How many people knows about Kazehaya Kamito's secret?

At the end of the anime only one living person besides Kamito knows that he is Ren Ashbell, and that's the princess Fianna Ray Ordesia.

Ellis's older sister Velsaria Eva Fahrengart found out during the fight in the last episode but dies right afterwards.

Ellis and Clair both suspect that he is Ren but both are put off by various things. The principle being that as Ren he fought with a black blade in his left hand and now he fights with Est (a white blade) in his right hand.

While the relationship between him and Greyworth Ciel Mais (headmistress of the school) isn't stated in the anime, in the light novels she was the one who taught him how to fight with a sword before the first Bladedance he competes in, and so also knows that he is Ren Ashbell.


That episode/arc was the first to introduce such a Haki limitation concept. In fact, the wiki page on Haki cites that set of episodes to state that:

Despite their great capabilities, Haki is not limitless as it can be depleted from overuse, rendering the user unable to use it for a set period while it regenerates.

Also taking from that page the general definition:

Broadly speaking, there are two types of Haki available to everyone, given the proper training, but there is a third type that only a certain group of "chosen ones" are said to possess. In simple terms, Haki is an ability to sense and predict spiritual energy (Kenbunshoku), use life force as physical reinforcement (Busoshoku), and, for the rare "chosen ones", overpower enemies' willpower with your own (Haoshoku).

Thus it is only Haoshoku or Conqueror's Haki that is directly tied in to their willpower. An example of this would be:

 In Chapters 923 and 924 of the Wano arc, we see that Luffy's willpower manages to make some weaker soldiers faint even though he was knocked out by Kaido. Kaido himself says that Luffy has been glaring at him.

As you said, none of the Haki forms are specific to a user's body. So Sanji was able to use them despite being swapped with Nami. However, that isn't to say they don't have any limits at all.

 In the WCI arc, Luffy comments that Katakuri will deplete his Kenbunshou haki if he drags the fight long enough.

Now as for Luffy's drawbacks specific to Gear 4th, it is because of overuse of the Busoshoku  Haki. As mentioned on the wiki page:

When utilizing Gear Fourth, Luffy makes extensive usage of his Busoshoku Haki by coating his arms, legs and much of his torso in it to the point that they turn black from hardening.
Combined with Luffy's rubbery composition and his compressed muscle structure, Gear Fourth both adds explosive power to Luffy's attacks and grants him enhanced defensive capabilities far beyond what he can demonstrate with or without Gear Second or Gear Third

The cause for Gear 4th explosive power is not the Haki alone, but how Luffy compresses his rubber body. Similar to how he increases his speed by pumping his blood faster in Gear 2nd. This means his physical body is under a lot of strain, as Rayleigh mentions when Luffy showcases these abilities to him.

Once this limit is reached, Gear Fourth automatically deactivates, leaving Luffy exhausted and barely able to move. He is also left unable to use Haki for ten minutes after using this technique as it quickly depletes his Haki reserves. The technique also greatly taxes Luffy's stamina, as using it just once leaves Luffy so physically drained in the aftermath that he can barely stand and fight, even after he has regained his Haki and mobility.
Akin to Gear Second, using Gear Fourth causes Luffy's metabolism to increase rapidly. In fact, after Luffy stuffed himself to a bloated size in his fight with Charlotte Cracker, using Gear Fourth once made him burn off the massive amount he had eaten in a manner of minutes

The exhaustion and side effects are so great that he can't properly stand and fight even after regaining Haki and mobility. However, it should be noted that Luffy's ability to bear these drawbacks, or maybe reduce their effect, is improving as seen during his fight with Katakuri where he manages to run around and dodge a bit even after his first attempt fails.


Why aren't mages trusted to remove their own limiters?

This limiter is in place because high-end mages' powers become so powerful that they can present a danger simply by being unrestrained.

When a group of mages are in close proximity, or are working together, they must be limited. Because of their high amount of power, this much energy (mana) in one area would endanger the fabric of time-space (the series's equivalent of space–time).[Nanoha Wiki] So consider, if mages were to be allowed to remove these limiters without consent of the TSAB, they may do it unscrupulously, which could lead to unpredictable damage.

This is compared to a parallel in real life, where incredibly powerful weapons are sealed away for emergency; not every soldier on the battlefield has a rocket launcher because that would just lead to destruction (and high costs!).

  This is similar to how a normal organization is restricted from carrying excessive weaponry during normal missions, only using such equipment in times of emergency.[DVD Booklet translation]

TV Tropes calls this Awesomeness Is Volatile, stating that "they'd run the risk of having their sheer combined power potentially warping the fabric of reality" and "[Hayate, Nanoha, and Fate] alone pretty much constitute an army".


Where were we first given the Angels' names?

Aside from the episode 14 "Weaving of a Story" where there is a quick recap of the show up to that point (up to the 11th Angel, although Ireul's name wasn't given in episode 14), and the proper names of the Angels are listed in the eye-catch text, there is also episode 23 where there's a recap of all the angels up to that point, including a picture of the Angel, the number, and name. It occurs right after the halfway point, see: https://wiki.evageeks.org/FGC:Episode_23_Cut_198 for the entire sequence.

This appeared during the original airing of the series on TV, and would be the first time the names are given for all the Angels to the viewer. Note that "Lilith"'s second Angel designation never appears in the TV series, "Kaworu" doesn't appear until episode 24, and the name "Tabris" never appears in the TV series either.


What was the working title of Kimi no Na wa?

The title is 「夢と知りせば」 Yume to shiriseba, which one might translate as "Had I known it was a dream".

To appreciate the significance of this title, one should know that this is part of a tanka by Ono no Komachi, a Heian-era poet. In Japanese, the text is:

  思ひつつ
  寝ればや人の
  見えつらむ
  夢と知りせば
  覚めざらましを

There are many scholarly translations of this poem; here is Donald Keene's version:

  Thinking about him
  I slept, only to have him
  Appear before me―
  Had I known it was a dream
  I should never have wakened.

Shinkai mentions this poem as an inspiration in this interview:

  その未来の物語を小野小町の和歌『思ひつつ寝ればや人の見えつらむ　夢と知りせば覚めざらましを』（訳：あの人のことを思いながら眠りについたから夢に出てきたのであろうか。夢と知っていたなら目を覚まさなかったものを）を引っ掛かりとして、アニメーションのフィールドの中で描く事が出来ると思いました。

As a side note, the text beneath the working title reads ―男女とりかえばや物語 - roughly, "boy and girl Torikaebaya Monogatari". The Torikaebaya Monogatari ("The Changelings") is another Heian-era work, about a boy and girl who each behave as members of the opposite gender. That's basically what Kimi no Na wa is, after all, except with full-on body-swapping.


Why weren't some of the original Digimon able to evolve into their Ultimate/Mega forms in season 1?

Based on the Digivolution wiki, Agumon and Gabumon didn't quite perform a Mega Digivolution - they performed a Warp Digivolution.

  Warp Digivolution is a digivolution process where a Digimon can reach a higher level directly bypassing any intermediate phases

When Tai and Matt were shot with the Angelic Arrows, Agumon and Gabumon wrap digivolved to their Mega forms. During the digivolvution scene, they say

  Agumon/Gabumon warp digivolve to WarGreymon/MetalGarurumon

Furthermore, Warp Digivolution and Mega Digivolution are not the same thing. While see Mega forms in season 1, regular Mega Digivolution is actually not seen in Season 2

  Mega Digivolution is a Digivolution method that allows an Ultimate Digimon to digivolve to Mega. It is initially used by Paildramon to digivolve to Imperialdramon in Digimon Adventure 02.

In the episode Determination, the digidestined were also shocked to see the fact that Gomamon was able to achieve his Mega Digivolve of Vikemon.

  Joe realizes that his relationship with Gomamon is the more important thing, and so he charges back to the battle. This rebirth of confidence allows Gomamon to achieve his Mega level, Vikemon, much to everyone's surprise

Explained in Season 2 a strong bond between two individuals is required to perform DNA Digivolve, and it is possible such bond is able to achieve Mega Digivolution.

  Seeing Joe's resolve, Mimi regains faith in herself as well and helps Togemon her own Mega level in Rosemon.

As we see in the following episodes, there is a continuation of strong, emotional connections between the digimon and digidestined.

Confession

  Izzy pleads with Tentomon to enter the shield, but Tentomon refuses to do so while his friends are suffering. He digivolves to his Mega form, HerculesKabuterimon

Loss

  Sora risks her life to protect Biyomon from Machinedramon, digivolving her into her Mega form, Phoenixmon


Well, actually! One Piece doesn't even take place on earth. It's pretty obvious when you take a glance at the planet's geography:

Not even during earth's theorized pangaea phase did it ever look like this. So One Piece is either very, very, very far into the future, or more likely simply not on earth at all.

A lot of ideas in OP are gathered from the eras you've mentioned, certainly, as a thematic thing, but they don't actually take place in those points of human history.


Do many anime play the main theme during the final battle?

Tvtropes call that a Last Episode Theme Reprise, and mentions that it is used in video games as well:

  Since it's standard practice to make a Theme Song as awesome as
  possible, said theme likes to find its way into a privileged position
  in the final battle. At The Climax of the series, when things are at
  their most epic, the theme gets played over the show itself. Typically
  we'll get to hear the verses not played in the opening, and sometimes
  the whole song is strung together for once.

  The opening or closing theme can be used. Often this serves as an
  ultimate Theme Music Power-Up. Often it serves in this capacity for
  the show itself. The creators seem to be claiming their own Crowning
  Moment of Awesome with this music.

  This is also common in Video Games, the most common being a reprisal
  or orchestral version of the main theme over the final dungeon or
  ending sequences.

I would say that it is at least not uncommon, since the page has an extensive list of titles that use this trope, to name a few:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Dragonball GT
FMA
Eureka Seven
Witchblade

and many others. As for Is there a reason for it (as opposed to just playing a new epic piece), usually there isn't. If it is significant, however, it rather seems to be the Title Theme Drop trope;


Why is it (almost) always a 10 years gap? What is so special with 10 years intervals?

This question reminds me of a typical case of Confirmation Bias.

  Confirmation bias is the tendency to search for, interpret, favor, and recall information in a way that confirms one's preexisting beliefs or hypotheses, while giving disproportionately less consideration to alternative possibilities.

We all see a pattern in everything and try to rationalize new information to fit in our current hypothesis. OP's comment is in perfectly in line with this.

  I really got past the up/down vote angst phase. I will keep adding more and more references of 10 year gaps as I find / remember them.

