Why couldn't Celty find what she was looking for?

According to the Durarara Wikia page for Celty:

In Volume 4:

   As Celty reflects on her life since coming to Japan, she realizes that she doesn't mind things staying the way they are with or without her head. She has friends who accept her, a stable job as a courier and a lover waiting for her at home.

I can't remember how overt this was in the anime but

   When it's revealed that Mika Harima doesn't actually have Celty's head, Celty never really has a chance to search for it. It's left completely unresolved at the end.


How can Jiren fly when meditating in the tournament of power if flying was disabled?

To be fair, some of the fighters like Jiren and even UI Goku are fighting at the levels of a god of destruction. The world of void is infinity and Jiren's mere presence caused infinity to shake and even when Goku emerged during his UI transformation, it was stated that the world of void is shaking. I think when their power is as enormous to ripple across infinity, such rules wouldn't apply to themIt was stated that time itself meant nothing against Jiren's strength so I don't see why a rule like the no flight would apply to him when he is at the level of strength.*An alternate explanation: We see android 17 use his energy to create a form of footing and he stands on that to eliminate Kakunsa. The special force or special gravity responsible for stopping flight, should have in theory stopped that layer of footing from existing but it didn't. So in other words, android 17 could've sat on that for as long as he wanted and it would appear even as though he was floating. Jiren's energy is obviously a lot superior to android 17 so whatever special forces of gravity responsible to prevent flight aren't strong enough to hold Jiren in place.


What is the music playing in episode 14, when Gowther was talking about the cycles in the cave?

The track is called PT-16: Taizai and is from The Seven Deadly Sins Original Soundtrack 2.

It is composed by Hiroyuki Sawano.

The track can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_D-Ob908LU

Note that the part that appears in episode 14 starts at around 1:06 on that track.


Was Alter Mysterious Heroine X's third form inspired from Star Wars?

Based on the Mysterious Heroine X (Alter), this form is indeed based on being a Sith Lord!

  オルト・ライトニング (Alter Lightning) and her double-bladed lightsaber is a parody of Red Lightning and the double-bladed lightsaber used by Darth Maul in Star Wars.

You can see this double-bladed attack on Youtube

This is due to the fact that, prior to the English release in June 2017, there was a Saber Wars Event in January 2016 for the JP release. This appears to be a parody based on the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens in December 2015


What are the relations between the level of power and abilities and the promotion of Pawn?

No, the ability doesn't depend on the Queen of the group. I forgot whether it was Rias herself, or Azazel-sensei that said that the stronger Issei is, the longer he can stay in promotion as the promotion takes its toll on his body. If the promotion depends on the power of the team's Queen, then there won't be any need for Issei to improve his physical strength.

In the light novel, it was explained that each piece has a value. Queen worth 9 pawn, Rook worth 5, Bishop and Knight 2. So, rather than the strength of the Queen, the promotion increases the strength according to those numbers, I think. Of course the improvement depends on which piece he's going to promote into.

For example, Knight is worth 2 Pawns, so the ability improvement is more or less 2x of his ability as Pawn. However, it is not distributed evenly. Most of it will be distributed to the Speed. Queen, being all-round piece, will get an even increment to all abilities.


Did they stop the series?

No. The latest volume (#4) contains chapters 21-25, and publication is ongoing in Monthly Big Gangan.

If the wikia stops at chapter 17, I'm guessing that's because the scanlators, whoever they are, stalled or dropped the series. It is, in general, unwise to count on wikias being up-to-date. They are, after all, written by random schmoes on the internet.


Due to my own lack of knowledge, I can't speak to the cultural differences in play here (though I do think they're relevant), but there is textual evidence to suggest that Miko Ino is distraught over Ishigami romantically pursuing another girl, which is likely making Ino behave strangely.
Though Miko Ino doesn't acknowledge her feelings to herself, it is implied by other characters and by how she secretly assists Ishigami that she probably has romantic feelings for him. For instance, Ino seems to greatly enjoy Ishigami waiting hand-and-foot on her while her arm is broken.
In Battle 158: Miko Ino Can't Love Part 3, there are many implicit suggestions. While talking to her friends, Miko Ino says,

Hey, I've been wondering... How can I explain this...? I've been trying to figure out... How come... Ishigami came over... afterwards, and...

From the text and from the strange look in her eyes, it seems Miko is confused about her own thoughts and feelings for Ishigami. Onondera's response is

"Well... Now's your chance... to make Ishigami your slave. He needs an outlet for his guilt anyway... so it's a win-win situation for both of you."

To which Miko Ino gives an affirmative response. On the other hand, Ino's friend Kobachi Osaragi sees trouble coming, leaving us with this ominous statement at the end of the chapter:

"Uh-oh. This is a bad strategy. Really bad. This is really bad. Miko is... going to realize it soon."

And this is said against the backdrop of a picture of Ino blushing while holding Ishigami's hand as he helps her up the stairs.
There is some textual evidence of Ino being a bit distraught. In Battle 154: Kaguya Shinomiya's Impossible Demand: "A Cowrie a Swallow Gave Birth To," Part 2, a dismayed and worried Ishigami notes,

"Damn it. She looks desperate for male attention."

Further proof of both Ino being distraught over Ishigami courting someone else and of her having romantic feeling for Ishigami is in the same chapter, when she slurs these words:

Why are you alwaysh... so mean to me? You don't talk like that to anyone elshe... You always, always, always look down on me! I hate you sho much! But you're nice to other people! Be nice to me... like you were at the culture festival... The way you're nice to Tsubame...

Here, she explicitly names Tsubame and indicates jealousy of the way Ishigami treats her compared to Tsubame. This would seem to indicate that she probably likes Ishigami herself, and that she's feeling out of sorts because of Ishigami courting Tsubame.


Who was able to resist more punches from Saitama, Boros or Garou?

Up until now saitama really did not have to do anything at all to beat garou all it took was one really simple shot(not even a punch)
And in manga too there isn't any fight scene between garou and saitama, it's yet to be revealed if garou would be able to endure punches from him or not
And if you  read the manga you would  be aware of the condition of Orochi.
So far boros is the only one who gave a little fight to Saitama


What is the meaning behind the Episode names for the original season, Träumend and Ouvertüre?

Well, none of the names are truely strange, they are merely German ;) Going by the episode lists on AniDB which I remembered to be consistent with the titles I saw on-screen the titles and translations are:

Fräulein Rose — Miss Rose or Lady of the Rose; likely a reference to Shinku. Her appearance.
Kleine Beere — Small berry, Hina-ichigo’s translated name as far as I remember. Her appearance.
Mercury Lampe — This is nonsense in German. A mercury lamp (also Suigintou’s translated name) would be Quecksilberdampflampe. But that is long and doesn’t sound poetic, (as nothing containing Quecksilber does) so they probably decided to just translate lamp to Lampe. The reference is, of course, Suigintou’s appearance.
Jade Stern (should be Jadestern in proper German) — Jade star. Suiseiseki’s translated name and the episode in which she appears.
Die Treppe — The stairs. You remember that horrific filler episode, don’t you?
Tränen — Tears. Contrary to the earlier episodes I don’t quite know what this refers to.
Träume — Dreams. Because of the dream Shinku is in.
Lapislazuli Stern (should be Lapislazulistern in proper German) — Lapis lazuli star. Souseiseki’s translated name and the episode in which she appears.
Die Gefängnis — The prison. They got the article wrong, it should be das. I don’t know why none of the production crew could look the word up in a dictionary when they did so well with everything else (even umlauts). But whatever. The title of course references the prison the dolls and Jun are in in Souseiseki’s master’s dream.
Abschied — Farewell, preparing for Shinku’s departure into the N-field.
Schicksal — Fate. Because of all the fate that is involved.
Reiner Rubin — Pure ruby. Shinku’s translated name.

   Because it is all about Shinku, repairing her and her intermediate win against Suigintou.

Rozen Maiden Träumend: (träumend is dreaming)

Rozenkristall (should be Rosenkristall) — Rose Crystal. As was said, this is Bara-Suishou and her appearance episode.
Enju — Erm, yeah, it’s a proper noun. We get to know him.
Kanarienvogel — Canary. This is the episode where we get to know the canary yellow doll Kanaria.
Vereinbarung — Contract.

   Because Suiseiseki enters one with Jun.

Der Brief — The letter, because both Hina-Ichigo and Suiseiseki copy Souseiseki in writing letters of thanks and the episode centres around this.
Engel — Angel. This is the episode where Suigintou meets Megu.
Teegesellschaft — Tea company (could be both the people around you and the firm — like in English). Kanaria manages to ‘persuade’ the other dolls to join her master for a tea party.
Puppenmacher — Doll maker. This is where Jun starts visiting Enju to watch how dolls are made.
Der Tadel — The reproach.

   There’s quite a lot of criticism going on from one side to another — it’s practically the first Alice game episode. I’ll let you choose who is being reproached.

Tomoe — well, okay ;).

   The one where Hina-Ichigo gets to be with Tomoe one last time.

Rosengarten — Rose garden.

   A reference to the dolls’ fighting grounds.

Alice — yeah, you got that.

Rozen Maiden Ouvertüre: (Ouvertüre is overture)

Ewigkeit — Eternity. I don’t quite know why this name was chosen, but maybe just because it sounds cool.
Eitelkeit — Vanity. Possibly because this episode shows us the source of Suigintou’s pride in herself.


How is it that non reliable mangakas get work again and again?

Business-wise, that is not very important because as long as these mangaka still sells, publishing companies would still like to sign a deal with them. To stop these kinds of mangaka from keep having jobs, then the market must reject their new project. Only then would a publishing company be unwilling to sign them.

Now, most readers are just casual readers. They just read when they like it and are not that attached to a series very much. Only hardcore fans would follow and know everything about a series. Thus for most reader, whether this mangaka is known for being such a person is not very important.

In fact many don't bother knowing who the mangaka is. My sister, who is not an otaku although she ocassionally read manga, knows Naruto, Fairy Tail, Bleach, One Piece, and many other mangas. But if you tell her Masashi Kishimoto, Hiro Mashima, Kubo Tite, Oda, then she'll say, "who's that?" The only mangaka she knows is Fujiko F. Fujio (because it's Doraemon). What they need to know is just the title of the manga and whether it is interesting or not.


