Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime? Why was the Third Hokage not revived at his prime? He could be much stronger because it was believed that he already surpassed the previous Kage of Konoha. At that point, he knew all the techniques in Konoha.

There are a couple of possible reasons for this, though as far as I know, it hasn't been explained in the manga.

The first possible reason is that Sasuke hadn't mastered it well enough to bring him back at his full power. As is stated on page 10 of chapter 620, if the summoner doesn't have full mastery of the summoning, the reincarnated individual might not be brought back with the full power they had in life.

Also, according to here:

  As a downside, the reincarnated seem to retain any permanent body damage and physical limitations they received during their lifetime.

This could include aging. The First and Second Hokage also seem to appear the same way as they did whenever they were shown in flashbacks.

As you can see, all the revived character in naruto was revived in the form before they died. The third hokage died at an old age that's why he was not revived at his prime.


Identify anime with submarine under aerial attack This is an anime movie (OAV?) I saw on a local TV station in the late 80's. It was dubbed in English and here's all that I remember about it:

Set in a futuristic dystopian world.
Hero was a young male with at least one additional male companion.
They find a lost girl and decide to help her.
After sometime they find her father who is the captain of a submarine.
Among the crew is a fat chef who treats the hero and his band to a large feast.
Sometime later, the submarine surfaces, probably to do some kind of maintenance. I remember scuba divers working around the sub.
An enemy jet fighter finds them and starts strafing the submarine, killing several of the divers.
The fat chef attempts to rescue some survivors but gets shot himself.
The movie ends with the sub sinking but the hero and his friends surviving.

EDIT:

It is not any of the following submarine animes:

Submarine Super 99
Konpeki no Kantai
Nadia of the Blue Seas
Blue Noah
Blue Submarine No. 6

Thanks to a very diligent redditor I was able to find it.

海底大戦争 愛の20,000マイル
The Great Navy Battle: 20,000 Miles of Love

Released by Tatsonoku in 1981. Apparently it was dubbed by Harmony Gold as Undersea Encounter but was never released for home video, which probably explains why there's almost no trace of it in the web except for a few cover images and brief synopses (mostly in Japanese).

I think it is Super Atragon but its a 90s anime


Romantic moments for Luffy (and other Straw Hats) Do the Strat Hats actually have romantic moments? Oda sure doesn't focus on love but there should be some hints regardin Straw Hats that love someone, even if is shown briefly.

Usually this question would be very broad but One Piece usually lacks romance.
Sanji doesn't count. Don't talk about him cause it would have no end. He's just on the receiver end (for example you might say Nami likes him because of a certain scene...) unless you suggest there's someone more special to him than all the rest, then again shown somewhere in One Piece.

Actually there is a canon answer... from the Word of God himself... even if it doesn't help.

D: Doesn't anyone on Luffy's crew fall in love? Will there never be a romance among crew members? (Sanji is an exception in this case) I'm just wondering. from Naoko

O: Of course they're in love... WITH ADVENTURE! (good one)

http://www.japanator.com/eiichiro-oda-answers-fan-questions-in-sbs-7443.phtml

The only thing that Luffy loves is the sea. This anime teaches us to follow our dreams. There is no space for men-women kind of love.


How old is Naruto in Boruto series? Naruto failed the graduation exams three times at the academy before he could graduate (performing the transformation/clone jutsu).

Does this mean he is three years older than his comrades from the academy? So, in Boruto, what would his current age be?

Let's say after the end of The Fourth Ninja World War, Naruto is 17 years old. Then, in The Last: Naruto the Movie, it's stated that the event occurred after 2 years.  You can rever to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last:_Naruto_the_Movie.

Then sure, Naruto married after that, let's say it takes several months for marriage preparation, and Naruto married at the age of 20, and Boruto is born 1 year later at Naruto age 21.

Now in Boruto: Naruto Next Generation series, Boruto is already graduated from the academy and as a gennin. The common age of a ninja who graduated from the academy is 12 years old. Many things happen after Boruto become a gennin, and let's say his age is 13.

So Naruto's age now in Boruto: Naruto Next Generation series is about 21 + 13 = 34 years old.

The answer is 27.
I got it simply by googling "Naruto age in boruto"


What music was Kaori "playing" in the roof of the hospital in episode 21? In the scene on the roof of the hospital, in episode 21, Kaori starts mimicking playing a violin (around minute 10):

I tried to find out what music she was playing, but ANN's page on the anime does not list the music (at least yet).

What music is this, and who is its author?

It is "Saint-Saëns, Camille Introduction + Rondo Capriccioso". It was also used in Episode 4, when Kousei and Kaori perform together for the first time.

I believe the segment we hear here begins around the time that Kaori starts playing the violin again after stopping for Kousei. If you remember, she encouraged him to start again. We hear a lot of Kaori's and Kousei's thoughts during this time, where she wants to join him in the journey to being a musician. To struggle together no matter how dark the road ahead is. She is most likely trying to bring back Kousei's memory of the struggle they faced together on that stage, and encourage him again to continue.

Here is a version of it on YouTube.

I think it is Introduction et Rondo Capriccioso by Camille Saint-Saëns


Mechanics of the Inuyasha love triangle? A large portion of the InuYasha manga and anime series deals with the emotional issues surrounding the primary love triangle of

   Inuyasha, Kagome, and Kikyo, particularly from Kagome's point of view. However, it is revealed that Kagome is, in fact, a reincarnation of Kikyo, so they actually share the same soul, albeit from different time periods!

If that's the case, then this appears to remove all of the tension and underlying conflict, in effect Inuyasha is in love with

   the same person (in two forms, one of which is even a vengeful spirit of the dead who wants to move on the afterlife)!

How exactly was this love triangle supposed to work, narratively? While I can't speak for the mangaka's inner thoughts, perhaps there are cultural nuances or tropes that I'm not aware of at work here?

The mechanics work like this:

Inuyasha is in love with Kikyo. She is the first human since his mother that treats him well. Despite Kikyo killing him and sealing him to the great tree, he still loves her.

Kagome falls in love with Inuyasha at first sight, but he doesn't like her at all. When he firsts revives from death, he thinks it is Kikyo, but once he figures out she is someone different, he doesn't care for her.

Due to framing plot reasons, Kagome and Inuyasha have to work together to save the world. Inuyasha slowly starts to warm up to Kagome over time, as she overcomes the dead Kikyo's shadow. Then Kikyo gets resurrected (as a walking dead corpse). This causes Inuyasha's cooling love for Kikyo to flame strongly again, and causing him to be torn between his first love (Kikyo) and has new growing love (Kagome). However, his loyalties are first to Kikyo, so Kagome always loses out when he must choose between them.

Inuyasha's first loyalty is what prevents Kagome from being able to "seal the deal" with him, and is a hurdle she can never overcome as long as the animated dead Kikyo is around. No matter how close Kagome and Inuyasha become over time (in the main series), he will desert Kagome to run off and save Kikyo if he thinks Kikyo is in danger.

I agree with the existing answers, except Kagome isn't just Kikyo's reincarnation. If you go deeper, you'll find that she is a multi-reincarnation, though it appears Inuyasha goes after Kagome because she has some similarities to Kikyo.

Part of that is true, he also likes her because she is herself. Kagome has convinced herself of this, thus she has proved that she does not live in Kikyo's shadow, she actually surpasses Kikyo in some way.

It's true that Kikyo is the first human besides his mother to treat him kindly, but she also only loved his human-side since that was the first side she met him in, so she suggested that he become a human and that they live together.

However, in the second movie, Kagome clearly states "to be who you are" and that "she loves him as a half demon", and she even chose to stay with him when he was having trouble with his full demon side.

Kagome loves Inuyasha the ways he is, but Inuyasha at times still sees her as Kikyo.


How did Alphonse recover his pre-gate memories? In FMA: Brotherhood, Alphonse recover the memories he lost after going through the Gate, by having Martel's blood spattered over his own blood seal (the one that binds his soul to his armor), and is, henceworth, able to use the knowledge inherent to it, such as using alchemy without transmutation circles.

Is there a reason for which blood should have been splattered over his seal for him to recover his memories?

Or was it only coincidence/traumatic?

Personally, I think it's just the blood splatter itself that "jogged his memory" so to speak in a similar way as to how the blood splattered from the transmuted body Al's soul failed to latch onto.

Usually selective amnesia like Al's memory of everything involving the trauma itself can be brought back into one's conscious memories using a trigger which is usually something similar to something happening in the lost memory in the first place (I.e. saying an otherwise insignificant word in the right context that would explicitly be tied to that 1 memory or catching a smell similar to the environment that the event took place)

In this case, the trigger that would affect Al and tie his mind only to that incident is the death that HE experienced when his soul had been so violently and near immediately rejected from the body. (Which I'm pretty sure would be the trauma which caused his mind to suppress the whole memory in the first place. Who wouldn't be traumatized by actually dying?)

Also, the reason it happened when it splashed on his seal and not say...any other time they might have been fighting and gotten blood on his armor is because he can't feel it. The blood seal is a direct link to his soul, is the only thing grounding him to earth. Since his rejection occurred in a different body he's no longer attached to, it would stand to reason that such a trigger could only be felt directly by his soul or the body he harbors. The blood seal acts as that direct touch to his soul. And this is because blood is ones 'life fluid' and often thought to hold the soul and its direct energy within it (like our unique DNA and Mei's explanation of the dragon's pulse flowing in our bodies). But Al's seal is made with Edward's blood, not his own.

As such the defining reason it even managed to latch onto Al's specific soul and hold it so well and for so long is because their souls were mixed during the transmutation as Ed explains later. In brotherhood this is even easier to see with the brief flashback to Al inside the body they made when it bleeds out rather similarly under an outstretched hand.

That's my take on it anyways.

The blood acted like a charge and amped up the signal of the seal binding him in the armor and his body by the gate this is the only thing that makes since


Why did Myne frame Naofumi? In The Rising of the Shield Hero, Myne chose the Shield Hero as her aid and later betrayed him for some mere 800 gold coins, that were equally divided between heroes.

I did not find any reason why she did that.

Is it because Naofumi is a Shield Hero (a degraded hero)?