I've already put this in comment, but wanted to write a more complete and coherent answer. No, there is nothing special about the 10 year gap/interval and its increased usage can be attributed to some of the other factors that make the number 10 appealing. Such as

  Probably because it's a nice round number and because the protagonists of anime are so often teenagers. You can show some event that shaped their lives happening when they were 6 or 7, then go forward 10 years to when they're 16 or 17, right in that magical anime protagonist age range. Plus it's long enough for the characters to have changed dramatically in the intervening time, especially given their youth; a person will be very different at 7, 17, and 27, but not so dramatically different at 27, 37, and 47 - Torisuda

It gives an optimum room for character development while also being an easy number to deal with. As I also mentioned systems such as metric system and Decimal system were adopted just because of their "ease of use". Though there don't seem to be that many advantages of choosing the "10 year interval". But if we look at a more broader sample, we see that the "10 year" is not THAT common.

The sample I chose is TV Tropes - Time Skip, Anime and Manga
It has a total of 56 entries. But some series have multiple smaller time skips as well. Since I compiled this list pretty quickly, please feel free to point out any mistakes!

This is as I expected!! Smaller timeskips are more because of multiple in a single series, while larger are rarer but still quite spread out.

Example: Dragonball has the following time skips

  Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z had a number of time skips during its run. This happened after every major story arc. The original manga ran for eleven years, with about three times that amount passing in-story. This amounted to no less than seven time-skips lasting a year or more. The most notable was the five year gap between the end of the 23rd Tenkaichi Budoukai and the arrival of Raditz (which marked the end of the first Dragon Ball anime series and the beginning of the more sci-fi oriented Dragon Ball Z), and the seven year skip back into a more comedic (but still dramatic) tone between the Cell and Majin Buu arcs. The finale itself was ten years after the Buu arc.

In fact, I can easily make a case for a "special 7-year gap".

  Claymore has a 7 year Time Skip in the manga. The anime ended before it could reach that point
  Fairy Tail got a 7 year Time Skip after the S-Class promotion arc.
  There's a 7 year gap between the events at the end of Gundam Build Fighters and the start of its sequel, Gundam Build Fighters Try.
  Diamond Cut Diamond starts off with the show of Esper Shounen and the accident that led to it being cancelled, then jumps ahead seven years to start off the real plot of the old Esper 9 members being killed off.
  Dragon Ball has a 7 year gap between Majin buu and Cell sagas.
  Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann had a seven-year time skip between its second and third arcs.


According here and here,

  Sakura is revealed to have strange powers when she has a vision of a
  mysterious symbol and places she has never seen.

So,

  Since these feathers represent Sakura's soul, these hold an enormous
  amount of magical power. Each of them affect their surroundings
  differently.

In the last arc we learn that the true power of those feathers are

   to cross dimensions and time.


Are the latest Naruto movies separated from the storyline?

Interestingly, even though almost all the Naruto movies are fillers, they are part of the storyline. Check this post.

The exceptions are the latest two movies. "The Last: Naruto Movie" is officially classified as chapter 699.5 in the Naruto manga, while "Boruto: Naruto the Movie" is in the beginning chapters of Boruto manga.


What would happen if a Shinigami with exceedingly long life-span dies for a human?

Essentially yes, they will become semi-immortal. They will have a long, long natural lives but they'll still be vulnerable to death.


How did emigrants survive outside in Ergo Proxy?

Mosk immigrants

Mosk was attacked by Romdeau before the series started, as we see the wreckage of several Romdeau's AutoReivs. Its desolated state would be the result of the Rapture that Raul Creed initiated.

In the first image, we see the thermonuclear bomb "Rapture" falling down outside the dome, while the second image shows the after affects. Seeing as there was only one crater (the cliffs in the back are carved to have the dome built on a flat terrain), we can assume that the Mosk wasn't destroyed earlier in the series. So why was the people of Mosk leaving? Most likely because of Romdeau's attack.

Now we're not sure how the immigrants travel to Romdeau, nor how many of the immigrants actually made it to Romdeau. However, the Commune is able to live outside (somewhat), so maybe the immigrants who made it to the dome built up a natural resistance. If the Romdeau military transported them (out of mercy, Donov Mayer only wanted Proxy One to return), they would have been treated before hand; otherwise, citizens of Mosk may have been given sort of vaccination or boost to their immune system.

Vincent and Re-L

Vincent and Re-L can be outside because of the Amrita cells in them.

Firstly, for Vincent, it's because he is Ergo Proxy, and as such, he would be naturally immune due to being near immortal.

For Re-L, when she first went outside, she was stricken with whatever virus was outside, because she wasn't in any condition to fly back to Romdeau and Vincent needing to escape, Hoody became a stand in for Vincent returning Re-L knowing full well that when Re-L get's treatment he (as Vincent) would be captured.

Daedalus was on stand by and gave Re-L treatment to save her life. It's assumed he gave her Amrita Cell (which most likely came from Monad), which would then explain why she is perfectly fine when she leaves Romdeau a second time.

Romdeau emigrants

Project ADW was an attempt to modify humans at a cellular level with an infusion of Amrita cells, the cells found inside Proxies. It occurred at some point between the launch of Rapture and Re-L, Vincent, and Pino's return to Romdeau. While it obviously used Amrita cells from Monad, Project ADW isn't touched on in any real depth, so we don't know how successful it was or how many people had the infusion.

However, at the end, I don't recall seeing any other humans outside the Dome. It's also suggested on Proxy One's Wikia Page (under Proxy One's Revenge) that Re-L and Vincent are the only 2 humans left (along with a bunch of Cagito infected AutoReivs), making them a proverbial Adam and Eve, at least until Boomerang Star returns.

On a final note, it should be noted that the ecological disaster which saw the creation of the Boomerang and Proxy Projects is subsiding, and the planet is on its way to recovery. At first, the people of the Dome may have been told it was too deadly to go outside. However, as the planet recovered, it's possible the viruses/pathogens also began to die off (the planet was in something like an ice age), and the chances of people dying from them would be less likely.

This wouldn't be a instant process, so possibly by the time the series started, the likelihood of surviving outside was greater than before when the Domes first tried to prevent people from leaving.


So what exactly is this code?

If Geass is considered "Absolute"1 then the Code is "Absolute over Life" thus making someone immortal. This question has some answers on how it is different. the form the Code takes it unknown but we can assume that because Geass doesn't appear to have a physical and tangible form then niether does The Code

  was Charles after immortality when he tried to acquire C.C.'s code? He even acquired V.V's code didn't he? So he was immortal. Why was he after C.C.?

Charles was already Immortal when stole V.V's Code so he didn't need C.C to obtain Immortality. as i explain in This Answer i suspect that the Sword of Akasha needs 2 Codes to activate

  My own theory is that the Code made Charles untouchable as to activate Ragnarok originally required 2 Codes. (However after Lelouch saves C.C before Ragnarok is activated Charles is still able to activate it).

One thing to note is that in the debate of "Is Lelouch Alive", on the side of yes one theory is that Lelouch has Charles's Code (as C.C retains her Code). assuming this side one can speculate 2 things when Lelouch ordered Charles to kill himself when they were at the Sword

Charles pretended to be controlled and die knowing he was immortal
The Code wasn't activated until Charles died which is why when Lelouch tried to order him again we see it repelled rather than it just do nothing (eg. when Lelouch tried to use it on Kallen and the Teacher a second time early in Season 1)

1: if you look here and look at Lelouch's, Mao's, Rolo's and Marrybell's Geass their Geass powers all have "Absolute" in their names and if a Code Barer is Absolute to a Contractor's Geass (thus immune) then they could also be Absolute to Life given the power Geass has over others


Are there English dubbed anime on Crunchyroll?

Crunchyroll has a small number of shows with English dubs. These are listed on their forums here. I could not find a way to search for them, so I have no way of knowing if the list is complete or not, but in any event there probably aren't a lot more than what is listed there. There have been others in the past, but never a huge number. CR is still primarily concerned with subtitled anime, which are typically cheaper and more abundant.

There are some other legal streaming sites which have larger collections of dubbed anime. What's available tends to vary significantly from country to country. In North America the biggest sources for legal dub streams are probably The Anime Network and Funimation. I unfortunately don't know whether these are available to the rest of the world or what the popular alternatives are in other places.


Is it safe for me to watch Shingeki! Kyojin Chuugakkou as an anime-only viewer?

I recommend watching the anime first as a good overview of the series. Then read the manga, to cover any: plot holes/extras/gags and to get more info. It doesn't really matter because the anime (most of the time) follows the manga (In Soul Eater, the anime and manga are different but the story continues differently so it isn't spoiling anything because it's a different story).


Pretty sure it's from My Teen Romantic Comedy Snafu, Yukinoshita Yukino Plush Doll

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10431204

The clothes pretty much the same with her school uniform. She looks like this


How is the use of the red stones able to bypass equivalent exchange?

In this story line, a Red Stone does indeed have the power to bypass the natural laws of alchemy such as1:

The requirement for transmutation circles
The Law of Equivalent Exchange
The required alchemical knowledge to perform alchemy

The goal of alchemists was to find a way around the known laws of alchemy, which is why they had the goal of creating the Philosopher's Stone in the first place. Red Stones are a result of their efforts at such research and thus have similar capabilities as a true Philosopher's Stone. However, while they do not require human sacrifice, they are not as powerful and can cause adverse effects to the user in the form of rebound. An example of these rebounds is the effect on Cornello's arm when the Red Stone crumbled.

As far as your question about the birds, there has been a similar question already asked here on stack exchange.

It's important to note that the information I've provided is only relevant to the 2003 production. In the original manga, Red Stone is simply another name for a Philosopher's Stone, and the stone Cornello used crumbled because it had run out of souls. Ed believed it to be a fake because he was still under the impression that the Philosopher's Stone was a source of unlimited power1.


How could Aang stay alive for 100 years?

From Avatar Wiki:

  However, Aang later discovered that he would be sent to the Eastern Air Temple in order to complete his airbending training far away from Monk Gyatso, whom the other monks thought was too soft on him. Afraid and confused, the young airbender ran away with his flying bison, Appa, though they became caught in a storm shortly after, which caused them to crash into the water. Aang saved himself and Appa from drowning by semi-consciously entering the Avatar State and freezing them both in a sphere of ice through a combination of airbending and waterbending. The Avatar State kept him alive, albeit not fully conscious, in the iceberg for about a hundred years while the war raged on.


