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Why weren't the Uchihas brought back with the Edo Tensei?
Why didn't Kabuto bring back the entire Uchiha clan? It was one of the four noble clans of Konohagakure, and was also reputed to be the village's most powerful clan, producing shinobi that were exceptionally talented and battle-oriented. -Naruto wiki
Sasuke and Obito were still alive and only Itachi and Madara were brought back. I don't see a reason why Kabuto did not bring back the entire clan. I know these four are exceptionally strong, but there were other promising member like Shisui Uchiha.

Edo Tensei needs the DNA of the person to be reincarnated. (Chapter 520)

Kabuto could not bring back the Uchiha clan because he could not get their DNA.
Danzo, who commissioned the Uchiha clan massacre, must have had their bodies thoroughly destroyed to prevent enemies from misusing the Sharingan. Given Danzo's character and principles, we can be certain he would take such measures. For instance, he was very upset on knowing that Kirigakure's Ao had taken Konoha's Byakugan.
Kakashi also makes a mention of this rule in Chapter 16.

Madara's death was independent of the Uchiha Clan massacre, and Konoha thought he was dead anyway, so the possibility of Danzo destroying his body does not arise at all.
After Madara's death, Tobi must have taken great efforts to make his body inaccessible, because otherwise it would ruin the plan of him falsely assuming Madara's identity. However, he probably did not destroy it completely, and Kabuto (or Orochimaru) may have found the body or its parts somehow. Tobi was understandably shocked when Kabuto showed him the Edo Tensei Madara in the sixth coffin, since it meant his plan was ruined.
Itachi's dead body was easier to obtain, since he died just a few weeks before in his own hideout.

But doesn't Tobi/Obito have a room filled with Sharingan, which contain Uchiha DNA.

It was with Obito and he would have never given it to Kabuto, because his aim was Project Tsuki no Me and he knew that Kabuto already had an edge with the re-incarnated Madara. Why would he aid his own enemy even though they were fighting together?

Yes, exactly as @R.J says. Obito was forced into the alliance, and he did not trust Kabuto even then. Kabuto was bound to interfere with the Moon's Eye Plan. The sharingans were for Tobi's use, and giving them to Kabuto is like saying, "Here, take my gun and shoot me." :)

i am a little unsure of the time line here... did Madara die after the Uchiha clan massacre or before. If you have some source to confirm your point please could you update it in your answer. @Happy

@debal You are right, I made an assumption there. Anyway, my point is that Madara's death wasn't part of the Uchiha massacre, so Danzo couldn't destroy his body. I will update the answer with this.

take my gun and shoot me.=) +1

I think the uchiha would have brought great strength in battle...how ever sauske would not have the courage to kill his fellow clans men it's better than the gedo statue,but sauske did not plan on turning on obito at the time so it would have been a "just in case plan"

Do you have any sources at all to back this statement up?


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How many DBZ episodes were actually made?
I've seen 276 episodes of DBZ but in many places it is written that there are 291 episodes.
Is this true or just a rumor? If it's true then is there anything I've missed out?

According to the Dragon Ball Wiki

Season 1 has 39 Episodes
Season 2 has 35 episodes
Season 3 has 33 episodes
Season 4 has 32 episodes
Season 5 has 26 episodes
Season 6 has 29 episodes
Season 7 has 25 episodes
Season 8 has 34 episodes
Season 9 has 38 episodes

Total number of episodes are 291
However, the above count of episodes is based on the original episode numbering. The dubbed episode numbering difers from the original numbering.
So, based on the original episode numbering there are 291 episodes and based on dubbed episode numbering there are 276 episodes in Dragon Ball Z.
Quoting from the wiki

... lasting 291 episodes in Japan, and 276 episodes in the United States originally, although all 291 episodes were later broadcast when content from the first 67 episodes was restored.

From another source

In Japan it ran from 1989-1996, and was an extremely popular show, spanning a total of 291 episodes.

Few lines later,

When Dragon Ball Z was first produced in the US, FUNimation Entertainment collaborated with Saban Entertainment to finance and distribute the series to television, sub-licensed home video distribution to Pioneer Entertainment (later known as Geneon Universal Entertainment), contracted Ocean Productions to dub the anime into English, and hired Shuki Levy to compose an alternate musical score. This dub of Dragon Ball Z was heavily edited for content, as well as length; reducing the first 67 episodes into 53, and is often referred to as the Ocean Dub. It aired in 1996 for two seasons on the WB, but was canceled in 1998.

Another few paragraphs later,

After acquiring the license for the first two seasons of the show, FUNimation began redubbing it with their cast in order to keep the series's dubbing consistent, and redubbed the original uncut 67 episodes of the series. FUNimation then announced that they would release these 67 uncut episodes in the Ultimate Uncut Special Edition DVD line, releasing the first DVD on April 12th, 2005. However this DVD set was canceled before every episode was released, in favor of the soon-to-come FUNimation Remastered Box Sets.
But all 67 uncut episodes of Dragon Ball Z were later aired on
  Cartoon Network, beginning on June 14th, 2005 and continuing
  throughout the Summer.

So basically in the initial dubbing (Ocean Dub), few episodes were "trimmed" and combined together, thereby reducing the total number of episodes in the series from 291 to 276. The episodes were not deleted, but parts of a few episodes were edited, removed and combined with other episodes.
However, later in the FUNimation uncut dub all 291 episodes were aired.

umm, okay. Then it means that 15 x 25 minutes of the anime was now shown? Were they fillers?

@MärmîkŠhâh please check edit.

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Relation between DaCapo III and the first two series
I think all DaCapo series might have relation have relation between them . As far as I know from DaCapo I and DaCapo II,

In DaCapo II, Shirakawa Nanana is grandchild of Shirakawa Kotori from DaCapo I.
Asakuar Junichi is grandfather of both Asakuar Otome and Asakura Yume.

Are there any similar relations in DaCapo III and the previous series?

There are relations between the characters of all three Da Capo series, but in the case of III this is not supposed to be known to the viewer at the start, and constitutes pretty significant spoilers from the VN (not sure about the anime as I haven't watched it). I can write up an answer about this, but it will be a lot of work so if you'd rather not be spoiled my advice would be to read/watch from the beginning, and everything will be clear by the end.

I've only watched the Da Capo III anime (which apparently only adapts the prologue of the original visual novel's story), but that features the characters

 Sakura Yoshino and Minatsu Amakase

from Da Capo II.

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Who drew the Monogatari Series characters?
I really love how the Monogatari Series characters are drawn, so I want to look for other art from him/her.
Here's an example of some Monogatari Series characters (clockwise, from top left):
Senjougahara Hitagi (three times), Araragi Tsuhiki, Gaen Izuko

My avatar is also one of the characters from the Monogatari Series; does anyone know who drew it?

My avatar is no longer one of the characters from the Monogatari Series. It was Oshino Shinobu before

This is art made by Akio Watanabe based on Vofan's original concept arts. The same staff have been used for all current series so far.

The anime adaptation of Bakemonogatari aired between July 3 and September 25, 2009 on Tokyo MX. The series is part of Kodansha's Nisio Isin Anime Project and is produced by Shaft, directed by Akiyuki Shinbo with assistance from Tatsuya Oishi, written by Fuyashi Tō and featuring a character designs by Akio Watanabe based on Vofan's original concepts Source


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Why is Maid-chan voice actor listed as '???' in ending credits?
In Sakurasou no Pet na Kanojo ending credits Maid-chan's voice actor name is "? ? ?". Why is that?

The tag has to be at most 25 symbols so the full name of the series didn't fit. If you know what to do in such cases, please edit the tag accordingly.

The right thing to do in such cases is to come up with some tag which works temporarily (as you did) and then make a post on meta asking what should be the final tag. I've taken the liberty of making the meta post here. BTW interesting question; I hadn't noticed that.

I think it might be because she was a program.. :S

Maid-chan's voice was not programmatically generated - her voice actor was listed as Horie Yui in the last episode's credits. Horie Yui was also Akasaka Ryuunosuke's voice actor. As such, there's some speculation on the Japanese internet to the effect that hiding Maid-chan's VA's name was done to make it clear that Maid-chan was a separate and distinct character from Ryuunosuke, or something to that effect. I haven't found any official statements on the matter, though.

(I'm Japanese, so please excuse my English.)
Maid-chan's voice actor is Horie Yui, the same one as the Ryuunosuke.
This is the last episode's ending credit:

She has a radio program  called 堀江由衣の天使のたまご (Horie Yui's Angel Egg)
where she talks about the "???" and how the anime staff asked her to keep it a secret in the the broadcast that aired on 2013/4/7 in Japan.
From the unofficial text transcript of the broadcast.
I will reprint and translate only conclusion.
Japanese

結論から言いますと、私にも、わかりません。

English

As it turns out, I even, do not know.

This is the official conclusion.

I guess this is as close as it gets to an authoritative answer.


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What's the deal with Shinobu's hat?
Shinobu originally didn't have a hat, but in Nekomonogatari Black, Shinobu ask Oshino to buy her that hat, he gave it to her as a reward since she was the one who resolved the problem with Black Hanekawa. But since she live in Araragi's shadow, she started to talk more and didn't wear that hat anymore, any specific reason why is that?
Shinobu in Nekomonogatari (Black), Bakemonogatari and in Nisemonogatari:

For one thing you look cuter without that motorcyclist/pilot hat :) I suppose it's the main reason why the animators decided to remove it from Shinobu's everyday outlook.

@user1306322 but I think there's more to explain, since Oshino mention it that Shinobu herself ask him to buy her a hat and the fact that she become really different person (more talkative and cheerful) after she live in Araragi's shadow. There's a reason why she become more talkative but I don't remember seeing any explanation about her hat.

This is off the top of my head, so I could be barking mad, but this is how I remember it. Spoilers for Kizumonogatari, Nekomonogatari Black, and Nisemonogatari ahead.
Shinobu, in Kizu, tells Koyomi that head-patting is some kind of intimate act of subservience between a vampire servant and master. Koyomi thinks this is a little weird, but goes along with it.
At the end of Kizu, Tsubasa deduces that Shinobu wanted to die the whole time. Koyomi refuses to grant her this, and instead brings about the situation where he's an asymptotically human pseudo vampire and Shinobu is a mostly powerless asymptotically vampiric pseudo human who has to suck Koyomi's blood to survive. Shinobu is furious, and doesn't talk to Koyomi until Karen Bee.
In Neko Black, Shinobu helps defeat Black Hanekawa. Afterwards, Koyomi goes to pat her on the head as a reward, but finds that she's wearing that strange pilot hat. She got the hat to show Koyomi that she was still pissed at him and wasn't going to let him pat her on the head.
Later, in Tsubasa Cat, Shinobu stops being angry at Koyomi and starts living in his shadow. In Karen Bee, she even comes out to talk to him when he's in the bath. Since she's not mad at him anymore, she stops wearing the hat, since she doesn't need to stop him from patting her head.
Edit: Now with actual evidence.
Kizumonogatari, Chapter 4 establishes that head-rubbing is regarded by Shinobu as a sign of obedience. Koyomi has just allowed Shinobu to turn him into a vampire, and Shinobu has asked him if he understands that he must be subservient to her. The first to speak is Koyomi.