Make sure to see the full anime, if you have seen it till the final episode and you still can't discover why you can read my answer

   Because Myne is royalty, she didn't betray him for a mere 800 coins, but she was trying to mock of him from the beginning, it has been showed that she is the second princess to the throne, so it is basically just making fun of the degraded hero, proof : https://shield-hero.fandom.com/wiki/Malty_S_Melromarc you can find here position as queen


Why does Charmander die if his flame goes out? I just found a doodle about how Charmander and Squirtle were getting high, and Squirtle accidentally extinguishes Charmander's flame, and Charmander dies. Is this true? And why does Charmander die if his flame goes out? Is there any explanation about this in the anime?

I did find a Bulbapedia page that said:

  Charmander dies if its flame goes out.

But it didn't explain any further.

According to Charmander article on Bulbapedia:

  A fire burns at the tip of this Pokémon’s slender tail, and has blazed there since Charmander’s birth. The flame can be used as an indication of Charmander's health and mood, burning brightly when the Pokémon is strong, weakly when it is exhausted, wavering when it is happy, and blazing when it is enraged. It is said that Charmander dies if its flame goes out.

Charmander's flame is an indicator to his remaining life force.

So, saying "Charmander dies if its flame goes out" would be like saying "A human dies if he blows his last breath". Dying and having no flame would basically be equivalent statements. So even if Squirtle gets high, squirts all over Charmander's tail and the flame goes out for a second, Charmander wouldn't die and the flame would come out again if he was still healthy.

Having water on his tail will probably cause him a lot of pain and continuously being exposed to this torture could make him faint or die, but it would be because his health would drop and thus the flame would become smaller. Vice-versa, if you could somehow bind a lighter to its tail with infinite gas, Charmander wouldn't become invincible, even though his flame would never die out.

According to "The Science of Pokemon" on Tumblr, a charizard's tail flame keeps it warm. Without the flame, the charizard will basically freeze to death, because it has no other way to generate enough body heat to keep it alive. It's because the flame isn't just at the tip of charizard's tail. It burns inside of it's body, because of a stream of gas that passes through him. It seem like the tail flame is the flame that keeps the rest of the gas lit, so if it goes out, the rest of the fire inside goes out, too. It does indicate the health and emotions of charizard, too, but I think that's more of a side effect than something really important.


Where does the term "Blutz Waves" first come from? Trying to determine if this originated with GT, in a manga, an interview or I just missed hearing it in DBZ. As far as I'm aware the only discussion in DBZ and earlier referred to them simply as moon light.

To add a bit of backstory. Blutz Waves are defined as the following

  An energy source emitted by large celestial bodies such as a full-moon or the Earth when it reflects rays of sunlight. They are alternatively called Bruits Rays, Fruits Rays, or Green-spectrum Radiations (in the English manga). When a Saiyan absorbs at least 17,000,000 zenos (ゼノ Zeno, unit used to measure waves of full celestial light) through the retina,[1] a reaction occurs in the tail that causes the Saiyans to transform into ruthless Great Apes. If a moon is not present, the Saiyan, if he/she knows how to use it, can also create an artificial moon to allow themselves to absorb the necessary amount of Blutz Waves needed for them to go Great Ape to compensate.

Note that this concept of B.Waves existed in the manga, of DBZ in the saiyan arc. It was explored a bit heavier in GT and the term Blutz Wave was only used in GT but the concept was introduced as early as Dragon Ball but unexplored.

In Dragon Ball Z Gohan and Goku both had adverse reactions to seeing the attack ball(the ship Goku came to earth on) in the first arc against Raditz. Goku mentioned it felt familiar and Gohan flat out cried on site.

The attack balls used a similar form of the technology to produce artifical moons to trigger the reaction in combat. This is elaborated on further here:

  Spaceships used by those under King Cold, Cooler and Frieza for interstellar travel. When the Saiyans were a part of the military, these vehicles also sent low-class Saiyans to distant locations, so that they would one day conquer and destroy worlds throughout the galaxy.

In short the moon simulator was kind of a last ditch defense given that the saiyans they send around flying at Faster than light speed for between 1-3 years are kept in suspended animation. If they were to be attacked immediately after exiting their ship they may have a hard time defending themselves.

The saiyans were also known for sending infants to conquer planets,the moon simulator for the transformation helps to aid that.

In summation

The concept has been around since the original DB and is cannon the concept being that moon light from a full moon makes saiyans transform, the term blutz wave came out of GT and is not cannon but it extends the concept with a term and definition. The story of why the ships had simulation engines to product moonlight/blutz waves is cannon and given that it comes with different details from Vegeta and Bardock. Bardock being a movie character but confirmed as cannon.

Though with super out and more saiyans on the scene. There might be a new term and explanation that comes out making Blutz waves a full on full non-cannon detail.

Vegeta mentioned blutz waves in episode 31 of DBZ and created them artificially to transform and fight Goku.


What's Arthur power level when he uses the Excalibur sword? In season 3 of Nanatsu no Taizai anime, by using the Excalibur sword, Arthur was able to face the strongest demons, Chandler, Cusack, Zeldris and Meliodas individually. But when he didnt have it he was a weakling compared to them.

What's Arthur power level when he uses the Excalibur sword?

Excalibur is the legendary sword believed to hold ultimate power, which can only be wielded fully by its true master. Whomever wields this sword will becomes near invincible. However, those who use it and are not destined for it, will be corrupted and ultimately destroyed by an all-consuming lust for power.

In the legends, Exalibur was given to King Arthur by the first Lady of the Lake. After the death of King Arthur, Sir Bedivere threw Excalibur into the lake. A hand then rose from the water and took it into the lake. Another legend says Excalibur was drawn from a stone by Arthur to prove his royalty.


Why didn't Naruto's arm grow by itself like Madara or Kaguya? Naruto recovered from a pretty big hole in his shoulder while fighting with Sasuke. Madara was cut in half and could still fly, and Naruto flies, so it would stand to reason that he can recover at least somewhat like Madara. Not to mention how he kind of copied Kakashi's eye, saved Guy-sensei, and tried to save Obito even just before he died.

If Naruto has mastered Senjutsu like Madara and Kaguya, and he has aptitude for recovery, why didn't his arm grow by itself?

Naruto lost his Sage of Six Paths (SOSP) power after his fight with Sasuke. It was mainly due to the fact that he lost the chakras of all the bijuus (tailed beasts) that he had. So, as a result of losing the power of SOSP, he also lost the ability to heal.

Naruto actually 'lost' his SOSP after using a tremendous amount of chakra to seal away kaguya. So after the fight with Sasuke, he must almost have depleted it.

Coming back to the point, while fighting Madara Uchiha and Kaguya, he still had his powers and abilities (levitation, the truth orbs, healing, etc.) It was when he actually sealed Kaguya with the help of Sasuke, did he use up his SOSP powers/chakra. So, he lost the truth orbs, the SOSP cloak, ability to heal, etc.

Now, why did Sasuke not lose his rinnegan? That was because, Indra's chakra is needed to only awaken the rinnegan, and not to maintain it.

So, the reason why Naruto could not heal his own arm was because he lost his
powers when he sealed Kaguya, but could use levitation , etc. before sealing Kaguya, that is, while facing her and Madara.

I think it’s because Madara had both naruto and sasuke’s power while naruto and sasuke only had a part of it each, also he healed kakashi’s eye, guy, and tried to heal photo with the arm that he lost in the fight which could mean that the healing ability was only in the arm that he lost.


Why do red Saber and blue Saber look so alike? On the surface, red Saber (from Fate/Extra) and blue Saber (from Fate/Stay Night) look almost identical.

Was it ever explained why they look so similar?

What noticeable differences do the two have, aside from their abilities and attire?

Saber is extremely popular character. They are just "milking franchise" with character that looks similar to the original. And by having little different personality, they make sure they gain interest of more people other than fans of original Saber.

On the wiki page that templar627 posted, under the development subheading it says:

  She was made to look like Saber because they wanted to trick people into thinking they were the same character and surprise them upon actually playing the game.


What defines the art-style of Japanese manga? Even though manga has lots of different art styles we still have an idea that certain styles are "manga style" and other ones aren't. What is it about an art style that lets us know it's manga style? What elements reappear across many manga? What distinguishes our idea of manga style from our idea of Western comics style?

I'm not sure there is a specific answer to this. As you acknowledge, different artists have different styles. Both Japanese and western books vary from "cartoony" to "realistic". There are cultural differences seen in the art, such as in Japanese media adults often smoke, while in American media, they seldom do -- definitely not in titles geared to children. (Maybe they do in French media; that's why I switched from "western" to "American".)

Hell, sometimes an artist has extremes in his own work; consider Yoshiro Togashi and his "bad days" on Hunter x Hunter.  Here is a comparison of a page that got published in the weekly mag, versus how he improved it for the HxH volume:

Is the left even identifiable as manga vs comic book (vs fan art)? On the right, the main clue as to being a manga, at least to me, is the eyes of the upper right character. Otherwise it could be from a (somewhat dark) American funny-animal comic book, a la "Fritz the Cat visits a jungle".

Let's look at another page:

Is there anything innately Japanese or western concerning Jack Katz' work on The First Kingdom? If I didn't already know, I could not tell anything except that he is a remarkable artist (a mangaka in every sense of the word except his nationality). ... Hmm, maybe in Japan they would have to fade-out all the nipples.

I myself instantly recognize manga because the pages have to be read from right to left. The other instantly recognizable hint is that manga are typically b&w, whereas western comics are usually color.

If you do research you will find that the Japanese consider animation such as cartoons and anime to all be anime but some styles are usually seen separately.

www.crunchyroll.com/forumtopic-807827/the-anime-is-a-cartoon-argument

The main difference is the age.  What we call cartoons are things aimed at kids, while anime is usually aimed at older people as well as young but the so called cartoons pokemon and yugioh are anime.

The thing is us Americans just separated everything.

Definition of Anime by Merriam-Webster

  a style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark colorful graphics depicting vibrant characters in action-filled plots often with fantastic or futuristic themes.

  a simple drawing showing the features of its subjects in a humorously exaggerated way, especially a satirical one in a newspaper or magazine.
  synonyms:   caricature, parody, lampoon, satire; More

  a motion picture using animation techniques to photograph a sequence of drawings rather than real people or objects.

if it helps most of the cartoons we have in america are made in japan.and all of this started in japan.


