Blueno said if you eat the second fruit after eating the first one, your body will explode and you will die.
Fact: An exception to the rule stated above is Marshall D. Teach, user of the Yami Yami no Mi fruit, who stole the power of the Gura Gura no Mi fruit through some currently unknown means not related to eating it.

I believe that if Brook ate a second fruit, his body would explode. Upon which the Revive Fruit which is there would try to activate returning his soul to his body, but due to no longer having a body via an explosion his soul would be trapped in the physical world but without a body to be in. Therefore he'd live but without a second ability, body or any method to do anything. He'd be a mass of floating "conscience". That is unless his fruit enables a possession technique of sorts which we have not seen yet. I hope I either answered your question or provided enough to read to help you arrive to a better one.
TLDR Brook would die, revive and not have a body or a second power.


Why weren't the Titans visible when the Armored Titan broke through Wall Maria?

It was noted later that the gate is the weakness of the walls. Why?

   Because there is no Hardened Titan inside, unlike the rest of the walls.

Which is why Colossal Titan targeted it in the first place. Because of this, when Armored Titan charges in, no Titan was shown inside the wall.


During the Goku black arc we see zeno destroy all the universes and is just floating in space. My theory is that there is someone that created everything that just has not been  figured out yet. Just like beerus and whis, beerus is the destroyer god and whis is the angel and the attendant for the destroyer. Well the grand priest is the angel to the destroyer god Zeno( who is on a whole other scale from beerus and other destroyers). And Zeno is made to destroy not create, however this is all a theory. And with the new upcoming arks such as the moro ark and the Granola the surviver arc, we may find out


Why does 定命 have the furigana さだめ in the Oreimo: Kuroneko manga?

As described in this answer on the Japanese Language SE, there is a phenomenon known as "ateji" where the kanji and associated ruby* are not 100% aligned, either in reading or in meaning. This particular style is especially used in light novels and manga as a way to provide a double message - the ruby is the actual word spoken, but the kanji gives a clearer understanding of the desired meaning.
*A Ruby character is any smaller writing placed above the main writing, technically it's only furigana if it actually provides a guide to the reading of the kanji but that's a distinction that is frequently ignored.


Was the world so technologically advanced thanks to Kyuube's race?

[...] the high-tech school and everything were no longer during the finale of the series.

I don't think this is actually the case. You're right that we weren't shown the school at any point after Madoka made her wish, but we still have very good reason to believe that humanity still reaped all the benefits from its relationship with the Incubators.
Recall the events of episode 11, following Sayaka's funeral, when Kyuubey explains to Madoka everything about the long relationship between mankind and the Incubators.

MADOKA: もしもあなたたちがこの星に来ていなかったら…
KYUUBEY: 君たちは今でも裸で洞穴で住んでたんじゃないかな。
MADOKA: If you had never come to this planet...
KYUUBEY: You'd probably still be naked, living in caves.

Clearly, the people of Mitakihara aren't living in the Stone Age after Madoka made her wish - and so I think it is best to conclude that mankind still benefited from their relationship with the Incubators in the final timeline just as much as they did in previous timelines.

Of course, if you look at the mechanics of the way the Incubators operate, I think this should be obvious, too - the way the Incubators help mankind advance is by allowing people to make wishes and use magic. This is true both before and after Madoka's wish. While some girls certainly would wish for mundane things like healing some dude's arm and do little of wider consequence, others would wish for and do things on a grander scale.
Some, like Madoka, would literally change the universe. Others would do great things to move mankind forward. During Kyuubey's episode 11 explanation, we see images of magical girls, some of which look very much like real-life figures, e.g. Cleopatra, Joan of Arc, etc., who indeed are known to have done great things. In fact, Kyuubey explicitly states:

KYUUBEY: 中には歴史に転機をもたらし、社会を新しいステージへと導いた子もいた。
KYUUBEY: Among them were those who changed history, and brought human society to a higher level.

The implication being, of course, that they were only able to do that thanks to the wish and the power of magic they were granted by the Incubators. In sum, yes - the world is only so technologically advanced thanks to Kyuubey's race.


Who else besides Ichigo has a transformation bankai?

I found Sode no Shirayuki (袖白雪) / Hakka no Togame (白霞罸) to be worthy of being called a full-transformation Bankai.

Depending on argumentation, you could also classify the newly revealed Bankai of Zaraki Kenpachi as a full-transformation Bankai. Even though the specifics are unclear as of now, the artwork suggests it has a similar mechanism like Ichigo's and Rukia's Bankais.

Additionally, there are a few that partly transform the user, as mentioned in Dimitri's answer.


What's the song that starts playing at 20:20 in the last my hero academia episode ? (S5 E7)

That song is Sakusen Kaishi!(作戦開始!) from Yuki Hayashi(林ゆうき), this song was also used in the movie "My hero academia The Movie Heroes:Rising".
Here is the YouTube video from the original YouTube Channel


Why did Dragon Ball Z Kai change "It's over 9000!" in the TV version to "It's over 8000!" in the DVD version?

