Is it true that hiden jutsu can be taught?

I'd go with Yes.

Hiden Jutsu are hidden clan techniques that are passed only within a clan. The nature and need for secrecy arises only because they can be "stolen". Ergo someone outside the clan can learn these techniques. I would also guess that someone outside the clan can also be adopted and taught those techniques. If they meet the criteria they can also figure out by themselves. Lets take some examples.

Hyuuga Clan: Byakugan may be a kekkei Genkai, i.e. Someone only from Hyuga Clan can manifest these eyes. But Neji for example, just because of his natural talent figured out Hiden techniques such as 32/64 Palms, Rotation etc. Later his uncle taught them to him popularly. Now Ao may possess the Byakugan but unless taught he can't use any Gentle Fist techniques.
Uchiha Clan: Kakashi, Danzo etc. have shown to be able to use the clan's Hiden techniques once acquiring the Sharingan. These include Genjutsus, specialized techniques such as Izanami, Kamui etc.
Ina-Shika-Cho: We see other users using the "Reading of mind" on the ninja Jiraiya sent. But when Pain uses it on Shizune, Ino remarked on it as "Dad's Technique". I would think that such techniques are specialized by the Yamanaka clan which may or may not be passed outside. Nara Clan's shadow technique was not used outside the clan. Akimichi Clan probably requires the genetic body build to use the Body Expansion techniques.
Team 8 - Both Aburame and Inuzuka clan raise the children in such a way that they can use their Hiden techniques. The kids in Aburame clan bond with insects, while Inuzuka clan raise a puppy and grow together with them.

Thus Hiden techniques are secret since each individual are brought up/born in a manner that they can only learn their clan techniques.
If Iron Fist Style can be taught, why not the Gentle Fist with someone with precise Chakra Control? Because they don't have the Byakugan to precisely dodge and target the areas while fighting.


How is it that Maxim, Lyudmila, and Diana have three Bubuki amongst them?

The character biographies on the show's official website (http://bbkbrnk.com/character/04/) provide an explanation for this unusual state of affairs.

Maxim: 「ブランキ“ザンパザ”の「心臓」を父親から受け継いでいる。」 ― that is, he inherited Zampaza's heart from his father.
Lyudmila: 「ザンパザの右手にあたるブブキ“シュヴェドッカ”を母親から受け継いでいる。」 ― she inherited Zampaza's right arm from her mother.
Diana: 「母の双子の妹（叔母）の死後、主人無しとなっていたザンパザの左手にあたるブブキ“ズヴョズダチカ”を受け継いでいる。」 ― hers is the weird case. Her mother's younger sister passed away (presumably without any descendants), so Zampaza's left arm took Diana (her former master's niece) as its master instead.


When did Oda state that a future member of the Straw Hats would be a previous enemy?

This is just an old rumor. It's possible Oda said that an old enemy would be a future ally, but it has been off the record for some time now. It's so old in fact, it could have been talking about any number of people and some believe it was a reference to Impel Down, when many of Luffy's old enemies become allies (mainly Bon Clay, Galdino, and Buggy).

As for nakama, it could have possibly been Robin, who was once second-in-command of Baroque Works in Alabasta. It could have been referring to Franky, though this is unlikely since he wasn't an enemy for very long.

It is possible that Luffy's crew has reached capacity since the manga is 80% written (as of 7/23/18) and in the anime, Luffy mentions wanting "at least 10" nakama (and as of 8/27/18, there are 10 Straw Hats). That being said, there's not likely to be many more newbies, so although it's possible, I wouldn't hold your breath for that "previous enemy" to still be in our future.

***Correction: Luffy wants at least 10 nakama, that doesn't include himself, so with 10 current straw hats, he has 9.


What is the name of the heroine in Amnesia?

She is only known as "Heroine." Now, if you look at Wikipedia or any other source and check the dates, you'll see that the anime is released after the game.

If the developers of the game never named her, e.g. implying the "Heroine" is whomever plays as her in the game, they didn't need to name her. This would allow the players to insert themselves into the game as the game's "Heroine."

So the fact that she isn't named could be entirely intentional in the game and the decision was carried over to the anime. If she didn't need a name in the game, I guess she didn't need it in the anime.

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amnesia_(visual_novel)


Does Saitama still continue his training?

As Eumel's answer points out, in the manga nothing says whether he is training or not. However, I think it is safe to say that he is NOT training anymore, as the power he obtained is clearly too great for him to have any "exciting" fight.

The picture below, shows Saitama defeating Vaccine man in the first chapter. He is clearly pissed off that his fight ended up in only one punch, indicating that he would much rather have a more even match against a foe. Once realizing that he was clearly overpowered compared to the monsters he fought, there is no reason why he would still want to train. Even more, he might want to slack off hoping that it would make him weaker, yielding to more exciting fights for him.


This is Ao Nanami from Yozakura Quartet

You can find this by using IQDB and then going to a result (some sites may not be SFW) and look at the image tags. You can see that the gif is tagged as "Yozakura Quartet".


Why did the esper children attack Tetsuo with the toys?

It's been a while since I saw the movie but I know in the Manga that Kiyoko (the girl esper) had a premonition that Neo-Tokyo would be destroyed and Tetsuo would be involved, prompting the attack.


It's most likely a mix of,

Human Hummingbird
Kewpie Doll Surprise
Wheel o' Feet
Floating Limbs
Possibly also Thundering Herd if you want to consider the background or context for the first image


Did Goku trigger the creation of Goku Black

This is true. Though IMHO, this was not necessary for Zamasu to hate Goku and the other humans.

In dragon ball super episode 57, Zamasu sees Goku fight in the universe 6 tournament and realizes that Goku, though a mortal, can reach the level of Gods. This enrages him and is the immediate trigger for him to find Zuno to get knowledge about Goku and the Super dragon balls. This subsequently led to the creation of Goku Black.

So Trunks coming to past and Goku meeting Zamasu was just a effect of the time travel but did not lead to the cause. Thus there is no time loop. This is more evident in the manga, where Goku does not meet Zamasu in the present. Instead Zamasu just hears about Goku defeating Majin Buu from Shin.


How exactly does Akiko's healing ability work?

Akiko explain's her own ability when she is on the train with the bomber in episode 8 at 16:45.

  "My ability, Thou Shalt Not Die, can cure any wounds. Even my own injuries as you can see. But the necessary conditions are harsh. It can only cure lethal injuries. What an inconvenient ability. If I want to cure moderate injuries, I have to half kill my patient first." - Akiko Yosano

From the wiki:

  Akiko has a rare ability among ability users, Thou Shalt Not Die (君死給勿, Kimi Shinitamō Koto Nakare?), which allows her to heal external wounds. However, to heal someone they must first be "half-dead"; meaning they must have fatally serious injuries before she can use her ability. Due to this, her ability is inconvenient for healing minimal wounds since she needs to fatally injure that person first.

As for Akiko's name. She was named after the feminist poet Yosano Akiko. Yosano Akiko's poems were written during the Russo-Japanese war which was around 1945 when feminism wasn't highly thought of. The early-to-mid 19000s in Japan was a time when women were slowly gaining new rights, during this time feminism was a huge thing for women, but controversial overall.

You could say that Akiko's nature and appearance embody this ideal.


Is there any other character with a quirk evolution?

Based on my opinion of what quirk evolution is, it's a yes. However, consider to also read the manga because there is a possibility of a different interpretation to 'quirk evolution'.

In my opinion, there are some in both pro heroes and students. I believe that the biggest quirk evolution happens to

   Kirishima and Endeavor.

In the anime, we already see

   Todoroki and Midoriya's quirks

somewhat evolve and I can't really recall whether in the recent chapters they evolve even more.

I can tell you this though, there is a lot of character development and events in many of the characters that will possibly lead them to evolve their quirk or personality changes, which is shown more in the manga.


Why is there so much nudity in anime and manga?

To start, you're not really going to see full-frontal nudity in anime. If you look at this question, you can read about censorship laws in Japan and about how--through self-censorship as much as through legal restrictions--genitalia and public hair aren't generally shown even in pornography.

There's a fairly vague rule called the Tokyo Metropolitan Ordinance Regarding the Healthy Development of Youths that is used to restrict access to "harmful material" to people under the age of 18. The relevant part is in a change called Bill 156 which was passed in 2010. From the Wikipedia article:

  After the original bill's defeat, Tokyo governor Shintarō Ishihara announced his intent to submit a new revision later in the year. This revision, informally referred to as Bill 156, was submitted by the government in November 2010. It removed the controversial "non-existent youth" term but still proposed a number of significant changes to the law:

  The Metropolitan government is given the authority to propose controls on internet access for children of different ages, although it is required to consult with the telecommunications industry, parents' representatives and educators.
  The definition of harmful material is expanded to include "any manga, animation, or pictures (but not including real life pictures or footage) that features either sexual or pseudo sexual acts that would be illegal in real life, or sexual or pseudo sexual acts between close relatives whose marriage would be illegal, where such depictions and / or presentations unjustifiably glorify or exaggerate the activity."
  Any publisher who has more than six works declared harmful under the new criteria in a 12-month period can be referred to the relevant industry self-regulation body. If the publisher breaches the criteria again within the next six months, the Governor can publicly identify the offender and comment on the reasons for declaring their work in breach.
  The Metropolitan government is authorized to "encourage the establishment of an environment where child pornography could be eliminated and prevent its creation." The bill specifically mentions "any sexually arousing posing on the behalf of children under the age of 13 wholly or partially naked, or wearing swimwear or only underwear, published in books or featured in film," although as with its other provisions this only applies to drawings and animation, not to photography or film of real children. (Emphasis mine)

However, unlike in a number of other cultures, there is no particular religious or moral opposition to sexuality as a whole. From Wikipedia:

  The gods and goddesses of Shinto are not repositories of morality or perfection; instead, they exist within nature and thus, sexuality is an innate part of life itself. Therefore, religious attitudes are no obstacle to the presence of pornographic material in Japan's secular society, nor is pornography blasphemous in any way, not even when it depicts religious persons (mostly shrine maidens) or mythological beings.

Nudity, sexual implications, and similar things tend to be used as fan service in anime. Debbi Gardner cites this as a cultural difference in comparison to places like America. While sexual or at least sexualized content may be considered inappropriate in the US--likely due to the much more puritanical Christian-based morality system--it isn't, at least not to the same degree in Japan.