Why did Shouko use hearing aids even though she's deaf? In Koe no Katachi, Shouko Nishimiya uses hearing aids. She's deaf, so can she actually hear something or not? I have read the manga but didn't watch the movie, so I haven't seen any clue about why she is using hearing aids. For what purposes did she use hearing aids in the first place?

Shouko uses hearing aids because she's deaf. They're meant to assist anyone with hearing loss of specific kinds to allow them to better identify sounds.

If you're looking for a clue, in the first chapter of her introduction, she plainly tells the classroom that she's deaf.

Picture taken from Chapter 1 of Koe no Katachi, available for free from Crunchyroll.

I have hearing aids myself so I can kinda understand, I guess?
Her condition of hearing must still let her hear some sounds, specifically louder sounds. From personal experience, the hearing appliance can help you hear sounds that you can't normally hear, making it a lot more clearer and reassured. Her hearing is considered quite severe, since she uses sign language to communicate quite often throughout the movie.
Her hearing aids will  really help support her, they would make her feel comforted, since they will allow her to hear to some extent and she has something to rely on to help her hear rather than have nothing to help her. She also flinches at loud sounds, because listening to a bang or a general loud noise is like listening to it x10 louder through a clear microphone and then hearing that reflected sound through a pair of earphones and sometimes the noise wouldn't even be that loud, but it has the same effect (not a great experience).
Anyway, yeah, she has severe hearing loss and likes to be supported by hearing aids.


How are Vasto Lorde different from the Espada? There are a lot of threads on the internet that have confusing/contradicting answers, but how are Vasto Lorde different from the Espada?

Vasto Lorde are the top of the Hollow species. However, they are Hollow, not Arrancar.

Arrancars are Hollow which, using the power of the Hogyoku, removed the boundry between Hollow and Shinigami, and achieved a greater power, usually by removing their masks and sealing most of their power into a sword.

Espada, are by definition the top ten Arrancar. They may or many not be Vasto Lorde.

It was heavily implied that of all the Espada, only the top four (Ulquiorra, Halibel, Barragan and Stark) were Vasto Lorde before they became Arrancars (and subsequently Espada).

Vasto Lorde are extremely powerful hollows. Hitsuguya suggested that if Aizen were to get ten Arrancars on Vasto Lorde level, the Soul Society would be doomed. For

  Vasto lorde are weak ... Nnoitra(when he was 8 in espada ) was sent to recruit vasto lorde but he killed him

user4640 is mistelling the information. In episode 202, Nnoitra was talking to Nel, who asked him why he destroyed an entire colony of hollows. He said he did it because he was not told not to, as well he was looking for Vasto Lorde. The exact quote is,

  If I could kill them(Hollows) off that easily, then they couldn't be Vasto Lorde.

Espada are extremely powerful Hollows made into Arrancars. Arrancars come from the Hogyoku, where the Vasto Lorde cannot come from being an Arrancar. Arrancars lose the evolutionary step because they are in between Soul reaper and hollows. Only hollows that do not become Arrancars can be become vasto Lordes. However, Vasto Lordes can become Arrancars.


Why do anime (in general) have so much time in between seasons? Many shows in America (I am using the US as example because I live here) have TV shows announced almost right away. There aren't usually gaps of more than a year in between seasons.

However, for anime, there are usually several years gaps in between seasons. For example, Attack on Titan has a couple of years in between seasons, and the Fate series had several years in between all of them.

Is this because they aren't very popular, or is it due to a different reason?

There are sooo many anime series (and manga for that matter), that broadcasting companies don't know which will be hits and which won't be at the time of establishing a contract with a studio.

The fact is, when a studio gets the green light to do a series, it is typically one season; that is, with the exception of some of the Jump comics that have long-running series (e.g. Naruto, One Piece, Bleach, and so on).

So when the studio gets the green light to start production, the number of episodes is already decided. For some, this is enough to do a full story arc and have a clean ending. Others end more openly or on a cliffhanger. This can drive the audience to pick up the manga to see how the story continues, or to the hopes of the studio, the popularity will be high enough that the audience will request or demand a second season. This is evident in the recent Shingeki no Kyojin (Attack on Titan) boom.

This is also true for Japanese dramas. Typically, they are all one season. And if there is a second season, it comes much later because the studio and the TV broadcasting company weren't originally planning to make a second or third season from the get-go. This means you also have to account for production time between the seasons too.

Hope that helps. (My only reference is that I lived in Japan for over 5 years and saw this happening a lot and heard about it in the news.)

I think it depends more of production than if is an anime or a TV show. But is true that in anime sometimes the time between seasons is more than one year. That's because some anime are quickly than manga and anime need stopping for don't reach the manga.

Is possible that the reason is only the business model un US about manga, but I think is for the reason I comment. For be sure you can consult the time between season in Japan.


Why can't Roy Mustang bring his eyes back using his gate? Why can't Roy Mustang bring his eyes back using his gate?

In the final chapter of the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, Roy Mustang said "I'd readily sacrifice my own gate like Fullmetal did, but then I'd have no way back".

Why he couldn't come back like Ed did?

I'm not completely sure if my answer is any good, but I feel like it was worth putting this out.

We do indeed see that being blind would have prevented Roy from staying in the military (according to the manga), and that in theory he could have regained his sight by giving up his gate. But as pointed out in the question he would "have no way back". This doesn't seem to be related to the fact that his responsibilities as a state alchemist might be affected if he took that route, particularly when we see Grumman, who isn't a state alchemist, become the Fuhrer (although he admittedly is a lot more experienced). Rather, I interpreted it as follows:

Ed's gate has some sort of connection to Al's. We see this when Ed ends up in front of Al's gate (after he is swallowed by Gluttony) and sees Al's body. It's thus possible to conclude that Ed can "exit" via Al's path, instead of his own. This was stated to probably be related to the fact that they both put in blood into the mix of ingredients used in their human transmutation attempt, somewhere probably midway through the seres.
Consequently, Ed can give up his alchemy without being unable to escape the realm of the gate, as he has two possible exits (Al's gate, and his own) prior to giving up alchemy, and giving up alchemy only means giving up one of them.
Comparatively, Mustang hasn't had an experience akin to Ed and Al's - he does not "share" a gate with anyone. He can only enter and exit the realm of Truth through one means, but since it seems that entering (and presumably exiting) rely on there being a Gate, he would be unable to leave that place if he gave up alchemy (and consequently, his gate).

In the final episode of FMA: Brotherhood, a montage of everyones included Colonel Mustang with a thin mustache and a short haired Riza Hawkeye. Notice that his eyes aren't grayish anymore. They were black and it seems like he got his sight back. Mustang agreed to have Dr. Marcoh heal his vision but only with the condition that he tend to Jean Havoc first.


What Did Basara Do to Mio to relieve the curse? In the anime Mio falls under an aphrodisiac curse by Maria using the "Reversed" Master-Servant Pact which is triggered by the servant's Distrust to his/her Master

On Episode Five of the anime,

  Following Yahiro's defeat, Basara wakes up with Maria lying on top of him while seducing him, encountering Mio naked in the bathroom while getting caught in an awkward position, Yuki offering herself to bathe with Basara, and Mio yet again falling into a pleasure-driven curse.

After the scene Basara lift Mio and said going to her room. The scene then is cut (eventhough its uncersored version) the nezxt thing they are eating at a restaurant. so what happened in between these scenes.

The Scene you want to see is showed in the restaurant scene as flashback while Basara and his friend is talking about the Master- Servant Pact.

Are You sure you have the Uncensored version. I watched the anime and here is the screenshot of scene flashback from the episode following the restaurant scene.

Also there is also a special Episode, ShinMai Maouno TEstament Special 3 one of the Specials included on the Blu-ray/DVD volumes. Chibi versions of Mio and Maria narrate Basara's various erotic encounters.

Here is a Screenshot of the Third Special Episode (Narration of Episode 5's Erotic Event)

ALso Zhi Heng's Observation and answer is quite Correct. Basara did what he have to do to stop the activation of Mio's curse.

Well, from my close observations, Basara fondled her breasts to give her some sort of "pleasure" so that the curse will stop.


Boku no Hero Academia season 3 episode 10 OST? What is the song that plays at season 3 episode 10 at 20 minutes of Boku no Hero Academia? It's also in episode 4 at minute 18, and I can't find it.

Hello i think that's the music that you were searching for :)

https://youtu.be/BsbVtAJMHys


Why do characters in One Piece have weird signature suffixes to their lines? I have seen often that characters in One Piece have their weird (read: at times irritating) signatures. Is there any specific reason for them?

For example, in the picture below, Vito has rorero as his signature. These suffixes sometimes kill the entire feel of the scene, which is why I was wondering why were they so important to have in the first place.

In One Piece, many characters are known to laugh in unusual ways by either adding to the typical "haha" or using different syllables entirely. These laughter patterns are often unique to individuals and may be based on their personalities or appearances. Some of the especially weird laughs are different in translated versions; for example, Caesar's "shurororo" becomes "shuhohoho" in the English manga. It should be noted that laughing style of "Fufufufu" or "Ufufufufu" is a common Japanese laughing style used for mature women in anime and manga. In addition, the common phrase "Arara" is not a laugh, but rather the Japanese version of "Oh my, oh my, oh my".

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I could ask you a similar question. Why do so many characters in One Piece have weird laughter styles?

Well, that's because it's a characteristic of the series. Characters laugh in specific ways (gabababa, dereshishishi, horohorohoeo etc), as well as have certain catchphrases that they repeat, like the zipper-mouth guy of CP9 - Fukuro, as well as many other characters.

It's just how the universe of One Piece operates. You shouldn't question this if you want to keep your sanity intact.


Does Obito's Mangekyou Sharingan make him invincible? When Naruto, Kakashi and Guy had a battle with Obito. Obito was able to phase through Naruto's attacks, But Kakashi found a weakness, since his own and Obito's Sharingans were connected.

If Kakashi's Sharingan wasn't connected to Obito's. Would Obito have been invincible?

No, Obito has another weakness.

