There is no evidence on what happened, but yes, they are. It's actually pretty clear if you see the chapter:

And also this is from the wiki:

   After the timeskip, Lucci reappeared as a member of CP-0. Lucci went to Dressrosa to recover evidence of the Donquixote Pirates smuggling operation only to find that they were already taken. Lucci suspected that the revolutionaries were responsible.


What is this strange flying fish creature?

The closest thing I know of to this creature, is the mythological Peng, a fish-bird hybrid from ancient Chinese folklore. Technically, it is either a bird that can transform into a fish, or vice versa.

I am not aware of any explanations in the anime or in the light novels for this creature, but I suggest that it was included to add to the fantastical atmosphere of the anime, add another magical creature to the repetoire, as well as being something fun and exciting for the viewers to watch during the credit sequences!

Nevertheless, the Peng is an appropriate creature to use as a model, since its flight was associated with being uplifted by 'righteousness' and 'virtue', and for a long time stood as a metaphor for 'broadening one's mind' or 'expanding one's horizons'. This is a very apt theme for Outbreak Company, which is all about 'breaking' through to the other side, and expanding into new ground, both physically and mentally. Both Kano and Myucel must grow and broaden their minds and experiences, and so the Peng is an excellent metaphor for them!


Both Kenbunshoku and Haoshoku are not visible at all, since, well it was not made as something that is visually needed to the reader, since they're basically perception and sheer will power respectively.

Busoshoku, however, can be seen both by the user and others alike, though not all the time, since it acts like an "invisible armor" or coating, in a sense. At that point, it is not seen, which could be demonstrated by someone like Zoro, for example. But, when in is concentrated heavily on certain areas of the users body (i/e: Luffy or Vergo) or to a weapon of theirs (i/e: Vergo or Smoker), it hardens said part (or extension of the users body) and turns it black, making it "denser".

(As for Vergo's extension for to his bamboo: Chapter 672, page 4 Smoker: Chapter 690, page 8.

For a use of Buso, without demonstrating it physically: Chapter 512, page 12, among many others. Zoro vs Monet for instance.)

Hope this helps.


Anime about the cameraman from a television show

You're looking for the show LOVE♥LOVE?.

  Naoto Ohizumi is the screenwriter for the all-female Super Sentai TV show, The Super Transforming Cosmopolitan Prayers ("Cosplayers"), although this is only known by the show's producer. Naoto has a crush on one of the show's stars, Natsumi Yagami. As the show proceeds so does their relationship, with many twists and turns along the way. Many of the other actresses are also in love with Naoto, creating various situations throughout the anime.


Who are the other 2 Taijutsu fighters that Kisame acknowledged?

Based on a bit of Googling, that line is a mistranslation. The actual intended meaning of Kisame's line is, "Though this is the third time I'm facing you..." (It literally translates to something like "For me, it's the third time," but the intended meaning is clearer in context.)

The three times they fight:

When Itachi and Kisame show up to first try to kidnap Naruto:

   Kisame accompanied Itachi to Konoha to help kidnap Naruto Uzumaki. After the two gained attention due to their unusual clothing, they were stopped by Asuma Sarutobi and Kurenai Yūhi. Asuma and Kurenai found themselves outmatched, but Kakashi arrived to help balance the odds. Asuma was able to distract Kisame while Itachi fought Kakashi. He waited patiently for Itachi's fight to finish, but before Itachi delivered the final blow, Kakashi remembered Jiraiya's warning and recognised the duo as members of Akatsuki from their black cloaks. Itachi changed his mind and ordered Kisame to kidnap Kakashi and kill Asuma and Kurenai. Before he could do so, however, Might Guy showed up and kicked an attacking Kisame in the face. Following Guy's arrival, Itachi ordered Kisame to retreat, not wanting to start a large-scale battle. Kisame seemed quite annoyed with Itachi's idea, as he desperately wanted to fight the Konoha shinobi.

While Akatsuki is extracting Shukaku (the One-Tailed Beast) from Gaara's body:

   While Akatsuki extracted the One-Tailed Shukaku from Gaara's body, they learned that Team Guy was nearing their location. Remembering his last encounter with Guy, Kisame volunteered to keep them occupied while the sealing was completed. Nagato used the Shapeshifting Technique to make a duplicate of Kisame's body that would be remotely controlled by Kisame. The clone located and confronted Team Guy, but was disappointed that Guy didn't remember him. He converts the surrounding desert into a lake to give him a battlefield advantage and attacks Team Guy. After numerous attempts Team Guy made attacking Kisame, Guy managed to separate him from Samehada, leading to the rest of his team launching an assault. Kisame swiftly made water clones to block their attacks and immediately used the Water Prison Technique to imprison them.

 Guy then attempted to attack Kisame with his own sword but Samehada intervened and returned to its owner. Now that it was a one on one fight, Kisame directed all his attention towards Guy leading him to use his nunchaku. After exchanging blows with each other, Kisame overpowered Guy, launching him to the bottom of the newly formed lake. Seeing that he had the geographical advantage, Kisame repeatedly attacked Guy until he was forced to open the sixth gate. Doing so, Guy forced away the surrounding water and immediately attacked Kisame, sending him flying into the air, giving an opportunity for him to use his Morning Peacock technique to end the fight, resulting in Kisame's clone being killed. Afterwards Kisame voiced his regret to Itachi that their clones only had 30% of their chakra and thus were not as powerful as their actual selves. Ultimately, however, the two accomplished their task of delaying the two teams long enough for the rest of the Akatsuki to extract Shukaku from Gaara.

The third time, of course, is the scene you're talking about. Kisame pretends to have been defeated by Killer B, and hides inside his sword Samehada (which Killer B takes as his own) to infiltrate the Hidden Cloud Village (Kumogakure), but he is discovered:

   To protect them from Akatsuki, B and Naruto Uzumaki were sent to the island in the Land of Lightning. After B helped Naruto to tame the Nine-Tails, Naruto was able to sense Kisame's hatred within Samehada, despite his and Samehada's identical chakra. Discovered and outnumbered, Kisame took Samehada and tried to escape, but Naruto used the new speed granted to him by the Nine-Tails to stop him. Naruto was so fast, in fact, that his foot got stuck in a wall, allowing Kisame to continue his bid for freedom. As soon as he exited the Falls of Truth he ran into and was attacked by Might Guy, who believed Kisame was his inner self. Although Guy realised Kisame was not his inner self, he still didn't remember him, instead believing him to be a blowfish. Samehada abandoned Kisame and returned to Killer B. Kisame stole some chakra from the both of them to revitalise him after being within Samehada for so long. Aoba Yamashiro tried to neutralise him with Secret Technique: Stone Needles, but this only enabled Kisame to absorb his chakra as well.

 Kisame then swam away and tried to make it off the island, and when he reached the shoreline, Kisame summoned a shark and gave it a scroll filled with the information he had gathered. Guy tracked him down and, seeing what Kisame was doing, tried to stop the shark. Kisame then used Water Release: A Thousand Feeding Sharks to conceal it and overwhelm Guy. When Guy's Morning Peacock couldn't destroy all of the sharks, he opened the seventh chakra gate, blocking the sharks' route. To get rid of Guy, Kisame used Water Release: Great Shark Bullet Technique, and Guy countered with his Daytime Tiger. Although the Great Shark Bullet grows stronger when used against chakra-based attacks, Daytime Tiger was composed of "youthful" air pressure. It overpowered and defeated Kisame, as well as destroyed all of the remaining sharks. Though defeated, Kisame was annoyed that Guy still could not remember him and tried to continue fighting, but was knocked unconscious by Guy.

 After returning to the island, Yamato restrained Kisame to allow Aoba to read his mind in order to gather intelligence on Akatsuki. When Aoba came across memories of Tobi's face and his promises of ending the "world of lies", Kisame bit his own tongue to force himself awake and broke free of his restraints. The Kumo and Konoha-nin tried to subdue him, but Kisame trapped himself with the Water Prison Technique. Before he was completely immobilised, he summoned three sharks and allowed them to devour him. Within his final moments he remembered his first meeting with Itachi and realised that he was not as terrible as he once thought, as he was willing to give his life to protect the cause he believed in and died with a smile on his face. This act of conviction caused Guy to gain new respect for his adversary and vowed to always remember him. He and the others then attempted to read the scroll that Kisame tried so hard to send, but found that it was booby-trapped; they were each caught in a Water Prison with a shark. Another shark took the scroll and swam away with it, which eventually found its way to Zetsu.


Why is Motoko Kusanagi usually the only one with thermoptic camouflage?

If you are asking in the Stand Alone Complex Universe / series, then no Kusnagi is not the only one who uses it. We see Batou, the Tachikoma tanks, the Narcotics Suppression Squad (NSS), the elite JMSDF Black Ops unit Umibozu and even Togusa uses it in the series. In general, the other Section 9 members also use it indirectly when they are inside the Tachikoma tanks.

Example of Kusnagi, Batou and Togusa using it at around 1:08 (Episode 1 of SAC Season 1),

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAIcWoU117s
Alternative Link: https://streamable.com/aslwo

An example of a Tachkikoma using it,

As for regarding it's usage, legality or possible limitations here's what the wiki says,

  An important technology used in the series is thermo-optical
  camouflage (光学迷彩 kōgaku meisai). Members of Section 9 as well as their
  Tachikoma tanks have the ability to activate a special camouflage
  technology which enables them to blend in with the environment, making
  them near-invisible across all visible spectrum and thermal imaging.
  It is an active stealth system which projects ambient conditions of
  the opposing side, thus rendering the masked object transparent by
  transmission.

  The system is not perfect, as it seems unable to
  compensate for sudden changes and physical impacts and not impervious
  to close observation. It also has difficulty working in rain or if
  walking through shallow water. A faint translucent distortion is shown
  as the limitations of the technology. In the legal landscape of the
  series, usage of the technology without a warrant is heavily
  restricted. The use of this technology by Section 9 is the exception,
  and not the norm - further highlighting their extraordinary legal
  standing.

  In the Stand Alone Complex alternate timeline, however, this
  technology seems to have been perfected and is capable of operating in
  highly illuminated environment, as evidenced in the episode "Android
  and I". The visual distortions are therefore purely for the benefit of
  the viewers.

