Did Kakashi ever love Rin or at least feel anything for her?

As you already mentioned in your question,

  Mangekyo is, indeed, initially awakened by the trauma suffered from witnessing the death of someone close to the user. However, Uchiha have historically misunderstood this criteria as the user needing to be responsible for the person's death, and for that reason they developed the practice of killing their closest friends in order to gain the Mangekyō Sharingan.

But, it depends upon each individual and the amount of trauma felt by him/her whether the Mangekyo is "completely" activated immediately, as in the case with Obito, or after some time, as with Sasuke and Kakashi.

Obito loved Rin deeply, and thus the trauma suffered by him, on watching her die, was catastrophic. Thus, he "completely" activated the Mangekyo immediately. Rin was not just a team-mate of Kakashi but also a dear friend to him who remained with both Obito and Kakashi since their childhood.  So Kakashi too had a good bonding and a feeling of friendship with Rin, but he did not love her in the way as Obito did. That's why, Kakashi too activated the Mangekyo at the time Obito did, although "momentarily", and also because of his Sharingan's resonance with Obito's Sharingan (as both the Sharingan belonged to Obito originally), as is shown in Episode No. 345 of Naruto Shippuuden:

After this scene, Kakashi loses his conciousness owing to the stress put upon him by the activation of Mangekyo. However, Obito goes on to kill the Amegakure Shinobi (Ninja of the Rain village) because of his drive of emotions deeply centred around Rin, and his complete activation of Magekyo.

Thus, you can say that Kakashi had feelings of friendship towards Rin, but not the same as the feelings of love that Obito had.


Comedy anime about an American student going to Japan

That sounds a bit like Labyrinth of Flames. (Ignore the plot description on that page; it's absolutely, utterly wrong. I just linked it for the extra picture.)

The main character is a Russian obsessed with samurai who's invited by a Japanese girl to her family estate, which is a big ninja mansion. She gives him a sword to seal their marriage since she wants him to defeat her rich fiancé. Her father is spending time with two sexy women who turn out to be ninjas in disguise trying to steal something from him. There was a blonde American cowgirl in a Jeep who I think was some kind of reporter, although she carried a gun (a revolver, of course).

There was a ton of nudity and barely any plot. It sounds quite a bit like what you're describing.


How much time did straw hat pirate need to travel to the next island?

No, usually it takes them few days to reach that destination, why that is not shown is because nothing interesting is happening. We usually are only shown the stuff that is happening or when there is some important crew interaction ongoing.

One of the earliest examples i can think of is when Luffy has recruited Ussop and they meet the two bounty hunters(Joni&Yosaku). They are talking about a chef and they tell Luffy that he can find one on a sea restaurant, but it will take them 2-3 days to reach it from the place where they currently are (the chapter in question is 42, page ~19).
Another example is the travel time between Dressrosa and Zou.

Most islands require some time to pass, but since nothing interesting is happening there, Oda just skips those days.

Here is another relevant question:
How much time have the Straw Hats spent with each other?

Some general one piece timeline(although you did not ask for this, but it cannot hurt):
http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/World_Timeline


What is the connection between the manga and movie of "Abyss of Hyperspace"?

For Abyss of Hyperscape, the manga is an adaptation of the movie.
Wikipedia mentioned about this in a brief,

A manga adaptation of the film illustrated by Chibimaru began serialization in Media Factory's Monthly Comic Alive from February 2014.

However, the confusion between the continuity between the manga and the anime might arise because the anime overtook the original source (light novel)'s progress.
From Japanese Wikipedia,

原作の第3巻がまだあらすじしかできていない時期にアニメ化の企画が動き始めたため、第1話から第18話までは原作の第1巻から第3巻までに準拠した内容となっており、第19話以降は時系列的に現時点ではアニメオリジナルエピソードとなっている（原作10巻巻末時点で、まだ2年目の6月末）。また、当初は2011年後半に放送が予定されていたものが2012年にずれこんだ。そういった時間的余裕もあり、第1話の放送前に全26話の制作を完了した。制作に余裕を持てた状況も、前述のような異色の展開や実験に寄与している。原作のスペースオペラ的側面はやや薄められており、異星人的な種族などは登場しない。ただし最古参の海賊が存命しているなど、原作の要素は残っていたり、アニメ版からの逆輸入設定も有る。
Since the anime's production planning was about to start when the 3rd volume of the original source (light novel) had only a summary, episode 1-18 would be based on volume 1-3, and episode 19 and later would be anime original story based on the present time chronologically. However, while the broadcast was planned to start in the second-half of 2011, it was delayed until 2012. Because of the time allowance, the production for the whole 26 episodes has finished before episode 1 was broadcast. Moreover, the time allowance made it possible for the production to contribute to the different plot development and experiments. The "space opera" feeling from the original source was reduced, and alien-like races were not introduced. However, regarding the oldest pirate being alive and more, some plot from the original source still remained, but also some of the settings from the anime got adapted into the light novel too.

To summarize:

The light novel was adapted into a manga, and partially into an anime.
The anime continued with an original story while the light novel was still in progress.
The movie continued the anime, and a new manga adapted it.


do you think there are backups in the throne of heroes?

There is...so to speak. All Servants summoned from the Throne of Heros are actually copies of the originals.

  Even the Holy Grail lacks the power to summon a true Heroic Spirit, so the process is facilitated by summoning them into one of seven vessels prepared beforehand. The Greater Grail makes a copy using information from the "main body" of the Heroic Spirit, an "emanation", that returns to them as information, in the form of a soul, upon the death of the Servant. Disconnected from the "main body", they are able to know of the actions of the Servant through records, as if reading a book. Due to this, any Heroic Spirit summoned in multiple Holy Grail Wars will lack knowledge of previous summonings. The only exemption is King Arthur due to her unique circumstances.

Source: Servants - Nature (2nd paragraph)

However, you'll note that it says the only exception is King Arthur (Arturia). This is because she isn't a Heroic Spirit yet.

  Before her last breath, she appealed to the world; in exchange for services as a Heroic Spirit, she asked to be given an opportunity seek the Holy Grail to save her country.

Source: Saber (Fate/Stay Night) - Profile - Identity - Downfall (2nd Paragraph)

What this means is that when Arturia is summoned she isn't being summoned from the Throne of Heroes, and instead is being summoned as a part of her deal with the world to seek the Holy Grail. It's for this reason why in the 5th Holy Grail War she had memories of the 4th War.

I can't find anything which indicates that a Counter Guardian is another exception but EMIYA seemed to believe he wasn't a clone.

  Even knowing that the Throne of Heroes was isolated from time and space, Archer desperately came to believe that his only hope of release was to have himself summoned into an era where Shirou Emiya exists and kill his past self, hoping that the double paradox created by Shirou Emiya being killed before having a chance to make the contract with Alaya and that the killing was done by a Shirou Emiya who successfully made the contract with the world would create a time paradox great enough in magnitude that could potentially erase his existence as a Counter Guardian.

Source: Archer - Profile - Identity (4th paragraphg)

Of course, even if EMIYA wasn't a clone, his plan would still fail because he was in another timeline. Even if he killed a past version of himself, this would only deprive that reality of Shirou possibly becoming a Counter Guardian. I recall reading that in the timeline EMIYA came from, the 5th Holy Grail War did not end in any of the ways shown in the visual novel and that EMIYA witnessed The Shadow's destruction which is why in Heaven's Feel he abandons his plan to kill Shirou and instead returns to his former duty as a Counter Guardian in order to destroy The Shadow (which he comments he has seen before).

Also with your comment

  Killing him, even with Shiki's MEoDP would only destroy his Grail-granted body

This is true. However, as I explain in this answer, which Shiki one refers to affects the likelihood of that Shiki being able to kill a Servant. Even when their Mystic Eyes allow them to kill a Servant, in the end it still comes down to combat ability. Tohno Shiki has problems maintaining his because of his migraines, and Ryougi Shiki can maintain an on-par level defensive fight.

  [Ryougi Shiki's] combat ability is only possibly around the level of Ciel, allowing her to manage a defensive fight against a being on the level of a Servant. While still much stronger than [Tohno] Shiki, who holds no hope in even competing with a Servant defensively

the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are only a slight advantage in scoring an instant death blow, the user still has to be able to fight (or atleast get in close) to beliver the attack

But as for "How can the counter guardians die?" outside the Holy Grail War this has yet to be seen since really the only Counter Guardian we see is EMIYA and this is in the form of a Servant.

considering that Counter Guardians are a Counter Force for Ayala, the collective unconsciousness of mankind and the drive for survival, one can assume that if they aren't being copied when they get summoned they can die but my only basis for this is because Counter Guardians were once human and thus do have a concept of death, as opposed to Aristoteles who don't have concepts of damage or death in which the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception wont work

  Beings like Type Mercury and other Ultimate Ones lack the concept of death entirely, so the ability will not affect them under any circumstance.

Source: Mystic Eyes of Death Perception - Workings - Points (3rd paragraph)


Are Kaguya's attacks fueled by Natural Chakra?

Every individual on Earth has chakra. That chakra initially originated from the Shinju (a.k.a Ten-Tails). However, Natural chakra (or Senjutsu chakra) is the ever-present unlimited energy on the planet. Its usage depends on the shinobi's ability to draw and maintain it during battle.

Kaguya's chakra is not the same as natural chakra but it is the same chakra that is present in all the shinobi or rather, the original form of chakra present in all the shinobi's.

Hagoromo's chakra is a combination of the Ten-Tails as well as Senjutsu chakra. Which was why, when he shared it to Naruto and Sasuke, they were able to inflict damage to Madara, who was the host of Ten-Tails at the moment.


There is no explanation given in the manga about Waya using the nickname "Zelda".

However, the adult person explaining computer/internet go to Hikaru says something like "Mmhh, with a nickname like 'Zelda', this person is probably a kid. On the internet you never know..."

This helps Hikaru to understand that Sai can play on the internet without giving away his true identity. Because "Zelda" is a nickname anybody can choose. It doesn't give away anything on your identity. You could be a boy or a girl, a teenager or an adult, ...

I believe the nickname "Zelda" was chosen (by the scenarist) because, like you said, anybody knows about "the legend of Zelda" reference even if you didn't play the videogame. Having a person saying "His nickname is 'Zelda', he must be a kid" is something every reader will understand.