There are two answers to your question.
1 Goo-Goo dolls is a stand that can be interacted with like strength. (Jotaro has been seen damaging the ship.)
2 This is the most likely answer, Jolyne's stand is two things. It is both a physical stand made out of string and the fact that her own body is made of string/ her body can turn into strings. This in a way makes her, her own stand, letting her grip goo-goo dolls.


How did Dante or the Homonculus seal Greed the first time?

Greed was sealed by Evny under Dante's orders because of his namesake, he got too greedy and rebelled against her.

How he was sealed was that a Transmutation Array was drawn on the walls of his cell and the skull from the body of the human he once was is centered on one of the walls, i think the array is different to the one Dante uses to drain Greed of the Red Stones and more of an amplifier for the paralysis inducing effects of a Homonculi's remains has.

When the array shuts down because of the damage to the lab (seen when the array isn't lit up) Greed is able to move around more freely and even takes his skull with him so while me may have still been weakened from having his remains nearby he's not as weak as he was when the array was active.

However that's speculation on my account of the array in the room, we do know in the 2003 anime Homonculi are weakened when they are in the presence of their remains (or in Wrath's case a reminder of when he died), Greed's skull is used to keep him trapped and that the array made him weaker when it was active than what just the skull did.

We also know the array in lab 5 doesn't work in the same way as the one in Dante's residence when Greed visits her as when it activates he vomits up the Red Stones, considering how long he was trapped he would have been near death if he had kept vomiting Red Stones as we see just how bad of a shape he is in when he was in Dante's trap for even a few minutes.


What is the name of the song in episode 116 of Naruto?

The song was unreleased,  called Broken Bonds
https://youtu.be/x9K_phEPt2Y?list=PLjUUDZUvksbQ7x6Slux61wqUqf9_GhU3b


I'm a little late to the party, but I think it might be more of an artistic choice than anything else.

Victor's arm is probably there to protect their own private moment together instead of it being due to censorship reasons.

There's a post on tumblr here that cites Kubo-sensei's tweet as an 'official' confirmation of the kiss. I'm a complete novice at Japanese, so the reliability of this source completely hinges on the OP's translation. If the source is right, however, and Kubo-sensei's tweet indeed heavily implies that the kiss is in fact, canon, then I don't think censorship is really much of an issue here.

Some have cited the cultural norm being the main reason like you mentioned, but I think it doesn't really hold if you examine what happened in the later episodes. They proposed and literally got engaged with gold bands on their fingers, and if the entire series was meant to be reflective of the queer culture in Japan, I kind of doubt that would happen.

What I have said is just mere speculation though; please take it with a pinch of salt.


In which episode do they say, that from the outside the Straw Hats don't look like a team?

I am not really sure but I think that episode in which Zoro makes the statement is non-canon. I tried checking up the manga chapters of the Arabasta arc and was unable to find it. Thus I think it was just one of those cool things that Zoro said that isn't actually official.


Why do Androids in Dragon Ball Z sometimes use cars?

There was a specific reason why they were using the car:

17 and 18 weren't that emotionally invested in killing Goku, and they were just  killing time.

They knew that taking a car was impractical, but they took one anyway because android 17 felt like it


Can a child inherit both their parents' clans jutsu?

Yes, a child can inherit both clans' jutsu.

This was officially explained by Masashi Kishimoto(the creator of Naruto)
The child with an Uchicha and a Hyuga as parents will have both the clans' eyes.

While Inojin is not a good example as the techniques of his father Sai were taught to him.The Ninja art techniques are not passed via genetic inheritance.
Also, Ino's clan techniques are classified as Hidden techinques which use Yin/Yang release which are also taught/learned not passed via genetics.

A good example would be an Uchiha + Hyuga child as answered by Kishimoto himself -


What are the scientific inspirations for Steins;Gate?

The most unrealistic part of the time-leap machine is that they had to decompress that 36-byte message and put it back to one's head. And they just used a cellphone for that.

Regarding to compressing a huge amount of data to a 36-byte (288-bit) message - yes, it's totally possible. However there should be a decompressor which would also use a huge amount of data.

Using a black hole for "compression"? It's a joke. Actual compression doesn't work like this. It's all about making tables or "dictionaries". Here's a simple algorithm which can compress any amount of data to a 1-byte message (sometimes it can not):

Compressor: replace "apple" with "1", "orange" with "2", anything else with "3:anything else".
Decompressor: replace "1" with "apple", "2" with "orange", message like "3:anything else" with anything else.

See? It can compress 5-byte and 6-byte messages to a 1-byte message!


Bear attacks siege engine (Trying to find name of anime)

This is from the anime of The Twelve Kingdoms.

The 'bear' you're thinking of is a hanyuu (those able to turn to human and back), Kantai:

The memorable scene of him flipping the siege engine occurs late during the third arc, A Great Distance in the Wind, the Sky at Dawn (unfortunately, I can't recall the exact episode, but it's almost certainly 37-39.)


Did Archer notice who Rin was when she first summoned him in Unlimited Blade Works?

Did he notice Rin straight away as a girl he was in love with or knew? No, he did not. It is mentioned here:

  'Archer was fairly close to the Rin from his timeline, though he did not recognize the Rin who summoned him as a Servant until she revealed her name.' This was because Rin messed up the summoning but he regained his memories after hearing her name, though he pretended not to.

Why didn't he tell her?

  Because his goal at that time was to kill Shirou, not to be with the Rin in his timeline. He has nothing to gain or lose by revealing who he was since his only wish at that time was 'to die' and erase his existence.


Why does Ace's tattoo on his right arm say "Asce"?

It's Sabo's Jolly Roger.

  Ace had another tattoo on his upper left bicep that spells "ASCE" vertically. The "S" crossed out is a tribute to Sabo as that's his jolly roger.

(Source: Portgas D. Ace on One Piece Wiki)


Does making a TV anime series cost less than making a typical TV series?

In most of the cases, yes.

As mentioned in the article: "How Do Anime Budgets Compare to American Animation Budgets?":

  The answer is still "much, much cheaper." The average American 2D TV series like The Simpsons or a Nickelodeon show can cost quite a bit of money, typically US$1-2 Million per episode. The longer a show goes on, the more it costs to produce because most of the creative staff get a bump in pay every season. Recent episodes The Simpsons now cost over $5 million per episode to make -- and Fox has been desperately trying to renegotiate everybody's contracts because the show has become unprofitable. Nobody envisioned the show being on the air for over 20 years.

  On the low side of things, cable shows like Avatar: The Last Airbender and Invader Zim are estimated to have cost a little over $1 Million per episode, and the really low budget stuff can go down to about $350,000 to $500,000 per episode. It's not cheap.

  Anime, however, goes much, much lower. A typical show can cost as little as US$125,000 per episode. On occasion a very well-off production can go north of US$300,000 per episode, but that's pretty rare. Budgets for an anime are never made public, but that's the general level things are at.

There's also a breakdown of the costs in the Crunchyroll article: "How Much Does One Episode of Anime Cost To Make?" as follows:

  Original work - 50,000 yen ($660)

  Script - 200,000 yen ($2,640)

  Episode Direction - 500,000 yen ($6,600)

  Production - 2 million yen ($26,402)

  Key Animation Supervision - 250,000 yen ($3,300)

  Key Animation - 1.5 million yen ($19,801)

  In-betweening - 1.1 million yen ($14,521)

  Finishing - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)

  Art (backgrounds) - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)

  Photography - 700,000 yen ($9,240)

  Sound - 1.2 million yen ($15,841)

  Materials - 400,000 yen ($5,280)

  Editing - 200,000 yen ($2,640)

  Printing - 500,000 yen ($6,600)

  If you suppose an average episode has 5,000 frames, the price per frame for an in-betweener is 220 yen or just under three bucks, which apparently is a rate that hasn't really changed much in the past 30 years. Japan Animation Creators Association rep, Osamu Yamasaki, commented [roughly translated], "30 years ago it was said that one person would draw 1,000 frames per month, but now if you can do 500, that's considered good." Under these circumstances, it's no wonder young animators are having trouble making it in the industry.

However, that's the general trend in expenses. There are ofcourse exceptions. An anime may cost way more than a particular show for the same duration of airing time. There are many such cases. To list a couple of them:

  The Wind Rises had a reported budget of US$30 Million, and The Tale of Princess Kaguya, with its infamous ten year production schedule, likely cost even more. Back in 1987 Akira was made for a then-record ¥1.1 Billion, which would be around US$10.6 Million today.

The reason for this general trend is because a TV show has to entail the payment of actors, writers, director along with sets and equipment such as cameras, studio space or shooting on location which adds more money to the show.

There are some extremely high priced sitcoms as well, such as Friends. In 2000, it was reported that each cast member was getting $750,000 per show. (After all of the perks were added it was $40 million per actor or $240 million dollars).


Does the new Dragon Ball Super opening proves that Gohan is going to recover his mystic form?

I think it indeed is a form that he is coming up with. It may not be a proof of he getting back to his Mystique form, however it sure looks similar to what happened before Goku and Vegeta went Blue for the first time.

I have personally watched that part of the opening quite a few times. Mystique or now, but it sure is a new form.


In which anime characters fight using top-toy like objects?

Sounds like you are talking about beyblade.

From Wikipdia:

  Beyblade, known in Japan as Explosive Shoot Beyblade (爆転シュートベイブレード Bakuten Shūto Beiburēdo?), is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Takao Aoki in order to promote sales of spinning tops called "Beyblades"

(emphasis mine)

Here is a picture of one of the main characters holding a beyblade (taken from fanpop):


What does the Namekian password for the Dragon Balls translate to?

There is no known explanation for the password in manga AFAIK. According to the Dragon Ball Wikia, only a few words of the Namekian language are explained. Piccolo and Porunga are the two words really explained and the others are in filler episodes.

The password is "Takkaraput pop porunga pupiritt paro!" . As far as you make it out, Porunga is part of the password. And the episode is named as "Password is Porunga". So the best guess is something like calling Porunga. Also for Shenron, replace Porunga with Shenron in the password. So the password isn't a randomn mystery but some sort of calling to the dragon's name. It is however a guess as there is no official translation.

To quote the wikia on this:

  The Namekian language is a fictional language spoken by Namekians,  individuals native to Planet Namek. "Piccolo" and "Porunga" have been defined in the Dragon Ball manga; other words appear as filler material in episodes of Dragon Ball Z. In Dragon Ball, Piccolo and Kami speak in Namekian language to each other during the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament; although their actual words are translated, Namekian letters appear on the screen.