You can look up in Manga chapter 437, page 12, where Hinata has her own Crowning Moment Of Awesome.

Yes he did ;)


The manga takes place during a summer holiday Onizuka had while he teach Kanzaki Urumi's class. It started with Onizuka going back to his hometown, Shonan, for the holiday. Shonan is his base back during the day where he was known as the Onibaku (along with his best friend, Danma Ryuuji).

There, Onizuka met with a girl who works in an Orphanage like place, but instead of for kids with no parents, it was for kids with problematic parents. There, Onizuka helped the kids with their problems.

It ended with Onizuka chasing after the Mayor of the town after the Mayor's act caused one of the kids (a girl) with serious burn injury. With the help of his Onibaku underlings, he successfully caught the Mayor in a bus full of cabaret girls after posing as a terrorist bus hijacker. He then forced the Mayor to resign his office, apologize to the injured kid, and take care of her medical bills, including a plastic surgery to fix her damaged face.

At the end it was shown that Onizuka has returned to the school, with his students doubting his story (about his holiday) and then surprised to find that Onizuka didn't make up the story after one of the caretaker girls called him.


Do Mob and Saitama live in the same universe?

The answer is NO.

Saitama's world and Mob's world is totally different. We can see that the art style of the anime and the main character is almost alike that's because they were written by the same creator, ONE.

Mob appear in One Punch Man world.

(Image credit to @Pablo.)

Saitama appear in Mob Season 2 Opening. (Watch the cellphone, it's Saitama outfit.)

So why does these 2 not related story will appear on each other scene, I guess it was just a purely an advertisement purpose.


Given the characters are at an arcade and the assuming the shape in the bottom right is an arcade cabinet I believe the poster is trying to represent Madoka Magicard Battle, a card battling game based on the series and films.

I have not been able to find a poster, though the text and annotated images make it look more like a magazine or advert page than a movie poster.

The key art may also be images put together from individual shots as no key art has the group of five in that order.

My best guess that if this is based on an existing poster, it is for the Madoka Arcade card game and is an instructional poster designed to be displayed outside the arcade itself.


What are model sheets and why do animators use them?

Like I already guessed in the comments, model sheets are used to guarantee consistency in character design.

They are a concept art to define the character design. In big teams, you have the problem that everyone sees the character a bit different, so they try to standardize the design by creating a model.

Wikipedia

Another site


Essentially, after the completion of the loss of an arm or other limb, there is a raw set of nerves poking out (not literally, but you know what I mean). These are what connect to the automail's circuits. As stated by Vic, all of these nerves are stimulated simultaneously, causing a severe, severe shock to the person.

This pain is shown to be more obvious in the 2003 anime, lasting for quite some time after the connection. In the 2009 anime (Brotherhood), the repercussions of the event are significantly tamer.

Unfortunately, it's hard to pin this down exactly to something you might feel in real life. One common example would be hitting your "funny bone" which is actually a group of nerves in the elbow. However, this still does not do justice, as the nerves are not exposed and there are not that many of them.

The only thing biologically similar in our world is that of an exposed nerve under a tooth. If you've ever lost a tooth, and touched or injured the exposed nerve, you'll know that this pain pretty much brings you to your knees. And that's a tooth-area worth of nerves; expand that to your entire shoulder and you've got a HUGE amount of pain.

Given that the pain is akin to something few humans can ever even experience, it is no surprise that even the characters in the show (like Armstrong, shown above) cannot comprehend the pain behind the process.


Does the Dragon Ball Heroes opening 5 have any meaning for Dragon Ball Super?

No. Dragon Ball Hero has nothing to do with Dragon Ball Super. There are many fighters such as Omega Shenron, SSJ4 Gogeta, Broly etc in dragon ball heroes who aren't considered to be canon. Even if Freiza, Goku and Jiren happen to be the last 3 standing in dragon ball super, it would only be a coincidence.


Why does Mustang address Hawkeye informally after dispatching Envy?

When Mustang comments to Hawkeye that he made her do through something dreadful again, he uses "kimi."

Kimi is the subjective pronoun of "you" and is used informally, typically when talking to close friends, younger siblings, but not to parents, older relatives, superiors, etc.

Normally, they have a typical superior-subordinate relationship (noted by Hawkeye herself that Mustang doesn't call her "Riza" even when they're alone) where they talk to or address one another formally, but here Mustang is being frank with Hawkeye as a close friend rather than a subordinate.


A manga about two students in a class where everyone but them is in a relationship

It's most likely Bocchi na Bokura no Renai Jijou.

The color spread from chapter 1 indeed features the main couple in front of blackboard:

Synopsis from mangaupdates:

  When summer break ended, high-schooler Ichijou Hajime finds out that everyone in his class but him has gotten a girlfriend or a boyfriend! Hajime suddenly finds himself a loner but then Ninomiya Chitose transfers into his class...!?

Since they are the only loners in the class, their classmates suggest them to go out with each other. Of course, they vehemently refuse the suggestion, since they just meet each other. However, the boy makes a faux pas when he says he doesn't want to date her just to make do, which the girl responses by saying that he is "unsold good". This marks the bad start of the love story between them.

As for the otaku couple, here they are:


What are the dance moves used by Mabuchi Kyōma in Dimension W's opening song (S1)?

Dancing is a form of art where one expresses them self so not all dance move are going to be identical.

The links for each move are examples how each dance.

The first move is called Top Rocking.

The second move is a variation of the Indian Step.

The third move seems to be similar to the finger snapping in West Side Story.

The fourth move is a variation of a Kick Cross.


Does the Grand Magic Games have referees?

It seems like the pumpkin head (the king) was the referee for the Grand Magic Games that we see, but generally, the guilds that compete aren't Dark Guilds, so they don't have a reason for sabotage.

Raven Tail was just an exception, and one of the judges (the former council member) told the guest judge (council lacky) to keep a close eye on Raven Tail.

Also, there are no rules about torturing, so Lucy vs. Minerva fight was considered a Minerva's win.


Is Bebe the magical girl that gave birth to Charlotte?

Basically, Bebe, Charlotte, and Nagisa Momoe are three different names for the same entity. Nagisa Momoe was her name in life; Charlotte is her name as a witch; and Bebe is what the characters call her in Rebellion because they don't know that her witch-name is Charlotte.

Here's the thing: the only reason we (the viewers) know the names of the witches (e.g. Charlotte, Oktavia, Kriemhild Gretchen) is because their names show up in the runes. As far as we know, though, the characters in the show don't see the runes, and even if they do, they presumably can't read them. So even though we know that the witch that kills Mami in episode 3 is named Charlotte, the characters don't.

So when Charlotte shows up in Rebellion, the characters need to call her something. In keeping with Mami's fondness for Italian, she seems to have picked the name "Bebe" (which, with some accents in the right place, means "baby"). Of course, they eventually find out that when she was a human, her name was Nagisa Momoe.


No, her parents are civilians.

In the movie: The road to Ninja, her parents were Ninjas (in the universe which Tobi made).


How much of the manga did Nisekoi season 2 cover?

The first episode of season 2 starts at 51 chapter of manga and the last episode ends at chapter 106, but there was one filler episode (6th or 7th) with something like Madoka (I closed it right after I saw what's there). Also some chapters from this interval were covered in OVAs.


Why were several members from the 104th training regimen suspected of being titans?

This detainment of the 104th recruits began during the last few seconds in the last episode of Season 1, right after the dusts settles

   after the battle between Eren and Annie

Season 1, Ep 25

  As Annie is being kept deep underground, a group of the former 104th Cadet Corps soldiers are nearing an unknown location, not knowing of the dangers awaiting them.

In this scene, they are also wearing regular civilian clothing and no ODM gear. And as we see, they are being held in the beginning of Season 2 due potential of titan spies

Season 2, Ep 1

  12 hours before this, the 104th recruits are kept at a southern outpost in Wall Rose under suspicions of a Titan spy among them

Prior to the titan attack in season 1, the idea of Titan Shifters was unknown to a majority of the population; very few actually knew about them. At the end of season 1, both of the (currently) revealed Titan Shifters were from the 104th recruits. As Henjin and Nevious stated in the comments, a lot of the 104th cadets were refugees from the initial titan attack and there was little known of their history.

In Season 2, Ep 6, which occurs only three days later (according to the timeline), it shows that

  Eren thinks back to twelve hours earlier at Ehrmich District where Sasha's report revealed that Reiner and Bertholdt were registered as originating from the same region as Annie Leonhart.

So based on this information, the 104th cadet contained 2 confirmed and 2 suspected Titan Shifters. Given that 2 others came from the same region as one of the Titan Shifters, and with no knowledge of how many Titan Shiters there could be, it was better to isolate them then draw attention to specific individuals.


Why did Kuroshitsuji II use new characters and plot?

This is how Toboso explained the matter in her journal:

  When the second season was announced on January 31st last winter, she received tremendous numbers of messages from the fans. The majority of the messages were criticisms against the absence of Ciel and Sebastian from the second season. "How dare you desert the fans, who have been waiting for the two?" "If you don't have affections for your characters, you don't deserve to be the author!" She and the producers had expected the bitter reactions because they intensionally hid Ciel and Sebastian from the announcement. In the first season, director Shinohara chose to bring the revenge of Ciel to an end and Toboso had approved it. The overwhelming enthusiasm of the fans had given the green light to the second season after that. Toboso asked the producers not to reset the finale of the first season. To meet two conflicting conditions: "We must not revive Ciel easily" versus "We want to show the two once again", she had been vigorously working on the scenario for half a year with other staff. In conclusion, they had created a new rival pair, Alois and Claude. With an intension of showing them "big" and dominant, Alois and Claude were placed in the main of the key illustrations and the trailer and Sakurai Takahiro and Mizuki Nana were assigned to them. Toboso said that the aim of the tricky announcement will be understood if you watch the series to the end.

Read more at http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=243708#FkjdSTxGYWPL8y1l.99


Why does Pokemon have a six Pokemon limit?