He cannot keep the "Everything goes through me" mode for more than 5 minutes straight. So if they kept going at him without letting him a chance to rest, he should have been dealt with.

However, this is a very hypothetical question, and thus can't be factually answered.

It's completely unknown.

Obito never wielded both eyes so it could be said that his abilities would be enhanced 10 fold if he had both. Perhaps his intangibility time would increase from 5 minutes.


What is the purpose of purple rope belt that Sasuke wears? All Orochimaru's people are wearing a purple color rope belt. What is the purpose of it? Why Sasuke is wearing it even after killing Orochimaru? Does it offer any power?

The purple rope is like an Obi, a garment worn with the traditional Japanese kimono. Besides that, and holding his clothes together, the only real purpose it serves is to hold his sword. You don't want to be always carrying a sword in one hand, especially during fights. Sasuke started carrying a sword after the timeskip, so that might explain why he changed his attire to include that purple rope.

Orochimaru used to carry the Kusanagi sword, and the other characters might be doing it to show their loyalty to Orochimaru.

Okay. the other answers offer good info except ONE thing: the Buddhist tale of the snake and the rope. It is an analogy about the fear you have before learning you have no set or stone "self" that the "self" is everchanging. Letting go of the concept of "self" is to become enlightened. Almost all people in Japan are Shinto Buddhists              (predominantly Zen ). So they would have been raised knowing the famous story.
When you think of this story applied to the characters Uchiha Sasuke and his shisho Orichimaru it becomes a brilliant addition as an obi. Orichimaru wanted to find immortality and remain in his current incarnation then of course  Orochimaru abd snakes are intertwined both visually and litteraly.  I am glad that the anime did show that snakes are not seen as evil and in fact they are a good sign outside  christianity.  Sasuke wore it when he was much to full of himself and was stuck seeing himself only one way as one part of who he actually is which led him to darkness: an advenger. Plus they are both aloof and can be thought selfish though that is not  necessarily the truth.
For them and for the others wearing a rope obi one more noticeable  symbolism connection to the snake and the rope story is that they are always caught in the fear the instant you glance at a rope in the woods by your feet and think it a snake. When you realize it's just a rope that is the same as the feeling of being free of self- laughing at the fact we were so scared for that second: enlightened. All except Sasuke wore it so it stuck up behind them which would cause these glimpses of it. And it was AWAYS with them which is why I think it doesn't just symbolize a snake (because of Orichimaru). The story itself was written not by any Buddha but The Buddha, Shakyamuni Buddha (originally Sidartha Guatama) and is found in one of Buddhism's sacred scrolls or Sutras.
I'm a symbolist painter as well as a Buddhist and I instantly made this connection when watching the Naruto series's and movies. It got me thinking that Western watchers of Anime (me included) should read more of the common knowledge stories and mythology that far eastern kids grow up with because Anime is rife with symbolism and motifs derived from them. In fact, Japanese culture is incredibly full of visual symbolism. The western world has nothing I know like it.
One other (among many) examples of the symbolism in anime is The Third Hokage's summoning animal which is a monkey with an amazing growing staff. This is based directly on one of the most well known myths in the Far East: Journey to the west. The anime Saiyuki is based entirely on it and I believe that "saiyuki" is the actual or similar title of the HUGE myth. On a side note check out the book "Monkey" which takes excerpts from Journey to the west and combines them into a wonderful and easily accessible book that gives you a good understanding of what the whole thing is all about and tells some of the stories the author and/or editor and/or translator (name to be added) thought most  poignant.  I'm actually very tired right now and will come back and edit this so that it has more info and the name of the author. The book itself is about the same thing as the full version: the story of a journey to bring Sacred Scrolls (Sutras) like the one with The Snake and The Rope in it back from India (to China where the myth originated). Monkey is not long and has a red cover with spirals on it I believe which, along with the sutra reference, brings me full circle back to Naruto (you know what that name means... At least I hope you do!)


Was the Chocobi (チョコビ) snack from Shin Chan fictional or did it exist before Shin Chan? If you watched the Shin Chan anime series you will know what I'm talking about. (I don't know if Chocobi appears in the manga, too.) Was Chocobi an existing snack that just appeared in the Shin Chan series? Or was it invented with the series and later produced as a real snack for merchandise?

According to various Japanese sources (Japanese Wikipedia, NicoNicoPedia, pixiv dic, Geocities JP), the Chocobi snack was originally came from Crayon Shin-chan.

However, according to the interview with Mitsuru Hongo (Director of Crayon Shin-chan's anime), it was based from Lotte's Koala's March.

... until 1993, when Lotte did a collaboration with Crayon Shin-chan to produce a peanuts chocolate flavored snack with 2 types: Chocobi, and Royal Chocobi (with almond). However, they're pretty much different from the one in anime. Couldn't find any images of them.

Later on, Orion also produced Chocobi snack with star-shaped, but the package was totally different.

Bandai also produced Chocobi snack, but instead of star-shaped, it's a biscuit stick. The package was also totally different.

Moving forward to 2006, Tohato released a real Chocobi snack.

Lastly, since 2014, Morinaga did a collaboration with the movie to produce Chocobi Ice.

Chocobi (チョコビ Chokobi) is a fictional chocolate star-shape snack brand favoured by Shin. It is a famous brand in real-life and continues to do so via the anime's popularity.

so your last statement is the correct one.


Why wasn't Hatake Sakumo (Kakashi's father) revived? Kabuto was able to revive almost all high grade shinobi figures. But I was just curious to know why Kabuto didn't revive Kakashi's father.

Kakashi's father, known as Konoha's White Fang, was a renowned, high ranking Konohagakure shinobi. Did Masashi Kishimoto intentionally avoid his ET or was there any specific reason for which Kabuto was unable to revive him?

I am asking this question mainly because Kakashi's father was mentioned in many episodes. He was responsible for killing Sasori's parents, which earned him Chiyo's hatred. He was also responsible for Konoha's mission failure for which he took a grave step of committing suicide.

ET's characters like Pakura, Chukichi, etc, got resurrected. Although they were not mentioned until the Fourth Shinobi Arc started, their ET were given more importance than Kakashi's father.

It wasn't mentioned anywhere. Kabuto never talked about Sakumo when showing off or discussing his reanimations.

We can only assume:

They never found a body, or it was so well guarded that Kabuto couldn't get a DNA sample.
Kabuto was sure of his victory even without Sakumo's DNA, or waited for a right moment to pull him out as a trump card.
Kabuto is an idiot. (He is, what the hell did he think was going to happen when he revived Madara?!).

Sakumo's body was never found like uchiha shisui who committed sucide thats the reason why kabuto coudn't revive sakumo and shisui.


What happened to Naruto's Six Paths Sage Mode? In The Last: Naruto the Movie,

   Naruto appears fighting Toneri using Tailed Beast Mode with Sage Mode. What happened to his stronger form (Six Paths Sage Mode)!? Did he lose it?

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

Sage mode is all about natural energy and the moon has no nature, so Naruto can't connect with all the Tailed Beasts. That's why he can't go into the Six Paths Sage Mode. Six Paths Sage Mode is a heightened state of Sage Mode. If Naruto can't use Sage Mode on the moon, he also can't use Six Paths Sage Mode because of the absence of nature. He can't collect any natural energy and he  also can't connect to other Tailed Beasts because they all are still on Earth.


What's the deal with Roronoa Zoro's eye after the timeskip? I'm up to date in the One Piece anime but not in the manga, is there any information about Zoro's closed eye? Can't he open it because of his scar there, or maybe he is hiding his real power withholding his one eye closed? How did he get his scar? Maybe in a final training fight with Mihawk?
Is there any information about his scar on his eye?

Still, nothing has been revealed if Zoro has some special power in his eye due to which he's keeping it closed. All that's been shown till now is that the scar has greatly injured his eye due to which he cannot open it. The wiki says the same thing:

During and after the two-year timeskip, Zoro gains a new scar running down over his left eye, which is now implied to be critically injured as it is always closed.

Yet, Eichiiro sensei hasn't really revealed all of the Strawhat Crew's power, so we can't say anything. So for now, we have only this much information about his eye. Nothing has been shown on how he got it.

Zoro hasn't shown a MASSIVE change in power after the time skip, at least not as much a Sanji, so he might have something powerful he is gonna use from his eye but it's most likely just a scar from training!


What's the name of the insert song in Charlotte episode 5? Does anyone know the name of the song that plays as Yu puts the headphones in and gets transported to the grassy field in his mind? The time it starts is just after 9:30.

The song you're after is called 'Clouded Sky', and is performed by the band 'ZHIEND'. It is an insert song in episode 5 of the anime.

The scene where the song in question plays is viewable here.

The full song can be listened to here.

The song is called Clouded Sky by Zhiend (which is a band that exists in real life).


Why Tachibana Hibiki's moves have no name? In Symphogear every move except Tachibana Hibiki's have a name and a "poster" animation.

Why only hers do not have names?

Hibiki is not having her attacks in a "poster" as (due to S1 events) she was part-Gungnir. Hence, her attacks are by itself is the attack of the gear


Are The God Cards stronger than Number Cards? In Yu-Gi-Oh God Cards posses almost "un-godly" power, but are The God Cards stronger than Number Cards and are they and will they always be the most powerful cards in Yu-Gi-Oh.

In terms of the anime, the God Cards have been made weaker due to new mechanics added to the game. At the end of the original series, Yugi was able to defeat all 3 at once. I should also point out that Exodia under the rules of the anime, if assembled will win even if the opponent has 2 of Obelisk and Slifer, one of Ra and has infinite hand in play. Also, Exodia Necross is about as strong as a god card as well.

Also in the anime, at the times where a good guy had the God Cards and could use them to defeat an arch enemy, the God Cards had always been stolen. In the Orichalcos Arc, they were stolen and only come back at the very end while Yami Bakura's "Shadow Game" was not what we was expecting as the final fight between him and Atem

However, in terms of the real life game, the first versions of the cards are illegal and can not be played. Legal versions have been released however are still banned from all sanctioned tournaments. One can duel with the legal god cards, however, most players will have strict conditions and I very much doubt that even if a player allowed to have all 3, they won't be allowed Horakhty.

