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Why is Danbo so popular?
Originally, Danbo was a cardboard box robot from the manga Yotsuba&!.

But most people recognize Danbo from a photo-shot (that's how I knew of Danbo before I finally read the manga) and if you try to google image search it, the result will be something like this, not the Yotsuba&! manga.

So how could Danbo become so popular? Is there someone who used it for advertising or something?

"Danbooru" means cardboard, which this guy is made of.

you can see on the small danbo "amazon.co.jp", and I think I've seen that association a lot, so maybe they pushed the character

After Kaiyodo began selling Danbo models, a photographer named Arielle Nasal began taking photos of them every day for a year
See her account here
These photos were eventually compiled into a book "365 Days of Danboard"

This piece is the source of many danbo scenic photographs, and the inspiration for others
After this, there were many Danbo photographs being taken. Many Facebook, Tumble and Flicker pages set up with Danbo photos as their focus. Most notable of these is the Danbo Love Flickr group who have amassed a staggering 35,000 photos of Danbo
There are 4 different models of Danbo available at time of writing - Original, Amazon.JP branded, 7/11 Branded, Miniature


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What meaning is there behind the World Martial Arts Tournament logo?
Everybody knows the World Martial Arts Tournament, which has a logo that you can see in flags, on the wall, in the arena, and at a lot of places during the tournament.
But what does the logo exactly mean? What language is that?
Here is the logo:

I found some references here:

http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/World_Martial_Arts_Tournament
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/List_of_symbols
http://dragonball.wikia.com/wiki/Master_Mutaito

Budou (武道) is a Japanese term describing Japanese martial arts. Budou consists of the kanji "bu" (武, ぶ), meaning "war" or "martial," and dou (道, どう), meaning "path" or "way."
The tournament is called the 天下一武道会, "Tenkaichi Budoukai," which can literally mean: "(Best) Martial Arts on Earth (Under the Sky) Tournament."

source ? reference ?

You can find the definition in a Japanese dictionary, if you're so inclined.

well, I just want to know if you got it from a website, so I can go and take a look for others symbols.

source: Stack Exchange

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Looking for blond hair girl with pink dragon tail anime
I only know very little about the anime but I would like to finish it.
Here's what I know:

The main character is a little girl with long blonde hair and she has a pink dragon tail with a heart on the end.
Their is also a guy with blue or black hair who has a daughter, and they are both from the human world.
And I think the only way to get to the magical world is through a tree in the middle of a lake.

And that is really all I know and I would love for someone to help me identify this anime.

I believe you're talking about Astarotte Ygvar:

Astarotte no Omocha!

Synopsis

While job hunting, Naoya is taken by a mysterious girl to a magical land where he is installed in the harem of the succubus Princess Lotte. Thanks to trauma from her childhood, Lotte hates men and surrounds herself with lots of other women, who all have quirks of their own. In spite of her selfishness, when Naoya learns that Lotte is really quite lonely he agrees to stay in her world ...if he can bring his daughter Asuha with him.

Source: ANN

Aw no comments on the first image >_<

I had to quickly swipe my screen downwards since I'm at work <.<

^ maybe you should post first picture as NSFW, or just change it

@ShinobuOshino how is that not safe for work? I mean if it was some porn etc I would agree but its merely a drawing.

@Prix some may think of it as NSFW because of the panty shot. i have no problem with it personally, neither does my work, otherwise the calendar image of Sara kissing Kaede in Sono Hanabira 2: My Dear Prince would be taken down cause you see more of Sara's panties in that than you do in the image you've posted

Well since I can't judge it myself(as here is not considered NSFW), if this comment gets 4 or more votes or a moderator believes it needs to be censored I will add the spoiler into it.

I don't see it as NSFW tho, I just make a comment based on Krikara's comment

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What is this old Anime set in prehistoric times?
I watched it as a kid in the early 90's but the style was a bit older. It was on VHS.
The title was something like: Ray/Rei the hero? of the jungle? but it was a dubbed version so I'm not sure.
The protagonist is Ray? a young man. He has black hair and wears yellow furs. I don't remember the plot but he travels with his friends in a prehistoric world.
I remember two scenes:
Somewhere in the middle of the movie - they are on a raft on a lake and under them is a ginormous dinosaur. I guess it emerges from the water causing them to ride the wave and scream.
Towards the very end - there is a village where a volcano is about to erupt so they want to sacrifice a girl to it: that would be the friend of the protagonist and the granddaughter of the old woman who wants to sacrifice her.
Beware Spoilers!

 Volcano erupts, girl gets killed somehow I think in a fight, someone lays the girl down on the ground with the volcano with flowing lava in the background, old woman is praying to the volcano. And my friend's mom turned off the TV saying "you shouldn't watch films like this" (well, too late) and I never knew the end.

The old woman had long white hair & purple robes?, girl had long brown hair.
Please tell me what this is, I cannot find it anywhere.

I believe it is Ryu the Primitive Boy

Plot summary from ANN:

Set in primitive times, a baby with white skin is born into the world. As his skin color is different from the rest of the children around him, the baby is immediately disliked and alienated from the others. Deserted and left on his own, the baby is eventually picked up by an ape called Kitty and raised as her child. The baby, Ryuu, grows up to be a good man but at this moment, his mother is attacked and killed by Tirano. In order to defeat Tirano and also find his real mother, Ryuu decides to set off on his own journey. In the midst of his travels, he meets the siblings Ran and Don. With his new-found companions, Ryuu begins his battle against hardships and obstacles.

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Yes, it is this one. Thank you very very much!


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Anime about a boy and a girl chased by a group of thiefs
I remember watching a anime in early 2000 (the series itself may even be older) It was about a young girl and boy who were getting chased by a group of thiefs.
The girl possesed some sort of blue jewel/gem which they were trying to steal. And in the end the boy and girl prevented some kind of world war/domination plan. Also the girl found out some information about lost family during the journey I believe
The girl had black hair, and allot of jewelry. I also believe she had a red vest with a white shirt underneath it. The clothing looked a bit like that of a pirate.

You'll need to be more specific. It could be a number of things, including Nadia of Blue Water. What color was the gems, what did the main characters looks like. The suggested guidelines have not been met.

@Krazer Nadia of blue water it is. Recognised the girl immediately. Ill add some off the details for this to be a valid question.

This is Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water:

The series centers around Nadia, a young girl of unknown origins, and Jean, a young French inventor. Early in the story, the two protagonists are chased by Grandis Granva, Sanson, and Hanson, a group of jewel thieves who pursue Nadia for the blue jeweled pendant she possesses. After being rescued by Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, the jewel thieves and the young protagonists join forces and participate in the struggle against the Neo-Atlantean forces, who seek to dominate the world.


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Guy cross-dress to frequent school and met father's last wish?
I am looking for an anime, where a guy with long blonde hair dresses as a girl to frequent an all girls school.
It was his father's last wish, his father or grand father not sure, in order to get his inheritance.
His childhood friend also frequented the same place and helps him cross-dress.
There was some sort of sister system in place and aside from that a big sister thing.
I don't remember the date of this anime but the animation looked like something of 2000ish.
Hopefully some one can help me out.

Well, then it must be Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru. The boy who cross-dresses to get into the all-girl's school is named Mizuho Miyanokouji.
From Wikipedia:

Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru revolves around the main protagonist Mizuho Miyanokouji, a male high school student. After Mizuho's grandfather dies, his will is reviewed, which explains his desire to have his grandson transfer to Seio Girls' Academy, the same one his own mother attended and his ancestors founded. Abiding by the will, Mizuho cross-dresses to attend the school. The headmistress, the deputy head teacher (visual novel only), Mizuho's homeroom teacher Hisako Kajiura and Mariya Mikado initially know his secret; Sion Jujo and Ichiko Takashima also eventually find this out.

Mizuho's friend Mariya Mikado helps him cross dress:

Mariya is Mizuho's cousin-german who grew up with him and therefore knows him very well. When it was decided that Mizuho would transfer to the all-girls school she also attends, she took it upon herself to transform him into a beautiful girl by the use of makeup, and she seemed to have a lot of fun dressing him up.

More information:

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The show you're looking for is probably Maria Holic.
The character in question is named Maria Shido:

Mariya is a cross-dressing boy who attends Ame no Kisaki as a girl as a means to win the chairmanship of both the all-male and all-female schools where his late grandmother served as the ex-chairman for both. He deeply respects and loves his grandmother and does not care about actually winning chairmanship. He simply wishes to honor his grandmother's request

Matsurika is Maria's maid, attends the same school and helps him cross-dress.
More info:

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Anime News Network

That was my first guess but the grandmother part which was what got me to rethink and it was about Mariya's respect for his grandmother, i don't think inheritance was involved

Hi, no its not that one, I've update the question with something else I recalled.


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A rat that talks and is also a weapon?
I think it was a movie or something but definitively not several episodes.
There was a girl and she owned/had a rat with her(I think it was a rat) that could transform into her cloths, weapon, etc and also talk.
I don't remember specific date it was around 2000~2005 I think.
She was running away from some incident that happened(pretty vague here), it was something related to fire maybe and she was involved with pretty shaddy activities.
The anime was situated on a city and the period was a recent era or perhaps slight into the future, not sure how to describe but not feudal or old like that, similar to a normal city of todays.
I can't remember anything else, but if I do, I post.
Thanks.

You're looking for Mardock Scramble. There are 3 movies that tell one story.

The movies are based on a novel (which is, surprisingly, available in English). There's also a manga adaptation (also available). :-)

Also, he's a mouse!

@MattNordhoff not sure hot that's surprising unless the movies didn't sell to well and VizMedia took a gamble to translate/localize the novels

That's the one, thanks a lot you guys are awesome!! ;) I was not expecting it to be found so easily, I've been looking for it.

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Anime where the protagonist has a long lost friend who loves him
It's about a kid that looks and sounds around about 10 years old. He is special for some reason, and has to go through challenges or something. Also he has this long lost childhood friend that loves him. She is pale with white hair and wears like a white jump suit and like red mitts on her hands. She's super powerful and is always protecting him even when he doesn't realize it. The anime is also pretty bloody (so gore possibly). He is also shown never to believe in himself but people around him do.
Does anyone know the name of this anime?