The Pokémon anime is actually a little inconsistent in this. In episode 11: Charmander – The Stray Pokémon, Damian bragged about his collection of Pokémon and there was a large number of Pokéballs (more than six) in front of him. In episode 13: Mystery at the Lighthouse where Ash caught his Krabby, Misty told Ash that he could only have six Pokémon, and any more he caught after that would be sent back to whomever gave him his Pokédex.

Speculation: So, maybe if you have a Pokedex it forces you to only keep six Pokemon and people without one don't have to follow the rules?

  Why Does Pokémon have a Six Pokémon limit?

In early episodes, Ash talks about the rules of Pokémon battles that the Pokémon League set. For example, he tells Team Rocket it is against the rules to use two Pokémon at once. Presumably the six Pokémon limit is one of these rules. Most trainers will probably follow the six Pokémon limit because of the Pokémon League's rules, but it isn't clear why the bad guys would follow the rules. And in the anime, as evidenced by Damian, it isn't clear whether they do follow that rule.

Edit: In Pokémon: Black and White, catching a seventh Pokémon works differently than it did when Ash caught his Krabby. Rather than being transported back to a professor, the Poké Ball shrinks and won't open and Ash has to get to a Pokémon Center to transfer his Pokémon. This inconsistency is first seen when Ash catches a Sewaddle in Sewaddle and Burgh in Pinwheel Forest! and is seen again when Ash catches a Palpitoad in a later episode.


Where is Tobi's teleportation space location?

It's explained in more detail in the manga. Anime viewers wouldn't know exactly what Tobi's power is.

That location is an alternate dimension, unique to him.

   Actually, since Tobi has the same eye as Kakashi, their dimension is shared. Tobi can freely insert and extract objects to/from his dimension. Kakashi can apparently insert things from a distance, and extract them directly from his eye.

 Kakshi's counter attack happened because Tobi used his Kamui to teleport a part of him (that was going to get hit in the 'real' world), to the alternate dimension. Kakshi was waiting in that alternate dimension and hit him from there (in the stomach, causing him to spew blood). Kakshi later returned to the real world with his own Kamui.


There were 4 Deathnotes in the real world. Ryuk has 2, Rem has 1 and another of Rem's friend who died to save Misa. Rem gave that Notebook to Misa.

At the beginning of the story, Ryuk gives his additional notebook to Light. Meanwhile after L's death Light got another notebook which was Rem's since Rem also died.

Mello stole one of the Notebooks for which the shinigami came and is supposedly the one originally dropped by Ryuk to be picked up by Light. This still leaves Rem's notebook in Light's possesion and Misa's with her.

TL;DR Humans in the series use 3 Notebooks. Sidoh's orginal which he took back. Jealous's original which Rem gave to Misa and Rem's Notebook which Light picked up after he/she disintegrated.


Why did Amane Suzuha have to plead to Okabe for saving Makise Kurisu instead of her doing it by herself?

There's no real answer to this other than speculation. It all actually can be done by Suzuha herself. But it was just that Okabe planned it all and he knows his past self can do it. Still there's the hard fact that it's only Okabe, Kurisu and her father who meet each other in that building. Suzuha meeting them might change a lot more than ideal. The past Okabe's perspective must not be changed after all. And Okabe has Reading Steiner, which makes him the observer of the world line and its changes.

Going to Steins;Gate 0:

   What originally happened in the future of the Beta world line is that Suzuha had no idea about how to avoid WW3. So what she only knew in the future is that it all starts with Kurisu dying in 2010. So originally, Suzuha had no choice but to rely on Okabe, since she has no idea about 2010. This is reflected on episode 23b. And this is probably part of Okabe's plan, the most important part of which is keeping the past intact, and is in harmony with what I said in the other paragraph.


Toshio Maeda, the manga artist who did Urotsukidoji, one of the first shows to use tentacles, said in an interview that he used tentacles to circumvent the Japanese censorship laws which prohibit the depiction of male genitalia.

  Why tentacles? For some reason there were some issues about censorship about the sex scenes. When I was drawing sex scenes, sensual scenes in bed, editors always asked me not to be so extreme. Of course we couldn't depict genitals, and if you can't see their genitals, it's not so good. And why they are so fussy about that was because they were the ones who would get arrested. We are not, always we have the freedom to express ourselves – freedom of speech, I think you really respect that in America (laughs). So actually we mangaka didn't give a shit about that, but the editors, they really cared about that, so they always said, “Please, not extreme.” But when we toned ourselves down, they said, “Come on, you should do more.” So that's why I did the tentacle thing. Because tentacles are not genitals. They are parts of the body, and some creatures have more than one. Because they are not genitals, they are like hands and legs or like uh, just body parts, so it's ok to go there. And attacking ladies with tentacles is not just part of a sex scene, you can see that. It's just outdoor things. So it was kind of a flimsy excuse for drawing that. (laughs)

After that, it caught on and is memetic in anime. It's phallic and can be used to imply something sexual, cue something "naughty", or even as fan service to poke fun at the culture.


What is the name of One Piece background music in episode 296 during the scene Zoro decides to use Usopp as a sword?

Zoro decides to use Usopp as sword in episode 289: if you are referring to this moment the music is called Luffy's Fierce Attack!.


While it's not clear what "wavelength" Yuta Gamon is on, his spirit is clearly still connected to the normal world. The final scene before the credits reveals that he's still posting on his blog, trying to earn affiliate money. I don't know if the static from the Sky Sensor means much, other than to suggest that it's still capable of connecting to the spirit wavelength, although his latest blog entry apparently has something to do with the device.

In addition, at the end of the credits, the live action shots of the pond being drained and the final brief scene showing a "Coldsleep Room" with the name Gamon Yuta on it suggests that his body has been recovered and has been cryogenically frozen. This would have put on hold the almost expired 9-minute limit on revival after death. I'm guessing they're hoping to make a sequel.


Did Senku's father have children with Lillian in Dr. Stone?

Heavy manga spoilers ahead read at your own risk:

  In manga ch 45, Kohaku asks if they are related to which Senku answers
that he and Byakuya are NOT blood related BUT they (he and the villagers)
are hundreds of generations apart so it doesn't matter.
Yes they had children, no they are not related to Senku.
(Note that they don't specifically show that Byakuya and Lillian were together but
there was the already married couple and they showed Connie and Shamil getting married so most
probably Byakuya ended up with Lillian)


Are All Might and Midoriya equally strong when they use One for All 100%?

As @Ero Sɘnnin stated OfA stockpiles however with the latest chapters of manga we have to consider one more thing.

Manga spoilers:

   In the latest chapters in his dream, Izuku sees the first user of OfA, brother of AfO user, and some event that happened at that era. However at the end first user of OfA talks with Izuku. That never happened to All Might and this is stated in anime and manga. After waking up his hands starts to glow. I think that was a power-up so he is definitely becoming stronger and will suppress All Might.

Not the mention of he calling himself "Greatest hero" in the first episode.


He could not fully heal Guy. Naruto even said this himself once he was talking to Kakashi. He said that Guy was too far gone to be healed fully. To support this, he couldn't fully heal Obito either. He just delayed his death.


Why do some anime have episodes with spoiler titles?

Where you see spoilers, someone else sees clever marketing.

Typically, episode titles like "Y's Ultimate Attack! Z Goes Down!" are used in long-running shounen action shows. Long-running romance shows will also sometimes use episode titles like "Throbbing heart of Y! A Kiss with Z at Last?!" for the same reasons. But shorter-running shows will often have opaque titles like "Ultramarine" or "Intermezzo of Light and Shadow" or "Rhapsody in Flu" that touch only lightly on the story, if at all.

Long-running shows are long-running, naturally, and they have both a small core of dedicated viewers who will turn up for every episode on a weekly basis no matter what, and then a wide diaspora of casual fans who might catch an episode here or there and might skip a few in the middle. For casual fans like these, such episode titles are helpful for a few reasons:

A quick scan of recent episode titles can get you up to speed on what happened ("So, we had 'The Battle Kicks Off! Y vs. Z', then 'Z Overwhelmed?! Secret Attack!', then 'Z Strikes Back! Y On the Ropes!', and now I'm feeling good and ready to tune in for 'Y's Ultimate Attack! Z Goes Down!'")
Maybe I, a casual fan, already know that Y is going to beat Z in the end, because come on, Y is the determined scrappy hero who's not too smart but has a dream, and Z is the rich, snobby jerk who treats his bit beast like a slave, doesn't believe in the heart of the cards, and eats kittens. So I'm not interested in following the whole back and forth as Y appears to be winning, then Z comes back and seems to have the upper hand, then Y pulls out his ultimate attack that he learned from his dead master's final breath and wins the battle. But maybe I do want to see what Y's ultimate attack is, or I just want to see Z go down because that guy's a jerk and he's had it coming for the past 43 episodes.
Or, continuing that thread, maybe I, a casual fan, had started to lose interest in the show because it was dragging on forever, and had stopped watching it, but Z's defeat is going to lead us into a new arc where things get interesting again. (In real life, I got bored with the "five minutes till the Planet Namek explodes" battle in Dragon Ball Z and stopped watching the show, but became interested again when future Trunks and the Androids appeared.) Seeing that next week's episode is where Z finally goes down, I know next week or the week after are when I can start watching again.
Or maybe I, a casual fan, had been following this whole Y vs. Z battle, but I was thinking of skipping next week's episode to go to an onsen or eat some ramen or learn some ikebana or polish my katana or whatever else those Japanese people do when they're not watching anime. However, upon seeing that the title of next week's episode is "Y's Ultimate Attack! Z Goes Down!", I know that the fight is about to end and we're moving on to something else, so I might as well tune in next week and see how it all turns out.

The studios want to go after those casual fans because there are far more of them than there are hardcore fans, and the hardcore fans are in it no matter what anyway, so there's no reason to bother doing things to hook them in. But the casual fans are constantly teetering on the edge, in danger of falling off and being lost. So the studios have to show their cards a little, get those casual fans good and riled up for next week's episode so they'll keep on watching. If they can keep some of those casuals hooked, they might even transmute into hardcore fans after a while, and start buying wall scrolls and figures and tie-in manga and DVDs and dakimakura covers and all that, where the real money is.

