Who is the seventh Shichibukai? it's a well known fact that the Shichibukai are seven. When one of them resigns (Jimbei), dies (Moria) or goes under arrest (Crocodile) he/she is replaced for another one like Blackbeard, Law and Buggy.

So after the 2 years skip the current Shichibukai are:

Law
Mihawk
Flamingo
Kuma
Boa Hancock
Buggy (lol)

Who is missing?

The missing Shichibukai is Edward Weevil, who is introduced in chapter 802.

  Edward Weevil, or "Whitebeard Jr." is the self-proclaimed son of Edward Newgate and one of the Shichibukai. His mother is Miss Bakkin, the self-proclaimed lover of Newgate.He was first mentioned by Commodore Brannew in a discussion of the current Shichibukai ranks to several high-ranking Marine officers, but was not explicitly named until after Donquixote Doflamingo's defeat.

law

mihawk
doflamingo
kuma
hancock
buggy
shiki the golden lion

`but since doflamingo is defeated and marines arrest him for his evil deeds and law is in alliance with the strawhats. 2 positions for warlords will be vaccant ^__^. i think that was an ressemblance to shiki :)


What holiday is "Miss All Sunday" named after? In Baroque works, the strongest 14 male members (including the unluckies) are named after numbers:  Mr. 13, Mr. 12, Mr. 11 ... Mr. 0.

The female counterparts for Mr. 13 through Mr. 8 are named: Miss Friday, Miss Saturday, Miss Thursday, Miss Tuesday, Miss Wednesday, and Miss Monday.

From then on, they are named after holidays: Miss Fathers Day, Miss Mothers Day, Miss Valentine, Miss Merry Christmas, Miss Golden Week, Bon Kurei/Bon Clay (don't ask), and Miss Double Finger (New Years Day).

The final female, however, is Miss All-Sunday who is Nico Robin. What is "All-Sunday" referring to?  Is it a holiday?  If it is just meant to be Sunday, why is the "All" there?

It's not a holiday. In his answer in Vol#18 SBS, Oda-sensei clearly said that "All Sunday" means "All the Sundays". In some English translations, translators add "of the year" but this isn't mentioned in the original Japanese text.

(My translation of said SBS)

Reader:
Hello! Odatchi! I noticed something amazing! It's about Mr. 2
Bon Kurei. It's why only Mr. 2 Bon Kurei has this codename! Numbers
are for males, but Bon Kurei is for a female which means "the end of
Bon" because he is an okama, right?

Oda:
Yes, that's right. Female agents' names are in order of the happiest events, so first:
No. 0 is All Sunday (All the Sundays)
No. 1 is Double Finger (New Year's Day)
No. 2 is Mr. 2 Bon Kurei (End of Bon)
No. 3 is Golden Week (Golden Week)
No. 4 if Christmas (Christmas)

.....something like that. Everyone seems to be puzzled with Double Finger.

Note: There is an illustration of both index fingers raised showing 1 and 1 (1/1 or January 1).

Only the author, Oda-sensei knows what "All Sunday" means, but many Japanese-speaking fans think that it means "everyday is Sunday", while a few others think "all Sundays of the year".

Yes, this means Sunday. On the wiki her alias name is known as Miss Sunday for the Dubbed version. This would be both to simplify it and it also still holds meaning.
Overall, Miss All Sunday is also known as Miss Sunday.

Source


What's the song when Kaneki wakes up after fighting against Nishio in episode 2? In Tokyo Ghoul episode 2, there's a music playing when Kaneki wakes up after fighting against Nishio.

It's playing from 7:54-8:03 on this YouTube video.

What's that song?

The song is called Licht und Schatten, the 25th track of disc 1 from Tokyo Ghoul Original Soundtrack composed by Yutaka Yamada.


What is the relationship between the end of season one and the short season two? Season one ended with the main characters leaving for some unexplained adventure.  But in season two, they're still hanging around the capital.  Does season two take place before the end of season one?

Actually, there is no season 2. Those 4 episodes were more like an OVA that Netflix mislabelled as season 2. Season 2 is coming, nobody actually knows the date when it's going to be aired.

It seems like a continuity issue, to me. You are correct that at the end of Seaon 1, Elizabeth jumps on the Giant Boar and they all ride off, presumably to find Escanor the Lion's Sin of Pride.


Where is Yoruichi's Zanpakuto? Since the beginning, we see Yoroichi does not wield a Zanpakuto, but isn't it strange? Isn't she a Shinigami and the Zanpakuto is so important for them?

It's true that she has her own fighting style, but like Soi Fon, she has the same fighting style, but uses a Zanpakuto.

There was some flashback moments when we saw younger Yoroichi wielding a Zanpakuto:

I imagine she had Shikai/Bankai to become a Captain, so she should be stronger if she uses it in a fight. Maybe she has lost it or something?

There are many THEORIES as to what happened to her Zanpakuto. I'm not sure if I can ANSWER your question as definitely as you'd like, but I can list some possible answers. It's up to you to find the one that you believe most plausible. Or we can wait til old Tite Kubo gives us the answer.

She gave it up when she left the Soul Society.

Yoruichi is a part of a very honorable family, so it's almost possible that she would leave her Zanpakuto to symbolize the fact that she's leaving the Seireitei.
However, a Zanpakuto is a partnership. It's doubtful that somebody could just leave their partner, especially if their Zanpakuto is an animate object. Also, why would she have to give up something that important?

It was stolen.

It's not impossible to believe that after a particularly long bout with some Hollow, or another Soul Reaper, it was taken as a trophy. Or even destroyed?
However, Yoruichi is an extremely amazing fighter. She couldn't have lost unless she fought something on the level of the Espada.

She keeps it with her, but sees no point in using it.

This is what I believe. That she just has it set aside and is waiting for an opportune moment to use it.
However, why wouldn't she have used it by now??? You would think, with all the amazing enemies that have been introduced, she would've pulled it out by now.
Also, the only reasons she wouldn't use it is if

It is too weak to make a difference in battle and she sees no point in using it
Or, it is too STRONG and she cannot properly control it
Or, she had a falling out with it, and she's not allowed to use it.

Those are just some theories. I believe she wouldn't have gotten rid of it. I think she would've done what Kisuke did. Personally, I think we'll see it one day, along with her Bankai. Sorry that I couldn't answer your question.

In the Zanpaktou Rebellion Arc, it is told by Suzumebachi or Soifon's zanpaktou that she used to belong to Yorouichi. I just saw this recently, but if you see around the 4:30 minute mark of this video, Suzumebachi states this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DgCe9wM_0k.


Is 17 really "slightly stronger" than 18? In Dragon Ball Z , 17 referred to himself as the strongest fighter (before he knew the power of 16, Cell, etc). I don't remember where, but I'm positive that it was mentioned he was slightly stronger than 18. Now with the events of Dragon Ball Super and the Goku vs 17 sparring, is this still a valid assertion or has it been retconned?

17 and 18 have all the same abilities and unlimited energy, but I feel like 17 is probably a lot stronger, because apparently 17 continued training and seems to be close to Goku's level, while 18 became a mother and didn't really continue her training. I may be wrong, but as far as I can tell, this seems to be the case.

Android 17 is stronger than 18 because ever since he returned for Dragon Ball Super, he has shown everyone how strong he has become. Even his Barrier improve since we last saw it in Dragon Ball Z. Because in the tournament he used his Barrier in different ways like using it as a Barrier punch on Aniraza and making his Barrier spinning around to toss over that cat girl. It’s amazing how strong he has become, and to me he’s the 3rd strongest character in Universe 7. Since 17 would definitely beat Freiza in a fight.


What are this headwing that appear after Sailor Moon/Sailor Chibi Moon transforming? At first, neither Sailor Moon nor Sailor Chibi Moon have headwing.

When Sailor Moon first uses the Holy Grail to do the Super transformation, both of them receive headwings, or whatever these thingies are called:

When the Super transformation ends, Sailor Moon loses her headwing. She gets them back each time she uses the Holy Grail or Pegasus' power to Super transform. But for some reason Sailor Chibi Moon can keep them indefinitely, even in her normal transformation.

What are these headwings, do they have any power? Why can Sailor Chibi Moon keep them in her non-Super transform? Does this mean that her normal transform becomes a partial Super transform, and thus is enhanced with some powers?

Maybe the animators just screwed up and were too lazy to add another accessory to the head of chibi moon ... although you also could say it is a way to show the difference within their existence (between both moons that is)


What's the name of the battle theme used in Big Order? I was watching Big Order recently, and when I looked it up I could easily find the op, but I couldn't find that really awesome battle theme. It comes on IIRC once or twice per episode, and usually at the climax of the episode.

So, does anyone know its name?

I'm pretty sure it's in all of the episodes, but for a specific example, take the latest episode (ep 6). It's in most of the underwater scene, from around minute 20.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HS7fh_QD6sw#t=33m40s starting 33:40

It's called "决着！"

I don't know the name -.-, but I think this is the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfQSLCUVSxs


What are the stuffed toys in Suguha's room? Kirigaya Suguha's room is often portrayed in the ALO arc of Sword Art Online.

When Suguya is in her room, some stuffed toys are visible in the background.

Penguins resemble those from Mawaru Penguindrum, even available as stuffed toys:

However, the animation studio is different and the link between the two shows is not clear to me.

What are these stuffed toys? Are these a citation of other anime or universes related to Sword Art Online production?

I'd say the cat-looking things in front are a type of nesting doll (matryoshka doll). Specifically this:

From http://bobobabushka.wordpress.com/2010/12/31/lucky-new-year/

The Penguins themselves might be a generic penguin plush toy. Remember that people keep all sorts of things in their bedrooms, and wouldn't display anything they didn't find visually appealing. Plush toys are considered cute.

In the first image, the dog-like stuffed animals are Capybara-san. This is also a cute thing.

If you want to make a connection. Capybara-san and Mawaru Penguindrum are toys put out by Banpresto, who also puts out SAO figurines.

There's nothing special about them, they are just random animal plush as such thing are popular toys for kids. Stuffed animals are often shaped as people's favorite animals and such things.


Why didn't the Task Force capture Misa Amane? After the final meeting and Light's death, everyone in the room knew the truth. They knew that the 13 day rule was fake, and the rule about destroying the Death Note was fake, too.