Here is a list of known Namekian words, some translated:

  "Avishta" – never explained, although it may have some relation to 'hello', as Krillin says this during the Namek greeting gesture he  makes to Raiti.
  "Butla antu" – "bed", literally "sleepy time"
  "Dablirobe" – never explained
  "Dorigelop crafca" – ''fly to''
  "Onska ropeca" – never explained, although it has some relation to 'turn around', as the phrase causes the Namek spaceship to turn while in flight.
  "Piccolo" – "from another world" or "open"
  "Porunga" – "dragon of dreams" or "dragon of law"
  "Seata belta" – "toilet"
  "Stando boomsca" – never explained, although it has some relation to 'fire', as the phrase activates the Namek spaceship's beam cannon.

According to Naroka's Namek to English translator, these are the remaining words that have been translated from Namek to English in the whole manga
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  "Stando boomsca" – Relation to 'blast' or 'fire'
  "Pikonatto" – "good day"
  "Kistan" - *"Guardian" *
  "Dimo" - "I'm" or *"I am" *
  "Matto espen" - *"What is your name" *
  "Kado" - "Hey"
  "Ba soun" - "Over there"
  "Ne sinti" - Phrase, "He/She seems well/nice"
  "Sinti" - "Nice/Well"
  "Kabo ko" - "Still"
  "Bäsa" - "Unsure"
  "Horou" - "Do you"
  "Sä" - "It/It's"
  "Irra Pokabo" - "Possible"
  "Kogata ro sa shikohama" - "Do it or die"

As you can see, the Namekian password has never been translated in the manga too.

Source: http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Namekian_language

http://wodsouls.freeforums.net/thread/1299/naroka-ukares-namekian-english-dictionary


Are Franky & Bon Clay voiced by the same voice actor?

In Japanese, both Franky and Mr. 2 Bon Clay are voiced by Kazuki Yao.[1][2]

In both the 4kids English dub and Funimation English dub, they are voiced by different people.


The Red Line is basically a group of islands connected together.

We know that it has it's own season islands, as explained by Nami

  The Red Line that crosses the Grand Line has its own Summer, Winter, Spring and Fall "islands" chapter 604

It is 10,000 meters deep, bears the world capital Mariejois, as stated by Hachi.

  The Red Line bears the world capital, Mariejois, and is said to be 10,000 meters deep from ocean level to Fishman Island chapter 496

Due to the same height, it is also considered impassable, all though this has been proven to not be the case as

Fisher Tigre Managed to climb the redline to attack Mariejois as told by Boa Hancock in chapter 521
Germa66 passed it with an amphibious ship in chapter 841

Besides the sheer height, it is also considered indestructible, as demonstrated by Laboon in chapter 104, as he had been ramming the red line to no avail for a considerable amount of time.


What is the meaning behind Tsukihi's pose 17 minutes into in episode 1 of Tsukimonogatari?

Yeah, what Tsukihi said was 都条例 tojourei, which is the short name of the "Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths" (also called "Bill 156"). This ordinance underwent a major revision in 2010 that substantially expanded its scope. In particular, it required publishers located in Tokyo Metropolis to self-regulate and prevent the publication of "manga, anime, and other images (except for real-life photography)" that "unjustifiably glorify or exaggerate" certain sexual or pseudo sexual acts.

This bill was obviously targeted at the anime/manga/etc. industry (given the exemption for real-life photography). And, of course, the industry (which is largely based in Tokyo) was not a fan of this - this ordinance has been a hot-button topic for some time now. I'm pretty sure that the whole ending of the Kenzen Robo Daimidaler anime was a reaction to it.

In practice, the law has not been very strongly enforced. As of mid-2012, no works had been actually deemed "harmful", though I believe a small number (single digits) were deemed "harmful" in 2013. But anyway:

  What is the meaning of Tsukihi's pose here?

Glorifying a pseudo-sexual act, I guess. The pose isn't a reference to anything in particular; the only previous examples of it I was able to find were a few things on pixiv (one, two; NSFW) doing drawings based on the description in the light novel (chapter 004; keep in mind that the light novel was written in Sept 2012, nearly two years after the revised ordinance was passed). More generally, this is a pretty prototypical example of the kind of thing that could have been subject to scrutiny or outright banned had the "non-existent youths" provision of the bill gone through.

  And why did Koyomi freak out like that?

Well, here is his internal monologue immediately after Tsukihi does her pose:

  Don't poke fun at it!

  Panicking, I dumped the washbowl on her. The soap was washed away. I think that made it worse, at least as far as the Metropolitan Ordinance is concerned. But still, I was of the opinion that covering up bits and pieces was far less wholesome.

  Nudity is healthful and artistic.

I don't really know what to extract from that. Perhaps he was breaking the fourth wall and was worried that the government's censors would shut them down?


How does Obito not lose his eyesight after excessive use of the mangekyo?

Considering he have hundreds of spare Sharingan and half body of white zetsu. It is quite easy for him to maintain Mangekyu Sharingan (can never actually use eternal mangekyu).

We can see that in the scene when he transplanted Itachi's eyes to Sasuke.


Which episodes of "GITS: Arise − Alternative Architecture" are covered by "GITS: Arise − Border" movies?

I haven't heard about the “GITS: Arise − Border” movies you are talking about (I assume this is what the american licensee decided to call the Arise movies), but the storylines of Arise and Arise: Alternative Architecture overlap. If you already watched the longer Arise movies earlier, then you can skip the episodes 3-8 of AA which are basically the 4 movies split up into two part episodes. I did not do an extensive scene-by-scene or frame-by-frame comparison for all the episodes, but I watched them all in the order they aired and didn't notice any new scenes being added in AA.

I started comparing both versions of Ghost Pain yesterday in a video editor (kdenlive, one of the free editors that supports to show individual frames in the timeline) and got to about 13 minutes playtime until I gave up due to lack of skills to compare both efficiently and provide a usable result. What I found so far is that scenes have been re-arranged and shortened for AA: some scenes have been left out, while some stills appear longer on screen. The first scene in AA for example with the major at the airport in Ghost Pain was originally further in the episode/movie, scenes including dialog with Aramaki (at the cemetery) and Kurutsu (in her office) have been shortened.

Comparing runtimes of the movies and AA episodes it's 58m vs. 2*24m, so you're likely to watch an abridged version of the movies, where roughly 10 minutes of content had to be cut to meet the length required for the television broadcast edition. My guess is that the focus for creating new content was on the episodes Ghost Stands Alone (1, 2), Pyrophoric Cult (9, 10) and the new movie (see below).

If you haven't watched any of this, you probably want to watch in this order: Ghost Stands Alone (AA), Ghost Pain (Arise), Ghost Whispers (Arise), Ghost Tears (Arise), Ghost Stands Alone (Arise), Pyrophoric Cult (AA), New Movie.

Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Ghost in the Shell

22.06.2013 till 06.09.2014, each episode is about 60 minutes long:

Ghost Pain
Ghost Whispers
Ghost Tears
Ghost Stands Alone

Koukaku Kidoutai Arise: Alternative Architecture

05.04.2015 till 14.06.2015, each episode is about 25 minutes long:

Ghost Stands Alone, Part 1
Ghost Stands Alone, Part 2
Ghost Pain, Part 1
Ghost Pain, Part 2
Ghost Whispers, Part 1
Ghost Whispers, Part 2
Ghost Tears, Part 1
Ghost Tears, Part 2
Pyrophoric Cult, Part 1
Pyrophoric Cult, Part 2

Koukaku Kidoutai: Shin Gekijouban

This is the new movie with a new story set in the Arise universe


Why is Todoroki scalded when his mother throws hot water on him?

I don't think Todoroki necessarily is impervious to heat. Midoriya notices when they fight that Todoroki's use of his cold power is limited to how much cold he himself can stand, and that if he would not refuse to use his heat powers he would be able to remove this limit. So if he's not immune to the cold he may not be immune to heat. However, his father does have the flaming facial hair which doesn't seem to bother him. I think it's most likely that he's immune to the flames and the ice that he creates but when he uses it too much or is affected by something in the environment he's affected normally.


What's a good entry point for The Idolm@ster?

How about this youtube channele?
You can watch promotional videos and radio programs that you can watch for free; original, Million, Cinderella, Shiny and SideM are all treated.
Anime and specials are distributed depending on the time.
Since these are Youtube, most content has auto-generated subtitles;
somewhat inaccurate, but automatic machine translation is possible.
(If you choose English or ’英語’.)

Of course, these are legal content operated by copyright holders.


In 5 Centimeters per Second, why was Takaki struggling in love?

I do not think this has a definite answer.  5cm was about love, growing up, and all that entails.  So in truth only Shinkai knows exactly what was meant.

What I can offer is what I felt was Takaki's issue.

He never quite got over the fact that he failed to send that letter.

In my view, it could have been a self-imposed sense of not worth being in a relationship, or other such things that we do to ourselves when things do not work out.

in other instances he seems to be getting into a relationship trying to fill the emptiness left after losing his first love.  And that is a mistake that a lot of people end up making.  The end lesson in life, is that you cannot fill a void left by one person with a different person.  That void will always be there.  One just has to learn how to live with the pain that happens in love and life.  Takaki does not seem to do that very well.

My answer might not be the kind one can be backed up with research, and you may not agree with it, but it is the only answer that I believe can be given for this specific movie/book.


Well, here's an album of all the cast credits from the first 9 episodes of Non Non Biyori: link. None of them list Suguru.

At minimum, then, we know that he hasn't had any lines so far. Maybe we'll have a big reveal in the final episode or something that Suguru actually does speak, but for the time being, I think it's safe to say that he doesn't have a voice actor.


Why would anyone think that Zeref is dead?

Zeref Dragneel is 400+ years old, very few people know him and fewer than that who know his face or has seen him.

In Chapter 208: Death Preying, neither Elfman nor Evergreen recognize Zeref. Even Natsu doesn't remember him. Marijane seems to know a little about Zeref.

  But we know that Zeref said that he wasn't dormant at all himself.

I don't know where did you find this information but, for some years he was inactive or in sleeping state. He awaken in Tenrou Island arc when he realizes Acnologia is coming.

As for Alvarez, He is known as Emperor Spriggan.