I would argue, however, that these titles aren't really spoilers in the sense that they don't "spoil", i.e. ruin, your enjoyment of the episode in any real sense. (At least for most values of "you".) Long-running shounen action has very few tricks up its sleeve. Some characters fight, somebody wins, somebody loses. Typically it's the heroes who win, except in a few limited scenarios where some individual hero might lose. But the heroes always ultimately win, even if some of the individual fights are lost.

Basically, these shows have very simple plots. If you've seen enough of them, you can typically predict in any given scenario what's going to happen. But people who know what's going to happen, episode titles or no, can still enjoy these stories. I'm so, so, so over this genre, but I still picked up a few volumes of One Piece and enjoyed them. Was it the complex plot? No, I knew exactly what the ultimate outcome was going to be in every story. The realistic characters? No, the characters are simple archetypes. The uproarious humor? No, the humor is repetitive and childish. I enjoyed the unique art style, the inventive action scenes, the creative world. I enjoyed seeing Luffy engage in a weird battle where he has a giant ball of gold solidified around his hand, even though I already knew he would win it. I enjoyed the weirdness of seeing a reindeer take some kind of magic drug and transform into a super reindeer. The outcome of the fight was a foregone conclusion; it was obvious from how it was set up that Chopper would win the fight after taking the magic drug. But knowing this didn't ruin my enjoyment of it.

I already knew Luffy was going to win every battle where the stakes really mattered. I already knew he would end every story arc as the same idiot with a dream he'd always been. I already knew Sanji would hit on girls and Usopp would cower and Nami would yell. Those don't matter. To enjoy this genre is to enjoy the journey, not the final destination. What in other genres would be window dressing or added style is the entire point of the shounen action genre. It's the ultimate triumph of style over substance. A one-sentence episode title can only spoil the plot because the plot is so simple, but the plot is so simple because it's not the main attraction; the style, action, powers, and raw teenage emotions are. If you're finding that the episode title ruins your enjoyment of the episode, maybe this genre just isn't for you. Maybe you need something with a more complex plot to enjoy.


What is the relationship between Natsu and E.N.D?

In chapter 436 it is revealed that, ...

   Natsu (Dragneel) is the younger brother of Zeref (Dragneel). Zeref's younger brother died a few years after birth. Unable to let go, Zeref researched everything he could find about bringing back the death (R-system), travelling through time (Eclipse Gate) and creating magical beings (Etherious). In the end (pun not intended), he combined all of his knowledge and created an Etherious version of his younger brother, using the original body of that younger brother, named E(therious) N(atsu) D(ragneel).

 On a side note. This does not yet explain why Zeref was holding the book of E.N.D. in chapter 413. By holding the book, it would give the impression that E.N.D. is not yet summoned, which imho contradicts the above.


Do normal titans have humans in them as well?

This was explained titans were humans at one point. The ones from the Ymir's village were turned into them against their will.  http://shingekinokyojin.wikia.com/wiki/Titans

It was also hinted at by experiments with Eren that the more he uses shifting without resting the more he merges with the titan.

Ymir also wandered aimlessy as a titan without ability to shift or control her actions for a while, indicating most titans are in the same situation as her.


Simply yes, not only humans, all mortals could obtain or use god ki via various ways:

Through special rituals, such as Super Saiyan God Ritual. Unfortunately this kind of rituals don't exist throughout human history, but maybe it do exist in other races.
Highly intense training under the supervision of an angel, for example Whis. It's most likely to obtain god ki by entering the Hyperbolic Time Chamber.

(Source)


How strong is Hatchiyack in Dragon Ball?

In the movie, Goku states that he was probably stronger than Broly at full Power (Note: This is with reference to the non-canon iteration of Legendary Super Saiyan Broly).With reference to DBH, in the manga, he is indicated to be stronger than Majin Ozotto. However, in the game, he is indicated to be much stronger and it takes the combined efforts of Majin Ozotto, Future Trunks and Cooler to defeat him


Looking for old anime with twin brothers fighting their evil wizard father

It's probably Genma Wars, which is based on the manga called Genma Taisen. It seems to fit your description of the plot and characters (twin brothers, wizard father, kidnapped mother, etc) perfectly. Cheers!

  In the distant future, monsters and inhumans roam the land, and the ruling Evil King seeks a human woman to bear him powerful, force-adept heirs. Non offers herself to the Evil King in order to save her village from Ape Clan raiders, and gives him twin sons, Loof and Jin. She and her sons are exiled by the ungrateful villagers, however, and Non's companion Nue (a Demon Clan member changed into a wolf for disobedience) takes Loof to be raised by his father, the Evil King. The Evil One's Queen Parome despises humans, however, and her malevolence towards Loof deepens...


Horray for Bulbapedia!
The most commonly referenced mention of Pokemon eating other Pokemon is the entry about Pidgeot.

"When they hunt, Pidgeot fly on the surface of the water at top speed to catch unsuspecting Fish element prey like Magikarp."

It is also referenced in Shipwreck, where Meowth attempted to eat James' Magikarp.
Farfetch'd also has an entry about how delicious it is.
The general consensus from my research seems to be that, while pokemon are likely eaten by other pokemon and occasionally humans, it is rarely if ever portrayed because Pokemon is aimed towards a child audience.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
It should also be noted that normal animals exist in pokemon. There are multiple references to them, although they are rare.

In both Raichu and Gastly's FireRed entries, Indian elephants are mentioned.
In several of Bellsprout's Pokédex entries, Bellsprout is said to prey on insects.
Victreebel is mentioned to use the Sweet Aroma of its honey to lure prey such as bugs, as well as large animals.
Horsea is said to prey on bugs in several of its Pokédex entries. Some entries also mention that Horsea uses coral as an anchor to avoid being washed away, as well as for shade to build its nest in.
Lickitung's Red, Blue, and LeafGreen Pokédex entries mention that it can extend its tongue like a chameleon.


Looking for a horror manga I read some years ago

This is Lychee Light Club. On the cover you can see the black star, the symbol you mentioned , on the leader's glove. He was indeed told by a fortune teller that he would be more evil than Hitler - and he takes pride in it.

The Frankenstein monster you're thinking of is Litchi. He's powered by lychee fruits. He was created so that he could capture beautiful girls for the club. He discovers love from one of his captive females and betrays the club whilst defending her.

The anime is significantly less dark than the manga and the characters are in a chibi art style


What's the song when Naruto talks to the little kid in episode 13?

It is a variation of the main theme slowed down. The closest I was able to find of the same would be this. Skip to  :50


Why were most of the characters' names changed in the dubs?

Captain Tsubasa IS a very popular anime that was said to inspire a sense of sportsmanship in children. Anime is well known for its influence on the audience.

When it was dubbed, (in Hindi (Indian)) the names were not changed since they could very easily be distinguished in my language as something foreign. The pronunciation varied drastically though.
I suppose the names were changed to make things easier as it was aimed at a younger audience who might have trouble remembering names they don't often hear in their regions.
If I recall clearly, there weren't any changes in the English dub either.

It also depends on the dub team. If I were young and I saw complicated names in a cartoon (not familiar with anime then) and others, I might as well prefer something else without giving it much time or chance.


Is there any precedent for the child of two chakra types?

Let's first off state bloodline limits.

Bloodline limits come with perks like Wood and Ice elements (Yamato and Haku). This suggests that there is indeed a chance (Since it's not for everyone, just like the sharingan and byakugan) they will inherit it from their parents.

It doesn't seem like anyone outside the clans have the blood limit abilities, so we will assume that even when someone does not posses for example, Wood elements, they might still be carriers and carry the ability on to their children.

However, they do seem to pass on elements within clans. The Uchiha specializes in Fire, Uzumaki in Wind, and so on.

It is quite safe to assume that you inherit the talent for your chakra element type.

However

Anyone can learn any chakra element type given enough practice. Even though this won't easily become better than their main chakra element type, it could still be passed on to their children more naturally.

Furthermore, it's probably a lot like bloodtypes in real life. Tho there are technically rules, every human can get a random blood type instead of what their parents got. if not, we would all have the same blood types in the end! I believe this is also how the elements work. It's a game of chance between which parent has the stronger genes.

Sources:

I've been a proper fan for 10 years now and am rewatching + reading it for the 9th time or so.
http://naruto.wikia.com/wiki/Chakra This webpage explains how ninjas can learn chakra types besides their natural affinity.

Other than that, this is all speculation. There is no proof of what I said and there is no explanation from Kishimoto relating to this. All my speculation is based on how I have learned the anime and manga.


Is Kizaru really able to kick at the speed of light?

I think this has something to do with his own physical ability in combination with his devil fruit. But over all I don't think the attacks have a big of a strain on his body to begin with.

His devil fruit the Pika Pika no Mi allows him to turn into light and manipulating light around him. As he can manipulate the light around him to reduce weight  he could use this fact in his kick to reduce the weight and make up with speed reducing the actual impact on his own body.

Second of all Kizaru is a highly trained admiral with amazing physical abilities

  As a Marine Admiral, Kizaru holds the title of the strongest fighter within the World Government and Marines. He possesses great physical strength, capable of holding down Whitebeard's bisento with just one foot, and is capable of fighting Rayleigh and Whitebeard equally despite their Haki abilities. Kizaru got struck by a "Haki"-wielding Marco, and experienced little damage from the physical blow. His powerscaling places him comparable to Akainu, who managed to deflect blows from Whitebeard with difficulty. source

So he might just be able to sustain it with his training. Which would mean that in longer extending battles his power usage would go down or even not usable.

And my third point would be the fact that it is a Logia type of fruit.

  A Logia user can be shattered, split, or otherwise separated into multiple parts, sometimes down to the size of dust, and reform without injury.

  In addition to their ability to become their element, Logia users can generate limitless amounts of their element and control it at their whim, giving them fearsome attack abilities. source

The Logia type enhances a user/owner in a totally different scale to begin with. The huge enhancement made by the Logia fruit might already be enough to not sustain injury by his own ability due to the amazing regenerative abilities he has gained with it.


What are the names of the characters in Gurren Lagann derived from? And how do they relate to the characters?

Nia

Nia's name has multiple potential origins.