That being said they can be stopped, none of them can be special summoned so you can aim to stop the tributes.

Slither's attack depends on the number of cards in a users hand, which means it can be 0 if the hand is empty, so you just need a monster with at least 2001 ATK to kill it.
Obelisk can destroy all monsters but requires tributes of a set ATK and DEF of 4k, which means it can be killed by monsters like Blue-Eyes Ultimate Dragon.
Ra's power comes from the user's life points so it can be destroyed if the user is low on them or a direct attack on the user if they use Ra's full power will win.

Also each of the God Cards have been defeated in the anime despite strategies being implemented to make them all powerful. The means to defeat them was created with pre-GX, 5Ds and Zexal cards in mind so they can probably be defeated much more easily now. If the God Cards were to make an appearance within an anime again and becomes all powerful, they will be used a tributes for new stronger versions (kinda like Horakhty). However, given predictable plot they can still be defeated, and by understanding a character's strategy these can be done in real life.

In Yu-Gi-Oh or Dual Monsters in general, there is no such thing as a card always being powerful. Each card is strong but has it's weaknesses and can be defeated with a proper strategy. Anything that is "all powerful" in the anime will never be used in sanctioned tournaments, and most players will disallow opponents to use them as well, especially if one is playing with a tournament rule deck.

Actually, winged dragon of Ra is the strongest god card and if you have them look close to the bottom of the card it says banned from battle


Significance of the different designs of Tobi's/Obito's masks There have been three designs of the masks of Tobi/Obito shown in the Naruto (anime/manga). Is there any significance behind the masks and the designs, or is it just a design and something to be ignored?

The masks in each stage has their own significance:

The Spiral Mask with center at the eye was designed by the mangaka to give the dimension switch by Tobi a better look.

The Rinne-Sharingan shaped mask was worn by Tobi during the Shinobi War to represent his mission i.e achieving the Rinne-Sharingan for the Infinite Tsukuyomi .

All these designs don't have any significance from the perspective of the storyline. They were just designed by the mangaka to have a stylish, appropriate appearance.

Source:

Obito Uchiha

I’m not 100% sure, since I’ve not finished the anime and haven’t read the manga, but I think the orange spiral pattern is related to the Zetsu named Tobi, nicknamed Guruguru by Obito.


Why do sword owners tap them with a fluffy ball on a stick? In many shows characters poke their Japanese swords with a soft-looking ball on a stick. It seems that swordsmen in real life did that too. What's the purpose of that? Here's one example from Shaman king E02:

This “fluffy ball” is a standard part of any sword care kit (see the red ball in the picture below). It contains some sort of powder ‒ I believe chalk ‒ that is used gather and bind any fluids on the sword before oiling it again. (That powder acts sort of like a sponge.)

When cleaning your sword you will usually use clean water to remove any big pieces of dirt, then distribute this chalk powder all over your sword by “poking” the “fluffy ball” on the sword and then use a clean cloth to wipe the blade clean before putting the oil on it and distributing it evenly.

As @almost-time said, plus it helps polishing the blade. If you have rough metal, you start with harsh sandpaper (or stone), then go to finer and finer as the metal is more and more polished. (It is work of sword maker on this level). But when it is polished enough you need to use really fine and soft materials. At some level you can improve it only with something soft as a soft chalk or so. Also the metal is still corroding, even if very little so you need to keep it polished. The finer polishing, the less and smaller scratches, the less of influence of weather and so.

Also this make some more bond between the warrior and the sword, as it makes any repeating caring about something. And the sword is soul of the warrior, so the bond is natural part of his mind. You can have servant to clean your clothes and to cook your food, but you take care about your sword personally.


is the legendary super saiyan 3 in the Dragon Ball Heroes manga? AFAIK, in the Dragon Ball Heroes videogame appears the legendary super saiyan 3. Is this character in the Dragon Ball Heroes manga?

No. The character only appears in the Dragon Ball Raging Blast 2 Game. In the "Dragon Ball Heroes: Victory mission" manga, Broly appears as an antagonist under the command of Genome, however in his Super Saiyan 4 state.

Broly SSJ3 does appear in the manga. He is a character controlled by Nimu, who uses SSJ3 Broly.


Why did Kaneki's hair turn back to its original colour? At the end of season 2, Kaneki's hair turns back to its original colour.

I know his hair turned to white because of the Marie Antoinette (MA) syndrome, but in all the research I've done, I've found nothing regarding a cure for the MA syndrome.

So, why did his hair change back? Can the MA syndrome be cured? And why did Kaneki get cured out of the blue for no reason at all?

My interpretation was that it was purely symbolic. I saw the white hair as a change in his personality, a sort of draining of his "color" or original personality. When his hair changes back, we see some of his old self coming back.
Keep in mind that writers don't necessarily make those sorts of decisions with medical backing. Pure symbolism is often a very large factor.

I feel that it can't be symbolic of him returning to his normal self. I mean, the reason his hair turned white was due to him being damaged... Right? Like the torture and all caused his hair colour to change, and Hide's death only adds to that damage. I'm pretty clueless


Why weren't Gigai used for Spearhead? When Rukia was explaining how Mod Souls were created for Project Spearhead, she said the project was scrapped because forcing corpses to fight was immoral.

But why weren't Gigai considered? Unlike corpses, Gigai are created so they are more readily available and a Mod Soul would inhabit a corpse in the same way as a Soul Reaper inhabits a Gigai with the exception that a Gigai was never alive to begin with.

So why wasn't it considered to use Gigai instead rather than scrap Spearhead altogether?

Two words: Plot armor.

All jokes aside, this is never really explained.  It is touched upon, however, in the anime during the non-canon Bount filler arc.  The three special mod-souls created by Urahara to help Ichigo regain the power of his bankai, all used their own custom made Gigai.  Once again, this arc is non-canon and so are the characters.

This one may never have a satisfactory answer.


Who was Makarov in Edolas? When in Edolas, the story reveals that there is an alternate version of every person there, with similar yet opposite characteristics. One of the main people I could never get a confirmation on being there was Makarov. At one point, a Edolas Fairy Tail guild member says that the Guildmaster is dead, but then later Natsu believes Makarov was the evil king in Edolas. Is it either of them, or is it something else?

Faust has been confirmed to be Edo-Makarov by Mashima. In the wikia it is stated that Faust is the Edolas version of Makarov.

  Faust (ファウスト Fausuto) is the former King of Edolas, banished and succeeded by his disowned son, Mystogan. He is the Edolas counterpart of Makarov Dreyar.

They got this information from (the last paragraph of) the afterwords of Volume 29 by Mashima. Basically Mashima had to do cutoffs due to space or time limitations and had to remove Edolas Gajeel and Edolas Makarov('s confirmation) from the manga. Though those scenes were still added to the anime, thus making them canon as they were originally planned by Mashima himself. Both Faust and Makarov even had the same voice actor.

[Screenshot van de anime should be added here, but I can't seem to find it.]

Source

In my point of view Makarov can't be Faust in Edolas I mean..

They don't look alike at all
The Fairy Tail in Edolas said the guildmaster died
If he'd be he would be Jellal's father in Earthland as well but we know that he isn't (even though this would be quite interesting)

(Yeah this is answer is quite late I just wanted to bring this Jellal-father thing up xD)


Did Kakeru stay, leave to travel abroad, or is there really no closure by design, at the end of Glasslip? Vague ending. What happened?

I am looking for credible, canon / official / source material / word of god sources. For this question, Wikia, wikipedia, reddit, myanimelist, boards or the like will be disregarded as pure speculation. DVD bonus material, showmakers' interviews, etc... is what I am really looking for.

What are the whereabouts of Kakeru as of the first day of school of the second semester shown at the ending of Glasslip?

I think he left because the tent is gone and i thought he went into his room not his tent after that touko heard kakeru called her name and they mentioned they want to meet each other so they can see the  same thing like calling each other name in the first and last episode


Anime reviewers refer to "art" and "animation" separately. What does each one refer to? I've read and listened to anime reviewers rate the art and animation of a given title, and I'm not clear which is which, nor specifically what they refer to.

I imagine they're referring to the quality of the visuals, but I'm not sure if the backgrounds are the art, the characters the animation, vice versa, or if I've got it completely discombobulated. Is there more to the visuals than the characters and the backgrounds? Conversely, am I oversimplifying it?

Searching DDG yielded a mess since the terms were too generic.

Anime reviewers refer to “art” and “animation” separately. What does each one refer to?

While I imagine there's variance in how reviewers use words, I would think that most would choose to describe "art" as being still imagery (backgrounds, clothing design, static pans, color choices, etc.) and "animation" as being, well, animated imagery (character animation, CG, combat scenes, sakuga, and so forth).

  Is there more to the visuals than the characters and the backgrounds? Conversely, am I oversimplifying it?

Dividing the visuals of an anime into "characters" and "backgrounds" is not all that wrong (though it raises the question of how one ought to characterize things like mechas and non-static background elements). But it's a fairly artificial distinction, and one that isn't too useful as part of a critique of an anime. There are still shots of characters (for example, when the camera pans over a character), and there are animated shots of characters (facial animation, walking motion, etc). Likewise, there are still shots of background details... but some backgrounds are animated, too. Take, for example, this segment from Nichijou.

The distinction between "art" and "animation", on the other hand, is, in some cases, a useful dichotomy: it is frequently the case that the people who do the animation for a show (keyframers, tweeners, and so forth) are different from the people who do static art assets like backgrounds (background artists, 3D modellers, etc.). As such, I think it makes some sense to evaluate the two separately.

It is probably often the case that the perceived "quality" of the art and animation of a given show are fairly well-correlated - a studio that hires or contracts skilled background artists will probably do the same with their keyframers, and a studio that hires bottom-barrel animators will probably hire bottom-barrel painters.

But sometimes, reviewers will observe a marked difference in the quality of the art vs the animation. Consider, as an example, Bakemonogatari (not the whole series; just Bakemonogatari itself). The animation in Bakemonogatari is frequently very limited (or, in the TV airing, absent altogether, replaced by screens of text instead). But the art is often remarkably elaborate.

