Why is Mai allowed to wear stockings at school?

The regulations on school uniforms in Japan vary.
Considering Japan is experiencing 4 seasons and hence, winter season, some schools allow tights on cold weather while others outright ban them.
Some questions on Yahoo! Chiebukuro that supporting if wearing tights is allowed:

Is it weird to wear tights under a school uniform? (Japanese) (November 2010)
What is the best denier1 for tights under a school uniform? (Japanese) (December 2017)

1 Denier: a unit of measure for the linear mass density of fibers
While some schools outright banned them (and even made into news internationally):

Schoolgirls being told "tights are banned!" in a cold winter by their school become a hot topic (Japanese) (February 2019)
Japanese school explains why it won't let cold schoolgirl wear tights under her skirt (December 2018)

There are also some that require the students to wear tights in certain conditions even in spring/summer, like wearing black (and only black) tights for skirts above the knees.

Is it weird to wear tights in spring/summer? (Japanese) (June 2015)

Moving to the main topic...
There is no detail about the regulation for Mai's school, so it can be assumed that it is leaning to the looser one.
However, while the specific reference is not mentioned, the Japanese Wikipedia mentions that

芸能活動の支障にならないよう日焼けを防止するため、夏でも大抵黒のタイツを着用している。
To prevent sunburn which may hinder her living as a celebrity talent, she also wears black tights even in summer.
(Emphasis added)

This is somewhat strengthened by her character introduction in Dengeki Bunko's heroines in swimsuit

日焼けを気にして、デートでもなかなか素肌を見られる機会がないが、今回は、ファッション誌の撮影のために水着を着用。
Concerned about sunburn, while her skin is rarely revealed even while dating, this time she is wearing a swimsuit for a fashion magazine photo-taking.
(Emphasis added)


How does the Mangekyo Sharingan blind its wielder, and why are some wielders not blinded?

An original Mangekyo Sharingan puts a strain on the eye. The ocular muscles are placed under a constant strain due to the unique chakra the Mangekyo consumes. That strain causes the user to gradually go blind.

Another person's eye doesn't (for some reason) produce the same strain. So the user's vision is intact.

Let's review the list:

Itachi - Awakened his Mangekyo on his own, going blind.
Sasuke - Awakened his Mangekyo on his own, gone almost completely blind, then took Itachi's eyes, and got his vision back.
Madara - Same as Sasuke.
Kakashi - Remember that the eye didn't originally belong to him. His Mangekyo is more similar to an Eternal than a normal one.
Obito - Presumably, it's because Obito has a high concentration of Hashirama Senju's cells. These constantly heal the eye, preventing it from going blind.
Danzo - Same as Kakashi, the eye didn't belong to him. Although using Sishui's eye did put a huge stress on his chakra and body.


Is there a map for the Death March's world?

As Aki Tanaka commented, here are the best looking fan-made maps:

Auyugok territory map

Good luck understanding it :p


What is the difference between Tachikoma and Fuchikoma?

Actually, the Tachikoma was introduced because of license-issues - the Fuchikoma couldn't be used in the SAC.

The main difference is the design: While the Fuchikomas had only one lense, the Tachikomas have 4 independent "eyes". Also, the Tachikomas are a little bit taller than the Fuchikomas.

Also, the AI is a little bit improved, which leads to the fact, that Tachikomas are more human-like and also defend their human partners more. In SAC, it can be seen, that the Tachikomas don't mind risk and are happy most of the time, while the Fuchikomas were more serious.


Ghost in the Shell separate continuities

They are all really not related... If you watch closely you'll notice that they each take liberties in different directions.  In Stand Alone Complex (S.A.C.) they have stories regarding the past of various characters that is in direct contradiction to the Arise media.  Both Arise and SAC have contradictory information with the original movies.  Continuity wise; I think it's really best to group them by production era.

1) Original Movies:
a) Ghost in the Shell (1995)
b) Ghost in the Shell: Innocence (2001?)

2) S.A.C. Story Arcs (Alternate Universe / reboot):
a) S.A.C. Laughing Man arc
b) S.A.C. 2nd gig Kuze / Individual Eleven arc
c) S.A.C. Solid State Society (SSS) movie

3) Arise (Prequel Reboot):
a) Arise OVA
b) Arise: Alternative Architecture (AA) (Edited version of Arise with 2 new episodes)
c) Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie (Arise AA Series Conclusion)

If I were suggesting a watch order, I would probably recommend the above ordering.  I would also recommend not watching the laughing man or individual eleven movies, as they are hacked up versions of the TV series. I personally think the SAC TV series are probably the best GitS media, but the original movies are good.

One thing to note is that they all have very different story arcs.  it's really just that they recreate the Section 9 team in various states to tell different stories.  They all share the same basic themes of cyberpunk, [spy|detective] thriller, with a hefty dose of philosophy (of the Ghost in the Machine by Arthur Koestler style).

If you want to pretend they are share the same universe watch them in reverse order by era, and skip the Arise OVA

1) Arise Alternative Architecture (AAA)
2) The New Movie
3) S.A.C. The Laughing Man arc
4) S.A.C. The Individual Eleven arc
5) S.A.C. SSS
6) The 1995 original movie
7) Innocence

This way, you're watching the prequel -> some stuff where The Major comes and goes (She leaves in the 2nd gig, then comes back in SSS) -> then you see the story line where she is changed and leaves at the end.  Followed by the Batou Blade Runner detective movie where she is pretty much gone.


What is the key for, Doflamingo is holding in chapter 752?

I think as far as we know, you can't tell for sure if it's one of these two possibilities.

But if I compare the key to the SMILE Factory with the last one you can't see anything similar. So I think it's not another key to the Factory.

Even though the other is much smaller on the picture, if you zoom in, you can see that the key for Law's chain is round. On the other side Doflamingo's key has the shape of a heart.

Another point is, that the left one has a little hook...

So I think this is just speculation, but I think even if it's one of these two options it would be the key to Law's chain.

In my opinion, it's a key to something new, maybe even more important.


Is there any particular reason behind why Dressrosa is such a long arc?

⚠ The answer below contains spoilers. Read at your own risk.

As of this writing, the 10 longest arcs with their respective number of episodes are:

Clearly, Dressrosa is roughly double the length of the second longest arc until now.

The major reasons behind this are:

Character Introduction/Development:
As you point out, the number of characters introduced during this arc are far too many as compared to any other arc. To list the major ones:

Admiral Fujitora
Bellamy is revealed to be alive and has visited Skypiea
Buggy is confirmed to have joined the Shichibukai during the time skip
CP 0
Colloseum Fighters (Mainly Rebecca and Kyros)
Dwarves
Kaido (seen for the first time, as opposed to the silhouette we have been seeing)
Kuzan is revealed to have become associated with the Blackbeard Pirates
Revolutanaries such as Sabo, Koala and Hack
Rob Lucci, Hattori, and Spandam have joined CP-0
Many characters make their first appearances after the time skip. The characters (in the order they were reintroduced) are: Jewelry Bonney, Brannew, Sakazuki, Bellamy, Jesus Burgess, Bastille, Sabo, Koala, the Gorosei, Urouge, Capone Bege, X Drake, Sengoku, Tsuru, Rob Lucci, Spandam, and Hattori.Source

Plot development: A lot of plot was covered in this arc, from introducing new story lines to filling in the gap that was left after the timeskip. To list a few of the things coveredSource:

Law's backstory and history with the Donquixote Pirates is shown.
Luffy activates a new technique called Gear Fourth.
Luffy fights and defeats Doflamingo with the other crew members having their own fighting scenes with their respective opponents.
More information about Haki is revealed during this arc. According to Law and Luffy, if Haki is overused, it will not be able to work for a certain period of time until it recharges.
The gladiators and dwarves who allied with Luffy offer him an alliance with 7 representatives of each crew, giving a total of about 5,640 pirates. He refuses the offer but they choose to pledge their allegiance to him even if he refused, forming the Straw Hat Grand Fleet.
Trafalgar Law is revealed to have the "D." in his name. It is also revealed that anybody that is a part of the Will of the D. is considered "an enemy of God".

Slow Pacing: As you pointed out, the pacing of One Piece has been slow during this arc. As mentioned in this article:

  TOEI has decided to translate 1 manga chapter to 1 anime episode. Which is something that doesn’t really always work since narrative in comics and audiovisual pieces is not the same. We’ve also seen too many unnecessary reaction shots. For example, recently we got nearly a quarter of an episode of just toys transforming back to humans. Or hundreds of panning shots of Sabo (without showing his actual face until last week’s episode). Or repeated flashbacks, like Rebecca and her father.

This is happening because the manga and the anime are pretty close at the moment. Usually, an anime makes fillers in cases such as this. However, One Piece fillers are rare, and the one that we did get prior to the Dressrosa Arc:  Caesar’s Retrieval Arc, was only 3 episodes long. We also got the 3D2Y Special, but it still doesn’t seem to be enough.Source


Details about "Zettai Junpaku Mahou Shoujo"

Well if you managed to find the myanimelist page you should also have noticed that the review states

  this anime is based of a doujin manga (im pretty sure its a doujin hentai manga but im not 100% percent sure) called mahou shoujo written by Raita its is currently about 10 volumes long and about 25-30 pages per volume. you wont find it on MAL because it was not written and published by a real writer (in other words because its a complete doujin). source

It pretty much states that this is a Full doujin written by raita, There is only a ova so far. The chances of it getting a real anime are considerd really low. The ova also did not go through a producer so is most likely home/fan made

If you wish to read the doujin the review provided many links to sources where to read.


Where does Blue Exorcist anime cut off in the manga?

According to MangaUpdates,

  Season 1 ended at Vol. 4 Chapter 14 with an alternate ending and Season 2 at Vol. 9 Chapter 34.


Is it possible to use magic without saying "System Call" in Sword Art Online - Alicization?

In the case of Quinella, she had previously used a ritual (which did involve evoking "System Call") which gave her body a permanent barrier to defend against all metal weapons. The Kirito and Eugeo fight probably was the anime skipping over the initial line, possibly with some excuse about "whispering" the line.

However, there is more to the "magic" in UnderWorld.

   The Incarnating Arm that Eugeo used to retrieve his sword from Kirito is just one application to a very broad power. We've seen it portrayed in earlier episodes, but this world works on the power of imagination, Matrix-style, because of how all the Fluctlights in the Light Cube Cluster and Soul Translator are connected.
 The incarnating arms are just one way to use this. Incarnation as its called can also reproduce the effects of System Calls, but this requires a particularly powerful imagination.