“Ha, haa”
“Huh, an ambiguous answer——do you really understand?”
“Um, umm——I understand.”
“Then as a sign of obedience to me, rub my head!”
She said majestically.
....
Rub head.
Uwa, her hair is really soft.
Although there is a lot of hair, it‘s really smooth.
“That‘s enough.”
“....That‘s the sign of obedience?”
“You don't know that?”
She looked at me with contempt.
Vampires use a different set of rules.

Here's Nekomonogatari Black, Chapter 13, where Koyomi goes in to thank Shinobu for her help and finds her wearing the hat. Oshino also tells Koyomi that he gave her the hat. I massaged out some of the grammar mistakes in the translation.

I even wanted to stroke her head.
The sign of obedience—though I wouldn't call it that.
Still, I thought she could let me do at least that—I thought she
  would certainly let me thank her.
“............”
My expectation was largely unfulfilled.
The sense of omnipotence of the look from above in epilogues didn't
  apply here.
As I arrived and met her in the classroom on the first floor, the
  little vampire girl was wearing, of all things, an enigmatic helmet
  with goggles, of the type you wear when riding a moped.
I couldn't stroke her head like this.
“Ah, that? Vampire-chan badgered me about it. After all she is
  the one who solved the whole cat thing, so I gave it to her as a
  prize”
Oshino explained.

The quotes don't explicitly say that Shinobu was wearing the hat to stop Koyomi from rubbing her head, but it seems pretty plain from the context. It was her way of telling Koyomi, without deigning to speak to him, that she hadn't forgiven him.

Now it all makes sense!

This reminds me… the first thing Shinobu, in her full-powered form then, did after Araragi returned from hell in owarimonogatari is rubbing Araragi’s head. The fact that she regained her full power and yet pledge loyalty to Araragi said a lot.

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What differentiates manga from other comics?
What is a characteristic attribute relating to the visual aspect for a manga, differential to western comics like from DC or Marvel? For example the way they draw the eyes. In mangas they are much more complex and they look not even real.

Are there other clear attributes like that? And why is it common to draw them like "unreal" persons in Japan?

don't understand whats wrong with this question? :S

http://anime.stackexchange.com/q/69/49

@JNat thank you :)
sry i searched for difference between "mangas" so i didn't find this thread.
my bad...

related discussion on meta http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/1074/is-the-question-about-characteristics-%E2%88%92-manga-attributes-really-too-broad

Related: http://anime.stackexchange.com/q/31114/

One thing I noted for sure is that Manga usually is not drawn in the same style they use for X-Men, Batman, Superman (DC Comics or Marvel).
Muscles
They tend to be drawn slimmer & less muscular. When they are drawn muscularly, the muscles tends to have more packs (not sure what's that called) than that in American comics. A simple comparison is between Goku of Dragon Ball and Superman. Goku has more packs than Superman.
Hair
Also, Manga character hair tends to be spikey, while American comics are not. For example Tony Stark of Iron Man and Natsu Dragneel of Fairy Tail.
Eyes
Manga tends to draw the characters with big, round eyes. This is especially true in girls manga (shoujo manga).

Expressions
Well, American manga don't draw jaw-dripping expressions like manga do, or panic character having >.< eyes.

Sound Effects
Another this is that effects in American comics are usually drawn inside a spikey bubble, while in manga, they are usually just written in big hiragana or katakana letter.

Sound effects in manga, depending on the type, are usually written in Katakana or Hiragana. Also more here: http://www.mit.edu/~rei/Expl.html and http://ezinearticles.com/?Comic-Books---Japanese-Manga-vs-American-Comics&id=206944

Whoops. You're right Jon Lin. Will fix that ASAP.

Could you specify the sound effects a bit more? Because to me, writing English in big Roman letters vs writing Japanese in big Japanese characters, doesn't sound all that different.

@PeterRaeves the only different is in american comic, they usually put the word inside a balloon, while manga only use the letter, without balloon. I think that's what he was trying to say

Some characters have massive heads
Very teenagey at times
Massive eyes
Lots of connection to Japanese school life
Uses nearly the entire colour spectrum for hair colour and eye colour choices
Can get very platonic/intimate to a point of rated x at times
More common in black and white than in colour
All of the above have been sourced from 10 years experience of reading manga


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Are there anime named after a manga, but totally different from it?
Lots of manga get an anime adaption, and pretty often the anime's story deviates partly or a lot from the story told in the manga. This usually leads to different endings lacking information, or even giving surplus information as compared to the manga with the same name.
But this also made me wonder: is there also an anime that shares the same name as a manga (it supposedly was based on) but deviates 100% from this the story as told in the manga? So the story in the anime is totally different from the manga, but still shares the same name.

Define "100%". Do you mean they share a title, but not even characters, setting, or story?

@キルアPretty much yes.

Not a manga, but the visual novel True Tears apparently shares almost nothing with its anime adaptation except for the name. Even the art styles are completely different.

Does True Tears share a similar "idea" though? Or does it entirely deviate from the original story?

@FatalSleep I haven't read the True Tears VN but the Wikipedia article indicates that the two works share almost nothing that couldn't be put down to being in the same genre. For instance, the main plot of the anime was a love triangle between the hero, a childhood friend, and an eccentric girl from his school who likes animals. The page on the VN says nothing about that kind of love triangle. The main heroines are a childhood friend and a girl who likes animals, but the circumstances seem to be totally different and their personalities sound nothing like the characters from the anime.

I thought of Vandread, but the anime seems to be broadcasted before the manga. Also, it still shares some characters, and background, although there are quite some differences as listed there. (Only watched the anime, haven't read the manga yet)

Yugi from YuGiOh was a master at all games, but the anime was only about playing duel monsters.

@krikara he did play Dungeon Dice Monsters and won against it's very creator and won Bakura's Shadow Game which had some very unfair rules

Sorry, this is not manga, but I'd like to mention The Idolmaster.
The original game of The Idolmaster is an arcade game about producing girls as idols.
However, the first anime series Idolmaster: Xenoglossia is a robot anime.
Girls ride big robots named "IDOL".
EDIT: Added some background of my understanding.
Mushi Production
Mushi Production
is one of first animation studios in Japan.
Mushi Production is known for Tetsuwan Atom which is the first Japanese anime series.
Mushi Production was founded by Osamu Tezuka who is "Godfather of Anime" and the Japanese equivalent to Walt Disney.
This studio was created by manga/anime creators (animators).
At Mushi Production, animator's opinion was most important and business-side people didn't have a voice.
Lacking business sense, Mushi Production bankrupted in 70's.
Sunrise
Sunrise is a spin-off company from Mushi Production.
The founders of Sunrise knew why Mushi Production failed, so they decided a new policy that have strong business executive members and animators can't poke to the business side.
For example, animators can't become board members of Sunrise.
At Sunrise, it moves in the opposite way: animator's opinion is NOT adopted.
Sunrise had a big success in robot anime.
For example: Gundam,
Code Geass
and My-HiME.
Namco
In 2007, Namco (the game company that created Idolmaster) finished acquiring Sunrise and merged executive members.
In that time, Idolmaster was one of the most successful games by Namco.
The executives gave an order to the animator team that created My-HiME to create an anime version of Idolmaster.
Animators at Sunrise were professionals of robot anime, they weren't fit to make idol anime, but they had a policy. Therefore, they created robot anime that used characters of Idolmaster.

I’m not sure whether this pair fully conforms with your request but there is no doubt that these works share the same name but have nothing (not even the genre) connecting them.
You may have heard of Kodomo no Jikan, a somewhat controversial anime and manga. Well, AniDB reveals that there is another animation called Kodomo no Jikan — which happens to be a hentai with a completely different plot and different characters. (The link will probably lead to a 403 variant if you’re not logged in to AniDB.)
Granted, the hentai was first (2002) and it’s very possible that the mangaka just didn’t know it existed when she started the manga in 2005.


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Why Black Zetsu is attached to Kaguya Ootsutsuki?
I am wondering why Black Zetsu is attached to Kaguya Ootsutsuki. If he is a part of her body then why he is taking and hiding himself inside of her arm. Who know if he is controlling her.
It seems like more than one questions so make it clear and answer the following one.
Why Black Zetsu is attached to Kaguya Ootsutsuki

Because the final boss always has something up their sleeve

Black Zetsu by himself is not powerful enough to take on either Sasuke or Naruto by himself. So, instead of being in the battle field, he's taking cover in Kaguya Ootsutsuki's arm (His mother).
(As we have seen black Zetsu also has a physical body of his own, so taking that as a premise we can deduct that he is not powerful enough to take on the duo)
I believe it's pretty clear that Kaguya is not being controlled. It's just that the will of black Zetsu matches with that of Kaguya unlike her other sons.
Black Zetsu also said (to Uchiha Madara) that he's not the will of Madara's but Kaguya's.


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What is the longest anime title?
So I was browsing around, finding a new anime to watch. And came along, Ore no Nounai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Comedy wo Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru OVA and found it to be a very long name.
Is this the longest anime name or is there an anime with a longer name out there?

I assume you just mean in only romanized?

@アズーサ Yeah only romanized

Just on a pointer: There are some anime series that only have an english name such as DRAMAtical murder.

I don't think OVA should be included as part of the name as its not.

Okay, so I have been able to find a definitive answer!

Naruto Narutimate Hero 3: Finally a Clash! Jonin VS Genin!! Indescriminate Grand Melee Tournament Meeting!!

is the longest titled anime with a large 107 characters or 87 characters without non-alphanumeric characters
Second Place goes to:

Digimon Adventure 02: Zenpen Digimon Hurricane Jouriku!! - Kouhen Chouzetsu Shinka!! Ougon no Digimental

With 104 characters, 85 alphanumeric
And Third,

Dragon Ball Z Special: Tatta Hitori no Saishuu Kessen - Freezer ni Idonda Z Senshi Son Gokuu no Chichi

102 characters, 82 without.
I discovered this by writing a small Python script to iterate through a dump of AniDB's database of anime titles and check each one, which you can find on their site
If anyone is interested, you can find the script here: https://gist.github.com/ianfhunter/43599d30384b9b7aa0c6 (but I only hacked it up in 5 minutes, so it's nothing special)
(The shortest is C)

plain awesome ;)

Just noticed u did the alpha count that nails it for composite names.