Finally, in the Stand Alone Complex series, I suspect the reason why it appears that in Section 9 it's usually always only Kusnagi followed by Batou that use it more frequently is because they are usually the ones that are in the "offensive/dangerous part" of the operations or take in the solo offensive/assault operations. And this maybe due to their heavily cyberized / augmented bodies and their extensive military experience than the other members. Not saying that the other Section 9 members don't have their own specialties or quirks. They do and it's used for different purposes.


If the Jinchuuriki and their tailed beast work together they can basically break every genjutsu put upon them since one of the counters against genjutus is to have the victim's chakra flow disrupted. This makes them mostly immune to them.

  A victim's chakra flow, if disrupted enough, can break the caster's influence. This "Genjutsu Dissipation" (幻術解, Genjutsu Kai, Literally meaning: Illusion Technique Dissipation) or "Genjutsu Reversal" (幻術返し, Genjutsu Gaeshi, Literally meaning: Illusion Technique Reversal)[7] can be done by the victim themselves, (assuming they realise they're under a genjutsu's influence) or an ally who emits chakra into them;[8] jinchūriki who have formed a good relationship with their tailed beast prefer the latter method whenever they need it.

Wiki


In Plunderer, what does Licht's -999 count mean?

As it is worded currently it is the number of girls who have rejected him. After he leaves, she "rejected" him from her heart and so it went down. More explanation may be given later on


Is the Nyaboron ending song a real one, or just made for concept?

It was purpose-composed for the anime, so it's not "real", per se. Nonetheless, you can find the full version of it (4:00 in length), titled "Utsukushiki Ai no Hoshi yo, Eien ni" as track #5 on the anime's second soundtrack. 13:32 into the episode corresponds to about 0:15 into the song.

Here's a Youtube link (which could go down at any time): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycmL6Mrpo30#t=13m25s.


How Orochimaru is still mentally active after being stabbed by Totsuka sword?

The jutsu which Orochimaru used is called Juinjutsu. Orochimaru was unable to use Sage Mode and thus had to create an alternative way to make use of Senjutsu.

  In addition to his various test subjects, Orochimaru gave cursed seals to some of his most powerful and unique followers, either to enhance their abilities or to prepare them for becoming potential host bodies. To apply a cursed seal, Orochimaru bites the recipient, doing so with the aid of his sharp fangs and extendible neck. The seal then appears on the body of the victim near the puncture wound before causing them to lose consciousness.

Now try recalling the concept of Bunshin no Jutsu. When clones are created, it has mind of their own. As a result, when it is released, the original would get the details of clone's experience. Clearly Orochimaru's technique is not Bunshin. It's much more evolved than that. He shares a portion of his power in the host's body and tries to reside in the body. So naturally, it has a different mind.

Try recalling the incident during Kabuto and Sasuke fight. After Orochimaru was revived from Anko Mitarashi's body by Uchiha Sasuke, he said that he had been seeing the entire war from Anko's body, which clearly showed that he was mentally active inside the host's body.

Reference

Orochimaru's Juinjutsu
Anko Mitarashi


It's because:

   The soul of Eichi has been watching over her since he died. When Sheldan tries to take Mitsuki's soul, it's explained why Eichi is the reason why Mitsuki can see Shinigami. This is what saved Mitsuki and Takuto after they get pierced by the Mystere's scythe at the end of the series. At the end of the manga it's revealed that Eichi refused to allow Takuto to take his soul (this was Takuto's first assignment as a Shinigami) because he wanted to meet Mitsuki again (because of the promise they made to meet again when they achieved their dreams) and stays with her for 6 years until the end of the series, when he see that she is now happy and wants to live.


How do people set up sites like MangaReader and MangaFox? Aren't they illegal?

Just because it's illegal doesn't mean you can't do it.

(You'll probably have a lot of legal headaches and risk going to jail etc - but you can still do it - killing people is also illegal, yet people do it)

Just as how the PirateBay is still around, despite many copyright claimers' objections - these site use loopholes in the law to get around legal restrictions.

Ignoring take-down notices

Usually blatant copyright infringement will have relevant parties emailing take-down notices, but many of these sites will ignore these. The next step for interested parties is to file a law-suit - which many smaller groups do not have the funds to pay for.

Selectively applying takedown notices

Some sites simply take down the particular series that have been claimed against - and no more. Seeing as English companies are the most interested in preventing English copyright infringement, series that haven't been licensed usually get ignored in take-down lists.

Complying with take-down notices, but restarting under a new alias

There are several sites that close down after legal pressure, but then start right back up again under a new alias - this means legal pursuers have to start the process all over again, for presumably the same result.

Hosting tricks

Sometimes these sites will get around copyright laws by hosting their website in a country that has a copyright policy that makes this website legal. I don't know of many examples but I do know the Pirate Bay tried to buy the micronation Sealand.

Not actually Hosting the content

Manga readers sometimes don't actually store the content on their servers - they are simply an interface to someone elses' server and consequently, they try to blame that group if anything is contested. Some countries have enforced ISP-level blockages on some piracy sites to stop infringements in their country.

There are some other tricks they use to avoid getting caught, mostly to do with international differences & ambuguity in law.

I do not recommend you try to set one up yourself. Firstly for your own wellbeing, secondly because in doing so you are taking away from manga artists, who already don't make much money as it is.


Pokémon actually started as a pair of video games published by Nintendo for the Game Boy in 1996. Known as Pokémon Red and Blue (although in Japan the games were released as Pokémon Red and Green), these games were followed up by some short stories.

IIRC, first came the Pokémon comics, then the Pokémon series debuted on television on April 1, 1997, and shortly thereafter the manga was released on August 8, 1997.


What's with the claim that Anna pulled a knife on Nobuko?

I bet that after 2 years, you don't care if someone answers the question; heck I wouldn't. Or, maybe you found the answer, but recently I have decided to read the novel.
That was just part of the film. A box cutter is a type of knife, so the dub/sub was similar, but there was no talk about a knife in the book. Maybe it's just something someone added in the film to make her look meaner than Anna was supposed to be.
I'm not a fan of the film, but I will see how the book ends up. I'm about 1/3 finished right now, but the movie follows it alright; for now.


Why are Hajime's attack names in French?

Almost certainly based on the Rule of Cool. Manga and anime frequently contain specialized jargon, names of attacks and locations in foreign languages simply because it sounds 'cool' and different to the Japanese ear: e.g. Spanish (Bleach), German (Neon Genesis Evangelion), English (most of them) or multiple (Full Metal Panic).

In Gatchaman, there may be an additional reason for using French for Ichinose's attacks specifically: to emphasize her femininity and artistic side. French is often associated with delicacy, grace, and the arts (e.g. ballet, couture, visual design, performance art, etc), and so may be a hint towards her "gentler nature" (chauvanism does still appear in anime). Her artistic side is also referenced by attacks related to her crafts hobbies, as you've mentioned.


Why do the driving instructors look sort of like wooden dolls?

Well, here's a half-answer.

The first guy (Mito) looks like Robot Santouhei (ロボット三等兵 / "Pvt. Third Class Robot"; "Mito" is spelled with the first two characters of Santouhei"), the title character of a 1955 manga by MAETANI Koremitsu. Curiously, there is virtually no English-language information on the internet about either the manga or its author.

The second guy (Sanda) resembles various characters from the 1964 British television program Thunderbirds (in Japanese, サンダーバード Sandabādo), which seems to have ended up being quite popular in Japan.

The third guy (whose name must be Kikai) resembles Zaborger, the title character of Electroid Zaborger 7, a well-known tokusatsu program from 1974.

The fourth guy (Zaho) resembles Kikaider, the title character of Android Kikaider, a well-known 1972 tokusatsu program.

Some mysteries remain. Why is #3 named "Kikai" when he resembles Zaborger and #4 named "Zaho" when he resembles Kikaider? And do these characters have anything to do with Bakuon!! or motorcycles, or are they just a throwaway gag?


Does the AUG | Akihabara Accept come from an anime? If so, which one?

Also, as mentioned by Matt, it does not look like it comes from any specific manga or anime and is just some random Japanese anime character put on there by Steam, hoping to get some money from otaku fans alike willing to pay huge amounts of money for just an anime skin.

Based on comments on it at Reddit and steam itself. If it was based on something you would expected steam to promote it as such.


What happened to Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode?

There is a theory that Naruto still has the potential to use it but he doesn't, since it needs chakra from all nine Tailed Beasts, which he used up in his battle against Sasuke. The sage said that he was a pseudo-Ten Tails and that the Tailed Beasts could all go into him to speak with each other (this was after he took back his yin and yang seals from Naruto and Sasuke). He may have felt there was no need to, since both halves of the Kyuubi are sealed inside him now.


Why did Marley send titans to Paradis Island in the first place?

High-ranking people in Marley nation such as the Tybur family probably knew about the king's lie. As Willy Tybur admitted knowing this in the episode "Declaration of War" episode 4 of the final season.

Also, the beast titan (the predecessor of Zeke) knew about the oath. I don't remember the manga chapter.

However (perhaps) hiding this secret was used as a tactical strategy to motivate people to attack the island (not everyone is going to buy that " one gazillions years ago their ancestor killed your ancestor so turn them into zombies and lock them behind bars").
So because high-rank people knew about the bluff and hated Eldians for their "sins" and they wanted their resources and the founding titan, they keep harassing the island while used that bluff to motivate people against them at the same time.


What exactly are Haibane in the anime Haibane Renmei? Are they angels?

Warning: Major spoilers if you haven't watched Haibane Renmei all the way through.

First off Haibane Renmei leaves much information about the story and setting intentionally vague so any answer to this question is going to be partly  opinion based.  Most of the other Haibane seem more or less content with their ignorance of things, but Rakka, the audience surrogate, is befuddled and confused as to what exactly the Haibane are and repeatedly questions it throughout the story.  Rakka goes out of her way to try to unravel what is going on, checking out books from the library, or teaching herself the Toga/Communicator sign language.  The Communicator is so impressed by her inquisitiveness, that he even gives Rakka a job inside the mysterious Wall itself.  Like Rakka, the show invites us the viewers to think more deeply about the world it presents so we can piece things together ourselves.

Okay onward to the answer, or at least what I think the answer is....