Furthermore, Waya knows how to handle a computer and we can safely assume he plays videogames. Akira and Hikaru are all about go, but Waya is more a "normal" or "typical" teenager. Even if he is an insei, he has other interests than go.


Is it shown in the Manga the moment when Watari becomes aware of "the lie"?

Well, technically the "lie" was

   Kaori liking Watari, so whether Kousei likes Kaori or not wasn't a direct indication.

Even very early on in Chapter 3 page 5:

   Watari half-jokingly boasts about Kaori and implies Kousei has intentions for her. Kousei rejects this suggestion, because "she likes Watari", thus it was "impossible". To which Kousei did give him some form of open competition by telling him only Kaori can decide what's impossible for him.

Also much later on,

   When Watari decides to encourage Kousei to visit Kaori more, he admits that Kaori always turns to Kousei and that Watari himself feels unable to help. This is also shown in the anime. At this point Watari is probably at least subconsciously aware that Kousei is probably as important to Kaori as he is (at least) (This is however my take on it)

The anime is quite filial to the manga, as the events are followed quite closely. Any variation comes from the differences in emphasis between certain scenes but is outside the scope of this question.

In summary, the manga hints as much as the anime about how much Watari knows and it is never clearly stated.

   We can only guess that perhaps that this one time, Watari "lost" a girl he really liked to Kousei, and that he probably didn't want to admit it himself as we see the parting shot where he stares at the picture of him and Kaori on his phone. Or maybe perhaps he knew all along and was lying to himself. There is no confirmation either way.

However, as far as how much Watari suspects, the first real evidence of this is from the manga, Chapter 21, page 31, where they were talking after Watari played some football.

Kaori gave an affirmative to being asked if she "likes" Kousei and Watari even says that he has thought as much, meaning that he actually suspected it then. However, Kaori gave a cop out answer stretching the meaning of "like" and says that she likes everyone.

Thus Kaori never admitted to Watari, so as a technicality, Watari never knew for sure. But surely he had strong suspicions all the way.


Anime about old people nursed in high-tech beds

Sounds like you're looking for Roujin Z:

  Roujin Z is set in early 21st century Japan. A group of scientists and hospital administrators, under the direction of the Ministry of Public Welfare, have developed the Z-001: a computerized hospital bed with robotic features. The Z-001 takes complete care of the patient: it can dispense food and medicine, remove excretory waste, bathe and exercise the patient lying within its frame. The bed is driven by its own built-in nuclear power reactor — and in the event of an atomic meltdown, the bed (including the patient lying within) would become automatically sealed in concrete. The first patient to be "volunteered" to test the bed is a dying widower named Kiyuro Takazawa. He is an invalid who is cared for by a young nursing student named Haruko. The electronic elements within the Z-001 somehow manage to transcribe Takazawa's thoughts through Haruko's office computer, and he uses the communication to cry for help.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZH4K3OkRqL8


What does this eagle symbol/crest mean in Re:Zero?

It's the same symbol as the one on Emilia's outfit. Was this when Subaru was wearing Emilia's cloak?


Why are anime music videos admitted in anime conventions?

This is actually a legal gray area. Typically, since nobody's making money of of them, the copyright holders don't usually pursue the claim. But it is ultimately at the whim of the copyright holder. The conventions typically get permission from their sponsors to do AMV screenings, the content show is usually owned by at least one of the sponsors. As they see it, it's free publicity for them at the convention.

Typically AMVs don't qualify as fair use. Though it is highly debated, you will most likely risk getting into legal trouble with copyright infringement if you attempt to use a fair-use defense.

Fair use allows someone to use copyrighted material for certain purposes where its use cannot practically be avoided. For example, if you review a movie, including a few very brief clips of the movie can generally be fair use, because it's difficult to review something without giving the readers a frame of reference. Here the copyrighted material is used to illustrate a concept or idea. This concept can also be applied to content used for educational purposes such as a supplement to lessons being taught in a class. Additionally, protected forms of free speech might unavoidably use or make reference to copyrighted materials, as when a political action group wants to make a point about an undesirable candidate and prepares a parody of his own campaign commercials. Note that most parodies recreate material and don't copy it wholesale.

Ultimately the decision is up to the copyright holders according to the Digital Millennial Copyright Act.

Here's Funimation take on this, from their copyright specialist Evan Flournay:

  "For elements of media that are owned by more than one party, such as the underlying animation, enforcement usually falls upon the party with rights for that territory where such use takes place. Regarding AMV's and fan videos, we don't mind most fan videos, including AMVs. The main reasons for this are that they can often serve a promotional purpose, and legally, they can sometimes constitute Fair Use. The basic thinking going into fan videos is thus: if it whets the audience's appetite, we'll leave it alone. But if it sates the audience's appetite, it needs to come down. Does that make sense?"

Evan Flournay's personal belief is that AMVs should be considered fair use, but that's his legal opinion; and if he decides that a video that includes his intellectual property is not worth taking down, it's within his legal right as the content owner to do so.

Each copyright holder might have their own right view of their legal right, some might turn the other way, others may encourage it (because they are), while some just don't like it at all.


How does Sara become a child in Mermaid Melody?

Sara had lost her memories but the few fragments of her former self who loved Masahiro created a body. So the child form of Sara is the feeling she had for Masahiro.


Does Akito the Exiled have anything to do with Code Geass?

In a sense, it does relate to the 2 seasons but not as a continuation of R2, Akito of the Exiled is set between the 2 seasons of Lelouch of the Rebellion during the 1 year gap, in it Britannia is putting pressure on it's EU Front.

Now I haven't watched the series yet however from screenshots we see C.C in this wearing a white hood and a man who looks like Lelouch with Suzaku (having been made a Knight of the Round) going by a different name with one of his eyes covered. In episode 3 of the OVA series it's revealed that Julius Kingsley is infact a brainwashed Lelouch. The brainwashing however is somewhat unstable as "Lelouch" reappears briefly, also his Geass has yet to be sealed.


How large is the blast generated by the explosion of the Colossus Titan transformation?

It actually varies, since bertholt had quite precise control over it.

When he transformed into the Collosal titan (partial transformation though), over the wall at Trost, his transformation only caused a wind blast who knocked some trainees over the Wall.

Then at the return at Shiganshina, he transformed mid air, with the explosion being comparable to a nuclear weapon, also releasing smoke cloud high up in the air. (But as it seems, he still could have done an EVEN MORE EXPLOSIVE, but he could fight well, and had enough mass thereafter too)

From Fandom
During the retake of Shiganshina, Bertolt releases a similar amount of energy to a small nuclear device, creating a mushroom cloud of dust and rubble, and also ravaging part of the district and killing a great number of Survey Corps members.

In control of Armin, the explosion during the transformation at the PORT was enough to blast off the naval port at Marley.

So far till now, the explosion is comparable to a small nuclear bomb, though if intended only a single transformation, more explosive transformation may take place, this is upto speculation.
NOW, A MAJOR SPOILER FROM MANGA

 To this, armin also agrees that this may be the only way to defeat eren's founding titan, if they can't come to terms with talking, and considering they also talked about different place eren maybe using the war hammer, armin should have had good estimate, how much area he can blow, which for blowing up most/all of eren's titan will be a COLLOSAL EXPLOSION.


The answer is in here.

It shows multiple other nature chakras like ice and scorch.


How and why does Wilhelm win against Theresia?

Judging by character synopsis on Wiki, it was not covered by all. He simply left during Demi-Humans War, and then returned and defeated Theresia.

One thing - I'm not sure, that Divine Blessing of Sword Saint gives its owner perfect swordsman skills. I suppose, Theresia only had certain fixed swordsman skill level, obtained by blessing. But Wilhelm spent years for training and a lots of effort to gain his skills. So, it is not that strange, that, if taking into account only swordsmanship skills, it was possible for ordinary human to overcome Sword Saint in duel. Maybe, if Theresia were to use any of other her blessings, she would defeat Wilhelm.


All the girls are Windows OS-tan. From top to bottom, left to right, the characters/objects in that image are:

NT-san
Vistake (Windows Vista)
SE-tan (Windows 98SE)
Dreamcast lolly
1.0-tan
Inu-T (Windows NT Workstation)
DOSKitty
WinCE
3.11-tan
98-tan
SE's mechbox
95-tan
ME-tan
2k-tan (Windows 2000)
XP-tan
Homeko (Windows XP Home)
Moseko (Windows XP Media Center Edition)


What is depicted on the gate shown in episode 63 of Brotherhood?

There are three different gates in all.

The first one (Ed's) is the so called "tree of life" described in this question.

The gate you are looking for is the second gate (Al's), which is the European Alchemical scheme depicted in George Ripley's Marrow of Alchemy, based off the Kabbalah's Tree of Life and Kundalini's chakra system, which is probably derived from Samuel Norton's Catholicon Physicorum.

The third gate ("Truth's"/Mustang's) does not appear to be derived from known alchemy symbology from real life, but it share's similarities (two intersecting triangles) to the tattoo on Riza's back, which is related to Flame Alchemy.


Well, his 'normal' Power level would be 32,500.
With the "Demon Mark" it is at 56,000.

After his revival, his 'normal' power level was at 60,000.
And in is Assault Mode it is at 142,000.

Other numbers aren't known to us at this point, IIRC.


What is the origin of dance done by Terakado Tsuu's imperial Guard?

The dance is called Wotagei or Otagei. It is a dance done by Idol Otaku (called Wota) to show support for their idol during the concert. Quoting Wikipedia,

  Wotagei is particularly associated with fans of Hello! Project and AKB48 idols, as well as fans of anime voice actresses, who often perform theme songs for the series in which they appear.

Thus, it can be said the the dance Terakado Tsuu Imperial Guard was practicing is originated from the real world wota of AKB48 and other idol groups. I never watched idol concert other than the μ's one, but such dance is possibly done often by AKB48 wotas, considering that a member of AKB48, Sashihara Rino, has done a mimic of wota dance during one of AKBingo show, suggesting that such a thing is common during AKB48's concert. This is further reinforced by the fact that each idol group, and possibly each wota group has their own dance and chant pattern as shown here and here. Morning Musume wota and AKB48 wota has their own chanting pattern.