What is the print "45539 == " for?

oh, I was making sure it was reading all the lines of the database file :P it's completely irrelevant to the outcome and I have edited it out now

While these are certainly long, I don't think I see it as definitive. AniDB has their system of grouping and naming, but it's far from the only possible system. If they had decided to group and name their series differently, the longest could have been (181 chars): Onii-chan dakedo ai sae areba kankei nai yo ne! Specials - Shinsaku Anime Eizo dakedo nanimo monku nai yo ne! Episode 01: Oishii okome no Akiko-machi no shuukaku ga tanoshimi da ne!. If you restricted it to TV anime titles I'd trust it more, since the biggest difference seems to be in how to deal with subtitles of specials/movies.

Ummm in the DB title is an error, there is no word that would be transcribed into "sens"... and imdb says its romanization is "Doragon bôru Z: Tatta hitori no saishuu kessen - Furiiza ni itonda Z senshi Kakarotto no chichi". IMO the criteria how to count the length of the title should be more clear.

Naruto Narutimate Hero 3 [blablabla] isn't the original title. The original title is: Naruto Narutimate Hero 3: Tsuini Gekitotsu! Jounin tai Genin!! Musabetsu Dairansen taikai Kaisai!! which is only 98 characters long.

I took all anime titles from MyAnimeList, parsed and sorted them by length:
Dragon Ball Z Special 1: Tatta Hitori no Saishuu Kessen - Freezer ni Idonda Z Senshi Son Goku no Chi    100
Naruto: Dai Katsugeki!! Yuki Hime Shinobu Houjou Dattebayo! Special: Konoha Annual Sports Festival  98
Detective Conan Magic File 2: Kudou Shinichi - The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab    96
Crayon Shin-chan Manatsu no Yoru ni Ora Sanjou! Arashi wo Yobu Den-O VS Shin-O 60-bu Special!!  94
Meitantei Holmes: Mrs. Hudson Hitojichi Jiken no Maki / Dover Kaikyouno Daikuuchuusen no Maki   93
Digimon Adventure 02: Digimon Hurricane Jouriku!! / Chouzetsu Shinka!! Ougon no Digimental  90
Pokemon Best Wishes! Season 2: Decolora Adventure - Dent to Takeshi! Gyarados no Gekirin!!  90
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon SuperS: Sailor 9 Senshi Shuuketsu! Black Dream Hole no Kiseki   89
Senki Zesshou Symphogear G: In the Distance, That Day, When the Star Became Music... OVA    88
Detective Conan Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran - Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata 87
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 2nd GIG - Individual Eleven - Tachikoma no Hibi 87
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica Movie 3: Hangyaku no Monogatari - Magica Quartet x Nisioisin 87
Dragon Ball Z Special 2: Zetsubou e no Hankou!! Nokosareta Chousenshi - Gohan to Trunks 87
Detective Conan OVA 07: A Challenge from Agasa! Agasa vs. Conan and the Detective Boys  86
Detective Conan OVA 05: The Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boys' Secret Investigation  86
Pokemon Fushigi no Dungeon: Sora no Tankentai - Toki to Yami wo Meguru Saigo no Bouken  86
Yatterman the Movie: Shin Yattermecha Osu Gou! Omocha no Kuni de Dai Ketsudan da Koron  86
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Solid State Society 3D - Tachikoma no Hibi    84
Ichigo 100%: Koi ga Hajimaru?! Satsuei Gasshuku - Yureru Kokoro ga Higashi e Nishi e    84
Keroro Gunsou Movie 5: Tanjou! Kyuukyoku Keroro, Kiseki no Jikuu-jima, de arimasu!! 83
Chouyaku Hyakuninisshu: Uta Koi. - Sake to Kikoushi ~ Murasaki Kishikibu to Kintou  82
Kagachi-sama Onagusame Tatematsurimasu: Netorare Mura Inya Hanashi - The Animation  82
Saint Seiya: The Hades Chapter Sanctuary - Yomigaerishi Gold Saint-tachi no Shinwa  82
Astro Boy Tetsuwan Atom Tokubetsu Hen: Ivan no Wakusei - Robot to Ningen no Yuujou  82
Puchimas!: Petit iDOLM@STER - Takatsuki Gold Densetsu Special!! Harukasan Matsuri   81

This is from Anime News Network (parsing is not ideal and some titles have "-phrases like this-" in them):
Chō Gekijō-ban Keroro Gunsō Tanjō! Kyūkyoku Keroro Kiseki no Jikūjima de Arimasu!!  82
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights    80
Prince Mackaroo: Peril at the Full Moon Road - A 'Rare' Adventure of Our Prince-    80
Soreike! Anpanman: Minna Atsumare! Anpanman World Komusubiman to Omatsuri Robot 79
Suteki desu wa, Sakura-chan! Tomoyo no Cardcaptor Sakura Katsuyaku Video Nikki! 79
Animation Seisaku Shinkō Kuromi-chan: Nippon no Anime wa Watashi ga Tsukuru! 2  78
Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume THE MOVIE II ~Watashi o Ai Shita Kuro Oolong-cha~  78
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative TWO -Kobayashi Opera to Kokū no Ōgarasu-  78
Chō Gekijōban Keroro Gunsō 3: Keroro Tai Keroro - Tenkū Daikessen de Arimasu!   77
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Alternative ONE -Kobayashi Opera to 5-mai no Kaiga-   77
Glass no Kamen Desu ga Onna Spy no Koi! Murasaki no Bara wa Kiken na Kaori!?    76
Detective Conan: Conan Edogawa & Heiji Hattori versus Kid the Phantom Thief 75
Ham Ham Grand Prix - The Miracle of Aurora Valley ~Ribon-chan's Close Call~ 75
Hamuchanzu no Takara Sagashi Daisaku - Hamuhaa! Sutekina Umi no Natsuyasumi 75
Himitsu Kessha Taka no Tsume The Movie 3 ~http://takanotsume.jp wa Eien ni~ 75
Meitantei Conan: Agasa kara no Chōsenjō! Agasa vs. Conan & Shōnen Tanteidan 75
My mental choices are completely interfering with my school romantic comedy 75
Tsubasa RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE the Movie: The Princess in the Birdcage Kingdom 75
Japan Air Self Defence Force Tactical Training Squadron 801 T.T.S. Airbats  74
Tottoko Hamutaro: Ham Ham Paradi-chu! Hamutarō to Fushigi no Oni no Ehonto  74
Tottoko Hamutaro: Hamutaro no Otanjōbi - Mama o Tazunete Sanzen Techitechi  74
Kikaider-01: The Animation: Guitar o Motta Shōnen - Kikaider vs. Inazuman   73
Maison Ikkoku: Prelude, When the Cherry Blossoms in the Springtime Return   73
Super Doll Licca-chan: Licca-chan Zettai Zetsumei! Doll Knights no Kiseki   73
Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions: Depth of Field - Love and Hate Theater    72
Magical Witch Academy - Boku to Sensei no Magical Lesson - The Animation    72
Maji de Otaku na English! Ribbon-chan: Eigo de Tatakau Mahō Shōjo the TV    72
Slam Dunk: Hoero Basketman Tamashii! Hanamichi to Rukawa no Atsuki Natsu    72
Tony's Heroine Series: Kanojo wa Hanayome Kōhosei? Cinderella Collection    72
Chōjū Kishin Dancougar: Ushinawareta Mono-tachi e no Chinkonka [Requiem]    72
Ore no Nōnai Sentakushi ga, Gakuen Love Come o Zenryoku de Jama Shiteiru    72
Gekijō-ban Anime Nintama Rantaro Ninjutsu Gakuen Zenin Shutsudō! no Dan 71
Precure All-Stars DX3 Mirai ni Todoke! Sekai o Tsunagu Niji-Iro no Hana 71
Street Fighter II: Yomigaeru Fujiwara-kyō - Toki o Kaketa Fighter-tachi 71
Chiisana Kyojin Microman: Daigekisen! Microman VS Saikyō Senshi Gorgon  70
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 Special Edition 'Zero Requiem'  70
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion Special Edition 'Black Rebellion'  70
Dream 9 Toriko & One Piece & Dragon Ball Z Chō Collaboration Special!!  70
Gekijōban Pocket Monster Best Wishes! Victini to Shiroki Eiyū Reshiram  70

This list is from Anime Planet titles:
Detective Conan Magic File 2: Kudo Shinichi: The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab  94
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon Super S: Sailor 9 Senshi Shuuketsu! Black-Dream-Hole no Kiseki  90
Glass no Kamen Desu ga the Movie: Onna Spy no Koi! Murasaki no Bara wa Kiken na Kaori!? 87
Detective Conan Magic File 3: Shinichi and Ran: Memories of Mahjong Tiles and Tanabata  86
Chou Gekijouban Keroro Gunsou 5: Kyuukyoku Keroro, Kiseki no Jikuu-jima, de arimasu!!   85
Detective Conan OVA 5: The Target is Kogoro! The Detective Boys' Secret Investigation   85
Meitantei Conan OVA 7: Agasa-sensei no Chousenjou! Agasa vs Conan &Shounen Tanteidan    84
My youth romantic comedy is wrong as I expected., My Teen RomanticComedy SNAFU OVA  82
Hamtaro Movie 3: Ham Ham Gran Prix Aurora Tani no Kiseki: Ribbon-chanKiki Ippatsu   81
Zettai Karen Children: Generous Treatment! Natsuko and Hotaru's B.A.B.E.L. Report   81
Puchimas! Petit iDOLM@STER - Takatsuki Gold Densetsu Special!! Harukasan Matsuri    80
Legend of the Galactic Heroes: A Hundred Billion Stars, A Hundred Billion Lights    80
Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam: A New Translation III -Love is the Pulse of the Stars- 79
My Mental Choices are Completely Interfering with my School Romantic Comedy OVA 79
One Piece Movie 8: The Desert Princess and the Pirates - Adventures in Alabasta 79
Engaged to the Unidentified: Mite. Are ga Watashitachi no Tomatteiru Ryokan yo. 79
Gekijouban Metal Fight Beyblade vs Taiyou: Shakunetsu no Shinryakusha Sol Blaze 79
Kidou Senshi Gundam SEED Destiny Special Edition Kanketsu Hen: Jiyuu no Daishou 79
Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny Special Edition III: The Hell Fire of Destiny   77
Yatterman: Shin Yattermecha Osu gou! Omocha no Kuni de Dai Ketsudan da Koron!   77

Get the unparsed pages containing all these titles saved as text, and maybe you'll be able to parse it better than me!

AnoHana has a dot at the end of its name, bringing it to the length of WataMote.