You'll see a lot more examples of this in the 3rd and 4th cours of Alicization (once that point is reached)


Who is the uniformed guy in this Owarimonogatari end card?

This is a reference to a college-aged Kosaku Shima, the titular character of Kenshi Hirokane's Student Kosaku Shima series.

College students in the Showa era wore uniforms like this. This uniform and emblem is specific to Waseda University, Kosaku Shima's alma mater.

The public Twitter for the series even made a tweet about the end card: https://twitter.com/shimakosaku1966/status/675702573433663488


How did Frieza come to know of the dragon balls?

As per the dragon ball z wiki:

  Vegeta, after being seriously injured in his fight with Goku and the others, returns to Planet Frieza 79 to regenerate himself using a special Medical Machine. After fully recovering, Vegeta feels stronger than ever, as Saiyans have the unusual ability to reach higher power levels after healing from near death experiences. His self-proclaimed rival, Cui, informs Vegeta that his former boss, Frieza, was initially angry at Vegeta going to Earth and violating orders but decided to forgive him when he overheard the conversation between him and Nappa about the Dragon Balls on Namek (scouters also served as a transmitter, which Frieza used to overhear their conversation). Furious about the consequences of Frieza being immortal, Vegeta rushes to Namek himself, now openly declaring himself an enemy of Frieza.

More notably this segment:

  Frieza, was initially angry at Vegeta going to Earth and violating orders but decided to forgive him when he overheard the conversation between him and Nappa about the Dragon Balls on Namek

So due to Nappa's negligence and Vegeta's ego Freeza got knowledge of the dragon balls.

You can read this here:
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Namek_Saga


Was Erza's nickname 'Titania' inspired by Shakespeare?

In Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titania is the Queen of the fairies.

Since Erza is widely known as the strongest female mage of Fairy Tail, she has been given the nickname Titania.


Did Yoshimura cannibalize after becoming "a good guy"?

This was not specifically discussed nor explained in the manga. But, in Chapter 119,

  it was mentioned that when Kuzen heard of the One-Oyed Owl, he took the One-Eyed Owl's place for fear that the organization, V, would find out that the Owl was his child.

Also, if you notice while Yoshimura was telling Kaneki his past, he talks about it in a third-person point-of-view

  (by using 'Kuzen' instead of 'I').

While this might be just a style of telling a story, I interpreted it as his dissociation of his current self from his past self. He does not want to be seen as what he was in the past. Furthermore, notice how Yoshimura mentions this in Chapter 119:

  'And so, Kuzen took the place of the One-Eyed Owl.' Not 'Yoshimura took the place of the One-Eyed Owl.'

Assuming that Anteiku was established and he assumed the identity Yoshimura afterwards, this means that he cannibalized before becoming Yoshimura. While the wiki mentions that

  he was already going by the name Yoshimura when he found out about his child, this was not directly stated nor explained in the manga as far as I know so I have no idea where the wiki gets its information. It was only mentioned that time passed.


Seems to be the Sprouting ears trope.

  A symptom of a Super-Deformed Art Shift, where occasionally a character will sprout Unusual Ears or other animal features (paws, tails, etc.) during certain moments to accentuate certain aspects of their personality. What ears symbolize what varies from culture to culture, but generally they break down into three groups:

  Cats: Genkiness, excitability, occasionally irritation. Usually
  accompanied by a Cat Smile.
  Dogs: Hyperness, clumsiness, affection. Generally done to a
  character who is loving, but not all there in the head.
  Foxes: Mischief, wisdom, slyness. May be either friendly or
  malevolent.

Another form it might be used (did not watch little busters so not sure its the case) is when the character hears something special hes not supposed to know. This is often used to show that they have heard this secret information.


Was Naruto's bad chakra control caused by Eight Trigrams Seal?

Not exactly, Naruto's 8 Trigram seal was placed onto him by the Fourth Hokage in order to seal the Nine-Tails inside of him. The 5 pronged seal you're referring to was placed onto him by Orochimaru in Ch 49 during Squad 7's confrontation with him in the forest of death during the Chunin exam.

As we see, Orochimaru is in the midst of his mission to inflict his curse mark onto the heir of the Uchiha, Sasuke who he has chosen to be his next host. Running into the Jinchuriki of the Nine-tails was an unexpected boon and Orochimaru opportunistically applies a seal over the already existing seal to further restrict the Chakra flow. In the panels before Jiraiya undoes the seal in Ch 90 he notes obstructive nature of the double seals.

In the panel below that, Jiraiya correctly suspects Orochimaru is the one who added the 5 prong seal. Naruto has always had trouble with precise Chakra control unlike Sakura and often Sasuke but he hasn't been hard-stuck like he was while learning water-walking before.


Do I need a license to make a non-profit anime streaming site?

Simply put: Yes, you will need to license your content.

Whether it is for-profit or free of charge, you are still dealing with copyrighted content. If you want to distribute this copyrighted content legally, you will need to license it. When doing this, make sure the license terms actually allow this kind of distribution. Otherwise you are operating no differently than other illegal distribution websites.

You may see plenty of websites similar to yours that don't seem to get mentioned. Take this with a grain of salt, a lot of similar operations employ various "tricks" to get around the law. Such tricks can involve hosting in a country with more lax copyright laws. Just because you see such operations doesn't mean your plans will go just as fine.

Of course, anything in the public domain is fine. There may be older shows where the copyright has expired, so you can get away with publishing those.

However what you don't want to do is solely trust some random dude from the internet. If you are seriously considering this kind of operation, then consult with a copyright lawyer.


What's the song that plays at 13:31 in Kanon episode 18?

The song are from 『Kanon・Airピアノアレンジアルバム 'Re-feel'』. You can see it at http://key.soundslabel.com/discography.html, CD KSLA-0010.

These disk have the piano only version of Pure Snows, who it's the song used on these episode. All the disk are piano versions from some know songs from Orito Shinji.

But, it isn't also the "real" song, because, the song on the anime are extracted from these one, but are a bit mixed parts. For example, at minute 15:00 of the episode, the songs "changed" to a piano version of Little Fragments song, from CD KSLA-0003, with name 『Kanon arrange best album 'recollections'』.


Where can I find the Avatar The Last Airbender: The Promise & The Search comics?

"You can purchase the the hardcover versions here and here, respectively" - Krazer

After you purchase the comics and they have been delivered to you, you can then read the comics.


What was Doi really thinking about Shuichi?

Most of this answer is implied, because it is not directly shown or stated. Also my answer is drawn from the manga, because I haven't watched the anime.

My impression is Doi is a bit of a jock and was a bit of a bully when they were younger. The incident long ago was that he read out a shared diary of Shuichi and Yoshino Takatsuki, detailing their cross-dressing experiences, out loud to everyone present.

In the manga Vol 8 quoted from the wiki:

  Shuichi and his friends start their second year as junior high students, but everyone is split up between several classes. Anna tells Shuichi that he is an interesting person, even though he likes dressing like a girl. Shinpei Doi, Shuichi's classmate, sees him coming out of a restaurant with Yuki and his opinion of Shuichi changes; Doi wants to finally become friends with him. Anna and Shuichi, dressed as a girl, go out on a date, and run into Yoshino and Saori in a restaurant. The four go to a karaoke bar and have fun, though not without some tension between Saori and Anna. Yoshino decides to go to school in a boys uniform, and garners some attention from the teachers and other students. Doi contacts Shuichi, saying he wants to meet Yuki, so Shuichi goes with Yoshino and Doi to Yuki's place, who introduces herself as a transvestite living with another man (Shiina). Doi is surprised about Yuki, and even gets Shuichi to dress up like a girl in front of him. Doi suggests to Shuichi that he come to school dressed as a girl, since even Yoshino is dressing like a boy now. Shuichi thinks about this deeply, and even consults Chizuru and Yoshino about it. In the end, Shuichi knows he has to be the one to decide, and he comes to school wearing a wig and the old female school uniform Yoshino gave him. Everyone is surprised about this turn of events, and Shuichi is soon taken home early by his mother.

At first Doi is interested to befriend Shuichi only as a bridge to Yuki, whom eventually stops him short from confessing by way of introducing her boyfriend and thus he only states that she is "very pretty" upon meeting her. The fact that Yuki used to be a guy is a shock to him, "I never knew a guy could be such a beauty. I don't get it at all." Then, Doi turns and, clearly showing Shiuchi in this panel and muses "I wonder if he's like that too."

Already knowing that Shuichi used to cross-dress (he is unsure that he still does), Doi asks him upfront and Shuichi confirms this, leading Doi to ponder and this is clearly stated in the manga. And then he encourages Shuichi to turn up at school dressed as a girl. Shuichi eventually does so and the incident passes. Doi scoffs at Shuichi upon meeting him when Shuichi finally returns to school (in front of others, I guess to preserve his image) that he was a "stupid".

However, Doi persues Shuichi after school to encourage him at several points to cross-dress, saying that he looks cute when he does. This hot-cold attitude confuses Shuichi and makes him lash out at Doi resulting in the scene you describe.

My read is that Doi himself is confused, but wants to see more of Shuichi as a girl, for his own reasons. Perhaps he wants to better know how he feels, or perhaps he is really quite interested, but this was never explored. Him "kicking the fence" (or some cans near a drink machine in the manga), is just frustration after trying hard to convince Shuichi to do it again, just not at school.

The frustration could be a whole range of things, such as the possibility that Shuichi doesn't trust him anymore after what happened, to simply wanting to try out that relationship (and Shuichi saying he hated him makes that relationship seem hard to achieve). Again this was not fully explored.

However, we can tell Doi is interested at looking at Shuichi dress up as a girl, perhaps hoping Shuichi grows up to be a Yuki one day.


Kawakami Minoru authors light novels reading order?

You should probably go in the order in which they were released, as Arcane also mentioned. But otherwise, an ideal order would be as follows:

Owari no Chronicle
Owari no Chronicle DC
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon
Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon Kimitoasamade
Gekitotsu no Hexennacht
City Series

Note that Owari no Chronicle, despite being several thousand years before Horizon, sets up a lot of the technology and gives a lot of explanations as to why some of the stuff in Horizon is the way it is, so I recommend reading it before that.