  Zeref created this empire for the sole purpose of defeating Acnologia, obtaining Fairy Heart, and annihilating Ishgar.4 His plans regarding with Fairy Heart once captured was to relive his life with the Time Magic, Neo Eclipse. A plan the Spriggan 12 were not aware of.

When Makarov visit Alvarez to visit the Emperor Spriggan, he get shocked seeing Zeref as Emperor. Which also shows that how little the information of Zeref is available in present world. Makarov is one of the Ten Wizard Saints.

The image is from chapter 444: Emperor Spriggan, shocking face of Makarov when he sees Zeref as Emperor.


How did Spandam become the leader of CP9?

It's not necessarily the strongest person who is the leader of a military group like this one. While I'm not aware of it being stated anywhere in particular why Spandam is the leader of CP9. There are some facts that can help us draw a conclusion.

Spandam's personality makes him the type of person that only cares about how he can get promoted. Often times, these are the people that get promoted due to the various schemes they are willing to do at other's expense.

From the One Piece Wikia on Spandam:

  He is not detached from the idea of exploitation, backstabbing, or the use of loopholes to get his own way, as he has proven many times in the past.

While we don't know when CP9 was formed, we do know that Spandine, Spandam's father, was CP9's previous leader. His role in the organization could likely have put him in a position to recommend his son to receive this position.

From SBS Volume 54:

  The majority of CP9 is made up of orphaned children who were left to the government, but I thought it would be interesting if they also had the children of CP9 members, kind of like thoroughbreds. Kumadori's mom is different.

Finally, the other members of CP9 were raised as assassins, to follow the government's orders. So it's natural to have someone above them that will watch over them.


Saitama's real reason to be hero was intended to be satire over common cliche reasons of most heroes.

If you think about it, it can be literally rephrased as "Does one really needs reason to help another people", which itself is actually nice idea for manga to show, if you are looking for some deep meaning.


Why does Violet Evergarden seem to have a habit of biting things?

She has trouble writing with a pen and in the second episode we see her adjusting her fingers to type better. This means that her prosthetics are not perfect.

I disagree with point 1, it's much more likely that it refers to her following Gilbert around and obeying him like a loyal dog rather than anything biting related.

For point 2 it is very likely the feeling related reason.


What was the first anime that used a split-cour format?

Based on an AniDB search (details below), I'd wage that first such series was Fate/Zero. It started airing on 02.10.2011, had 1 cour break after episode 13 on 25.12.2011, resumed on 06.04.2012 and finished on 24.06.2012.

I ran an advanced search based on following criteria:

( ) characters in title (AniDB marks cours by putting year date in
parentheses)
must be a TV Series
between 10 and 28 episodes (your definition, as I understand it, requires "regular" cour formats)
first episode already aired

Because of deficiencies in AniDB search engine, I could not specify several useful indicators, such as sequel-prequel relation. So I sorted results by air date and examined each individually.

There are older series that aired with a split, but you requested it to be exactly 1 cour (3 months) long. Notably, Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is described by Wikipedia as having been planned from start to end before airing:

  The staff, consisting of over 300 people, spent roughly two years planning the series.

However, the split took 2 cours, from 29.03.2008 to 05.10.2008. If not for the 3 months condition, I'd say that this was indeed first series to air in split-cour format.

Another case is Major, which also had longer split (from 10.06.2006 to 06.01.2007) yet aired before Gundam 00. However, at the time of airing, it was not a "finished product" but ongoing adaptation of still unfinished manga.


What happens if there is no relic in a summoning?

A catalyst is not required, but most Magi prepare for one because they have been preparing to partake in the Holy Grail War for years.

  Most Masters will prepare a catalyst with which to summon their desired Heroic Spirit, but it is not absolutely necessary. Without a specific artifact, the Grail will, rather than base it on their power, chose a Servant based upon similarities to the summoner's own nature.

Source: Servant - Summoning

This coincides with Gilles de Rais' summoning in the 4th Holy Grail War:

  His Master was Ryuunosuke Uryuu, a serial killer who unwittingly performed a successful summoning ritual using the blood of a murdered family. Ryuunosuke lacked a cataylst so the Grail chose a servant with the closest personality to Ryuunosuke. He first introduces himself to his Master as Bluebeard.

Source: Caster (Fate/Zero) - Role

You can see a list of all the the heroes who are known to have been summoned with a catalyst in the Catalyst section of the Servant page, and you'll notice that not only Gilles is missing.

You'll also notice that the mirror used to summon Medusa was a weak catalyst, so Sakura's similar personality helped summoning Medusa:

  Mirror dug up from a temple in Eritrea, an item with ties to an old Earth goddess of Greece. It is noted to have been a weak catalyst to Medusa, so Sakura Matou's similar personality plays a role in the summoning.


Who are these two people in the third opening of Attack on Titan?

This scene is depicted from Shingeki no Kyojin manga chapter 86, "That Day".

   Grisha Yeager and Dina Fritz got married during the rise of Eldia and had a baby. This baby was named Zeke, which further betrayed whole Eldia and joined the Marley Forces.


In Naruto "Ch.440: A Conversation with the 4th" it is stated that the third Hokage wanted as little information about the Kyuubi out in public as possible and that's why nobody, not even Naruto should know that Minato was his father. Thus he was given the name Uzumaki instead of Namikaze.

Page 5: "If anyone knew you were my son, you'd have been in constant danger"


Why was Kisame surprised when he saw Obito (Tobi/fake Madara) without the mask the second time they've met in person?

I dont believe this is a plothole, because the first time Kisame met the "Madara", it was actually Obito disguised as Madara Uchiha, Although we never got to see the actual person that Kisame was talking to, based of the way the persons hair from the Shadow was, it looked exactly like Madara Uchihas hair, and we all know that Obito's hair looks very different and isn't spiky long. (I would guess that Obito probably used substitution Jutsu in order to resemble the real Madara.)

However, the second time, he saw Obitos real face and that probably caught him by surprise since he was not expecting those scars.


Why was Porco Rosso cursed and was there a cure?

Should have looked harder before I asked the question.
According to Nausicaa.net's "Porco Rosso" FAQ, under the question "Why did Porco become a pig?"

Although it was never mentioned in the movie, a press release states that he was disillusioned with humanity, and cursed himself to be a pig. Miyazaki stated that "When a man becomes middle-aged, he becomes a pig". It seems that Porco is carrying a lot of baggage, and that has something to do with him quitting being a human.
The official story goes as follows: Captain Marco Pagot (named after the Italian animator and friend of Miyazaki - they worked together on Sherlock Hound for Italy's RAI TV) was an ace pilot of the Italian Air Force during World War I. He quit the IFA since he saw fascism on the rise, and he wanted to fly following his own will. He became a bounty hunter, assuming the name "Porco Rosso". He crossed out his own face as a young man in the picture that Gina had hung on the wall of her restaurant, so that no one would know what he looked like as a human.
Miyazaki said that Porco once intended to marry Gina, but then World War I broke out, and Gina was living on an island which was Austrian territory. As a military officer, he could not bring himself to marry an enemy national. Torn between his loyalty to his home country and his love for Gina, he chose his country. But when he witnessed the deaths of his fellow pilots, including that of his best friend (Gina's husband), he started wondering about the meaning of his actions, and the meaning of flying and dying for his country. Unable to resolve the conflicts in his mind, he became a pig.

Additionally, under the question, "Did Porco become a human again?"

The general consensus is, yes (though whether he stayed human is another matter).
In the last shot of the two of them wading towards their planes, Curtis was insisting on seeing Porco's face, implying something had changed about it. The conversation between Porco and Fio at the camp set up the "kiss the frog prince" theory, so Fio's kiss (and Gina's love) at the end did turn Porco back into a human. He became a pig because he was disillusioned with humanity, but Fio's innocence made him feel that "there is still some hope for humans", as Porco said. This time, he won, and he did not "make another girl unhappy". It seems that he finally overcame his self-hatred.

So I guess the answer's are "disillusioned with humanity" is what caused the curse, being that he cursed himself and that it's possible that he cured it at the end when he regained his faith.


Does Wing also developed the ability to transmute his aura into electricity?

I'm inclined to say that that's not actual electricity, but just a visual presentation of Wing imbuing the paper with "energy". A visual flare added as extra clarity for the viewers/readers, who are not yet that familiar with Nen and what all it can do. (Except for the 1999 anime. Even in the manga the "electro-likeness" of the effect is arguable, as it could be seen as more general representations of "energy" or "power" or even a "shock wave".)

I could go on about Wings nen-type, the likelyhood he'd learn transmutation powers, spesifics that would go to learning this spesific power, if Wing would be skilled enough to do this and if he even wanted to. But I think there's a more simple way to conclude that it's not actual electricity.

Apart from the visuals, it doesn't actually act like electricity in any way, shape or form.
The paper hardenes, cuts clean through a can and embeds itself to a wall. Nothing in the way it or the objects around it act indicates a presence of electricity. (They don't exactly dismiss it either, but then again, what would be the point of electricity, if it has no use.)


How does Suigintou function without her torso?

There are quite a few differences between the anime and manga in Rozen Maiden.

Suigintou's torso is one of those.

In the anime, she has no torso connecting her upper and lower halves.
Rozen Maker Wikia tells that it is shown in the two episedos of Rozen Maiden Ouvertüre that she was left incomplete and unassembled, not even receiving a Rosa Mystica. Her love for her father makes her able to move her upper body only. She is awarded a Rosa Mystica later.

There are no explanations to how she could move her both halves of her body without the connecting torso.

In the manga, Suigintou does have her torso. But she is ashamed of it, because it is defective, with cracks that cover most of her back, and through which her wings come out.

So the manga also does not offer an explanation, since the problem itself does not exist there.


Was Genos upgraded as much as he was in the manga, in the webcomic?