From what I read here, this is probably Deadman Wonderland

Ganta is the only survivor after a mysterious man in red slaughters a classroom full of teenagers. He's framed for the carnage, sentenced to die, and locked away in the most twisted prison ever built: Deadman Wonderland. And then it gets worse.
At Deadman Wonderland, convicts are forced into brutal deathmatches for the amusement of the masses, the cheers of the crowd drowning out the screams of the dismembered. Even when Ganta befriends Shiro, an unusual female inmate, his dark fate crushes all hope —until he discovers the strange ability to wield his spilled blood as a weapon. Ganta learns his new skill might be related to the murderous man in red and uncovers disturbing secrets that could expose those who stole his freedom. He's determined to see justice served —but first he'll have to fight for his life in a prison that holds a million ways to die.

From MyAnimeList

y'all are awesome! haha!

This sounds exactly like Deadman Wonderland. The characters you're describing are Shiro and Ganta. Shiro being the white haired childhood friend and Ganta the main character that sounds and looks like a 10-year old. Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadman_Wonderland


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What was the event that resulted in 2 episodes of Fumoffu being changed?
In the English dubbed Madman DVD release of Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu!, as part of of the extra segment The Mysteries of Fumoffu on the first disk (episodes 1-3), it notes there is something different about the first and second episodes compared to when they aired.
The notes say A Hostage With No Compromises was not aired because of a certain event and so A Fruitless Lunchtime was aired with The Man From the South as the first episode instead. What was this event, and how does it relate to A Hostage With No Compromises?

I vaguely recall that there was some sort of kidnapping incident that happened shortly before Fumoffu went on air, which is why they cut the segment that's basically about a kidnapping. I'll try to dig up sources later if nobody else posts an answer.

According to Wikipedia, A Hostage With No Compromises was not aired "because the plot involved child kidnapping and in Japan, real-life child kidnappings were making headlines at that time", and as mentioned in the question, A Fruitless Lunchtime and The Man From the South was aired as episode 1 on August 26th, 2003.
The Japanese article of Full Metal Panic! reports that Fuji TV made the change to the airing due to the kidnapping and murder case in Nagasaki that happens less than 2 months before the airing date.
Below is the summary of the incident, based on the ariticle:

On July 1st, 2003, in Nagasaki, a 4-year-old boy was kidnapped and murdered by a first year middle schooler (12-year-old). The child was led by the middle schooler to the top floor of a parking building, where the child was stripped naked, then was punched and kicked in stomach and various places. Furthermore, the child has his genitalia mutilated by the middle schooler with scissors. However, when he realized that there was security camera, he decided to throw the crying child over the railing down the road 20 meters below, the impact of which killed the child 30 minutes later.

Looking at the summary of A Hostage With No Compromises (taken from Wikipedia):

After Sousuke's encounter with a gang leaves its members disrespected, their leader decides to take Kaname hostage. Instead of giving in to their demands, Sousuke holds the gang leader's little brother hostage and proposes an exchange.

The story was quite similar to the outrageous incident, not just the kidnapping part, but also the part about a young man kidnapping a boy.


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What is the name of the song playing at 01:15 of Magi, ep 25?
Does anyone know name of the song that plays at 01:15 when Lady Scheherazade released the final Aberrant Magic granted to her (or, well, her clone version, anyway)?
I couldn't find a link; the only one I have is probably an illegal one anyway.
It is in episode 25 (final episode) of Magi - the Kingdom of Magic.

Well after going through a whole lot of songs in a playlist on YouTube, I finally found it. The song is called "Warrior Ships" here.
Sadly, I could not find any information on the song that I could add to this answer such as who composed it or wrote it.
PS: I am not sure whether it is "20 Warrior Ships" or just "Warrior Ships". I had no idea, to be perfectly honest, but this is definitely it.

"Warriors Ship" is track 20 of the season 1 soundtrack: http://vgmdb.net/album/42806


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Dating simulator anime?
Can someone help me identify the name of this anime with a dating simulator involved?
The plot goes like this:
A kid in highschool is into dating simulators on his PSP. Demon's from hell comes to collect demons from girls that have shut in their emotions and he is the only one to help the demon by making those girls fall in love with him.
Does anyone know the name of this anime?

Kami nomi zo Shiru Sekai
Also known as The World God Only Knows

Synopsis

Keima is a dating sim champion. Cute girls are rendered powerless by his irresistible game playing techniques. Too bad things aren't that way in the real world. That is, until his tempting game playing causes a real live—and very bubbly-cute—demon hunter named Elsie to materialize! Now Elsie wants Keima to help her free hot girls from sneaky demons who secretly possess them.

Source: Sentai Filmworks


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What's the title of this anime about a girl and her servant in a hotel?
I do remember what it is about but forgot the name of it. Here's some info about it: there is a girl that moves into a hotel. Then the servant for her is a guy and the guy has been waiting for her his whole life. It turns out this hotel is a supernatural hotel and the guy has a superpower of a dog or something like that. When the girl was little her mum and dad always spent time with her sister so she was jealous. Then I think her dad finds her a husband when she was little. She starts to write him letters. He stops and makes his servant (the guy from the start) to write her letters back and pretend that it is him. The servant starts to fall in love with her. Then he stays at the hotel and is her servant. Then the future husband comes to the hotel and stays for a bit, spending time with her. However, she hates him because he stopped writing letters back to her.
That's all I know about it. Please if you get what I've written and know what it's called please let me know. It would help a lot.

This one ?? http://myanimelist.net/anime/11013/Inu_x_Boku_SS

If you have the answer please post it as an answer instead of just as a comment.

Yes I am, I was posted it as comment coz I didn't sure about it. Now I am

Judging on your preferences, it might be "Inu x Boku" which is aired in Winter 2012.


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Can anyone tell me what anime this nekomimi girl is from?

Does anyone know who the girl with the cat ears is or what anime she is from?
The one between Shana and Naruto.
Thanks

Man this picture brings back memories.

Possible duplicate of Where is this picture from? How do I use Reverse Image Search to find the source of an anime/manga image?

This is the character Mito Mashiro, the main heroine from the visual novel/eroge Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity by studio Lump of Sugar. It has a 2009 anime adaptation, but I think the image posted is taken from the VN directly. She is the incarnation of a goddess, and her goal is to bring harmony between humans and a fictional supernatural race called Tayutai. She also falls in love with the protagonist.
Here's a similar picture from the visual novel. It's a slightly different pose, but I think it's clear that it's still her.

After some image cropping and Google reverse image search, I almost instantly found her to be Mashiro Mito from the Tayutama: Kiss on my Deity series


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Can anyone tell me the name of this manga?

Think it's a manhwa but don't know which one so I was wondering if anyone could please tell me where it's from

Possible duplicate of Where is this picture from? How do I use Reverse Image Search to find the source of an anime/manga image?

The manga is
Shin Am Heng Eo Sa (Shin Angyō Onshi) Manhwa
Check here

umm accpeting this answer would be appreciated.


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Who is Araragi supposed to look like in this scene?
I'm watching one of the Monogatari episodes - Mayoi Jiangshi 2 (Second Season episode 8).

In this scene the style Araragi is drawn with changes radically, as does his hairstyle.
The fact that the bloody eyes and seemingly explosive hair look so distinctive makes me feel like I'm missing a reference here.

i would suggest either the main character from Afro Samurai or that red shirt Samurai in Samurai Champloo (i think his name is Logan or something), but that's just a guess

I've seen both of those series, but I dunno if that's what this is referring to. Neither of them bleed from their eyes as far as I remember, and Mugen's hair is quite short.

like i said, just a guess, i haven't seen Afro Samurai or seen all of Samurai Champloo so i couldn't comment on the eyes

@ToshinouKyouko Are you talking about episode 3 (Mayoi Snail) of the original Bakemonogatari season or episode 8 of the second season (Mayoi Jiangshi)?

@Krazer the second season

Dunno if it's supposed to look like anyone in particular, but the blood bit happens again later in the episode: https://i.sstatic.net/PfKKc.jpg Though the facial expression reminds me of Crying Freeman

This could possibly be a reference to the very obscure series The Soul Taker. The main character, Kyousuke Date, cried blood in few episodes. Here's a picture of him:

It's not an exact match, but Akiyuki Shinbo, the director of The Soul Taker, also worked on the Monogatari series, which made me think of this. (Source.)

In search of a more popular series that had character's crying blood, I came across Saint Seiya

And it does have some fabulous hair, although not exactly like araragi's

Seems more plausible than my answer; not only is Saint Seiya much more popular than The Soul Taker, but Nisio Isin seems to have a thing for old shounen fighting series, as he showed when he wrote Medaka Box.


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How did Madara get rid of Sasuke's Amaterasu?
Just as soon as Madara was revived, Sasuke used Amaterasu on him, and from the scans, it seemed that his armor and his hair was caught in it. But, the next scans showed that the black flames faded away.
How was he able to do this? He did not have rinnegan to suggest that he absorbed it. If so, how was he able to escape?

It's because of two things:

Madara is still able to absorb Ninjutsu, even without his eyes. Madara has shown this ability several times (Most notably, by absorbing Hashirama's Senjutsu chakra). Madara was shown to use other eye techniques without eyes, such as the Susano'o. So we can assume that those techniques are sort of "awakened" and can be used even without the original requirements.

Madara threw his armor away, which was where most of the fire concentrated. The rest was absorbed by his Preta Path ability.

But i thought he was able to absorb hashirama's chakra because he has his(hashi's) DNA/cells inside him so its like he's got a clone of hashirama inside his body...

@Aneeshmg: He also absorbed someone's Kyuubi's chakra (the one that was handed out by Naruto) towards the end of the chapter.

@MadaraUchiha You should just post the picture where Hashirama explicitly said that you absorbed it Ch 657 p2. This is also why Naruto told Sasuke to stop using random jutsus on him.