And The City Series is sort of it's own entity. It takes place after Horizon (thousands of years...sort of), but was written before both Owari and Horizon, so nothing is "carried forward" in-universe. In addition, it's more of a set of short stories, with each novel in the series taking place in a different part of the world with different characters. Feel free to read whenever.

This should make for an ideal read, according to me because that is the order in which I read them/am reading/will read, and it makes sense. Unfortunately, I couldn't find an official source, so this is based on personal experience.

Also see this, regarding the release dates, though I'm pretty sure you would have already seen it : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru_Kawakami

Edit : Regarding Gekitotsu no Hexennacht, I found something that ascertains that it's after horizon and before city series:

  Clash of Hexennacht (激突のヘクセンナハト) is a light novel series written by Kawakami Minoru (川上 稔) and illustrated by Satoyasu (さとやす). It began serialization in Dengeki Bunko Magazine while its manga adaptation runs in Dengeki Daioh and is set for its first full novel release by Dengeki Bunko in August 2015. It takes place between Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon and the City Series, two other series by the author.

Source:https://www.baka-tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=Clash_of_Hexennacht

Also the order which I mentioned above isn't a strict order as such, but I have tried my best to arrange them with respect to the enormous time span in which they are set in. They are not very tightly interconnected, but basically set in the same world, as created by the author. So there isn't any specific order, but the above order is what you should follow, according to me.


I don't have an exhaustive list of Zoro's quotes, so until someone comes up with such a list, I'll give you the ones I could find googling this problem. Keep in mind that these are translations and he might have said it differently in Japanese. Have fun reading.

His most recent one liner on Dressrosa is:

  Over the 9 mountains and 8 seas... Throughout the world itself... There is nothing I cannot cut.

The quote you were looking for when fighting Monet is:

  You've underestimated me, snow woman. When you thought you couldn't beat me, you should have run. Of course, there are things that I don't wanna cut. But... let me ask you something. Have you ever seen a fierce animal you were sure would never bite? Because I haven't.

You can find 29 quotes on less-real. They don't say when he said them though.

  If I die here, then I'm a man that could only make it this far.
  You need to accept the fact that you're not the best and have all the will to strive to be better than anyone you face.
  Bring on the hardship. It's preferred in a path of carnage.
  Either in belief or doubt, if I lean to one of these sides, my reaction time will be dulled if my heart thinks the opposite of what I choose.
  I don't care what the society says. I've regretted doing anything. I will survive and do what I want to.
  You want to kill me? You couldn't even kill my boredom!
  You sure can talk the talk, but you're not quite ready to walk the walk. Time's up, it's my turn.
  When the world shoves you around, you just gotta stand up and shove back. It's not like somebody's gonna save you if you start babbling excuses.
  So, are you stupid enough to fall for such a stupid trap that such stupid people set up?
  I'm a pirate hunter.
  A wound that'd make an ordinary man unconscious... I won't lose to it. A wound that would kill an ordinary person... I won't lose to it! To face one who is extraordinary, Hawk Eyes... I can't allow myself to be ordinary!
  There should be a limit to how similar a couple looks like.
  When I decided to follow my dream, I had already discarded my life.
  If you kill yourself, I'll kill you.
  Well, how about this. My "luck" versus this thing's "curse". Wanna see what's stronger..? If I lose, then I'm just that much of a man anyways...
  There is someone that I must meet again. And until that day...not even Death itself can take my life away!
  I don't know. I'm not sure why myself. But if I were to take even one step back, I believe that all those important oaths, promises and many other deals 'til now, will all go to waste and I'll never be able to return before you, ever again.
  So what if you're a girl.
  If I can't even protect my captain's dream, then whatever ambition I have is nothing but talk...
  When you decided to go to the sea, it was your own decision. Whatever happens to you on the sea, it depends on what you've done! Don't blame others!!
  You'll never understand...your swords will never be as heavy as mine!
  If you do anything that would cause me to abandon my ambitions... You will end your own life on my sword!
  Fine! I'd rather be a pirate than die here!
  I am always serious.
  I do things my own way! So don't give me any lip about it!
  I'm going to be the world's greatest swordsman! All I have left is my destiny! My name may be infamous...but it's gonna shake the world!!!
  If you die, I'll kill you!
  Bring on the hardship. It's preferred in a path of carnage.

More quotes can be read on animequotes.

  There is someone that I must meet again. And until that day… not even Death himself can take my life away!
  Well, how about this. My “luck” versus this thing’s “curse”… wanna see what’s stronger…? If I lose, then I’m just that much of a man anyways…

There is also wikiquote, which has a compilation of quotes, phrases, dialogues from One Piece. You could search for Zoro in the page for more dialogue from him, but I'll stick to his single quotes here.

  I will... I will never... LOSE AGAIN! Until I defeat him [Mihawk] and become the world's greatest swordsman, I'll never be defeated by anyone!
  This is the burden of a captain, you can't doubt yourself. In times like these if you lose your confidence, then who can we have faith in?
  When the world shoves you around, you've just gotta stand up and shove back. It isn't like you can do anything just by giving excuses. If I die, then I am just a man who can only make it this far.
  I'll get strong, stronger than she[Kuina] ever was, you hear me! Strong enough that my name reaches up to the heavens! I am going to be the world's greatest swordsman. I promised her... I promised.. I did...

I tried to weed out the doubles, but forgive me if I put the same quote more than once.

You can read more one liners of One Piece on reddit, but they aren't all Zoro's.


The original dialog use お伽話 (otogibanashi), commonly translated as "fairy-tale".

The Japanese-English online dictionary, Jisho only states 1 meaning which is the most common usage:

  fairy-tale; nursery-tale

However, when referring to the Japanese-Japanese online dictionary, Kotobank, it states 2 meanings:

  A story (legend, folklore, etc.) for children to listen to. "Momotaro", "Kachi-kachi Yama"-type. Alternatively, as a trope, a fantastical story that ignores realism.
  A story which takes place while doing otogi.

In fact, when Aida told Eto about "doing otogibanashi at night", Eto was surprised, realizing it's about togi. (The translation is wrong, Eto didn't shout otogibanashi, only togi)

Now, what is (o)togi? Otogi is basically o (honorific prefix) + togi. Jisho states:

  Otogi: attending (upon); keeping another company
  Togi: nursing; nurse; attending; attendant; entertainer

While Kotobank states:

Otogi

  Accompanying other to kill time during the night. Alternatively, the person who does that.
  Attending someone's bedroom. Alternatively, the person who does that. Concubine; mistress.
  [...]
  [...]

Togi

  Become a chat partner, humoring and entertaining them. Alternatively, the person who does that. Otogi.
  Attending someone's bedroom. Alternatively, the person who does that.
  [...]
  [...]

So, yes, it means Iono-sama invites Eto to accompany her at night, possibly also in her bedroom as a concubine, which is Iono-sama's objective from the beginning. Considering the nature of Iono-sama, it's not really surprising if it has something to do with lewd things...


Why does Ruriko get angry when she's called as "Rurippe"?

According to the Japanese wikipedia article for the series:

  In the anime, Shun called her "the sniffling Rurippe" (鼻たれのルリっぺ) during their
  childhood which has become a sort of trauma for her.

So I don't think it's about the name Rurippe itself (which is written in all kana by the way, no kanji) but how Shun used it in the past. In the past, he called her "the sniffling Rurippe" so now whenever he just calls her "Rurippe" it reminds her of the original full name which included "sniffling".


ANBU means Ansatsu Senjutsu Tokushu Butai(Special Assassination and Tactical Squad). It is a common name for any village.
As described in ANBU wikia,

ANBU are covert operatives dispatched by their Kage.
Anbu are recruited from their village's standard shinobi forces, hand-picked by their Kage for their individual capabilities and special skills.

As described in ANBU's uniform, the outfit are different but not what they are called. It is more like Kage which like post or title.
And yes they do have special division like Hunter-nin from The Village Hidden in the Mist.


Is Kakashi in love with Kahyo from Kakashi Hiden?

as said in the Kakashi novel Naruto spreads rumors about Kakashi falling in love with kahyo
from Kakashi hidden. But this is inaccurate because Kakashi one denies it, and could not have a relationship with her.
this is because, if he had a relationship with her he would be sent to the blood prison along with being removed from his position as hokage. this is because she is serving a life sentence in the blood prison.


How many demon forms does Mirajane have?

According to  Mashima, says that there are 72 demon forms of Mirajane, but It was not yet revealed in manga and anime,

Mashima has went an interesting way with Mira's powers.
Though if you know about demons from the Goetia list or other animes you probably already sort of know.

Lisanna has things like Animal Soul: Rabbit, Animal Soul: Tigress
Elfman has Beast Soul: Weretiger, Beast Soul: Lizardman

Animals and Beasts.
Though in Mira's case of course she'll have demons for her forms, and Mashima has decided to get them from the Ars Goetia list.
So it'd look like for her, Satan Soul: Sitri, Satan Soul: Eligos etc.

Here's the list of demons:

King Baal (bael)
Duke Agares
Prince Vassago
Marquis Samigina
President Barbas
Duke Valefor
Marquis Amon
Duke Barbatos
King Paimon
President Buer
Duke Gusion
Prince Sitri-Shown
King Beleth
Marquis Leraje
Duke Eligos
Duke Zepar
Count/President Botis
Duke Bathin
Duke Sallos
King Purson
Count/President Marax
Count/Prince Ipos
Duke Aim
Marquis Naberius
Count/President Glasya-Labolas
Duke Buné
Marquis/Count Ronové
Duke Berith
Duke Astaroth
Marquis Forneus
President Foras
King Asmodeus
Prince/President Gäap
Count Furfur
Marquis Marchosias
Prince Stolas
Marquis Phenex
Count Halphas
President Malphas
Count Räum
Duke Focalor
Duke Vepar
Marquis Sabnock
Marquis Shax
King/Count Viné
Count Bifrons
Duke Vual
President Häagenti

72 Demons

link to list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_demons_in_the_Ars_Goetia#Prince_Sitri


What is the device in the garden in the first episode?

The light novel doesn't give much context about the machine, and just describes it as a 小さな機械 (lit. small machine/apparatus).

One assume by the location ns accessories (hose) that it's for watering the garden. Since the inhabitants of this city are all hikikomori-types, it would make sense for machines to do all the work, life watering the plants.


Yuuki Asuna went to an all girls private school before the events of SAO. So I'm pretty sure she would have learned it at her school during that time. Most Japanese schools teach English as a curriculum. But sadly a lot of Japanese people still don't have "fluent English conversation abilities".

