Has Ash ever cleared all 8 gyms without losing in any region?

Ash has never managed to defeat all 8 gym leaders in a single try. Ash loses against the following Gym Leaders, in every region.Kanto: Brock, Lt. Surge, Sabrina, and BlaineJohto: WhitneyHoenn: BrawlySinnoh: Roark & Fantina Unova: LenoraKalos: Viola & WolfricFew additional exceptions:In Kanto, against his battle with Erika, the match was interrupted by Team Rocket and Erika gave Ash the badge for saving Gloom. Erika had only lost Weepinbell and still had Gloom and Tangela left. Ash on the other hand, lost Bulbasaur and Charmander, hence, only had Pikachu left. So under the mentioned circumstances, Erika did have an upper hand.In Hoenn,
 Ash defeated Wattson easily on account of his Pikachu being overcharged because of a mechanical Raikou. Since Ash wanted the match to be fair and challenged him to a rematch, Wattson emerged Victorious and still allowed Ash to keep the badge.In Sinnoh, Gardenia did battle Ash (before introducing herself as a gym leader) and beat him, so it wasn't really an official battle,Again in Sinnoh, Ash's battle against Maylene ended in a draw and she still gave him the match. However, since it wasn't a loss, I think this point can be disregarded.However, if you also consider, the Island Challenge, Battle Frontier and The Orange League, Ash has not lost against a single Gym leader in the Orange League. Although I personally consider the Orange League to be different from a Traditional Pokemon League (On account of the different challenges and fewer gyms), it's totally up to you to decide whether this factor would answer your primary question as a Yes or No.


How many of Dr Gero's Androids were actually Androids and how many were Cyborgs?

I only listed the ones which are in the canon or in the movies. I haven't listed the ones in the games.

Android #1-#7: Considered failures and destroyed. We don't know much about about them.

Android #8: According to some guides, it (he?) is a cyborg. But let's consider him a fully artificial android because it's not stated in the canon anywhere (I guess).

Android #9-#12: Same as 1-7, destroyed.

Android #13-#15: Non-canon android appearing in "Super Android 13!". May be fully android considering their construction was started before 16, 17 and 18.

Android #16: Pure android.

Android #17-#18: Everybody knows them. They are cyborgs.

Android #19: Pure robot.

Android #20: Dr. Gero himself. He is a cyborg as you said.

So to answer your question, out of 20 androids made by Dr. Gero, only 3 are cyborgs and the rest are fully android.

I've used the android term as a replacement for robot. But android literally means cyborg.

I guess this answers your question.


Anime with a wolf/man demon as main character

Is it possible that you're searching for InuYasha?


Why did Inosuke called Tanjiro as "Kentaro"?

Inosuke has trouble remembering names of people. This was just after he met Tanjiro, so he didn't get his name right. Another instance was when they first met after Tanjiro defeated the ex-Lower Moon Kyogai, Inosuke called him Kamaboko Gonpachiro. Here's the video

PS: He can get names just right after he'd met someone for a few times


She's first named by his father (the "sorcerer" is mentioned as her true master in the wiki so I suppose that means he named her first) as Mizuchi and then his father let Yato name her as Hiiro.

I think she never tainted Yato  because she cares for Yato so much that she never did anything a regalia shouldn't do to taint their master.

I haven't read that far in the manga so I can only suspect that the sorcerer allows her to be named by others for some sinister plan against the heavens.

http://noragami.wikia.com/wiki/Nora


Why are Kakyoin and Polnareff so pleased about knowing the same hand signals?

Polnareff knows this by virtue of him being Polnareff.

Combining the individual gestures and their 'translations' makes the sentence that it does.

Pan (Japanese sound for clapping) + 2 (two) + ok (maru) + seeing something (mieru) = pan-tsu (underwear) + maru (entire) + mieru (can see)

Only Kakyoin is able to decipher what he's trying to say, since NO ONE ELSE chimes in, and they both share a bonding moment. That bonding moment is the amazing handshake, and their eyes darken to reflect the solemnity of the bro-ment.


Sword Art Online started as a light novel series (in 2009), and spawned five manga adaptations (starting in 2010) and an anime (in 2012). However, to my knowledge, the anime is based entirely on the first four volumes of the light novels and does not borrow from the manga material  at all.


Looking for blond hair girl with pink dragon tail anime

I believe you're talking about Astarotte Ygvar:

Astarotte no Omocha!

Synopsis

While job hunting, Naoya is taken by a mysterious girl to a magical land where he is installed in the harem of the succubus Princess Lotte. Thanks to trauma from her childhood, Lotte hates men and surrounds herself with lots of other women, who all have quirks of their own. In spite of her selfishness, when Naoya learns that Lotte is really quite lonely he agrees to stay in her world ...if he can bring his daughter Asuha with him.

Source: ANN


Why exactly does Kyoko attempt to save Sayaka?

Episode 7 paints the picture of Kyouko's background. Basically, Kyouko is all alone having lost everyone important to her including her family. So she's in despair and desperate to find comfort somewhere.

After hearing Sayaka's story, Kyouko started to identify with her. So they effectively formed a friendship. Episode 10 reveals that this friendship is formed in multiple timelines.

So when Sayaka becomes a witch, Kyouko felt the obligation to save her - her one and only friend.


Is there a special meaning to the class name "2-H" (2-ふ)?

I'm not sure where you got the information that the students are in class 2-H. Wikipedia lists Nozomu's class as 2-へ (2-He). Here, the number indicates the year, while the character indicates what class in the year they are in. Since へ is the 6th character in Iroha order, this would correspond to class 2-F. Incidentally, 2-ふ would be the 32nd class in year 2, which is far more than most Japanese high schools would have.

There's nothing really unusual about having 6 or more classes in a given year. It is a bit unusual that they're labeled in Iroha order, which is pretty old fashioned. It's more common (in my experience) for classes to be labeled with letters in the Roman alphabet or with numbers. I don't think there's any deep meaning to using this though; it just conjures a sort of old-fashioned feeling.

I can't think of any hidden meaning to 2-へ, but I have not read to the end of the manga so there could be something revealed at the end. If there is such a meaning, though, it isn't obvious and it certainly doesn't apply to other anime which have this same class name. The name is a pretty normal one, if old fashioned.


Are the Cell juniors being alive from the manga bonus "special" drawn by Toyotaro supposed to be canon?

This is canon.

   In the manga, After seemingly being killed by Gohan, the Cell Juniors managed to regenerate through their intact nuclei, and were tamed by Android 17 to defend Monster Island and not attack rangers.

Source


What is the anime where a popular soft drink kills people who drink it X times?

You may be thinking of an old Miyazaki movie called Sora Tobu Yureisen. In the movie, there was a drink called "Boa Juice" which is manufactured by the evil corporation and was really some kind of poison that made people dissolve if you drank enough of it.

This blog post has a really detailed synopsis with lots of screenshots of the movie.


Is it possible for Lucy to meet Aquarius again, or did she die/get sacrificed?

Aquarius did not die, because when Lucy broke her Gold Key, she only became unable to leave the Spirit World and travel to Mage's World.

From Aquarius's article on Fairy Tail Wiki:

  Aquarius adds that breaking the key won't kill her, but will merely
  make her unable to leave the Spirit World.

And yes, there is only one Gold Key to each Zodiac Spirit. You can see all of them in this part of the Wiki.


How does Hiruma get all the information in his black book?

The information were gathered using hacked cameras, mostly in cellphones. The hacked network was that great, that he could get information of nearly anything in Tokyo, and he never stopped that network.

Funfact:

  In one of Q&A column, it is revealed that the book was actually blank- All the information lies within Hiruma's brain, and the book only serves as a threat tool.

Source: Eyeshield 21 Wiki


Why doesn't Hiashi Hyuga use the curse mark during the Fourth Great Shinobi War?

The answer is simple, really. Because destroying his brain means nothing. Why? Because an edo tensei-ed person will rebuilt any broken body part after awhile, which is why the only way to fight them is to seal them.


Was Soichiro Yagami that much close to his natural lifespan?

The answer is yes and no. He himself said that he was thinking about suicide and that he probably would have done it within a few days. At this point, his lifespan was that short. But his "natural livespan" is unknown (and was probably longer) since his son's use of the DN led him into this situation.


if i'm not mistaken, the reason why muzan shape-shift is to hide his real identity or his face from the demon slayers. I think this is also the reason why the pillars were shocked when oyakata-sama revealed that tanjiro had a brief encounter with muzan.


What happened to the outside world in Danganronpa?

I have played the game, and yet I can tell you the answer isn't the most clear there either. All I got from there is that the incident started on Hope's Peak Academy and propagated an extreme state of unrest to the outside world. However, I've heard things are explain further in the sequel, which I haven't played nor followed a Let's Play of just yet. Taking a look at the Danganronpa wiki, they explain it quite well there:

  "The biggest and most despair inducing incident in all of Hope's Peak Academy ’s history" was only the beginning to what would be the world's end. The biggest and most despair
  inducing incident in all of Hope's Peak Academy’s history caused the reserve course students to rebel…

  At first, it was optimistically thought that everything would calm down soon, but the situation worsened and quickened its pace. The movement happened on the Internet, and formed a community of its own.

  Soon, not just students were involved, but came to include people of various races and nationalities in its development and spread off the internet and into real life.

  At the beginning of the movement, it involved demonstrations regarding social issues, but as it spread through the world, its abnormality began to show. At some point in time, the motives and modus operandi changed, and left behind only meaningless destruction and violence.

  Strong people killed weak people…

  Weak people murdered even weaker people…

  Weak people formed factions and lynched strong people

  As the violence and death spread, people became desensitized. As if time had gone backwards, people took death to become a certainty. The media reports overflowed with death, and people ate as they watched. By the time the world had noticed the abnormality, it was already too late.

  The overpowering “despair” became a huge wave that swallowed up the world in the blink of one’s eye…

  Soon, terrorists and coup d’etats sprang up and caused the despair that is war. It wasn’t war that happened due to the clash of ideals, religion or profits…It was just war.

  Pure war.

  Therefore, no way to solve the problem was found. However…how did what was originally a students’ movement develop into such a despair-worthy situation? This was because of…the existence of “a certain group of people”.

  It revolved around the “certain student” who led Hope's Peak Academy to its destruction; a group called “Super High School Level Despair”.