As for why μ's wota are not doing wotagei during their concert, it might be due to the seating disabling them from moving too much. It might also be because among otaku culture itself there are categories of otaku, such as Anime Otaku, Idol Otaku, Game Otaku, etc. Since μ's comes from anime, the fans attending the concert would be a mix of different types of otaku, thus, the wotas might refrain themselves from doing such a dance so that they won't bother the other fans. This might also be a rule put by the concert management.


Devil fruits do not actually grow on trees. They are just normal fruits infused with a Devil fruit power. Based on its wikia page:

  When a Devil Fruit user dies, their ability is reborn into another fruit of the same kind. Instead of growing from a plant, the ability simply regenerates inside another existing fruit, as seen when Smiley "died" and the Sara Sara no Mi, Model: Axolotl transplanted itself into a nearby apple. Another characteristic of a Devil Fruit's growth is that the stem becomes noticeably curlier than it was when the fruit was not endowed with the ability.

As stated, the only time we have seen such a process happen is in Chapter 676:


Why Vegito chose to use kaioken and not super saiyan blue evolution to increase his power?

There isn't any particular reason, however, the only thing which makes logical sense is the fact that:SSBE was designed to be a Vegeta exclusive form similar to Ultra Instinct which as of now seems to be a Goku exclusive form or even SSJ3 which as of now is only a Goku exclusive form.We haven't witnessed a Goku+Vegeta fusion utilizing the SSJ3 form.Kaioken is a technique and similar to instant transmission which the fusions are capable of using. So it would make more sense for them to use techniques instead of a character exclusive form.Based on my previous point, it would be also interesting to note that based on the nature of Kaioken used with Super Saiyan Blue, ideally, it should be stackable even on top of SSBE as the form is simply an evolved state of Super Saiyan Blue. Which only leads to the conclusion that the fusion was utilizing Kaioken simply as a technique during the course of the fight.


Where and when does Franky say that Sanji is one of the strongest guys on the crew?

I'm not sure if Franky himself said this but it is widely accepted that Luffy, Zoro, and Sanji are known as the monster trio. They are the three strongest members of the Straw Hats. This would in itself imply that Sanji is stronger than Franky.


It's not that Kaido can not die, it's that he's so strong and so powerful that it's not enough to kill him.

That's why he has the title of The Strongest Creature in the world.

Also, there is a theory that Kaido is actually a creation of Dr. Vegapunk and his body is made of steel, giving him immense strength.


Why didn't Annie kill Armin during the 57th Expedition Beyond the Walls?

Why would she?

Annie, at least in her mind, is not a villain. She may be an antagonist to the main characters in the Anime, but she does not think of herself as a villain. She does not think of herself as evil.

She would not benefit in the least from killing Armin. The only members of the expedition she killed were the ones that threatened her titan form. She trained alongside them, and even had formed bonds of friendship with some of them. Even the explorer corps members were at a discomfort dealing with her, after learning what she did.

Her main goal was to get Eren and deliver him to her masters/employers (it is still unclear who charged her with the kidnapping in the manga - as of chapter 66).

So, her reasons for not killing Armin may be:

Armin was harmless. His vertical maneuvering skills were poor, and even if he were to attack her titan form, she would easily squat him.
She does not think of herself as a monster, or even that she is evil, so she has zero motivation for random killing.
More on her self-image, she is clearly a human that can change into titan (in contrast to Ymir who was a titan for 60 years before gaining the power of shifting). She has a good life with the MP Brigade. She is not a psychopath.
She may have some feelings of friendship or camaraderie towards Armin. Remember Armin has a very likeable personality. He gets along well with everyone.

Regarding her personality, Shingeki no Kyojin Wiki says:

  Yet, she somehow does seem to hold a strange fascination and even feelings of respect towards people that have a deep sense of duty and righteousness

And it seems to me that Armin falls under that category.
Maybe killing Armin at that time would take more time than just confirming he is not Eren, and she is in a hurry to complete her goal.
Armin was not alone. Killing him (remember that people actually LIKE Armin) could usher the other explorer corps around into a battle-frenzy to avenge his companion (maybe not likely, but who knows).

Reasons for killing Armin at that moment? Can't think of any.


Do gangster-themed Madoka subtitles really exist?

So, after a while of researching this, it appears that someone had taken a subtitle file and run it through Gizoogle's Translation site.

Gizoogle is a parody of Google based off of Snoop Dogg's lingo

What this does is translates sentences such as:

  Madoka and Homura are best witch friends forever.

into Gangsta slang:

  Madoka n' Homura is dopest witch playaz forever n' shit.

The subtitles have not been published online, whoever created them merely posted screenshots. But if you had an original subtitle file, you could replicate it easily enough by using the same process.


Can Shizuku's vacuum cleaner suck nuclear weapons?

According to Hunter X Hunter Wiki, Shizuku's vacuum (Blinky) can inhale nuclear weapon because it is not a living object, but if it is a conjured object Blinky can't inhale it.


Avatar Wan was the first Avatar, and he lived about 10 thousand years before Korra. He was succeeded by a firebender, implying that he was an earthbender originally, but as far as I know, it hasn't been specifically said if the cycle followed perfectly from the first Avatar to the second.


How does Subaru hold his own against Felt?

While he is a NEET, he does mention in an early episode that he's not a complete shut-in, and does take some effort to keep in shape. That, combined with a slight increase in physical ability that apparently came to him in the new dimension are apparently enough for him to hold his own against Felt in that instance.


Based on the planets we saw during the episode of Super Shenron we can safely asume that those were real planets. The were shaped and coloured similarly.

During Goku's encounter with the future Zen-oh he didn't hestitate to destroy the planet. So it wouldn't surprise me if they simply just created empty planets to play with or maybe they used planets that would be eradicated anyway.

But Zen-oh is almighty and he can do whatever he wants whenever he wants. That's why all the gods are so careful with him with what they say and what they do. They fear him because he is like a child. If Zen-oh doesn't like you or he wants to have fun he will do whatever he wants with a childs mind. The more mature characters do value his creations and therefor they are being afraid of losing it.

A simple example would be uhmm... lets say that you are an artist and you can draw as many pictures as you want and you have drawn billions of pictures, would you then care if a few thousand pictures would be destroyed by you? The way you draw pictures is the same way he created things and that's why he doesn't value it so much. Goku is probably like one of the better drawn picture and therefor he hestitates a bit.

I hope this example cleared up the way he thinks and acts, feel free to ask a question as a reply if it's a bit confusing.


Does the Infinite Tsukyomi work only on the living?

The reason why the Infinite Tsukuyomi works only on the living is, chakra. The goal of the Infinite Tsukuyomi is to extract chakra/life-force from the host and feed it to the Shinju. By doing this, the Shinju drains the victims' chakra pool and in the end, the victims become White Zetsu. The White Zetsu are then under the control of Kaguya, making them the ideal mindless slaves.

Since non living things do not have chakra, they obviously are of no use to the Shinju or Kaguya. Since the Edo Tensei shinobi are already dead, the "life force" requirement of the Infinite Tsukuyomi isn't not fulfilled.

Along with non living things, the following are also immune to the Infinite Tsukuyomi:

  Shinobi reincarnated via Summoning: Impure World Reincarnation are not affected by this technique.
  Black Zetsu is unaffected by the technique, as is anyone he is attached to at the time — namely Obito Uchiha.
  Those who lack a brain or sensory organs, like White Zetsu.


Are there ever any animals featured that aren't Pokémon?

In Gastly's Pokédex entry for Fire Red it states

  a being that exists as a thin gas. It can topple an Indian elephant by enveloping the prey in two seconds.

Fish are also seen in the episode Pokémon Shipwreck:


How can Lelouch use his geass on so many people?

On the Code Geass Wikia it says

  Lelouch's Geass manifests itself as "the power of absolute obedience," which allows him to plant commands within a person's mind upon direct eye contact.

Source: Geass - Canonical Geass - Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion (Anime)- Lelouch vi Britannia's Geass

while yes it does say it works upon direct eye contact it doesn't necessary say that both parties need to make direct eye contact.

i believe that Lelouch's Geass works similar to Superman's Heat Vision

  So how focused is Superman's heat vision? Not very, under most circumstances. Most often, it's depicted as a rapidly widening cone, starting at eye-width but growing to several feet across by the time it reaches the opponent, even at close range.

with Lelouch's Geass it expands out and through obstructing this "widening cone" with his Zero helmet he can focus it slightly to one person. from there he should realistically be able to see his target's eyes even if his vision isn't focused on them

My evidence showing Lelouch alone just need to be able to see his target's eyes is in Season 2: Turn 15 - C's World when Lelouch goes to order Charles to kill himself by having the Shinkirō release mirrors and using one mirror bounce his Geass around to target Charles without Charles being able to target him which his Geass too needed eye contact.

this way the Geass expands outwards but the power is reflected to the next mirror and continues reflecting until it reaches Charles as since Lelouch could see Charles eyes in the mirrors then his Geass has to be able to reflect back the opposite way as indicated by how light is reflected1

this would also explain why the United Federation of Nations' counter measure to his Geass was to trap him in an isolated room and display him on a monitor.

my evidence as to Lelouch not needing to focus on the target eyes is when his Geass went out of control while talking to Euphie. it's just my personal interpretation but i do not believe Lelouch was focusing on Euphie's eyes but her face as he was more or less allowing Euphie to win and amend his plans to fit with her own and he was joking about Euphie how he could order her to "kill the Japanese", however he could realistically look into her eyes at any point while looking at her face

While one can argue "Lelouch's power went out of control then so he can no longer focus it" lets remember that his geass was out of control in Season 2: Turn 15 - C's World and when he first gained his power he ordered a group of soldiers to kill themselves and i seem to remember there was times where he would open up one part of his Zero Helmet to use his Geass

1: to put it simply, when you look at a red cube it isn't red it's absorbing every other color of light except red which is being reflected back to our eyes. so if Lelouch can see the purple on Charles's clothes in the mirrors then that means the purple light being reflected from Charles's clothes to the mirrors and then to Lelouch's eyes


Who are these characters appearing during the talk about elder sister in Fate/kaleid episode 7?

They are character from the Nasuverse (which Fate/kalied liner Prisma Illya is set in).