Considering how serious she was about clearing the game, I would guess that she probably also took her school work very seriously. And hence most definitely picked up the lot of the English phrases which she then used in SAO.


Why does Orochimaru helps Sasuke in the midst of war?

Obito Uchiha's ultimate goal was to place everybody in the Infinite Tsukuyomi and lead people to peace through genjutsu, where one can achieve his/her dreams and wishes. That being said, Obito joined Madara because greed had driven people to achieve ultimate power. In the course, his beloved Rin died. Given this, Obito was to trying make sure the greed gets completely eliminated.

Whereas Orochimaru is driven by the greed to master all the jutsu in the world. Obito would not let that happen in the world of Tsukuyomi. Therefore he had to participate in the war to keep his greed alive, with this he was not only helping Sasuke but also himself.

One can also question why Orochimaru took this decision just after Sasuke decided to join war with the will to save.

Possibly Orochimaru still wants to take Sasuke's body, maybe this was an attempt to win back his trust. Think about it.


Who is the fastest character in My Hero Academia?

My guess is that by this time, it's Keigo Takami aka Hawks. His speed is 6/6S acording to the databook and even the other heroes acknowledge him as being the fastest.

This is only considering travel speed, not fast as in reaction time, perception, etc.


Difference between Vampire and Noble in Noblesse?

Both terms were used by humans to describe the same species. The species refers to themselves as Nobles, and that's the name used for them throughout much of the series. "Vampire" was used for a relatively short time in the first issues, when the lore was yet being established.

The humans refer to Nobles as vampires because, as Frankenstein explains, Nobles can, and maybe did, consume human flesh and blood. In the series' universe the term "vampire" likely originated from Nobles, as well as the term "Noble" and "nobility" itself.

The term vampire was also used for the humans who were turned into zombie-like creatures by the humans who had obtained powers by making a contract with a Noble. One of those is seen early in the series, when he is turned by M-22.


What anime, fanart, or random art is this girl with a gun from?

Image from shuushuu. Click to enlarge!

This image is from the video game Soul Worker Online. Your image is mirrord and the Soulworker Lion Games watermark is removed.

  Soul Worker is an anime action MMORPG which takes place in the
  Cloudrealm, a now vacant city which only harbors the psychics and a
  horde of monsters. Players will learn about the fate of the city and
  the reason for the disappearance of all inhabitants through the course
  of the game, as well as possibly finding a way to reverse this
  catastrophe.

Image from liongames. Information from freemmostation.


What is the song playing when Kallen is driving towards the convoy holding Suzaku?

The song you are looking for is called Outside Road Code Geass. It's the Eight Song in their soundtrack Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion.


Who is this person in Naruto Ch. 678 (spoiler)?

The character is unnamed and it really doesn't matter too.

The Fourth Mizukage's dream is to get married, and that's exactly what she got in her infinite dream.

She didn't really seem to have a preference of who to marry, but just to marry.


During the Shippuden Itachi vs Sasuke fight, Sasuke figured out that during the Uchiha Annihilation, even Itachi couldn't defeat the entire LPF himself. He knows someone helped him, and Itachi revealed it was Madara, the fake one atleast. Sasuke also knows Obito/Tobi has a Sharingan, but has no way of conforming that Tobi was the one who helped Itachi, due to his mask. And when Itachi mentioned Madara, Sasuke wanted to kill him, as if he didn't know he died ages ago. I'm pretty sure after Itachi used genjutsu to show Madara, Sasuke knew he was dead. So Sasuke could've speculated that Tobi was some random dude who had Sharingan,or a random guy who happens to go by Madara, an Uchiha that Itachi couldn't kill, or, using his keen intellect, he could assume that Tobi is the one who helped Itachi with the Uchiha Annihilation. Tobi also tells people "Call me Tobi or Madara, whatever you like." So maybe they had Sasuke choose a random one of the two names.


Is it true that Toei mentioned 3 months ago that Caulifla has an infinite power/potential?

That was a trailer teasing the fight between two new female super saiyans from universe 6.

Clip from Youtube

  潜{せん}在{ざい}能{のう}力{りょく} (senzai nōryoku) translates into hidden potential.

In this context it's simply says that Caulifla has infinite hidden potential waiting to be awaken.


What is Requirement to Unlock [Unique Skills]?

Up until now, only 2 [Unique Skill] have been mentioned in the story:

二刀流 (Dual Blades): fastest reaction speed
神聖剣 (Holy Sword): strongest player

However, according to a web-anquette interview (cannot find the original source),

  Q...他にユニークスキルなど考えてましたか？
  A...90層以降、更に８種のユニークスキルがアンロックされる予定だった。『暗黒剣』『抜刀術』『手裏剣術』『無限槍』など……デザインに苦労したんだが……。

  Q...Have you thought about the other [Unique Skill]?
  A...Above Floor 90, 8 more [Unique Skill] have been planned to be unlocked. Examples are (see below), but there were troubles about the design...

  暗黒剣 (Darkness Sword): highest PK count (if-situation at floor 95, Kirito vs PoH)
  抜刀術 (Swordsmanship)
  手裏剣術 (Shuriken Technique)
  無限槍 (Infinite Spear)

Note that since they are still in planning, the real [Unique Skill] might be different.

References:

SAO Fan Wiki (Japanese)
Japanese Yahoo! Answers: 1, 2, 3
Arcadia (Japanese BBS)


What are the legality rules in terms of manga translations?

This is a matter of international copyright law, and as such is fairly complicated and depends on where you live. However, for most of the developed world the laws are fairly standardized and so, if you're willing to paint with broad brush-strokes and ignore technical nuances, the laws are all pretty universal.
Most countries in the world are parties to trade agreements and copyright agreements. The most famous of these is the Berne Convention, but there are many others. Without getting into too many technical details, what these agreements mean is that countries will respect each other's copyright and intellectual property to some degree. There are certain exemptions, such as fair use, but scanalations definitely don't fit any of these.
Japan is a partner to most countries in such agreements. That means that Japanese IP rights-holders can typically file suit against people infringing on their rights even in other countries. Alternatively, one could think about it that Japanese works also retain certain legal protections overseas, so that e.g. a U.S. manga scanalator would still be breaking the law. These laws are typically pretty broad and include a lot of different artistic media (e.g. anime) and other works which are under the protection of IP law. So, for all practical purposes, if you're distributing or obtaining copies of manga which are not officially licensed, you're probably breaking the law.
Licensing status doesn't have any legal bearing on the copyright status. Licensing is a separate issue of whether other companies may create and distribute the work (usually overseas). An unlicensed work is still probably protected under international law though. However, there are practical issues related to the cost of undergoing such legal proceedings and the fan backlash that make legal action unlikely, especially in the case of unlicensed series where the rights-holder typically has little to gain financially. This story can change drastically when more parties (e.g. sponsors) are involved.
Anime News Network has a good introductory sequence of articles about legal aspects of anime.  Of course, there are practical differences between anime and manga. Specifically, anime producers usually have both greater ability and interest in protecting their IP than manga producers. However, at least at the basic level, there's essentially no legal difference between the protections afforded to the two. Here's what they have to say about fansubbing in cases like this:

A common question that arises, is the legality of downloading a show that is not licensed or has not been released in the United States (or wherever the person may reside) yet. Although this matter is less and less of a concern for new shows thanks to streaming efforts through Hulu, Crunchyroll and other services, it is a common response from many fans of a show that they have no other means of watching it short of importing the DVDs or blu-rays from Japan (which may or may not have subtitles, let alone a dub).
The fact of the matter is however that even if a show is not licensed for release in the United States it is still protected in the United States. Several international treaties exist between nations that afford creators in one country protection of their works and rights in another. These conventions include the Berne convention, UCC Geneva, UCC Paris, TRIPS and WCT. Both Japan and the United States are signatories on all five of these agreements. Without going into the specifics of each treaty, this generally means that anime, made and produced in Japan but not yet released in the United States is STILL protected by United States code.
What fans may not be aware of, that by distributing an anime title in the United States that has not been licensed they are potentially violating the copyright of several other related companies. Anime frequently involves several sponsorships in order to fund a project. These company logos and product placements are subject to copyright or trademark protection as well and the display of their products or symbols violates intellectual property law. Thus, although one might stream an episode of Code Geass thinking that the only company they have to worry about is Bandai, Pizza Hut may in fact file an action for the use of their logo without permission. Tiger & Bunny is chock full of advertisements from Pepsi to Amazon all of whom have rights in their trademarks and images that may be infringed when displaying the original work. This is additionally true for music which can often be a separate license when a show features a musical artist who is using the series to promote their band or latest single which is often why many videos on YouTube of an anime have their audio removed by YouTube when the artist request as such. These licensing agreements can even affect a domestic distribution as was the case with Funimation's release of Haré+Guu which lacked the ending song ohashi by Eri Umihara.

I'll also point out that while fansubbers and scanalators are almost certainly legally in the wrong, the number of cases related to this is quite small. There are several reasons for this. For one, the Japanese industry is built to sell merchandise in Japan, so they have little interest in prosecuting cases overseas. The licensing industry, on the other hand, was built around an already extant culture of fansubbing, and so they've always just factored that in.
The bigger reason this doesn't happen is probably that the backlash that would occur against a licensing organization which did this is probably more costly than whatever they stand to gain. Even the backlash against Funimation for joking about suing fansub downloaders was pretty significant, and I doubt they're really interested in repeating that again. Legally speaking though, they would probably be within their rights to do so.


Does the door connects only between 2 worlds or does it connects more?

So far, all of the customers came from the same world. And all of the characters share some kind of connection. Some met each other in their world, some are from same country, some know about others from books or tales. Most of them also know same language, which allows them to read the menu.

Kuro is easy one, as she lives on the broken moon, which is visible from the ground shots. And she knows Aka, who obviously lives in same world as Aletta, who personally knows Ms. Minced Meat Cutlets, and so on.

One character who is unrelated to most is the Lizard man. But Lizard men and their tribes living in marshes were mentioned by other characters, from what I remember.

   Another reason to believe the door doesn't open to different worlds, is that the door was created and linked by Yomi the Hero, using artifact from that world.  And there would be no reason for her to link it to different worlds, she didn't knew about or cared about.


Do I have to watch Naruto before Naruto Shippuden?

You don't really have to watch the first part of Naruto before the Shippuden part, but I strongly recommend you to watch it.