The "Battle of Gods"  and Ressurection of Freiza" were both implemented in the anime, hence they are obviously canon. However, certain aspects of the movies have been retconned in the anime for example Beerus utilising 10% of his power against an SSJ2 enraged Vegeta.SSJG Goku being equal to 70% of Beerus's Power.More emphasis has been laid on Gohan being weaker in the anime.Piccolo is killed by Freiza in the anime.The new movie coming out in December is supposed to be set after the end of the Tournament of Power i.e Dragon Ball Super. We know this based on recent comments from Akira Toriyama. Hence it is obvious that the new movie might very likely be canon as well. I've attached a source with regard to the same here.


Are the characters based on real people?

As far as I know, this is mostly due to the chara-designer's style, Inio Asano. He doesn't take his designs from real people (or at least he doesn't say so), yet his works all have this realistic and very diverse type of people.

As opposed to many anime chara-designers, he's not an animator, but a mangaka, with a very detailed, realistic style, as you can see below:

He drew the original chara-designs and character sheets that were used by the animators at A1-Pictures for The Perfect Insider, and that's probably that style you noticed. If you're curious, his works are critically acclaimed (and not only for the crazy art), with mangas like Solanin or Good Night Punpun.

Even though, you can clearly see how his raw style evolved to a more simple, and "round" style when it wad adapted, but it still keeps this realistic aspect.

Hope it answered your questions, at least partially. Unfortunately, I couldn't find word from Asano on these specific designs.


Black Clover chapter at the end of season 3?

This season finished at chapter 253 if I'm not wrong, From chapter 129 of the anime the episodes aren't canon


What was that giant shadow with the glowing red eyes at the end of the Thriller Bark arc?

As stated in the comments, it's an entity related to the Florian Triangle.

According to Kokoro, many pirate and commercial ships mysteriously go missing every year and, sometimes, a ship will be found sailing without any people aboard. It has also been said that there are many haunted ships with dead bodies sailing across the sea (though, it is revealed that all this is attributed to Brook).

Though, some of the disappearances that have happened in the Triangle can be attributed to Moriah's scheme. Ships have been disappearing mysteriously in it for a long time before he came on his ship, Thriller Bark, ten years before the series. This mystery is confirmed by an unknown ominous entity larger than Thriller Bark that was barely seen by Captain Lola through the fog. It is so large that it completely dwarfs Thriller Bark, the world's largest pirate ship, in sheer size, possibly making it the world's biggest creature to appear in the series thus far.

It may also be possible that it's the trope "Real After All":

If an episode revolves around a haunting (or alien visitation) (or lake monster sighting) (or whatever) that turns out to be a hoax, the episode will end with a shot of a real ghost/alien visitor/lake monster/whatever.

However, knowing Oda, that is highly unlikely. I just stated it as it is possible that we may never get to know what those entities were.


Are there any anime/manga that have caused outrage to the point of them being banned in any culture?

Ha ha ha ha ha OH YES.

China: Death Note, Code Geass (temporarily), Blood-C, Psycho-Pass, Attack on Titan, Deadman Wonderland and more and anything with yaoi content

France: Temporarily banned Kinnikuman for having a heroic character that wore a swastika

Iran: Basically everything is banned unless the Ministry of Islamic Culture approves it (unlikely to happen with anime/manga)

Japan has even banned a few: "Barefoot Gen" and "Midori (Shoujo Tsubaki)"

New Zealand: Highschool DxD and Puni Puni Poemy were banned for 'objectionable material' (To be fair, they also banned Power Rangers, because parents complained that their kids got hurt trying to imitate the show)

Singapore: Anything with yaoi content

And that's just a sampling....


Did Kakashi's sharingan evolve because Obito was watching?

Interesting question with no definite answer, so I'll post my 2c here.

The Mangekyou Sharingan is activated by the immense grief caused by killing the person closest to you. However, it seems like you don't actually have to kill him, but witnessing his death is enough.

For example, Itachi did not actually kill Shisui, rather, he watched him commit suicide (filler).

I believe that both of them awakened their Mangekyou Sharingans separately, and because they were both at the scene when it happened, it happened simultaneously.


Are there other clans than the Hyuga with the Byakugan

The Byakugan actually originated from the Ōtsutsuki Clan. As revealed in Chapter 671 and as stated in the wiki, the Byakugan

  originated from the Ōtsutsuki Clan and was later inherited by their distant descendants, the Hyūga Clan.

Outside the leaf village, I can only recall Ao as the known possessor of the Byakugan but it should be noted that this was stolen and not inherited, like that of the Hyūga Clan.


Soundtrack of K: Return of Kings at the beginning of Episode 2

The song is called 'The Dresden Slate'. It's from the K: Return of Kings OST, a full list of which can be found here. Here's the song posted on Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_frSptNITo


What is the point of Jason asking Kaneki to count backwards by 1000-7?

2 reasons:

First one being so that Kaneki doesn't go insane
To keep him mentally aware so that he constantly feels pain instead of trying to ignore it. By keeping him mentally engaged it prevents Kaneki from ignoring the constant pain cycle (although he later goes on to say that it helped him keep his mind on something else besides the pain - linking back to bullet 1, keeping him sane)

Source: Chapter 61 page 9 :)


Is Moro capable of raising his power unlimitedly with his technique?

Based on the recent Manga Chapter, it has been established that Morro's true power isn't simply raw physical strength but more dependent on his magic.We know this as Goku makes a comment after sensing Morro that his energy wasn't that big( Which was the case for some of the other strong fighters we've seen like Jiren and BrolyI would consider Morro to be a character similar to that of Hit. Just like Hit was much more deadly with his special assassination techniques in comparison to his raw strength, Morro is most likely deadly with his magic. So to answer your question, it might not necessarily raise only his physical strength. It might possibly allow him to improve his magic or raise its power or what not.


What's the symbolism behind the backgrounds shown in the opening sequence?

Roosters are a traditional symbol of Shintoism, associated with the sun goddess Amaterasu. Shinto is a philosophy indigenous to Japan, and therefore thematically related to loyalty & nationality, like Mugen.

Jin's main fish is colored like a koi, the Japanese word for "carp". Koi are obviously symbols of Japanese culture, associated with love & friendship. Aquatic life is from the ocean, the realm of the storm god Susanoo, Amaterasu's sibling & counterpart.

Check out the story of Amaterasu & Susanoo, as it has obvious parallels to Mugen & Jin's relationship. Interestingly enough, they have a third sibling, Tsukuyomi, the god of the moon, who acted as a foil, kind of like Fuu. And Tsukuyomi's falling out with Amaterasu resulted from a conflict with the goddess of food... "Her stomach is like a cosmos unto itself!"


From Wikipedia:

  Salamander (火炎之番人 Saramandā)
      A person working at controlling the weather and adding heat to the atmosphere as part of terraforming Aqua. Salamanders live in floating islands tethered at high altitude.

Basically, the Salamanders live up in large floating islands and use some kind of technology to regulate the weather of Aqua. Since Aqua used to be Mars, it's naturally colder than Earth (Manhome), so regulating the weather mostly comes down to adding heat to the planet. Akatsuki, the only Salamander we see in the show, lives up in Ukijima, which floats above Neo-Venezia.

We see the technology used by the Gnomes, who regulate Aqua's gravity, in Volume 2 of the Aria manga, but I'm pretty sure we never actually saw how the Salamanders create heat; we just got a few oblique references to their role when Akari met with Akatsuki.


Are there more Exceeds and dragon slayers other than the known 4?

There is NO information regarding the said 100 Exceed eggs sent from Extalia, any answer would be speculative as best.

Only information we have on them is that the Exceeds from Edolas are now looking for them. I doubt if we will get any information regarding them either. They were just meant to provide the plot device for the history of Happy and Charla.


What song is playing in My Hero Academia episode 88 (season 4 episode 25) at 8:50?

I believe this is I'm Seriously Going to Crush You although with a different mix.


Why did Haku sacrifice himself for Zabuza?

The story line goes into depth about it.

Haku, as a child, ended up killing his own father by accident (couldn't control his own powers under extreme emotional distress). He was all alone and Zabuza took him in - the understanding was always that Haku was a "tool" to be used by Zabuza.

This was his goal in life then - to be of use to Zabuza. For that aim, he went through any number of things distasteful to himself (such as assassinations), worked on his skills to become the most powerful ninja he could possibly be, to become the best tool for Zabuza to use.

When beaten by Naruto, he felt that he was now a useless tool and had no more reason to live. He asked Naruto to kill him - to finish him off, which Naruto was not capable of.

When Zabuza was about to get the death strike from Kakashi, Haku did the only thing he thought he, as a useless tool, could do for Zabuza and sacrificed his own life to save Zabuza.


Do Aldnoah Drives have any kind of consciousness or intelligence?

No, there is nothing in the series that indicates that Aldnoah drives possess consciousness or intelligence. Aldnoah was awakened by Emperor Vers, but, according to the wiki, it can be activated by voice but "will continue running regardless of the activator's location, but only if the individual with the activation factor either loses consciousness, dies, or if a descendant of the VERS Royal Family intervenes, will the Aldnoah Drive shutdown."

There are several different ways to stop an Aldnoah Drive's activity:

Damaging/Destroying it
The user deactivates it
Someone of Royal Blood (such as Princess Asseylum) forcibly shuts it down
The heart of the person who activated it stops (if the person gets revived with CPR he/she needs to reactivate the Aldnoah Drive).

The drive itself does not seem to be able to activate itself, stay activated, or deactivate itself at will; has never demonstrated a concern regarding its ethical use; has not taken any side in the war; has not personally communicated with anyone; and does not seem to participate in a relationship with the activator to the degree that it will not/cannot run without the activator present.
This differs slightly from mecha technology such as the Escaflowne in Tenkuu no Escaflowne, to which one must form a contract to awaken it and, once done, it seems to take the side of the pilot, be loyal to the pilot, and work with the pilot in a supporting and sometimes rescuing role.


Sharingan by no means makes the bearer any smarter. Sharingan enables its bearer to:

See chakra of someone, but not the chakra points
See motions in greater detail making it feels like slow-motioned
Perform genjutsu better
Do sharingan specific jutsu, like Amaterasu, Izanagi, Izanami, etc.

The logic behind it is that normally humans don't use the maximal capacity of their brain, only about 10% if I'm not mistaken. In using the 2nd ability, Sharingan utilize more of the brain to do image processing, but not anything else. As for ability 1, 3 and 4, it's just that Sharingan is like a prerequisite to do so, just like a mere 160 cm basketball player would not be able to do slam dunk unless he have an ultra strong foot muscles. Sharingan is like that, only instead of foot, it's the eyes. Therefore, though Sharingan enables such feats I mentioned above, it doesn't make the user any smarter.