In the Web Comic Genos is largely The Worf.  An ostensibly powerful combatant, who ends up becoming little more than a measuring stick for how much stronger the new villain (or non-villain) is.  Meaning he gets handily beat up on a regular basis, and doesn't need to serve any other purpose than giving a brutal display of how strong his opponent is.  Genos in particular tends to serve in that limited basis, doing little more than providing exposition in addition to getting his butt whupped.
What victories he does have are generally off-screen.  You may recall the Machine God that Genos fought while Saitama tracked down King and learned the truth of King's power.  In the Manga this is a highly detailed fight where we see exactly how Genos handles the fight and how tough it is.  In the webcomic the fight occurs completely off-screen.  The manga has, subsequently, significantly increased the apparent power of Genos, simply through giving us more exposure to his actual successes (or even draws).
As Orochi is a Manga original character, so too is the Psykos-Orochi fusion.  We've been told by Murata that Orochi was meant to give Tatsumaki more of a challenge than any one fighter did in the Webcomic.  However, Tatsumaki does still have certain issues in the fights that ensue after she lifts up the entire Monster Association base in the webcomic, and Genos does intervene to help her out in that fight as well.  This occurs in Chapter 71 of the webcomic.  The end result is that, while he effectively deflects an attack from a Dragon-level threat to bail Tatsumaki out of a bad situation—much as with the manga scene you reference—he does no real damage to anyone and immediately loses his arms to a counterattack.  While he doesn't exit the fight immediately, attempting to continue with nothing but kicking power, he is effectively a non-factor doing little more than providing minor distractions and expository observations from that point on.
As a general rule, Genos does go through an upgrade cycle after every failure, both in the webcomic and manga. This occurs when he gets repaired. The manga has entire arcs that do not appear in the webcomic, though, such as the tournament, as well as significant alterations to various fights.  I believe there are two upgrade cycles that are subsequently unique to the manga, due to their preceding fights not existing in the webcomic:

Goketsu.  This character and the tournament arc do not exist in the webcomic.  As such the bodily destruction and subsequent repair+upgrade exists only in the manga.
Elder Centipede.  In the webcomic, Elder Centipede is not only not fought by Genos, but is not even fought and defeated by Saitama.  In the webcomic, he's bested by Garou, who takes up the fight after Metal Bat.

If we take Genos at his own word about his powers, then immediately preceding the Manga scene you reference he says that he is now able to destroy meteors; presumably his baseline is the meteor he failed to deal with earlier in the story, that was ultimately taken out by Saitama.  That meteor was assigned the threat level of Dragon.  In the Web Comic, however, Genos does not make any claims about being able to defeat a Dragon level threat (meteor or otherwise) until after his repair+upgrade cycle following the Monster Association arc (and even then the claim seemed somewhat questionable, as he almost immediately loses an arm to a Demon level threat, but later on he does seem to perform well in comparison to Flashy Flash).
So the net conclusion is: he's been upgraded more times in the manga, but for trivial reasons (more necessary repairs were added); but he seems to have been upgraded to "one level" higher, being able to deal with a dragon-level threat pre-MA fights rather than post-MA fights.


What's the name of the song playing when Mr. 3 uses his Wax Wax Mansion ability on Luffy during the Little Garden Arc?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32EmX1eO5Xo&ab_channel=MrCyboron
Here is the sound track. Most One Piece official soundtracks will come with at least more than one song. The soundtrack you're looking for will be the second of two soundtracks.
EDIT: The name of the soundtrack is Difficult.


Why do the Gold and Silver Brothers in Naruto Shippuden have whisker marks?

My guess is the author is making a reference to the Maneki-Neko or the fortune cat with the whiskers. It is a tradition that these ornaments brings forth good luck or fortune. Back in the old days, copper, silvers and gold were used as part of the currency exchange, that is why the Maneki Neko is sometimes coated in gold like color.

Towards the end before the Gold and Silver brothers were completely sealed away, Darui did mention something about if a bunch of copper work together, it is worth more than a lump of gold or silver.


Are Board of Education members immune to Death Feedback?

Somehow they've figured out that using additional objects or creatures to carry out the actual killing is a workaround which doesn't trigger the death feedback reaction. I suspect it was made clear at the time the death feedback was invented and introduced to people. There had to be some way to kill the deviants and possible mass murderers in case some genetic or other type of disorder prevented death feedback from preventing more deaths as intended.


One for All gives unlimited power?

No, it doesn't. You can't just get 101% power, where is the extra 1% coming from? Out of nowhere? Nothing comes out of nothing! By 100% power, it means the power of all the successors of One for All (as far as I understood).
Thus again, it is impossible to get unlimited power.

And if you based your question (clearly you did) after watching Midoriya using One for All at 1,000,000%, I would ask you to think of it again. Can Midoriya even use 100% of One for All in his current condition?

   Clearly Midoriya can't even use or control 50% of his power (or let's just agree that he can't use his full power yet without arguing on the percentage)

Now it's time to unravel the mystery. How did Midoriya use 1,000,000% of One for All? Without saying a word, I will just post a picture of the Author explaining how he did that:


It really depends on what you call winning.

L had been suspicious, strongly suspicious and just a tad less strongly suspicious of Light being Kira throughout the entire anime (or, well: those potions wherein he was alive).
L, however, wanted to prove that Light was Kira with evidence that would suffice to try him guilty. Collecting enough evidence to win a court case was also the police task force’s goal. They never achieved that or they would have arrested (and subsequently tried) Light.

In games like the board game Cluedo (or Clue, if you’re on the other side of the pond), you can essentially win by guessing correctly. In crime fiction or real-world criminal investigations, you don’t win by guessing correctly, you only win by proving you’re correct. Thus, applying the rules of Cluedo, L won; but he himself wouldn’t have considered him winning due to thinking in criminal investigation terms.

Since you now clarified what you mean by winning:

L did not win the mind game. We was on a good track, but he was short of the goal. If Rem hadn’t taken action, it probably wouldn’t have been too long before L had proven to himself that Light is Kira, at which point he would have also told the world about it. However, he was stopped just short of proof.


Anime about a boy getting chased through a school?

I think the anime you are looking for is Magical Warfare, the events you described are from the first episode.

The strong man is Takao Oigami

The pretty boy should be Kazumi Ida

  Takeshi Nanase is an ordinary high school boy who has a somewhat dark past. However, one day, he comes across a girl named Mui Aiba, in a uniform he has never seen before, collapsed on the school campus. This encounter changes Takeshi's destiny completely. Mui tells Takeshi that she is a magician, and she apologizes, for she turned Takeshi into a magician, too. What Takeshi once knew as one world is actually two — the world where magicians live and the world where humans live.


To answer the question, I am thinking in terms of Japan, if not a manga/anime world.

Did you forget to think of seafood? Seafood is a big delicacy in Japan, considering all of Japan is surrounded by water. Although they must be careful not to over-fish.

Reference


What is the song in episode 3 of Your lie in April

Confirmed at 12:10 the classical piece is "Saint-Saëns: Introduction & Rondo Capriccioso in A Minor, Op. 28" by Alexandre Da Costa
The song played earlier in the mentioned photo above is "Bansou Bansou" by Anime de Japan


What is the significance of the toad statues in Mount Myouboku?

According to here:

  There is a sacred fountain on Mount Myōboku which produces a special oil which allows people to more easily feel the natural energy around them, but if the person is not perfectly still, becoming one with nature, he or she starts becoming a toad and eventually turns into stone. This oil can only exist in the atmosphere of the mountain, and will evaporate if taken outside. There are many statues of the frog ancestors and of people who tried to learn senjutsu, but failed and became toad statues. The statues are treated with much respect.

People live at Mount Myōboku, and some can use senjutsu, so it stands to reason that there would have been a number who failed.

To address the other part of your question, Minato (the Fourth Hokage) is also known to have been able to summon toads, which shows that it isn't just Naruto and Jiraiya who can summon them.


Which Doraemon episode was about a tree-seed thingy which became a girl?

These are the two I can find. The 1973 version did not adapt this story. Both are without subtitles though.

As for the summary you want, I was only able to find a Chinese version.

Chinese Summary

1979 Version in Chinese

2005 Version in Cantonese


Is anything known about Rock Lee's family?

Okay, per "Madara's" request, due to speculation and interpretation of how things have gone in Naruto so far. It really feels as so that Lee is really reliant to Gai to the point of seeing him as a guardian, or even a father. Notice how even his own parents did not help to comfort him after his failure at genjutsu and ninjutsu broke him down in tears. Maybe they're just really negligent towards him, but on the other hand, there was a war 12(Naruto part 1) - 17(Shippuuden) years ago, involving the Kyuubi. Now we know there were many casualties, such as Minato, Iruka's parents, etc. So therefore, it is possible, if not overall probable that his parents were in the war as well. This was different from most of the other wars, as it was on the home front, rather than invading another country. Therefore, the entire village would be in a total war situation, where every capable villager would be drafted to fight; knowledge of ninja skills irrelevant. For all we know, they could've been basic villagers who just sell fish for a living and they just so happened to get killed by the Kyuubi on its rampage. And then Lee being at most 1 years old, could've taken an oath to avenge his parents' deaths by learning jutsu (see how well that turned out...). But of course no information has ever been given about his family, so this is pure speculation.


Things that aren't explained in the anime

I haven't watched the anime, so I can only guess at what's happened there so far, but this is what happened in the manga:

Why are the girls alive again in the end, except one of them?

   Because of Hatsuna. Her power grants her immortality and allows her to regenerate infinitely, as long as her Drasil is still in her Harness. Her power even allows her to revive and regenerate someone within 24 hours of their death, at the cost of Hatsuna hanging up and staying in a half melted state until she recovers the next day. She uses this power to save Kasumi who was killed by Valkyria the same day Kotori died.

Were they succesfull with creating their own pills?

   Yes. As a reward for defeating Valkyria, and saving the world by ejecting Kotori, they received the formula for the medecine from Hexenjagd.

Is it really impossible for Kuroha Neko to regain her memories?

   That is currently unknown. We know that Kuroha managed to recover her memories when fighting Valkyria, including the ones from before she became a magic user. That was the only instance where she regained any kind of memory.

Of course, the above answers assume that the anime has been (more or less) faithfully following the manga.


I'm not sure how reliable is this source but according to TvTropes,

  It's easy to miss the fact that the series is set in the far future, after the apocalypse, long enough after for things to have been rebuilt to about the same level. In a recent flashback, Juri tells a story of her adolescence to the young Yuuki; we've heard before that she was about three thousand years old, and the architecture and setting appears to be roughly modern day Japan, certainly within the last 30 years or so.

But I think the setting where Vampire Knight is set most likely fictional.


He now holds Hueco Mundo. Should he gain control of Soul Society, there would be no power considered great enough (in his mind) to threaten the Quincy race again. This seems to be my assumption.

Although i'm sure there's some sort of connection that's yet to be revealed to us as well. I speculate this connection due to the fact that Masaki's family is dead and there was no explanation given, unless we are to assume they perished in the Quincy genocides.