There are several reasons of why you should watch the first part (or at least read the manga):

- Character development:

You will start by following the characters since their first days in the academy, and you will start to watch them grow every episode, you will know their life, their personalities, love some, and hate some, you will understand them and how they feel toward each other, and witness every single piece of event that made them arrive to what they are in the Shipudden part.

- Grow in strength:

Starting by the first Naruto part will make you start by seeing the beginners ninja techniques, you will start by seeing that creating a clone is a huge achievement ! And after long episodes and long days of training/fighting, you will start to see the development of each ones techniques and feel the value of it even if it's still small, and that's the most important part in every anime: character development, precisely for this part: the growth in strength (physical and mental). By starting with Shippuden you will start already by large techniques, strong characters, big fights.. and that's not that cool as a start.

- The Story:

Of course if you skip a part of the anime, you will skip a part of the story, precisely the childhood of the famous characters (and it was the fun part of the story, since Shippuden is a part of war).

There are several other points that you can miss by skipping the first part, but as I said first, it's not that you can't watch Shippuden directly, it's that it's better for you to grow with the characters since their first days.

There are many people who wish to lose their Naruto-memory so they can watch it again, you still didn't watch it ! don't waste this chance : )


Can you merge 2 doujutsu? And can someone with prolonged and irriversable damage in their eyes have a successful eye transplant?

As far as I know (and all the research I've made), no, you can't (as you called it) "merge" two, or more, Dōjutsus. You can have more than one at the same time, like Kaguya and her son Hagoromo.

I'm not saying it's not possible, but it just hasn't been seen in the universe of Naruto. And, as far as my knowledge goes, it hasn't been mentioned by Masashi-sensei either.

Masashi-sensei has said once that if a Byakugan user and  Sharingan user have a kid the offspring would be born with a Sharingan in one eye and a Byakugan in the other but this isn't "merging" like you wanted

For the next part of your question:

Yes, you can implant eyes to someone that has lost sight on that eye(s). The Uchiha are known do do it a lot, or they at least to it to "reach the next level" of power (in their eyes) but they are either almost or are blind when doing this.

Another huge example (of doing this) is Kakashi. He lost his eyesight on his left eyes, and then got a Sharingan, which is a Dōjutsu, implanted.

I hope my answer helps, it's mostly what I know. I did try to find some references to help better but they were just about what Dōjutsu are and some examples and their abilities, which would be useless to you (according to what you asked, or was looking for, at least, so I did not include it).

I also hope your fan fiction goes well.


Anime where character's hand transforms?

As our discussion in the comments suggest, the anime you are looking for is Mardock Scramble

  The story is about a girl named Rune Ballot who was taken in by a man named Shell who later tried to kill her and left her for dead. She is saved and turned into a cyborg. It is up to her to stop Shell and his evil gang.

Ref. Wikipedia


I suppose she's really gone. According to the wiki (spoiler for 2nd season),

   In Darker than Black: Gemini of the Meteor, Misaki discovers a reversed message left by her on a disc, which informs her of what lies ahead. Another message left by her also informs Misaki of the true nature of Izanami and Izanagi, and Amber's goal, once again, appears to be preventing the end of the known world. She also briefly appears behind Misaki, seemingly in physical form, as Misaki turns around to see her, as if registering her presence, but finds nothing. This is most likely Amber prior to her death, traveling into the future depicted in the second season to observe it.

So I believe that what she did in the end of the first season was what it seemed to be: a noble sacrifice in order to help Hei realize what he had to do. Too bad, as she was a really interesting character.


Does the manga continue the story from the anime?

The short answer is no, and the anime does in fact end (so why would there be a second season?).

The manga and anime are similar, but they diverge and quite significantly at some point so that you might consider them alternate tellings of the same story.

As Aki pointed out, there are a number of differences between the manga and the anime version.

It's been a while since I've seen and read them, but I believe the overall story is more or less the same except for the ending.


As the wiki suggests Aang also effected.

  An Avatar-level firebender can produce fire whips, the most being five
  at once. They are capable of reaching across long distances, displayed
  when Aang used the technique hundreds of feet above Ozai. This may
  have been a result of his firebending being augmented by Sozin's Comet
  or because he was in the Avatar State at the time, or possibly a
  combination of both. Each fire whip is also very wide and moves in a
  similar fashion to squid or octopus tentacles. They have enough
  destructive power to demolish large rock formations.


Why isn't Digimon consistent with its rule mechanics per story/season title?

I am incapable of giving a very good answer for this question, but I will try my best. As I have mentioned in my comment, the Digimon series is rebooted every title except for the Adventure series. The reason for this is most likely due to the fact that they feature a ageing cast instead of a Sazae-san type of show, where the characters never age, Pokemon falls into this category, so they follow Ash around for nearly 20 years.

After a little more thought, there is actually a very logical explanation for why Digimon was rebooted every time, it is mainly to keep it fun. For example, Pokemon has kept Ash at 10 so it is relatable to the children of every generation and thus keep it running for years and years, however, the defect is that Ash can never mature beyond a certain extent. Introduce Ash to new region, tell same story.

In Digimon's case, it is different, in every series, a large world threatening evil appears and the children grow and mature into near adults in their journey that spans the entire Digital World, the entire part is important as that means they are exhaustive, unlike Pokemon, which can just give a new region. Therefore, if it was Taichi and his group just going around defeating world threatening evil in a new region as they age, how horribly boring and awkward will that feel. Imagine a 20 year old jumping around shouting: "Me and Agumon will solve this with friendship!"

Therefore, to keep the Digimon series interesting while keeping the part of a world threatening evil and a journey that covers the entire world still existent and thus attract its audience, innovation is needed, so it is rebooted.

Therefore, with every series, they only thing that remains the same is

Main character: Stereotypical Hot-blooded Shounen Guy
Problem is solved through friendship and all that other rubbish
Main Digimon is also a Stereotypical Hot-blooded Shounen Guy that follows main character's ideals

With every reboot, a new creation mythos is made for the show, therefore, each series features a different Digital World with its own unique origins. The traversing part about between the worlds in the shows is actually fixed, the main thing is you need a key or a great enough power in the form of a portal is required to traverse between the worlds.

Adventure 01: Portals
Adventure 02: D-3 Digivice + digital platform such as a computer = Portal
Tamers: Portals
Frontier: Trains + Portals
Savers: Portals
Xros Wars: Xros Loader + Power = Portal

The thing about Frontier is different  only in the form of having Humans as the Digimon instead but this is most likely to be an innovation for the show in order to attract a larger group of audience, a cheap market trick.

One more thing, the concept of the DigiDestined is not present in the other series, it is only in Adventure that this concept exists as a plot device. The children in the other series is still referred as such mostly in the west only. Therefore, the point is do not think the other main characters are "chosen" like Taichi and his group. They are just a bunch of random  shounen-esque children that had a meeting with the Digimon that forever changed their lives.


Where did the term fan service came from?

Fan service (ファンサービス fan sābisu?), fanservice, or service cut (サービスカット sābisu katto?),[1][2] is a term originating from anime and manga fandom for material in a series which is intentionally added to please the audience.[3] It is about "servicing" the fan[4] - giving the fans "exactly what they want".[5] Fan service usually refers to "gratuitous titillation", but can also refer to intertextual references to other series - Wikipedia

That just about describes fan service... and to answer your question

Keith Russell regards the beginning of fan service as taking place in a permissive context, when "kids were just doing kids' stuff", which he believes allowed authors some latitude in regards to their subject matter.[17]
Beginning in the 1970s with Cutey Honey, and continuing later with other magical girl shows, fan service became more risqué. By the 1980s full frontal nudity and shower scenes became standard content for fan service.[8][22] Later, Hideaki Anno who had promised Neon Genesis Evangelion would give "every episode...something for the fans to drool over" began removing the fan service imagery in later episodes. Those later episodes that did contain fan service elements juxtaposed them with imagery of the character in some kind of emotional trauma. Since then, fan service rarely contains full nudity.[22]
Excessive content is now usually considered gratuitous regardless of its justification in relation to the narrative in which it takes place.

To expand -

Origination of Fan Service
a/o 26 September 2003...
The term "fan service" goes back to the late 80's at minimum. However, Dirty Pair was done in 1985 and clearly had fan service in mind even if they didn't expressly use the term then. The term "Gainax Bounce" has been described as fan service since their title Top wo Nerae! came out in 1988 (1). Gainax's anime parody of their own rise called 1982 Otaku no Video and 1985 Otaku no Video refers to fan service (2).
The first use of "fan service" on Usenet as refering to its current meaning was in 1994 by Hitoshi Doi (3). The actual first use of the term "fan service" on Usenet was done in 1991 by Tonghyun Kim and has a different context (3). (emphasis added by me)
By the time Gainax released Shin Seiki Evangelion in 1995, the term "fan service" was well known. This explains why on the previews for the next episode, Misato often called for more "service" or promised more "service". - source


What is the light source in inverted world?

I've made a little picture to explain the orientation of Patema's world:

WARNING: This explanation would be impossible without spoilers, so exit this question if you don't want to reveal parts of the story!

We'll explore this planet from the outside in. So, on the outside is the world like we the one we live on. It may have continental differences and other things, but nothing overly dissimilar to Earth. The light sources here are the same as ours - The Sun, Moon & Stars.

This layer (with the seas and continents) is actually where they end up at the end of the movie revealing that Age's civilisation were actually the inverts who were caught in the scientists' disaster and had their gravity reversed - despite their teachings otherwise.

The next layer is Patema's home (brown)- Tunnels in between Age's world and the outside. The cave dwellers who are her family are decendants of the people who burrowed into the earth in order to keep contact with the inverted civilisation. Despite the title - Patema is not in fact inverted - She is the correct way up. This is indicated on the picture by little red people. The light source here is mainly electric or oil-based. Some areas would have light leaking from Age's land.

The blue sector is where Age's civilisation resides. I think what people found confusing about this is the fact that looking up they were able to see the stars. But this is not actually the case, which we find out when Patema & Age take the flying ship to the innermost section.

Behind the stars that Age's civilization sees is actually a huge feat of engineering. Boiling hot machines shine light down on the citizens at timed intervals (nighttime). You may have noticed Patema & Age suffering from the heat - as not only were the machines hot with activity, they were also getting closer to the molten core of the earth [not shown in diagram]

So to answer your question, it is actually normal light from the sun and etc. All other light throughout the movie was man-produced. You can see your screenshot adapted in my diagram on the surface of the planet here (Age represented by the white person):

(I am accepting any job offers as a lead artist for anime)


How the Akatsuki members turned all "missing-nin's"?