As for Naruto, as far as I know, Naruto is just moving very fast. His fast movement is different than that of Minato. Minato uses Space and Time Jutsu. That means Minato is not moving, he is teleporting. That's why he needs his kunai as marker.

Sharingan would not be able to keep up with it when he's on the teleportation, but when he shows up, it can.


Why is "bioroide/bioroido/bioroid" used in different animes?

Bioroid is a word depicting a artificially created, cybernetic or biologically organism. Where the roid stands for android and bio for bio.

This term is mainly used within the sci-fi genres, one which is broadly covered by anime's as well.

So to to answer your question Why is “bioroide/bioroido/bioroid” used in different animes?

It is term used within the sci-fi genre to depict artificially created cybernetics.


It's not a religion from the present Pokemon World, but in the manga series The Electric Tale of Pikachu (Dengeki Pikachu), in the fourth chapter (Haunting my Dreams), Brock says to Ash that in "ancient times" the people who lived near the Pokemon Tower in Lavender Town worshipped Pokemon as gods:


How can one achieve incredible chakra such as that of the Third Raikage or Kisame?

There are times where a genius is born. It doesn't have to be in raw chakra, but in skill, brains, willpower, etc.

Itachi for example is considered a genius, a fast learner, combat analyst and very powerful.
Madara is a genius. Awakening the Mangekyo, having power many shinobi feared.
A's father can also be considered a genius. Steel skin and iron blood, along with the incredible chakra and durability to match that of the Eight Tails.

Kisame is a slightly different case. He's definitely fearsome strong, but his gigantic chakra reservoirs actually came from his sword, Samehade, which has the ability to consume the chakra of the victims it hits.


What happens at the end of CLANNAD: After Story?

I don't think this can be answered unambiguously even considering the visual novel, but it certainly explains things somewhat better than the anime in this case. In principle I can find quotes from the VN to support everything here, but that seems like a pretty arduous task given the size of the VN.

Of course, what follows constitute pretty major spoilers if you ever intend to read the VN regarding the illusionary world and the "lights", though . Some of this is not discussed in any way in the anime, so I've spoiler tagged everything (but if you don't ever intend to read the VN, there's no reason not to spoil yourself).

   In the visual novel, there are a number of "orbs of light" which are also in the anime but not focused on as much. Yukine describes them to Tomoya at the end of her route, and I believe also at some point in the anime. They are capable of granting wishes, but are fairly limited in power. They are created when someone helps someone else achieve a goal which brings happiness. For unknown reasons, Tomoya is one of the few people who can see them now, although they were visible to everyone in the past. In the game, Tomoya gets one orb for each completed route (8 total), with a couple of exceptions, and 5 more are available in After-Story. All of these are needed to reach the true end where Nagisa and Ushio don't die.
After Tomoya collects the orbs, they are transported to the illusionary world, where Ushio (the true identity of the girl who lives there) keeps them. Ushio created the illusionary world in order to save herself and Nagisa by collecting the fragments of happiness that Tomoya gathers in the form of orbs of light. She is capable of doing so because "children are the culmination of their parents' hopes and dreams" (a theme that is repeated many times in the series).
The only other people who are able to enter the illusionary world are those who willingly choose to do so, and Tomoya is the only person who falls into that category, so he is able to enter the body of a doll made out of garbage. Even when they made another doll, there were no more souls willing to enter the illusionary world, so it was lifeless. It isn't clear whether Ushio and Tomoya in the illusionary world have their real world memories, but Tomoya in the real world definitely doesn't remember the illusionary world, as evidenced by the fact that he thinks Nagisa's play is nostalgic but doesn't know why (Nagisa's play was about the illusionary world, although she probably also doesn't know this). It's also not clear how the chronologies of the two worlds works, but it's very likely that they are on completely different timelines. Judging by the fact that all of the illusionary world segments occur between days, he may be seeing it as a dream, but the research of the Ichinoses (Kotomi's parents, both of whom are theoretical physicists) indicates that the illusionary world is very much real and is connected to our world in many ways.
In order to save Nagisa and Ushio, Tomoya needs to do 3 things. First, he needs to gather a lot of happiness in the form of orbs of light, enough to make such a big wish. Second, he needs to clearly tell Ushio (who is holding the orbs via her alter-ego in the illusionary world) that he doesn't want her or Nagisa to die and that he wants them to live together as a family. And third, he needs to really mean what he is saying, as the orbs won't grant wishes that aren't what one truly desires. If all of those are completed, the orbs of light will grant his wish, returning time to the point when Ushio was born and saving both Nagisa and Ushio. It should be mentioned that in order to collect these orbs, Ushio sends Tomoya to many different timelines, each time returning him to around the same point when the anime begins and resetting his memories. This is touched upon briefly in the special episodes revolving around Kyou and Tomoyo in which we see orbs of light at the end, meaning it's likely they're canon and actually happened during one of the timelines Tomoya was sent to.
Note also that this isn't the only time that the orbs of light grant wishes that would otherwise be impossible, although it's definitely the most powerful instance. When Nagisa is dying for the first time and Akio wishes to the tree that she doesn't die, that wish was also granted via the orbs. Also, when Misae declares her wish to Shima that she wants him to always be with her and love her, this is also granted, although unbeknownst to Misae, Shima was actually a cat and he returns to that form. In addition, depending on the order of routes that you choose in the VN, Tomoya may use an orb to pray for Fuko to get better, though if he does he'll be able to get it back in After Story. So this isn't as much of a deus ex machina as it might seem, but a legitimate plot point that mostly got swept under the rug in the anime.


An anime film set in post-apocalyptic world where it looked like machines were killing humans

The first result in a Google search for "anime post apocalyptic kill human amnesia" is:
A Wind Named Amnesia (1990)

The Apocalypse didn't come with a bang, but with a whimper. Silently, the amnesia wind swept away all of mankind's knowledge. Thousands of years of human civilization vanished overnight as people forgot how to use the tools of modern civilization: who they were, how to speak—everything. Technology decayed as mankind was reduced to the level of cavemen.
Two years later, a young man—miraculously re-educated after the cataclysm—explores this barbaric world while pursued by a relentless killing machine. He is accompanied by a young mysterious woman who is somehow spared the devastating effects of the amnesia wind.

Post-apocalyptic world where it looked like machines were killing humans — Check.
Main character had amnesia — Check.
Main character looked in a mirror and punched it and bled — Check.
Near the end there was a woman and they were basically having sex — Check.


As you said, based on the time frame alone the movie cannot be placed anywhere in the manga story line since after Doflamingo was defeated the crew separated once more (the only possibility where this could happen is "far" into the future, after the upcoming reverie/Wano arc).

Also it's worth noting that Oda was only the executive producer on the film (he supervised the art direction), he did not write the story for it.

Generally everything outside the manga is considered non-canon unless Oda specifically declares something as belonging to the main story.


Why does Kimura Kaere always threaten to sue people?

I'm pretty sure it's a foreign stereotype (mostly of the U.S.), that people over there will sue over anything.

From ANN:

  Kaere Kimura, a half-Japanese, half-foreign girl from abroad, who embodies all stereotypes about foreigners.

She also has other stereotypical traits of foreigners and continually talks about how things are done in her country, which seem to get stranger and stranger as the show goes on. It's never revealed which country she is from though (and this is a running gag).

Her boisterous personality is also designed to contrast with the other side of her split personality, who is shy and quiet.


How did naruto get the lowest score in the genin entrance exams?

Answer for your first questions is that Iruka was giving the score most likely based on his prior performance rather than against Mizuki.


How did Log Horizon members find out Tetra's real gender?

Shiroe learned Tetra's secret by intuition, but he left it up to Tetra to tell Naotsugu that he's a dude. I doubt Shiroe kept it a secret from anyone else but Naotsugu since Tetra only said that he wants to tell Naotsugu himself.


It appears that the food was noted as "lamb stomach" (haggis or similar) at the Studio Ghibli Layout Designs exhibitions.

The "fins" are where the haggis is sewn or tied.

I wasn't there at the exhibitions and don't own the exhibition catalogue, so I can only cite this blog post as source. According to the blog post, the annotation for that scene is

  中にジューシーな具が入っている。トロトロした子羊の胃袋のような感じ

so the food has a juicy filling and "dozes off" like a lamb stomach. While the description doesn't tell us the name of the food, it likens it to, and probably is, a lamb stomach.

Perhaps you've been told that the food is ba-wan, a Taiwanese street food. Perhaps you've been told that the town from Spirited Away is modeled after Jiufen, a tourist attraction in Taiwan. They are at best misinformation and at worst disinformation propagated by travel agencies and shopkeepers to increase sales. Hayao Miyazaki has denied twice, once in the TVBS news interview, and once more in the CTi news interview that Jiufen was an inspiration for the film's settings. What were really the inspirations and/or models for the settings are listed in this well-researched article: the Dougo Onsen, the Edo-Tokyo Open Air Architectural Museum and Meguro Gajoen being the officially confirmed places.


Protagonist saves the world by killing monsters by transforming into different mecha using disks

A few potential options, some of these are a shot in the dark hoping some of your information is mixed up:

Monster Rancher - Monsters were born from disks and used to battle other monsters. Not a mecha anime and came out in 1999. Protagonist doesn't transform most of the time.
Saint Seiya - Has transforming protagonists that look mecha-like. I don't recall any disks though, it came out in the late 80s.
Escaflowne - Came out in the 90s, mecha like.

It could also be some flavor of Digimon, Gundam, etc.

Very few Mecha anime that weren't Gundam or Macross came out in the 90s that I'm aware of; but here is a list.


Are the chosen anime within Welcome To The N.H.K. of any significance?

It always reminded me of Di Gi Charat ("Dejiko") but I don't have any evidence that this was intentional. Visually they're pretty similar, and both are sort of used as mascots (Di Gi Charat being the mascot for the Broccoli gaming company). They also both append random words to the end of their sentences (e.g. "purin"). Additionally, according to Wikipedia:

  An animated Dejiko and her sidekick Gema first appeared on in a television advertisement for Gamers, set to the store's theme song, Welcome! by Hiroko Kato

But again, don't know any official source that says one way or another about the similarity.


Piano was the first son of King Piccolo. A Mutated Namek Piccolo created by spitting an egg.


It was real. We don't get to see exactly when the dreams and reality are merging, at the end of the movie:

   Dreams and reality are one and the same because the DC minis have broken down the barrier (and is missing user control interfaces) between the worlds. Therefore everything that exists in the dreamsphere co-exists in the real world, and vice-versa. This is proven by the fact that the buildings all take permanent damage by the dream-creatures.