Her name in Japanese could also be read as Near. Referring to her relationship with Simon.
Nia's name by itself can also be seen as a short version of other feminine names ending with Nia such as Antonia or Stefania.
Her name is also present in the Swahili language, where it means purpose. Referencing her role as the Anti-Spirals' messenger. It could also possibly refer to the fact that, in one way or another, she motivates Simon (and by extension, the rest of Team Dai-Gurren) to overcome impossible odds time and again.
Nia's name could also be considered as a Welsh variant of the Irish name Niamh (pronounced "neev"), which means bright or radiant. Possibly referencing her appearance and/or her personality prior to the Anti-Spiral War and during her captivity on the Anti-Spiral homeworld as well as events that follow. The name Niamh, in turn, originates from the Irish mythological figure Níamh Chinn Óir. (Also known as Niamh of the Golden Hair, and known by the Welsh as Nia Ben Aur.) Who, according to legend, is said to be the daughter of the Irish sea god Manannán mac Lir, the wife of Oisín, the mother of Plor na mBan and Oscar, and one of the queens of Tír na nÓg, The Land of Youth.

Viral

Viral's name comes directly from the word "viral", tying in with the Beastmen's genetics theme, but there are other theories about his name's origin.

One is the fact that it can also be an anagram for "rival", referring to his constant rivalry with Kamina, which transferred to Simon throughout the series until near the end.
Another possible theory comes from the Nikopol Trilogy of comic books written by Enki Bilal, as Enki is the name of Viral's first Gunmen and "Bilal", pronounced in Japanese, sounds like "Viral". Supporting this theory is Viral's theme song, which is titled "Nikopol", on the anime's soundtrack.

The name of Viral's Ganmen may be tied to the Sumerian deity Enki, though it is much more likely that there is a deliberate connection between his second Gunmen, Enkidu, and the character of Enkidu from the Epic of Gilgamesh. The myth consists of Enkidu ('Enki's creation'), a man of the wild who seeks to challenge King Gilgamesh, a mighty warrior, but who later befriends him and assists him in in his travels, which may be a reference to Simon and Kamina, as he initially wanted to beat them but later joined Simon to save the universe.

Lordgenome

Lordgenome's name comes from the English "lord" (a male noble) and "genome", the blueprint for an organism found in its DNA. For this reason, many people spell his name as "Lord Genome". The name is meant to tie in with theme of biology for Lordgenome's inner circle with each of his generals getting his/her name from one of the nitrogen bases that make up DNA, as well as reflecting upon his position as a king on Planet Earth. Lordgenome's name was combined by Gainax to reduce confusion among Japanese readers about "lord" being a title, rather than a part of the character's first name.

Kiyal Bachika

Kiyal's name comes from yaruki meaning 'willingness'

Thymilph

Thymilph's name is based on the DNA chemical thymine and the elemental Sylph. His Ganmen, Byakou, is based on the mythical White Tiger, Byakko.

Adiane

Adiane's name (pronounced "Ah-DEE-NAY") is based on the DNA chemical adenine and the water elemental, Undine. Her Ganmen, Sayrune, is based on the mythical Azure Dragon, Seiryū.

Cytomander

Cytomander's name (pronounced See-toh-man-dra) is based on the DNA chemical Cytosine and the elemental Salamander. His Ganmen, Shuzack, is based on the mythical Vermilion Bird, Suzaku.

Guame

Guame's name is based on the DNA chemical Guanine and Gnome, the earth spirit. His Ganmen, Gember, is based on the mythical Black Tortoise, Genbu.

Source: Gurren Lagann Wiki.


Chi Chi does not have the ability to use Ki and also cannot fly. Hence, that would automatically make her weaker than the rest of the Z-Fighters. Even in terms of Physical Strength, Chi Chi's power is substantially weaker than even Yamcha.The only fighter she might be comparable to in  terms of Physical strength would be Chiaotzu. She did have a higher power level than him during the martial arts tournament. However, Chiaotzu with his psychic abilities would easily win. Also, Chi Chi was a lot younger at the time of the martial arts tournament and hence must've grown weaker with age.Training Goten doesn't imply Chi Chi is strong. Goku, who is at a Universe busting level of strength, would still train under Master Roshi. Even if Goten is born with massive physical strength, he would require someone to teach him basic Martial Arts which Chi Chi is definitely aware of.If you were to compare Chi Chi with Videl, one can easily conclude Videl is stronger in terms of physical strength and also, the fact that she is aware of using Ki and can also fly. With regard to Satan, it's pretty hard to determine who exactly of the two is stronger. Satan is often underestimated in terms of power when he as a matter of fact, did win all those Tournaments the Z fighters didn't take part in(And only cheated against Android 18). We also see him manage to pull 3 buses just by himself which I highly doubt Chi Chi would be capable to do. At the same time, Chi Chi has way better Martial Arts training in comparison to Mr. Satan.Hence, if the two of them were to fight, I personally believe Chi Chi would most likely win under all circumstances. Mr. Satan is known for underestimating all his opponents heavily and spends half his fight showboating and would easily be caught off guard by Chi Chi. At the same time, Mr. Satan doesn't have the Raw Power to take out Chi Chi in one blow and hence Chi Chi's advantage in technique, might get the better of him.


Why do mecha anime tend to be original works?

Well, Gundam in particular is designed to sell the Gundam model kits. Unlike American TV where ratings and selling advertising is the focus, anime generally makes money from selling Blu-rays or toys (or the original manga/light novel). So Gundam anime exists solely so they can push new model kits.


Is getting hit by Perishables/Food worse?

Perishables are worse because kokeshi is a solid wooden item and does not stain or make your hair dirty, whereas salmon would smell, and soil the hair. The joke is in the fact that she mentions the possibility of something like salmon falling on her head right before it happens. She mentions that because it is very unlikely that any object would fall from the sky and hit one's head, and it happens twice in a row, which is supposed to add to comic effect.


Is Kayaba Akihiko the boss of the 100th floor of New Aincrad?

To my understanding New Aincrad's Floor 100 has to to be revealed however the likelihood that it's Akihiko Kayaba is low.

After Sword Art Online was cleared Kayaba did a full dive and it was reported that he was killed in the process. it can be speculated that the Full Dive was successful however there is no evidence to definitely prove that Kayaba is alive
New Aincrad was released by Ymir, the company that now own Alfheim Online. the data from New Aincrad pre-exited on the Alfhiem Online Serves because of how ALO is a copy of SAO, however Aincrad had been altered.

  Due to the bought ALO data including copied data from the old Sword Art Online server, New Aincrad (with several changes from the original Aincrad in SAO) and Sword Skills were introduced into ALfheim Online and surviving SAO players were able to inherit their avatar data from SAO.

Source: Ymir - Background (Second Paragraph)

The Floors of New Aincrad are being slowly released so there is an upper limit until an update. this is evident in Sword Art Online 2 Episode 18 where Agil shows Kirito and Asuna the release notes for the next ALO update, including the introduction of the 21st-30th floors of New Aincrad. so at the moment (as of the end of Sword Art Online 2, I haven't read the Novels) no one can access Floor 100. if i was to speculate there is no data for Floor 100 (except for the outside appearance for the sake of scenery) until the update is released


Why do the three admirals of One Piece Akainu, Aokiji and Kizaru have different(opposite) power from their character?

While this exactly is not stated from Oda himself, Oda really likes that kind of humor. It is stated though that the second part of their name for example: Aka-Inu
Inu is Japanese for dog.
They stem from an old story of Momotaro, where a boy from heaven came down in a peach (his name means peach as well).
The boy was accompanied by the animals. Thus the names.
In the FPS for chapter 558 Oda also states why they look like they do.
He got the inspiration from famous Japanese movie actors.
Bunta_Sugawara - Akainu Movie: "Machinegun Dragon"
saku_Matsuda - Aokiji Movie: "Tantei Monogatari"
Kunie_Tanaka - Kizaru Movie: "Truck Yarou" from 1978
Shintaro_Katsu - Fujitora Movie: "Zatōichi"


Does a Ghoul need to cannibalize to reach SSS level?

The only 3 ghouls considered as SSS are kakujas (see article for reference). Also, in most cases, power of ghoul is determined by his kagune properties (which can become weapon, full body protective armor, etc), so kakujas clearly have advantage in power over regular ghouls. So, as we don't have any other facts regarding rating assignment, I'd say - yes.


Yes, she is blind. In Volume 2 Chapter 7 of the light novel, it was indirectly stated that she is. To quote,

  Sword Maiden didn’t answer. With her blind eyes, she stared at a person who seemed to her a shadow.

Also, in that same volume at Chapter 12, it was revealed how her eyes were blinded.

  She had been shut up in a dark stone chamber, riddled with her own filth and that of her captors, crying piteously…
  They had burned both of her eyes with a torch. That was more than ten years ago now.


First, I'll clarify some things. You mentioned that 'The Wiki states that White and Black zetsu had both the Mangekyou Sharingan and Rinnengan but that is most definitely super wrong.' This is mostly accurate information though. If you read more into that page,

  it was mentioned how Black Zetsu was able to steal and take into possession both Sharingan and Rinnegan, the latter of which he returned to Madara and the former he lost access to after 'detaching itself' from Obito's body. Also, the wiki only mentions that Black Zetsu had (take note that this is in past tense) both the Sharingan and Rinnegan while White Zetsu's page do not mention it has these abilities. White Zetsu is able to use Wood Release on the reasons stated here.

How did Zetsu acquire both the Mangekyou and Rinnengan to read the tablet? Black Zetsu didn't have Mangekyou nor Rinnengan when it modified the tablet. So how was Black Zetsu able to read and modify the Uchiha Tablet? No specifics were ever mentioned in the manga. As a matter of fact, he has a number of unnamed abilities that were seen throughout the manga.

Are there other ways of reading the Uchiha Tablet? Based from this information, yes, there is definitely another way of reading and modifying the tablet. Black Zetsu has an 'unnamed ability' that enables him to read and modify the tablet, albeit the specifics are still not mentioned by the mangaka. That he was able to read and modify the tablet without Rinnegan or Sharingan is, in itself, proof of an alternative method. Whether there are more ways other than Black Zetsu's 'unnamed ability', however, is still unknown as of now.


The problem I see is that you are using the logic of our history versus logic of One Piece.

In the 16th century, they did not have ships that could travel in the air nor in space for that matter.

According to the Wikia - Enel,

  His mini-series suggests he does not need to breathe and can survive outside of the atmosphere. However, his electricity-based powers have no effect on certain substances such as rubber, making Luffy a formidable enemy, as he is immune to Enel's powers.