Missing-nins are not shinobi that got exiled from home. That does not happen.

Missing-nins always are shinobi who went rouge and left their villages willingly.

No village would want a shinobi of theirs going away and possibly to some other village spilling all their secrets? Especially not very powerful shinobi who were probably high in the ranks in their respective villages.


How does navigation work in One Piece universe?

Navigating is as easy as the goodness of your maps and directional devices. So in general I would suspect navigating to be as difficult for the Strawhats as for any other pirate crew. Pirates usually have the same amount of resources to start with. If anything it should be easier for the Strawhats because Nami has been looking at maps since she was just a child. Although this advantage was never really mentioned in the series and I don't think she was actually able to exploited that knowledge (yet?).

Now you are correct in saying that it is much easier for the Marines to navigate through the world and this makes a lot of sense. The Marines and the World Government have been around for more than 800 years, since the Void Century. Therefore they were able to draw maps of the entire world and would have been able to create many eternal poses for all available islands.

Books with maps are available in local stores or libraries as we can see how Nami's room at Arlong's park was filled with these books. Pirates would be able to obtain these books, but with the WG having much greater funds, I would assume every ship to have such maps available to navigate through the seas. The fact that the Marines travel by map can be seen in chapter 321 when Aokiji takes his map to check the location the Strawhats are about to travel to.

While on the grandline, the Marines use eternal poses to navigate. This can be seen in chapter 128 when Smoker asks for an eternal pose to Alabasta. All they really need to do is contact Headquarters and they will send them an eternal pose, presumably by air similar to the newspaper birds.

With the number of smart scientist the WG would have had over the years, it wouldn't surprise me if the WG would have similar devices for New World. I don't recall there being any mention of such a device just yet though.


Which might be the first anime and manga "time loop" type

According to an article in Japanese Wikipedia, critics like Hiroki Azuma and Masachi Osawa have cited Urusei Yatsura 2: Beautiful Dreamer (1984) as the "pioneering work" or "classical work" featuring this structure in the Japanese anime/manga field. After this movie, the otaku industry experienced a surge in the use of this plot device.

Arguably, the Chapter of Strange Beings (1981) in Osamu Tezuka's masterpiece Phoenix has a similar structure, but in this case:

   the protagonist herself does not experience the loop, but is endlessly replaced by younger incarnation of herself.


Current Pokemon on her team:

Goldeen (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Staryu (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Starmie (Belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Horsea (Caught in Kanto.)

Psyduck (Accidentally caught in Kanto.)

Politoed (Evolved from Poliwhirl, which evolved from Poliwag, caught in the Orange Islands.)

Corsola (Caught in Johto.)

Gyarados (Obtained in Cerulean Gym.)

Dewgong (Evolved from Seel, belongs to Cerulean Gym.)

Luvdisc (Obtained in Cerulean.)

Azurill (Hatched from Egg given from Tracey.)

Released Pokemon:

Togetic (Evolved from Togepi, hatched from Egg found in Kanto.)

Source: MAL


Are all gold saints supposed to be equally strong?

Unless there's an interview I'm not aware of, Kurumada never said that.

What he said is that what he really cared about was trying to create them all cool and powerful, but even him cannot say which one is the strongest.

You can check that here.


Does anyone know the name of the music from 4:46 onwards in Senki Zesshou Symphogear GX episode 12?

Another Symphogear aficionado!

This piece is "S2CA/Voltage Maximum", Symphogear G OST 1 track #7. The first use of this piece was in episode 2 of Symphogear G, when Tsubasa/Chris/Hibiki use S2CA Triburst for the first time.


There is no such thing called "white" hardening, Warhammer hardening is crystal type, like female or attack titan, and Jaw hardening is neither natural nor white(crystal), but it looks like the natural type. so because armored titan is the only titan that can do natural hardening, there won't be any hardening combination.
EDIT :
I was wrong about Warhammer's body, it IS hardening but I don't think it's different from other types of hardening


Story-telling technique where the drawing style briefly gets much simpler?

It's called an Art Shift, traditionally used in western media for homages, parodies, or flashbacks; e.g. Tracer Bullet or when Calvin and Susie play house in Calvin and Hobbes. These art shifts usually last for one or more scenes, often for the duration of a specific subplot. The Japanese use art shifts in a very different way-- single-shot/panel shifts are quite common in anime and manga, and are used for comedic emphasis. Kimi ni Todoke, for example, uses this quite frequently (Kimi ni Todoke vol. 10 / ch. 42 spoilers). It is often used in conjunction with other anime/manga tropes (Cross Popping Veins, Dull Eyes of Unhappiness, Giving Up the Ghost, Nosebleed, Snot Bubble, Sweat Drop, Visible Sigh, Kewpie Doll Surprise, etc.) to convey emotion humorously, or on a specific character to show that they're acting in a way that's different from the rest of the world. It can also be used on a group of characters to show a sudden (and usually temporary) shift in tone.  Shifting into a chibi art style usually implies a comedic or moe tone.

As to your specific examples, the art shift creates an emphasis on joke-- in the first example, how Faye is forced to subvert her usual threats of violence, and in the second example, how Faye completely misssed the point.


What is the difference between king vessel and metal vessel users?

A King Vessel is a dungeon conqueror who was chosen by the djinn of the dungeon and rewarded with a metal vessel containing the power of the djinn. Almost always they are chosen by a Magi who helps them through the dungeon.

A member of the Kjng's household is someone loyal to them who carries a household vessel, imbued with power by the same djinn the King controls, they have not themselves conquered a dungeon, and have not been chosen by a Magi. They do not have the full power of the djinn, and are unable to use Extreme Magic.


How do UQ Holder! and Mahou Sensei Negima! relate?

My post primarily answers the titled question such that the answer works for people that have read and have not read Mahou Sensei Negima (MSN).

Part 1 (For people who have read MSN. If you have not read MSN, skip to part 2)

Remember Eva from MSN? She is the same person as Yukihime-sensei. Over the years, Eva figured out a way to change her appearance so she could live life more normally - as an adult.
Basically, everyone from MSN presumably died (since ~100 years have passed) except for Eva since she is an immortal vampire.

Chapter 1:

Page 1 - Eva gives her introduction
Page 2 - She shows how the people from MSN are gone now
Page 5 - Shows her current UQ team
Page 70 - Eva reveals her true identity to Touta

Chapter 2:

Page 16 - Eva reverts back to her 10 year old true form. She stays this way until page 38, where she returns back to her older fabricated form.

Part 2

Both UQ and MSN are related through Eva, although MSN followed Negi's journey (main character of MSN). UQ's story is being told by Eva, who is reflecting on the past. Eva plays an important character in both series, as her role is to train the main characters, Negi and Touta.

Also note that Touta Konoe is Negi Springfield's grandson (Ch 1 Pg 18). Given that his surname is Konoe, we can also assume he is related to Konoka Konoe from MSN as well.

While UQ Holder is the sequel to MSN, there is nothing critical that you have missed. In other words, you can read and understand UQ Holder perfectly fine without reading its prequel. There are the occasional references to MSN though, but they do not affect the plot in any way.

A good analogy for this would be the difference between Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. You can pick up Dragon Ball Z and fully understand everything without watching Dragon Ball. And in this case, UQ Holder and MSN have a time skip of 3 generations later, so every character except Yukihime is presumed dead now.


Yes, this is going to be an anime, though details are still rather sparse. If you go to their website, under the About section, it says:

  新アニメーション企画が遂に始動！

or, in English, "A new animation project is starting!". They would not describe the series that way if it were solely a Pachinko series. Anime News Network and Wikipedia both confirm that this will be some sort of anime.

At this point, that's essentially all we know. We don't know when it will be released (the "final PV" was 3 months ago, so it's probably nearing release, but there's still no date). We don't know what format it will be released in. They will be present at Comiket 84, so we're very likely to get more information in another week or so, but for now as far as I can tell they've made no definitive statements regarding release dates or format.


Where can I purchase anime soundtracks for download?

Amazon Japan has the Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso soundtrack available for download: "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso ORIGINAL SONG & SOUNDTRACK". It's an MP3 download (so not lossless, unfortunately). The whole OST is 3000 JPY (~25 USD), or you can buy individual songs (but this quickly becomes more expensive than just buying the album).

The OST does not appear to be available (losslessly) on any of the sites linked in mivilar's comment, but the Ongakuchou (consisting of the classical pieces from the show) is, at mora: "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso - Boku to Kimi no Ongakuchou". I've never used mora, but it appears they have a FLAC version of the album available for 3200 JPY, as well as a 320kbps AAC version available for 2100 JPY.

Amazon Japan has a setting somewhere for translating the UI (but not product descriptions and so forth) into English, but I'm not seeing anything similar on mora, so you may want to find a buddy who knows Japanese and/or bumble your way through Google Translate.


Why does Naruto's headband change color?

As Kuwaly state, there does not appear to be any significance in the color of their Headband's strap. The most common of all colors are either the blue or black

Navy Blue: The most common colour of forehead protectors. Many ninja keep this colour for the entirety of their ninja career.
Black: The second most common colour of forehead protectors. Some, such as Naruto Uzumaki, even switch from blue to black after the timeskip

Now the reason to why they change colors can be due to either

They do need to be replaced from time to time, especially after difficult training
They simply out grown of them, and want to change the color

In Shippuden episode 6, when Naruto is talking with Iruka over ramen, Naruto says to Iruka

The cloth on the precious Headband you gave me got all tattered

So given that information, Naruto changed his headband due to the fact that it was simply torn and needed to be replaced


Why does Madhouse produce anime with consistently high-quality animation?

There seem to be a few points that have or could have led to high-quality anime coming out of Madhouse.

It is a relatively old company. Having been started in 1972, it has had time to grow and figure out its style, at least compared to many anime studios which are from the 1990s or 2000s.
"Unlike other studios founded at this time such as AIC and J.C.Staff, their strength was and is primarily in TV shows and theatrical features. Expanding from the initial Mushi Pro staff, Madhouse recruited such important directors as Morio Asaka, Masayuki Kojima, and Satoshi Kon during the 1990s. Their staff roster expanded in the 2000s to include Mamoru Hosoda, Takeshi Koike, and Mitsuo Iso, as well as many younger television directors." (x) That shows a relatively strong set of directors.
They have a subsidiary company that focuses on computer graphics and a Korean animation studio that they have invested in and outsource to. Those show effort put into having work being done by those who specialize in it and are good at it.
They've collaborated with a number of big names in manga like CLAMP and Naoki Urasawa.