Despite the wings and halos, the Haibane are not angels.  The magical Wall surrounding the town is said more than once to collect and store memories for a time before releasing them.  The wall not only collects memories, but also collects the souls of children or teenagers who have died with some aspect of their life unfulfilled.  The cocoon's function is to give these souls a new body so they can get a second chance to fix whatever it was they couldn't fix in their previous life before the wall releases them to move on during their "day of flight."  We see this process play out with Kuu and later Reki.  The Haibane are reincarnated human souls existing in a sort of temporary body that's not quite human but close enough while they try to work out their issues.  A cocoon appears whenever the wall captures a young unfulfilled soul and serves the necessary function of growing a body for that soul to inhabit.  It's not entirely clear why the cocoons grow in specific locations but all such locations are away from the "normal" humans, within the confines of the wall, and near other Haibane who presumably will know what to do when a cocoon appears and how to best take care of newly born Haibane.

Well I hope that answers your question.


The so called weapons are a artificial race, created due to inhumane human/witch experimentation. We do not know how the actual physical transformation happens. Nor how the experimentation ultimatetly led to this race
These experiments known to create these weapons was originally discovered by Eibon and Death, whilst trying to find a way to create peace between the humans and the witches. Due to the inhumane practices required to create such demon weapons they decided to lock the exact steps away.
But as you learn later on in the story as well. Arachnid, with her spiders, managed to obtain this information, and started her own experimentation. Ultimatly leading to the race currently known as Demon Weapons

The ´weapons´ Race, as a social construct, is a group of people who share similar and distinct physical characteristics
This particular race came to be 800 years before the start of the series, during the time Eibon and Death sought a way to create peace between humans and witches.
Inspired by the Great Old one (Excalibur) they decided to start human experimentation to create something similar. They managed to find out that by killing a witch and extracting a soul they could create a demon weapon.
Due to the inhumanity they sealed away the instructions for doing so. Yet Arachne using her spiders managed to oversee this, and started her own experimentation. Leading her to combining a weapon, and a witches soul. This concluded in a new 'race' now known as the 'demon weapons' or weapons for short. Or as we known them, the humans transforming into weapons. - SE Wiki


Why Willy Tybur claimed Eren could attack using the colossus Titans in the walls, if supposedly Eren can't control that ability?

There are two reasons.
First one is because he inherited the founding titan from Grisha. As long as he has that power, the possibility of him using that power exists.
The second reason is the information they got from Reiner and Bertholht. To their (Reiner and Bertholht) eyes, Eren was using the co-ordinates without having royal blood. The reason he could do this was because he came in contact with Dina Fritz who had turned into a pure titan, but since they didn't know that, they reported back to Marley that Eren used founding titan while not having royal blood.
This led them to believing that Eren could use the powers of founding titan.


No not everyone will become a Jonin. As you may have noticed, some ninja like Naruto don't even become Chuunin. Naruto is a rare example however.

In order to become a jonin, a ninja must be extremely skilled. Jōnin are generally able to use at least two types of elemental chakra, some genjutsu, and above average taijutsu skills.

They are usually also appointed to A and/or S ranked missions alone while those under the Jonin rank usually go with a team, or not at all.


According to both the Death Note Character list on Wikipedia and the L character page on the Death Note Wikia, his full name is L Lawliet.  He does have several aliases that sound more like real names but L seems to be his actual name.

From the L Wikipedia page:

  Tsugumi Ohba, the writer of the series [...] For L's name, he wanted to use a single letter with a lot of significance; he considered "I" and "J", but eventually chose "L" after careful consideration.

The Wiki page also points out that his name is written in Latin characters as "L"


Does the Heart of the Cards work for anyone or just Yugi?

Yes, everyone can come to use it
First off, the definition of Heart of the Cards is a little hazy. The best definition I can come up with is:

Having something worth dueling for besides yourself (e.g. friendship)
Having faith that your cards will come through for you when you need them to

In Yu-Gi-Oh! 1x22 "Face Off, Part 1", Seto Kaiba comes to an understanding of what the Heart of the Cards is, focusing on the first definition.

Kaiba: Yugi, you said you won [last time we dueled] by tapping into the Heart of the Cards. And for a long time, I didn't know what that meant. But now, I think I do. And it took Pegasus to show me. [Kaiba pulls out a necklace with a picture of Mokuba as a kid] He gave me a reason to put my heart in the cards. […] For the first time, Yugi, I can duel with fire and passion in my heart.
Yugi: I can feel it. [Yugi thinks to himself] Kaiba has changed. I can sense it. He's fighting for more than just himself this time. There's a new belief…in the Heart of the Cards.

I'm pretty sure that Kaiba later mocks Yugi for the Heart of the Cards, but in this scene at least, Yugi flat out agrees that Kaiba is believing in the Heart of the Cards.
In the Yu-Gi-Oh! GX two-parter "The King of Copycats" (1x18 and 1x19), Jaden Yuki duels a copycat duelist who steals Yugi's deck and pretends to be him. Naturally, the copycat starts talking about the Heart of the Cards.

[Draws a card] Perfect! The Heart of the Cards has served me again!

Jaden starts lamenting that he can't beat a deck with the Heart of the Cards before he gets insight from Winged Kuriboh.

Yugi's deck is just so powerful. I thought I could win, but now, I don't know. Huh?
[Winged Kuriboh's spirit appears]
Kuriboh. Sorry, but what can I do? He's got the Heart of the Cards on his side.
[Winged Kuriboh starts poking Jaden, then points towards his opponent]
Uhh! Ow! Oh! What do you mean "no"? Come on, that's Yugi's deck! Oh! Wait a sec, that's it! That's Yugi's Deck! There's no way the heart of the cards can be on Dimitri's side! The Heart of the Cards come from believing in your own cards, not someone's you stole!
[Winged Kuriboh nods in approval]
And I believe in my deck. So if the Heart of the Cards is on anyone's side, it's on mine!

He then draws the card he needs to turn the duel in his favor.

My interpretation of these events is that the Heart of the Cards does work for anybody, but not everyone has an equally strong faith in it, or is attuned to them using it. There have been cases where the person dueling for the right reason wins, and there have been times when someone draws the one card they need without necessarily relying on the Heart of the Cards. Heck, I even saw one fan theory saying that Mai's supposed psychic powers was her using the Heart of the Cards and not realizing it.
But given that apparently anyone can use it, even Seto Kaiba, I think that yes, anybody can use it.


How long does the producing of long run anime take?

I believe the actual production is similar except multiple processes work simultaneously in a never ending kind of way. The following image illustrates my point in a super simplistic manner. The workflow is enhanced/compressed as needed typically.
Click for full size Image Source: https://twitter.com/Winny_BayDay/status/750061410210553856

Hence all the steps are the same. but instead the writing team has to adapt to source material pacing and accordingly adjust. The enhanced workload in a long running anime may be the reason that we witness subpar animation unlike movies or short cour anime. As shown in the anime Shirabako (Production Schedule) each episode can take months to be ready!

I would like to add that the hectic schedule, messy pacing and need for breaks has what transformed traditional long running anime series to being released over multiple seasons like JoJo and Boku no Hero . (Why is it so rare to see new long running anime series these days?)

Will try to find a relevant example schedule, but didn't turn up much on the first search. Cheers!


Do the Pokemon movies occur in the series timeline?

The answer is - Yes, the Pokemon movies do occur in the series timeline, and there's clear evidence for some of the movies in the series.
[NOTE: contains major spoilers; only for those who watched most of the Pokemon anime and movies]
1st Movie - Mewtwo strikes back
This movie not only has a direct connection to the series timeline, but it seems that the studio meant to create this story only in the form of a movie after being shadowed in the anime.
Let's start with ep63, where Gary battles with Giovanni. Giovanni chooses to fight with Mewtwo, though it wasn't revealed at the time, only in the movie you realise that. It seems clearly that the studio wanted you to ask - "Who's that Pokemon?"; the answer for that is only in the movie.

In the battle against Gary
And it continues for a couple of episodes after that in ep65, with Team Rocket seeing their HQ destroyed by a mysterious force, aka Mewtwo as revealed in the movie, as the movie takes place after the events in this episode.

Blasting off in the Anime

Blasting off in the Movie
You can see clearly in that episode that the anime were foreshadowing not only Mewtwo, but his relationship with Giovanni, that being revealed only in the movie after the anime made hints to it. So the movie clearly takes place in the timeline of the anime.

Some may come and say - the 1st movie was exceptional, first movie and all. Here's more evidences.
The Power Of One
This one actually have direct reference in the Anime. in ep222 (Japanese count. 220 in the international count) where Team Rocket and Ash are seeing Lugia, they are declaring that they saw one on the Orange Islands, in other words, in the movie.

Destiny Deoxys
This one was actually pretty hard to find, but with kinda simple observation, this is clearly a reference to the movie.
The movie takes place in a city called LaRousse city, where Deoxys starts attacking it. In the Battle Frontier season ep448 (444 in international count) Solana is telling the gang about Deoxys appearing in the past in LaRousse city, clearly referring to the movie.

Movie ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Anime
There's actually another referring to the movie - mentioning Prof. Lund, which is another addition for this evidence.
This is actually my most hard evidence that though the movies are offering big and mighty events, they won't be mentioned in the anime. Probably from the obvious reason that though the movie occurring in the anime storyline, they are still considered extra, and besides the 1st movie that actually have strong basis in the anime, the other movies are not must-see, and those who haven't watched them will probably get confused, especially new audience.
And that actually will answer the immediate question that burst once claiming the movies taking place in the anime storyline, that it seems that the characters not remembering events from the movies such as legendaries encounters, like in the above example.
But it's quite clearly as we saw, on one occasion or another, that there's some references to the movies, and might be even more references to them in the anime that I haven't observed yet and may help this answer.
With that being say, it is still possible that not all movies took place, so if there's more references and evidences it might help this answer to say that indeed all movies taking place in the series timeline. But since I haven't saw in the anime some contradictions to the movies I believe that those evidences took the point.
Linked: When do the Pokemon Movies occur chronologically to the plot?


What is the continuation after the last episode of Naruto Shippuden?

There are 2 movies after the end of the series.

The first one to watch if you are interested in knowing things that happen before the marriage that is is preceds the last few episodes is The Last: Naruto the Movie

The other movie is Boruto: Naruto the Movie which covers the Chunin Arc of Boruto series and has an anime adaptation as well. Personally speaking I like the anime adaptation better especially due to the better art work on the villains.

You can also watch Boruto Anime directly you most probably won't have any problems in understanding it except that a character that appears many a times in Boruto's dream is a character from the movie The Last: Naruto The Movie.