They also had many evidences against Misa (the tapes, fingerprints, hair, etc.), and Light also screamed "Misa write their names".

At this point, they had enough proof that Misa was Second Kira, but why didn't they capture her? Why did they let her go?

I think we need to consider all the times she was held under watch for one reason or another. First was under suspicion for being the second kira, during which she lost her memories and the bulk of the task force then believed she was innocent and harmless (aside from L who was figuring out why she went from determinedly silent to the ditzy blonde) Then after L's death, Near manages to bring up Aizawa ' s doubts involving Light, and even misa. So with Ide and Mogi to back him up, they have Mogi keep an eye on her under the guise of police protection where she does nothing even hinting at ulterior motives (having already submitted ownership to Mikami per Light's order)

Finally you have Near and the SPK keeping her and Mogi in captivity under surveillance again until 1 hour before the meet up where Misa is dropped off at a high class hotel and allowed to call Light.
Near knew full well in his theorizing that Misa was the 2nd kira. But by this point it would stand to reason that they all deemed her no longer a threat. With the last 2 books burned and no sympathetic shinigami to give her a new one and restore her memories, she could really do nothing about the situation and doesn't even know she committed any crime.

She was let go because to be a GOD you have to have the brains to kill. Of course she was just killing for Light, also she almost did no harm, just what was right for her lover. And then again she's suffered enough halving her lifespan twice now, She might have not much long to live.

But why was she let free? If you remember she's lost memory of all that she did. The detectives must have thought she was innocent enough that they let her go.

EDIT: They skipped her because she was distancing away from the main character and the author was too focused on its main pieces like "L" simply being killed in the middle of the anime :D


Was Sailor Moon edited in the English version? Was Sailor Moon edited for the English version, to show less in the transformation when they are naked? Was it originally meant for children?

In general, Sailor Moon was heavily edited for the US release as detailed by fans for example here. In particular nudity was avoided as exemplified below.

The source of these images is this comparison between the US and the German version. While the German version is not completely uncensored (see the linked site for details) it is almost equal to the Japanese original and does not have censorship of nudity.

Regarding the transformation scenes in particular: Many sites claim the US censorship manifested itself in removal of the breast outlines, however all examples I find on youtube look the same to me. The two sites mentioned above also say that the only change is a speed-up of the transformation - likely to fit the overall episode runtime due to other edits.

Other changes include the removal of violence in particular against children and gender changes as not to display homosexuality. This all pertains to the original US release, while subsequent ones apparently stayed more true to the Japanese original.

To address the second question, as Skullclutter already mentioned Sailor Moon is considered a shōjo series and therefore aimed at young women.

No, the transformation sequence hasn't been censored. The visuals in the original are the same.

Sailor Moon is Shoujo, so it would have been originally intended for teen and preteen girls.


What is the relationship between Natsu and E.N.D? From what I know, E.N.D is the most powerful demon created by Zeref.
Zeref tells Natsu to choose between life and death. He's practically telling him that he'll have to decide if he wants to live or if he's going to kill himself for the sake of the other’s. He'll want to die instead of hurting his friends.

Zeref said that Igneel wanted to kill E.N.D but couldn't.

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

In chapter 436 it is revealed that, ...

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

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

Well as far as we know, Natsu is Zeref's brother revived with a forbidden curse. I think that we can say that inside Natsu there is something he is not aware of. No matter how badly he is beaten up, he doesn't die and his body stays intact, which shows that he is most likely indeed a demon.

I think Natsu is unaware because E.N.D. (the book) hasn't opened yet and so the etherious power inside Natsu is present and protects him while he himself doesn't have to do a thing. Also I think that as soon as E.N.D. awakens he will take over Natsu's body, and I think that was what Zeref meant by "Will it be you or E.N.D. who kills me?"  So when E.N.D. awakens and takes over Nastu, Natsu could defeat him with his willpower or he could succumb to him, which would probably mean the end of the world they know and the death of all of Natsu's guildmates by his own hands or something.

This is just a guess though.


In sub Akame ga Kill, why do the characters reference "leveling up"? The anime talks about the characters leveling up, as if they somehow know that they aren't real. If you or I gained more skilled, we'd say we became more advanced in X skill, or were more skillful that we were previously. Or is this something that is in the manga's backstory that isn't fully explained in the anime?

Well in the dub for anime some one has to come up with the words for the script to the best of their ability.So it's just their choice in words.

More than likely it's a slightly inaccurate translation of a word or phrase that means to "improve" or "become more skillful".


Weren't the names in Edolas and Earthland the same? As in like Lucy, Wendy, Natsu and all, their edolas friends had the same name. How come, then, that Makarov and Gerrard were different? There are official sources (can't remember where I saw that) that their Edo-characters were named "Faust" and Mystogan repectively. What makes these 2 different than everyone else, whose Edo-name was the same? (Natsu, cana, lucy, elfman, sugarboy, hughes, coco, etc.)

I think that is a plot hole. The thing is, there is no way everything can be opposite in Edolas. Like you said, Faust really is Makarov and Mystogan really is Gerrard, but in Earthand Makarov is not the father of Gerrard. You assume that the names are coincidences for everyone (even that is very unlikely) and do not forget that some characters were not so different in Edolas, like Gajeel. They were very similar in personality, and also Coco seems very similar in both cases. (Note: Earthland Coco was a filler in the anime. Along with Sugarboy, Hughes, and Byro)

Also, remember how in Fairy Tail Battle with Laxus Natsu and Gajeel were for some reason considered "over 80 years of age"? Well the reason for that is revealed up ahead in the plot, which is that:

  They are actually over 400 years old. Including Wendy as well.

If you see things this way, there is no way Edo-Natsu (or Edo-Wendy or even Edo-Gajeel) would have been there when Natsu, Happy, Wendy, and Carla visited Edolas, since we are sure that with Edo-people, they don't have the same circumstances as the actual Fairy Tail members.

In Conclusion: I think that is an unplanned mistake; unless it is intended, but say if Gajeel, Natsu, and Wendy weren't in Edolas then that would raise a question too early, since the answer is revealed quite a long time after. Perhaps Hiro had to make things that way.

Gerrard and Mystogan were not two persons but a same person who came to earthland a long time ago and fake named Mystogan. He wasn't an earthlander duplicate of Edolas's Gerrard.


Does a Devil ever get more Evil Pieces? The High School DxD anime explains the devil ranking system pretty superficially. On the one hand, we know that to revive humans as devils and control them, one needs evil pieces. The precise number and type depends on the individual, but that isn't really important for this question. On the other hand, we know that devils don't keep the same rank forever. Low ranking devils also sometimes get promoted to higher ranks, and eventually they could control their own servants and presumably stop working for that master at that point. Of course, low-ranking devils can also die.

In these situations, it would seem like a pretty substantial blow to the original master if they can't control any more devils. Their army's strength would be permanently reduced. Does that master receive new evil pieces to compensate in these cases?

I believe that even if you become a High or Ultimate Class Devil (Only two reincarnated devils have done so in canon) and obtain your own Peerage you still are a servant of your King. Kuroka was stronger than her King by a large margin but still served him. This means that instead of losing your legion you gain more legions (not proper terminology since a legion is over 5500 troops) that are indirectly under your command. Sirzechs peerage seem to be all high class but still serve him. Tannin himself is Mephisto's Queen but he is also a Ultimate-Class Devil and King and in the Top 10 of the Rating Game: in other words a hero of the Underworld. It is suggested that technically Tannin is still his servant but hard to confirm since even from the beginning Mephisto gave Tannin free reign to do as he pleased.

This is also supported by the fact that in volume one of the novels (and manga) Rias states that powerful peerage become status for their King. This would suggest such things remain even for servants that rose in status otherwise it would make more sense to make blood-status the requirement to get a set of Evil Pieces not Class since they would lose their property and the Devil's in DxD seem too greedy to sacrifice their valuables especially when their worth has become high.

Once you use it, Devils won’t be given a new [Evil Pieces].”
Quoted from Rias in Part 2 of the New Life Chapter in the first volume of the DxD novels.

Also I got this from the official DxD wiki (which holds copies of the translated novels):
There is actually no conflict when a Low-Class Devil starts his own group while still being a part of another peerage after becoming High-Class. When a Devil reaches High-Class, they receive a set of Evil Pieces to start their own group. However, even after going independent, Devils are still obliged to fight as underlings whenever their master has a Rating Game, for example, if Issei were to reach High-Class and start his own peerage, he would still have to fight as Rias' Pawn if she ever has a Rating Game.

And Evil Pieces that have returned have already stopped functioning and cannot be used ever again.
Said by Kiba in Vol. 12 of the Novels.

I believe a Devil can only gain more Evil Pieces through reincarnating Devils and those Devils reincarnating Devils and so on -- -- an example would be Issei -- even when he becomes Ultimate Class ; he is still Rias' Pawn - any devils he reincarnates will always be his servants and therefore Rias' by default through Issei being hers -- and of course on down the chain -- ---


Can Goku activate Mastered Ultra Instinct at will? So Goku trained with the Grand Priest and he shows he can active Ultra Instinct Omen at will. But now he's being beaten and he didnt activate Mastered Ultra Instinct. Before, he showed he could activate Mastered Ultra Instinct when stressed. Can Goku activate Mastered Ultra Instinct at will? Does the manga show something about it?

As far as Dragon Ball Super goes, he clearly mentions it at the end of  Super to Vegeta, after the T.O.P, that he cannot tap into UI and also tells Vegeta that he hasn't been able to tap into it after the T.O.P, in the new manga chapterAs far as Dragon Ball Heroes is concerned, we don't know whether Goku trained with the Grand Priest. We only know that the Grand Priest gave Goku a new set of clothes and Healed him.He most likely figured out how to tap into the Defensive part of UI on his own as he utilizes it to save Trunks.Hearts comments on the fact that Goku hasn't still mastered the form. Whis clearly stated that the attack version of Ultra Instinct is significantly harder to master compared to the defensive portion. If Goku did have the attack version, he would've used it against KamiOren or to destroy the glass as Goku attacks are significantly more powerful in this state.Hence, I think it is safe to say, Goku is yet to master the ability to tap into the Completed Ultra Instinct form whenever he wants to.