What is the Juralian referring to by "that day"?

From what I pick out of the Japanese dialog, it seems that translation is quite word-for-word literal. What's interesting though is in the Japanese he uses the words "sono toki" instead of "ano toki" to refer to "that time" and I think that makes all the difference.

By Japanese 101 definitions, when referring to objects, you use "ano," meaning "that", to refer to an object far away from both the speaker and the listener. "Sono," also meaning "that", is used when the object is far from the speaker, but close to the listener.  Mind you, beware of Japanese 101 definitions of words because they hardly ever give the entire context to the word.

Throw in the context that you constantly hear in anime, when the speaker is trying to be vague and mysterious, they will say, for instance "ano hito," (literally meaning "that person" or you could just translate it as HIM, meaning that person we all know because he's that important, but I'm not going to name) often referring to some mysterious big bad who has yet make an appearance, and wasn't mentioned before in the conversation.

The use of "sono" then feels significant, likely implying that he's referring to the time he was just talking about (their extinction), rather than some other time that they all know about but aren't naming.

I also lean to this interpretation over the time when Earth is destroyed, as the subject of Earth being destroyed hasn't come up yet in his speech either.  Japanese is a very contextual language.  You generally will say a thing once to establish the current topic of conversation, then leave out the topic in following sentences until the topic changes.


Why was Afro's imaginary friend, 'Ninja Ninja', a ninja?

I think it is because he represents the opposite of afro's like the samurai and ninja's in the history, opposites and enemies.Source

Origins of the Ninja:
[...]
Japanese folklore states that the ninja descended from a demon that was half man and half crow. However, it seems more likely that the ninja slowly evolved as an opposing force to their upper-class contemporaries, the samurai, in early feudal Japan.
[...]
Ninjutsu versus Bushido:
Ninjutsu developed as an opposing force to the samurai code of bushido. Samurai valued loyalty and honor above all else. Going into battle, a samurai would select a single opponent, announce his challenge, list his family pedigree, and then attack. Samurai wore bright colors on their armor to announce their clan identity. Ideally, at least, bushido was noble and highly stylized, but it couldn't always get the job done.
That is where ninjutsu came in: the ninja code valued accomplishing a mission by whatever means necessary. Sneak attacks, poison, seduction and spying were all shameful to the samurai, but fair play by the rules of the ninja."


Why is Giorno's clothes color different between the manga and anime version?

Why not blue?
Because apparently there is no canon color scheme to JoJo's.

Hirohiko Araki stated in notes from his lecture from 2006

  When Jojo became an OVA, one of the animators asked Araki "what color if Jotaro?" however Araki had no such concept. He colors everything based on calculation. For example, in Volume 54 Giorno's clothes are pink, but in Volume 63 they are blue.

As praraphrased by Super Eyepatch Wolf, "he doesn't view his world or characters in any consistant color palet".

Why pink?
Dunno. Looks good on him? I'm betting the production staff had some freedom when it came to the color palet given Araki's attitude towards colors.
Also, as stated, the color scheme has been seen in past media such as the covers mentioned.

The production staff may have also wanted to differentiate themselves from previous color choises. The blue was the color of choise for the DIGITAL COLORED COMICS version, which I think the picture in the question originates from, as well as games such as All Star Battle and Eyes of Heaven.


Is this ring merchandise with a red seal and gold "忍" emblem exist in Naruto?

This is a ring made in the style of the Akatsuki rings. However such designs are merely inspired and have little to no bearing to the Naruto franchise itself.

I will not post links to any online vendors, but you will find many like it from various vendors if you do a cursory Google search for something like "shinobi symbol ring." If you add Naruto to the query you might get more franchise relevant.


This is an impactful yet controversial scene that baffles even the Japanese viewers. In chapter 22 of the original, semi-autobiographical manga that the Ghibli film is based on, the author speculates that Taeko's father physically punished Taeko because she was not acting in line with his principle of raising a dignified (read of higher class) daughter. This is because in post-war Japan, including the time of Taeko's childhood in 1966, barefootedness (outside of house) was commonly associated with poverty. (Cf. the classic manga Barefoot Gen by Hiroshima survivor Keiji Nakazawa that is also a testimony to the living conditions of the impoverished people.) Whether Taeko was acting selfish or bratty probably was of no concern to her father.

  原作コミック（岡本蛍・作 刀根夕子・画）の２２話「ワガママ」には

  「ひょっとして父は・・・タエ子のワガママにいまさら腹を立てたのではなかったかもしれないはだしで飛び出すというそのみっともなさ あさましさに激怒したのではなかったろうか ワガママでもいい 凛々しく育ってほしい・・・それが父の美学だったのかもしれない」

Quoted from http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q13117211068.

On a side note, はだし教育 (hadashi kyouiku, Barefoot Education) is generally well-received these days, so I don't think that children leaving the house without shoes on would incur that kind of penalty anymore.

Inspired by a post-viewing reflection article (in Japanese, a good read), I think the scene of Taeko running out of the house in barefoot prompted the recall of the original inferiority feeling by the father and was treated as an attack on his feeling of superiority that was his defense mechanism. It is all based on assumptions really, but could it be that the father was once poor and worked his way up to the middle-upper class? Was his sumptuous lifestyle (e.g. buying the then rare and expensive pineapple and not finish eating it) an overcompensation for his earlier days? The relevant parts in the Wikipedia articles (emphasis by me):

  Superiority complex is a psychological defense mechanism in which a person's feelings of superiority counter or conceal his or her feelings of inferiority. [...] [I]f we inquire into a superiority complex and study its continuity, we can always find a more or less hidden inferiority [feeling] complex.

  [Inferiority complex] is often subconscious, and is thought to drive afflicted individuals to overcompensate, resulting either in spectacular achievement or extreme asocial behavior. [...] A secondary inferiority feeling relates to an adult's experience of being unable to reach a subconscious, fictional final goal of subjective security and success to compensate for the inferiority feelings. The perceived distance from that goal would lead to a negative/depressed feeling that could then prompt the recall of the original inferiority feeling; this composite of inferiority feelings could be experienced as overwhelming.

The inner workings of human beings are really complex, as this example in the film has shown, with many viewers, myself included, still begging for an explanation of the motives behind the father's action. There may never be a definitive answer.


What is the reference Iri is making when she says DDD?

I belive it's referring to Decoration Disorder Disconnection, AKA DDD, which is another title written by Kinoko Nasu which was published in Faust magazine

  Arika Ishizue lost his left arm in the A-syndrome related accident and hospitalized. After he left the hospital and went back to Shikura, he met a beautiful boy named Kaie Karyou who has no limbs and is living in a dark basement. The boy asked him to exorcise the "Demons" possessing A-Syndrome patients. Arika was involved in the bizarre cases and the fights with the "Demons".

Source: DDD on Typemoon Wikia

As the Wikia also states there are no connections between DDD and the rest of the Natsuverse, even though Mitsuru Kamekura from Kara no Kyoukai is refernced in it as the wiki states

  it is simply a gimmick included by Nasu to cause readers of both to do a double-take while reading. It is actually a pseudonym taken from a character in a book in the DDD world.

However i do not know how being able to share the Holy Grail or not is related to DDD or how explaining it is "too adult" for Student 0. however given the case with Mitsuru Kamekura this could be the same thing with it being a gimmick by Kinoko Nasu and/or Gen Urobuchi to cause those who have read DDD to do a double take


Does Koyomi ever get more powerful in the Anime or Light Novels?

You are wondering how can he can

   tell his sisters that you have to be strong to be a hero despite being rather weak himself.

But does he ever

   claim to be a hero?

I can't recall that he did. Thus, there is no discrepancy in his words and the story he sees in himself is not invalid.

His sisters, however

   did, quite proudly, claim to be heroes. He only (rightfully in his opinion) pointed out that they can't live up to that standard.

On a meta level: Not every story needs a strong hero - many great pieces (commonly for adults) rather tell about the weaknesses of a person rather than their strengths. I would consider Monogatari well fitting in this light.


What does the following quote by Nagato mean?

This is just another manifestation of Nagato's bitterness towards the world.  He faced pain, repeatedly and more so than he deserved.  That experience planted the seed of doubt, doubt that pain could be avoided unless power was attained.  And that doubt entrenched itself more firmly in his mind until it stopped being a doubt.  It morphed into a surety.  It became belief.  That innocence where pain was an unfortunate hardship was stripped away.  Pain became an unyielding reality, unavoidable unless enough power could be consolidated to end all war.

This is what Nagato meant.  That what began as a doubt in an optimistic view of the world reaffirms itself so forcefully and repeatedly stops being a mere doubt and affirms itself as belief, as reality, as truth.  That there is an inevitability in losing an idealistic innocence and facing a harsh reality, changing from an optimistic attitude to one of cruel realism / pessimism.

And herein lies the fascinating contrast between Nagato and Naruto.  Both lead a life filled with pain, disappointment, sadness and grief.  One embraced positivity, optimism and hope while the other succumbed to negativity, pessimism and despair.  One chose to be built up by his trials.  The other was destroyed by them.  The evident lesson here is one of choice, of choosing a positive attitude and seeing the divergent paths to which a choice in ideology can lead.


After Madara stole Kakashi's sharingan, was it not possible for Naruto to take Obito's left eye and give it to Kakashi?

The Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan are caused by a special kind of ocular chakra originating in an Uchiha's brain. Usually, a cause of powerful emotion will awaken the Sharingan, and great loss will evolve it into the Mangekyou. Once unlocked, activating them is fairly easy. They can be transplanted, and even retain their abilities. Though it may have been an exception due to its spacetime powers, Kakashi's case showed it could even evolve to the Mangekyou despite not being in an Uchiha. Kakashi could activate and deactivate the Mangekyou form. However, he could never deactivate the Sharingan, and hence had to cover up his Sharingan eye when not in use to preserve chakra.

Next, after Obitos's death, he used his space time powers to transfer his chakra to Kakashi. By doing so, he also transfered his ocular chakra, which temporarily awakened Obito's Mangekyou in Kakashi. Once that Chakra was used up and the Sharingan released, it was gone for good.

Lastly, there is one who went through a very similar situation, Madara. As pointed out, Madara at one time had Obito's Mangekyou and his own Rinnegan. By having a 2nd eye, despite having unlocked the Rinnegan, did not evolve it into a Rinnegan. He even transplanted regular Sharingan before his death, but they did not evolve into Rinnegan either, despite up to several years between him giving his Rinnegan to Nagato, transplanting the spare Sharingan and dying.