You're using the logic of our history vs One Piece. The ship they used was the Ark Maxim which is a flying ship, stuff that we did not have in the 16th century. Also, Enel used his electricity powers to power the ship itself so it's possible to say that the ship could possibly reach very high speeds in space, there's nothing to slow down the ship. All they would need is a powerful thrust force to move in space, which can most likely be done using the chemical vats on the ship.

As the Wikia - Ark Maxim states,

  The Maxim is capable of flight, even in space. Enel's electrical energy is her main power supply, while two hundred Jet Dials are used as a backup power supply to keep the ark in the air for an hour if something were to happen to the Ark's mechanism. Enel used the gold from the Shandora ruins as a conductor for his electricity.

The Wikia states this about the vats

  Enel can use Maxim to create massive lightning storms via a combination of chemical vats that produce storms clouds and his own lightning abilities. One of these thunderbolts is enough to burn down an entire village, and Enel can create a giant thundercloud that can destroy an entire island.

I don't believe he can reach the moon just by his own power, wouldn't that imply that he could fly or teleport with his lightning powers. He does use his powers as previously stated only to fly the Ark Maxim to the moon though.


Following up on some stories I heard of yaoi fans I know from conventions, and a lot of trips on the WayBack machine to find old/deleted posts following the first ban, I came down to this pretty consistent story both online and among the fans.
The original yaoi paddle was made as a prank between 2 friends. The one receiving it was a yaoi manga/doujishin artist, which made quite a bit of his income this way. It is said that this event happened at yaoi con, hence the interest of other people at the time, and the huge surge of requests for the yaoi paddles.

I originally made the first yaoi paddle, with woodburned letters and a high gloss acrylic finish for the owner of the company "hen da ne".
It was meant as a joke since he and I are friends and over 33% of his business relies on the sale of yaoi manga and doujinshi, and his business model includes yelling out catch phrases to passerbys in con dealer rooms (such as "geeeeet your red hot yaoi books right here!" and "hot boys in tight pants right here").
He liked the present so much, that he decided to mass produce them (to my dismay, without my final consent). And thus, has sold them ever since.

From http://adf-fuensalida.deviantart.com/journal/15376535
The post also said that the original yaoi paddle was invented in 2002/2003 by akicafe, and the rights of mass production have since been bought by hendane
Shortly after the start of the mass production, bans started to follow fast, due to the high number of "incidents" surrounding the paddles on cons. Several of these stories can be found online. All stating something along the lines of "I felt a intense pain running through my bottoms, as I turn around to see who did it, I see this small girl carrying a huge yaoi paddle melt into a group of people in cosplay with more paddles". Some of these cases even stated that the paddle broke/splintered, leading to their upgrade in 2005, and also the introduction of yuri/uke paddles.
In between 2004 and 2006, the paddles gained their massive media surge in response to the bans and police involvement. Following this media surge, even more bans occurred as a preventive measure on cons world wide.
TL;DR
They originate from a prank between a yaoi artist and his friend around 2002, following up the purchase of mass production rights in between 2002-2003.


Where does episode 0 fall in the chronology?

The continuity is very slightly more clear in the novels. Episode 0 is the movie that the SOS Brigade films to show at the school festival during "Live Alive". In the novels, the Brigade makes the movie during The Sigh of Haruhi Suzumiya, the second novel in the series, which is adapted to anime in the last four episodes of Series 2.

The novels The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya both take place before The Sigh, so the episodes based on those novels--"The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya" parts 1-6, "The Boredom of Haruhi Suzumiya", "Mysterique Sign", and "Remote Island Syndrome", all take place before Episode 0. As senshin mentions, "Live Alive", "Day of Sagittarius", and "Someday in the Rain" take place after Episode 0. "The Day of Sagittarius" was in the fifth novel, The Rampage of Haruhi Suzumiya, and "Live Alive" and "The Adventures of Mikuru Asahina Episode 00" (our Episode 0) were in the sixth novel, The Wavering of Haruhi Suzumiya. Both of these novels are random collections of shorts that cover different time periods.


Why don't the Shinigami just hang around the human world?

Because it is stated in one of the rules that a god of death or shinigami cannot go to the Human World without any clear or significant reason. As stated here,

  The god of death must not stay in the human world without a particular reason. Conditions to stay in the human world are as follows: (Death Note - How to Use It: XXIV)

  When the god of death's Death Note is handed to a human.
  Essentially, finding a human to pass on the Death Note should be
  done from the world of the gods of death, but if it is within 82 hours this may also be done in the human world.
  When a god of death stalks an individual with an intention to kill
  them, as long as it is within 82 hours of haunting them, the god of
  death may stay in the human world.

If these rules or the rest of the other rules not mentioned are violated, then they will be severely punished. That's why Ryuk was hesitant at first when writing the fake rules Light asked him to since he thought it might anger the Shinigami King.

  There are laws in the world of gods of death. If a god of death should break the law, there are 9 levels of severity starting at Level 8 and going up to Level 1 plus the Extreme Level. For severity levels above 3 the god of death will be killed after being punished. For example, killing a human without using the Death Note is considered as the Extreme Level. (Death Note - How to Use It: XLVI)

In case you're wondering where these rules are since these might not be in scanlations or unofficial translations, the official English VIZ volumes that I read have them in-between each two chapters.


What happens to a Peerage when their King is killed?

If the King dies the King dies, that's all. The servants go on with their lives. Koneko used to have another master but he died. She was alone for some time until she formed a pact with Rias. If she had had a higher status she may have had her own servants.

Konoko's sister Kuroka killed her master. Now, that's another story. She lost her ranking and became a stray cause it is a bad thing to do.
If you abandon your master without good reason the same happens (for example, you may leave and go solo if you have servants and good ranking. Rias actually mentions it to Issei even though she doesn't want that). The servant is still forced to fight for the master in rankings/times of need.

Volumes 5 and 6 are good for this topic.


Well, to explain Rei's actions, we would need to take a deeper look in multiple aspects of the series, but I can try to give two main reasons.

She warmed up to Shinji during the run of the main series, while realizing the treatment Gendo gave her wasnt real love (she assumed it was, as she had no real contact with human culture).

After Rei II died in episode 23, it's strongly implied she lost all her memories, but her soul was still the same, thus she subconsciously had affections for Shinji and despised Gendo.
In episode 24, she is seem casting an AT field from her own body, a feat of divine level in the series, which implies she is already finding her true place in the world. And this place bring us to the next point:

What is the Third Impact and Instrumentality (you said you are puzzled out): The process discussed by SEELE, Gendo and Fuyu strongly imply that triggering third is more than destroying the world.

It is revealed that Rei is actually the soul of Lilith, goddess from whom humanity came from, just like Kaworu was the soul of Adam, god from whom angels came from, and she is the key to start Third Impact.

When it happens, the one who triggers it, or is in the core of it all, gets to essentially become the god of Earth. SEELE wanted it to cause Instrumentality (the merging of all humans into one "sea of souls"), Gendo wanted it only to see his wife again.

Said position of godhood is strongly implied to be chosen by
Lilith-Rei, and given how bad things were with Gendo, and how she had no one else, the only person she could trust giving all that power was Shinji.

Ultimately, it wasn't a great idea, because Shinji was very suicidal and completely broken at that moment, having lived the death of all his friends and metaphysical rejection by Asuka, he wished for death and instrumentality upon the world.

After a nice chunk of mind-fuck, he seem to regret his actions and tried to undo it, so people can leave if they want.


Were Judeo-Christian religious references part of the "Akira" movie's original dialogue?

These were not direct references to Christianity in the original.
When Akira is seen surviving the tank shot, the dialog among the onlookers is:

アキラ様
Lord Akira!
アキラ様の降臨だ
It's Lord Akira's advent/coming!
違う　騙されてないかん　あれはアキラ様ではない
No! Do not be deceived! That is not Lord Akira!
うるせー　アキラ様、万歳
Shut up! Long live Lord Akira!

With the use of 降臨 (kourin, lit. advent), it does sound somewhat... spiritual. But it does not seem to be a direct reference to Christianity at all, rather just the coming of a godlike being—Akira.
The second scenario is mostly the same, in that the subtext is spiritual but not Christian or even really religious.

おお、清浄の炎よ
O, flames of purity!
汚濁の街を焼き払い
Burn down this corrupt city!
我らの穢れた心を焼き尽くすがよい
Burn up our impure hearts!
恐れてはならぬ
Do not be afraid!
その身を炎で清めるのだ
Your bodies will be cleansed by the flames!

There's nothing about being believers or belief, and nothing about being born again.


What will happen if a wild pokemon is hit by 2 pokeballs of the same strength at the same time?

Updated answer:

Pokémon: Let's Go, Eevee and Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu introduce support trainers, a second player who aids the first player in battling other trainers and in capturing Pokémon. When the two trainers throw Poké Balls and hit a Pokémon at the same time, the Poké Balls combine and there is a greater chance the Pokémon will be caught.

Speculative answer:

In Pokémon Adventures: Gold and Silver, Kurt explained that Poké Balls work by using a "capture net", which is very similar to a real net. In fact, in the manga, the gym leader Bugsy does use a real net with his Poké Balls. So in the hypothetical case where two Poké Balls hit one Pokémon, the result would be similar to two nets being used. The nets would interfere with each other and neither one would fully encapsulate Taurus. Taurus possibly would be immobilized for a short time before it broke free from both nets. In the anime it would glow red and become energy for a moment.

From Bulbapedia:

  In the manga, Bugsy refers to his "capture net" as being the net that is supposedly inside a Poké Ball, but visible and already deployed. According to Kurt, this invisible net captures and physically stores a Pokémon.

As for better Poké Balls, such as a Great Ball, I would suspect their nets would be bigger and stronger, so they would be able to envelop the other Poké Ball's net and cancel it out. Thus, Taurus would be captured by the Great Ball.


One thing to note, Ghouls regrow their Kagune sacs. Rize was used to farm them, and made dozens of failed experiments after Kaneki. In the manga, It was Kaneki eating them that triggered his transformation into a Kajuka. It is not confirmed what happens when you loose all of them though, since farming would probably be most efficient if they leave at least one in there to help the others regrow faster. Regardless, there have been no confirmed cases where a ghoul lost all of their Kagune Sacs and was not also dead, usually by the hands of the one who took their last sac.