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Where is Orochimaru?
Why isn't Orochimaru releasing the Edo Tensei seal of Hashirama?
Wouldn't that be helpful, as Madara would no longer be able to use his Senjutsu chakra?

Madara has obtained the cells of Hashirama and has them infused into his body, irrespective of what happens to Edo tensei hashirama it will not affect anything with respect to Madara because he has been revived using the rinne tensei technique of six paths.
In short madara has both powers of Senju and Uciha and on top of that he is completely by himself (unlike being under Kabuto's control briefly when he was revived).

As i perceive it, madara is absorbing hashirama's chakra through those chakra rods thats been impaled on hashirama so without hashirama, madara wont have access to his senjutsu chakra.

we still dont know if thats the only he can get senjutsu chakra, Madara is a super genius with techniques i won't be surprised if he can absorb senjutsu like naruto/hashirama.

Where is Orochimaru?

He is currently with the Kages helping them heal.

Why isn't he releasing the seal on Hashirama?

When Orochimaru first used Edo Tensei on Hashirama, Tobirama, Sarutobi, and Minato, Hashirama was already not bound to Orochimaru's control. The two contributing factors to this is that Hashirama is very strong and that Zetsu bodies were made of Hashirama cells. Thus releasing the restraint would not matter anyways.
Needless to say, I am pretty sure Orochimaru already released the seal as the rest of the Edo Tensei Hokage's are able to fight against Obito freely. Since Orochimaru is supporting the Shinobi Alliance, there would be no reason for him to keep them restrained.


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Does the White Album 2 anime share the same storyline as the visual novel?
I want to start watching the White Album 2 anime but I want to play the VN also.
I heard that the story from the anime is different than the game. Is this true? Because I would rather play the game first if it's the same story, but if it's an new anime original story I will watch it first.

I haven't watched the anime so I'm leaving this as a comment rather than a full answer, but I was under the impression that the anime is following the Opening Chapter part at least fairly accurately. One source of confusion might be between WA and WA2; see this question.

Yes, the anime does take some liberties between the two. The visual novel and anime do follow more or less the same path in the end and do converge but there are some differences.
However, note that the plots remain fairly similar despite this. I haven't looked at the next Visual Novel after Introductory Chapter yet but since they both end fairly similar one can imagine that the differences aren't large enough that you couldn't skip Introductory Chapter and go straight to the next chapter after watching the anime.
The differences are large enough that the Baka Tsuki project does not want anyone translating purely off the anime:

Can I use stuff based on what I've seen in the anime?
Not really... the anime takes its liberties with the adaptation, even
though it's done very well. There are some aspects that are shared
between the game and anime, but please don't try a 1:1 copy of
anything in-between.

It's worth noting White Album 2's Introductory Chapter (the arc in which the anime covers is kinetic. This means there will not be choices to make and it will be fairly linear. So, divergence will not be massive.
That said, I'll leave this as it is and keep spoilers out. If so desired, I can add more information under a spoiler tag listing some major differences.

I'm curious about scene differences since the Visual Novel only has "Single Ending" and "Linear Plot" tags on VNDB, through the H Scenes you proably only need to mention them if they have been altered to the extent like with Shiro's and Saber's first H Scene in Fate/Stay Night

That's right -- it's single ending. Did I contradict myself somewhere and not notice it?

sorry, missed some words in my comment. alot of Visual Novels i know have multiple routes/endings and some adaptions of them try and include all of them. since there is a "Linear Plot" tag that would mean what choices there are don't amount to much...though i haven't played the Visual Novel yet (just basing it from Sono Hanabira where the next scene plays out slightly differently like choosing how Sara address Kaede when dressed up as a maid) so i'm curious of the major differences

As I noted, it's kinetic so there are no choices. Or are you just interested in the change set in general? It'll take some time to fully list them but if there's some people out there that want to know, I can rack my brain and come up with a few of the bigger ones.

change set in general but that's just me


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What is this manga about a guy who completed a video and he gets a mysterious game?
This is a manga that I read quite a while ago, maybe 5+ years. It starts off with a guy who completed a video and he gets a mysterious game that he has never seen before. He puts it into his console and nothing seems to happen. Then the class representive arrives outside his house. She suddenly turns into a monster which our protagonist somehow defeat. He exits the game and the next day when he goes to school the class rep is replaced by a guy. The girl class rep is gone and no one remember her. Then there's something about an area boss that has a way higher level than the protagonist. Also there's a mysterious girl that appeared whenever he puts in the game.
This has been on my mind ever since I first read it and it has been haunting me ever since. Any help would be appreciated. TY

Do you maybe remmember some of the settings? maybe a drawstyle or name of a protagonist. Or some sort of specific term they used inside of the manga ?

Gamerz heaven
From wikipedia:

Soon after starting the game, Kaito is attacked by the class president, Ogura. Ogura falls to Kaito and vanishes from the Second Zone. Now no one believes that Ogura ever existed except for Kaito's best friend Kawashima, who loves video games just as much as Kaito. Later Kaito eventually convinces other friends Rio, and Ren, who didn't believe him until a "meteor" hits the center of Tokyo, which was actually the work of the first area boss of Gamerz Heaven, Rush.

Regarding the mysterious girl:

Upon reaching this strange new world, Kaito discovers a boy known as the "navigator", aptly dubbed "Nata". In Gamerz Heaven the real world is referred to as the "Second Zone". All enemies in Gamerz Heaven are after Nata and Kaito can only beat the game by saving him.


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Is there any specific reason why female voice actors act for male roles in anime?
I've always been wondering: why do female voice actors act for male characters in anime?
For example: Mayumi Tanaka for Luffy, Takeuchi Junko for Naruto, even Goku's voice actor (Nozawa Masako), etc.
When there are such good male voice actors (for example the ones for Zoro, Sanji, etc.), why do the main leads get female actors?
Is there any specific reason or is it just the way it is?

Your question is somehow related to this question.

Sometimes, an animated character is better suited for being voiced by
  a voice actor of the opposite sex. Maybe a higher voice is needed for
  a male, or a lower voice for a female.
A common variant for this is for young boys, usually 12 and under, to
  be voiced by an adult woman. This is because real little boys' voices
  deepen when they go through puberty. Not to mention that it's easier
  to find experienced actresses than experienced prepubescent male
  actors. The producers don't have to deal with child labor laws that
  limit the amount of time a child can spend in a studio, either. Women
  are often able to maintain the role longer, as well, since their
  voices don't change like a growing boy's.
There are exceptions, of course — sometimes an adult man or an actual
  child will voice a little boy. In films, this is the rule rather than
  the exception, as voice recording for a film generally takes much less
  time than for a TV series.
And on a related note, sometimes, for comedy purposes, a deep-voiced
  woman will be played by a man. (source)
Also, female seiyuu voice acting as a male character is much more
  common than male seiyuu voice acting as a female character probably
  because it is easier for women to lower their voice's pitch than a man
  to make his voice's pitch higher like that of a woman.

As to why female dubbers mostly get the main role, aside from the fact that female voices' are more flexible in acting than those of males', popularity also is a major factor. There are many female dubbers that are also in their singing career so it kinda boost up both the anime and the dubber's popularity by having that person get a main role. But I think the flexibility of females' voices are the main reason.

There are multiple cases.
1) Child seiyuu (voice actors) are pretty much unheard of in Japan.  (It is not impossible [for example, Matsuura Aya voiced Kaga Rin in Usagi Drop, which aired when she was about 10 years old], but most seiyuu are at least 14 years old when they begin working [such as Maaya Sakamoto when she debuted as Kanzaki Hitomi in Tenkuu no Escaflowne, a character of her own age]).  It is common to debut through audition or to complete a degree in an Anime Manga Seiyuu senmongakkou (technical college).  Finding a young boy to voice boy roles is uncommon. It is worth noting that very young girl roles are likewise usually played by adult women, not by young girls (for example, the younger sister Mei in Tonari no Totoro). When casting young girls or boys in Japanese theatrical stage productions, usually 2 to 4 children must be cast for a single role, because child labor laws do not allow a child to work more than a certain number of hours per week (for example, Chibiusa and Chibichibi in the Sailor Moon musicals a.k.a. SeraMyu and Rudolf in Elisabeth); this is also partly why it is common to cast adult women as young girls and boys even in Japanese live-action stage plays).
2) Many characters in anime, such as protagonists of extremely long-running children's series, are boys who have not yet hit puberty, which is when their voices would change (for example, Satoshi in Pokemon and Conan in Meitantei Conan). Employing a female seiyuu allows the character a high-pitched, youthful, cute sound, and the series can go on for decades without any need to replace the voice (whereas if a young male had been cast, his voice might break and become too low for the character).
3) Bishounen (pretty-boy) characters are often, though not always, voiced by women.  In some cases, the fact that the character is male is not revealed until a number of episodes after the character is introduced, which creates gender-bending hijinks for the other characters who aren't yet in the know.
4) Characters whose sex and/or gender is intended to remain ambiguous are often given female seiyuu (for example, Frol in 11 Nin Iru! and Alluka in HUNTER x HUNTER). Characters who switch sexes are often given female seiyuu, which allows the same seiyuu to voice the character at all times (for example, the Sailor Starlights in Sailor Moon or Dilandau in Tenkuu no Escaflowne). In contrast, in dubs of Sailor Moon in other languages, 2 voice actors were cast for each of the Starlights, 1 to voice the female scenes and another to voice the male scenes. The benefit of the Japanese style is to employ a single seiyuu who can play the entire role as well as perform the songs for CD character image songs.
5) As compared to voice actors in other countries, seiyuu have a very high level of skill and training, and it is a lucrative career. This valid career option allows seiyuu who become famous and beloved by their fans to continue to work for decades (they need not worry about signs of aging as much as live-action film actors do). Other than those with very low masculine voices, their own age in real-life is irrelevant regarding what age of character they can play (this is a reason that child seiyuu are not necessary). Seiyuu can acquire large fan bases, and production companies will hire them partly based on the star power of having their name in the cast (in other words, some viewers will watch an anime simply due to the fact that a certain favorite seiyuu is in the series). Some seiyuu have a wide range of character roles they can play, others are "typecast" --- but in a way that fans know what to expect out of them and it is generally viewed as a positive feature rather than a limitation. As a result, certain female seiyuu are more likely than others to be employed in roles of young boys or bishounen, because they are renowned for such work and/or it's what the fans want to hear.
It is worth noting that sometimes Japan does the unexpected in terms of voice casting. The female mother wolf character of Moro in Mononoke-hime is voiced by Miwa Akihiro, a male seiyuu who is a drag queen with a low, deep voice.