Quoting wikipedia

In the original Japanese and English-translated mangas as well as the original Japanese anime series, Goku's power level is actually read as "over 8000!" (8000以上だ…! Hassen ijō da…!)."
In most versions of the scene dubbed in other languages, Vegeta actually says "It's over 8000!". However, even in the Remastered Uncut Funimation English dub, Vegeta still says "It's over 9000!", now performed by Christopher Sabat. This change was made due to inconsistencies with the dubbing process; the production team claimed that "9000" fit the mouth flaps of the animation better.

So it's originally 8000, but it was dubbed as 9000 to fit the mouth flaps.


How does online anime streaming work within Japan?

As mentioned in the article: How Is Online Streaming Doing in Japan?

  In terms of YouTube and Nico Nico, both services are quite entrenched. Nico Nico's growth has slowed substantially, clocking in at about 2.5 million premium members (they had 2 million in 2013), and 50 million registered users. YouTube, meanwhile, is blowing up, with 70% of internet users reporting having used the service -- ranking it #1 social media website in the country, above Facebook, Twitter, and Japan's local (and more popular) social media service, Line.

  In terms of premium services streaming professionally made content, Japan is behind English speaking countries in terms of market reach. Hulu famously launched in Japan back in 2011, but didn't manage to secure much Japanese language content -- most of what they were offering was American TV shows. It also cost a fortune (¥2,000 per month, with no free option). After three years, Hulu sold off the service to Nippon TV, who added some more Japanese content, and reduced the price to a far more reasonable ¥930 per month. In March they announced they had over a million subscribers.

  Netflix only launched their Japanese service in September, but has been doing groundwork for their launch for some time.  Pricing the service at ¥650-1450 per month, the company has been spending heavily on marketing, and local versions of televisions from major manufacturers like Sony, Toshiba and Panasonic got those ubiquitous Netflix buttons added to their controls back in the 2nd quarter. The company even partnered with cell phone company SoftBank to easily add the service to users' monthly bills. It's too early to know how well the service is doing, though.

  It's suddenly a very crowded marketplace for streaming services in Japan. What's more, it remains to be seen whether the aging Japanese public at large even wants subscription streaming services. The country is famously old fashioned in how it consumes media (they still buy enough CDs to keep Tower Records in business over there). A survey conducted in September by JustSystems showed that, among users of Amazon.co.jp, only 6.3% currently subscribe to a streaming service, while 38.8% knew what they were but weren't interested in them. Another 27.7% didn't know what they were.

You can check out this MyAnimeList forum post, which mentions that you can stream anime for free in Japan, just like you do in other countries, however, you would be better off not downloading it from the torrents, due to the Anti-Downloading Law in Japan.


I doubt there will be evidence to back this up, however when Black Star says "Tsubaki.. Ninja-to mode!" and a burst of smoke appears (around 16:27), is practically the only chance they could switch - and it makes perfect sense.

Within this puff of smoke, Black Star makes his 'escape' to a better position, and instead of Tsubaki changing into Ninja-to form, she becomes the dummy.

I doubt that Mifune saying that his eye colors changed was quite true, or at least can't be verified by the viewers, as Black Star doesn't have colored eyes - just typical black dots. Tsubaki, on the other hand, has the 'other' style of anime-eyes, (which are a shade of blue).

The important part is, however, that when Tsubaki is in Dummy-form, her eyes were the same as Black Star's, as proven when the dummy 'floats away' (it is very clear to see the eyes changing from Blackstar's to Tsubaki's).


Why does Aikuro Mikisugi request everyone to use the DTR acronym?

Dotonbori is a street within the redlight district of Osaka that sees the highest number of prostitutes working on it. He is probably embarrassed or doesn't want DTR to be associated with Dotonbori, considering their (DTR) preference to be nude could be taken the wrong way by the average person.


a Shinigami dropping it's eyeballs is just something Mello thought of

  It is unknown how he could have possibly been "born" with the eyes, though Mello wonders if a Shinigami dropped its eyeballs to Earth (instead of a Death Note)

Source - Character, 3rd Paragraph, 3rd Sentence

and since Beyond Birthday only appeared in Death Note: Another Note which occurs before the manga (L's first encounter with Naomi Misora during the Los Angeles "BB Serial Murder Case" mentioned in volume 2 of the manga) i can really only answer this from logical evidence, absent of any official statement and assuming that Mello is correct.

I would suspect but rather than a Shinigami taking it's eyes out on it's own (which are used to allow Shinigami to work out how much life they will gain from taking a life), we can make the assumption that a Shinigami died.

How we know of 2 ways a Shinigami can die

they fail to extend their own life by taking names
they save the life of a human who's death date had arrived

When a Shinigami dies they turn to sand/dust however this isn't instantaneous,

Rem's Death: Death Note - The Last Name
Gelus Death: Death Note Anime

as we can see from the links above, Rem began to crumble first however Gelus's eye disappeared first

we also know that there is a Portal which allows travel between the Shinigami Realm and earth. i theorize 2 ways that the Shinigami Beyond Birthday got the eyes from died

said Shinigami saved a human which would explain why they were at the portal
said Shinigami was sooo lazy that it waited to the last minute to take a name to add more life and couldn't take a life quick enough before it died

now while we are told that Shinigami are lazy i don't think they are that lazy not to write names (though Ryuk does note this to Light) so i'm going to assume 1)

regardless, the Shinigami's eyes could have dropped out of it's head and rolled out of the portal which could explain why the eyeballs were dropped and not the Death Note (as we see in The Last Name Gelus's Death Note fell to earth however in the anime it didn't).