It depends on which version of Goku you are referring to:

Dragon Ball Heroes

-He used it on Cumber in the one episode and then the next episode he shows up with the Grand Priest being able to do it at will

The power scaling is really wonky as well

Manga / Anime [Tournament of Power]

He activated the first variant of it (not at will, but through sheer self preservation) when Jiren pushed the Spirit Bomb back at him and it exploded with Goku being sucked into it
As the tournament progressed he kept activating it again and again, but it was the defensive aspect of the form as he was able to block all of Jiren's strikes but not land any of his own.
Near the end of the tournament he achieved the offensive aspect of the form where he basically spawned a galaxy underneath his feet and then proceeded to hit Jiren and negate his energy ball attack after the Vermoud (Hakashin of U11) told him to finish Goku. It is at this point that he achieved the true form of UI.

Then in the final episode where him and Vegeta square off and pay homage to DBZ he says, "I guess I was pushed to the edge in the tournament and did it accidentally" when Vegeta asks him to use it.

In the anime / manga he can't do it at will as that would make him completely over powered and no matter who he fought after would not stand a chance. If he could he would of wrecked Broly with ease no matter how "mad" Broly got in the new movie that recently came out and that would of removed the need for Gogeta.

On a side note. I think the Angels are always in UI mode since their hair is that silver color [but this is just a guess on my part]. The only thing I can say backs this up is that Whis can dodge anything and everything with ease. He is an angel and he has had eons to master UI inside and out.


What does genki (from genki dama) means? So from the previews from the following episodes we get to know that

(spoilers)

   18 and 17 donates energy to Goku's Genki Dama. People speculated that since they have unlimited energy, Goku could get to form an extremely powerful Genki Dama thanks to their energy but no, because it's been said by some fans that ki energy (attack energy) is different than Genki energy Goku uses for the Genki Dama bomb.

So what does Genki (from Genki Dama) mean?

http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Spirit_Bomb:

  Spirit Bomb (元気玉 Genki Dama, lit. "Energy Sphere")

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/元氣

  From Middle Chinese compound 元氣 (ngjwon khjɨjH, literally “first, fundamental, source + vapor, spirit, energy”) In Chinese cosmology, this represented the fundamental force that permeates all matter and life. Early Japanese borrowed this word and meaning. Later, this spelling was conflated with the meaning of homophone 減気 (genki, “recovery from illness”), adding in the modern senses related to healthy and wellness.

Also, Genki Dama doesn’t actually translate to ‘Spirit Bomb’ either, it’s really ‘Energy Ball’, if we are being honest. ♂

Yamcha used to use it before Goku ever did, it was one of his signature moves. Goku just learned how to do it on a planetary level from Kaio Sama, or King Kai in America.

America twists the translation to make things sound better for English, that’s why it’s usually better to watch Subbed things, they say more than what America gives most of the time.

It’s almost better if you try to learn Japanese, you can catch more.


Is Makise Kurisu's thesis referred from a real thesis in real life? In Steins;Gate, Kurisu Makise wrote a thesis about memory uploading.

The circuit seems real enough to me that made me wonder if it's referred from a real thesis in real life. I would like to think that it's not, though.

Is Makise Kurisu's thesis referred from a real thesis in real life?

Just like time travel itself, this is very much part of the science fiction of the anime.
As far as we know memories are physically stored in the brain and can thus not be uploaded or downloaded through telephones.


How does Gilgamesh have a futuristic fighter plane? In the dogfight between Gilgamesh and Berserker, Gilgamesh rides a golden fighter plane that is capable of hovering and flying at great speeds, supposedly by harnessing some "strange green power" (see the opening wings and glow when Gilgamesh prepares to dodge Berkserker's approach). The Gate of Babylon is supposed to contain Gilgamesh's treasures of his time, so how did such a futuristic contraption come into his possession?

This "airplane" is the Vimana. It is recorded in several epic Hindu texts, including the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. In fact, in the original Sanskrit works, there is more than one vimana, but in any case it is a flying contraption that gods would ride. There is no record of them in Babylonian literature as far as I know, but of course Gilgamesh owns the prototypes for all of the technology that appeared in later cultures, which presumably includes this.

Basically, because Gilgamesh was the very first king, every treasure was claimed by him, including everything made by Man. Even after he died, things than Mankind dreamed up afterwards were claimed by him. That or the power of magic back then meant that his kingdom was able to make magical things equal or greater to modern inventions. It is also is that as the very first Hero, he must have the prototype to every weapon or item used by later heroes. The only things Gate of Babylon doesn't contain is anything made with new concepts by a new human race, or items made by extraterrestials or with extraterrestial knowledge. In Fate/Extra, he even has a spaceship able to move at the speed of light.

The article I got this all from is worded a little confusingly, but I think it is that if Mankind has or will make something, then as the first King and Hero, he already has it in his vault. So either the Vimana is a magical airship, or it's based on a ship Mankind will make.


In Fate, can a Master summon an Extra Class Servant during a Holy Grail War, or under any circumstances? In Fate, can a Master summon an Extra Class Servant during a Holy Grail War, or under any circumstances?

For example, one Master summons Jeanne of the Ruler Class, and another Master summons Edmond Dantes of the Avenger Class. Can that happen?

If I remember correctly, in the Fate/Zero and Fate/Stay Night universes, Avenger Angra Mainyu was summoned by the Einzbern in the third Holy Grail War instead of a Berserker. This would imply that it is technically possible to summon an Extra Class Servant during a standard Holy Grail War following the Fuyuki formula.

All rules are made to be bent, broken, and superseded

This is kind of the fundamental thrust of the Fate series (or more broadly, the "Nasuverse").  Rules are more like guidelines and suggestions.  Like if we were going to play a game to settle a dispute, and I put everything for Connect Four on a table, but you were like "first one to toss a token onto their head wins!"  The suggestion was that we play Connect Four, but you took what was available and made it into what you could.

The Holy grail war has a system of rules and functions that it ideally operates by, but every war becomes about who can manipulate and break the rules the best.  In Fate/Zero, Melloi splits the command seals and energy burden between himself and his wife, respectively.  In the third war the Einzberns manipulate the system to summon an Avenger, thinking it'll assure them victory (in the alternate timeline of Apocrypha, they summon a Ruler instead). In the same war another team uses their special rule-breaking crest to basically have two masters with their own copy of a servant. In Fate/Stay Night Caster exploits the system to become a master herself, create a fake Assassin that defied the normal rules for an Assassin, and to spawn camp the lesser grail. She even has a Noble Phantasm called "Rule Breaker" that pretty much does exactly what it says.  A reality marble, like Unlimited Blade Works, explicitly involves the user rejecting reality and substituting their own. In Fate/Apocrypha the multi-team grail war is activated by Clock Tower members after they infiltrate the base of those who had stolen the Greater Grail; it wouldn't normally have happened.  Heck, even the existence of the Greater Grail, and its true purpose, was originally only meant to be known to the three houses that developed the idea, with every other participant intended to be under-informed schmucks that were supposed to be easily dispatched because they didn't have the advantages of the Makiris, Tohsakas, and Einzberns.

Even the combat system devolves into who can break the rules better.  An unstoppable projectile meets an impenetrable shield...what happens?  Well, that can literally happen in this setting, and there's an answer to it, and it mostly depends on the level of their divine mysteries and their compatibility.  If this shield specifically did, or was crafted to, stop the unstoppable projectile in question in myth, then it'll easily do so here.  If the user of the projectile was cursed to have his attack blocked by someone of a certain lineage, then if the shield's user is of that lineage then it will win (the shield might not even need to be otherwise "impenetrable"). But a barely known shield on a minor hero with no relation to the well-known attacker with a well-known spear will be shot through (weak mystery vs strong mystery).  In Fate/Stay night this exact situation occurs in one route, resulting in a near draw (but advantage to the attacker). In Apocrypha we see that the nigh-total immunity of Siegfried can be punched through by attacks with sufficient divine mystery relative to that of his own protection, and attacks by heroes or weapons with a legend specifically for slaying dragons will be highly effective against him. Several of the main characters of Apocrypha are in fact intrinsically warping and defying the rules, both of the Grail War and basically existence itself.

So, sure, all sorts of things could be summoned, provided the Masters and others involved are sufficiently skilled and clever enough to manipulate and break things in the right way to make it happen.  And in Apocrypha there are in fact multiple Extra Class servants active at once.


Why was Luffy never offered a Shichibukai position? I recall that a shichibukai needs to have quite a good bounty, and be very strong. So why was Luffy never offered the position? I mean his second bounty was higher than Crocodile and Hancock, so if we say he offended the World Government in the Enies Lobby arc, then before that, he was eligible, and even afterwards, we can't say he's not eligible; let's not forget Doflamingo threatened tenrybito with revealing some information, and his status was not revoked.

So why not?

First time around when Luffy took down Croc, BB offered to take the position of Shichibukai by presenting the marines with Ace. It was an offer the Marines could not pass up on, so they did not think of any other suitable candidates.

Also, since the credit for taking down Croc was given to Smoker, Luffy was relatively unknown. This further emphasized the reason as to why he was not considered because Shichibukais would generally be selected from feared and notorious pirates.

After the war of best, there were three vacant positions for the Shichibukai. But none of them were offered to Luffy. This is because Luffy by then has declared war against them by burning the flag of WG. He attacked Ennis Lobby, Impel Down and Marineford the three symbols of the Marines, he punched a Celestial Dragon and he rung the Ox bell 16 times which declared the coming of a new age of pirates. All this made Luffy as someone who would be an enemy to the world government not some random pirate like the other Shichibukais who were even though notorious pirates did not directly meddle with the affairs of the World Government.

This is the reason he was not offered the position.

Also considering Luffy, like Ace he would have never accepted that position because that would limit his freedom.

Luffy's goal isn't having a position like a king, leader, or a Shichibukai.... cause he doesn't want to be controlled, he wants to have fun, great adventure, exploring, and things like that, that's why he is so close to the Red Hair Crew. When Luffy was a kid, they came and told him stories of their adventures, so that being a pirate for him is the meaning of freedom, he even refused being the boss of the grand fleet (chapter 800). As he said "I wanna be the pirate king not an important person".


Why does Kirei want Rin's heart? In episode 20 of UBW (or episode 8, UBW 2nd season), Kirei announced that he would take Rin's heart. I suppose that he wanted to use it as some sort of vessel for the grail.