From left to right

Touko Aozaki - Kara no Kyokai, Mahou Tsukai no Yoru

She is Aoko Aozaki's older sister, the one you see in the screen shot is how she looks in Mahou Tsukai no Yoru as she looks slightly different in Kara no Kyokai.
Euryale and Stheno - Fate/Hollow Ataraxia

They are the other 2 of the 3 Gorgon Sisters, as such they are related to Medusa, AKA Rider.
Kohaku - Tsukihime

One of the Heroines from Tsukihime and Hisui's sister who both serve as maids for the Tohno Household. Kohaku normally serves Akiha. However, her romantic interest is Shiki.

Irisviel's quote would refer to them all being the older siblings and having some sort of power over the younger siblings:

Touko has a Sealing Designation and was seen as being the most powerful due to her superior Magic Circuits. However, her little sister Aoko was chosen to be the Aozaki Successor instead, which made Touko angry and caused the fight between the two (and thus the reason why Magus Families try to avoid sibling heirs). Touko was only defeated when Aoko used one of the 5 True Magics which was thought to be impossible. Otherwise, by specifications, she is still better that Aoko.
Euryale and Stheno often picked on and belittled their younger sister Medusa and fed off her blood. However, they both did care very deeply for her. Chances are, if they were summoned as Servants, they would be more powerful than Medusa.

After Medusa became the monster known as Gorgon, she devoured her sisters. However, when Perseus reflected the Nightmare of Breaker Gorgon back at Medusa, the "nightmare" Medusa saw was of the time she spent with her sisters, which made her paralyzed with joy of seeing them again, so they still hold power over her.
Kohaku is a master at medicines and is often comically seen experimenting with them, (e.g. making a potion to turn Akiha into G-Akiha in Melty Blood), being a Magical Girl or making Mecha of Tsukihime Characters in her Underground Dungeon beneath the Tohno Household.

In Tsukihime, she plots to get revenge on the Tohno Family due to her having been raped by Shiki's and Akiha's father as a child and later by SHIKI before releasing him (who then went to kill his father) because she (and her sister) are Synchronizers and resigned to this fate to protect her sister from suffering the same abuse.

The part about "[holding] more power than even the father" is strange, as none of them do we know the father of. If it's related, I assume it might refer to Kohaku as it was she who convinced Shiki's and Akiha's father to never touch Hisui when they were children and that it was because she was a Synchronizer who can keep him from giving into the Tohno Blood.


What is Chino's age in Naruto Shippuuden?

It was mentioned that Chino was a few thousand years old, about the same age as Gamamaru.


To what extent is Momonga living in the current world in which this anime is set?

He's definitely transported into the game, unlike in SAO, all the game features are gone, if you'll recall in the first couple episodes, he has to adjust to his powers and how to use them.  In SAO even though they were "full dive" they still played it like a game, while in overlord it was more, this is real life, not just a really realistic video game.


Are all animals called by summoning jutsu able to speak?

Although they didn't explicitly show whether they can talk or not, but one thing is for sure: that Pakkun can talk.

Kiba's Akamaru can't talk, so we can assume that other dogs of Kakashi also can't talk (since there is no evidence in the manga or anime).

So in order to answer your question: "Is there a rule that every animal can talk, or something like this?" I would say "No, it is not mandatory for animals to talk."


Is Kabuto better than sakura in terms of Medical Ninjutsu?

It's opinion based, there is not definitive answer to that question.

Sakura surely is the best medical ninja in Konaha. It is even stated that she surpassed Shizune making her only second to Tsunade.

Interesting post for further readings, from where I got the images

As for kabuto, he is one of the greatest medical ninja that we’ve seen in Naruto. He was easily on par with Kakashi in Part 1, and after absorbing a DNA from various people in part 2, he became a lot stronger. He possessed amazing healing abilities, for which Orochimaru chose him as his student. Furthermore, Kabuto possessed the healing abilities of the great white snake, and also Karin, along with his own medical skills.

But if I had to say who's the best between both of them I would have to say Kabuto, he seems really talented and even Tsunade was surprised at how skilled he was and even said that Kabuto's "skill" (sharpness and jutsu sense) surpass those of hers at her prime. Sakura has shown alot of progress, but I can't really call her the best since we can't tell how much stronger she will get. As of right now my choice is Kabuto.


Is Akaza Akari the same grade as Toshinou Kyouko and Funami Yui?

I belive they are different years as on the Wikia there are 2 categories for First Year and Second Year Students

you'll notice that Akari, Chinatsu, Himawari and Sakurako are all first year students with Akari's profile on Wikiapedia saying that...

  Chinatsu, Sakurako and Himawari are her classmates.

For Second Year Students we Ayano and Chitose however we don't see Yui or Kyoko on there but their character songs, but in the first years category Akari's and Chinatsu's character songs appeared here aswell.

Also in Yui's trivia section it says

  Although she is arguably the most mature, she is the youngest of the Second-Year students.

While Kyoko is 25 days older

  Oddly enough, as well as being best friends with Yui since they were very little, they were also born only 25 days apart.

also in this My Anime List forum post

  Well, you know, I guess this is may be because of the difference of school cultures between Japan and Western countries, it seems translaters changed and translated from 'top in her grade' to 'top in her class'.
  But actually, 'gakunen top' meant 'She always wins the top in her second grade'
  Well, at any rate, just studying one night and getting such a high grade every time is so amazing.

while further down

  In the US at least class generally refers to your grade level. When you refer to top of the class, that would be the top student of your year. Saying top of your grade is pretty much never used (I've never heard anyone use it personally). So that's a logical translation, it still means the same thing but is phrased appropriately for the US, which is CrunchyRoll's main target audience.

these are talking about what happened in Season 1 - Episode 2: The Student Council Meeting

  Ayano, as Kyouko's rival, is upset that Kyouko beat her in the placement test. Ayano bursts into the Amusement Club room, followed by Chitose. Ayano is annoyed at Kyouko because although she hardy studies, she always gains top of the class.

Logically it would not make sense for Ayano, a Second Year, to be beaten by Kyoko if she was a first year.

Thus all this seems to indicate that Kyoko is a Second Year with Yui.

As for Akari not using -senpai to address Yui and Kyoko like what Chinatsu does this is probably as you suggest due to their closeness as later in the series

   we see Akari, Yui and Kyoko as children when they were young with Kyoko being bullied by a young Chinatsu (who they don't recognize when they are older) and Akari standing up for Kyoko


Potential spoilers for the manga and Brotherhood continuities. I'm being conservative with spoiler markdown, since I can't tell how much you've watched.

We first get a crucial bit of information after Hawkeye interacts with Selim (ep. 37, vol. 18):

   Selim is indeed Pride. Hawkeye gets suspicious about Selim while talking to Mrs. Bradley and then is confronted by him. Hawkeye later passes on a message to Roy stating that he is a homunculus (vol. 19, can't locate the exact episode number).

Later, the information is confirmed after Edward and the others return to Central (ep. 46-49, vol. 21-23).

   Edward, his brother, his father, and some people who joined him while he was at Briggs fight Selim, who they notice is a homunculus. It is clearly shown that he is Pride: I believe he makes some comment about this, and even if he does not, it is clear from the eye pattern his attack comprises of that he is the same homunculus Van Hohenheim confronted while in Lior (ep. 42, vol. 19).

So this leaves your question:

  In episode 42, when Van Hohenheim met Pride in an underground passage in Liore, he said that Pride shouldn't have been able to reside outside a spherical body.

He was referring to Pride being restricted to a specific part of the underground tunnels:

   I assumed that it referred to only the parts of the tunnel that circle Amestris, and the restriction only applied to Pride's real form (not his human container).

It also appears that he was referring to where Pride's shadows could move (at least when he was outside of Central), not where Pride's "container" or body could be:

   After all, Pride is Selim Bradley, and Selim Bradley has a relatively normal-looking life on the surface of Central, where he is probably moving within the borders of the underground tunnels.


Susanoo is an ability granted to those who awaken the powers of both their Mangekyō Sharingan. It creates a gigantic, humanoid being that surrounds the user and fights on their behalf. As one of the strongest techniques granted to those that have acquired the Mangekyō Sharingan, it is the user's guardian deity, but at the same time, it consumes the user's life force and damages their body over time

The answer to your question is : Susanoo is a materialized form of user's chakra.

  According to Sasuke Uchiha, if a Sharingan user unlocks two Mangekyō
  Sharingan powers, one in each eye, known as the "Double Mangekyō"
  (ダブル万華鏡, Daburu Mangekyō), it gives access the third power, Susanoo.
  Nevertheless, for a Sharingan user to activate Susanoo, according to
  Obito Uchiha, is a rarity. Since it is formed through the
  materialisation of the user's chakra, its abilities, appearance and
  colour vary among individuals. While the user usually remains
  grounded within Susanoo, it is possible for them to freely move around
  within its body, as well as levitate inside of it. The user can allow
  others to enter Susanoo, or leave its body entirely. While Susanoo
  acts as a defence against external attacks, anything coming out of
  Susanoo will simply phase through it.

Source : Naruto wikia : Susanoo


We have no idea which are the multipliers for super saiyan god and super saiyan blue, and we have no idea which is the current base power level of Goku and Vegeta, so it's impossible to give power levels with figures (numbers).

If we try to determine with a number the base power level of Goku and Vegeta (which seems to be about the same for both of them for the fights and sparrings they had in Dragon Ball Super) we find a lot of incongruences or very hard to fit situations. Also with the other transformations

Fake Vegeta in base form (which is as strong as Vegeta) was able to defeat SSJ3 Gotenks.
Goku in base form was able to overpower Freezer 4th form, Freezer 3rd form was able to almost kill super saiyajin Gohan.
In one movie Beerus says Goku in base form isnt as strong as Freezer (4th form)

So according to some data, Goku or Vegeta base form could be weaker than a super saiyajin, and according to other data it could be stronger than a SSJ3. Situations like those can only be fixed with speculation, no with the dialogue or things said by the authors because they just didnt try to fix those inconsistencies. So, being us unable to give number estimations since they could vary very widely, I believe this is the only thing we can say.

Super Saiyan Blue Kaiokenx20 of Goku, plus Ultra Super Saiyan Blue Vegita which seems to be in a similar level than Goku Super Saiyan Blue Kaiokenx20 , gave some fight but no damage to Jiren. This tells us that Goku (who is using the power of 20 super saiyan blue) plus Vegeta who is using a similar power (who together has a power around x40 super saiyan blue) are weaker than Jiren. Then Jiren power level has to be somewhere between x50 to x100 super saiyan blue.


What's the difference between ki control and spirit control?