  Their talents, recognized by Hope's Peak Academy, were used not “for the sake of causing hope for humanity”…They used their talents “for the sake of causing despair for humanity”. Those who held great power brainwashed ordinary citizens to spread despair…

  Those who had talent with computers created software to spread despair…

  Those who had great influence over people created new ideals to spread despair.

  This is how “the biggest and most despair inducing incident in all human history” was produced. Indeed, as long as “Super High School Level Despair” exists, this despair will not end…

  “The biggest and most despair inducing incident in all human history” will not end…

And that's apparently the in-game description, though being as I don't remember reading through that, it's probably from Super Danganronpa 2.

To read more just check the source where I took that from:
http://danganronpa.wikia.com/wiki/The_World%27s_Most_Despair-Inducing_Incident


Are Awakened Zoan users able to change form?

I don't believe Oda has told us yet, and with how nebulous the definition of what makes for an "awakened" devil fruit user is, without canon stating one way or another there's not really any way we can solidly theorize a yes or no. I would presume that they would retain their ability to transform back and forth because that would make Chopper kind of lame if it didn't (but he'd be a pretty good golfer, because he'd lose all of his points [insert rimshot]), but again, without canon describing it we can't say definitively one way or another.


I've been searching for official answers, as you said, this is probably new, started on 2012 (or at most, 2011). All what I could find are some personal posts.

I have searched Google for similar images of the one below (the one below is used to advertise for OtakuDay):

And so, I found the original drawing here with title "coffee-kizoku-shibuya_rin-the_idolm-ster-the_idolm", which is a fan-art of an anime/manga character, but it has nothing to do with the OtakuDay.

I've searched twitter for #OtakuDay, there is really nothing official even on that hash tag, all I found is personal posts again (and it is probably started on 2011).

So far, the only official (non-personal) thing is actually what you posted from the AnimeNewsNetwork.com:

2nd Annual International Otaku Day = 3rd Saturday of August = "August 18, 2012"

3rd Annual International Otaku Day = 3rd Saturday of August = "August 17, 2013"

So, the 1st Annual International Otaku Day = 3rd Saturday of August = "August 20, 2011"

As for the Dec 15 it's made up in 2010 and it has been spreading since then. I finally could find the source, the oldest and very first one is this: here in tumblr posted on 14th Jul 2010

EDIT:

So, the 1st Annual International Otaku Day - 3rd Saturday of August = "August 20, 2011" is by the ANN. And the December 15th is World Day of Otaku is made by anime/manga fans.


They wear them in a different place, and both of them also "accessorize" them:

Asuka wears red ones that double as hair clips:

And Mari wears white ones as part of her hair band:

Both of them are seen pretty much wearing them all the time.

Also, the Interface Headset wiki page says:

  The headsets used by Asuka Langley Soryu, and by Asuka Shikinami Langley for her Eva-03 test, are both more similar to hair clips in form than the default model. Mari Makinami Illustrious also wears a unique model incorporated into a hairband. For both Asuka and Mari, the headset lies against different parts of the brain than the standard model, but whether this has any functional implications isn't known.


Why does Shura no Toki go through different generations in each season?

There's a bit of history here which puts this in perspective. In 1987, mangaka Kawahara Masatoshi first published Shura no Mon. This  is a pretty standard martial arts manga in terms of setting and characters. It primarily follows a single character, Mutsu Tsukumoto. He practices a martial art Mutsu Enmei Ryuu. This martial arts style has apparently never been defeated in its 1000 year history. Shura no Mon ran for 31 volumes and finished publication in 1996. It does have a sequel which began in 2010. It was never adapted as an anime.

In 1989, Kawahara began publishing a prequel manga Shura no Toki. This details the thousand-year history of Mutsu Enmei Ryuu and the Mutsu family. It has arcs for each of the major periods in Japanese history, each with different characters. This was published at a slower pace. In total, there were 15 volumes. The series ended in 2005.

The anime adaptation of Shura no Toki occurred in 2004. They chose to adapt Shura no Toki rather than Shura no Mon, and covered 3 story arcs. Given the timing, this made more sense. Shura no Mon hadn't been released for 8 years, but Shura no Toki was still publishing and nearing its end, which is a good time for an anime adaptation. Of course, given the nature of the work, they adapted it in arcs rather than just doing a single one.

It's a bit of a historical accident that Shura no Toki got an anime adaptation, while Shura no Mon didn't. I don't think there's a single really convincing reason why it happened. Partially, the timing wasn't great. Martial arts was big in the 1980s, but by the mid-90s (when an anime might have started) it had died down in popularity. Shura no Toki was better timed in that respect and also had the benefit of being more historically themed (and hence appealing to a larger group than just martial arts enthusiasts). There's plenty of other speculation as to why the prequel was the only part to be adapted as an anime, but in any event that's the fact of the matter.

So the reason why Shura no Toki took that approach is because it was always designed and intended as a prequel to Shura no Mon, which has the more traditional single protagonist. However, in English, the Shura no Toki anime is the only one with a sizable following since neither manga is well known. Without that context, the style of the anime seems somewhat strange.


The rings do not have abilities.

They are simply used for the Akatsuki membership, which is why Sasuke's group Taka was never really considered Akatsuki. They might have had the cloaks, but they didn't have the rings and the rings signify a true Akatsuki member.

Also, Orochimaru's ring was never replaced when he left the Akatsuki. There have been 10 Akatsuki rings total as well as 10 members of the group.

Taken from Naruto wikia

  Right thumb: "zero" (零, rei); worn by Pain. Its colour is purplish-grey.

  Right index finger: "blue," "green" (青, ao, shō); worn by Deidara. Its colour is teal.

  Right middle finger: "white" (白, bya); worn by Konan. Its colour is white.

  Right ring finger: "vermilion," "scarlet" (朱, shu); worn by Itachi Uchiha. Its colour is >red.

  Right little finger: "sign of the boar" (亥, gai); worn by Zetsu. Its colour is green.

  Left little finger: "sky," "void" (空, kū); worn by Orochimaru. Its colour is slate blue.

  Left ring finger: "south" (南, nan); worn by Kisame Hoshigaki. Its colour is yellow.

  Left middle finger: "north" (北, hoku); worn by Kakuzu. Its colour is dark green.

  Left index finger: "three" (三, san); worn by Hidan. Its colour is orange.

  Left thumb: "jewel," "ball," also the black king in shogi (玉, gyoku); worn by Sasori and >later by Tobi. Its colour is purple.


Does Saitama have any friends outside the heroes ones?

I've just read one of the last chapters of the webcomic, and Tatsumaki asks him exactly this, that if he has any friends and

   when it was the last time he met with someone outside of the hero association, to what Saitama can't answer.

And Tatsumaki calls him a lonely baldy


How can All Might still fight using One For All in the latest movie?

You are right, All Might has weakened significantly after his fight with All for One. It would be contradictory to show that he can still fight a powerful villain after that. However, the movie happened before his fight with All for One. As quoted from Horikoshi here,

  "Yes, the events of the movie happen before the battle with All For One, so I want everyone to be able to watch and look forward to this since you will never see their duo move in the manga."

The movie is set after the Final Exams, so roughly between Episode 38 and 39, while the fight between All Might and All For One happened in Episodes 47 to 49.


Has Boruto the anime caught up with the manga?

You should probably watch Boruto from the start. Though it happens in the movie but it still feels better when you watch from the start and it is also not that much. There are only just 68 episodes in total released until now. You can binge watch them in like 2 days.

Also, it is better if we do not compare anime and manga content when the anime is ahead of the manga as in case of DB Super and also Boruto as they may be very different and manga can give some content which is crucial for the story and the anime misses it as it is directed by some other person and not by the mangaka (for example we came to know in DB Super that if the kaioshin dies so does Beerus, it was told earlier in the manga while the anime had already gone much further from that point of the story, though the anime included that bit in the very next episode released after the chapter in which this info was provided).


Was Gol D Roger as strong as people say?

Well, there are a few pieces of evidence that indicate that Roger was as strong as 'people' say. I'll just list them out.

It was mentioned by Roger, without contradiction, that both him and Garp have nearly killed each other several times. We know that in Garp's younger days, he was at least considered to be a viable candidate to become an Admiral. This was shown during the Battle of Edd War, when the Fleet Admiral Kong offered Garp a promotion and Garp declined that. So, we can at least say that Roger was very capable of going up against an Admiral at this time.

About 38 years ago (or was it 40?), Roger and Garp teamed up to take down the Rocks Pirates. Granted, we don't know what exactly this entails but it's very likely that the both of them (along with the rest of the Roger Pirates probably) had to go up against Big Mom, Kaido, Shiki, Whitebeard, Wang Zhi and Rocks himself. Considering the fact that they ended up winning the battle and Rocks apparently met his end there, it's safe to say that Roger would've surely been considered one of the strongest pirates at that point.

In Oden's flashback, it was shown that both Roger and Whitebeard were at a point where they were able to use Advanced forms of Haki at will and seemingly without any restraints. It seemed to be the case that they could do so without having to exert much effort into it as well. Mastery of such advanced levels of Haki surely counts as a good show of strength.

Finally, we know that Rayleigh, as an old man, had the power to go toe-to-toe against an Admiral. We don't know if he would have won that fight against Kizaru (there are way too many variables that are missing, though I'm of the opinion that it would've ended in a stalemate). But it's very clear that Rayleigh, in his prime, would've been easily able to fight against an Admiral without too many issues. If Roger was not significantly stronger than Rayleigh, then he would've at least been strong enough for Rayleigh to still refer to him as his Captain.

Basically, all of this counts as pretty solid evidence that Roger was as strong as people said. It is interesting to note that in the current context of One Piece, people actually use Whitebeard as a measure of power. That is, they typically measure the strength of a given pirate based on how strong Whitebeard used to be in his prime.


If a white person/American was to make anime is it still anime?

Yes I believe it would. I’m pretty sure (not 100%) but I think Avatar the last airbender is considered anime even though it’s an American production


Is Doflamingo really dead in chapter 743?

Doflamingo-sama is alive and well, as expected.

In chapter 744, we can see his head saying

  Fufufu... You guys really got me good. I'm head over heels in shock.

While in chapter 745, we can see that there are in fact two Doflamingos. The left one is the headless Doflamingo whose head Kyros severed, while the right one is (probably) the real Doflamingo.

Later in chapter 745, we can see Violet explaining what was going on.

  It appears to be a marionette made of string!