Some pretty good contenders are:

Kochira Katsushikaku Kameari Kouenmae Hashutsujo The Movie 2: UFO Shuurai! Tornado Daisakusen
Doraemon the Movie: Nobita's New Great Adventure into the Underworld - The Seven Magic Users
Detective Conan Magic File 2: Kudou Shinichi - The Case of the Mysterious Wall and the Black Lab

And as a bonus, I discovered a Gintama Episode (S2 Ep.53) with a particularly long name:

"Sutoresu wa hage no gen'in ni naru ga sutoresu o tamenai yōni ki o kubaruto sokode mata sutoresu ga tamarunode kekkyoku bokurani dekiru koto nante nanimo nai"

or

"Stress Makes You Bald, But It's Stressful To Avoid Stress, So You End Up Stressed Out Anyway, So In The End There's Nothing You Can Do"

The longest name that I can find (excluding spin-offs, movies, second season, and special editions etc, that have extended subtitles as opposed to the main show) is "Shuumatsu Nani Shitemasu ka? Isogashii Desu ka? Sukutte Moratte Ii Desu ka?" which has 75 characters (61 alphanumeric) and translates to "WorldEnd: What are you doing at the end of the world? Are you busy? Will you save us?"

Interesting to disregard spin-offs/etc., and not surprising that spin-offs (which might well include the title of the accepted answer) might beat this.

I haven't seen any anime with really long titles, the longest title I have seen so far was probably Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem or Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture—Prince of Darkness. That's probably not the longest though.

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Why does Shura no Toki go through different generations in each season?
In the series Shura no Toki it shows the different generations of the mutsu enmei and their battles. I have watch the series and think that is great and recomend it to friends. I like the way that they have done this compared to different animes.
But I am a little confused on why the writers decided to do different generations instead of like a lot of the other animes out there keep with one generation and follow them tell the end of the series.

I will have to check them out. thanks for the recomendation

gundam age is not any close to shura no toki neither in generation nor in genre.

even if it isn't im always up for new anime to watch

@bgrif don't get me wrong I am not telling you not to watch just telling you not to expect any similarities to say "holy cow they are just the same thing and I identify myself with it" some seasons of gundam are nice some are oh well you know ;P. But the genres are too far apart as well as story setting to be able to compare both side by side.

lol okay thanks for the for letting me know. going in a watching differnet styles of anime I don't expect the samething in anyone of them. that way if i don't care for it to much I'm not disappointed.

There's a bit of history here which puts this in perspective. In 1987, mangaka Kawahara Masatoshi first published Shura no Mon. This  is a pretty standard martial arts manga in terms of setting and characters. It primarily follows a single character, Mutsu Tsukumoto. He practices a martial art Mutsu Enmei Ryuu. This martial arts style has apparently never been defeated in its 1000 year history. Shura no Mon ran for 31 volumes and finished publication in 1996. It does have a sequel which began in 2010. It was never adapted as an anime.
In 1989, Kawahara began publishing a prequel manga Shura no Toki. This details the thousand-year history of Mutsu Enmei Ryuu and the Mutsu family. It has arcs for each of the major periods in Japanese history, each with different characters. This was published at a slower pace. In total, there were 15 volumes. The series ended in 2005.
The anime adaptation of Shura no Toki occurred in 2004. They chose to adapt Shura no Toki rather than Shura no Mon, and covered 3 story arcs. Given the timing, this made more sense. Shura no Mon hadn't been released for 8 years, but Shura no Toki was still publishing and nearing its end, which is a good time for an anime adaptation. Of course, given the nature of the work, they adapted it in arcs rather than just doing a single one.
It's a bit of a historical accident that Shura no Toki got an anime adaptation, while Shura no Mon didn't. I don't think there's a single really convincing reason why it happened. Partially, the timing wasn't great. Martial arts was big in the 1980s, but by the mid-90s (when an anime might have started) it had died down in popularity. Shura no Toki was better timed in that respect and also had the benefit of being more historically themed (and hence appealing to a larger group than just martial arts enthusiasts). There's plenty of other speculation as to why the prequel was the only part to be adapted as an anime, but in any event that's the fact of the matter.
So the reason why Shura no Toki took that approach is because it was always designed and intended as a prequel to Shura no Mon, which has the more traditional single protagonist. However, in English, the Shura no Toki anime is the only one with a sizable following since neither manga is well known. Without that context, the style of the anime seems somewhat strange.

That is a lot of information about it. Thank you

The story focused on the martial art style, not the person. And I guess the writer wanted the reader to understand why this mutsu enmeiryuu style is "the strongest martial art" and "undefeated for a thousand year"


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When did Victoria Seras figure out she can make her blood do things?
I noticed she was able to do this after drinking Pip Bernadotte's freely-offered blood. when she was about to die from not wanting to drink blood. after she drinks it her left arm is replaced by a mass of chaotic black and orange shadow matter that usually manifests as a whip-like tendril.
When in the world did she learn how to do that. I have watched it over and over again trying to figure out when she knows she is able to have that happen.

As far as I have read the manga, I think it's not a learned ability, but rather a power to show that by drinking Pip's blood, she became a full-fledged vampire, so her body started to heal and she became more powerful. Also it seems that the tendril acts on instinct rather than her direct will. Hope this helped.

so pretty much she has some of the abilities of alucard since she drank Pip's blood. But is still not able to will them like he does when ever he feels like

Schrodinger specifically said, in that very scene, that blood freely given is an entirely different matter than just taking it. Alucard has the same tendrils when he releases restraints, and I think it's the souls of people vampires have fed off of.
Since Pip offered his blood, I think it allowed his soul to act independently and aid Seras, as well as giving her a greater power boost than normal. Breaking the illusion that was plaguing everyone when she ascended was noteworthy when it happened.

The potential to do so was always in Seras but she manifested superior vampire abilites due to the fact of drinking blood for the first time. After that she completed her "inner path" to become a full fledged vampire.


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Where does the term "3D girl" come from?
When people (usually otaku) talk about real girls, they always refer them as "3D girls". I guess it's kind of opposite from "2D girls" in anime, manga, games, etc.
So, where did the term "3D girl" come from? What is its origin?

I hate to sound rude, but isn't the answer to this essentially just the dictionary definition of 2D and 3D?

@Ataraxia that's why I'm asking about the origin

2d girls are called as such because they are portrayed through screens, pages and other flat surfaces. Even when made into figurines and other items they are still usually referred to their main medium.
Note that computer generated characters like in Knights of Sidonia are usually treated as 2d persons because of their medium, despite being 3d.
Girls are called 3d by otaku (often derogatory) when they talk about girls in the real world - where there is a concept of 'depth', a third dimension.
Again the term 3d girl is used when they are depicted in photographs or similar, because we reside and interact with these people in a 3d world.
Otaku who prefer 2d women occasionally offensively use the phrase '3DPD', or "3d, pig disgusting"

2d girl vs 3d girl.
I don't believe there is an 'origin' for this, as dimensions are facts and this difference has always existed. However, the term has probably picked up usage with the rise of the internet and raised  popularity of anime


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Is it common for a character to sing in OP/ED?
Some anime used their seiyuu (voice actor/actress) for their opening or ending song, I know there's some anime that used their seiyuu to sing OP/ED like The World God Only Knows, Monogatari Series, or Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica.
Is it common for them to sing OP/ED?

I think this is the case in like every other show I watch.

This usually happens through some collaboration or whether the music and the seiyu are connected through the same talent agency. It's a way to promote both the VA and the music, and sell more CD's. Though not all VA can also sing, the ones that do sometimes find other singing work through their talent agency.

@Mysticial I'm pretty sure anime that didn't use their seiyuu is more common, there are lot anime op/ed that sung by band or others like LiSA, ClariS, or Kalafina. I'm not sure which anime so I just mention the band

If you have watched Free!- Iwatobi Swim Club, the actors behind Haru and Makoto sing the ending song.

And also nagisa and rin do it too.

The simplest way to answer this question is to take a look at a sample of anime and see how many of them have OPs/EDs sung by the show's voice actors.
For the sake of argument, I will look at all shows with at least 10 episodes that began airing in winter 2014, excluding children's shows. I will only examine those OPs and EDs that were aired at some point between January and March 2014.

Buddy Complex - neither
Chuunibyou Demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren - ED by VAs
D-Frag - ED by VAs
Go! Go! 575 - OP by VAs; no ED
Hamatora - neither
Hoozuki no Reitetsu - OP and ED3 ("Caramel Peach Jam") by VAs; ED2 ("Parallax View") features a VA
ImoCho - OP and ED by VAs
Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. - episode 9 ED by a VA
Mahou Sensou - neither
Maken-ki! Two - OP by idol group that includes some of the VAs
Mikakunin de Shinkoukei - OP and ED by VAs
Minna Atsumare! Falcom Gakuen - [note: no ED]
Nisekoi - ED1 ("Heart Pattern"), ED2 ("Recover Decoration") by VAs
Nobunaga the Fool - OP by a VA
Nobunagun - ED by VAs
Noragami - neither
No-Rin - all OPs/EDs by VAs
Onee-chan ga Kita - no OP; ED by a VA
Pupa - OP by VAs
Pupipo! - [note: no ED]
Robot Girls Z - OP and ED by VAs
Saki: Zenkoku-hen - ED3, ED4, ED5 ("Kono Te ga Kiseki..."; eps 3-6, 8) by VAs
Sakura Trick - OP and ED by VAs
Seitokai Yakuindomo 2 - OP and ED by VAs
Silver Spoon (2014) - neither
SoniAni: Super Sonico The Animation - all OPs and EDs by VAs
Space Dandy - neither
Strange+ - OP by a VA; no ED
To Aru Hikuushi e no Koiuta - OP by VAs
Tonari no Seki-kun - OP by a VA
Wake Up, Girls! - both OPs and ED by VAs
Witch Craft Works - ED by VAs
Wizard Barristers: Benmashi Cecil - ED by a VA
Wooser no Sono Higurashi 2 - [note: no OP]
World Conquest Zvezda Plot - OP by a VA
Z/X: Ignition -  OP and ED by a VA

Counting episodes with both an OP and an ED as worth 2 theme songs and episodes with only one of them as worth 1 theme song (and giving full-length episodes and short episodes equal weight), we find that roughly 50% (±5-10%, say) of all theme songs for winter 2014 shows were sung by one or more voice actors of the same show. My sense is that this is more or less what you would expect if you picked a random season from the past 3-4 years.