And going the other way, The Tatami Galaxy has fairly mundane-looking art. But when you see it in motion, you might find that still screencaptures of the show don't suffice to convey how fluidly the show is animated in many of its shots. (The "mundane" art of The Tatami Galaxy is clearly an intentional artistic choice, unlike the limited animation of Bakemonogatari, which probably isn't. I've used it as an example anyway since I can't think of anything better off the top of my head.)

Bundling "art" and "animation" into a single category called, say, "visuals" loses some of the granularity that would allow a reviewer to discuss the ways in which Bakemonogatari succeeds with its art whereas The Tatami Galaxy fails, and vice versa regarding animation. So I guess that might be why critiquers of anime would choose to evaluate "art" and "animation" separately.

Art

The quality of work and visual glory, that we are basing upon.

Animation

The act of moving frames and motion.

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That`s the way, I do things when I review anime on the website, I write on.


Instrumental Played in Episode 92 DBS Can anyone tell me about the instrumental played in Episode 92 of Dragon Ball Super after 19:05 minutes.

You're looking for the soundtrack - A Mother's Love, by Norihito Sumitomo, Dragon Ball Super Original Soundtrack Vol.2, DISC 1. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1nbGqkJJgM

After searching so long, I finally found it is Mirai Bulma's Theme.

YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5fKlMGuV8o (piano version)


How does Kirito come back to life when he's fighting Heathcliff? I was rewatching Sword Art Online and I notice that Heathcliff KILLS him and yet, he is able to come back and finish off Heathcliff, how is this so?

Logically, there is a delay in between the death flag being detected and the NerveGear frying the brain, which is explain by how a Revival Item (Divine Stone of Returning Soul) can be used within 10 seconds of a player's death.

However, as for how Kirito, whose HP was 0 but was still able to affect Heathcliff, was explained by Kayaba Akihiko when he congratulated Kirito for doing something that went beyond the system by using the power of the human will. This concept is reasserted when Kayaba appears before Kirito in ALO and reminds Kirito about how he acknowledged this.

It's more of an anomaly rather than any sort of plot hole. In essence, Kirito shouldn't have been able to do anything when his HP reached 0, but he was still determined to end the game because Asuna believed he would end the game for her sake. That determination allowed him to transcend SAO's rules.

Kirito need to live on was great enough to where he could mentally hack the game sort of so he delayed the deleting proses long enough for him to kill Kayaba. Also because of Kayaba being defeated, he did not have to hold on any longer he was already safe. Also to correct what another said, Asuna did not die because the creator of Alfhiem Online spent a long time gathering her very essence and sending her to his game before the Nervegear fried her and was under his control.


How many times Gohan has surpassed Vegeta in power? Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball Super show Gohan and Vegeta's power levels were above and behind of each other several times. A few times I recall from the top of my mind.

When Freezer attacked Krilin, in an attack of rage Gohan surpassed Vegeta's power.
After Vegeta got a zenkai boost by being hit by Krilin and healed by Dende, he was beated to death easily by Freezer 4th form, but Gohan later was able to land some punches in that form.
After Gohan came out of the time chamber.

But I'm sure there are other times when this happened. How many times Gohan has surpassed Vegeta in power?

I would have to disagree with Gohan being stronger than Vegeta on Namek. It was more of Freiza being caught off guard and Gohan giving it his absolute all. I would say his sudden increase in power might have rivaled that of Vegeta's but he didn't surpass him. When Vegeta came back to earth while Goku and Freiza were fighting on Namek, we see him make quick work of Gohan.  I believe, the reason Gohan did better was because Vegeta was psyched out over the fact that he was facing Freiza, having known how powerful he was, he sort of gave up on both occasions which is why he was defeated so handily. Gohan on the other hand, didn't care and put all his power into a single barrage of attacks against Freiza. The only times where I'd say Gohan surpassed Vegeta would be:Post HTC training with Goku during the Cell arc: Gohan came out even stronger than Goku and Vegeta in his Mastered SSJ state.During the battle against Perfect Cell: When Gohan attained the SSJ2 transformation, he obviously surpassed all the Z fighters which include's Vegeta.After potential unlocked by the Elder Kai: When Gohan attained the Mystic Transformation, he obviously was way stronger than SSJ3 Goku who was way stronger than SSJ2 Vegeta. Hence Gohan Surpassed Vegeta here once again.In Dragon Ball Super, Gohan hasn't been that relevant until now in the tournament of power and as of now, Vegeta is stronger than Gohan.

If I add when Gohan fought against Cell to the previous answer, my answer is 4 times. For more infomations  a link the dbz chap 404.

When Freezer attacked Krilin, in an attack of rage Gohan surpassed Vegeta's power.
After Vegeta got a zenkai boost by being hit by Krilin and healed by Dende, he was beated to death easily by Freezer 4th form, but Gohan later was able to land some punches in that form.
After Gohan came out of the time chamber
Gohan fight against Cell.Here's  a link to dbz chap 404 referring to Gohan more powerful than everyone.


How accurate is the World Map in The Irregular at Magic High School? In the monologue (at the beginning of episode 1) you may have remembered a world map being displayed. The funny thing was that they got East and West Europe wrong as seen in the images below. How accurate are the borders?

Did anyone notice this?

The map definitely isn't accurate (at least in that it doesn't depict quite a number of current borders correctly). For one thing, as you noted, Europe hasn't been depicted well, though it does seem that the part west of Germany is alright. However, the Czech Republic's border with Slovakia is gone, and it seems that the border with Austria is also missing. The Romania-Hungary border is also gone

When you look at South Asia though, the borders are also wrong. While the India-Pakistan border seems ok, the borders with Nepal, Bangladesh, and Bhutan aren't there. There are a couple smaller issues with Central Asia.

I initially thought that this might be a 1900's map because of the European borders, but the North-South Korea division still seems to be there (which didn't exist at the time of Austria-Hungary), and the India-Pakistan border shouldn't have existed at the time - so as far as I can tell, this isn't supposed to be a replica of a map at some point in time in actual history.

Summary: a number of borders here and there have been omitted. I'm not as familiar with the geography of Africa and South/Latin America, but for starters, the Algerian-Tunisian border has also disappeared in this map. But there are definitely a number of noticeable errors with Central/South Asia and with Europe. So this map really isn't that accurate, even if for a lot of the "unaffected" countries it's drawn reasonably well.

They didn't get east and west wrong, as the world is round and you are just used to looking at the world with the americas on the left and europe/asia/africa on the right. Also the map is a mercator projection meaning that it is distorted making areas of low population bigger because due to the earth being round it cant be represented by a flat rectangular object


What happened to Gyro? In Episode 80 of the 2011 anime, they showed Gyro's back story then a clawed up chair.  Was he killed or was he eaten?  It wasn't clear what happened to him.

Gyro is killed and eaten after the Chimera Ants invade NGL.

   but he is later reborn as a Chimera Ant... and the first to keep all of his human memories and break free of the Chimera Ant Queen's control.

Additionally,

   The Chimera Ant King, Mereum, cannot be Gyro, because Gyro was shown leaving the hive at the same time that Gon was training to defeat Knuckle, in Chapter 204, before Mereum was born.

Gyro was killed by the chymera ants why i say this is because when the ants invaded gyro was seen seated in his chair and in the next scene the chimera an't who looks like a centuar said "Gyro huh..wish i could know more about him..well no use dwelling in it now what's fine is done "
In order words gyro was killed and eaten by the queen and born as the king 'meruem' and that explains why meruem was do evil from the start because when the narrator was explaining gyro's past he said gyro is evil hence the king' s behaviour Gyro would have without a doubt continue to be evil if it weren't for komugi and that's why he did not even bother to take out the five million humans with him to hell
Gyro 'muruem' was killed by the poison by netero and died along with his love interest kumogi
So in conclusion gyro is the king of the chymera ants mureum


Has super saiyan kaioken ever been animated in Dragon Ball Heroes? The Dragon Ball Heroes wikia claims Xeno Vegito can use the super saiyan kaioken technique and there is this picture of it, which I dont know where it comes from.

Super Saiyan Kaioken Dragon Ball wikia
Does it come from a card, or has super saiyan kaioken ever been animated in Dragon Ball Heroes?

Dragon Ball Heroes is an independent series with its own story arcs as well as original characters. It also uses both the plot and characters from both Dragon Ball Super and GT to fuel its storyline, but it does not affect either of the series. So therefor, no. This is proven at this Link.


What is the meaning of Arakawa Under the Bridge's opening theme song? I'm kinda wondering what the opening theme song of Arakawa Under the Bridge, Venus and Jesus lyrics mean.

On the third stanza,

  A neighbor of Venus
  Why? During that interval that we don't know
  Jesus lives across the hall
  I'm hearing something bad

It mentions the name, Jesus. What does that stanza imply? Does it have something to do with the Christian religion?

  A neighbor of Venus

Maybe, Earth?

  Why? During that interval that we don't know

Interval we don't know? Maybe, before the concept of time existed?

There are also other lines that I don't quite understand.

Lyrics taken from Lyrics Translate.

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

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

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

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

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

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

A neighbor of Venus

Why? During that interval that we don't know

Jesus lives across the hall

I'm hearing something bad

So this stanza is not translated very accurately, especially the last bit with "I'm hearing something bad". The official Japanese lyric is "kiite, yaba-i no"
The use of the word "Yabai" connotes a young teen gossiping about something, or asking for advice (yabai is like "OMG that is SO bad. In the context, it does not mean actually bad). With that being said, it almost sounds like the singer is knocking on the doors of different gods, such as Venus and Jesus, asking them for advice on something a teen (and Nino) would have trouble with, such as love.

Venus, (he) is living next to me

Why is (he), while I didn't even notice

Jesus (he) is living across me

OMG this is SO bad.

That's the way I heard it as a Japanese native speaker, but I may have interpreted wrong. I may be a little biased because this song to me is tied to the anime/the manga (which are really awesome, especially the manga) so it leans to make sense along with the show, although this was originally a normal song, not made as an OP. I hope that helped!

LazyKaiju


How much is sixty billion double dollars worth? In Trigun, Vash the Stampede is wanted for sixty billion double dollars ($$60,000,000,000).  I don't remember any indication of how much money that actually is in the Trigun universe.  I'm sure it's quite a lot, but how much is it really? Enough to buy a house?  A power plant?  An entire city?