It is interesting that Endou Rina, a child actress born in 2005, has had significant roles in two shows to date (Tsumugi [a leading role] in Amaama to Inazuma and Hina in Barakamon). I doubt this reflects any sort of secular trend towards increasing use of child actors, but it's an interesting data point nonetheless.

This is common for pre-pubescent male characters who haven't had their voice drop yet. To have people voice male characters like that, the two choices, in general, are having a woman voice them or having a pre-pubescent boy voice them. It's a lot easier to find good good women to voice the boys than to find good young boys.
From Wikipedia:

Voice actors for child roles are sometimes selected from renowned youth theatrical companies, such as the Troupe Himawari. In most cases, adult female voice actors play child roles.

This is also not unique to Japan. Bart Simpson, for example, is voiced by Nancy Cartwright, who also voiced characters such as Chum Chum from Fanboy & Chum Chum. Timmy Turner is voiced by Tara Strong. There are numerous other examples.

Also keep in mind that, as mentioned in the other answer, that in addition to finding good young male actors, they will grow out of the voice if the character doesn't age.

@Eric - Which is why, when FMA: Brotherhood was dubbed, they couldn't use the original VA for Alphonse - Aaron's voice had changed!


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Anime where a fighter turns into a card after losing
There was an anime that I grew up on as a youngster and I don't remember much about it other than that when two fighters fought, the loser turned into a card that the other could use as power. Help me, please.

it has nothing to do with naruto

How old are you now?

Could it be Shinzo/Mushrambo?

I've never seen the show myself, but a lot of people mention it being a show where people fight each other and the loser turns into a card, which could be eaten to make the guy more powerful.


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Can anyone tell me what manga this is

It's the first full pic, and I seem to be reminded of it but I just can't recall the name of the manga or the story line

It seems to be depicting a character from Soul Eater.
It is the main antagonist, Asura, towards the end of the manga.
From the Soul Eater wiki page for Asura:

the second photo is Gajeel Redfox from Fairy Tail, which is a manga about wizards. Gajeel is
known as the metal dragon slayer who uses metal to combat his opponents!


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What is the name of an anime about sisters working as maids?
I need help to identify an anime I saw 2 years ago that features a rich orphan. He meets two girls, one of whom is attacked and beaten up by an alligator.
The two girls are sisters, and begin working as maids for him.

ummmm some more info? drawing-style maybe? more character details?

I think you may be looking for He is My Master (aka Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin-sama) (it's a bit hard to tell because you haven't given a lot of information). It follows Yoshitaka, a 14-year-old orphan who inherited a large estate from his parents. He hires sisters Izumi and Mizuki as maids. They also bring their pet alligator Pochi, who often attacks Izumi. A third girl, Anna, appears later in the story as a maid.
The anime aired in 2005, while the manga ran from 2002 to 2009, so it fits your time frame.


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What happens to the bodies of Bijuu's inside the Juubi?
When a human is being sucked of chakra, his body remains. This is not true in the case of Tailed Beast; their body also gets sucked.
Also, the Juubi only needs other beasts chakra and yet it takes their body as well.

According to the wiki: The tailed beasts are living forms of chakra, sometimes referred to as "Chakra Monsters" giving them immense reserves of especially strong chakra that far outmatches most shinobi
The bodies you are seeing is not actually a 'physical body'. They are just a representation of that immense chakra which are based on the number of their tails.
That is why, if the chakra of the tailed beasts you are talking about get sucked, that means their whole or part of their 'chakra body' get sucked.
On the other hand, on the last part, it is not necessary to get the whole chakra body of the tailed beasts to form the Jūbi. But when it does absorb only a part, anime/manga makers like Kishimoto is showing that it has already has that beasts' chakra. Please check this question for deeper explanation:
Is the amount of chakra extracted equal to the size of the part that is cut off from the Bijuu?


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Anime involving astronauts training underwater
All I can remember from this is that in one episode, they are doing astronaut training. I believe it was underwater and that they have a task to complete in a specific amount of time. I also remember having a part where they are put in groups (in an isolated 'pod') and if one team member quits, the whole group fails. Also, when they are isolated, the examiners start a leak in oxygen so the students lower the temperature and 'hibernate'.

Any idea of year/decade it's from, art style, etc.?

I think it's from with the last 10 years, I don't remember it clearly, I wanted to re-watch it but it's been over a year. I  am pretty sure it has only one main character who is a boy

Also, it kind of reminds me of Space Brothers when they are put in groups in the chambers , except the anime I watched was more intense, also I remember one of their tasks being "put together the model of the spaceship/spaceship engine"

While Space Brothers does cover two men enrolled in the astronaut program to achieve their aspirations, it isn't what you're looking for. I've seen a bit of Planetes, but I haven't gotten far enough in it to see what you're looking for. Sorry.

Episode 20 of Planetes features an isolation test and they have to build a model of the ship that will take them to Jupiter:

Additionally, during that episode, in order to test the isolation adaptability of the candidates, they turned off the oxygen and watched as team after team hit their emergency buttons without having a way to cope

And the way the main character's team dealt with the issue was turn down the temperature so that they use less oxygen:


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Manga with a robot with a penis cannon
It's about a boy and a girl, and the only scene I remember is one in which they are in a fighting robot, facing off against a bad guy in a robot with a penis cannon. The robot fires a huge shot and an old lady says "quick! After it fires a huge load it needs time to recharge" and someone else says "sadly that's true about most men".
Another line in that same scene: the girl and boy are very cramped in the robot, the boy is rubbing up against the girls back, and she asks "what is that poking me?" He says something like "it's the growing tree of the puberty forest". I don't remember the exact line, it was years ago and it made me laugh.

Well, the "penis cannon" meme comes from "Sora no Otoshimono" but pretty sure that's not what you're looking for.

the sexual innuendo kinda sounds like Godannar but there doesn't seem to be a manga of it

first thing i could think of: Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon where the guy rides a tank with it. But he was alone in it so guess its not it

Could it possibly be Dead Leaves?

Just maybe tegen toppa gurren laggan? I remmember some episode about a bathing house were something kinda similar happend.

It may be the Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon from Gintama.

It could also be the "Kaien" robot from Gintama, here is a picture of it firing from episode 235, and the dirty humor definitely fits the series, although I didn't hear that exact quote in the episode.

and here is the same scene from the manga

I think it might beCannon God Exaxxion

Hōichi Kano, the Grandson (revealed in stage three to be son) of world famous inventor Hōsuke Kano, is a student at Howa High School in Musashino City, Japan. At the tenth anniversary of first contact with the Leopoldians, an alien race, the unveiling of an Elevator Ship, designed for orbital transport to and from the Leopoldian home world and Earth, is about to take place. However, this was just a ploy to take control of the Earth, using their advanced technology and large Leopoldian work force on Earth to their advantage. It is now up to Hōichi, with the help of his grandfather, his school friend Akane, and Isaka, who recently transferred to Howa High School, to stop them and save Earth.
  And makes use off allot of obscure jokes like the one mentioned in your question.


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Was it formerly common practice to credit voice actors in opening credits?
The final OP for Monogatari Series Second Season (the Koimonogatari OP) is sort of an 80s-throwback sort of deal, with all the hallmarks of old anime styling - funky "lens flares", those old-school clouds, a song reminiscent of 80s-era pop, captioned lyrics - the works.
One particularly interesting feature of the OP is that it credits KAMIYA Hiroshi and SAITOU Chiwa as the voice actors of Koyomi and Hitagi, respectively.

No TV anime from the past two or three years that I have watched has (to the best of my recollection) credited a voice actor in the opening credits. The opening credits typically seem to be reserved for producers, directors, original creators, and people like that. Voice actors are, of course, credited in the ending credits, usually towards the beginning.

And so, the question: Was it more common back in, say, the 80s or thereabouts for voice actors to be credited in anime opening credits (in place of or in addition to the ending credits)?
(Or, alternatively, is this aspect of the presentation of the Koimonogatari OP just idiosyncratic / anachronistic / otherwise not in keeping with common practice from a few decades ago?)

Aside: I find it amusing that Kamiya Hiroshi is credited here, despite not speaking in this episode (nor in either of the preceding two episodes), while our narrator, Kaiki, gets no mention.

i remember seeing in like normal drama shows on TV which i can't avoid during the Christmas Shutdown that special guests get a mention in opening credits....never seen it in anime though

In the Kizumonogatari trailers out so far, Kamiya Hiroshi got a separate credit with the film's directors and such (referring to the cards that flashed by in the beginning/middle of the trailers), and was the only voice actor with one, which I found interesting. Of course, though, in Kizumonogatari, his character Koyomi is the main character there

It's uncommon, but it's not that rare.
According to the Japanese Wikipedia:

It's often to have 2 credits scene for movies, TV programs, etc.: opening & ending. The general rule is, opening credits the studio, main performers, producer, supervisor, writer, etc., and ending credits all of the staffs.
In Japanese TV dramas, it's common to have the opening shown all the credit and omitted the ending in the 60's. However, in 70's and 80's, the credits started to split to opening with important credits, and ending with the rest. In 90's and later, it became common for the opening to only show the title, and the ending plays the theme song while listing all the credits.