However, when the CCG make a quinque, its almost always been by harvesting the Kagune sacs from dead ghouls. There is one exception, but I'll get to that in a second.  With that in mind, there are 2 ideas. One, that Kaneki just broke his quinque (which he did) and he needs a new one, which could come from any powerful source, or specifically that he wants Kaneki's Kagune sacs, which would probably be extracted from his corpse, because he is implied dead at the end.

However, since the anime diverged from the manga, Its impossible to say if they will actually make season 3. It is heavily implied that at the end of Season 2, Kaneki is dead. In the last chapters of the Manga, he was all but announced dead, with 2 holes in his head. That is where Tokyo Ghoul ended.

The only hope here, is that they decide to create season 3, and follow the Tokyo Ghoul sequel, Tokyo Ghoul Re:. That story follows Haise Sasaki who is a member of the CCG and (spoiler)

   He has Rize's Kagune, just like Kaneki

If they do season 3 and tell us Haise's story, He does discover the Fate of Kaneki.

If your impacient, there is well over 100 capters of Re to read, Though, you are going to be hard pressed to find a Tokyo ghoul Fan on reddit who would say you read Re having only watched the anime. Many would tell you to start Tokyo Ghoul at chapter 1 first, because a significant amount of both season 1 and 2 are not faithful to the manga.

As for that exception I mentioned earlier, Arima (the reaper guy) in Re: had all his lighting quinque destroyed leaving him with none of his normal weapons, and was forced to pull out his strongest quinque, which was made by a sac he pulled out of one of the Owl's during his fight with them years earlier. I do not recall if they said which Owl he got it from, but both of them have multiple Kagune sacs, as well as Kajuka sacs, so it did them no harm in the long run.


Third Hokage’s Magic Ball, how you can see anywhere through the Magiball?

The "Magic Ball" that the Third Hokage and Gamamaru use is the Telescope Technique.

  A technique that uses a crystal ball to track a particular individual anywhere they are. There are a few restrictions about the person that is subjected to pursuit. The user must know that person's chakra pattern. If someone can be targeted for pursuit, they may be very far away, the crystal ball will be able to confirm their position. As this technique is infallible for intelligence purposes, the Third Hokage used it to maintain public order in the village.


What's the name of the background music which starts at 37:31 in episode 1 of Fate/stay night UBW (2014)?

It's likely to be "Face to Face", the 5th song from the OST.


It is the same part of the world.

  Following the awakening of the four Empyreans, the next 1,000 years saw a great change in the landscape of the former Holy Midgand Empire. The islands of Northgand, Westgand, Midgand, Eastgand, and Islegand shifted with the movement of tectonic plates, and by the time of Tales of Zestiria, they formed the continent known as Glenwood.

see Aselia Wiki.
There is also a skit in the game regarding the cause of the changes:

  Eizen: With the four Empyreans revived, the land has awakened.
Eizen: Changes in the earth that once took eons will now happen in a few hundred years.

Source: Skit "No Eruption...So Far" in Tales of Berseria


My guess is that it's supposed to be some sort of Kachāshī, a form of traditional Okinawan dance. They were on the beach in Okinawa but the dancing is wrong, which may be why Haruhi is going "???" at them.

For reference, here's the screenshot of the scene in question:

And some screenshots of the Okinawan dance:


What music was Kousei playing in the first episode?

Thanks to this MAL post I just found out it's Ludwig van Beethoven's Piano Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp minor "Quasi una fantasia", popularly known as the Moonlight Sonata's third and last movement, Presto Agitato.

Here's a video of the music, played by Wilhelm Kempff.
And here another video by one Brandon Ethridge, filmed from the top. This ones makes it look - at least for me - like the animation was done accurately (or at least the progression of the right hand along the keyboard in the animation intends to suggest a minimum of accuracy).


Did Ichigo originally have Sode no Shiraiyuki?

Ichigo doesn't have Sode no Shiraiyuki originally. He loses his powers originally because Byakuya severs his soul chain, which detaches him from being able to touch his powers. He regains the powers because of training with Urahara that also causes him to become

  part Hollow.

As quoted from bleach.wiki.com:

  [Urahara] explains that Byakuya destroyed the source of his power, leaving him without any Shinigami powers and that he must restore these in order to fight the Shinigami. He explains about Reiryoku, saying that the more one's reiryoku rises, the sharper the movements of their spiritual body becomes. He says that if Ichigo can manage to move even better with his spiritual body than he can with his mortal body, then we will have made a complete recovery of his reiryoku.

More importantly, however, his unsealed zanpakuto is the same both before and after his fight with Renji/Byakuya. To have had Sode no Shiraiyuki previously, he would have needed to have an entirely different sword, which he didn't.

These aren't exactly manga scans, but here are pictures of the sword before and after Ichigo regains his powers:

Before:

After:


Why is it common for anime to lack surround sound?

Probably the only anime that I saw with 5.1 audio is Evangelion. However as you've pointed out, most(if not all) TV-aired anime in Japan are in stereo unless it got released into special BD/DVD.

This issue is also under budget constraints, etc. It's not budget-wise to apply one, just the same as what @Dmitri said about the average Japanese household.


Relation between DaCapo III and the first two series

I've only watched the Da Capo III anime (which apparently only adapts the prologue of the original visual novel's story), but that features the characters

   Sakura Yoshino and Minatsu Amakase

from Da Capo II.


Where did Madara got his left eye after giving both of his real eyes to Nagato?

Madara had a huge stockpile of Sharingan, presumably collected from the bodies of various Uchihas over the many years he has been alive.

I would expect he used one of these, and that the reason he collected so many is so that he can use Izanagi and other techniques that cost the user an eye quite freely.


It is likely that by obtaining a new deck containing an LRIG, the mental effects of losing three battles are not an issue anymore.

This is based on the reasoning that Akira was physically scarred, with her mental scarring coming from the physical and Ulith, whereas Hitoe was mentally scarred - it is also possible (this, by the way, is just an assumption) that her pain was not actually real, and only something her mind created. Knowing Mari Okada's work, this could be quite possible.

Assuming it is a physical issue, she did recognise that she had friends before, as well, and remembering that Yuzuki and Ruko were her friends may have broken the barrier that stopped them from becoming so when Akira beat her in the first season.


Did Mirai Kuriyama really rebuild her body, or what really happened to it?

I know this is sort of a zombie, sorry, and purely speculation on my part, but I think it went like so:

Mirai initially vanished by absorbing KnK into her body, so she was intermingled with it from the beginning... but she was never really dead.

With KnK exerting all its power to combat her blood, another dimension is created, but their existence in that world is a supernatural manifestation of virtually incorporeal beings.  KnK has to use all focus fighting her blood which is a constant assailant on its very core, and somehow this is created.  Though the exact reason this phenomenon occurs and the function thereof is not crystal clear, it's fairly tertiary to this point, so I'll avoid the digression.

After the battle, KnK's not as strong as it once was, since it took a pretty bad pounding.  Weakened (despite outside interference, to said party's astonishment), Aki is able to subdue KnK entirely having learned to control a mere fraction of KnK's full power, and he absorbs it back into his body (which actually includes Mirai as well).  Since it's Aki's force of will now actively taking control of it, rather than just fighting in the same vessel, Mirai vanishes because as KnK is no longer the one willing the alternate dimension where she'd manifest into existence.  She's really still inside KnK, which Aki absorbed and has at least partial control of.

Later, his extreme desire to see her again, and to relive his memories of the first meeting, are so potent that he actually exercises some of KnK's power subconsciously, extracting her from it and placing her right where he most wanted her to be.  He knew what he was thinking at the time, and rushed to the place he had seen her in his mind, knowing that the ring vanishing meant she had been reunited with it, as was his most profound desire.

Could be wrong though.  Take it or leave it :)


How does Himiko Toga quirk replications habilities work?

From the wiki,

  The amount of time the Quirk allows one to stay transformed is proportionate to the amount of blood that is consumed. One cup of blood equates to roughly one day’s worth of transformation. If the blood of multiple people has been ingested in one go, this will allow the user of the Quirk to transform into any of them, without having to return to their original shape between transformations.

With enough blood, yes, she can transform to anyone even days after she ingested them. If I understand correctly, the quirk of the user she copied can only be used as long as she stays transformed and as long as she understands how it works. So, if she's within the time that her ingested blood allows her to, she can still copy the quirk of someone.

Also recall that she did not copy Ochaco initially but rather, drained her blood and fled. She copied her days after. I'm not sure if this was stated but the quirk's description seems to imply that the time limit of copying someone starts and ends only when she changes into them, regardless of when she ingested their blood.


Could Goku actually be an earth "Prince"?

Well, Goku may be the Ox Prince but I don't remember being ever stated how big that kingdom is, or how wealthy.
As for Vegeta, he's a real prince, but of a now destroyed planet.


Why do the summoned Servants all belong to different classes?

I think you answered this yourself:

  Using relics and additional incantations during the summoning ritual,
  Masters have some degree of control over the Class

The keyword here is "some". The Servants are summoned by the Grail, even though the Masters have some sort of control of what they are trying to summon. This wiki states (it has a reference too, but the reference is in Japanese):

  The Three Knight classes are the only Servants who will definitely be
  summoned according to the framework of the Holy Grail War, allowing
  for variation in the rest of the classes. More than one version of the
  same class cannot be summoned, even if all the Masters were to use the
  variation in the summoning chant to get a Berserker-class Servant.

So apparently in this case, the Grail will summon a Servant based on it's compatibility with the concrete Master, much as it has happened with

   Caster's master Ryuunosuke Uryuu


Why did Cell and Frieza keep their bodies after they died?

That's an inconsistency introduced by the anime. They introduced them in fillers, to be able to make more chapters from the manga. As with other fillers, that was inconsistent with the more coherent manga.

In the manga, only a few warriors are allowed to have their bodies in the alterlife. Other souls were shown as little clouds. Specifically, evil souls were punished, purified and removed of any memory before reincarnation.


How does the work relation between Shichibukai and the World Government?