However, it is important not to be misled by these data, which don't tell the whole story. A number of these theme songs are sung by voice actors who also have an independent musical career. The best example is Sakamoto Maaya (Zvezda OP), but there's a few others in there, too, e.g. "petit milady", which is a new idol unit consisting of Aoi Yuuki and Taketatsu Ayana, initially formed to do the OP for Koiuta (in which they both voice-acted), but which now does other things as well.
What I'm getting at here is that there's a qualitative difference between Sakamoto Maaya's OP for Zvezda on the one hand, and the ED for Chuunibyou Ren on the other, which is sung by the four female leads of the show, only one of whom (Maaya Uchida) has an independent musical career.
I basically don't know anything about how anime producers arrange for theme songs to be sung, but I strongly suspect that there are factors that suggest the use of a proper singer from the VA cast (a la Sakamoto Maaya) in some cases, and just glomming all the lead VAs together and having them crank out a song (a la Chuunibyou) in other cases. (And of course, there are still other cases in which you'll bring in an otherwise-uninvolved band or artist, but that goes without saying.)
I haven't gone back and collected any numbers, but in my experience, I have found that shows with primarily-female casts that are targeted at men (e.g. moe shows like Kiniro Mosaic and harem shows like Infinite Stratos) and shows with primarily-male casts that are targeted at women (e.g. otome game adaptations like Diabolik Lovers) are far more likely to follow the glom-all-the-VAs-together-and-have-them-sing model than other shows.

Yes, it is common for most of anime to user their seiyu to sing the opening and/or ending theme.
Why?
According to this link which explains why Anime Theme Songs are created:

Another reason this is done is because many anime voice actors are
  also singers, often the more successful ones. It's not unknown for production companies to organize some of their principal cast members into groups for recording CDs. Either way, it's usually to a voice actor's advantage — they perform theme songs (as well as additional "character" songs), receiving a double benefit from exposure in two different markets (and the additional profit).

  So, to summarize why anime production mostly use their seiyu to sing opening and/or ending theme is for their market strategy and to maximize their profit.

I never realize it's more common for anime to use their seiyuu to sing OP/ED. I always thought that most anime use other resource

Sometimes they do. If you checked the link, it explained that anime theme songs are deliberately written for release to the pop/rock music market, if they aren't already actual pop/rock songs. Reason is simply that anime provides an easy way for both hit and entry J-pop/J-rock artists to get more exposure and good lateral promotion.

You said, 'more common'. But what I answered was your question, 'is it common'. On that part, both are actually common in anime production.

Depends what kind of anime you normally watch. There are anime that use professional bands songs as OP/ED (case point Black★Rock Shooter and FMA) with modifications but original singers, others reuse a pre-existing song for the Seiyuu to sing, and others more where the singer/producer of the song is also the Seiyuu. Is the industry. They are trying to maximize profit. So, it's common? Yes, it is. It applies to all cases? No, there are exceptions.


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How did humans get telekinetic powers?
I finished watching the anime production of Shinsekai Yori (From the New World), but was a little unsure of how the telekinetic powers of humans were obtained in the first place. Were they obtained due to natural mutations? Or was it the fault of science and modern technology? Or was it war and nuclear radioactivity due to war?
How was it that they obtained this "kamisama" power?

In part 1, chapter 7 (or, for a shorter version, episode 4), we learn the following from the false minoshiro:

It was only in the 2011th year of the Gregorian calendar that a scientist of a protohistorical civilization conclusively documented psychokinesis, hitherto thought to be a supernatural telekinetic phenomenon. [...]
Every prior experimental investigation of PK had been a disastrous failure, whether conducted in public or in a scientific facility. In 2011, however, a cognitive scientist from the Republic of Azerbaijan - Imran Ismailov - conducted an experiment in the nation's capital, Baku, that was a near-total success. At the time, the quantum-mechanical paradox in which the mere act of observing an object can induce changes in it was well known. Ismailov was the first to suggest that PK could be used to amplify this phenomenon to macroscopic levels. [...]
...The first person identified by Ismailov as possessing preternatural abilities was a 19-year-old girl by the name of Nona Mardanova. She could do nothing more than move a plastic ball, light as a feather, sealed inside a transparent tube. And yet, it is thought that it was she that caused mankind to undergo a transformation, as if she were a seed crystal in a solution, stimulating the formation of more like crystals. People from around the world followed in her footsteps, awakening a power that had 'till then lay dormant within them.

So basically, this is how it went down: some people were "inherent" psychokinetikers, like Nona Mardanova - they had abilities that normal humans didn't possess. Their abilities were, however, very limited, and not at all on the level of the people in Saki's time.
Ismailov conducted experiments on these people (specifically, on Mardanova; I don't believe he conducted any other experiments). We don't know what the experiments exactly consisted of, for two reasons: much information was lost over the thousand years that separate Ismailov from Saki; and Ismailov himself went to great lengths to ensure that nobody but he would know the full scope of the experiments.
Whatever Ismailov did, it "awakened" Mardanova. From there, it spread. We don't know how that happened either - the false minoshiro doesn't address it. It seems that once PK exists (i.e. the experiments on Mardanova happened), it spreads. Somehow. Even in Saki's time, people don't really understand how it happens - children are sometimes born without PK, despite the existence of non-PK users being an existential threat to society.

Quick question, what happened to those kids born without PK powers in the time of Saki?

They get killed off. That's what happened to Reiko at the very beginning.

Oh, how sad. Why is that? They don't even seem to be a threat of becoming ogres or the other thing monster (forgot the name, arghh...)...

I might be misremembering this at the moment, but I believe the issue is that if you don't have PK, then you don't have death feedback. And if you don't have death feedback, there's nothing stopping you from going on a murderous rampage (with mundane weapons), since everybody else has death feedback, and they can't stop you. This is sort of like being an akki/fiend/ogre, only not as bad, since hey - at least you don't have PK with which to slaughter people.

Well, that makes sense (even if its a guess), hahaha. Also, did you translate that portion of the novel yourself or is there an english version?

@Pinocchio I translated it myself. If you consult the great Google, you may or may not be able to find an English version out there.


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Why did they break their cups after a toast?
In episode 17 when they're about to welcome Satsuki's mother, they're having a toast and slam their cups to the ground. Why did they do it? Does this have anything to do with Japanese culture?

Related information: What did they use for their toast

It's from a Russian tradition that went back to Peter the Great and now it's done after important toasts.
From the Table-glass Wikipedia page (bold emphasis added):

A legend says that the first known faceted glass was given as a present to Tsar Peter the Great from a glass-maker called Yefim Smolin, living in Vladimir Oblast. He boasted to Tsar that his glass couldn’t be broken. Tsar Peter liked the present, however, after drinking some alcoholic beverage from it, he said loudly Let the glass be! (Russian: Стакану быть! - literally the glass be), threw the glass on the ground and managed to break it. But Peter didn’t punish the glass-maker, and the production of such glasses continued. According to the legend, people present during this episode misinterpreted the Tsar’s words and thought that Peter called to break the glasses (Russian: Стаканы бить! - literally beat glasses or break glasses), that’s how a tradition of breaking drinkware on certain occasions appeared in Russia. Glasses were broken after especially important toasts or just during the especially cheerful parties. Russian restaurants even held a special prices for breaking the glasses. Breaking of drinkware, or, in wider context, any tableware, is believed in Russia to bring luck and happiness.

I'm sure Jon Lin is correct about the background, but here is a more in-universe answer:
As user1306322 stated in a comment, it's likely based on a ritual done before going into a battle you don't expect to return from. In episode 23,

they toast again, but this time Satsuki says not to break the cups as that time they're not going to their deaths (in her words, approximately).

This leads to the assumption that when they toasted in this episode, they did not expect to return.

Another potential source, in addition to the already-mentioned sources and possibly influences by them, is earlier anime. Kill la Kill makes frequent direct and indirect references to earlier works, and this scene from a prominent 80's sci-fi anime Legend of Galactic Heroes could have been what they are referring to by breaking glasses.
Admittedly, this is hardly the first instance of Germanophilia or Semitophilia in anime or Japanese culture in general and its sources could be earlier.

This is based upon many light novels that I have read. Typically the breaking of the glass after a toast denotes a finality to whatever you are toasting. If you toast before parting you don't expect to see each other again, if you post welcoming someone into your family it implies a permanence to that acceptance.
I have also read in some that it is implied that "until this toast is undone (repair of the cups) this is permanent." So in this one story they break the cups at the beginning of a journey and repair them when them come home to toast again.

Hi, could you add references to some of the light novels and their specific scenes (e.g. chapter no./page no.)?

Breaking of glasses occurs twice in the yakuza film Tokyo Drifter (Suzuki, 1966), once in the formal introductory ritual between Tetsu’s and the northern boss (actually a dish of sake); and in the final scene where

 Tetsuo breaks his oath of loyalty to his boss, symbolically crushing a wine glass in his hand.

Neither is a formal toast, and each involves only one party. However this (particularly the first ritual) is an example of breaking a drinking vessel in ritual fashion.

Please include relevant sources/references to support your answer.


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Does the usage of Haki affect the user in any way?
We know that Haki is a mysterious power present inside every individual. But only few people are able to awaken and use it. It is very closely related to the willpower of a human being. So the question which arises here is: Does the use of Haki affect the user (physically or mentally) in any way? Does excessive use of Haki take a toll on the user?

If it is so, how exactly does it affect the user, since Haki isn't something like a physical energy?
If it isn't so, why don't the Haki users use it all the time? Why do they use it only in specific cases like a battle, or entering enemy territories, etc?

Interesting question, I think if using haki really drain up their energy, they (haki user) has more than enough energy to sustain it. All of them are really powerfull though.

on a second thought... maybe they didn't always use haki because if they do that all the time, everyone else will be passed out wherever they go.

@Shinobu - But that is only with Haoshoku Haki. What about the other 2, more common, types of Haki? And also, strong willed people won't be affected by Haoshoku. It is only the weak willed ones who get affected by it.

On other haki, you can always use Kenbunshoku Haki anytime, in skypea, it called mantra, and Enel know what everyone says all the time. while Busoshoku Haki, I don't see any reason why haki user keep using this haki all the time if they can use Kenbunshoku Haki. and yes, Haoshoku Haki only effect weak willed ones, but if you use it all the time in city, would every civilian -which I believe is the weak willed person- be passed out? You don't want to go everywhere and see person passed out all the time do you?

While Kenbunshoku Haki can be used for the full time, we have not seen anybody other than Enel(even this not for sure) use it extensively. There must be something else to it and using Busoshoku is not bad either. Staying on guard is not a big time IMO.

Does it affect the user (physically or mentally) who is using the Haki in any way?

No. I encourage anyone to point out otherwise, but my memory says Haki isn't proven to be exhausting. The conclusion I draw from that is that it's not a powerup (i.e. energy drawn from an inner pool of life force/chakra/ki/Namekian-hand-holding).

Does excessive usage of Haki take a toll on the user?

N-- but yes. By nature, excessive activity will generate stress but in accordance with my above answer, this is just an unlikely result.

If it is so, how exactly does it affect the user since Haki isn't something like a physical energy?