There is an OVA as well about the day Naruto became the Hokage titled The Day Naruto Became Hokage (OVA)
It was included on Limited Edition CDs and Blu-ray releases of the Boruto movie


Where is the title of Spice and Wolf from?

This is cannot be explained without spoilers.

   The phrase "Spice and Wolf" was used by a merchant to describe the two main characters later on in this series.

It was also repeated by the author in the afterward of volume 16 on page 299:

  ...But as the world of Spice and Wolf is not about viewing the world in itself, but the "Spice" and the "Wolf" (Holo and Lawrence) in it , it's actually the antithesis of that universal metaphor , so in other words... et cetera, et cetera, et cetera, ad nauseum.


Do the Quincy know of the consequences of their power?

They were acutely aware of this fact.  From the Bleach Wiki, emphasis mine:

  Since the origin of the Quincy, many years passed within Soul Society trying to appeal to the Quincy that the handling of Hollows should be left to the Shinigami. The Quincy refused to accept the situation. As time went on, the number of Quincy increased and the cycle of souls became more unstable, forcing the Shinigami to reluctantly wipe out the Quincy in order to maintain the balance of the world.

From this, I gather:

The Quincy may not have originally been aware of what their powers were doing.
They learned the true consequences after the Soul Reapers attempted some kind of negotiations with them to get them to leave Hollows to them.
They disregarded the consequences and continued to use their powers against Hollows, due to (often) slow responses from Soul Reapers.


Why does Earth have two moons after the season finale?

The two moons are the two halves of the old moon split apart in the final battle.

This happened during the season finale but can also be seen in the ending credits and is alluded to in the opening. It holds symbolism for the main conflict of the show between Akira and Ryo. It also ties in with other works in the series as mentioned by @Sn0wCrack.


Does the size of a person matter when Devil Fruit powers are involved?

It's not about devil fruits, it's just that bigger things have bigger impact.

Let's say that a normal giant, without any devil fruit powers, can crush a warship into pieces. However a normal sized person would need some powers (haki, devil fruit, whatever else) no matter how strong he is otherwise, only because his body is smaller and his fist wouldn't make such an impact. He could break through the ship but the damage would remain local. A small hole on the ship, and that's it.

In the special case of devil fruit's powers the only information we have (while seeing numerous occasions of bigger attacks being more powerful, like Luffy's Gear 3rd and Ace's Supernova) what Crocodile said in the desert while fighting Luffy: a devil fruit power can be stronger based on how the user trains and uses it. That implies that indeed, size matters for devil fruit powers too, if the user trains himself and uses it that way. Not because of any devil fruit specific reasons, just because of the facts mentioned above.


Who is this Aogiri member (a girl on redhood) in the anime adaptation?

According to Tokyo Ghoul Wiki, her name is Eto. As a ghoul, she is known as the

  One-Eyed Owl,

and her human name is

  Sen Takatsuki.

She is also an executive member of the Aogiri Tree.


How does "The Disappearance of Nagato Yuki-chan" relate to the Haruhi Suzumiya series?

The show's existence is in itself a spoiler for The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, so anyone who hasn't seen the movie/read the book yet has been warned.
Yuki-chan is a spinoff anime based on a manga that began in 2009. The series is written by the original author of the Haruhi series, Nagaru Tanigawa, and takes place in the alternate universe created during the events of Disappearance, in which the members of the SOS Brigade are simply normal humans, and the SOS Brigade doesn't even exist.
The spin-off focuses more on the day-to-day interactions between the characters than the original series, and follows the titular Yuki-chan as she attempts to pursue Kyon, on whom she has a crush. As the series progresses, Yuki-chan develops a friendship with Kyon as she attempts to confess to him, which leads me to believe that the series is non-canon, as the following conversation takes place in Disappearance shortly after Kyon finds himself in the alternate universe (around 3:17 in the link):

"Nagato, tell me ... do you know ... who I am?"
"I do. [...] I know that you're a student in class 5. I see you every now and then. But I don't know any more than that."

The spin-off can't take place before the events of Disappearance because Disappearance Yuki only knows Kyon from when he helped her get a library card, and it can't take place afterward because

Nagato had actually used her powers to rewrite the world and take away all supernatural elements surrounding Haruhi, not just create an alternate universe, and she reverts the change at the end of the story, erasing Disappearance Yuki and the rest of the Disappearance SOS Brigade from existence.

The series is thus probably non-canon, and doesn't fit into any specific place in the timeline.
Its plot is basically separated from that of the original series, so it can be watched independently with almost full plot comprehension. However, enjoyment of the characters and their actions might requires familiarity with the source material because the much of the show's appeal stems from gap moe, in which a perceived difference or contradiction in a person's behavior or action (i.e. "gap") is found to be cute or attractive. Yuki-chan lets viewers see the normally stoic Nagato express her feelings as a normal, shy girl, and without this contrast the show turns into another "cute girls doing cute things" anime - not that there's anything wrong with those.


How did Future Trunks learn the Spirit Bomb Technique?

The answer is quite simple: This is not the spirit bomb technique.

Trunks' new form that is similar to the SSB is solely responsible for pulling in all of that energy and enabling that new sword technique he used against Zamasu.

Considering that we don't have a definition for this form we also don't know it's limitations.

However, I speculate that the new form is a special form of SSB attained when a half human half saiyan can clad themselves in god ki. Doing so enabled him to pull on the ki of other humans to unite into his blade. Which worked because humans are according to Zamasu "made in the image of gods".

That's only a theory but fact of the matter is that what we saw was not Trunks using the spirit bomb.


Who writes the Dragon Ball Heroes manga?

Toyotarō (とよたろう) is the author of the spin-off manga Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory Mission, which debuted in the November 2012 issue of V-Jump and the illustrator of the Dragon Ball Super manga version. He is Akira Toriyama's chosen successor.[1]
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Toyotar%C5%8D


What exactly are those "furby-balls" in Dog Days?

I have been trying to get a satisfying answer for myself for this question, but it has proven to be very hard.

For your first question there is no real name for them as far as I can see. I have looked at the episode (episode 2 around 4:00 minute mark) to see how the different subbers named them.

So as you can see one of them names it "animal furballs" and the other names it "pet balls". What info I can give you on it else is:

The people from Biscotti turn into "Dog looking balls"
The people from Gallete turn into "Cat looking balls"
The people from Pastillage (season 2) turn into "Squirrel looking balls"

For the normal inhabitants can turn into the animal balls the following ways:

When they have been hit hard with a weapon (KO/unconscious)
When they get touched on the back or head

For your second question I have tried to look up information, but not much is said about it in the anime or is found on the web about it. The only thing I have been able to find about it is this:

  It may be part of the protection magic. High-ranking fighters lose
  their clothes. Everyone else turns into a furball. A pretty blatant
  example of this happens in episode 9 of the first season. Vert Far
  Breton shoots a magical arrow which hits Ricotta while she's flying
  above them. Ricotta loses all of her clothes except her panties, and
  then a magical spear hurled at Vert's troops knocks them all out, but
  only strips her armor/clothing off.

Source: here under "Clothing Damage".

The third question is by far the easiest to answer. If you watch the second episode about at the same time mark I mentioned in the first question you will see them saying something in the lines of:

  They will be rendered powerless for a limited time.

During this time that they are in their "ball form" the medics of the teams will "collect" them and bring them to the base camp of their team.


Why does the hospital in Another have no fourth floor?

This is true for many East Asian cultures, because, as you pointed out, 4 sounds like "Death". You can read about it here. It's the same as the idea that many western hotels skip the 13th floor and instead label it the 14th floor because 13 is a superstitious number.

Japanese hotels sometimes also skip the 13th floor.


Why didn't DIO used his piercing eye attack to kill Joseph or Jotaro?

My real-world explanation is simply that Araki forgot. However, my lore-friendly answer is that Dio either wasn't capable of using his Vampiric abilities because of Jonathan's body, or that he simply didn't care to because he was virtually invincible with The World.


What are the programming and computer references in Steins;Gate?

SQL is mentioned, as the question suggests. They even used company and trademarked names:

  MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, SQLite, Access, ANSI

Of particular interest is the fact that Oracle, the company that owns Java, is present. It's rare to find original trademarks in anime.

A book for "Goodle Endroid", a clear reference to Google Android, can also be seen:

A book on SSH, the protocol used for remote administration, is shown, as well as a book that mentions Unicode, JIS (essentially the Japanese equivalent of ASCII), Java, Ruby 1.8/1.9, and Windows:


Why was 4th Hokage chosen when the 3rd was still alive and capable?

In the wiki stands the following:

  After serving as Hokage for many years, Hiruzen started looking for a successor to the title. While he hoped to be able to give the position to Orochimaru, he saw that he only was interested for the power it offered. Though he turned to Jiraiya, Hiruzen instead named Jiraiya's student Minato Namikaze as his successor.

I found no information about why he wanted to retire, but it seems that he just wanted to retire. Additionally shortly before he died, he spoke about retirement too.

Note that the Second Hokage chose the third before he died according to this article:

  He chose to sacrifice himself after he selected his prized student Hiruzen for the position of Third Hokage. Homura and Koharu would later become Hiruzen's advisers. After giving the title of Hokage to Hiruzen, Tobirama went off to fight the enemies where he died a noble death


Could a tailed beast become a Jinchuriki

No.  It's also never been explored in any official capacity, either.

Jinchuriki means "power of human sacrifice".  This implies that only a human can take on the immense energies of a tailed beast.


What is the opera music playing in Psycho-Pass season 2 episode 9?

The opera song playing in season 2 episode 9 of Psycho-Pass is Nessun Dorma (Let no one sleep), an aria from the final act of Giacomo Puccini's opera, Turandot.


Which episodes of Konjiki no Gash Bell are essential?

According to this page, there are 121 canon episodes.

Filler episodes for Zatch Bell/Gash bell:

31-35
89-100
139-150

Once you reach the end of episode 138, read volume 22, chapter 212 to continue the story properly.
139-150 have parts in them that are canon, but they are not completely canon, they are mostly filler and the manga is better.


Who is the most-connected (in the "six degrees" sense) seiyuu?

I don't know the specific answer for "most connected" seiyuu, but many companies did some ranking for seiyuu.

Oricon (Japanese) has a user-vote based ranking. Most known seiyuu is Nobuyo Oyama (e.g. Doraemon) and Masako Nozawa (e.g. Goku from Dragon Ball).