Shichibukai are famous pirates with large bounties who have joined with the marines. They help marines in tough situations and eliminate weak pirates. In return the World Government ignore their actions, business, etc.

As for the specific rules:

They have to pay specific amount (1/10) of their profit to the World Government regularly.
They will not indulge in any activity that will affect the peace of a country.
They will have to answer the call of the marines in tough situations.

In any case if any of the above rules is broken, the contract will be dissolved and their bounty will be re-activated.

For the second question, as long as the Shichibukai has not yet broken those rules, they will remain bonded with the World Government, thus the Marines will go after the group who defeated them.

Further information can be obtained from here.


Looking for anime a sword, an axe and a bow activating robots

I found the answer on some forum. I was looking for Madou King Granzort.

In the future, the moon is a habitable place with atmosphere and gravity and also a famous tourist attraction. There are also stories about a "long ears" creature like rabbits on the moon who can use magic. Haruka Daichi heads off to the moon during a summer holiday alone because he likes to see the long ears creature by himself.
However, he get himself dragged into an acient conflict between two acient moon racess: the "long ears" race and Jado race. Jado race wanted to conquer the universe and resurrect ancient evil powers to seize control of the Earth. Now the "long ears" race and Daichi must seek three warriors who could use magic to release Mado King to fight Jado race and to release "long ears" race`s kingdom, Rabiluna, from Jado race.

The descriptions in the question contain some minor error. According to Wikipedia:

Soon, Daichi, V-Mei and Guri Guri meet two other boys – Gus and Rabi. Gus receives a magic bow that summons Winzart – the Madou King of Wind, while Rabi receives a magic top that summons Aquabeat – the Madou King of Water.


Hawk is The Great Leftovers Knight. And at the party when Ban first joined, Hawk rams Ban and said "respect the The Great Leftover Knight". And Ban said (I think) "I'm sorry for not recognizing you, master". It's like when you're good at something, and I admire you and call you master.


If Mayu had no contact with the outside world, how did she contact people in the outside world?

The implication is that, upon her death, Mayu's ghost was what made her imagined Eternal Girl system into a reality. (In the flashbacks, we see her orchestrating it from her room with the implication that at that point it was all in her warped imagination.)


How many 104th corps cadets joined the scout regiment?

The following are the top ten of the 104th training regiment, southern division:

Mikasa Ackerman
Reiner Braun
Bertolt Hoover
Annie Leonhart
Eren Yeager
Jean Kirstein
Marco Bott
Connie Springer
Sasha Blouse
Krista Lenz

Of these top ten, 8 of them went to join the survey corps.

    The only ones that did not were Annie Leonhart, who joined the Military Police, and Marco Bott who died before he chose his division.

The rest of the known members are:

Armin Arlert - Survey Corps
Ymir  - Survey Corps
Thomas Wagner - No division chosen (deceased)
Hannah Diamant - No division chosen (deceased)
Franz Kefka - No division chosen (deceased)
Samuel Linke-Jackson - No division chosen (deceased)
Nac Tias - No division chosen (deceased)
Mylius Zeramuski - No division chosen (deceased)
Mina Carolina - No division chosen (deceased)
Daz - Unknown division
Tom - No division chosen (deceased)
Floch  - Survey Corps
Gordon - Survey Corps (deceased)
Sandra - Survey Corps (deceased)

The following three were in the 104th training regiment, but in another division, hence why two of them were able to join Military Police:

Marlowe Freudenberg - Survey Corps (deceased)
Hitch Dreyse -  Military Police
Boris Feulner  Military Police

From these numbers we see that the answer to your question is: 14 members of the 104th training corps joined the Survey Corps.

However, in the anime I count 18 bodies at the "true salute" scene in episode 16:


Which manga chapter correspond to the end of episode 13 of season 2 of the anime?

The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of The Commandments episode 13 covers chapters 138, 143, 144, 145 and 146 (source: Wiki), so the end of episode 13 should be chapter 146.

In case you're asking because you want to continue reading the manga where the anime left off start from chapter 146.

By the way you can find a chapter to episode comparison broken down by arcs here.


Could reanimated Nagato revive anyone he wanted?

Considering that Deidera's ultimate jutsu was far more deadly than using Rinne Rebirth (Obito survived it, after all) and Deidera was fine, Nagato definitely would have been able to recover from using Rinne Rebirth. Alas, he was never given free will while affected by the revival jutsu.


Anime with a character that changes genders when he/she touches water?

This sounds like Ranma 1/2 - The main character changes gender when they get splashed or come in contact with water

  Ranma Saotome and his father, Genma, both practitioners of the Saotome school of anything-goes martial arts, fall into the cursed springs of the legendary training ground of Jusenkyo in mainland China during a training mission. Each spring holds a different curse for any who come in contact with its water, all of which involve who or what has drowned in the spring in the past - Ranma emerges from the spring a girl and Genma a panda, both now cursed to change forms each time they come in contact with hot and cold water.
  MAL


A modular delayed action virus is nothing particular. It's a virus, that is uploaded and takes action later, with a modular design, which means, that it's kind of generic, so it can be modified easily.

The term is used quite often, because different characters use such viruses very often - So there's nothing someone could say about "what it does".


What happens if you write in the death note, gets shot to death?

How to use VI: Point 1

  The conditions for death will not be realized unless it is physically possible for that human or it is reasonably assumed to be carried out by that human.

If the condition can not be met because it's not possible, just as Light's Experiments found and in How to use LV: Point 2, they would just die from a heart attack

death by gunfire is quite open to interpretation, with Kiichiro Osoreda Light could have had him "die by gunfire" which could have had him killed by Raye Penber after emptying his gun or get hit by a bullet bouncing around after he shoots through Ryuk

this is about as ambiguous as "death by suicide" used by Light to kill Naomi Misora so even if the cause is ambiguous if it's achievable it'll happen, in Naomi's case we see a artistic rendition of her going to a noose however Light had wrote down that her body is never found so i very much doubt she's hanged herself so the artistic rendition is just to show she's marching off to her death

As stated in How to Use I: Point 3 and How to Use III: Point 1 if you write a person's name you have 40 seconds to either write the cause of death or the time of death after their name is write, after that as stated in Point 6 of How to Use I you then have 6 minutes and 40 seconds to details of the death however just saying death by gunfire or dies from gunfire may not be enough unless it's possible or reasonably for the target to be in a situation with a gun present, within the allotted time, in which case we can assume is within 6 minutes and 40 second, it will have a higher success rate in war zones or areas of high gun crime as "gunfire" could be from stray bullets.

in the situation where you specify the time of death first you probably have more success depending on how long the person has left to live, if you write down they die at 6:00 PM and you wrote that at 5:58 PM then wrote "death by gunfire" then in that 2 minutes the person has to be in the situation to die like that.

For the best results, As we see with Light's Execution of the FBI, the greatest rate of success would come from detailing everything before writing the person's name, this way you have all the time you need to detail how anyone could possibly be in a situation where "Death by gunfire" is the result of their death


The song in Naruto ep. 13 when Haku uses Crystal Ice Mirrors

The song you are looking for is Haku's theme

Haku's theme never made it to an OST, and is therefor an unreleased soundtrack. And judging by how long ago it has been used, I am assuming it will not be released as one either.


How could the pilots in mecha anime move their mechas fluently with just primitive controllers?

In-Universe Explanations

In the Gundam franchise, this is explained through the use of advanced computer systems that translate simple joystick motions into complex robotic motions. According to in-universe theory, a human that's working within a bipedal, robot-like machine is able to work most effectively when the machine's movements mimic those of the human body, especially since those movements often balance it efficiently (such as how the legs and back move when you stretch out an arm). As such, engineers design the machine to make those movements automatically as part of a commanded movement.

This principle has been extended to other anime franchises like Macross.

As you write, there are also mind-machine interfaces that translate human thought directly into machine movement.

Real World Explanation

The actual historical answer comes with the dawn of the giant robot genre in the 1970's. Real-life machine interfaces were relatively primitive back then. The average manga reader and anime viewer couldn't really imagine controlling a robot with anything other than joysticks and buttons, so that's what anime and manga artists drew into the cockpits of mecha like Mazinger Z and Getter Robo. They knew those interfaces wouldn't really be enough, but mecha series were cheap children's entertainment with a heavy emphasis on selling toys. It didn't matter if it was realistic, as long as it felt cool.

The boys (and girls!) who watched those shows grew up to make more recent mecha series, and often the unrealistic control schemes are tongue-in-cheek references to the silly controls they saw in those earlier shows. Fundamentally, they understand that making a control scheme realistic didn't matter back then, and doesn't matter now; it doesn't make your show any more or less popular.


Oreki and Chitanda's relationship in the anime Hyouka

Hyouka anime and manga is actually based on the light novel series named ‘Classic literature club’.  The manga adaptation haven’t even caught up to the anime ( please update me when it does ) . However, in the light novel their relationship is progressing with similar pace as in the anime. None have till now confessed their feeling to oneself or to each other. Oreki seems way more comfortable around Chitanda though.


How can a Dark Elf's age be determined by looking at them?

Just like in our world, Westerners might have problems telling Asians apart, the same can be said about humans and elves.

Humans live and grow up looking at other humans. So they learn to tell them apart and categorize them much more easily. Now, this assumes that you can tell elves age from their appearance, it is just that humans don't learn that skill, because they either haven't seen an elf or haven't seen enough to create big enough sample to learn differences due to age.

Rory is over 900 years old and travels a lot. So she must have met quite a few elves in her lifetime. Also, she could have met the same elf multiple times in their lives, noting their changes in appearance.

The second thing that comes to mind is precision of her guess. Us humans are able to tell age with precision of +-5 years. It is safe to assume that elves appearance changes much slowly with age compared to humans, so the precision might be as low as +-50 years. So if Rory estimates Yao's age at 300, she could very well be between 250 to 350 years old. That is huge timespan. It is like saying  an adult 40 year old man "is around age of toddler".


In Steins;Gate, aren't the time machine crash and screaming mutually exclusive?

If I get your question correctly, then the answer is NO. Those do not contradict each other because

   The events you described above (first half of episode 1) happens in the beta worldline. In the beta world line the time machine is complete - hence there was no coordinate error and the machine did not crash. The time machine only crashed on the alpha worldline.

I hope that answers your question.