So then how did Beyond Birthday get the eyeballs? well it was either by coincidence or since Beyond Birthday was at Wammy's House said Shinigami saved Beyond Birthday at birth by saving his mother who may have been pregnant and was about to be murdered.

  Also, if a human touched the eyes of a Shinigami, would he then also get Shinigami eyes?

this i can't answer, i would assume the timeframe is very small because the eyeballs would have turned into sand/dust and Beyond Birthday was just very lucky to have gotten them before hand because if it was a living Shinigami's eyes, well the sight of Light running around with a bag of apples trying to get Ryuk top allow him to poke his eyes, or Misa looking all cute and asking Ryuk if she can doesn't quite match the tone of the series


Are souls born or created as soul reapers, bounts, or humans?

Bounts are non-canonical entities.

We should begin with this information because it means your question isn't actually relevant to Bleach's canon (although you didn't know that, obviously, and it isn't your fault if you're an anime-only watcher).

Bleach's lore has only gotten more developed and complicated during the last years, especially thanks to the Can't Fear Your Own World light novel (which is generally accepted as --somewhat-- canonical since written with Tite Kubo's, Bleach's creator, complete approval).

In short, before the three different dimensions were split apart, there only existed "souls" -- shinigami-like souls made out of spirit particles. When the worlds were split, the reincarnation cycle was created -- with a balanced amount of souls between the three dimensions to maintain balance.

So, to answer your question, a third of all souls was transformed into Hollows, a third was sent to the Spirit Realm and a last third became humanity. But each and every soul stems from the "proto-souls" entities from before.


When was the anime toast in the morning trope started?

This is a pretty common trope which, I dare say, predates energy drinks and the like. From TV Tropes:

  A common device for a series opening or Establishing Character Moment. Things begin in a frantic rush which usually results in taking short cuts, such as eating breakfast on the run. The classic image is of someone running down the street with a slice of toast hanging out of their mouth, dragging their backpack with one hand while trying to put on their jacket or sweater one-handed with the other, bumping into important people in a manner that gets the plot started.

  In manga and anime, this is associated with the shoujo (girl's) genre, where the original intent was to establish the protagonist as cute but clumsy, or give her a minor flaw. Overused to the point of becoming a Discredited Trope; current Japanese "How to Become a Shoujo Manga-ka" books specifically advise against using this trope, and more recent manga even lampshade how much of a cliche it is.

The answer to the question of when this trope exactly started is currently unknown. But there's a tumblr dedicated to it and the current candidate appears to be 1986's Project A-ko which is part-parody. It is said to parody Gundam and according to the afore-linked tumblr, the first episode of Mobile Suit Gundam includes a scene with Amuro Ray chewing on a sandwich in a car:

I expect that earlier instances of this trope very likely exist in manga.


Is the Manias version of "Sanki Tousen" available as a single?

And alas, it turns out the answer to my question is that the Manias version of "Sanki Tousen" will indeed not be made available for sale. The comments on the official YouTube upload of the TV-sized Manias version of "Sanki Tousen" say as much:

  ※こちらの「まにあーずver.」の楽曲はアニメ放送用の音源を特別に掲載しております。
  　CDには収録されませんので、ご了承ください。

(Roughly: "This is a special upload of the "Manias version" of the song, using the audio from the television broadcast. Please be aware that it will not be included on the CD.")

What a shame.


The short concise answer:

If Shisui knew about Izanami, then yes he can use it. If not, he can easily learn it by reading the Uchiha stone tablet with his Mangekyou Sharingan.

Considering all events leading up to his death, he probably never learned about Izami (reasoning below).

The nice long juicy explanation:

Because the Uchiha had a past history where people started abusing the Izanagi and Izanami, they became labeled as kinjutsu or forbidden techniques. Kinjutsu is not taught to shinobi on a general basis.

That means one can only learn of Izanami either through the stone tablet or another Uchiha that knows how to use this technique. From what it appears, Shisui had considerably the best pair of eyes amongst the Uchiha clan. With that said, Shisui is definitely capable of using Izanami as so should any other Uchiha member that awakens their mangekyou.

However, it only makes sense that Shisui did not know about Izanami before the Uchiha coup d'etat. Recall Shisui trying to use his special technique Kotoamatsukami on Danzou prior to the event. If he knew about Izanami, I am sure he would have used it, because it only requires the eye sacrifice, which is better than having Danzou stealing his eye.

In order to protect his last eye, Shisui sacrifices his life and entrusts his eye to Itachi. Therefore we can determine that Shisui did not know of Izanami.