AppBank (Japanese) also has a ranking based on votes from other seiyuu. Top 3 is Koichi Yamadera, Masako Nozawa and Keiji Fujiwara. I think Yamadera is selected because there are lots of seiyuu worked with him.

I want to put my 2 cents to Koichi Yamadera because he has long career and variety of anime.


Dattebayo (だってばよ) is not really proper Japanese, but you can sort of see how it would come about linguistically as a sentence-ending phrase. It's very impolite, somewhat childish, and basically just combines different ways of putting emphasis on the statement in a not terribly meaningful way.

First, the da (だ) is a standard way to end a sentence (copula) in Japanese. Depending on the construction of the sentence, some sentences will end with da while others end with a dictionary form verb. It should be emphasized that using this would not be considered polite. The polite version of da is desu (です). Wikipedia has some more information on copula verbs and verb conjugations in Japanese.

Next, tteba (ってば) is sort of a set expression/phrase which adds emphasis. This is a shortened (and hence less polite) version of tteieba (っていえば). It can be attached to a noun, in which case it would be translated roughly as "speaking of" in many contexts. In other contexts it could be interpreted (somewhat rudely) as "I'm talking to you" or "listen to me". You might use it with a person's name to attract their attention in this way. It's roughly equivalent to ttara (ったら)　but this latter one is more commonly used by females. Wikipedia calls it a "strong emphasis marker" which is probably about as close as you can get to an accurate English description.

Naruto adds it to the da above. Datteba is something you might hear occasionally in other contexts. To me, this more often sounds frustrated than emphatic, but it could be used either way.

Finally, the yo (よ) is a sentence-ending particle. It can be appended to the end of a sentence when the speaker is informing the listener of something or making an assertion. It might be translated in some contexts as "you see" or "you know". It's not necessarily impolite but it could be used in impolite speech. Wikipedia has some other contexts where this could be used.

Putting all these together gives dattebayo. It's meaningless and not entirely grammatical, but it puts a lot of emphasis on what he is saying. One might compare it qualitatively in English to using multiple superlatives, e.g. "I'm the most bestest ninja ever" in terms of how it would come across. It isn't actually equivalent to this, but Japanese speakers hearing it would get a similar impression in terms of the manner of speech.

I'll note that while dattebayo is most definitely invented for this character, it's somewhat equivalent to dazo (だぞ). Dazo is not childish-sounding (compared to dattebayo), and is mostly used by men. However, it is still quite impolite, all things considered, and puts a strong emphasis on a statement. There's also the more forceful daze (だぜ), but dazo has somewhat of a more positive tone.


What were the Einzberns planning to do once Kiritsugu won the war?

This spoils Fate/Stay Night, especially the Heaven's Feel route.

   There are actually two Grails. The Greater Grail that was created by the three mage families, the one that facilitates the war and is the one that would be used to "perform" the Third Magic. The Lesser one is the one that manifests at end of the war and does the wish magic. Most of the power that gets accumulated from heroic spirits goes to Greater Grail, while Lesser Grail gets only a small fraction for doing actual wish. Simply said, the whole "unlimited wish" from Lesser Grail is a plain lie.


Approximately when is the story of "Boku no Hero Academia" set?

Unless cannon ever gives us an exact year, it’s impossible to say for sure. Thematically though, the story takes place 20 minutes into the future

Technology and culture is almost identical to today, except that there are people with superpowers and has been for generations. The problems that the character’s face, and society as a whole face, aren’t that different from the problems we face in real life (except dialed up to 11 because of the presence of Quirks, and the fact that this is an action work of fiction).


Is Toyosato Elementary School open to visitors?

Yes it's open to public.
The other room of the building is using as office of city.

Some small things if you want to visit.

You need to check schedule, for example 3/1 to 3/18, it was closed.
8:30 to 17:00 on weekday. 9:00 to 17:30 on weekend.
It's free but need to sign-in.
Some people brake the building the city considering to close. be a good otaku.


How can they tell the difference between NPCs and humans?

The only way for them to know that someone is human is if they deviate from how an NPC does stuff and if they don't recognize persons who have recently arrived in the Afterlife.

Basically if you live like an NPC then you must be an NPC. Hinata actually thought Ooyama was an NPC because Ooyama acted so normally that he was like an NPC which is why Hinata gave him a nickname of "Villager A" in their first meeting (he only calls Ooyama by that name in his thoughts). However, when Hinata had a good conversation with Ooyama, Ooyama said something about dying which showed that he was a human who died.

Yurippe knew Hinata was human because he would always go to the school roof (if memory serves right) which is not something an NPC does.

When all hell breaks lose in the campus and a person dismisses it as something normal, then that person is an NPC because anything weird that they see is supposed to be normal (at least, they think it's normal).

tl;dr

They act differently. Yes. They will still act differently (like by being curious). They can't tell the difference if they can't observe or experiment if the person will act how a non NPC would act.

For more info, read the light novel.


How is a technique categorized as a Kekkei Genkai?

Quoting from the Natuto Wiki

  Kekkei genkai (血継限界; Literally meaning "a technique limited to
  inheritance by blood" or "Bloodline Limit") are abilities passed down
  genetically within specific clans.

  Kekkei genkai abilities that work via the user's eye are called
  dōjutsu.
  Other kekkei genkai include mixing one type of elemental chakra with another, creating a new one unique to the users, which is usually impossible for normal ninja, or other bodily manipulations that are usually unachievable by normal standards.

  Kekkei genkai and their related techniques cannot be taught to or copied by others. However, kekkei genkai can be given to others

  Dōjutsu, or other kekkei genkai isolated to a single organ, can be transplanted into the body of another, as was done with transferring Obito's Sharingan to Kakashi.
  Chakra elements can also be passed down to people outside of the clan, such as Yamato being subjected to DNA re-modification by Orochimaru who wanted to acquire the Wood Release kekkei genkai.

Some anomalies in the transfer of kekkei genkai.

  Although kekkei genkai are usually genetically shared within a specific clan, sometimes it is unique to one person alone, and that even family relatives do not share it, such as the Wood Release.
  Yet other kekkei genkai seem to appear in individuals with no known relation, such as the Lava Release, which has appeared in ninja from Kirigakure, Iwagakure, and Kumogakure, while Magnet Release, which has appeared in ninja from both Kumogakure and Sunagakure.
  There is an advanced variant of kekkei genkai known as kekkei tōta, which is a combination of three different nature transformations. (This technique is used by only two shinobis, namely - Ōnoki  and Mū and they too do not share any blood relations.)

Using the above quotes as a base for my explainations:

The general meaning of kekkei genaki is an ability that is unique to a clan.

Kekkei genkai can be classified into two broad categories-

Abilities that originates from some body organ, eg sharingan, byakugan (only eye abilities have been shown so far) are called dōjutsu. As the wiki rightly mentions these abilities can be transferred by transplanting the organ from the original bearer to a host, eg Kakashi's sharingan from Obito and Ao who uses the byakugan.
Abilities that uses originates from chakra manipulation. Eg, Haku's Ice release, Kimimaro's Shikotsumyaku. The Nara, Yamanaka and Akimichi clan's (to name a few) kekkei gengai uses a yin-yan chakra manipulation for their techniqies.

The above two categories are seen to be transferred within the clan.

However, there are a few exceptions to the general thumb rule.

Some kekkei genkai like the first hokage's wood release is unique to a singular person.
Some kekkei genkai like Mu's dust release (technically called as kekkei tōta, as it is an advanced form of kekkei genkai) can be taught as in it was taught to Ōnoki. But these are the only two shinobi's known to be able to use the dust release technique.
Certain kekkei genkai seems to appear within individuals that have no relation to each other or without teaching. Examples are:

  Lava Release, which has appeared in ninjas from Kirigakure, Iwagakure,
  and Kumogakure, while Magnet Release, which has appeared in ninja from
  both Kumogakure and Sunagakure.

There may also be shinobi's that have more than one kekkei genkai, eg Mei Terumī who can use three elements, namely earth, fire and water. However, unlike Mu and Onoki she can not combine the three at once. She can combine two of them at a time and create two different kekkei genkai, namely Boil Release (water + fire) and Lava Release (Earth + fire).

Based on the above categorization we can safely deduce, kekkei genkai means techniques passed down through blood, techniques which combine basic elements. But as discussed above there are a few exceptions.

Now to answer your second question, "If Naruto learns Lightning Release, and then combines with his Wind Release, would that be kekkei genkai or not?" - I'd say yes, as combining lightning release and wind release would put naruto in the exception category where he doesn't gain the ability from his clan, but is unique to him. (However its most unlikely that lightning and wind would make a stable combination.. :P )


I will build on FatalSleep's answer:

  The similarity among all youmu is their tendency to manifest an ore-like stone that contains the powers of that youmu when slain.

In the anime, it is shown that Sakura Inami can use Youmu stones to empower "her" spear-like weapon.

Given
(1) that the stones have the powers of the youmu and
(2) this use of the stones shown on screen,
we can infer that the stones could be used to empower/create magical items.

The barrier sticks, the charms and several other magical artifacts from the Kyoukai no Kanata universe could be made using the power from those stones.

As magical ingredients, youmu stones would be very valuable and highly sought after. This would justify the Ikaishi income, the wealth of some Ikaishi families and the economy of the Youmu stones market.


What is the source of the Dragon Ball Saiyan bond folklore?

According to a writing about Bulma/Vegeta fandom by adimra, all of this concepts were born from fandoms and applied to their fanfictions.
Regarding the Saiyan bond and telepathic connection,

Is there really a bond? Where did it come from?
The bond has become a staple in B/V (ed: Bulma/Vegeta) fanfiction and many believe that it was in fact, invented in fanfiction - but that is only part true. In 1995, a writer going by the pen name 'Katchan,' started her ambitious 50 chapter 'Saiyajin,' it was her "Dragonball withdrawal whim." I believe she was the first to give the bond its name, and it further inspired Nora Jemison's 'The Third Bond.'
Now, were Bulma and Vegeta ever truly bonded in the Anime? Though it was never clearly stated as a bond, Bulma and Vegeta had a deep connection that was the basis for this. When Vegeta sacrificed himself to Buu, Bulma immediately sensed something was wrong, even though she wasn't near him. Fanfiction has further romanticized this by including telepathy or the sharing of memories etc. as part of the bonding process. While that is just an interpretation of what may have happened, it's more based on fact than fanfiction (hurray ^_^).
(Emphasis mine)

Regarding bite mark,

Ok, so what about this biting thing that usually comes with a bond?
Along with the bonding, a bite on the neck is usually involved with Bulma and Vegeta romances. Unlike bonding, the bitemark has no concrete basis on the anime. I believe biting was first used in either 'Saiyajin' or 'The Third Bond' or perhaps both. I believe one rumour was that the reason Bulma wore those scarves in the Buu Saga was to cover up her Saiyan hickey ;p! Over the years though, the bite mark has come to symbolize a number of things like ownership, marriage etc. and I'm sure that B-Chan's 'Lemon Chapters' had a hand in that.
(Emphasis mine)

In conclusion, I believe this is just fans' speculation based from shown evidences on the series.