Haki is akin to concentration to activate, which also makes it task-orientated. Things like Observation are always on, because these are your most basic senses. As long as the user is conscious, there will be a heightened sense of plot convenience—I mean, the ability to detect hostile presences like the "wild beast" in Fishmen Kingdom's Palace. For Armament, this is used only for strengthening, i.e. intensifying the muscles. This is like getting in the zone, turning on that killer instinct, you know what you're about to do and you're gonna do it. So while the user can turn it on at the tip of a hat, there's no point to stay amped up and flexed. That's like walking around with a balled up fist all the time. Haki isn't going anywhere else. Nor is it a get-out-of-Death-Flag card that activates when your enemy has gone too OP or you're a pummeled mess.
My train of thought: Haki users are just flexing and intensifying their basic characteristics of observation, density, and intimidation. So it is physical energy if you take all the potential energy and turn it into kinetic energy for battle. Since it's not a powerup but more of a concentrated assault mindset, the training makes more sense. It wasn't for the purpose of controlling the uncontrollable, but for developing this state that allows you to demonstrate more strength like knowing how to brace your forehead with hardening for a headbutt or tighten a fist to punch. Not to undersell it, I'm sure the power behind one Haki-shrouded punch will make the difference versus another eventually, but it's never been the deciding climax to a fight.

Haki can be of three type. Conqueror's Haki, Color of Armament, Color of Observation.
Haki is basically used during fights to one up the opponent where some opponents are powerful enough to avoid one's sight or are able to attack faster.So there is no reason why it should be used at every time.Normally one's other senses are enough for fight.
Conqueror's Haki- It cannot be used repeatedly (IMO). It is kind of mentally exhaustive.Also till now there have been only 4 character to be shown using this type. Rayleigh, Luffy , Chinjao and Doflamingo. Of these only Rayleigh can use it to affect selected targets as he did at auction house. Luffy is till now unable to use this to its full potential. Maybe it can be used continuously but luffy can't use it continuous till now.
Color of Observation- It can be used regularly as shown by Enel. He used it to spy on people's conversation. No other character till now have any situation to use it continuously.
Color of Armament- It gives the user an external protective covering to minimize effects of physical attacks.But it does affect the person who is using and also the person on whom it is used. Chinjao used it to counter luffy's punch but his was no match for luffy. so his physical appearance changed. Also Vergo wasn't able to match up to Law. And sanji's leg cracked while attacking Vergo.

Doflamingo can use the Conqueror's Haki and it was seen when he landed on Punk Hazard and fought against the G5. And Enel could spy on people because of his devil fruit. Color of observation doesn't have that much reach. It was because of DF that its reach was widened. Also, you mentioned, But it does affect the person who is using - which may be right, but my question is, how exactly does it affect? Physically? Mentally? I don't understand that.

about doflamingo i'll update. but enel was born with strong observatio haki. his devil fruit oly helped him to listen what people say. but his large area was due to haki. not of devil fruit. and also how haki affects physically i mentioned some examples. as for mentally i'll see if i can find any.

Only 4 characters were shown to use conquerors haki?! How could you forget about Ace and Shanks?! Ace-kun used kings haki when he was a kid to safe luffy and Shanks-sama used it just after losing his arm.

After reading this answer again, actually Rayleigh did not selectively release his Haki, he released it on everyone. He later commented saying to Law and Kid that they must not be amateurs for taking that blast without any trouble

Haki requires a certain amount of energy to use. Since Haki refers to the will power of the user, it uses mainly mental power. Though we all know that thinking too much for a long period or intensively thinking about things, makes you tired and thus drains your energy.
It seems that Observation Haki cannot be turned off and is the odd one of the three in that sense (Eg: Enel knows what everybody says at any time, Aisa and Cobi kept hearing people's, driving them insane at first). Here, it does not costs you energy to turn the ability on, but rather to keep yourself sane hearing so much voices at the same time for all time. It must have been so intense, that it would have been impossible for Whitebeard (due to his illness) to concentrate on everybody around him during the Marineford War, giving Squard the opening to stab him. As mentioned by Crocodile and Marco, he should have been able to sense and avoid that attack.
Releasing Conqueror's Haki requires concentration, making it a bad move to use excessively. It would only drain precious energy and wouldn't really effect stronger opponent anyway, so unless you want to intimidate or maintain a badass image like Shanks it wouldn't make much sense to continuously release it.
Finally, Armanent Haki requires the most concentration and energy of all forms of Haki. Coating for a long time or coating large surfaces takes a major toll on the mind and body. The user might get used to using such amounts of Haki over a long time, but it would drain their energy pretty rapidly.

 Luffy fully coated his body but was completely worn out after doing so for only 20 minutes. Additionally, using such amounts of Haki took such a huge toll on his body, that Luffy was rendered unable to even stand and needs at least 10 minutes to regenerate his Haki, before attempting to do anything else again.

Due to the fact that Haki originates from an individual's spirit and not their body, even if the user's spirit is transferred into another body, they are still capable of using Haki as if they were in their original body.

This tells me that Haki does not affect users Physical strength as such.

Haoshoku_Haki is the only one that is not used excessively since it might affect the innocent people with weak will power or is not needed once you already knocked down the opponents.
Kenbunshoku Haki and Busoshoku_Haki are used as often as needed to keep on monitoring your opponents activities and defending against their attacks.

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Why can Touka see gods?
In the anime it's not mentioned why Inari's brother Touka can see the gods, and even they seem to be surprised that he can see them without having divine powers. Is there any explanation why he can see the gods in the manga?

There is no explanation in the manga (yet) either. However, Touka is not the only one who can see Gods, some people living in the shrines can see them, too. It just seems to be a coincidence that Touka can see Gods, too.

In the anime, there is a flashback scene where Touka gets lost on the Inari mountain and Uka-sama transforms into a human so as not to scare him and guides him home.
You could assume that's when Touka became aware of Uka's existence, remembered her divine aura and could see her ever since. Or she granted him the vision of divine creatures, since he can not only see her, but other gods.


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Why does Inari keep her appearance?
Uka gave Inari a part of her divine power because she couldn't transform Inari back after   she wished to look like Sumizome. However, after Inari gave the power back to Uka, Inari didn't turn back to Sumizome. How could she stay "Inari" without the divine power?

As it turns out, Inari hasn't really lost her powers after giving them back to Uka. Shortly after the point where the anime ends, Inari can see gods again and can use the divine powers again.

The rules of the god world are not very strict, as we see it proven throughout the series by Amaterasu-sama's careless acts and rash decisions.
Just like the gods didn't lock Inari out of human world for violating the trial rules (not to transform into another human) because that wasn't considered a harmful violation, Inari's "one-time only granted wish" effect of transformation probably wasn't so "one-time".
Or, if you will, it was just the mathematical result of all previous transformations. Because Inari last transformed back into her original form, no more transformations happened after she returned the divine power to Uka-sama. If anything, she would've been transformed back for free, as a gift from Amaterasu-sama for teaching Uka and others a valuable lesson, and to avoid confusion in the human world.

The (do not transform) trial was a prank. Amaterasu states to Uka shortly after, that the REAL trial was Uka not unleashing her rage on Inari for having used the transformation power (and thus forcing Uka to marry).


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Why are bears in yaoi animes?
In Yaoi I have fairly noticed a highly recurring thing which is Bears. In particular I am aiming this at Yaoi's such as Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi and Junjou Romantica.
Examples:

So my question is what is the relationship between the re-occurring bears seen in Yaoi's such as Sekai Ichi Hatsukoi and Junjou Romantica and are bears related to homosexuals in yaoi? and where did the idea of bears come from? Why bears?

Perhaps some sort of reference to Pedobear?

Well I was surprised that my question didn't really get that much interest really, but I think I may know why bears appear in Yaoi's and quite frequently. I think this is in relation to gay culture.....

In male bisexual and gay culture, a Bear is a large, hairy man who projects an image of rugged masculinity. Bears are one of many LGBT communities with events, codes, and a culture-specific identity.

It obviously does not mean an actual bear, but in Yaoi's I think it showcases or quite frequently shows/depicts bears as to relate to (well obviously) homosexuals or gays and the definition for yaoi is....

Yaoi, also known as Boys' Love, is a Japanese genre of fictional media focusing on homoerotic romantic or sexual relationships between male characters

Also see here.

I'm no expert, but sometimes a member of a gay couple can be called a Bear. This man is usually rugged and macho, and usually hairy.
Wikipedia describes a Teddy Bear as:

A fully hairy Bear. Chest, back, beard, everything is hairy

So perhaps this is a reference to that, seeing as you mention it occurs significantly often in yaoi?

It may be because the mangaka, Nakamura Shungiku, likes to show link between her two works, Junjou Romantica and Sekai-ichi Hatsukoi. In Junjou Romantica, bears have debuted the work as "Suzuki-san" and hence maybe she likes to show links using the bear and bunny mascots


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Why is she throwing water on the ground?
So if seen this happen in a few anime's before, but never really understood why it happens.
A character with a wooden spoon like object and a bucket of water throws water on the ground during summer.  Why are they doing this?

Oh wow lol, I paused a bit to early... They actually explained it right after this scene. If somebody wants to type out the answer feel free to :)

Just FYI, this is Soul Eater Not!

@user1306322 yh i know. But the soul eater tag is ment for both series ^^

it's a common practice in some country to make dust disappear, especially in summer when there's a lot of dust on the street, when vehicle came, it will make the dust flies by its wind so we throw water on street to reduce the dust. But it can be dangerous since it can make the street become more slippery

@ShinobuOshino Never heard of the practice before. Might be because I life in a country where it rains allot... all year long....

@Dimitrimx in my country, it not called summer anymore, it's a drought. No rain for months.

This is called Uchimizu.
People do this to cool the street and as an effect - cools the surrounding area and reduces the amount of dust that flies around.
In recent times there has been a push for people to use recycled water instead to reduce waste.
The ladle and bucket are traditional, and can be replaced by hoses, buckets or any handy implement. Ladles and buckets are used exclusively at Uchimizu festivals though.
Uchimizu.jp provides a handy how-to guide for the activity:

Further reading :)

Now to find out if this actually works, we might need to ask on Physics.SE…

never thought there's actually a name for this kind of activity...

@user1306322 have you asked this to Physics.SE? if so please link me the question, thank you.