EDIT: Addressing R.J's comments -
(This really doesn't add to the answer of the titled question, but explains the fundamentals of Izanagi / Izanami).

  I think any Uchiha can use Izanami or Izanagi provided they know about the jutsu.

Anyone (not just Uchiha) can use Izanagi / Izanami provided that they know about it and have a Sharingan (ie Danzou).

  There is no pre-condition of them having awakened the Mangekyou because if that was the case, then Danzo couldn't have used it so many times.

For a person to use Mangekyou techniques in the past (amaterasu, tsukiyomi, susanoo), it required him to use his Mangekyou Sharingan. The only other type of eye that can use the above 3 jutsus is the Rinnegan, and that is because it is the evolved form of the Mangekyou.

When Danzou used Izanagi 10 times, 10 normal sharingan were sacrificed. This means that Izanagi is not a Mangekyou technique, and does not require Mangekyou to use.

  All you need is an activated Sharingan and the knowledge about the jutsu.

Before I begin, we know that you also need Senju DNA in order to use Izanagi. This was explicitly stated by Tobi when Danzou was fighting against Sasuke.

In Danzou's situation, we can assume that Danzou needed the Mangekyou Sharingan in order to learn about the technique. Who is going to teach Danzou Izanagi? The possible options are Madara, Obito, Shisui, and Itachi, except none of these people have motive to teach him Izanagi. Therefore it is only logical to assume that he needed to read Uchiha stone tablet with MS.

The possible plot hole:
Tobi stated that you need both Sharingan and Senju DNA to use Izanagi. Keep in mind that both Tobi and Danzou had both DNA when using that jutsu. Naturally, I'd assume the same prerequisites hold true for Izanami, however it was never mentioned that Itachi has Senju DNA. That means Izanami and Izanagi have different requirements, or Itachi has some Senju DNA, or this is one big plothole mess.


Why do Spirited Away, Ponyo, and Arrietty have so much in common?

Miyazaki is often identified as a feminist. Almost all of his films have strong female protagonists, usually fairly young girls, and challenge traditional gender roles in anime. This presumably explains the first point.

As for the other three, I don't think these are particularly uncommon or difficult to explain. The protagonist in anime is usually somehow special, because a story about someone totally normal isn't usually going to be very interesting. Likewise, for the third point, most anime have some form of (possibly implied) romance, even in short movies. However, there's not a lot of room in movies to introduce extraneous characters, so the love interest has to be at least somewhat related to the plot. As for the final point, that's just another way of saying that it's a coming-of-age story, which is very common, especially with younger protagonists.

So other than the first point, I think these are just common anime tropes that you'd frequently see elsewhere, especially in other movies.


As you stated, you must be rank 1 to receive a promotion. The current rank 1 in A-Class is the hero Sweet Mask. Sweet mask made a point that the reason he stays rank 1 in A-Class instead of moving up to S-Class is to prevent unworthy heroes from being promoted.

Aside from being rank 1, you must also pass an interview. Ultimately, the decision to move up is not in the hero's hands but is the association's decision. Saitama had already decided that he wanted to move up, but there was still much consultation and discussion of whether or not he should be allowed to move up before he was given the promotion.

From the One-Punch Man Wikia:

  Overhead of the interview, there are several Heroes Association staff observing and discussing about Saitama. They discuss whether or not he is a sham. After a short discussion, Sweet Mask is seen as an advisor on whether or not Saitama should move up. Sweet Mask replies that they do not need him for such as trivial task as promoting someone to B-Class. Sweet Mask additionally states that he only wants a say in promoting people to Class A and higher as they tend to have a strong influence on the association's image.

The fact that Sweet Mask was consulted here instead of the association just promoting Saitama as soon as he asked to be promoted shows there is more to the promotions than just reaching rank 1.


Yes, She does come back in Episode 26 . They go to her villa to train I think.

Here is the plot for that episode. Hope this helps

http://gingaekickoff.wikia.com/wiki/Episode_26


What is that noise when an onsen scene opens up?

The thing which makes these sounds is a type of 鹿威し (Shishi-Odoshi) or scaredeer, it acts similar to as what a scarecrow does, and the sound it makes scares away the wild animals.

And as for what device specifically makes that sound in Japanese gardens and onsen, is 添水 (sozu).

From Wikipedia

  Sōzu is a type of water fountain used in Japanese gardens. It consists of a segmented tube, usually of bamboo, pivoted to one side of its balance point. At rest, its heavier end is down and resting against a rock. A trickle of water into the upper end of the tube accumulates and eventually moves the tube's centre of gravity past the pivot, causing the tube to rotate and dump out the water. The heavier end then falls back against the rock, making a sharp sound, and the cycle repeats. This noise is intended to startle any herbivores such as deer or boars which may be grazing on the plants in the garden.


Fake doesn't necessarily mean not convincing.  Remember, by this time L knew that there were more than one and that the second had an ability that the first did not have.  L knew this and arranged the fake information but also used dead bodies.  He even went to the trouble to find people with the same name.  L actually uses that same tactic twice in the series.