Answer:
Nagisa never said nor thought love is worse than curses. Both Nagisa and Sayaka couldn't explain why Homura's soul gem had those colors. Homura bore way more negative energy within her then ever seen before. Way more than a curse ever had borne.

Side note: Homura claims that all this negative energy comes from her love for Madoka due to several events:

Being unable to save Madoka the way she wanted: by preventing Madoka from becoming a Puella Magi
Losing Madoka (again): Madoka vanished from visibility when she became the creator of the new universe, a.k.a. Madokami
The desire to bring Madoka back (as a plain human)
The idea of being able to meet Madoka(mi) again when Homura's soul gem becomes completely black
The selfish act of taking Madoka(mi) for herself and thereby breaking the universe


Why is it when a character nimbly dodges attacks the aggressor will call it "running away"?

Many people will accuse someone of running away in a fight if they do a lot to evade being hit by their opponent. Generally in a fight one can tell wether an individual is actually "running away" or just trying to avoid getting hit. Someone who does not actually want to be in the fight or is scared will generally keep running away with out making an attempt to actually fight back.

In the case of One Piece we see a lot of characters dodge and evade but that reason is to just avoid damage. Luffy for example will dodge a lot of attacks but he will make every attempt to inflict as much damage as he can on his opponent. He will even fight back when he does no damage at all. (i.e. Magellan)

Dodging and evading is not considered cowardly most characters will just call it so becasue they are fustrated that they have missed their attacks and wish to goad their opponent so that they may stop all of their evasive maneuvers.


Can 4 people fuse into 1 powerful person?

No, there is no quad-fusion or fusion between 2 a already fused fighters. Similar to this question, you essentially have to be your original self to fuse with another person.


Her father was never really shown. However, they are at least alive, as Chiyo talks to them when she comes home once.


How does All for One's "stealing quirk" work?

According to the Boku no Hero Academia Wiki, it is done through touch.

  The process of giving and taking away Quirks is done through touch. People who have their Quirks stolen become Quirkless, losing any sort of abnormal features if they happen to be Mutant types. When quirks are stolen, the victim becomes disoriented and immobile for a short time. Meanwhile, Quirkless people who receive a Quirk through All For One become capable of manifesting all of its attributes.

Source: All For One > Description (2nd Paragraph)


Do we know of any of Roronoa Zoro's family?

Nothing has ever been shown of Zoro's family, and he has never mentioned them. We know from his flashback that he trained in Kuina's father's dojo from a reasonably young age, and that even before that he traveled around as a reasonably good swordsman.

There's a chance he might have family on Wano Kuni, but I think it's unlikely. We don't know if he knows his family, or if he grew up as an orphan, but he has been without a family for a long time now.


Is Sasuke's teleportation technique just substitution jutsu?

Sasuke's new teleportation technique is called Amenotejikara

  With his left eye, Sasuke instantly shifts the location of himself,
  others, and objects, within a certain range. This range can be
  increased if he swaps himself with an object, as seen when he switched
  places with Sakura Haruno's discarded flak jacket. Using the chakra
  of the nine tailed beasts allowed Sasuke to extend the range of this
  technique even further, as seen when he shifted him and his Susanoo
  behind Naruto Uzumaki, who was a considerable distance away.

  Due to its speed, this technique has proven to be especially useful
  for launching surprise attacks against enemies.

In  Body Replacement Technique you have to replace your body with an object but in Amenotejikara it's not compulsory. Body Replacement Technique can be learned by any ninja but Amenotejikara seems to be limited to Rinnegan user only.

Few more points to be noted here:

  At certain times, the technique has to be recharged and cannot be
  used.
  This technique not only switches the position, but the momentum and
  direction of the switched targets as well - src


Black Keys are a type of conceptual weapons (albeit weak), called Keys of Providence. They are essentially charms used by agents of the Church to exorcise demons. They are meant to bind and/or seal spiritual phenomena (e.g. Vampires hunted by the Church), rather than hurt them.

The Type-Moon Wiki notes that:

  If they hit the shadow of a target, the target will be unable to move their body, leaving them to the mercy of the black key's wielder. It could also be used to track down and seal or injure a target until its wielder tells it to stop doing so, or unless it is destroyed or neutralized by an outside force.

It's been noted that they can take the form of many types weapons, but are usually in the form of long, rapier-like swords or spears, which they are generally thrown as a dagger or used to stab opponents. Ciel-senpai and Kotomine Kirei are notable wields of these weapons.

Sacraments, which are basically spell-sigils, can be engraved in Black Keys to give them different effects.


Why didn't Ranma just tell Akane that P-chan is Ryoga?

Here is my thought. Because Ryouga will be hurt, if Ranma spills it. I don't think Akane will hate Ryouga even if she knows that he's P chan, from her personality, she may be angry for a few days but that's it. But to Ryouga, he kept thinking that if Akane finds out that he's P chan, she will hate him. It can be seen in a few occasion where Ranma threatens him that he will spill it out.

But after all,  Ranma is Ryouga's friend. He wouldn't do this if he knows that it's gonna hate Ryouga.


Is it possible for a Demon to use a breathing style technique?

Yes but I might be wrong in some details;

   Kokushibo is a member of the Twelve Demon Moons, holding the position of Upper Moon One. In his Human life, he was a demon slayer who trained him by a Breath of Wind user. And now as a Demon with an adept Demon Slayer Breath style(Breath of the Moon).


Where can I find the Sunday Without God light novels in English?

There is no licensed English translation of the Sunday Without God light novels. There probably never will be, since the show and the light novels are at best moderately popular in Japan.

Site policy is to not link to fan translations, so I'm just going to wink in the general direction of Google. (But you're not going to find much - the fans don't appear to be interested enough to translate the novels either.)


This is a bit complicated. The links are to MAL, but I've found that different databases index these very differently. Sources are mostly in the links, but I had to reference Wikipedia and Tenchi Muyo Wiki as well.

Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki is the original OVA series, which was brought to the US simply as Tenchi Muyo (I don't know about other countries). This was adapted into a manga series. Simultaneously the OVA series got a special OVA and then another season. After that there's a special for the second season of the OVA. There's a further third season, which ends the story, and there's a sort of alternate ending special Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki 3 Plus 1 as well. There's also a sequel manga series which covers some more events, Shin Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki. Between both manga series, they mostly cover the first two OVA series, and are technically non-canon, though the changes are mostly minor changes.

In addition there are many things in this timeline which are not related to the main story. There's a spinoff manga series about Sasami, Tenchi Muyo! Sasami Stories.  There's also a special for Mihoshi's back-story in this continuity. Tenchi Muyo! GXP also falls in this continuity, 1 year after the ending of the OVA series. The Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari anime takes place 15 years after GXP, and has both a manga and a light novel version. There's also a radio drama (hence no MAL link), Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-ohki Manatsu no Carnival, which presumably falls in this continuity, but I have not listened to it.

The second Tenchi movie, Tenchi Muyo! Manatsu no Eve is sort of separate from everything else. It's technically not placed in the Ryo-Ohki continuity, but a separate, closely-related continuity. Sites disagree on this, but Tenchi Muyo Wiki has the most convincing argument, namely that Kiyone doesn't appear in the Ryo-Ohki continuity, but does in the movie.

Tenchi Universe is on a separate timeline, but is loosely based on the original season of the OVAs. This is a 26-episode TV series. The first film Tenchi Muyo! in Love is a sequel to this series. The third film, Tenchi Muyo! in Love 2 is a sequel to the first film. This film has a manga adaptation.

Tenchi in Tokyo is a 26-episode anime series with its own continuity. The only other things in this continuity are the related specials.

There are a bunch of other spin-offs, mostly with their own continuities. Dual Parallel! Trouble is an alternate continuity, except with mostly different characters. It has a sequel of short episodes. There's also the Pretty Sammy series, which have Sasami as a magical girl and are independent of everything else. There's a 3-episode OVA for Pretty Sammy. There's also a 26-episode TV series with short specials, which in English is known as Magical Project S. This is a different continuity from the original Pretty Sammy OVA series. A third Pretty Sammy series is Sasami: Mahou Shoujo Club, but this is now following Iwakura Sasami, a new character, yet again in an alternate continuity, and it's very much removed from the original Tenchi series. It also has a sequel. Battle Programmer Shirase shares the character of Misao Amano with Pretty Sammy (where she has the alter-ego Pixy Misa), who also makes a cameo in Dual.

In addition, there's an RPG video game, which is sort-of based on the Ryo-Ohki continuity. There's also an English-language RPG based on the Ryo-Ohki continuity published by Guardians of Order. I have not played either so I don't know how closely they are related to the original series.

To the best of my knowledge, that's everything major that's been released to date. If I've missed anything I'll be happy to add it.


What's the significance of Kanon becoming "invisible"?

looper's answer is correct but not quite complete. This answer will be based on the manga, mostly because I don't immediately have access to the anime, but also because I'm not sure how much of this is explained in the anime. Kanon's arc is flags (aka chapters) 7-10 in the manga.

As the other answer points out, Kanon's idol career made her fear failure, which in idol terms is not being seen by enough people to be successful. That is to say, she is afraid of social invisibility. Her fears manifested themselves physically, making her actually invisible, or at least transparent. That's why she disappears primarily when someone isn't paying attention to her, and reappears once someone acknowledges her. However, at the end of her arc, she doesn't stop being transparent until her self-confidence returns, which is the only way she could successfully perform at a large concert without being afraid of failure.

What that answer misses is how she becomes invisible, or at least transparent, since clearly it isn't something a normal person can do. The answer to this is implied in the arc:

This is an ability of especially powerful katetama (駆け魂, above translated as "runaway spirit"). It isn't really symbolism; rather, it's a very real illustration of in-universe mechanics that don't get a full explanation until much later. We get a better understanding of how this works in two future arcs (flags 81-89 and 90-101; feel free to point out if I missed any earlier arcs where something similar occurs):

  These are Yui and Hinoki's arcs. In each of the arcs, the kaketama uses its abilities to widen the gap in their hearts. Yui's arc isn't the best parallel, but we do confirm that sufficiently powerful runaway spirits have the ability to somewhat affect their host's physical condition, in this case switching her body with Keima's. In Hinoki's arc, it's also confirmed that the kaketama generally use this power to widen the gap in their host's hearts (in Yui's arc this was a bit ambiguous). In her case, her problem was that the world was too small, and the kaketama worsened this problem by making her body larger, so that the world would seem even smaller to her. That is very similar to Kanon's invisibility problem, except much more powerful because Hinoki's kaketama was rather powerful.