So, how much is $$60,000,000,000 actually worth?

Well, in one episode, he buys a bag of donuts, about 10-15 of them, and pays $$30. The average donut costs $1.20 (I literally just looked it up on Google [here]). If you round it to 10 donuts, it's $12. If you round to 15, it's $18. You can safely say that one double dollar is approximately equal to fifty cents ($$1 = $0.50) which, whether on purpose or a total lucky mistake by the author of Trigun, makes a lot of sense, in a weird reverse way. So, by this (way too complicated) logic, he is worth $30,000,000,000.00!

I did the math. According to Google, an average donut is 0.99 dollars. I am going to use the amount of donuts that another person who answered above that Vash bought for $$30. He said 10-15 but for some reason he didn't go for the average of 12 so using that you can find out that $1 is worth $$2.50. If you divide our $$60000000000 by 2.50 to get the amount of real world currency, it is $25000000000.


Difference between manga and light novel written by same author If both manga and light novel are written by the same author will there be any difference between them? I did a little digging in the internet for it, but all I got was the general difference between manga and light novel.

TBH, I am asking this question because it seems that English translation for the light novel "The Pervert Prince and the Stony Cat" aka "Henneko" written by Sou Sagara has been abandoned(I can't find better words than this). But the same author wrote the story of the manga version of the aforementioned LN and it's translation is finished and it also has ended publishing.

It's true that the aforementioned series is not really known to many people. Since I have an affinity to the ecchi genre, that's how I bumped upon this series.

A manga is a comic book or graphic novel - a story told in sequential art.
A light novel is a prose book with some illustrations. Called "light" because the content tends to be easy-reading and the size is small and portable.

I googled it myself and the first search result was this below:
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-manga-and-light-novels
And honestly you won't find a better answer to this. Question is pretty much the same as well. You just added the same author clause.

By looking at the timing of manga and light novel(almost the same) i can just say that, either he wasn't ready for someone to work on his creation or he wanted to expand his fanbase while he was onboard to earn money or fame or even just the simple logic "like providing fans his content as per his vision". He, decided to write both novel and manga.


Would Sasuke awaken 2nd Rinnegan if he in some case accept arm with Hashirama's cells Im asking this because Madara got both of them when he implanted Hashirama's cells in his body.Would it work for Sasuke too?

what Madara did was combine the chakras of Indra and Ashura, he already had the chakra of Indra since he was a reincarnate and added Ashuras chakra by attaching Hashirams cell(who was a reincarnate of Ashura). Meaning he essentially combined those chakras to become more or less like the six path. But in the case of Sasuke he gained the other half of the chakra from Hagromo directly so he already has the missing part to become the six path. Therefore he cant awaken a second reningan, i.e he has already gotten Hashirams cell when he got his missing arm attached(that was made from Hashirams cell)

I'm not 100% sure if it would because Madara awakened his rinnegan because at the time he and Hashirama were the incarnates of Indra and asura. But now it's Naruto and Sasuke who are so if Sasuke got a Hashirama arm he wouldn't have the necessary blend of chakra to awaken the second rinnegan


What are the differences between the Totoro releases? I know that My Neighbor Totoro was released at least twice (possible three times because of some sort of airplane release) in the United States. I'm pretty sure that at there was at least a cast change between the two major US releases, but are there any other changes? Was anything censored or was any animation or lines changed?

According to the Wikipedia article, Tokuma Communications did a release in 1993, which was released on video by 20th Century Fox and dubbed again by Streamline as a special release for airlines. The Wikipedia article claims that Miyazaki would not allow any sort of editing, modification, or censorship, due to his disappointment with Warriors of the Wind, the heavily edited version of Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind that was released in the US. The article offers no source, but this site supports the idea that Miyazaki hated Warriors of the Wind.

Fox's rights expired in 2004, and Disney acquired the license, creating a new dub. The Ghibli fan site from the link above makes the following claim about the Disney / Ghibli relationship:

  No. This will not happen [editing of or changes to the Ghibli films]. Disney can not cut even one second from the
  films, according to the contract. Ghibli has officially stated that
  "With Disney's commitment to maintain the quality of the original
  titles, there will be no changes to music and sequences in foreign
  language versions." According to Mr. Suzuki, the producer of Ghibli,
  other companies such as Fox and Time-Warner contacted Tokuma, but
  Disney was the only company willing to agree to this condition, and
  that was the main reason why Tokuma chose Disney as a partner.

The FAQ on My Neighbor Totoro also claims that nothing was cut from the Disney release, but does state that the songs were translated into English and dubbed by an American singer, as with other Ghibli releases by Disney.

It's been a long time since I watched the Disney dub, and an even longer time since I watched the Carl Macek dub, but I'm pretty sure Disney did a new translation and wrote a new dub script. The Disney DVD also includes Japanese audio with English subtitles. I never watched Totoro subbed, but I have watched other Disney releases subbed and compared them with the dub translations, and the degree of fidelity is always very high.

As Recent as 10/14/2016- In Disney Channel Philippines, The bath scene between the girls and the father in My Neighbor Totoro was cut out.

By doing so, they cut a subplot that should have explained why the dust spirits left the home.


Why is the series named this way? I've been watching the anime since yesterday and couldn't help but wonder why it was called Gokukoku no Brynhildr or Brynhildr in the Darkness. So far I have yet to see any mention of Brynhildr; is this some person later on in the story? Or another name for the protagonist?

Brynhildr in this series is  Kuroha Neko. Brynhildr is mighty female warrior of Germanic mythology and the chief of the Valkyries.

Neko's character almost portray the character of Brynhildr as mentioned in German myth. She is powerful than Valkyrie. She does not have any past memory. She gained her memory and became very powerful at the end in series.

Brynhildr in the Darkness trying to show the Neko in darkness or loss of memory. She only does not have past memory but also lose memory when she keep using her power.

Brynhildr (also spelled Brunhild, Brünnhilde, Brynhild) is a shieldmaiden and a valkyrie in Germanic mythology.

Best answer I could find.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brynhildr


World Map of Naruto Universe The World map in Naruto seems to be quite small as it is easily traversable via land and the map is relatively compact ad shown in the Anime at many instances. Was there ever shown what lies beyond the sea surrounding the Great Ninja Villages.

I know it's not a Flat Earth World as in the Last Naruto Shippuden Movie we see the moon and Earth from.

Considering the scaling between the actual Earth and the fictional Earth is same is there any reference to other lands except the Major villages and the minor villages in betwen which are all apparently connected by land.

I'm referring to this map-
https://images.app.goo.gl/24gTcKJBZwtL4Ajm9

You know how they explained in Shippuden thaat they discovered Chakra and stuff and figured out how to use it to their benefit? There are five ninja villages. Konoha, Sunagakure, Kirigakure, Kumogakure, Iwagakure. They are all conviniently placed close to eachother by the lands they are in. There maye be many other villages around them like the Iron village or whatever its called with the samurai that look like stormtroopers. Villages that do not wish to be associated with the ninja world, so they cut themselves off from it completely and are never mentioned in Naruto because they do not have any purpose besides being in the world itself.Now, because this website doesn't like guessing, I'll call this an educated guess, seeing as it is backed up by some evidence, at least. I hope that was a good answer, and actually I've been thinking about that too. Like, what other countries and continents are there besides the land of the fire and et cetera?


What is Jinta and Ururu's Identity? Jinta and Ururu are the kids that works in Urahara's shop. I'm curious as to what their identities are. As far as I remember it was never been said what their background stories are.

Are they Shinigami like Urahara was? If they were, why are they with Urahara? Were they also on the run from Soul Society?

Or are they humans with special powers like Chad and Orihime? If they are, were their powers awakened from being close to Urahara, much like Chad and Orihime's powers being awakened by being near Kurosaki Ichigo.

Or are they Quincies? Although I doubt this very much since they never been seen using bows and Quincy techniques. Or are they modified souls like Kon?

What are they?

I would like to start off by saying that their race hasn't been explicitly stated in either of the Anime/Manga, so we can only theorize what race they might be from. Most of the evidence points to them being either Enhanced Artificial Souls/Humans.

Here are the possible theories, the facts supporting them and the facts opposing them:

Theory 1: They are Enhanced Artificial Souls1

We know that Nemu Kurotsuchi is the artificially created "daughter" of Mayuri Kurotsuchi. He used a combination of Gigai and Gikon technologies to bring her into existence. It's likely that Urahara did the same to create Ururu and Jinta.

For:

They seemingly come from nowhere and live at Urahara's.
Both have powers way above anything else a human has shown in Bleach and Ururu even has an "angry-mode" when she gets hurt.
It shouldn't be hard for Urahara to create Mod Souls, regarding the knowledge he has about Souls, modified Souls and how they work. Someone who can create a Hogyoku can create Mod Souls for sure. Especially since Urahara didn't need to create them from scratch, as they already existed.
For Urahara to create a special Gigai shouldn't be much of a problem either.
He is the person who created the special Gigai that held Rukia during her two months in the human world.

Against:

It's not impossible for them to be humans inspite of their strength because Inoue and Kannoji are both humans but possess abilities greater than those of normal humans.
Unlike Nemu, they have a will of their own.

One may argue that they aren't robotic (they don't say yes to everything that Urahara says), but as Ayase points out in the comments, Kon is a Mod Soul but isn't robotic either.

Theory 2: They are humans2,3

They are said to be High-Spec Humans on the Bleach Wiki:

  A very small percentage of the Human population develops a high amount of Reiryoku; they are known as "High-Spec" Humans. These Humans can see and interact with Reishi-made objects, such as Souls, to varying degrees and for various reasons.

For:

Urahara had the Hougyoku in his possession up until Rukia came to Karakura town and lost her powers. He lent her his special Gigai, with the Hougyoku hidden in it. They could have gained their powers from being somewhat near it. Sado and Orihime gained theirs as an indirect consequence of coming in contact with the Hogyoku, as it caused Rukia to lose most of her powers to IchigoSource, which as Urahara said, was the cause of awakening of powers in Rukia and Sado. From the Wikia article on Sado:

  Urahara then tells them that Ichigo's large amount of Reiatsu leaked onto them and that caused them to gain their powers, and that these powers are what they naturally had to begin with.