Basically, since Doflamingo ate the String Fruit, he has become a string human. He can manipulate strings to the extent that he can create a marionette duplicate of himself and move it around as if it were him. It was this marionette that Kyros had severed the head of, not Doflamingo's real head. Therefore, he is still very much alive and completely unharmed

   at that point at least.


This answer contains lots of spoilers so I might as well make one block, edit if you will

   When Madara rescued Obito from the collapsed cave he used Hashirama
 Senju's living clone to heal Obito's crushed body. Not only did this
 heal Obito's body but it also gave him access to Hashirama Senju's
 abilities, the wood release ability, as seen when he defeated the
 ninjas who wanted to steal Rin's body.
 Now Hashirama Senju had unique medical ninjutsu which healed himself without forming any
 seals whatsoever. So if Obito gained access to the wood release ninjutsu he may also gained
 this medical ninjutsu, which in turn healed his eye throughout the years.


How is the title of "National treasure" attained?

I've yet to read this but I think I found the answer. Hinomaru is someone who has the title 'National Treasure' because he

  has the potential to become a yokozuna. (Wiki)

Yokozuna is the highest rank in sumo. 'National Treasure' is more like a moniker or an informal title rather than a formal one that can be obtained. It is not an official rank but a nickname and since only those with a potential to attain the highest rank are given this nickname, then whether or not he ghosted, he still has the potential to become yokozuna, hence he was able to keep the 'title'.


Which Japanese animation was the first to be banned and where?

Compared to your other question What Japanese animation was the first to be an international success?, I don't think you can really pinpoint to a specific animation for being the first to be banned. All Japanese (or even all international) media was probably banned in several countries for various reasons.

Some countries had such a tight regime that no media could get in (or out) from (or to) whatever country, as mentioned by senshin. If I were better at world history I would have added some examples
Some countries had had a grudge against Japan and had banned all Japanese cultural import all together. For example, South Korea had banned all Japanese media after World War II.


Can Genos do something to increase his power other than changing his parts?

That would depend on how much modification is done on his body. From here, it says that

  Genos has an entirely mechanical body in the model of a handsome young man. His face and ears look like that of a normal human, made of an artificial skin material...

If this is true, then yes, one of his only possible options is to upgrade parts only since his body is already purely mechanical. Doing Saitama's routine would not improve his already-mechanical body.

However, he has a capacity to learn and acquire knowledge. Whatever limits him due to his mechanical body can be supplemented by a constant experience and knowledge. As they say, knowledge itself is power. Power alone is useless if used without knowledge and most of the time, enemies cannot be defeated without thinking and analyzing the situation first.


The episode you cite is the first one of a saga filler, which means it's original material, present in the Anime only. So there's no Manga canon to answer it, because it doesn't come from there.


Wood Style requires water and earth affinity as it's a combination of these, while Naruto has wind affinity.

Using Combined Styles also requires Kekkei Genkai, which Naruto doesn't have.

So unless the author comes up with something in the future (like somehow forming his own chakra into the one he received from Hagoromo or into the chakras he received from the tailed beasts) Naruto is highly unlikely to be able to use Wood Style.


Since this is regards to Naruto Shippuden: Bonds, the music that plays during the Determination Rasengan scene is title as Snowflakes. This is track #29 on the Naruto Shippden: Bonds OST


Why does the text of Shino-sensei's math problems look different from normal Japanese?

This is only a partial answer, which I'm posting since it seems too long for a comment: I don't know Japanese well and I haven't followed Boruto at all so don't know about the language used in-universe. However, I have some knowledge of kanji from knowing a modicum of Chinese.

To me, some of this writing looks close enough to recognisable kanji, albeit kanji written quickly and sloppily. (Here are some examples of such handwriting, both in Japanese and Chinese: 1, 2. A web search for messy chinese writing generates some fairly good examples in Chinese. I had less luck trying to find explicitly Japanese examples from a quick search in English. Many of the results that appeared were from foreign language learners, whose bad handwriting probably resulted from lack of familiarity with kanji as a whole.) For instance, I can see something that looks like 解, which would be referring to the solution for the problem, on the left side. I can also see 甲 come up several times, but I don't know what it would be referring to. Some of the writing also appears to be Latin/Greek characters used in maths: Vx written in a cursive style is on one of the top lines of the solution.

I don't know if some of the writing here was drawn as meaningless scribbles, but either way, Japanese maths doesn't use a vastly different set of characters from other fields or languages. [Consider that web searches for terms such as 東大 数学 (tokyo university mathematics) will only generate results that look like a combination of normal maths writing and some Japanese characters.]


Would it be illegal to host a anime streaming website?

It would only be legal to stream any anime when you have acquired the licenses to do so. You'd have to make an agreement with the intellectual property holder (production company or the distributor), and they won't sign with just anyone − they want trusted sites which would be visited by enough users. And these licenses have limited time frames. It also costs a lot of money. The exact number varies case by case, but it's safe to say it would cost a fortune to an individual.


What caused the difference between the good and true endings of Unlimited Blade Works?

In the visual novel nothing is told.
The anime clarifies quite a bit:

True ending: Rin stares as saber disappears (no running from Rin). After a while Saber starts her speech: Basically congratulations, I would have really liked to stay but Shiro has you (it is sooo clear she can be easily convinced, but Rin didn't do anything). In this ending it is also clear Rin is head over heels for Shirou and realises he doesn't care that much for saber.

Good ending: Rin runs like berserker to save saber (it's just a few meters though). Now the big question, Why did Rin saver her? There are 2 possibilities:

A) She doesn't love Shiro that much since she didn't receive enough points. I would find it hard to believe though because of how much she insists afterwards he's hers and that saber and her will teach him magic and martial arts on a daily basis. Also, why get so angry then when she considers they're flirting?
And why would Rin also say: You want her to stay, so it's alright (this is said in the VN).
Another reason I don't think it's likely is because in the whole VN Rin always gives Shirou what he wants: Fate (she helps bringing saber and Shirou together); UBW (if you just want Rin, you get just Rin. If you're also interested in saber Rin runs to save her); HF (she wants him to be with Sakura and be happy).
You could argue it is because Rin doesn't love him a lot, but 90% of the time she's risking her life because of him (and dies a few times due to that in the bad endings). Sakura can't do that even if she wants to and saber does it out of her contract (at least during the first part of each route). I've always imagined Rin as Shirou's guardian angel, and the only reason they turn into a couple in UBW is because he realises that even before the war started she saved him by consuming her most powerful weapon.

B) She knows in this ending Shirou would almost die of sorrow if saber goes (not so much as the fate route but not that far away either). Well, this is what I believe happens. The reason why Rin keeps insisting saber is her familiar and hers would therefore be because:

She doesn't want them to get romantically attached (in the VN she tells them not to flirt), she just wants saber to watch over him (so he doesn't become archer) and support him and make him happy.
Imagine Rin gives saber back. Well, this would be a threesome whether they want it or not. Rin not having a link with saber = having sex with her, the same goes for Shirou. Now, with the link Shirou and Rin can become a couple and mana be supplied constantly without sex.


Why does Obito look like an adult during the Kyuubi attack on Konoha?

The difference in age between Obito and Kakashi has been explained in this answer.

From this thread on narutoforums (emphasis mine):

  It is impossible for both Kakashi and Obito to have been 13 during the Kakashi Gaiden, because there is at least a confirmed 4 year age difference between Kakashi and Obito when they were confirmed to both be Genin teammates during the Chuunin Exams. They entered the academy the same time, and they all graduated the academy together as teammates. Kakashi was at least 4 years younger than both of his teammates at all times. There is no possible way that Kakashi was a 13 year old Jonin during the Kakashi Gaiden.

Since Kakashi is younger than Obito, obviously Obito will look older.


Can universe 6 saiyans turn into Oozaru?

Saiyan's from Universe 6 do not possess tails on account of the evolution process in their Universe. Cabba has no idea of it in the anime when Goku questions Cabba with regard to the same. Also, in the Manga Cabba knew of the tails and how they evolved past itSo technically, they wouldn't be able to turn into Oozaru


What is this manga about a demon or vampire linked to an acolyte?

I just realized it or rather found it out when it updated yesterday. The title of the work is Kai Pilgrim.


Is it true Gilthunder statement about Meliodas and Ban being the strongest nanatsu no taizai members?

The tricky thing with calling someone the strongest in any show is that it is very quickly opinion based. One could say that Escanor is easily the strongest member of the group because he just obliterates everyone he sees. Meliodas has his full-counter move which is also a feature one could use to call him the strongest. Ban is immortal. He litterally can't die. This feature of Ban could be used to argue that he is the strongest member (he also has the whole muscle buff mode thingie).

The point I am trying to make here is that (in the way i see it) Gilthunder believes Meliodas and Ban to be the strongest members based on things he knows/has seen. I don't believe that you should take his statement 100% at face value when it comes to actual power level scaling.


Is Ash's Pikachu stronger than regular Pikachu?

By a regular Pikachu you mean by the anime standards? Then yes, it's above average.

But compared to Red's Pikachu from the manga it's a Magikarp.
In the manga, Red is one of the (if not THE) best trainers of the region. He actually uses his brain in combat. The Pokemon world in the manga is a lot harsher than the anime world (Pokemons are used as weapons to kill humans and other Pokemons). Ash would probably get destroyed by a random Ratata from the manga. So no, as per manga standards (it'd be one of the weakest).

Red's Pikachu is what I call a strong Pikachu. For instance, Red's Pikachu (very well trained, and very experienced in battles) has taken out all of Lance's (Elite Four) Pokemons in one megavolt attack. He's even made Lugia faint with that attack. And Red's Pikachu was about level 88 the last time I checked.

Source: Pokemon Manga and Pokemon Anime


How is that mechanical soldiers and cursed children can be held by a couple of regular humans?