So, a sufficiently powerful runaway spirit, whose host is saddled with some sort of issue, generally has some abilities related to that issue, which can affect things even beyond the host's mental state. These abilities are used to make things worse, widening the gap in their heart. It's a sort of self-preservation mechanism for kaketama. Of course, we already knew from the beginning that the kaketama could affect the host's mental state, but these arcs confirm that they can also have physical effects that would otherwise be impossible without some sort of magic. This is very likely what happened in Kanon's case. It's the only thing that is hinted at in her arc, and no other in-universe mechanic as of flag 200 or so could really explain this in any other way as far as I can tell.

Some people might point out an issue with this theory based on the events of flag 114 (within the "Goddess" arc). However, later events (flag 142) can at least somewhat explain this.

   In flag 114 it's revealed that Kanon is actually the host of the goddess Apollo, in the same way that Tenri hosts Diana. Based on Diana's initial conversation with Katsuragi, while the other goddesses should also have hosted kaketama, these were essentially a way of disguising themselves. So one would expect that Kanon's kaketama was rather weak, not strong enough to have effects like this. However, Yui is also hosting a goddess (Mars), and her kaketama was undeniably strong, even stronger than Kanon's, so it seems that Diana may have been at least somewhat wrong about that. Both Mars and Apollo were dormant during each of their hosts' arcs, which might explain why the kaketama were able to become more powerful.


How does Gohan inherit his "Mystic" power while others do not?

Some context before answering the question.

  Gohan vs. Future Gohan (F-Gohan)

F-Gohan was never shown to be nearly as strong as Gohan SSJ2 vs cell, even though he was much older. This seems logical to me as Gohan trained for three years by Goku and Piccolo and then again for a bit less than a year in the hyperbolic chamber by Goku again, who was much stronger than him. F-Gohan never trained before the cyborgs arrived and probably spent his time studying as his mother always wanted him to. Then, after the death of most of the Z-fighters, Gohan trained by himself for years. This I think is the key point: when training with someone much stronger, one's power increases a lot more rapidly.

  Gohan vs Future Trunks

Same reason as stated above. In Dragon Ball super, we see F-Trunks's power increase exponentially and close to reaching SSG, probably just by fighting along side Goku and Vegeta.

  Gohan vs. Trunks and Goten

Trunks and Goten reached SSJ very young. Who's to say they wouldn't become stronger than Mystic Gohan much younger if they followed similar training? They both reached their current level with barely any training, so I'd expect them to become the strongest Z-fighters if they actually trained everyday with their fathers. However, one thing to take into consideration is that they had a nearly-perfect childhood, on the contrary of Gohan. Even when going up against Buu, they had a hard time taking him seriously, maybe never truly grasping the seriousness of the situation.

Answer:

I think there are three major deciding factors for the power of a hybrid human/sayian:

How strong the father is when he conceives the child.
How much pain he has gone through up to a certain point. This may have more effect the younger one experiences that pain
Training, and the power level of whoever you train with.

The potential you've mentioned in the comments is just in my opinion a combination of the above three points. Trunks and Goten lead in point 1 but are truly behind Gohan and F-Trunks in points 2 and 3. Compared to Gohan, F-Gohan certainly leads in point 2 but lacks even more in point 3.

The Great Elder on Namek says he's never seen such dormant potential before but he never encountered a Sayian before, let alone a hybrid human/sayian.

Also, Gohan's power-up against Raditz is not random at all. He sees his father getting beaten up, gets very mad which fuels his power. Raditz then mentioned human/saiyan hybrid may be more affected from rage than regular sayians.


Would a water manipulating Devil Fruit user be able to swim?

Most of this answer is speculation as there is currently no answer to this question.

I think that the possibility of the "Mizu Mizu no Mi" existing somewhere in the One Piece universe is highly possible, since we have already seen multiple states of water being Devil Fruits:

Moku Moku no Mi (Smoke - Gas state)*
Hie Hie no Mi (Ice - Solid state)
Yuki Yuki no Mi (Snow - Solid state)

* I know this one is disputable

The only problem with the "Mizu Mizu no Mi" is that it will create a paradox.
Since Devil Fruit users are weak to water, if a Devil Fruit user transforms into water, he would be rendered powerless and transform back to his normal form.

But all in all, I don't think the person using this Devil Fruit will be able to circumvent the "curse" Devil Fruit users get from eating them.


Does Nosferatu Zodd help Gatsu in the manga?

In The Battle of Doldrey Chapter 5,

  Zodd throws down a weapon from somewhere up high, which Guts picked up after Griffith yelled at him to take it.

Also, a quick search on the wiki and looking at the notes on Boscogn's character page will tell the same answer.


If Ash's last name is Ketchum and it comes from the phrase "Gotta catch 'em all," why doesn't he catch most of them?

In the Japanese version of the anime, Ash's name is Satoshi. His Japanese name comes from Satoshi Tajiri, creator of the Pokémon games. The English version's name is derived from Satoshi, as it contains the letters a, s, and h, and sounds similar to Ash. The Ketchum part of his name, as you've rightly said, comes from the catchphrase "Gotta Catch 'em All."
The Japanese name is notably not connected to this catchphrase. Since the Japanese version is the source material, there is a disconnect here. In the English version, Satoshi is Ash Ketchum, but the English version has no control over how the plot proceeds (for an additional example of this kind of translation disconnect, see the Resident Evil series, which is called Biohazard in Japan). Additonally, as time has gone on, this catchphrase has become less important to the series, since there are so many Pokémon. And given the rate at which Ash catches Pokémon, it isn't feasible for him to catch them all.


How can a human like Yuto or Abe no Seimei live in Magano?

The fact, that Abe no Seimei is still alive in Magano, was just barely mentioned in manga, and there was no real proof for that.

Nevertheless, in ch. 17 of manga, it was shown, that exorcist may survive really long time without any supplies, based only on his divine powers. So, I suppose, the strongest exorcist in history may stay alive in Magano for really long time.

Regarding Yuto, question is slightly incorrect, since according to ch. 13,

   Yuto is no longer human anymore, he is much more like Basara being - he infected himself with Impurity, and managed to gain control over it.


Who did the art direction on for these episodes and scenes?

I think you're looking for Junichi Hayama. He was the animation director for episodes 5 and 10 of Shin Sekai Yori as well as on staff for the other 2 shows you've listed. Some of his other works fall into the same characteristics you listed.

You can see some of his art from a Google image search

Among other works:

Afro Samurai: Resurrection (movie) : Key Animation
Be-Bop-Highschool (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director
(The) Big O (TV) : Animation Director (ep 21)
Casshern Sins (TV) : Animation Director (eps 10, 17, 22), Key Animation (5 episodes)
A Certain Magical Index (TV) : Key Animation (OP1)
Cobra The Animation: The Psychogun (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 2)
Dokidoki! Precure (TV) : Key Animation (ep 7)
Doraemon: Shin Nobita to Tetsujin Heidan - Habatake Tenshi-tachi (movie) : Key Animation
Dream Eater Merry (TV) : Key Animation (OP; ep 13)
EX-Driver the Movie : Key Animation
Fist of the North Star (movie) : In-Between Animation
Fist of the North Star (TV) : In-Between Animation (4 episodes), Key Animation (3 episodes)
Fist of the North Star 2 (TV) : Animation Director (7 episodes)
From the New World (TV) : Animation Director (eps 5, 10), Key Animation (eps 5, 10)
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (TV) : Key Animation
Gaiking: Legend of Daikū-maryū (TV 2/2005) : Illustration
Gu Gu Ganmo (TV) : Animation
Gundam Build Fighters (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Gunsmith Cats (OAV) : Key Animation
Himitsu no Akko-chan: Umi da! Obake da!! Natsu Matsuri (movie) : Key Animation
(The) IDOLM@STER (TV) : Key Animation (ep 9)
InuYasha the Movie 3: Swords of an Honorable Ruler : Animation Director
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (OAV) : Storyboard (ep 8), Character Design (eps 1-13), Chief Animation Director (eps 9-13), Animation Director (eps 1-2, 6-8), Cover Art, Key Animation (eps 2, 5-7, 13)
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood (movie) : Director, Character Design, Chief Animation Director
Kimi no Iru Machi (TV) : Chief Animation Director, Animation Director (OP), Key Animation (OP; ep 1)
Kyō, Koi o Hajimemasu (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director
Locke the Superman: Mirror Ring (OAV) : Character Design
Lupin III: Stolen Lupin (special) : Key Animation
Manyū Hiken-chō (TV) : Animation (OP)
Mobile Suit Gundam AGE (TV) : Key Animation (eps 40, 49)
Mobile Suit Gundam UC (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 3)
Mysterious Girlfriend X (TV) : Animation Director (ep 9)
Nessa no Haou Gandalla (TV) : Character Design
New Fist of the North Star (OAV) : Key Animation
Odin - Starlight Mutiny (movie) : In-Between Animation
On the Way to a Smile - Episode Denzel: Final Fantasy VII (OAV) : Animation Director
Pachislo Kizoku Gin (TV) : Character Design
Paranoia Agent (TV) : Animation Director (ep 9 ["TKO"])
Penguindrum (TV) : Key Animation (ep 18)
Pokemon Heroes - Latias & Latios (movie) : Key Animation
Psychic Wars (OAV) : Key Animation
Rurouni Kenshin: Trust & Betrayal (OAV) : Key Animation (ep 1)
Sailor Moon R Movie: Promise of the Rose : Key Animation
Sailor Moon SuperS Movie: Black Dream Hole : Key Animation
Saint Seiya Omega (TV) : Key Animation (ep 51)
Sakigake!! Otoko Juku (TV) : Animation Director (8 episodes)
Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Raoh-den Gekitō no Shō (movie) : Key Animation
Shin Kyūseishu Densetsu Hokuto no Ken: Toki-den (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director
Space Battleship Yamato 2199 (TV) : Key Animation (ep 25)
Star Driver (TV) : Animation Director (eps 9, 18)
Street Fighter Alpha (movie) : Key Animation
Toriko (TV) : Key Animation (OP)
Transformers (U.S. TV) : In-Between Animation
Transformers: Scramble City (OAV) : Key Animation
Votoms Finder (OAV) : Character Design, Animation Director
Wolverine (TV) : Key Animation
(The) World God Only Knows Season Two (TV) : Key Animation (ep 4)
X-Men (TV) : Animation Director (ep 9), Key Animation (OP; ep 12)
Xanadu Dragonslayer Densetsu (OAV) : Key Animation
Yu-Gi-Oh! (TV 2/2000) : Animation Director (eps 94, 124)


What episode in Naruto Shippuuden did they start the mission to seal the nibi?