But what about Illya's heart that Gilgamesh had taken earlier? Why did he take Rin's if he already had Illya's, which I guess is better?

Perhaps he was not allied with Gilgamesh anymore? Or perhaps, he just wanted to kill Rin for the laughs and giggles?

In episode 20 of UBW (or episode 8, UBW 2nd season), Kirei announced that he would take Rin's heart.

First, that was episode 19. Second, he says complete opposite thing. He says

   "The vessel has no need for a heart." This implies that he wants her body except her heart.

In episode 20, we see what he meant, when

   Gilgamesh pushes Illiya's heart inside Shinji, turning him into vessel and using him as way to "anchor" the grail to this world.

The reason for this is that

   Grail needs two components, first it needs the core. In Fifth grail war that is either Illiya's or Sakura's heart. And it needs a vessel to anchor it to real world. Vessel can be any body with enough magic circuits. Normally, Illiya herself works as both core and vessel, but for some reason Gilgamesh didn't want that, so he only took the core. And at the time, Rin is only actual mage nearby, making her best option for a vessel. But when in episode 20 she regroups with Saber and Shirou, he could no longer get to her, so he went with next best option : Shinji. Even though his magic circuits are pretty bad, he is still a magus.

Seriously, it may be a spoiler, given that the status of Gil/Kotomine's alliance is pretty uncertain in the anime (if you do not have complementary information).

However, taking it from cues mostly from the anime:

In episode 19, he comments, as he asks Lancer to kill Rin: "The vessel has no need for a heart."

So, that suggests that whatever part he envisioned for Rin, it would not need Rin's heart. I guess you can take it from there.

Going from that, I believe that the intended meaning of "I will take this heart." is that he is taking Rin's heart out, but not necessarily to make any use of it.


Is it impossible for Goku and Vegeta to turn Legendary Super Saiyan? So from the spoilers of Dragon Ball Super Broly, apparently,

   for a second Vegeta's hair turns green

Is it impossible for Goku and Vegeta to turn Legendary Super Saiyan? In the non canon movie (the original movie) it was made apparently that it was, but with the Dragon Ball Super series/ Dragon Ball Super Broly, is there anything that proves that Goku and Vegeta can't turn into Legendary Super Saiyan?

Vegeta's har does turn green. Also, when Goku transforms into Super Saiyan Blue, there is a tinge of green aura. I believe this has to do with the animation and it isn't a new transformation.Broly's Legendary Super Saiyan transformation is similar to that of Kale's. If you look at the way these two attained their respective transformations, they both originated similarly to the regular Super Saiyan transformations. In the sense, Broly transformed to this level when he was angry and struggling against Gogeta and Kale transformed to this level when she was angry.Hence, I believe Goku and Vegeta cannot use this form and the transformation is solely based on the genetics of the Saiyan.

Goku and Vegeta cannot use this form,
In the storyline of dragon ball, there are two types of Saiyans.

The Blood of the Tainted
and
The Blood of the Defeated

the tainted Saiyans can turn into SS God and the Defeated have the rage power/ green ssj


Why is "Meitantei Conan" translated as Case Closed? I really like the "Meitantei Conan" anime, but I've always wanted to know, why is was the name translated to "Case Closed" when it was localized?

Whether or not Detective Conan was catchy enough isn't the cause for the change in name in this particular case...

At one point Funimation's "Case Closed" website had a FAQ page with this question asked. An archival copy of this page can be found here.

  Q: Why did you change the name to Case Closed?
  A: Due to legal considerations.

We see the same vague response in a 2004 news article published by Anime News Network:

  FUNimation sent out an advisory today stating that due to unspecified legal considerations, Detective Conan is to be renamed "Case Closed" . . . Due to legal considerations, this highly anticipated series will be released in the United States as Case Closed. Working closely with our Japanese partners, Case Closed was chosen as the name best suited for the U.S. market.

While it seems to be mostly speculation, there have been forum posts mentioning that this renaming is due to the copyright held by DC Comics on the name Conan. I'm not convinced by that reasoning, but I included it for you to digest as you please.

What other people said is correct but I also believe they mention the phrase "Case Closed" in multiple episodes of the TV show/Anime so I guess whoever titled was like, that would make a pretty good title.


What is "digi-paint"? I was reading some reviews of this season's new shows, and I somehow happened to run across references to "digi-paint" twice(!):

The raw mechanics of producing anime can be a pretty frustrating thing sometimes. Back in the early 00s, technology shifts prompted the move to digipaint from traditional cells, and early adopters of the new system suffered heavily for it. Shows like Haibane Renmei had fundamentally gorgeous art design, but looked smudged and indistinct due to the new technology. (from BBK/BRNK - The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide)
So this is a forgotten digi-paint show that was dug up in a time capsule from no later than the year of our lord 2002, dusted off, reformatted into 16:9, and re-sold as an adaptation of a Masamune Shirow manga from 2010. How else do you explain its hideous color palette, jagged flat designs, and painfully dated obsession with fetishes of yesteryear like catgirls, maids, androids/cyborgs with unusually sexual hardware, and busty scientist onee-samas? (from Pandora in the Crimson Shell: Ghost Urn - The Winter 2016 Anime Preview Guide)

I "get" what they're talking about: that sort of crappy look that post-cel early-2000s shows almost invariably have. But I'm not sure what digi-paint actually is. Aside from another post on ANN that refers to (but does not describe) digi-paint, I haven't managed to google up anything relevant.
What is digi-paint? When did it come into use (was it immediately post-cel?), and what is used nowadays instead?

I have a general idea of what digipaint is, but I couldn't find a lot of the sources that gave me this idea since it was mostly stuff I just picked up in passing. I did find one blog that went over the process and more or less confirmed what I had thought; scroll way down to 'Compositing / "filming"' to see where they discuss it.

This is the gist. Up until about 1999–2000, anime was created by drawing line art on a clear plastic cel, then hand-painting that cel, with a brush. Characters and backgrounds were drawn on separate cels; character cels were placed on top of background cels and the animators would take pictures of each frame, stringing them together into a film.

Sometime around 2000, animators started coloring the line art using a computer. This is basically similar to making art in Photoshop, though according to the blog they use a program called RETAS! Pro. Backgrounds can easily be drawn separately and added later on a computer; if you've ever used Photoshop, you know how easy it would be to draw a character and a background as separate images and combine them later as layers of a single image. The filming process also started to be done on a computer; the animators create the frames digitally based on the line art, then use the computer to string the frames together into a "film".

Digipaint refers to this process of coloring a cel on a computer with a program instead of by hand with a brush and paint. The blog and this other one discuss some of the effects the new process had on the anime industry: since it was faster and easier to color frames and composite character and background art on a computer, shows could have more frames, which led to smoother animation that wasn't reused nearly as often. It was easier to add fine details, so character art became more detailed. (I assume this was because of zooming and the precision of a graphics tablet, plus the ability to undo mistakes.) It was also easy to add in 3D computer graphics, so things like special effects and machinery, which are much easier to create with CG than hand drawing, started to be done in 3D.

On the other hand, it took a while for animators and art directors to get used to the different character of digipaint compared to traditional paint, which led to the ugly color palettes, blurriness, and flatness that you see in a lot of early digipaint shows (from 1999–2004 or so). These problems are especially noticeable in some of the lower budget hentai from this era, where characters and background art look like they exist on two separate 2D planes rather than in a single 3D space, making the animation resemble a paper cutout puppet show.

As far as I can tell, digipaint is still commonly used today; animators have just gotten a lot better at using it. Last Exile is another show from the early era that I remembered looking a lot better than it did. Like Haibane Renmei, it was a show with amazing, imaginative visuals that ended up looking like hell because of a hideous color palette, rampant blurriness, and primitive CG integrated poorly with the 2D animation. I haven't watched Fam: The Silver Wing, but it would surprise me if it didn't look much better than the original.

Some shows have moved towards cel-shaded 3D animation. This is a technique where everything in the show is created in 3D CG, but through the use of filters and such, it almost kinda sorta ends up looking like traditional 2D animation. Cel-shaded 3D has been around for a while in video games, but it's just now in its early days for anime and suffering from problems just like early digipaint. However, it will probably end up replacing digipaint, since it's cheaper (just render a 3D model from different angles. It's almost like having actors again!) and getting better all the time. (Cf. Arpeggio of Blue Steel.)

Digital painting is a method of creating an art object (painting) digitally and/or a technique for making digital art in the computer. As a method of creating an art object, it adapts traditional painting medium such as acrylic paint, oils, ink, watercolor, etc. and applies the pigment to traditional carriers, such as woven canvas cloth, paper, polyester etc. by means of computer software driving industrial robotic or office machinery (printers). As a technique, it refers to a computer graphics software program that uses a virtual canvas and virtual painting box of brushes, colors and other supplies. The virtual box contains many instruments that do not exist outside the computer, and which give a digital artwork a different look and feel from an artwork that is made the traditional way.

from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_painting


What is a good way to keep track of the episode you're up to? So I have a list in notepad that I use to keep track of what episode I have watched:

********** Latest episode that I have watched: **********

A Certain Magical Index                         Season 1    Episode 24
A Certain Scientific Railgun                    Season 2    Episode 24
Absolute Duo                                                Episode 7
Accel World                     (anime)                     Episode 23
Accel World                     (light novel)   Volume 2    -all-
Accel World                     (manga)                     11
... etc.

And some other headings like:

*********** Finished (hopefully not) ***********

and

*********** To watch/consider: ***********

Is there a good tool online to do the same thing that I am doing but better, and will update automatically when a new season is automatically added, such as moved from the finished section to the latest section?

MyAnimeList is a fantastic option. Of every site I've tried it's by far the best. In addition to allowing you to track your anime according to a number of headings, it also allows you to specify a ton of other information, like times rewatched, rating, start/end dates, and how you have it stored (for example, if you own DVD's or BluRays of a show). Your ratings are actually aggregated with the rest of the community too - which is a very active community, I might add.

Furthermore, the site will help you track manga in the same way. Not to mention favorite characters and staff members.

Plus they have news, and there's even a blog attached to your account should you choose to use it.