I'll answer this in two parts, the first part covering mechanical soldiers and the second part covering cursed children.
Mechanical Soldiers
No it is not possible to deactivate/remove a mechanical soldier strength remotely. This is easy to see from the fact that the only way to defeat Kagetane (who is also a mechanical soldier) or Tina was to beat them outright. In both cases their identity were known but there was nothing that could be done to stop them beside facing them on the battlefield.
It has to be mentioned that it might not be impossible that some mechanical soldiers might have a kill switch built in (though I have yet to find any mention of this in the light novels) but this is unlikely due to the same reasons that it is stupid to provide a back-door to a system you built. If you can get in sooner or later someone else will also figure out how to get in. Also, if you ever get captured it is very likely that the people who caught you will force you to disable your soldier which makes the chance of you being rescued unlikely.
The reason the police were able to restrain Rentaro is simply because he was holding back. Similar to our world it puts you in a very bad place when you beat up police officers who are restraining you. Rentaro (and by extension the Tendo Civil Security Agency that employs him) would not be able to continue doing business if he beats up police officers even if he was in the right.
Cursed Children
Cursed Children can be harmed/killed with Varanium weapons (see this question). While it might not be easy to hit them due to their abilities once they are hit they are as vulnerable as any human. Additionally Initiators are trained fighter whereas homeless Cursed Children are not. Then there is also the fact that the Cursed Children are already hated and feared (which is what

 leads to the bombing of the bombing of the outer district school)

so it does them no good to resist. They will most likely just be "put down" as most people do not look at them as human. Additionally it will simply incite further violence and hatred against their kind.
The following extract indicates that Varanium weapons do exist with the explicit goal of wounding and killing Cursed Children as well as the general response of Cursed Children when faced with violence

“Damn it, what a disgusting brat!” Facing front, Rentaro saw that the oldest man in front of him was holding a Varanium switchblade dripping with blood, his face twisted with hatred. It was a thin knife with a blade about twelve centimeters long; it was too short to fight off a Gastrea, so it was hard to think of what it could be used for other than to deliver a fatal wound to one of the Cursed Children. The beggar girl shook her head, still bent over on the ground. “I’m sorry, Mr. Civil Officer. Even though I promised…I deserve what I got, but I, I just…”
Kanzaki, Shiden. Black Bullet, Vol. 3 (light novel): The Destruction of the World by Fire (pp. 163-164). Yen Press. Kindle Edition.


What is the piano song in the very first beginning of Tokyo Ghoul:re season 2 episode 1?

Name of the song is:
Believe Again (Piano Version)

Artist:  Yutaka Yamada
Album: Tokyo Ghoul:re OST

Friendly Suggestion:

   Same song but little more Epic!
 Played with Symphonic Orchestra
 Believe Again - (Symphonic Suites)


If Naruto loses the ability he used on Kakashi and Guy after Kaguya's seal, what did Sasuke lose?

I'm up with an assumption. It's not really clear if Naruto lost his six paths ability, but if so, Sasuke also has some limitations on the usage of his rinnegan. His rinnegan has tomoes, and some state that it's a representation of it's charge. It doesn't seem to lose it's charge until he wields a no tomoe rinnegan in boruto series. So, his rinnegan must have lost it's ability to maintain it's charge.


What is the Evangelion reference Araragi was talking about?

Adding onto the other answer, the exact thing that gets interpreted as an EVA reference is Senjougahara's line:

  You won't die. [Short break.] You won't die. Because I'll protect you.

It is clear that this is probably the content of the "reference", as Araragi makes the comment about wanting "no unnecessary Evangelion references" right after this line.

This is nearly identical to a line between Shinji and Rei in episode 6 of the EVA anime, as mivilar has pointed out. In that episode, there is an Angel attacking NERV, which has so far repelled the attacks against it. The solution is to use a very high-power rifle against the Angel from a distance, with Rei acting as a back-up or shield for Shinji.

Prior to the start of the mission, Shinji is worried, and asks Rei if she is scared. In response, she tells him that he shouldn't be scared, that "you won't die; I'll protect you." (The exact wording probably depends on the subtitle set.)

Aside: Naturally, this suggests that the EVA line is rather notable (something which did not occur to me when I first watched EVA). I would suspect that it has become so partly because of the pacing of the specific scene. Perhaps it's also easier to catch the mirroring of words in Japanese, as this is not a line with very idiosyncratic vocabulary. (Compare to Senjougahara's reference to Fullmetal Alchemist in Bakemonogatari, where the exact ordering or wording of "X kilos of A, Y grams of B, . . ." doesn't matter too much in terms of the ability of a watcher to catch the reference.)


Why didn't Marcel turn into a Titan to avoid being eaten by Ymir?

This is how I interpret it based on the events shown in Chapter 95.

During this time,

   Marcel revealed to Reiner that he wasn't supposed to be a warrior in the first place. As expected, this shocked Reiner. He was lost in his thoughts that he did not notice Ymir behind him. He only had time to look back before being shoved away by Marcel.

Notice in the image how Ymir's hand is already reaching towards Marcel, who pushed Reiner out of the way. He had no time to react at all and after being grabbed, what I guess happened was that he couldn't injure himself. Also, notice in this chapter how he kept looking at Reiner and his other comrades with his mouth open, with no time to react at all or even say anything to them, which led me to assume that the events were probably too fast for them to handle. It was probably their first time in that situation and it's understandable they'd give in to fear instead of thinking.

Why would he do this? The most probably cause is panic. Sure, they were trained as soldiers but they were still children. That situation alone would make anyone panic and not think properly. It's also possible that the mixed emotions he had (guilt, for revealing to Reiner that he forced Marley to enlist him in order to save his brother, and his hesitation of the mission) was enough to make him lose his will to continue the mission or forget what he's capable of.

Why didn't Reiner, Annie or Bertolt transform? Bad decisions due to, again, panic and unexpected events. In Chapter 96,

   after they ran away, Annie was telling them that had they not run away, they would have gotten hold of the Jaw Titan back. But seeing both her comrades running, she followed, remarking that she did not know what to do. Reiner was also still in panic and he only calmed down and thought of a plan after the three of them talked. It was also mentioned by Reiner, who after calming down, that they would not have caught the Jaw Titan anyway without Pieck's help since it's faster than all of them. There is also the risk of running into more Titans (they still don't know how many there are and they did not even expect to be attacked since their intel tells them that Titans only reside near the walls) and with only three of them, Reiner mentions that they'll just risk getting exhausted or eaten.


How can fans be used to augment earthbending?

They don't, but Avatar Kyoshi was an Avatar and therefore did not just Earthbend. She is shown using the fans to enhance her Airbending. This is seen when she creates Kyoshi Island and when she defeats the Earth King's guards.

The fans themselves are merely instruments that were used by Kyoshi herself, and later adopted by the Kyoshi warriors. As Suki says when she is teaching Sokka to use them, "Think of the fan as an extension of your arm." She also mentions that "Our technique is about using our opponents force against them" which is similar to the principles around Airbending.

When Kyoshi is show using her bending, she is shown doing so with her fans. They were her weapon of choice, and considering she is the one who taught the first Kyoshi warriors, they are the ones likely to know her reason best. She also was teaching the women these techniques because they were being mistreated by men. The principles of using ones strength against them taught by Airbending is a good principle to teach to people who may be smaller than their attacker.

There is no real evidence to support it "enhanced" her Earthbending in any way other than the fact she was shown Earthbending with the fans in hand. The cited source for the claim is the episode in which she creates Kyoshi Island, and while she is shown using the fans, she also enters the Avatar state to be able to do the high level bending needed to perform the task. The stances she takes are that of a regular Earthbender/Lavabender, and the fans only really come into play when she uses them for her Airbending.

Basically, there is no evidence to support this, though also no evidence to the contrary. It is merely a claim about her use of the fans as a weapon.


What is the name of the manga which depicts Hitler as a Super Aryan?

It's called Mudazumo Naki Kaikaku. The characters are all based off of real-life politicians like George Bush, Kim Jong Il, Mao, Pol Pot, Putin, and of course, many from Nazi Germany, and they play Mahjong together in this manga. It was also adapted into an anime series.


How do Naruto and Sasuke manage to beat Kaguya so quickly?

This fight within the narutoverse is one of the few examples where a team made a huge difference other than a one on one fight . Hagoromo and Hamura took months to defeat kaguya . On the other hand Naruto and Sasuke were with sakura , obito and kakashi ( one of the most revered shinobi in narutoverse). also one of the other major reasons she was defeated was because of the tailed beasts themselves .

Kaguya herself was fighting after thousands of years , She had a massive chakra even greater than madara as sasuke confirms . She was continuously teleporting between dimensions which was consuming huge amounts of chakra from her . Black Zetsu although made a plan of separating them , and did so successfully . Obito successfully bought him back with the help of sakura . Although you say that sakura just threw a punch and there were some kamui's by both kakashi and obito what you forget was how they came at absolutely crucial moments . Obito gave up his life to save both of them from All-killing ash bones of Kaguya .

The major turning point within the battle came when kaguya got hit by the Naruto's Rasenshuriken . Taken From Wikia[Naruto Shippuden]:

 After getting hit by Naruto's tailed beast powered Rasenshuriken, the Ten-
 Tails' chakra within her reacted violently to the chakra of the other
 tailed beasts, transforming her into a rabbit-like chakra monster, which
 according to Black Zetsu was a form she couldn't control.

Now the battle went downhill after this , when hagoromo and hamura fought kaguya there was no concept of the tailed beasts being separate , but during these two thousand years they had spawned from the ten tailed beast and had gained experiences and fought in wars . so when naruto hit her with the rasenshuriken , she was in the unstable state wherein she was being attacked both from outside and inside [ the tailed beasts started resisting there capture] and it was soon after this weakened moment that they were able to seal her . Although she tried to escape , there came in sakura's opportune punch to stop her from this and they successfully sealed her .

Another thing you need to be wary of is the war itself took only within two days .


Why didn't Jiraiya use reverse summoning as a way to escape?

Simply said he could have, and Fukasaku even recommended Jiraiya to do this. But Jiraiya decided not to since he already got too close to find out Pain's ability and identity. Also there would be no second chance in finding out his ability after this anymore, because Pain would be more careful afterwards.

  When Jiraiya originally summoned the elder toad couple they also asked him why he was fighting1. A few chapters after, when Jiraiya already got gravely wounded2 and orders the elder couple to retreats he gives his reasoning for staying

1(chap 376 pag 3-5)
2(chap 381 pag 10-11)


What's the song that is played in episode 11 of One Piece at 21:54?

The song is Overtaken (Japanese title: 追いつめられた), and it is recorded as track 13 in ONE PIECE MUSIC & SONG Collection 2.

You can listen to it on YouTube or a sample of the song on Amazon.


What did Yasaburou mean by calling himself a "Bohemian Tanuki"?

I doubt Yasaburou was insinuating that he was from the traditional Czech lands. Instead he meant Bohemianism, which is used to describe people of unconventional lifestyles.

Also see: Urban dictionary, Merriam Webster, Dictionary.com.

a person (as a writer or an artist) living an unconventional life usually in a colony with others
pertaining to or characteristic of the unconventional life of a bohemian.
living a wandering or vagabond life, as a Gypsy.