Mawaru Penguindrum Episode 16 seizon senkaryu Music

I've managed to track the song down - it's track 6 on the 1st OST disc, called "sekushii ga kita!" (roughly "Sexy Has Come!", or "Here's sexy!"). As far as I can tell, it is only attributed to Yukari Hashimoto, the composer for the series soundtrack, and as such it doesn't seem to be a cover or direct reference like many of the insert songs in the show.

I can't find a preview of the song that I'm confident isn't a copyright violation, but it shouldn't be hard to find it by yourself.


What are the differences between Super Saiyan God and Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan?

Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan, or simply Super Saiyan God SS is the
  result of a Saiyan gaining the power of Super Saiyan God and then
  transforming into a Super Saiyan.

  This form is physically identical to the first Super Saiyan God form, overall body structure being thinner and slightly taller. The only difference being that the hair is similar to the Super Saiyan transformation but in a blue color. The aura; as opposed to the red-orange aura the previous God form had, Super Saiyan God Super Saiyan boasts a vibrant, flame-like blue aura. Additionally, electricity discharges around the user, signifying the power increase.

  (Source: dragonball.wikia.com)

So SSGSS is the next stage of SSG.


What particular anime first showcased crossovers?

It's probably as early as those old Go Nagai shows. There's a couple of movies where several of his franchises were together. To name a few:

Mazinger Z Vs. Devilman (1973)
Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo (1975)
Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo G (1975)
Grendizer - Getter Robo G - Great Mazinger Kessen! Daikaijuu (1976)
UFO Robo Grendizer tai Great Mazinger (1976)

Crossovers consisting of Devilman, Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, Getter Robo, Getter Robo G, Grendizer, and UFO Robo Grendizer.

Also, Lupin III is by Monkey Punch and Detective Conan is by Gosho Aoyama. It was a planned collaboration. Both shows are produced by Tokyo Movie.


Why All-For-One goes for a full frontal assault against All Might?

Remember that in that fight, AFO (All For One) wanted to take away everything All Might had been trying to protect, one by one, starting with his pride. AFO wanted to destroy All Might's image as the Peace symbol, bring fear into the hearts of the people and lose their hopes in him to create a breach in the society.


What Manga chapter is Episode 414 of Naruto Shippuden from?

The next episode "The Two Mangekyo"(416) is parallel to Two Mangekyō (chapter 666) from the manga. So you can start with chapter 666.


What's the song that plays in season 1 episode 11 at 16:33

Do you mean after Bakugo reassures Kirishima that "if the enemies are small fries like these, then they will be alright"? The song played after that scene is called "Hero A". I hope this is the one you are looking for.


What did the past winners of the Holy Grail Wars wish for?

Note the Holy Grail War was originally a means to get to the Root, although only the Tohsaka family has retained this goal. (This appears either in "Heaven's Feel" or "Unlimited Blade Works".) The Holy Grail as a granter of wishes is described as "only an excuse made for outsiders" in UBW. Thus, in some sense, the wish-granting component is very secondary. That said, the Grail can materialise and grant wishes if enough servants have been destroyed.

Somewhat more importantly then, in UBW section of the VN, we learn about the Einzberns' failure to complete the Grail. Supplementing this with the Wiki, we thus have:

The First Holy Grail War seems to have been a failure: the Wiki states that a conflict of interests among participants ended the ritual before it could be completed. This would make sense, as it otherwise would be odd for all three families to continue in the ritual had they succeeded.

   This is particularly true of Zouken Matou, who has been around since the beginning.

This description is ambiguous enough that it's possible that one of the external participants had a wish granted. However, it sounds more likely that the entire ritual failed.
The Second Holy Grail War is said to have developed into a murder spree which nobody survived, so there was no winner. (As a result, the Church got involved as a mediator.)
The Wiki states that in the Third Holy Grail War, "the Lesser Grail was destroyed during the battles before the victor could be decided, so the ritual became meaningless and failed." (Also mentioned here -- the effect was that the Einzberns started using homunculi to contain the Grail.)
What happened in the Fourth Holy Grail War is obvious if you've seen Fate/zero.


Why were several fights skipped in episode 31?

Because the anime got canceled while in the middle of broadcasting due to receiving continuing protest from Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) in Japan.
From Japanese Wikipedia,

アニメ独自の解釈が折り込まれているが、放送当初からPTAの抗議が絶えず、中盤以降は放送取り止めを叫ぶほどに激化したという。結局、大威震八連制覇編で放送は終了することになり、第31話にて第2戦途中から最終対決までの経過をダイジェストで進める強引な手法が採られている。
While the original interpretation of the anime was folded in, PTA's protest continued since from the beginning of the broadcast, then got intensified until reaching to the point of "shouting" to stop the broadcast while in the middle of the story plot. In the end, since the broadcast was decided to end after "Great Trembling Conquest of the Unified Eight" arc, the battle from the middle of 2nd round until the final round in episode 31 was cut and summarized heavily to advance the progress.
(Emphasize mine)


Does Trunks ever pretend to be weaker than Vegeta so as not to hurt his pride?

Trunks actually said in the place of the anime you mentioned - when Vegeta battled the perfect Cell - that he surpassed Vegeta's power, but didn't told Vegeta since he didn't want to hurt his pride, he's telling this to Kuririn after being noted that he's been stronger than Vegeta, Trunks tells Kuririn that though Vegeta surpassed the SSJ level, he surpassed even that.

That being said, in his fight against Cell he found out that his level beyond that realm Vegeta could have acquired or maybe has, but didn't made that in the fight against Cell since it forces the user to power up the muscles and by doing that reducing the user speed.


How were the culprits "dragged to their death"?

The anime series itself shows quite clearly that it is Monokuma.

He is only seen actually dragging the culprit himself in the gameplay-looking animation, but there's no reason to doubt that that's exactly what happens, particulary when it is consistent with the argument.

The following images are taken from the same episode you use as an example.


What is the name of the OST playing in Episode 5 of Himouto! Umaru-chan at 10:34?

The song you are looking for is this one. The name is お風呂のすすめ. As stated in the commentaries, it is transliterated as "Ofuro no Susume".


According to Japanese Yahoo! Answers, he is Kumatsuto, Asano's—the mangaka—close friend.

A customer review on Japanese Amazon also mentions Kumatsuto as the god (くまつとさん神様)

He is also mentioned in the manga's credits


Is Hagu's name a reference to The Hague?

While it is difficult to prove this with any certainty, we can try to analyse the facts around it to make an educated guess.
First, as far as I can find, the author of the manga has never said anything proving or disproving this relation, which unfortunately does rule out any definitive answer in either direction.
Do note that she has mentioned that the title of Honey and Clover comes from the album titles of the musicians Shikao Suga and Spitz, which can be seen as indication that she does make references.
However, the name Hagumi, and in turn the nickname Hagu, is common enough that inferring any significance from this alone is difficult.
A prime example from anime would be Hagumi Kitazawa from Bang Dream!, who is referred quite frequently as Hagu externally (and within the source material IIRC)
This is personal opinion, but if the author wanted to make a reference via character name, it seems much more likely that she would have used the name of a famous artist (perhaps a Japanese one, to avoid any finagling to form a plausible Japanese name) than The Hague, whose claim to international fame as an artistic city is frankly debatable.
The combination of a commonplace Japanese name and a tenuous artistic association to "reference" makes it, in my view, much more likely that this is a simple coincidence due to the sheer volume of names with some artistic significance.
Of course, without a clear statement from the author, all this is necessarily mere speculation.


Yuma is a Neighbour form another world.
He comes to Earth (also named otherwise in the multiverse used in World Trigger) searching for a friend of his father.

  as his father gives up his life to save Yuma, granting him a constant trion body and producing a black trigger at the same time, Yuma remembers his father speaking very fondly of a "friend" on Earth, which he helped to turn away other neighbours...


What equipment are made available to the players by Gantz?

As you said, at the beginning, the players find the following:

Gantz Suit

Provides the wearer with incredible strength, speed, endurance, and the ability to jump very high, as well as land without problems
Provides the hunter with an almost impenetrable protection to his/her body, including the head

Controller

Used to track the targets, displaying the targets as well as fellow team mates on its screen

X-Gun

Fires until it hits something, then explodes inside the target after a delay

X-Shotgun

Meant for longer range, has higher accuracy, and a sniper scope

Y-Gun

Has the same lock-on capabilities of the X-Gun, but rather than fire out an explosive payload, it instead launches three "laser anchors" connected by ropes

Other non-100-point items are:

Gantz Sword

Seen scattered amongst the floor in the same room as the Monobikes
Has an incredibly sharp blade that extends from the hilt without loss of durability

Gantz Bike

Made its first appearance before the start of the Dinosaur mission
A type of monowheel, with a seat for a driver and a rider, its own radar, and the ability to go into stealth mode

100-point items are:

Z-Gun (sometimes referred to by fans as H-Gun)

Applies severe gravitational force in a circular area and forces everything within range of the shot to slam into the ground or be flattened

Hard suit

Is far stronger and much more resistant than the normal Gantz suit
Has a built in X-ray scanner, a beam weapon that fires out of its palms, and sharp swords protruding out from the back of the elbows
Completely conceals the body of the wearer

Flying Gantz Bike

Similar to a Gantz Bike with an added flying ring

Gantz Mech

A building-sized robot controlled by a hunter on a modified flying Gantz bike


What story are the two new admirals based off of?

Fujitora is clearly based off of Zatoichi.

  Zatoichi at first seems a harmless blind anma (masseur) and bakuto (gambler) who roams around the country, making his living by chō-han (playing dice) as well as giving massages, performing acupuncture and on occasion, singing and playing music; however, secretly, he is also very highly skilled in swordsmanship, specifically Muraku-school kenjutsu and iaido and is equally skilled in the more general sword skills of Japan, as well as Sumo wrestling and kyujutsu

Nothing has been revealed about "Ryokugyu" as of this post.