While the studio itself doesn't seem to be huge (about 70 employees, compared to 130 from Kyoto Animation, 120 from Production I.G., and 2010 from Nippon Animation), it has been a subsidiary since 2011 of Nippon Television, which is a massive television network in Japan. That may give it access to additional funds that would allow them to invest more into animation.


I am not entirely sure about the credibility of this but it does make sense and the only info I could find. Taken from the wiki under Trivia and from this answer

  Haki appears to be similar in principle to common types of Qi (Chi)
  found in various other anime and manga series; which is based on the
  concept of "qi" (or "life-force") in Chinese philosophy.
  The concept of Kenbunshoku Haki, known to Skypieans as Mantra, is
  loosely based on the style of thinking in Hinduism, which goes by the
  same name.

The original Japanese term is ki (pronounced the same as "key", written as 気). It can also be spelled chi or qi. The same term is used for a concept in martial arts.


Why does Goku wear a different Gi in DBGT?

He wore this even during the last episodes of dragon ball z when he went off to train with Uub so think it just continued from there.


What is the music that plays in episode 46 of Shippuden

Found it.
Sai theme Naruto Shippuden - Sai theme song


Where is this gif of a girl turning into stone(?) and breaking apart from

I'm not completely sure, but I think this is from one of the episodes towards the end of Haibane Renmei, where Reki, who is the character here

   finally is forced to confront her problems.

Off the top of my head, I don't remember the episode number. I'll try to look in the Haibane Renmei tag or the one for Reki on Tumblr to double-check this, since I think I've seen something like this there before.

The series is based off of some doujinshi by Yoshitoshi ABe, and follows the progress of a character named Rakka once she comes to an enclosed town and finds that she is one of the Haibane, who have grey wings and a disk on their heads.

Update: Wikipedia's episode list suggests that this is from the final episode (13), where

   [Reki] throws Rakka out of her studio, confronts a crumbling stone manifestation of herself, and relives her dream.

Rewatching the episode on YouTube (beware of spoilers - this is the last episode), the build-up to the scene begins at around 4:50, the actual scene starts slightly after 13:15.


That's because Shiryu gave them the antidote before joining their crew.

It happen in episode 452 of the anime and in chapter 549 of the manga.


Who exactly is running the One Piece government?

Your question in the title and in the message aren't the same so I'll answer the first one.

  The World Government is a political organization comprised of the
  majority of the world at large, ruled by the Gorosei.

The Gorosei is composed of 5 members and on the wiki they say :

  The Gorosei (literally meaning "Five Elder Stars") are the heads of
  the World Government, and as such, they essentially rule the entire
  world. They are the five men who rule above the Marines, Cipher Pol,
  and the ones who made a pact with the Shichibukai, making them one of
  the main antagonists of the series.

As you said :

  So far, none of their names have been revealed.

And about their screentime since they are the organization recruiting the Shichibukai, we can guess they will be the last organization that Luffy's team will fight. But this is just a guess since your question can't be answered until the manga is finished.

Here you can check my source and learn more about them : http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Gorosei


Why does Suzuki speak in both English and Japanese?

In the Kabaneri universe, the steam technology that powers all their steampunk stuff was initially developed outside Japan. The particular system that drives the railforts is named the "McRucky engine", and is of British design. The first major outbreak of kabane was reportedly somewhere in eastern Europe.

It seems plausible that most steamsmiths would be from Europe (perhaps Britain in particular) given that that's where steam technology originated. Suzuki could well be a steamsmith from Europe who ended up in Japan, perhaps fleeing the kabane (Japan, being an island on the periphery of Afro-Eurasia, is about as far as you can get from eastern Europe without hopping over to the Americas). In this case, it would be unsurprising that his speech is 1.) heavily accented; and 2.) has a heavy admixture of English.

(Don't be fooled by his Japanese-seeming name - in the real world around the time of the Industrial Revolution, it was common for Westerners in Japan to take Japanese names. See, for example, Lafcadio Hearn, who was known in Japan as "Koizumi Yakumo".)

It is likely that the manga and/or light novels will have more detail about this, but I have not read any of them. Likewise, if they ever release one of those production-notes compilations, that'd be a good thing to have a look at.

  it seems that the English words may even be voiced by someone else, as they sound incredibly out of place with the Japanese dialogue

Suzuki's voice actor, Maxwell Powers, is fluent in both languages. His YouTube channel has some examples of his non-anime voice work. According to his Japanese Wikipedia article, he grew up in the US, so he's clearly a native speaker of English, and his mother is Japanese and he went to college in Japan, so it's no surprise that his Japanese is pretty good too. It's pretty clear to me that he voices all of Suzuki's lines.

(Incidentally, he apparently is emceeing the live event "Koutetsujou no Utage" which is happening as I type.)


Are titan's other weakness the underground?

There is no evidence to suggest that being underground/confined spaces can actually be a weakness for Titans. However there isn't any evidence supporting the contrary as well.

A definite strategic disadvantage of underground transformation is obvious (due to the restricted space for movement and the lack of visibility).

However in the corresponding chapter, you would do well to notice that the Titan smashes the tunnel from outside, all too easily. So underground colonization is a definite NO.

There is also no hard evidence on whether sunlight is a primary source of power for Titans. If that were the case, then Annie's transformation in the forest would have degenerated (no/minimal sunlight there).

Also (as suggested by @mirroroftruth), the use of forests is mainly because of the better 3D maneuver environment. However from my perception, undergrounds are just as bad an environment for 3D maneuvers, as they may be for Titans.


How did Saber become more linked to lions than dragons?

The Lion reference can be dated back to her childhood. it's not mentioned on her page but Sir Kay's section. Sir Kay is the son of Sir Ector who Merlin left Arturia in the care of, that makes him Arturia's step brother though she had thought of him as her real brother (despite knowing the truth).

  Once while attending to her while she was sick, she told him that she would like to have a dream of a lion running on a grass field. He fashioned a poorly carved wooden lion that looked like a combination between a dog and a cat, and left it by her bedside. When she thanked him and told him that she had a pleasant dream of a young lion, Kay was shocked as he intended to make a decrepit old lion that would have been unable to hurt a rat. He had been worried that the lion might pounce on her in her dreams.

so while she is linked to Dragons, Lions was apart of her upbringing as the brother she loved carved her a lion when she was sick which most likely became a very cherished possession of hers and it's probably a subconscious thing of Arturia's extending from this. not entirely sure as to why she wanted to dream about a lion in the first place

I'm not sure as to how much of an impact this trait of Arturia's is on the story. Saber Lion is a parody much like how Magical Amber and other Magical Girls in the Nasuverse is a parody of Magical Girls. as far as i know it's not stated if the original Arthurian Legend depicts lions in the context of a connection with Arthur (the Pendragon Coat of arms normally depicts, as one would expect, dragons. According to Wikipedia Sir Tristran's earliest attributed coat of arms had lions however Kay's Lion would predate this) or if any derived works do or even which legend Kinoko Nasu may have used as a basis for Arturia

If i was to fashion a guess it is probably to make a more unique Arthurian Legend. Mordred is practically Incest from the most bizarre method, Nero, Frankenstien and Great Holy Grail War Jack are all women and most of the Hassan-i-Sabbah are described as not having faces at all so quite possibly while they all have a base real life legend Kinoko Nasu alters them slightly to have a bit for freedom in developing their backgrounds and legends to suit his needs.


How CC dispel the Emperor's Geass of Lelouch?

Lelouch's power is "the power of absolute obedience"
Mao can hear the thoughts of anyone within 500 meters which is refereed to as "the seal of absolute sound"
Rolo can create a sphere which freezes people known as "the seal of absolute suspension"

while these are the only ones where their powers are actually named we can assume that the power of Geass is Absolute, it's not explained how a Geass power is absolute over one another, as all Geass Uses used a different power and when we see them used on Lelouch they affect different parts of him (Rolo's affected one's sense of time, Mao could read his mind, Charles seemed to be able to manipulate his memories)

Rai from Lost Colours had an non optical version of Lelouch's power however he never (to my knowledge) uses it on Lelouch, Shin Hyuga Shing's Geass seems like Lelouch's however it seems to more relate to people dying and we see him use it during Akito of the Exiled, when Lelouch's Geass was sealed (so even if the 2 met we wouldn't know how Lelouch's Geass would react due to it's sealed state)

Given in most cases Geass seems absolute apart from some weakness like Lelouch and Rai can't using it on people a second time or Rolo's heart stopping, the Geass Code which is what C.C and Charles has would be absolute aswell, since all Geass Powers come from a Code barer and a contractors powers have no effect on them (we see Lelouch try and command C.C and Charles) it could be that they are absolute over contractors, Lelouch even argues with C.C she could have terminated her contract with Mao but he may have been referring to killing Mao rather than stripping him of his power.

Something which may be able to back this up is Jeremiah Gottwald's Geass Canceler which was developed by the Geass Order. C.C was it's previous Director followed by V.V before finally Charles, Charles's Code came from V.V so all Directors of the Order had the Code, Bartley also mentions at one stage that they captured C.C some time after she left to study her which could indicate that the Geass Canceler may have been an application of their studies of the Code given the order would research the Code first in order to duplicate Geass Contracts

i should point out this is mainly just speculation from what i've seen in the series, there are a lot of mysteries to Geass which have yet to be revealed.


How much time has passed in-universe in Detective Conan?

Technically the story plays out in real time, but realistically it is at the whim of the author.

Assuming the cases appear in chronological order. You'll notice that none of the characters ever age or even graduate. There are many discrepancies the Eisuke/Kir Arc alone has some serious and problematic time discrepancies. It starts with the Nail and Snake Arc which took place a week or so after New Years and then continues to some cases later in the Clash of Red and Black arc which climaxing in a certain person's death. Eisuke vanished around 18th to 19th of December... so chronologically speaking a year should have passed... but did it? Ask Gosho Aoyama.


What does it mean for animation to be done "on ones" or "on twos"?