Why can't Mirajane fight after Lisanna's death anymore?

Mirajane didn't exactly lose her powers. As Märmîk Šhâh said, Mirajane probably lost the will to fight from being unable to protect her sister despite being S-Class and being there. She probably stopped using magic because of this and thus her powers waned from not being used.

During the final Arc of Season 1, when Freed defeats Elfman, Mirajane's distress over her brother's suffering and being reminded of Lisanna's death causes her to join the fight to avoid seeing her family suffer for the second time. This is when she uses her Satan Soul, probably not as strong as it once was but she was an S-Class Mage and she retained that rank since the accident.


What Anime is this about a Female Arms Dealer with a bodyguard who hates her?

I believe it is Jormungand

  The series follows Koko Hekmatyar, a young arms dealer who sells weapons under HCLI, an international shipping corporation and illegal smuggling operation. As one of the company's unofficial weapon dealers, she sells weapons in a variety of countries while avoiding both local and international authorities. Traveling with her is a team of bodyguards, mostly composed of former soldiers. Her latest addition to her crew is Jonah, an inexpressive and deadly child soldier who hates arms dealers.

As you can see from the Wikipedia Link Funimation licensed both season and the original run for the first season was in 2012.

The female you describe is Koko who is the arms dealer while the boy is Jonah which in the quote above (taken from Wikipedia) is a child solider who hates arms dealers.

This image bellow also also shows Koko and Jonah. Koko is in the middle with the white miniskirt and Johan is at the right end with the dark skin

and the cover of the manga on Wikipedia (can't post a second link) shows Koko, while wearing a black skirt wears a white coat which is like a trademark of hers.


Is there any in-universe explanation as to why some CAD have to look like guns?

As far as I know, this is mentioned only in the light novels, not the anime:

  The Specialized CADs are often shaped in the form of guns as they have the auxiliary aiming systems incorporated in the area corresponding to the barrel. Co-ordinate data is input at the moment the activation sequence initiates, in order to reduce the calculation load on the user. Psions aren't emitted from the muzzle.

(Taken from the wiki, which takes it from Volume 1 - http://mahouka-koukou-no-rettousei.wikia.com/wiki/Casting_Assistant_Device_(CAD)#Specialized_CAD)


Why did Near start to suspect the presence of a second Death Note?

L already suspected that there's more than one Death Note, so Near knows that there are two notebooks. Fact one came into consideration at the time of the kidnapping of Kiyomi Takada, when Mikami went to the gym a second time. He behaved suspiciously, and took the actual Death Note and wrote Kiyomi Takada's name. It is revealed at the end of the Death Note.


What happened to the Namekian Dragon Balls when the planet exploded?

In chapter 327, the Namekians were sent to Earth by using Porunga's third and last wish. As mentioned by Grand Elder, it seemed that at that time the Dragon Balls had followed him to Earth.

Then in chapter 329, after being on Earth for a year, the Namekians wished to be sent to New Namek together with their Dragon Balls.

So basically the Dragon Balls moved about together with the Namekians from Namek to Earth to New Namek.


Who do the other names on the list of idols in episode 2 refer to?

Here are some likely culprits:

でんじは組 →
でんぱ組.inc, Denpagumi.inc
ワン子クラブ →
おニャン子クラブ, Onyanko Club
長森明栞 →
佐保明梨, Saho Akari
(Unsure), maybe
長森佳容, Nagamori Yoshiro,
too
長森明菜 → 中森明菜, Akina Nakamori (singer) Credit to @Passed
Square → Circle (Unsure)


What MMOs influence Sword Art Online and Log Horizon?

His main inspirations would be

Ultima Online
Ragnarok Online

Reki Kawahara was in the Manga Studies Club. He drew manga and illustrations during his time there. Kawahara would often head to the arcade with his fellow members to play fighting games . He also started playing online games in 1998, starting with Ultima Online. Kawahara also played Ragnarok Online, his most played game (although he stated World of Warcraft during Sakura-Con 2013)
He felt it would be more natural to write about net games.

For some more of his inspirations and why he decided to write you can read a brief biography about him


When and how did Claude take a part of Ciel's soul?

I'm not positive exactly what part you're talking about because it's been a while since I watched that part of the show, and your question is a bit vague.

Here's what happens:

Sebastian doesn't want to consume Ciel's soul as it is (as of the start of Kuroshitsuji II) because he doesn't remember taking his revenge, so his soul is incomplete. As such, Sebastian and Claude make a bargain to allow Ciel to take a second revenge, this time on Alois. Both think that, after the second revenge will happen, they will be able to get Ciel and consume his soul.

Claude then kills Alois and puts his soul in a ring.

Following that, from this:

  It is shown that [Claude] is keeping a close eye on Sebastian and Ciel as they embark in another assignment from the Queen when Sebastian becomes occupied in a fight with William T. Spears, Ciel is arrested by the police who believe he's Alois Trancy and is identified by Hannah as Alois. Ciel is then tortured, which Claude and Hannah override. While Ciel is in a weak state after heavy and severe treatment Claude begins hypnotizing him and then places Alois's ring on Ciel's finger causing Alois's memories to mix in with Ciel's memories; this causes Ciel to believe that Sebastian was the cause for the death of his parents and his "brother," Luka Macken. When Sebastian finally reaches Ciel, Ciel pushes him away and refers to Claude as his butler. Claude then whispers to Ciel to order Sebastian to leave his sight, which Ciel does willfully. Claude then takes the weak and tired Ciel back to the Trancy mansion where he is warmly welcomed.


What are the effects of forging a contract with a dragoon?

To be honest, I feel as if being a dragoon, Cavalier is much more efficient whereas now he can't die unless the brain is killed and as we see he becomes much more powerful being able to take on Shin as if he was on a whole different level than him. He also gets Fredirika to constantly follow his commands which Fredirika was more powerful than his old self so he really just becomes so much more powerful, but he didn't do it in the first place for his pride and honor and stuff like that.


Where did Nami get her Clima-tact while fighting Absalom?

There is no official answer but I have an idea:

She always wears a girdle around her leg where she keeps her clima-tact, the zombies probably didn't think it would be something relevant or dangerous and let her keep it on her when they changed her.


Toei Animation, the original production company that put out Digimon Adventures, is definitely advertising it as a sequel to the original stories.

The release of Digimon Adventure Tri is supposed to be their gift
 to Digimon fans for the fifteen year anniversary of the ending of the original show.

You mention that it seems the public has forgotten past Digimon appearances in the world but I don't think so. After their appearance and destruction of the airport and town the news reporter states that this serves as a reminder of their destructive power.  The fact that this is a reminder proves that they've seen events like this before.


What does the German part in "Feuerroter Pfeil und Bogen"/Guren No Yumiya mean?

Both of the video's seem to get the first part of the lyrics wrong. However, the narrative on the first one, eg. question > answer, is indeed the one they tried to get across.
According to the CD booklet, the song 紅蓮の弓矢 歌詞 by Linked Horizon starts with the following sentences:

Image taken from taken from the full image at Rafaelferrer.info

All though a tad hard to read, the sentences seem to be as follows

Seid ihr das Essen?
Nein, wir sind der Jäger!

Leaving the correctness of the German pronunciation/usage aside, which is nicely covered on reddit, this would roughly translate to:

Are you the food?
No, we are the hunters!


Why do people call the Bijuu "tailed beasts" if not all of them have tails?

As you can see in both of these pictures, the tails originate from the lower back of the beasts, where normally the tail would originate.

For Gyūki, the limbs should be on the front or below the body to be considered limbs.

For Chōmei, the wings need to be higher up, up from the centroid, or the head would be below the rest of the body while using the wings.

Links to the original images:
Gyūki
Chōmei


What were the other nine questions in the Chuunin exams?

is cryptography
is figuring out trajectory of a thrown shuriken, as well as predicting the furthest possible range of a shuriken and describing how that conclusion was reached
appears to have a topographical map involving a mountain

As far as I can tell, no other question is explicitly discussed or clearly shown, but none of the rest of them have diagrams or maps, so presumably they are all math or logic questions.

One that Sakura is looking at is shown but (at least at the resolution I'm looking at it on) the kanji just shows up as black blobs, and I'm not sure what it says.

According to Sakura (in the English dub), they are "problems based on uncertainty and requiring complex mechanical energy analysis." They are also stated to get more difficult as they go.


OST in the 2nd season of Magi episode 19 around 4:43

It is most definitely a mix of music but I definitely heard "Cast to Damnation" (YouTube) in there at around 7:20 .


What forms did Ichogo start and then bankai to in Anime War episode 4?

Pictured are his Fullbring form

merged Hollow form,

and some variation of his post-Fullbring Shinigami form with true Zangetsu


Is "Anime Studio" animation software used professionally in making anime?

If Japanese anime studios do use this software, you'd think their user stories would consist of at least someone from Japan or someone who's done work with a Japanese studio.

The software itself seems more geared towards a small team (or one person) production which doesn't seem to fit in a large scale production involving dozens of animators, in-betweeners, story-boarders, etc.

I know that Makoto Shinkai (Voices of a Distant Star, 5cm/s) uses Celtx, After Effects and stuff like Photoshop and Illustrator. He's done one person projects. I also see Comic Works mentioned a lot on Japanese blogs. But it seems most large productions use software called "RETAS". I can't provide any sources to substantiate this claim but it's probably unlikely Japanese studios would use this software that looks like it's geared for smaller productions and use it for commercial anime production, it's more likely that they use a lot of different types of software to facilitate the process of writing->story-boarding->key-frames->inbetweens on a much larger scale. This blog post about AIC's animation process makes it out to be pretty complex.


What do the abbreviations mean in Dragon Ball Z?

Yes, you are right. SSGSS stands for Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan. I know it doesn't make any sense, but according to the info I gathered, "Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, more commonly known as Super Saiyan Blue, is a form that can be accessed after absorbing the power of Super Saiyan God and then combining it with the Super Saiyan form."

For other forms like Super Saiyan 1 and Super Saiyan 2, no fancy abbreviations are used. They are generally known as SSJ/SS for Super Saiyan 1, SSJ2/SS2 for Super Saiyan 2, and so on.
There are also other forms like USSJ (Ultra Super Saiyajin), which are sometimes confused with Super Saiyan 2 or 3, but note that they are different. You can find more details on this site also.