Why can't people distinguish Sailor Soldiers from their real selves?

It's a common trope in a lot of super hero fiction. It's just one of those things that creators ask audiences to suspend disbelief for. Though it's not really meant as an explanation, many characters do poke fun at various scouts' paper-thin disguises in universe, saying things to the effect of "She can't be Sailor Moon; Sailor Moon is too pretty to be that meatball head." (It must be the tiara.)


How exactly do you cast the Infinite Tsukuyomi?

Infinite Tsukoyomi in simplest terms is a Genjutsu cast by reflecting the Sharingan from the surface of moon such that anyone who looks at the moon falls under the spell.

Tobi explains to the five Kage about this jutsu. That he needs his current power to increase significantly so that his Sharingan can become capable of such a feat. Thus the jutsu Inifnite Tsukoyomi doesn't depend on the way the required level of power is achieved, just that the user has that much power.

Hence Obito, Madara and Kaguya believe that they can cast it using different methods to increase their chakra.


What is the name of the soundtrack in Dragon Ball Z that plays whenever Goku is about to start a fight?

It is the Genkidama (spirit bomb) theme in the Japanese ost I think it als plays when Goku makes the Super Saiya-jin speech


What's the name of the instrumental music played when Yato releases Hiro in Noragami Aragoto Episode 13?

Not sure if you're still looking for the answer but that song is called 夜卜譚 ("Yatotan"). It's the 13th song of the Noragami Aragoto soundtrack.


How long is the longest running anime series?

Sazae-san (still ongoing) holds the Guinness World Record for the longest running animated television series at more than 7071 episodes. For a list of runner-ups, check this list.


Why didn't Sphinx upload a new video to evacuate the people from the airport?

If they did that, the real bomber (it's been too long, was it Five?) could easily detonate the bomb then and there to maximize casualties. Sphinx wanted to be discrete, since they didn't have control of the situation as they did with the skyscraper.


How did Dante know that the Elric brothers were going to bring back their mother Trisha?

Quite possibly one of the Homunculi was keeping an eye on Izumi at the time being an alchemist who could have wanted the Philosopher's Stone and saw the Elricks learning Alchemy from her and reported back to Dante, given how much they look like Hohenheim of Light Dante may have followed them back in hopes that she might see Hohenheim.

Another reason could be the exact same as Mustang having received a letter from the Elricks asking about Hohenheim and came to look for Hohenheim, or suspected that because Ed and Al was Hohenheim's sons they might also be foolish enough to do Human Transmutation as she and Hohenheim did with their Son.

This is really just speculation though, the start of the 2003 anime plays out much like brotherhood yet they deviate because the Manga was on going and Dante is a 2003 only character, as for which episode we see Dante meet Sloth for the first time i don't remember but if i was to guess it might be around when Hohenheim faced Dante after seeing Ed and Al and first encounter Sloth, it would make sense for it to appear here as Dante would be showing off Sloth to Hohenheim.


Madara has obtained the cells of Hashirama and has them infused into his body, irrespective of what happens to Edo tensei hashirama it will not affect anything with respect to Madara because he has been revived using the rinne tensei technique of six paths.

In short madara has both powers of Senju and Uciha and on top of that he is completely by himself (unlike being under Kabuto's control briefly when he was revived).


Why is "Make Up" the transformation keyword used by the Sailor Senshi?

TL;DR: Because the target audience for the show are girls. And girls are supposed to like makeovers.

An excerpt from the book Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination (Anne Allison) (emphasis mine):

  In a property like Sailor Moon, these two words [romance and fantasy marriage] blend in a story line that incorporates both fighting and romance, (...) however the text still belongs in "girls' country" (...).

  Girl heroes have powers rooted in magic or otherworldliness, they fight to help friends, their weapons double as fashion accessories, a princess or spirit empowers them, they "make up" when transformed, and "love" is their keyword. (...)

  When girl heroes morph, however, the process is more a "makeover" than a "powerup". Apart from empowerment, that is, transformation also beautifies girls, fostering personal attractiveness, romance and dreams.

We can infer that the "make up" magic word in Sailor Moon is used to foster the identification process between the audience (young girls) and the characters.

In Sailor Moon Crystal, the protagonist is 14 years old. From the same Wikipedia article:

  The audience is intended to mostly identify with the protagonist.

So, there you go.

This answer also answers: "Why is Tsukino (sailor moon) 14 years old?"


Who is this figure of an orange-haired schoolgirl?

Anime: Food Wars!: Shokugeki no Soma

Character: Erina Nakiri

Here is the anime scene which resembles the figure in the photo.


Why is Pride's name different from the word "pride"?

This is a simple "English is cooler"

As all the homunculi are named with the english seven deadly sins, their names are the hiragana/katagana representation to the english vocalization.

but when referring to the sin itself the correct translation ("傲慢") is used, as it is not a name (that also has to sound cool), but the thing itself.

I verified this is true to the other homunculi too, though not for "Father"


How can alchemy be used in another dimension?

It is later revealed that

   The energy source for Amestrian alchemy is human souls, just like how philosopher's stones are made and used.

Gluttony was meant to host a philosopher's stone in his body formed from the red water and humans he consumed, so

   I would say that there is vast alchemical fuel in his "stomach", or whatever you call that alternate dimension that consumed objects are transported to.

Hence, alchemy should be possible in that dimension.


Can a Sharingan eye that has used Izanagi or Izanami be replaced by another Sharingan?

YES, a new Sharingan could be transplanted into the eye socket replacing the eye which used Izanagi. Use of Izanagi or Izanami causes the eye to permanently lose its light, but it does not damage the optic nerve that connects to the eye. If it did, Tobi should not have been able to transplant even a Rinnegan there. For that matter, he could have transplanted a Byakugan or an ordinary eye there.

Tobi wanted the Rinnegan for its own sake, not because he had to somehow replace "permanently closed" Sharingan eye. In fact, he wouldn't have known beforehand that he would be forced to use Izanagi in the fight with Konan. Hypothetically, if Konan had simply handed over Nagato's Rinnegan to him, he would have taken out the left eye anyway and replaced it with the Rinnegan.


What did Guy say in his fight vs Madara?

Around 1:24 of your clip, Guy says 「積」 seki. This is not really a word, per se, but you can take it to "mean" something like "to accumulate" - it is the same character used in the verb 積もる tsumoru, which means just that.

Then, at 4:14, the thing he says is 「流」 ryuu. Again, this is also not really a word, but it is the same character used in 流れる nagareru, which means "to flow".

According to some random blog I found, Guy apparently says the former utterance to build up chakra, and then the latter utterance to release that same chakra. You probably didn't notice, given the prolonged flashback in between the two utterances.


Why didn't the experimentation for the 13-day rule push through?

For them to test the 13-day rule the Death Note has to be used. the Task Force's disagreeing with L was over the fact they would have to sacrifice someone for an experiment.

The Japanese Police were already a bit iffy of L since the Lind L. Tailor incident where L had a condemned criminal sacrificed just to test how Kira kills and where they may be, and the Police and the Task Force have to keep the moral high ground and not go around killing people for tests/experiments, especially with the Death Note.

Also remember that the Task Force didn't learn about the Death Note or the fake rules until quite some time after Light's and Misa's confinement where "Kira" was a member of the Yotsuba Group, all the while Light was handcuffed to L. to the Task Force this was more than enough to clear Light's and Misa's names without stooping down to Kira's Level, L on the other hand can see himself on the same level as Light as per what he said in Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors

  There are...many types of monsters in this world: Monsters who will not show themselves and who cause trouble; monsters who abduct children; monsters who devour dreams; monsters who suck blood, and... monsters who always tell lies. Lying monsters are a real nuisance. They are much more cunning than other monsters. They pose as humans even though they have no understanding of the human heart. They eat even though they've never experienced hunger. They study even though they have no interest in academics. They seek friendship even though they do not know how to love. If I were to encounter such a monster, I would likely be eaten by it. Because in truth, I am that monster.

Source: L - Quotes (9th point)

take notice of the lines i emphasized. it forebodes his death but also describes the kind of person Light/Kira is, and that L himself is just like that so L would have no problem "testing" the Death Note


Why are there outlying towns/cities on the walls in Shingeki no Kyoujin?

It is explained in manga Chapter 2 afterwords.

You should realize, that walls are long. I mean, really long. And it is impossible even to watch over wall, not to mention protecting it. So such districts do exist, to attract all titans attention, since it is much easier to protect small district than miles of wall.


Why is anime sold in such low episode count per volume?

In short, They sell them for that much because that's how they've determined that they will make the most money.

the net marginal cost of producing the CDs is high Sometimes they don't expect to sell very many copies of the dvd in the first place, and they have to sell them at a higher price to cover the overhead.   The more dvds that they produce and sell, the lower the net marginal cost of producing them.
People who do want to buy the dvds will pay that much for them Sometimes the fanbase is strong enough and small enough such that those who will buy the dvds will pay any amount for them, and the number of people who would pay $20 for the dvd, but not $50, is relatively low.  in this case, it makes sense to sell the dvd for $50.


Does Mizuho reveal his crossdressing after he graduates?

Not really. After graduating, Mizuho maintains his female disguise only when visiting the academy. However, it's never revealed if his other former classmates know about it (though I also failed to find any remarks if they finally know about it).
According to pixiv encyclopedia (Japanese),

伝説
[...]卒業後は翔陽大学に進学、[...]
卒業後もちょくちょく学院にも顔を出している。大学では男性として、学院に顔を出す際は女装。[...]
Legend
[...] he went to Shoyo University after graduating, [...]
He was also visiting the academy occasionally. He was living as a man in the university, but cross-dressing when visiting the academy. [...]
(Emphasis mine)

According to AniOta Wiki (Japanese)

卒業後は翔陽大学という外部の学校に進学。
女装を解いてるのにも関わらず相変わらず女の子に間違われ、翔大名物美少女トリオのひとりに数えられている。
He went to Shoyo University after graduating.
Even though he stopped crossdressing, he was mistaken as a girl regardless of that and as usual, and counted as one of Shoyo's Speciality Trio Beautiful Girl.

The story related to the university life is told in the omake scenario from Yarukibako 2 (VNDB entry), a fan-disk for Caramel Box's works (the original visual novel).