"Spirit Control" is an advanced form of ki manipulation.
At its most basic, we can perceive spirit control to be a sharper, more precise method to manipulate ki. In a way, spirit control is the Dodonpa to the ki control's Kamehameha : sharper, more refined, more efficient, but also more complicated to master.
The wiki states :

"Spirit Control allows its user to achieve a multitude of potent
abilities through their ki, including Instant Transmission (a basic
ability), Cloning, Gigantification and Healing (an advanced ability).
These abilities achieved through Spirit Control are used by shifting,
splitting and growing the user's spirit."

Some of these techniques are already Dragon Ball main-stays ! Healing has been regularly practiced by Dende and other Namekians Supreme Kais can also heal other individuals (Dragon Ball Super, chapter 20). Likewise, we have seen numerous other characters pratice Gigantification ; Piccolo became a giant during the final rounds of the 23rd World Martial Arts Tournament. Cloning was used by Tien Shinhan against Goku in the 23rd World Tournament (Dragon Ball, chapter 178) and against Hermila (Dragon Ball Super, episode 106).
Spirit Control appears to drastically improve ki flow for practitioners. Vegeta's ki output has been shown as massively stronger without actually tweaking the amount of ki released (Dragon Ball Super, chapter 55). The in-universe explanation is that the user's body is "synced up" with their mind, thus dramatically improving their ki manipulation efficiency.
You could consider Goku and Vegeta as extremely muscular men... who couldn't throw a good punch and efficiently use their muscle power before learning Spirit Control.


Why didn’t Levi inject both Armin and Erwin?

I cant remember if anyone, Levi included, actualy saw when he tasted the serum, did they? And either way, there was one guarantee to get one of them into action, or a chance to get both, but if it didnt work for any reason, everyone would get ripped apart or eaten alive. I watched the show, so could have missed some info from the manga, but sounds like good reasoning to me.


What factor led Zoro to accept Luffy as Captain?

I just rewatched the beginning and it makes is surprising clear.  At that time everyone knows who Zoro is, it is implied Zoro could kick Luffy's ass, and everyone looks down on Luffy until they get confused by his devil fruit power.

Zoro is a demon.

Zoro is however a very honorable demon.  He signs (figuratively) a contract to torture himself to protect someone he views as innocent from someone he views as completely dishonorable.  He follows that contract twice: once to honor the efforts of the girl he was protecting after the vermin mistreated her; once when the vermin clearly broke their contract.

He, while powerless, signs a contract with Luffy.  As long as Luffy frees him and supports (or more accurately does not get in the way of), Zoro's dream to become the worlds greatest swordsman, Zoro will be part of Luffy's crew.  Even when Zoro finds out that Luffy doesn't really have a crew at all, he shows a ting of apprehension but no willingness to break his contract.

As time continues, Zoro increasingly grows to respect Luffy above and beyond the requirements of his contract. He will not leave Luffy, however, unless his contract is broken.  This would have likely occured if Luffy was not strong enough to proceed into the New World and provide Zoro the opponents he needed.

I guess when you make a contract with a straight shooting demon, expect him to follow through in incredible ways.


What was it that the "Cocoon l'Cie" summoned against Ragnarok in the Pompa Sancta Parade?

During the parade, Cocoon l'Cie transformed into Valefor

  A recreation of Valefor appears at Nautilus's Pompa Sancta parade. In the play, the Cocoon l'Cie transforms into it to face Ragnarok

Valefor's first appearance as a summon was Final Fantasy X.


How come Mumei's pistols can kill Kabane?

As you know and heard of, Mumei is a kabeneri (half- human and half- kabane). And apparently, once you become a kabeneri, your abilities as a human increases vastly. For example, your speed and strength increases. Remember, when she talks with Ikuma inside the train, she says "if I remove the ribbon around my neck, I could use my real abilities". But she doesn't usually removes it, because as a side effect, she get's exhausted and sleepy. And also Mumei is seen in the anime as one skilled with martial arts. Therefore, due to her enhanced abilities- thx to kabane virus, it helps her to get Insta kill with her pistols. And also the ammunition which she uses are normal bullets and they are limited.

I think this helped you in finding your answer and for more information about her, visit the link below.

http://koutetsujou-no-kabaneri.wikia.com/wiki/Mumei


Why didn't Lelouch incorporated Black Knights in imperial army using the fact that he is Zero after he became the king of Britannia?

Well, there are 2 reasons.

Leaders of Black Knights felt betrayed after learning his Geass power and potential usage on them.
Also after trying to kill Lelouch they announced Zero died in battle thus eliminating his chance to announce her Zero identity. Even if they didn't revealing himself as Zero would be a bad move.


This is a bit of a logic puzzle which kind of pays homage to the smart-villain trope. (Death note, Code Geass, Future Diary, etc).

To put things simply think of the analogy "two wrongs don't make a right".

In short, if you do something wrong, doing something wrong in return doesn't make it ok.

Well, her power takes a similar approach but to an extreme measure. If she can generate a lie and get a person to reject an obvious lie, then it generates truth. How? Because False + False = True. How? Because that's just how her power works - it's a play on boolean logic.

It's impressive but can be equally powerless, because if you don't reply to her statements it has no power. It requires a person to hear what she says and believe the opposite.

For example if she says "It will rain and you will die in a tornado" And I say "No way". What happens?


There's actually a lot to this expression, including a lot of nuance and some understanding of each character's personality.  Bear in mind, I have a pretty pedestrian understanding of the full nuances of the Japanese language, but I'll be happy to cite my sources where need be.

First, let's start with Yuru Yuri.  Akari is made out to be the decoy protagonist very early on, and as such, the fact that she's has very little presence is a running gag in the series.  In the first episode, around 16:40 is everyone comes to that realization (spearheaded by Kyouko).

Around this time, the nickname actually comes up, and this is the beginning of her being teased with "Akari~n!" (and turning invisible).  Notice that the first episode's intro doesn't do anything fishy with her or her visibility (in the same way that the subsequent intros do).

Next, let's move on to normal Japanese naming convention.  In Japan, it's only considered okay to call someone by their first name if you're really close to them.  From what I've seen, nicknames are slightly more relaxed, so you'll see and hear people calling each other by their nicknames quite often in anime.  From this, it's implied that Yui, Kyouko, and Chinatsu are at least incredibly friendly with Akari enough to call her by any sort of nickname.

Adding ん to the end of a name (and it depends on the name) invokes a cutesy, childish sounding variant of it, and can be considered to be a cutesy sort of nickname for the person.


How is the post-credits scene for the original series connected to Rebellion?

As far as I understand, this scene is supposed to show

  that Homura has begun transforming into a witch at the end of the series. This explains why the wings look like something out of a witch labyrinth. It would also explains her ribbon: it still takes place in the universe with adjusted laws that Madoka created. Additionally, it would explain why she was able to hear Madoka - it was because Madoka would be coming to claim her soon.

If you go by this, then it can be assumed

  that the Incubators trapped Homura in their barrier pretty much immediately after this scene, and then the plot of Rebellion takes place.

So the wings would actually be

  witch wings, not demon wings. However,  there seem to be some similarities between the powers of a witch and Demon-Homura. For example, in her redone universe, she is shown to have bird familiars that look suspiciously like witch familiars. We could also see that Homura also had her soul gem transformed into something - not a grief seed though, because it wasn't despair that transformed her, but love - or so Homura says.

So it would make sense that

  her witch wings look similar to her demon wings at the end of the Rebellion movie.


Why didn't they take Asuna's NerveGear off?

The problem was that they didn't know what was wrong with Asuna at first and certainly didn't know that she was on ALO, if they did then they probably would have found about Sugou's experiments. even when Yui confirmed she could detect "mommy" up in the tree there was little time before Asuna's and Sugou's wedding. so at that stage Kirito's proof was

a blurry picture which has someone who looks like Asuna, easily explained away by ALO's developer as being a Titania NPC who is apart of the Grand Quest (remember that Oberon's supposed to be waiting at the top and Titania is his wife in Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream so it would make sense that Titania would be waiting aswell)
a Navigation Pixie saying that her "mommy" is up in the tree, again could be explained off as a game object's bugged reaction to possible future content given that Kirito's Character is already bugged having it's SAO stats.

given that in the past when the NervGear was removed the player was killed I would think Asuna's parents would err on the side of caution. even if Kirito explained who and what Yui is it, it might be too unreal for them to accept the risk of Asuna's brain getting fried, at least not before the wedding, which I would think Sugou would get called in to give his thoughts, where we know Asuna waking up works against him (remember that she hates him and if she was to wake would call off the wedding).

Now, aside from what I said above, how Sugou could explain away Kirito's evidence that Asuna was trapped in ALO, he also has inside knowledge of the NervGear having not only access to the technology as being the head of Rect Progress but he also worked under Kayaba. He could easily add more worry to Asuna's parents that there could be possible brain damage because of how the NervGear works.

And up until this point there was no indication that the NervGear still wouldn't fry her brain if removed. Clearing SAO only allowed (if not by force) players to log out. While yes, Kirito did die in ALO, this can be argued that Kirito didn't technically die, as his Remain Light was still there and was resurrected by Leafa. One can compare this as being the same as one using the Divine Stone of Returning Soul (resurrect item Kirito got hoping to revive Sachi) while in the Death Game, just with a much longer timer (in ALO it was 10 minutes).


What happened to Yuuki at the end of the manga?

In chapter 93, Yuuki was shown with Kaname and 2 girls. Are these 2 girls Yuuki and Zero's kids?

The two girls, Ai and Ren are daughters of Yuuki & Kaname, and Yuuki & Zero respectively.

  What happened to Yuuki when she turned Kaname into a human? Is she dead like when her mother turned Yuuki into a human?

Actually Yuuki didn't die immediately. Kaname was awoken after 200 years where Yuuki and Zero are not alive. Vampire Knight Memories tells the story of when Kaname is asleep.


What is the music playing in the background of the sad scene in episode 9?

It is the first track on Disc 1 of Akame ga Kill! Original Soundtrack 1: Le chant de Roma (虐げられた者達の為に), a.k.a. Fallen Heroes.


There are several reasons he would go the awful length to get his Sakabato forged by a master swordmaker, with metal:

1) Weight: there are no material at the time that could have the same density as metal. For a swordsman, the weight of the blade is very important. For Kenshin, since all of his attacks are blunt attacks, it is vital.