That's basically all of it - the 11-episode TV series, and then the two movies. There's also a recap movie for the TV series called Air Communication, but there's no sense in watching it if you already watched the TV series.

In general, when you have questions about what anime exist for a given franchise, a good approach is to search for one of the anime on AniDB (e.g. AniDB's page for Eden of the East), and look at the "relation graph" for that anime (here's the one for Eden of the East). This shows all anime that are related in some way or another to the anime you were looking at. The relation graphs get kind of messy for huge universes like Gundam (see graph), but for most franchises, the relation graphs are quite useful.


Said by whom?

The only fight you see Darkshine have in the manga at this point is against Bug God, which is an easy victory.

   In the webcomic, he suffers a psychological breakdown in his first fight (ending in chapter 76) against Garou when the thought that he might lose occurs to him.  Even then we see him bleeding from his mouth and nose.  In his second fight against Garou (chapter 85) he is easily knocked down, has multiple minor cuts and a head laceration at least, and ultimately can't even get one word out without coughing blood before passing out.  He's not explicitly shown or stated to have any broken bones, or anything more severe than any of that, though the coughing bit suggests he might have fractured ribs.  He ends up knocked out and unable to continue fighting in pretty short order, one way or another.

Before all that we're told he had never lost a fight before (chapter 76; as a hero at least; before he started training maybe he'd been in a school fight or something and lost), and never really felt challenged.


He supposedly develops a guilt and fear due to the lie he is hiding from others. According to the wiki,

  ...he decided to visit Bang in his dojo and asked him to train him, in order to become stronger. After getting rejected however, he desperately tried the same with Bomb's dojo and later visited one dojo after another, only to get rejected over and over again, thus making him even more desperate. As a result he eventually dropped the thought of getting stronger and even considered the idea to die while attempting to fight a monster.

Unless he has the drive or the will to become stronger again in the future, then no, he will not get any stronger anytime soon.


What is the conflict between Sea and Devil Fruit?

"I once heard that all the Devil Fruits are the Sea Devil's incarnations. If you eat one you'll gain a special ability, but you won't be able to swim."
  ~Shanks to Buggy in Chapter 19, page 14

It seems that the Devil Fruits may be a physical manifestation of the devils of the sea as they try and give their powers to others, so the sea, in turn, hates all that partake in these powers and tries to weaken Devil Fruit users whenever they foolishly fall into its grasp.


How was the next leader of the Uchiha clan chosen?

Right before Madara left his own clan, Konoha was founded as a place where Uchiha and Senju could co-exist peacefully.

After Madara's death, there was no true leader for the Uchiha clan. All of them were under one leadership of Hokage along with rest of the citizens of Konoha. Hashirama was elected as the first Hokage and he was later succeeded by Tobirama.


Where can I watch Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko.: Henneko BBS?

Hentai Ouji to Warawanai Neko is licenced by Sentai Filmworks according wikipedia : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_%22Hentai%22_Prince_and_the_Stony_Cat.

If you go on the official website of Sentai Filmworks you will find the blu-ray here : https://shop.sentaifilmworks.com/products/the-hentai-prince-the-stony-cat-complete-collection

It is written :

  Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animation; BBS Shorts
  (x12)

The BBS shorts are included. So you just have to buy the blu-ray.


Is the god who gave powers to Psychos the same god who gave powers to Homeless emperor?

Unknown within the webcomic or manga.  Psykos has never mentioned any such being/encounter in the webcomic.  She has said to Saitama and Fubuki that she knows of some terrifying truth about the future, which set her on the Monster Association path, but she has not been seen or heard since then in any form. And the manga hasn't revealed Homeless Emperor's connection beyond what the webcomic has provided (which isn't much).
There are some substantive differences in the portrayals in the two mediums.  The being Psykos sees in the manga is basically just some some sort of spherical meat lump, which she describes as having endless swirls on its surface and resembles Jupiter, whereas Homeless Emperor's vision in the webcomic is of a (colossal) humanoid.  He originally appears to Homeless Emperor as little more than a scribble of lines in human form. It's not until his demise that he sees his "god" in a more fleshy appearance.  This second incarnation shares the same textural appearance as Psykos's, so it at least seems reasonable to suppose they are intended to be the same entity, or at least related ones.  For what it's worth, the wiki considers them the same being.


Who is the demon who saved Cell from being killed from Vegeta?

The character you're referring to is Gravy, one of the strongest wizards during the foundation of the dark realm. He was a wizard in the Heavenly Realm. He basically joins Demigara and Putine to Fight against Chronoa(The Supreme Kai of time).


Is there an in-universe explanation for how eye transplanting works?

IIRC, the first eye transplantation ever shown in Naruto is when Kakashi got his Sharingan from dying Obito. At that time Rin was there to perform the transplantation and she was a medical ninja. Considering Obito's condition (he was crushed by a rock) I'd say that it doesn't hurt for him to have his eyes taken, because the damage he received would have made him numb to further pain. Was it hurts for Kakashi? Maybe. One thing for sure is that Rin was there to perform the surgery and being a medical ninja, she would've ensured that the transplantation is done as hygiene as possible. Kakashi was then shown to be able to use his newly transplanted eye possibly because Rin used medical ninjutsu to heal the area around his eyes, while also reconnecting the nerves to the eyeball using chakra. As mentioned during Sakura's training under Tsunade, medical ninjutsu works by using chakra to control the regrow of cells, thus healing the wounds.

The next one shown to have the eye transplantation was Uchiha Sasuke, but that was done in a hideout with Karin (a medical ninja) there. Karin is an experienced medical ninja, having worked under Orochimaru for years, thus doing something like Rin, and in a better environment should be easy for her.

And then we have Uzumaki Nagato. He got his Rinnegan from Uchiha Madara. Since Madara himself was the one who did the transplantation, and since Nagato is an Uzumaki, who is known to have a huge life-force, there should be no problem whatsoever with the transplantation.

Lastly, we also have the case where Black Zetsu took Rinnegan from Obito. Does it hurts? Yes, as seen from the pain Obito was in when Black Zetsu took the eye. Uchiha Madara then installed the eye, but with no help from other people and he just put the eyeball and puff, it's working like normal. The reason it is possible is that at that time Madara already have the Senju DNA, which enables him to have an accelerated healing, something that Tsunade noted to have been a trait of his late grandfather, Senju Hashirama, which is also the inspiration for her to develop medical ninjutsu in the first place.

So yeah, there is an in-universe explanation on how the eye transplantation works. Note that there is an inconsistency between Kakashi and Sasuke's case. Kakashi was able to use the eyes immediately but Sasuke wasn't able to despite being in a better condition.


Ranma 1/2 Season 7, Ep. 151, The Kuno Sibling Scandal - Score

Found it!

34:03 -35:46 Kenji Kawai - Come Back Here! [Chuugoku Nekonron Daikessen! Okite Yaburi No Geki]

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvSHGaoP43c


Do I need to catch up on anything before watching Dragon Ball Super?

Having watched every Dragon Ball Super episode as they came out, I would say that so long as you have watched at least Dragon Ball Z, you are good. Everything important in Dragon Ball is roughly glanced over or built upon in Dragon Ball Z; the same is true for Dragon Ball Super. Dragon Ball GT is officially not canon material thanks to Super, so it is completely unnecessary.

That being said, at least knowing everything that happened in Dragon Ball Z beyond the Frieza Arc is pretty important. There are numerous very important events that happened in the Android, Cell, and Buu arcs that are quite useful to understand what is going on in Super. The main story of Super is not based on those events though, because Super is about Gods. It will make it very confusing to understand a lot of what they talk about and do. It is not sufficiently explained. Many things can probably be inferred in some way, but I guarantee that almost everyone who is not caught up in Dragon Ball Z will either be confused or spending a lot of time on the wiki and YouTube watching clips, thanks to Super.


Misty left at the end of the original Pokemon series because her sisters won the lottery and wanted to travel around the world, so they asked Misty to stay at the gym to be the gym leader. This is in episode 273 of the anime. Of course, Misty didn't want to and wanted to travel more with Ash, but eventually she left to become the gym leader after a battle with a nasty kid along with Ash, who was showing signs of unwillingness (which made her feel a tad bit better).

As for Brock, he needed to go home and visit his family, and he pretended he forgot about this until the very last minute. So Brock, Misty and Ash each went back to their home and that was the end of the little team. Then, when Ash got home, Gary left as well, so he got bored and decided to go to Hoen where he meets Max, May, and reunited with Brock.

P.S. it was at the end of the anime too so they needed to find a reason to finish the series.


Do real-life schools have maid cafes at their school festivals?

Here are some data points, none of which I can verify the veracity of.

According to a user on chiebukuro, some class at his school ran a crossdressing cafe, and some of the boys who would look decent in a maid uniform were put in a maid uniform.
In this chiebukuro question, one user reports that they will be running a maid cafe at their school festival, and another user reports that she and the rest of the girls in her class dressed as maids for her class' cosplay cafe.
This thread (beware: Japanese blogcancer) contains posters reporting that they had run maid cafes at their school festivals; some of those posters report having attended boys' schools.
In this Twitter conversation, the replying user reports having done a crossdressing cafe where all the boys dressed as maids.
Over here, one writer indicates that they have never actually seen a maid cafe being run at a school festival, but would not be surprised to come across one.

My conclusion: school festival maid cafes exist, but they appear to be quite rare. School festival maid cafes clearly show up more often in anime than in real life. (Unsurprisingly - you can dress cute anime girls up in maid outfits and they can't complain; real life people not so much.)

I do not have enough information to address the question of chronology - that is, which came first? Anime school festival maid cafes, or real-life ones? While it is well-established that maid cafes were first observed in real-life Akihabara (c. 2001), I don't know whether they propagated from there to otaku media, and then from otaku media to real high schools, or whether high schoolers replicated Akihabara's maid cafes in real life, and otaku media then picked up on them. My gut-feel is that the former is more likely, but either explanation seems plausible.


Are there any anime series with neither an opening or ending song?

Depends what you're looking for. Besides credits and providing a transition into the show, OPs and EDs also serve the purpose of presenting the sponsor messages when the show airs on real TV. These are always present on TV in some form.

That being said, if you grab a BD or a DVD of a show, the sponsors/credits are removed and you can skip the intros and have just the show. I know that there are also some shorts that aired online that didn't have any songs, but it's a small minority and things that most people never hear about.

So no, they don't really exist since they're necessary on television for financial and legal reasons.


Is it common for a character to sing in OP/ED?