The nibi was sealed in episode 81 of Naruto Shippuuden, Sad News. The whole mission starts in episode 71, My Friend, when Akatsuki starts chasing the nibi.


What are the different knightmare generations?

there is a total of 9 generations or "Ages" according to the wikia.

to summarize

1st Generation

these were effective just walking cockpits according to the wikia and weren't outfitted with weapons. though we have seen no examples of these considering that the Cockpit Ejection System was developed we can imagine the normal Knightmare Cockpits with legs

2nd Generation

this generation came about after the creation of several common systemd found in Knightmares like Factsphere Sensor and Landspinner Propulsion System. this allowed for the early Knightmare Frame prototypes to be developed. however these new technologies behaved erratically so the research was outsourced to a Britannian Army Special Division, the 'Special Dispatch Guidance System Division', and a private group, the Ashford Foundation. it was also in this generation that the term "Knightmare Frame" was born

  The bipedal weapon was nicknamed 'Knightmare' by the Army but its non-offensive equipment was referred to as 'Frame' by civilians. The union of those two terms gave birth to the name 'Knightmare Frame'.

3rd Generation

research done by the Special Dispatch Guidance System Division and the Ashford Foundation lead to the development of combat-effective Knightmares. this also pushed the value of Sakuradite due to it being paramount in making the Knightmare Frames perform to expectations.

the 3rd Generation is infact the earliest generation we see in the shown with the only one being the prototype Ganymede and its test pilot was Marianne. it was this which quickly made famous and being granted knighthood before she was married. however her assassination lead to the Ashford Foundation retiring from the Knightmare R&D

4th Generation

the RPI-11 Glasgow is the most commonly shown 4th gen Knightmare and was the first mass production unit for the platform. it was also the RPI-11 Glasgow which allowed the Britannian Empire to easily dominate Japan during the invasion in 2010 and became their baseline unit for the military.

while it later becomes obsolete it is still used by the Knight police and other countries/factions use the Glasgow as their base for Knightmare Development like the Burai which is produced by the Kyoto House for the  Black Knights and the Japan Liberation Front

5th Generation

Due to Britannia's success in Japan with the Glagow this generation saw the development of Anti-Knightmare weapons leading to create the RPI-13 Sutherland design to take on other Knightmares.

6th Generation

the 6th generation showed no real improvement with Knightmares and thus is referred to as the "Missing Generation". despite this and it's seemingly overwhelming power the Gawain is a 6th generation model privately developed by Schneizel el Britannia and later (much to Lloyd Asplund's annoyance) perfected by Rakshata Chawla. also despite it being seen used more often by a 7th Gen Prototype the Gawain was actually the first Knightmare to use the Float System

7th Generation

the Lancelot was the first significant innovation in the technology and lead to the development of the Vincent series of mass production unit. however the Lancelot still remained as a unique unit due to the development of experimental technologies not found in the Vincent such as the BlazeLuminous shields

8th Generation

the 8th generation was primarily seen during the second season with advancements in Knightmares being lead by the heads of Camelot Division, Lloyd Asplund and Cécile Croomy for Britannia and by Rakshata Chawla for the Black Knights. the Knights of the round all use 8th Gen Knightmares as such prior to this (and possibly prior to Susaku's appointment as a Knight of the Round) if they did use Knightmares they were probably 5th Generation, possibly Gloucesters considering Cornelia and her bodyguards use of them.

9th Generation

as of the end of the second season this is the pinnacle of Knightmare Development with there only being 2 units, the Lancelot Albion and the Guren S.E.I.T.E.N., both of these making use of the improved Float System called the Energy Wing.

It is possible that there may be a mass production series of the 9th generation or even more generations after thus the years following the Zero Requiem however until the release of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Resurrection we wont know for sure


What is the technology level in the Naruto universe?

Here's an extract of Kishimoto's interview

  Konohagakure no Sato Guns and vehicles shouldn't be drawn.

  A: Well, well, we reach the final keyword. The main stage of "Naruto", "Konohagakure no Sato". To you, what image do you have of this
  place? For example, was it modeled on the scenery around your parents'
  home in Okayama?

  Masashi Kishimoto: That's right. To be honest, I didn't think much about this, and got
  a lot on my inspiration there. Maybe it was subconsciously modeled on
  Okayama's scenery.

  A: What kind of time period did you set it in? If it was in the distant past, then covenience stores wouldn't be there...

  Masashi Kishimoto: It's not really any different to present-time. Though possibly a
  little in the past, maybe?

  A: What kind of place is it? Is it Japan? If so, what prefecture...?

  Masashi Kishimoto: It's a completely original place. I didn't set it anywhere. A place
  inside my own head... If anything, the climate and topography resemble
  that around Kyoto. As I've never been to Kyoto, it's my own image of
  it. (laugh)

  A: What material did you use for it?

  Masashi Kishimoto: I like Japanese culture, and since I studied it, I used a lot of
  material from that. Crests and folding fans... I often look at
  Japanese-style gardens and watch Kabuki.

  A: Do you have any rules about what is definitely not allowed to be drawn in the "Naruto" world?

  Masashi Kishimoto: Firstly, projectile weapons such as guns aren't allowed. (The one
  exception is Inari's bowgun.) Guns aren't suited to ninja. Gunpowder
  is used in the anime, though I don't think it should be there. And,
  vehicles such as aeroplanes are not allowed. I try to restrain
  technology that can be used for war... For example, if missiles were
  in it, it'd be the end. (laughs)

  A: Well, thank you very much for everything today.

  Masashi Kishimoto: Thank you very much!

And from Shonen Jump

  Shonen Jump:Your work seems to have a science fiction influence.
  Approximately speaking what is the technology level in the world of
  Naruto?

  Masashi Kishimoto: Actually, the world of Naruto doesn’t differ very
  much from our present time. TV, refrigerators and air conditioners
  exist in the world. The only exceptions are weapons and explosives,
  which I’ve decided to set in a much earlier era. That’s why you don’t
  see firearms.


Why is she throwing water on the ground?

This is called Uchimizu.

People do this to cool the street and as an effect - cools the surrounding area and reduces the amount of dust that flies around.

In recent times there has been a push for people to use recycled water instead to reduce waste.

The ladle and bucket are traditional, and can be replaced by hoses, buckets or any handy implement. Ladles and buckets are used exclusively at Uchimizu festivals though.

Uchimizu.jp provides a handy how-to guide for the activity:

Further reading :)


Why are some anime and manga unlicensed?

(Preface: this answer mostly uses examples of licensing in North America / the USA because that's what I'm most familiar with. Keep in mind that a show that isn't licensed in North America may still be licensed in other regions of the world, such as Australia, Europe, China, and so forth.)

  Therefore, I am asking what is the difference between licensed and unlicensed anime and manga?

"Licensing" here refers to the process by which a party that is not the original creator/distributor of a piece of content acquires rights to distribute that content, usually with the limitation that they may only distribute the content in a certain country or part of the world.

Since Funimation has licensed One Piece (I believe in North America only), they are authorized to legally distribute One Piece to consumers in the region for which they have licensed it. (I'm not sure who, exactly, the licensor for One Piece is, though I suspect it's the original manga publisher, Shueisha.)

Free! Eternal Summer is not a good example of an unlicensed anime, because it has in fact been licensed for streaming in North America by Crunchyroll, though I'm not sure if it has been licensed for home video.

Consider instead an earlier Kyoto Animation show: Hyouka. As far as I know, nobody has licensed Hyouka anywhere for any purpose (and this makes me very sad). This means that if you want to consume Hyouka through legitimate routes, your only option is to purchase the Japanese BDs/DVDs, or find someone who DVRed it in Japan, or something like that.

  Usually, I see that all anime and manga are licensed! But sometimes I see that some anime or manga are not licensed. Why is that so?

If an anime or manga is unlicensed, it is because no company has bothered to purchase a license to distribute the product in the region where you live.

Note that while the majority of new TV anime produced these days are licensed (at least for streaming in the US), the fraction of manga that are licensed relative to the total amount produced is still very small (though this has been slowly changing with the advent of manga "streaming" services like Crunchyroll Manga). If you usually only run into licensed manga, that just means you're mostly only consuming manga through legitimate, licensed providers outside Japan.

  And what does that mean for the producers, television stations, websites (and other who "buy" and publish the anime/ manga) and for the anime/ manga fans?

If an anime or manga has not been licensed in your region, it means that there is probably no legal way to consume a version of the product that has been adapted for consumers in your region (i.e. by subtitling, dubbing, localizing, 4Kids-ifying, etc.). Of course, this has never stopped anime watchers.

  Also how does the process for licensing an anime work?

This is a complicated topic, and is worth a whole question on its own. (And also, I don't really know the answer beyond vague generalities.)


Why didn't Eren's eyes change colour when he inherited the Founding Titan?

If you are not part of the Reiss Family, the founding titan's power impacts eye colour on a case by case basis.

According the the Attack on Titan Wikia:

  When members of the Reiss family inherit the Founding Titan, they are affected by Karl Fritz's will, and at times, their normally light-colored eyes darken and emit a glow.

However, there seems to be no universal rule outside of the Reiss family. The eye colour aspect seems to be tied in with how it affects memory and will but as far as I can tell there is nothing official/canon so all we can do is speculate.

So here is my speculation:

Inheriting the founding titan and will of another is what changes your eye colour. This explains the Reiss Family as every one of them inherited Karl Fritz's will. But (with only a few extra steps) this also explains Grisha Yaeger.

So after eating Frieda Reiss, clearly Grisha did not inherit her will, instead I think his eye colour change was because of Eren Kruger. Kruger had done some horrible things to Grisha but in his final moments he defected, pushing his comrade off the wall to save Grisha. He then went on to justify all his bad deeds and answer any questions, explaining about the history of the founding titan and King Fritz's goal urging him to help the with the restoration project. He then injected Grisha with the titan serum and allowed himself to be eaten. Grisha did go on to help the cause, starting a family and continuing to investigate the ongoings of Paradise Island. My interpretation is that the moment he ate Frieda was the point of no return, where symbolically he truly inherited Kruger's will and thus his eye colour changed.

To answer your actual question:

Finally we have Eren Yaeger who's eyes remain green throughout. I believe his eyes remain the same colour because of his overwhelmingly powerful determination, ie. even after inheriting the founding titan his will remained his own.


What was it that Ichimaru Gin wanted to avenge?