2) Resilience: enemies can break wood and bamboo swords. The medieval jousters carried twenty plus jousting lances to tournaments, because they would break every time they delivered a solid blow, and most of the times when they missed or scraped.

3) The edge: the Sakabato does have an edge, on the back side of the blade. Himura uses it to cut everything from pottery to cannonballs. His only exception is people.

4) His self-image: even though his passive servant act, Kenshin is still a japanese swordsman. The fact he has a sheathed sword by his side still demands some respect from his opponents (and the most wary ones are the ones that did not fall for his timid demeanor). Also whatever shred of pride he have (arguably some) would demand he carried a real sword (even though several characters in that universe do not consider the sakabato a real sword).

His use of a Sakabato is foremost a physical expression of his vow (in the manga several times his Sakabato is inspected by officers or other swordsman, only to be met with disdain), and in a second moment for the convenience of not having to twist the blade everytime he wants to deliver a non-lethal blow. Several other anime has this scene in a swordfight where the winner delivers a otherwise fatal blow and follows up with "don't worry, I used the backside of the blade".


What is the total runtime of One Piece up to this point?

Before I start with the actual comparison, I would first like to note that in the current point in time, Naruto and One piece do not differ to much in run time. But taking into account that Naruto is running towards the end, and Oda Eiichiro said that he is about the half way mark, we can safely assume that in a near future this will change. With that said.

Just like in my mentioned answer, I have been using Myanimelist as a source of times. And came to the conclusion that it would take you
18945 Minutes of non stop watching one piece (excluding cross-overs)
which equals to 315.8 Hours or 13.2 Days

making the difference in time about 1620 Minutes
which equals to 27 Hours or slightly more then 1 day

This difference in run time is caused by One piece having:

220 more episodes
4 (soon to be 5) more movies
7 more Ova's
1 More special

Where as Naruto only beats one piece in

Having a second season
Having a spin- off series.

Actual Serie

One Piece 710 episodes (currently), roughly 24 minute's/Episode*
~17040 Minutes or 11.8 days

Movies

One Piece  50 Minutes
Nejimaki Jima no Daibouken 55 Minutes
Chinjuujima no Chopper Oukoku  55 Minutes
Dead End no Bouken  95 Minutes
Norowareta Seiken  95 Minutes
Omatsuri Danshaku to Himitsu no Shima 6  95 Minutes
Karakurijou no Mecha Kyohei  94 Minutes
Jango no Dance Carnival  6 Minutes
Yume no Soccer Ou!  5 Minutes
Mezase! Kaizoku Yakyuu Ou  5 Minutes
Strong World  115 Minutes
Film: Z  107 Minutes
One Piece (2016) Unknown
TOTAL: 777 Minutes or 13.0 Hours

Movies (Summary's)

All tough most of the ones listed under this tab are officially known as specials, I still decided to list them in their own sub-category of movies as I found it to be more fitting.

Episode of Alabaster - Sabaku no Ojou to Kaizoku Tachi  90 Minutes
Episode of Chopper Plus - Fuyu ni Saku, Kiseki no Sakura 113 Minutes
Episode of Nami - Koukaishi no Namida to Nakama no Kizuna  106 Minutes
Episode of Merry - Mou Hitori no Nakama no Monogatari  106 Minutes
Episode of Sabo - 3 Kyoudai no Kizuna Kiseki no Saikai to Uketsugareru Ishi  105 Minutes
TOTAL: 520 Minutes or 8.7 Hours

Ova

Taose! Kaizoku Ganzack  28 Minutes
Umi no Heso no Daibouken-hen  49 Minutes
Oounabara ni Hirake! Dekkai Dekkai Chichi no Yume!  46 Minutes
Romance Dawn Story  33 Minutes
3D: Mugiwara Chase  30 Minutes
3D: Gekisou! Trap Coaster  12 Minutes
Romance Dawn  30 Minutes
Episode of Alabaster - Prologue  15 Minutes
Recap (10 year recap, from start up to Impeldown)  29 Minutes
TOTAL: 272 Minutes or 4.5 Hours

Specials

Mamore! Saigo no Dai Butai  45 Minutes
Nenmatsu Tokubetsu Kikaku! Mugiwara no Luffy Oyabun Torimonochou 42 Minutes
Straw Hat Theater (5 eps. 3 Min/ep)  15 Minutes
Episode of Luffy - Hand Island no Bouken  102 Minutes
Glorious Island (2 eps. 5 Min/ep)  10 Minutes
3D2Y: Ace no shi wo Koete! Luffy Nakama Tono Chikai  107 Minutes
Cry Heart (3 eps. 5 Min/ep) 15 Minutes
TOTAL: 336 Minutes or 5.6 Hours

Small side note: All tough I taught it was said for Naruto fans to wait a whole week, One piece fans had a even harder time having to wait 832 weeks or 16 years! With the sole exception being Hinati Fujinamai Ending revealed to severely sick boy

  JapNation AniManga reports that Eiichiro Oda was glad to tell the kid how One Piece ends and that he was holding back his tears upon seeing the condition of Hinati Fujinami.
  While Oda was fine with Hinati Fujinami learning about the One Piece ending, Oda requested to talk to the child alone so that details about the One Piece manga ending wouldn't be leaked while he jokingly pleaded to Hinati to not reveal it to the press.
  JanNation AniManga noted that at the end of their talk, Hinati Fujinami was reportedly seen smiling but crying at the same time as he told the people that One Piece is "beautiful".


Anime I watched as a kid on VHS where a girl draws a star to beat a computer virus-like enemy

It can be Corrector Yui

It is the year 2020 and computers have become an integral part of daily life for most people. However, a teenage girl Yui Kasuga is one of the few who cannot use computers at all, despite the fact that her father is a software developer. An evil computer called Grosser wants to take over the ComNet (what the Internet is called in Yui's time) and as the programs that have been developed to stop it (called "Correctors") need her help, she is sucked into the ComNet where she is recruited by a corrector called I.R., who gives her downloadable element suits that allow her to become the ComNet Fairy Corrector Yui who can fight Grosser's computer viruses.
In the first season, the series revolves around the war against Grosser, and reveals the mysteries that surround the Correctors, their seemingly missing creator, and the relationship that he seems to have had with the corrupted computer.
In the second season, Yui and the Correctors must fight with a mysterious virus who menaces the ComNet, and also cope with the mysterious Corrector Ai, a Corrector who tends to work on her own and seems to have her own agenda. The key to the mysteries seems to be a strange little girl who seems lost and may be related with the devastating virus appearances.


I don't think there are two Juubis, because in the final clash between Ten-Tails and Kaguya's sons, Hagoromo and Hamura, they managed to defeat the beast and sealed it within Hagoromo. However, knowing that his death would unleash the Ten-Tails back into the world where it would continue its rampage and reclaim the chakra that humanity now possesses, Hagoromo separated the monster's chakra from its body and used his Creation of All Things ability to create the nine ,tailed beasts. Hagoromo then used Chibaku Tensei to seal the Ten-Tails' husk, i.e the moon.


Was there ever an a cappella version of Nemurihime released?

An a capella version of this song has not been released yet.

According to VGMdb* and imas DB, Nemurihime was only ever released on two CDs:

THE IDOLM@STER MASTER ARTIST 2 -FIRST SEASON- 05 Chihaya Kisaragi: This was the original release of the song and therefore is not a special version.
THE IDOLM@STER ANIM@TION MASTER 07: This is one of the many soundtracks for the anime series, but it is still the original version and is not a capella.

Note: Neither referenced site has an official relationship with the iM@S series, but they are both reliable fan-made databases.

Since the airing of the anime, Nemurihime was also released on DVD/Blu-Ray of live performances on:

THE IDOLM@STER 7th ANNIVERSARY
THE IDOLM@STER 6th ANNIVERSARY

However I looked up the videos of these performances and they were both the original version. I think it's safe to say that any performances of Nemurihime before the anime are also the original version.

* Since VGMdb does not have permalink search feature, these are the parameters I used:

  trackname -- 眠り姫
  game -- idolm@ster


Why are some anime OP/ED theme songs sung by Kpop/Korean Artist?

I think this is related to the Korean Wave in Japan.

In the early 2000s, Korean live action dramas and KPop started to come into Japan and quickly became massively popular. From Korea.net's article on the Korean Wave:

  The Korean Wave landed in Japan in 2003 when the KBS TV drama series
  Winter Sonata was aired via NHK. The drama became an instant mega hit,
  making its male hero, Yon Sama, a household name, compelling his
  enthusiastic Japanese fans to visit various film locations, including
  Namiseom Island, in Korea.

Wikipedia states:

  In 2000, the K-Pop singer BoA took off her musical career with SM
  Entertainment and two years later, her album Listen to My Heart became
  the first album by a Korean musician to sell a million copies in Japan

on the basis of a Recording Industry Association of Japan page on million-selling records in 2002.

Korean media has gotten so popular in Japan that it's even prompted a backlash among some, as this article from The Atlantic notes.

The period of time when Inuyasha was on the air was squarely in the middle of the Korean Wave. I don't follow Naruto so I don't know exactly which years that particular song was used, but most of the Naruto anime's run has also been during peak years of the Korean Wave. Since BoA and Kara were already extremely popular in Japan, they were tapped to contribute songs for these anime, just as any other popular band would be. They were already touring and otherwise active in Japan, so I'm sure they had contacts that the anime studios could get in touch with to offer them these gigs.

To address the last point, there wasn't a shortage of Japanese bands; the studios just wanted to use these particular Korean bands because of their popularity. Using a foreign band isn't likely to be more expensive; it might even be cheaper, if the foreign band isn't well known, because they'll be willing to trade some pay for exposure. With these bands, since they were already popular and active in Japan, hiring them probably cost about what hiring an equally popular Japanese band would cost.


What is the name of the song at the start of K: Return of Kings?

The official audio is not yet released but someone made a piano cover in youtube. Here's the link:

https://youtu.be/cu7qN-_80w0


When does this image of Shinji Ikari sitting in a folding chair appear?

Using WAIT to identify the screen gives us EP#25, 02:31

Preview of the scene can be seen here:
https://whatanime.ga/?url=http://i.stack.imgur.com/ScRR6.jpg

Edit:
Never mind, you meant the first one.
This doesn't seem to appear.


Is Ika Musume the only humanoid squid creature?