The simplest way to answer this question is to take a look at a sample of anime and see how many of them have OPs/EDs sung by the show's voice actors.

For the sake of argument, I will look at all shows with at least 10 episodes that began airing in winter 2014, excluding children's shows. I will only examine those OPs and EDs that were aired at some point between January and March 2014.

Buddy Complex - neither
Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren - ED by VAs
D-Frag - ED by VAs
Go! Go! 575 - OP by VAs; no ED
Hamatora - neither
Hoozuki no Reitetsu - OP and ED3 ("Caramel Peach Jam") by VAs; ED2 ("Parallax View") features a VA
ImoCho - OP and ED by VAs
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. - episode 9 ED by a VA
Mahou Sensou - neither
Maken-ki! Two - OP by idol group that includes some of the VAs
Mikakunin de Shinkoukei - OP and ED by VAs
Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen - [note: no ED]
Nisekoi - ED1 ("Heart Pattern"), ED2 ("Recover Decoration") by VAs
Nobunaga the Fool - OP by a VA
Nobunagun - ED by VAs
Noragami - neither
No-Rin - all OPs/EDs by VAs
Onee-chan ga Kita - no OP; ED by a VA
Pupa - OP by VAs
Pupipo! - [note: no ED]
Robot Girls Z - OP and ED by VAs
Saki: Zenkoku-hen - ED3, ED4, ED5 ("Kono Te ga Kiseki..."; eps 3-6, 8) by VAs
Sakura Trick - OP and ED by VAs
Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 - OP and ED by VAs
Silver Spoon (2014) - neither
SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation - all OPs and EDs by VAs
Space Dandy - neither
Strange+ - OP by a VA; no ED
To Aru Hikuushi e no Koiuta - OP by VAs
Tonari no Seki-kun - OP by a VA
Wake Up, Girls! - both OPs and ED by VAs
Witch Craft Works - ED by VAs
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil - ED by a VA
Wooser no Sono Higurashi 2 - [note: no OP]
World Conquest Zvezda Plot - OP by a VA
Z/X: Ignition -  OP and ED by a VA

Counting episodes with both an OP and an ED as worth 2 theme songs and episodes with only one of them as worth 1 theme song (and giving full-length episodes and short episodes equal weight), we find that roughly 50% (±5-10%, say) of all theme songs for winter 2014 shows were sung by one or more voice actors of the same show. My sense is that this is more or less what you would expect if you picked a random season from the past 3-4 years.

However, it is important not to be misled by these data, which don't tell the whole story. A number of these theme songs are sung by voice actors who also have an independent musical career. The best example is Sakamoto Maaya (Zvezda OP), but there's a few others in there, too, e.g. "petit milady", which is a new idol unit consisting of Aoi Yuuki and Taketatsu Ayana, initially formed to do the OP for Koiuta (in which they both voice-acted), but which now does other things as well.

What I'm getting at here is that there's a qualitative difference between Sakamoto Maaya's OP for Zvezda on the one hand, and the ED for Chuunibyou Ren on the other, which is sung by the four female leads of the show, only one of whom (Maaya Uchida) has an independent musical career.

I basically don't know anything about how anime producers arrange for theme songs to be sung, but I strongly suspect that there are factors that suggest the use of a proper singer from the VA cast (a la Sakamoto Maaya) in some cases, and just glomming all the lead VAs together and having them crank out a song (a la Chuunibyou) in other cases. (And of course, there are still other cases in which you'll bring in an otherwise-uninvolved band or artist, but that goes without saying.)

I haven't gone back and collected any numbers, but in my experience, I have found that shows with primarily-female casts that are targeted at men (e.g. moe shows like Kiniro Mosaic and harem shows like Infinite Stratos) and shows with primarily-male casts that are targeted at women (e.g. otome game adaptations like Diabolik Lovers) are far more likely to follow the glom-all-the-VAs-together-and-have-them-sing model than other shows.


If he even has one, what is Dragon's devil fruit power?

The only accurate answer is we do not know.  There is no proof Monkey D. Dragon has a devil fruit or that he does not have one.

There are many theories attributing the lightning strike that saves Luffy from the gallows to Dragon and, therefore, lightning to his devil fruit.  They hypothesize that he could have the storm storm fruit or air air fruit.  These are all speculation, however.


The reason of Bartholomeo Kuma's devil fruit named as Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi?

Paw-Paw fruit grants the user the ability to repel everything they touch, and is physically represented as paws on the user's palms, making the user a Paw Human.
The Paw has variety of uses that leaves a paw-pad imprint resembling the pads on his palms.

Cats uses one paw to repel inferior life forms. The Paw Of Do-Not-Want. Which might also be the reason behind a paw that can "repel" of your question. Video: https://twitter.com/boingboing/status/596558460382220288
The fruit's name, Nikyu, comes from the word "Nikukyū" (肉球?) which means "Paw" in Japanese.  Ref: Nikyu Nikyu no Mi
I did a little search online if there is a significant reason why its called Nikyu-Nikyu no Mi/Paw-Paw Fruit but I found none that its related to myths or something. So the name "Paw-Paw" is basically just from its Japanese name counter part "Nikyu-Nikyu".


Does Jesus Christ exist in the Dragon Ball universe?

The answer to your question would be a no!Jesus Christ doesn't exist in the Dragon Ball Universe. However, there are multiple  Real Life references/ Fictional works that exist in reality which have been referenced on the show. A few other examples apart from the one you stated would be:The entire Pilaf Saga being a loose adaptation of Journey to the West, a famous Novel from Ming-era China.When Krillin kicks General Blue in the face without enough force to make his nose bleed and Blue complains about the Bleeding and compares it to the action of throwing red paint on the Mono Lisa.There's a grocery bag which says "Super Mario" on it, in Chapter 71 in the manga when Krillin and Launch come back to the Kame house.I have attached a list here with more similar references with regard to the same.


At the start of 6th Spice and Wolf light novel, what's up with the discrepancy between “like” and “love”?

Apparently, the same word 好き is used in both instances in Japanese version of the light novel.

Quoting the same lines from Page 345 of Spice and Wolf 5 (emphasis mine):

  それでも、ロレンスはホロを抱きしめて、そして。
  「俺は、お前が好きなんだ」
  それから、右頬に軽く口づけをした。

Quoting the same line from Page 29 of Spice and Wolf 6 (emphasis mine):

  「わっちゃあ嬉しかった。そう。ぬしがわっちを好きじゃと言ってくれて。じゃからー」

Regardless of whether "like" or "love" is the correct translation, the same word should have been used in both places, since Holo was simply quoting Lawrence's confession to her the night before.


Does the usage of Haki affect the user in any way?

Does it affect the user (physically or mentally) who is using the Haki in any way?

No. I encourage anyone to point out otherwise, but my memory says Haki isn't proven to be exhausting. The conclusion I draw from that is that it's not a powerup (i.e. energy drawn from an inner pool of life force/chakra/ki/Namekian-hand-holding).

Does excessive usage of Haki take a toll on the user?

N-- but yes. By nature, excessive activity will generate stress but in accordance with my above answer, this is just an unlikely result.

If it is so, how exactly does it affect the user since Haki isn't something like a physical energy?

Haki is akin to concentration to activate, which also makes it task-orientated. Things like Observation are always on, because these are your most basic senses. As long as the user is conscious, there will be a heightened sense of plot convenience—I mean, the ability to detect hostile presences like the "wild beast" in Fishmen Kingdom's Palace. For Armament, this is used only for strengthening, i.e. intensifying the muscles. This is like getting in the zone, turning on that killer instinct, you know what you're about to do and you're gonna do it. So while the user can turn it on at the tip of a hat, there's no point to stay amped up and flexed. That's like walking around with a balled up fist all the time. Haki isn't going anywhere else. Nor is it a get-out-of-Death-Flag card that activates when your enemy has gone too OP or you're a pummeled mess.

My train of thought: Haki users are just flexing and intensifying their basic characteristics of observation, density, and intimidation. So it is physical energy if you take all the potential energy and turn it into kinetic energy for battle. Since it's not a powerup but more of a concentrated assault mindset, the training makes more sense. It wasn't for the purpose of controlling the uncontrollable, but for developing this state that allows you to demonstrate more strength like knowing how to brace your forehead with hardening for a headbutt or tighten a fist to punch. Not to undersell it, I'm sure the power behind one Haki-shrouded punch will make the difference versus another eventually, but it's never been the deciding climax to a fight.


How come when Dio stops time Jotaro can move but Dio can't when Jotaro stops time?

Jotaro planned to stop time when the limit of DIO's time stop was finishing.
This happened when Jotaro did the finishing blow after he survived the road roller attack.
And when DIO stopped time, Jotaro can't use the ability but can feel the situation in this case of "time stop world", but when he can move, Jotaro can trigger the ability while he is in DIO's stopped time by use his time limit between DIO's stopped time and the end of it triggering.
He basically counters DIO's stopped time.


Do Edo-Tensei ninja have infinite chakra?

This is indeed one of the benefits of the Edo Tensei Justu. Their chakra reserves are always refilled, allowing them to perform tasks and cast justus endlessly without having to worry about running out

  A second benefit is the limitless refilling of their diminished chakra reserves that the reincarnated individuals have access to; they can fight eternally and perform ordinarily physically demanding or chakra-intensive jutsu without issue, knowing their current reserves will infinitely refill


Has the Naruto Anime deviated from the Manga

As far as I can remember and can find on-line the naruto anime does not/barely deviate from the manga. The main differences between the anime and manga is that the anime uses a occasional filler

  They added many small details in the stories which really supports the plot and makes it more interesting. However, like almost all manga-turned-anime series, there are filler episodes, though thankfully not too many, and not all bad.


Is it impossible for Goku and Vegeta to turn Legendary Super Saiyan?

Vegeta's har does turn green. Also, when Goku transforms into Super Saiyan Blue, there is a tinge of green aura. I believe this has to do with the animation and it isn't a new transformation.Broly's Legendary Super Saiyan transformation is similar to that of Kale's. If you look at the way these two attained their respective transformations, they both originated similarly to the regular Super Saiyan transformations. In the sense, Broly transformed to this level when he was angry and struggling against Gogeta and Kale transformed to this level when she was angry.Hence, I believe Goku and Vegeta cannot use this form and the transformation is solely based on the genetics of the Saiyan.