Now, of course those were not Madara's real eyes, but the fact that he had the ocular chakra required to awaken even the Rinnegan, but couldn't do so with a Sharingan and a Mangekyou eye says a lot.

With all that established, We have a decent amount of evidence backing up what would happen if Naruto grew a new eye for Obito. Most likely, what would happen is the new eye would be a normal Uchiha eye, which is almost identical to any other regular eye. It would have the potential to unlock the Sharingan and Mangekyou Sharingan, and Obito could probably more easily unlock them than normal, but its impossible to say if it would happen immediately, take months to do so, or anywhere in between.

So, transplanting Obito's left eye into Kakashi, and then having Naruto regrow Obitos eye would likely be able to create 2 eyes with Obito's Mangekyou powers, given an unknown amount of time before he could reawaken his powers.

That however shows the main reason why they didn't do so, besides the situation preventing them from thinking about it. They couldn't risk it not working instantly. Obito was under Zetsus control until Kaguya showed up, and they needed everything they had to just barely pull off that victory. Obito having his left eye's powers is what both got Sasuke out of the dimension Kaguya threw him into alone, and saved Kakashi from her All-Killing Ash Bones. The odds that his new left eye being fully awakened to Mangekyou within the few minutes before it was needed are slim to none. Then after it was used twice in critical circumstances, he turned to ash.


Are there any relations between the different "sagas" in Pokémon Special/Pokémon Adventures manga?

Pokemon Adventures is divided into several distinct parts, or adventures. There are twelve major divisions at present. Namely

Pokémon Adventures: Red, Blue & Green
Pokémon Adventures: Yellow
Pokémon Adventures: Gold, Silver & Crystal
Pokémon Adventures: Ruby & Sapphire
Pokémon Adventures: FireRed & LeafGreen
Pokémon Adventures: Emerald
Pokémon Adventures: Diamond & Pearl
Pokémon Adventures: Platinum
Pokémon Adventures: HeartGold & SoulSilver
Pokémon Adventures: Black & White
Pokémon Adventures: Black 2 & White 2
Pokémon Adventures: X & Y

Basically all adventures take place in the same Pokemon world (see map below), but at different locations. Since the manga is based on the video games it makes sense that the protagonists change from adventure to adventure, but they remain in the same timeline and world. They remain at different locations, but their stories intertwine at many occasions. It is therefore not surprising that protagonists from earlier adventures reoccur in later chapters. This can, for example, be seen when in the third adventure all gym leaders from Kanto have to compete with those of Johto at the 10th Pokemon league. It can also be seen in the third adventure that all seven aforementioned protagonists have to work together to defeat the main villain in the Last Battle from chapter 167 to 180.

I guess you could say that the adventures are seen from professor Oak's point of view, since in that same chapter 180 we can see how Crystal finished the pokedex. She completed the Pokedex with data on the remaining Pokemon of the original 251 known Pokemon at the time. At this point we can see Professor Oak say

  The truth is, about 100 new Pokemon have appeared and I'd thought of asking her to help...

I doubt those 100 Pokemon just appeared. The people of the Hoenn region are probably well aware of the existence of these Pokemon, but professor Oak, might just recently have heard about them. So in that sense, we see the world evolve from the point of view of those from Kanto and especially professor Oak as the most frequent recurring character in the series.

Map of the Pokemon world


Logically speaking, the Tenseigan should NOT be able to get transplanted, as long as the receiver isn't of the Otsutsuki.
According to a Quora page I found:

The Tenseigan is a dojutsu that can be awakened by a combination of a Byakugan and the Chakra of an Otsusuki clan member. The Tenseigan is a dojutsu that can be awakened by a combination of a Byakugan and the Chakra of an Otsusuki clan member.

Considering the fact that Tenseigan can only be awakened when a Byakugan is tied to the chakra of an Otsutsuki Clan member, it should not be able to get transplanted because once taken out of the eyes, it is no longer tied to Otsutsuki chakra of any sort. This is assuming the receiver of the Tenseigan isn't Otsutsuki themselves.
For more information on the Tenseigan, please check out this link.


In which episode did Luffy say the following quote?

It's from Episode 236: this is a clip from the episode at the scene you mentioned.

The context is the duel between Usopp and Luffy: after Luffy decided to buy a new ship and abandon the Going Merry, Usopp abandons the crew and challenged Luffy to a duel. The cross talk is between the two of them just before the duel began.


When does The Last: Naruto the Movie take place within Naruto Shippuden anime series and Naruto manga?

The Last: Naruto the Movie takes place two years after the events of the Fourth Shinobi World War, ie two years after Chapter 699.  The last chapter of the manga, Chapter 700, shows events taking place over 10 years after the Fourth Shinobi World War. So the timeline of The Last falls in between chapters 699 and 700. Chronologically, the movie takes place after the Shippuden series.

As for your original question, the current episodes of Naruto:Shippuden series are fillers. So they are not based on the manga and is made specially for the anime.  But removing the filler arc, it is currently at Chapter 662 of Birth of the Ten-Tails' Jinchūriki arc.

For more Naruto related stuff, check out the wikia site.


Why can Sonic become a Super Saiyan like Goku?

I think you're refering to what's commonly known as Super Sonic.

Sonic has had the ability to turn into Super Sonic using Chaos Emerald since the 2nd game. Various media have handeled this transformation in various ways (see the Wikia-page linked above), but in general he's seen as a yellow or golden version of himself. He usually gain enhanced speed and an ability to fly and/or to survive in outer space. At least in the games, this is often at expense of Rings.

The transformation is not directly linked to Super Saiyans, but it's widely believed that the game drew heavy inspiration from Dragon Ball in this regard. (No official confirmation, tough.)


Are Walls Maria/Rose/Sina the only Wall community in the world?

Updated answer
I have not been following Attack on Titan past the first season of the anime, but since I currently can't delete my answer since it's been accepted, I'll provide something based on what I've gleaned from the Wiki.
From the page about the Walls, it appears that at present, there is no knowledge of any other walled community. However, when Eren finally returns to his father's basement, he discovers that humanity has not actually been wiped out. I'm not sure if this development was entirely predictable. Early on, the story of a quick construction of massive walls while humanity was under attack was already very suspicious, but I was not invested enough to think much about it. (My hunch at the time was also more of something to the effect of, "a conspiracy destroyed most of humanity.")
Old answer, based on the first season of the anime
In some of the episode openings (particularly in the first few episodes of Attack on Titan), it's stated that:

Over a hundred years ago, humanity suddenly found itself faced with a new predator. They were more powerful than humans. Humanity was immediately pushed to the brink of extinction. The survivors built three walls: Maria, Rose, and Sina.

Without any further qualification of the statement, it's pretty much implied here (and elsewhere) that the walls contain all that's left of humanity. This sense of there having been huge losses to such an extent - to the point where entire cultures probably have been obliterated - are confirmed somewhat by things like when Mikasa's kidnappers describe her and her mother as the last of the Asians.
There're probably some more explicit statements of this elsewhere, but it's been a while since I saw Attack on Titan, and this was the first place that came to mind that stated something of this sort.
If it matters to anybody, I'm taking the quote here from the Crunchyroll sub.


The anime and manga have quite different storylines. Therefore, whether the prime minister dies in the anime or not is up for debate, but in the manga chapter 227, it explicitly shows the prime minister burning to ashes after overusing the seven flames, as well as a news broadcast in chapter 228 about the death of the prime minister, with the next panel having normal citizens commenting on how his death will affect politics.
It is up to you to use the events of the manga to make sure whether the prime minister dies at the end of the anime. In my opinion, though, I think it's best to keep the events of the anime and manga separate.
One thing to note about my answer: I haven't watched the anime fully yet. I will check the last episode, however, and update this answer accordingly.

Edit: Just saw the ending of the anime. The story of the anime is so different from that of the manga that I think whether the prime minister dies in the anime or not will always just be speculation.


Original song used to make VOICES tilt-six Remix feat. Miku Hatsune?

according to the Vocaloid Wikia it's based on an EDM, non-lyrical song of the same name.

  "VOICES" is a remixed Japanese song by tilt-six featuring Hatsune Miku. The song is based off of an EDM, non-lyrical song of the same name. The video was created as a collaboration between iXima, tilt-six and Sony to promote the new Sony XPERIA smartphone

the page list this youtube video as the original with the description saying

  The official, original version of the song "VOICES", created to promote the Sony XPERIA smartphone.


What kind of demon is in "My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero's"?

As noted in @AkiTanaka's comment, the word translated as "Demon" in this manga is "ma" (魔), or "maō" (魔王) for Demon King and "mazoku" (魔族) when discussing the demon kingdom.
I haven't personally read the Manga, but you can tell by comparing these panels from the first chapter:

So no, the "demons" to which they're referring aren't a particular type of being from Japanese mythology, like "youkai" or "oni", but rather a more general term for evil spirits/beings often used in generic Fantasy settings.
It's the same "ma" used in "akuma" (悪魔), which you may have also seen in many Manga and Anime, and is often aligned with more Western/foreign notions of "demons" and "devils".
See e.g. this answer for some nuances of how of these various terms differ.


Why is it that the swordsman's attacks appear to do nothing until they click the sword back into its sheath?

This trope is usually attributed to Fist of The North Star, after Kenshiro attacks someone he pauses and says "You are already dead". It is only then that they realise their defeat and the attacks are applied.

Reference.
Another Reference (TVTropes)

It's similar to how in Road Runner, Wilee Coyotee often runs off of cliffs, without realising the ground below him has stopped - he only falls when this is pointed out to him.

The usual rationale is that everything happens so fast that the character cannot register what is going on - and neither does their body.


Tanaka-san mainly only drinks tea. He was the previous Head-Butler of the Phantomhive family before Ciel shows up with Sebastian. Since Ciel makes Sebastian the Head-Butler, Tanaka-san was then task-less and turned into a backup Head Butler. This was later shown when Sebastian had to leave and was unavailable, Tanaka assumed the position of Head-Butler, commanding the staff trio until Sebastian's return.

In the Book of Circus, when the circus members attacked the Phantomhive manor (not knowing that the Ciel Phantomhive they are after are actually in their main camp disguised under the pseudonym Smile), it was shown that Elisabeth was spending the night at the manor. She was awaken due to the noises but Tanaka-san calmed her down and told her that she should go back to sleep while fully aware that there is a broken window (with a dead body IIRC) behind him. Elisabeth didn't notice this since he was there.