Basically:
Fundamentally, all anime today is produced at a rate of 24 frames per second. This is the same framerate used for most (all?) film today (e.g. in Hollywood movies). For a filmmaker with a camera, this just means setting your camera to expose 24 frames of film each second. But for an animator, this means drawing 24 images for each second of animation. This can be time-consuming.
To reduce the amount of drawing that needs to be done, many animations reuse images for multiple frames - rather than drawing 24 images for each second, they might draw just 12 or 8 images for each second, and then repeat each image for two or three consecutive frames. That is, one second of animation would look like the "twos" or "threes" row on the following schematic, in which each letter represents a different image and each column represents one frame:
frame#  01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

ones    A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X
twos    A--A  C--C  E--E  G--G  I--I  K--K  M--M  O--O  Q--Q  S--S  U--U  W--W
threes  A--A--A  D--D--D  G--G--G  J--J--J  M--M--M  P--P--P  S--S--S  V--V--V

As the schematic suggests, using 12 distinct images per second is called "shooting on twos" or "animating on twos", and likewise, using 8 distinct images per second is called "shooting on threes". Drawing a distinct image for each frame is "shooting on ones", and is akin to what happens in film.
But note that:
Mind you, it is not necessarily the case that all the pieces that go together to form a particular segment of animation will be shot at the same rate. For example, if you have some people walking in the foreground with a pan over a static backdrop in the background, the foreground might be animated on threes (since the walking animation doesn't need to be all that fluid), while the background might be animated on ones (since it takes very little extra effort to shoot more frames on a pan).
Most animation in anime is done on ones, twos, or threes - anything slower will look decidedly jerky. Nonetheless, you can speak of shooting on fours (6 images per second) or fives (24 images per 5 seconds) or higher numbers as well. Rates that are effectively non-integral are also possible, e.g. "shooting on two-point-fives", as below, is not uncommon:
frame#  01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24

2.5s    A--A  C--C--C  F--F  H--H--H  K--K  M--M--M  P--P  R--R--R  U--U  W--W--

But I don't know if there is an actual name for doing that. If there is one, though, I'd bet that "shooting on two-point-fives" isn't it.


What is the meaning of Arakawa Under the Bridge's opening theme song?

In an English fan dub of the OP here, they use "Jesus" as a curse word, but I haven't found anything on Japanese people doing that, so I would assume they could not decipher the meaning and just went with what sounded good.
Jesus is also mentioned in the title so it seems to refer to a person.

Another thing to think about is the "I'm in hell again" line. Is that meant to tie in?
Well, the Japanese word used "地獄"　can refer to either the Buddhist hell or the Christian one. (Used in Mark 9:43-44.)
It doesn't seem to refer specifically to the Christian hell.
As the full word was "生き地獄", I think a more accurate translation may be "hell on earth".

It may just be another instance of "use Christian themes to sound cool" thing. Random Christian stuff like crosses and such are added in to Japanese media a lot because it is exotic and strange to them. Using "Jesus" in a song is an example of that I have seen before.

As Arakawa Under the Bridge is very random, it's hard to tell. The perspective of the song appears to change between the stanza and the person who translated it is actually French, and from what I can gather, some bits may not be entirely accurate. However, the French version seems to take some liberties that are not in the Japanese for some reason. I also looked at this translation which varies slightly.

Basically: The song is random like the series, and the use of "Jesus" is just to make it sound cool.

Coincidentally, Hikaru Nakamura, the mangaka of Arakawa Under the Bridge also writes another great series called Saint☆Oniisan, which is a slice-of-life about Jesus and the Buddha on holiday living in an apartment in Tokyo. Probably nothing to do with it, but it's pretty interesting.


In what order should I watch Daily Lives of High School Boys series?

"This story has a proper ending"

Sarcasm

It's more or less a running-gag of the show that it has no real ending.

   Actually, the ending repeats the first scene of the anime, where the three friends go to school again (just weirder), although their school-time (and story) should be over.

I think you should watch the 12 normal episodes and then the specials. I can't remember them, however, but the main anime works without them.


Has there ever been a Pokemon battle with a time limit?

The main concept of Pokemon battle is to fight the opposition's Pokemon until his or her Pokemon is unable to battle (Which is usually determined by a referee). A time constraint is only seen in Contest Battles. In Contest Battles, there is a bar which decreases based on the appeal of the opponents attack more than the actual power. So in other words, it is no technically a HP bar. However, in regular Pokemon battles, a time constraint wouldn't technically  be possible because:There's not actual HP Bar to determine which Pokemon has more health.Battles generally allow trainers to switch Pokemon and hence one Pokemon might start off with lesser health compared to the other and the time constraint wouldn't be fair while determining which Pokemon has more health left.Finally, most anime battles(Ash's battles), involve Ash having trouble in the start and then overcoming the difficulty and beating his opponent. This concept wouldn't work again with a time constraintHowever, in the games, a time limit exists because trainers could potentially keep stalling, keep spamming the same moves etc in a repetitive manner causing the battle to go on for hours.


Opening     D-tecnoLife
Ending   Happypeople


It's the Reiji Maigo.

It's a tool that was created between the two lovers (Johann and Pheles) to grant eternal life to those that are not Flame Haze. This is because:

  Johann is a Mystes, while his lover is not. They wanted their life to last forever together, so this was created to allow Johann to live forever. However, this backfires a bit later as you will discover in the series. In the end, after the defeat of Sabrac and the ending of Shakugan no Shana, this resolves itself a bit, though.

The Silver and Reiji Maigo is a powerful entity that the Ball Masque want. They attempt to use it later in Season 3 to create a gateway to another world for all the "Guze no Tomogara" (Crimson Denizens). There is nothing particularly special about Yuji having this except that he was randomly endowed with it when it was sealed away from Johann.

   This is due to Sabrac, who is later found part of Ball Masque and killed.

All in all, the keeper is a source of infinite existence that the Ball Masque want to create Xanadu.


Has the new Gundam series copied Aldnoah Zero?

I think both series are just drawing upon many common tropes and most prominently ∀ Gundam, which sports a very similar plot to both series and also predates both.
Although in that case it's the Moon instead of Mars and it's more about an ongoing invasion than trying to be liberated from anything.

More examples include, the majority of the rest of the Gundam Franchise.


Did Naruto's children inherit Kurama's chakra?

It's hard to know, really. So far Kishimoto hasn't really shown anything aside from them inheriting Naruto's whisker marks, which he had most likely got from Kurama being sealed in Kushina when she was pregnant (if you look closely at Kurama, he has the same exact whisker marks on his cheeks though wilder looking). So they might have inherited some influence from him through genetics, but not a lot since Hinata was the one carrying them.

Mostly I think they more inherited the Uzumaki genes (and clearly Hyuga) and maybe a diluted bit of Kurama's chakra since the Double Tetragram Seal was supposed to steadily siphon it into Naruto's system, but I don't know if that's still the case after the war and Rikudou Sennin's interference.

So the effect might have just been larger reserves, which would be hard to tell when Uzumaki have inherently huge reserves.

(Though on another note, it would be cool if that meant Himawari could use the chakra chains like Kushina and Karin, since it seems to be a female trait).


How did Saitama defeat a monster before becoming a hero?

In the anime and manga, Saitama starts off as a reasonably fit, unemployed salaryman (he's notably more non-descript in the original webcomic). He's not as cut as he is portrayed in the present time, but certainly not doughy or without definition.

Saitama's fight with Crabante, his first monster fight, is indicative of the mindset that would deliver him unto extreme power: don't stop until it's done, and ignore your limits. He fights through pain and Crabante's superior power to take advantage of Crabante's weak point and saves the day.

In the manga there is a sidestory chapter (Volume 2, Bonus chapter) that takes place around 300 days into his training to be a hero. He still has his full head of hair.  He's in a great deal of pain through the initial part of the story, but near the end an attacking monster hits him while he's out doing his running and knocks out his tooth

   which turns out to be the source of Saitama's pain, as he had an awful toothache in exactly that tooth.

This restores Saitama's focus (and he suffers no other form of damage, despite being launched through a wall), and he quickly one-shots the monster and simply continues on with his running like it was no big deal.

Indeed, there's a second sidestory chapter that takes place during his training days (Volume 3, Bonus Chapter 1).  This one I don't think specifies exactly when it occurs, but he still has his hair.  Saitama's out in the city and really, really needs to pee.  But he can't get inside anywhere to use a bathroom because everyone's hiding from a huge attacking monster (Cicada Nymph).  Saitama runs pee-dance-style trying to find one and one-shots the monster when it gets in his way.  I don't think Saitama really even registered the monster (either as a threat or even existing), being more focused on finding somewhere to pee.

Which is all to say that Saitama does appear to have a meteoric rise in power, but in his fight against Crabante his only extraordinary ability appeared to be his willpower and courage. He does not achieve his ultimate power until he loses all of his hair, but even before he has shown any hair loss (it's not specified if he lost it somewhat gradually, or all-at-once, or what) he is able to take powerful hits with little to no damage, and can one-shot monsters.

Incidentally, the bullying thing you mentioned is in the Volume 1 bonus chapter.


This is just speculation but I believe Saiyans are capable of breathing in space for short periods of time unlike Freeza who can live without oxygen indefinitely.

Also assuming Super follows The battle of gods movie, Goku could still be within/close to the earth's atmosphere.

Bardock has also been seen flying through space in his special although that was technically filler.

The most likely answer is that it is simply a retcon, Akira Toriyama is known to have a bad memory when it comes to the Dragon Ball universe and so it is likely that he just simply forgot that Saiyans were incapable of doing so.


Why did Orochimaru go for Sasuke instead of Naruto?

The main reason why Orochimaru wanted Sasuke rather than Naruto, was Itachi Uchiha.

Sasuke Uchiha, was developing into the prodigy that his elder brother Itachi was. Orochimaru had experienced Itachi's power first hand. And it proved too great for him.

Another reason, was the Uchiha clan's famed Sharingan. Itachi's prowess with his Sharingan was outstanding. Orochimaru expected the same from Sasuke.

Since Orochimaru couldn't take control of Itachi's body, he decided to settle for his younger brother's.

As to why Naruto wasn't chosen, Orochimaru favoured Sasuke over Naruto. Because at that time, Naruto was at the back of the class, and Sasuke was the Uchiha prodigy. Also, the fact that Sasuke is Sharingan abled and Itachi's brother, outweighed Naruto's overall.

The two reasons as to why Orochimaru used the Five Elements Seal:

He wanted to disallow Naruto from using the Kyubi's chakra.
And to tamper his control over his own chakra.