Gin found a collapsed Rangiku. They began living together in Rukongai. One night Gin spotted Aizen and three other Shinigami in a forest. He watches Aizen receive a pink ball of energy from one of the Shinigami. Gin had witnessed these three Shinigami leaving the area where he found Rangiku. It's implied that they stole the pink spiritual energy from her. For this reason, Gin vows to get revenge on Aizen.
As for what he was thinking after extracting the Hogyoku, I can only assume that he believed he was successful in killing Aizen and avenging Rangiku.
Source: https://bleach.fandom.com/wiki/Gin_Ichimaru#Fake_Karakura_Town_arc


Why does Kasumigaoka call Tomoya "Mr. Ethical"?

Here is an excerpt from the Saekano wiki-page in the description for Utaha:

  She used to call Tomoya Tomoya-kun (倫也君) but now she calls him Rinri-kun (倫理君). She began to call him by the nickname Rinri-kun when he flatly rejected her suggestion that he read the last volume of Koisuru Metronome before it is published.

"Rinri-kun" being "Mr. Ethical."

In other words, Tomoya is called Mr. Ethical by Utaha due to his ethical behavior, in this case, with how he decided to wait until the release of the last book — just as every other fan/reader has to wait — in order to enjoy the novel. It'd be unfair for him to get first dibs on reading it before everyone else.


Is there a canon timeline to CLAMP works?

To combine them all to be one timeline like the one you shared... I'm not sure, because many cameo appearances indicate they're in the same timeline, and Clamp has many titles... So, for Clamp timeline, I suggest see this Wikipedia: List of Clamp Works. Use the list of Completed Works, read just like how it's ordered there, but:

put Kobato before Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, because there's Kobato characters appear in TRC.
put Gohou Drug between Suki, Dakara Suki and Chobits, because Hina of Suki, Dakara Suki make appearance as cameo in Gohou Drug
put X between Clamp School Detectives and Duklyon, because, when the main characters in Duklyon watch a movie in cinema, the movie they watch is... X.
exclude Clamp no Kiseki (not a manga), Watashi no Suki na Hito (more of an essay), and Shirahime-Syo (manga, but so far it has no relation at all with other series).
nah, for whether to XXXHolic or TRC first... it's very hard because they had parallel storyline. You could see this thread in MAL discuss which one comes first, but actually as far as I know, they're parallel.

Deeper:

Some that I know from reading the manga itself or from source in the bottom, but the problem is that I have bad memory, so I can't give the exact chapter.

x -> y: y comes after x
x <-> y: parallel (same timeline)

Cardcaptor Sakura -> XXXHolic <-> Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle

   Just a you've said, XXXHolic's characters make appearance in TRC, vice versa, but judging from the plot, they're parallel. Why Cardcaptor Sakura first, because it tells Sakura and Syaoran's childhood, while in TRC they were married.

Angelic Layer -> Chobits

   The inventor of Chobits and Angelic Layer is the same, Icchan. Chitose is his wife. Why Angelic Layer first, because in Angelic Layer Icchan lived and he has died at Chobits.

Tokyo Babylon, Clamp Detective School -> X

   Sumeragi and Sakurazuka clan is involved with the end of the world in X. Why Tokyo Babylon first, because it could be said that Tokyo Babylon is the story of Subaru, Hokuto,  and Sakurazukamori when they're younger, and Hokuto's still alive, since in X she has died. Nokoru, Suou, and Akira made appearance in X as cameo, and they're adult there.

20 Mensou ni Onegai!! <-> Clamp School Detectives <-> Duklyon: Clamp School Defenders

   All in the same timeline and set in the same background, Clamp School. Nokoru appears in Duklyon as their commanders (well actually someone with blackglass, but that hair, appearance, position, and personality is undeniably Nokoru), Akira and Utako is the main character of 20 Mensou, and those Duklyon defenders made cameo appearance in Clamp School Detectives.

Many Clamp's work except CCS and XXXHolic -> Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle

Many of Clamp's chara appear in TRC, but they appears as their parallel counterpart, thus have nothing to do with the original story, and even if you haven't read it, it's fine.

Source:
TRC Wikia: The list of other series appearance in TRC
Y!A: Clamp manga set in the same universe

CMMIW. To tell the truth, I just shared what I know.


What is the song playing in episode 453 of Naruto Shippuden at 16:15?

Naruto Shippuden - Ochihabune

Naruto Shippuden - Ochihabune


What was the meaning behind Tetsuro's pendant?

It's not really explained, but it's known to be a picture of his mother Kanae.  She gave him the locket before she died, which he keeps as a memento.

It may seem strange that she would have a picture of herself in a locket, but in the second movie, Adieu Galaxy Express 999, it is revealed that Faust (implied to be Tetsuro's father) has a second identical locket with a picture of Kanae and a young Tetsuro, which he leaves to Harlock.  So it seems that they were a set, perhaps exchanged by Tetsuro's parents.


What is the meaning of the title, "Dorohedoro"?

The most probable meaning of the title Dorohedoro is "mud-sludge", which is consisted of doro (mud) and hedoro (sludge).
This is referred to in volume 10, chapter 56 of the manga (not yet covered in the anime) when Ai ...

 recalled his experience after jumping into the lake,

 "When I fell into the lake, and mud (doro) and smelly sludge (hedoro) coiled around me, it felt as if I had become this warped city itself."


Why do the stronger enemies in anime/manga tend to look more human?

I am pretty sure this is something that originates from the intention of the medium (film, novel, game) to tell a story.
Weak enemies that are quickly dealt with don't need a fleshed out personality. But strong enemies are often your main antagonists and therefore need a personality, motivations and so on.
In order for us to understand these motivations the antagonists thought pattern needs to be somewhat human. The more human the physique of a character is the more intuitive it is for that character to also have human thought patterns. This results in the general trend of fictional characters to be more human/anthropomorphised the more important to the story they are.

You might also want to consider that weaker enemies often come in bulk and that killing something is less morally taxing if it dosen't look human.

other observations to back this up:

Cartoons for kids often feature anthropomorphised animals instead of normal animals even if the story doesn't involve combat
Video games with less focus on story and more focus on gamplay don't follow this "trope"


What's the viewing order of the Queen's Blade anime?

Watch them in the following order:

Queen's Blade - Rurou No Senshi (The Exiled Virgin)
Queen's Blade - Gyokuza wo Tsugu Mono (Inheritor of the Throne AKA The Evil Eye)
Queen's Blade - Gyokuza wo Tsugu Mono Specials
Queen's Blade -  Utsukushiki Toushitachi (Beautiful Warriors)
Queen's Blade -  Beautiful Warriors OVA
Queen's Blade - Premium Visual Book OVA
Vanquished Queens OVA
Queen's Blade -  Rebellion
Queen's Blade - Grimoire (currently airing, alternative setting to Rurou No Senshi)

If you check MyAnimeList, under the related section, you can see sequels, adaptations and alternative settings.

There is also a forum where your question has been discussed.


Naruto Shippuden at ep. 445 on Hulu, but movies are further. Is this due to the manga?

First of all, The Last: Naruto the Movie is just two years after the war ended. Also I think you are okay watching The Last: Naruto the Movie already. If I remember correctly there is only about one thing you will miss and it's about

  Kakashi turning into the Hokage

The manga started somewhere in 1999 and already ended on November 10, 2014

The episode you are on should be a filler if I'm correct. So that means that the episode is not part of the main story. That means you should be in volume 70 or 71 of the manga. Also if I'm correct the main story should be taking place somewhere in or after chapter 678, which is in volume 70.

So to actually answer your question. No, the manga is not far ahead they just decided to make the movie, the manga ended about two years ago so they decided to make the movie.

Also, The Last: Naruto the Movie is just mainly focused on Naruto and Hinata and the story about how they ended up together.


How much strong is at least Golden Cooler?

With reference to the second chapter of the Manga,Firstly, Goku in his Berserker form didn't technically "Defeat" SSJB Vegeta. Vegeta didn't really go all out or actually attempt to fight Goku. Once Cumber took control of Goku, he immediately attacked Vegeta and then went after Mai.When Fu sees Cooler, he makes a statement claiming that he was weaker than his brother and Frieza has evolved further. This triggers cooler and he ends up transforming to his Golden form and at the same time was also enraged when he began to fight Goku and overwhelm him. So it is fair to assume that he was fighting a lot more seriously.We have seen Vegeta get triggered in a similar fashion multiple times and raise his Ki even furthur when enraged and begins to overwhelm his oppoent. Some examples would be the Final Flash against Perfect Cell, Jiren and even against Toppo. Even in the anime, when Kale attains gets her Bereserker form, she effortlessly walked through SSJB Goku's Kamehameha and grabbed him with ease. Goku at this time wasn't really fighting seriously, just like Vegeta in case of this chapter. Hence, I think it is unfair to conclude Golden Cooler is superior to SSJB Vegeta. We also know that the Golden form has the stamina weakness which Freiza took time to figure out, so in theory, Cooler would also require to adapt to the transformation like Freiza did. Vegeta on the other hand has mastered Super Saiyan Blue in the manga and even managed to break past the limits of Super Saiyan Blue in the anime and ascended to a much higher form. Hence, I think it is unfair to state Golden Cooler is stronger than Vegeta just because of that one battle.I don't understand your logic at to why Golden cooler would be stronger than SSJB + KK*20 Goku on account of defeating Berserker Goku. I believe Kanba's evil power did power up Goku tremendously but not stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Goku. The transformation just made Goku very aggressive  which is why he got the Upper Hand on Vegeta. Considering how Super Saiyan Blue Goku was able to defeat Xeno Goku who is supposedly recognized as the strongest Saiyan in the previous chapters of the Manga, I think it is fair to state Super Saiyan Blue Goku is definitely superior to Berserker Goku and Even Golden Cooler. Vegeta on the other hand is relative to Goku in strength and hence also stronger than Cooler.


Where did Scar's other tattoo come from?

Although I can't remember it being stated, it is most likely, that he found the tattoo in his brothers notes and put it on his arm with the help of Dr. Marcoh.

   The tattoo was most likely one part of the preparations for the 'promised day' in episode 46 (2009), before Scar comes back with Marcoh from the negotiation with the Ishvals.


In many cultures, the eyes are regarded as the doorway/path to your soul. Therefore, in many ways, eyes are often manipulated to show the will/emotions/drive of the creature in question (and by creature, I include animals, aliens, humans, anime-pseudo-beings and all other lifeforms that are shown with eyes).

In contrast, what does not have eyes, we often perceive as dead. Even creatures that are presented without eyes, often carry a bandage og other device covering the area where the eyes would normally be shown.

To give life and passion to a character in a show, they have to be designed with eyes or other seemingly visual-oriented details.

Also notice: Often bigger eyes are pictured as more passionate, while small/tiny eyes are often used to convey negative traits.