This might be his main task now, taking care of Elisabeth when she came over.

In addition he was also the figurehead of the Funtom corporation (anime 1st season episode 9).


Why was Spike looking for beans in “Cowboy Bebop: The Movie”?

Rasheed mentions that "you can find anything on Moroccan Street", likely implying the that market may have some back alley that deal with products different sorts.

Perhaps it is a nuance that is lost in translation? What Spike is probably looking for is information. There is a word in Japanese, 豆知識 (まめちしき), which literally means "bean knowledge" and can mean "bits of knowledge", or information. A bean that you can't see.

When he mentioned that he is looking for a bean seller it's possible someone that sells information (the local informant) in general. This is not explicit in the original Japanese language version, but in the English dub only, at around 0h:20m mark, there is an old lady that points and says, "ask for the bean shark, they will know what you mean." This is likely added to the English script for better context to the viewers. In actuality, it likely Spike asking around for sources of information that led him to the market and Rasheed to come out of the works to talk to Spike, since he is said to be well acquainted with the local folk, who likely informed them of a foreign asking for information.

It's probably a coincidence that the bean seller is connected to Vincent and the bioweapon directly. On the outside, Rasheed may seem like a regular bean seller, but it probably is a front or perhaps an informant side business. A bit like asking for a street name of some product so that certain locals can differentiate them from "normal" folk.

He speaks in a very indirect manner, perhaps likely to discern his intent. When he asks what kind of bean he is looking for, he refers to "Calabar beans" and how they can tell if "your wife's cheating", indirectly asking if then he goes on about Pythagoras about fava beans.

The significance of Pythagoras, the fava bean, and his death comes from legends. It is said that he hid and lived inside a cave for some time to hide from a dictator. In some accounts of his death his death was told to be the result of him fleeing attackers, who chased him until a field of flowering fava beans blocked his way, unable to advance any further, his pursuers caught up and he was killed. There are many interpretations of why the chose to stop there, but there his a particular speculation historian that has a bit overlap with the plot of the movie.

It is believed that Pythagoras may have had favism, for those unaware, favism, a genetic disorder that is particularly common in the Mediterranean. The condition, named after the bean, causes people to develop hemolytic anemia from eating favas, or inhaling the pollen from its flowers. Meaning that after consumption or contact, red blood cells start to break down, cause anemia-like symptoms, jaundice, and/or  heart failure. Perhaps it is a bit of ironic foreshadowing or illusion to the bioweapon?

Spike likely didn't catch on to Rasheed's true identity until their second meeting, in which Rasheed spoke when he knew about the Doctor in the third person.

   Spike likely pieces everything together by the end (Rasheed = the Doctor), asking Rasheed to deliver a messaged to the Doctor before he departs, then promptly punching him in the gut.


Who is the woman who sings the ending song for "In the Beginning: The Bible Stories."

You can find the information either in the Japanese Wikipedia article for In the Beginning: The Bible Stories or the corresponding aniDB entry under the Songs tab.

The ending theme is Rainbow Blue sang by Reimy.


Questions about the time-travel scene in the Steins;Gate movie

I will answer these out of order sorry.

2- There is no real answer to this but I will tell you how I interpreted it. I believe that both the Alpha and Steins gate world lines are actually conneted before Okabe's fist encounter with Kurisu. Once he interacts with her in the anime it creates the Alpha world line and then when he sets the steins gate I believe that it is bassaly a fork in the road. Let me explain a little. In the anime when Okabe kisses Kurisu he talks about how it will not be stored in his hippocampus because it is not his first kiss. I interpret this as he remembers his first kiss with Kurisu but does not know that it was actually her. So in both the Alpha line and Steins gate he remembered the kiss but in steins gate he remembered that it was her so that is what tied him to the Steins gate line.

3- I dabbled on this in number 2 but I will explain a little farther. In both lines he remembers having a first kiss before going to get Mayuri, but the difference being that in the Steins gate line he remembers the significance of that encounter. In the Alpha line he most likely just remembers a kiss but nothing else. The difference is that in the Steins gate line he remembers who gave it to him and the story that Kurisu gave him about his future self. This is most likely what grounded him to the steins gate line.

Last but not lease 1- This is kind of a blurry spot. I'm not actually sure if in that time if she looked like her 13 year old self of if that was just something they added but I have 2 theory, one more unlikely then the other. Most likely this is just something done by the producer but I hate that so I came up with another theory. This is very unlikely, its actually probably impossible but it could be that when Kurisu went back in time to when she also would have been 13 that everyone saw her as the age she would have been at the time. For example, if she were to go to a time where she was just 5 then everyone would see her as a 5 year old. This is most likely false due to the fact that Suzu was from the future but looked her actual age. Think what you want but when producers do things like that it bugs me so I to would like an explanation.


How did Orochimaru turn Jugo's ability into the curse mark?

Jugo is not the original bearer of the curse mark. He's the source from whom that jutsu was created. Jugo's clan had a special body which could absorb the force of nature and transform into various forms and had immense urge to kill.

Like said on Chapter 349, page 9, Orochimaru used Jugo's blood to create an enzyme that caused similar transformations and gave immense power to the bearer. Orochimaru just injected the enzyme into his subjects.


What is the track that plays at 19:41 of One Piece Episode 84?

You can listen here: OnePieceTrackList

Starting from 1:31 on the track, the track is named "Anger!!" from "Music & Song Collection 1", track #11. The track starts at 19:41 on the soundtrack.


Did Kishou Arima know about the dragon Kagune?

Regarding the infection, it could be a different and new type of disease for people exposed to a large amount of RC cells other than RC cell over-secretion, mainly due to the fact that the infected can still move about. However, it does not seem that the humans became Ghouls, since the infected lack some Ghoul traits, so I think they should be considered as a different type altogether. How that is possible is currently unknown.

Regarding Kaneki's Dragon still being active, in Chapter 161,

  Furuta watched as Rize emerged from an egg and called her 'Dragon'. From this, we can say that Rize merged with the Dragon in place of Kaneki since she was one of the final opponents in the manga, which Kaneki also fought.

Regarding Arima, I do not think that was a prediction, because while he seems to be a 'pro-ghoul', I think what he also wants is something like ghouls living and having a place with human society. And again, those humans who were infected cannot really be classified as ghouls, more like a new type altogether so his 'prediction' is still not on point. (I also cannot recall this prediction but I'll try to reread)


How was Sasuke able to summon 2 different types of creatures?

Well officially, only Pain and Sasuke are able to summon more than one creature. Pain's ability seems more realistic since each summoned animal had the black rods (he may have gotten control of their dead bodies and utilized them during battles with his vast chakra).

Sasuke is a different issue. There's no evidence that he ever signed off a contract with the hawks. Seems like Kishimoto pulled it off just to blend with the 'Taka' group name.


Is "The Best Meat Buns" a double entendre in Japanese?

You might be overthinking this.

Remember that this is at a cultural festival. Natsu with the ad on her back, wearing a China dress, is more likely out there to be a poster girl of sorts to advertise her class's themed cafe,inside the building.

If a double entendre was intended it would make more sense to put the ad on the front versus the back, below the actual goods. Even if this were true, why advertise the class when the advertised product is right there?


Looking for a manga with a girl that can see people's thoughts

I'm quite sure it is Shiryoku Kensa.

Synopsis from mangaupdates:

  Based on the 40mP million-view hit Vocaloid song Shiryoku Kensa, Miyashita Megumi, also known as "Gumi", was one of the only survivors in a plane crash thirteen years ago. Since then, she has been able to see two copies of every person and one of them always has a "C" on them. Thirteen years later, she now wears glasses, yet her left eye remains a puzzle. And then, her friend goes "missing".

Her physician told her to keep her glasses on to prevent her left eye (the C eye) from seeing the true self of people, so that she could live a normal life. And she had been keeping her glasses on since then until her friend stopped going to school one day, when she decided to use the power of her left eye to investigate.

Below is a page from chapter 1 showing her C eye's power activated after she removed her glasses. As shown in the page, she could see 2 copies of the same person when they are lying, and the copy with the C is the person's true thought.


What is the joke behind "fork" and "spoon" keywords?

According to an interview with the scenario writer, Naotaka Hayashi, featured in Dengeki Games Magazine about the heroines of anime/game that weren’t explained in the main story:

Why did Kurisu want her own fork?
Ever since Kurisu came back to Japan she couldn’t get enough of instant ramen. At first she tried using chopsticks to eat her ramen but never could get used to them, so she gave up and used a fork instead. This is why she wanted her own personal fork to eat her ramen at the lab.

This is probably the actual meaning she implies. Her comment about how Okabe shouldn't take an interest (i.e., ask more about it) in that, is probably something to hide he embarrassment of not being able to use chopsticks.
Note that she brought her own spoon for pudding, but she doesn't have a fork (for ramen).


What's the music playing at the beginning of episode 130?

The music you are looking for is Pain. It is part of the musics of Bleach that have not been released in any OST.


What if Goku Black is killed before forcefully pulled back by the Space/Time Distortion?

The answer to this would be yes and no!If Goku destroyed black when he followed Future Trunks, He wouldn't have been brought back to life. However, since Future Zamasu in future trunks timeline has a time ring, He could use it to go back to Goku's timeline and possibly replicated what he did before, so in theory Goku black would still be alive but it wouldn't be the same Goku Black.

When goku and Vegeta wen't to Future trunks's timeline and fought black, when Goku was injured and came back to the timeline, he wasn't automatically alright. So in other words, if goku had tied or had been destroyed by Black, he wouldn't have come back to his actual timeline.When future trunks was killed by super perfect cell in the main timeline, they needed to use the dragon balls(of that timeline), to bring him back to life. Also future trunks uses the time machine to go back to his time line and only one of him exists. So in other words, an alternate of him wasn't created in that timeline.Also, we know all the Kaioshin's have time rings, and it's something which is only owned by them. Future zamasu had killed all the Kaioshin's and had access to these time rings so irrespective of whether black was destroyed along with his time ring, he'd still be able to go to another time line.We also know that when future trunks destroyed the super dragon balls in trunks's universe, it didn't affect the super dragon balls in the mian time line as the prize for the best warrior in the tournament of power, is the super dragon balls