So, so many possible reasons. I refer to movies like End of Evangelion and Madoka: Rebellion as "make your own ending kits"; due to their constant use of symbolism and ambiguous dialogue, combined with a pathological aversion to explaining themselves, you can basically interpret them to mean whatever you want them to. If I may be allowed a bit of shameless self-promotion, I recently wrote a blog post doing just that. I didn't specifically analyze why Asuka caressed Shinji, but going by the interpretation I adopted in my post, along with the mentioned card game translation, there are a few valid reasons why she did that.

This scene echoes one earlier in the movie, during Instrumentality, when Shinji and Asuka are arguing with each other about whose fault it is that they never managed to get close. I summarized the scene on my blog:

  [Shinji] zeros in on Asuka in particular, isolating her in a dream version of Misato’s kitchen and fighting with her as Pen-Pen looks on, responding to her accusations that he didn’t know her at all that he couldn’t possibly know her, because she never talks about herself, and how unreasonable it is for her to expect him to know her when she won’t tell him anything. Rei appears and asks if he ever tried, and Shinji responds that he did, but couldn’t. Asuka asks how she could like someone who doesn’t even love himself. Shinji responds that maybe he could learn to love himself if she tried being nice to him, gets angry and smashes a chair, then wraps his hands around her neck and strangles her.

Shinji, who has spent a large part of the series being passive and self-loathing, finally gets angry and blames Asuka (and by proxy the other people in his life) for his inability to get close to others. Asuka and Rei respond, with some justification, that Shinji also has to take some blame; he avoids getting close to anyone because he fears being rejected and abandoned by them, as he was by his father.

In the end, Shinji manages to get over his fear of rejection and chooses to reverse Instrumentality and go back to the world where people are separate and can choose to reject or abandon each other. The card translation says that Shinji started to strangle Asuka because he wanted to confirm that rejection and denial exist once more. By going back to a world where rejection and denial exist, Shinji has admitted that he feared them, and faced that fear. He has confessed that Asuka's and Rei's accusations in the earlier scene were true, that he locked people out too tightly because he feared abandonment.

As Shinji strangles Asuka, she reaches up and caresses him, countering that although rejection and denial exist again, acceptance also exists again—people have the choice to accept others into their hearts, just as they have the choice to deny others. And with this, Asuka confesses that Shinji's accusations in the earlier scene were true: Asuka resisted, at every level, accepting Shinji (and by proxy, everyone) into her heart, by yelling at him, demeaning him, and violently rejecting the rudimentary efforts he did make to get closer to her. But now that Shinji's managed to stop fearing rejection from everyone, Asuka's learned to stop rejecting everyone. Shinji knows he can't passively wait for someone to accept him; Asuka knows that she can't keep rejecting everyone.

Realizing that Asuka intends to stop rejecting him, Shinji breaks down in tears. Asuka responds "Kimochi warui"; to accept someone feels weird, foreign, and disgusting to her, because she's always resisted it. At various points in the series, Shinji and Asuka almost manage to get closer—in Episode 15, Asuka compliments Shinji on his cello playing and then forces him to kiss her, but then violently rejects him by feigning disgust and running to the bathroom to wash her mouth out. Shinji doesn't realize that Asuka was sincerely trying to get closer to him, or he realizes it, but won't follow up because he's afraid of being rejected. In Episode 22, after seeing her talk on the phone with her stepmother, Shinji tries to have a real conversation with Asuka about family, but Asuka is all pissed off because Shinij surpassed her sync ratio. In the final scene of End of Evangelion, they both realize their own culpability in the situation and decide to start trying to become people who are able to accept one another.


While the Sand Village and Leaf Village were in different nations, Shinobi are able leave and go to different villages as long as they do not abandon their duties in their previous village. Otherwise, they would be considered Missing-Nin

After the 2nd Great Ninja War, Tsunade retired from the Shinobi life and left Konoha.

  Leaving the village does not necessarily automatically make one a missing-nin. Tsunade withdraws from life as a ninja and departs from Konoha following the Second Shinobi World War

Temari and Shikamaru is not the first time we see Shinobi marriages from different villages. Naruto's Mother, Kushina, was originally from Uzushiogakure (Land Hidden in the Whirling Tides)

  Kushina Uzumaki was a Konohagakure kunoichi who originated from Uzushiogakure's
  Uzumaki clan

  ...

  Born into the famed Uzumaki clan of Uzushiogakure, Kushina lived most of her youth being caught up in war, making her seek for a daily peace. At a young age she was sent to Konoha and enrolled in the Academy

However Uzushiogakure was also apart of the Land of Fire, they were different villages.

Also, we have see other instances where Shinobi immigrated into other nations. One example is when Jiraiya first used Rasengan against some gansters

  The boss use to be a Chūnin from Hidden Village of the Stone

The Hidden Village of the Stone resides in the Land of Earth


A manhwa (or manga) where the main antagonist is the protagonist's future self

It's probably Threads of Time, a Korean manhwa.

It has been a few years since I read it, so my memory is fuzzy about the fine details, but it has enough similarities to be a match.