If that weren't enough, it has a massive database of just about every anime and manga you could ever imagine, complete with character lists, plot summaries, staff/stuido information, user reviews, and recommendations for other similar anime.

In conclusion, MAL is exactly what you are looking for and more. Switching from a notepad document to that has saved me quite a few headaches.

(This is only my way of doing it.)

I'm downloading every episode I watch (mainly because my internet is too slow for streaming) so I'm sorting them in folders on my HDD. Also I have a normal text file in the root of my anime folder where I list all the anime I want to watch.

This method has pros but also, unfortunately, cons:

Pros

You don't have to care about any 3rd party service.
You can watch the episodes everywhere. Offline.
After downloading an episode, It won't use any bandwidth when watching it. (useful for people with slow internet, like me.) This includes rewatching.

Cons

You are not able to make such nice graphs as @moegamisama showed.
If your HDD dies, you lose everything.
It overall isn't as fancy as on a website. It might look like this:


In episode 4 of Golden Time is that the same Nana? At 15:27 in episode 4 of Golden Time, is that Nana the same as one of the mains in NANA?

The girl was decked out in a punk rock outfit, lugged around a guitar and gave the characters tickets to a show she's performing at. She called herself Nana. I was wondering if it's supposed to be the same Nana as one of the mains in the NANA series?

Either inspired by or the same character, it seems. Nothing I'm seeing online gives her a name besides "NANA-sempai" in all capitals like the NANA manga.

Note: Romi Park voices the original Nana. The Nana in Golden Time is voiced by Satomi Satou.

I always thought some of the characters were parodies in themselves. She is no exception.

Another example, which strikes resemblance in my opinion is "2D-Kun", who resembles Keima Katsuragi from "The World God Only Knows". Both only like fictional 2D characters and have similar appearances.


What is Aoi referring to when she says "Comaneci"? In episode 4 of Tesagure! Bukatsumono Spin-off Purupurun Sharumu to Asobou, at around 14:16 into the episode, when they are talking about making a new school song, Aoi interjects with an obscure reference "Comaneci!".

A quick search on the Internet point to Nadia Comăneci, who is the first female gymnast to be awarded a perfect score of 10 in an Olympic gymnastic event, among other achievements. However, I can't tell how it connects to the context here.
Below is the translated dialogue leading to the reference above:

Yua: Actually, starting this year, Tosei High School is going to have a new school song, and they're inviting people to submit lyrics, so I thought we would participate, too.
Koharu: Write the lyrics for a school song?
Hina: If the lyrics are used, they'll become a piece of school history.
Aoi: Comaneci!
Yua: All right! But before we actually think of lyrics, let's think about a "new school song."

Can anyone explain this reference and how it connects to the context of the episode here?

コマネチ is indeed Beat Takeshi's running gag from the 80s.  It is in reference Nadia Comaneci's high-leg cut leotard, hence the V-shape motion.  While the gymnast's pose is straight and beuatiful, Beat Takeshi does his motion with his legs apart, adding to the comical effect. Most people today, especially the younger crowd, might know the gag, but probably do not know the origin of the gag or the gymnast herself.  Also note that the gag is consider a bit vulgar and therefore is not common for women to go.

If you know the nature of Tesasure! Bukatsu mono, you would know that it uses a prerecorded voice track method, where the voices are first recorded, then the anime was created to fit the voices.  Most of the anime is ab lib, in other words the lines of the characters are completely up to the voice actresses, minus a few lines to get the ball rolling.  Karin Ogino, the voice of Aoi, tends to spit out whatever is on her mind without much thought.  She also likes vulgar jokes that are unbecoming of her job as an idol, and he has a tendency to repeat running gags. I doubt much thought was put into this line as well, other then perhaps because it is a bit vulgar.

Unfortunately I do not have that season's BD, so I can't check the commentary so see if it brings any new information to the table (Though the other season's commentaries weren't very "informative" either).

Comaneci (gag) reference.

From Nadia Comăneci's article cited in the question, I suppose it is for the following reason: Comăneci was the first athlete to get a perfect score (10.00) when she was 14, a high school student. So, I suppose she's a piece of school history in her country.

I can't think of anything else.


Can a ninja learn a jutsu that lies outside of their own alignment? Quite some time ago I got into a... minor argument regarding whether or not a ninja could in fact learn a jutsu to which their natural alignment was not geared toward. I felt you could, but it would be more difficult than it would be for someone whose natural alignment lies with that element. The person I was discussing it with did not. They felt it was impossible for a ninja to learn a jutsu outside of their natural alignment.

I stopped reading Naruto quite some time ago but I was wondering if anything came up that answered that question in one way or another?

It is not impossible, but it is rather difficult to do so. All Jounin level ninjas have to master more than two elements. Kakashi can perform 3 different element jutsu: Lightning, Fire, Earth. Yamato can do Earth and Water. Sasuke can do Lightning and Fire.

Even if someone has a natural inclination towards one element (Sasuke towards Fire), they can still perform other elemental jutsu (Sasuke can perform Chidori, a Lightning Release).

Yeah it can be true according in naruto it is 29% because chakra heals our body. from the 7 chakras in the body. It maybe possible that you can perform jutsu but only God have powers, think about that we cannot fly like superman, We cannot float waters, We cannot fight with magic
and punch like superman that is 2 meters. What about jutsu did you think they are real? When I rotate my chakra and I perform hand seals and I say Shadow Clone Jutsu and in the next one Kage Bunshin no jutsu, but what? It didn't work, but you didn't have to say that, shadow clone jutsu , I tried that too but nothing happened I only reduced my strength and chakra, yeah I can perform but it's difficult to learn so difficult
Don't believe that in Japan ninjas it can perform jutsus that is only a myth. I can only perform jutsu to heal my body, it is not in sakura's healing jutsu. If you believe in jutsus you are addicted in anime with powers including: naruto,dragonball etc. Check this it might be helpful search:7 chakras in body. I know there's somethings you cannot understand because I am a Filipino. There are chakras in our body but cannot perform jutsus


What are the differences of Near in the manga version? In Death Note, I've read that Near displays more emotions and (more interestingly) shows greater insight and deduction ability than his anime counterpart.

What are the differences of Near from his anime counterpart? Is the above statement true? (And if so, please provide examples.)

There is another question, How different are the anime and manga versions of Death Note, but that just takes into question the ending.

Appearance

In the manga, Near is only ever seen wearing white pajamas, while in the anime, his pants are light blue.

In L: Change the WorLd, Near is a Thai boy and the sole survivor of a village ravaged by disease. In the live action film, he has black hair, while in the novel he is described as the original Near in the series (while I haven't read the novel I would assume this means he has white hair).

Personality

Near shows much more emotion in the manga than he does in the anime, particularly his facial expressions. A quote from the wiki shows an example of this:

  When the SPK members were killed in the anime Near has a very stern look, but in the manga he is visibly upset.

His facial expressions were probably more towards his smiling when he got things right, which was used to foreshadow the end where he smiles after seeing Ryuk, confirming to himself that Light is Kira.

Source: Death Note Wikia site

I know this answer comes late. But i still hope my answer can help you. Well in the manga he is as cold as in the anime. However, in the manga, Near is smarter than in the Anime.


How does Sanji produce fire in Water? As you know, Sanji has a move called Diable Jamble, where he somehow manages to generate fire on his leg by rotating with great speed.

We have seen this move first when he was fighting CP9.

According to science, fire can be generated by friction, but it should be spontaneous. This explains as to how he was able to generate while he was fighting CP9 at Enies Lobby.

But after the timeskip, when the Straw Hat Pirates were on their way to Fishman Island, they encountered a Kraken. How did Sanji generate fire in water?

In water, there is no rough material via which, fire can be generated.

And even if it is somehow achieved, how can the fire not get extinguished by the water!?

As usual, Oda Eiichiro has a "creative" explanation for that too! Oda blatantly disobeys the Laws of our world in One Piece.

In SBS Volume 44, when asked how Sanji could beat Jabra by heating his leg, without burning it, Oda's response was:

  Sanji's leg is not hot!! His heart was burning so much hotter!!

If asked your question, he would probably say something like:

  Learning Haki, spending 2 years chased by Okamas, and being separated from ladies, especially Nami-san and Robin-chan, has made his heart burn much hotter!!! Even water cannot extinguish his burning heart!!!

I know, it doesn't feel satisfying, but this is how Oda-sensei's "explanations" usually are!

This is my own theory but his flames could be from the power he was supposed to get at birth. All his siblings had powers but he was considered a dud. If I am wrong he could get powers later on or he might never get them.

Just realized no one has commented in over a year and you guys didn't have this info, that I am basing my theory off of, when it was originally posted.


Can humans be cut out of all Titans? This question is in regards to the anime. I've watched all of the episodes that are available, so I do not mind spoilers.
Since humans who can turn to Titans at will (I think they're called shifters) can be cut out of the Titan body, can the humans inside other "normal" titans (like the ones who became titans via injection of spinal fluid) be also cut out and saved?

No, it is not possible. During Hange's experiments with Sonny and Bean [chapter number required], she mentioned slicing open the necks of titans in prior experiments. She was never able to find anything inside (in the anime an empty cavity was seen).

Mangareader here, since youre fine with spoilers...

The normal mindless titans have no human in their necks because they were human themselves before they got turned against their will.

Thats all i can say without causing too much confusion. You should start reading the manga tho.


Why was Goku the only Z Warrior to contract the Heart Virus? In Trunks' future that had been destroyed by the Androids, Goku died from a Heart Virus.

Even in the alternate timeline caused by Trunks warning the Z Warriors about the Androids, Goku still contracted the Heart Virus but they already had a cure for it given by Trunks. Yet in both timelines out of all the Z Warriors Goku was the only person to contract it.

Why is this? Was it a targeted attack on him by Dr. Gero (given the timing of when it occurred)? Was Goku's diet a factor or was there something Saiyan wise that made him more susceptible which doesn't apply to Vegeta and half-Saiyans?

It is Highly likely that the infection rate of the virus was just exceptionally low. Infection rates vary from virus to virus. Some can only be transmitted in highly populated areas due to their low contraction rate.

Well one theory I was told from a friend many years ago was that the virus was always in Goku it just took years to affect Goku.