However, most of 60's & 70's anime OPs didn't even list any credit, only showing animation & song, sometimes with lyric (unless I was apparently watching the non-telop version...). Even if they list the credit, it's similar to the current trend (production-related credits), but there were some which included the voice actors (out of around 25 anime OPs that I watched):

ビッグX (Big X, 1964): YouTube video

夕やけ番長 (Yuuyake Bancho, 1968): YouTube video

もーれつア太郎 (Moretsu Ataro, 1969): B/W OP (YouTube video), Color OP (YouTube video

男一匹 ガキ大将 (Otoko Ippiki Gaki Daishou, 1969): YouTube video

Note: 声の出演 is the same as CV (Character Voice).

According to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voice_acting_in_Japan
The Term Character Voice(CV) has been commonly used since the 1980s by such Japanese anime magazines as Animec and Newtype, for a voice actor associated with a particular anime or game character.
And also

"Some voice actors — especially certain voice actresses — often have devoted international fan-clubs. Some fans may watch a show merely to hear a particular voice actor."

So your theory that says:

"Was it more common back in, say, the 80s or thereabouts for voice
  actors to be credited in anime opening credits"

May be true. But I didn't found anything to confirm it.
But in the particular case of that opening I think that it was just some kind of joke, if I remember well on that opening the main characters that appeared were Hitagi and Kaiki, but not Koyomi. Also the opening itself just don't fit with the anime style.
I hope my answer was useful to you.

I appreciate the effort, but this doesn't really help answer the question I was asking in any useful way.


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Manga where the female protagonist has amnesia
I came across this manga by accident and I can't remember what it was called.
The main character is a teenage girl, who lost her memories from when she was young. I'm not sure but I think her last name was Mochizuki, though it might have been one of her friends who had that name.

I think she has a male friend who carries a sword with him.
She makes friends with a blonde girl in her class who kisses her in class, apparently thinking that it might bring back some of the black haired girl's memories.
The blonde girl has a twin brother who also kissed the black haired girl for the same reason, hoping that she will regain some of her memories.

I know it's not very detailed but anything you can think of that matches this description would be helpful.

I believe it is called Otome x Ranbu

She is your stereotypical airhead school girl, with one exception, she
  has amnesia. She recently transferred into a new school where things
  work different, mainly magic. She is Mochiduki Tsubomi, and she
  doesn’t remember anything before she transferred. Enter yet another
  transfer student – the beautiful yet arrogant bishojo, Izayoi Yukiji.
  She’s after Tsubomi, but why? What does Yukiji want? What mystery does
  Tsubomi hold?

I've been looking for this exact story as well.Well some of what you said was like the one I was looking for.  It's called Tail of the moon. Check it out.

Your answer need more detail, add citations, image, or description. see another answer here.


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What is this sci-fi anime from the 90s involving a mute main character and lab experiment by some mad corporation?
I believe this sci-fi anime was made in the 1990s.
The main character is a mute and lab experiment by some mad corporation.  At the beginning, he escaped from his pod when they try to transport him via train.  Also, he got some kind of worm living inside his head that gave him super power.
My memory is vague, but he did met up with a little girl and befriend her.  The corporation tried to retrieve him and in the end, he end up destroying their headquarter. The ending shows him hibernating below the lake surface.
Anyone seen this anime and know the title?

I think you are looking for Baoh.
Baoh is originally a manga series by Hirohiko Araki, who is best
known as the creator of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. It was serialized
in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1984 to 1985 and was adapted into a
50-minute OVA in 1989.

Plot Summary: Ikurou Hashizawa was a normal boy until he is captured
  by evil scientists who create the ultimate fighter by attaching a
  parasite, named Baoh, to his brain. The mysterious girl Sumire, who has
  psychic powers, frees him and together they work to avoiding being
  captured by those who want to use their powers.
BAOH (OAV) - Anime News Network

Amazon.com: Baoh (DVD)

Wow, awesome, this is it!  I googled and re-watched it.  I can't believe I watched this movie as a child, it was a lot violent than I remember....and where the hell did I get the idea that he was a mute?!


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Will Prism Nana be an actual anime?
Last I knew, all the PVs were for a Pachinko game. Will SHAFT actually turn it into an anime? If so, does anyone know when are they planning to release it?

have there been rumours, or are you just hoping it might be?

I know the voice cast was announced, but still there was ambiguity if that meant simply for the pachinko game or something else. I'm looking for more conclusive evidence.

Yes, this is going to be an anime, though details are still rather sparse. If you go to their website, under the About section, it says:

新アニメーション企画が遂に始動！

or, in English, "A new animation project is starting!". They would not describe the series that way if it were solely a Pachinko series. Anime News Network and Wikipedia both confirm that this will be some sort of anime.
At this point, that's essentially all we know. We don't know when it will be released (the "final PV" was 3 months ago, so it's probably nearing release, but there's still no date). We don't know what format it will be released in. They will be present at Comiket 84, so we're very likely to get more information in another week or so, but for now as far as I can tell they've made no definitive statements regarding release dates or format.

Would the downvoter care to explain what's wrong with this answer?


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What series was Tomoko talking about?
When talking about anime with Yuu-chan at "SterTully's" coffee shop, Tomoko says:

There's a lot of moeshit anime this season.
  Slice-of-life anime is all they air these days, because of the new content restrictions.
  There are some pretty interesting series, though! Like that EFB show...

This is what the subs from the version I saw said, the actual content may be slightly different.

Is Tomoko talking about any series that is actually coming out this season? Or is it just made-up (much like EFB seems to be)?

According to TV Tropes, "EFB" is referring to "AKB0048".

@JonLin Ah, I thought EFB was the producer or the network broadcasting the series.

I believe this has something to do with the "Eternal Force Blizzard" 2ch meme... basically it's a technique/magic which instantly kills your opponent... it's probably being used in the context of of a placeholder for some "awesome sounding" thing. E.g. Did you see that ZNPR (Zombie Ninja Pirate Robot) movie?

@JonLin I can't find any reference connecting EFB to AKB0048, can you cite the particular page that reference this?

@Krazer On the Wakamote page the "EFB" link goes to "AKB0048", though the AKB page doesn't mention EFB.

I can't say that's canonical reference that can be used to back up this claim. In the post by the OP, it's noted that Tomoko said "There are some pretty interesting series, though! Like that EFB show..." which indicates it not to be a moeshit show, but an interesting one. I think that this contradicts the TV Trope entry linking to AKB0048.

I have no idea where they got that from, there's no explanation anywhere, but that entry was edited a bunch of times and the link itself was never changed.

Doesn't Tomoko always use the actual names of things, but they are censored? Couldn't EFB actually correlate to something that exists? I don't remember her using any parody names.

The first couple of chapters from the Watamote manga were published at the end of 2011. This scene hasn't changed from the anime, so the possible 'moeshit' that she's referring to could be something like

The K-On!! Movie
Tantei Opera Milky Holmes Season 2
Mourestsu Pirates
More found here.

But I think it's more of a commentary on how moe-styled anime has become popular recently, and not about any shows in particular
As mentioned by @Jon Lin earlier, AKB0048 could be what EFB is referring to. Note AKB0048 started airing in April of 2012. The characters are argueably moe also.

I don't think "EFB" is a cover term for any of the series you mention (or even anything related to moe) on TV Tropes or elsewhere. Also Tomoko doesn't refer to EFB as a moeshit show and mentions it to be pretty interesting, so it definitely can't be a parody name for a moe show.

It could be a reference to ef: A Tale of Memories, made earlier by the same director.
This show is also referenced on Episode 6 and the OVA.


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Martial arts show with a character named Metsu
The anime was based on the unarmed fighting style. The main protagonist was Metsu. I forgot the first name. it showed three different descendants in the arc. One was the era of the Shinsengumi. And two others, I can't remember.

You are very likely looking for Shura no Toki.

Legends tell of an invincible martial art known as Mutsu Enmei-Ryu, an unarmed style that allows the user to defeat any number of armed opponents using incredible speed and strength. This is the story of three generations of those who bear the name Mutsu, and their encounters and battles with the strongest fighters of their era.

The AniDB entry is tagged with Shinsengumi.


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What's the anime about a redhead whose friend uses magic?
I was watching an anime and closed out of it, and now can't get back to it.
Description of the anime: A redhead male lead whose friend learns magic to find the killer of his sister, who was secretly the girlfriend of the redhead male lead.
I was only 3 episodes in on Crunchyroll, so I can't describe it any more. Does anyone know the name of this anime?

It sounds like you're describing Zetsuen no Tempest, except that the lead (Takigawa Yoshino) is brown-haired. I think Crunchyroll translates the title as "Blast of Tempest".

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The anime you're talking about is Zetsuen no Tempest (or Blast of Tempest, as Crunchyroll translates it).
It begins with TAKIGAWA Yoshino meeting his long-time friend FUWA Mahiro, who has gained magic powers from KUSARIBE Hakaze (a magician stranded on an island in the middle of nowhere) as part of a deal in which Hakaze will help Mahiro figure out who killed his sister, FUWA Aika. Unbeknownst to Mahiro, Yoshino and Aika were lovers. Drama unfolds thereafter.


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What are all of the quotes in the OP of Eden of the East from?
In the Eden of the East opening, there are a lot of quotes from different sources. The only one I know the origin of is "The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power," which is from Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare. I don't know what the other quotes that show up on the screen are from or are in reference to. Can someone tell me?

Could you list the quotes here for convenience of anyone answering the question? ;)

This blogpost has a transcript of all of the text from the opening. Not all of them are famous quotes.

"I saw you in Heaven
  and heard of your glory
  You saved our world from the fallen angels
  I saw Messiah standing
  Standing before me with no words
  Nothing but "Hope"
  When we lost dread, a Demon was laughing
  But now you are showing us wonder
  Giving your love
  With awe, down on my knees again
  I've got to know you're the one
  The only one reveals the world"

This is repeated multiple times throughout the OP and seems to be part of the song 東のエデン挿入歌「Reveal The World」

"The abuse of greatness is when it disjoins remorse from power."

As you've noted, it's Brutus from Julius Caesar, by William Shakespeare.