I definitely remember these details you wrote in the question:

  It was Korean manhwa
  Martial arts was common.
  He time traveled back to a younger body.
  His parents were suspicious of him for being "different than usual".
  The female helper who was taking care of the main character got kidnapped and raped.
  He later tracked the guy who attacked them and was about to kill him, when suddenly a girl stopped him from doing so. It turned out to be the helper; she was pregnant and in love with her captor. He left through the window
  The main character was scared of the main enemy.

The last 2 details (reproduced below) might be from a different manga if you're completely certain about it.

  Near the end, he found out that the enemy was him from the future (or alternate outcome of his choices)
  They fought in the courtyard and both died I think, or just his future self.

However, I think you might have gotten those details wrong, since the MC time traveled back into the brother of one of the villain's victim in order to untangle or sever the Threads of Time (Fate?). Near the end, he realized that the villain was his past self and he defeated him, but he also died soon after and returned to his present time. Though this time around, he is no longer tied down by fate/destiny because he broke the cycle.

Source: Years of reading manga.

Anyway, I hope this is the right one.


How much of THE iDOLM@STER was based on the games?

The plot in the games does not lend itself to being directly adapted into an anime since it hinges on developing a group of three of the idols at once. As far as the game is concerned, the other idols don't really exist. They pop up on occasion when you have the opportunity to invite others to encores and 5-person songs.

The core concepts and themes for each idol are derived from the games but the precise events are entirely new. Furthermore, the anime is filled with fanbase Easter eggs and references to interactions that the seiyuu have with each other. In fact, many traits of the idols are based on their seiyuu.


How can anime or manga be made so quickly and consistantly?

In the case of animation, you can actually tell the difference, though usually it's pretty subtle. There are otaku who make the close study of animation to identify particular animators (as well as other very discerning details) their particular hobby. This is known as sakuga.

But also, the way the work is divided encourages consistency, like in the case of manga, they might have an assistant do all the backgrounds while the main artist draws the actual characters. So with manga, it's usually always the same artist drawing the same category of thing, so of course the style will always look the same. In the case of animation, lead animators draw the key frames, and in-betweeners usually fill in the less important frames in between.

Given enough time, really good artists can imitate another artist's style pretty accurately. Only a very discerning eye might notice differences. Many of the drawing inconsistencies you might see in animation are due to not giving the artists enough time to produce really quality work.


The Homunculi names in Full Metal Alchemist 2003

As far as I know, there is no certain canon answer but there are quite some hints.

At the end of FMA03 we see Dante doing something to Gluttony removing his intelligence and personality and replacing them with an endless hunger for energy. So Dante being directly responsible for the 7 sins symbolism is not out of the question but it does not quite add up.
Since every homunculus follows the theme of their name, we can rule out the possibility that it is just Dante calling them names.
This "spirits of homunculi"-idea is based on Wrath (Sensei's homunculus), right? He tells Ed about his time behind the gate and how he acquired Ed's limbs. But he never said anything about originating there. Unlike Manga or Brotherhood, there is no connection between Homunculi and the shadows behind the Gate. Sensei created Wrath after losing her child and after realizing her mistake, she put him on the other side of the (still open) Door. 2003 Humunculi are just sentient bodies that are very similar to humans but have neither soul nor a healthy personality.

I originally thought that the 2003 homunculi followed the sin that led to their creation but while Lust was created by her lover, Envy was created by Hohenheim back when he thought himself to be omnipotent. So it is safe to say that the homunculi are by nature always "born" into challenging circumstances and are unable to form meaningful relationships to process them. Dante might influence them to make them easier to control but even without her, they are unhealthy beings that are driven towards spoiled and extreme personalities.


Why can All Might still do his buff form?

Yes, it's mostly for comedic purposes. Some can argue that he still has a tiny bit of power but he used all of One for All. It's clearly stated in All Might vs All for One fight.


Are there any female mangaka pretending to be a male?

I think none.

First of all, in this link, these are the only manga examples created by authors who pretended to be the opposite sex using pen names.

In the anime ef - a tale of memories, Hirono Hiro, 17 year-old male who is a professional mangaka, writes under the pen name Shindou Nagi, claiming to be female. Given that his work is shoujo, it's understandable.
In Otomen Tachibana Juuta writes sparkly romance shoujo manga under the penname Sachihana Jewel, and refuses to disclose his real identity even though the manga is hugely popular, because he's afraid readers wouldn't take well to their shoujo manga being written by a man. He goes as far as crossdressing whenever he needs to appear as Sachihana.
There's also his (Tachibana Juuta's) favorite mangaka, Mira-sensei (short for "Mirage") who dresses, speaks and behaves like a classic '70s shoujo manga character, for the same reason as Juuta. His motto is "Because we're professionals!"
In Himitsu No Hanazono the four brothers work under one female name to publish their shoujo manga.

Which all are male mangaka pretending to be female for their shoujo manga. And in this list are female mangaka, and you can notice some created shounen manga. If there are some of them who pretended to be male, then it should have been stated there because it's a must-know.

Why none?