Which anime series was the first to be aired on Japanese TV? The first animated segments seem to go back all the way to 1907, and most of those older segments only got broadcast in cinemas and the likes. Even after those, most animated segments on TV consisted of short animations of roughly a few seconds.

So with that my question: Which anime series was the first to be aired on Japanese television? And I am asking about multi-episode series, or multi-segment series.

I assumed you mean first TV series anime.

  Mighty Atom became the first popular anime television series in 1963. Contrary to popular belief, Atom was not the first anime series broadcast in Japan; that honor falls to Otogi Manga Calendar, which began broadcasting in 1962.

From Otogi Manga Calendar Wikipedia Page

  Otogi Manga Calendar (おとぎマンガカレンダー Otogi Manga Calendar?) was a black and white Japanese anime series aired from 1961 to 1964. It was the first anime series ever televised.

Sorry if I understood your question wrongly.

Source:
Y!A: What was the first anime ever aired in Japan?
Anime and Manga: Brought to You by WikiProject Anime and Manga

According to the imdb page of "Future Boy Conan" in the trivia section, it sais it was the first. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077013/


Why can't Natsu and Gajeel go through Freed's runes? On Fighting Festival arc (Laxus arc) in chapter 108, Natsu and Gajeel can't get out from the guild because of Freed's runes.

But the rule says that statues or people above 80 are not allowed to get out from the guild. So why can't Natsu and Gajeel get out?

I would like to add on to Qynn's Answer:

In the most recent chapter of Fairy Tail, Chapter 400:

  It was revealed that Igneel was residing inside Natsu, OR was using Natsu as a portal from the place where he was residing to come to Earthland. If Natsu had such magic imbued into him that could cause interference with the barrier as logically speaking, the barrier prevents those of age 80+ to leave and if it's a portal for someone of age 80+ to leave the barrier would automatically stop that person from leaving OR Igneel was actually inside Natsu not just using him as a medium and that would most definitely stop Natsu and Gajeel from leaving the barrier because they have someone of at least 300 Years of age in them. Since dragons are extinct, it would be safe to say Igneel and the other dragons are at least that age.

I have a theory that you know how zeref is over 400  years old but if you look at the episode where natsu sees zeref zeref cries tears of joy saying saying you`ve       grown natsu and we meet again so I think that zeref might actually be related to natsu and since zeref is 400+ maybe natsu is 100  and over since ive heard that zeref had and army of dragons maybe igneel and the other dragons slowed down time to where natsu and gajeel may look 17 to 18 but is probaly older than that but this is just a theory who knows im probaly right


Is Kefla stronger than Vegito? It was said that Kefla was strong enough to kill Ultra Instinct Goku when they fought. Also, a lot of power scalers in the Dragon Ball Community are saying Kefla is even stronger than Super Saiyan Blue Vegito from the Future Trunks arc. How is that possible?

Well for starters, let us examine the factors that influence the strength of a Potara fusion.The first obvious factor would be the characters who fuse/ take part in the fusion. It would logically make sense for a fusion between stronger characters to be > than a fusion between weaker characters. For example, a fusion between Goten and Trunks was Effortlessly pummeled by a Base Vegeta on account of his superior strength. A potara fusion also stacks additional multipliers. In the Buu saga when the fusion was first introduced, Goku contemplates fusing with Hercule who is substantially weaker than him. This proves that there is still some benefit from the fusion. More information regarding character Gokule can be seen hereFinally, in Episode 114 in DBS, Shin states that a fusion between Android 17 and 18 would be ideal as they are Compatible. So one can assume maybe the compatibility between the charaters result in a superior fusionWith regard to whether Kefla is stronger than VegitoThe Vegito from the Buu Saga is obviously weaker than Kefla. Caulifla and Kale are substantially more powerful than the Goku and Vegeta from the Buu Saga. Hence, it would logically make sense for Kefla to be stronger.Based on the above logic, it would obviously make sense for Vegito from the Goku Black arc to be several time stronger than Kefla. SSJ2 Caulifla at the very least is comparable to SSJ2 Goku/Vegeta. Kale on the other hand at the very least, is comparable to SSJG Goku. Even if you consider Kale to be equivalent to SSJB Goku or Vegeta/ it still wouldn't make a difference as Caulifla is clearly no where close to Super Saiyan Blue.The next main factor is based on compatibility. The compatibility between Goku + Vegeta and Kale + Caulifla is more or less identical as in both cases, they belong to the same race and also belong to the same gender and there really isn't any reason to indicate Kefla is a much more compatible fusion in comparison to Vegito Also, I don't believe Kefla was ever strong enough to "Kill" UI Goku. This misconception stems from comments made by Krillin and Roshi. I believe these comments were made simply based off concern and that Roshi and Krillin clearly have no idea with regard to Goku's level of power. During Goku's second fight with Jiren, the latter uses a punch which Goku describes as the strongest attack he's ever seen and the power of which scares goku out of his SSJB form. Goku then proceeds to tank several of these punches one after the other in his base form. For future reference, I think it would be much safer to take Whis's statements at face value and possibly even the statements made by some of the Gods of Destruction as the level of power being utilized by Goku is far beyond something which Roshi & Krillin can comprehend.

IMO, Kefla is stronger than Vegito from the Future Trunks Saga.

Kefla in super saiyan form was in a similar level to Goku Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken x20. They exchanged hits, once Kefla was sent flying to a rock, hardly hit, and in another hit catching Goku kinda off guard, she knocked him down in Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken x20. Super Saiyan Blue Kaioken x20 is the power of 20 times the power of a super saiyan blue. So when she turned super saiyan 2, she had around the power of 40 times a tired super saiyan blue Goku.

Vegito from the Trunks Saga had the power of 2 super saiyan blue multiplied "tens of times". It could be 40 times, 60 times, 80 times etc. But since then Goku and Vegeta received several senkais. Goku since then had the zenkai from recovering from Zamazu, the zenkai from fighting with Piccolo and Gohan, the Zenkai from recovering from the battle with Gohan, the zenkai from the fight with Freezer after bringing him from hell, probably another zenkai from the energy Freezer gave him after fighting Jiren. And IIRC it was said by Jiren that Goku and Vegeta were stronger than the ones he fought before. So the fusion of a super saiyan 2 (Caulifla) with a legendary super saiyan type saiyan who walked through a super saiyan blue kamehameha (Kale), who was called a monster by a super saiyan blue Vegeta, and who catched the attention of Jiren to knock her down, has to be incredible powerful. Other people will disagree, but the berserker version of Kale is stronger than a super saiyan blue imo. Then the fusion of her with another saiyan can be stronger than the fusion of 2 super saiyan blue.


What race are the humans in Attack on Titan? What language do they speak? The majority of characters in Attack on Titan have German names. Does this mean they are Europeans? We know Mikasa Ackerman is Oriental. Did the writers avoid describing her as Asian because in the universe they have created, Asia doesn't exist? (The use of word Oriental may be a direct translation, but I'm not sure.)

Obviously the anime is in Japanese, but this surely doesn't mean the characters speak Japanese?
Are characters in Attack on Titan (or any anime) self-aware about the language they speak, or their own race?
How do anime/manga creators explain race and language in their art? Is this a detail that is left out because it has no explanation, or is it an answer of "It's just that way"? Maybe anime are created in a fictional bubble with their own set of rules, and viewers are supposed to suspend disbelief.

I know this maybe a silly and or odd question, but I simply can't wrap my ahead around it.

The Germanic names (Jaeger, Armin, and so on) lead me to believe that the remaining humans, that we've seen so far, are descendants of Germans or at least close enough to them to receive a great Germanic influence.
As for Mikasa, her mother was the next-to-last of their Oriental clan, and her father was of a more Western heritage (having the German name Ackerman). The name "Mikasa" has origins in both Malagasy (of Madagascar) and Japanese (the Mikasa battleship, Mount Mikasa, or the Mikasa-no-miya[nt. 1][ref]). Given that she is simply said to be "Oriental"[nt. 2], we can assume the latter, and she is actually Japanese.
As for the language, it's not uncommon for countries and people who would speak little or no Japanese to be native Japanese speakers in fiction (same with English for Western movies and shows). This is generally labelled (in trope-ville) as Aliens Speaking English (which can also be true for human foreigners) or Common Tongue, essentially saying, "It's easier for the target audience to understand it if everyone is natively speaking the same language." It explains why Russians exclusively speak English in video games, for example.
To make it succinct and clear: It appears that the vast majority of characters are descendants of Germans or similar races, and that they speak Japanese simply because that's the language in which the writer/creator spoke and wished to market it.

Footnotes

Note 1: Part of the Imperial House

Note 2: 東洋人【とう.よう.じん】 tōyōjin, lit. "Asian people, Orientals"

If you listen closely to the second opening of the anime (which by the way sounds a lot like an Anthem) most of the singing is done in German. With that in mind, we can say that they're mother tong is German. You can also note the presence of a river running through the city from south to north, this river is most likely the Rhine (but the city must be far away from the sea since they have forgotten about it). This place is also very resourceful in both iron and coal.
With all these elements, I can make a safe (-ish) guess to answer you question: 70% German, 20% French, 10% of other...
I don't know why, but to me, Pixis looks French (and not only because he's always got wine with him...)
Hope I helped.


What is the logic behind Madara's plan A for his revival? Uchiha Madara's plan A for his revival was to make Uzumaki Nagato use Rinnegan's revival jutsu (Gedo Rinnei Tensei no Jutsu). However, when Nagato used this jutsu to revive everyone in Konoha, he mentioned that he cannot revive everyone. He can only revive those that only recently killed as shown in the picture below.

Another version of the translation is more clear in that there is a time limit to how long someone can die before he is brought back to life using this jutsu.

Which means that if one died long time ago, it would be impossible to brought back using this jutsu. This also fits the fact that he didn't use the jutsu to revive Yahiko. Because he can't.

After he used it, everyone was revived to the state right before they died.

Madara died of old age. If Nagato revived him using that jutsu, wouldn't Madara be revived as the old Madara that's about to die? Is this a miss on Madara's part? What is the logic behind Madara's revival plan? Why do Madara think that his plan A is a perfect plan (or the better plan), as shown when he complained to Obito about being brought back to life using Edo Tensei?