What happend to Zuko's Mother (Avatar the last airbender)

This was answered in the Avatar comics, as you suspect. In particular, it was the second graphic novel released, The Search. The title refers to Zuko's search for his mother.
In the comic, everything about Fire Lord Azulon's death is revealed, as well as what happened to Zuko's mother, Ursa. I'll summarize here based on the wikipedia article and my own hazy memory. Ursa provided Ozai with a poison to kill Azulon, and after that succeeded, she was effectively banished by Ozai as a precaution. During her exile, Ursa got a spirit to change her face and erase her memories, married her childhood sweetheart whom she was engaged to before Ozai showed up, and had a daughter. During the course of the story, Zuko eventually finds his mother and her memories are restored.


As an Enhancer, Youpi's ability "Metamorphosis" allows him to shape-shift at will(1) (such as giving himself wings, as seen earlier in the series). This allows him to hide and reveal those eyes at will.

1) Menthuthuyoupi - Hunter x Hunter Wiki


How could Kakashi make a Perfect Susanoo with only two MS when Sasuke needed a Rinnegan?

Once a user awakens the Mangekyō in both eyes, or the ability of both of their eyes, they are able to perform Susanoo.

Sasuke could make a "perfect" Susanoo once he got ability of both of his eyes. One probable reason why he didn't use it right away could be the fact that Susanoo does use up a lot of chakra and he might be saving his chakra.

  The Mangekyō Sharingan's abilities drain a considerable amount of chakra when performed.

Source

Mangekyo Sharingan


What does this (possibly Japanese) graffiti say?

I've made my comment into an answer.

Actually, the graffiti has been there at the beach all along since episode 1. As people have pointed out, the yellow part could be a stylized "wash".

If you rotate the image 180 degrees, it now reads like "Asian" (and the signature-like part "RMdVd").

Now, no racism or anything, just making an observation. There is a term in Urban Dictionary (I know, it's written by random people) that is exactly this: Asian Wash(ed), which means

  Some one of non-asian decent who is highly confused and believes they were born into the wrong race and are truly asian. They obssess over the people, food, and language.

I won't even try to claim that it defines those (Asian) humans/Diclonii who wants to live as (Asian) Diclonii/humans. It might just be what is written in the graffiti, which could be anything, right?

Likewise, I won't try to claim that the symbol on Kouta's shirt defines who he is. But it is the baka symbol, right?


Apparently it's a Generation 0.5 due to the fact it was not properly built, as the level of technology of its country was too low.

  The technology level of the Oceanian military nation is not high enough to actually build a proper Object, thus the codename of Generation 0.5.

It contains several cheap measures in order to keep it even stable enough to move.

  A single main gun is attached to the left side of the sphere. It's a few dozen meters long and reinforced with numerous steel bridge-like wires. It would likely have been fine without them, but there is a risk of the gun damaging itself with its own weight while it's held horizontal for long periods of time. It's a cheap countermeasure that would never have even been considered for a normal Object.

Therefore, since it is a downgraded version of a normal object and built with improper technology, it is called a Generation 0.5.

  The prologue and afterword confirm that the Generation 0.5 was a degraded version of the Information Alliance's Gatling 033. The technology and design were given to the Oceanian military nation by the MIB.


Are these Hebrew inscriptions actually "correct"?

They are ask real words (in the top picture, it's kind of hard to read the second one).  I don't really know how to prove it though.  The big, bold words mean vertical, no, no, and trapped in that order going down.  The rest is religious about g-d.  Sorry if that doesn't answer the question fully.


Why didn't Naruto do anything when he and Gaara were being beaten by the ressurected leader?

Because that whole arc was filler. Additionally it was a filler arc directed to Gaara, his student and his change. You can say he was the main character, Naruto the side character therefore he was the one who needed to defeat the "bad" guy. If he released the power of the nine-tails I highly doubt Gaara would had the time to shine like he did at the end. Seimei would have been beaten by Naruto.

There is no other reasonable explanation given to us in this arc why he didn't/couldn't use it. You could say it was due to plot.


Do manga publishers accept mangas from multiple artists under one pen-name?

I can't imagine why the publishers would not allow that. Historically, it has been done by many writer circles − they publish their works under one pen-name, something the readers can remember easily than the actual names of several people involved. It's a good reason to use a pen-name and publishers generally don't protest if the artist want to use one.


Is One Piece named after Gol D. Roger discovered it?

I always believed that he said he left his treasure in "one piece" (which is a phrase that means intact/complete/undamaged/undivided).  As so little is known and that is the only decription, it became the defacto name.

This implies that the popular name was created after Gol's death.

However, the nature of the One Piece treasure and specifically what he meant is not fully clarified yet.  This means we don't know if he said "one piece" (intact) or "One Piece" (name for something or a play on words).

To fully answer this properly if this is a pun, you may need to find the original untranslated wording and someone who understands English and Japanese well.  Alternatively, wait until it is revealed (in several years hopefully).


Last Exile: Fam, the Silver Wing - Aerial Log, documents Claus in the time between Travelers from the Hourglass, and Fam, the Silver Wing. Claus sustained serious injuries in a one on one confrontation with an amnesiac Dio, when the latter arrived on Earth tracing his faint memories. While his resulting injuries have confined him to a wheelchair, Claus has forgiven the recovered, and deeply remorseful Dio. Claus' confident promise to heal and find his way back to the skies has comforted Dio. In return, this allowed Dio to find a renewed purpose to make sure the skies will be there to welcome Claus back


In the manga, he says "筆記体" which literally means "note-taking style," which is typically used to describe cursive writing... in English. So he's implying that the report will be in cursive English.


What order are couplings like 'CharAxCharB' in?

The first one is the dominant one a.k.a. seme while the second one is the receiver a.k.a. uke. For example in doujinshi Puella Magi Madoka Magica Doujinshi Homura x Madoka (available online in online manga sites), Homura will be the seme, while Madoka is the uke.


Does "The Ravages of Time" manhua have an official Japanese translation?

Yes, The Ravages of Time has an official Japanese translation, but it only covers the first 9 volumes.
According to Wikipedia, it was serialized in Sangokushi Magazine. According to the Japanese Wikipedia, it was serialized on the first edition of Sangokushi Magazine until it was merged into Comic Flapper magazine. For unknown reasons, the serialization ended with only enough chapters for 9 volumes of tankobon (the last volume was published on December 2009).
The series is known as 「三国志群雄伝　火鳳燎原」 in Japan and can be bought on:

Amazon (paperback)
ebookjapan (Japanese) (e-book)
and possibly many more


Why does Kumagawa talk in Japanese quotation marks?

The reason why Kumagawa's "speaks" in brackets is a bit of a pun (see 『カギカッコ』). The context here implies literally [括弧]{かっこ}つける (kakko tsukeru), meaning "to add brackets/parenthesis (to something, e.g., a sentence)." The pun involves a well-known expression [格好]{かっこ}つける (kakko tsukeru), meaning "to show off or try to look cool." Kumagawa speaks in the way he does because he is trying to sound cool.

One thing to note about 格好 is it's a kanji with irregular kana usage. おう (ou) like えい (ei) is what's called a "long vowel." The おう (ou)  is essentially a long "oo" sound.  Historically [格好]{かっこう} (kakkou) is the correct spelling, however in certain, more colloquial contexts the う is omitted for purposed such as brevity.

In chapter 88 of the manga, when Kumagawa returns to the dream classroom and ask Ajimu for his original Minus back. Ajimu asks him to express himself sincerely, without brackets if he wants it back.

He replies w/o square brackets.

It should be noted that he speaks using "double square brackets" (二重鉤括弧 『　』) used to mark quotes within quotes. In Japanese fiction this type of square bracket is often used to denote something heard through another device. It's implied in the case of Kumagawa that what we are seeing is essentially subtitles. We're hearing the literal meaning being his cool words.


What is Goku's red aura form in the new Dragon Ball Super opening?

We won't actually know until we see the episode that Goku performs it but... he seems to be in his base form but with red aura instead of his original white aura!! But how is this form above Super Saiyan Blue? I am kinda curious and excited. And BTW I came here for an answer but I didn't find one lol. But it doesn't seem to be Kaioken or Super Saiyan God.


In Shingeki No Kyojin, when does Eren lose 3 years of his memory?

From the manga and from the anime I don't remember Eren losing 3 years of his memory. From your timeline I think your pretty accurate, except that I would switch 3 and 4 around, as I think that Eren's dad went deeper into the wall to kill the real royal family.[Chapter 1, page 44] He killed the royal family by turning into a titan. Therefore I think it was only after he turned back to a human that he headed back to his home when the news of wall Maria fallen reach Dr. Jaeger.[[Chapter 62, page 19-24]][1] He probably then starts looking for Eren in every camp (where the survivors of wall Maria stay) there is to find Eren. As the royal family is looking for him, he needs to disappear. To do so and still fulfill his goal he injects a drug into Eren who eats his dad and gains Titan powers alongside the "coordinate".[Chapter 3, page 21 ] [[Chapter 10, page 32-35]][2]

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The only part I don't quite get is when Eren says to his dad "You've been acting weird ever since mom died"[Chapter 3, page 21]. It's the only time where it looks like Eren has seen his dad after the fall of wall Maria and before he turned into a titan, so that might be an indicator of a 3 year void in Eren's memory, even though this would be just speculation.


Is it known whether Kaori Miyazono is half-Japanese?

There is no evidence to suggest that Kaori is half-Japanese. I discuss my reasons for this assertion below.

The fan wiki for Your Lie in April makes no such assertions about the ethnicity of Kaori. Were there an indication or (obvious) suggestion that Kaori is half-Japanese in official material, I would expect someone to have noted it.
Kaori's parentage is straightforward, and her parents have Japanese names and do not look overtly foreign.
We cannot extrapolate any information about ethnicity from the characters' hair colours. While Kaori had blonde hair even as a child (as seen in the OVA), so did Takeshi. Tsubaki already had brown hair (rather than black) as a child. Takeshi's sister, Nagi, is also blonde. It is difficult to imagine primary school students dyeing their hair, but it is also difficult to imagine that all of these characters have significant non-Japanese heritage. It is best to chalk this up to a lack of realism in anime hair colours.

As far as I am concerned, I would thus err (at the time of writing) on the side of assuming that Kaori is not half-Japanese. Were Kaori half-Japanese, it would seem to be such a large character detail that it would have to be disclosed somewhere.


Madara is foreshadowing where how the shuriken will hit him. This is one of the powers a sharingan gives. So during the fight he foreshadows that the shuriken will hit him so he avoids it when it actually does happen.