@AsshO.Le posted http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/114869/does-uchimizu-watering-streets-in-summer-help-reduce-temperature-in-an-area

the old people in my country did this too.
i guess its not japanese habit only

the further reading link looks like it's been domain squatted and redirects to a porn site. Recommend removing the link


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Are anime streaming sites legal?
I don't think it should concern me, but I am still curious as to how legal anime streaming sites are. A popular site being AnimeUltima, I've watched probably 300+ different anime just from there. However, when asked if the site I use is legal, I usually respond with, "yes," despite not knowing the answer; this is sort of annoying in itself.
AnimeUltima as an example, is this site legally subbing and uploading anime?

http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/wiki/legal_streams_/_downloads found by googling "legal anime streaming sites"

You might wanna check http://meta.anime.stackexchange.com/questions/922/how-can-i-tell-if-a-site-is-legal/923#923

@Dimitrimx- I think that list needs to be updated to be perfectly honest. E.g. under youtube channels add "Manga Entertainment".

@MiharuDante as i said in the answer to that meta people can update that if they want so long as no illegal sites are added, if it's not a community wiki answer then it should be but i can't edit it at work because Anime and manga Meta is blocked at work

Niconico also have legal live streaming of anime (for example, Date A Live season 1 was streamed on Niconico before it is aired on TV), just that the contents are only available in Japan only.

The main legal anime streaming site I am aware of is Crunchyroll, a pay for service. If not the only legal one, it certainly is the largest.
They actually work with the broadcasters in Japan in order to bring the shows to people across the globe, pretty much at the same time they are being broadcast in Japan.
Many sources of streaming anime (including AnimeUltima) are actually rips of Crunchyroll and other legitimate sources.

Crunchyroll also has a free (ad-supported, 1-week delayed) option.

There are a number of legal streaming sites: Crunchyroll, Funimation, Manga Entertainment, Daisuki (which is relatively new), and some Youtube channels associated with legal sites (such as Funimation or Manga Entertainment), possibly among some other sites that I haven't heard of yet or am not completely sure about. Some of these are very region-specific (e.g. a lot of Funimation videos on Youtube can't be accessed outside of North America (I think)).
Most other streaming sites (including some pretty popular ones, it seems) are actually not legal (using, as stated by @Oded, rips of videos from elsewhere, illegal fansubs, etc.).

You are correct with the Funimation Youtube Channel, i'm in Australia and i get a message on the video saying that the video is unavailable in my country

@Memor-X: definitely - when I was out of NA for the summer I couldn't watch most of their videos, but I'm also not sure if it works in Canada, for instance.

I think where all forgetting one which is Hulu. Not only is it free but it is legal too and provides a service called Hulu Plus (Which provides an ad-free experience) and allows you to watch several animes (Plus TV shows) without ads.
Just thought this would be interesting to bring up.
Also another interesting fact is that most of the videos that are hosted on sites such as animeultima are actually hosted on other sites such as auengine.com which is a file uploading service and then are just embedded into the site. So it all becomes a bit of a gray area here whether the site is legal or illegal.
This is just my opinion though.

On the contrary though, Hulu Plus is not ad-free, actually, far from ad free. It just has less restrictions on video releases and availability.

@FatalSleep- Definitely not ad-free but on hulu plus it is or apparently it is.

No, hulu-plus is not ad free and does not advertise itself as such

@kaine- Yeah I think your right on that. They just don't add as much ads.

http://www.hulu.com/support/article/20356372

Note: there is now an ad free option on hulu-plus...it does cost more.

If you are worried about legal trouble for your own person, you need not worry. Accessing streaming sites is not a crime. The crime lies with those hosting said illegal site. Also there is probably some really fun legal deal where the sites are being hosted in countries that don't have laws against it.
The morality of using such sites is another thing entirely. I actually buy series I like, but only after I watch them. So I justify my use of such sites. I also don't want to increase the numbers for a show I think is horrid.

All though I am not sure about 2014, now a days it is considered a crime in all of europe.


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Who are the two ladies in Major Kusanagi's apartment?
In episode 5 when Major Kusanagi is reviewing the original Laughing Man incident footage in her own apartment, two girls can be seen with her. One bringing over a cocktail and then both unknown girls sleeping near Matoko on the bed.
One appears to be dressed a a maid, and for giving Major her drink I assume she's her personal maid bot.

The other girl's outfit I can't identify. She has dark hair. The maid has brighter colored hair.

Once again in episode 20 we see the bright-haired girl talking to Major while she's preparing to switch bodies. Apparently the body switching procedure requires for a witness. We also know that cloned people cannot inherit real estate. I'm not sure if these factors are connected, but something tells me a bot wouldn't be a legible witness for body switching. Possibly the girls are people, not androids.

Who are these two girls? Are they people or are they androids? What are their names? What are their responsibilities?

They're the Major's friends/friends-with-benefits. (She actually does have a life outside work.) The one with darker hair is named Ran; the one with lighter hair is Kurutan. She isn't a maid bot, she's just wearing a frilly dress and getting Motoko drinks, well, 'cause... (By the way, I think it's actually Kurutan's apartment -- the Major was borrowing her virtual reality equipment to review the case.)
Kurutan is actually also featured in episode 8: She works as a nurse, and the organ trafficking case involves two of her patients. She calls in the Major and Section 9 after the police investigation founders.
I haven't read the manga, but I understand that it features more of Motoko's relationships. Apparently she had a boyfriend (who made one cameo in SAC), and she had a virtual threesome with Kurutan and Ran, as opposed to their more implied relationship here.
I don't know more about them. Still, with their names, you should be able to find some more on Google.
(References: TV Tropes, Wikia, and the credits.)


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How did Uchiha Obito summon Kurama?
If Uchiha Madara was the only one who could summon Kurama, how did Obito do it? Also, Naruto was 16 while Kakashi looked about 30, so if Kakashi and Obito were the same age, and Obito summoned Kurama while Naruto was born, he would be younger than Naruto is now.

In Naruto's world age doesn't determine the ability.

@mirroroftruth especially if they are like Konohamaru and Naruto and is using the Sexy Jutsu to make guys bleed to death, look at the Hokage's reaction when Naruto does it in front of him and he's a flipping Kage

@Memor-X yes and he even tried against kaguya at such critical time and it was reverse harem no jutsu and even sakura is bleeding

Somewhat related: How can Madara summon Kurama?

possible duplicate of Does Obito master the Summoning Jutsu?

I found the height of Obito during the Obito v Yondaime fight kind of odd.  He should've been around kakashi's height but he almost same height as the fourth.

For starters, at the beginning of the series, Kakashi was 26, and Naruto was 12. Which makes him (and Obito) only 14 when the Kyuubi attacked.
Second, presumably Obito was able to summon Kurama because Kurama was under his control, and thus acts like a sort of contract between the two. The only other person who was known for summoning Kurama is Madara Uchiha, and Kurama hates his guts.

oh, i was thinking at the time of the fourth ninja world war

There's a Contract Seal to summon tailed beasts. So far, we have only seen Kurama summoned with it. The answer is here Obito summoning kurama


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Who is that at the end of episode 2?
At the end of every episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica there is an artist's drawing while one of where characters is narrating the next episode preview. In Episode 2 we see this:

Who/what is that behind Homura? And why is he there?

I don't know, but probably one of the character in his works? https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=1644 http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B7%E5%B7%9D%E3%81%B8%E3%81%8D%E3%82%8B He was in charge of end card of a number of series, according to his Japanese Wikipedia article

Perhaps the creators of PMMM are really big fans of the "Road Warrior"...?

So, uh, this is kind of weird.
According to a guy on Chiebukuro (which is basically Japanese Yahoo! Answers), the artist of this end card, HIKAWA Hekiru, is a fan of the movie Mad Max 2, and one of the characters in that movie is a dude named Humungus, who is the guy pictured here.
Also according to the guy on Chiebukuro, Humungus has apparently popped up in other works by Hikawa. I'm not familiar with any of Hikawa's works, so I don't know whether this is actually true or not, but the guy in the endcard certainly does look like Humungus.

It's been a while since i saw Mad Max 2 but yeh it does look like him. just looking at the Anime News Network page it seems most of his works are end cards/preview illustrations though in Dusk Maiden of Amnesia i don't remember seeing Humungus in that


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How is the Boatdrift Ceremony (Ofunehiki) supposed to be held?
I'd like to know how the original scenario for the Boatdrift Ceremony goes. In the anime things go out of control every time the ceremony is held, so I wonder how it is originally supposed to undergo.
Also, it looks like there have been very many ceremonies held in the past, as there are lots of wooden maidens found at the bottom of the vortex inside some sort of cracked dome with a hand in the middle. Characters talked about how the ceremonies have been held for many years, but how many years exactly (or at least approximately)?
And are there any other places in the world like Shioshishio where people gifted with Ena live? Do they also hold Boatdrift ceremonies?

considering human civilization tend to live in ocean (Some of them move to surface and start living there), I believe there are many place like Shioshishio. But I don't think they do the exact same of Ofunehiki. It's more like culture thing and might be differ from one another.

The Ofunehiki is an emulation of the original Ojoshi-sama sacrifice, in an attempt to quell the wrath of the Sea God.
The people of the Shioshishio and Oshiooshi used to take turns providing for the Ofunehiki, but in recent years (pre-ep1) they stopped doing so because the growing animosity between the sea and surface people (evident when Hikari calls a meeting and they end bickering).
In the anime things go out of control because the sea god is very wrathful-ish. My guess is that when Uroko says the Ofunehiki is useless, it is not because it held no power, it is because a poorly-executed ofunehiki would do no effect on the sea god feelings dissolved in the ocean. (lets assume Uroko had very little faith in Hikari).
The wooden maidens (more so the living ones) are very desired by the Sea God, in an attempt to fill the void left by the departing ojoshi-sama. He would gather the fallen wood figurine and guide it to the graveyard with the currents.
There are 16 sea villages around Japan (they also do not care to say what about the rest of the world, but there is a lot of sea out there). It is said somewhere near the end of S1 and the beginning of the S2. If they all hold Ofunehiki or if they have their own version of Uroko-sama is not stated in the anime series.
There is also no reference as to how long Ofunehiki is being held. But you can expect "for centuries" as a good measure. The Ojoshi-sama was a real person, and the sea people are all her descendants, so we can think of an adam-eve kind of timeframe, for her existance to fall into a (almost forgotten) legend.


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What happens to the drones at the end of episode 6?
At the end of the sixth episode of Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita the two drones in form of black panels have handles attached to them and placed in a wooden shelf with a note near them saying "1 hour of winding = 1 minute". It's not very clear from the characters' lines what this all means.

Can't drones recharge from electric sockets? I thought Pion just did at the beginning of the episode? Why resort to manual winding mechanism? What's really going on?

Okay, I was a bit confused as well, but I think I know what happened at the end. So that Pion and Oyage could stay on Earth instead of going back into space, the main character (Watashi) destroys the electric generator, their only source of power. Near the end, Pion and Oyage are at about 15% power. So, Watashi converts their batteries into wind-up batteries to get past the electricity problem. As said on the sign, 1 hour of winding= 1 minute. They're still okay. :)
And, if it helps, Chris Seibenmann on https://cks.mef.org/space/rtblog/anime/JinruiChronologicalOrder provided an explanation on the timeline of Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita, and the episodes go: 12, 7-8, 5-6, 1-2, 9, and ending with 3-4. This explains why you don't see them anymore, because the later episodes are flashbacks, albeit episode 9.