According here, female mangaka were greatly accepted so I think there is no need for them to use pen names to hide their true identity, either for the reason of having their shounen manga accepted or the reasons you mentioned above. And there exists a lot of female mangaka who created/creating shounen manga.

  Later popular artists include the highly prolific and successful
  Rumiko Takahashi and rising star Akira Amano (both drawing primarily
  shonen stories for boys) as well as the female collective CLAMP.

Furthermore, I think male mangaka receives more discrimination for writing shoujo manga than female mangaka writing shounen manga. It's much like the discrimination when females are okay to hold hands with females (most will think that they are best friends) while males holding hands with males are.. not so acceptable. If you know what I mean. :P

Well, the links I provided might not be complete or I might be wrong (forgive me) so I'll just update this answer if I find something. As of now, this will be my answer.


To avoid spoilers. As Prix mentioned, there are no definitive answers to the riddles. The answers that Haru and Tokaku come up with are simply "their own answers." The riddles are presented to Tokaku in situations where she fills in the Riddles with answers that have been decided based on her current situation and mental state.

1. What is the World Full of? (Haru answers" forgiveness")
11. Therefore, the World is Full of ______?

One might answer "lies" for the second, while Haru answers "forgiveness" for the first. However both Haru and Tokaku's situation and mental state are drastically different. 1. being a sort of happy/mellow situation with her class mates, 11. being dramatic and sad due to the prior events.


How many times Gohan has surpassed Vegeta in power?

I would have to disagree with Gohan being stronger than Vegeta on Namek. It was more of Freiza being caught off guard and Gohan giving it his absolute all. I would say his sudden increase in power might have rivaled that of Vegeta's but he didn't surpass him. When Vegeta came back to earth while Goku and Freiza were fighting on Namek, we see him make quick work of Gohan.  I believe, the reason Gohan did better was because Vegeta was psyched out over the fact that he was facing Freiza, having known how powerful he was, he sort of gave up on both occasions which is why he was defeated so handily. Gohan on the other hand, didn't care and put all his power into a single barrage of attacks against Freiza. The only times where I'd say Gohan surpassed Vegeta would be:Post HTC training with Goku during the Cell arc: Gohan came out even stronger than Goku and Vegeta in his Mastered SSJ state.During the battle against Perfect Cell: When Gohan attained the SSJ2 transformation, he obviously surpassed all the Z fighters which include's Vegeta.After potential unlocked by the Elder Kai: When Gohan attained the Mystic Transformation, he obviously was way stronger than SSJ3 Goku who was way stronger than SSJ2 Vegeta. Hence Gohan Surpassed Vegeta here once again.In Dragon Ball Super, Gohan hasn't been that relevant until now in the tournament of power and as of now, Vegeta is stronger than Gohan.


Which one has the "Telepathic Kiss" power: Hana or Daichi?

Well, earlier in the series, Hana was worried about Daichi kissing her. She said something along the lines of "I was worried you'd hate the real me". Thus, she knows that the kiss between them would be telepathic. We can assume from this that She is the one with said power.

and as for Stevebot's answer, the Planetary gears Princess was under control of a mind-transfer machine when she was telepathic-kissed, and saw her foster mother's evil intentions. So telepathic kiss works despite mind-control


Is there any Anime/Manga adaptation with source material from outside of Japan?

Of course there are.  I would give you some examples

Les Miserables

  Les Misérables (French pronunciation: [le mizeʁabl(ə)]) is a French
  historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published in 1862, that is
  considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. In the
  English-speaking world, the novel is usually referred to by its
  original French title. However, several alternatives have been used,
  including The Miserables, The Wretched, The Miserable Ones, The Poor
  Ones, The Wretched Poor, The Victims and The Dispossessed.1
  Beginning in 1815 and culminating in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris,
  the novel follows the lives and interactions of several characters,
  particularly the struggles of ex-convict Jean Valjean and his
  experience of redemption.2

  Examining the nature of law and grace, the novel elaborates upon the
  history of France, the architecture and urban design of Paris,
  politics, moral philosophy, antimonarchism, justice, religion, and the
  types and nature of romantic and familial love. Les Misérables has
  been popularized through numerous adaptations for the stage,
  television, and film, including a musical and a film adaptation of
  that musical.

It has a manga and anime adaptation

Les Miserables Anime (aired in 2007)

Les Miserables Manga (was published from 2013 to 2016 )

And many more ( this one that cross my mind, so i couldn't give more )

Update answer based your request

Deltora Quest(based wikipedia, it was published around 2000 to 2005 )

  The Deltora Quest series is the collective title for three series of
  children's literature fantasy books, written by Australian author
  Emily Rodda. It follows the adventures of three companions as they
  journey across the fictitious land of Deltora, endeavoring to recover
  the seven gems stolen from the magical Belt of Deltora and defeat
  allies of the evil Shadow Lord. The series was first published in
  Australia in 2000, and has since been published in more than 30
  countries. As of February 2010, the series has sold over 15 million
  copies worldwide, including 2 million in Australia. It is published
  by Scholastic in Australia and the United States. In most countries,
  the series is illustrated by Marc McBride.