As far as I know, she's the only squid-like humanoid shown in the series. Though there is a miniatured version of her that appeared on people's dream, mostly Sanae's (source). In the last episode of Squid Girl, she met a girl named Kozue Tanabe which is implied that she also comes from the sea, as she has a hat similar to Squid Girl's and makes statements that indicate she isn't human. The first syllables of her name spell out 'tako' (たこ?), meaning octopus.


What book was Hanekawa reading while Araragi tries to find where Tsunade lives?

She was reading "On the Banks of Plum Creek". It is a children's book written in 1937 by Laura Ingalls Wilder

The book is based on Laura's childhood at Plum Creek near Walnut Grove, Minnesota in the late nineteenth century. It describes the family's move to Minnesota, where they live in a dugout until a new house is built and face misfortunes caused by flood, blizzard, and grasshoppers.


Why didn't Accelerator get sunburned after losing his vector shield?

It wasn't explicitly stated, but the collar has three states: Active, Passive and Dead Battery.

In Active mode, Accelerator can use his vector transformation powers. In Dead Battery mode, Accelerator can't walk or talk, he can barely think logically, until the battery is recharged or the source of electromagnetic disruption is removed.

In Passive mode, Accelerator can think, talk and walk (although with a cane), so it isn't a stretch to think that he also has a weak enough reflection shield to keep protecting him from UV light.

Also, another possibility is that the author never thought about it.


Why did ReLIFE release all its 13 episodes in one day?

I think CrunchyRoll and other streaming companies are looking at the full-release model more now that it is a regular feature of Netflix.

Netflix has done a lot of internal work on retention analysis - both for keeping paid subscribers, and for series watchers themselves (as that will increase the subscribers' enjoyment and reduce their consideration to leave).  I couldn't find any figures on this, but I presume the drop-off rate of series is lower when episodes are all released at once - Viewers can watch more than a single episode in their first viewing, meaning they will be more involved in the plot by the time they next sit down to watch something.

The way the Crunchyroll model works, the episodes were only available to premium members during the first few weeks of release - this might have also convinced users to subscribe.

While Netflix has done this primarily to non animated works, Re:Life is not the first instance of this bundled release. Voltron: Legendary Defender was released in this form earlier this year.


Where was Echelon mentioned in the Ghost in the Shell series?

It's related to "Big Brother" in Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex. From a Japanese list of terms used in GitS,

Big Brother
Nickname of satellite-ring communication interception network. A communication interception network that American Empire's National Reconnaissance Office is proud of, which intercepts any communication circuit, including internet, wireless, telephone, etc. The amount of incoming communication data freezes operator androids and makes the terminals within 1km radius go down even if Public Security Section 9's facility is used. "Big Brother" was introduced in a novel Nineteen Eighty-Four, and it's a secret code for an surveillance system called "ECHELON".

but the word "Echelon" itself is only mentioned in its movie counterpart, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - The Laughing Man. From a Japanese site comparing the anime and its movie counterpart,

Also, the term "Echelon" - a satellite-ring communication interception network - was spoken by Aramaki. It makes it easier to understand what "Big Brother" is about.


Why did the Rokka no Yuusha opening song change after episode 4?

"LOOK AT ALL THIS MONEY WE HAVE!!"
"Should we make more episodes?"
"Don't be ridiculous, 12 episodes is the anime standard!"
"So what should we do with the extra budget money?"
"What episode are we at again?"
"4"
"Okay, for the next one, CHANGE THE OPENING THEME!!"
"What about the visuals"
"Do we have enough money to change those too?"
"No..."
"Well those can stay the same."
And that is why something like that happens, there's no meaning behind it, they do it because they can.
To be honest, there might have been a disagreement from the start about the opening theme and they just decided halfway to switch, or maybe the majority didn't like the first theme so they decided to try to do what was best for the anime.  All this to say, it has nothing to do with the anime itself, I watched it too, and nothing really changed from episode 4 to 5.


What is Mikage's status (in the spirit/god world) after he passes the Tochigami Crest to Nanami? Is he still a god?

It's not as present in the anime as in the manga, but Mikage takes the shape of a butterfly and you can see him fly around in the manga at all the important events and otherwise. He's constantly monitoring Nanami.

I believe he is still a kami deity, just not the deity in charge any more. I've interpreted it as the crest being a sign of her taking on the godly responsibilities and in all practical manners is a god, even though she is still human. He's still the shrine's god, he's just handed over the practical responsibilities to Nanami.

Your race doesn't change just because you gave away or received a profession.

This is my interpretation at least.


Why do some mangaka like Ishida Sui have a mysterious air?

There are plenty of reasons why any figure would hide his identity. Manga is  a big deal in Japan and thus many authors try to hide their identity, especially before they are popular. On a side note, I've heard that a lot of Japanese are uncomfortable being a public figure and want to keep their private life private. [citation needed]

Some of the reasons why Mangakas hide their identity may be as follows:

Content: Manga have a variety of content and much of it may be contentious or even downright controversial. Not wanting to associate their work with "real life" writers utilize pen names to avoid the hassle associated. Its distressingly common problem that people don't get that a Character's POV is NOT the author's (Its just writing). Anonymity in such cases allows mangakas to be a lot more creative.
Another example is genre such as Hentai, which is something you don't want to be known for.
Diversity of Work: Do you want to read a Shoujo Manga from a author known for Shounen works? Googling a name of an author for Children will not associate them with their other works. A pen names also allows an author to be free of the expectations their more popular work may have set.
Bias: This is where I can give a real life example of the top of my head. Horumu Arakawa author of probably the most popular Shounen Manga of all time (Fullmetal Alchemist) used a male pen name because her being a female didn't match the nature of her work and a pen name would help bias against her work at bay.

This is not that uncommon in Japanese Manga industry. A couple of examples.

The writer of Deathnote another popular manga is an unknown! Tsugumi Ohba. Before the author profiles in Bakuman, even his gender was unknown.

Shin Kibayashi is famous for using different pen names. The wiki lists several of them


How does Pengin die in the fight with Emonzaemon?

According to the novel, when Emonzaemon shot his bullets off all over the room, he was aiming for things made of metal, like the nails on the floorboards and columns in the room.

As his bullets ricocheted off metal objects, Penguin's luck was forced to be pitted against the luck of the metal itself, which Penguin lost out to.

This was explained that no matter how lucky Penguin was, his luck would not last forever, because like all humans, he will one day have to die. Metal, on the other hand, has a much longer natural life span, far longer than that of humans. Therefore the metal has accumulated much more luck over the centuries, if not millennia, far surpassing the natural luck of any given human gathered in their lifetime.


What does "Why didn't she ask EBA" mean in Hyouka?

Each of the Hyouka novels has a Japanese title and an English sub-title (the English sub-titles are present in the Japanese novels - they are not the work of a translator). At the end of each episode of the anime, the sub-title of the novel that the episode was adapted from is displayed; for the movie arc, that's "Why didn't she ask EBA?".

The English sub-titles are mostly references to mystery novels and at the same time thematically relevant.

The first novel, "the niece of time", is a reference to Josephine Tey's The Daughter of Time. The arc is about Sekitani Jun, whose niece is Chitanda.
The second novel, "Why didn't she ask EBA?", is a reference to Agatha Christie's Why Didn't They Ask Evans?. Indeed, the whole affair would've been resolved quickly if Irisu had had just asked Eba how the film was supposed to end.
The fourth novel, "Little birds can remember", is a reference to Christie's Elephants Can Remember. The thematic relevance of this one is unclear to me.
The fifth novel (not animated), "It walks by past", is a reference to John Dickson Carr's It Walks By Night. I haven't gotten around to reading this volume yet, so I don't know what thematic relevance exists, if any.


How did Mello know how to help Near in Death Note?

I remember that Halle Lidner, SPK member, always kept in touch with Mello, keeping him up-to-date with Near's latest theories concerning Kira case. It's possible that he also knew about Near's plan and his appointment with Kira.

However, Mello, with Matt, decided to kidnap Takada that made the real Death Note location revealed.

Before that, Mello's movements are unknown since the story focus on Takada and Mikami investigation. His reason to kidnap Takada is also unknown whether because he realized the possibility of fake Death Note or other reason.

But in the end, Near acknowledged Mello that he wouldn't have won without his sacrifice.


What does Eijiro Kirishima harden his body into?

Possibly, just hardened skin (and body as well), but as hard as steel as his quirk is comparable with Tetsutetsu steel body. Here we see his hardening quirk allowed him to hardening his body, but still we see it with skin color

In addition to his hardened skin, his whole body seems to be able to hardened (also changed its shape - see picture) as well, as stated in wiki:

  The ability not only protects Eijiro from physical attacks, but also from heat and shock waves. This Quirk is strong enough to protect its user from several tons of metal falling on him as well as multiple explosions through an extended amount of time


In "Unlimited Blade Works", why did the servants choose to fade away rather than staying in the real world?

Because they can't stay in the world without a Master and the Holy Grail.

in the Visual Novel for the Unlimited Blade Works route, in the Good Ending Saber remains in the world through her contract with Rin, however Rin notes that it's a hassle to keep Saber in the world because the Holy Grail is no longer providing support.

  It is possible to remain materialized as a normal familiar after the Holy Grail War ends, but it greatly increases the cost without active support from the Grail. Rin Tohsaka, a superior magus, has no issue in providing for Saber's upkeep, Noble Phantasm usage, and Shirou Emiya's Reality Marble at the same time during the Holy Grail War, but in-turn requires the majority of her energy and Shirou's help in keeping Saber materialized after it ends in Unlimited Blade Works.

Source: Servant > Nature > Upkeep (Last Paragraph)

for Archer, because he has the Independent Action Class Skill he can remain without a Master when normally a Masterless Servant fades away too. he became Masterless after Caster was defeated as Caster's Rule Breaker severed the contract between him and Rin (apart of his plan to go after Shirou) and Shirou did not kill him during their fight

Gilgamesh has this same ability but it's on a higher level that Archer's and was also boosted unnaturally by the Black Mud from the Grail thus allowing him to continue to be materialised after the 4th war and into the 5th with Kotomine using the Orphans from the resulting fire from the 4th war as a way to replenish Gilgamesh's energy (Shirou discovers this in the Fate Route)

Also both Saber and Archer felt they were no longer needed and leaving everything to Rin. in Saber's case it was simply not having a role in Shirou's life while Archer it was trusting that Rin would stop Shirou walking down the same path that he walked


What is the difference between Eldians and The Subjects of Ymir?