The complete limits of the Rinnegan have never been shown. Nagato did not actually say he could only revive the recently dead, just that he was not too late to revive Konoha. The best guess is that it takes more chakra to revive someone who has been dead a long time, and Nagato was very low on chakra after his fight with the village and Naruto. He consumed all of his remaining chakra when he used Rinne Rebirth and died because of lack of chakra. The full limits of rebirth were never actually given and the jutsu was only used twice in very different circumstances. When the King of Hell was used to revive the Asura Path (mechanical) when it was in pieces, it was put back together.

Edit: Also note, Obito used the jutsu and had all 9 Tailed Beasts extracted from him in less than an hour, but still survived and was able to fight not long after that.

Also, I do not know how to link images, but if I did, I would post one that should be on the same chapter as the first ones you linked, a few pages earlier, which has Konan specifically talking to Nagato, saying something about using the Rinne Rebirth jutsu at his current chakra levels. The specific words are based on the translation, but they all heavily imply that he did not have enough chakra to both use Rinne Rebirth and live. We know chakra exhaustion will kill a Shinobi directly from Kakashi, who used Kamui and exhausted his charka. He still lived after that for at least a few panels to accept his coming death before he actually died. Nagato had just fought an entire village almost alone, then blew it up, and then fought the Nine Tails and barely lost. He for certain had used up a massive amount of chakra, and reviving tens of thousands of people probably costs a ton of chakra as well. He was still alive after the jutsu was done for a little bit before his death, same as Kakashi.

On the wiki page they say

  The deceased individuals' souls may be recalled from even the crossroad between life and the afterlife, returning to their rejuvenated bodies.

So Madara could have been revived with his young body


Why couldn't Mitsuha and Taki remember each other's names? In the second half of Your Name (after the body switching stops happening), Mitsuha and Taki can't remember each other's names. They can even end up forgetting the names within 10 seconds of seeing each other. Why does this happen? One theory I have is:

   Before Taki intervenes, Mitsuha would have died when the comet hit. Taki couldn't remember her name because her future was hanging in the balance.

But this answer doesn't entirely work. For one,

   He still fails to remember her name after they rescue Itomori, and Mitsuha is no longer at risk of dying

And second off

   Taki was never in risk of dying in the comet, but Mitsuha still can't remember his name either.

So why did this happen? I know this is somewhat the main theme of the whole movie, but it never made sense to me how they could forget so quickly. It's almost like something was actively causing them to forget.

Losing the associated memories is one of the effects of this mysterious phenomenon that the entire movie is based around, it happened in the scene you are asking about, but it also happened in reference to Mitsu's grandmother. All the supernatural occurrences in the movie are supposed to be caused by the shrine god, comet, the shrine maiden (Mitsu) or some combination of those three. Losing the memories associated with the body-swap/time-travel was quite simply just one of the effects of the supernatural phenomenon surrounding "Kimi no Na wa".

Going into specifics as to why it was that moment, exactly what memories they lost and why it happened so suddenly starts to enter the territory of artistic interpretation, this reddit post explains a few useful plot moments for understanding this and comes up with quite a good interpretation for why it happened at that moment because it had just reached twilight and they had just left the shrine which holds the symbolic meaning of leaving behind your most precious thing (their memories of each other).

The issue that I think you noticed with your theory is that it limits the forgotten memories to be specifically about death when really it was about much more. The reddit post is just one interpretation, exactly why is really up to the viewer.

Honestly just seems like a plot hole to me. It seems to central to the movie to have something like this left unexplained and "up to the viewers interpretation". It almost seems like this was added so that they could name the movie "Your Name".


What is the meaning of the title "Bad Apple", and which characters appear? The original video for Bad Apple!! is one of the most well-known Touhou videos. Here's the original, together with English subtitles:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzEUeWnV73U

Why is the song called Bad Apple? There is an apple in the video but I don't imagine that's why. It matches the lyrics decently, but it still seems like a strange name for a song.

Also, all of the characters in the video are black and white silhouettes. Which characters are represented and in what order?

The song "Bad Apple" was originally the stage 3 theme from Touhou 5 Lotus Land Story. The popular version by Alstroemeria Records is a lyrical remix of that. Because Elly was the boss for stage 3, she makes an appearance towards the end of the video despite being a minor character.

There isn't any real explanation in the game as to why the song would be called "Bad Apple". Many original Touhou music pieces have names that don't really match the plot in any way, and as far as I know ZUN has never specifically explained this title. However, it is true that the popularity of the remix may be in part because it casts the series in a somewhat darker and more serious tone than the ordinary moe artwork, as the name would suggest.

As for the characters, I'll list them in order of appearance. The times correspond to when they first appear, and the names link to the relevant articles on Touhou Wiki.

0:00 Hakurei Reimu (博麗 霊夢)

0:15 Kirisame Marisa (霧雨　魔理沙)

0:28 Patchouli Knowledge (パチュリー・ノーレッジ)

0:36 Remilia Scarlet (レミリア・スカーレット)

0:45 Izayoi Sakuya (十六夜 咲夜)

0:50 Flandre Scarlet (フランドール・スカーレット)

0:58 Konpaku Youmu (魂魄　妖夢)

1:03 Saigyouji Yuyuko (西行寺　幽々子)

1:11 Onozuka Komachi (小野塚　小町)

1:18 Shiki Eiki Yamazanadu (四季映姫・ヤマザナドゥ)

1:25 Fujiwara no Mokou (藤原　妹紅)

1:32 Kamishirasawa Keine (上白沢　慧音)

1:39 Yagokoro Eirin (八意　永琳)

1:45 Houraisan Kaguya (蓬莱山　輝夜)

1:51 Prismriver Sisters (プリズムリバー三姉妹), from left to right, Lyrica, Merlin, and Lunasa

1:59 Chen (橙)

2:00 Yakumo Ran (八雲　藍)

2:01 Inaba Tewi (因幡　てゐ)

2:02 Reisen Udongein Inaba (鈴仙・優曇華院・イナバ)

2:05 Inubashiri Momiji (犬走　椛)

2:07 Kochiya Sanae (東風谷　早苗)

2:11 Kagiyama Hina (鍵山　雛)

2:12 Yasaka Kanako (八坂　神奈子)

2:15 Moriya Suwako (洩矢　諏訪子)

2:22 Yakumo Yukari (八雲　紫)

2:27 Hinanawi Tenshi (比那名居　天子)

2:36 Shameimaru Aya (射命丸　文)

2:41 Ibuki Suika (伊吹 萃香)

2:48 Alice Margatroid (アリス・マーガトロイド)

2:54 Kawashiro Nitori (河城 にとり)

3:02 Kazami Yuuka (風見　幽香)

3:09 Elly (エリー)

3:20 Hakurei Reimu, PC-98 appearance

3:24 Kirisame Marisa, PC-98 appearance

Ok so i may be wrong and this might be already writen down so please bear that in mind.

Im acually listening to lyrics and i believe its saying how the person "aka" the singer is saying how she's nothing she's nor good or bad she is in between and she is saying that its pain full

"It will never change",this is one of the lyrics saying that no matter what she does she will stay the same

In the english lyrics she asks"who are you idk what this is but i think that the "you" is the bad apple

I also have another theory the theory is that she is a vocaloid and the creator aka the one that is controling she is telling her to do certen tasks and she is being abused i think but pls dont hate?

Anyway i thing that the person singing the song is in the middle the ying yang represents "other people" and the other people in video is her and it changes constantly that meaning she is not black or white

"You can tell me what to say you can tell me where to but i dout that i would care and my heart would never know",is on of the lyrics but like i said before who is "you" thats up to you


What are the orange stripes and fire that Eren's Titan body gets when fighting the female Titan for the second time? In the second fight with the female Titan, at the end, Eren's Titan gets some orange lines and fire. What is that? Is it some special power particular to his Titan just like the female Titan can harden part of her body when fighting?

I believe it's heat from the extreme regeneration he's undergoing. Normal Titans emit steam from wounds as they heal; it makes sense that accelerated healing might emit more heat to the point of glowing. (From a chemistry/biology standpoint this could be seen as a waste of chemical energy, but we're talking about a person who can summon a lightning bolt by biting his hand and somehow use it to grow a fifteen-meter body around himself!)

I agree with DaniellYancey in the fact that it's due to the extreme regeneration he's going through. The lose of his left arm and right left as well with being stabbed through the abdomen when he was punchered straight through the abdomen. I would also propose the idea that due to his extreme rage level against Annie, perhaps this also factored into the conclusion?

Remember when Reiner rammed one of the gates, it generated a lot of body energy which is why he breathed out steam as normal humans would in the same situation but only visible when in a colder climate. The same with the colossal titan, it requires a constant amount of energy which explains the large amounts of steam and short transformation duration.


Did Minoru die because of the Death Notes' new rule or because Ryuk wrote his name in a Death Note? There is a one-shot manga for Death Note that was published on Mangaplus, on February 3th, 2020 (you can read the manga officially here.

In the final scene of this one-shot manga, Minoru Tanaka, the new owner of Death Notes, was selling the Death Note through an auction online and it sold for 1 Quadrilion Yen. The person who bought it was the President of the US at that time. The money will be transferred to the account of every person in Japan that has an account registered with Yotsuba Bank of Japan, 1 billion Yen in each account.

When Minoru gave the Death Note back to Ryuk, Ryuk got yelled at by the King of Shinigami, who said it's forbidden to sell Death Notes to humans. So for the first time, the King of Shinigami added a new rule for Death Note usage:

  A Human who buys or sells the Death Note in the human world will die.
  The seller will die when they receive the money and the buyer will die
  when they receive the Death Note.

This canceled the transaction, but the money was already transferred to every person in Japan that had an account with Yotsuba Bank of Japan. But at the end, Minoru still died when he withdrew the money one month later after he gave up the Death Note's ownership because Ryuk wrote his name in the notebook below Light Yagami's name.

What makes me confused is does Minoru Tanaka die because he withdrew the money since the new rule said "...The seller will die when they receive the money..." or does Minoru Tanaka die because Ryuk wrote his name in his Death Note just like when Light Yagami died? If so, why does Ryuk have to wait for one month and start to write Minoru Tanaka’s name in the Death Note?

Minoru died because of Ryuk, similar to how Yagami Light did.

Through the original Death Note Series Ryuk mentions that when the owners life would come to an end, he would write down the name instead. However, Ryuk has also shown that he is impatient in that sense.