"Mail
  Own date
  Media tool
  Appli
  Camera
  Phone book
  Iseg
  Music
  Service
  Setting
  You've got mail
  Calling
  Talking"

These seem to be options (partially obscured) of the phone.

"Let me walk with you when I'm lost in the wild
  I know you always lead me to another Eden
  Let me bless your name, O Lord, O Lord
  Your words will never fade away
  Since we believe you're the light on earth
  Reveals the world"

Also from the "Reveal the world" song lyrics.
The rest seems to be proper names and instances from the show itself, like "noblesse oblige", and "Juiz", and "Selecao system
12 persons selected in Japan". So the only real quote I guess is from the Julius Caesar play.

"Noblesse oblige" is an old French expression, meaning that being a noble comes with responsibilities. Wikipedia.

Taken from this case noblesse oblige means, "I nobly oblige myself". Otherwise it means the obligations of nobility.


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Can you help me identify what supernatural anime with white-haired protagonist this is?
It's supernatural and the main protagonist has white hair. He's a guy, wearing traditional clothes, and the setting is old. He solves mysteries in towns - mostly spirits. In one episode they went to a doll maker's house.
What anime is this?

That's a big vague. The description can fit a bunch of different anime - do you have any other details?

The first one the comes to my mind is D.Gray-Man

@Oded that's all I can remember but he looks like a kid he's wearing japanese traditional clothes i think he's a priest/monk

Although the protagonist does not wear traditional Japanese clothes.... Maybe Mushishi?

@JNat no it's just new i think thanks though

@nikita It's more recent than Mushishi? Did it come out this season, maybe? When did you first see it?

@JNat - I wrote that before it was clear that the tradition involved was Japanese ;)

@Oded Yeah, I meant the protagonist from Mushishi does not wear traditional Japanese clothes. I was not referring to your comment ;)

Is it Mononoke? I don't remember a doll maker arc in that show though.

Can you give me/us some more details like: is his hair long or short? Color of his eyes? It will make search easier. ^^

I believe it's Tactics. Episode 5 features a doll-maker, and seems to fit your description perfectly.

I think the anime is Inuyasha. Here's the blurb from MAL.

Higurashi Kagome, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel's power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands.

I think you are talking about Ginko from Mushishi.

He is not, check out the comment thread below the OP.


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What is this anime about a virtual reality world with no pain?
I'm looking for an anime that involves a teenage boy who enters a virtual reality world, like the rest of Tokyo. The virtual realty world entered did not have pain, so players could be hurt and not feel anything.
In the story, first he is on a bike that gets into a car accident and the bike is beyond repair. Later, he finds a credit card that uses all three types of currencies in the world. The card has no owner and seems to "hack" the systems. A girl is on a roof and sees the boy "steal" her card. The boy finds a hungry girl and buys her food with the card. A police officer sees the boy purchasing food with a lot of money and sees the card. The police officer attacks the boy.
Does anyone know what this anime is?

Do you know approximately when you saw this anime, or its art style, or perhaps the appearance of any of the characters?

I've never seen the show myself, but it sounds a lot like the show Megazone 23, which is about a virtual world run by a supercomputer that exists as a modern day (to us, the story is set in the future) Tokyo.

I think you are looking for "OZ" where the world is faced with problems in reality so sleep capsules were created that enter people into a virtual reality so society can keep moving. (Action  Comedy  Drama  Sci-fi  Seinen). OZ (TOKIYA Seigo) is prob what you are looking for since he gits hit by a car while on a bike ad complains about having to buy another.


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What happened with Kamisama Dolls?
I watched the entire anime, but they leave the ending open. There's no further continuation in the manga of what we watched in the anime. They were going to make a movie, but they never did. What happened to the show and the manga? Is there some continuation in some novel?

What exactly are you asking? Do you want to know what happened to the show, or what happened to the characters?

@kuwaly Sorry, updated.

The manga has ended and the anime has ended as well. There's nothing left presumably to animate or write about, so that's the finish of that.
Actually, searches for a movie bring up nothing. So, are you sure that wasn't a false memory?

It is probably misunderstanding due to the ending: "The story of how Kyouhei becomes awesome is left for another time"... or something along that line.


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Where is Nagi Sanzenin at in this picture below from Hayate the Combat Butler?
Where do you think she is at? The place there had an orange gang chair and gray vending machine. The background scene is like a mountain view.

Are you asking these questions because you don't know the answer and want to know, or because you're trying to quiz people here?  This doesn't seem like the sort of question someone would ask unless it was as a quiz, but that could just be me.

That's from Episode 15 of the second season of Hayate no Gotoku where Hayate, Maria and Nagi all make a trip to the Shimoda Onsen. When they arrive at "Nai" station, somewhere before Shimoda station, Nagi gets off the train to get food, thinking that she'd be able to get back on because of the ticket, but the train leaves.
No idea where "Nai" station is or if it's real. Google maps doesn't appear to list any stations called "ない" anywhere near the vicinity.

Just to clarify, the station's entire name that's listed is simply "Nai". Though
as senshin suggested, it may be related to one of the two existing stations on the Shimoda line.

名胃駅 (Nai Station) is located in the city of Odawara, in the Kanagawa Prefecture and part of the Tokaido Main Line of JR East.
It would seem you can get to it by taking the 東海道線 (Tokaido Line) High Speed Acty. It's between Hayakawa (早川駅) Station and Nebukawa (根府川駅) Station, and is apparently one of those stations few people use.


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What chemical compound is shown in episode 17 of Monogatari Second Season?
In episode 17 of Monogatari Second Season (the first episode of Onimonogatari), when Koyomi and Mayoi see the strange "darkness", an image of the structure of a chemical compound is displayed, repeatedly:

Shortly afterwards, a number of different chemical compounds are displayed (numbers not present in original):

What are these compounds?

The first image is the structural formula of epinephrine (or adrenaline, depending on where you live).

Epinephrine is a neurotransmitter that plays a significant role in the fight-or-flight response, and so its appearance here makes sense - Koyomi is certainly about to take flight upon seeing the "darkness".

The second image contains the following compounds:

dopamine
serotonin
α-Neoendorphin
epinephrine (again)
(Leu-)enkephalin
norepinephrine (or noradrenaline)

All of these are neurotransmitters, as well, though none of them are as localized to the fight-or-flight response as epinephrine is.


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What is this giant robot anime?
Bugging me for years. I saw an anime in the early 80's (I assume it was from around then, since I watched it on a VHS tape) that featured a war between a group of pilots, maybe 3 or 4, that could join into 1 giant robot. This robot had a red head with red spikes kind of like the Statue of Liberty. The bad guys had giant robots that could join together too to form 1 giant super robot, and there were maybe 6 of them.
I think it was feature length but possibly several episodes of a series put together. Also it seemed to me to not be childish. It wasn't adult but PG-ish. I recall it being sort of dark and sinister and violent. Please help me. Oh, and it wasn't Voltron or anything obvious like that.

You're probably looking for Getter Robo G. There's several TV series and movies based on this iteration of Getter. The movies are all cross-overs with other Go Nagai mecha franchises.

Getter Robo G
Great Mazinger tai Getter Robo G - Kuuchuu Dai-Gekitotsu
Grendizer - Getter Robo G - Great Mazinger Kessen! Daikaijuu

All from the 70's.


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What happened to Koufuu Hino?
In From the New World (episode 18), during the Summer Festival attack, Koufuu Hino is protecting the people:

And he got killed by a sneak attack from the Monster Rats.
Upon his death, uh, his eyes kind of shot a beam of light into the sky, and a figure of a woman appeared. Apparently, she smiled at Saki.
What exactly happened there? Who was that woman supposed to be?

I checked the corresponding part of the novel (part V-3, p. 667 of the one-volume version) a little while back in hopes of answering this question, but the novel didn't contain much extra detail. Hino Koufuu is only mentioned a few times after that in passing, with no mention of this woman.

"There was the image of a woman holding a child in the dying flames of the mobile library. But in the same episode, there was also the figure of a woman holding a scythe in the storm created when the monk released his cantus.
In retrospect, we never did get an explanation for that." - from Reddit so this & senshin's search sound like there isn't a direct answer.

@DazC The image of a woman that arose when the moving library (the false minoshiro) died was explicitly a defense mechanism designed to trigger death feedback in whoever attacked it. In the novel, Saki speculates that false minoshiro triggered the image too late (i.e. after Rijin had already delivered a fatal blow), suggesting that ordinarily, the false minoshiro would project that image as a pre-emptive defense.


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Is Keiko Numata's backstory the same in the anime as it is in the the novel?
In the novel, it says that Keiko Numata became an insane crone murderer due to Ikuo's death. However, she commits suicide by biting off her tongue in the novel, while in the anime she is stopped by Chibiki and she is seen to have stab wounds in her back.
I am wondering if her backstory (going insane and all) is the same as it is in the novel - or did something else happen in the anime which relates to her stab wounds?

It would be fair to assume that her background is generally the same. All events leading up to and beyond the point you are referring to suggest the same woeful tale. Maybe it was an accident that occurred in one of her insane fits, or maybe they are scars of a previous attempt to contain her.
One thing is for certain, if you don't want to live anymore, and you want to make a very big mess, bite off your tongue.


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What is the piece played when Luffy uses Gear Third in Episode 288?
In Episode 288 ("Fukuro's Miscalculation - My Cola is the Water of Life!"), Luffy's Gear Third is introduced when he uses it to break down a closed steel door, and proceeds to pursue Robin. What is the background piece playing at the time?

The piece is Luffy vs Ratchet Round 1, composed by Kohei Tanaka.
It was first used in Movie 7: Giant Mecha Soldier of Karakuri Castle, which was released on March 4, 2006.
Youtube Link


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What is the significance of the toad statues in Mount Myouboku?
In Chapter 409, it's said that they were people who failed Sage Mode training and were turned into toads and eventually into stone. But there don't seem to be many people that signed the summoning contract, so they can't all be from people who failed Sage Mode training.
Why are there so many toad statues? So where did they all come from?