 Yes, seriously, that's a guy (potentially NSFW: Mizuho in girl's underwear with his natural long-hair)


What does "Daimadoshi" mean in "Dai no Daibouken" (Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai)?

Dai means something along the lines of "grand, big" and madoushi means "sorcerer" or "wizard", with shi being his title (assumedly Mr.). So in essence, he is naming himself "Mr. Grand Wizard"


Why Dabura is stronger and looks different in Dragon Ball Heroes?

In the Dark Demon Real Saga, the Dabura you know off is revived as Dabura: Xeno, which is the character you see here. While in the anime his power has been comparable to that of Cell's, in  DBH, this version of Dabura appears to be significantly much stronger(He appeared to be significantly stronger the second he was revived). Possibly because he is, after all, the king of the Demon Realm, and Dragon Ball Heroes characters are generally significantly stronger in comparison to the main series.Even in Xenoverse 2, in Fu's quest, Dabura appears to be significantly more powerful as he is capable to hold his own against the might of Vegito and with the Old Kai commenting that his strength might be stronger than Buuhan. He managed to achieve this level of strength by absorbing large amounts of damage energy from the changes in time.


Why does Akiha have a physical reaction to Shiki's collapse?

I do not recall seeing any indication of the two being linked

Actually they are. In the visual novel, in Akiha's Route, what really happened when Shiki collpased is revealed. SHIKI inverted and attacked Akiha but Shiki protected her and died; however, Akiha gave up some of her life force to save Shiki.

  She was outside playing with Shiki, her adopted brother, and her real brother, also named SHIKI. But the Tohno blood was much stronger in her real brother and he inverted to his non-human form. In this uncontrollable state, he lost control of himself and attempted to attack Akiha. Shiki jumped in the way to protect her and took the full force of the attack. Shiki died protecting Akiha, but Akiha used powers granted to her by her non-human blood to give him half of her life, allowing him to survive.

Source: Akiha Tohno - Personality (2nd Paragraph)

Akiha's pained expression is most likely from the strain of maintaining Shiki's
life alongside resisting the Inversion Impulse of the Tohno Demon Blood inside her, which she requires Kohaku's help for.

  Akiha often struggles to maintain control over her Tohno blood and resisting her Inversion Impulse, which she has difficulty with due to her also maintaining Shiki's life, to the point she also had to drink Kohaku’s blood.

Source: Akiha Tohno - Personality (3rd Paragraph)

In her route however, it becomes too much as she succumbs to her Inversion Impulse in the end. In the True End of her route:

   [Shiki] decides to kill himself instead (so that she will regain the life energy she gave Shiki when he died eight years ago, and then will be restored to her full strength so she can more easily resist her Tohno blood impulses and restore her mind).

Source: Akiha Tohno - Role - Akiha's Roue (8th Paragraph)

Suffice to say that there is more to the True Ending than what I have quoted, which you can read up on the site in the quoted paragraphs and those that follow.


How Edward managed to escape from Gluttony?

Gluttony was created to be a second Gate of Truth but is only a failed copy. Ed had the idea that because they came there through the failed gate, they must be able to get back trough the real gate. It's just like creating a door back to Gluttony.

To open the Gate of Truth, he used Envys Philisopher's Stone and the old parts of the Xerxes mural to make this special human transmutation. The sacrifice for opening the gate was a soul of the Philisopher's Stone, which thanked him afterwards (because he freed the soul).


Name of the song that plays in Boruto Episode 100 after opening theme?

I have found the song myself by researching a bit on Youtube. It is called "Growth of a Child" OST Boruto. Enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4vR4Z2YNT8


The final tournament takes place AFTER the events of Dragon Ball Super. DB Super picks up immediately after the defeat of Majin Buu (Kid form).

Thus characters such as Uub, Pan and Bulla are yet to be shown in DB Super.

Dragon Ball Timeline: All Events
This might be an interesting read.

Relevant part:

  DBZAge 774, September 7 : Shenron erases everyone's memories of Majin Buu.
  Dragon Ball Super
    Age 778: Gohan and Videl are married, and Videl becomes pregnant with her and Gohan's daughter, Pan.
    Age 778, August 18: The events of Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods and Battle of Gods Saga take place.
    Age 779: The events of Dragon Ball Z: Resurrection ‘F’ and Resurrection ‘F’ Saga take place.
    Pan is born.
    Age 780: The events of the Champa Saga take place. The God of Destruction of the sixth universe, Champa wants to have a tournament between universe seven for their Earth.
    The events of Potaufeu Saga take place.
    The events of the Future Trunks Saga take place.
  DBZ
  Age 784, May 7 : The 28th World Martial Arts Tournament takes place. Goku leaves with Uub to train him


Did Yamamoto Genryuusai use all his power aganist Aizen?

He did not use the bankai because he could not use it.

His bankai Zanka no Tachi absorbs the flames of his Ryujin Jakka into the katana blade. During the battle in fake Karakura town, Wonderweiss absorbed his flames. Later when the flames sealed inside Wonderweiss's body are about to explode, Yamamoto has to shield it with his own body, which left his own body in tatters. It is reasonable to assume that he was either in no position to activate his bankai, or the bankai would not be strong enough since he couldn't absorb enough flames.

If he had known Wonderweiss's abilities beforehand, he may have gone straight to his bankai from the start.


How was Tamahome able to get out of the book The Universe of the Four Gods?

If you are referring to the last episode of the anime (i.e. episode 52):

   After Miaka uses up her three wishes, Suzaku grants her wish that she and Tamahome are together forever. But, this wish cannot be completely granted because it goes against the rule that characters in The Universe of the Four Gods cannot be together with people from the real world. Suzaku brings Tamahome into the real world as a separate being named Taka.

This is further expanded on and fully resolved in the OVA (and manga):

   Taka doesn't have his memories as Tamahome because Suzaku sealed them in a duplicate figure called 'Tamahome' in The Universe of the Four Gods. At the end of the OVA, Taka and the 'Tamahome' from inside the book merge into the final 'Taka', who now has all of the memories from the original Fushigi Yugi Series.

And that's how Tamahome comes out of The Universe of the Four Gods


What does Kurome say in AkaKill Theater Ep. 22?

According to this answer, Kurome most likely said something along the lines of "Sis, you are just like Bakabon" or "Sis, have you heard of Bakabon?" given the context.

  以前このスレで妹を斬るの回のアカ斬る劇場でアカメとクロメが話してて
  クロメが最後に何て言ってたのか？って話題があったが　あれは多分
  「お姉ちゃん　バカボンみたいだね」か「お姉ちゃんバカボンって知ってる？」
  のどちらかだと思う。

Tensai Bakabon is another show named after someone who, like Akame, didn't have anywhere near enough screen time for a title character, as it is

  Bakabon's troublemaker father who eventually steals the show and becomes the central character.

So essentially, Kurome is just mocking Akame for the fact that she was upstaged by a supporting character (Kurome herself), for the third time.


Chakra Nature affinities are hereditary. That is why, as you referred, people from the same village or clan generally possess affinity toward the same nature (Uchiha's have a natural affiliation with the Fire Nature). This means that genetically, the affinity is passed from generation to generation, being the one that you are naturally connected to. Despite this, it may be possible for shinobi to have affinities that are different from the ones possessed by their parents, although I cannot remember any examples.

However, shinobi are not limited to the nature toward which they have a natural affinity. So one can also master other Chakra Natures through practice. Generally, shinobi at Jounin level have mastered more than one Chakra Nature.

Having said that, given the amount of time and practice taken for one to master a Chakra Nature, it is practically impossible to master all five Natures (unless you possess the Rinnegan, the Bashousen, or do it the way Kakuzu did).

You can also check out this question, that though not exactly the same, may answer some doubts you may have.

As for the examples you provide:

Sasuke has a natural affinity toward Fire Nature (as all Uchiha), and trained in order to master Lightning Nature. However, given how well he masters Lightning Nature, I'd say he may well have had a natural affinity toward it to start with.
Kakashi's natural affinity is toward Lightning Nature, and he masters other Natures through practice, presumably with the help of the Sharingan (in copying and understanding other shinobi's jutsu).
Whether Naruto's affinity toward Wind Nature is hereditary or not is unknown, since we do not know what affinities Minato and Kushina were born with (both were proficient in Wind Nature transformation, but also in other Natures: Kushina in Water Nature, and Minato in Fire and Lightning Natures).
As for the variety of Konoha's shinobi's affinities, check out this comment from Madara.
As for the case of Mei Terumi, I do not think it is known whether her affinities and Kekkei Genkai were obtained naturally or through practice.


Are things like huge drops of sweat or flashes of light in anime and manga diegetic in any possible way?

It would depend on the medium and tropes at play within the particular series. Such as comedies breaking a 4th wall.

Generally. I would say no. The reading or viewer of a particular series is an extra-diegetic spectator. The narrative present are convey some sort of atmosphere to the spectator (perhaps for amusement). The emotive transformation tropes is intended as a means of distanciation, as the apparent "reality" of the on-screen world is undermined by such an occurrence.

While this is a performative metamorphosis, regardless of what is reflected upon a the scene or upon an object, the character retains their so-called "diegetic integrity", since these emotive transformations are not overtly acknowledged within the story's world, as other on-screen characters do not generally react to the emotive transformation of a character (e.g., what's up with that sweat drop; why do you have that angry knot on your head if you're not angry).

They are aimed at the extra-diegetic spectator audience. Much like how a third person narrative is understood to be outside the a diegetic action, at least in regards whether the narrator and audience are aware of of the character, but the characters are not aware of them. Much like how in a work of literature the narrative voice is bound to the presentation of its characters.

In short, while the characters remain as they are, oblivious to any scrutiny from the audience, their existence is tied to (inextricably) to communicating with extra-diegetic spectator of an audience. These emotive transformations serves as emphasis to an external emphasis of internal expression.


I think the subtitles are okay. The Naruto manga does use a similar gun analogy. In chapter 70:

  ...Like a gun barrel when the path of a bullet is blocked, Zaku blew his arm off.

In the anime, I believe that the word that Dosu is using is 砲身 (ほうしん), which translates to "gun barrel". For context, in that sentence, Dosu was saying something along the lines of:

  砲身【ほうしん】であるザクの腕【うで】は暴発【ぼうはつ】し使【つか】い物【もの】になるなくなる