As Minoru has broken the new rule, and obtained his payment Ryuk wrote down his name, as Minoru was set to die anyway.

The One Shot however does not cover whether this new rule would actually kill Minoru off even without a Shinigami writing his name down. However, knowing how Shinigami themselves have also died from breaking the rules set upon them, there is a high likelihood this would have happened non the less. Where I would speculate that the Shinigami King himself would be the one to pass down the punishment for breaking the rules.

  You have lost, Light. Didn't I say in the beginning… when you die, the one who'll write your name down in a notebook will be me. That is… the deal between the Shinigami… and the first human to get their hands on the note in the human world. Once you enter the prison, I don't know when you'll die. It's annoying to wait… Your life is already over. You'll die here. Well, it was good while it lasted… We killed some boredom, didn't we? We did some various and interesting things…” - episode 37

Here's what I think.

Because the transaction never went through, the death note was still owned by Minoru. Minoru had told Ryuk not to get near him afterwards. Ryuk didn't want to wait for Minoru to die naturally and killed him.


Who are Byakuya and Juushirou referring to in chapter 117? At the beginning of chapter 117 of Bleach, Juushirou Ukitake says, "Byakuya... Who is he?" (referring to Ichigo) and Byakuya replies, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of. He's no one. Just a ryoka. I'll dispose of him. And then... this trifling conflict... will come to an end."

Who is Byakuya referring to when he says, "He's not related. At least not ... to the one you're thinking of."? Or another way to say it, who did Juushirou Ukitake think that Ichigo was related to?

He's referring to Kaien Shiba, the former lieutenant of Jūshirō Ukitake's squad.

In the anime, his wife Miyako who was the 3rd Seat was possessed and devoured from the inside by one of Sōsuke Aizen's Hollows Metastacia. Kaien decided to track her down and kill her. However, Rukia followed him and saw him becoming possessed by the Hollow which leads to her having to reluctantly kill him and then deliver his body to the Shiba clan.

This begins Ganju's hatred for Soul Reapers as Kaien was his brother and he knew a Soul Reaper killed him because of the sword wounds on his body. However, Kūkaku knew full well it was Rukia who killed him and knew why she did and vowed that should she confront her about Kaien and apologize she would forgive Rukia.

Now, what Jūshirō Ukitake talking about is Ichigo's appearance in relation to Kaien's as they both look similar which in some cases may explain Rukia's actions as she's always felt guilty having been the one to kill Kaien, one of the 2 people who didn't treat her differently because she was Byakuya sister, the other was Miyako.

Ichigo

Kaien

I should point out that this is from the Anime. From my understanding, apart from fillers, the anime is faithful to the manga.

I have been through this and I have to say I have a different take. They make mention (I can't remember which episode) a red haired person from eons ago who Ichigo reminds them of. Ive read all of the Kaien references but I haven't read anywhere about the red haired guy they dont full speak about.


Is the art made for anime openings made first or are the created vocals done first? Sometimes the song matches perfectly with the opening like the beginning of Little Witch Academia, so I was wondering if the art for the opening was done then the song was made to match the art, or if the song was created, and the artists made the opening based off the song?

In this particular case, it seems the song was recorded first.

Generally, it differs. Traditionally, voice acting and drawing were independent of each other, both being dependent on the story board.

Then one movie came out which had the voice acting done first and then after that the drawing, so that the animated lips would match the (Japanese) text. This was a huge revolution at the time. I believe that film was Ghost in the Shell, although I cannot find a reference to back up that claim.

Having the drawing matching the voice acting means more work, means more expensive. Additionally, since voice acting needs to be done first, both can't work parallel the whole time, so production time is longer, which also means more expensive. Because not doing production in that strict order is cheaper, you usually see it employed in most anime, except for special occasions like openings, which can be reused multiple times.

Here is some knowledge. Rose Ridge's comment is also an answer.

Artists, Songwritters, Producers, Employees, Voice Actors, Freelancers, Directors all work in groups. Depend on them want to work in specific field or handle multiple tasks.

Mostly creation of idea first, stordboard, song are tributes with arts or finding songwritters for match art or art idea come from a song (depend) , final art. Animatic done then song, after that animatic match with song, then finalize art match sound & timing, published.

Creative industries doesn't have a really logical work flow like finances or others.

All is depend on song or art first. We will never know the production steps of the industry, unless an employee already corporated with them to see their progression via proposals, gantt chart etc. and majority of proposals are private under working purpose. But mostly progression will never write about song first or art first, mostly idea development recorded at first time.

If the art done based off the song, the song can be a background music. If a song done based off the drawing, the pre-production of live boardcasting will not have any storyboard plan at that time but still have art & design for video. All arts no matter song or drawing are arts, need to work together to have a final product.

Thank you.


How can I quickly understand the basics of Naruto and the story without watching all 300+ episodes? I would like to start watching Naruto as I have never attempted or tried to get into watching Naruto. The main problem I have is that I don't want to watch all 300+ episodes in Naruto or read the dozens of Mangas to understand what Naruto is about and the many plots that are involved.

I know this might be a really silly question for someone who watches anime and this may sound very far fetched but I havent watched Naruto before. I do not want to read through pages and pages of information from Naruto's Wikia and do not want to go watching through episode through episode of about 300+ to understand Naruto.

Are there any episodes in Naruto that will help me understand the story and key terms/terminology without doing this? In other words I am looking for a short cut.

Think of this scenario: Death Note created two special episodes for those who have not watched it before so they wouldn't have to go through all the episodes to understand the plot. Did Naruto do this? If so that would be extremely helpful.

Please note: I have not watched ever Naruto or Naruto Shippuden and as such have no actual knowledge of anything Naruto.

Although I strongly advise against not watching/reading them, there are some shortcuts to take.

You could read episode summaries.
As one of your main options it gives a good insight on the story, though not specifically into the terms used in the story. But those aren't too hard to catch onto when watching the second season.
Watch the Naruto abridged series.
Shortens a ton of episodes to just a mere 5 minutes, but still covering a bunch of key points. But there is a lot of parody involved, causing it not to be 100% accurate. It also does not cover the key terminology in the series.
Watch the anime without the anime-only arcs.
Just go watch the season without watching all the anime-only arcs. Greatly reducing the episode count, as you can skip the following episodes, which reduces the original 220 episodes with roughly 80 episodes. On the provided site they also have a list for the Shippuuden series, also reducing the non-canon content in there.

  Episodes 102—106: Naruto and Team 7 go to the Land of Tea to help Idate Morino win a race.
  Episodes 136—141: Naruto, Sakura, and Jiraiya, while investigating Orochimaru's whereabouts, encounters the Fūma clan.
  Episodes 142—147: Naruto helps Iruka catch the escaped convict, Mizuki.
  Episodes 148—151: Naruto and Team 8 look for the bikōchū beetle in the hopes that it will lead them to Sasuke Uchiha.
  Episodes 152—157: Naruto and Team Guy deal with Raiga Kurosuki and his Kurosuki family.
  Episodes 159—160: Naruto, Kiba, and Hinata help Sazanami clear his name.
  Episodes 162—167: Naruto, Neji, and Tenten go to the Land of Birds to deal with a mysterious ghost.
  Episodes 169—173: Anko Mitarashi takes Naruto, Ino, and Shino to the Land of the Sea to find information on Orochimaru.
  Episodes 175—176: Naruto is again paired up with Kiba and Hinata in order to improve their teamwork.
  Episodes 178—183: Naruto and Team Guy go to Hoshigakure to help the villagers protect their sacred star.
  Episodes 187—191: Naruto, Hinata, and Chōji go to the Land of Vegetables to protect some peddlers from the Criminal Brothers.
  Episodes 195—196: Guy is forced to deal with Yagura's apparent attempts at revenge.
  Episodes 197—201: The Konoha 11 stop Gennō from destroying Konoha.
  Episodes 203—207: Kurenai temporarily leaves Team 8 to take care of some old business with Yakumo Kurama.
  Episodes 209—212: Naruto, Lee, and Sakura help transfer a member of the Shinobazu to prison.
  Episodes 213—215: Naruto helps Menma regain his memory.
  Episodes 216—220: The Konoha 11 go to Sunagakure to help rescue Matsuri from the Four Celestial Symbols Men.

  Source: Naruto Wiki: Naruto Plot

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Although this most definitely will take longer then just taking your time and read the manga. you could give Full Naruto Episode Summaries a shot. They describe the episode in details, and also include the key information of the episodes.

I personally think that it would be the best shortcut to just read the manga if you want to have a proper start in the series. The original Naruto is covered in a mere 238 chapters, after all, which for me only took about a week and a half to read, while the episodes took me roughly a year to watch through. Or, you could just go ahead and take the risk and jump in mid-series, just Google or take for granted the terms you do not know yet, and try to get into the story that way. Either way, its all up to you.

It's a good story and worth reading. I don't understand why you want to be involved, but are too lazy to read the story. Being too lazy or uninterested to pay attention to a story is absolutely fine, there are far too many books/manga/tv shows for any one person to read even a tiny fraction of them.

But Naruto is not factual, you won't learn anything by finding out what's going on in the current arc. It isn't based on current events, so the older episodes aren't dated or irrelevant. I just don't know why you're in such a hurry, there are more than 300 episodes out but they aren't going anywhere. You can watch a few, then leave them for a few months and watch some more, there isn't any pressure.

You see the knowledge you get by watching Naruto as a goal, rather than a side effect of enjoying the story. The only possible reason I can think for this is that you want to discuss Naruto with your friends, or you're just insane and think it might be true. But either way, there just isn't a way to get all the knowledge without watching the show, your friends have each spent hundreds of hours getting to know Naruto and the story, you can't spend a few hours reading and get all the knowledge they have. And even if you could read descriptions of all the events, you wouldn't remember any of it, without context it's just a bunch of weird Japanese names fighting each other at random.

I realise I haven't answered your question at all, but I hope you read this and reconsider, there's nothing wrong with not caring/knowing about Naruto, and there's nothing wrong with watching a bit of Naruto every now and then, but all you're gonna guarantee is that if you do enjoy the story you'll completely ruin it for yourself with all these half remembered facts you accumulate, and if you don't like it you've just wasted your time trying to understand it.