According to here:

There is a sacred fountain on Mount Myōboku which produces a special oil which allows people to more easily feel the natural energy around them, but if the person is not perfectly still, becoming one with nature, he or she starts becoming a toad and eventually turns into stone. This oil can only exist in the atmosphere of the mountain, and will evaporate if taken outside. There are many statues of the frog ancestors and of people who tried to learn senjutsu, but failed and became toad statues. The statues are treated with much respect.

People live at Mount Myōboku, and some can use senjutsu, so it stands to reason that there would have been a number who failed.
To address the other part of your question, Minato (the Fourth Hokage) is also known to have been able to summon toads, which shows that it isn't just Naruto and Jiraiya who can summon them.

When you see the toad contract in chapter 92 page 18 you don't see the full scroll. You only see six signatures. There are most likely more people who signed farther into the scroll and then failed the sage training.

There are many statues of the frog ancestors and of people who tried to learn senjutsu, but failed and became toad statues

Copied from here, so statues are not just of people but also frogs.
When you say,

But there doesn't seem to be many people that signed the summoning contract...

That's not true. In the anime/manga they have shown only Naruto and Jiraiya's story. But it is assumed that like Naruto and Jiraiya there might be many other people from other centuries that tried it.


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Looking for an old anime about two (android?) girls in search of a heart
I remember the anime series revolving around two girls, an older and a younger one. The younger one was some kind of android of sorts and she was sad because she wanted a heart.
The girls were both dressed as maids and the younger girl had short orange hair.
It was an older anime for sure, I must have watched it around late 90's or early 00's.
At the end of the anime, the younger android girl went into some kind of facility, probably a government facility, for some reason.
I vividly remember the ending being a bit violent, the older girl (I think she was an android too but with a heart) came to save the younger girl and they were falling down a huge circular pit type thing while being shot at.
I am pretty sure they survived but I cannot remember the name!

Do you remember how the girls looked like? hair/eye color, age, any traits? Did the animation looked old or newish?

I love how this post was edited by 5 different people in the last 10 minutes, just to get the spelling and layout right.

Are you looking for an anime movie or series?

The girls were dressed as maids am pretty sure! Also, it is an anime series. The young girl had short orangish hair. Was for sure older animation, around late 90's and early 00's x.x and sorry for the typos and bad layout

This sounds like Mahoromatic 2 (Something more beautiful), the second season of the series which involves battle androids (dressed as Maids in the case of these 2) and spans 14 episodes.
From the Wikipedia entry for Minawa, the orange-haired younger android:

Minawa is first introduced in Mahoromatic ~Something More Beautiful~. Clumsy and anemic, she ends up living with Mahoro and Suguru and going to school under the pretext of being Mahoro's younger sister. She has a habit of apologizing for everything she does, even if she has done nothing wrong. She claims to be a runaway member of The Management, but is later revealed to have been sent to gather information on VESPER's battle android Mahoro after being promised a heart in return. Mahoro, however, convinces her that the fact that she can cry means she already has a heart.

The original series aired in 2001, but the one with Minawa, the orange-haired girl aired in 2002. The first series didn't have Minawa in it.
Episode 10:

 Where the enemy android from The Management tells Minawa that it's time for her to hold up her end of the bargain, so she kidnaps Suguru (the male lead) and takes him to the laboratory (where the large cylindrical room is). Mahoro comes to save him but is captured, then Minawa has a change of heart and frees everyone but gets shot in the process.Mahoro then goes crazy and destroys everythingAnd the episode ends in a huge fire fight (looking down into the bottom of the cylindrical room which is on fire)

The ending of the 2nd season:

 Is pretty violent as a culmination of both Mahoro's lifespan ending and the final battle. It's also pretty sad as well as controversial for an ending.


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Did Mirai Kuriyama really rebuild her body, or what really happened to it?
Mirai's body vanished/consumed/disintegrated during the battle vs Kyoukai no Kanata, then there is this version of her in Akihito's "dream world" that dissolves on-screen, then months(?) later she is alive in flesh and blood (pun intended).
So, what happened?  Was her blood control so high that she willed herself back into a physical body, or is it some Applied Phlebotinum fiat?

Actually, reading the question title after posting it, the spoiler warning is useless; the very title spoils it big time.

Perhaps you could amend it to a request for an explanation of the anime's ending? On a more relevant note, the series is getting two movies, one of which was released March 14 and the other which will be released April 25. The first movie is a recap of the series while the second takes place a year later - those might end up answering your question. I'd suggest you read the light novels (the original medium), but they haven't been translated so you're out of luck if you can't read Japanese.

I know this is sort of a zombie, sorry, and purely speculation on my part, but I think it went like so:
Mirai initially vanished by absorbing KnK into her body, so she was intermingled with it from the beginning... but she was never really dead.
With KnK exerting all its power to combat her blood, another dimension is created, but their existence in that world is a supernatural manifestation of virtually incorporeal beings.  KnK has to use all focus fighting her blood which is a constant assailant on its very core, and somehow this is created.  Though the exact reason this phenomenon occurs and the function thereof is not crystal clear, it's fairly tertiary to this point, so I'll avoid the digression.
After the battle, KnK's not as strong as it once was, since it took a pretty bad pounding.  Weakened (despite outside interference, to said party's astonishment), Aki is able to subdue KnK entirely having learned to control a mere fraction of KnK's full power, and he absorbs it back into his body (which actually includes Mirai as well).  Since it's Aki's force of will now actively taking control of it, rather than just fighting in the same vessel, Mirai vanishes because as KnK is no longer the one willing the alternate dimension where she'd manifest into existence.  She's really still inside KnK, which Aki absorbed and has at least partial control of.
Later, his extreme desire to see her again, and to relive his memories of the first meeting, are so potent that he actually exercises some of KnK's power subconsciously, extracting her from it and placing her right where he most wanted her to be.  He knew what he was thinking at the time, and rushed to the place he had seen her in his mind, knowing that the ring vanishing meant she had been reunited with it, as was his most profound desire.
Could be wrong though.  Take it or leave it :)

This is not a forum, there is no such thing as a zombie question. Answers on SE sites are gold, its never too late to dig gold. You put your point quite convincing.

In Mirai-hen, Akihito contemplates the matter (around 7 minutes into the movie).

 Akihito wonders whether Mirai's memory loss was the doing of the KnK. I take this to imply that Mirai being there in the first place may also have been the doing of the KnK.

 This explanation seems consistent with what we learn about the KnK during Mirai-hen: that it is, in fact, some sort of "gate" between the world of humans and the world of youmu. That is, it seems entirely plausible that the KnK could have transported Mirai from wherever-she-was and put her back into the human world.

 The motives of the KnK in doing so seem unclear to me, though (insofar as the KnK is sentient enough to have motives) - Mirai's lineage's sole purpose in life was to destroy the KnK, so I find it curious that it would choose to be useful Mirai in this way.

It's a crap one, but I'd like to put the thought out there that the writer probably thought that her rebuilding her body could be easily explained by his over load on food at the shop, she could have easily felt his feelings and decided it would be better to live, the one in the dimension had a different outfit on, I'm willing to bet that was the writers way of letting us know that the real one was already out making an effort to rebuild her body, after all she could replenish her blood very fast after only one meal, why not be able to create a flimsy body as the construct and him fought so that she could eat and rebuild herself? Not such a big plot hole when you analyze the capabilities of the characters and the clues put into the fight build up. More eating for extra nutrition, and a different version of her in the dimension then what was seen before. Incredibly well planned out if you can find the bread crumbs to come to the most apparent conclusion.

she said that the original body of herself was long gone, at that point it was only her spirit fighting the battle with the KnK though it did show I believe that she was bound up somewhere where that whatever he was had arrived, though I could be wrong on that.
theres tons of controversy as to exactly what happened, but because of the words she implied I believe she was never physically inside of the KnK but her love had created the dummy of Aki. which to me is beyond strange and I almost thought she was supposed to kill it since it was his memories in a way.
some of it seemed rushed with sending everyone here and there and maybe its just the fact that I read sub, but I couldn't comprehend the translation in some parts which could be faulty to the difference is language translation.
when the ring disappeared from his hand and ended up bringing him up to the roof top of the school I immediately suspected that he was causing his own illusion, because even if she did come back and had reembodied herself, she would not have been able to just make a ring magically reappear from the hand of her love to her pinky. then you'd have to think "Why didn't she appear with her glasses as well?"
its sad to think that she did in fact parish in the end, however that's how it appears to have fallen.
the anime in which the girls parish seem to be the only kind of anime I can find lately without even knowing that's what I'm watching until I'm engrossed, I'm running out of anime options considering I read and watch too many mangas and anime.
this is my interpretation of how things fell, looks like Aki went insane :'(
ill have to watch the movie(s)

I think that since the Dreamshade Kyoukai no Kanata was absorbed back into Akihito Kanbara's body, he might have had some unconscious control over the other dimension that the Dreamshade created, and since he wanted Mirai Kuriyama so badly, he might have brought her back from that dimension. After all, it was his dream world.

I will assume that is speculation on your part, or do you have any sources?

Yes,it was speculation on my part but the other possibilities are not so convincing.First,she has used up all her blood for defeating the dreamshade,she doesn't have a body to regenerate new blood.Second,Akihito really missed her,he even kept her ring with him,that ring disappeared from his hand.Now,if Mirai Kuriyama had appeared,how would she have taken that ring from him without him noticing.Thus,I thought this would be plausible.

Wathched the entire series again,Akihito thinks in the end that his feelings got through to her or it was in fate or it was because of everything that Kuriyama-san did.Maybe, it was willpower after all.


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What anime is this GIF of a grey-haired boy eating from?

I tried google image search but it didn't find anything =_=

Kuroshitsuji: Book of Circus
Episode: 4
Character Name: Doll
This occurs around 19:24 when Ciel and 'Doll' are eating what is suppose to be fish and chips. In this particular scene/picture that you've included, Doll was praising Sebastians cooking skills.

Doll: Black's cooking is brilliant.