They age like normal humans, whereas Mod Souls do not age.

Against:

Given Urahara's expertise in the matter of Gigai and Mod Souls, it's possible for him to come up with a way such that Mod Souls age.
Even though they are stated to be High-Spec Humans on the Bleach Wiki, there is no official source regarding the same.

Theory 3: They are Soul Reapers

For:

They always hang around with Urahara and are knowledgable about the Soul Society, Hollows, Quincies and pretty much everything a standard Soul Reaper knows, although they might have just learned about it all from Urahara.

Against:

They do not have a Zanpakuto.
They do not have any reason to live with Urahara outside the Soul Society because they aren't exiled from the Soul Society, which Urahara is.

They aren't Hollows/Quincies

I say this because:

Their physical appearance does not match with that of a Hollow, such as having a broken mask or a hollow-hole. As the Wikia article on Hollow states:

  All Hollows wear masks, which are formed from the hearts they had lost as Humans. This mask protects the naked instinct which is left in a being after the loss of its heart, and obscures the original identity of the Hollow

Their appearance does not match with that of a Quincy either:

  The final point of contrast between the Quincy and Shinigami is their respective choice of uniform. While the Shinigami wear traditional, black, flowing hakama, the Quincy wear white, form-fitting, high-collared tunics. They always wear casual clothes.

Neither do they seem to have the power to manipulate Reishi into spiritual weapons.

Jinta and Ururu my first time thinking about this. Simply put they are human. Possibly augmented by Kiske's Benihime Zanpakto. Benihime has the ability to deconstruct and the reconstruct anything  to fit Kiskes needs. Alternatively they are/were fullbring children abandoned for their terrifying powers and left to fend for themselves. Possibly stumbling into a situation where they crossed paths with Kiske through petty theft or accidentally breaking part of the shop in a battle with a strong hollow.


Was Shanks expected to eat the Gomu Gomu no Mi? At the beginning of the series, we see Shanks carrying the Gomu Gomu no Mi fruit around like a treasure. Was he expected to eat this fruit? Or did he just sell it?

It's obvious he didn't want Luffy to eat it.

I don't think Shanks ever planned to eat the Gomu Gomu no Mi. I think he probably gave it to one of his crew members or sold it for some sake. With Shanks being one of the most powerful men in the world, I think if he ever wanted a Devil Fruit, he would have been able to get one pretty easily. If he wanted the Gomu Gomu no Mi specifically, then it would be a different story. However, I just can't think of any reason why he could have wanted that one Devil Fruit. There are more powerful fruits to go after which would suit him better, I think.

He didn't wanted to eat it, that's for sure because if he wanted to do so he would've done it for himself or for one of his nakama.
Secondly he is a Pirate and the fact that he was safe-guarding the fruit was to secure the fruit until he sells it.
It would've been probably for selling but you can't say this for sure on any grounds and only Oda would've answered it the best!


What is the relation between Strike The Blood and Strike The Blood EX? I have read that in Strike The Blood EX, Kojou seems to have two children, so EX has to be set in the future.

Is it the future of the "world" the story takes place or is it the "future" shown at the end of the anime where Reina came from (you can see Kojou's daughters Reina and Moegi)? Or is EX maybe only the name of the last arc in the anime (where Reina appears)?

Well, during the last episode of the anime (episode 24), a girl suddenly appeared out of nowhere. She looked exactly like Yuukina (but her busts were larger) and she had eyes like Kojou and was a vampire. It is later revealed that she is Reina Akatsuki, daughter of them, and she had come in past (time travelled) to kill a dangerous human-made dragon...
When she got back in her time, it is revealed that Kojou has another daughter named Moegi, but from Asagi..

This is whole is called Strike the Blood EX, I guess


What is the meaning of the text on the hunter license? We know that these symbols have a meaning. Doing the equivalence, we obtain some words in the Japanese language.

What does it mean in English?

It should be something like this in Japanese:

ハンターライセンス
ハンターライセンスカードについて
本カードは 本人以外使用不可能でず
紛失視された際 ライセンスが剥奪される
事はありませんが カードの再発行はどきません

Which would roughly mean

Hunter License
About the Hunter License Card
This card cannot be used by anyone other than the proprietor
In case of loss, the license is revoked

I have some trouble with the last line but it's something about the card not being reissueable.

This post is old but for thoses who keep searching here is the full signification :

Hunter License
About the Hunter License Card :
Only the original license recipient has access to Hunter privileges
(This card can only be used by the person)
The license is deleted in case of loss
No matter what happens, the card will not be reissued (Nothing
happened, but the card is not reissued)


In Kimi no Na Wa., how long does the comet fragment take to reach Itomori Town? In Kimi no Na Wa, Mitsuha is able to save everyone in the town even as the comet fragments were falling. So I'd like to ask, just how long would the comet fragment take to fall, in a timeframe that still allows everyone to reach the High School before the comet strikes?

Personally I think the comet's fragment has gone through a full orbit around the Earth, because it is unlikely that it has diverted so much from the original comet trajectory (which is tangential to Earth) to fall almost perpendicularly, since the break was above Japan and the fragment also fell in Japan

So it is likely that more than an hour has passed between the break and the impact.

By the way, I'm not an aerospace engineer, maybe my reasoning does not make sense ^^

It reached its perigee at 7:50. At 8:52 it impacted. In the light novel, it was written that everyone stood in awe until it was to late.


Could Goku have been revived if he really wanted, after dying fighting Cell? After defeating Cell, they revived all his victims using Shenron. But Shenron could not revive Goku, as he already revived once. Then, Goku contacted them using King Kai's telepathy and asked them not to revive him.

The question is, would it have been possible to revive him somehow (at that point of the story) if he were not against it?

Unlike the Dragon Balls on Earth, the Dragon Balls of Namek are not restricted to reviving someone once. During the fight with Kid Buu, Goku and all the people Buu killed on Earth as well as the planet itself were revived by having the Namekians collect the Dragon Balls.

So yes, Goku could and was revived again by the Namekian Dragon Balls.

Goku couldn't have been revived because there were no dragon balls and no one knew were new namek was,and instant transmission was still limited by distance so even if Goku wanted to be brought back to life there would still be no possible way. Even if you include GT Goku was still brought back to life once so the black star dragon balls could not have brought Goku back to life.


When is the Blu-ray release of Kaze Tachinu/The Wind Rises? I have been searching for the (Japanese) release date of the Kaze Tachinu (The Wind Rises) Blu-ray.

As U.S. cinema release is in February 2014, so me being in the Netherlands means it might arrive in 2016.

So, when is the Japanese Blu-ray release?

As near as I can tell, there is (as of 22 Oct 2013) no announced release date for the Blu-ray/DVD version of The Wind Rises. However, the recent history of Ghibli films suggests a pattern.

FILM                     IN THEATERS    HOME VIDEO RELEASE
Arrietty                 July 2010      June 2011
From Up on Poppy Hill    July 2011      June 2012
The Wind Rises           July 2013      _________

As the astute reader will infer, this suggests that The Wind Rises will probably be released (on home video) in June 2014 or thereabouts.

UPDATE: The Wind Rises will be available on home video (Blu-ray and DVD) in Japan on June 18, 2014, just as I surmised.

can buy here and get it shipped http://www.cdjapan.co.jp/product/VWBS-1529


What are the differences between the Akame Ga Kill! manga and anime? First of all, why was the anime completed before the manga? As far as I am aware, the anime is ahead of the latest manga chapters by a large margin.

I've heard that the anime actually differs from the manga; does this mean we might get a remake like Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood for Fullmetal Alchemist?

Furthermore, will the manga continue on with Akame's story? Will it explain some of the plot holes that were left unanswered in the anime?

Difference between the anime and manga of Akame ga KILL!
I have listed out some of the differences between the anime and manga of Akame ga KILL! in this answer. Let me reproduce it here for posterity.

The story is generally the same up to episode 17/chapter 33. However, the anime begins to have minor deviations from the manga from episode 18/chapter 34. After chapter 38, which corresponds to episode 19, the anime totally skips more than 10 chapters starting from chapter 39, except for this plot point in chapter 43, where

 ... Susanoo died fighting Esdeath to let the rest of the Night Raid escape. Originally, this happened during the mission to assassinate Borick, which spans from chapter 40 to chapter 43. In the anime, Susanoo's death is moved to episode 21 during the rescue for Tatsumi instead, and Borick's assassination is trivialized at the end of episode 19.

Episode 20 restarts from second half of chapter 50, but doesn't follow the manga too closely, since the manga introduces many new characters during the Wild Hunt arc (from chapter 44 to 48), and several of them affect the story beyond Wild Hunt arc.
Most of the differences between manga and anime adaptation come from this 10-chapter gap.

Possibility of a remake ending
It's not unprecedented and even common for the anime to have an original ending, when the anime runs out of source material. Heck, for the case of Fullmetal Alchemist, the 2003 anime branched off from the manga half-way and followed its own original storyline.
For the case of Akame ga KILL!, it is extremely unlikely that it gets a remake. Unlike the case of Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) anime where the plot in the manga was still developing, Akame ga KILL! manga is currently on its way to the ending. The anime's ending also prohibits any logical extension to the story, and an anime continuation would require a completely new arc in the manga, plus great demand from fans.
Since the manga is currently on-going, only time will tell whether the manga has the same ending as the anime or not, or whether there is any extension to the story of the characters who survives.

And the elite team by Shura is skipped so much even the connection between Ran's past and one of the member. In the end Ran did his revenge but death in the end...


Why did Itachi poke Sasuke's forehead? From the beginning of the series, even during his last moments, Itachi poked Sasuke's forehead as a way of showing affection and apologizing.

But is that the only reason? Did he perhaps try to transfer some knowledge or memories to Sasuke? Or is it simply unknown?

It has nothing to do with transferring memory or knowledge.

It's a gesture of love from Big Brother (Itachi) to his loving Younger Brother (Sasuke).
That gesture show how much Itachi love Sasuke than anything.

But is that the only reason? Did he perhaps try to transfer some
  knowledge or memories to Sasuke? Or is it simply unknown?

He did give Sasuke the mangekyou sharingan moments before he died with that symbolic hand gesture.