Eldians refer to people living in Eldia, a former nation. They comprise of:

The Subjects of Ymir
The Ackerman Clan
The Azumabito Clan

The Subjects of Ymir are people directly descended from Ymir Fritz. They are also Eldians as they were living in Eldia together with the Ackerman and Azumabito clans. As stated in the wiki, they are the

   only race capable of becoming Titans.

All Subjects of Ymir were Eldians but not all Eldians were Subjects of Ymir.


Why doesn't the Sage of Six Paths undo the Infinite Tsukuyomi himself?

The sage of six paths doesn't have the chakra of all the tailed beasts he had that when he was alive. And the sage was dead when kaguya was revived , he came from the afterlife through the chakra network to help the reincarnates of indra and asura  .


The dragonball manga is still canon for the original series.

For Dragonball super, both the manga and the anime can be considered canon. They are simply two continuities. You can talk about the manga continuity and the anime continuity. One is not more canon than the other.


Why did the Phantom Troupe let Gon and Killua go?

Kurapika placed his judgement chain on the Chrollo Lucifer, the Phantom Troupe's leader. The Phantom troupe knows that and that Lucifer is currently seeking the help of a Nen exorcist in order to remove it.

Now why did they let Gon and Kirua go? Well because they want nothing to do with Kurapika anymore! If the person who placed a Nen dies, his Nen becomes much stronger after death, and a much more powerful Nen exorcist would be required in order to remove it. Actually, only a handful of exorcists have the skill to remove the Nen left by a dead user [1]. Or, since Lucifer is at this point weak because deprived of his Nen, he might even die.

The Phantom Troupe knows this and therefore they do not want to have any more direct or indirect interactions with Kurapika. If they were to harm Gon and Killua, Kurapika would surely come seek vengeance once more. If they were to fight off Kurapika, they would have to hold back to make sure he survives the fight. That would be not be an easy feat as Kurapika is not so weak.

[1] Chapter 120, page 13 (not shown here for compactness)

Some of this is explained on page 12 of Chapter 120:


That ninja was shown, earlier, in the Chunin-exam.

Because he takes care that nobody cheats in the exam, he must have an ability to sense things without using his eyes. It's most likely a special jutsu or Kekkai Genkai.


How big would the One Piece planet/universe be if looked from outer space?

The One Piece planet is similar to Earth not only in its Earth-inspired character names. In Chapter 115, Vivi mentions the "Age of Dinosaurs" on Little Garden and Kuzan (Aokiji) has a move called Ice Age, suggesting that there was an Ice Age on this planet. With the exception of the Grand Line, most of the planet experiences four seasons, regular tides, and weather patterns similar to Earth. All of this in addition to regular days and nights suggest that the One Piece galaxy is heliocentric.

However, the One Piece planet has 6 moons, and one of these moons has its own moon (which is large enough itself to be a self-gravitating sphere). Assuming the Ohara citizens were correct about their model of the planet and that the One Piece universe has the same laws of physics as ours, their planet is probably not Earth. Theoretically, it should be much larger but considering imaginary logic, maybe we should just leave the physics up to our imaginations.

I would put the One Piece planet at a similar size to Earth's for several reasons:

According to the One Piece Timeline (not perfect but probably the best we can get with what we have), it took Luffy and his crew something like 75 days to get through Paradise with excursions (again, I understand that could be spot on or way off, we just can't know for certain). Earth has a circumference of ~40,000 km. The average caravel (Going Merry) speed is let's say 5 knots with a Nami navigator and Grand Line conditions. A Franky-built brig (Thousand Sunny) averages let's say 10 knots because Franky is awesome and Nami is navigating. So that means the Straw Hats traveled Paradise at an overall average of let's say 7 knots. 20,000 km / 7 knots is ~65 days without excursions and the Straw Hats knock out most of these excursions in a day or two.
Apart from the Grand Line, the One Piece planet has Earth-like weather patterns and four seasons per year. Considering Luffy supposedly has a Gregorian calendar birthday (Cinco de Mayo), there are 365 days in said years. Oh, also, he weighs 64 kg and that's a reasonable Earth weight. He is really strong though so maybe it's a bit smaller and that's why everyone can jump really high and Luffy only weighs 64kg, apart from "because reasons," which is probably how we should be approaching this question. Now, correct me if I'm wrong but I do not believe either of these measurements are technically canon, so take all that with the same grain of salt with which you are probably taking this question and answer.
The deepest part of the ocean we know about in One Piece is just below Fishman Island, which lies 10km below sea level. Not-so-coincidentally, the deepest depth of Earth's ocean is just over 10km. Since the One Piece planet supports land and water on its crust similarly to Earth, it probably has a similar geological structure to Earth. With identical water depths, I think I can rest my case here.


Where can I watch One Punch Man season 2 legally?

You are in the United States of America (Texas) according to your profile.  Here, One Punch Man is being shown exclusively on Hulu.

https://www.newsweek.com/one-punch-man-season-2-time-how-watch-1388310

Disregarding legal loopholes, that is the only place you can legally watch this show in the United States. I do not know why you were not able to find it.


Are the storylines from The Wolverine movie and anime the same?

No, they're different. The settings and some of the characters are the same but the overall plot isn't.

The Marvel animated series Wolverine was based on the 1982 Chris Claremont and Frank Miller graphic novel of the same name. Both the anime and movie have characters "Mariko", "Shingen", "Yukio". Both also have Mariko in an arranged marriage, but only in the anime is where Mariko is Logan's girlfriend. There's also this giant samurai automaton in both the movie and anime.

The beginning of the anime has Logan and Mariko both in New York City where she's kidnapped. Whereas the movie has him in the woods following the events of "X-Men: Last Stand". It seems there's a lot of mutants in the anime that aren't in the movie, in particular, Kikyo, a mutant who can extend a sword out of his wrists, similar to Logan and Omega Red, a Russian biomedical experiment.

I've never read the original graphic novels, but according to this blog post, the anime is more faithful to the original novels than the movie series.


Orience in Final Fantasy Type-0 does not reside on Gran-Pulse from Final Fantasy XIII.

The commonalities that are seen between Final Fantasy Type-0 and Final Fantasy XIII is due to both games being apart of the Fabula Nova Crystallis series. While they share common mythology, they are do not exist within the same universe. This was explained during the Fabula Nova Crystallis' announcement in 2006

  FABULA NOVA CRYSTALLIS, defined in Latin as "the new tale of the crystal," is made up of several different titles based on variations of the FINAL FANTASY XIII universe. However, while each title in the project features different characters, different worlds, and different stories, all are ultimately based on and expand upon a common mythos.
  SQUARE ENIX UNVEILS THE NEXT GENERATION OF FINAL FANTASY

Additional, the Crystals we see in Final Fantasy Type 0 may be considered Fal'Cie and posses similar roles, they are not quite the same as the Fal'Cie we see in Final Fantasy XIII. In an interviewer with the director1, in regards to the mythology, it was stated the Crystals found in Final Fantasy Type 0 are merely equivalent to Fal'Cie.

  In an interview found in Final Fantasy Type-0 Artwork Book: Secret Vermillion History, director Hajime Tabata said the Crystals have a limited Will of their own and, in terms of the Fabula Nova Crystallis mythology, are equivalent to the fal'Cie of Final Fantasy XIII (and were initially referred to as fal'Cie)
  Falcie

1 Translated version of interview


How this glow effect was created in cel-shaded anime?

All your screenshots look like conventional cel animation, but done with various different techniques. The first image the "glow" looks like it was painted with an airbrush, probably on its own cel sheet overlaying the rest of the image. The lens flare effects in your second and fourth screenshots look they were painted on separate cel sheets and then optically faded in and out to animate them and then combined with the background using multiple exposures. The glow of the candles in the third image was probably airbrushed on the same cel as the candle flames. I'm not sure how the animated sunlight falling on the water in the fifth image was done, but my guess it was simply hand painted. The last image with the glowing bar was probably done with an airbrush similar to the previous examples, though it could be that a diffuser was placed in front the camera lens.


When the Rasengan makes impact, there are two effects that take place

The first effect is

  On contact, the Rasengan grinds into its target, propels them along the Rasengan's trajectory - either away from the user or into the ground beneath them

When Jiraiya used the Rasengan against the gangsters, this what we saw.

The second effect is

  and at some point bursts, causing severe damage at the point of contact.

The burst is what truly deals the damage. Jiraiya mastered the technique of the Rasengan and more than likely had control over it for it to not burst.

Anyways, he was trying to make a point and get the gangsters off of his back - there was no need to kill them. Jiraiya even says

  And I was holding back. You guys are hardly worth the trouble


Confused as to why ANBU agents are so easy to kill off

In simple words because the enemy forces were seriously STRONG that ANBU agents were not able to defeat them (as said by Happy Face in the comments).

According to me, Naruto's team is an exceptionally very strong.

Kyuubi's Chakra + Sharingan + Healing = STRONGEST

So there is no doubt that they are stronger. They are exceptionally strong, so we might say that they are stronger than ANBU agents.

When some strong enemies come to their village let's say Nagato, aka Pain, then it's quite obvious that ANBU agents won't be able to defeat him because Nagato is really strong, but Naruto did because he is exceptionally stronger than the ANBU agents.

According to wiki :

  One of the Fifth Hokage's ANBU bodyguards attributed his chakra supply to the Rinnegan. Nagato could also constantly alter the nature of his chakra to prevent him from being located by sensory type ninjas.

This is also written in wiki that:

  ANBU commander is very observant, seen when he recognises that Pain's chakra-levels must be immense and that he is controlling the bodies used to destroy Konoha by chakra alone.

But that doesn't mean that all anbu agents are nothing. For example Yamato is also an ANBU agent, and if you have seen him then you may have know that he is not easy to be defeated by enemies just because he is strong.

There are many ANBU agents which differ from each other. They are responsible for carrying out assassinations, tracking, surveillance, and missions requiring specially trained ninja. Also some ANBU serve as interrogators.
All ANBU agents have their own skills.

But there's a point that we must note:

ANBU are expected to destroy their bodies when they are badly injured on a mission like that they won't be captured.

Which might explain why they kill themselves every time they are badly hurt. Source