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What's this anime with a scene with a large praying mantis?
I need to know what show this scene is from. In 2005, I was channel surfing and came across a show on [adult swim] and I got distracted by laughter and children playing. The animation was dated, so it had a Rurouni Kenshin style to it. There were two children, a boy and a girl playing in the forest at night. Then out of nowhere, this huge praying mantis appears and stabs the little girl from behind. I was in 4th grade at the time, so I was traumatized and quickly changed the channel. If you could help me figure out what this scene is from it would be greatly appreciated.

Uhm... traumatized by that?

Maybe InuYasha at episode 28, there is a woman that transforms into a giant mantis.

InuYasha

Synopsis

Higurashi Kagome, after being pulled down a well by a demon, finds herself in Feudal Japan, where she learns that a powerful jewel has been reborn inside her body. After the jewel shatters in an attempt to retrieve it from one of the many demons who was after its power, Kagome must join forces with the half-demon Inu Yasha (also after the jewel's power) to track down the shards of the jewel before its power falls into the wrong hands.
Source: ANN


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Where is this image of a girl in a black top kissing a boy from?
Today I have found that little picture and I really want to know where it is from. I tried reverse image search but nothing useful came up.

Thank you for the help.

This looks like some random shoujo-like image. Where do you get this image from? Someone's avatar?

It was on someone's' avatar

There is a better way to find it. Its name is "Queen Bonjorno!". Just right click it and use Google image search! ;)

The OP says he tried reverse image search and didn't get any useful results. For me, the original image gives "edward and bella anime", and a bunch of unrelated results on Google. So while you do have the right answer here, it could use some more explanation about how you found it and/or about the source itself. Also, right clicking will only work in Google Chrome or Firefox (with an extension). Our tutorial has more information about how to do it in other browsers.

I'm sorry, I'm using Google chrome and i right clicked and then clicked "Search Google for this image" and it gave me this.

You're searching for the image in Gerret's answer to the question, not the one in the question itself. While it does get the right answer, that's not particularly helpful. That one is relatively easy to identify, while the one in the question is quite a bit less easy since it's cropped at low resolution and present on many unrelated sites.

But you can just take one of the result pictures and search it again. It worked that way too for me!

@KarloMiličević not really if one of the result images is incorrect due to the low resolution image

That must be part of real lives in Japan.

After searching for an hour I found in a YouTube comment on the seventh page the name of it. I found out that it is not any anime or manga. It is a artwork from Sano Toshihide from the visual novel Queen Bonjourno! (Queenボンジョルの！).
If you like the picture, here is a bigger one...

This is a jpg image from a vector graphic from ZeroChan. If you want the same image you posted use this from ZeroChan.

Juliet, a princess, was in love with the main character. But she took
  over the throne, and needed to work for the people, holding back her
  love toward him. One day, she finally crossed the line, and slept with
  him without knowing the impending threat from the neighboring
  countries…
One thousand years later, they all meet again at a high school, as a
  student or as a teacher or as an older sister. The main character
  lives a peaceful life. But triggered by a meeting with a transfer
  student, his life changes dramatically. "I've been looking for you."
  The curtain on the battle for the main character raises...

Information from Visual Novel Database.
The female character is called Sakurazaka Meguru (桜坂 めぐる) and she is one of the main characters in the visual novel.

Image from ZeroChan.
The male character I could not find... Maybe you are the main character yourself? Or because they are often "uninteresting" for such type of games... If you know what I mean ;)

Wow... I was about to give up.


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Manga image of two girls with unusual eyes

I found it on tumblr and i would be interested to know from what manga it is

you should have used id-req tag which would ask to use google reverse image first before posting.

Bottom part of the text in the image reads as 隻眼の二人 (Sekigan no futari). This could be a chapter starting page. You can find similar pictures from that manga by searching with these words.

I'm voting to close this question as apart of the phase out of image only id requests. Meta for further reading

It looks like it's from Tokyo Ghoul. They've all got eyes like that:

It looks like the characters from your screenshot are Kurona Yasuhisa and Nashiro Yasuhisa:

More info:

My Anime List
Anime News Network
Wikia

It's Tokyo Ghoul(Kushu) its a really good manga, and it already has an anime adaption.

Synopsis
Strange murders are happening in Tokyo. Due to liquid evidence at the scene, the police conclude the attacks are the results of "eater" type ghouls. College buddies Kaneki and Hide come up with the idea that ghouls are imitating humans so that's why they haven't ever seen one. Little did they know that their theory may very well become reality. (source)

Hello, we prefer to avoid chat-like answers (you can do a chat-like answer but this is too much chat-like) If you removed OMG and :P, and provided a link from myanimelist, you woulda had this selected as an answer.


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Name of a manga about angels and devils marriage for peace
I am looking for a manga where there is an angel princess who ran away from home and crossdressed as a boy to disguise. There is another girl who helps the protagonist - that girl is not only an angel, but she is also a guardian warrior thing (4 of them). The crossdressing girl ran away from marriage with a devil for peace. Her best friend while running away is the brother of the devil, but she didn't know he was a devil.
When angel royalty turns sixteen, they need to choose their gender. When the crossdressing girl turns sixteen, she was an ice general, but she wanted to be a lazy prince like her brothers. She had to be girl for marriage since she is the only one left that hasn't chosen her gender.

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Please check whether there is anything different from your intended meaning. I tried to make your post better, but I am not sure about the details.

What you're looking for seems to be a manhwa(Korean comics) and all of what you described seems to be listed:

cross dressing
she is watched over by two of the Four Guardians of Heaven
princess angel
unwanted marriage
Devils

Angel Diary (Manhwa)

Synopsis

The only Angel Princess of Heaven is betrothed to the Emperor of the Underworld. Unable to accept her future with the Demon King, she realizes that her only choice is to run away. Her plan is to join the human world disguised as a schoolboy! Now all of the Gods from Heaven and Hell are searching high and low on the earth trying to make sure that a wedding happens.
Source: MAL


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Need help identifying a manga/manwa (School, supernatural, fighting, aikido, gem stones, diamond)
I am searching for a manga/manhwa that I read 10 years ago.
I don't know if it was manga or manhwa because it was in Hong Kong and translated into Chinese. It was in one of those weekly "Jump" magazine.
From the first few chapters
On the way to school, the main character wanted to buy a birthday gift for his neighbor girl. He was drawn/called to a jewelry store, where he found a large bracelet with one huge diamond and one black stone. He didn't have enough money so the store owner sold him just the diamond part of the bracelet. After he left, black shadows came out of the black stone, killed the store owner, and burned down the store.
At school, one of the schoolmates of the main character wanted to see the bracelet and put it on the main character's arm, and the bracelet fused onto his arm.
He got another gift for the girl (a dolphin ring) and she happily accepted it.
The adopted brother of girl is the typical good looks, good grades, idol of all the girls type of character. He was super jealous that the girl chose the dolphin ring over the diamond ring he gave her. He was also drawn/called to the same jewelry store, now burnt to ashes.
The black stone threw itself into his eye and fused with it.
The diamond has the power of light and is able to give out light and heat.
The black stone has the power of shadow and dissolves anything the shadow touches.
Example:
The jealous brother cast a shadow on the support beam of a construction crane, ate away the support and dropped the crane onto the main character.
The main character touched the falling crane and melted it like candy.
Later in the story
There is a jade necklace that can communicate with plants.
A moon stone that gives werewolf like ability.
A ruby that manipulates gravity.
A blue stone that heals and more.

can we get this answered please, as this sounds like a cool manga :D

@ibimon Answered. I forgot to say that the main character practises aikido, so the title is relevant.

Hiseki Senki Stone Buster!

Unfortunately, I can not find an English summary online. If you read Chinese, Baidu Baike has a very brief synopsis. The manga was serialized in Shuukan Shounen Magazine.
In volume 1, the following events took place:

Black shadows came out of the black stone, killed the store owner, and burned down the store.

See page 34. The store owner is saying: "My body is dissolving?"

The black stone threw itself into his eye and fused with it.

See pages 47–48.

He got another gift for the girl (a dolphin ring) and she happily accepted it.

See pages 101–102.
Later in the story:

 The guy with a jade necklace that can communicate with plants and the vampire with a ruby that manipulates gravity both appear in volume 3. The werewolf guy appears in volume 2. The monk with a blue stone that heals appears in volume 4.


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What's the title of this song from Sekaiichi Hatsukoi 2?
I've been looking for a certain song since yesterday, and I can't find it. It played at the last episode (12) of the second season of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi; it's at the part where Masamune sat on a bench at a subway station, and he held Ritsu's hand. The song started at 21:39, and it played before Aikotoba (the ending song).

Okay, I think it's just Aikotoba, but piano version. Why did I realize it just now? Well, if it's otherwise, please tell me the title of the OST. orz

Deleted previous answer. You can always look at the edit history if you want to see it again. :)

Is this the scene when the piano bit plays for a while? If it is then it is actually part of the ending song.
I am not too sure why they decided to play it at that moment before the ending song but I am fairly certain it's part of the ending song.

FYI ;): If you listen really closely, that same tune is actually part of the ending song (Aikotoba) itself at 1:27 (it's actually part of the ending song).

It doesnt really sound the same...

@Gerret - Sorry for the late reply. A bit busy but actually it is. http://youtu.be/fj0_RARPZD8?t=1m36s

I think you missunderstand the question. He means the OST that starts exactly at 21:39. It is the piano with some synth like violin melodie. The song you searched up is the OST before. This is only a short melodie till 21:56. I think that it is a intro like melodie for the ending song of the anime.

@Gerret- Just wondering but is the OP talking about the Piano bit before the ending song but which plays directly after the link I have above? I am not familiar on what that is. Maybe it is an improvisation but I am not sure. I will have a look online to check but so far haven't found anything.

Actually it is the ending song. You can hear that bit at 1:27. http://youtu.be/ZJPEMmIf7A4?t=1m27s

Yea I said so... you should edit your answer...

Yep. Edited. I feel very dazed right now for some strange reason.... XD

Yea now it is right! :3