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Why did Scar only attack the State Alchemists?
Is there any reason other than vengeance for Ishbalan, whose people were exterminated by Military, that Scar set out to exterminate State Alchemists instead of exterminating all Alchemists?


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How long was Shi-woon trained by Goomoonryong?
In The Breaker, how long was Shi-woon under the tutelage of Goomoonryong? I was under the impression that it was only for a few weeks most of which were spent improving his stamina. As far as I can remember, he was only taught some basic techniques. Yet, he keeps pulling new Murim tricks out of the bag on a regular basis.

He spent only few weeks with the Goomoonryong where:

he got stamina training, but actually not that much
he got the medicine that actually increased his stamina and his ki
from that, he got a lot of training on how to circulate his ki around
the soul crushing technique was shown to him once
the 4 different foot techniques were shown to him once each
and the most important, at the end of the breaker, he gave him a smart phone with many videos to show him new techniques and random advice.

On top of that, he was shown some techniques only once, and he managed to replicate them, although they were supposed to be difficult. So in fight, we can assume he can do the same. Shi woon is a prodigy.
In the breaker new waves, even in a second state (under the black origin thingy), during the school arc, against the SUC, when facing the lone wolf, he managed to replicate the techniques easily, even in a state where he can't even think.
So to summarize, some solid basic trainings, then many videos to improve by himself on top of the fact that he is a prodigy.
Also, with the inner training technique he received in the breaker new wave, he is able to train in his mind, so it might make things easier to try new things.

Are we just talking about The Breaker? or is New Waves included?
Here's info on The Breaker exclusively:
Actually, it was more than a few weeks. I would say... 1½ to 2 months? Maybe more. Because you must account for the time that was spent:

When Shi-Woon tries to get stronger with his weak
Getting stronger through that medicinal ball thing that was given to him and enhanced his strength and ki
His first few weeks of stamina training
Then Chun-Woo (Goomoonryong) demonstrates the Soul-Crushing Strike
And finally, before Goomoonryong leaves, he demonstrates the foot technique once

Anything else that is demonstrated by Shi-Woon is all from either him being an abnormal prodigy where he saw something once and understood it perfectly. OR from him adapting what was taught to him originally.
Hopefully that answered your question.
By the way, I highly recommend The Breaker: New Waves

you can include all the videos he left in shi-woon's mobile which he studies sometimes. in that video goomoonryong taught him the black origin thing.


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Why is Hana the only person credited for uniting Suzuran?
It's been a long time since I have read Crows, but from what I understand, Bouya Harumichi pretty much did the exact same thing as Hana Tsukishima, and arguably even better than Hana.
Hana's team lost to Manji and Hana lost to the strongest Manji guy, Bisuko. Whereas Bouya was able to defeat his Manji counterpart. Sure, Bouya was sort of the lone wolf at Suzuran, but when push came to shove, he was able to rally the entire school to follow him. I'm just kind of confused why despite his legendary status, Bouya wasn't given credit for also uniting Suzuran.

The differences between them did not lie in their strength as a fighter. Most agree that both of them were strong, some would even argue that Harumachi was stronger.
The differences were all about what they did outside of fighting itself. Where even their intent of fighting have a nuanced difference.

This would be a recurring theme and an important point, Harumachi's attitude was to care for a group of friends (which he didn't really admit to either). Tsukishima's was to care for everyone (which basically is the crux of everything). To do that, he set out to be the boss of Suzuran.
One of the most important differences was that Tsukishima set out to be Suzuran's boss, but Harumachi didn't, in fact the opposite, in that he knew that he was the strongest there but steadfastly refused to be called a boss. While that may seem trivial, it is the very essence of the question you posed - that Hana wanted to be a boss and became one while Harumachi rejected the title.
Another difference was the makeup of the school while they were considered to be "boss" (Using it loosely as Harumachi wasn't a "boss"). While Harumachi was there, there were many competing factions ("gumi") that were there and they had their issues with each other, fights, etc. They weren't united. They might fight together for a common cause, like the time Harumachi managed to mobilise the school, but when they came back, it went back to normal.
Compare this to when it was the Hana-Gumi. All "Gumi"s were either absorbed or "beaten" such that they were following the Hana-Gumi. Consider the FBI, were even though they didn't merge, they formed a shadow force that followed the Hana-Gumi's will.
Tsukishima probably had more charisma, in the way he carried himself and was some sort of moral compass for everyone. He naturally was well liked and drew people to him, and he welcomed them and always helped everyone out, even strangers. Compare this to Harumachi just trying to get his way with his fist. No doubt both succeeded, but perhaps, the way it was done was one of those differences people look for in a leader, a boss, in the self declared hell-hole of the area.

Perhaps there are many more differences, but I think I tried to cover the most major points that would shed light on why. Technically, there was no explicit reason given by the author, but that was because I think he was trying to show the difference and have you make up your own mind.

I think it's mainly because Bouya never claimed the title of Boss or even fought for the title, whereas Hana fought to become the Boss.

Can you point out some evidence from the series that supports this?


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When did Kagami first attend a Comiket?
In Episode 12, the Hiiragi twins accompany Konata to a Comiket. While it is Tsukasa's first time there, Kagamin has apparently visited before (with Konata). Is this earlier visit (sans Tsukasa) covered in the anime? How about the manga?
Screenshots (clickable) from E12:
From ~1:50 where Konata tries to trick Miyuki into coming along:

The following snapshots are from ~3:30.

Where does she mention that Kagami has been to Comiket before? Looking over the a.f.k. script, when both Kagami and Tsukasa was complaining about the even, Konata says "I figured it would be a rough schedule for a first-timer".

@JonLin Screenies added.

@coleopterist went through the manga volumes again now that I've seen the screen captures. There's still no mention of it though. Edited my answer

As far as the manga is concerned, episode 12 is also the first time Kagami has been to Comiket. Or at least a previous visit isn't shown.
Kagami has been to the gamers store with Konata several times, so it wouldn't be a surprise if she managed to drag her along to Comiket.
In volume 1 of the manga, Kagami exclaims "I've never been to that". There are no Comikets shown between this scene and the one that Kagami arrives at.

As a point of note though, new Lucky Star strips were occasionally released at comic conventions around Japan. If you were convinced that Kagami had been there before, perhaps she and Konata appeared at one of the Comikets 'IRL' before Tsukasa.


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Island society that hunts huge whale-like creatures
I'd appreciate any help identifying this animated film.
The main portrayal is of an island society that hunts huge whale-like creatures, using boats and harpoons. When a member of this society dies, he tumbles down an immensely deep hole, where he undergoes reincarnation into one of the whales.
This film was from Japan and I saw it in the early 1990s, I think, on a VHS collection from some animation festival or other. It was in color and I do not remember there being any language in the film.

I believe Skywhales is what you are looking for. It is a British animated short film in 1983 directed and written by Phil Austin and Derek Hayes, and it is included in the British Animation Collection Volume 1 DVD.
You can view this animated short on Youtube.
A scene during the hunt, where the main character flew towards the skywhale and stabbed it with a harpoon.

The scene where everyone returned from the hunt. You can see a bunch of flying ships anchored on the port.

The main character died and went to throw himself down a hole inside a building.

As he dropped down the hole, he turned into cocoon, then emerged from it as a skywhale.

The characters in this animated film speak some sort of nonsensical language. You probably mistook it for Japanese.

Yes! Begorrah! That's the one. I didn't mistake the language for Japanese (I'm deeply involved in East Asian languages) but I did misremember the message as Japanese. I last saw this picture more than twenty years ago, and am really gratified that you've been able to identify it for me.

I'm surprised to see that none of the British Animation Awards DVDs are available in the US on Amazon or Netflix. I found the first two volumes on sale here: http://www.britishanimationawards.com/dvd_bac.htm, and there are private sellers on amazon.co.uk, too.

You very likely watched Macross Dynamite 7:

During his journey, he stops on a planet named "Zola", which is inhabited by a race of humanoid marsupials called the Zolan. While staying there, he becomes involved in a battle between galactic space whale poachers and the Zola Patrol (Zola's equivalent of a police force). After being injured, he is taken into the care of a young Zolan girl named Elma Hollie, who has a sister, Liza, that works for the Zola Patrol. Her father, Graham Hollie, is also a whale poacher. Graham and his wife Maria Hollie, a very popular singer on Zola, would go hunting whales in their Valkyrie, and Maria would also sing to the whales while they hunted. However, Maria lost her life and Graham lost an arm after encountering the legendary Great White Galactic Whale. After the event, Graham swore revenge on the Great White Whale for taking his wife and his arm and underwent Macronization to become large enough to take it on.

It's not exactly reincarnation. But it's close. The OVA was released between '97 and '98.

Interesting, but that isn't what it was. There was no language or named characters in the film at all.

@brannerchinese Fair enough. How do you know that the film was from Japan? Could it have been from elsewhere?

I remember pretty clearly that it was from Japan.

Here is the short:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQ6qw1nh0tA
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skywhales
Regards.
Leopoldo Zambrano Enríquez.

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Are there other English versions of weekly manga magazines besides Shonen Jump?
I know that Viz translates the Shonen Jump magazine as it is released, but  I'm not a massive fan of shonen, so I was wondering if there are any other manga magazines that are/have been published in English?

I had asked a similar question in chat a little while ago and did some research myself on the subject.
Viz no longer publishes Shonen Jump, as it has gone entirely digital. Viz also used to publish Shojo Beat which ended its publication run in 2009. Before that, they published Manga Vizion (1995), a manga anthology that ran for 4 years, Pulp (1997), which was the same thing but aimed at adults and ran for 5 years.
More general publications like Animerica or New Type USA (by A.D. Vision, counterpart of the Japanese "New Type" magazine) contained news and some serialized manga. When A.D.V shut down, the magazine was replaced by PiQ, which was even less about anime/manga and only lasted 4 issues. There's also Anime Insider published by Wizard which contained some manga previews but it's mostly a news magazine and Protoculture Addicts published by Protoculture, Inc. which covers anime and manga news and is readily available in Europe. It's now part of Anime News Network.
I think the only manga magazine that's still in print today is Otaku USA which claims to publish 32 pages of manga previews. According to its wikipedia page:

After the shutdown of NewType USA in February 2008, Anime Insider in March 2009, and the discontinuation of Protoculture Addicts since August 2008, Otaku USA is the only remaining anime news magazine published for the North American market.

Since it only contains previews of manga, it's not a viable option if you want serialized publications of manga in English.