  The series consists of fifteen books: the first eight comprise the
  Deltora Quest series, the next three comprise the Deltora Shadowlands
  series (also known as Deltora Quest 2, Deltora II or Deltora 2) and
  the final four comprise the Dragons of Deltora series (also known as
  Deltora Quest 3, Deltora III or Deltora 3). There are also six other
  official bonus books to the series: The Deltora Book of Monsters,
  Tales of Deltora, The Authorised Ultimate Deltora Quiz Book, How to
  Draw Deltora Monsters, How to Draw Deltora Dragons and Other Creatures
  and Secrets of Deltora. An anime adaptation of the series aired on
  Japanese television from 6 January 2007 to 29 March 2008. An anime
  adaptation also aired in Australia for a short time. A Nintendo DS
  game for Deltora Quest has also been made in Japan. In 2011 Emily
  Rodda announced in an interview as part of the Australian Council of
  the Arts Get Reading! Program that she had sold the movie rights of
  the Deltora Quest series to a "prominent Hollywood production
  company."

Picture taken from pinterest

It has a manga and anime adaptation

Deltora Quest manga

Deltora Quest Anime

If you want to see more about this kind of topic, you could find it on MAL Discussion


An anime in which people/androids are turned into pills which everyone takes instead of eating

Galaxy Express 999 Adieu.

The conveyor belt is bright purple and covered with rows of bodies of non-robotic people, going towards a bright white light. The boy with the gun, Tetsuro, stands watching the process with 3 of his traveling party, as the bodies are processed. They are dropped through what looks like lines of electricity and a white orb is extracted which is contained in a tiny pill that is essentially robot food. It is referred to as the flame of life. – This link is bad quality but is on the scene. https://youtu.be/RI-b9_o3nSk?t=5523


Does a Shinigami still die if they extend a human life without knowing it?

If the god of death is using the death note was killing at random, it would not result in the god of death dying. See rule XVII:

  If the god of death decides to use the Death Note to kill the assassin of an individual he favors, the individual's life will be extended, but the god of death will die.

The killing will only result in the god of death dying if they kill someone who is going to kill an individual the god of death favors.


The Ace Attorney/Gyakuten Saiban games are the original works, and as such are significantly older, and cover a longer story, so they would be considered the core cannon.

That said, there are not a lot of differences between the two - the cases covered in the anime are the same as in the games (so far the anime is up to the second case of the second game, although it skipped the first case of that game since it was more of a tutorial and not particularly important in the scheme of things), and the plots are pretty much the same. The anime does add a few details here and there, and in particular episode 13 gives some background to a big event when the main character was very young that does affect how one side character is portrayed slightly.

That said, if you just watch the anime, you will get the same story, you'll just have to wait longer to run into certain characters and plotlines.


In the OVA "The Blind Alchemist", how come the subject of human transmutation live so long?

It's not that Human Transmutation is impossible in the sense that it doesn't work, it's just that it very very rarely goes the way people want it.

as with any other Transmutation, Human Transmutation is still governed by the law of Equivalent Exchange where the input must be equal to the output, failing to do so results in a rebound where the transmutation forces are thrown out of balance.

  In the manga, it is determined that resurrective Human Transmutation is impossible because a soul that has left the mortal coil has passed on into the afterlife and can never be called back by human means. The attempt will cause a rebound due to both the inherent lack of any particular substance able to match a human soul in value and the fact that the initiated transmutation is reaching for an unattainable goal. Of the known attempted Human Transmutations, the rebound has been the "taking" of parts of the initiator's body out of the living world and into the void of the flow (in the case of the Elric brothers' attempted transmutation of their mother, Edward's left leg and Alphonse's entire body were taken and in the case of Izumi Curtis' attempt to revive her dead child, several of her internal organs were taken). It should be noted that the size of the body parts taken are generally equal to the size of the human being transmuted, in accordance with the law of Equivalent Exchange.

Source: Alchemy > Human Transmutation > Resurrection (2nd paragraph)

Remember that with both Trisha Elric and Izumi's child both showed signs of "life"

as for how the body was still alive years after, we can suspect it was more because of a Soul Binding or something similar

  Rosalie leads Al to a room with what appears to be a little girl's shriveled corpse inside. She reveals this as the result of the real Rosalie's transmutation, while she herself is a girl named Amy, who was adopted due to her similar appearance to Rosalie. Alphonse is surprised to learn that it is not in fact a corpse, but is alive, in a way similar to him.

Source: Bonus Episode: The Blind Alchemist > Synopsis

and in the manga, when Ed exhumes Trisha's body which Pinako buried, Ed learns that what it wasn't Trisha that he and Al resurrected as her hair colour and bone structure were different, so the "life" in Rosalie may have not really been her but some other soul if the body was comparable to a suit armor like Al's (in this case, a suit of fleshy armor)

Ofcause there's also the possibly that what "life" there was in Rosalie was not even human as showing signs of life doesn't equal being human as the Homuncli aren't human and Father's/Dwarf's body is described by Van Hohenheim has being a Leather Bag no different from his original flask